The year+ project that is the book cover square blanket is nearly complete. All of the individual book cover squares have been made, the math has been mathed to make it a decent sized blanket, and the final borders are being added before I start the process of putting it all together. I will definitely share the finished product, but in the meantime, here’s a teaser of squares made in the final quarter of 2025.
This was such a fun way to record my reading, that I’m repeating the project in 2026! Sort of. Instead of making squares to match the cover of each book, I am going to assign a different color to every month. When I finish reading a book, I’ll crochet a rectangle in the color of the month, and at the end of the year they’ll be randomly selected during the joining process. The hope, if I can manage to pull this off, is to have something resembling a bookshelf. I haven’t seen anything like this before, and I’m completely making it up as I go, but … I feel optimistic. The vision is in my head, and that’s at least half the battle!
In the meantime, I’ve got a little bit more work on this one, but I’m starting to get very excited about the final product. I will have to make a few solid turquoise squares as “spacers” to get a workable number of squares {82 does not a normal blanket make}. It’s hard to tell what the size will be, so chances are good a nice border will be added as well. But the end is so close, y’all! I cannot wait to share the finished blanket soon.
Are you doing anything crafty or creative to track your reading in 2026?
Or maybe you’ve got a more general idea for a fun crafty project this year?
I love this so much! Can’t wait to see the finished product 🙂
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Thank you! I am very excited to see how it all comes together 😀
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What a fantastic project! I can’t wait to see what the blanket looks like. I love your idea for 2026, too — it will be so fun to watch it come together!
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I can’t wait to see it either! I think it’s going to come together nicely 😀 And hopefully the 2026 blanket turns out as cool as it sounds in my head! haha
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I know I’ve said it before-and I’ll probably say it again- but I think this is one of the most original reading projects I’ve ever heard of before and I think this should go viral. I can’t crochet or knit so I will NOT be copying you, but I love this idea so much. Like… SO MUCH. I think it is absolutely genius.
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Thank you ❤ ❤ ❤ I cannot wait to see how it all looks joined together – and how my abstract vision for 2026 turns out too, haha … It has been a really fun way to record reading + get me comfortable with the crochet hooks again. And any reason to buy yarn is a good thing in my book 😉 LOL!
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I love this!
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Thank you! It has been such a fun experience.
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Love this. I just learned basic single and double crochet stiches this week. Can’t wait to learn more now.
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Oh yay! That’s exciting 😀 Granny squares are easier than they look: it’s basically just groups of double crochet, but they feel so fancy to me, haha. I can’t wait to hear about your crocheting adventures! 🙂
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right now I feel like I’m learning to hold the needle and thread properly.
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I’m not 100% sure I’m holding things correctly, lol… I’m left-handed, but crochet right-handed {that’s how I’ve learned to do all sewing/crafty projects}, so it’s a teensy bit awkward/perhaps not the right way. But it works 😉 hehe
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These are beautiful again and I really cant wait to see the finished result. The pumpkin spice one is just perfect colour wise 😍 and it feels fitting in a way that so many Austen titles will have a square within your first book blanket. Good luck finishing it off. And I reallt look forward to seeing how your 2026 project goes.
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The Pumpkin Spice colors really are so good in person – it’s hard to tell in the picture, but the creamy white has a thread of gold running through it as well 😍 So good! 😀 I do love how many Austen and Austenesque titles are represented; feels very appropriate 🙂
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Oh my goodness, this is just the most wonderful project EVER! I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished blanket. Each square is a masterpiece!
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Thank you! ❤ They're all so fun individually, I can't wait to see them together 😀
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This is amazing!!! I am so impressed. This year, I’m making a book sweater by embroidering patches on from books I loved. I should make a post with an update! I have been showing it on my Instagram. I’ve got about 8 on there. I have never done it before and just learning as I go. It’s not the best looking, but has been so fun!
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Thank you! It’s been a lot of fun and a great way to get more comfortable with crochet. The book sweater sounds so awesome too, you should totally post about it 😍 (and now I’m gonna go snoop Instagram, haha). I love these projects where you’re learning as you go and building confidence and skill and creativity 🙂
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Yeah, I figured if I kept trying to “learn” I would just get frustrated and never do it. Sooo I just jumped in. haha! I can’t wait to see my progress at the end of the year. 🙂
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Oh my copy of Pride and Prejudice is of the same edition than your Persuasion! Sad news I didn’t end up reading P&P last year, I’m so bummed out at myself lol.
But oh my, wow I love how this project turned out, if I had more yarn colours I’d be tempted to give it a try myself. I can’t even decide which one looks the prettiest they’re all so nice! I can’t wait to see what it’s like when it’s all put together! I also love your idea for this year’s blanket, super creative and a different way of tracking books with yarn 😀
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Yay for edition twins! 😀 There’s so many gorgeous ones out there, you never know which one is going to pop up, haha
Oh thank you! I was so annoyed when I first started this because I’d just busted all my stash on my “relearning” afghan … but buying yarn was fun too 😉 LOL! Now I’ve got a great new stash, and should be able to pull 12 colors from it for this year’s experiment 🙂 If not, I know how to wait for Hobby Lobby to put it on sale 😉
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That’s so true, especially for Austen, I wouldn’t even want to count how many editions exist!
aha I guess buying yarn is a perk of doing a project like this so I’m glad it’s not all bad 😛 !
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This is actually amazing. I can’t wait to see the finished blanket!
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Thank you! 😍 I have a feeling I’ll be doing a lot of work on it this next week 🥶
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[…] Rebecca finished her book squares which I loved seeing her create over the course of 2025; now I’m eagerly awaiting a look at the finished project. […]
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