I finished my Christmas socks before Christmas, so I did manage to wear them on Christmas Day.  I took the photo after I’d worn them lol!

 

 

 

 

This is a snapshot of my year of projects list as it is at the end of this week…half way through the year already!!!!!

 

Dyeing

• Dye commercial sock yarn in:
  • Self Striping
  • Christmas Colourway ✅ week 15
  • Speckled
• Dye fibres in my ‘to dye’ box:
  • Rambouillet ✅ week 15
  • Perendale ✅ week 15
  • Cheviot ✅ week 15
  • Dye homespun sock weight yarn for Papillon shawl
  • Dye items from last year’s YOP list I didn’t get to.

Felting

• Make sister’s 4 lampshades ✅ finished week 4
• Make a scarf for my dad’s 80th. ✅ week 10
• 2nd nuno felted Jacket!
• 3rd Hat
• Picture of Boo and Dice
• Picture of Ylva
• Finish making lampshades for all remaining pendant lights and lamps
  • downstairs loo ✅ week 24
  • spare room ✅ (an unsold sheep one from the shop)
  • study
  • large lamp
• Autumn wreath (if shop one from week 11 doesn’t sell I’ll keep that one) ✅ week 11
• Felt the knitted bag I will make with Lanark wool
• Needle felted Ylva ✳️
• Pictures and products to sell (Update – shop I was selling from closed Week 25)
  • Scarves ✅ multiple weeks
  • Lampshade(s) ✅ weeks 6 and 15
  • Autumn wreath ✅ finished week 11
  • 🆕 Fairies  ✅ week 12
  • Soaps 
  • Landscapes ✳️ None specific highland landscapes done, still to try an area like- Ben Wyvis, Glen Affric, Loch Morlich, Rosemarkie  
  • Christmas stocking
  • Wreaths – Christmas etc.

Knitting 

Jumpers/cardigans

• Such a Winter’s Day by Heidi Kirrmaier (yarn New Lanark Wool) ✅ (Started previous YOP year finished week 21)
• Inside Story by Heidi Kirrmaier (yarn WYS The Croft) 
• Tailfeather by Heidi Kirrmaier (yarn Third Vault Yarns Bamboo/Linen)
• Fine Sand by Heidi Kirrmaier (yarn BaaRamEwe Goathland)
• Jumper using North Ronaldsay (pattern TBC, possibly Traveller’s End)
• Nordsee Jacket by Ailbíona Mclochlainn (yarn West Yorkshire Spinners Re:treat). Pattern not published yet

Shawls

• Easy Goes It by Finicky Creations (yarn hand-spun camel & silk) ✅ Started previous YOP year, finished week 1.
• Nurmilintu by Heidi Alander (yarn Coastal Colours silk & yak 4ply) ✅ Started week 7, finished week 10 – detailed post
• Cabriolet brioche scarf by Carolyn Bloom (yarn Cookston Crafts in Crathie (alpaca/merino/nylon) & Emerald (merino/silk/yak))
• Butterfly / Papillon shawl (yarn homespun…which also means achieving fingering weight homespun yarn!)
• All About That Brioche by Lucy Hannes (yarn Cookston Crafts yarn in Granite (merino/nylon) and Inverewe (merino/silk/yak) colours.

Socks

• Hermione’s Everyday Socks (HES) by Erica Lueder (yarn Regia Design Myth) ✅ week 5 (then made longer week 8!)
• 🆕 Shortie pairs of socks using left over sock yarns.  ✅ Started week 6/finished week 8.
• Pair of socks with homespun yarn
• 3 pairs of HES using my own hand dyed yarn ✳️ Christmas socks started week 16
• 🆕 2 more pairs of socks.

Accessories

• Go diagonal scarf (yarn Christmas 2018 advent) ✅ started & finished week 7
• 🆕 Interlude hat (homespun/homedyed Shetland yarn) ✅ week 13
• 🆕 Perky little hat (yarn Mothy & the Squid) ✅ week 17 although I forgot to post about it
• 🆕 Rasta Ready fingerless mittens ✅ week 17 although I forgot to post about it
• 🆕 Antler Toque (WYS Croft Aran) ✅ week 25
• Brioche Knots by Katrin Schubert (yarn New Lanark DK blueberry and clematis colour)
• Easy Mittens with Thrums  (yarn homespun)
• Feather and Fan scarf (yarn home dyed merino/tussah silk lace weight)
• Colourwork mittens (yarn Jamieson’s Shetland leftovers)
• 🆕 Evil genius gloves (yarn Mothy & the Squid)

Other/household

• 🆕 Make variety of dishcloths and wash cloths (yarn cotton) ✅ week 12
• Make 24 Smitten Mittens with homespun to make either decorations or advent ✅ (Started previous YOP year/finished week 23)
• Autumn leaves for an autumn wreath
• Weightless shopping bag
• Knit a bag (yarn Lanark Aran wool) ✳️ Started week 25

Techniques to learn/master

• Portuguese knitting (class booked Sept 7th) ✅
• Learn Double Knitting
• Learn Intarsia
• Learn/Master Brioche
• Master Fair Isle/Colourwork
• Improve continental knitting
• Learn Matrix knitting (hopefully easier than understanding the movie trilogy!)

Sewing

• Make a huge project bag for jumpers. ✅ week 13
• Sew proper hanger to silk banner
• Make a costume for Belladrum and Jocktoberfest festivals

Spinning

• Take part in Tour de Fleece, team ‘Corner of Knit & Tea’ ✅ (missed some days)
• Take part in BritSpin, team ‘More enthusiasm than skill’ ✅ week 15
• Spin some sock yarn (BFL & Sea Cell) ✳️ (Started previous YOP year)
• Spin some Christmas themed yarns for smitten mittens. I went with the blue, purple and green spinning colours
• Spin some chunky yarn for thrummed mittens
• Spin some chunky yarn for Nordsee jacket
• Spin sufficient homespun fingering weight yarn in various colours to make a papillon shawl!

 

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