Knitting

Shawls

I’ve made a start on the body section of my poncho. It’s pretty mindless as just increases every other row. With everything else going on it’s ideal, although I am more inclined to do jigsaws on my ipad right now. The pattern is Coorie in Poncho. (Ravelry link for latest photo.)

Spinning

Last Sunday I spun and plied Day 18 of my World of Wool Advent. 

Weaving

Dorset buttons

I made my parents a Dorset button for their Diamond Wedding Anniversary last month. The kit was bought from TJFrog at the Dornoch Fibre Festival but she does have an online store with lots of different kits and themed items. I forgot to take a photo of the finished item but this was the kit so it pretty much looked just like this.

I made another blue/purple button as well from a metal curtain ring, scrap yarn and some beads.

My mum said she would like to have a go at making one so some kits will be a perfect present.

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Other News

I’ve had a really heavy cold, chesty cough and little energy the last couple of weeks, which is why I skipped last week.

I haven’t really had much energy to do much at all after work and on my days off.  I worked 4 days this week and doing the same next week, but then I’ll be back to 3 days and really must get going with my vegetable garden!  So far I have only cleaned the greenhouse and pots, fertilised and weeded my raised beds and planted some peas and garlic.

I’d normally do a 3rd quarter snapshot on week 39’s post. This is just for my own records posted below.

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This is a Year of Projects post. Officially the Group is in its 14th year, but this is my 7th year participating. If you would like to find more about the Year of Projects Group on Ravelry, as you’d be very welcome to join us.

Year 14 list.

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Acquisitions/Collection Curation

• NO new superwash knitting yarns! ↪️YOP12. I bought one ball of DK sock yarn for me and a ball of 4 ply sock yarn for my husband.
• Contain my stash and have no overflow containers or bags!! ↪️YOP11

Crochet

• A project…at the moment I can’t think of anything, but I like to crochet at least once a year.

Dyeing

• Dye more locks for fairies’ hair ↪️YOP11

Felting

NB Stock items are no longer included in my YOP list and posts, they’ll be covered separately.

• 🆕️ ✅ Needle felted pumpkins for autumn decorations 🏁wk15
• Needle felted Ylva *️⃣YOP9!
• Needle felted Highland Cow *️⃣YOP9!

Knitting

Jumpers/cardigans

• Knit 3 garments:
  • ✅ Quick Sand #3 *️⃣YOP13 wk53 🏁wk3.
  • ✅ Avena *️⃣YOP13 wk35 🏁wk 20
  • ✅🆕️ Winding Down #2 ✳wk21 🏁wk35

Shawls

• A summer weight shawl (maybe Estuary) ↪️YOP12
• Coorie In Poncho 🧶Handdyed by me Shetland ✳️wk38

Socks

• ✅Knit 1 pair of Deb’s Super Simple DK Socks 🏁wk27
• Knit husband a pair of socks ✳️wk32

Accessories

• Knit using existing stashed yarn or existing/new handspun only:
  • ✅Leg Warmers 🏁wk5
  • ✅ The Shift ↪️YOP13 🏁wk12
  • ✅🆕️ Classic Ribbed Hat 🏁wk15
  • ✅ Singing Stones (mosaic mittens) 1st 🏁 wk33
  • ✅🆕 Fisker Cowl 🏁wk38
  • Pinwheel Mittens *️⃣YOP13 wk22, 1st 🏁YOP13 wk37
  • Mostly Warmness cuffs 🧶Ripples Crafts Suilven/Oh My! ↪️YOP13
  • Make husband something with green New Lanark yarn ↪️YOP13

Other/household

• ✅ Emotional Support Chickens 1️⃣🏁Wk29 2️⃣🏁Wk30 3️⃣🏁Wk31
• ADVENTure Gnome ✳Wk19
• Dish cloths
• 🆕 Someone to Write Gnome About

Painting & Drawing

• Look for a painting group to join and if I don’t or don’t enjoy it declutter painting equipment. ↪️YOP13
• Do a new watercolour painting ↪️YOP11
• Do a new pastel drawing ↪️YOP12

Sewing

• ✅ Bunting for tent at Belladrum 🏁wk4
• ✅ Sew something with handwoven material ↪️YOP13 🏁Wk28 I sewed a belt from tablet woven band. 2nd one sewn week 37.
• Make trousers with fabric in stash ↪️YOP12
• Make plant pot covers ↪️YOP11! (So strictly speaking this has been moved from the felting to the sewing section, as I’ve been inspired by Amo from Pawfect Pastimes to sew ones instead using cut up felt.)

Spinning

• ✅ Tour de Fleece 2024 🏁wk3 562.4m finished yarns
  • ✅Merino, alpaca, camel and silk
  • ✅Breeds: Zwartbles, Suffolk, Blue Texel, Boreray, Romney, Castlemilk Moorit, Exmoor Horn, Devon, Lincoln Longwool
  • ✅Bee-you-tiful superfine merino, silk, alpaca blend
• ✅ Finish 25g breed project *️⃣YOP10 🏁wk3
• Coastal Colours fibres:
  • ✅Merino, alpaca, camel and mulberry silk blend. 🏁wk1
  • ✅Alpaca and tussah silk 🏁wk16
• 🆕✅ Spin fibre I’ve blended myself:
  • Wine merino and pink bamboo blended on hackle. blended wk3 🏁wk5
• 🆕✅ Candy cane yarn (Polwarth and bamboo) 🏁wk27
• ✅ Ply Candytuft single 🏁wk32
• 🆕️ Spin World of Wool 2024 Advent
  • ✅Days 1, 4, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 spun during January Challenge
  • ✅Day 14 during February
  • ✅Days 6, 9 and 18 during March

Weaving

Dorset Buttons

• ✅ Diamond Wedding Anniversary 🏁wk39
• ✅ Purple one using scraps 🏁wk39

Rigid heddle loom

• Try at least one 3 heddle project on my 10” Sampleit
• Make a selection of hand/dish towels↪️YOP13

Inkle loom

• ✅ Make an inkle band from the book my sister gave me. 🏁wk15 (technically I used my Rigid Heddle but it’s an inkle Baltic pattern from the book.)
• Tablet card weaving projects.
  • ✅Blue, grey and red 🏁wk17
  • ✅Red, black and grey 🏁wk25
  • ✅Make a Minion inkle tablet weaving band ↪️YOP12 🏁wk26
  • ✅Shoelace/lanyard 🏁wk32
  • ✅Pink and plum 🏁wk37

Tapestry

• Wall hanging with handspun and fibres from stash
• Tapestry weaving project

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Officially the Group is in its 14th year, but this is my 7th year participating. Click the link if you would like to find out more about the Year of Projects Group on Ravelry, as you’d be very welcome to join us.