This is my first Year of Projects, but officially in the Ravelry Group it’s Year 8. The year starts at the beginning of July 2018 and runs for 52 weeks.
Key
✅ Achieved this year
❇️ Started this year
*️⃣ Additional projects added to my list during the year
➡️ Carried forward to YOP year 9.
❗️ Removed from this years list, may reappear on a future list.
Wet felting
- A picture of a Highland Cow ✅ wk 4
- Make a fancy scarf or wrap using nuno felting ✅ wk 11 and wk 16. (Made 12 scarves! Gifted 4 of them. 6 for possible future sale.)
- A case for my craft scissors ✅ wk 16
- A coin purse ✅ wk 35
- *️⃣ A pair of slippers ✅ wk 33
- *️⃣ A loose casual waistcoat or jacket ✅ wk 37
- *️⃣ Make a Lampshade ✅ wk 39. (Made 10 lampshades in 8 styles)
- *️⃣ Tide clock with sky and sea blends (moved forward from next year’s draft list) ✅ wk 39
- *️⃣ Tea cosy for small teapot ✅ wk 41
- *️⃣ Felt a back for hand painted autumn flowers silk painting (to make a cushion). ✅ wk 44
- *️⃣ Pouch for tape measure…or something else! ✅ wk 49
- A picture of my dog Ylva ❗️
- A project bag using the plastic loop handles in my stash ➡️
Needle felting
- *️⃣ Christmas mouse pictures ✅ wk 25
- *️⃣ Christmas bauble ✅ wk 25
- *️⃣ A picture of our parrot ✅ wk 37 *
- A 3D animal…probably my dog Ylva ➡️
- Make up some more bug related fairies…to go with my ladybird one ➡️
Spinning
Commercial Fibre to Yarn
- Perpetual purple merino ✅ wk 3
- Plum merino and gold bamboo ✅ wk 3
- Ethereal ether ✅ wk 8
- British 56s ✅ wk 12
- Shetland ✅ wk 24
- Camel & silk ✅ wk 24
- Corriedale poppy ✅ wk 24
- *️⃣ Blue Faced Leicester ✅ wk 33
- *️⃣ North Ronaldsay humbug (added to list and started wk 31) ✅ wk 33
- Alpaca
Raw Fibre to Yarn
- Spin some Samoyed dog hair ✅ wk 6
Technique Learning
- Master chain ply ✅ wk 12 (Himalayan blend chain ply nice and smooth at joints)
- Create a fractal spun yarn ✅ wk 24
- Create my own wool and silk blended spin ✅ wk 29
- Spin some tweed yarn ✅ wk 29 attempt with silk flecks
- Create an official (not accidental) art yarn ✅ wk 51
Dyeing
Natural Fibre and/or Homespun yarn
- British 56s ✅ wk 4 and 11
- *️⃣ Over dye ethereal ether merino ✅ wk 6
- Blue Faced Leicester ✅ wk 26
- *️⃣ Mohair ✅ wk 26
- *️⃣ Merino palette practice ✅ wk 44
- Samoyed Dog hair ➡️
- Bamboo ➡️
- Merino/silk blend ➡️
- Merino/suri alpaca blend ➡️
- Corriedale fibre ➡️
- Portland ➡️
Commercial Undyed Yarn
- Cheviot chunky wool ✅ wk 6
- Merino silk blend ✅ wk 25
- *️⃣ BFL sock yarn ✅ wk 45 gradient set
- Merino bamboo blend ➡️
- BFL/silk blend ➡️
Knitting
Garments
- Finish my Chimney Fire cardigan ✅ wk 14
- Make the Void shawl with Rowan Lima yarn ❇️ (Started wk 26) ➡️
- *️⃣ Make Elda cardigan ✅ wk 47
- *️⃣ Make Quick Sand cardigan ✅ wk 50
Socks
- Make my husband a pair of socks ✅ wk 18
- Make my dad something for Christmas ✅ wk 25
- Make a 2nd pair of socks for myself ✅ wk 32
- *️⃣ Make 3rd pair of socks for myself ✅ wk 36
- *️⃣ Make 4th pair of socks for myself ✅ wk 42
Accessories
- Make something with purple and gold homespun yarn ✅ (Hitchhiker wk 11)
- *️⃣ Cheviot homedyed chunky yarn set ✅ wk 19
- *️⃣ Make Lintilla scarf ✅ wk 24
- *️⃣ Hat for Allistar using Fractal homespun ✅ wk 26
- *️⃣ Swirly swooshy hat ✅ wk 38
- Knit (or crochet) all the scraps of left over sock and sport weight wool. ✅ wk 12 (Mitred squares for keeping stitch markers, glasses case, dog poop bag holder, started a northeast blanket, but doubt I’ll finish it.)
- Make set with perpectual purple handspun ❗️
Techniques
- Learn fair isle knitting and knit one of the small fair isle items in my queue ✅ wk 3. Try >2 colour fair isle ✅ wk 38
- *️⃣ Knit something Two at a Time ✅ wk 18
- *️⃣ Learn herringbone stitch to make a neckwarmer ✅ wk 38
- Learn brioche stitch ❇️ (YouTube watching wk 13) ➡️
Crochet
I’ve realised crochet is not for me.
- Make an octopus for a preemie (cotton and hook arrived wk 13) ❗️
- Make a jellyfish for a preemie ❗️
- Get to grips with UK -v- US terms! ❗️
Sewing
- Create a project bag and notions pouch ✅ wk 6
- *️⃣ Make autumnal leaves cushion ✅ wk 52
Weaving
- *️⃣ Weave a practice scarf ✅ wk 42
- *️⃣ Weave a double weave scarf ✅ wk 48
- *️⃣ Weave a scarf with Ripples Crafts Peat and Rocks gradient set ✅ wk 52
If you are interested in reading more about these projects, please check the round up post at the end of this Year of Projects, which has images and additional links to specific blog posts, ravelry project pages and more.
