Year of Projects 2024 – 2025

This is the Group’s 14th Year (YOP14), but my 7th Year.

As ever, I’m being hugely optimistic about what I can achieve but that’s what motivates me. To reduce the amount of words I’ve added some new icons and removed designers names as the Ravelry links are there if you need more details.

Key:
↪️ carried over from a previous YOP year
*️⃣ started previous YOP year
✳️ started this YOP year

As the year progresses these will also be used:
✅ finished 🏁 week finished
🆕 added to list after week 1
‼️ abandoned (i.e. changed my mind and probably will never make it)
⏸️ on hold (i.e. not fully abandoned the idea but now not doing this YOP year)
🐸 frogged

NB. There are links to the Ravelry pattern, yarn or project page. The second links are to the relevant blog post,

Main target for YOP 14

To schedule time for personal projects and shop stock items. Last year I allowed months to go by with little or no stock of certain items. I’d like to ensure there’s always a good selection of my items available at the Alchemist Gallery in Dingwall.

New stock items will have separate posts this year. My YOP posts will cover non-stock items only, unless there’s a new design to highlight.

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!
  • ⏸️Make a handbag using the felting ball *️⃣YOP11!
  • ⏸️Waste paper bin for living room ↪️YOP13
  • ⏸️Sewing bin for sunroom ↪️YOP13

Knitting

Jumpers/cardigans
Shawls
Socks
Accessories
Other/household

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 1️⃣🏁Wk28 I sewed a belt from tablet woven band 2️⃣🏁Wk37 2nd belt
  • 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:
  • 🆕✅ Spin fibre I’ve blended myself:
  • 🆕✅ Candy cane yarn (Polwarth and bamboo) 🏁wk27
  • ✅ Ply Candytuft single 🏁wk32
  • ✅ Taurus merino/silk blend 🏁wk51
  • 🆕️ 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
    • ✅Days 2, 7, 21 and 22 during April
    • ✅Days 3, 8, 11, 13, 23 and 25 during May
    • ✅Days 4 and 24 during June.
  • ✅️Folklore Legacy wk52

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
  • ⏸️Weave a length of cotton or Harris wool to make a kimono type dressing gown
  • ⏸️Patterned shawl with WYS Exquisite in Belgravia/Rose merino/silk yarn ↪️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
    • ✅Pair of shoelaces 🏁wk48
  • 🆕✅Blue and orange band 🏁wk50
Tapestry
  • Wall hanging with handspun and fibres from stash
  • Tapestry weaving project

Wood

Have a 3rd lesson in wood turning. ↪️YOP12

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.