Year of Projects 2026 – 2027

This is the Group’s 16th Year (YOP16), but my 9th Year.

Key:
↪️ list item 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 after week 1
‼️ abandoned
⏸️ on hold
🐸 frogged

NB. There are links to the Ravelry pattern or project page.

Main target for YOP 16

Make the most of the yarn, fibre and other craft supplies that I have in my craft room.

Acquisitions/Collection Curation

  • NO new yarns, unless I run out 😂
  • No new fibre, unless I have used up 2 kallax cubes worth

Booknook

  • Rolife Henry’s Chocolate kit

Crochet

  • One project

Dyeing

  • ↪️Practice microwave acid dyeing

Felting

  • Ylva *️⃣YOP9!
  • Handbag (or bowl) using felting ball *️⃣YOP11
  • Larger seascape pendant lampshade for bedroom
  • ✅️Bedroom bin 🏁wk7
  • 🆕️✅️Shop stock 4 x seascape shades 🏁wk8

Knitting

  • Finish WIPs
    • ✅️Hitchhiker by Martina Behm using handspun BFL & silk  *️⃣started YOP15 wk49 🏁wk9
    • ADVENTure Gnome *️⃣YOP14 Wk19
    • Smaller verion of Little Gemstones Cowl *️⃣YOP15
  • Emotional Support Chicken(s) using handspun to donate 1️⃣✅️MIL wk10, 2️⃣✳️
  • 3 items from Ravelry queue:
  • Frog my Pinwheel Mitten *️⃣YOP13 wk22, 1st 🏁YOP13 wk37.  (Mitten 1 is too small)
  • Make husband something with green New Lanark yarn ↪️YOP13
  • One pair of mittens from the book Tantulltussmittens ↪️YOP14
  • Dish cloths
  • Socks

Painting

  • Make artwork for bedroom

Sewing

  • 🆕️Sew handwoven fabric into useful things 1️⃣✅️ bag for weaving bits, 2️⃣✅️ pouch for sampler looms wk11
  • Make an item of clothing ↪️YOP13

Spinning

  • ✅️Tour de Fleece 2026
    • Hilltop Cloud Polwarth & Yak green, purple and teal top 🏁wk3
    • WoW Advent Days 4 & 5 🏁wk4 and Day 6 🏁wk5
  • January Spin Challenge 2027
  • Other spinning
    • ✅️Advent day 7 wk7
    • Norah’s brown and orange fibres ✳️wk11

Weaving

Dorset Buttons
  • Christmas Garland kit ↪️YOP15
  • Ad hoc buttons
8-Shaft and Rigid Heddle Looms
  • 3 heddle project that I have converted from a 4 shaft pattern on my 32” rigid heddle loom
  • New set of Diamond Stripe Tea Towels on 32″ RHL
  • Projects on my new 8 shaft loom
    • ✅️8-shaft sampler 🏁wk6
  • Projects using larger cone stash:
    • ✅️Harris Tweed Singles
      • 8-shaft sampler 🏁wk6
    • Shetland
    • Aran weight cotton
Inkle Loom
  • Shoelaces
  • Blue shades belt
Tapestry
  • Tapestry weaving project ↪️YOP13

Officially the Group is in its 16th year, but this is my 9th 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.