Well yes, Year 15 has begun, but I have not been Yopping for that long. I will have to look back though my archives to see when I started....be right back.
Okay. I started in Year of Projects 2016/2017 and was pretty consistent until part way through 2022/23 - So I think that makes this my 8th year.
Enough with the facts - let's get down to the plan.
I have had two patterns in my queue since the beginning of the year and it took me a while to order the yarn for them
Wilderness Shawl and 52 Card Pickup
The Wilderness Shawl will be a new-to-me construction of knitting a colourwork shawl in the round and then steeking it. It doesn't escape my notice that the work steek has the word 'eek' in it. I started this yesterday and so far so good. Progress picture will happen next week.
The 52 Pickup is a double knitting pattern by Alasdair Post-Quinn and I will make the blanket version with each card of the deck, including the two jokers.
I also have another of Amelia Archer's designs - Contrapunctus ready to start. I love her knit loop ideas, and in fact took her idea and designed a sock for this year's SuperSock World Championship. Me Too! Me Too! will be available for sale in September.
This past week I finished two pairs of socks to celebrate Canada Day. Amelia Archer's Charmed Diamond socks and one of the Supersock World Championship designs - Sassia by L'Atelier des Glรจnettes.
Yesterday was the start of Tour de Fleece and I have over a pound of fleece to spin up - not sure how much I will get done, or what I will make with it, but it is great to be back on my wheel after such a long hiatus.
The rest of my plan is as follows:
test knits for Supersock World Championship 2026
new sock design of my own
a gnome or two
an animal/wild animal friend or two
knit something with my handspun
at least one dragon
a toque to match my latest purple gansey
fingerless gloves - also to match my latest gansey
Yes, I am back and looking forward to catching up on the other bloggers who are taking part in Year of Projects 15 on Ravelry.
