Year of Projects - The List

Welcome to the new Yopping Year.  Here we go dear Readers.

First of all my new header.  This is a painting I did two summers ago and it stands as a reminder that I want to paint more this year, and be brave like the dear hummingbirds that come to my feeder year round. It will also serve as a reminder to me that it is okay not to be perfect. 

I am entering this year with two wips.  Both sweaters.  Both in the same yarn.  I am serious about this stash busting dear readers!

 I finished the lace back on Dahlia last night:

I have spun everyday since Tour de Fleece started so this, of course, will add to my stash for Year of Projects 10!

I don't really have any stash except for a lot of homespun(which I am adding to by the minute), and many little balls of this and that left over from projects.  I have plans for it all, or at least most of it.  I will have this list up in my pages, but for today you can have a look, and then if you want you can check back periodically as I tick off things from wish list to done. 

Knit Wips:
hot water bottle cover
Amiga
Dahlia Cardigan

Crochet Wips: 
Spice of Life
Wrapped in Jamie - CAL

Waiting for release of large Claire square for the middle

Socks:
slippery slope socks
Advent socks

Mitts:

Fingerless Mitts of the Roses

Slippers:
Mary Jane Slippers

Sweaters:

Long/ Caterpillar Cardigan

Small Knits:
Topsy Turvy doll
Vera Viking
miniature surprise sweater for christmas tree ala elizabeth zimmerman
Nativity Scene

Woven Baskets:
Wedding plate
finish Small Basket

Spinning and Dying
Spin up natural fibre and kool aid dye some of it.
Spin Silk Hankies

Ravelry Queue:
creatures from either or both Amanda Berry mobiles
Moomintroll
Kangaroo and Joey
Weebee Doll and clothes
any of the socks 

Since I have joined Tour de Fleece this year most of July will be spent spinning and when not spinning working on my Dahlia cardigan, and if I win at yarn chicken with Dahlia then I will finish the Amiga cardigan. If not, then Amiga will be frogged to finish Dahlia.  With me so far? 

I have decided this year to tag all my YOP projects on Ravelry so they are easy to find when it comes time for my wrap-up.  I will also keep a dedicated album for YOP10 in my Google Photos folder.  It was so time-consuming counting up my projects and then finding the pics I wanted for my wrap-up post.  

Of course I could make a lot of different albums for my photos - since going digital my photos are not properly sorted, named or filed on the cloud.  Hmmmm.  Maybe I can add this to my things to do list since I think I will be tied to home for many months still to come.  

I didn't mention in my wrap-up post my progress on my novel.  I did get it editted and I did get it out to a dozen beta readers.  I attended a web seminar last Monday on self-publishing.  It is a lot, but I think I will consider this with some seriousness in the coming year. 

Here is a sneak peak of my spinning for today - which is a challenge day in Tour de Fleece.  My challenge - spinning from silk hankies.  This is the spun single from two hankies.  It doesn't look like much, but it is thread thin.

Last night's start

There have been lots of videos and video chats with my daughter and grand-daughter, but not any still photos so I will leave you with this from a couple of weeks ago. 

morning kefir

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So raise a glass.  Here's to Year of Projects 10!

PS:  if you have any suggestions for colour of that large middle square of my Wrapped in Jamie Blanket please post in comments.  I am leaning towards purple.