YOP: Week 52

     As the year comes to a close, I've been looking at my queue and starting to plan out a few projects for 2025.  After having to cold sheep for the majority of this past year, I'm going into next year with some guidelines.  When I purchase yarn, I really want to stick to purchasing for specific patterns.  I took advantage of Miss Babs annual gratitude sale and purchased specifically for two patterns.  I also want to continue to knit from stash whenever possible.  I have paired up yarn with patterns for several and they've been moved up in my queue.

    I'll have more time, so I plan to participate in several swaps in 2025.  I'll be getting yarn from these so I'm going to try to stick to swaps only for "unplanned" stash acquisition.  I have several carry-over projects I didn't get to this year, which seems to be a theme every year.  So tentatively this is my meager list for 2025:

-Butterfly--Papillon with Urth Yarns Harvest and Uneek both in Fingering.  Yarn already sorted.

-Holding-Hands-Mittens with Lion Brand Heartland.  This is a commission from a friend at work.  Yarn is already sorted.

-Shoots-n-Ladders-Hat for another co-worker who is pregnant.  I plan to use Lion Brand Heartland for this as well unless I find out she would like wool, in which case I'll probably use Mal Rios.

-Vasama carry-over pattern.  Mal Arroyo in Purpuras for Liara.

-Killer-Queen-Cowl Mal Rios in Leo and Pisces, ordered.  

-Turnstile This will be number three and possibly number four.  I like them.  I have several skeins of Mal Mechita I plan to use and probably a couple more to get.  I've been getting yarn through Rav destashes for these.

-Blue-Ridge-Cowl Miss Babs Yowza Mini.  Yarn ordered.  I went with colors extremely similar to the sample as that combo is what attracted me to the pattern in the first place.

-DRK-Everyday-Cowl Miss Babs Yowza Mini for this as well.  I went with a neutral with some speckles and a tonal greenish blue.  I still may try this in a fade with Mal Sock too.

-Unicorn-Cowl Cloudborn Fibers Alpaca Sport and Passion Yarns Minis for sure.  I'm going to throw in some Mal Sock in some bright colors too.  I may do a predominantly blue one for Liara too if I like this. 

I have several more shawls in the queue paired with yarn that I would use as scarves, and I still want to do the hexagonal modular blanket.  I need to get some more yarn for that.  If I listed all those my list would be kind of long.  I think this is a good start.  I also have a few sewing projects I'd like to tackle.  I got four bolts of flannel fabric so I can sew some pajama pants for the kids.  I've never sewn clothes so this will be an entirely new skill to learn.  I also want to make myself some more project bags.  Yes, I have a ton, but I use them and I enjoy making them.  I decided to throw together another little movie of all the projects I did in the last few months.  These are all the ones I finished since the last movie and there aren't many because I was focused on school.

  Video Link

I'm not sure why I can't embed the video.  It worked for my last movie....  The link should work.

     

All in all I think 2024 was a pretty good year.  There were many ups and downs, but my family and I are doing well.  We have a warm house to live in, two drive able vehicles and plenty of food.  Here's to 2025 and hoping it's an even better year for projects and whatever else comes our way. 

    I've also been working on a pair of socks for my son.  I'm on the heel flap of sock one right now.  I'm using the Handpaint Highlight Pattern from one of my pattern books and a yarn I picked up at a garage sale awhile back.  I'm not even sure what yarn it is, but its resulting in rainbow stripes, so I'm finding it fun to work with. 

 

 Happy New Year everyone.  Until later, happy crafting.

-Q