A Year of Projects

I have finalised my list for the year of projects.  I think.  My main goal in this is to challenge myself skill wise, but also have some fun, so I have chosen a range of projects to work on.  First two I will be working on are my February Lady Sweater and Lizard Ridge.  Since I have already started those I am going to concentrate my efforts to get them finished.  I know I will get bored of Lizard Ridge, so I'll be doing other projects between rectangles.  These links will take you to the ravelry pattern page.  In future, any links I post with regard to the year projects will take you to my personal project page.

Lizard Ridge

February Lady Sweater

Have You Made A Jumper Yet

Ishbel

Baktus
Lanesplitter
Ayakos vest
Kiss Triangle Shawlette
Ziggy
Endpaper Mitts
Mini Mochi Fair Isle Hat
Mini Mochi Fair Isle Mittens

Hmmm, looking at the list, it feels a bit ambitious.   I hope I can get it all done.  I'm not planning on any gift-knitting this year, and if I do it will only be a couple of things for the members of the family that appreciate it!

A quick summary of new skills I hope to learn:

knitting 2 socks on 1 circular needle - I really want to knit socks.  I know the theory on knitting socks, but I suffer from severe second-everything syndrome.  I hope learning how to knit 2 small circular items on 1 needle will end this problem.  I know the theory of 2 socks on 1 needle, I just need to put it into practice.  I have wanted to knit Ziggy ever since that edition on Knitty was published, I think they are stunning socks and a bit different to the normal stripes.

colourwork - I have chosen Endpaper Mitts as I have yarn for these already, and I hope the mini mochi will be engaging enough for me to get through both hat and mittens!  I will be waiting until after I have done Ziggy, and then hopefully will combine the skill learned there with this, although I imagine the different strands of wool will be bothersome.  I am up for a challenge though!

knitting & crochet in one project - I only recently learned how to crochet, and while I do not love clothing that has been crochet, there is something special about clothing that has both elements in it.  When I first saw A Stitch in Time vol 1, Have You Made A Jumper Yet? was one of the many patterns that stood out to me, but was out of my reach at that point.  Now all I need to do is buy another copy of the book and I am all set!

The rest are for fun - Lanesplitter looks stunning so I hope I can find suitable coloured Kureyon for it, Ayakos Vest looks like it could be really nice and quirky with some extra added touches.  I have seen many a Baktus be done in Kauni, so I really hope I can get my hands on a ball of this.  Ishbel and the Triangle Shawlette are lovely patterns that I just want to knit.

Now, here is the interesting part - I also want to knit other projects in between these.  I already have one fairly big project that will eat up more of my time towards the end of the year, so I am trying not to get ahead of myself.  By other projects I mean a shawl here or there, a hat maybe.  Nothing huge or time consuming (famous last words!)

I have had a think about how often I want to post about this.  Initially, I was going to go for every 2 weeks, but think I'll start with every Sunday and see how I go.  If I have nothing to talk about, I'll switch to every second Sunday.

If you want to keep track of how I am doing, there is a link at the right that will take you to a short summary page of my projects.