Happy New Year! I ended 2024 by finishing a pair of fingerless mittens. These are prototype mittens. I’m making a friend the exact same pair but wanted to try them out first. I’m pretty pleased with them even though the thumbs came out slightly differently. I think the first time I increased in the wrong place and made kind of a ladder effect but this is why we test things. Now I know what not to do for my friend’s pair.

One of my resolutions for the year is to do more spinning so yesterday while I had the day off I sat down at the wheel and worked on some ongoing yarn from Three Waters Farm called Blueberry Liqueur.

I’ve had a lot of mixed feelings about my wheel this year. To the extent that I even listed it for sale at one point. It’s beautiful and I love it but I don’t use it very much and I want it to be in a home where it gets used. The process of spinning just doesn’t capture me the same way that knitting does. I love the finished yarn but getting there is a bit harder. Is that because it’s just a different process or because I’m still struggling to make yarn that I want to knit with? The only way to find out is to practice and learn. So this year I want to spin more. I’m not going to set a goal for time or amount produced. Just “more” this year.

I had a good year of knitting in 2024. I finished 14 projects and used 5,015 yards of yarn according to Ravelry. Most of my projects were fairly small. The biggest this year was Travel Mode 2.0. I will note that 6 of my projects were purple. I’ll have to branch out in colors a little bit more in 2025. I think some of that was influenced by knitting for baby girls for some friends but it would still be nice to have a greater variety of colors in my knitting world. I’m looking forward to seeing what I (and you!) make this year.