Hi friends!
Hope you’ve been having a happy and restful festive season. I don’t tend to do big year-end round up posts of what I’ve made (I like to save that for my blogiversary). But 2018 has been a big year, and I thought it’d be fun, as the new year dawns , to look back on some of the highlights of this year and make a few plans for the upcoming one!
Knitting-wise, 2018 was a year of firsts. I massively enjoyed my first ever Edinburgh Yarn Festival, spending it with old and new friends. I taught my first knitting classes. I occasionally helped out at my favorite local yarn shop, Northern Yarn. I also got to work my first knitting festival at Yarndale on the NY stand and received the most special wedding blanket from lovely friends while there! And I released my first ever knitting pattern — something I never thought I’d do!
Personally, it was a big year as well of course: settling into UK life, submitting my dissertation, and, most memorably, Mr. N and I tying the knot — and then celebrating throughout the rest of the year with our families and friends.
I’m looking forward to seeing what 2019 holds and sharing more crafty adventures here. As ever, I’ve got a queue to knit that could see me through several years, but I’m also hoping to carve a bit of time out to learn to sew, do a bit more designing, and hopefully get into some more new fiber-y adventures!
But for now, I thought I’d start 2019 with my “Make Nine.” Unlike last year, I’ve actually tried to pick just nine things, and I’ve included a few smaller projects in the hopes of making it achievable. And there’s a blank spot in the grid to represent the designs I want to work on! 
Top Row, from left: Threipmuir by Ysolda Teague (I’m looking forward to casting it on when I get home in Birlinn Yarn Company yarn from EYF 2018); Log Cabin Mitts by Karen Templer; and Flaum by Justyna Lorkowska (also to be knit in EYF 2018 yarn)
Middle: Houlland by Donna Smith; Còinneach by Kate Davies; Olivia by Julie Weisenberger.
Bottom: Fjer by Fiber Tales and Tettegouche by Virginia Sattler-Reimer.
It’ll all probably change, but I do love a bit of project planning! Do you already have any projects planned for the New Year?
Hope you’ve had a happy and peaceful festive season, with a bit of time for knitting.
xo K
