A Year of Projects Blog-a-Long: Update 0

Earlier this week I had the delight of discovering a Ravelry group called "Come Blog-A-Long with a Year of Projects." The idea is you write a list at the beginning of the year including all of the projects you're going to finish. It can be as long and complex or as short and sweet as you'd like. Every Sunday, the members of the group will blog their updates and post it on the Ravelry group for everyone else to enjoy, and every month will have a different thread there's one separate thread for the year to share your finished objects. It's a great way to hold yourself accountable and get some crafts done, to meet other fellow yarn addicts, and as a bonus get some extra traffic on your blog!

Oh, and the quirk? The year begins July first. That means YOU can be just as thrilled as I am at getting to start this adventure with a full calendar year. Look at your yarn stash that needs busting, your pattern book you never opened, or your Ravelry queue and start making your list for the year. The first weekly blogs will be June 30th - July 6th, and but I'm still finishing up my list before I share!

Oh yeah, I also made that cute little banner and a matching square version for the sidebar. I posted it in the Ravelry group so anyone else can use it if they'd like.

Finished: 3 Dishcloths

Here's what I finished up last week! These are all new stitches for me.

Dishcloth 1: Puff Stitch

Dishcloth 2: Basket Weave

Dishcloth 3: Nubby Scrubby

The basket weave cloth is definitely my favorite, and while the puff stitch is nice, it didn't really "puff" as much as I expected. It's still pretty flat. Let me know what you think! Do you have any tips?

WIP Up The Week: June 24

Here are my Works In Progress for the week! I have a couple other projects I'm not finished with yet, but I can't access them because I am moving Friday so they're all packed up in boxes! Boo.

Crocodile Dishcloth and Free Pattern

Last week I made a series of high-textured dishcloths, which you'll get to see in tomorrow's post, and I just knew the last one had to be the crocodile stitch. I've wanted to learn how to do this stitch since the first time I saw it, but through Google search and Ravelry, I couldn't find any dishcloth patterns made with it! So I went ahead and learned the stitch, and then unraveled it and started turning it into a dish cloth. I'll be sharing this pattern with you lovelies for free as soon as it's ready, so keep an eye out!

Workout Hat

This simple beanie is going to be my first sale ever! One of my boyfriend's workout buddies wanted a plain black beanie to work out in. I'm terrified it's going to be too large, I should have eyed up his hat size or even asking, instead of just guessing. It's basically done, it just needs to get finished off.







Sorry for the glowy phone-camera photos. That hat looks radioactive! Tell me what your WIPs are in the comments.