Wishing blog readers and your friends and family the most wonderful 2021 imaginable. Happy New Year and all the best!

2021 Promises To Be a Happy New Year

When I look back at just the items that I knitted, crocheted and/or spun in 2020, I’m a bit surprised.  I count 59 items in total.

And some of them were impressive for various reasons:

• Close To You Shawl in three different yarns
• Fox Paws…I’m still surprised I actually finished this beauty
• Three new pattern designs:
  • QueerJoe’s Simple Hat
  • Primordial Sworls Wrap (completed two of these beauties!)
  • Little Hearts Wrap
• Not to mention the Black Lives Matter – Fight On Project bag, Hallgrim Scarf, Gridditch Hats and Crosstalk Scarf

I also published 11 video blogs this year in the premier year for “Knitting With QueerJoe” as well as various tutorial videos.

I figure if I can accomplish that much in a shitty year, 2021 will be awesome.

Current Knitting

This project was technically completed in 2021.

It’s a variation on QueerJoe’s Simple Hat using two leftover colorways of Noro Kureopatora yarn.

I used a technique called helical knitting to make the stripes which I’ll describe a little in the next blog entry. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend the technique. At least not the way I did it.

New Year’s Good Fortune

I always consider how well my latte art is in the morning as an indicator of my day.

If this is any indicator, 2021 will be a good year. But just to make sure, I’ll add a Finn photo of his favorite Christmas gift.