on january 1, 2025, i finished my first ever sophie scarf, the ubiquitous pattern by petite knit. it was to be the first of many. it's a little wonky and i hadn't yet learned an easy way to keep track of how many rows i needed between my increases, but it's warm and i still love the color.
it was soon followed by a second one, which i finished january 20. there were also mistakes, but i soldiered on and when i wear it, no one can see them. it was fun to work with two yarns and see how the variegated silk mohair changed the vibe as i went along.
and then january 26 there was suddenly a 3rd one in pink. i was getting the hang of it, but still a little inconsistent in counting those rows and remembering which side my increases should happen on.
february 14, i gave myself a valentine in the form of a sophie hood. it's made of soft blue permin tweed that i found on sale at my local yarn shop. the child appropriated it in november, but she will be giving it back when i finish a cream colored one for her.
march 1, i finished a brown sophie scarf for my sister. still with a few imperfections, but i was finally getting there on figuring out where i was at and i think i even managed to keep the increases all in the same side.
march 27, i finished my first cashmere sophie scarf and decided that all sophie scarves should probably be cashmere. this one was for husband's middle child's birthday.
april 20th, i finished a brown cashmere one for myself, but then later gave it to a friend.
i had a period over the summer where i was weaving more than knitting, but i did manage to finish a light blue sophie scarf with a sparkle thread around the end of may. i think i finished my pink one around this time as well, or a little before, but weirdly failed to take a picture of the finished product. the pink one is cashmere and was also held together with a sparkle thread.
summer was approaching and my sophie scarf production slowed to a trickle. but i had to do one in a bright, cobalt blue. i finished it sometime in early june.
so far, this is pretty much the year of the sophie scarf, and we were only halfway through. then i took a bit of a break and did a lot of weaving over the summer. summer feels less like knitting weather.
september 20, i finished my first sweater vest. mistakes were made. but i've worn it quite a lot since making it. i immediately started on a pink one in the same pattern. held with a sparkle thread, of course. alas, it's not done yet.
december 6, i finished another sophie hood, made with the beautiful japanese noro yarn i got when i was in minnesota in march. i held it together with a lovely silk mohair thread to make it softer.
it was so fun to make another sophie hood, i dug out some cream yarn with neon flecks in it and immediately made another, finishing it dec. 16, because i was sick and able to hang out on the couch knitting for an entire weekend. the child wants one in plain cream, so i've already started that one, hoping i might be able to finish before she heads back to portugal.
and that's it, all of the finished knitting projects for 2025. i do have quite some WIPs built up and it's one of my intentions for 2026 to finish all of them up. we'll have to see how that goes!
