I have always been very faithful to wool. Or alpaca. Or any other animal fibre. I tried knitting a summer linen sweater in BC Garn Linho once, but I didn’t enjoy knitting it much, and I had worn it like 2 times before I gave it to my mum. Then I also tried one camisole, although I don’t wear such things, even non-knitted. I just wanted to try, you know, just knit it. By then, I knew I was not a plant fibre knitter, but I wanted to try one more item – a bralette. I used Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino, and despite not wearing the bralette even once, I discovered a summer yarn that I could possibly be willing to knit with in the future.

And the future is now! Being sad I can’t wear my knits during hot summer at all, I decided I would give it another try. At the same time, Andrea Gaughan was looking for test knitters for her Sunshine Tee (in the cover photo), so I applied and was selected. Now, I have a few more ideas for spring or summer knits, and I am eager to share them with y’all!

I have a dark past when it comes to Make Nines. The usual Make Nine Challenge with specific patterns had never really worked for me, so I changed it a bit the last year. It included rather general wishes than more specifics, and I managed to knit 5/9 of them. To tell the truth, I have not been so committed that I would often look at the pictures when deciding what to knit next. I just like to compare what I wanted with what I want a year later. And this year, my Make Nine will be very similar! I also put together the sewing and knitting plans, as I haven’t been sewing much lately, so making one Make Nine just for sewing doesn’t make sense. My #MakeNine2024 also includes two things from last year that I didn’t knit but still want. See below for a brief description of each of the “wishes”.

I was very ambitious last year. I created not one but two Make Nines! One for knitting, the other for sewing – and I introduced both in this post. However, I didn’t finish (nor started) any project from my sewing Make Nine, as I didn’t sew much at all, but I managed to knit 5 out of 9 planned projects! In total, I knitted 35 projects in 2023. So how things went with #MakeNine2023?