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2023 Year in Review, 2024 Plans

The year is drawing to a close and I will be traveling for the holidays. I plan on doing a bit of blogging on my break, but likely will mostly be knitting and trying to really solidify my loom knitting patterns and what I want to do with them.  

Things I did from my 2023 list: 

  • Unicorn Ren Faire became Unicorn Dance


  • Kitsune became Fox Shrine Maiden 


  • Demon Slayer in Yarn - Finished the sweater started a 2nd sweater. Made 1 leg warmer and intend to finish the 2nd in the next couple of weeks. (update: Finished both leg warmers!) My socks got eaten by moths. So that was abandoned.


Things I did not do were: 
  • Goro's Tails
  • Polish Vest 
  • Mermaid Tail

Projects I did in 2023: 

  • St. Patrick's Dance Dress
  • Flame Dance Competition Dress


  • Goro the Puppet


Projects I started and need to finish: 
  • Knitted Wrap Belt
  • Zelda Sweater
  • Demon Slayer Sweater take 2
  • The 6 Kimono and Obi projects

Plans for 2024

Now this year's plans will mostly center around the six kimono projects I planned: 

  • Ruka's Yukata and Heko Obi
  • Ruka's Pink Kimono and purple Obi
  • Shinjuro's Kimono and Hakama
  • Kyojuro Promotional Hakama-Haori kimono
  • Gothic Rose Kimono and Black Obi
  • Polish Kimono and Haori and Striped Obi
For Halloween I'm going to keep it simple and make a Morticia Addams style dress that I can also hopefully dance in. I already have a sewing pattern for it. I might make a crow puppet or something. 

I have a lot of knitting projects on my 2 do list and I made a proper list of what I need to finish and how much of it I have left to go and estimates with time. The pattern book idea is a bit delayed but making progress as I finish things. Copyright has also been a concern for me so I'm trying turn things from specific to more generic. (More Inspired by as you will.) 

Lastly, slow progress on the Visual Novel. Making my way through Kichiro's route slow and steady. I may need to really carve out scheduled time to work on it and make more meaningful progress. 

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