#FastenOffYAL

Michelle / The Giddy Stitcherthegiddystitcher@sunny.garden
2025-01-14

Feeling much better tonight, hurrah!

I credit this partially to the fact that I thought we might be running out of Christmas chocolates, but we've actually got (had, until a moment ago) a whole unopened thing of Celebrations so crisis averted.

This sock has been sitting unloved for weeks so time for a spot of progress, I think...

#Knitting #Socks #YearOfPlentySocks #FastenOffYAL

Partially knitted foot section of a toe-up sock, on a mini circular needle. It's made from light green variegated yarn and has a slip stitch pattern that is completely lost in the variegation. Beside the sock is the rest of the yarn cake, plus a mini Milky Way and Snickers chocolate.
Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2025-01-01

With 2025 started the fifth edition of Fasten Off Yarnalong ended and we have a prize winner to announce!

We created a big prize: 5 patterns from 5 participating designers of the winner's choice.
Each submitted finished project was an entry to the random prizedraw. There were 146 projects submitted before the end of the event and the winner is:

@stitchesandstringtheory with the Baybee Blanket, a design by YarnAndy

Congratulations Rachel! We'll contact you about your prize!

#FastenOffYAL

A graphic of a gift. The gift is divided in four rectangles that each have a different color and text in them. The gift has an orange bow on top of it. The text in the top left, blue, rectangle is "5 year celebration prize". The text in the top right, yellow, rectangle is "Fasten Off Yarnalong". The text in the bottom left, orange, rectangle is "the winner of 5 patterns from 5 participating designers of their choice". The text in the bottom right, green, rectangle is "is Rachel Sandler with FO Baybee Blanket by Yarnandy
Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2025-01-01

@troodon participating in this random question did win you a pattern prize by one of our participating designers! Congratulations!

Please send us a private message with you emailadress and preferred craft so we can get you your prize.

#FastenOffYAL

Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2025-01-01

Happy new year!
We hope you had a fabulous time in our 2024 event, and discovered designers and patterns that you love!

Please fill out our feedback form ( forms.gle/aE85Cj1Z7PEfWadQ9 ) to let us know how the event went for you! We really value what folks have to tell us about the event, positive or otherwise. We're committed to making improvements every year. Please fill out the form while everything is still fresh in your mind! You can also email us at fastenoffyal@gmail.com

#FastenOffYAL
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A black on white graphic of a ball of yarn that also looks like a globe with a hook and needle through it
Alex, the Hearth FireWizardOfDocs@wandering.shop
2025-01-01

having a wild time at the #FastenOffYAL New Year's Eve Boonanza

#AsslessQuacks5eva

2025-01-01

I completed another thing for the Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long!

orchardhouseediting.com/b/pJSj

A Whale of a Cowl, by Orchard House Editing.

It looks like I did cabling but it is in fact lace.

#FastenOffYAL #FOYAL2024

A photo of a knitted cowl, done with wide columns of a curving repeating whale tail pattern.
La VischLaVisch
2024-12-31

Happy New Year! I wish you all a wonderful 2025, may this year bring you joy, success, and new adventures 😃

2 glasses with gold sparkly champagne on a cream background. There is also a golden ribbon, and gold glitter.
2024-12-31

@fastenoffyal thank you for sharing and saying such lovely words #FastenOffYAL

Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2024-12-31

Marieke, @SolaceInStitches , loves to find and bring to others solace in stitches. Her first design, Deel Shawl, does just that with its symmetrical triangle design. Tunisian crochet stitches are worked vertically and horizontally to create a cozy and fashionable shawl. It also comes in two sizes so that you create the perfect shawl for you. #FastenOffYAL @crochet #TunisianCrochet

The model is standing in front of a black wall with wood designs. They are wearing a grey shirt and they have their hands on their shoulders. They are wearing the Deel Shawl wrapped around their neck so that the bottom V of the shawl is in the centre of their chest. The design is highlighted with the horizontal stitches on the right (when looking at the picture) and vertical stitches on the left (when looking at the picture). The shawl features rows of colour, rainbow colour is striped with a lovely soft brown colour.
Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2024-12-30

Giveaway closed, winner announced

Final Fasten Off Random Question of 2024!

We're curious how many times you've participated in the Fasten Off Yarnalong so far and how you were introduced to the event! Please share your answer below.

We'll draw a random winner amongst all entries to win a pattern prize by a participating designer.

#FastenOffYAL #OffRav #InclusiveYarnCommunity #FOYAL

a white square graphic with black text saying "Fasten Off Random Question". There are question marks spread over the image in several colors and in the middle is the Fasten Off Yarnalong game logo: a discoball with a crochet hook and knitting needle through it with music notes and stars around it]
Michelle / The Giddy Stitcherthegiddystitcher@sunny.garden
2024-12-30

@fastenoffyal Started this month thinking I wouldn't get very far but here we are with two bingos! Or three, idk how you count bingos 😅

I will almost certainly not be finishing anything before the end of the month, but I've started plenty!

Thanks for the great hosting, and for including us over here on Fedi ❤️

#FastenOffYAL #FOYALBingo #Knitting

A bingo card for the Fasten Off Yarnalong, this one is labeled Card 1 - Try All Things. I have lots of squares marked off, but one fully completed row which includes sharing a design with the community, getting a compliment on a participating project, starting my first project, following 3 designers and playing games with the organisers.A second yarnalong bingo card, this time it's Card 2 - Take Your Time and is more about focusing on one big project. I have two rows complete on this one, some siilar prompts to the first card but also working on a project for an hour straight, getting distracted browsing patterns instead of stitching, taking plenty of breaks, and telling friends about the yarnalong!
2024-12-29

I have started a new FOYAL WIP, which is much smaller than a shawl (it is a cowl) but I still likely won't finish it in time before the event ends, thereby checking off one more Bingo square!

If I do finish it in time, well, I have enough yarn for three cowls, so I will likely just start another one. xD

#FastenOffYAL #FOYAL2024

Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2024-12-28

What are YOU doing New Year's Eve? Did you know that we have an all-day celebration on the #FastenOffYAL Discord server where you can chat to your heart's content, play games, and win prizes? We call it the New Year's Boonanza!

It's never too late to hop onto our Discord server and join the fun: fastenoffyal.com/discord

Games and prizes -- Fasten Off YAL BOONANZA -- Celebrate December 31 in the FOYAL Discord community
Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2024-12-28

CLOSED

Please share your BINGO cards in any form of completion for a chance to win a prize! We'll draw a random winner from all comments 48 hours from now.

Even if you haven't completed any cards, make sure to submit them before the end of January 1, 2025 (ET). Email your card(s) to FastenOffYALGames@gmail.com, with the subject "BINGO card". Include in your email the names of the patterns you've used.
Or use this Google form forms.gle/gQktTRbCBPZxn9eH8 to submit them

#FastenOffYAL #FOYALbingo

a discoball that looks like a ball of yarn with a knitting needle and crochet hook is surrounded by music notes and stars. On each side are stripes in rainbow colors. Below it is the text Fasten Off Yal Bingo! Share your FOYAL bingo card(s) for a chance to win!
2024-12-27

Here is the completed shawl!

I have knitted the "Candace" shawl designed by Anniken Allis:

lovecrafts.com/en-gb/p/candace

I did it all for the Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long 2024, my first FOYAL. :3 I cast on, knitted, bound off, blocked, and repaired a dropped stitch hole all in under a month!

I'm not sure if the yarn is homespun or not, I purchased it almost ten years ago from a yarn store that no longer exists, it's possibly homespun and very well made and absolutely lovely. I suspect it is wool but I do not know for sure.

fastenoffyal.com/

#FastenOffYAL #FOYAL2024 #Knitting

A photo of a comete lace knitted shawl, done in lace rainbow gradient yarn. It is off the needles but not yet blocked, and stretched out as well as not yet blocked lace knitting can be. The colours go through two full rotations of all six colours, before ending on the same colour it starts with. The bottom edge curls up and over the project itself, and even not yet blocked appears scalloped.A photo of the same lace knitted shawl as the previous photo, but now pinned onto a foam mat for blocking. The bottom edge is scalloped.A photo of the same knitted shawl as the previous two photos, now finished blocking, and being worn by a pale skinned person in a hoodie with a beard (their face is not visible in the photo.) This view is from the front of the person with the two narrow "arms" of the shawl hanging down in front of their chest.A photo of the same knitted shawl on the same person as the previous photo, but now taken over their shoulder and looking at the back of the person wearing the shawl in a bathroom mirror. It seems to hang roughly to the top of their butt.
Amy Meyers🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇺🇸amyshark@mastodon.scot
2024-12-27

I forgot to follow up (shocker!). #FastenOffYAL ~ I finished a project! I lost yarn chicken, so there’s only one row of border, but I finished my teacher gift stole! Thanks, @LaVisch for the awesome pattern! On to my next purchases!! (It really is a *gorgeous* wrap on a human. Unfortunately, I look like I got run over by a truck, so I’m not modeling it!)

Red lace crochet wrap displayed on antique wooden chair.Another view of same red lace crochet stole on same antique chair
2024-12-26

Finished the knitting portion! Now I just need to weave in the ends and block! Looking so good in the rainbow!!

#FastenOffYAL #Knitting #FOYAL2024

A photo of a knitted lace shawl, complete and off needles but not yet blocked, done in lace rainbow gradient yarn. It goes through two entire cycles of all six colours and then ends on the same colour it started with. The bottom edge currently curls up and over the project, and it looks scalloped.
2024-12-26

I messed up my #FastenOffYAL Take Your Time project and needed a quick satisfying win when faced with frogging 3 long days of knitting so I grabbed worsted weight acrylic and held it double and made a super cute tortoise! This Sully the Sulcata Tortoise by Crocheting Savvy is super satisfying for a quick win and I'll definitely make more with scraps like was my original plan

A light green with black shell crochet tortoise angled looking towards the camera with a turtles of the world book behind itThe side view of a green with black shell crochet tortoise
Fasten Off Yarnalongfastenoffyal@mastodon.art
2024-12-26

With only 5 more days left in the 5th Fasten Off YAL we would like to introduce our special

-- 5TH EDITION CELEBRATION PRIZE --

One winner will receive 5 patterns of their choice by 5 different participating designers. Each 2024 submitted FOYAL finished object counts as an entry for this celebration prize.

Patterns here:
fastenoffyal.com/script.cgi?TY
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

#FastenOffYAL #FOYAKL2024 #OffRav @knitting @crochet

A graphic of a gift. The gift is divided in four rectangles that each have a different color and text in them. The gift has an orange bow on top of it. The text in the top left, yellow, rectangle is "5 year celebration prize". The text in the top right, blue, rectangle is "Fasten Off Yarnalong". The text in the bottom left, green, rectangle is "win 5 patterns from 5 participating designers of your choice". The text in the bottom right, orange, rectangle is "each 2024 submitted  FOYAL finished object has a  chance to win this  unique prize".

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