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Active WIPS

• Katie
  • Ballydesmond mitts by Irish Girlie Knits using Malabrigo rios in teal feather. I am leading the KAL over the Malabrigo group for MalMarch.
  • The Age of Brass and Steam by Orange Flower Yarn using malabrigo silky merino in the Atardecer colorway (blues and purples like a watercolor)

• Somer
  
  Knitting
  • Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu with Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys (paid pattern, 200 yen, less than $2)

• Cawl Me by Allie Coffey in Cakewalk Yarns in the Peppermint Bark colorway (paid pattern, $4.50)

 Spinning

• Three Waters Farm Rambouillet in Birds in the Holly (December top of the month club)
• Rolags from BlueBarnFiber: bamboo, angelina, firestar in the Starry Night colorway

Recent FOs

• Katie
  • RVA hat by Karen Troyer Ladman was a test knit.  I’m used malabrigo merino worsted in pearl.
  • Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using malabrigo twist in green gray

• Somer
  • Brancusi mitts by NellKnits with Malabrigo Worsted in Blue Surf (paid pattern, $6)
  • 2 Knit Lit Chicks swap project – details to come
  • Slipped Ridge hat by Woolly Wormhead in Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Modern Fair Isle (paid pattern, $6)
  • Three Waters Farm Finn in Bright Open Sky (blues, reds, wine, kind of a very light tan (almost looks natural), brown) (November top of the month club)

  • Non-knitting adventures:
• dyed 2 skeins of yarn
• Photography

Casting on soon!

• Katie
  • Reyna shawl using Savvy Skeins Comal sock in Midway

• Somer
  • Malabrigo Head Thingie by Anne Sahakian (free Ravelry download)

Acquisitions

• Katie
  • Sock yarn from Spun Right Round – Superwash Sock 80/20 (2 skeins) and Snappy Socks

• Somer
  • Fiber from Rock and String Yarn on Etsy: BFL/Silk in Denim and Superwash BFL in Mine of the 7 Dwarves
  • T-shirt from Haute Knit Yarn – “If I can’t take my yarn, I’m not going.”
  • Phat Fiber box

 

Events

• Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta, April 15-16, 2016 in Seguin, Texas (Katie & Somer will be there April 16)
• Houston Fiber Fest, June 24-25, 2015 in Cypress, Texas (Katie will likely be there June 24; Somer & Darcy will likely be there June 25)
• Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there)

Non-knitting related:

• Texas Library Association conference – any listeners going to be there?
• Somer will be in Indianapolis in mid-May – suggestions for yarn shops or restaurants in the downtown area

 

In the Kitchen

• Somer
  • Blue Apron: Baked Eggs with Cheesy Garlic Bread

 

Reading & Watching

• Katie
  • Finished reading Night Study by Maria V. Snyder (part of the Study/Soulfinders series which began with Poison Study)
  • Currently reading These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly – YA historical fiction with a mystery and a little romance
  • I am listening to The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

• Somer
  • Finished Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
  • Finished Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey
  • Finished Endangered Species by Nevada Barr
  • Watching
    • Gilmore Girls
    • The Bridge of Spies
    • The Magicians
    • 11/22/63

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