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Episode 105


FOs

  • Somer
    • Knitting
      • Yowza Weigh It Shawl 4 by Susan B. Anderson using handspun Rock & String Creations in Denim and Mine of the Seven Dwarves plied together
      • Sockhead Cowl by Kelly McClure using Vice Yarn Paradigm Shift
      • Morning Coffee Socks by Crazy Sock Lady Designs
      • Gnome de Plume MKAL by Sarah Schira
    • Spinning
  • Katie
    • The Hat by The Plucky Knitter – hat recipe using 2 light fingering/lace held together. Used Spiffy lace (63% cashmere goat, 37% silk) in elixir and halo (100% cashmere goat) in elixir. I used a rolled brim and knit 9” then cinched it up.
    • Meld shawl – 2 yarns marled together – plucky knitter oxford
    • Tamitik by Shannon Cook – hat with slipped stitches, knit in Plucky Knitter bulky in barkcloth

Active WIPS

  • Katie
    • Boogie Woogie wrap by Plucky Knitter. Big rectangular wrap, knit slightly on the bias, using 2 strands of fingering held together. Using 2 shades of med to dark blue, and 2 shades of med to dark pink/cranberry, plus a medium gray.
    • Blackwatch Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using Plucky Knitter sweater in blackwatch

Casting on soon:

Acquisitions

  • Somer
  • Katie
    • Suburban Stitcher DK Happy Accident, Ritual Dyes Priestess DK in Alabaster, La Bien Aimee BFL tough sock in Pop Grunge, La Bien Aimee Merino DK in Drea,  House of a la mode House DK in Primary Power, Miss Babs Yowza Believable, Miss Babs Yummy 2ply toes gradient set in Endpapers and Tidepool, Lone Star Arts White Tail DK in Reunion Tower and Mockingbird DK in Purple Iris.
    • Needle Wranglers – I got mine from the Tempestry Project

Events

Reading & Watching

Episode 95

FOs

Somer

  • Knitting
    • Hidden Gusset mitts by Mone Dräger in Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in “Snap Dragon”
    • Pay Day Socks by Leah Oakley in Unwind Yarn Company Journey Sock in “Lake Frances Sunrise”
  • Spinning
    • 2 Guys Yarn Wensleydale in “Shortcake”
    • Shirsty Cat Designs Merino/Tencel

Active WIPS

Somer

  • Knitting
    • Distract Me sweater by Amanda Woeger in Suburban Stitcher Sock in “Slate Blue” and “Rivers Edge”
    • Vanilla socks using Elemental Fiber Works Polwarth/Silk/Mohair in “Venus”
      • Garter Rib Socks from Sock Architecture by Lara Neel in Unwind Yarn Company Journey Sock in “Bluffs”

Katie

  • Free Your Fade by Andrea Mowry. I am using Miss Babs Kaweah DK.
  • Bankhead hat by Susie Gourlay in malabrigo worsted in hummingbird
  • Crochet temperature blanket – granny squares – each round is a day, so 52 squares. Will make 4 extra squares to have 56 – 7×8. I am using a box store worsted in 8 colors.  Up to 26+ squares. I am using this method to join the squares together.

Other Crafty adventures

  • Cross stitch stocking

Acquisitions

Somer

  • Phat Fiber box

Katie

  • No yarn in 3 weeks!

Events

  • DFW Fiber Fest – Somer will be there for a while on Friday

Reading & Watching

Somer

  • Reading
    • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • Watching
    • Bright Star musical
    • Love, Simon

Katie

  • Read Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath. Historical romance – 3 stars.
  • Started Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.  It is on hold until I sort out my feelings about this book.
  • Reading Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen. Historical romance.
  • Up next is Wicked Deep by Shea Earnshaw — YA paranormal and witches

In the Kitchen

  • Baking
    • Double Ginger Crumb Cookies
    • Lemon Cookie Cups with a lemon buttercream
  • Non baking
    • Hamburger stroganoff

Episode 74: Houston Fiber Fest recap

Somer

 

Darcy

 

Katie

  • Western Sky Knits – 2 sock blanks – Rainbow Sprinkle Gradient and Rose Garden, and Aspen Sock in April Showers
  • Hedgehog Fibres – Sock in Film Noir – speckled yarn with light pinks and browns
  • Spun right Round – Squish DK in Birds – light gray base w/ black, highlighter green, and blue speckles
  • Northbound Knitting – Superwash Merino Fingering – Wreckless Abandon – blues and greens – like looking at a lagoon on a sunny day
  • Round Table Yarns – Camelot 80/10/10 fingering in Knight (dark charcoal gray/black) and Tintagel (medium purple) and Lancelot (100% merino worsted) in Ambrosius (purple with reds)
  • Panorama Fiber Arts – Socky Bomb in Aloha – gradient that starts w/ cream to yellow to green and then a blue, and a skein of Hitchhiker sock in Gothic romance – self-striping purple, gray, black, fuschia
  • Abstract fiber – Alto (sport weight 100% merino 392 yards) in reds and dark pinks
  • Gritty Knits – Hombre (merino, silk, yak fingering weight) in deep violet, light violet, and medium blue. Merinosaurus worsted (100% superwash worsted) in Velociraptor (raspberry/dark pink) and Allosaurus
  • 2 tumblers and a knit mug from The Muddy Knitter , as well as a bar of stress relief soap
  • Project bag (3+ skeins) from