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Projects mentioned in this week’s podcast:

Vitamin D
Trillian
Baby Fern Lace Hood
Friendship Socks
Monster Cowl
Noodle

Recipes:

Pineapple angel food cake
Peanut butter sheet cake with chocolate icing

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Links from this podcast:

Recipes:

Ranch dressing oyster crackers
Christmas Crack
Sopapilla Chesecake
Christmas Breakfast Sausage Casserole (this is basically the same one I use – the only difference is I put the bread on the bottom of the pan, topped with sausage and cheese, and pour the egg/milk mixture on top)
Prime Rib Roast
Laura’s Lemon Roasted Potatoes
Brazilian Cheese Bread
Chocolate Chess Pie

Projects:

Jacoby in Desert Vista Dyeworks Voir in Hamburg Philharmonic
Unforgettable Hat in Noro Silk Garden Color 241B

WIPs:

Friendship Socks in Brazen Stitchery Sparkly Jolly Twinkly Jingley
Monster Cowl in Malabrigo Worsted in Mint, Pollen, and Natural

Places of Interest:

Goliad State Park
Presidio La Bahia
USS Lexington
Padre Island National Seashore
Mustang Island State Park

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I’m not going to do detailed show notes this week, since you can find links to my WIPs in previous posts.

Here are a couple of YouTube videos of Dar Williams performances. One is an “official” video and the other is one of my favorite songs of hers, “The Christians and the Pagans.” Enjoy!

Pictures from the show

(Yes, we were this close! Well, a little bit of zoom…)

Sound check

Jacoby Mitts

Belle

Peppermint Patties

 

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This episode is a bit rambly; sorry, guys!

You can find me as someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter, somernewland on Pinterest

Finished Objects: 

Breakaway Cowl – Jenna Krupar, paid pattern, Cascade 220 Quatro

Linen stitch bookmark – based on My Peppino by Christine Rodgers, free pattern (this was a temporarily free download; it’s now a paid pattern), cast on 100 stitches, various sock yarn scraps

WIPs

Vitamin D
Baby Fern Lace Hood
Friendship Socks
Monster Cowl
12 Days of Christmas Sampler

New on the Needles

Unforgettable Hat by Elizabeth Trantham, free pattern, Noro Silk Garden, size H hook

On a break:

Trillian
Little Pumpkins

Enabling/Purchases

Received: Spartickes Dyes Where Bluebirds Fly on Will and Grace Sock Base (80% super wash merino, 20% nylon)

KirbyWirby Kaleidostripe-sparkle merino sock yarn in… Grandpaw’s Rainbow Suspenders!

SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Rogue

Noro Taiyo  – 40% Cotton, 30% Silk, 15% Wool, 15% Nylon

In the Kitchen

Austin Pizza Garden – Quattro Formaggio, The Meat

Tandoori Chicken, Omani Style – Arabian Nights cookbook by Habeeb Salloum

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You can find me as someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter, somernewland on Pinterest

Finished Objects: 

Cairn mitts
Preemie hat – Auracania Ranco Multy color 310, size 2 needles, pattern Preemie Baby Beanies by Karen Everitt free Ravelry download

WIPs

For details, see previous post

Vitamin D
Trillian
Friendship Socks
Breakaway Cowl
Little Pumpkins
Monster Cowl
12 Days of Christmas Sampler
Spinning

New on the Needles

Baby Fern Lace Hood – Allyson Ryan, Jojoland Melody Superwash in color MS20, reds and purples

Enabling/Purchases

Received:

Sockbunny Studios Miracle Superwash BFL in Candy Corn color way

Purchased:

Spartickes Dyes Where Bluebirds Fly on Will and Grace Sock Base (80% super wash merino, 20% nylon)

KirbyWirby Kaleidostripe-sparkle merino sock yarn in… Grandpaw’s Rainbow Suspenders!

In the Kitchen

Food Network Mix and Match turkey 

Spinach casserole

Salted Caramel Chocolate Pecan Pie

Turkey tetrazzini

 

 

 

 

 

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Find me at someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter

FOs:

Sock Yarn Blanket square made from a mini skein of Brazen Stitchery sock yarn (not sure of base or color way – perhaps Witchy Woman?)

Halloween Sampler 

WIPs:

Vitamin D – Heidi Kirmaier, Berroco Ultra Alpaca

Trillian – Martina Behm, SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in the Autumn Flame color way

Cairn wristwarmers – Ysolde Teague, Madeline Tosh Tosh DK in Thyme and Smokestack

Little Pumpkins – Sabine Ruppert, Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet in Grandma Bev

My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks – Elizabeth Suarez, Opal Van Gogh Starry Night

Monster Cowl – Julia Allen, Malabrigo Worsted Merino in Mint, Pollen, and Natural

 

Upcoming Projects:

Christmas socks – probably using the same My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks

Breakaway Cowl

12 Days of Christmas Sampler 

 

Enabling/Kid n Ewe:

Brazen Stitchery sock yarn – Sparkly Jolly Twinkle Jingley on the Sparkle Sock Self-Striping base

Butterfly Girl Designs – Drop spindle with a lapis whorl

Buttons from the Heavenly Fiber  – “Spindling, Because Knitting Wasn’t Weird Enough”; “Knit Nerd”; “I was a nice girl until I started all this knitting”

Marsh Mellow Meadows – 1 oz bumps of Romney. Colorways Brick and Red/Navy

Lone Star Arts – Rolags (Alpaca & Firestar), mini-skein (lime green, black, white)

Brazen Stitchery – Purple/Green/Black, Reddish pink with navy

 

In the Kitchen 

Buc-ee’s Fudge: chocolate with peanut butter, praline?, Heath English Toffee, Chocolate with Caramel & Peanuts, Chocolate with Pecans, Chocolate with coconut

Bear Moon Bakery

Chuy’s

DASH progress 0r lack thereof

Flax crackers – i used flax meal, whole flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 Tbsp cumin, 1/2 tsp paprika, and a bit of salt

40 Cloves of Garlic chicken