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Active WIPS
- Katie
- MALABRIGO MARCH projects!!! – RVA hat by Karen Troyer Ladman is another test knit. I’m using malabrigo merino worsted in pearl.
- Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using malabrigo twist in green gray
- 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
- Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu with Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys
- Wide Open Spaces by Sara Gresbach with Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office (Worsted) in Purple Rain
- Slipped Ridge hat by Wooly Wormhead with Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Modern Fair Isle
- Leona Dare by Elizabeth Green Musselman with Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Summer Skin and Slate
- Skew socks by Lana Holden (free from Knitty) with Undead Yarn in Children of the Corn…Flower
- Moab Shawl by verybusymonkey – this is ready to cast on using the merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile (only going to use half)
- Brancusi mitts by NellKnits with Malabrigo Worsted in Blue Surf
- 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)
- Darcy
- Game Knitting Hat: Walking Dead Season 6 – concept by Lee Meredith, base pattern Brier Toque by Cecily Glowik MacDonald in Kroy Sock
- Plushie Minecraft Enderman by Katie Bobbitt in Caron One Pound (Black)
- Cirque shawlette – by Cristina Mershon (Quick Crocheted Accessories) with Crystal Palace Mini Mochi
Recent FOs
- Katie
- Rose City rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner – My first EVER complete pair of socks!! I used ONLine Linie 2 Supersocke Silk Color in easter egg colors that self-stripe.
- Zane shawl by Ambah O’Brien using Plucky Knitter traveler DK which is a merino, silk, and yak blend. I used a dark blue with teal tones called Grumpy Old Sailor as the MC, and then my CCs were Green Goddess (green), Mars (dark red), Venus (dark teal blue), and Galvanized (gray). I employed a new (to me) technique for weaving in ends in garter stitch – Weaving in ends in garter by VeryPink Knits
- Somer
- merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile that I picked up at the quilt festival
- Darcy
- Pink Creeper by Katie Bobbitt in Green Ray Worsted
- Water Bottle Holder by Pam Thompson
Casting on soon!
- Katie
- More Malabrigo March projects — Ballydesmond mitts by Irish Girlie Knits using Malabrigo rios in teal feather. I am leading the KAL over the Malabrigo group for MalMarch.
- Skelter hat by WoolyWormhead using Malabrigo rios in pocion
- Darcy
- Some kind of game knitting for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8
Acquisitions
- Katie
- Jaunt Sock blank from Unwind Yarn Company – sock blank with blue, teal, purple (speckles)
- 8-bit sport by Nerd Girl Yarns in 2 colorways – Stay Alive (various shades of blue) and Time Machine (gray with rainbow colored sections
- Somer
- Fiber from Panorama Fiber Arts in Holly Jolly
- Malabrigo Mecha in Polar Morn
- Haute Knit Yarns superwash merino fingering in Night Owl
- Three Waters Farm top of the month club
- Darcy
- Still de-acquisitioning
- Happy-Gurumi: 20 Super Cute Amigurumi Toys to Crochet by Vanessa Chan
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)
In the Kitchen
- Somer
- Houston Rodeo BBQ cookoff
- Darcy
- Limoncello almost ready to bottle
Reading & Watching
- Katie
- Finished reading Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (book 2 of Red Queen series)
- finished reading Beautiful Burn by Jamie McGuire (last book in Maddox Brothers series)
- currently reading Night Study by Maria V. Snyder (part of the Study/Soulfinders series which began with Poison Study)
- Somer
- finished reading The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar (2 stars)
- finished Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (5 stars)
- finished reading Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (5 stars)
- started and almost immediately stopped reading Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- watching 11/22/63 on Hulu, based on Stephen King’s book of the same name
- Darcy
- Currently reading with the Girl The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente
- Finished reading with the Girl The 21 Balloons by William Pène du Bois
- Currently reading Gilliamesque by Terry Gilliam
- Watching The Walking Dead (Richonne!!)
- Getting ready for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8