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Episode 84

FOs

• Somer
  
  Knitting
  
  • One Kit Kat hats for the Pussyhat Project using the SweetGeorgia Superwash Merino Worsted in “Berry Tart”
  • Simple WPI Toque by Rachel Smith Anderson in Greenwood Fiberworks 100% BFL “Mallard”

  Spinning

• Elemental Fiberworks 80% polwarth, 20% mohair, 20% silk in “Venus”
• 2 Guys Yarn mixed BFL in “Spring Blooms”

 

Active WIPS

 

• Katie

• Feyre shawl by Shannon Cook using Plucky Knitter scholar in wanderlust and small batch 21.

• OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams using Unwind Yarn Company Jaunt sock blank – blues, purples, green and Plucky Knitter feet in Outta my Hair for heels/cuffs
• Hidden Falls wrap by The Plucky Knitter. I am using Plucky Knitter primo Aran in lonesome highway, Athos, green goddess, skies of November, and on the rocks.
• Somer

Knitting

• Cat’s Paw by Emma Galati using Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts Fingering/Sock Yarn in “Tuxedo Cat”
• Vanilla socks using Must Stash Yarn in “Sorting Hat”
• Virus Shawl using Yarn Carnival Fire Dancer in “Shark Week”
• Paralucia Shawl by verybusymonkey using Plymouth Yarn Dye for Me Happy Feet handdyed using Jacquard Dyes in “Spruce”
• Simple WPI Toque using Three Waters Farm handspun 100% Falkland in Maple Leaf Rag
• Giant Granny Square blanket

 

Spinning

• Rock & String Creations BFL/silk in “Caramel Apple Cider”

 

• Darcy
  • Merlin the Gargoyle by Kate E. Hancock in Knitpick Chrome

 

Casting on Soon

• Somer
  • Vanilla socks
  • Peep Show by Lara Smoot

 

• Katie

• Find your fade by Andrea a Mowry using plucky knitter primo fingering and bello in blues, yellows, and greens and speckles.

 

Acquisitions

• Katie
  • Lolo Did it – Hippo for St. Patty’s and Hippo for Easter
  • Gale’s Art Sock blank – butterflies and bright spring colors
  • Firefly Notes – cute tin with a cat on it and silver stitch markers with cat ears

 

• Somer
  • Unwind Yarn Company Journey sock in “Bluffs”
  • Undead Yarn Peep Show kit
  • Undead Yarn Wild Rumpus
  • MadelineTosh Vintage in “Fizzy Lifting Drinks”
  • Elemental Fiberworks March Club – Merino/Tencel in “Enceladus“
  • Stitch Fix

 

• Darcy
  • Peeka Ranch

 

Upcoming Events

• Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta
  • Katie & Darcy – maybe Friday
  • Somer – Saturday morning
• Houston Fiber Fest
  • Somer, Darcy, and Katie

 

In the Kitchen

• Somer
  • Marth and Marley Spoon
    • Irish Beef Stew with Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
    • Italian Tortellini Soup

 

Reading & Watching

 

• Katie
  • Finished reading Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder
  • Almost done with King’s Cage (Red Queen #3) by Victoria Aveyard
  • Watching Taboo with Tom Hardy

 

• Somer
  • Finished The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
  • Reading The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
  • Reading Yarnitecture by Jillian Moreno

 

• Darcy
  • Finished Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
  • Finished The Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
  • Finished Yvain: The Knight of the Lion by M.T. Anderson
  • Listening to You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
  • Coloring in You Are Here by Jenny Lawson