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Episode 79: One big pile of WIPs

Thanks for listening to Episode 79! Because I know if I try to do show notes this won’t get published for a week or so, I’m skipping them. As always, feel free to contact us on Ravelry or in the comments if you have any questions!

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Oct. ’16

Episode 78: Summer Reading KAL Prizes

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FOs

Katie
- April Snow by Knitterella (Jill Zielinski) using Plucky Knitter Snug fingering (70% merino, 20% cashmere, 10% alpaca) in Wanderlust, Plucky Knitter primo fingering in Pink Champagne on Ice, and Spun Right Round Snappy Sock in Shock Star
- Paris Toujours by Isabell Kraemer knit with The Plucky Knitter Crew in Magnet & Stee

SomerKnitting

Moab Shawl – pattern by verybusymonkey, yarn was my handspun from WC Mercantile
Dragon’s Egg Bowl – started out as pattern by Graffic Designs (Ovum Dracona Drawstring Bag) but I didn’t have enough yarn, yarn was my handspun from a Gritty Knits batt in “Patina”

Spinning

Three Waters Farm 100% Polwarth in “Sky Behind the Trees,” will ply with another Three Waters Farm “The Light in the Trees”

Active WIPS

Katie
- Riley Rose shawl by Jennifer Lassonde, using Plucky Knitter bello fingering in princess phone, medieval, high cotton and primo fingering in breakfast on 5th
- OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams– 3 pairs!!
  - Rock & String Creations using colorway Bleeding Heart
  - KnitCircus Greatest of Ease in Twister Stripes
  - Quaere Fiber – special colorway for Socktober 2016 with the Carolina Fiber Girls

SomerKnitting

Vanilla socks by Susan B. Anderson, using Rock and String Creations in “Appalachian Autumn”
No. 2 Pencil Socks, using Yarn Enabler yarn in No. 2 Pencil, incorporates OMG Heel by Megan Williams and Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes
Riley Rose shawl by Jennifer Lassonde, using Stunning String Studio in Wild Blue Yonder, Westminster Blue, and Gouda
Color Study by Karalee Harding using Daizie Knits Hardy (discontinued base) in Wicked Cool with SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Boysenberry

Spinning

Three Waters Farm 100% Polwarth “The Light in the Trees”

Casting on soon!

Katie
- Om shawl by Andrea Mowry using Plucky Knitter snug worsted in wanderlust, social graces, melba, and gilded age

Acquisitions

Katie
- OCD sock yarn from Must Stash in Autumn Afterglow
- Yarn from Stitches Texas (Stunning String Studio, Twisted Owl Fiber Studio, Fresh from the Cauldron, Gynx Yarns)

Somer
- Elemental Fibers Visions of Fiber club – colorways based on NASA/JPL’s Visions of the Future poster series. The third was Earth on ______
- Stitches Texas acquisitions: Stunning String Creations fingering in Wild Blue Yonder, Westminster Blue, and Gouda; Twisted Owl Fiberworks Worsted in “Cosmos,” DK minis in “Slate” and “Papaya”; Undead Yarn Self Striping in the Vamphyri base in “Troll”; Gynx Yarns self striping in “Gingerbread House” and fiber in “Pumpkin Patch” (either Masham or BFL); Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn in “Pod”; bag from Kitchen Counter Crafter

Other Crafty Pursuits

Somer
- Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery National Parks club

Summer Reading KAL Prizes

Short story – Rock & String Creations, phoenixfire
Novel – Somer’s handspun, crouchingcheese
Chunkster – Daizie Knits, lmecoll
Boxed set – Undead Yarn, CrazyKnittingFool
Chatter thread – sock blocker keychain, JillSerenity; Diana Couture DPN holder, EKellyO

In the Kitchen

Somer
- Lunch Lady Brownies

Reading & Watching

Katie
- Nothing exciting to share

Somer
- Finished The Daughters by Adrienne Celt
- Finished The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
- Reading Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr (#7 in Anna Pigeon series)
- On hold until available in Overdrive again: Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm

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Aug. ’16

Episode 75: Grab a cup…or two…or three

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We were really chatty in this episode, so it’s a bit longer than others. I don’t think this will be a trend, we just hadn’t hung out in a while.

Show notes are 2/3 complete. If you have any questions about Darcy’s projects, feel free to message her on Ravelry (details in the sidebar) or ask in this episode’s thread in the Kitchen Stitches group.

FOs

Katie
- OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams using Nomadic Yarns Trusty Sock in Tinsel Tree
- Sophisticated Traveler by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter traveler sport in magnet & steel and Sophisticate (50% Merino, 30% Mohair, 20% Silk) in Bedrock
- Yowza weigh it shawl #4 by Susan B. Anderson using Miss Babs Yowza in Beautiful Dreamer
- Gather by Tin Can Knits using Daizie Knits Dewy DK in Purple

Somer

Knitting

Wide Open Spaces by Sara Gresbach in Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in “Purple Rain”
Inverness Diamond Mitts by Daniela Richardson using handspun from Brazen Stitchery in “Simply Irresistible”
Rikke Hat by ___ in Undead Yarn Cemetery DK base in “Wild Rumpus”
Skew socks by _____ in Undead Yarn Vamphyri base in “Children of the Corn…Flower”
Mallard socks in Greenwood Fiber Arts Superwash Merino/nylon handspun spun by my mom
Mori by Taiga Hilliard in Fat Cat Knits handspun in “Queen of Sheba”
Thames Fingerless Gloves by Taiga Hilliard in Neon Unicorn Studios String of Pearl Sock in “Mellow Rainbow” (this is a new name for the shop – I believe it was MunchkinMama on Etsy before & the base itself appears to be discontinued)

Spinning

Brazen Stitchery merino/bamboo/nylon in Cadbury Eggs for Breakfast

Kid Kat Farms merino/superwash merino/tussah silk

Active WIPS

Katie
- April Snow by Knitterella (Jill Zielinski) using Plucky Knitter Snug fingering (70% merino, 20% cashmere, 10% alpaca) in Wanderlust, Plucky Knitter primo fingering in Pink Champagne on Ice, and Spun Right Round Snappy Sock in Shock Star

Somer

Knitting

Harvest by Tincanknits using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red
Moab shawl by verybusymonkey in handspun merino from WC Mercantile
Hermione’s Everyday socks with Gale’s Art watermelon sock blank

Spinning

Brazen Stitchery superwash merino in Hobbitses

Casting on soon!

Katie
- Riley Rose shawl by Jennifer Lassonde using Plucky Knitter bello fingering in medieval, high cotton, princess phone, and primo fingering in breakfast on 5th
- Barley hat by Tin Can Knits – using madtosh dk in tern (this was the yarn I started my Dragonflies hat with, but I am frogging that hat)
Somer
- Color Study by Karalee Harding using Daizie Knits Hardy (discontinued base) in Wicked Cool with SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Boysenberry

Other crafty pursuits

Somer
- Cross stitch – working on the Summer Sampler from a few years ago

Acquisitions

Katie
- Sock blank from Gale’s Fiber Arts

Somer
- Elemental Fibers Visions of Fiber club – colorways based on NASA/JPL’s Visions of the Future poster series. The first was The Grand Tour on BFL/Slik (greens, purples, orange, reddish pink)
- Rebecca Ringquist’s Embroidery Workshops
- Cross stitch kit at Mesa Verde National Park – Rugs of the Southwest Series
- Ordered but yet to arrive – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery National Parks Birthday Club

Events

Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there).
Possibly Stitches Texas
Possibly Kid ‘n Ewe

Summer Reading KAL

For full details see the Ravelry group, but here are the basics.

The Summer Reading KAL will run from June 1 – September 30.

WIPs count.

Categories

Short story – projects 50-100 yards
Novel – projects 100-400 yards
Chunkster – projects 400+ yards
Boxed set – multiple projects that together equal at least 50 yards – perfect for sock yarn squares, hexipuffs, washcloths, bookmarks, etc.
Chatter thread – if you don’t want to bother with measuring yardage, just post in the chatter thread.
Cookbook club – The winning vote for June/July was smitten kitchen. Recipes from the website or the cookbook are fine. Voting for August’s selection will open in mid-July. Post recipe reviews and pictures of what you cook in the thread on the Ravelry group.

We’ll have prizes for, at the least, the chatter thread and each of the yardage threads. Specific prizes will be posted once we’ve decided. If you would like to donate a prize, you can email us at kitchenstitchespodcast@gmail.com or PM someryarns, kayteebe, or slightlyfoxed on Ravelry.

Prizes (this list will be updated as we get more prizes):

Handspun by Somer – specific skein to be decided
DPN/circular needle holder from Diana Couture

In the Kitchen

Somer
- Lemon blackberry cheesecake

Reading & Watching

Finished The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye (YA fantasy, romance, and Russia)
Finished The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath (historical romance)
Finished Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (YA fantasy)
Finished Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas (historical romance)
Currently reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (classic)

Katie
Somer
- Finished Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (#3 in The Raven Cycle)
- Finished Blind Descent by Nevada Barr (#6 in the Anna Pigeon series)
- Finished Knitlandia by Clara Parkes (audiobook)
- Reading The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue
- Watched Stranger Things on Netflix

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Jul. ’16

Episode 74: Houston Fiber Fest recap

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Somer

Suburban Stitcher bluebonnet wedge bag
Lazy Cat Yarn – green sparkly fingering (Evergreen colorway maybe?)
KCs Pockets to Go – bee bag
Night Owl Fibers – self striping – Peppermint Swirl – sage green, rose, speckled
KidKat Ranch – superwash merino in oranges, browns, and a little pink
Kimarie’s Knitknacks fingering in bluebonnet
Round Table Yarns – Avalon (merino/silk blend) in kind of a sage green (leaning towards a little yellowy)
Diana Couture – DPN/circular needle holders: 1) Sherlock Holmes text; 2) travel-themed fabric with passport, train schedule, etc.; 3) butterflies that will be a Summer Reading KAL prize
Zoom Loom

Darcy

My Heart’s Creaton – little foxes bag
Panorama Fiber Arts – socky bomb in Punk Princess colorway
Western Sky Knits – sock blank in Cosmic, fingering in Pebbles
Kimarie’s Knit Knacks – Hello Kitty needle holder
Gritty Knits – drop spindle kit
Vice Yarns – fingering in Houston Fiber Fest colorway
20-odd stitch markers from swap
Finished Lester the Leicester in time!

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

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Jun. ’16

Episode 73

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FOs

Katie
- Reyna shawl by Noora Laivola using Savvy Skeins Comal sock in Midway
- Rae by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter Traveler Aran in Petal Pusher
- Bon Bon Toque by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Vintage in Manor
- Paddle Mitts by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Dk Twist in Nassau Blue

Somer

Knitting

Highly Regarded Mitts using handspun from Twist Fiber Studio merino/bamboo in “Purple Agate”

Sumner by Woolly Wormhead using Knit Picks Stroll in “Tree Fort”

Spinning

Rock and String Creations BFL/silk in “Denim” plied with Superwash BFL in “Mine of the Seven Dwarves”)

Active WIPS

Katie
- OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams using Nomadic Yarns Trusty Sock in Tinsel Tree
- Sophisticated Traveler by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter traveler sport in magnet & steel and Sophisticate (50% Merino, 30% Mohair, 20% Silk) in Bedrock
- Yowza weigh it shawl #4 by Susan B. Anderson using Miss Babs Yowza in Beautiful Dreamer
- Gather by Tin Can Knits using Daizie Knits Dewy DK in Purple

Somer

Knitting

Harvest by Tincanknits using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red
Inverness Diamond Mitts by Daniela Richardson using handspun from Brazen Stitchery in “Simply Irresistible”
Wide Open Spaces by Sara Gresbach in Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in “Purple Rain”
Thames Fingerless Gloves by Taiga Hilliard in Neon Unicorn Studios String of Pearl Sock in “Mellow Rainbow” (this is a new name for the shop – I believe it was MunchkinMama on Etsy before & the base itself appears to be discontinued

Spinning

Brazen Stitchery Merino/Bamboo/Nylon in “Cadbury Eggs for Breakfast”

Casting on soon!

Katie
- Dragonflies hat by Joji Locatelli using Madelinetosh tosh DK in tern.
Somer
- I’m pretty satisfied with my current projects right now, for once.

Other crafty pursuits

Zoom loom clone

Acquisitions

Katie
- Speckles from Plucky

Somer
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sock of the Month skein from Neeley’s Knits

Events

Houston Fiber Fest, June 24-25, 2015 in Cypress, Texas. Katie will probably be there Friday. All 3 of us (and then some) will be there on Saturday.
Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there).

Summer Reading KAL

For full details see the Ravelry group, but here are the basics.

The Summer Reading KAL will run from June 1 – September 30.

WIPs count.

Categories

Short story – projects 50-100 yards
Novel – projects 100-400 yards
Chunkster – projects 400+ yards
Boxed set – multiple projects that together equal at least 50 yards – perfect for sock yarn squares, hexipuffs, washcloths, bookmarks, etc.
Chatter thread – if you don’t want to bother with measuring yardage, just post in the chatter thread.
Cookbook club – The winning vote for June/July was smitten kitchen. Recipes from the website or the cookbook are fine. Voting for August’s selection will open in mid-July. Post recipe reviews and pictures of what you cook in the thread on the Ravelry group.

Prizes (this list will be updated as we get more prizes):

Handspun by Somer – specific skein to be decided

In the Kitchen

Somer
- Down House – shrimp & grits
- Cheesy Cheeseless Scrambled Eggs with Burst Cherry Tomatoes and Garlic Bacon from Cravings by Chrissie Teigen
- Homemade ice cream

Reading & Watching

Katie
- Finished Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh (adult fiction) – highly recommend any of her books if you like literary fiction
- Finished I Kissed a Rogue by Shana Galen (historical romance)
- Finished A School for Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin (YA fiction, sorta historical with a smidge of action and romance)
- Starting The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye (YA fantasy, romance, and Russia)

Somer
- Finished The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (#2 in The Raven Cycle)
- Finished The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson
- Reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (#3 in The Raven Cycle)

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May. ’16

Episode 72: Now with music!

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Special thanks to Denise Hudson for the awesome theme music!

FOs

Somer

Knitting

One Love by Susan B. Anderson using handspun Twist Fiber Studio in Clown College

Dragonflies Hat by Joji Locatelli using Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Baroque Violet

Spinning

Batt from Uniquely Yours (Patchwork, lots of sparkle!)

Batt from KnitSpinFarm (Winter Rose)

Active WIPS

Katie
- Reyna shawl by Noora Laivola using Savvy Skeins Comal sock in Midway
- Skelter by WoolyWormhead using Malabrigo rios in pocion
- Rae by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter Traveler Aran in Petal Pusher
- OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams using Nomadic Yarns Trusty Sock in Tinsel Tree
- Bon Bon Toque by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Vintage in Manor

Somer

Knitting

Harvest by Tincanknits using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red
Hermione’s Everyday Socks using Gale’s Art watermelon sock blank
Generic cowl using White Birch Fiber Arts in Nothing Says Screw You Like a Rainbow – am likely going to rip this out and eventually use it for socks

Spinning

Rock and String Creations “Mine of the Seven Dwarves” in Superwash BFL (will ply this was another braid of Rock and String Creations in “Denim”)

Darcy
- Vanilla socks using Savvy Skeins in Jekyll and Hyde
- Lester – Houston Fiber Fest knitalong

Casting on soon!

Katie
- Paddle Mitts by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Dk Twist in Nassau Blue
- Gather by Tin Can Knits using Daizie Knits Dewy DK in Purple

Darcy
- Mesh lace capelet in … pink

Acquisitions

Somer
- Undead Yarn “Midnight Graveyard” on the Twilight base (fingering with sparkle)
- Wonderland Yarns “Messenger Kit” – 516 yards “Mad Hatter” sportweight, one larger skein of dark gray, 2 smaller skeins of lighter gray. Enough to make either the shawl, 2 hats, or a hat and pair of mitts
- Mimi Hand Dyed 100% Mink in “Flamenco”

Events

Comicpalooza, June 17-19, Houston George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston Fiber Fest, June 24-25, 2015 in Cypress, Texas
Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there)

Summer Reading KAL

For full details see the Ravelry group, but here are the basics.

The Summer Reading KAL will run from June 1 – September 30.

WIPs count.

Categories

Short story – projects 50-100 yards

Novel – projects 100-400 yards

Chunkster – projects 400+ yards

Boxed set – multiple projects that together equal at least 50 yards – perfect for sock yarn squares, hexipuffs, washcloths, bookmarks, etc.

Chatter thread – if you don’t want to bother with measuring yardage, just post in the chatter thread.

Cookbook club – we’ll vote on a cookbook/website each month and make/review recipes from it. This will likely be an ongoing thread after the KAL. Poll is up in the group to choose the first book/site and voting will be available through June 15 and we’ll cook from the winner through July. Voting for August’s selection will open in mid-July.

In the Kitchen

Somer
- Happy news is that my ovens weren’t broken after all! Scary part is that a short in an outlet in the dining room seemed to be the culprit.
- Yellow cake with mocha buttercream frosting
- Dining in Indianapolis
  - Obligatory pork tenderloin review (Champions and Loughmiller Pub)
  - Yard House
  - Spoke & Steele
  - Cerulean

Reading & Watching

Katie
- Finished reading Winner’s Kiss by Marie Rutkoski (YA)
- Finished reading Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas (historical romance)
- Currently reading The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews (contemporary fiction/romance with a mystery)

Somer
- Finished Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender
- Reading The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Darcy
- Reading Dune by Frank Herbert

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May. ’16

Episode 71: Summer Reading KAL details

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Mar. ’16

Episode 69: Just the Two of Us

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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

If you’d like to get in touch with us, you can find us on Ravelry (links to profiles to the left) or email us at kitchenstitchespodcast@gmail.com.

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Mar. ’16

Episode 68: Surrounded by WIPs

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A photo posted by @kayteebekt on Mar 4, 2016 at 5:40pm PST

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

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Feb. ’16

Episode 67: That Yarn Is a Pretty Pretty Pony

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In the Kitchen talk starts at 67 minutes
Reading and Watching talk starts at 74 minutes

Active WIPS

Katie
- Delicada mitts by Karen Troyer Ladman using Plucky Knitter Sweater in poppycock (a navy blue with teal undertones) 1st mitt done, about a third through the second one. This was a test knit.
- Rose City rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner – 1 sock done, 2nd sock on heel flap, using some self-striping yarn that was old stash
- Zane shawl by Ambah O’Brien using Plucky Knitter traveler DK

Somer
- Leona Dare by Elizabeth Green Musselman, using Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Summer Skin and Slate
- Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu, using Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys
- Vanilla socks with OMG heel, using handspun BFL nylon Greenwood Fiberworks in Mallard colorway
- super-secret project for the 2 Knit Lit Chicks swap, using Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Nightshade
- spinning merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile that I picked up at the quilt festival

Darcy
- Cirque shawlette – by Cristina Mershon (Quick Crocheted Accessories), using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi
- Crochet Creeper – by Katie Bobbitt (free), using Green Ray Worsted

Recent FOs

Katie
- Bradway shawl by Shannon Cook, knit with Plucky Knitter scholar in big sky, herbe, and wintry mix
- Marled hat by The Plucky Knitter, knit with Plucky scholar in tapenade and bello worsted in french laundry
- Seacliff Loop by Ien Sie, knit with Plucky Knitter primo fingering held double. I used bastille, vintage icebox, and two drifters.
- So Fly hat by Justyna Lorkowska (Lete), using Plucky Knitter bello worsted in selvedge, a nice medium blue (dark cornflower/country blue)
Somer
- The Nursery Cat by Sara Elizabeth Kellner, knit with handspun made from Fat Cat Knits Corriedale Cross Combed Top
- Flotsam by Allie Coffey (Needs More Purple designs/craftieallie), knit with handspun King Tut by Kitty Mine Crafts (merino/tussah silk/stellina)
- Never Shall Meet by Clothesline Designs (quiltercaroline on Ravelry), knit with FibroFibers Nightfall Shawl Ball in Into the Wool 2014 Exclusive colorway
- Clue Shawl by verybusymonkey, knit with Madelinetosh Tosh Sock in Tart
- (spinning) Three Waters Farm Falkland 2-ply in Maple Leaf Rag

Darcy
- Niles the Crocodile – Deb Richey (Crochet One-Skein Wonders), knit with sparkly green acrylic
- Darcy shawlette – Karrie Steinmetz (free) , knit with Colinette Jitterbug Venezia colorway

Casting on soon!

Katie
- Not sure…have yarn pulled for a Buccanneer shawl, but Malabrigo march starts March 1st, so probably a couple hats or mitts. Depends if my KAL suggestions get picked.

Somer
- Slipped Ridge hat by Wooly Wormhead
- Something with handspun Clown College from Twist Fiber Studio – maybe Honey Cowl
- Moab Shawl by verybusymonkey – in my quest to always have something on the needles by verybusymonkey, I’m going to cast this on as soon as I’ve finished the fiber I’m currently spinning

Acquisitions

Katie
- 2 skeins of Regia Arne & Carlos sock yarn and a skein of Swans Island worsted
- Yarn from Panorama Fiber Arts – 3 cakes of socky bombs (sock blanks dyed in gradient/various colors), a skein of Aussie DK, and a skein of Mandala sock. This was from a trunk show at Yarntopia on Saturday 2/6/16
- 2 skeins of Plucky Knitter Lodge Worsted

Somer
- Bday happened!
  - Patterns:
    - The Adorable Dragon by Melissa’s Crochet Patterns
    - Sugar Is Sweet by Rose Beck
    - Thursday Morning by Alicia Plummer
  - New telephoto camera lens
  - Cross stitch Star Wars/owls pattern & Pluto pendant
  - Madelinetosh DK in Baroque Violet
  - Madelinetosh DK in Arctic
  - Knitting Gauge ruler by Ann Budd
  - Fine Things for Plain Occasions by Hunter Hammersen (from mom)
  - Bought a sweater’s quantity of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red but haven’t received it yet
- Non-bday
  - Regia Arne & Carlos sock yarn
  - Niddy noddy
  - Ro’s Argan Body Conditioner from Lush

Events

Into the Wool Fiber Retreat: Somer and Katie are attending
Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta: Somer and Katie are probably attending
Houston Fiber Fest: Somer, Darcy, and Katie all plan to attend, but maybe not together

In the Kitchen

Lemony lemons:

Somer
- Lemon bars from Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook
Darcy
- Poppy Lemon Pound Cake and Lemon Sponge Cake from Better Homes and Garden Cookbook
- limoncello from Confessions of a Foodie blog

Other stuff:

Somer
- Miso-Honey Chicken from Blue Apron

Reading & Watching

Katie
- Finished reading Winter by Marissa Meyer
- Watching Outlander and Black Sails

Somer
- finished Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
- finished On the Move by Oliver Sacks
- finished Firestorm by Nevada Barr
- Currently reading The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
- binge-watched Mr. Robot over MLK weekend
- binge-watched Jessica Jones (still haven’t finished)
- X-Files
- Grease Live
- Shannara
Darcy
- Finished with the Girl The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente
- Currently reading with the Girl The 21 Balloons by William Pène du Bois
- Currently reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- Watching Foyle’s War off and on with the Husband

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