Episode 279 – Ruining Christmas

Leslie is  a Citron Grand out of handspun.  She’s also knitting a pair of plain socks out of a Gale’s Art Sock Blank.  

Laura  is knitting Wild Goose Shawlette out of Shalimar Yarns in the Aerie base in the Whales Tales colorway.  

Leslie wove some fabric with LMFA Let’s Hear It For The Girllls and ACG Gamut.  She also finished an embroidered panel and is contemplating what to incorporate it into.

Laura has finished a Skelter hat by Woolly Wormhead using Cyborg’s Craftroom Digital in the Space Princess colorway and size 6 needles.  She has also finished two hats from the tea collection by Clare Devine.  The first is Everyday Brew out of Another Crafty Girl in the Protectors colorway.  The second is Lapsang out of Malabrigo Mecha in the Paris Sky colorway.  Both were knit using size 8 and 10.5 needles.  She has also finished a plethora of pint sized pines by Julie of Simply Notable.  She knit them using assorted scraps and size 2 needles.  Along with these she finished Sheep and Bunny Sweaters to go on cut outs from Juniper Moon.  The pattern is by Susan B Anderson.  Last but not least, she finished a pair of Spiced Cocoa Mitts By Laura Aylor.  These were knit using Tosh DK and size 6 needles.

Book Review: Spilly Jane Mittens by Spilly Jane (16.95 download on Rav, $24.99 on Amazon)

Question from KYspinner, “Hello ladies,

My spinning/knitting/weaving group is planning a stash swap and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to set it up. We have thrown out a few ideas at this point, but since there could be fiber, yarn, cones etc, we have not come up with a way to say -you brought 2 100 gr skeins and 4 oz of fiber to trade, so you can take xxx amt of new stash .. help – anyone?”

Leslie is listening to Voyager and is reading The Never Hero. She also read an 18+ M/m series by Ella Frank that starts with Try.

Laura is listening to First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones.  She is reading Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher.  She finished Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, and How the War Saved my Life.

Favorite Things:

Pom Pom death match

Authentic Collection giveaway

Crochet Hooks Giveaway

DFW fiber festival

Vogue Knitting Live

Great British Bakeoff

2016 – Goals?  Spin your bin?  Monthly ‘sock club’?

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About Leslie

Leslie is obsessed with knitting, and when possible, perfection in her knitting. All stripey socks must match exactly and all lace must be blocked severely. She has major love for all of her viewers/readers and hopes to keep blogging and podcasting for years to come.

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