Episode 513 – Sobering Perspective

Episode 513

Please note, these shownotes do contain links to Ravelry pattern pages.  

Leslie is working on cranked tube socks in several colorways.  She’s also seaming squares for her Cherry Heart/Sandra Paul pattern called Giant Granny Patches.  She is also working a blanket using size 19 needles and Knitpicks Fable Fur.  She cast on a tube of 64 stitches on size 7 needles to use her Fully Spun Pride set in sport weight

Laura has resumed working on the Caron Chunky Cakes blanket (cast on 85 stitches on size 10.5 needles and knit until you run out of yarn).  Laura has also  been knitting on some toe up socks out of Knit Spin Farm Little Known Holiday Club “Tolkien.”  These are being knit on size 1 needles.  She also started a baby hat using fractal handspun on size 3 needles.

Leslie finished nothing this week

Laura finished a pair of Vanilla is the new black socks out of Fully Spun postscript fingering in the Mulled Wine colorway. She also finished Telegrams from the Window mittens out of Hipstrings Yarn from her birthday gift with purchase.  She also finished 2 gnomes using the Gno fun like Gnome fun pattern .  These were knit on size 3 needles.  She also finished a Punkin hat out of Malabrigo Rios and 2 baby hats using 64 stitches and size 5 needles.

Laura has been spinning all the advent calendar singles.

Leslie spun nothing this week

Leslie is re-reading the Dragon Kin series by GA Aiken.  She listened to Mount Fitz-Roy, a sci-fi follow up to Earthcore by Scott Siegler.

Laura has been listening to Ilona Andrew’s (adult m/f)  Wildfire. She is reading Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall.

Favorite Things

Laura’s school library Amazon wishlist link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1O3PV9JCCJDQ1?ref_=wl_share