Ep643 – Personal Failings

Leslie is working on the Pressed Flowers cardigan by Amy Christoffers out of Berroco Remix Light and Noro Yukata and She started a temperature crochet blanket because she is not immune to peer pressure. She cast on a pair of socks out of the Dolly colorway from Geektastic Fibers.

Laura  has also started a Stripy Unicorn sweater out of handspun (more about that below) and woolen sport from Round Barn Fiber Mill.   Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (60 stitches on size 0s) out of Geektastic’s Island of Misfit Toys colorway. 

Laura finished 2 journey scarves by Tif Neilan. One is out of Hipstrings in the Chocolate Crisps blend and they other is Inglenook in the Cherry pie blend.  Both were knit on size 7 needles.

Leslie finished a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the  Cornucopia colorway

Leslie is still spinning the 24oz of custom blended fiber she got in a trade with HipStrings. She finished the first 8oz. 

Laura has spun Inglenook fibers targhee in the merpeople colorway (350 yards of a chain ply from 5.4 oz)  she has also spun 1 oz of a columbia/cvm blend (70 yards), a three ply from wee chickadee (300 yards), the chocolate crisps from hipstrings (115 yards of a 4-ply),  ITW texel (300 yards 2-ply), and one oz of polwarth from suburban stitcher.  She is currently spinning some targhee from ITW.

Leslie is relistening to Terminus by Peter Clines and re-reading What Moves The Dead by T.Kingfisher

Laura  has finished rereading the Ilona Andrews Baylor series.

Favorite Things

Striped Sweater kal started in November.  Get 15% any qualifying pattern with the code KNITMORE15  This kal will be hosted in our discord starting November 1st and running until the end of February.

MDSW Winterfest https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

Discord link: knit girllls discord

Jillian Moreno’s Patreon

SSK website

Need long arm quilting services?  Contact inthecottagewithbarb@yahoo.com

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

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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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