Leslie worked on Uma (#35 in my queue, since Aug 2012!) in Harrisville Nightshades in 12:57 colorway. She is working on a pair of Vanilla Bean socks out of KnitSpinFarm’s Targhee base.
Laura is still working on socks for her BIL out of Lollipop yarns in the Beefcake base. The colorway is troublemaker and it is being knit on size one needles. She is also working on the Tchaikocsky mitts by Helen Stewart out of Madtosh DK and a Ribbed Beanie by Woolly Wormhead out of Plucky Snug
Laura finished an Ice River Hat by Helen Stewart out of Malabrigo Mecha. She also finished a Orbit Shawl out of WM DK in the Limone colorway. It was knit on size 7 needles. She also finished a slip stitch hat out of Another Crafty Girl bulky in the Galactic colorway.
Laura plied the singles for the November Patreon prize and got 180yds of 3 ply out of Hello Yarn on Rambouillet in the Hover colorway. She also spun & plied 4oz of a SW BFL/Nylon/Cashmere/Camel/Silk blend from 2 Guys Yarn Co and got 328 yds of a 2ply yarn. She spun Dungarees and Flannel from Three Waters Farm in mixed BFL and got 300 yds of a fractal 2ply.
Leslie finished spinning and plying 8oz of Created by Elsie fiber for a craft swap. She 3-plied and got a beefy 460 yards.
BOOK REVIEW: Nautical – https://www.irmiandesign.com/product-page/nautical-book
print + eBook copy to giveaway winner! We can also choose the 2nd place winner and I will be happy to send this person any pattern of her/his choice from this book via Ravelry.
The question for giveaway entry is «What Irina Anikeeva’s design you like best?» 🙂 Here is the link to my Ravelry page: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/irina-anikeeva.
Leslie is re-listening to the entire Throne Of Glass series since the final book Kingdom Of Ash was released in October. She listened to St. Nachos and Drawn Together last week. She has read Chase The Dark from the Steel and Stone series by Annette Marie as well as Sin & Chocolate by K.F. Breene.
Laura read Lu by Jason Reynolds
Favorite Things:
A bit of weaving
Cotton Clouds towel of the month
Madrona
Striped Sock yarn kal
October CATT prize drawing next episode
SSK 2019 payment deadline
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