Ep610 – Hot Mess Express

Leslie is putting heels in cranked tubes of Geektastic Yarn in the colorways Sally and None for Gretchen Weiner.  She knit on a brioche infinity cowl/scarf (no pattern) with AnotherCraftyGirl’s All My Friends colorway in sport and a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the Spectrum colorway. She started another Recalibrate by Shanalines Designs and she’s cast on for a Wefan (RAVELRY LINK).

Laura is knitting a pair of socks out of Must Stash Sport weight  in the Big Bend colorway.  She is working on a weekender light out of another crafty girl on size one needles. She is also working on the woolens and Nosh advent socks. And she picked back up her coin flip hat out of handspun.  Laura is also working on the side hustle cuffs (test knit for Shanalines Designs)

Leslie has been working on – 30 Days of Dreamy Watercolor by Zaneena Nabeel.  

Laura is spinning:

SCF Big Sky (65% Merino/ 35% Mulberry Silk)

Sweater mashup spin out of Wee Chickadee winterberry and HY Spine-Tingler (first pound is done and I think I’m going to add a third ply out of wee chickadee)

Batts from Knit Spin Farm

Hello Yarn Frozen in Time (Romney)

Leslie plied 1lb of HipStrings Merino/silk in the Haunted  and Prose colorways and got ~135oish yards.

Leslie is reading First Bite (a shifter m/m romance). She is listening to Kate Daniels series.

Laura is rereading the Hidden Legacy series (adult urban fantasy).  She has started Absolutely True (Middle grade cozy mystery).  Rudine Sims Bishop is the academic whose work included the windows and mirrors.

Favorite Things

Ply Science Issue

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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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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