Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of Lollipop Yarn on size 1 (2.25) needles.  She is knitting on the Red Robin Shawl by Helen Stewart out of Juno Fibre Arts Alice in the Raisen colorway.  It is being knit on size 6 Signature needles.  She has also ripped out parts of her Antler and prepped for reknitting.

Leslie is working on the Magic Cake Ruffle Shawl by Paula Emmons Fuessle on a size 6/4.00mm, but it hasn’t gotten much love lately.  She is also working on Driftwood using Valley Yarns Amherst on a US Size 9.  She started a pair of stripey socks out of Magic & Moonshine in the “Your Mom’s Kitchen” colorway.

Laura has some batts from Dripping fiber Studio (160 yards 2-ply) Knitting Hill colorway.

Leslie spun a braid of Big Alice Dyes in 80% merino 20% silk in the Sturm Und Drang colorway and got 440 yards.  She also spun 4oz of Knitty & Color in the Goldenrod colorway and hopes to put the two together in a project.

Book Review: Ply issue 4: Silk

Question from Marilyknits “How do you handle alternating skeins in a project using hand dyed yarns or other yarns with shade variations? I have never been satisfied with my attempts.”

Next on the Needles:

Laura – Tubularity by Martina Behm

Leslie – Marooned Socks in Juno Buffy Toughie

Favorite Things:

Birthday Wishes

StitchPrayLove

Curiouser and Curiouser giveaway

SSK KAL – charity knitting

Episode 197

Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of Lollipop Yarn on size 1 (2.25) needles.  SHe has cast on the Red Robin Shawl by Helen Stewart out of Juno Fibre Arts Alice in the Raisen colorway.  It is being knit on size 6 Signature needles.

Leslie is working on the Magic Cake Ruffle Shawl by Paula Emmons Fuessle on a size 6/4.00mm, but it hasn’t gotten much love lately.  She cast on Driftwood using Valley Yarns Amherst on a US Size 9.  She cast on a Hinagiku hat out of Juno Fibre Arts Wren in the silver colorway.

Leslie has finished a pair of plain vanilla socks in Gale’s Art Wonder Sock in the Graffiti & Asphalt colorway on size 2.25mm

Laura has spun nothing this week.

Leslie spun a braid of Big Alice Dyes in 80% merino 20% silk in the Sturm Und Drang colorway.

Book Review: Doomsday Knits by Alex Tinsley

Question from Ypsiknitter and NancyGrillo

“Can you talk about yarn clubs?”

Next on the Needles:

Laura – Ripping back the Antler and fixing all the things

Leslie – Marooned Socks in Juno Buffy Toughie

Favorite Things:

HeyThat’sSuper etsy shop

Bling Your String shipment

StitchPrayLove

Curiouser and Curiouser pattern

SSK KAL – charity knitting

Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of Lollipop Yarn on size 1 (2.25) needles and  String Theory Colorworks Contuinium on size 1 (2.25) needles.

Leslie is working on the Magic Cake Ruffle Shawl by Paula Emmons Fuessle on a size 6/4.00mm, but it hasn’t gotten much love lately.  She cast on Driftwood using Valley Yarns Amherst on a US Size 9.

She has also cast on a pair of plain vanilla socks using Gale’s Art Wonder sock in the Graffiti and Asphalt colorway

Laura has finished:

Plain Afterthought heel socks out of Vesper in the Gemstone colorway.  These were knit on size 1s and incorporate short row shaping for the instep.

Pioneer Cuff from a Laura Nelkin Kit.  Knit on size 2 needles.

Wurm hat as a chemo hat.  Knit out of Dancing Dog Dyeworks Flamenco DK in the love my gnomies colorway.  It was knit on size 4 and 6 needles.

Glitz at the Ritz by Helen Stewart.  It was knit using size 6 needles and used Made in America Yarns Wayfarer

Dragonfly Wings using some Lost City Knits and size 4 needles.

Leslie has knit a Hermione’s Cabled Hat in Fiberspates Merino Superwash in the Bluebird colorway, and is using a 4.5mm/US size 7 needle.  She also knit a hat using the texture pattern from Hermione’s Every Day Socks in Sincere Sheep Cormo.  She cast on and finished a very ugly pair of socks using Schoppel Ambiente using a 2.75mm needle.

Laura has finished spinning some Falkland from in the Bee Mice Elf Algae colorway (150 yards).  She has started spinning fiber from Sadie of Knitter’s Nightmare in her BFL base in the New Zealand Colorway.

Question from Ayriolef, “I was wondering: can you do a fish lips kiss heel as an afterthought heel? I’m new to socks and don’t quite know how it all works.”

Next on the Needles:

Red Robin Shawl by Helen Stewart out of Juno in Alice

Favorite Things:

Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery Sampler

Huge Thank you to Stacy Evans for just being awesome

Knitting Pipeline Retreat (Sun Valley Fibers was the person I couldn’t remember)

Bling Your String bags

Infinite Twist giveaway-Robin Kit

Enter To Win A Craftsy Class

Episode 195

Laura is knitting on some plain afterthought heel socks out of Vesper Gemstone on size 1 (2.25) needles and  String Theory Colorworks Contuiniumon size 1 (2.25) needles.  She is also knitting on Glitz at the Ritz by Helen Stewart using Made in America yarns Wayfarer and size 6 needles.

Leslie is working on the Magic Cake Ruffle Shawl by Paula Emmons Fuessle on a size 6/4.00mm.  She has also cast on Hermione’s Cabled Hat in Fiberspates Merino Superwash in the Bluebird colorway, and is using a 4.5mm/US size 7 needle.

Laura has been playing with processing a CVM fleece.

Question from  lanois “Where is the strangest place you’ve knit?”

Favorite Things:

ShowMeYourKnits Birthday

Elly’s Knitinsanity giveaway Coupon code for 10% off is THEKNITGIRLLLS10

Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery Sampler

Tempted Yarn Club

Upcoming projects:

Leftovers cowl

Wurm Hat

SSK Classes

Brene Brown’s Ted Talks, and The Power of Vulnerability

Infinite Twist giveaway-Robin Kit