Ep659 – Wave of Change

Leslie has worked on some socks out of the Sedated color way of must stash yarns and cast on a Wave of Change pullover by Denise Bayron out of Berroco Remix 

  Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (56 stitches on size 0s) out of Nomadic yarns in the everlasting gobstopper colorway. She started swatching for the Layla sweater out of Modern Daily knitting  Atlas and some handspun

Laura finished a Penta Pillar Pullover out of Knit Spin Farm batt handspun. 

Leslie finished nada. She is a slacker.

Laura has finished spinning “Just Pretentious Enough” from ITW for the Layla Sweater by Elizabeth Smith. She also plyed some pygora and a batt from Knitspinfarm.   She is washing an 12 pound Corriedale  fleece.   Summer of fleece!

Leslie is listening to The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (author of The Night Circus).  She’s catching up on back episodes of the Handsome podcast with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin.

Laura has been relistening to the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (m/f adult romance).  She has been watching all the Tour de France. 

Favorite Things:

SSK NEXT WEEK!

Jude visit

Stash Dash

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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Ep658 – Flippity FlapEp658 – Flippity Flap

Leslie has worked on some socks out of the Sedated color way of must stash yarns and a Fabled Forest hat out of Spotted Circus reverse speckle color way. 

  Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (56 stitches on size 0s) out of Nomadic yarns in the everlasting gobstopper colorway.  She also cast on a Penta Pillar Pullover out of Knit Spin Farm batt handspun.  

Leslie finished a pair of sport weight socks out of Another Crafty Girl in the Lightning Strike colorway.

Laura has started spinning “Just Pretentious Enough” from ITW for the Layla Sweater by Elizabeth Smith.  She is washing an 8.5 pound Tunis fleece.   Summer of fleece!

Leslie is relistening to Fire & Ice by KF Breene (Fire & Ice series) and reading Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater.  She’s catching up on back episodes of the Handsome podcast with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin.

Laura has been relistening to the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (m/f adult romance).  She also reread the Beacon Hill Necromancer series (m/m adult romance).

Favorite Things:

Stash Dash

Discord link: knit girllls discord

Jillian Moreno’s Patreon

SSK website

Need long arm quilting services?  Contact inthecottagewithbarb@yahoo.comLaura’s school library Amazon wishlist link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1O3PV9JCCJDQ1?ref_=wl_share

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Ep657 – Three Times Fast

Leslie has worked on the R&R Hoodie by Tanis Lavelle out of Leading Men Fiber Arts in the following colors: Just Peachy, Fortune Teller, London Fog, Bare Necessities, and Marauder. She’s knitting the sleeves using a brilliant steeking method that Heidi Kirrmaier demonstrates here

She’s also worked on a pair of sport weight socks out of Another Crafty Girl in the Lightning Strike colorway.

  Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (56 stitches on size 0s) out of Nomadic yarns in the everlasting gobstopper colorway.  She also cast on a Penta Pillar Pullover out of Knit Spin Farm batt handspun.  

Laura finished a recalibrate sweater out of handspun (merino/rose).  The fiber was from Southern Cross (no longer in business)

Leslie finished nothing, we have some some wood burned signs from our last FAL.

Laura has started spinning “Just Pretentious Enough” from ITW for the Layla Sweater by Elizabeth Smith.  She washed a 3lb grey cormo fleece, and she’s also been lock popping a cvm fleece to prep for carding.  Summer of fleece!

Leslie is relistening to Fire & Ice by KF Breene (Fire & Ice series) and reading Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater.  She’s catching up on back episodes of the Handsome podcast with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster, and Mae Martin.

Laura has been relistening to the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (m/f adult romance).  She also reread the Beacon Hill Necromancer series (m/m adult romance).

Favorite Things:

Stash Dash

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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Ep656 – A Green Place

Leslie has worked on the R&R Hoodie by Tanis Lavelle out of Leading Men Fiber Arts in the following colors: Just Peachy, Fortune Teller, London Fog, Bare Necessities, and Marauder. She’s knitting the sleeves using a brilliant steeking method that Heidi Kirrmaier demonstrates here

She’s also worked on a pair of sport weight socks out of Another Crafty Girl in the Lightning Strike colorway.

  Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (56 stitches on size 0s) out of Nomadic yarns in the everlasting gobstopper colorway.  She also cast on a Penta Pillar Pullover out of Knit Spin Farm batt handspun.  She has also started a recalibrate sweater out of handspun (merino/rose).  The fiber was from Southern Cross (no longer in business)

Leslie finished a Musselburgh hat by Ysolda Teague out of YarnCafe Creations in the Ocean Mist colorway

Laura has finished the epic spindle spinning project out of Knit Spin Farm’s advent.  It is 650 yards of a 3-ply.  She’s also been lock popping a cvm fleece to prep for carding.  Summer of fleece!

Leslie is relistening to Fire & Ice by KF Breene (Fire & Ice series) and reading Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater.

Laura has been relistening to the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (m/f adult romance).  She also reread the Beacon Hill Necromancer series (m/m adult romance).

Favorite Things:

Farm visit!

Stash Dash

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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