Episode 113 – Laughter is the Best Medicine

Laura is working on 2 projects. She is designing a shawlette, My Hope, for Lynn Zimmerman’s Make a wish Fundraiser later this summer.  She is using Another Crafty Girl Yarn in the Punky Brewster colorway and size 5 needles. She has also started knitting on Kirsten Kupur’s Mystery Shawl 2012 pattern.  She is using Saffron Dyeworks and size 7 needles.

Leslie knitting on a Catkin using some Sundara and Marigold Jen yarn.

Leslie has finished the eLoomanator’s Dishcloth out of Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton.

Laura has finished test knitting a new design forstitchnerds which is not available yet to the public, Wavy Bias.  She is using Sheepaints in the Flowertree colorway and size 5 needles.  She has also finished knitting a top secret monster for the Dangercraft Monster Swap. She has designed and knit a baby hat using corespun yarn (40 yards or so) on size 9 needles.

Laura has spun some Frabjous Fibers into a bulky 2 ply yarn (110 yards).   She finished a Loop batt in the September Sky colorway (300 Yards).  She corespun some Hobbledeehoy battlings on a mohair core for 100 yards.  She is plying some Fiberoptic in a Gold-Fushia layered Gradient.

Magazine Review: Knitscene Accessories Summer 2012

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AWESOME Swap package from Stephanie!!!!

Congrats to Lynn, Lisa, and Darthknitter!

Socks on a Plane is now available

Giveaway:

Spotted Circus

Ever Improving Me

Lunabud Knits

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Episode 112 – Skein Winder Explosion

Laura is working on 3 projects. She has started designing a shawlette, My Hope, for Lynn Zimmerman’s Make a wish Fundraiser later this summer.  She is using Another Crafty Girl Yarn in the Punky Brewster colorway and size 5 needles.  She is also test knitting a new design for stitchnerds which is not available yet to the public, Wavy Bias.  She is using Sheepaints in the Flowertree colorway and size 5 needles.  She is also knitting a top secret monster for the Dangercraft Monster Swap.

Leslie has cast on a Catkin using some Sundara and Marigold Jen yarn.  She is also working on the eLoomanator’s Dishcloth out of Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton.

Laura has been spinning up some random superwash merino into a bulky weight yarn.  She is also using the same technique with some Frabjous Fibers.  She has finished the  Tempted Yarns red handspun for Carin (250 yards).  She hopes to finish a Loop batt in the September Sky colorway in the next week or so.

Magazine Review: Jane Austin Knits Summer 2012 by Interweave

Giveaway:

Spotted Circus

Ever Improving Me

Lunabud Knits

Kirsten Kapur Mystery Shawl

Tridye Cub Shipment (signups are currently closed)

Cloudlover

Coupon Codes:

10% off with the code: theknitgirllls10 at ZigZag Stitches

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Episode 111 – Memorial Day

Laura is knitting on Little Shells on size 8 needles using Leslie’s  Tempted Yarns handspun.  She is also knitting on a mystery project for the Rebecca Danger groups fairy tale swap.

Leslie is knitting on a Thin Ice Shawl out of 800 yards of Hanspun (Miss Babs and Fiber Optic plyed together for 800 yards).

Laura has finished a pair of Socks on a Plane (pattern coming soon) on size 1.5 needles out of  Barking Dogs Yarns in her Opposites Attract base.  The colorway is Darcy and Elizabeth.   She has also finished the shawl she is designing using Unwind Yarn Company.  Her LaLa’s Simple Shawl out of some handspun for the knitalong in the LaLa Knits Group is also complete.  She has used some scrap Spud and Chloe Sweater to knit a pair of Jelly Bean Baby Socks using size 7 needles.

Leslie has finished the Pomme de pin Cardigan by Amy Christophers out of Berroco Vintage dk.  She is knitting it on size 6 and 4 needles.

Laura is spinning on her new Bosworth.  It is Llama, Mohair, BFL from Autumn House Farms.  She also spun some corespun using mohair as the core and some batts purchased from a local vendor at the Middle TN Fiber Festival (40 yards).

Both Laura and Leslie show off the samples they spun in Jacey Bogg’s class and Fleegle’s supported spindling class.

Leslie has spun a lovely bulky using batts from Ever Improving Me (80 or so yards).

Book Review: California Revival Knits by Stephanie Tallent

Middle TN Fiber Festival Goodies:

Moonwood Farms

Wild Hare Faux Cashmere

Marsh Mellow Meadows

Spotted Circus

Ever Improving Me

Gossamer Web

Lunabud Knits

Favorite Things:

Georgia on My Mind Pattern is now available!

Stash Dash

Super Summer Knitogether

Happy Birthday to Julia!

New Podcasts We Like:

Down Cellar Studio

Fat Squirrel Speaks

Sword of A Knitter

Single Handed Knitter

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Episode 110 – Allo!

Laura has cast on a pair of Socks on a Plane (pattern coming soon) on size 1.5 needles out of  Barking Dogs Yarns in her Opposites Attract base.  The colorway is Darcy and Elizabeth.  She has frogged another pair of Socks on a Plane out of Dyeabolical Yarn in the Scratch Art colorway (old base).  She has also worked on the shawl she is designing using Unwind Yarn Company.  She has also cast on a LaLa’s Simple Shawl out of some handspun for the knitalong in the LaLa Knits Group

Leslie is knitting on a Thin Ice Shawl out of 800 yards of Hanspun (Miss Babs and Fiber Optic plyed together for 800 yards)  She has also made wonderful progress on the Pomme de pin Cardigan by Amy Christophers out of Berroco Vintage dk.  She is knitting it on size 6 and 4 needles.

Laura has finished Monster Chunk for her library helper out of scraps on size 4 needles.  She has also finished an Offset Wraplan out of Tempted Yarns Superwash BFL handspun using size 6 and 7 needles.

Laura is spinning a Loop batt in the September Sky.   She is also spinning on her new Bosworth.  It is Llama, Mohair, BFL from Autumn House Farms.

Leslie has spun some Tempted Yarns in her Cashmere base (360 yards) that Stacy helped Carin of Round the Twist dyed. She is now spinning some battlings from Hobbledeehoy and some club fiber from Cloudlover.

Book Review: Socktopus by Alice Yu

Campy LoopyJane out of Cascade Ultra Pima

FBN Plastics- Spinner’s Party Tool

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Middle TN Fiber Festival-Classes with Jacey Boggs and Fleegle.  Come say hi!

Coupon codes:

10% off with THEKNITGIRLLLS10 at RosesnPurls

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