Ep626 – Puppy Pile

Leslie is working on a pair of socks out of GeekTastic in the Miser Brothers colorway as well as a Bahaal shawl out of Yowza in the Sparkles & Sequins colorway. She swatched for Halfway  by Jamie Hoffman out of Hipstrings and Directions by Claudia Eisenkolb out of Oink Pigments.

Laura is working on a pair of socks out of an inglenook handspun in a down breed/mohair blend. She also started a sock out a handspun out of Greenwood fiberworks  sw bfl/nylon blend. 

Leslie finished nothing.  

Laura finished nothing

Laura is spinning a sock yarn out of wound up fiber arts sw merino/nylon blend and Hipstrings down breed/ bionylon blend. All the sock yarns!

Leslie has been working on an Axis quilt 

Leslie is reading The Last Days by Adam Neville and is listening to Samantha Irby’s books – so far “We Are Never Meeting In Real Life” and “Wow, No Thank You”

Laura read the Labors of Hercules Beal (middle grade contemporary fiction). 

Favorite Things

Stash Dash is happening on Discord

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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Ep625 – Legends & Lattes

Leslie is working on a 5 year old project!   A copy of saltypurl’s version of the Pathway’s blanket, using the same rainbow yarn – Lion Brand Shawl In A Ball in Restful Rainbow.  She cast on for a pair of socks out of GeekTastic in the Miser Brothers colorway as well as a Bahaal shawl out of Yowza in the Sparkles & Sequins colorway. 

Laura is working on a pair of socks out Woolens and Nosh Advent 2022.  She also cast on the floodlight Tee by Tanis Fiber Arts out of Oink Pigment in the Coven base on size 3 needles.  She has swatched for the Otaheite cardigan by Tian and did math for it in Tian’s class. She also cast on a knit spin farm targhee sport weight sock to take to the Barbie movie.  She is reknitting the bottom of her Beachcomb by Tif Neilan. 

Leslie finished nothing.  

Laura finished nothing

Laura spun a sock yarn out of Inglnook fiber in a down breed/mohair blend.  She got 435 yards of a 3-ply. She also plyed an oz of a Hello Yarn coordinate pack on falkland.  She is currently spinning a sock blend from Greenwood Fiberworks

Leslie has been working on an Axis quilt 

Leslie is reading Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (post apocalyptic) and is watching The Witcher season 3 and Project Runway All Stars current season (20?).

Laura is reading the Honeys by Ryan La Sala (NB YA horror) and listening to Legends and Lattes (adult fantasy).

Favorite Things

Stash Dash is happening on Discord

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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Ep624 – Probably Usually

Leslie is working on a 5 year old project!   A copy of saltypurl’s version of the Pathway’s blanket, using the same rainbow yarn – Lion Brand Shawl In A Ball in Restful Rainbow.  She cast on for a pair of socks out of GeekTastic in the Miser Brothers colorway as well as a Bahaal shawl out of Yowza in the Sparkles & Sequins color way. 

Laura is working on a pair of socks out Woolens and Nosh Advent 2022.  She also cast on the floodlight Tee by Tanis Fiber Arts out of Oink Pigment in the Coven base on size 3 needles.  She has swatched for Otaheite cardigan by Tian and did math for it in Tian’s class. She also cast on a knit spin farm targhee sport weight sock to take to the Barbie movie.  She is reknitting the bottom of her Beachcomb by Tif Neilan. 

Leslie finished a pair of socks in Woolens & Nosh Boss Ass Bitch show color.  

Laura finished nothing

Laura spun yarn hero wool/cotton blend

Leslie has been working on an Axis quilt 

Leslie is listening to the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews and is on Ruby Flames, book 6.  She’s reading Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (post apocalyptic) and is watching The Witcher season 3 and Project Runway All Stars current season (20?).

Laura is reading the Honeys by Ryan La Sala (NB YA horror) and watching the reluctant traveler on Apple TV

Favorite Things

Stash Dash is happening on Discord

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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Ep623 – Balancing Fluffy Romance & Violent Death

Leslie is working on a 5 year old project!   A copy of saltypurl’s version of the Pathway’s blanket, using the same rainbow yarn – Lion Brand Shawl In A Ball in Restful Rainbow.  She cast on for a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh Boss Ass Bitch show color as well as a Bahaal shawl out of Yowza in the Sparkles & Sequins color way. 

Laura is working on a pair of socks out Woolens and Nosh Advent 2022.  She also cast on the floodlight Tee by Tanis Fiber Arts out of Oink Pigment in the Coven base on size 3 needles.  She has swatched for Otaheite cardigan by Tian and did math for it in Tian’s class. She also cast on a knit spin farm targhee sport weight sock to take to the Barbie movie.

Jude is working on a Lighthouse Keeper Pullover (rav link)  by Lindsey Fowler out of Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tweed in Wreath Heather and Aloft in Labryinth. He has also cast on some Woolens and Nosh socks in Day Hiking.

Leslie finished nothing. 

Laura finished a pair of socks out of String Theory Colorworks.  She has started a Rib Lace Raglan out of Loop Fiber Studios. 

Jude finished a Flax by Tin Can Knits out of Stranded Dyeworks Merino Cotton in Blue Rinse in the 2-4yr old size. He also finished a Litmus cowl (rav link), of his own design, out of a Canon Hand Dyes mini set of Merino Yak Silk single ply in the Wallflowers colourway, and a OOAK grey he dyed himself

Laura spun some stuff and then gave it away at ssk.

Jude spun a little batt he carded at SSK.

Leslie is listening to the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews. 

Laura is reading Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews  She started rereading Red, White, and Royal Blue.  She and Jude are obsessed with the show Deadloch and have watched it twice.

Jude has read a lot of questionable romance novels and some locked room mysteries that have all blurred into one because he’s jetlagged and his brain is mush. He is also relistening to Red, White and Royal Blue because Laura is the boss of him.

Favorite Things

SSK was amazing!

Stash Dash is happening on Discord

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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