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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Ep609 – Mirrors and Windows

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.  She finished a Musselburgh hat out of Spotted Circus yarn

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 spun 2oz of HipStrings Merino/silk in the Haunted colorway.

Leslie is reading the Monstrous series  by Lily Mayne (post apocalyptic m/m romance). She is listening to You Just Need to Lose Weight (and 19 other myths about fat people) by Aubrey Gordon and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas – currently on #5 Empire of Storms.  She also restarted the 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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Ep608 – Bulletproof Sally

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. She cast on a Musselburgh hat out of Spotted Circus yarn and a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the Spectrum colorway. 

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.

Leslie has been working on – 30 Days of Dreamy Watercolor by Zaneena Nabeel.  She finished a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the Roy G Biv-ish colorway. 

Laura finished some Split Decisions mitts (pattern coming Thursday) out of handspun

Laura is spinning:

Twisted Urban corespun batt

ITW marled singles  (350 yards)

Wee Chickadee Ephemeral (350 yards 2-ply) 

ITW Norwegian wool in Random Consecutive Order (color split)

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

Sweater mashup spin out of Wee Chickadee winterberry and HY Spine-Tingler

Leslie finished spinning 4oz of Spotted Circus Firestar/Merino and got 248yds

Leslie is reading the Monstrous series  by Lily Mayne (post apocalyptic m/m romance). She is listening to You Just Need to Lose Weight (and 19 other myths about fat people) by Aubrey Gordon and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas – currently on #5 Empire of Storms.  She also restarted the Kate Daniels series 

Laura is rereading the Hidden Legacy series (adult urban fantasy).  She has been watching Will Trent. 

Favorite Things

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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Ep607 – Interesting Conversation?

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.

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. 

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

Laura has finished the socks out of Knit Spin Farm’s most recent colorway in the Little Known Holidays line.

Laura is spinning:

Hello Yarn Corriedale 12.5 oz OOAK 1100 yards of a 2-ply

Leslie started spinning 4oz of Spotted Circus Firestar/Merino

Leslie is reading the Monstrous series  by Lily Mayne (post apocalyptic m/m romance). She is listening to You Just Need to Lose Weight (and 19 other myths about fat people) by Aubrey Gordon and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas – currently on #4 Queen of Shadows

Laura is rereading the Hidden Legacy series (adult urban fantasy).  She has been watching Will Trent. 

Favorite Things

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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