Ep643 – Personal Failings

Leslie is working on the Pressed Flowers cardigan by Amy Christoffers out of Berroco Remix Light and Noro Yukata and She started a temperature crochet blanket because she is not immune to peer pressure. She cast on a pair of socks out of the Dolly colorway from Geektastic Fibers.

Laura  has also started a Stripy Unicorn sweater out of handspun (more about that below) and woolen sport from Round Barn Fiber Mill.   Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (60 stitches on size 0s) out of Geektastic’s Island of Misfit Toys colorway. 

Laura finished 2 journey scarves by Tif Neilan. One is out of Hipstrings in the Chocolate Crisps blend and they other is Inglenook in the Cherry pie blend.  Both were knit on size 7 needles.

Leslie finished a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the  Cornucopia colorway

Leslie is still spinning the 24oz of custom blended fiber she got in a trade with HipStrings. She finished the first 8oz. 

Laura has spun Inglenook fibers targhee in the merpeople colorway (350 yards of a chain ply from 5.4 oz)  she has also spun 1 oz of a columbia/cvm blend (70 yards), a three ply from wee chickadee (300 yards), the chocolate crisps from hipstrings (115 yards of a 4-ply),  ITW texel (300 yards 2-ply), and one oz of polwarth from suburban stitcher.  She is currently spinning some targhee from ITW.

Leslie is relistening to Terminus by Peter Clines and re-reading What Moves The Dead by T.Kingfisher

Laura  has finished rereading the Ilona Andrews Baylor series.

Favorite Things

Striped Sweater kal started in November.  Get 15% any qualifying pattern with the code KNITMORE15  This kal will be hosted in our discord starting November 1st and running until the end of February.

MDSW Winterfest https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

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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TheKnitGirllls Ep642 – Ninth House

Leslie is working on the Directions top out of Oink Pigments DK weight linen/silk this week but worked a bit on the Painting Bricks shawl by Stephen West using a kit from Whimzee Stitches.  She’s also working on a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the  Cornucopia colorway, and cast on for the Pressed Flowers cardigan by Amy Christoffers out of Berroco Remix Light and Noro Yukata and She started a temperature crochet blanket because she is not immune to peer pressure. 

Laura  has also started a Stripy Unicorn sweater out of handspun (more about that below) and woolen sport from Round Barn Fiber Mill.   Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (60 stitches on size 0s) out of Geektastic’s Island of Misfit Toys colorway. 

Laura finished repairing a sweater – the Beachcomb by Tif Neilan.

Leslie finished nothing.

Leslie is still spinning the 24oz of custom blended fiber she got in a trade with HipStrings. She finished the first 8oz. 

Laura is working on a mash up spin using various Hello Yarn deep stash for Mystic square.  This will be a three ply.  She also started a woolen spun project out of a cormo/bfl/cheviot blend from Hill Heritage Farm.  She has all the spinning plans for Jillian Moreno’s 100 day spin down. She has been spindle  spinning knit spin farms advent. 

Leslie is relistening to 14 by Peter Clines and reading The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

Laura is now listening to The Mona Lisa Vanishes.

Favorite Things

Striped Sweater kal will start in November.  Get 15% any qualifying pattern with the code KNITMORE15  This kal will be hosted in our discord starting November 1st and running until the end of February.

MDSW Winterfest https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

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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Ep641 – Brighter Days

Leslie is working on the Directions top out of Oink Pigments DK weight linen/silk this week but worked a bit on the Painting Bricks shawl by Stephen West using a kit from Whimzee Stitches.  She’s also working on a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the  Cornucopia colorway, and cast on for the Pressed Flowers cardigan by Amy Christoffers out of Berroco Remix Light and Noro Yukata and She started a temperature crochet blanket because she is not immune to peer pressure. 

Laura  has also started a Stripy Unicorn sweater out of handspun (more about that below) and woolen sport from Round Barn Fiber Mill.   Laura is working on a pair of toe up socks (60 stitches on size 0s) out of Geektastic’s Island of Misfit Toys colorway. Laura started some baby mittens in the 0-6 month size in Old Rusted Chair IJLTYF colorway.  These are knit on size 5 and size 2 dpns.

Leslie finished the Brighter Days hat by SweaterFreak out of Republica Unicornia. She also finished the weaving for an 11yd warp but is still working on the finishing. 

Laura finished an elf baby hat out of handspun leftovers

Leslie is still spinning the 24oz of custom blended fiber she got in a trade with HipStrings. She finished the first 8oz. 

Laura finished spinning the  finn (seething sea) from a hello Yarn. It is 300 yards of a high twist 2-ply.   She is also spun falkland in the Herding Cats by Into the Whirled for Stripy Unicorn by Jojoi (1,000 yards of a 2-ply sport weight).  She started a mash up spin using various Hello Yarn deep stash for Mystic square.  This will be a three ply.  She also started a woolen spun project out of a cormo/bfl/cheviot blend from Hill Heritage Farm.  She has all the spinning plans for Jillian Moreno’s 100 day spin down. She has been spindle  spinning knit spin farms advent. 

Leslie is listening to Leveling Up by KF Breene.  (m/f urban fantasy romance)

Laura finished Fourth Wing. She is now listening to The Mona Lisa Vanishes.

Favorite Things

Striped Sweater kal will start in November.  Get 15% any qualifying pattern with the code KNITMORE15  This kal will be hosted in our discord starting November 1st and running until the end of February.

MDSW Winterfest https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

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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Ep640 – I Don’t Know What Comes Next

Leslie is working on the Directions top out of Oink Pigments DK weight linen/silk this week but worked a bit on the Painting Bricks shawl by Stephen West using a kit from Whimzee Stitches.  She’s also working on a pair of socks out of Woolens & Nosh in the  Cornucopia colorway, and cast on for the Pressed Flowers cardigan by Amy Christoffers out of Berroco Remix Light and Noro Yukata and the Brighter Days hat by SweaterFreak out of Republica Unicornia. She started a temperature crochet blanket because she is not immune to peer pressure. 

Laura  has also started an elf baby hat 

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elfbaby-hat out of handspun leftovers. She has also started a pair of toe up socks (60 stitches on size 0s) out of Geektastic’s Island of Misfit Toys colorway.

Leslie finished a glasses case using Hello Bargello pattern. She also finished the weaving for an 11yd warp but still has to launder, cut, and hem the towels

Laura finished a pixie hat from the trio of hats from Woolly Wormhead using Old Rusted Chair in the IJLTF colorway. 

Leslie is still spinning the 24oz of custom blended fiber she got in a trade with HipStrings. She finished the first 8oz. 

Laura finished spinning the  finn (seething sea) from a hello Yarn. It is currently drying.   She is also spinning Herding Cats by Into the Whirled for Stripy Unicorn by Jojoi.  She has all the spinning plans for Jillian Moreno’s 100 day spin down. She has been spindle  spinning knit spin farms advent. 

Leslie is listening to Leveling Up by KF Breene.  (m/f urban fantasy romance)

Laura is listening to Fourth Wing. She reread all the Sinner’s Gin books by Rhys Ford before the new one comes out this month (adult m/m mystery romance).  

Favorite Things

Striped Sweater kal will start in November.  Get 15% any qualifying pattern with the code KNITMORE15  This kal will be hosted in our discord starting November 1st and running until the end of February.

MDSW Winterfest https://www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool

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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