Ep605 – Things Got Dicey At The Rave

Episode 605

Leslie is putting heels on a pair of cranked tubes and trying to pick her next project. 

Laura is knitting a pair of socks out of Knit Spin Farm’s most recent colorway in the Little Known Holidays line.   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. She finished Blume out of Camellia Fiber Co flax fingering in Lichen and a Sockhead hat out of Urban Girl Yarn in the Marsha P. Johnson colorway.  She sewed an Elani tunic from Style Arc

Laura knit a Let’s Hike! Headband from Shanalines Designs on size 1 needles using some handspun.

Laura is spinning:

Misty Mountains (25% Shetland, 40% Merino, 25% Silk, 10% Tweed) 6oz total. 165 yards

Flax from Hipstrings (2oz) Sampling

Woolfiend Fiber Morsels

Hipstrings A Walk in the Heather (75% merino, 12.5% flax, 12.5% tussah silk)

Wee Chickadee Ephemeral (100% polwarth)

Hello Yarn Corriedale 12.5 oz OOAK

Leslie is reading Rogue’s Pawn by Jeffe Kennedy (fantasy romance m/f). 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

Laura is rereading the Hidden Legacy series (adult urban fantasy).  She has been watching Will Trent.  She read Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell (adult m/m sci fi)

Favorite Things

Class with Kim McBrien Evans

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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Ep604 – Rabbit? Elephant? Bear.

Leslie worked on Blume out of Camellia Fiber Co flax fingering in Lichen and on a Sockhead hat out of Urban Girl Yarn in the Marsha P. Johnson colorway. She is putting heels on a pair of cranked tubes.

Laura is knitting a pair of socks out of Knit Spin Farm’s most recent colorway in the .Little Known Holidays line.   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. She made half a dozen more bodice samples trying to get something to fit and finally has something close with the Upton Dress by Cashmerette (who also has amazingly clear master class videos in her club membership)

Laura is spinning:

Misty Mountains (25% Shetland, 40% Merino, 25% Silk, 10% Tweed) 6oz total.

Woolfiend Fiber Morsels

Hipstrings A Walk in the Heather (75% merino, 12.5% flax, 12.5% tussah silk)

Wee Chickadee Ephemeral (100% polwarth)

Hello Yarn Corriedale 12.5 oz OOAK

Leslie is reading The House Witch by Delemach (fantasy romance m/f). She is listening to You Just Need to Lose Weight (and 19 other myths about fat people) by Aubrey Gordon.

Laura is rereading the Hidden Legacy series (adult urban fantasy).  She has been watching Will Trent.  She was given Me and the Boss by Michelle Edwards and April Harrison and Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk for review from Random House.

Favorite Things

Gelli plate printing

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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Ep603 – Also, I Don’t Care

Leslie worked on Blume out of Camellia Fiber Co flax fingering in Lichen and on a Sockhead hat out of Urban Girl Yarn in the Marsha P. Johnson colorway. She is putting heels on a pair of cranked tubes.

Laura is knitting a pair of socks out of Knit Spin Farm’s most recent colorway in the .Little Known Holidays line.   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 finished a BootStrap Fashion custom dressform and found this sew-a-long video incredibly helpful.  It took most of her free time this week and she hasn’t really had a chance to actually use it yet.  Cashmerette has some GREAT patterns for larger busted and fuller figured folkx.

Laura is spinning:

Knit Spin Farm Thunder Rainbow, After the Storm (49% Corriedale, 29% Rambouillet, 22% shetland, Sari silk, silk noil) 375 yards from 6oz

Woolfiend Fiber Morsels

Hipstrings A Walk in the Heather (75% merino, 12.5% flax, 12.5% tussah silk)

Leslie is reading The Heretic Royal by GA Aiken (fantasy romance m/f). She is relistening to You Just Need to Lose Weight (and 19 other myths about fat people) by Aubrey Gordon.

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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Ep602 – Full Bust Fails

Episode 602

Leslie worked on Blume out of Camellia Fiber Co flax fingering in Lichen and on a Sockhead hat out of Urban Girl Yarn in the Marsha P. Johnson colorway. 

Laura is knitting a pair of socks out of Knit Spin Farm’s most recent colorway in the .Little Known Holidays line.   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 finished a giant granny square blanket out of some Lion Brand Mandala Ombre. 5 skeins yielded a 54” square blanket.  She sewed a Catalina Dress by Blank Slate Patterns out of some toadstool fabric from Joann’s.

Laura is spinning:

Into the Whirled grey corriedale in “working title” colorway (125 yards of a 3-ply)

Komasee Falkland mashup 8oz 225 yards of a marled 2-ply

Knit Spin Farm Thunder Rainbow, After the Storm (49% Corriedale, 29% Rambouillet, 22% shetland, Sari silk, silk noil) 375 yards from 6oz

Woolfiend Fiber Morsels

Hipstrings A Walk in the Heather (75% merino, 12.5% flax, 12.5% tussah silk)

Leslie is reading The Heretic Royal by GA Aiken (fantasy romance m/f). She is relistening to Contagious by Scott Sigler (science fiction)

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

Favorite Things

Full Bust Adjustment fails

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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