Ep575 – Eggs in the Air

Leslie is knitting on a Bagamoyo by Kathryn Folkerth out of Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool. She’s also putting heels in a cranked tube of See Jayne Knit yarn. 

Laura  is working on the Out of Winter shawl by TamyGore.  She is using size 6 needles and knitting it out of some Koomasee BFL that she spun. She has also knit on Cloud Cover by Heidi Kirrmaier out of handspun on size 4 needles.  The handspun was a mashup spin from Hello Yarn in Rambouillet.  She also cast on another pair of socks out of Nomadic Yarns sport weight.

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Laura finished a beloved bonnet out of another crafty girl yarn but gifted it without getting a picture at a baby shower this week. 

Leslie finished putting heels and toes in some random cranked tubes. 

Spinning Laura has finished:

Three Water Farms in polwarth/silk. Brocade colorway (350 yards fractal 2-ply)

Hipstrings Superwash Targhee in Magically Delicious (250  yards 3 ply)

Still on the bobbins:

Hobbledehoy battlings

Loop Bump in purple sage

ITW Corriedale 

Embroidery floss silk spin

Fat Cat Knits Ankh Morpork 

Leslie listened to Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher (fairytale/fantasy). She’s reading Asperfell by Jamie Thomas (m/f fantasy romance)

Laura has been watching Ted Lasso plus lots of hockey.   She also started rereading the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs (m/f werewolf adult urban fantasy)

Favorite Things

Stash Dash will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August.

Discord link: knit girllls discord

SSK 2022

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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Ep574 – BagaMoyo

Leslie is knitting on a Bagamoyo by Kathryn Folkerth out of Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool. 

Laura  is working on the Out of Winter shawl by TamyGore.  She is using size 6 needles and knitting it out of some Koomasee BFL that she spun. She has also knit on Cloud Cover by Heidi Kirrmaier out of handspun on size 4 needles.  The handspun was a mashup spin from Hello Yarn in Rambouillet.  She also cast on another pair of socks out of Nomadic Yarns sport weight.

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Laura has finished a pair of Knit Spin Farm  Sport Weight socks in Garden Blue Jeans colorway on size 1 needles. 

Leslie finished some South Marysburgh Slippers by Sam Lamb

Spinning Laura has finished:

Sweater spin out of HY patchwork kit 2,000 yards total from 22oz

Still on the bobbins:

Hobbledehoy battlings

Loop Bump in purple sage

ITW Corriedale 

Three Water Farms in polwarth/silk. Brocade colorway

Hipstrings Superwash Targhee in Magically Delicious

Embroidery floss silk spin

Fat Cat Knits Ankh Morpork 

Leslie listened to Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher (fairytale/fantasy). She’s reading the Crystal Island series by Lilian T. James (m/f fantasy romance)

Laura has been watching Ted Lasso plus lots of hockey.   She also started rereading the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs (m/f werewolf adult urban fantasy)

Favorite Things

Stash Dash will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August.

Discord link: knit girllls discord

SSK 2022

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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Ep573 – Forewarned

Leslie is knitting on some South Marysburgh Slippers by Sam Lamb.

Laura  is working on the Out of Winter shawl by TamyGore.  She is using size 6 needles and knitting it out of some Koomasee BFL that she spun. She finally started spinning the contrast color! She has also started a Cloud Cover by Heidi Kirrmaier out of handspun on size 4 needles.  The handspun was a mashup spin from Hello Yarn in Rambouillet.

Laura has finished a pair of Knit Spin Farm  Sport Weight socks in Zinnia, Warrior Princess  colorway on size 1 needles. 

Leslie finished Erradale out of Wandering Flock fingering in Cosmic Tye Dye and a pair of sport weight socks in KnitSpinFarm’s Coloring Book Day.

Spinning Laura has finished:

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Still on the bobbins:

Sweater spin out of HY patchwork kit (second half is being plied now

Hobbledehoy battlings

Loop Bump in purple sage

ITW Corriedale 

Three Water Farms in polwarth/silk. Brocade colorway

Hipstrings Superwash Targhee in Magically Delicious

Embroidery floss silk spin

Leslie is listening to The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher (young adult fairy tale) and reading Seed by Ania Ahlborn (gothic/occult horror). Also the Chronicles of the Warlands series by Elizabeth Vaughn (m/f fantasy romance).  

Laura has been watching Father Brown and Death in Paradise plus lots of hockey.  She has been reading a middle grade ghost story, Too Bright to See by Klye Lukoff.  She also started rereading the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs (m/f werewolf adult urban fantasy)

Favorite Things

Stash Dash will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August.

Discord link: knit girllls discord

SSK 2022

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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Ep572 – Is it Fine?

Leslie is knitting on Erradale out of Wandering Flock fingering in Cosmic Tye Dye and a pair of sport weight socks in KnitSpinFarm’s Coloring Book Day.

Laura  is working on the Out of Winter shawl by TamyGore.  She is using size 6 needles and knitting it out of some Koomasee BFL that she spun. She finally started spinning the contrast color!  She also started a pair of Knit Spin Farm  Sport Weight socks in Zinnia, Warrior Princess  colorway on size 1 needles.  She has also started a Cloud Cover by Heidi Kirrmaier out of handspun on size 4 needles.  The handspun was a mashup spin from Hello Yarn in Rambouillet.

Laura has finished nothing

Leslie finished some sewing. A versa cami and two pairs of Scrundlewear from Stitch Upon A Time. She also finally put snaps on the Ramona Shacket and made some cpap mask covers. 

Spinning Laura has finished:

Finished the first 10.5 oz of the flax light sweater spin out of Hello Yarn.  It is 1,000 yards of a 2-ply.

Still on the bobbins:

Sweater spin out of HY patchwork kit

Hobbledehoy battlings

Loop Bump in purple sage

ITW Corriedale 

Three Water Farms in polwarth/silk. Brocade colorway

Hipstrings Superwash Targhee in Magically Delicious

Leslie is relistening to the Tales of Verania series (m/m fantasy romance) and is on book 5- The Damning Stone. Also the Chronicles of the Warlands series by Elizabeth Vaughn (m/f fantasy romance).  

Laura has been watching Father Brown and Death in Paradise plus lots of hockey.  She has been reading a middle grade ghost story, Too Bright to See by Klye Lukoff.  She also started rereading the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs (m/f werewolf adult urban fantasy)

Favorite Things

Stash Dash will be hosted on Discord again and will be from May 27th-end of August.

Discord link: knit girllls discord

SSK 2022

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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