{"id":2040,"date":"2015-03-10T07:19:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2015-03-10T07:19:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T12:19:53","slug":"episode-244-the-magic-wand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/episode-244-the-magic-wand\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 244 &#8211; The Magic Wand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/play\/AYO15TgA.x?p=1\" width=\"720\" height=\"433\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Episode 244<\/p>\n<p>Laura is knitting on 2 color Beanie out of Checkheaton Australian Superfine Merino. She has also cast on the Irene Adler shawl by Kirsten Kapur out of WM lace in a we\u2019re different colorway. \u00a0Jackaroo back is done and the fronts are ready to be cast on.<\/p>\n<p>Leslie is working on a pair of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/vanilla-bean-striped-socks\"> Vanilla Bean<\/a> socks out of Fishknits strong heart base in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/transaction\/260473983?\">After the Storm<\/a>\u201d colorway. \u00a0She is also working on an<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/etherial-tank\"> Etherial Tank<\/a> in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazelknits.com\/ruby-love-filigree-pure-1125-yards-short-skein\/\"> Hazelknits Filigree lace Ruby Love colorway<\/a> \u00a0held double on a size 4\/3.5mm needle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura is working on spinning her Cormo fleece she got and split with Leslie at MDSW last year. \u00a0She has finished the Heritage Hill Farm Leicester Longwool Pindrafted roving to ply with the Joanna Spring batt. She has also finished plying the Hello Yarn colorway Slumber. \u00a0This was a Polwarth\/Silk blend that was 2-plyed. \u00a0608 yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leslie is spinning 7oz of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/people\/udontcallmeles\/fiber\/spinning-straw-into-gold-spinning-straw-into-gold\">Spinning Straw Into Gold<\/a> batts on the Hansen. \u00a0Each 1oz is a different shade.<\/p>\n<p>Question from woolyouknitwithme, \u201cHave either of you ever dyed your own yarn and would you do a show with a yarn dyer showing us how to do it?<\/p>\n<p>Would either of you ever make knitting design, dyeing or teaching your full time career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nancy<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book Review: Coopknits Socks Volume 2 by Rachel Coopey ($27)<\/p>\n<p>What we are reading:<\/p>\n<p>Leslie finished<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00E9YL3HM\/?tag=thek04e-20+breakers\"> The Breakers series<\/a> and is now reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004G60EHS\/?tag=thek04e-20\">Hyperion<\/a> by Dan Simmons. \u00a0She finished listening to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Sci-Fi-Fantasy\/Furies-of-Calderon-Audiobook\/B002V8HC7I\">Furies of Calderon<\/a>, and is now alternating between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Sci-Fi-Fantasy\/Academs-Fury-Audiobook\/B002V18EH2\">Academ\u2019s Fury<\/a> (2nd in the series) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Self-Development\/The-Art-of-Asking-Audiobook\/B00OQT8AG2\">The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laura has read:<\/p>\n<p>Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs<\/p>\n<p>Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire<\/p>\n<p>Of Steam and Silk by Bec McMaster<\/p>\n<p>Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Favorite Things<\/p>\n<p>Lots of Quilting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/HeyThatsSuper\">HeyThat\u2019sSuper<\/a> new shirt design<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fundly.com\/m2\/raising-money-for-the-pups\">Fundraiser for shelter dogs<\/a> with<a href=\"http:\/\/funkychickknits.com\/2015\/02\/27\/raising-money-for-the-pups\/\"> list of prizes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lost City Knits Maaema Scarf<\/p>\n<p>Checkheaton Australian Superfine Merino contest<\/p>\n<p>SSK Scholarships voting ends on 3\/14 Saturday night in the Rav SSK Group<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/super-summer-knitogether\/3135512\/1-25#9\">SSK SCHOLARSHIP<\/a> sponsored by Three Waters Farm! The only thing better than learning is sharing what you learn! Our goal is for the scholarship winner to share and inspire their home communities with what they learned at SSK. Write us an essay about how you would accomplish this. \u00a0Until then come visit the Etsy shop at<a href=\"http:\/\/threewatersfarm.etsy.com\/\"> threewatersfarm.etsy.com<\/a>, or go to<a href=\"http:\/\/threewatersfarm.com\/\"> threewatersfarm.com<\/a> and take a look at our Top of the Month Club! You can keep up with Three Waters Farm on Ravelry, Instagram, and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>All entries submitted by 2\/28<\/p>\n<p>Laura\/Leslie post the entries on Ravelry 3\/1<\/p>\n<p>SSK attendees review the entries 3\/1- 3\/14<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for attendee voting 3\/14 midnight EST<\/p>\n<p>Votes accrued\/winner announced 3\/15<\/p>\n<p><embed style=\"display: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.blip.tv\/api.swf#AYO15TgA\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Episode 244 Laura is knitting on 2 color Beanie out of Checkheaton Australian Superfine Merino. She has also cast on the Irene Adler shawl by Kirsten Kapur out of WM lace in a we\u2019re different colorway. \u00a0Jackaroo back is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/episode-244-the-magic-wand\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2041,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}