{"id":3382,"date":"2026-07-09T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:47:34","slug":"ep750-swatchapalooza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/ep750-swatchapalooza\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep750 &#8211; Swatchapalooza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TheKnitGirllls Ep750 - Swatchapalooza\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Njz0wlWNFLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie worked on&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/girlfriends-cardigan-anke\">Girlfriends Cardigan by Ankestrick<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/republicaunicornia.com\/\">Republica Unicornia<\/a> (Cousin Minnie Pearl).&nbsp; She worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woolandpine.com\/pattern\/summer-sorrel\">Summer Sorrel by Wool &amp; Pine<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.supernovadyeworks.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOopjFWr41VLkO-GopeD5IMF-H0lBK2VT2_shS98X3O4coSX05SSt\">Supernova Dyeworks <\/a>Desmos sock in \u201cYour Mom\u201d colorway. She swatched for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/lifesavers\">Lifesavers by Tanis Lavalle<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunvalleyfibers.com\/\">Sun Valley yarns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/separate-ways\">Separate Ways by Joji Locatelli<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/fabooyarns.com\/\">Faboo Yarns<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundayknits.com\/buy_milano.html\">Milano by Sunday Knits<\/a> out of Sunday Knits yarn, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreareneeknits.com\/shop\/shifty\">Shifty by Andrea Mowry<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spinnery.com\/product-category\/yarn\/sock-art-lana\/\">Green Mountain Spinnery Lana <\/a>and some handspun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura has resumed knitting her look at my holes out on size 8 needles. She also cast on Cupcake by tincanknits out of Republicia Unicornia BFL DK in Unicorn at a jazzfest. She is using size 1 and 4 needles. She is knitting&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/grapefruit-pink-lady\">Grapefruit Pink Lady<\/a> on size 6 needles using Robinson. She started a toe up sock out of into the whirled cheviot&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie finished a tutu. Never again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie spun nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura has been spinning some Wensleydale on a spindle from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcollingsart.com\/shop\"> Batty Fibers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/cottage-hair-accessories\">https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/cottage-hair-accessories<\/a> She also is spinning some Into the Whirled Cheviot for socks. She is plying a crepe and a traditional 4 ply and has plied an opposing 3 ply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie is listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/A-Parade-of-Horribles-Audiobook\/B0FXY6DVJS?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp\">Dungeon Crawler Carl 8 &#8211; A Parade of Horribles<\/a>. She is rereading the <a href=\"https:\/\/gaaiken.com\/reading-order\/\">Dragon Kin series<\/a> (currently on book 8, Feel The Burn) by GA Aiken and watching Outlander on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura is taking a class on visual literacy. She is listening to Arcana Academy by Elise Kova&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/hz\/wishlist\/ls\/1O3PV9JCCJDQ1?ref_=wl_share\">Laura\u2019s school library wishlist<\/a>.&nbsp; Laura is tracking her reading on storygraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lalaknitsandspins.com\">Laura\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.online-tribute.com\/NicolasDuarte\">Tribute to Nik of Hipstrings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite Things<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stash Dash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/BKo1RGMKhQCsjRRe8\">Leslie\u2019s Stashdown!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discord link: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/RpRRzfsbhM\">knit girllls discord<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie worked on&nbsp; Girlfriends Cardigan by Ankestrick out of Republica Unicornia (Cousin Minnie Pearl).&nbsp; She worked on Summer Sorrel by Wool &amp; Pine out of Supernova Dyeworks Desmos sock in \u201cYour Mom\u201d colorway. She swatched for Lifesavers by Tanis Lavalle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/ep750-swatchapalooza\/\">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-3382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382","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=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}