Episode 81: Emphasizing the Numbers
Today Amanda shows off an unexpected FO, talks a bit about using handspun, some toy WIPs, a little cross stitch, and more spinning. Sock it to Summer ends on 31 August 2014. Please join us for Fall Into Shawls 01 September – 31 December 2014.
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Show Notes: “Emphasizing the Numbers”
♥ Sock it to Summer ends on 31 August 2014, please be sure to post up photos of your finished socks in the thread before I close it on 01 September if you want to be eligible for prizes! We have 76 entries as of the time I recorded this podcast; you are all amazing!
♥ Please join us for Fall Into Shawls 01 September – 31 December 2014. A relaxed open craft-a-long is a sweet way to end the year. Make something nice for yourself!
♥ Lamby Toes will be getting some more yarn in soon. My schedule has been too hectic to get any dyeing done.
FOs:
♥ Handspun House Socks for my husband. These were an impulse cast on after watching Laura‘s podcast and reminding me that I had some underspun Becoming Art Targhee that I should use up. I managed these in 5 days! Yowza.
WiPs:
♥ Wild Thing by Susan Claudino. I just wasn’t feeling this one this week. I hate obligation gift knits. I need to motor on it and soon.
♥ Nicole the Notorious Octopus by Jenna Krupar. If you can, knock out one of Jenna’s stuffy patterns and post it up by 31 August in her thread to be eligible for prizes!
♥ I talked a bit about my Hiro sweater and possible problems it may have. I’m hoping to come to a decision in the next day or two and get back to work on this and finally knock out a sweater for 2014. I also touched on my languishing Make a Wish that didn’t make it far.
Spinning A Yarn:
♥ Holiday Yarns BFL OOAK fiber: chain-plied, ~235yds, appears to be a sport weight.
♥ Holiday Yarns blend fiber in the works
♥ Spanish Peacock spindle with Gourmet Stash Tribble sample. I do not like silk hankie or silk waste in my fiber batts.
Stitcher’s Corner:
♥ Mysterious Halloween Town Club clue three was released on Thursday. I’ve gotten a start on mine.
Let Me Enable You:
♥ MoonRover August 2014 club colorway has arrived
Episode 80: Lying Liar Who Lies
Surprise! I’m back a week early because I was so productive that I just had to share what all was going on. I spend a large portion of the beginning of the episode talking about future craft-a-longs. Please give your opinion on either in the Knot A Podcast Ravelry group! Then I have a finished object, a new (non-sock!) WIP to share, a lot of spinning, and some cross stitch to share with you.
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Show Notes: “Lying Liar Who Lies”
Podcasts to check out:
♥ The Corner of Knit and Tea with Laura
♥ Yarnder Woman with Melinda
FOs:
♥ August Personal Sock Club – not the happiest with these. They pooled terribly after the ankle.
WiPs:
♥ “Wild Thing” by Susan Claudino in my worsted leftovers.
Spinning A Yarn:
♥ Puni sampler from Gourmet Stash
♥ MoonRover January 2014 club colorway is done! Chain-plied and roughly sport weight.
♥ Holiday Yarns Superwash BFL roving OOAK colorway
Stitcher’s Corner:
♥ Leroy by iamnotadoll
♥ Tomorrow is Clue 3 of Mysterious Halloween Town Club! Are you excited?!
Let Me Enable You:
♥ Woolverine Tee from Hey That’s Super
Today Amanda talks about more socks (surprised, I know) and has lots of Wool Piggery to share with you all today! She went to Stitches Midwest and had a good time. If you’re looking to play along in Sock it to Summer, you still have until 31 August to submit your finished pairs for prizes.
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Show Notes: “Stitches Midwest”
♥ Sock it to Summer is nearing the end! If you have more socks to submit in the group, please do so by 31 August. I will be closing the thread down when I wake up on 01 September.
FOs:
♥ Handspun Socks from my Pigeonroof Studios Merino top “Magnolia”
WiPs:
♥ August Personal Sock Club – my hand-dyed yarn from a class, US size 1 needles (Sock Rockets to be exact), using the same stitch pattern as Hermione’s Everyday socks. I referenced “Greetings From the Beach” in this segment when describing the feel of the colorway.
Spinning A Yarn:
♥ Still plunking away at my January club braid from MoonRover.
♥ Test drove my aaronmakesstuff spindle with some Gourmet Stash punis. It is slick!
Wool Piggery:
♥ Hello Yarn July 2014 Club colorway has arrived! This month is BFL top in the “Head Banger” colorway.
♥ CreatedbyElsieB Falkland top in the “Plumeria” colorway.
♥ Lion Brand Sock-Ease “Rock Candy”
♥ Miss Babs Yowza! in “Deep Sea Jellyfish”
♥ Miss Babs Northumbria in “Zombie Prom”
♥ Knit Circus Aerialist “Come What May”
♥ Gnome Acres House Gnome Sock and Squishy Gnome in “Smell my Feet”
♥ Tuft sock soap sampler and hand/cuticle balm
This month’s numbers are a little off: my handspun socks are difficult to count yardage on, so that full amount is going into August’s tally. And some of the socks from June had the July portion of their tally counted in last month because I didn’t check at the end of the month. So. July’s yardage was hard-earned through socks. The days are still hot, but I’m looking forward to the fall and winter when sweaters and blankets will become attractive projects again.
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