Show notes:
Podcast Four
Knitting:
In
Progress:
Milk
sweater- Knit picks size 9 us or 5.5 mm
Gyre
Cardigan in interweave knits spring 2014
Vicki
Howell Craft in Carol colorway
65-35 Organic
cotton-Milk Fiber
I love how this is looking but
dislike the way it is written, if you are working this pattern, just keep swimming.
It works but it doesn’t seem like it will.
Next socks- I cast on Mina Philpp’s Pattern Grand
Central from her NY collection. The
Collection is available on Ravelry for purchase and she is running it as a knit
along.
I will be using
Addi Sock rockets in US size 1 (2.25mm) with a 40inch cable, which is my go to
for socks!
The yarn is Red
Heart, Heart & Sole with Aloe. I finally remember how this got into my
stash – this is a stash busting year for me – I bought a grab bag a few years
ago and this was one of the yarns inside. This is not to my tastes but several
of the other yarns in the bag, luckily, were. This is 70-30 Superwash wool-Nylon,
The colorway is called Watercolor Stripe.
Cabin Afghan: I have two new squares for the cabin blanket,
and starting a third. While working on it during one of the camping trips we
took this month I ran into a problem and have come up with a change in the
project to deal with it. Each of the centers of the Log cabin blocks are six
stitches wide, one for each member of the family. I want to use only my own
yarn and many breeds and dye tests. I have a lot of bits that are big enough to
do the center but not enough to do even the next course. Wanting to move forward
with the project I decided staggering the blocks with a different block.
Finished
Objects:
Stash busting socks. Patons Kroy
Cascade Knit Picks interchangeable size 2.5 us or 3mm. Reflections, I adjusted
the Vanilla Sock Recipe to match the needles I had. I had received a pair of
pretty socks that were tight and I was working against it. So these socks are
bigger than they should be. I am otherwise happy with them.
Lime stripes. I dyed this yarn as
a sock blank and spinning guild program. I love the stripes. I used Addi Sock rockets
that I bought specifically for the new sock obsession I am working under. I did not modify the pattern.
Pikachu Sweater. This turned out
very well and loved. Mouse – I have long used these nicknames for my children,
both in public media and in our day to day lives. Beaver he is 18, Mouse he is
12, Bunny she is 10, and Badger she is 8 – loves it. I have had to wrestle it
back to wash it.
Spinning:
In Progress: I am working on a green
yarn that will be covered in detail in the next video.
I
also decided to join the Completely Twisted and Arbitrary Spinning Group on
Ravelry and their Spin the Bin Challenge. You collect –often from long ignored
stash though that is not a requirement – fiber to spin, 12 lots of at least 2oz
each but can be more, and photograph them together in a bin. You have the year
to spin them, if you remove a fiber from the bin you have to replace it with
two new fibers. They have a few other
rules and a chat group, it is a lot of fun and beautiful yarns are being made, check
it out. So this is my bin, I am going to show off the bags now, but talk about
them later. You can check out more info now at my Ravelry yarn page.
Also
ready and waiting is the next mystery spin!
Finished
Objects: I sold the red wolle
skein this Friday at Spinning Guild, but if you want to see it you can check
out that video! I am hoping to get a picture of the finished object the guild
member makes with it to show off to you.
The first mystery spin is done! I
love the feel and am looking forward to knitting or weaving it up. I am
debating yet, but leaning towards knitting it the Super Eyelet Shawl by Fiona
Wright. I would love to hear your thoughts. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/super-eyelet-shawl
Crochet:
In Progress: I have two long in
progress crochet projects. A weather blanket, the idea is to crochet a row each
days – I am about a month behind – with the color representing the day’s high
temperature.
The
other is a stash busting project in which I made a hundred flowers and am
linking them for a cheerful summer garden throw.
Finished
Objects: I have nothing
finished to show you.
Weaving:
In progress: The new loom! This month
I sold my Sievert’s loom, and bought a Kessenich Loom. The Sievert’s loom was
purchased several years ago, the owner before me had converted it from a table
top loom to a floor loom. I bought it kind of spontaneously, it did not fit in
my car, and then it starts to rain. A random nice lady attending the rendezvous
stopped and helped me. We loaded into her van and drove to a nearby friend’s
house. She wasn’t home! Luckily she has a lovely big covered porched. I called
another friend, who soon arrives with her husband and some tools. It was a good
loom, but its usable weaving area was small – about 14 inches. A lady in the weaving guild I belong to was
selling her loom! So after thinking about it for a while and finding that a
dear friend was interested in buying my loom, the decision was made. I am now
the proud owner of a Kessenich Loom with a weaving area of about 36
inches. The only difficultly was that I
had just warped the loom for three scarves before making this decision. I ended
up weaving like a mad fiend and getting them done in time to deliver the loom
mostly on time.
As to first projects I am debating
between making matching throws for an upcoming wedding or making a project for
my house to get to know the loom with.
Finished
Objects: These three scarves
are a project for the weaving guild. They supplied the yarn and we are all
making scarves for the area homeless shelter. A chance to practice weaving and to
do good at the same time.
Sewing:
In Progress: In sewing I have mostly
doing mending, but I am toying with some design ideas for yarn project holders,
after the tangle fest that was the intarsia of the Pikachu sweater. More on
these later.
I am also starting a 1840’s era
dress, for Garfield Farm Museum’s Rare Breed Show.
Finished
Objects:
Since Last We
Chatted: I have been
sick! All of March was illness! And April has been recovery and returning to
normal – or at least as normal as it gets here – life. I have mostly being
trying to keep up and to organize things, in the hopes of making the necessary
life chores taking less time. I have had a chance to visit with a couple of old
friends and plan to not let so much time go in between now and the next time we
get together. Beaver has selected his college, here in the state, so there is a
future of him shopping in our cupboards and bring home laundry to look forward
too.
Show: I
did a nice Crafts show in February and met some interesting people. The weather
was very good, which is bad for an indoor show in winter. We did okay, and the
people running the event were great. Here is a short video of our booth. My
father and his woodwork are featured along with my Mother-in-law’s Lovely
pottery and all my fiber-y awesomeness. The booth on one side was Harmony Specialty
Foods, selling yummy and some unusual cheeses. One the other side was Opal
Stone of Wild and Precious Prints, selling really pretty lettered signs. www.wildpreciousorint.etsy.com
Camping: The
husband and kids camped in the snow at our land up north while I was at that
show. They had fun and were full of adventure tales when I got home. Since then
we have gone up twice, once for a few days with the kids and once just the two
of us. I love being there! Enjoy these pictures from our trips.
