This episode has a lot of stuff to show. I also talk a fair bit about things I have been doing to create some calm around myself in a very busy summer time.

Ravelry Group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast Tour de Fleece and Summer WIPs

Open Skies Yarn on Etsy (update Tuesday 7pm central) etsy.com/openskiesyarn

Book this Week: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My computer and internet were running very slow last night so the episode took through the night to upload.

The designer I picked for June is Thea Coleman who designs under the name of Baby Cocktails. A lot of her designs are named after different cocktails. This episode I show off the White Russian I knit awhile ago. When I think of her patterns I think of stunning garments.

My Baby Cocktails WIP this week is the Paloma. It's a beautiful oversized sweater that I barely cast on last year, and I have picked it back up for this month.

Most of my WIPs are the same from last time, but I finished my Barley Hat and started a baby Gather hat.

I'm thinking about Tour de Fleece plans.

Surprise box of giveaways over in the Ravelry group.

Etsy Shop Open Skies Yarn

Book this Week A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

After a little bit of a podcasting break, I'm back! This should have been the designer spotlight talk about TinCanKnits, but I completely forgot to do that. I have a beautiful finished object and a couple of WIPs.

There is some beautiful enabling from Knitting in France.

Come say hi in the Ravelry group!  http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

My Yarn www.etsy.com/openskiesyarn

Book this week is Heartless by Marissa Meyer

This episode is all about the fun weekend I had attending MDSW and exploring D.C. with friends.

Next week I hope to have a slide show with pictures from the trip.

I'll get everything up in the group tomorrow.

Thanks for watching!

I've finally finished the Cloud Bay sweater for my best friend. It feels so good to have this older WIP done, and I know she will love it.

I also worked on the First Light shawl this week and started the Tiene shawl. My first sock in the daily eggs color by Must Stash is done.

Check out the Ravelry group for KALs and giveaways mentioned. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

The book this week is The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan.

I'm back! I missed you all last week. This week I share my first experience vending at a festival. I also show what knitting I have done, some goodies I got at the festival, and stuff that is going to be going up in the shop. There is a coupon code as a thank you for everyone's kind encouragement while I was dyeing yarn for the show.

The giveaway and summer skies contest that are currently up in the Ravelry group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast end this next week. So head on over if you want to enter.

It's a special "Books I learned about from people while I was vending" segment this week. I loved talking about yarn and books with people that stopped by the booth.

This is a fun episode all about my time at DFW fiber fest. There are some new cast ons and lots of yarn. Plus the biggest giveaways for the podcast as well. Head on over to the Ravelry group if you would like to enter to win one of the amazing prizes. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

The book this week is Flying Couch by Amy Kurzweil

It's a new month, which means a new designer! For April I will be spotlighting Melanie Berg patterns. Her designer name on Ravelry is Mairlynd. My first cast-on is Rain on Princes Street, which was so kindly gifted to me by my friend asimplemotif (sorry I forgot to mention that). I'm knitting this with my own yarn, Open Skies Yarn on Etsy, out of the silky merino base in the color War and Peace.

Group News http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast Sweater KAL Open Skies Yarn KAL Summer Skies Yarn contest

Enabling - Fiber Stash and other goodies sent by my friend Mandy pinecone crafts

Book this week: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

This week I have been distracted with wanting to organize everything. My ability to sit and knit for more than 10 minutes was not there. I have finished a couple of things and made some progress on a shawl. I cast on the Grand Central socks for the Knitting Expat sock club.

My last Susan B. Anderson cast on is the half pint mittens. An adorable bookmark that is perfect for reading friends.

I got some fun packages in the mail this week. I forgot to mention some pattern gifts from friends.

Book this week is The Power of Habit: why we do what we do in life and business by Charles Duhigg.

Thank you so much everyone for all of the birthday wishes!

My F.O. this week is the 1-2-3 Chickadee shawl by Susan B. Anderson done out of chickadee in storm, river, stream

My new cast on is the "waiting for winter" mittens out of some Spun Fiber Co. in the color Taiga.

Come join the fun at: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

Enabling is some wonderful presents from friends Also forgot to say the bag from my friend Sue is from her Etsy shop thetangledskeinca

etsy.com/shop/openskiesyarn will be having an update this Tuesday night at 7pm central (more skeins of silky merino in new colors, plus hopefully the new spring skies colorway)

Book this week is Mr Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell