This week my energy is back for a fun episode filled with lots of greats things.

F.O.s: - Must Stash Sock in Polka Dot Afro Circus- Foolproof cowl by Louise Zass-Bangham out of Yarn Vs. Zombies in the colors Wet Mornings and Hunting Tweed

WIPs:- Twilight sweater by Drops out of Leading Men Fiber Arts in the color Into the Woods- Winter Mystery Shawl KAL by SusannaIC out of KnittyandColor and KnitPicks- Socks out of Turtle Purl yarns in the Rainbow Brite color- Hipster hat by Tin can knits out of Western Sky Knits in the Cake color

Spinning:- Finished some BFL in the sublime indigo color- Upcoming October House in Romanic garden color

Group News:- Short Story read along- Shawl KAL- 900 Member Prize- Upcoming KAL announcement

Enabling:- Vice Yarns- Must Stash- Woolfolk- Shelter by Brooklyn Tweed- Hedgehog Fibers- Islingon DK

Book this week:- When She Woke by Hilary Jordan

My projects this week are:- Socks knit out of Must Stash yarn in the Polka Dot Afro Circus- Husband's sweater Twilight by Drops out of Leading Men Fiber Arts in the Into the Woods color- Foolproof Cowl by Louise Zass Bangham out of Yarn Vs Zombies yarn from a club I was in years ago

Spinning:- Wool Gatherings spun for my friend Jennifer

900 Member Giveaway in the Ravelry Grouphttp://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

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for the donations to the podcast giveaway

The books this week are The Amazing Thing by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee and Knitlandia by Clara Parkes.

This episode is just me hanging out like normal, but the full episode on YouTube is full of a lot of fun things.

This week I finished my Because I Love You Wrap by Amy Meeks out of Undead Yarn and Hedgehog fibers. I am working on The Twilight by Drops sweater for my husband out of Leading Men Fiber Arts. I also worked on my Foolproof by Louise Zass-Bangham out of Yarn vs. Zombies. I did a lot of spinning. I have some wonderful goodies to show and a new giveaway. The book this week is Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf.

Join the Ravelry group here http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast

I'm short of space on iTunes this episode. But on YouTube, there are some wonderful clips of my mom, local knitting friends who came for the SA fiber retreat, and a beautiful video of the river.

I hope you check it out and enjoy! :)

I have finished my husband's socks out of Twisted Limone yarn this week. My works in progress are my husband's sweater, the because I love you wrap, Susanna IC winter mystery KAL, and the foolproof cowl. My spinning this week is in the color the sublime indigo.

Ravelry Group: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast The shawl KAL is still going on in the Ravelry group. Also our read along for February is Silver Blaze. I received two packages for the Russian orphanage this week from Paulade and Agoodyarn. I received adorable owl stitch markers from my friend alwaysknitu1. I purchased a skein of yarn from Neeley's Knits. My Valentine's swap came in from DeAnne of Skeins and School.

The book this week is The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I will be reviewing some books in the upcoming weeks that are going to be in the Tournament of Books.

I finished my mom's sock this week out of the Gale's Art sock blank in the Hermione's Everyday sock pattern.

My WIPs are the SusannaIC winter mystery KAL, socks for my husband, socks for the Russian orphanage, and the Because I Love You Wrap.

My spinning this week is some singles from Wren & Ollie.

My enabling is a skein of Spun Fiber Co. from the club I am in, an amazing nautical bag for my cross stitch from HKatscrafts, and some minis from Cajun Girl Knits on Etsy.

Check out the Ravelry group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast for the mini skein giveaway.

Thank you danellemarie, bamszoo, and lucyknits06 for the packages of knits for the Russian orphanage.

The book this week is Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen.

Corrections this week: The bag for two color shawls is Diana Couture on Etsy. The cross stitch bag is from HKatsCrafts on big cartel. The Because I Love You Wrap is designed by Amy Meeks.

This week I have finished my huge Secrets of Change shawl and a couple of smaller things for the Russian Orphanage. I have three WIPs: two socks and a shawl. I have been spinning a lot this week and have almost completed my January spin the bin.

Ravelry group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast : The shawl KAL is going strong with lots of beautiful shawls being knit up. The new short story for the February read-along is Silver Blaze by Sherlock Holmes. I am collecting items to send to a couple of Russian orphanages. I will be mailing them off middle/end of Feb. Thank you Iryl on Ravelry for the package of knit things.

My enabling this week is from Unwind Yarn Company and Wren & Ollie. It is also the last of the enabling from Christmas. The book this week is the short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe.

Thank you for watching!

This week I finished my first pair of socks for 2016, and the first of my year goal for ten socks for others this year.  I also finished my Bailey hat.  I have four WIPs that got a little bit of love this week.  No spinning.  Winner of Bling Your String club giveaway announced.  Enabling is from Purl Soho.  The book this week is Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill.

Lots of knitting has been done this week, I finished a large shawl and a child's vest. I have five things I worked on this week to show you. I also talk a little bit about my spinning.

Lots of fun things are happening over at the Ravelry group http://www.ravelry.com/groups/bookishstitcher-podcast . My enabling this week is from The Wool Barn. The book this week is After Dark by Haruki Murakami.

This week I did just as the title says--I cast on a bunch of things and had a lot of fun doing it!  I still have finished things, but they are things that were knit in less than a week.  I have some fiber that is getting ready to go on the wheel.  There are a lot of fun things going on in the Ravelry group.  My enabling this week is from AndreSueKnits and NightOwlFibers.  The book this week is Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente.

The first episode of 2016 kicks off with some finished projects and three current ones on my needles.  I did some spinning while listening to the beginning of our short story for January.  In group news, I announce winners to a ton of things.  I talk about all the KALs going on in the group.  I announce an amazing new giveaway from BlingYourString.com  The book this week is a series of fun YA called The Land of Elyon by Patrick Carman.