FOs

• Somer
  • Knitting
    • Yowza Weigh It Shawl 4 by Susan B. Anderson using handspun Rock & String Creations in Denim and Mine of the Seven Dwarves plied together
    • Sockhead Cowl by Kelly McClure using Vice Yarn Paradigm Shift
    • Morning Coffee Socks by Crazy Sock Lady Designs
    • Gnome de Plume MKAL by Sarah Schira
  • Spinning
    • Wooly Wonka merino/silk in “Harvest Sunset” plied with “Winter Wheat”
    • Hobbledehoy battlings in “Winged Pixies” plied with “Kite Tails”
    • Hobbledehoy battlings in “Starcrossed”
    • Knit Spin Farm batt in “Ballet Practice” – Targhee, silk, silk noil
    • Into the Whirled Superwash Corriedale in “Moxie”
• Katie
  • The Hat by The Plucky Knitter – hat recipe using 2 light fingering/lace held together. Used Spiffy lace (63% cashmere goat, 37% silk) in elixir and halo (100% cashmere goat) in elixir. I used a rolled brim and knit 9” then cinched it up.
  • Meld shawl – 2 yarns marled together – plucky knitter oxford
  • Tamitik by Shannon Cook – hat with slipped stitches, knit in Plucky Knitter bulky in barkcloth

Active WIPS

• Somer
  • Knitting
    • Knot Garden Shawl by verybusymonkey using Shalimar Breathless in Gunmetal
    • Fundamental Top Down Men’s Sweater by Figheadh Yarnworks (Jennifer Hagan) using Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather
    • Equatorial Nights by Audry Nicklin using Cascade Heritage Sock in “Sapphire”
    • Owl in the Thicket Hat by Sara Huntington Burch using Round Table Yarns Avalon in “Of all knights thou bearest the flower”
    • My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks by Elizabeth Suarez using Regia Arne & Carlos Color 02464 and also using Must Stash Yarn in “Cassiopeia”
    • Depth Cowl by talitha kuomi using The Fiber Seed Sprout DK in “Dirty Seahorse”
    • Vanilla socks using Unwind Yarn Company in “Bluffs”
  • Spinning
    • Panorama Fiber Polwarth/silk in “Bluebonnet”

• Katie
  • Boogie Woogie wrap by Plucky Knitter. Big rectangular wrap, knit slightly on the bias, using 2 strands of fingering held together. Using 2 shades of med to dark blue, and 2 shades of med to dark pink/cranberry, plus a medium gray.
  • Blackwatch Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using Plucky Knitter sweater in blackwatch

Casting on soon:

• Somer
  • Riley Rose cowl

Acquisitions

• Somer
  • Knitting in the Hills haul
    • Chasing Rabbits Gossamer Lace (Kid Mohair/Silk) and Fern (Merino/Nylon) in “Indigo”
    • Wool Folk Får in colors 18 and 12
    • Llama enamel pin
  • StevenBe
    • Into the Deep Hue Sea Harry Potter mini skeins
    • Wool Buddy black cat needle felting kit
    • Enamel pin “F* off, I’m knitting”
  • DFW Fiber Fest
    • Miss Babs Yummy Toes in “Wand Flower,” “Hops,” and “Caph”
    • Lone Star Arts Mockingbird (100% Superwash Merino) in “These *Are* My Monkeys”
    • Whimzee Stitches Standard Sock in “Texas Bluebonnets”
    • The Fiber Seed Sprout Sock in “Ranunculus” and Sprout DK in “Dirty Seahorse”
    • Goodies Unlimited soap
• Katie
  • Suburban Stitcher DK Happy Accident, Ritual Dyes Priestess DK in Alabaster, La Bien Aimee BFL tough sock in Pop Grunge, La Bien Aimee Merino DK in Drea,  House of a la mode House DK in Primary Power, Miss Babs Yowza Believable, Miss Babs Yummy 2ply toes gradient set in Endpapers and Tidepool, Lone Star Arts White Tail DK in Reunion Tower and Mockingbird DK in Purple Iris.
  • Needle Wranglers – I got mine from the Tempestry Project

Events

• Past
  • Knitting in the Hills Retreat
  • DFW Fiber Fest
• Upcoming
  • Houston Fiber Fest

Reading & Watching

• Somer
  • This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
    • Little Skein in the Big Wool “We Need Diverse Books & Yarn” Yarn Lovers’ Study Club – sold out, but Anne is doing very good work which is worth learning more about
• Katie
  • How to Forget a Duke by Vivenne Lorret – historical romance
  • Look Alive Twenty Five by Janet Evanovich
  • Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better than your mess by Rachel Hoffman
  • Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin