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Episode 68: Surrounded by WIPs


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Active WIPS
Katie
MALABRIGO MARCH projects!!! - RVA hat by Karen Troyer Ladman is another test knit.  I’m using malabrigo merino worsted in pearl.
Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using malabrigo twist in green gray
The Age of Brass and Steam by Orange Flower Yarn using malabrigo silky merino in the Atardecer colorway (blues and purples like a watercolor)
Somer
Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu with Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys
Wide Open Spaces by Sara Gresbach with Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office (Worsted) in Purple Rain
Slipped Ridge hat by Wooly Wormhead with Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Modern Fair Isle
Leona Dare by Elizabeth Green Musselman with Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Summer Skin and Slate
Skew socks by Lana Holden (free from Knitty) with Undead Yarn in Children of the Corn...Flower
Moab Shawl by verybusymonkey - this is ready to cast on using the merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile (only going to use half)
Brancusi mitts by NellKnits with Malabrigo Worsted in Blue Surf
Three Waters Farm Finn in Bright Open Sky (blues, reds, wine, kind of a very light tan (almost looks natural), brown) (November top of the month club)
Darcy
Game Knitting Hat: Walking Dead Season 6 - concept by Lee Meredith, base pattern Brier Toque by Cecily Glowik MacDonald in Kroy Sock
Plushie Minecraft Enderman by Katie Bobbitt in Caron One Pound (Black)
Cirque shawlette - by Cristina Mershon (Quick Crocheted Accessories) with Crystal Palace Mini Mochi
Recent FOs
Katie
Rose City rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner -  My first EVER complete pair of socks!! I used ONLine Linie 2 Supersocke Silk Color in easter egg colors that self-stripe.
Zane shawl by Ambah O’Brien using Plucky Knitter traveler DK which is a merino, silk, and yak blend. I used a dark blue with teal tones called Grumpy Old Sailor as the MC, and then my CCs were Green Goddess (green), Mars (dark red), Venus (dark teal blue), and Galvanized (gray).  I employed a new (to me) technique for weaving in ends in garter stitch - Weaving in ends in garter by VeryPink Knits
Somer
merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile that I picked up at the quilt festival
Darcy
Pink Creeper by Katie Bobbitt in Green Ray Worsted
Water Bottle Holder by Pam Thompson
Casting on soon!
Katie
More Malabrigo March projects -- Ballydesmond mitts by Irish Girlie Knits using Malabrigo rios in teal feather. I am leading the KAL over the Malabrigo group for MalMarch.
Skelter hat by WoolyWormhead using Malabrigo rios in pocion
Darcy
Some kind of game knitting for RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8
Acquisitions
Katie
Jaunt Sock blank from Unwind Yarn Company - sock blank with blue, teal, purple (speckles)
8-bit sport by Nerd Girl Yarns in 2 colorways - Stay Alive  (various shades of blue) and Time Machine (gray with rainbow colored sections
Somer
Fiber from Panorama Fiber Arts in Holly Jolly
Malabrigo Mecha in Polar Morn
Haute Knit Yarns superwash merino fingering in Night Owl
Three Waters Farm top of the month club
Darcy
Still de-acquisitioning
Happy-Gurumi: 20 Super Cute Amigurumi Toys to Crochet by Vanessa Chan
Events
Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta, April 15-16, 2016 in Seguin, Texas (Katie & Somer will be there April 16)
Houston Fiber Fest, June 24-25, 2015 in Cypress, Texas (Katie will likely be there June 24; Somer & Darcy will likely be there June 25)
Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there)
In the Kitchen
Somer
Houston Rodeo BBQ cookoff
Darcy
Limoncello almost ready to bottle
Reading & Watching
Katie
Finished reading Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (book 2 of Red Queen series)
finished reading Beautiful Burn by Jamie McGuire (last book in Maddox Brothers series)
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