Active WIPS

Katie

Ballydesmond mitts by Irish Girlie Knits using Malabrigo rios in teal feather. I am leading the KAL over the Malabrigo group for MalMarch.

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

Knitting

Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu with Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys (paid pattern, 200 yen, less than $2)

Cawl Me by Allie Coffey in Cakewalk Yarns in the Peppermint Bark colorway (paid pattern, $4.50)

 Spinning

Three Waters Farm Rambouillet in Birds in the Holly (December top of the month club)

Rolags from BlueBarnFiber: bamboo, angelina, firestar in the Starry Night colorway

Recent FOs

Katie

RVA hat by Karen Troyer Ladman was a test knit.  I’m used malabrigo merino worsted in pearl.

Lambing Mitts by Veronika Jobe using malabrigo twist in green gray

Somer

Brancusi mitts by NellKnits with Malabrigo Worsted in Blue Surf (paid pattern, $6)

2 Knit Lit Chicks swap project - details to come

Slipped Ridge hat by Woolly Wormhead in Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Modern Fair Isle (paid pattern, $6)

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)

Non-knitting adventures:

dyed 2 skeins of yarn

Photography

Casting on soon!

Katie

Reyna shawl using Savvy Skeins Comal sock in Midway

Somer

Malabrigo Head Thingie by Anne Sahakian (free Ravelry download)

Acquisitions

Katie

Sock yarn from Spun Right Round - Superwash Sock 80/20 (2 skeins) and Snappy Socks

Somer

Fiber from Rock and String Yarn on Etsy: BFL/Silk in Denim and Superwash BFL in Mine of the 7 Dwarves

T-shirt from Haute Knit Yarn - “If I can’t take my yarn, I’m not going.”

Phat Fiber box

 

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)

Non-knitting related:

Texas Library Association conference - any listeners going to be there?

Somer will be in Indianapolis in mid-May - suggestions for yarn shops or restaurants in the downtown area

 

In the Kitchen

Somer

Blue Apron: Baked Eggs with Cheesy Garlic Bread

 

Reading & Watching

Katie

Finished reading Night Study by Maria V. Snyder (part of the Study/Soulfinders series which began with Poison Study)

Currently reading These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly - YA historical fiction with a mystery and a little romance

I am listening to The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin

Somer

Finished Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

Finished Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey

Finished Endangered Species by Nevada Barr

Watching

Gilmore Girls

The Bridge of Spies

The Magicians

11/22/63

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