Girlfriends Knitting

No FO’s this week.
WIP’s: Stripe Study, Gail aka Nightsong, After Hours Woodcutter.

Big thank you for all the support and kindness shown to us after last week’s episode.

KAL WINNERS!!!

Fitness - focus on nutrition still. “You can’t exercise your way to better nutrition.”

I’ve been traveling! Some much-needed rest, but these dark circles under my eyes seem to say I need more rest.

What have I been doing?

• Vacation in the mountains
• Working on a surprise for the GFK KAL!
• Uploading new art work/logo

WIP: Fisherman Sweater, Getting down socks, Stripe Study

Fitness:

• French Women Don’t Get Fat
• Skinny Girl Rules

GFK KAL!!! Ends March 31.

Let’s start knitting! GFK KAL begins now!
Coupon Code gfkkal for $1 off paid for patterns except for Racing Hearts socks. Wisteria Garden socks are FREE through the end of March.

FO: Rocky Coast Cardigan
WIP: Blanket for a baby boy out of Bernat in Boo Berries

New Podcasts to check out:
Sheepish Podcast with knitgirl
Knitiots with LittleSweetPea & ValdrikR
SwedutchHandcrafts with swedutch
Geeky Girl Knits with JavaPurl and Damaris-abitweird

GFK KAL! Knit any pattern from Girlfriends Knitting Designs before March 31 and enter to win one of three fabulous prizes!! Coupon Code: gfkkal for $1 off paid for patterns. Wisteria Socks are FREE IN MARCH!

Fitness: Doing good on WW, bad on moving.

Awesome Valentine’s Day! Thank you to all of the wonderful people who worked on my Sweet Pink Hearts blanket. The sneaky Ravelry thread where everyone planned it in Emily’s group is here.

Check out the lemknitcrochet group for the Histocytosis fundraiser details. Girlfriends Knitting is donating a set of stitch markers.

Fitness:

• Back to recording my food on WW. You really don’t see how bad you are eating until you are recording everything that goes into your mouth! If you want to friend me on WW online, I am cawshirley there, just like everywhere else.
• Going to attempt the C25K plan again, with DragonTamerBrat as my “coach”! Getting prepared for the Zombie 5K. Running from zombies, always great motivation.

FO: Amy’s Span the Rainbow. Used some Fibernymph Dyeworks to finish off the top.

WIP’s:

• Baby Boy blanket - using Bernat in the Boo Berries colorway.
• Fisherman Sweater for Amy in Fisherman’s wool.

This is the website I used to learn how to cable without a cable needle. You can google it and tons of videos come up as well.

25% off select items in the Girlfriends Knitting Etsy shop.

Oxford Fiber Festival:

• Met up with Gale, Eloise, Laura, Holly, Ginger, and Virge.
• Fiber and yarn from Sky Loom Weavers.
• Alpaca Dryer Balls from Coldwater Alpaca Ranch.
• Sweater Class with Shannon Okey.

FO: Backseat Passenger Cowl

WIPS: Rocky Coast Cardigan, DAM Gauntlets

COUPON CODE: 13% off at Girlfriends Knitting on Etsy with the code love13, good through Valentine’s Day.

KAL?? Looking at doing a Girlfriends Knitting Designs KAL, March 1 - April 30. Look for two new patterns this month. Prizes include:

• Project bag from Ginger, afreespirit, from her shop, Absolute Wonder.

• Berroco Boboli in the Bon-Bon colorway. (2 skeins)

• Green o-ring stitch markers.

It is my podiversary!! I am excited, but there isn’t big goings on…

FO: For My Own Good

WIP’s: Span the Rainbow, Downton KAL, candy cane  for Candy, Rocky Coast saw no love again this week.

Fitness: Too much eating and no exercise! BOOO!!!

Check out A Down Under Yarn with fifikins. Yay! I remembered this week!

Thank you froggymonkey for the pattern!

PODIVERSARY SALE: 25% off in the etsy shop, girlfriendsknitting.etsy.com, through Sunday 1/27/13, with the code “podiversary”. The “love13” code for 13% off will be good again on Monday through Valentine’s Day.

I had a very positive response from the episode on toes, so this episode I talk about heels! I hope it is not too basic for y’all!

WIP: Rocky Coast cardigan, Wingspan, Downton Abbey MKAL (DAM KAL! LOL), Skew Socks for Mom

Goals: Knit the four skeins of sock yarn I have in my radar! Run a 5K all the way (better get training.)

Knitting class at the college in February - wish me luck!

VALENTINE’S DAY SALE!! New stitch markers will be going in the Etsy shop this weekend and I will be offering a coupon code for 13% off (relax, you don’t have to do the math) through Feb. 14 for Valentine’s Day. CODE: love13

Lesson on Heels:

• Heel with Gussett by Wendy Johnson

• Afterthought Heel by Laura Linneman (Tutorial by Leslie here.)

• Short-row heel (Learned from Pretty, PKJewelry)

• Sweet tomato heel by Cat Bordhi

• I mention Carin from Round the Twist as well as a reference.

In this episode, I talk about all the Christmas knitting I finished up (huge FO parade, well, not really a parade because I only have pics of most) and that I have been fairly monogamous lately. I blame Megan, justrunknit.

I forgot to mention a wonderful new podcast, A Down Under Yarn by one of our very own, Fiona! fifikins. She is so funny! And already being mentioned on many of the more popular podcasts, you go girl! I am so happy for you! Please forgive me for my forgetfulness. I will try to remember for next week!