Somer

Suburban Stitcher bluebonnet wedge bag

Lazy Cat Yarn - green sparkly fingering (Evergreen colorway maybe?)

KCs Pockets to Go - bee bag

Night Owl Fibers - self striping - Peppermint Swirl - sage green, rose, speckled

KidKat Ranch - superwash merino in oranges, browns, and a little pink

Kimarie’s Knitknacks fingering in bluebonnet

Round Table Yarns -  Avalon (merino/silk blend) in kind of a sage green (leaning towards a little yellowy)

Diana Couture -  DPN/circular needle holders: 1) Sherlock Holmes text; 2) travel-themed fabric with passport, train schedule, etc.; 3) butterflies that will be a Summer Reading KAL prize

Zoom Loom

 

Darcy

My Heart’s Creaton - little foxes bag

Panorama Fiber Arts - socky bomb in Punk Princess colorway

Western Sky Knits - sock blank in Cosmic, fingering in Pebbles

Kimarie’s Knit Knacks - Hello Kitty needle holder

Gritty Knits - drop spindle kit

Vice Yarns - fingering in Houston Fiber Fest colorway

20-odd stitch markers from swap

Finished Lester the Leicester in time!

 

Katie

Western Sky Knits - 2 sock blanks - Rainbow Sprinkle Gradient and Rose Garden, and Aspen Sock in April Showers

Hedgehog Fibres - Sock in Film Noir - speckled yarn with light pinks and browns

Spun right Round - Squish DK in Birds - light gray base w/ black, highlighter green, and blue speckles

Northbound Knitting - Superwash Merino Fingering - Wreckless Abandon - blues and greens - like looking at a lagoon on a sunny day

Round Table Yarns - Camelot 80/10/10 fingering in Knight (dark charcoal gray/black) and Tintagel (medium purple) and Lancelot (100% merino worsted) in Ambrosius (purple with reds)

Panorama Fiber Arts - Socky Bomb in Aloha - gradient that starts w/ cream to yellow to green and then a blue, and a skein of Hitchhiker sock in Gothic romance - self-striping purple, gray, black, fuschia

Abstract fiber - Alto (sport weight 100% merino 392 yards) in reds and dark pinks

Gritty Knits - Hombre (merino, silk, yak fingering weight) in deep violet, light violet, and medium blue. Merinosaurus worsted (100% superwash worsted) in Velociraptor (raspberry/dark pink) and Allosaurus

2 tumblers and a knit mug from The Muddy Knitter , as well as a bar of stress relief soap

Project bag (3+ skeins) from

FOs

Katie

Reyna shawl by Noora Laivola using Savvy Skeins Comal sock in Midway

Rae by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter Traveler Aran in Petal Pusher

Bon Bon Toque by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Vintage in Manor

Paddle Mitts by Tin Can Knits using Madtosh Dk Twist in Nassau Blue

Somer

Knitting

 

Highly Regarded Mitts using handspun from Twist Fiber Studio merino/bamboo in “Purple Agate”

Sumner by Woolly Wormhead using Knit Picks Stroll in “Tree Fort”

 

   Spinning

Rock and String Creations BFL/silk in “Denim” plied with Superwash BFL in “Mine of the Seven Dwarves”)

Active WIPS

Katie

OMG Heel socks by Megan Williams using Nomadic Yarns Trusty Sock in Tinsel Tree

Sophisticated Traveler by Cassie Munksgard using Plucky Knitter traveler sport in magnet & steel and Sophisticate (50% Merino, 30% Mohair, 20% Silk) in Bedrock

Yowza weigh it shawl #4 by Susan B. Anderson using Miss Babs Yowza in Beautiful Dreamer

Gather by Tin Can Knits using Daizie Knits Dewy DK in Purple

Somer

Knitting

Harvest by Tincanknits using Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red

Inverness Diamond Mitts by Daniela Richardson using handspun from Brazen Stitchery in “Simply Irresistible”

Wide Open Spaces by Sara Gresbach in Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office in “Purple Rain”

Thames Fingerless Gloves by Taiga Hilliard in Neon Unicorn Studios String of Pearl Sock in “Mellow Rainbow” (this is a new name for the shop - I believe it was MunchkinMama on Etsy before & the base itself appears to be discontinued

Spinning

Brazen Stitchery Merino/Bamboo/Nylon in “Cadbury Eggs for Breakfast”

Casting on soon!

Katie

Dragonflies hat by Joji Locatelli using Madelinetosh tosh DK in tern.

Somer

I’m pretty satisfied with my current projects right now, for once.

Other crafty pursuits

Zoom loom clone

Acquisitions

Katie

Speckles from Plucky

Somer

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Sock of the Month skein from Neeley’s Knits

Events

Houston Fiber Fest, June 24-25, 2015 in Cypress, Texas. Katie will probably be there Friday. All 3 of us (and then some) will be there on Saturday.

Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 1-4, 2016 in Crossville, TN (Somer & Katie will be there).

Summer Reading KAL

For full details see the Ravelry group, but here are the basics.

The Summer Reading KAL will run from June 1 - September 30.

WIPs count.

Categories

Short story - projects 50-100 yards

Novel - projects 100-400 yards

Chunkster - projects 400+ yards

Boxed set - multiple projects that together equal at least 50 yards - perfect for sock yarn squares, hexipuffs, washcloths, bookmarks, etc.

Chatter thread - if you don’t want to bother with measuring yardage, just post in the chatter thread.

Cookbook club - The winning vote for June/July was smitten kitchen. Recipes from the website or the cookbook are fine. Voting for August’s selection will open in mid-July. Post recipe reviews and pictures of what you cook in the thread on the Ravelry group.

We’ll have prizes for, at the least, the chatter thread and each of the yardage threads. Specific prizes will be posted once we’ve decided. If you would like to donate a prize, you can email us at [email protected] or PM someryarns, kayteebe, or slightlyfoxed on Ravelry.

Prizes (this list will be updated as we get more prizes):

Handspun by Somer - specific skein to be decided

In the Kitchen

Somer

Down House - shrimp & grits

Cheesy Cheeseless Scrambled Eggs with Burst Cherry Tomatoes and Garlic Bacon from Cravings by Chrissie Teigen

Homemade ice cream

Reading & Watching

Katie

Finished Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh (adult fiction) - highly recommend any of her books if you like literary fiction

Special thanks to Denise Hudson for the awesome theme music!

FOs

Somer

Knitting

 

One Love by Susan B. Anderson using handspun Twist Fiber Studio in Clown College

Dragonflies Hat by Joji Locatelli using Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Baroque V...

WIPs and FOs

Because this episode is a little different than our regular format, I don't have good show notes to post. If you have any questions about any of the projects we talked about, feel free to ask in the comments or in the episode thread in our Ravelry group.

Enabling

We talked about a lot of different vendors from the Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta in this episode. To the best of my memory, these are the ones we mentioned. Again, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Brazen Stitchery

Savvy Skeins

Kimarie's Knit Knacks

Kidkat Ranch

Blue Mule Fiber

Lazy Cat Yarn

Yarn Carnival

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

If you'd like to get in touch with us, you can find us on Ravelry (links to profiles to the left) or email us at [email protected].

A photo posted by @kayteebekt on Mar 4, 2016 at 5:40pm PST

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)

A photo posted by Darcy Casavant (@slightly_foxed) on Feb 13, 2016 at 12:00pm PST

In the Kitchen talk starts at 67 minutes

Reading and Watching talk starts at 74 minutes

Active WIPS

Katie

Delicada mitts by Karen Troyer Ladman using Plucky Knitter Sweater in poppycock (a navy blue with teal undertones) 1st mitt done, about a third through the second one. This was a test knit.

Rose City rollers by Mara Catherine Bryner -  1 sock done, 2nd sock on heel flap, using some self-striping yarn that was old stash

Zane shawl by Ambah O’Brien using Plucky Knitter traveler DK

Somer

Leona Dare by Elizabeth Green Musselman, using Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Summer Skin and Slate

Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu, using Miss Babs Katahdin in Ivys

Vanilla socks with OMG heel, using handspun BFL nylon Greenwood Fiberworks in Mallard colorway

super-secret project for the 2 Knit Lit Chicks swap, using Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Nightshade

spinning merino gradient set from W.C. Mercantile that I picked up at the quilt festival

Darcy

Cirque shawlette - by Cristina Mershon (Quick Crocheted Accessories), using Crystal Palace Mini Mochi

Crochet Creeper - by Katie Bobbitt (free), using Green Ray Worsted

Recent FOs

Katie

Bradway shawl by Shannon Cook, knit with Plucky Knitter scholar in big sky, herbe, and wintry mix

Marled hat by The Plucky Knitter, knit with Plucky scholar in tapenade and bello worsted in french laundry

Seacliff Loop by Ien Sie, knit with Plucky Knitter primo fingering held double. I used bastille, vintage icebox, and two drifters.

So Fly hat by Justyna Lorkowska (Lete), using Plucky Knitter bello worsted in selvedge, a nice medium blue (dark cornflower/country blue)

Somer

The Nursery Cat by Sara Elizabeth Kellner, knit with handspun made from Fat Cat Knits Corriedale Cross Combed Top

Flotsam by Allie Coffey (Needs More Purple designs/craftieallie), knit with handspun King Tut by Kitty Mine Crafts (merino/tussah silk/stellina)

Never Shall Meet by Clothesline Designs (quiltercaroline on Ravelry), knit with FibroFibers Nightfall Shawl Ball in Into the Wool 2014 Exclusive colorway

Clue Shawl by verybusymonkey, knit with Madelinetosh Tosh Sock in Tart

(spinning) Three Waters Farm Falkland 2-ply in Maple Leaf Rag

Darcy

Niles the Crocodile - Deb Richey (Crochet One-Skein Wonders), knit with sparkly green acrylic

Darcy shawlette - Karrie Steinmetz (free) , knit with Colinette Jitterbug Venezia colorway

Casting on soon!

Katie

Not sure...have yarn pulled for a Buccanneer shawl, but Malabrigo march starts March 1st, so probably a couple hats or mitts. Depends if my KAL suggestions get picked.

Somer

Slipped Ridge hat by Wooly Wormhead

Something with handspun Clown College from Twist Fiber Studio - maybe Honey Cowl

Moab Shawl by verybusymonkey - in my quest to always have something on the needles by verybusymonkey, I’m going to cast this on as soon as I’ve finished the fiber I’m currently spinning

Acquisitions

Katie

2 skeins of Regia Arne & Carlos sock yarn and a skein of Swans Island worsted

Yarn from Panorama Fiber Arts - 3 cakes of socky bombs (sock blanks dyed in gradient/various colors), a skein of Aussie DK, and a skein of Mandala sock. This was from a trunk show at Yarntopia on Saturday 2/6/16

2 skeins of Plucky Knitter Lodge Worsted

 

Somer

Bday happened!

Patterns:

The Adorable Dragon by Melissa’s Crochet Patterns 

Sugar Is Sweet by Rose Beck 

Thursday Morning by Alicia Plummer 

New telephoto camera lens 

Cross stitch Star Wars/owls pattern & Pluto pendant

Madelinetosh DK in Baroque Violet 

Madelinetosh DK in Arctic

Knitting Gauge ruler by Ann Budd 

Fine Things for Plain Occasions by Hunter Hammersen (from mom)

Bought a sweater’s quantity of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted in Hot Rod Red but haven’t received it yet

Today's episode is super short - less than 4 minutes! I'm happy to introduce Darcy and Katie as my new cohosts. You can find Darcy as slightlyfoxed on Ravelry and slightly_foxed on Instagram, and Katie is kayteebe on Ravelry and kayteebekt on Instagram.

We hope to find a good recording schedule soon; we plan to record our first offical (i.e. full length) episode the 2nd weekend in February. In the meantime, feel free to follow or friend Katie and Darcy and come over to the Ravelry group to give them a welcome!