Episode 106

Kitchen Stitches

FOs

• Somer
  • Knitting
    • My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks by Elizabeth Suarez using Regia Arne & Carlos Color 02464
    • Vanilla socks using Unwind Yarn Company in “Bluffs”
  • Spinning
    • Panorama Fiber Polwarth/silk in “Bluebonnet”
    • Miss Babs merino/silk in “Copperhead”
    • Miss Babs BFL in “Mango Madness”
    • Handmade Hollows superwash merino in “Falling Leaves”

Active WIPS

• Somer
  • Knitting

• Whiz Bang socks by Sarah Shoo in Undead Yarn “Roadkill”
• Knot Garden Shawl by verybusymonkey using Shalimar Breathless in Gunmetal
• 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 Must Stash Yarn in “Cassiopeia”
• Depth Cowl by talitha kuomi using The Fiber Seed Sprout DK in “Dirty Seahorse”
• Fern Lace Shawl by Michelle Du Naier using handspun from Three Waters Farm in “Sky Behind the Trees/Light in the Trees”
• Riley Rose Cowl by Jennifer Lassonde using Miss Babs Yummy Toes in “Caph,” “Wand Flower,” and “Hops”

• Spinning
  • Mielke’s Fiber Arts corriedale “Bag of Candy”

• 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
• Cannonball hat by Erin Hartman using Plucky Knitter sweater in Old Copper

Casting on soon:

• Somer
  • Nothing

Katie

• nothing….

Acquisitions

• Somer
  • Knitted Wit “Big Bend”
• Katie
  • Suburban Stitcher Merino DK in Virgin Islands National Park
  • Must Stash sock in Ready Player One
  • Hello Bargello Dreams wall hanging kit

Events

• Upcoming
  • Houston Fiber Fest

Reading & Watching

• Somer
  • Reading
    • Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia Grey, #1) by Deanna Raybourn
    • Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
    • The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
    • Bohemian Gospel (Bohemian Trilogy, #1) by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
  • Watching
    • American Gods season 2
    • Hanna
    • Good Omens
• Katie
  • Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
  • Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake
  • Evermore by Sara Holland
  • Watching
    • What we do in the Shadows – on FX – by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi – vampire mockumentary
    • X Company – was on Ovation – WWII Canadian spies from Camp X fighters who do stuff in Europe during the war – can be gritty and does have Nazis
    • Killing Eve