FIBER AND FABRIC
EPISODE 64: I'm Baaa-aaack. No, REALLY
I.
Intro
a.
Intro me, the show, where I’m recording, date
II.
Casting On
a.
Don’t have a clue where to start
i.
Put off recording because of it
b.
As usual, it was an unintended break but so much
has happened
i.
Jamberry
ii.
Young Living
iii.
Decision to return to work
iv.
Adopted a dog!
v.
Gearing up to begin dyeing
III.
Notions
a.
I want to do a contest and relatively soon
b.
No housekeeping because I’ve been away so long
c.
Recording will return to every two weeks.
IV.
Knitting Even in Pattern (finished since we last
spoke)
i.
Elann.com Colori
ii.
Two gifted skeins in an overall pink colorway
with a medium bright pink, a shade of that same pink, and then a sky blue
i.
Free Ravelry download from Orange Flower
ii.
Berrocco Comfort Sock in a variegated yarn with
mostly navy blue, wine red, and a purple that’s somewhere in between
iii.
LOVE the pattern and the finished project but
disliked the yarn very splitty and almost…greasy feeling.
iv.
As with any shawl pattern, it flew along until I
got about halfway through and then the rows started getting longer and longer and
I started to fall into a black hole!!
c.
Socks on a
Plane by Laura Linneman of The Knitgirllls
i.
Biscotte & Cie’s Felix Self Striping in the
Hope colorway
ii.
GORGEOUS yarn, soft and luxurious feeling, no
fading
iii.
Got a review skein and while that particular
yarn is no longer available, many other self striping yarns are available on
their site including Bis-sock which is almost identical (little more wool,
little less nylon)
i.
Made using Mountain Colors Twizzle in an
exclusive colorway for a local hop
1.
The prettiest jewel tone rainbow EVAH!
ii.
Great pattern, fabulous yarn
i.
Made using another gifted skein of yarn with no
ball band
1.
Guessing maybe Regia?
ii.
A royal blue, a light sky blue, a medium hue
reddish orange (almost a light rust color), a dull yellow, a very light mint
green, and brown and white speckled stripes
iii.
Lurve them
iv.
Only took a couple of weeks of softball knitting
to complete
f.
Boot socks
i.
Vanilla sock pattern
ii.
Regia self striping
iii.
Thick stripes of solid colors (muted mid-hue
green, a light mint green, a medium hue blue, and a lighter blue) and a one or
two row stripe of the light mint green and white speckles.
iv.
If you’re familiar with Regia yarns, you’ll know
exactly what I’m talking about
g.
Counting by Jenni
Wilson
i.
I call mine Counting Stripes
because I didn’t follow her striping sequence
ii.
Cascade 220 Superwash in worsted (I think) in
chocolate and turquoise
iii.
Love the pattern
V.
Ripping Back
a.
Parisian Slouch Hat
i.
Looks like the prettiest blob of clown barf ever
on my head.
1.
Way too big
ii.
Destined for the frog pond…when I can bring
myself to do it
b.
Counting Stripes
i.
Great pattern but… The neck is WAY too floppy and loose. It hangs off his collar bone ridiculously
ii.
Going to rip out the neck, pick up fewer
stitches, and try again.
VI.
Mindless Knitting
a.
Golden Skeins
b.
Catching My Fancy
i.
TV shows…as usual
VII.
Binding Off
a.
As always, thank you!!
c.
Kniftyknit on Ravelry
e.
Fiber
and Fabric on Twitter
f.
Shownotes
***No more music.
Mevio has shut down and that was my go-to music site
