Episode 151 Blanket in a Day

Grande

Bernat Baby Blanket

Shibui Baby Blanket

Melissa finished a Corner to Corner Baby Blanket, pattern by Bernat.  After finishing the blanket, there should be enough left over to make some other baby items.

She also completed a Wee Speedy by Taiga Hillard Designs made in bulky wool.  

And YET another baby blanket made of sock weight Shibui Baby on her machine   

 

 Latte

Starshower Cowl

Abby is working on the Starshower Cowl. It is knit both back and forth and in the round.

She is still working on her sweater.

Abby is starting another pair of stripped socks in LollypopYarn called Pinky Promise.

Melissa is working on another Wee Speedy in the Bernat, and probably has enough to also baby hat out of the same Bernat yarn.

 

Bitter Cup

Melissa ripped out the baby poncho.

Abby had a coughing reaction while knitting the possum sock yarn. 

 Stir

Abby hung out with Susan the owner of Abstract Fiber and spun with her mini-spinner.

Abby was spinning merino, super wash merino, and silk. She also spun some fiber from Crown Mountain Farms, long draw. And she produced three skeins. 

Brewing

Dust in the Wind

Melissa wants to starts just plain socks. She wants a carry around project.  She will probably be making a requested baby blanket.

Abby has two spinning projects. One is a three ply sock yarn from Crown Mountain Fibers 

The color is called Dust in the Wind, but the color is no longer available.

Abby would also like to spin enough for a sweater.  Possibly a Marino cashmere mix.  She will dye the yarn, not the roving. In the past when she dyed the roving it felted.

Taste

Abby reviewd The Modern Natural Dyer A Comprehensive Guide to Dyeing Silk, Wool, Linen and Cotton at Home by Kristine Vejar. Kristine is one of the owners of the shop A Verb for Keeping Warm.

The Modern Natural Dyer is  published by Stewart, Tabori & Chang which is a part of Abrams Publishing and retails for $29.95

Caffeinated

Abby is excited that about Madrona

Abstract Fiber will be selling color gradient kits and color story kits.

And Gilmore Girls is being rebooted. 

The NY Times has a virtual reality app, and they have been creating 360 degree movies that you can watch. 

And we are DE-caffinated about Doctor Who and BBC video. 

Sofa

Melissa is watching Brooklyn 999 and Venture Brothers

Events

We are going to drive up to Madrona on Saturday. We hope to have a meetup. See you there!

The Rose City Yarn Crawl happens in March!

Geek Craft Expo - Portland Oregon’s happen’s in June.