Laura is knitting on the Antler Cardigan out of Madtosh Vintage in the Rain Water colorway on size 6 and 8 needles.   She is also knitting on a new pair of afterthought heel socks out of Kirby Wirby in her soft and squishy base in the colorway Groovy Baby!  She has started some toddler afterthought heel socks (soon to be free pattern) out of Marigold Jen in her dk base in the Yoshi colorway.

Leslie is working on a square shawl of her own design using US Size 6 needles and Unwind’s Stop and Smell the Poppies colorway on twinkle sock base.  She has also swatched for the Caulfield Cardigan by Amy Herzog, and wants to swatch for the Neon Cardigan by Joji Locatelli.

Laura has finished a Walking in Memphis hat (pattern coming soon) out of Cakewalk Yarns in the Aran weight in the Portland colorway.  This is the larger version of the one she knit out of Unwind Yarn Company’s Aran weight in the Memphis Blues colorway.

Leslie has finished the Strausserl socks out of Another Crafty Girl Navy in the Strong Sock.  She also finished a houndstooth scarf on the 15” Cricket Loom using Sun Valley Fibers and Cascade 220.

Laura is spinning on Vice Superwash Merino 19.5 micron count on her new turkish spindle from Jeri Brock.  She has spun some Hucklyberry Knits in the Seek No Further Colorway colorway (2-ply, 230 yards)..  She started plying some Gourmet Stash punis  on her Jenkins turkish spindle.

Book Review:  Topsy Turvy Inside Out Knit Toys by Susan B. Anderson

Favorite Things:

Knitting Swede Giveaway

Pattiwaters ebook Giveaway: The Internet: A Series of Tubes

Patti Waters code 15% off using the code “knitgirllls” on ravelry

Stash Dash

SSK Spots – will open Wendesday, May 29th, to wait listers first!  Wait listers have 3 days to claim one of the available spots.  Currently there are 2 full spots and one daypass spot.  If the spots are not claimed by Saturday, June 1st at noon central time, we will open them to the public.  All details will be in the Rav Thread.

Another Crafty Girl: “Hey, Can I Drive the bus?”

Yarn Versus Zombies: Penny, Amy, and Bernadette

Fresh From the Cauldron: Happy Happy, Joy Joy and How Bout a Snack

Laura is knitting on the Antler Cardigan out of Madtosh Vintage in the Rain Water colorway on size 6 and 8 needles.   She is also knitting on a new pair of afterthought heel socks out of Kirby Wirby in her soft and squishy base in the colorway Groovy Baby!

Leslie is working on the Strausserl socks out of Another Crafty Girl Navy in the Strong Sock

Laura has finished nada.

Leslie has finished nada

Laura is spinning on Vice Superwash Merino 19.5 micron count on her new turkish spindle from Jeri Brock.  She is also spinning some Hucklyberry Knits in the Seek No Further Colorway colorway.  She started spinning some Gourmet Stash rolags on her Jenkins turkish spindle.

Book Review:  Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume Two by Hunter Hammersen

Favorite Things:

Skein Giveaway

Colie75 Pattern Giveaway

Pattiwaters ebook Giveaway: The Internet: A Series of Tubes

Stash Dash

Sweater Kal/cal

Patti Waters code 15% off using the code “knitgirllls” on ravelry

Laura is knitting on the Antler Cardigan out of Madtosh Vintage in the Rain Water colorway on size 6 and 8 needles.   She is on chart 2 on Gill’s Rock out of Cakewalk Yarns HD line in the Heaven colorway.  She also cast on a new pair of afterthought heel socks out of Kirby Wirby in her soft and squishy base in the colorway Groovy Baby!

Leslie is working on the Strausserl socks out of Another Crafty Girl Navy in the Strong Sock

Laura has finishedthe Wendy Johnson Socks from the toe up using Black Bunny Fibers.

Leslie has finished one woven block on her zoom loom.

Laura is spinning on Vice Superwash Merino 19.5 micron count on her new turkish spindle from Jeri Brock.  She is also spinning some Hucklyberry Knits in the Seek No Further Colorway colorway.  She started spinning some Gourmet Stash rolags on her turkish spindle.

Technique Talk: Swatching

Books Mentioned:

Little Red in the City

Knitwear Design Workshop

Circular Knitting Workshop

Favorite Things

MDSW, old friends and new

Marigold Jen

Misty Mountain Farm Finn

Into the Whirled

Jenkins Spindle

Skein Giveaway

Stash Dash

Sweater Kal/cal

DogVacay

Patti Waters code 15% off using the code “knitgirllls” on ravelry

Laura is knitting on the Antler Cardigan out of Madtosh Vintage in the Rain Water colorway on size 6 and 8 needles.   She recast on Gill’s Rock out of Cakewalk Yarns HD line in the Heaven colorway.  And is still working on the Wendy Johnson Socks from the toe up using Black Bunny Fibers.

Leslie is working on the Thyone cardigan with Madelinetosh DK in Citrus and Charcoal.  She has also cast on for Strausserl socks out of Another Crafty Girl Navy in the Strong Sock

Laura has finished Baby Vertebrae using Socks that Rock Mediumweight in a unknown color on size 6 needles.  She has also finished her Quaker Ridge Shawlette on size 8 needles out of handspun.

Leslie has finished nothing

Laura is spinning on Vice Superwash Merino 19.5 micron count on her new turkish spindle from Jeri Brock.  She has finished the Babydoll Southdown (170 yards) of a from the fold, long draw, 2-ply.

Leslie has spun some Cloudlover BFL in the Jazz Hands colorway.

Book Review: Coopknits Socks by Rachel Coopey

Favorite Things:

Amy Herzog Class

Chatting with Trudy, Liz, Tamara, Jayme, Karen, and Jasmin

Aislinn Sweater Amy Herzog

Any Sweater KAL May-June

Stash Dash May 24th-August 5th.

Colie75 Giveaway

Patti Waters code 15% off using the code “knitgirllls” on ravelry

SSK Classes and Room-mate signups

duckeygriffin winner of Seashoresharon bag

Dawning Dreams fiber