Life Stuff

• Haircut
• Heatwave
• New phone! Which means that I can play Pokemon Go, which I’m having fun with
• Hung out with some humans at some friends’ birthday/summer party
• Stitches Midwest coming up!
• Giveaway – What fiber festivals are you planning on going to? Which ones would you love to go to if money/travel/etc was not an obstacle?

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

• Movie vanilla socks – Patons Kroy (75/25 wool/nylon) in Gentry Grey and Spring Leaf Stripes – US 0 – 2.0 mm Chiaogoo red lace circulars
• R2-D2 Socks – Must Stash Yarn Star Wars Droids Yarn ( 75/25 SW Merino/Nylon) in R2-D2 – US 0 – 2.0 mm DPNs
• Weird Swatches – US 9.0 – 5.5 mm aluminum

WIPs –

• Redford Sweater by Julie Hoover – Yarn Place Basic Fingering (wool) in Grey (ebay yarn) – US 1 – 2.25 mm Chiaogoo red lace circulars – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/redford
• Cozy Memories Blanket using the Memories Blanket tutorial by Georgie Hallam – sock scraps – US 1/2.25 mm Chiaogoo circulars – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/memory-blanket
• Worsted Weight Cozy Memories Blanket – US 3/3.25 mm circulars
• Dangling Conversation by Mindy Ross – Bitsy Knits The Case of the Silent Six Handspun Single – US 2 – 2.75 mm – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dangling-conversation
• C-3P0 Socks – Must Stash Yarn Star Wars Droids Yarn (75/25 SW Merino/Nylon) in C-3P0 – US 0 – 2.0 mm DPNs
• Movie Socks 2 – Vanilla socks – Patons Kroy Socks Stripes (75/25 Wool/Nylon) in Bramble Stripes – US 1 – 2.25 mm Chiaogoo needles

Crochet Stuff

FOs –

• Tailspun yarn boot toppers – 2-ply experiment spin of mystery fleece and tailspun Cotswald locks – US I9/5.5 mm hook – chainless single crochet for 3 rows, looping method from the Jazzturtle Tailspun Boot Toppers – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jazzturtle-tailspun-bootoppers

WIPs –

• Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight yarn – H/5.00 mm
• The Roll Top Backpack  by Sara Dudek – Lion Brand Fishermen Wool “Brown” – US F – 3.75 mm – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-roll-top-backpack
• Mitered Square Tunisian Crochet Blanket – based off of mitered squares from Mitered Square Pillow by Marie Segares – Scrap worsted weight yarn – US I – 5.5 mm hook – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mitered-square-pillow
• Lazy Waves Blanket by Dedri Uys – worsted weight acrylic – US I – 5.5 mm hook – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lazy-waves-blanket

Fiber Stuff

Sith and Spin Spin-along

Spin while watching/reading/listening to Sith stories, which, frankly, includes about 90% of Star Wars entertainment out there, so there’s plenty to choose from. Watch a Star Wars movie or TV show, listen to a Star Wars audiobook or podcast, or read a Star Wars book while spinning. Anything Sith-related goes, including Star Wars video games, video game Let’s Plays, fanfilms, and fanfiction if you can spin while enjoying those things.

This will be a casual 3-month-ish spin-along. A thread will be open in the Freakish Lemon Podcast group. Post a photo of what you’re working on and let us know what you’re watching/reading/listening to. This will also be a chatter thread. Spinning projects don’t have to be finished and your Sith entertainment does not have to be finished by the end of this spin-along; just spend some time with both over the next 3-months-ish. You can enter multiple times (photo and a blurb about your Sith story) to show your progress.

 

Prep –

• Sith and Spin Prize Batts
  • Nixing Sith Holocron
  • Sith Fiberlings
    • 2.8 oz
    • Black corriedale, red mohair, red and grey merino
• 212th Attack Battalion Fiberlings – about 2.5 oz
  • Black Corriedale
  • White Shetland
  • Yellow Superwash wool
• 501st Legion Fiberlings – 2.3 oz
  • Black Corriedale
  • White Shetland
  • Blue Superwash wool
• Scabrous Fiberlings – about 2 oz each, 4 bags
  • Green and mint superwash wool
  • Red mohair
  • Black NZ Perendale
  • Silk noil
  • White and Red BFL

FOs –

• Zebra Wood Turkish Spindle – black alpaca from Alpaca Obsession
• Grey/brown Cotswald Lock Tailspun yarn

WIPs –

• Darth Venge batts spinning – Ashford Kiwi 2
• Classy Squid Fiber Co – Exploding TARDIS rolags – Turtle Made Turkish Spindle
• Mystery Wool Fleeces – Scouring, Carding, and Spinning

Sewing Stuff

WIPs –       

• Hawkeye^2 Quilt
• Star Wars Aurebesh Sampler by AdLeones on Etsy

New Stuff

• The Knitting Boutique Rare Breeds Club – Gotland
• DyeForYarn – 55% SW Merino, 45% Camel single ply – “Grey Which Must Not Be Named”

Other Stuff

• Stuff I’m Watching – Rewatched Rebels and some more Clone Wars, podcast catch up
• Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)
  • Jedi Quest series reread – series by Jude Watson
  • Dynasty of Evil (Darth Bane #3) by Drew Karpyshyn (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis
  • Lords of the Sith by Paul S Kemp (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis
  • Reprise and Reprise II by Elfpen – http://archiveofourown.org/series/454408
• Stuff I’m Playing – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon Go

 

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