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Episode 6: New Corner

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Stuff on Sticks

FOs –

WIPs –

  • Basic Socks – Loops & Threads Luxury Sock (60% merino, 30% nylon, 10% cashmere) “Canyon” – US 1/2.25 mm aluminum dpns
  • Cozy Memories Blanket using the Memories Blanket tutorial by Georgie Hallam – sock scraps – US 2/2.75 mm interchangeable circulars – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/memory-blanket
  • Lace Weight Triangle Shawl – Plymouth Yarn Revel (85% alpaca, 15% merino) in “Grape Mist” – US 5/3.75 mm aluminum circulars – improvised pattern
  • Flying North by Maria Montzka (Stitched in Sweden) – Sensations Truly (55% wool, 30% nylon, 15% rayon from bamboo) “Turquoise” – US 1 /2.25 mm aluminum dpns – http://www.ravlery.com/patterns/library/flying-north-2
  • Del Norte by Danielle Morgan – Ella Rae Lace Merino 9100% extrafine merino) in “Green/11” – US 4 / 3.5 mm Boye aluminum circular interchangeables – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/del-norte

Stuff on Hooks

WIPs –

  • Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight yarn – H/5.00 mm
  • Weekender Blanket by Sandra Paul – Lion Brand Wool Ease and Vanna’s Choice Yarns leftover from Doctor Who scarves in worsted and light aran weight – US I/ 5.5 mm- http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/weekender-blanket

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels

FOs –

  • “Dunedin” BFL from Frabjous Fibers – chain plying – Ashford Kiwi 2 – 4 oz – Haven’t measured the length or yarn weight yet

WIPs –

Stuff with Thread

FOs –

  • Cupcake Project Bag
  • DPN holder cozies
  • mug rug
  • coasters

WIPs –

  • Christmas Cross Stitch – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
  • Quilt top from Bento Bag Scraps

New Stuff

  • ChiaoGoo Red Lace US 1 / 2.25 mm circular needles
  • Skeinminder Kickstarter Rewards
  • GnomeAcres undyed fiber sale
  • Boye interchangeable needle cables 21”
  • Purple hand-dyed yarn from Peggy May Yarns that I won in the May-along drawing
  • Some minis from Diane/Peggy May Yarns
  • Owl Tape Measure from Chosen Sisters
  • Sheep Tape Measure from Mimi’s Needle Basket
  • Cast On Bind Off 54 Step by Step Methods by Leslie Ann Bestor
  • Phoenix Fiber Club rolags for June

 

Stuff for Etsy

  • Cupcake project bag
  • DPN holder cozies

 

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Orange is the New Black, Boys, Five Dances

Stuff I’m Reading – Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin

Stuff I’m Playing – Lego Lord of the Rings, Lego Marvel Superheroes

Podcast Recommendation – Changing this segment. I recently wrote a long post on my website about all the podcasts, audio and video, that I am currently subscribed to. I think I’ll only update this with new podcasts I’ve found. https://freakishlemon.com/theoddorchard/2015/7/5/podcasts

 

 

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Episode 5: Sweaty

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New group for the Freakish Lemon Video Podcast on Ravelry – http://www.ravelry.com/groups/the-freakish-lemon-video-podcast

Stuff on Sticks

FOs –

WIPs –

  • Basic Socks – Loops & Threads Luxury Sock (60% merino, 30% nylon, 10% cashmere) “Canyon” – US 1/2.25 mm aluminum dpns
  • Cozy Memories Blanket using the Memories Blanket tutorial by Georgie Hallam – sock scraps – US 2/2.75 mm interchangeable circulars – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/memory-blanket
  • Lace Weight Triangle Shawl – Plymouth Yarn Revel (85% alpaca, 15% merino) in “Grape Mist” – US 5/3.75 mm aluminum circulars – Originally was going to be a F568 Revel Modular Kerchief by Vanessa Ewing, but I liked the color progression as it is and didn’t want to break it up
  • Flying North by Maria Montzka (Stitched in Sweden) – Sensations Truly (55% wool, 30% nylon, 15% rayon from bamboo) “Turquoise” – US 1 /2.25 mm aluminum dpns
  • Key Card Cozies – Lion Brand Bon Bons (Acrylic) – US 3/ 3.25 mm aluminum DPNs

Stuff on Hooks

FOs –

  • Round Floor Poof – improvised pattern – thick black acrylic mystery yarn – J/6.00 mm

WIPs –

  • Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight yarn – H/5.00 mm
  • Weekender Blanket by Sandra Paul – Lion Brand Wool Ease and Vanna’s Choice Yarns leftover from Doctor Who scarves in worsted and light aran weight – US I/ 5.5 mm-  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/weekender-blanket

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels

FOs –

  • Phoenix Fiber April Club Spin – 2 rolags for each skein – Ashford Kiwi 2
    • Chunky – 7 WPI – 21.5 yds – 30 g
    • Worsted Weight – 10 WPI – 35 yds – 26 g
  • Sandpiper – Greenwood Fiberworks Merino mini braid –  single on raw elm drop spindle, plied on the gear drop spindle – chain ply – 12 WPI – DK weight – 39 yds – 16 g
  • Rivendell – Greenwood Fiberworks Merino mini brain – single on raw elm drop spindle, plied on the gear drop spindle – chain ply – 14 WPI – DK weight – 43 yds – 15 g

WIPs –

  • Giant Ball of wool handspun 2 ply fractal spinning – Spinners Hill (blend of Corriedale, Finnish Landrace, Rambouillet) Autumn leaf colors – Ashford Kiwi 2

Stuff with Thread

FOs –

WIPs –

  • Christmas Cross Stitch – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
  • Quilt top from Bento Bag Scraps

New Stuff

  • Phoenix Fiber Club Rolags – 1 Month
  • Adirafil – Stell Jacq – 2 skeins (worsted weight) – 100% superwash wool
  • Zealana Kiwi Lace Weight – 3 skeins – 40% wool, 30% organic cotton, 30% possum
  • Queensland Collections Sugar Rush – 6 skeins – 100% sugarcane viscose

 

Stuff for Etsy

  • No update

 

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – Bletchley Circle, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Sense8
  • Stuff I’m Reading – Night Watch by Terry Pratchett, Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Stuff I’m Playing – Lego Lord of the Rings
  • Podcast Recommendation –

 

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EPISODE 4: BLANKETS AND BATTERIES

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Stuff on Sticks

FOs –

WIPs –

Stuff on Hooks

FOs –

WIPs –

  • Round Floor Poof – improvised pattern – thick black acrylic mystery yarn – J/6.00 mm
  • Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight yarn – H/5.00 mm
  • Weekender Blanket by Sandra Paul – Lion Brand Wool Ease and Vanna’s Choice Yarns leftover from Doctor Who scarves in worsted and light aran weight – US I/ 5.5 mm-  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/weekender-blanket

     

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels

FOs –

  • Blue/Orange/White/Yellow – 3 ply/2 ply/chain ply –  Dragonwool (Superwash BFL) – Ashford Kiwi 2
  • Durango – chain ply- Greenwood Fiberworks Merino Pig-Tails “Durango” – Raw elm drop spindle

WIPs –

  • Giant Ball of wool handspun 2 ply fractal spinning – Spinners Hill (lend of Corriedale, Finnish Landrace, Rambouillet) Autumn leaf colors – Ashford Kiwi 2 –  for Maple Leaf knit Shawl

Stuff with Thread

FOs –

  • Dragon Quilt – “A Piece of Summer” pattern from The Weekend Quilter

WIPs –       

  • Christmas Cross Stitch – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

New Stuff

  • Minis from Diane at Peggy May Yarns Podcast
  • Minis from EllieKnitter in the Yarngasm Mini Swap
  • Phoenix Fiber Club Rolags – 1 Month

 

Stuff for Etsy

  • FitzSimmons Handspun pack
  • More sock sized project bags  

 

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Daredevil (still), Game of Thrones, knitting podcast binging

Stuff I’m Reading – Night Watch by Terry Pratchett     

Stuff I’m Playing – Lego Lord of the Rings     

Podcast Recommendation –

     

EPISODE 3: SCATTERED

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Show notes:

  • Wooly Dryer Balls

Stuff on Sticks

FO –

WIPs –

Stuff on Hooks

FO –

WIP –

  • Round Floor Poof – improvised pattern – thick black acrylic mystery yarn – J/6.00 mm
  • Granny Square Odds and Ends    – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight – H/5.00 mm

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels

FO –

  • Enting – chain ply – Greenwood Fiberworks (merino) “Sherwood Forest” – Raw Elm drop spindle
  • Fitz – 2 ply – Greenwood Fiberworks (merino) “Lavender Hedgerow” – Gear Drop Spindle

Stuff with Thread

  • Christmas Cross Stitch by The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
  • Dragon Quilt

New Stuff

  • Allure wool wash from Bijou Basin Ranch in Woodland Mist
  • 100g braid of 75% BFL, 25% camel from Hill Top Cloud in the UK
  • WPI Gauge from Hiil Top Cloud
  • Mini skeins from Gnome Acres
  • Mini skeins from Kristin/Voolenvine Yarns

Stuff for Etsy

  • Stitch Markers – the Doctor Who SMs are on hold until I revamp the designs
  • Moleskine notebooks
  • Project Bags
  • Handspun

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Daredevil, Lost Girl, Ken Burns documentaries
Stuff I’m Reading – Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
Stuff I’m Playing – Lego Lord of the Rings
Podcast Recommendations –

Follow me as freakishlemon on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Ravelry!

 

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EPISODE 2: INTERRUPTIONS ALL OVER

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Stuff on Sticks

FOs –

  • Hazel the Humpback Whale by Bec Brittain – Holiday Yarns grab bag yarn, Merry Little Lamp handspun, hand dyed wool in green, red, and grey  – US 0/2 mm aluminum DPNs –        http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hazel-the-humpback-whale
  • Mulberry Hood Scarf – My own pattern – Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky – 80% acrylic, 20% wool in “Mulberry” – US 8/ 5.0 mm interchangeables
  • Graham by Jennifer Adams – The Ugly Room (80% SW merino, 20% nylon) in “Mermaid Tails” – US 4/ 3.5 mm and US 6/ 4.0 mm – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/graham-2

WIPs –

Stuff on Hooks

FOs –

WIPs –

  • Round Floor Poof – improvising the pattern – thick black acrylic mystery yarn – US J/ 6.00 mm
  • Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – misc acrylic worsted weight – US H/ 5.00 mm

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels

FOs –

  • Trapper Keeper – 2 ply fractal spinning – Greenwood Fiberworks Pig Tails (Merino) in “Arcade” – drop spindle – 13 WPI, 64 yds, 14 g
  • Cappuccino – chain ply – Greenwood Fiberworks Pig Tails (Merino) in “Cappuccino” – drop spindle – 14 wpi, 51 yds, 14g
  • Trapeze (subject to change for the shop) – 2 ply fractal spinning – Frabjous Fibers (BFL) in “Trapeze” – Ashford Kiwi 2 – 216 yds, 104g

WIPs –

  • Blue/Orange/White/Yellow (definitely subject to change) – 3 ply – Dragonwool (Superwash BFL) with no colorway listed on the label – Ashford Kiwi 2

Stuff with Thread

FOs –

  • Zipper Project Bags – 1 striped back with a 14″ zipper, 1 Star Trek bag with a 12″ zipper

WIPs –

New Stuff

  • Raw Wood Elm Drop Spindle from sunniefairy on Etsy
  • Gear wheel drop spindle from Snyder Spindles on Etsy
  • Millinery Head
  • DPN Case from rosevans on Etsy
  • Sewing machine! Singler Talent
  • fat quarters and zippers for project bags and notions zip pouches

Stuff for Etsy

  • Handspun labels
  • Planning on a shop update at the beginning of April

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching: Vikings, Peaky Blinders on Netflix, multiple Craftsy classes

Stuff I’m Reading: All the Wrong Questions Book 3: Shouldn’t You Be In School?

Stuff I’m Playing: Lego Lord of the Rings

Podcast Recommendations: Junkyarn Podcast (youtube.com/users/junkyarn) ; HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast (hppodcraft.com)

Follow me on social media things for more updates! Twitter, tumblr, Instagram, etc etc. 😀

 

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Episode 1: Making Videos Again?

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Stuff on Sticks:

FOs –

Scrap Yarn Christmas Ornaments – multiple patterns – Scrap yarns –https://freakishlemon.com/theoddorchard/2015/2/9/january-2015-scrap-yarn-christmas-ornament-round-up

Ribbed brim beanie My own pattern – First handspun I ever bought probably a decade ago at the NY Ren Faire (white and navy blue barber pole) – US 5/3.75 mm

Ribbed Cowl – My own pattern – Buffalo Wool Co – Splash of Color Buffalo Skies Mini-skeins – US 5/3.75 mm – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/buffalo-linen-stitch-cowl

WIPs – 

Hazel the Humpback Whale – Holiday Yarns grab bag – US 0/2 mm –http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hazel-the-humpback-whale

Mulberry Hood Scarf – My own pattern – Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky – 80% acrylic, 20% wool (Mulberry) – US 8/5.0 mm interchangeables

Christmas Soldier Socks – Soldier Socks by Jessica Day George – Red Heart Heart & Sole with Aloe – 70% Superwash wool, 30% nylon (Christmas) – US 1/2.25 mm aluminum dps –http://www.jessicadaygeorge.com/Books/PrincessOfTheMidnightBall/KnittingPatterns/SoldiersSocks.aspx

Hat for Coworker – Graham by Jennifer Adams – The Ugly Room – 80% SW merino, 20% nylon (Mermaid Tails) – US 4/3.5 mm aluminum  dps – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/graham-2

Stuff on Hooks:

WIPs – 

Granny Square Odds and Ends – Based off of a square seen on Attic24 – miscellaneous acrylic worsted – US J/5.00 mm

Tunisian Crochet Washcloth – Lily Sugar and Cream (Hot Green and Psychedelic) – US I/5.5 mm – http://www.purlbee.com/2013/04/13/tunisian-crochet-basics/

Stuff on Spindles and Wheels:

FOs –

Sammath Naur – 2 ply fractal spinning – worsted – Highland Handmade SW BFL 4 oz (Edge of the Inferno) – Ashford Kiwi 2 – 100 yd skein and 20 yd mini-skein

X-34 – 2 ply fractal spinning – fingering/sport – Yarn Crafters Hand Dyed CT Grown Merino Top 3 oz – Ashford Kiwi 2 – 100 yd skein, 20 yd mini-skein, and 33 yd chain ply mini-skein

Carnival Batt – chain ply – fingering/sport – Greenwood Fiberworks merino w/ sparkle – $10 drop spindle – 20 yd mini-skein

Simmons – 2 ply gradient – Greenwood Fiberworks merino (Retro Girl) – 1.2 oz drop spindle

Giant Ball of wool handspun – plan on 2 ply fractal spinning – Spinners Hill blend of Corriedale, Finnish Landrace, Rambouillet – prepped for spinning

Stuff with Thread:

WIPs –

Christmas Cross Stitch – The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery – http://thefrostedpumpkinstitchery.bigcartel.com/product/christmas-celebration-sampler

Dragon Quilt – The Weekend Quilter

Stuff to Stash – 

Greenwood Fiberworks Mini Fiber Braids

Tunisian crochet hooks in varying sizes

Stuff for Etsy – 

New stitch marker packaging

New washing direction cards

New Thank You cards

Other Stuff – 

Stuff I’m Watching: Agent Carter, The Flash, and Arrow – behind on everything else

Stuff I’m Reading: All the Wrong Questions (#2): When Did You See Her Last? by Lemony Snicket

Stuff I’m Playing: Lego Lord of the Rings

Podcast Recommendation:

Yarngasm Podcast with Kristen from Voolenvine Yarns – iTunes, podcasts aggregators, or Youtube – http://www.voolenvine.com/

Little Bobbins Knits with Dani – Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF4l3ITRsJq9xKLmXn1s3-A

The Phileas Club – Hosted by Patrick Beja – http://frenchspin.com/

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Autumn Scrap Garland How To

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I have a tutorial for you today!

Sort of. I mean, it’s really easy to pull off and it looks pretty cool, so I thought I’d share how I made some autumn scrap garlands for decorating things.

Here’s what you need:

 

 

-Scrap fabric
-Thick Yarn
-Scissors
-Patience
-A large workspace

That’s it, folks. I used a long thick cut of yarn as my base for the garland because that’s what I had. The one you’re seeing in these photos is the one that I made for my cubicle at work, which measures a total of 4 yards (12 feet), but you can make them at any length you need. The ones on my windows that you’ll see in the final photos are about 4 feet long.

For fabric, I chose whatever I had on hand that looks autumn-ish. Yellow, orange, brown, black, red, little bit of green… Those kinds of colors. You can choose whatever colors you want or have for whatever season or holiday you like. If you don’t have a ton of scrap fabric like I do, you can get remnants or fabric quarters for pretty cheap at most fabric and craft stores. And if you have trouble matching colors, check out jelly rolls. At my local Jo-Anns’ a jelly roll costs about $10 and has a variety of matching/complimentary 2.5″ strips of fabric. I’ve used them for quilts, but they’d be great for a project like this.

 

 

Cut a bunch of strips of fabric about 5″ long and 1″ or 1.5″ wide. Mine range from 4″ to 5.5″. You don’t have to cut them evenly at all. Some of my pieces are weird shapes because my fabric scraps did not all have square edges. There’s some triangles and trapezoids and half-circles in there. 

I started with the fabric I had the least amount of so that I knew I could space it out evenly. I started tying scraps to the yarn about a foot apart. These are tied using a basic square knot. Once I had my first groups of scraps tied on, I started tying pieces halfway between each piece to slowly fill in the garland.

 

 

And just keep tying scraps to your yarn until you like how full the garland is. You can leave them spaced a little or scrunch them all up close so that you don’t see the yarn at all. 

Once you like how it looks, hang it up however you like! I mentioned before that I tied some loops about 6″ from the ends. For my window garlands, I used these loops to hook the garland up on some Command hooks on my walls. For my cubicle, I used T-pins to pin the yarn to my cubicle wall, which were easily hidden by the scraps. 

Here’s what the finished product looks like on my bedroom windows:

Well, that’s not quite my windows look like right now because of Halloween, but these look just as cool over some of that creepy Halloween fabric. And everyone who’s stumble across me putting these up has said that they’re really cool, so if you want something a little different to decorate for this autumn, give this a try.