Life Stuff

• PA Renaissance Faire – humid weekend, but the heat wasn’t all that high at the faire grounds – good weekend
  • Not so much knitting time, since I drove, but lots of listening time

Knitting Stuff

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
• BB-8 Socks – Must Stash Yarn Star Wars Droids Yarn (75/25 SW Merino/Nylon) in BB-8 – US 0 – 2.0 mm DPNs
• Happy Halloween socks – Gale’s Art Sock Blank – US 0 – 2.0 mm Hiya Hiya Sharps – Pebbles Socks by Mina Phillip – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pebbles-socks-3

Crochet Stuff

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
• Stash busting notions pouches and/or bags – US G – 4.0 mm hook

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, ending on October 1st. You can enter multiple times (photo and a blurb about your Sith story) to show your progress.

There will be prizes! Custom made batts and mini-batts from me!

FOs –

• Into the Whirled – Wibbley Wobbley Timey Wimey – Polwarth
• Holocron batt
• Mini-skeins from samples and mini-batts

WIPs –

• Classy Squid Fiber Co – Exploding TARDIS rolags – Turtle Made Turkish Spindle
• Mystery Wool Fleeces – Scouring, Carding, and Spinning
• Mini-skeins from samples and mini-batts

Sewing Stuff

FOs –

• Halloween Project Bags

WIPs –       

• Hawkeye^2 Quilt
• Star Wars Aurebesh Sampler by AdLeones on Etsy
• Planning a Halloween quilt

New Stuff

• Halloween fabric – fat quarters
• Nomadic Yarns – That’s Not How the Force Works – Brit Sock base – 80/20 BFL/Nylon
• Once Upon a Corgi – Audrey Base – 80/20 SW BFL/Nylon – Zombie Kangaroo and Nia
• Knit Picks Goth Box
  • Pallette – 100% Peruvian Highland Wool – Asphalt Heather and Black
  • Stroll Fingering – 75/25 SW Merino/Nylon – Train Station tonal
  • Hawthorne Fingering – 80/20 SW Fine Highland wool/Polyamide
• Do Ewe Knit?
  • Sweet Georgia – 100% SW Merino – saffron
  • Savvy Skeins – 100% SW Merino – Kona and Pandemonium

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Knitorious Podcast – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_dXfcyyEU32SUbq_uOfL3w , Charlotte & Gus Knitting Podcast – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3epCN32zFnmn-zU3paZ49Q, Legend, Voyage of the Unicorn

Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)

• Jedi Quest series reread – series by Jude Watson
• Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series
• New Dawn by John Jackson Miller (audiobook) narr by Mark Thompson
• Star Wars: Clone Wars – Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller (audiobook) narr by Jeff Gurner

Fanfic Recommendation – Beekeeping and Husbandry by Meggory – http://archiveofourown.org/works/7339444/chapters/16672171

Star Wars AU, Qui-Gon Lives, Mace Windu Unfucks the Timeline – Ongoing fic mainly featuring Qui-Gon Jinn sorting himself out after traumatic injury and adjusting to changes in his own life and pending changes in the Jedi Order

Stuff I’m Playing – Pokemon Go, Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars

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Life Stuff

• 4th of July
• Started writing again

Knitting Stuff

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
• 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
• Worsted Weight Cozy Memories Blanket – US 3/3.25 mm 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
• 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
• Colorwork socks for pattern

Crochet Stuff

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.

There will be prizes drawn at the end!

Prep –

Sith and Spin Prize Batts

• Ventress
  • Shetland, light green and olive green SW mill ends, purple Cotswald locks, silver angelina
    • 1.3 oz
• Nightbrothers
  • Yellow SW mill ends, red merino, black merino, golden yellow milk silk, red silk thrum
  • 1.5 oz
• Sith Holocron
  • Black NZ Perendale, golden yellow milk silk, copper flash, silver angelina, gold angelina, red silk thrum
  • 1.5 oz

Personal Batts

• Darth Venge Batts
  • Black NZ Perendale, golden yellow milk silk, copper flash, orange Cotswald locks, red silk thrum
  • 2.5 oz

FOs –

• CT local/Muwata Silk Hankie 2-ply
• Muwata Silk Hankie chain ply
• 222 Handspun Polwarth – chain ply
• 222 Handspun Polwarth – thick and thin test
• Leicester Long Wool Tailspin
• Cotswald Lock Tailspin
• Local CT Wool Batts 2 ply
• Classy Squid Fiber Company  “Bark” 2 ply

WIPs –

• Zebra Wood Turkish Spindle – black alpaca
• Mystery Wool Fleeces – Scouring, Carding, and Spinning

Sewing Stuff

WIPs –       

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

New Stuff

• Christmas in July Swap hosted by Melissa of the Spicey Homemaker Podcast – swapped with Mary of the Yarnaceuticals podcast!
• Mini-skein swap with Nancy – lajoyagirl!
• Knit Picks order – stroll fingering, stitch markers, needles, sock blockers

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Podcast catch up! I’m nearing the end of June!

Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)

• Jedi Apprentice series reread – series by Jude Watson and Dave Wolverton
• Jedi Quest series reread – series by Jude Watson
• Path of Destruction (Darth Bane) by Drew Karpyshyn (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis
• The Rule of Two (Darth Bane) by Drew Karpyshyn (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis
• Dynasty of Evil (Darth Bane) by Drew Karpyshyn (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis

Stuff I’m Playing – Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

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