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Episode 38: New Wall

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Filmed on Saturday 4/15/17

Podcast Stuff

  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Started Jan 1st! There is a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL. #2017BlanketMAL

 

Life Stuff

  • Filming in my bedroom again! Which has changed since the last time it was on the podcast. I rearranged the furniture a couple of weeks ago. The library is a bit crammed with all my craft stuff stuff in the corners and the craft room is still carpetless at the moment.
  • Work has been crazy town, so I really haven’t been doing much of anything else

 

Knitting Stuff

FOs

  • Snow Day Shawl by Mina Phillip – Quince and Co Chickadee in “Crow,” “Stork,” “Egret,” and “Frank’s Plum” – US 6/4.0 mm

WIPs

  • Grand Central Socks – NYC Socks Collection from Mina Phillip – Junkyarns Smooth Socks (75/25 merino/nylon) “Rey” – US 0/2.0 mm
  • Find Your Fade by Andrea Mowry – US 3/ 3.25 mm – Once Upon a Corgi “But It Could Kill You,” “His Name is Shirley,” and “Coconut Cream Cake,” Legacy Fiber Artz “Sweater Weather”

 

Crochet Stuff

Frogged

  • Crochet Backpack

WIPs

  • C2C Blanket by Lauri Bolland – US B/ 2.25 mm hook – scrap yarns

Fiber Stuff

New Stuff

Other Stuff

Podcasts:

  • Mabel
    • a podcast about ghosts, family secrets, strange houses, and missed connections.
  • The Bright Sessions
    • The Bright Sessions is a science fiction podcast that follows a group of therapy patients. But these are not your typical patients – each has a unique supernatural ability. The show documents their struggles and discoveries as well as the motivations of their mysterious therapist, Dr. Bright.
  • Within the Wires
    • Set within an alternate reality, “Within the Wires” tells stories in the guise of instructional audio programs. Season One, “Relaxation Cassettes,” is a 10 part scripted fiction podcast that takes the form of an audio course on full body relaxation issued by The Institute to you, (the listener) a nameless medical inmate. Who is this narrator? Is she relaying something more than just relaxation techniques, and is she to be trusted? And are there subliminal messages hidden within the music? As listeners move through the relaxation curriculum a deeper and more personal story unravels.
  • Wolf 359
    • WOLF 359 is a radio drama in the tradition of Golden Age of Radio shows. Set on board the U.S.S. Hephaestus space station, the dysfunctional crew deals with daily life-or-death emergencies, while searching for signs of alien life and discovering there might be more to their mission than they thought.
      Tune into your home away from home… seven and a half light years away from Earth…
  • The Bridge
    • It’s an alternate 2016, and Watchtower 10 sits in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, keeping lonely watch over the Transcontinental Bridge. Each watchtower sits hundreds of feet away from the Bridge, broadcasting regular traffic reports to ensure that proper safety precautions are taken. These lighthouses (for cars) are filled with a carefully selected (and very capable) crew.Watchtower 10’s necessary personnel happen to be: a generalist DJ who spends her free time relaying folklore from abandoned parts of the Bridge, her supervisor (who’s only there because he lost a bet), an unfailingly optimistic Bridge Travel Agent, and a groundskeeper who has a thing for romantic comedies.Unbeknownst to the general public (but totally knownst to each watchtower’s crew), these stations also hold a secret that could potentially destroy the world…or save it.

      The Bridge is a fictional serialized fantasy podcast about the monsters we fear, the monsters we can become, and the stories we leave behind.

  • Ars Paradoxica
    • ars PARADOXICA is a love letter to physics, fiction, and the future. It’s a disorienting journey through spacetime and the Cold War. It’s a tome of secret history you stumbled across in a library in the dead of night.It’s an award-winning serial audio drama.When an experiment in a time much like our own goes horribly awry, Dr. Sally Grissom finds herself stranded in the past and entrenched in the activities of a clandestine branch of the US government. Grissom and her team quickly learn that there’s no safety net when toying with the fundamental logic of the universe.

Stuff I’m Reading –

  • Dreams from the Witch House – Dark Regions Press
  • Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders by John Whitman
  • Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: The Swarm by John Whitman
  • Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: Spore by John Whitman
  • Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: The Doomsday Ship by John Whitman

Fanfic Recommendation –

  • A Standard List of Questions Laura JV (jacquez)
    • “Luke’s not gonna lie to us,” Biggs said. He knew Luke — odd, awkward, space-mad Luke — almost as well as he knew himself.
    • It’s mostly a conversation between Biggs Darklighter and Rebel commander about Tatooine and Luke’s intake into the Rebel Alliance, but it’s delightful.

 

 

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Episode 37: Ramble On

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Filming on 4/1/17

Life Stuff

  • Health – Doctor adventure due to shortness of breath and a dry cough. Nothing came up on x-rays, EKG, or bloodwork, so antibiotics and prednisone for a week and an emergency inhaler as needed. Likely a sinus infection that got weird and aggravated my bronchial tubes. Made me change how I sleep and now I sleep much better. Weird.
  • Dogs – Audrey stayed with us while Gabby/Once Upon a Corgi was on vacation and she’s a troublemaking sweetheart. Penny hurt her back jumping into my mom’s car leaving a routine vet appointment and hurt her back, but she’s feeling much better on the anti-inflammatories/pain meds.
  • New Craft Room – No update! Some plumbing issues and the weather postponed the carpet purchasing.

 

Podcast Stuff

  • New Website – It’s live! New website is over at freakishlemon.com and freakishlemonpodcast.com
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Started Jan 1st! There is a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL. #2017BlanketMAL
    • First Quarter Prize Drawing! – 79 qualifying entries!
    • Ravelry Pattern up to $10 — post# 107 LarinaValarin – Cosima from Minnesota
    • Ravelry Pattern up to $10 — post# 42 amberlindemann – Amber from Illinois
    • Physical Prize Package — post# 53 pacasha from New Mexico
  • Attack the Sock pattern is out now! Free colorwork sock pattern designed by my featuring patterns of the glowing teeth of the aliens in the British scifi movie Attack the Block.

 

Knitting Stuff

FOs

  • Space Cadet Hat – used stitch count and decreases from Barley by tincanknits – SpaceCadet Cressida (100% merino) in “Crowned with autumn” – US 4/3.5 mm and US 6/4.0 mm
  • Obi-Wan Socks – Must Stash Yarns “Obi-Wan” – US 0/2.0 mm Knit Picks circulars – cut in heel, Smooth Operator Socks by Susan B. Anderson

WIPs

  • Grand Central Socks – NYC Socks Collection from Mina Phillip – Junkyarns Smooth Socks (75/25 merino/nylon) “Rey” – US 0/2.0 mm
  • Snow Day Shawl by Mina Phillip – Quince and Co Chickadee in “Crow,” “Stork,” “Egret,” and “Frank’s Plum” – US 6/4.0 mm
  • Afterthought Everything Socks – Knit Picks Stroll Fingering in Black and Legacy Knitz half-skein from the Advent Calendar – US 0/2.0mm

 

Crochet Stuff

FOs

  • T-Shirt Yarn Basket – improvised pattern – 25.00 mm hook from Loopy Mango
  • Polwarth Handspun Sock Needle Pouch – US G/ 4.0mm- 222 Handspun Polwarth chain ply

WIPs

 

Fiber Stuff

 

New Stuff

 

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Escape to the Country Collection (Netflix), Logan, Beauty and the Beast, Mystère à la Tour Eiffel

Stuff I’m Reading –

  • Star Wars: Dark Disciple by Christie Golden (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
  • Liminal by A. Sieracki
  • Dreams from the Witch House – Dark Regions Press
  • Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: The Brain Spiders by John Whitman

Fanfic Recommendation –

 

 

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Episode 35: Warm Weather Quilting

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Life Stuff

  • WTF Weather – It’s been so warm and it makes me sad. February is supposed to be bitter cold and below 0, but it reached 70F (21.1C) the other day D:
  • New craft room? – 95% sure that my craft stuff will be moving down stairs and we’ve started redoing the family room with some painting. Parents are thinking about turning this corner into a library nook, which should be nice. Didn’t stop me from reorganizing my corner again anyway.
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Started Jan 1st! There is a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL. #2017BlanketMAL

Knitting Stuff

FOs

  • Re-FO – R2-D2 Socks – Must Stash Yarns “R2-D2” – US 0/2.0 mm circulars – Susan B Anderson’s heel from the Smooth Operator Socks pattern
  • Rainbow Dangling Conversations Shawl – pattern by Mindy Ross – US 2/ 2.75 mm needles – Case of the Silent Six gradient carded roving from Bitsy Knits – 50% SW Merino, 30% Silk, 20% Seacell

WIPs

Crochet Stuff

FOs

  • Crochet Basket (improvised pattern) – Knit Picks Mighty Stitch Super Bulky (6 skeins) – US U/25 mm hook

WIPs

Fiber Stuff

  • Brown Cormo sweater spin on Ashford Kiwi 2 – Finished first 3ply skein

Sewing Stuff

  • Hawkeye Quilt – reducing the size to a wall hanging, disassembled the basted squares, 1 quilted square not going into the wall hanging will have binding added and be used as a mug rug or table decoration
  • Halloween Quilt – Took it out of the hoop and did the ditch quilting. Did detail quilting on one square.

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – Clone Wars, A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix), Long Way Round, Long Way Down
  • Stuff I’m Reading –
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press alterednaturepress.org
    • Star Wars: Dark Disciple by Christie Golden (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
    • Galaxy of Fear: Nightmare Machine by John Whitman
  • Fanfic Recommendation –
    • Swung by Serafim by Flamethrower        
    • “In 1993, Gilderoy Lockhart points a stolen wand at Harry Potter and Ron Weasley with the intent to Obliviate them.  The wand doesn’t backfire. Gilderoy’s “”discovery”” of the Chamber of Secrets is a short-term success. Other consequences are not short-term at all.”
    • AU where HP loses his capacity for bullshit and flamethrower rounds out Snape as an interesting and actually redeemable character. Lots of calling adults out on their inability to adequately care for and guide children.

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Episode 34: Accidental Fade

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Life Stuff

  • Politics – ACLU newsletter action calls to send emails to relevant parties regarding policy (senators, house reps, etc), 5calls.org gives you a script to read from when calling your reps regarding issues important to you
  • Snow day~! About 18” in one day after a day with record high February temps (about 60F, 15.5C) And it’s snowing again today!
  • Crochet Tutorial Videos –  Made a playlist of my videos
  • Snow Day Shawl by Mina Philipp Giveaway! And the winner is…. Post # 12 ndkinyon (Nicole)!
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Started Jan 1st! There is a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL. #2017BlanketMAL

Knitting Stuff

FOs

  • Cobblestone Socks by Mina Philipp – US 0/2.00 mm DPNs – Plymouth Yarns Happy Feet
  • Rey Striped Socks – Must Stash Yarns “Rey” – US 0/2.0 mm circulars – Susan B Anderson’s heel from Smooth Operator Socks
  • Afterthought Everything Socks – US 0/2.0 mm needles – Biscotte Yarns “Gazania”

WIPs

  • Rainbow Dangling Conversations Shawl – pattern by Mindy Ross – US 3/ 3.25 mm needles
  • Re-WIP – R2-D2 Socks – Must Stash Yarns “R2-D2” – US 0/2.0 mm circulars – Susan B Anderson’s heel from the Smooth Operator Socks pattern

Planning – Find Your Fade Shawl by Andrea Mowry

  • Once Upon a Corgi – Audrey base – “But It Could Kill You”
  • Once Upon a Corgi – Audrey base – “His Name is Shirley”
  • Once Upon a Corgi – Audrey base – “Coconut Cream Cake”
  • Legacy Fiber Artz – Steel Toes base – “Sweater Weather”
  • Voolenvine Yarns – Footsie base – “Mooncusser”
  • Into the Whirled – Pakokku Sock base – Kettle dyed “Heirloom Ornamental”
  • Mountain Colors – Bearfoot base – “Pinecone”

Crochet Stuff

WIPs

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook

Fiber Stuff

  • Brown Cormo sweater spin on Ashford Kiwi 2
  • Burgis Brook Alpaca – 90/10 Alpaca/silk – Turkish spindle

Sewing Stuff

  • Sewing zippers into crochet pouches

New Stuff

  • Junkyarn – Smooth Sock 75/25 Merino/Nylon- “Jyn Erso”
  • 2 Skeins Mountain Top by Classic Elite Yarns – Mohawk Wool – 60% Merino 30% Romney 10% Nylon

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – Clone Wars
  • Stuff I’m Reading –
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press alterednaturepress.org
    • Star Wars: Dark Disciple by Christie Golden (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
    • Galaxy of Fear: Planet Plague by John Whitman
  • Fanfic Recommendation –
    • Old Man Luke by scarletjedi
    • Old man Luke Skywalker ends up back during the Clone Wars and while saving a child from a crashing droid fighter, he comes to the attention of Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Episode 33: Dyeing a Little

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Filmed on Sunday 1/29/17

Life Stuff

  • Politics – kejwfbiubvkjbvkueifuGWEBKSFJBIUEFIUBGkJfbdkvuoo
  • Birthday – My birthday was Thursday the 26th and I took that Thursday and Friday off work. Carried on the second annual pancakes and knitting tradition.
  • New craft room? Possible. We’ll see.
  • Snow Day Shawl by Mina Philipp Giveaway! There will be a thread up in the group with a prompt — Describe an ideal snowday. Winner will be drawn next episode in about two weeks.
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Started Jan 1st! There is a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL. #2017BlanketMAL

Knitting Stuff

WIPs

  • Cobblestone Socks by Mina Philipp – US 0/2.00 mm DPNs – Plymouth Yarns Happy Feet
  • Rey Striped Socks – Must Stash Yarns “Rey” – US 0/2.0 mm circulars – Susan B Anderson’s heel from Smooth Operator Socks
  • Rainbow Dangling Conversations Shawl – pattern by Mindy Ross – US 2/ 2.75 mm needles 
  • Improvised Hat loosely based off of the Barley hat by Tin Can Knits – Space Cadet Yarns? – uS 4/3.5mm and US 6/4mm

Crochet Stuff

FOs

  • Giant Granny Squares – scrap yarn – 25 mm hook
  • Fat DC Throw Blanket – Red Heart acrylic in “Putty” and black acrylic – 25mm hook

WIPs

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook

Fiber Stuff

  • Color Adventure With Gabs
    • Red overdye on two skeins of handspun
    • Purple overdye on two skeins of old stash
    • Black overdye on two skeins of handspun
  • “Exploding TARDIS” Classy Squid Fiber Co – Turtle Made Turkish spindle – chain ply
  • Loop “Cherry Pit” singles on Ashford Kiwi 2
  • Brown Cormo sweater spin on Ashford Kiwi 2

New Stuff

  • Chiaogoo Interchangeable Set – US 2/2.75 mm to US 15/10 mm needles
  • Classy Squid Fiber Co
    • Star Fishing batt
    • Intergalactic Spinning Kit
    • Oyster gradient rolags
  • Knit New Haven – Quince and Co – Chickadee
  • Knit Picks – US 0/2 mm needles (DPNs, 32” circs, 40” circs) and 6 skeins of Mighty Stitch Super Bulky in Pomegranate
  • Once Upon a Corgi – ASoUE Club – “His Name is Shirley” Audrey base 80/20 BFL/nylon

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – A Series of Unfortunate Events, Dairyland Knits hosted by Josh, The Sockmatician Podcast hosted by Nathan 
  • Stuff I’m Reading –
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press alterednaturepress.org
    • Relistening to Kenobi by John Jackson Miller (audio) narr by Jonathan Davis
    • Relistening to Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston (audio) narr by Ashley Eckstein
  • Fanfic Recommendation –
    • Tano and Kenobi by FireflyFish    
    • SW AU: Timetravel!!
    • After the events of Twilight of the Apprentice (end of Rebels season 2), Ahsoka Tano wakes up back in time and the first person she runs into is 12 year old Initiate Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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Episode 31: Goodbye 2016

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Filmed on Monday 12/26/16

Guys, it is hard to post this today because of Carrie Fisher’s death this morning. It feels weird to have this go up. Unfortunately, it’s not going to feel any less weird tomorrow or the day after, so just keep in mind that this was filmed before that news broke.

 

Life Stuff

  • Family Medical Stuff
  • Holidays
  • Fic – Posted a fic called An Unexpected Solution 
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – Starts Jan 1st! There will be a chatter/encouragement thread up in the Ravelry group and I’m planning on pulling prizes once a quarter for this MAL right now.
    • Prize Inventory
      • Once Upon a Corgi miniskeins (coming)
      • Stitch Marker Sets (coming)
      • Blanket Sized Project Bag (to be made by me)
      • Ravelry Pattern up to $10
      • Blanket Sized Tote Bag by Sullivan and Wallace Dry Goods sullivanandwallace.etsy.com
      • Ravelry Pattern up to $10
      • Notions Kit from the box of prize stuff from javasuann
      • Mini-skeins from Rachel
      • A Hundred Ravens – Yarn Poppers (bought, not sponsored)
      • Heybrownberry (Marce) – working out the details, possibly hand-dyed yarn or a project bag

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

  • Christmas Gifts Parade
  • Movie Socks 2 – US 1 /2.25 mm Chiaogoo needles – Patons Kroy in “Bramble Stripes” – using the Smooth Operator Socks information for the heels

WIPs –

Crochet Stuff

Frogged

  • Tunisian/Crochet Blanket – Frogged and turning into a plain HDC Blanket – US I/ 5.5mm

FOs

  • Storage/Notions bags – US G/4.0 mm, US H/5.0 mm, and US K/6.5 mm hooks

WIPs

Fiber Stuff

  • Brown Cormo Sweater Spin – #legacysweaterspin – Clabber Glynn Farm and Marsh Mallo Farms
  • Doctor Who Christmas Special Rolags from Classy Squid Fiber Co – Chain ply

Sewing Stuff

  • A smidge of handquilting

New Stuff

  • Patterns from some knitty friends
  • Knitting T-Shirt from a Real Life friend
  • New Kindle!
  • Quilt hoop stand
  • Quilting clips
  • Iron for the craft room
  • Rib Magazine
  • Star Wars Project Bag/Storage Pouch from Amber/Yarn Hoarder
  • Once Upon a Corgi – Series of Unfortunate Events Club – “But It Could Kill You”

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – Rogue One, Gotham
  • Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press alterednaturepress.org
    • Darth Plagueis by James Luceno (audio) narr by Daniel Davis
    • Star Wars: Clone Wars: No Prisoners by Karen Traviss (audio) narr by Jeff Gurner
  • Fanfic Recommendation –
    • Black Mirror by DarthNickels 
    • Rebels (TV Show) era fic, sometime in the beginning to mid-season 2 – Darth Vader goes to investigate the Lothal Temple and gets trapped in one of the Trial chambers that shows you what you want – Gives the Ghost crew and Ahsoka the opportunity to capture Vader and they have to face the fact that Vader is basically just an sad, angry disabled guy who is pretty committed to ruining everything because he has nothing left to lose (while also not excusing what he’s done)
    • 7 Chapters long and ongoing – currently about equivalent to a 300 page book

 

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Episode 30: Star Wars and Christmas

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Filmed on Saturday 12/10/16

 

Life Stuff

  • Week Off – All the craft, all the time.
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Read by Obi-Wan Kenobi and “friends” 
  • Fic – Posted a fic called Open Fire and a companion piece called Shadow – More Star Wars Time Travel, but with a very different outcome 
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – I’m going to be hosting a year-long blanket make-along for 2017. There’s a thread up in the group for prize planning. If anyone has any ideas for prizes that they want to see for the make-along or if anyone thinks that they might want to donate a prize, please go comment in that thread or shoot me a message on Rav. I’m going to be making 1 or 2 big blanket-sized project bags to giveaway and I’ve asked Gabby/Once Upon a Corgi if she’d like to contribute some mini-skeins. I’m aiming to do a random giveaway once a quarter or once every 2 months, depending on the prize pool. It’ll be open to knitting, crochet, quilting, weaving, whatever. WIPs will be welcomed and encouraged. Nothing needs to be finished to qualify for prize drawings. This is just some incentive for us to work on our (many MANY) blankets.

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

  • Christmas Gifts
  • Tiny Hat

WIPs –

  • Christmas Gifts
  • Tube project – US 3/3.25 mm Nova Kubics

Crochet Stuff

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook
  • Granny Stripe Blanket

Fiber Stuff

  • Mystery fleece spinning on the Ashford Kiwi 2
  • GnomeAcres Destash – SW Merino/Bamboo/Nylon and Hilltop Cloud Blue 75/25 BFL/Camel
  • Classy Squid Fiber Co – “Behind the Rain”

Sewing Stuff

  • Tree skirt
  • Felt Garland

New Stuff

  • Camera stuff – new mic for $12 from Amazon
  • Lion Brand Pound of Love acrylic worsted weight yarn
  • Package from Pacasha with scraps and leftovers

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – The Crown, Gotham
  • Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press 
    • Relistening to SW:TOR Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
    • SW:CW:Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller (audio) narr by Jeff Garner
    • Darth Plagueis by James Luceno (audio) narr by Daniel Davis
  • Fanfic Recommendation –

 

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Episode 29: KotOR and Crochet

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Filming on Sunday 11/27/16

Life Stuff

  • Thanksgiving
  • KotOR – Periscoped KotOR and crochet, might do that occasionally
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – I’m going to be hosting a year-long blanket make-along for 2017. There’s a thread up in the group for prize planning. If anyone has any ideas for prizes that they want to see for the make-along or if anyone thinks that they might want to donate a prize, please go comment in that thread or shoot me a message on Rav. I’m going to be making 1 or 2 big blanket-sized project bags to giveaway and I’ve asked Gabby/Once Upon a Corgi if she’d like to contribute some mini-skeins. I’m aiming to do a random giveaway once a quarter or once every 2 months, depending on the prize pool. It’ll be open to knitting, crochet, quilting, weaving, whatever. WIPs will be welcomed and encouraged. Nothing needs to be finished to qualify for prize drawings. This is just some incentive for us to work on our (many MANY) blankets.

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

  • Christmas Gift –  Malabrigo Rios Piedras
  • Christmas Gift – Manos del Uruguay
  • Christmas Gift – Berocco Ultra Alpaca

WIPs –

  • Christmas Gifts
  • Afterthought Socks – US 0/2.00 mm – Biscotte Yarns 85/15 Merino/Nylon “Gazania”

Crochet Stuff

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook
  • Mitered Square Pillow by Marie Segares – US I/5.5 mm hook – scrap acrylic
  • Crochet Pouch/project bag – US G/4.0 mm

Fiber Stuff

  • Mystery fleece spinning on the Ashford Kiwi 2
  • GnomeAcres Destash – SW Merino/Bamboo/Nylon and Hilltop Cloud Blue 75/25 BFL/Camel

Sewing Stuff

  • Little bit of work on the Halloween quilt, but not enough to lug the quilt back up here
  • Looking for a men’s long sleeve shirt pattern that’s not a raglan shirt? I have some  jersey fabric in my stash that I’d like to turn into a shirt.

New Stuff

  • Camera stuff – arm, blu-tooth remote, smaller tripod
  • Worsted weight scraps from Angela
  • Legacy Fiber Artz Advent Calendar
  • Mrs. Browns Bags – Scrappy Prints Large Bag
  • Classy Squid Fiber Co – Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Batts – Behind the Rain and Venice
  • Once Upon a Corgi – Mystery SOUE Book #2 – Coconut Cream Cake – Audrey Base
  • Must Stash Yarns – “Jyn Erso”
  • New England Yarn and Spindle Black Friday Sale
    • Plymouth Yarn – DK Merino Superwash in Dark Grey
  • In Sheep’s Clothing – Small Business Saturday Sale
    • Tote Bag
    • Ornament Kit
    • Chanel Feza
    • Plymouth Yarns Encore Tweed 75% acrylic/22% wool/3% rayon in 5854 (Blue) and 6389 (red)
    • Plymouth Yarns Happy Feet 100 90% SW merino/10% nylon color 122

Other Stuff

  • Stuff I’m Watching – finished Luke Cage, Moana
  • Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)
    • Relistened to Kenobi by John Jackson Miller (audio) narr by Jonathon Davis
    • Rereading Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press alterednaturepress.org
    • Relistening to SW:TOR Revan by Drew Karpyshyn (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
    • Relistening to SW:TOR Annihilation by Drew Karpyshyn (audio) narr by Marc Thompson
  • Fanfic Recommendation – Stealing Harry by copperbadge
    • Alternate HP series if Sirius didn’t go to Azkaban and took Harry away from the Dursleys when he was young
    • Unfinished series, but it’s well worth a read. There’s plenty there to go through.

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Episode 28: NE Fiber Fest Haul

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Filming on Saturday 11/12/16

Life Stuff

  • 2016 Election – results are disappointing and rage inducing.
  • New England Fiber Fest last weekend which was fantastic and my haul from that is… extensive.
  • Giveaway: The Ravelry Group is nearing 150 members! Thread is open to be entered to win this hat kit with alpaca yarn that I received on the Western CT Yarn Crawl!
    • Winner: post #7 – Tahirra – found me through the Yarngasm Podcast
  • Blanket MAL 2017 – I’m going to be hosting a year-long blanket make-along for 2017. There’s a thread up in the group for prize planning. If anyone has any ideas for prizes that they want to see for the make-along or if anyone thinks that they might want to donate a prize, please go comment in that thread or shoot me a message on Rav. I’m going to be making 1 or 2 big blanket-sized project bags to giveaway and I’ve asked Gabby/Once Upon a Corgi if she’d like to contribute some mini-skeins. I’m aiming to do a random giveaway once a quarter or once every 2 months, depending on the prize pool. It’ll be open to knitting, crochet, quilting, weaving, whatever. WIPs will be welcomed and encouraged. Nothing needs to be finished to qualify for prize drawings. This is just some incentive for us to work on our (many MANY) blankets.

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

  • Christmas Gift –  Frabjous Fibers BFL “Hespera” & Hilltop Cloud 75/25 BFL/Camel
  • Christmas Gift – Frabjous Fibers BFL “Trapeze”

WIPs –

  • Christmas Gifts

Crochet Stuff

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook
  • HDC Scrap Blanket Fingering – US B-2.25mm hook

Fiber Stuff

  • Mystery fleece spinning on the Ashford Kiwi 2
  • Chain plied over laceweight – “Into the Fire” 100% SW Merino from The Ugly Room

Sewing Stuff

  • Halloween costume – video about the different pieces

New Stuff

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – Supergirl was amazing this past week, started watching Luke Cage

Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)

  • Relistening to SW:CW:Gambit:Stealth by Karen Miller (audio) narr by Jeff Gurner
  • SW:CW:Gambit:Seige by Karen Miller (audio) narr by Jeff Gurner
  • Relistening to Kenobi by John Jackson Miller (audio) narr by Jonathon Davis
  • Ashlesha by Jer Keene – book 1 of the Awaken the Stars series – Amazon and Altered Nature Press 

Fanfic Recommendation –

  • Known Associates by thingswithwings 
    • Steve Rogers isn’t a self-made man. Or, how a tough little Brooklyn fairy got turned into Captain America, and then turned back.
  • Rated Explicit for sexual content
  • There’s a lot of exploring identity, sexuality, and community for Steve pre-serum, post-serum, and in the 20th century. Important with a character like Captain America who was always written as a subversion of the straight-white-cis-male ideal. He’s always been a political character who was specifically created to stand up for people being oppressed.

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Episode 27: Crochet on the Brain

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Life Stuff

  • Giveaway! The Ravelry Group is nearing 150 members! Thread is open to be entered to win this hat kit with alpaca yarn that I received on the Western CT Yarn Crawl!
  • Halloween party with friends
  • Writing fanfic
  • Real Life Job is taking a lot out of me right now

Knitting Stuff

FOs –

  • Happy Halloween socks – Gale’s Art Sock Blank – US 0 – 2.0 mm Hiya Hiya Sharps – Pebbles Socks by Mina Phillip 
  • Christmas Gift #1 – Apocalypse Friday – 100% SW Merino in Blue Box

WIPs –

  • Christmas Gifts

Crochet Stuff

  • HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook
  • HDC Scrap Blanket Fingering – US B-2.25mm hook

Fiber Stuff

  • Mystery fleece spinning on the Ashford Kiwi 2
  • Fiber Prep will be up on the Etsy Shop!
    • Salazar Mixed Batt
    • House Organa Mixed Batt
    • Coruscant Sky Spinning Fluffs

Sewing Stuff

  • Halloween costume

New Stuff

Other Stuff

Stuff I’m Watching – CAUGHT UP ON PODCASTS 😀 — The Yarn Hoarder Podcast hosted by Amber, The Piper Nell Podcast hosted by Shanel, Knit Night with Mekamika by Shameka

Stuff I’m Reading – (tracking on GoodReads)

  • Relisting to SW:CW:Gambit:Stealth by Karen Miller (audi) narr by Jeff Gurner

Fanfic Recommendation –

On Ebon Wings, Ere I Breathe by flamethrower 

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