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 –

• Afterthought Everything Socks – US 0/2.0 mm  needles – Biscotte Yarns Bis-Sock bas in “Gazania”
• Le Moelleux (The Squishy) Shawl by Mina Philipp – US 9/5.5 mm – Plymouth Yarns Encore Tweed and Chunky Tweed  
• Cobblestone Socks by Mina Philipp – US 0/2.00 mm DPNs – Plymouth Yarns Happy Feet 

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

• HDC Scrap Blanket Worsted – US H/8 – 5mm hook
• Granny Stripe Fingering – by Attic24 – USB/2.25mm hook 

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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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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