Filmed on 9/8/18
Podcast Stuff
- 2018 Blanket MAL! There’s a thread up on Rav for photos and discussion, so please join us there as you work on blankets.
- Quilt Along!
- Time Frame: March 2018 – September 2018 – 6 months
- Quilt size: smallest side 3 ft/36”/92 cm
- Quilt top pattern: Half Square Triangles – The entire quilt does not have to be half square triangles, but half square triangles should be a feature. I created a Pinterest board with some cool ideas.
- Quilting: No rules about the actual quilting! Long arm, machine, by hand, or tie quilting is all welcome.
- Link HERE to Jaclyn/Brooklyn Knitfolk’s quilt along tutorials
FOs
- Sewing
- Grey tank top #1 – Lago Tank by Itch to Stitch – I got free from Craftsy
- Technically a women’s pattern, but the only difference between a “women’s” tank top and a “men’s” tank top is a smidge of waist shaping and the size of the arm hole, which doesn’t bring up any gender-junk for me.
- I measured a t-shirt for finished garment measurements and ended up making the size 16 top.
- I made this pattern according to the pattern exactly.
- It fits comfortably except that the neckline is lower than I had anticipated.
- First time sewing a garment with knit fabric – not my favourite, but I’ll be more proficient with it with practice.
- Used an old jersey bed sheet that is super worn out and soft
- Grey tank top #2 – Lago Tank by Itch to Stitch – same as before except for the following
- Front and back pieces are 2 halves seamed in the middle because I didn’t make the best use of space cutting out the first one
- Raised the neckline by about 2”
- Used the armhole and neck bands as facings and trimmed the excess after zig-zagging the facings down flat
- Sewing with knit fabric was easier the second time around
- Grey tank top #1 – Lago Tank by Itch to Stitch – I got free from Craftsy
- Slytherin Scarf – LK 150 dial tension 3, tension rod 5 – adapted from the scarf measurements and stripe repeats from Harry Potter Hogwarts House Scarf by Dovile Petra – Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport in Aurora Heather and Dove Heather – stockinette stitch double width to fold and seam instead of ribbing – I had to stop because I ran out of green, so I scrapped it off rather than leaving it on the floor while I wait for more yarn to come in.
- Dye Projects
- Found a white bed sheet that no one in the house remembers buying – dyed it grey with “Raven” Procion dye to use as a possible quilt back
- Dyed various fibers blue for rolags and batts
- Handmade rolags from stash fibers and extras – I had originally started collecting these fibers and extras to open up an Etsy shop, but I’ve come to the realization that starting a proper business is not in the cards any time soon, so I’ve decided
- Handspun
- Alpaca handspun – Fiber from Alpaca Obsession – 2 ply drop spindle handspun, plied on Blackfoot spindle
- Classy Squid Fiber Co – All the Mirrors of the World batt – 2 ply, singles spun on the Hitchhiker wheel, plied on the Ashford Kiwi
- Classy Squid Fiber Co – Intergalactic batt kit – 2 ply, singles spun on the Hitchhiker wheel, plied on the Ashford Kiwi
- Classy Squid Fiber Co – Star Fishing megabatt – 2 ply, spun on the Ashford Kiwi
- Watermelon from Skirted Fleece Mill – Ashford Kiwi – 3 ply fractal spin
- The last of the Mystery Fleece! – 2 ply woolen spun on the Hitchhiker and Ashford Kiwi wheels
WIPs
- Granny Stripe Blanket by Lucy/Attic24 – Size G/4.25mm hook marling Knit Picks Stroll Fingering in Black with a magic ball of Legacy Fiber Artz minis
- Marled Magic Shawl by Stephen West – US 6/4.0 mm – scrap yarns and old handspun
- Fingering Weight Sweater Blank Sweater by Renee Callahan – Brother KH 836e knitting machine with the KR850 ribber – Dial set to 8 for stst, ended up using 7/7 for the ribbing – Grinning Gargoyle Khaleesi Sock in “Shiny Penny” and Knit Picks Stroll Fingering “Black”
- Yardage for sewing project – plain weave, 12 dent heddle, Ashford 24” loom – a whole slew of grey and black yarns, Andre Sue Knits “Freakish Lemon” – See my Ravelry page for the full list of yarns
- Tablet weaving band from a chart in Card Weaving by Candace Crockett – Nazli Gelin Garden 3 in black, red, yellow, and white – on a tablet weaving loom from chuckjones on Etsy, which doesn’t appear to be a shop on that platform anymore
- Half Square Triangle Quilt – part of the HST QAL – Basted and started quilting
- Star Wars Aurebesh Sampler Pattern by Adleones
Other Stuff
Stuff I’m Watching:
- Extraordinary Tales – on Netflix, animated retellings of Edgar Allan Poe stories
- Charmed – So much 90’s witchy goodness
Stuff I’m Listening To:
- Sayer – Sci-fi horror podcast, like a darker version of Portal in a space station research facility
- Point Mystic – Documentary type fiction podcast about a strange town with strange happenings
- Wormwood – Fiction audio drama about a supernatural murder mystery in the small town of Wormwood
- Spirits – Podcast where two young women drink and tell myths and urban legends
- Potterless – A guy in his mid-twenties reads Harry Potter for the first time and snarks about it
- Passage – A short mystery podcast with supernatural leanings about a reporter following a story about a mysterious lifeboat that washes up in the Puget Sound
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II by Sean Williams (audiobook) narr by Jonathan Davis
- Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne K. Roach (audiobook) narr by Kate Reading
Stuff I’m Reading:
- Knitting Comfortably: The Ergonomics of Handknitting by Carson Demers
- Clothing from the Hands that Weave by Anita Luvera Mayer
- All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages ed Saundra Mitchell
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- Love That Grows series by Wizardheart83 (Plant_Murderer)
- Less than a year after the death of the Potters, Rose Evans and her husband Lyle take care of their orphaned grandson, Harry, and try to take steps toward a future where he’ll be loved and accepted. Spring is coming, and with it, the memory of stirring warmth, and the first real hope for life and growth.
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