Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Episode 103: Stitches Recap


In this special craft-heavy episode, Sandy & Jade recap Stitches West 2017, and catch up on their crafting projects



Get Crafty!

This is part of a set of three episodes that will be released over the next few weeks as Sandy & Jade try to get back to their normal podcasting schedule. This episode is CRAFT HEAVY!!

Events:June 3, 2017 (Tentative) Retzlaff Winery Event: http://treadles2threads.blogspot.com/

Finished Objects
Jade
  • Project: Another herringbone cowl
  • Pattern: Purl Soho Herringbone Cowl
  • Yarn/Colorway: Miss Babs Yowza! Funny Papers
  • Notes:   Love love love love.
  • Icord cast on.   
Sandy
  • Yarn: Zwerger Garn Opal Happy mit Silbereffekt, colorway Brasil: rainbowy!
  • Size 1 needles
  • Tried the citric acid soak today to protect the rainbow colors.
WIPs
Jade
  • Yarn: Cascade Greenland (bought a ton at Stitches several years ago
  • Notes: Done with body. Need to do shawl collar. Lots of merit doing the pieced pattern instead of in-the-round
Sandy
  • Kitty hats in Magic Ice DK, trans flag colors. (pink, blue white) Acrylic yarn with loooong color transitions, excellent for crochet and knitting.
  • For Transgender Day of Visibility, (actually 3/31) celebration on  April 1, at the Billy deFrank Center. I’ll be offering these for a donation to the center.
  • Using formula for hat sizes given in official P*ssyhat page, as well as a few basic beanies on Ravelry (Kitkat hat, etc.) Also making some earless beanies for those who do not want tomfoolery but do want the flag colors.
Here’s some patterns:
Jade
  • Pattern: Viajante
  • Yarn: Miss Babs Katahdin -- Morticia
Sandy
  • Hexipuffs out of my leftover Opal yarn. This is in my everyday bag.
Jade
  • Project: Vanilla Socks
  • Pattern: mine
  • Yarn/Colorway: Plymouth Stilleto
  • Notes:    ON HOLD       
Sandy



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