Sunday, February 28, 2016

Episode 241: The Pants Thief


 SHOW NOTES

This week's WIPs include Cache Cache cowl, Jeck socks, Indigo Frost poncho and generic toe up socks. FOs include Heath Socks in STR Cables of Wrath colorway. Featured baubles and bling include needle minders and stitch markers from Vintage Fairie, as well as Lavender lotion from Wolfe Farms. We announced the winner of Modern Lopi this week. Next week we will draw winners for the KAL/CALs.

Shout Outs:

Jan/Feb KAL/CAL will be to finish works in progress!  Get those old projects off the needles and start the new year off right.

Sheila is also hosting a Blue Moon Fiber Arts KAL/CAL that will continue throughout the year and includes any projects made from Blue Moon Fiber Arts yarn.

On The Dance Card:

Wendy is working on:

Jeck Sock by Regina Satta in Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce base, Lucky Cat colorway.

Cache Cache Cowl by Kiki Kawaii in Into the Whirled Manchester sock cashmere/merino/nylon yarn, Double Rainbow colorway

Indigo Frost Poncho by Isabell Kraemer in Dream in Color Classy in the In Vino Veritas colorway with scraps for the color work.

Sheila is working on:

Generic toe-up socks in BMFA STR medium weight mill end.

Rate Your Date:

Sheila finished:

Heath socks by Andrea Dietrich in BMFA STR lightweight in the Cables of Wrath colorway.

Whirlwind Romance:

Nothing

Future Dates:

Sheila may start a hat when she finishes her socks.

Wendy needs to finish her other projects.

Baubles & Bling:

Nothing this week.

Gossip & Innuendo:

For those of you who love Stitched by Jessalu Bags, she will have a trunk show at Circle of Stitches, 66 Wharf Street, Salem MA on March 19 during the Knit North Yarn Crawl!

We drew a winner of Modern Lopi by Lars Rains!

Fiber Events


Knit North Yarn Crawl Mar 17-20, various North Shore locations, MA

Connecticut Sheep and Wool Apr 30, Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon/Rockville, CT

Gore Place Sheep Shearing Festival Apr 30, Gore Place, Waltham MA

Maryland Sheep and Wool May 7-8, Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD

New Hampshire Sheep and Wool May 14-15, Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, NH

Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival May 16, Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI

Webs Annual Tent Sale May 14-15, Webs, Northampton, MA

Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair May 28-29, Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA

Maine Fiber Frolic Jun 6-7, Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME


Finger Lakes Fiber Festival Sep 17-18, Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock ME

Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival Sep 24-25, Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY

Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival Oct 1-2, Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT

New York Sheep and Wool Oct 15-16, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY

Fiber Festival of New England Nov 5-6, Eastern States Exhibition, Springfield, MA








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