Sep 04 2018 26 mins 6
Episode 44 – 9/4/18 – Autumn means schedules! Knitting & running in 30 min or less.
Summer is over, kids are back to school and life is finally scheduled again! This means I should be able to start recording on a regular basis again, huzzah!
FOs
Dahlia - pattern by Brenda York for Berroco Yarns is finally done! Whole shawl is from stash. Blue body is Juniper Moon Farms Neve in Lagoon colorway from my LYS that closed. Red is Cascade Ultra Pima Fine in the Cranberry colorway held double, yellow & green is Berroco Modern Cotton in the Del & Breakers colorways. Purple is some ancient Plymouth Yarns Covington.
50-st sock – both are complete thought it’s been too hot to wear
44-st sock for Thing 1 – worked on this while on our cruise to Bermuda last week finished both!
Wips
New 52-st sock for me in Plymouth Diversity in the Deep Sea colorway
Sock for Thing 2 – he previously asked for the Deep Sea colorwat but after seeing me knit his brother’s socs in the Pizazz colorway, he changed his mind and wants red socks too
Stash
1 skein of Goshen from Valley Yarns in the Plum colorway from The Black Purl in Bermuda – more about Bermuda later.
2 skeins on Ito Yarn’s Kinu 100% silk this is going to be used for the Ixchel sweater from the latest issue of Pom Pom, the one with the phases of the moon in the sweater
1 skein of Plymouth Yarn’s Diversity that my mom picked out for her Christmas socks
Both these last two are from A Great Yarn which is a lovely Yarn and Book shop in Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Spinning
A braid of cotton from Hipstrings, the Midseason Clifhanger colorway.
Learned how to re-align the wheel of my Lendrum - super easy
Out and About
Fiber Revival at the Spencer Little Farm in Newbury, MA
- Firefly themed bag from Stitched by Jessalu
- Silk brick from Bewitching Fiber Co
- Tussah silk from PineTree
Last week we took a cruise from Boston to Bermuda and it was so lovely. Go swm at the Blue Hole if you ever get the chance.
Upcoming:
Oct 20th – Rhinebeck. Taking the Webs bus on Saturday
Nov 3rd & 4th – Fiber Festival of New England at the Big E – not 100% sure I’m going, but thinking about it.
Running
1 short run since the last time I recorded; nothing to write home about. Hoping to get a few shorter runs in next week. Slow and steady
Fitness Talk
What can a personal trainer do for you?
