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What’s In Our Cup
Diana is drinking chamomile tea. Jocelyn has Orange Spice tea from Second Cup.
Our welcome thread is open in our Ravelry group. Come tell us what’s in your cup!
Woolly Workings
Diana has been working on the Bellrose Shawl by Martina Behm out of Sheep En Soie in Remembering Rose (this is the first Strickmich! Club package of the year), the Textured Triangle Shawl by Diane Moyer out of Red Heart Soft Classic in Dark Leaf and Wheat, the Distinction Shawl by Caitlin ffrench out of Malabrigo Mecha in Pearl Ten, Cereza, and Anniversario, and the Find Your Fade Shawl by Andrea Mowry out of stash yarn from her travels.
Jocelyn has been working on the Starting Point MKAL by Joji Locatelli out of Berrocco Pima 100 in Larkspur, Hydrangea, Magnolia(?), and Stonecrop(?), and Ancient Arts in Great Blue Heron, 365 Days of Granny Squares by YarnUtopia, and another Pussy Hat by Kat Coyle.
Yarn on the Go
We went yarn shopping. Only one skein of Alegria was purchased.
We have business cards! We’re really official now!
Sew Little Time
Jocelyn is chugging along towards the opening of her etsy shop sometime in the next week.
Events
Starting Point MKAL (Jocelyn only) – May 12-June 23
Stash Dash (2017 rules) – May 26-August 20. Jocelyn wants to go for 5km or possibly 7km. Diana just wants to finish everything currently on needles. (here’s a video where The Knit Girllls explain the rules changes for 2017)
Tour de Fleece – July 1-23. Unofficial participation.
Grocery Girls Sweet Summer KAL (Jocelyn only) – Dates? Summer.
Grocery Girls Canada KAL (Jocelyn only) – July 1-September 30
Ai-Kon – July 21-23
BSides (Diana only) – July 25-26
DefCon (Diana only) – July 27-30
Wolsely Wool‘s Faded Summer KAL – Find Your Fade, Free Your Fade, So Faded, So Faded pint-sized – must include one skein of Manos Alegria from Estelle Yarns.
Manitoba Fiber Festival – September 15-16
C4 – October 27-29
Book Review
This week we reviewed a book that we bought for ourselves on the recomendation of the Knitmore Girls, Curls: Versatile, Wearable Wraps to Knit at Any Gauge
by Hunter Hammersen. We love it!
You can find us on Ravelry, Instagram, Facebook, and Pintrest as Northern Knits Podcast. Our blog with all our show notes is at northernknitspodcast.com. You can also email us at northernknitspodcastATgmailDOTcom.
Jocelyn can be found on Twitter, Pintrest, Snapchat, Ravelry, Instagram, Periscope, YouTube and her book blog as amberdragun or amberdragun1.
Diana can be found on Instagram and Twitch as firewaterandfiber and on Ravelry as wool-rat. She streams a virtual knit night on most Wednesdays at 8:30pm CDT on twitch.tv/firewaterandfiber.
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