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What’s in Our Cup
Simply Lemonade with Raspberry and actual frozen raspberries.
Woolly Workings
Jocelyn has been working on 365 Days of Granny Squares by YarnUtopia, the Boneyard Shawl by Stephen West out of Bernat Premium in Teal, the Find Your Fade Shawl by Andrea Mowry out of Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts Sock and Manos del Uruguay Alegria, the Zadie Sweater by Mercedes Tarasovich out of Cloudborn Highland Worsted in Slate Heather, the Wonder Woman Wrap, the Wonder Woman Wrap by Carissa Browning out of Manos del Uruguay Alegria in Carmine and Manos del Uruguay Fino in Filigree, and the Bendy Arrow Shawl by Charlotte Bory out of Berroco Summer Silk in White and Hedgehog Fibres Sock in Poison.
Jocelyn has finished her third Textured Triangle Shawl by Diane Moyer out of Lion Brand Landscapes in Desert Spring and Red Heart Soft Essentials in White.
Diana worked 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).
Spinning Yarns
Diana has been sticking with her Tour de Fleece goal of spinning every day. Superwash merino top from Hilori’s Magical Yarnorium in Eye of Jupiter on the Electric Eel Wheel 5 from Dreaming Robots.
Jocelyn has learned to spin on a drop spindle.
Fibre Flubs
Jocelyn had some troubles with the cables on the CozyUp WithTheStitchinSisters Mammoth Shawl.
Yarn on the Go
Diana knitted at a work bbq. They both got sunburned at the farmer’s market and went yarn shopping at the anniversary sale at their LYS. Jocelyn did some knitting while Diana tried on wedding dresses.
Events
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 (Zadie Sweater) (Jocelyn only) – Dates? Summer.
Grocery Girls Canada MAL (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
Manitoba Fiber Festival – September 15-16
C4 – October 27-29
Book Review
This week we reviewed a library book, Wrapped in Lace: Knitted Heirloom Designs from Around the World by Margaret Stove.
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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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