Episode 54 – Dancing Desk

What’s In Our Cup

Diana is enjoying some Vanilla Bean tea from Fools & Horses in her Northern Knits Podcast mug.

Jocelyn is enjoying some Buddha’s Blend from David’s Tea in the dinosaurs mug.

Cool Threads

Jocelyn:

• Coffee Shop Shawl
•  Feyre Shawl (podcast anniversary shawl)
•  Thrummed Mittens from Diana
•  Cat Hat

Diana

• Lindsay Slouch
• Sockhead slouch
• Rainbowside Shawl
• Wonder Woman Wrap
• Bloomsbury Mitts

Woolly Workings

Jocelyn worked on:

• March Socks out of Cloud 9 Fiberworks Cumulus Sock in Rainbow Connection
• Zadie Sweater by Mercedes Tarasovich out of Cloudborn Highland Worsted in Slate Heather
• the very first Jocelyn-designed shawl

Jocelyn finished:

• Some Grandmother’s Favorite Dishclothes out of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton in Salt and Pepper

Diana worked on:

• Rivers Wrap (podcast anniversary project) by Shannon Cook out of Cascade 220 in Natural, Burgundy, Green, Camel, Vashon Island Heather
• Wedding Shawl by Susan Pandorf out of 100% Lamb’s Wool

Diana finished:

•  February/March Socks (vanilla toe-up with a fish lips kiss heel) out of Online Supersocke

Fibre Flubs

Jocelyn dropped a stitch on her March socks.

Diana’s lifeline on her Wedding Shawl ran away.

Yarn on the Go

Jocelyn went everywhere this week and managed to sneak in some doctor waiting room sock knitting, coffee shop shawl knitting while caffeinating and watching Critical Role on YouTube. Then she was off to the bi-weekly Knit and Nosh event down at Across the Board Game Cafe. Add in one last-minute lunch date with her sister and grandparents and you can begin to see how quickly a week goes by.

Diana went places but didn’t have time to knit.

Sew Little Time

To get ready for the spring/summer craft markets, Jocelyn has been finishing up her production sewing for those events before she goes on vacation. She is also worked on some summer dresses for herself.

Wool Gathering

Diana showed off her birthday acquisitions which included some decorative buttons, a fabulous gift card for the local yarn store, some cotton, Loops and Threads Charisma in Northern Lights and Dark Purple, and last but not least another Caron Big Cake in Pistachio Macaron. She also got a lovely pin upcycled from an old piano key.

Jocelyn has been thinking about more KALs as she does. She was able to catch the Grocery Girls Podcast live and has fallen in love with the idea of joining in on the Sweaterpaloza KAL they are running in their Ravelry group.

Jocelyn enjoys participating in the Fiber Friends KAL whenever she can even if she doesn’t finish things on time. So, of course, she is joining in on their April 1 sweater cast on.

The CozyUp WithTheStitchinSisters Podcast are starting a cotton KAL with Creek Gardens Crafts to make a crescent shaped shawl in some amazing color so she needs to order some yarn and wait for that pattern to drop. The girls are also currently doing a Stephen West KAL and Jocelyn has that Speckle and Pop Shawl she needs to finish and a KAL sounds like just the motivation she needs.

Events

Podcast-iversary KAL – January 1-March 31. Knit something by Shannon Cook. Use #happypodnkp2018 on Instagram so we can see your stuff! Use #veryshannon so Shannon Cook can see your stuff! We have prize yarn from Noble Ruby Designs and Cloud 9 FiberWorks.

Year of the Sock? – January 1-December 31. Northern Knits Podcast KAL! Knit 1 pair of socks every month in 2018. Don’t forget to post your finished socks in the monthly FO thread on our Ravelry Group. Use #yearofthesock? on Instagram.

All In The Family KAL – All year, hosted by the CozyUp WithTheStitchinSisters Podcast

Stash Dash – Summer. Hosted by Laura from TheKnitGirlls

Manitoba Fibre Festival – September 14-15

Knit City – September 29-30 2018 in Vancouver, BC (Jocelyn only)

Review

This week we review Jocelyn’s magazine, Weekend Knits.

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