Episode Ten - In Which I Feel Like We're Growing Up!

Welcome to episode ten of "Stitching Between Pages"! I hope you enjoy watching, and thank you for checking it out.

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FO:
1. "Castle Socks," using the "Vanilla Bean Socks" pattern by Emily O'Grady. Knit in KnitPicks Felici in the "Wizard" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm ChiaoGoo Premium Stainless Steel DPNs.

WIPs:
1. Vanilla socks. Knit in West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply in the "Blue Tit" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm HiyaHiya Sharps DPNs.
2. "Reyna" shawl, by Noora Laivola. Knit in Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply in the "Coffee Break" colorway. Knit on US4/3.50mm Knitter's Pride Karbonz, 40" circular.
3. "Strand Hill Cardigan," by Keya Kuhn. Knit in KnitPicks Stroll, "Dogwood Heather" colorway. Knit on US8/5.00mm ChiaoGoo Premium Stainless Steel, 32" circular.

Spinning:
Getting ready to 2-ply my Cephalopod Yarns Bugga! Fiber in the "Ursula" colorway. Spun on my Schacht Hi-Lo spindle.

Pretty New Yarn (& Fiber!):
1. Bumblebirch Wellspring 3-ply fingering, "Cranberry" colorway
2. Regia Arne & Carlos Design Line, colorway 03654
3. Dragonfly Fibers Polwarth Silk fiber, "Walkin' on the Sun" colorway

Books:
1. Red Joan, by Jennie Rooney
2. John the Pupil: A Novel, by David Flusfeder
3. Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool, by Abby Franquemont
4. The Spinner's Book of Fleece: A Breed-by-Breed Guide to Choosing & Spinning the Perfect Fiber for Every Purpose, by Beth Smith
5. Little Stitches: 100+ Sweet Embroidery Designs, 12 Projects, by Aneela Hoey

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. The Martina Behm shawl I knit in Dragonfly Fibers' Dragon Sock is indeed called Trillian. Here's a link to mine on Ravelry.
2. Melita Norwood, the longest-serving British KGB spy and the inspiration for Joan Stanley in the novel Red Joan, was unmasked in 1999 at the age of 87. Here's her obituary (she died in 2005, aged 93) in The Guardian.
3. Roger Bacon is a medieval philosopher and polymath, as well as a member of the Franciscan order of monks. You can read more about him and his actual Opus maius at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Opus maius includes treatment of math, optics, and astronomy -- here's some of the work on optics in one of the manuscripts of the Opus maius.
4. Aneela Hoey's blog, Comfort Stitching, is positively lovely. If you're at all interested in sewing, embroidery, or quilting, I'd encourage you to check her out! She is also a knitter.
5. The National Portrait Gallery is one of the lovely Smithsonian museums and shares a building (the Old Patent Office building) with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (at 8th and F Streets NW in Washington, DC, and the "Galleries" for which the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro stop is named). EyePop: The Celebrity Gaze is a really cool exhibit. I neglected to mention the other special exhibit, One Life: Dolores Huerta, which tells the story of Dolores Huerta, co-founder (with Cesar Chavez) of the United Farm Workers (UFW), and an important figure in the California farm workers' movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
6. Here's a tiny bit of information about the Great Hall (which I was mistaken about -- it is original to the Old Patent Office building), and here's my Instagram photo of the stained glass skylight. The Chicago Stock Exchange trading room from the 19th century, reconstructed in the Art Institute of Chicago, is here. If you're ever in Chicago and at the Art Institute, it's worth finding it!
7. Give Esperanza Spalding a listen. Or this one. Or performing at Austin City Limits a few years ago.