Episode Twenty-Two -- Holly Is Ready for Her Close-Up

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

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Ravelry Group: Stitching Between Pages Podcast
Ravelry: halfpass92
Twitter: @medievalisting
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FO:
1. "Upstairs Downstairs" cowl in the smallest size, by Paula Emons-Fuessle of the Knitting Pipeline podcast. Knit in Mrs. Crosby Hatbox sport-weight in the "French Chambray" colorway. Knit on US7/4.5mm KnitPicks Caspian 16" circular.

WIPs:
1. Vanilla socks. Knit in Night Owl Fibers yarn (the base with stellina) in the "Peppermint Swirls" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm HiyaHiya Sharps DPNs.
2. "Kaerlig" fingerless mitts, by Ysolda Teague. Knit in Quince & Co. Finch in the "Bosc" colorway. Knit on US2.5/3.00mm 32" HiyaHiya circular.
3. Granny Square Blanket, crocheted with an E/4 hook from random sock-weight scraps.

Pretty New Yarn!:
1. Madelinetosh DK Twist in the "Chicory" colorway
2. Skein Top Draw Sock in the "Industrial Age" and "Silva" colorway
3. Misti Alpaca Handpaint Sock Yarn Fingering in the "Eiffel" colorway
4. Lopi Lettlopi in four colors (light gray, dark gray, green, and blue) plus other lovelies from Mina of the Knitting Expat podcast and her 3,000 subscribers giveaway

Book:
1. Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. I was wearing my Pebble Beach Shawlette (link to my Ravelry page). I love this shawl!
2. The Lettlopi skeins are destined to become the Baa-Ble Hat.
3. The Newberry Library in Chicago has an annual used book sale which is absolutely amazing. If you are in the area on the last weekend of July, I highly recommend going along and taking a look! In the meantime, the Book Fair Blog is always good for a chuckle.

Episode Twenty-One -- In Which the Cat is Darn Cute

Welcome to episode twenty-one of "Stitching Between Pages"! I hope you enjoy watching, and thank you for checking it out. Also, thank you for your patience with these delayed show notes.

Please get in touch!

Ravelry Group: Stitching Between Pages Podcast
Ravelry: halfpass92
Twitter: @medievalisting
Instagram: medievalisting

FOs:
1. "Conversationalist" hat no. 2, by The Plucky Knitter. Knit in KnitPicks City Tweed HW/Aran in the "Orca," "Snowshoe," and "Lemon Curd" colorways. Knit on US5/3.75mm and US7/4.5mm KnitPicks Caspian 16" circulars. In the end, I kept the second hat I knit (with Snowshoe as the ribbing/first color and Orca as the pom-pom). It bore up very well to the -25°F (approximately -31°C for my Centigrade friends) windchill.

WIPs:
1. "Upstairs Downstairs" cowl in the smallest size, by Paula Emons-Fuessle of the Knitting Pipeline podcast. Knit in Mrs. Crosby Hatbox sport-weight in the "French Chambray" colorway. Knit on US7/4.5mm KnitPicks Caspian 16" circular.
2. "Kaerlig" fingerless mitts, by Ysolda Teague. Knit in Quince & Co. Finch in the "Bosc" colorway. Knit on US2.5/3.00mm KnitPicks Sunstruck DPNs.
3. "The Doodler," by Stephen West (2015 WestKnits MKAL). Knit in The Wool Barn Luxury Sock, "Butterfly" colorway; Dream in Color Jilly, "Basalt" colorway; and Manos del Uruguay Fino, "Ivory Letter Opener" colorway. Knit on US4/3.50mm HiyaHiya Sharps, 32" circular.

4. Vanilla socks. Knit in Night Owl Fibers yarn (the base with stellina) in the "Peppermint Swirls" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm HiyaHiya Sharps DPNs. I linked in the show-notes for episode twenty to the tutorial I used for the picot edge.

Spinning:

1. After a while away, I finally finished the third ounce of my YarnRescue Polwarth braid in the "Eggplant" colorway. I'm spinning it on my Schacht Hi-Lo spindle.

Pretty New Yarn!:

1. Two skeins of MadelineTosh Tosh Merino Light in the "Modern Fair Isle" colorway.

2. Freia Fine Handpaints fingering weight in the "South Beach" gradient colorway. AHHHH!

Book:

1. Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey.

2. I mentioned in passing Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton.

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is fantastic. It's a group of glacial lakes on the Minnesota/Canada border (and the BWCAW in the US abuts Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and Voyageurs National Park). And yes, I have carried both a 50lb backpack and a 60lb canoe over quarter- to half-mile portages. If you are curious, here is the website of Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, where my mug is from and the canoe outfitters that my group used (and has used for years).
2. I was wearing my Strand Hill Cardigan (link to my Ravelry project page). Although the sleeves look a bit skewed on the video, they are not that way in real life!

3. Hamilton the musical. Here's their official website. The original cast recording is available as a CD and for streaming on Spotify. The musical, by Lin-Manuel Miranda (the link goes to his bio on the MacArthur Foundation website, because he received a MacArthur Grant this year), is based on the biography by Ron Chernow. And here are the super-helpful annotated lyrics to the full cast recording.

4. If you're in Chicago, the Shedd Aquarium is well worth a visit. I greatly enjoyed visiting with a friend after many years since my previous visit.

5. I am so, so excited to be playing Dan Jones of the Bakery Bears podcast in their knitting quiz show, "Knit or Forfeit," this spring! Our specialist topic will be -- what else?! -- history. Coming to the Bakery Bears podcast sometime this spring.