Episode Thirty-One -- KAL Time, Summer Time!

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

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WIPs:
1. "Fair Isle Flower Socks" by Candice DeWitt. Knit in Regia Premium Line Extra Twist Merino in colorway 09365 and Malabrigo Sock in the "Lettuce" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm KnitPro Zing DPNs.

2. Vanilla + Cable socks. Knit in Regia Nuance Color in colorway 04989. Knit on US1/2.25mm Knitter's Pride Karbonz DPNs.
3. "Fine and Dandy Socks" by The Sweater Co. Knit in Camelot Dyeworks Galahad sock in the "Sunflower" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm HiyaHiya Sharps DPNs.
4. "Three Color (not-cashmere) Shawl," using the 3 Color Cashmere Shawl pattern by Joji Locatelli. Knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the "Modern Fair Isle" colorway and Kismet Fiber Arts Soul in the "Lucky Penny" and "Juniper" colorways. Knit on US6/4.00mm 32" HiyaHiya Sharps circular.

Pretty New Yarn!:

Selbu Spinneri yarn from Norway

Book:
Ship Fever, by Andrea Barrett. I have another collection of her short stories, Servants of the Map, which I am hoping to read this summer.

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. Folks. Cold-brew iced coffee. SO GOOD. I always thought cold-brew was one of those overrated things that required lots of effort -- I think I got this idea because cold-brew coffee concentrate is really pricey at stores. I was wrong. Nothing could be easier. I put a little vanilla almond milk in mine; I like hot coffee black, but iced coffee with a little milk. Smitten Kitchen has instructions!
2. We're having another KAL! It's with the lovely Robyn and Merry of the Cherry Purls podcast. The Summer Colors KAL will run from June 1 through July 31, and the idea is to knit something using at least two different colorways of yarn (you can use more!). WIPs that are less than 50% done may be entered. There is a chatter thread in the Ravelry group and the FO thread will go up on 1 June, so come on over and let us know what you will be knitting. There's also an Instagram hashtag, which I keep forgetting to mention -- #summercolorskal.

Episode Thirty - WIP Multiplication

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

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FOs:

1. "Waiting for Rain" shawl by Sylvia Bo Bilvia. Knit in Cedar House Yarns Sapling Sock in the "Fog" colorway and Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the "Candlewick" colorway. Knit on US6/4.00mm 32" HiyaHiya Sharps circular.

2. Spinning! Punis from Naturally Knitty in the "Crazy Like a Fox!" colorway. I ended up with about 110yds and just under 2oz.

WIPs:
1. Vanilla + Cable socks. Knit in Regia Nuance Color in colorway 04989. Knit on US1/2.25mm Knitter's Pride Karbonz DPNs. If you would like to replicate the cable, check out my Ravelry project page.

2. "Fair Isle Flower Socks" by Candice DeWitt. Knit in Regia Premium Line Extra Twist Merino in colorway 09365 and Malabrigo Sock in the "Lettuce" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm KnitPro Zing DPNs.

3. "Fine and Dandy Socks" by The Sweater Co. Knit in Camelot Dyeworks Galahad sock in the "Sunflower" colorway. Knit on US1/2.25mm HiyaHiya Sharps DPNs.

4. "Three Color (not-cashmere) Shawl," using the 3 Color Cashmere Shawl pattern by Joji Locatelli. Knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the "Modern Fair Isle" colorway and Kismet Fiber Arts Soul in the "Lucky Penny" and "Juniper" colorways. Knit on US6/4.00mm 32" HiyaHiya Sharps circular.

Spinning:
I began spinning my Malabrigo Nube fiber in the Piedras colorway. It is 100% merino. I'm spinning it on my Schacht Hi-Lo spindle as usual.

Books:
1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (I also mentioned Vile Bodies, which satirizes the "Bright Young Things" of 1920s London)

2. Love in a Cold Climate, by Nancy Mitford.

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. If any newer viewers are interested in the saga of the green & cream socks, you can view my project page here (I used cream for the heels and toes only, not the cuffs). I went through a false start with a pattern, but they appeared as a WIP in their vanilla form in Episode Seven (which is named after them, in fact!).

2. While I was knitting the Fair Isle Flower Socks, I was watching Peaky Blinders. It's available on Netflix in the US. It is an excellent show, though with swearing, violence, and other adult content it is not child-friendly. It takes place in Birmingham in the 1920s and follows the escapades of the Shelby family, who are in charge of the Peaky Blinders gang. The Peaky Blinders (so-called for the razor blades sewn into the peaks of their flat caps) were a real gang, but the show is only loosely based on them. Cillian Murphy is excellent as Tommy Shelby, though Helen McCrory as Aunt Polly really steals the show for me. It's kind of an anti-Downton Abbey, if you will.
2. We're having another KAL! It's with the lovely Robyn and Merry of the Cherry Purls podcast. The Summer Colors KAL will run from June 1 through July 31, and the idea is to knit something using at least two different colorways of yarn (you can use more!). WIPs that are less than 50% done may be entered. There will be a chatter thread in the Ravelry group starting today, so come on over and let us know what you will be knitting. There's also an Instagram hashtag, which I keep forgetting to mention -- #summercolorskal.

Episode Twenty-Nine - Caffeinate

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

Please get in touch!

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

WIPs:
1. Vanilla + Cable socks. Knit in Regia Nuance Color in colorway 04989. Knit on US1/2.25mm Knitter's Pride Karbonz DPNs. If you would like to replicate the cable, check out my Ravelry project page.

2. "Waiting for Rain" shawl by Sylvia Bo Bilvia. Knit in Cedar House Yarns Sapling Sock in the "Fog" colorway" and Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in the "Candlewick" colorway. Knit on US6/4.00mm 32" HiyaHiya Sharps circular.

Spinning:

I am plying my punis from Naturally Knitty in the "Crazy Like a Fox!" colorway. The punis include Falkland, merino, Shetland, and targhee, and I have 2oz.

Next Up:

1. I am thinking of casting on a 3 Color Cashmere Shawl, designed by Joji Locatelli. I have a skein of madelinetosh tosh merino light in the "Modern Fair Isle" colorway, and two skeins of Kismet Fiber Arts Soul in the "Lucky Penny" and "Juniper" colorways.

2. My next spinning project will be a 4oz braid of Malabrigo Nube in the Piedras colorway.

3. I'm also considering several plans for a hap. I was right; they are from Shetland. There are some good images on Gudrun Johnston's website. It will probably take me a while to cast on, and I may wait until Kate Davies' new hap book is released.

Pretty New Yarn:
A very kind friend of the podcast gave me three skeins of yarn. Two are for YOU (as prizes in forthcoming KALs) and one is for me!

1. West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-Ply in the "Goldfinch" colorway

2. Kirby Wirby Yarns Soft & Squishy in the "KW Rainbow" colorway

3. Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce in the "Double Tap" colorway

Book:
Dancer, by Colum McCann. (I also mentioned Let the Great World Spin, also by Colum McCann. I've also read and enjoyed another of his novels, TransAtlantic.)

Other Miscellaneous Mentions:
1. I was wearing my Beltane shawl, which was the Kelbourne Woolens MKAL in 2014.

2. We're having another KAL! It's with the lovely Robyn and Merry of the Cherry Purls podcast. The Summer Colors KAL will run from June 1 through July 31, and the idea is to knit something using at least two different colorways of yarn (you can use more!). WIPs that are less than 50% done may be entered. More details will be forthcoming, but pick your patterns and yarn!