10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 68 - Stranding

Links to things I mentioned:

• Simple Skyp Socks
• Speckled Space Socks + my project page with notes
• Driftwood 
• OctoMitts 
• Cornwall Spring Mittens
• Perianth + Dancing Leaf Farm
• Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread 
• CGP Grey links: most recent video (as of June 25), as well as his podcasts Cortex and Hello Internet and the blog post I mentioned 
• Irresistible 
• Other links: Veritasium on attention, Cal Newport on how you don't need social media to be successful, Time Dorks on making your smartphone distraction free (I've done this except for removing email, since having email available on my phone makes me less tethered to my desk at work) and the danger of "infinity pools"

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Question of the Week

What is something new you have tried lately?  How did it go?

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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 67 - Swamp thing

Links to things I mentioned:

• Simple Skyp Socks
• Speckled Space Socks + my project page with notes
• Driftwood + seaming a seamless sweater
• KnitPicks interchangeable needles (these are the specific tips and cords I bought)
• Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread
• Trailer for the 2017 version of The Mummy

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Question of the Week

What is something (book, movie, yarn, pattern, etc) you have encountered recently that didn't quite live up to expectations?

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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 65 - When it rains, it pours

Links to things I mentioned:

• Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
• Broken Jack 
• Paulie
• Flax Light
• Simple Skyp Socks
• Speckled Space Socks + my project page with notes
• Greystone
• Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread
• Books I mentioned: Essentialism, Simple Matters (the author of this book also has a pretty good blog), Stumbling on Happiness, Rabid, Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing, The Violinist's Thumb, The Disappearing Spoon
• Yarn to Table Podcast

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Question of the Week

Show me your technique for weaving in ends!  Either in pictures, video, or paint a picture with words. :-)

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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 64 - I've bought a lot of yarn lately

Thank you to everyone who let me well-wishes while I was sick!  They definitely helped to pull me out of my funk and I appreciate it.  :-)

Links to things I mentioned:

• Tailwind
• Flying North
• Broken Jack 
• Paulie
• Speckled Space Socks
• Greystone
• Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread
• Vlog #4 and vlog #5

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Question of the Week

What do you do to pick up your mood when you are sick?  For me, it's anything that makes me feel productive, even if that's just taking a shower.

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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 63 - Only 8 more months to Christmas!

Links to things I mentioned:

• Blueberry Waffle Socks
• Flying North
• Paulie
• Coffee Cantata
• Speckled Space Socks
• Garter or something yellow KAL chatter thread
• The Dorito Effect
• Grunt

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Question of the Week

What are your summer knitting plans?

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