Wherein we rent a car and do stuff!
Etsy announcement
You can find my Etsy shop here.
Thanks in advance for any purchases!
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 69 - Baby Groot has a leaf!
Question of the Week
Do you ever have recurring dreams? If so, do you know what causes them?
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"
Question of the Week
What is something new you have tried lately? How did it go?
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
Question of the Week
What is something (book, movie, yarn, pattern, etc) you have encountered recently that didn't quite live up to expectations?
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 66 - Testing my new setup!
Links to things I mentioned:
Question of the Week
What is something awesome that happened to you this week?
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
Question of the Week
Show me your technique for weaving in ends! Either in pictures, video, or paint a picture with words. :-)
Vlog #6 - May 13, 2017
Wherein we explore the Taste of Virginia at Kings Dominion!
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:
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.
Vlog #5 - May 10-12, 2017
Wherein we go to DC!
I'm sick... (no episode May 9)
Vlog #4 - April 30, 2017
Wherein I make curtains!
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 63 - Only 8 more months to Christmas!
Question of the Week
What are your summer knitting plans?
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 62 - Mismatched shorties
Question of the Week
What is your preferred method for carrying unused yarn along your work while doing stripes?
Vlog #3 - April 1, 2017
Vlog #2 - March 24, 2017
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 61 - No time for knitting
Question of the Week
Do you celebrate Easter/Passover/any other spring holidays? If so, what do you do to celebrate them?
Vlog #1 - March 18, 2017
10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 60 - "Back to you, future me"
Links to things I mentioned:
- Project page for my scrap hat
- Mirkwood
- Sheep and Pickle Mock Cable Sock
- Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
- Flax Light
- This is the yarn that I bought for dyeing
- My dyeing tutorial
- Yarn to Table Podcast (youtube, ravelry group)
- Garter or something yellow KAL chatter thread
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Question of the Week
How do you pick yourself up from moderately bad news? Not death-in-the-family bad news, just something that's sort of a bummer.
Tutorial - How to dye yarn (in your kitchen!)
There's not really anything to link here, but definitely share your results if this spurs you to dye your first skein of yarn! I can be found on Twitter, Instagram, and Ravelry as @purlbug and you can find the Revelry group for the 10,000 Stitches Podcast here.