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Today’s segments include: drafting, fully drafted, summer reading, five favorite things, and noteworthy. Pull out your knitting and let’s knit together!
Drafting:
Fish lips kiss heel socks by Sox Therapist in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso 75% merino/25% nylon colorway NYC New Year’s on size 1/2.25mm 32″ Hiya Hiya sharp circular.
Nanaimo socks by Cookie A in Marigoldjen 75% BFL, 25% nylon colorway Earl Grey on size 1/2.25mm 32″ Hiya Hiya sharp circular.
Spinning Into the Whirled Corriedale colorway Flounce on my Ashford Traveller spinning wheel. I’m spinning from the fold for the first time.
Fully Drafted:
Spinning Into the Whirled Polwarth/Silk colorway Moriarty on my Ashford Traveller spinning wheel. Plied two ways: 144 yards of 2-ply and 108 yards of Navajo-ply.
Spinning Three Waters Farm BFL colorway Honky Tonk on my Ashford Traveller spinning wheel. Worsted weight, 9-10 wpi, 197 yards of 2-ply. For the Knitgirllls SAL/KAL. Now I have to pick a pattern–I’m thinking of knitting a hat.
Summer reading: Read along for Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Here are discussion questions for this week: What are your thoughts about/experience with the extrovert ideal? What do you value in leadership?
Five Favorite Things:
I bought more things!
1. Two Sisters yarn company Big Sky Base colorway Outlander
2. Into the Whirled English Shetland colorway Andraste
3. Between on Netflix
4. Ascension Syfy Mini-series
5. Konito party game
Noteworthy: SSK is in July. My friend Genna, GennawithaGee on ravelry, is going to SSK with me! This means I’m driving, so I can take my spinning wheel along. Thus, I decided to take the woolen drafting class also.