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Ep 133: It Takes a Long Time to Talk About Nothing Mar 28, 2020

Show notes

Our first episode recorded while livestreaming! It takes a really long time to talk about nothing… Because we are recording live people will actually see how long it takes!

Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Marsha's Projects:

I've knit a bit on my Dusk Into Twilight Shawl by Rosemary Hill. I'm done with the short row shaping and on the last row of stripe before I start the final stripe of lace. I'm using Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Replenish Rambouillet fingering dyed by Kelly in three colors, Bourbon and Suede, Falling Leaves, and Aquamarine.

No knitting on my John O Groats socks since we last recorded. Using Yarns From the Plain sock yarn.

Learned from a listener Sarah (salpal1) that the correct pronunciation of Isle au Haut is "eye la hoe". The pattern is by Beatrice Perron Dahlen. I'm using Imperial Yarn Columbia which is an aran weight in the color Juniper Green. We discussed in the last episode that the yarn has lots of knots. About 10-15 per skein. I learned from a listener, Sue, that the ranch no longer owns the yarn line. It's great to get listener feedback! Since the last episode I have finished both sleeves, attached them to the body and knit a little over half the yoke. I added eight stitches to the body for 4" of ease and I then had to remove those stitches in the yoke. The yoke has raglan shaping with a two stitch decrease at the four raglans which equals 8 eight stitches. Perfect! I did one extra row of decreases at the beginning of the raglan. Should be hidden there.

What Marsha is currently watching:

Arne and Carlos Daily Quarantine Knitting Podcast

Kelly's Projects:

I decided to keep going on the Mariannes Cardigan after looking closely at the place where I am alternating skeins. It actually is under my arm when I try it on and it looks ok. It is a pattern by Trine Bertelsen that combines crochet and knitting.

I've made great progress on the Cotswold Ruana and may even finish in time for the Winter Weave Along end (March 31). I have about 18 inches to go before it is ready to come off the loom for finishing. That will go fast since there are only about 8-10 picks per inch. Then I will hem it and wet finish it. I might not finish that part by the end of March.

I started another scrap hat using sock scraps. I'm down to very few tiny scrap balls. But I have some larger sock yarn leftovers. I'm using the rest of the skein of Little Fish Stitches Seabrook Sunset yarn that I got at Seabrook and holding along with a cream colored sock yarn that I'm surprised I have in my stash.

Events

Cosmic Crisp yarn giveaway. Thread in Ravelry (finally!). Enter by April 12th.

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until March 31, so it ends in just a couple days.

Marsha and Kelly are taking an online dog training class from Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. It starts on April 1.

Ep 132: Suspected Yarn Bomber Mar 18, 2020

Show notes

Yarn talk, pandemic talk, and an eye-opening airport security experience. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Marsha's Projects:

I haven't touched my Dusk Into Twilight Shawl by Rosemary Hill since we last recorded. I'm using Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Replenish Rambouillet fingering dyed by Kelly in three colors, Bourbon and Suede, Falling Leaves, and Aquamarine.

I'm knitting on my John O Groats socks as we record. Using Yarns From the Plain sock yarn.

We talked so much in the last episode I forgot to mention that I cast on a pullover called Isle au Haut by Beatrice Perron Dahlen. I'm using Imperial Yarn Columbia which is an aran weight in the color Juniper Green. The yarn has lots of knots. About 10-15 per skein. Really surprising that the company thought this was okay. Maybe this is why the yarn was on sale! My bust is 40" and the finished size choices were 42" or 46". I decided to cast on the smaller size but add eight stitches (2") to get 4" of positive ease. We'll see if my math works.

Kelly's Projects:

Finished the Dew Drop Shawl crochet shawl by Silke Terhorst. My project used a gradient handspun that I made from a Loop Bump in teal, purple, and gray.

While at Stitches I made great progress on the Mariannes Cardigan that I am making as a tee. It is a pattern by Trine Bertelsen that combines crochet and knitting. I've split for the sleeves and I'm several inches down the body. The pattern calls for no waist shaping and I'm thinking about whether to do a little bit of increasing for a slight A-Line.

Events

Cosmic Crisp yarn giveaway. Thread in Ravelry (finally!). Enter by April 12th.

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so get your projects into the FO thread this month.

Silberman & Brown is the stationery store Marsha talks about where she bought her desk blotter.

Ep 131: Pent-Up Conversation Mar 01, 2020

Show notes

An extra large episode about a trip to Stitches West and a lot of projects and news from Kelly. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Marsha

I finished a pullover called Seven Sisters by Sarah Pope using Baa Ram Ewe Dovestone. Love the fit!

I made lots of progress on my Dusk Into Twilight Shawl by Rosemary Hill. I'm using Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Replenish Rambouillet fingering dyed by Kelly in three colors, Bourbon and Suede, Falling Leaves, and Aquamarine. I cast on the night before I left for Iceland and it was bus knitting. I am a little over halfway done. The shawl is going to be big using 1,500 yards.

Haven't knit a stitch on my John O'Groats socks.

Kelly:

First, my newest project: Bailey, a 1-year-old German Shepherd (possible German Shepherd mix). We adopted Bailey in January and we've had her a little over a month. She had a rough first 11 months with about half of them spent fostering in a boarding kennel after the first half of her life landed her in the shelter with no hope of being adoptable. She is doing great and making remarkable progress. She is also a lot of work! But I'm ready to play dog games again and I'm looking forward to having a young dog in training. We've started doing some training, but we start class next week.

She likes listening to the podcast! Thanks to whoever it was at Stitches who suggested it as a solution for her anxiety in the crate when the house is empty.

It's been a long time since I've reported in about my fiber adventures. I finished my Habitat Cardigan, a crochet cardigan by Jess Coppom that I made with Lion Brand Heartland. I finished it in time for the first day back for spring semester for professional development. I got more compliments on this sweater than I have on anything in a long time. I wore it belted and with boots. I've since also worn in around the house unbelted and to work with and without the belt. It's a great sweater!

I also finished Never Have I Ever Socks--Fix or Nix project. I decided to Nix the socks I had started, but instead of destashing the gradient sock blank, I decided to cast on a bigger sock cuff (80 stitiches) and make them long socks. So I started with 80 stitches and decreased with a little calf shaping and they are now finished. I used almost all of the sock blank. What is left is going to be used to reknit the foot of Robert's SF Giants argyles from my argyle class at Stitches 2018.

Since the last episode I was in I've started and finished a Hat for Walking out of a mini-skein set that I got as a door prize at the retreat. It's a sockhead hat using the full amount of slouch so I could use as much of the yarn as possible. It is replacing my old sockhead hat that is faded and developing holes from sun damage.

Stitches West 2020

On our way to Stitches, we stopped in San Jose to visit Fillory Yarns, owned by Andrea Haws, who was on Marsha's Iceland trip.

We had a great time! We met fiber adventurers and connected with friends from previous years.

We took a Tunisian crochet class taught by Cindy Craig. Here is a video about the technique.

The marketplace was great again this year. The vendors we spoke with said yellow and orange were the most purchased colors this year. Dusky burgundy continues to be popular.

Some of the booths we thought were interesting were:

Baltic Linen Designs and The Yarn Dynamic

Loop Fiber Studio

The Royal Bee Yarn Company

Red Fish Dyeworks - We both bought skeins of lace weight silk to make socks.

Saraba African Art - We both bought ikat fabric.

We also met Frank Jernigan of Phrancko Designs. He has designed a program to create a custom fit sweater pattern using a top down, seamless "set in" sleeves. On his website is a video explaining the process. There is also a video of Frank being interviewed by Suzanne Bryan.

Apple Fiber Studio donated a skein of their Cosmic Crisp yarn. Participate in the prize drawing by going to the thread on Ravelry. We'll draw prizes during our first episode in April.

Ep 130: More Iceland Fiber Adventures Feb 08, 2020

Show notes

The second in the Iceland Fiber Adventures series! Marsha and Kim finished their trip and some projects and then head for home. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Kim (KMDesigns) and I had great plans to record every 2-3 days but time, and the need to sleep, meant that we ended up recording Dispatch #2 on the night before we headed home. Therefore, we only discussed what we did that was fiber related but below are links to everything we did.

Fiber Things:

Uppspinni Mini Mill

Haafell Goat and Sheep Farm

Ullaverkstaedi Wool Shop

Hespa Iceland Colors

Reykjavík:

Einar Jonsson Museum

Culture House

National Museum of Reykjavík

Outside Reykjavík:

Thingvellir National Park

Fridhamer Tomato Greenhouses for tour, lunch and Icelandic horses.

Gulfoss Waterfall

Geysir

Farm House and Ice Cream

The Settlement Museum

Glacier Lagoon

Diamond Beach

Djupivogur Fishing Village

Janine Bajus, Pattern Designer, designed two patterns for us to knit, the Convivencia Cowl and Snowflower Hat. These patterns were free to us but I don't see them on Janine's page so you will need to contact her for the designs.

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you still have plenty of time for weaving projects.

Stitches West is February 20-23 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. There is a podcaster meetup hosted by Yarniacs and 2 Knit Lit Chicks on Saturday the 22nd in the lobby bar area of the Hyatt (connected to the Convention Center).

Ep129: Iceland Fiber Adventures Feb 01, 2020

Show notes

A dispatch from Iceland with Marsha and her travel buddy KimFull notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Their hotel was right near the large Church in Rekjavik-Hallgrimskirkja Church.

Rekjavik Food Adventures! Marsha and Kim recommend a food tour as a great way to orient yourself to the city and find out about restaurants you can go back to during your stay in Rekjavik. They visited a famouse Hot Dog stand in Rekjavik, had a fantastic Artic Char at Messin, ate Icelandic rye bread, Lava cake, ice cream, and frozen carmel corn.

They bought yarn at a few places including the Handknitting Association of Iceland and FK Supermarket in Iceland. All grocery stores should stock yarn! Wouldn't that be great? They went to more yarn stores, including Handprjon Yarn Shop, Litla Yarn Shop, and Alafoss Yarn Shop. One of the yarns they saw was a Polish hand-dyed yarn called Martin's Lab Yarn.

The tour was originally planned with Cat Bordhi leading it but the tour leader was changed to Janine Bajus, Pattern Designer. She designed some patterns that the group can knit along the way.

They visited Blue Lagoon Iceland and tried a few facial masks.

The group spent a day at Salt Eldhus taking cooking classes while the wind howled outside. The view was beautiful and they were able to see the windstorm while they cooked lunch.

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you have plenty of time for weaving projects.

Ep 128: A Sweater Quantity of Dishtowels Jan 19, 2020

Show notes

Knitting, crochet and weaving are all in full swing! Also a frenzy of casting on for a trip to Iceland. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Kelly's Projects

I'm close to finishing the crocheted sweater! It's the Habitat Cardigan, crochet cardigan by Jess Coppom. I'm making it with the Lion Brand Heartland that is called for in the pattern. The sleeves are on the hook right now and it should be done by the end of the weekend.

I'm still hooking along on the Dew Drop Shawl crochet shawl by Silke Terhorst. My project is using a gradient handspun that I made from a Loop Bump in teal, purple, and gray. Once the sweater is finished I'll work on this more and get it finished.

Stashbuster Weaving. Warp problems are fixed! Crowd-sourcing works! Several listeners helped with this problem. The bottom line is that when warping multiple threads at the same time I need to make sure they don't twist as I put them on the warping board. Winding onto a warping reel rather than a warping board can somewhat alleviate this problem, it seems. That would explain why the warping process in the video didn't talk about this potential problem. I could also use a warping paddle as another potential solution. Or I could go back to warping with one or two threads at a time instead of 4.

I finished my Christmas cast-on of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. It was from a fun kit that my mom found at her Joann store. The pattern is by Ann Franklin.

Never Have I Ever Socks--Fix or Nix project: I have resurrected and fixed these instead of nixed. I am knitting them in tandem on dpns and making them longs socks using a larger stitch count to fit on my calves. So far I am really enjoying them. The double sock blank gradient from Invictus Yarns was too beautiful to nix and destash.

Marsha's Projects

I finished Shared Rib by Anne Hanson as a cowl and love it! The yarn, Old Maiden Aunt fingering in the colorway Crimson Lips, is wonderfully soft.

I finished the first sock of my John O Groats Socks and have knit about 2" on the second sock. I'm using Yarns From the Plains fingering weight in the colorway Cumbrian View. I bought the yarn from the dyer at the Caithness Craft Retreat in May. The pattern I'm using is the sock recipe from Nancy Lindberg, NL7 Knit to Fit Socks.

I'm getting ready for my Iceland trip from January 17 to February 3. I'm still mulling over what clothes to bring, but I have my projects ready to go!

I'll be bringing a sweater called Seven Sisters by Sarah Pope using Dovestone Baa Ram Ewe from my stash. Pattern starts with a tubular cast on and is straight stockinette until I stop, knit the sleeves and join them to body and begin the yoke pattern. Should be good airplane and talking knitting.

Also bringing a shawl, Dusk Into Twilight, by Rosemary (Romi) Hill. I'm using our Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Replenish Rambouillet in fingering weight. It's a three color shawl and I'll use Falling Leaves (multi), Bourbon and Suede (Rust), and Aquamarine (aqua). I think the pattern will also be good for knitting and talking.

Because I was in the mood to cast on a sweater and use my stash, I cast on a second sweater called Isle au Haut Pullover by Beatrice Perron Dahlen. The stash yarn I'm using is Columbia from Imperial Yarns. It will be an unusual project for me: an aran weight pullover with a high collar.

Daphne's Skull designed by Ellen Sibelius of Wooly Wonders hasn't been worked on at all since we last recorded. I thought I would set a goal to finish it by Stitches West the end of February. But that's unrealistic since I will be in Iceland. I will be lucky to get it done in time for the NoCKRs retreat. If I do, I can bring it to Kelly's and use her washer to felt it.

Giveaway Winners!

Fix It or Nix It Winner won a pattern of her choice up to $12.00

Quarterly Patreon Drawing winner won yarn from Quintessential Knits: Intrepid Otter northwest dyer, Superwash merino sock yarn. Green with navy speckles. Colorway "12" referring to the Seattle Seahawks football team.

Thank you to patrons who supported us in 2019. Thanks also to the newest patrons Nathalie and Martha. To support us on Patreon go to patreon.com/twoewes.

There are threads in the Ravelry discussion board if you have questions that you would like us to answer. Also, we are soliciting ideas for the kind of contests and "Alongs" that you would like to see in 2020.

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you have plenty of time for weaving projects.

Iceland January 17-February 3 Marsha and her friend Kim will be travelling to Iceland with Janine Bajus, who will be replacing Cat Bordhi as our guide and teacher on this trip.

Ep 127: Part 2 of the Mega (Butt) Episode Jan 04, 2020

Show notes

Part two of the Mega Episode! Marsha's projects, an upcoming trip, and hopes for the New Year. If you haven't heard episode 126, please go back to get all the fun! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

When last we heard from the Northwest heroine she had a dilemma. To rip back and use the correct needle size or keep going and bind off, leaving a mistake that probably no one would notice. What did she do? Read on and find out!

Marsha's Projects

Almost done with Shared Rib by Anne Hanson as a cowl. Old Maiden Aunt fingering in the colorway Crimson Lips. I finished the six rows of ribbing and was about to bind off when I realized the ribbing was suppose to be worked with the smaller needles. Ripped back and knitted ribbing again.

Daphne's Skull designed by Ellen Sibelius of Wooly Wonders is not quite finished.I haven't picked it up since we last recorded. I've set a goal to finish it by Stitches West the end of February because KnittyBarb wants me to bring it to the show.

I'm about to start the toe decreases of the first sock of my John O Groats Socks using Yarns From the Plains fingering weight in the colorway Cumbrian View. I bought the yarn from the dyer at the Caithness Craft Retreat in May. The pattern I'm using is the sock recipe from Nancy Lindberg, NL7 Knit to Fit Socks.

Thinking about casting on a sweater either using New Lanark DK or Dovestone Baa Ram Ewe. Need a project for my trip to Iceland in January.

Fix it or Nix It Ended the first of January. Neither Marsha nor Kelly got their button bands reinforced, but there were a few fixes for each and Kelly nixed a few pairs of half-finished socks.

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you have plenty of time for weaving projects.

Fiber Goals--do you have them?

Kelly is interested in the tension between goals, challenges and to-do lists, and the idea that fiber crafts are a hobby that we do for fun. Do you have more fun when you have goals and challenges or when you have wide open choices? We can discuss this on the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Group on Ravelry. Come join the conversation!

Marsha's Hopes for 2020

Health (weight, walking, core, knees, vitamins, attitude)

In this part of the conversation we talked a little about developing habits and the book The Power of Habit

Fun (fibery stuff, travel, cooking, agility)
Fiber (colorwork class, Mark's afghan, spinning, more projects for others)

Here Kelly said that she is looking for balance in her hobbies so that she is able to do all of them.

Decreased governmental chaos

Marsha's distress and anxiety over the state of the country transcends political "sides" and led Kelly to add the following resource.

Bryan Stevenson on Hope

To hear an excellent discussion on hop by Bryan Stevenson, jump to about 55:30 in this episode of the Stay Tuned podcast. Bryan Stevenson is a death penalty attorney who founded the Equal Justice Initiative. He is the author of the book Just Mercy (also being made into a movie). Kelly highly recommends listening to this short discussion on hope.

Ep 126: Two Ewes Cooking-for-Days Adventures! Dec 30, 2019

Show notes

Marsha was a Marvelous Hostess for the Holidays and Kelly is considering a career as a Gingerbread Architect! Holiday shenanigans meant the Ewes haven't talked in awhile. This was a MEGA episode but polling in the Ravelry Group led to us splitting this into two regular episodes. This is the first of the pair. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

We had lots of catching up to do so the fibery content starts late. Skip to about the 27:30 minute mark if you'd prefer to get right to the fiber adventures. In our conversation about Christmas I promised the Spruce Eats blog links to the gingerbread house recipes. Here they are:

Structural Gingerbread

Royal Icing

Gingerbread House Tips

Kelly's Projects

My newest cast on is a knitted Nativity from a Kit that my mom got me for Christmas.

I'm close to finishing the crocheted sweater! It's the Habitat Cardigan crochet cardigan by Jess Coppom. I'm making it with the Lion Brand Heartland that is called for in the pattern. I'm doing the ribbing right now and I've made some modifications to the pattern due to my tight crocheting and maybe my choice of sweater size. I don't think that the positive ease is built into the pattern.

I'm still hooking along on the Dew Drop Shawl crochet shawl by Silke Terhorst. My project is using a gradient handspun that I made from a Loop Bump in teal, purple, and gray. The rows are getting bigger and bigger as I go so they are taking a long time.

I finished four towels (out of a warp of six) of my Stashbuster Weaving. These dishtowels have yellow/gold/orange/brown tones in warp, and I used mostly a cream/yellow cotton weft. My favorite of the four towels I alternated wefts. I used the pattern LDLLD with the cream as the light and a gold cotolin as the weft. I also used pebbleweave and another twill variation so each towel was a different weave structure. They were given as gifts for Christmas. I will have to straighten out my warp before I tie back on. I had some tangling starting to happen and I'm not sure what I did wrong. It's my first back to front warp and also my first time winding warp threads four at a time. Somehow in each bout of four there was twisting and tangling and it was ok until the end of the fourth towel. By that time the threads were so twisted it was affecting their ability to pull through the heddles as I advanced the warp.

I've made two of the Mash it Up hats from the pattern Marsha talked about in a previous episode. I'm using sock yarn scraps that I had been saving for baby socks. I was tired of having so much and I wanted to deplete the jar. They will be charity hats.

Marsha's Projects

I finished a Mash It Up hat for Ben's girlfriend using this free pattern by Babs Ausherman that uses sock yarn scraps. Great stash buster pattern. The first hat was too big so I knit a second (middle size) that fits great.

I also gave Ben and Bar each a skein of Shepherd's Wool worsted to knit them an 1898 Hat. I hope to finish Bar's before she leaves on January 9th.

I'm almost done with Shared Rib by Anne Hanson as a cowl. Old Maiden Aunt fingering in the colorway Crimson Lips. Had a mistake and debated ripping back. Check the next episode to see how this ends!

The sequel to this cliff hanger episode will be published the weekend of January 4th!

Ep 125: Liquid Traditions Dec 21, 2019

Show notes

Eggnog, Syllabub, and more. Talking holiday drink traditions with Kelly's husband, Robert. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

The Uncle's Eggnog

When Robert's Uncle Phillip died, his dad gave him an envelope of family pictures that Uncle Phillip had. The eggnog recipe was in the envelope so presumably it was part of Uncle Phillip's things. Uncle Phillip and Uncle Jerry had lived together for some years before Uncle Jerry died so we call it The Uncle's Eggnog. We really don't know where it came from or how they used it. I cut it down to a household size that makes about two quarts before you add in the eggwhites. After adding in the eggwhites it makes about 3 quarts, but if it sits in the refrigerator for a time before you give it away to friends the eggs will deflate and you can use the third quart to make the first two quart jars full again.

Syllabub

This recipe came from a story Robert heard on NPR in 2009 about making Syllabub at Colonial Williamsburg. We made this over the holiday season and were enchanted. It is pretty magical how it turns out. I highly recommend this for dessert on New Year's Eve. If you wanted to bring a gift of syllabub you could make it in some glasses that you would give to the recipient filled with the finished dessert. Here are three different recipe versions from the Colonial Williamsburg website.

Podie's Manhattans

The key is a 2:1 ratio of bourbon to vermouth. Another key part of this recipe is to keep the whiskey in the freezer so it doesn't get diluted by ice when mixing! Robert also keeps the glasses chilled when he is planning to make Manhattans. Podie taught him to use Maker's Mark, but he also uses Bulleit Bourbon to make them. The cherries that Robert uses are Tillen Farms Bada Bing cherries.

Tree Trimming Drink for Kids of All Ages

When I was a child, our family tradition for tree decorating was a punchbowl full of 7-Up and lime sherbet. Robert and I continued this tradition for years but it became more and more difficult to find lime sherbet. And, let's be honest, we found other drinks! But if you can find the sherbet, or if you want to make your own lime sherbet, put it into a punchbowl and pour cold 7-Up over the top. It's pretty and festive and makes an occasion out of tree decorating!

Thank you, Robert, for contributing to this bonus episode!

Thank you all for the reviews on Apple Podcasts! It's so nice to hear from you! Marsha and I will be back next week for a regular episode.

Ep 124: Catching Up, Crochet Projects, and Creative Stash Busting Dec 07, 2019

Show notes

Crochet projects on the hooks and knitting projects on the needles! We're finally back but not with full technology just yet. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

Kelly's Projects

I finished two gnomes for my mom using the Oh Gnome You Didn't pattern by Sarah Schira. I added beards to the gnomes instead of using a scarf. They are really cute with their hands in their pockets and tassels on their hats!

I started a new crocheted sweater! It's the Habitat Cardigan crochet cardigan by Jess Coppom. It's big and cozy and I'm making it with the Lion Brand Heartland that is called for in the pattern.

I've also started a crochet shawl. It's called the Dew Drop Shawl crochet shawl by Silke Terhorst. My project is using a gradient handspun that I made from a Loop Bump in teal, purple, and gray.

The Sonny Bono Jacket is once again on hold and in need of another skein of yarn. One sleeve is done,(twice because the first one was way too wide), but I don't think I have enough yarn for the second sleeve and the collar.

I've also been doing some Stashbuster Weaving. These are dishtowels with yellow/gold/orange/brown tones in the warp, using cream/yellow cotton weft.

Marsha's Projects

I'm working on Shared Rib by Anne Hanson as a cowl. Old Maiden Aunt fingering in the colorway Crimson Lips. About halfway done.

Daphne's Skull designed by Ellen Sibelius of Wooly Wonders is not quite finished. I finished the teeth on the bottom jaw. Need to knit 16 teeth for the upper jaw. Slow going. Using 000 needles.

Meanwhile, I started a new project! John O Groats Socks are a pair of socks using Yarns From the Plains fingering weight in the colorway Cumbrian View. I bought the yarn from the dyer at the Caithness Craft Retreat in May. The pattern I'm using is the sock recipe from Nancy Lindberg, NL7 Knit to Fit Socks.

Mash It Up is the newest pattern on my needles. Started a hat for Ben's girlfriend using this free pattern by Babs Ausherman that uses sock yarn scraps. Great stash buster pattern.

2019 in Review

We took a look at our Ravelry project pages using the advanced search button and then filtering by Year Finished. It's a fun way to look at the data in your projects.

Kelly's Year in Review--Finished in 2019

5 pair of socks (4 shorties, 1 regular, all for me)

9 charity hats from spirit yarn

2 sweaters

1 shawl, a pair of cowls, a shawlette

2 Gnomes, 1 bee, 1 tarantula,10 bears, 1 sugar skull

3 (K)Not Along projects--quilt top and 2 punch needle projects

No finished weaving, finished crochet projects are Bee, Tarantula, and most of the bears.

Almost zero spinning! That's what happens when you break your foot, I guess!

Marsha's Year in Review--Finished in 2019

4 Sweaters

2 Tees (So that's really 6 sweaters!!!!!)

4 hats

3 pair of socks

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you have plenty of time for weaving projects.

Fix it or Nix It--Starts November 1st and goes through January 1. Join the planning on the Ravelry group discussion board.

St. Distaff Day 2020 is Saturday, January 4th at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, Washington. It is put on by a Chapter of the Northwest Regional Spinners Association.

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