• Off the Needles
• On the Needles
• Brainstorming
• From the Armchair
• Knitting in Passing
• Events
• Contest, News & Notes
• On a Happy Note

Off the Needles

• Pattern: Sachet of Love by Maria Bittner (free)
• Yarn: scraps of worsted weight
• Hook: H (5.0 mm)

• Pattern: Small Crocheted Rhino by Kristi Tullus 3.50 Euro/ $4 US
• Calls for DK Weight yarn and a B hook (2.25 mm)
• Yarn: Cascade 220 SW
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)

• Pattern: Small Long Legged Bunny by Kristi Tullus- Free Pattern
• Calls for DK Weight yarn and a B hook (2.25 mm)
• Yarn: Cascade 220 SW
• Hook: C (2.75 mm)

On the Needles

• Yarn: KnitCircus Yarn Greatest of Ease 80/20 Merino Nylon (400 yards) Colorway: Come What May. 

• Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Lightweight in the Light at the End of the Tunnel Colorway
• Cast on: Leap Day- Feb 29th

• Yarn: Regia Design line by Arne & Carlos

Brainstorming

• I’d like to make more of crochet projects in patterns by-  Kristi Tullus. 5 free patterns– bunny is one of them, if you want to it out
• I’m thinking of starting another scrap project. Sue of the Legacy Knitz Podcast on YouTube (not Deb, as I said on the show. Sorry for the mistake!) made a mitered square log cabin blanket. She started with 4×4 mitered squares in similar color palette then added a cream colored log cabin border

From the Armchair

• Bloodline on Netflix
• Modern Romance by  Aziz Ansari

• Henry’s Hat by Joanna and Eric Johnson, published by Slate Falls Press.  Aila (my 6 year old niece) and I reviewed this together and thoroughly enjoyed it.
  • Signed copies available in Etsy Shop. Also available on Amazon
• Wool & Wire Jewelry available at NeverNotKnitting
  • Necklace $32.00
  • Earrings– $28 (I have B & D as shown on website)
  • Purse Clip $28
  • I can’t recommend this highly enough. I wear my pieces nearly every day of the week. They’re gorgeous, well made and classy!

Knitting in Passing

• I helped my friend Megg work on her sock leg and turn her first heel while my nephew Oisin worked on his knitted scarf project. 
• Posted on Instagram about doing the citric acid treatment on my newly finished socks.   For instructions check out this post by Jasmin of the Knitmore Girls Podcast. The link I mentioned as a source for purchasing Citric Acid is here.

Events

• 12 Months to Christmas FO Thread
• 12 Months to Christmas Chat Thread 
• Next episode I will pull winners for these 2 prizes:
  • Jodi of Sunsoaked Yarns on Etsy- offering a skein of worsted weight yarn in colorway of winner’s choice.
  • Holland Handmade Project bag
• In May, we’ll pull for some more winners.
  • Skein of fingering weight yarn from Western Sky Knits.
  • Pattern from Kino Knits: Maribou

Contests, News and Notes 

• Tune in to see if you won the skein of Tink Yarn
• This episode we have a contest sponsored by Sarah Schira for her Pomball Hat Collection, a 5 hat eBook collection. Check out the Pomball Hat Contest Thread in DCS Podcast Rav Group and enter to win a copy of the eBook containing all 5 hats!

• I took my niece Millie to the zoo for her 4th birthday
• I got my order of Tony’s Coffee– Cafe Carmelita.
• Took my niece Aila to her dance classes last weekend.
• Bought some yarn at Webs after my friend Suzanne posted on Facebook. KFI Luxury- Indulgence Cashmere $12.99 a skein (normally about $25). 75% merino, 25% polyamide, 5% cashmere. Not superwash…  and I didn’t realize when I purchased it that it’s not fingering even though that’s how its categorized on website. At 150g/437 yards it’s more like a heavy sport.  Will still work great for socks and will be great gifts knits.