Episode 027 (Ottawa, Canada)

Recorded on Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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Thank YousPodcasters who did reviews of the Point/Counterpoint, Vol. 2 collection (check out episode 026 for more info):

• Prairie Girls Knit and Spin
• Suburban Stitcher
• Actually Knitting
• Jenn Sheelen
• Bookish Stitcher
• Imagined Landscapes
• Just One More Row
• Knitting Butterflies

Click here to see the collection in Ravelry!

Get 25% off from March 31, 2017 with the code SPRING25 in your Ravelry checkout.

• violawv - Judy from Columbia, MD
• Skeinanigans - Melissa from Cincinnati, OH
• Come say hi on the Introduce Yourself thread in Ravelry!
• BostonJen for sending me her new World of Difference shawl pattern
• TheProjectBag for giving me two patterns: Passerine Hat by Erica Heussar and Crescendo (see FOs below)

FOsCrescendo by Erin Donahue ($2.50 on Ravelry) on U.S. 7 (4.5 mm) in Miss Babs Yowza (100% merino in Celebration colorway). (Same yarn I used for a Garter Ear Flap Hat.)

WIPsFitzcarraldo Knee Socks by Kate Atherley (published in Custom Socks: Knit to Fit Your Feet) (reviewed in episode 006) on U.S. 1 (2.25 mm) in Fiber Optic Yarn Foot Notes (80% superwash merino, 20% nylon in Brimstone colorway).

Caius by me (coming soon to Ravelry) on U.S. 7 (4.5 mm) in Patons North America Classic Wool Merino (discontinued, replaced as Patons Classic Wool, supposedly the same thing, 100% wool in Worn Denim colorway). Knitting size 8.

Plotting and KALsGraduate Your Stash KAL - coming May 15 - June 30, 2017. Use up the oldest stuff (fiber or yarn) in your stash and help it become a finished object! There will be prizes for participation and finished objects. Start thinking about your oldest stuff now - or just start. WIPs count. You just need to finish within the contest dates. Also accepting donations for prizes!SpinningWoolpiggeryHeart on My Sleeve by Tin Can KnitsPeople Knitting: A Century of Photographs by Barbara LevineKnitting on SafariUpcoming

• Homespun Yarn Party, March 19, 2017, 12-5 PM at Savage Mill in Savage, Maryland
• Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, May 6-7, 2017 at the Howard County Fairgrounds in Maryland
• Into the Wool Fiber Retreat, September 21-24, 2017 in Tennessee – spots still open! Listen to episode 019 to hear about the 2016 retreat.

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