Podcast show notes - January to March 2017

Episode 67 : Keeping noggins warm (31 March 2017)

Finished objects:
- I finished my Quiet Day shawl by Minna Sorvala (host of the Frostbites podcast) using yarn from Miss Click Clack (Merri Creek Sock in the colours Rufus and Sauterne), Knit Picks (Stroll in the colour Jack Rabbit Heather) and Skein (Top Draw Sock in the colour Citrine).
- I knit a beanie of my own design using Miss Click Clack's Darling Road DK in the Silver Bear colourway.
- I also played with freeform crochet.
Works in progress:
- My sock yarn blanket grew three squares with yarn from Miss Click Clack and Wren & Ollie.
- I finished the body, neckband and started on a sleeve of my Free Spirit pullover, pattern by Annamária Ötvös, using yarn from Miss Click Clack, Circus Tonic Handmade and Knit Picks.

Finished object: I finished my merino/silk fibre spin from The House of Wool as a true three ply and a leftovers two ply yarn.
Works in progress:
- I'm still working on the body of my Free Spirit pullover, pattern by Annamária Ötvös, using yarn from Miss Click Clack, Circus Tonic Handmade and Knit Picks.
- I cast on and have been working on my Quiet Day shawl by Minna Sorvala (host of the Frostbites podcast) using yarn from Miss Click Clack (Merri Creek Sock in the colours Rufus and Sauterne), Knit Picks (Stroll in the colour Jack Rabbit Heather) and Skein (Top Draw Sock in the colour Citrine).
Acquisitions:
- Three new skeins from Circus Tonic Handmade on the Revelry Sock base in the colours: Masked Owl, Grey Hawk and Major Mitchell Cockatoo.

Finished object: I completed a pair of socks that I named Once upon a sock, made from handspun I made with merino/nylon fibre from Wren & Ollie and Novita Nalle yarn for the toes, heels and cuffs.
Works in progress:
- I continued working on the body of my Free Spirit pullover, pattern by Annamária Ötvös, using yarn from Miss Click Clack, Circus Tonic Handmade and Knit Picks.
- I started a spin with merino/silk fibre from The House of Wool which I'm planning to spin as a true three ply.
Acquisitions:
- I received a copy of the Quiet Day shawl by Minna Sorvala, host of the Frostbites podcast.
- I won a bunch of minis from Wren & Ollie from an instagram giveaway.
- And I got a 9" 2.5mm HiyaHiya Sharps short circular needle from Exquisite Yarns.

Finished objects:
- I spun several small balls of yarn from Fondant Fibre rolags.
- I spun a full skein from a Wren & Ollie 75% merino/25% nylon braid in the colourway "Once Upon a Star".
Work in progress:
- I continued working on the body of my Free Spirit pullover, pattern by Annamária Ötvös, using yarn from Miss Click Clack, Circus Tonic Handmade and Knit Picks.
Acquisitions:
- I received my HiyaHiya interchangeables cable stoppers and cable connectors that I ordered from A Chronic Yarnoholic.
- As part of a swap, I received lovely squishy yarns from Yarn Cafe Creations - a 100g skein of Ocean Mist and a 25g mini of Duckling on the Fluffy sock 75% merino/25% nylon base. The dyer, Christy, is one half of the wonderful The Girls in the Yarn Cafe podcast.
Other mentions: I'm contemplating yarn and possibly casting on the Tweel skirt by Anne Hanson.

Finished objects:
- I finished my Scrappy sock head hat with Miss Click Clack's Centre Place Single in the Melbourne Black colourway striped with scrap yarns.
- I also started and finished my Christmas Eve cast on of Mercury Socks, a free pattern by Kim Drotar, using Merino/Nylon/Stellina yarn from The House of Wool in the Wallaby/Moss/Quarry colourway.
- And I finished my Taskutakki cardigan by Veera Välimäki, using Miss Click Clack's Nightman's Highway in the Junkyard Dog colourway.
Work in progress:
- My sock yarn blanket grew four squares from recent project yarns.
- And I cast on a Free Spirit pullover, pattern by Annamária Ötvös, using yarn from Miss Click Clack, Circus Tonic Handmade and Knit Picks.
Acquisitions:
- A bunch of yarns that Santa picked up from Knit Picks.
- HiyaHiya Sharp interchangeable set from Santa.
- HiyaHiya Sharps 2.5mm 15cm/6" needles and Platinum Sock (75% superwash merino/25% nylon) yarn in the "Date Night: Wine and Caramels" colourway from Exquisite Yarns.
- Two 75% superwash merino/25% nylon fibre braids in the colourways "Electric Dreams" and "Once Upon a Star" from Wren & Ollie.