Podcast show notes - July to December 2017

Episode 77 : Love it, love it, love it! (7 December 2017)

Finished object: My Speckle & Pop! Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2017 was knit with yarns from Miss Click Clack, Gradient Aus which is now called By Briony, Wren & Ollie and Circus Tonic Handmade.
Works in progress:
- I'm still working on my Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig using Miss Click Clack's Shark Bay Lace in the Plumbum colourway.
- My scrap yarn blanket grew squares from Smudged Yarns, Miss Click Clack and Wren & Ollie.
- I cast on socks using yarns from Knit Picks - Stroll in the Dandelion colourway and Felici in the Chickadee colourway.
- I'm working on a new sock design using Circus Tonic Handmade's Revelry Sock in the Major Mitchell Cockatoo colourway.
- And I'm making up a tortoise using 4 Seasons yarn from Spotlight.
Acquisitions: From Trysten of The Girls in the Yarn Cafe podcast fame and dyer behind Dragon Hoard Yarn I received a few skeins in a swap: Trelawney on the Fluffy Sock base, and Molly Weasley on the Dragon Scales base. I also picked up a ChiaGoo Red Lace Circular 40" 2.25mm needle from Blayney Sew N More, and a ball of Wendy Happy 75% Bamboo/25% Nylon yarn from The Wool Room in Young and my mum picked up crochet hooks from Woolshed in Manuka, ACT.

Pattern release: My Slide On By shawl is now available on Ravelry.
Finished object: Blueberry Waffle Socks (free pattern by Sandy Turner) using yarn from Colagirl Collective in the Drover base and the Sully colourway, with heels from Miss Click Clack Merri Creek sock.
Works in progress:
- I'm working on a Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig using Miss Click Clack's Shark Bay Lace in the Plumbum colourway.
- My scrap yarn blanket grew squares from Colagirl Collective and Dingo Dyeworks.
- I started swatching for the Speckle & Pop! Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2017 starting 29 September with yarns from Miss Click Clack, Gradient Aus which is now called By Briony, and Wren & Ollie.
Acquisitions: From Wren & Ollie I bought a skein of sock yarn in the Nymph colourway and mini skeins in the colourways Sapphire, Juicy, and Pop Rocks. From Smudged Yarns a sock yarn in the Fresh Mint colourway as well as a bundle of mini skeins. And my mum bought me three different types of yarn guides for colourwork knitting from Knit Picks.
Mentions: Amaroo Coloured Wool that I spotted at the Blayney Farmers Markets.

Finished objects:
- My Slide On By shawl (to be released as a pattern in a few days on Ravelry) knit with Dingo Dyeworks Ridgy-Didge in the Salt Lake colourway.
- Another little Bluebird of Happiness - free pattern by Sara Elizabeth Kellner knit with some Morris & Sons Pure 10 ply yarn.
Works in progress:
- I'm working on Blueberry Waffle Socks (free pattern by Sandy Turner) using yarn from Colagirl Collective in the Drover base and the Sully colourway, with a heel from Miss Click Clack Merri Creek sock.
- My scrap yarn blanket grew squares from Wren & Ollie, Circus Tonic Handmade, Daydream Yarns and my own hand-dyed yarn.
Upcoming: I'm going to be taking part in the Speckle & Pop! Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2017 starting 29 September.
Acquisitions: From Miss Click Clack I bought a skein of City Kitty on Merri Creek Sock, two skeins of Plumbum on Shark Bay Lace (for a Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig), and a sweater quantity of Butternut Snap on Livingston Merino.

Finished object: A pair of fingerless mitts using Circus Tonic Handmade's Revelry Sock in the Grey Hawk colourway.
Works in progress:
- I started swatching with Blacker Yarns Lyonesse in the Onyx colourway that I ordered from Skein Sisters, possibly for an Aila top by Isabell Kraemer.
- My scrap yarn blanket grew a few squares from Daydream Yarns and Skein.
Acquisitions: Moving To The Country Shawl by Christy Houghton, one of The Girls in the Yarn Cafe.
Anything Goes KAL: I drew the winner of the Dingo Dyeworks Fair Dinkum fingering weight skein in the Uluru colourway.

Finished objects:
- I cast on and finished a Windshield hat (pattern by me!) using Spotlight's 4 Seasons superwash merino 8 ply in the Nectarine colourway.
- I completed my socks for the Miss Click Clack Tri-Colour Block Socks KAL in the Merri Creek Sock base with three colourways: I Smell Coffee, MS Currawong 80, and Ansel Adams.
- And I completed a pair of fingerless mitts for mum from handspun that I had made from Wren & Ollie's 75% merino, 25% nylon fibre in the Electric Dreams colourway.
Work in progress: I cast on a second pair of fingerless mitts, this time for me, using Circus Tonic Handmade's Revelry Sock in the Grey Hawk colourway.
Other chatter: I spoke a bit about pilling that I've been noticing on my Free Spirit jumper and Quiet Day shawl in the sections where I used Knit Picks Stroll yarn. I also showed off a sample card that I received from Millpost Merino, a sheep farm and yarn business from Bungendore, NSW, Australia.

Finished object: I completed my Rhapsody in Cables jumper by Joji Locatelli in Bendigo Woollen Mills Luxury Autumn range 10 ply in the Butterscotch colourway.
Works in progress:
- The second heel has been completed on my socks for the Miss Click Clack Tri-Colour Block Socks KAL in the Merri Creek Sock base with three colourways: I Smell Coffee, MS Currawong 80, and Ansel Adams.
- I cast on my Electric Dreams spin (a skein of chain plied fingering weight yarn from Wren & Ollie's 75% merino, 25% nylon fibre in the Electric Dreams colourway) to make fingerless mittens for my mum.