Tuesday, January 8, 2019

episode 149


Welcome to Naturally, Kim's Knitting. I am Kim and this podcast is about knitting, spinning, and dyeing yarn from my home outside Lima, OH. 
Today is January 8 and this episode is number 149
Find Me Online
~etsy: NapiersKnits
~on Instagram as knittin_kim
~on YouTube, Blogger, and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting

~New Friends
  
~ Knit A long
~FO KAL for December is closed WINNERS: FIZZONA, EYENOWHOUR, LMECOLL, TRILINDA - one $5.00 giftable pattern from Ravelry
~FO KAL for January is now open 
~Knitting for others November and December (will close on January 1, 2019 WINNERS: ANVITASINHA1,LMECOLL, TRILINDA, FIZZONA, ANASTACIAKNITS
(IF YOU WON BOTH KALs YOU MAY PICK ONE GIFTABLE PATTERN UP TO $10 FROM RAVELRY)
~another Myla's Knit Corner KAL Through January 2019
   for this one we will be working the Wonder shawl. It will be a 3 month KAL, unless you believe it needs to be long. And Myla is helping us to save money by giving us a discount on the pattern if you use the code KIM at checkout. She is also going to donate one of her patterns to the first person chosen at the end of the KAL. Let's support this great designer and share our love. BTW this can also count as a FO KAL and Knitting for others (if it is made for someone else).
Craft Along Ideas - place on Ravelry thread, please

On The Needles
~Temperature afghan - Knit Picks Swish DK - size 4 needles - Memory Blanket - hibernating until after Christmas
~Christmas Gift Socks (3)
 ~one plain sock
 ~Garden Gnome Hoodie - Knitting Expat Designs (Mina Philipp) - Hand dyed, hand spun merino/nylon yarn - size 4(3.5mm) and size 7(4.5mm) - have the roving and will dye it today
~a chemo cap for kids

Finished objects
~one Straight and Narrow
 ~one Racing Stripes


Questions for Me

Fun Stuff
KnitPicks ~ Shine worsted and sport
~Straight and narrow is published

~Resolutions for next year:
     For the blog I want:  12 Patterns (1 published) , 12 pairs of socks for soup kitchen, 20 chemo caps for kids,  spin 2 new fibers, after October limit my yarn purchases to $25.00 a month, Knit 12 patterns from my Ravelry queue,

What I have been reading, watching and listening to
     ~What She Knew

Crafting Book Review
 ~ Find and Color The Imposter Activity Book

~Shop Update All Yarn is $18.00 plus shipping at NapiersKnits in Etsy
What kind of yarn and colors would you purchase?




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