Wednesday, June 12, 2019

episode 169


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 June 11 and this episode is number 169
Find Me Online
~etsy: NapiersKnits
~on Instagram as knittin_kim
~on YouTube, Blogger, and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting

~New Friends
smiling phoenix ~ Lancashire, England
~ Knit A long
~FO KAL for June -

 Knitting Expat Design - she is excited to have us create her projects. This will begin on May 1 (would you like 2 or three months)First drawn will have a choice of patterns from the Knitting Expat Designs - People are planning and beginning. So exciting. 

Coming up ~ Baby item KAL - designers to check out: Tin Can Knits, Knitting Expat, Taiga Hilliard Designs OR Helen Stewart?

Craft Along Ideas - place on Ravelry thread, please

On The Needles
~Soup kitchen sock ~ Patons Kroy Socks ~ Purple Haze
 ~a chemo cap for kids
~The Nahid Dress for Children - The Knitting Expat Design - Genevieve/Penelope variegated
~Trip socks

Finished objects
~Little Nugget Sweater - The Knitting Expat Design ~ various fingering weight yarn
~Trip socks
Questions for Me

Fun Stuff
Read Core 52 - excellent view of the Bible

KnitPicks ~ Swish yarn ~DK and worsted are $3.99, bulky $7.99
20% off of needles - took advantage of this - fixed circulars are 30% off
Crochet hooks and needles
Wonderfluff a bulky yarn of merino, alpaca and nylon - 20% off

~Resolutions for 2019:
     For the blog I want:  12 Patterns (3 published) , 12 pairs of socks for soup kitchen(5), 20 chemo caps for kids(11 finished),  spin 2 new fibers (completed 2), after October limit my yarn purchases to $25.00 a month, Knit 12 patterns from my Ravelry queue, finished one shawl/wrap

What I have been reading, watching and listening to

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





Friday, June 7, 2019

episode 168



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 June 4 and this episode is number 168
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 June - winners for May have been notified

 Knitting Expat Design - she is excited to have us create her projects. This will begin on May 1 (would you like 2 or three months)First drawn will have a choice of patterns from the Knitting Expat Designs - People are planning and beginning. So exciting. 

Craft Along Ideas - place on Ravelry thread, please

On The Needles
~Soup kitchen sock ~ Patons Kroy Socks ~ Purple Haze
 ~a chemo cap for kids
~Little Nugget Sweater - The Knitting Expat Design ~ various fingering weight yarn
~The Nahid Dress for Children - The Knitting Expat Design - Genevieve/Penelope variegated
~Trip socks

Finished objects

~Trip socks
Questions for Me

Fun Stuff


KnitPicks ~ Swish yarn ~DK and worsted are $3.99, bulky $7.99
Better Together Sale through the 10th with code
Crochet hooks and needles
Wonderfluff a bulky yarn of merino, alpaca and nylon - 20% off

~Resolutions for 2019:
     For the blog I want:  12 Patterns (3 published) , 12 pairs of socks for soup kitchen(5), 20 chemo caps for kids(11 finished),  spin 2 new fibers (completed 2), after October limit my yarn purchases to $25.00 a month, Knit 12 patterns from my Ravelry queue, finished one shawl/wrap

What I have been reading, watching and listening to
~Dear Lily  by Drew Davies

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