Naturally, Kim's Knitting: Beyond the schoolyard

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Episode 62 ~ almost done

~Milkweed - Carol Sunday - Ella Rae Classic Heathers - so close
~Annual temperature afghan - Ten stitch Zigzag - Frankie Brown - KnitPicks Wool of the Andes sport yarn - weatherghan.com

~Temperature afghan - Knit Picks Swish DK - size 4 needles - Memory Blanket
~Jayne socks - Jayne yarn - size one needles
~Plain sock - Schachenmayr regia - 03763

~super secret pattern tests

~chemo cap - Tofutsies

Finished Objects:

Things That Have Made Me Happy

~Skype
~puffy packages from the mailman

~flowers on my trees

~KnitPicks - loft yarn 20% off - books 40% off

Questions for Me

What I have been reading, watching and listening to
~Twitch - Geek and Sundry - Critical Role

~Beyond the Schoolyard - Easter and 100 days

~Book Review: A Joy-filled Life

~Book Review: Good at Games 99 cents now on Amazon for Kindle

~Book Review: Smart Girl

~Book Review: Very Like a Queen

Find Me Online
~on Ravelry as NapiersKnits and Naturally, Kim’s Knitting

~etsy: NapiersKnits

~on Instagram as knittin_kim

~on YouTube, Blogger, Facebook and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting

Crafting for Children or babies

~CAL rules ~Runs from April 1 - May 31

Details – any project you knit/crochet/weave/sew/dye for a child or a baby

Projects must not be started before April 1

Feel free to poly-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules

Prizes: (if you’d like to donate a prize, please contact me) : 1 skein of NapiersKnits hand-dyed yarn will be given away using a random number generator.

When you complete an item, start a post in the Ravelry thread with a photo of your FO, and the pattern name if there is one

**Must be a member of the Naturally, Kim’s Knitting Podcast group on Ravelry to participate**

Thread will be locked the morning of June 1 and winner(s) drawn on that day’s podcast following that.

For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 2 weeks from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact me to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!

Annual Temperature Craft Along

~Runs from January 1 – January 5, 2018

~Details – any project you knit/crochet/weave which reflects the temperature from each day.

~Projects must not be started before Janurary 1, 2017

~Feel free to poly-dip in other KALs as long as it fits in with other rules

~Prizes: (if you’d like to donate a prize, please contact me) : 1 skein of NapiersKnits hand-dyed yarn will be given away using a random number generator, every quarter (March, June, September, January)

~Post photos of the item you are creating under this thread. As you progress just add future photos to your original post. If you are unsure how to do this I will be having examples under my one post..

~Must be a member of the Naturally, Kim’s Knitting Podcast group on Ravelry to participate

Thread will be locked the morning of January 6, 2018 and winner(s) drawn on the next podcast following that, along with other winners throughout the year.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Naturally, Kim's Knitting - Week of July 18, 2016

I have been following my daughter's blog, Beyond the Schoolyard. She makes a small entry each day and then saves it to post on the weekend. I have decided to do something similar to this but I will publish when my podcast goes live.

Anyway, I have been working on another child's chemo cap. Before I left for California, I had mailed out about 20 caps. So I am going to continue until the beginning of December and then send another batch. I love making them. I wanted to try a little bit bigger this time, but I am not thrilled with the way it fans out, so I will need to continue working on it.

I am also working on my There and Back again socks and a tee top for my grandson. I will be posting pics on those as I get further along.

I have been using my fitbit, which my dear son-in-law gave me, to keep track of my movement. Instead, I have discovered it is a motivator, also. I have been able to reach over 7000 steps each day and over 10,000 on the past three days. Wow. What a feeling.

I am not able to walk in the area that I live but I do use a pilates ball to bounce while working my arms, abs, legs and anything else I can think of.

Today I am going to be starting a super secret item for CC or JavaPurl Designs. I cannot wait. Her designs are always so cool. In addition, I have begun a new chemo cap and have been working on my grandson's sweater.

I may be able to make one more entry before tomorrow, but not sure.

Now, today is podcast day, so I will just go ahead and share my notes with you for the show: