Should’ve named this episode “Nipped Up”! Enjoy the cat antics!

Bonus Round of the Start-along in the threads Knit All The Things and Spin All The Stuffs. If you don’t have a Ravelry account, feel free to email me (mandi AT weareyarn DOT com) your picture and I’ll enter it in the appropriate thread on your behalf! Thanks paintermom of A Riot Of Color for the lovely prize!

Featured FO: Lanois’s Sister Socks

WIPs:

• Color Affection in Happy Go Lucky sock, several colors
• Sapphire Flutter Mitts in Red Barn Yarn Llama Sparkle in Water Sapphire from Lace One-Skein Wonders

All Of The Spinning!

• Plied my Loop batt
• Plied my batt from guild
• Finished and Plied Knittyandcolor Tidepool merino (she has a coupon for Tour de Fleece right now!!)
• Started and finished 2 ounces of handdyed goodness by a friend, for the friend, super secret project

Louet was kind enough to send me some fancy undyed fiber and dyes to try my hand at dying with their products, along with some of this gorgeous top in Lichen
The podcast I mention was Yarnspinner’s Tales by Yarnspinnerstales. The episodes about color theory are 54 and 55.

Start-Along is going for one more week (through July 3) – show me the yarn you’re working with in this thread for a chance to win some Daizieknits Dewy Lace in the Wicked Cool colorway,and the fiber you’ve put on your wheel in this thread for a chance to win some Fondant Fibre punis in the Emerald City colorway. Full rules posted in the threads, please familiarize yourself with those.

FOs:

• Lighthouse Socks – a from-my-head pattern out of Knitpicks Felici (there is still some left!) on US1 (2.25mm) Karbonz. Completed practically the whole leg.
• G’day Boomerang – by Susan Ashcroft out of Fiber Charmer Panda base.

WIPs:

• Tulip Socks out Color Wheel Yarn self-striping on the sparkle base! US1 (2.25mm), my standard toe, stockinette foot. Ideas for the leg, anyone? I’m considering Fruit Stripe Gum Socks, featuring a spiral rib, or (not mentioned on the show) Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl 2014 Socks.
• Color Affection out of Happy-Go-Lucky HGL Sock base in Marceline, Cinnamon Bun, and Tardis in Shadow. Please see my project page for all the mods.

Spinning:

• Finished the singles from the batts I purchased at Guild! Yay!

ZK Acquisitions:

• Buttons from Ginny’s
• Two skeins of Cyborg’s Craft Room – one from the goodie bag, one from my swap partner!
• Simply Socks Poste Yarn Self-Striping from the yarn swap.
• Bags from the market: Notions fold-over pouch (and a button) from Kitchen Counter Crafter, two notions pouches from Silver Shed USA, notions pouch and project bag from Absolute Wonder.
• Laceweight from MarigoldJen
• Fiber from Leading Men Fiber Arts (thus with a kiss i die)
• Destash goodies: Wollmeise and Into the Whirled