Episode 10: 2017 Goals

Knit and Tell:
Vicki is wearing A Better Bucket hat and the Magnetite cowl.
Allie is wearing the Topography Kerchief.

Drafts:
Allie:
Fluid Sockhead Hat [Bag from whimzeestitches.]
Sockhead Hat [Bag from whimzeestitches.]
Elevensies [Bag was a gift from my lovely friend Dawn. Progress keeper from SewFlo.]
Granito [Bag was a gift from Daniela/caffeinatedgert.]

Vicki:
Vicki taught herself how to do toe up socks using this cast on method out of a kit from YarnTasia purchased in 2015. Progress keeper is from Knitty by Nature on Easy.
Pebbles Socks by Mina Phillipp out of Havirland's Christmas Frankensocks Kit with a progress keeper from The Nome Knitter. [Bag from whimzeestitches.]
Yowza Weight It Shawl 4 out of Miss Bab's Yowza with a progress keeper from SewFlo.

Just the Knits, Ma'am: 2017 Knitting Goals
Allie:
- Fix two knits
- #quid: Queue it Down - knitting more projects from our queue
- #FoRoCo: Finish Object, Rip Out project, Cast On project - going through project bags and either finishing a project I want, ripping out a project I don't want to knit anymore, or starting a project that is already packed and ready.

Vicki:
- Knit from stash more, more selective with purchases
- Knit a sweater
- Finish projects on the needles

Hats for Kiddos:
January's theme will be something about you. Knit a hat for a 6 mo to 3 year old that represents you in some way (favorite color, favorite pattern, favorite yarn, etc).

Shelved:
Allie:
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
I Am the Ocean by Samita Sarkar


Vicki:
A Baxter Family Christmas by Karen Kingsbury

On our Nightstands:
Allie:
Where am I now? by Mara Wilson

Vicki:
The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines
Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

Crack a Book: 2017 Reading Goals
Both Allie and Vicki are planning to read 35 books for the year 2017. The reading challenge they talked about was from Modern Mrs. Darcy, found here.

Allie also wants to read more books that she already owns and do better about writing book reviews.

Books mentioned during this segment:
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
You by Caroline Kepnes
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
Rebel Without a Clue by Janet Green
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena


All links to Amazon are affiliate links. If you were to purchase an item via that link, we would receive a small commission from that purchase. Any money received from this will be used to assist in shipping prizes in future KALs.

Episode 9: Why did you learn to knit?

Gatlinburg is near and dear to the hearts of both Vicki and Allie. If you would want to donate and and support Gatlinburg during this time, please click this link to find out various ways you can donate to the Red Cross. You can also donate money to the Dollywood Foundations My People Fund to assist in Dolly Parton assisting families affected by this tragedy. 

Knit and Tell:
Vicki is wearing Sliver by Deborah Frank.
Allie is wearing Whatever by Deborah Frank, knit by Daniela (aka caffeinatedgert).

Drafts:
Allie:
Elevensies [Bag was a gift from my lovely friend Dawn. Progress keeper from SewFlo.] Visit Sew Flo's new website here.
Fluid Sockhead Hat [Bag from whimzeestitches.] Here is the Voices cowl Allie mentioned.
Sockhead Hat [Bag from whimzeestitches.]
Granito [Bag was a gift from Daniela/caffeinatedgert.] Watch Wendy on the Sassy Pants Knitter podcast and see Amanda on the We Are Yarn podcast.

Vicki:
Unapologetic Knitter's Favorite Vanilla Sock out of a kit from YarnTasia purchased in 2015.
Pebbles Socks by Mina Phillipp out of Havirland's Christmas Frankensocks Kit with a progress keeper from The Nome Knitter.


Published:
Allie:
Invisibility Toque. [Bag from One Sock Wonder.]

Vicki:
Pebbles Socks by Mina Phillipp out of Havirland's Christmas Frankensocks Kit



TBK:
The Rosemont Cardigan by Hannah Fettig out of KnittyAndColor.
Mama Vertebrae by Kelly van Niekerk out of LYDIA yarn (for Allie and Vicki) and Swoonish (for Allie).


Just The Knits, Ma'am:
Male knitter in the audience of a recording of the Jimmy Kimmel show. For some reason, we thought this was just a few months ago but apparently this happened over a year ago! So behind.

We have to ask -- what made you want to learn to knit?
Vicki wanted to learn to knit because she wanted to make socks. Allie learned to knit because she wanted to make hats.

On Our Nightstands:
Vicki:
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke

Shelved:
Vicki:
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon.

Allie purchased two new books:
The Widow by Fiona Barton [Allie first heard of this book from the Cultivate and Create audio podcast.]
The First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith


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Episode 8: Prizes prizes prizes

Knit and Tell:
Cawl Me by Allie Coffey.
You can read the project page for Allie's Cawl Me here.
Allie apparently never made a project page for the Cawl Me she made for Vicki.... Oops.

Drafts:
Allie:
Elevensies [Bag was a gift from my lovely friend Dawn. Progress keeper from SewFlo.]
Halloween Socks [Bag from Whimzee Stitches]
Knitty and Color Scrappy Socks [Bag from Whimzee Stitches]
Yowza Weight It Shawl Number 4 [Bag from Stitch Marks the Spot/fal00la]

Vicki:

I Love Lucy socks: Neeley’s Knits, featuring the Fish Lips Kiss heel.

Neeley's Knits: https://goo.gl/UXreCQ

Bag from Whimzee Stitches.

Yowza Weigh it Shawl 4.

Miss Babs Yowza. [The color way is Midnight Stroll]

Bag from The Fat Squirrel.

Christmas Frankensocks discussed can be found here.

Hats for Kiddos:
Prizes were given out. Please contact Allie if you are receiving one of the yarns shown. If you won a prize from someone else, Allie will contact the person who is sending the prize so they know to expect to hear from you soon. Message Allie on Ravelry if you have any questions!

We were so honored to donate 230 hats this year! 70 went to the Girl Scouts to be sent in care packages to Africa while the rest were divided up amongst the girls Allie works with to give to the children they work with. Thank you for making this year yet another success -- and pay attention for the updates for next years KAL!

Episode 7: Weave Us Alone

Knitting:
Finished Objects:
Allie:
Shirsty Cat socks
First weaving project

Vicki:
3 Hats for Kiddos. Two out of ONLine Supersocke 8-fach. One in Caron Simply Soft in Teal Zeal.

Works in Progress:
Allie:
Halloween Socks [Bag from Whimzee Stitches] Christmas Frankensocks discussed can be found here.
Yowza Weight It Shawl Number 4 [Bag from Stitch Marks the Spot/fal00la]
Elevensies [Bag was a gift from my lovely friend Dawn]
Second Weaving Project

Vicki:
Basic Roll Brim Beanie

Hats for Kiddos:
We are getting down to the wire! If you are interested in participating and winning prizes for the KAL, please pay attention to the Ravelry thread to stay up to date! Hats need to be delivered by November 10th, 2016 now; we had to move our meeting to the second week so you guys get an extension! We're a little over halfway to our goal of 300!

Fiber in the Boro:
Black Sheep Goods
Whimzee Stitches 
Fringe Supply Company
Heart's at Home 
Seedfaith Pottery
Twenty Two West
Holly and Ivy Dyeworks

Vicki also showed off some gorgeous bulky yarn from MarigoldJen.

Books:
Finished:
Allie:
Nada

Vicki:
Sarah Price's Plain Fame series can be found here.

Currently Reading:
Allie:
Don't Tell Anyone: A Mystery by Eleanor Gray
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
White Lead by Susan Daitch [This will be published November, 15, 2016 and the Kindle version is only $3.99 currently!]



Vicki:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Episode 6: The Ones Who Sit Still

Thank you:
Rachel from the Knit. Dye. Read. audio podcast.
It's In The Bag video podcast.


Knitting:
Finished:
Allie:
Pure Joy
Baby Blanket

Vicki:
A hat for Hats for Kiddos.
Pattern: Allie does a quick description here.
Yarn: ONLine Supersocke 8-fach in colorway 1854.


Currently:
Allie:
Shirsty Cat socks [Bag from SewFlo]
Knitty and Color Scrappy Socks [Bag from Whimzee Stitches]
Yowza Weight It Shawl Number 4 [Bag from Stitch Marks the Spot/fal00la]
Elevensies [Bag was a gift from my lovely friend Dawn]
Oceana [Bag from Twist Fiber Studio]

Vicki:

I Love Lucy socks: Neeley’s Knits, featuring the Fish Lips Kiss heel.

Neeley's Knits: https://goo.gl/UXreCQ

Bag from Whimzee Stitches.

Yowza Weigh it Shawl 4.

Miss Babs Yowza. [The color way is Midnight Stroll]
Bag from The Fat Squirrel.

Hats for Kiddos:
We are getting down to the wire! If you are interested in participating and winning prizes for the KAL, please pay attention to the Ravelry thread to stay up to date! Hats need to be delivered by November 3rd, 2016.

Books:
Finished:
Allie:
The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson [Information on Blogging for Books can be found here. My full review can be found here.]
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
The Trial of Marie Montrecourt by Kay Patrick [My full review can be found here. Information on NetGalley can be found here.]
A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston [My full review can be found here.]

Vicki:
Ice Cold: A Rizzoli and Isles Novel by Tess Gerritsen
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Sarah Price's Plain Fame series can be found here.

[Molly Ringwald's memoir is called Getting the Pretty Back. It is no longer on sale on Kindle but you can find incredibly cheap used copies at that link.]

[Vicki mentioned Where the Light Gets In by Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the Audible daily deal for a previous day.]



Currently:
Allie:
Don't Tell Anyone: A Mystery by Eleanor Gray
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Vicki:
Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry

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Check out Deborah Frank's newest pattern, Marshall Shawl, here!


All links to Amazon are affiliate links. If you were to purchase an item via that link, we would receive a small commission from that purchase. Any money received from this will be used to assist in shipping prizes in future KALs.

Episode Five: Road Trip With Us!

No show notes this week -- if you have questions about something we talked about, please message us! Show notes will resume with next episode.

Hope you enjoy the road trip with us! We really enjoyed recording in the car -- if you're a fan of this, let us know and we'll do it more in the future!

Episode Four: Happy Birthday KAL

Knitting:
Currently:
Allie:

2014 WIP hat

Baby Blanket

Pure Joy

Hats for Kiddos #4

Vicki:

I Love Lucy socks: Neeley’s Knits, featuring the Fish Lips Kiss heel.

Neeley's Knits: https://goo.gl/UXreCQ

Pure Joy by Joji Locatelli out of Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles in Zephyr and Wibble colorways. 

Pattern: http://goo.gl/yEx0s1
Hedgehog Fibres: http://goo.gl/elrn7H
Zephyr purchased from: http://goo.gl/8GGddf

Finished:
Allie:

Hats for Kiddos #3

Vicki:

Nothing finished this episode.

Upcoming:

The Happy Birthday Knit-a-Long!

Vicki and Allie have birthdays coming up in September and October, respectively. For this KAL, they are going to knit one of the Yowza Weight It shawls by Susan B. Anderson and they hope you will join them in celebrating their birthdays!

Books:

Currently:

Allie:

Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman [Crime Writers On… information can be found here.]

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Vicki:

After You by Jojo Moyes

Finished:
Allie:

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott

Cultivate and Create audio podcast can be found here [link takes you to Ravelry group].

Vicki:

Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovitch [Katherine Heigl starred in the One for the Money movie]

Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

The Stranger by Harlan Coben

Allie’s new book review blog can be found here.

Hats for Kiddos information can be found here.

All links to Amazon are affiliate links. As mentioned in the podcast, if you were to purchase an item via that link, we will receive a small commission from that purchase. Any money received from this will be used to assist in shipping prizes in future KALs.

Episode Three: Hats for Kiddos

Thank you:
The Cherry Purls video podcast Ravelry group

Knitting:

Currently:

Allie:

Baby blanket
Hats for Kiddos #3

Vicki:

I Love Lucy socks: Neeley’s Knits, featuring the Fish Lips Kiss heel.

Neeley's Knits: https://goo.gl/UXreCQ

Pure Joy by Joji Locatelli out of Hedgehog Fibres Skinny Singles in Zephyr and Wibble colorways. 

Pattern: http://goo.gl/yEx0s1
Hedgehog Fibres: http://goo.gl/elrn7H
Zephyr purchased from: http://goo.gl/8GGddf

Finished:
Allie:

Chevron Monster Hat

Hats for Kiddos #1 and #2

Vicki:

Nothing finished but she did show off a new bag from The FatSquirrel.

Hats for Kiddos:

Information can be found in the thread here.

Reading:
Currently:
Allie:

Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol

Neverwhere by Neil Gaimain

Vicki:

Bullseye by James Patterson

Nemesis by Catherine Coulter

Finished:

Allie:

The Inn Between by Marina Cohen

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Vicki:

Me Before You by Jojo Meyes

The Obsession by Nora Roberts

All links to Amazon are affiliate links. If you were to purchase an item via that link, we will receive a small commission from that purchase. Any money received from this will be used to assist in shipping prizes in future KALs.