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
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