Commuter Knitter – WFH Edition – Episode 111 – Purposeful Pause (or Strategizing for Summertime Make-alongs)

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Bean & Olive and Bean & Olive Grown-up by Andrea Mowry

• Lolabean Yarn Co. Pinto Bean
  • Bean & Olive (pink)
  • Forgiveness (grey)
  • Calming (blue)
    • Black Mountain Yarn Shop
• Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio DK – Rock Creek Park (teal)

Vanilla Sock with Megan Williams’ OMG Heel

• Fibernymph Dye Works – Bedazzled – The Elves Were in the Egg Nog

Vanilla Sock with Megan Williams’ OMG Heel – kid sized

• Another Crafty Girl – Twinkle Sock – The Glitch

King of the Forest (Totoro) by Robin Zillman Jacobson

• Started this one in January 2015
• Holding Cascade 220 double – sapphire

Trip Planning

I talk about planning for The Knit Girllls Stash Dash, Down Cellar Studio Splash Pad Party and other Summertime Make-alongs

Road Trips

• Enjoying Virtual Events recently:
  • Espace Tricot Knit Night – Friday, April 9 for Knit City Canada
    • Gaye Glasspie – GGMadeIt
    • Julie Asselin
    • The Grocery Girls
    • Aimée from La Bien Aimée
  • Vogue Virtual Knitting Live
    • Let’s Talk Socks – Friday April 16
      • Denise DeSantis – EarthtonesGirl
      • Terra Mitchell – Mitchell’s Creations
      • Lara Neel – Sock Architecture
      • Marceline Smith – Heybrownberry
      • Stephanie Lu Sinclair – Edible.Thoughts.Makes (IG and YouTube)
    • Friday’s with Felicia – Friday April 16
      • Felicia Eve from String Thing Studio
      • Brooklyn General
      • Argyle Yarn Shop
      • Woolyn
    • Keynote with Stephen West – Saturday, April 17
      • Note I want to knit ALL THE WESTKNITS designs
      • I mention the Painting Honeycombs collection
    • After Hours with Kristy Glass – Saturday, April 17 –  LYS Day
      • Yanwen (Yan) Qian from Forever Yarn Doylestown
      • Lisa from A Knit Sheep
      • Aimée from La Bien Aimee
      • Lizzie from The Mermaids Purl

• As I was putting together the show notes after recording, I received the email from VKL that the May event schedule has been set, which you can find here. Registration starts tomorrow, April 21st – perfect timing!

Your Mileage May Vary

I continue my discussion from last episode about finding ways to bring knitting back into my every day routines

Backseat Drivers

The twins are taking a break from the podcast today, but they say “hello!”

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