Episode 030 (MD Sheep and Wool Festival, USA)

Recorded on Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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AnnouncementsClick here to sign up for the new Kino Knits newsletter. Expect emails about twice a month with sneak peeks of new designs, exclusive discount codes, and extra knitting on safari. The first 100 subscribers will be entered in a giveaway!Merrain MKAL Shawl is live in Ravelry! Buy now and get introduction so you can get your yarn ready and swatch. Six clues will be released weekly on Thursdays starting June 8. Designed for one skein of solid or semi-solid fingering yarn. Good options include The Knitting Boutique Severn Fingering (75% BFL, 25% silk) and The Knitting Boutique Anacostia Fingering (100% merino), either of which you can get for 15% off here through June 15.Thank Youse_marie74 for the ITunes review! Click here to leave your own. Contact me if you do so, and I'll mail you a podcast button and a leftover mini-skein for a scrap yarn project!FOsVanilla afterthought heel socks (no pattern) on U.S. 1 (2.25 mm) in Lollipop Yarn Traditional (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon in Kodachrome colorway). Used heel from Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel (free on Ravelry).First design for Point/Counterpoint, Volume 3, in Dragonfly Fibers Selkie Sport (75% BFL, 25% silk), 2-skein shawl.Click to see Volume 1 and Volume 2.More preemie hats.WIPs/Design NotebookA new variegated hat in a variety of weights, due for a September release.PlottingLace Saddle Tee by Lisa S. Rowe ($6.50 on Ravelry, originally published in the Summer 2010 issue of Interweave Knits) on U.S. 4 (3.5 mm) in Fyberspates Scrumptious 4-ply/Sport (55% merino, 45% silk in colorway 312 - Dandelion and Burdock). This will be my Mother's Day Cast-on - a brilliant idea from the Prairie Girls Knit and Spin podcast.Knitting on SafariThe Knot HouseThat Clever ClementineDuck Duck WoolMediaPeruana - listen to my interview in episode 028.Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (#mdsw, #mdsw2017) Bookish Stitcher podcastNinja Chickens podcastDragonfly FibersCasey MauraHobbledehoy and Marigold JenGingyknits - Corrine Walcher of Homespun Yarn PartyMelissa Jean buttonsFiber Optic Yarns - Brimstone, Midnight Clear, and Fort KnoxBede Sisters podcastDown Cellar Studio podcastTwist Fiber StudioWhere to Find MeKino Knits Ravelry groupRavelry, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Periscope, ElloEmail: kinoknits (at) gmail.comClick here to leave an ITunes review!Music“Kassongo” by Orchestra Super Mazembe, used with permission of A.I. Records (Kenya) Ltd