Episode 099 (2022 Plotting)

Recorded Friday, January 14, 2022

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Announcements

Head 2 Toe with Kino and Jo off to a good start with 13 finished projects!

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FOs

Vanilla Christmas Socks (Ravelry link) for me on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Mint Rain Hand Dyed Sport Sock (Ravelry link, 80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 328 yards/100 g) in Christmas in Whoville colorway.

Recalibrate (Ravelry link) by Shana Cohen ($8 on Ravelry or Payhip) on US 8 (5.0 mm) in Unwind Yarn Company Ramble BFL (discontinued) in colorway Friends, Fun, & Foliage (main color) and 20-g minis in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon) in Fortune Teller and Suburban Stitcher Sock (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon) in Gold and HS Electric. #ChristmasDayCastOn2021 and my entry into the Imagined Landscapes podcast ImaginiKnitting KAL.

WIPs

Crawfish Boil socks (Ravelry link) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon, 462 yards/100 g) in Crawfish Boil.

Second design for Point/Counterpoint, Volume 6. A hat in Mitchell’s Creations Lagniappe Sock (75/25 merino wool/nylon, 463 yards/100 g) in Sunset Trails.

Spinning

Started spinning again on January 1 - 14-day spinning streak.

Raspberry Cheesecake Batt (Ravelry link) - longdraw, 2-ply, thick-and-thin. Very poofy. Will have to be hat or cowl.

WIP: Mystery blue fiber, to be plied with Keegan Lane Yarns BFL As Radiant as the Sun (both Ravelry links), both acquired in fiber swap at Into the Wool 2018 retreat.

2022 Plotting

• Don’t be burned out

• Word of the year - Shape

• Personal mystery sock club - 12 months, but knit fewer socks for myself

• One blanket motif a week

• Spinning streak - on day 14

• More Finish or Frog.

• More knitting machine.

• 30 ready-to-go-ish projects off the top of my head - do 6?

• Do 12 things off my List of 100 Dreams (idea from Laura Vanderkam).

• Registered for Zombie Knitpocalypse 2022 in June.

• Record episode 100 of this podcast.

Where to Find Me

Kino Knits patterns can be found on:

• KinoKnits.com/shop (.pdf download) (adding more all the time!)

• Ravelry (.pdf download)

• LoveCrafts (.pdf download)

• Deep South Fibers (wholesale hard copies with Ravelry .pdf download codes, for Local Yarn Store stockists)

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