Episode 53 - And So We Begin...

On the Needles
Eunice
One Crazy Year socks
Citron
True Blood "Red" Clapotis
-Stitch markers are from WeeOnes

On the Wheel
Enchanted Knoll Farm superwash merino in Sedona
-Just barely started on the final 1/3 of this roving.

FO of the Week
Log Cabin Blankie
-Knitpicks Comfy Sport in Peony, Honeydew, Creme Brulee, Marlin, Sea Foam, Silver Sage, Cashew, Fedora, and Ivory (2 balls each)
-US 5 (3.75 mm)
-Lots of lint comes off this yarn when it's washed!
-Met Kay (who co-wrote Mason Dixon Knitting) at my guild SnB tonight!

Episode 52 - It's Been a Great Year!

On the Needles
Eunice socks
Log Cabin Blankie
Unnamed socks

On the Wheel
Enchanted Knoll Farm superwash merino in Sedona
-second 1/3 is done!

FO of the Week
Green Phase socks
-stockinette socks over 72 stitches
-US 1 (2.25 mm)
-Trekking XXL in 401

Various & Sundry
One Year Anniversary!!
-Prizes!
-I'll contact the Ravelry winners for their mailing addresses.
-If you were one of the winners from the blog, please email me at roundthetwistwithcarin (at) gmail (dot) com.

Episode 51 - It's Good to Be Home

On the Needles
Log Cabin Blankie
Green Phase Socks

On the Wheel
Enchanted Knoll Farm in Sedona

FO of the Week!
Traveling Woman shawl

Various & Sundry
Happy Birthday to Leslie from The Knitgirllls!!

Contest! To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the show, please leave a comment either here on the blog, or in this episode's thread on the Ravelry forum. Tell me what you've liked this year, what you'd like to see in the coming year, favorite FOs, favorite episodes, etc. I'll draw winners randomly from all the comments on next week's show.

Episode 50 - Traveling Through

On the Needles

Eunice
-Still haven't cast on sock #2 yet. Hopefully I'll have something to show you next week.

Green Phase socks
-Trekking XXL in 401 knit over 72 stitches on size 1 (2.25 mm) needles
-working on the heel flap of sock #2

Log Cabin baby blanket
-Knitpicks Comfy sport in several colors
-lots of garter stitch while watching BBC's Robin Hood

Traveling Woman shawl
-Quick knit! Started this last Thursday and I've only got 7 rows and the bind-off left!
-Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga! in Sea Star
-US 6 (4.0 mm) needles

On the Wheel
Enchanted Knoll Farms superwash merino in Sedona
-27.5:1 ratio on Beatrice
-Just a bit of the first 1/3 left

Drop Spindling
-Unique Sheep 80s Fine Australian Wool in gradience colorway Coffee House Reef
-Spinning on my Magpie Woodworks Maggie spindle

Various and Sundry
Tour de Fleece is done!
-I managed to meet my goal of spinning or doing fiber prep every day of the Tour

BMFA order
-Smallest order I've ever placed with Blue Moon
-Traveling Sweater pattern and a skein of Woobu
-Be aware that colors aren't as saturated with bamboo blends as they appear in the STR examples on the website

One Year Anniversary!
-The 52nd episode of Round the Twist is coming up in just 2 weeks! I'll announce a contest on next week's episode.

Episode 49 - Falling Asleep Sitting Up

No shownotes this week, since (as the title says) I'm falling asleep sitting up!

Episode 48 - Pile o' Stuff

On the Needles
Eunice
-One done!, but slightly too small
-Haven't started the second one yet

Green Phase socks
-On the toe decreases, but should be done tonight

Log Cabin baby blanket
-Using Knitpicks' New Traditions baby blanket kit with Comfy Sport
-Should I keep the colors seperated (2 colors per wedge) or rotate the colors as I move away from the center? Please weigh in!

Hexagons
-Got a few more done as I finished season 3 of Burn Notice

On the Wheel
Crown Mountain Farms superwash merino in Blue Suede Shoes
-color isn't available any more
-4 oz. spun at 27.5:1 ratio on Beatrice
-~18 wpi and 585 yards

Millie's Fleece
-Still flickcarding! The box of fleece must have a black hole at the bottom of it because the fleece level doesn't seem to be going down.
-Going to have Dad do more drumcarding this weekend

Enchanted Knoll Farms superwash merino in Sedona
-trade with Kara
-This is next up on the wheel

Various & Sundry

The Loopy Ewe rocks!
-Had my order within a day and a half!

Sadness
-My Vesper socks bled when I handwashed them! Colorway was Starfighter

Sample Knitting
-working on pattern-less fingerless mitts from two different types of yarn for Tara from The Dyeing Arts

Episode 47 - Froggin'

On the Needles
Eunice
-Wollmeise 100% in Pesto WD
-US 2 (2.75 mm) Signature dpns
-Beginning the toe decreases

Green Phase socks
-Trekking XXL in 401
-US 1 (2.25 mm) over 72 stitches
-Working out the foot

A Trip to the Frog Pond
Gaia Shoulder Hug
-Just couldn't stand working with the Noro. I want to enjoy my knitting and the scratchiness of the Noro wasn't letting me do that.

New Traditions Baby Blanket
-The night-shift house supervisor at work talked me out of the craziness that would have been weaving in all the ends. The yarn will be repurposed into a modified Moderne Baby Blanket.

On the Wheel
CMF superwash merino in Blue Suede Shoes
-Plied!, but still needs the twist set.
-approximately 585 yards of 3-ply light fingering weight yarn

Events
Tour de Fleece
-still going until July 25

Notes:
I forgot to include the link to the bronze cable needles last week. They're from Celtic Swan Forge!