Episodes
Friday Feb 25, 2022
103 - So Many WIPs
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Ep 103 recorded 2/16/22
A note on showlinks – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such and all links for yarn are directly to the dyer’s website.
Be A Helper Craftalong
One month to go!
6th Be A Helper Craft-a-long has begun! We keep the rules simple.
- Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.
- One FO per submission
- Donating blood counts too!
- Contest ends when I wake up March 15 and close the form/thread.
- Wips are always welcome
- Partial FOs count, for example if you make a blanket strip and your local yarn shop sews them together to make full blankets, count your blanket strip.
One change this year – due to ongoing accessibility issues on Ravelery, I’ll hold this event both on and off Ravelry. Last year we just used a Google Form and that was hard for some folks, so this year there will be a chat thread and an FO thread on Rav, and for non-Rav users I’ll have a google form where you can link to your IG/FB/Twitter post showing your FO.
Link to submit your Finished Object/blood donation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf08z2uqelVGeUBkm0fofQGveThChBBZzaMvNsRdlPlMzhbgA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Prizes
A set of mini skeins from Unwind Yarn Company – especially exciting as Dana does not dye anymore.
Jen Lassonde of Downcellar Studio has very generously offered one of her patterns and a skein of yarn, thank you Jen!
FOs
Knights Who Say Knit by Mary Annarella of Lyrical Knits, a really fun Monty Python and the Holy Grail inspired pattern. The knitting is done but I have about 100 ends to weave in.
WIPs
Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn. I’m half way through the back panel in the yellow Gelato.
Earthrise, a new pattern of mine.
Lotus Mandala Vest by Morale Fiber, crochet vest.
Started a second Lotus Mandala during the Knitathon
Papillon/Butterfly shawl by MarinJa Knits
I’ve started spinning handspun yarn for the winner of my drawing for the Knitathon last weekend Out and About
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Feb 17-20 and Mar 17-20. Vogue Knitting Live in person in NYC is cancelled for 2022 but will be back Feb 9-12 2023
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Winter AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Stitches at Home Stitches West in person Mar 3-6 2022.
CT Sheep and Wool April 30, 2022
NH Sheep and Wool May 14 & 15, 2022
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
Last weekend I participated in the Knit For Food Knitathon last weekend – we raised over $270,000!!! Crafters are amazing people and when we come together we can do amazing things. <3
Friday Feb 11, 2022
102 New Month, New Year
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Ep 102 recorded 2/9/22
Knit For Food Knitathon THIS WEEKEND
https://givebutter.com/knitforfood22/moniqueleonard
Update as of posting this episode - over $181,000! Please donate! Help put us over $200K
Be A Helper Craftalong - Just over a month to go!
6th Be A Helper Craft-a-long has begun! We keep the rules simple.
- Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.
- One FO per submission
- Donating blood counts too!
- Contest ends when I wake up March 15 and close the form/thread.
- Wips are always welcome
- Partial FOs count, for example if you make a blanket strip and your local yarn shop sews them together to make full blankets, count your blanket strip.
One change this year – due to ongoing accessibility issues on Ravelery, I’ll hold this event both on and off Ravelry. Last year we just used a Google Form and that was hard for some folks, so this year there will be a chat thread and an FO thread on Rav, and for non-Rav users I’ll have a google form where you can link to your IG/FB/Twitter post showing your FO.
Link to submit your Finished Object/blood donation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf08z2uqelVGeUBkm0fofQGveThChBBZzaMvNsRdlPlMzhbgA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Prizes
A set of mini skeins from Unwind Yarn Company – especially exciting as Dana does not dye anymore.
Jen Lassonde of Downcellar Studio has very generously offered one of her patterns and a skein of yarn, thank you Jen!
One skein of yarn - currently a mystery thanks to shipping delays.
FOs
A sample I can’t talk about, I finished it December 30th and very proud of it
Star Wars scarf for Thing 2
WIPs
Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn. I’m half way through the back panel in the yellow Gelato.
Knights Who Say Knit by Mary Annarella of Lyrical Knits, a really fun Monty Python and the Holy Grail inspired pattern.
Earthrise, a new pattern of mine inspired by the famous Nasa photo
Swatching for 4 new patterns, keep your ears peeled about those.
Papillon/Butterfly shawl by MarinJa Knits
Out and About Virtually
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Feb 17-20 and Mar 17-20. Vogue Knitting Live in person in NYC is cancelled for 2022 but will be back Feb 9-12 2023
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Winter AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is ending this weekend – be sure to get your points in.
Stitches at Home Feb 12-13, Stitches West in person Mar 3-6 2022.
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
My 6-year old helped me plan the garden this year.
Monday Dec 20, 2021
101 - Be A Helper Craftalong
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Ep 101 recorded 12/15/21
Segments this week include: Housekeeping, Start of the Be A Helper Craft A Long, Wips, Out and About, and I’ve Got Sunshine. A note on showlinks – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such and all links for yarn are directly to the dyer’s website.
Housekeeping
New testknit starting in a week or two, for a sleeveless top in fingering weight yarn. If you’re interested send me an email windsweptMonique@gmail.com or sign up for my test knitter mailing list at http://www.windsweptknits.com/testknitters/ - if on this list you will only get emails related to test knitting, nothing else. I’ll be having 3 or 4 test knits starting up in the next few months with yarn ranging from fingering to DK and I’d love to have you join.
Be A Helper Craftalong
6th Be A Helper Craft-a-long has begun! We keep the rules simple.
- Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.
- One FO per submission
- Donating blood counts too!
- Contest ends when I wake up March 15 and close the form/thread.
- Wips are always welcome
- Partial FOs count, for example if you make a blanket strip and your local yarn shop sews them together to make full blankets, count your blanket strip.
One change this year – due to ongoing accessibility issues on Ravelry, I’ll hold this event both on and off Ravelry. Last year we just used a Google Form and that was hard for some folks, so this year there will be a chat thread and an FO thread on Rav, and for non-Rav users I’ll have a google form where you can link to your IG/FB/Twitter post showing your FO.
Link to submit your Finished Object/blood donation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf08z2uqelVGeUBkm0fofQGveThChBBZzaMvNsRdlPlMzhbgA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Prizes
A set of mini skeins from Unwind Yarn Company – especially exciting as Dana does not dye anymore.
Another skein of yarn that is still in the mail and given the state of the USPS I’ll announce after it arrives, just to be safe!
Jen Lassonde of Downcellar Studio has very generously offered one of her patterns and a skein of yarn, thank you Jen!
Since WIPs are allowed, and given the tornado crisis in KY last week, I’m going to open up the prizes to anyone who donated blood after the tornadoes. So if you donated blood anywhere in the world on or after Dec 10, you’ve earned yourself a prize entry so go and fill out the google form or enter it in the Rav FO thread.
WIPs
Focusing on one pattern sample, can’t talk about it.
Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn. I’m half way through the back panel in the yellow Gelato.
Star Wars scarf for Thing 2 – I’m over ¾ done! I’m over halfway done with the Dark Side!
Wearables
Tan House Brook shawl by BostonJen knit up in Sekhmet, an alpaca/silk/linen blend by A Hundred Ravens
Second Grace by Bristol Ivy
Out and About Virtually
Indie Design GAL wrapping up I 2 weeks. I’m a participating designer
Fasten Off YAL – off Ravelry event, also wrapping up in 2 weeks. I’m also a participating designer.
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Jan 20-23. Vogue Knitting Live in person in NYC is cancelled for 2022 but will be back Feb 9-12 2023
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Winter AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches at Home Jan 7-9, Stitches West in person Mar 3-6 2022.
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
For today, we are all healthy.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
The Big 100
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Apologies for my voice, I’ve been fighting a virus for a week.
Housekeeping
Still looking for testknitters! Visit https://www.yarnpond.com/pattern_tests/2615 to learn more and sign up to test knit.
A second testknit for a sleeveless top in fingering weight yarn will be starting soon.
If you’re interested in future test knits please join my test knitter mailing list at http://www.windsweptknits.com/testknitters/
6th annual Be A Helper Craft A Long starts on December 15th! Next week’s episode will go over all the details, including prizes!
And now for something completely different. Since this is my 100th episode I wanted to give back to other designers in our community. I put out a call to other designers in the GAL and the YAL and asked anyone who wanted to, to please answer the question “who are you, where can we find you and why do you design?”
Designers You Are Hearing From Today
Knit Eco Chic
www.knitecochic.com
payhip
Ravelry
Lovecrafts (loveknitting)
Christelle Nihoul
Here are my SM profile:
On Ravelry: ChristalLittleK or Christelle Nihoul
On Instagram : @christallkdesigns
On FB : My page : ChristalLK
And my website : www.christallk.com
Artesanitarium Designs
My instagram is: https://www.instgram.com/artesanitarium and my Ravelry page is: Ravelry: Designs by Artesanitarium Designs
Nailya Plaskey
Monday Nov 22, 2021
99 - 6 Inches Earlier
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Ep 99 recorded 11/19/21
Segments this week include: Housekeeping, FOs, Wips, Stash, Out and About, and I’ve Got Sunshine. A note on showlinks – all links to Ravelry are clearly labelled as such and all links for yarn are directly to the dyer’s website.
Housekeeping
Still looking for testknitters! I have a sleeveless top test knit. It knits up FAST as it’s a DK gauge. I’m looking for some testknitters to use 2 fingering weight yarns held double and some to use 1 strand of DK that gets gauge. I will be starting up a few testknits soon, all for sleeveless tops. Visit https://www.yarnpond.com/pattern_tests/2615 to learn more and sign up to test knit.
If you’re interested in future test knits please join my test knitter mailing list at http://www.windsweptknits.com/testknitters/ - if on this list you will only get emails related to test knitting, nothing else. I’ll be having 3 or 4 test knits starting up in the next few months with yarn ranging from fingering to DK and I’d love to have you join.
WIPs
Three new pattern samples, can’t talk about them yet.
Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn. I’m nearing the top of the front panel in the yellow Gelato.
Star Wars scarf for Thing 2 – I’m over halfway! I’m nearly done with the Death Star! Unfortunately I’m falling behind a bit on this one, so I need to work on it more each day after taking most of the last week off.
Knights who say Knit by LyricalKnits aka Mary Annarella. On section 2 or 3 of Clue 4, the last clue. I really love how this shawl is turning out and I can’t wait to finish it.
Knitting Fail
I had two this week. I just wish I’d thought of it 6 inches and one cast on ago.
Wearables
the Priestess Coat stitched Rhinebeck– by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball.
the Line Where the Sky Meets the Sea (Ravelry) and Send Me That Horizon (Ravelry) shawls really keep my neck warm from my wet hair and that my wet hair doesn’t hurt the yarn at all.
Out and About Virtually
Indie Design GAL (Ravelry) starts Nov 23rd
Fasten Off YAL – off Ravelry event starts Nov 30th
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Dec 9-12, Jan 20-23. Dec open for registration. Vogue Knitting Live in person in NYC is cancelled for 2022 but will be back Feb 9-12 2023
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches at Home Jan 7-9, Stitches West in person Mar 3-6 2022.
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
I’ve been doing Instagram Lives every Wednesday at lunch time local to me because I’ve been hearing from so many people that they just feel overwhelmed and like life is swirling about the them. I started it for others, so they could listen or join, or play later that day and stop, and just breath or knit or sip a cup of tea for 2 minutes. But I find that they’re really helping me too. Making myself stop and breath for 2 minutes each Wednesday is super helpful, just letting myself be. If you want to join us, this Wednesday 11/24 it will be at 12pm EST on Instagram come along with me and take 2 minutes for yourself.
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
98: Wear all the knits
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Ep 98 recorded 11/12/21
Housekeeping
Calling all test knitters! I have a sleeveless top test knit that starts today. It knits up FAST as it’s a DK gauge. I’m looking for some testknitters to use 2 fingering weight yarns held double and some to use 1 strand of DK that gets gauge. I will be starting up a few testknits soon, all for sleeveless tops. Visit https://www.yarnpond.com/pattern_tests/2615 to learn more and sign up to test knit.
If you’re interested in future test knits please join my test knitter mailing list at http://www.windsweptknits.com/testknitters/ - if on this list you will only get emails related to test knitting, nothing else. I’ll be having 3 or 4 test knits starting up in the next few months with yarn ranging from fingering to DK and I’d love to have you join.
FOs
Purse Socks! Finished the 2nd sock! Bamboo Pop Sock in the Sunset colorway
WIPs
Three new pattern samples, can’t talk about them yet.
Started the Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn.
Star Wars scarf for Thing 2 – I’m halfway!
Knights who say Knit by LyricalKnits aka Mary Annarella.
Wearables
I have been wearing so much knitting and crochet recently. I forgot to include this segment last week so I’ll cover the last 2-3 weeks here.
the Priestess Coat stitched Rhinebeck– by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball. I’m using the Feng Shui colorway, a grey-to white gradient, for the body of the coat and a variety of jewel tones for the inserts and hood.
Tuesday was quite warm and I wore my Southwoods top (Ravelry) by River Road Knits, I love this top so much. The lace inset at the back is just gorgeous.
We’ve also had colder days and I’ve work the Line Where the Sky Meets the Sea (Ravelry) and Send Me That Horizon (Ravelry) shawls.
I wore the Wenlock sweater (Ravelry) designed by Tin Can Knits which I knit last year in some ancient stash, the discontinued Feza Yarns Cayenne and a variety of scraps for the multi-colored collar.
Captain Marvel shawl
Out and About Virtually
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Nov 11-14.
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches at Home Nov 6,7, 13 and 14
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
97 Time time time
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Ep 97 recorded 11/5/21
Hello, life is a bit crazy. With the kids in school full times this year I’ve been taking classes and time is a little short but I needed to record an episode for you folks.
Housekeeping
I will be starting up a few testknits soon, all for sleeveless tops. If you’re interested please join my test knitter mailing list at http://www.windsweptknits.com/testknitters/ - if on this list you will only get emails related to test knitting, nothing else. I’ll be having 3 or 4 test knits starting up in the next few months with yarn ranging from fingering to DK and I’d love to have you join.
Be A Helper Craft-a-long
6th annual craftalong is back this year! Dec 15- Feb 28.
Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.
• One entry per FO, submission of the Rav forum or to the google form – link coming soon.
• Donating blood counts too
• Google Form closes when I wake up March 1.
• Wips are welcome
FOs
I finished the Priestess Coat before Rhinebeck– by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball
WIPs
Purse Socks! 2nd sock knitting fail, but I've receovered
Three new pattern samples, can’t talk about them yet.
Swatched for a new sweater the Recalibrate Top by Shana Lines using Nomad Yarn’s hand dyed cotton/rayon Gelato yarn.
Star Wars scarf for Thing 2 – I’m halfway!
Out and About Virtually
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home Nov 11-14.
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches at Home Nov 6,7, 13 and 14
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
96 Pre-Rhinebeck
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
Knitting and fun in 30 min or less. Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com. You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits.
Ep 96 recorded 10/8/21
Segments this week include: Rhinebeck, FOs, Wips, Out and About, and I’ve Got Sunshine
Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry in the show notes are clearly labelled as such. All yarn links are directly to the manufacturer or dyer’s website.
Rhinebeck
Am I going? Current plan is yes, I will be there both days but I will not be there the whole time. I will be masked the entire time and I will stay until I feel uncomfortable and then I will peace out.
Speaking of COVID, message from the committee:
“We, as a team, are taking COVID very seriously and have been in discussions throughout the year about how to make this event happen safely amidst the ongoing pandemic.
The Fairgrounds sets the policy for the events held there and they are following protocol from NYS, the Dutchess County Health Department and CDC. Their COVID information can be found by clicking here.
We are navigating this challenging time the best we can - limiting attendance numbers, encouraging masking, making all barns and buildings one-way, monitoring crowds in the buildings, keeping all doors open, spacing vendors 10 feet apart (with many vendors moved outdoors). We've put workshops online and eliminated children's activities and the Skein and Garment Competition. We have also given more space to the Fleece Sale and Merritt Books' authors program.
Our vendors have been given the option to vend at the Fairgrounds, to vend virtually, or to elect to wait until 2022 to vend.
To put it mildly, this is a difficult time and nothing is definitive - but please know that this issue is top of mind for us as organizers of the event.”
FOs
Another design sample is in progress, a tank top made with HiKoo Popcycle!
Purse Socks! Sock 1 done in Bamboo Pop Sock in the Sunset colorway.
WIPs
I’m rushing to finish the Priestess Coat before Rhinebeck– by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball.
Purse Socks! Started the 2nd sock
Out and About Virtually
NY Sheep and Wool in Rhinebeck, NY Oct 16 & 17. At the moment I’m 50/50 about going.
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home this weekend Oct 7-10.
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches Expo at home Oct 8-10 – online classes, workshops and a virtual marketplace
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
Organizing my office
Friday Sep 24, 2021
95 - To the Sea
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Friday Sep 24, 2021
Ep 95 recorded 9/24/21
Segments this week include: WindsweptKnits, Wips, Stash, Out and About, and I’ve Got Sunshine
Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry in the show notes are clearly labelled as such. All yarn links are directly to the manufacturer or dyer’s website.
Windswept Knits
Very excited to announce the launch of Line Where The Sky Meets the Sea, my latest shawl pattern.
Some people feel the call of the Sea. Open water, no land in sight, that is where your heart lies. I know this feeling well. I grew up near the North Atlantic and I love being on a boat offshore, wondering what lies just over the horizon. When I first watched the film “Moana” and I heard her sing “There’s a line where the sky meets the sea and it calls me” I knew exactly what she meant. To my fellow knitters who also hear the sea’s siren call, I present this shawl.
Shawl is available on LoveCrafts, PayHip and Ravelry (link to all 3 in the shownotes) and if you purchase through PayHip or Ravelry, use code PODCAST to get 25% the regular price.
WIPs
Priestess Coat – by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball.
Another design sample is in progress, a tank top made with HiKoo Popcycle! It’s a 50/50 bamboo/polyester blend and every skein uses 2 recycled plastic bottles
Purse Socks! These are for a dear friend for Christmas who loves handknits. It’s in a new-to-me sock yarn Bamboo Pop Sock in the Sunset colorway.
Stash
Toasty Alpaca Silk Linen, a DK yarn from Tina’s Toasty toes 50% baby alpaca, 25% silk, s5% linen, 273 yards to 100g.
2 skeins from Five Wise Owls, one of her fingering Tencel in the space cadet colorway which is black with blots of purple. The other color is Avocado and that is on her Pima DK base.
Last up is a prize I won from Maridee of the Yarnover Truck out in California, and I won 2 skeins of Dragonfly Fibers Djinni in Kaleidoscope.
Out and About Virtually
NY Sheep and Wool currently still happening in Rhinebeck, NY Oct 16 & 17. At the moment I’m 50/50 about going. I have tickets and my husband and I and our parents are all vaccinated, but my kids are too young to get vaccinated and the Delta variant has me nervous. I’ll be making that decision at the last minute, I think.
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home this weekend Oct 7-10.
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website which has the details and the signup page. I am both a sponsor and a participant again this year and it’s lots of fun.
Stitches Expo at home Oct 8-10 – online classes, workshops and a virtual marketplace
Friday Sep 17, 2021
94 - I‘m back
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Friday Sep 17, 2021
Knitting and fun in 30 min or less. Shownotes can be found at windsweptknits.com. You can find me on IG and Ravelry as WindsweptMonique and on Facebook and Twitter as WindsweptKnits.
Ep 94 recorded 9/17/21
Segments this week include: Deep Thoughts, FOs, Wips, Out and About, and I’ve Got Sunshine
Note on Ravelry – all links to Ravelry in the show notes are clearly labelled as such. All yarn links are directly to the manufacturer or dyer’s website.
FOs
I honestly don’t remember all the stuff I’ve finished in 6 months, so I’m just going to highlight a few things.
Slice of Summer - Ravelry – my New Year’s caston using BaH yarns watermelon shawl ball (wool bases available as of today – cotton/bamboo currently out of stock).
I finished 2 new design samples, can’t talk much about them yet, but I am very excited at what is coming.
Crocheted water balloons
WIPs
Priestess Coat – by Morale Fiber in Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball. I’m using the Feng Shui colorway, a grey-to white gradient.
Another design sample is in progress, a tank top made with HiKoo Popcycle! It’s a 50/50 bamboo/polyester blend and every skein uses 2 recycled plastic bottles and you know me, I love recycled and reclaimed fibers.
New socks! These are for a dear friend for Christmas who loves handknits. It’s in a new-to-me sock yarn Bamboo Pop Sock in the Sunset colorway.
Diamond Painting
If you’ve never done diamond painting before, think of it like paint by number or cross stitch, only faster and sparklier. You get a canvas with a chart on it, covered in a tacky glue-like substance with a protective plastic cover and packages of multi-faceted resin pieces, either square or round, and they’re called either drills or diamonds. Peel back the protective cover and use the included diamond pen to place the colored on the matching spot on the chart. Some drills are pearlescent and really sparkle, some are glow-in-the-dark, it’s lots of fun.
I’m currently about 60% through one called Bubble Bubble Chocolate Trouble. This is based on a painting by Randal Spangler and made by Diamond Art Club. This painting is so cute, it’s two little green dragons wearing witches hats and stirring a giant cauldron full of hot chocolate, with a haunted house in the background and packages of cocoa and marshamallows on the side.
Stash
Just this week I bought 3 skeins of Go For Faux Thick and Quick from Lion Brand. This fake-fur yarn will be the cuff and hood edging for my Priestess Coat mentioned earlier.
Shameless Self Promotion
In a week I’ll be launching a new pattern, a shawl named Line Where The Sky Meets the Sea launching on Friday, September 24 and it will be available on Ravelry, LoveCrafts and Payhip and to my loyal listeners, listen to the podcast for the coupon code.
Out and About Virtually
NY Sheep and Wool currently still happening in Rhinebeck, NY Oct 16 & 17.
Vogue Knitting Live Vogue Knitting Live @ Home this weekend Oct 7-10.
GGKCS podcast is having their annual Autumnal AL, visit their FB page for more details.
Down Cellar Studio’s Pigskin party is up and running. You can participate on Instagram or on Ravelry and I’m linking to Boston Jen’s website
Stitches Expo at home Oct 8-10
If you have any events you’d like me to share please email me windsweptmonique@gmail.com
I’ve Got Sunshine
Both my kids are at the same school this year, first time ever, and this summer my kindergartener learned to buckle his seatbelt by himself!