Episode 126: How Many Eggs

Welcome to the Knitting Samurai and Her Guys Video Podcast!

Knitting Time:

Narnia Socks Using my go to sock recipe: US size 0 - 2.0mm needles. Wendy Johnson's Slip Stitch Heel Basic Sock. A 2x2 rib on top of that. Yarn is Opal Schafpate in color 8127. Brick Red/Spruce Green/Rust color.  Two Heels!

Swirl Hat by Mandie Harrington: 4 done and few more to come. First was knit with Claudia Handpaints Fingering in Plumolicious (once upon a time this was my favorite yarn to work with). Second one was knit with White Birch Fiber Arts 80/20 Merino Nylon Self-Striping in the Tan, Rested, and Ready colorway (another skein of yarn that wont make it into Tristan's Blanket). 3rd was knit with Into The Whirled Manchester Sock in the Sterrennacht colorway. 4th is knit with Into The Whirled Quijarro Sock in the Winds of Change colorway. Using US size 2 -2.75mm and 3 -3.25mm needles. Couple more in my future. 

Used the Swirl Hat by Mandie Harrington stitch counts and applied the Monkey Sock by Cookie A stitch pattern.  This one is knit with Inspiration Dyeworks Basic Sock in the Walking after midnight colorway.  Using US size 2 -2.75mm and 3 -3.25mm needles.

Linnie by Justyna Lorkowska with Into The Whirled Quijarro Sock in the Winds of Change colorway and MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino in the colorway Seaside. Using US size 4s - 3.5mm needles.  Finished.  Enjoyed the pattern, would knit another.

Finished the 6th of Tristan's Dinner Napkins...more to come. Using Grandmother's Dishcloth Pattern using Lily Sugar and Cream Ombre's.

Tristan's BRQ! By Shelley Mackie & Larissa Brown Using US size 2s - 2.75mm needles. Using Opal Rainforest, Fibernymph Bounce, and Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper in Dipping Sauce is the final piece.
11 completed squares for T's Blanket.  Will need 30. 

Stash Dash 2015

What's New?
Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce Base Semi-Solids

Let's Swap!
Partners have been assigned and packages should be received by May 30^th. We’ll plan on exchanging addresses via private messages and getting to know each other a little bit over here on the boards. Packages should include either Option A or B along with a few other little extras but let’s agree to keep the cost of the goodies under $10 (not including yarn). It may or may not be important to your swap partner to know the yarn brand/color/content of the yarns so please try and include it just to be safe. If you don’t know that’s alright, but if you do, please include it.

Where to find more episodes...
Steph is the Knitting Samurai on Ravelry and Instagram. Visit the Ravelry Group for Knitting Samurai & Her Guys to continue to the discussion.

• First there was The Expectant Knitter detailing Steph's adventures during her first pregnancy. There are 33 Episodes spanning January 2010 to September 2011.
• Next came The Knitting Samurai Plus 1 detailing life from the birth of Steph's first son to the first few months of her second son's life. There are 102 Episodes available spanning September 2011 to September 2014.
• Most recently The Knitting Samurai & Her Guys has begun starting in September 2014
• The wordpress site carries the 8-10 most recent episodes and 10 greatest hits from the past. And you can subscribe to the podcast via the Itunes page.
• And Now Starting with Episode 112 you can't find The Knitting Samurai & Her Guys on YouTube!