90% Knitting – Episode 364 – Stop Should-ing All Over Yourself

Welcome to Episode 364! Below, you’ll find show notes with embedded time stamps and links to project pages, patterns, and other things I’ve mentioned. I use non-Ravelry links when possible, but any link preceded by an asterisk means that it does go to Ravelry, so be aware of that if Rav is not an accessible place for you. All of my contact/website/social media info is listed at the end of the show notes!

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Intro – It’s a bit long this week as I offer my PSA regarding what NOT to do when faced with a phishing scam. Yeah. Ask me how I learned this. Sigh.

10:24 – Finished Objects

Blue Striped Ragg Socks – My own 2×1 rib sock with heel flap and gusset. Yarn: Patons Kroy Sock, Blue Striped Ragg colorway. US 1 needles.
* Project Page – https://www.ravelry.com/projects/fibernymph/blue-ragg-socks
Leftover Socks Project – I showed the third sock, which is out of FDW Bedazzled, Hypothesis colorway. US 1 needles. My plain vanilla sock recipe. Fourth sock underway is also Bedazzled, in the 12 Days of Christmas colorway.
* Project Page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/fibernymph/random-short-ish-sock-project
Project bag was from StarKnits: http://www.starknits.net/

16:06 Works in Progress

First sock tube sock from Knitty Boh Fiber Co. sock tube, Here Comes Peter Cottontail. Minis used are FDW Bounce in Vivid Violet, Fuchsia, and Aqua Shock. US 1 and US 0 needles.
* Project Page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/fibernymph/sock-tube-experiment

Amberle Shawl – Pattern by Shannon Cook. Yarn is FDW Ridgetop DK in Brushed Steel and Wisp. US7 needles.
Pattern – https://www.veryshannon.com/patterns/amberle
* Project Page – https://www.ravelry.com/projects/fibernymph/amberle
Project bag was by BagsByAwesomeGrannie: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BagsByAwesomeGrannie

Busy Bee Advent Throw – Pattern by Shaina Scott. Hexi yarn is from an indie dyer Advent swap I did last year. Border yarn is from From Me to Yarn.
* Pattern Page – https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/busy-bee-throw
* Project Page – https://www.ravelry.com/projects/fibernymph/busy-bee-throw

29:30 – 2021 Nature MALs
We’re still in the Flora period of the MAL. The submission form is linked in both the Rav thread and in the FDW blog post. For entry form error has recurred occasionally, but if you have any trouble submitting your FO form, please email me at fibernymph AT gmail DOT com and let me know!

32:23 – Giveaway – If you’d like to enter the giveaway for a copy of the Sure of You Headband pattern by Jennifer Lassonde, along with a skein of FDW Megga in Silhouette, please post in the comments below the video on YouTube and tell me something good that has happened in your life this week! I’ll announce the winner on the next regular podcast episode.

34:14 – Shop News

Allentown Virtual Fiber Festival is this weekend, Friday 4/9 – Sunday 4/11. You can find the full Zoom schedule and info about vendors here:
https://www.allentownfiberfestival.com/ or on the FB page here:
https://www.facebook.com/allentownfiberfestivalInfo is also posted on the @allentownfiberfestival Instagram account.
I’ll be doing a half hour Zoom on Sunday, 4/11, at 2 p.m. eastern. Please join me! See the above website for the link to the Zoom in the schedule.

All items that I’m posting new in the shop for the show weekend will go live on Friday at 6 p.m. eastern. I’ll be offering free US shipping all weekend, Friday through Sunday. Also, several of the items I’ll have in the shop will be dye-to-orders, but since this is a festival weekend, I’m deviating from my usual shipping policy and I’ll be shipping any of your in-stock items now and then your DTO items when they are done. I didn’t mention it in the podcast, but I will be debuting a new colorway this weekend, in honor of the show. It’ll be called East-West…look for it in the shop on Friday at 6 p.m.!

Also, I mentioned that I’ll be offering the pre-orders for the 2021 Holiday Countdown mini sets either in May or June. Pre-orders will be open for a month once they go up, so you’ll have plenty of time to order! Stay tuned!

41:05 – What’s bringing me joy this week!

Got my 2nd Covid vaccine…yay!
My mom will be visiting at the end of the month…yay!
My family has been awesome and so supportive of me this past week while I dealt with all of the bank stuff and back pain.
The Mindfulness material I mentioned from Sarah Bauer of Yarns at Yin Hoo can be found here: http://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/mindfulness/
Sarah’s quote that I shared: Start where you are; use what you have; do what you can.
The singing bowl I shared was from this shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SOUTHBAYSALTSonline
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Shop: https://www.fibernymphdyeworks.com/shop/
FDW Blog: https://www.fibernymphdyeworks.com/blog/
Rav Group: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/fibernymph-dye-works
Instagram: @fibernymphdyeworks
Email: [email protected]