The Day Before Vacation!
#FROGMYKNITS2024 @cmeqnomad
The critters featured/mentioned: Odin the Mustang, Bragi the Mustang, Harley & Herbert the Cats
What I'm wearing: No hand knits right now
FO: Hermione's Everyday Socks
WIPs:
a. Cowl from legacy yarn gift (hibernating)
b. Master Sock Knitting over the knee socks (hibernating, may become a FROG)
c. Flip Side Tee by Tanis Fiber Arts
d. Heel Toe Do Si Do socks by Kay Litton
Acquisitions:
a. None!
What I'm up to:
• Lessons with B
• Lesson on O or riding O
• Gardening
• Bicycling
• Work
• Dietary changes: tending toward vegan, plant-based meals, fermentation: kombucha, vegetable ferments
• Baking sourdough bread:
○ 4 c bread flour
○ 2 c water
○ 1/4 c sourdough starter (I feed mine the night before)
○ 1 TBSP salt
○ Combine ingredients, fold, stretch, raise 12-24 hours, bake uncovered in cast iron Dutch oven for 55 minutes at 450F (no need to pre-heat)
Resources:
Knitting:
Freckled Whimsey self-striping yarns
Polka Dot Creek yarns
Legacy Fiber Artz
Skein & Tipple yarn store and cocktail bar
Opinion | ‘Visible Mending’: The Healing Powers of Knitting - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Frog or Finish MKAL chelseamakes - Twitch
Colorwork knitting resource: Fair Isle Sweaters Simplified book by Ann Bourgeois (thriftbooks.com)
Sock Master Class book:
Sock Knitting Master Class: Innovative Techniques + Patterns from Top Designers 9781596683129 | eBay
Micro-striped yarn: Knitivity – The Adventures of Knitterman — Independent Art Yarn Dyer
Podcasts:
The Bakery Bears - YouTube
ARNE & CARLOS - YouTube
Crazy Sock Lady - YouTube
Shannon Makes - YouTube
We Grow Wild - YouTube
LegacyKnitz Podcast - YouTube
My Wool Mitten - YouTube
Knit All The Yarn Podcast - YouTube
Horses:
Odin & Bragi: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse adoption program. Adoptions and Sales | Bureau of Land Management (blm.gov)
Horse Radio Network | The Voice of the Horse World
Karen Rohlf - YouTube
Shawna Karrasch Equine - YouTube
Diary Of An Endurance Rider - YouTube
Gardening:
German-style mound garden (Hugelkultur), building the mound using composted horse manure
(7) GrowVeg - YouTube
(7) Spicy Moustache - YouTube
Buon-A-Petitti - YouTube
Reading:
Misunderstood Vegetables and a murder mystery
Contact info:
IG: @Cmeqnomad
Ravelry: Corrinala
Email: [email protected]