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Crafty Little Rat Podcast - Episode 17!

Look Ma! Shownotes.

This week, just to be extra blooming fancy you get a photograph in the middle AND some at the end, with music and transitions! Maybe don't get too used to it, I'm still a bit of a rubbish podcaster!

FO Frenzy

1) Flight Of The Owl Shawl - Heather Anderson

Midwinter Yarns - Lithuanian Linen in Mouse 155g 762 yards

3.0mm needles

Previously shown on the podcast but not when it was blocked.

2) Lightning Strike Hat - Mina Philipp

Stylecraft Swift Knit Tweed 3114 Orkney. 180g 112 yards

9.0mm needles

3) Rhys' House Socks - Own Pattern.

Stylecraft Special Effects 1802 Foxtrot 90g 269 yards. 3.0mm needles

4) Lolli Shawl - Own Pattern

Conway + Bliss Lolli 61010 Slush - 150g 360 yards. 5.0mm needles

5) African Flower Blanket - Own/Heidi Bears/ Cyprus Textiles (half hexi)

Stylecraft Special DK - Duckegg 700g

50g of Grass, Pistachio, Mustard, Cypress, Lobelia, Kelly Green, Fuscia, Boysenberry, Empire and Tomato.

5.0mm Hook - 3863 yards in total!

You're still working on that?

1) Linus on the Line - Midwinter Yarns 4.0mm needle

Ullcentrum 2ply Sport. 1 skein Sky Pink, 1 skein Sky Turquoise

2) Aisling - Justyna Lorkowska 3.5mm needle

Ocean Park Yarns Classic Sock - Neon Splattered

RainCity Knits Super Sock - Bright Aqua

In A Spin

Finished! Milk Protein Fibre. 50g, 181 meters.

Current spin "Wool" fibre

Ooh Shiney!

"Wool" and 2 new bobbins.

Woolcraft Superwash Sock - colourway 46

Manos Del Uruguay Alegria colourway Atlantica

Yan Tan Tethera Peddero Twist Colourway Winter Beach

Other things mentioned!

St Fagans

Comments

Corwin

I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write this post for a while. I’d hoped at least not this side of Christmas; but he had other plans. Last Thursday Rhys came home from work to find him laid up in the cage, dehydrated and not interested in moving. Rhys tried tempting him with Peanut butter and he turned his nose up a it. Corwin… not accepting food meant it was a bad sign. A few weeks ago he’d started to loose movement in his hind quarters – as can happen in old rats. He was still moving around reasonably well; eating, drinking and snuggling and we agreed to take each day as it came. We took him to the vets that evening, and all agreed that the best thing to do for him was to let him go easily, peacefully and quietly in his sleep. Corwin came to us from SPA Vets in Gloucester. This was our vets before we moved to Newport and one I would heartily recommend to anyone in the area. He’d wandered in through someone’s cat flap and realising (thank goodness!) that he was...

Thinking about 2017 goals!

I'm currently laid up with what we think is Slapped Cheek. Slapped cheek is a thing that kids get, and my bosses daughter had a case. When it affects adults it shows up as joint pain and swelling and flu like symptoms. Ouch. As a result I can't do much knitting or spinning or crochet. What else can I do but have a think about what my goals for 2017 should be? My goals for 2016 were fairly simple 80/20 Yarn used to yarn bought ratio (We’ll see how this goes!) Finish using 2015’s Wonderwool yarn before 2016’s WW (Faberge, Sunny Days Shawlette, Pink Topaz) 12 pairs of Socks in 2016 So I managed 2 and 3, and the less said about goal 1 the better I suppose. I must have added at least 100 skeins or balls of yarn to the stash this year. To be fair, I did go to Canada (where I bought lots of yarn) and have a fortuitous year with Wonderwool this year. By comparison, I've used up around 60; which really is no mean feat. Proposed Goals!* 1) Yarn Management! I'm st...

Crafty Little Rat - Episode 19

Show Notes FO Frenzy Advent Calendar Shawl Rosie’s Moments Advent Calendar kit – A Shawl for Jos – Rosemary Davis – 3.5mm needle Lights Camera Action Socks Plain Sock, 64 stitch. V shaped Heel. Cascade Yarns Heritage Prints – 26 Holidays 2.26mm needles Tiger Socks Plain Sock, 64 Stitch, V shaped Heel. Easyknits.co.uk Dusted Dreams – Firestorm. 2.25mm needles Fox Point – Laura Aylor Knoll Yarns Kilcarra Tweed – Raphoe, Muff and Gara. 4,5mm needle Brioche Practice Piece 4.5 mm needle – Gara and Raphoe – Very Pink Knits tutorial New Year New Socks Stylecraft Head over heels – 3101 Fuji . 2.25mm needles, 64 stitch sock, Rounder Heel. Waiting for Rainbows Syliva McFadden Owl about Yarn – Sparkle Owl, Aberavon Harbour 175g 4.0mm needle You're Still working on that Hermionie’s Every Day Socks – Erica Lueder Rico Design Superba ...

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