90% Knitting: Episode 2

The aspect ratio on this video is really wonky, and I can't find a way to fix it. I'll work on it for next week's videocast. Until then, please know that my head really is not that squished. ;)

Thank you to everyone who watched the first episode last week & left such encouraging feedback for me!

Also, thank you SO MUCH Leslie (udontcallmeles) from The Knit Girllls for helping me figure out post-production.

There is a new Ravelry group for the podcast. Come join us!

(Also, I found out right after I finished recording - natch - the podcast is now available on iTunes!)

ON THE NEEDLES: (Links go to my Rav project pages)

• CalVADos Cardigan (as opposed to CalDAVos, as I have been calling it since I started knitting it last year...duh) - Thea Coleman pattern, Cascade 220 Heathers yarn.
• Haruni - Still there, no progress.
• Crescent Shawl - Scholler & Stahl Limbo from deep in my stash; just winging the pattern as I go.
• Shawl Swap Shawl that I can't show you because the swap is still at its secret stage. I can tell you I'm knitting it from the BamHuey fiber I spun and showed you last week, and it's being knit into an Anne Hanson shawl so it will count for the Spring Fling February KAL.
• YOSS February Plain Vanilla Sock - Fleece Artist Somoko yarn, Sun colorway.
• The project bag is a GoKnit pouch, the small one, made by KnowKnits and sold at The Loopy Ewe.

ON THE WHEEL:

• A Targhee wool and mohair blend from Cosymakes' Farm Wool Fiber Club, the November 2010 colorway called Fire Gang. Cosy's blog. Cosy's Etsy shop.

FO's:

• The Little Girl's Valentine's Socks, Austerman Step, plain vanilla pattern.

DESIGNING:

• Twisting & Twining is out to the test knitters!

OOPS:

• Austerman Step...6 knots and reversed color sequence halfway through the ball? So! Not! Acceptable!
• Not re-reading instructions for projects you've set down for a prolonged period leads to errors, such as forgetting to change needle sizes after the ribbing on the back of your Calvados Cardigan.

BOOKS:

• Knit One, Embellish Too, Cosette Cornelius-Bates
• The Knitter's Book of Wool, Clara Parkes

10%:

• Photobooks from Snapfish
• Stinkbugs - ICK!
• The Superbowl is this Sunday! Go Steelers! (Or just watch for the commercials.)