48 - When Dragons Attack

Episode 48 – 10/9/18 - When Dragons Attack
Thanks for listening!
Segments this week include FOs, Wips, Knitting Fail, Pattern Stalking, On the Run and the wrap up of our Be A Helper craft a long!
FOs
3 doll sweaters from my Super Simple Fuzzy Sweater pattern, all knit in Plymouth Yarn’s Adore in red, orange, and a green and gray multi-colored yarn
What I’m now calling my Hamilton Socks, 52-st socks in Plymouth Yarn’s Diversity in the Deep Sea colorway
 
Wips
Another doll sweater, this one in pink
Mom’s Christmas Socks
Dancing Dragons Coat by Heike Campbell in Be Sweet Yarn’s Bamboo in the Sea Green colorway, a malachite-green, but a little lighter than true malachite.  About 50% done but…
Knitting Fail
Dancing Dragons Coat – I realized I was going to run out of yarn!!
Wearables
Empire Top by Lily Go – wore this to Hamilton
I wore my Changing Staircases shawl several times, knit up in Fibre Lady’s Mousou Bamboo
Mommy’s Tunic, a pattern I designed a few years back – short sleeve A-line tunic with a cabled band under the bust.  This one is knit up in Juniper Moon Farm’s Neve in a lovely shade of cobalt blue
Dahlia – the colorwork shawl I knit this summer has been worn at least once
Linen Butterflies – I wore the short sleeve version of this this morning over a tank top before the heat arrived, which I knit in Euroflax Sport 100% linen in their Straw colorway, is a lovely shade of gold, over a tank top one warm day.
 
Pattern Stalking
Over the past few weeks I’ve realized how many red long-sleeved shirts and sweaters I have, but none of my shawls go with red.  I really need to knit a grey, or black, or even royal blue shawl to go with them.  There’s a gradient cake yarn I’ve been eyeing a year or so that goes from black, through many shades of gray, to white.  If you have a shawl suggestion that would look good in grey gradients I would love to hear about it!
On The Run
Had a great few runs these last few weeks, including a 2.5 miler a week ago.  My knee was a little cranky after that last one, but it felt good at the time.  I’ve got a 5k fundraiser race for my son’s school coming up this weekend.  First whole-family race
Toddler running in Tot Trot
1st-grader and husband running 1-miler
I’m running 5k

Be A Helper Craft A  Long wrap-up
A huge thank-you to everyone who participated!  I have 3 prizes to award and all 3 need to be mailed.  If you hear your name, please contact me with your mailing address.  You can reach me at windsweptmonique@gmail.com, or as WindsweptMonique both on Ravelry and on Instagram.