Episode 221: Bismuth, The Gayest Element!

News:

• Totally 90’s Nostalgia Tour featuring Kitty With A Cupcake and Junkyarn will be coming to several yarn shops on the east coast this summer! Wednesday 5/31 in Boston at the Boston Fiber Co., Thursday 6/1 at Circle of Stitches in Salem, and Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at Skein Yarn Shop in Providence. There will be brand new products from both Kemper and Emily!
• Emily’s next event will be the Pop Con in Louisville the weekend of 6/16- 6/18 https://purchase.growtix.com/eh/PopCon_Louisville_2023

FO: None this week!

WIPS:

Emily  - Maema cardigan by Pip and Pin  https://www.pipandpin.ca/shop/p/qkhuxyly0m9upaofgle03mar2nrx4o in Junk Yarn, Penelope colorway, Boss Sock base https://www.junkyarn.com/

- Vanilla socks in Lang Jawolle self striping colorway

- Northeasterly Blanket in Lantern Light Fellowship of the Rings Advent calendar mini skeins https://www.lanternlightyarn.com/

Lauren - Heirloom Temperature Blanket by Suraya Hossain in Valkyrie Fibers Rainbow Temperature Gradient https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heirloom-temperature-blanket

- Vanilla hat in Knit Picks Stroll Koi Pond colorway

- Queue Shawl by Darci Kern https://darcidoesit.com/ in Junk Yarn Totally Hair Barbie colorway, Tuxedo Luxe Base and Dorian Gray colorway by Three Irish Girls

- multipurpose wearable tube improvised design in Rapunzel Fiber Arts Chaos Theory handspun

Acquisitions:

Lauren - two skeins from Sister Ananse Yarn, fingering weight yak blend base in the Dreamland and Etherial colorways https://naimabondart.com/collections/hand-dyed100-merino-wool-yarn

Emily - a whole bag of button badges for the Totally 90’s Tour!

Occult Corner: Bringing back rock talk with everyone’s favorite rainbow colored Heavy Metal: Bismuth! 

Self Promotion:

The Pronoun Pal Kickstarter will debut on 6/13!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/pronoun-pals-a-pride-pin-collection

Emily will be offering her Zodiac pin collection on her website in July, you can display your Big Three in Emily’s signature style!

Lauren will be having a big self striping update on Sunday May 28th with $5 from every skein of self striping going to Point of Pride https://www.pointofpride.org/ and another great local to Lauren organization that you can support is the scholarship fund for queer folks to attend community college!  https://secure.etransfer.com/EFT/custom/LTCCF/BlockCode/donation1.cfm?d2org=LTCC&d2tool=donate and be sure to select “Scholarships” and then in the following list select the “Pride Equality Scholarship”!