Episode 4: Candy Corn: Which side are you on?!

News:

-The Fiber Coven Friendship Socks Make Along will run through 10/31.  https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fiber-coven/4043467/1-25

-For Socktober all the Fiber Coven blog posts will be about various sock related topics!

-Virtual Antiracism Book Club open to any and all interested through the Power and Liberation Movement,  email [email protected] to sign up for updates!  We will be reading So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo and the first meeting will be mid November and covering chapters 1-3.  This book is a wonderful introduction to antiracism.

FO:

Emily - Dissent Sweater https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dissent-3

Main color - Dark Purple Cece’s Wool https://www.ceceswool.com/yarn/yarn-baby-worsted-weight-8-oz-skeins/

Contrast Color - Cozy Color Works https://www.cozycolorworks.com/worsted-weight-merino

Lauren - HO one Forest Fruit Socks by Sachiko Burgin kshandknitdesign.com knit in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL base, main color Woodland Realm, contrast color Mirkwood(colorways currently sold out but available on a BFL Fingering Tweed Base through Lauren’s LYS Knits and Knots Tahoe https://www.knitsandknotstahoe.com/ )

WIPS:

Emily - Shrug Design in Lola Bean, Sprout Base colorways Purple Nurple and Knuckle Sandwich https://www.ravelry.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/shrug-thing

-Vanilla Socks in Nomadic Yarns, Black Flame Candle colorway, Brit Sock Base https://www.nomadicyarns.com/

-Spincycle Design https://spincycleyarns.com/collections/dream-state/products/pussy-willow

Lauren -TAAT Socks knit in

Arkaik Fibres, Gold Lion Colorway, Fremont Sock Base arkaikfibres.com

Nomadic Yarns, Brit Sock Base https://www.nomadicyarns.com/

-Thorin Socks https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/thorin knit in Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in the Reindeer Heather colorway https://www.knitpicks.com/yarn/stroll-tweed/c/5420150

-Forest Fruit Sock by Sachiko Burgin kshandknitdesign.com knit in Valkyrie Fibers Hig Twist BFL base, main color Woodland Realm, contrast color Mirkwood

-Full Coverage Cross stitch insanity

Acquisitions:

Emily - Two skeins Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock in the Artemis colorway, one of the Azula hair pins that Lauren’s Dad made, and some Fiber Coven stickers https://www.etsy.com/listing/874412181/fiber-coven-2-stickers

-RBG collar pin and Haunted Mansion mask

-Two skeins Russet/Orange Cece’s Wool https://www.ceceswool.com/yarn/yarn-baby-worsted-weight-8-oz-skeins/ for a colorwork cardigan

Lauren - Nothing

Occult Corner: Edgar Allen Poe’s odd death, possibly related to the Antebellum form of voter fraud known as “cooping”

Shameless Self Promotion:

Emily has two new patterns out!

- Candy Corn Cuteness, available for free for Patreon Members or for $2 on Payhip and Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/candy-corn-cuteness

- Cuprite Shawl via Interweave (free for a limited time!) https://www.interweave.com/beginner-quick-easy-knits-vol-1/