Episode 61: Hanami of Yarn

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Life on the Road Update – 1:50

Reminder that the PridePodMAL is coming your way!

Deathwish Coffee: Not a sponsor, Just a need – 5:04

Open Throttle – 05:17

The ‘MHK Level 2 Vest‘ (ravelry link) is blocking so that I can properly and accurately pick up stitches for the collar. The evaluator that will be seeing this has some very exacting standards by which my vest will be measured against, and I want to exceed those expectations.

Operation Sock Drawer returns with progress on the ‘Mesmerizing Riddler‘ (ravelry link).

The ‘Kiddo’s Shawl‘ (ravelry link) project is introduced.

Gauge Rage: Scream into the Void – 16:37

Stalled – 16:47

Counting and the eye-searing combination of yarn colors on the ‘Mesmerizing Riddler’ Socks conspired against me and I had to re-do the heel of one sock.

I have to acquire and learn how to use a new beading tool to continue to make progress on ‘Kiddo’s Shawl’.

Sunshine: Making yarn gremlins of all of us. – 23:25

Scenic Route – 23:41

Cherry Blossoms represent renewal and the fleeting nature of life.1 As such they are celebrated and viewed in a custom called hanami.1 In this episode, I share some of my own hanami with you.

Image Credit: Mr. Kickass.
  1. Info from The Smithsonian, and available here.

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