The Cats Do Wisconsin

Topics today include Litterbox, Catnip, PAWS, From Fluff to Stuff, Fibercats Dyepots, Ooh Shiny!, Leisure Suit, Catnip, and the Fluff. Litterbox Terri: So much has happened since we last spoke. I’m currently on a short vacation which we will talk about more in a bit. Libby: Very busy last weekend with you guys visiting. Worked this weekend Catnip- moving it up today because there is so much good stuff to talk about. Gleam, Pumpkin patch, the beauty of Hyvee, Mt. Horeb and Caves. Terri: My husband, son and I went on a trip to Wisconsin to visit my Libby! We will talk about Gleam, the pumpkin patch, Trolls!, Cave of the Mounds. Libby: Same as Terri’s! PAWS Terri: Gramps Cardigan- Kate Oates-none Mystic Square-by James Watts - nope Butterfly Wing Shawl- still plugging away. Nothing much to report on this. Very close to the end of the first skein. Gramma’s Medley Sweater- Tina Tse Knits.I’m about 13 inches into the body. Still in love, but put it aside a bit due to traveling. I picked it back up and discovered I’d made an error. Could have left it (i’ll explain) but didn’t. Leith Hat- in Critical Hit Dyes Shadow of Aerin (DK) I think Druid. Libby: Colorblock Bag by Dabbles and Babbles - No progress Dino- About 7 or 8 rows in. Using Knitpicks Mercerized Cotton - Color is Verdigris (blue green) for the body. Undecided on spike colors Pumpkins! FO PAWS Terri: Boneyard Sweethearts (Ravelry Link)-Stephanie Lotven-Originally in my Oooh Shiny. I couldn’t wait. I cast this one on. I am using a random hot pink for the band and pom pom. The body will be Knit Picks Stroll tonal in possibly Orbit and natural. Not really sure lol. Haunted House KAL- Stephanie Lotven-tellybeanknits (instagram) I’ll chit chat about it. A pumpkin! Libby: The Happy Camper- Finished! Will post pics this week. Couldn’t wear it at Wakaan since it was about 90 degrees everyday, but it’s very cute. Rustic Pumpkin - HH Stitchery…On my 3rd one but I’ve finished 2. Instead of cinnamon stick stem, I crocheted some up quick. From Fluff to Stuff - I have plied the leftover blue merino/sw merino/silk with my rolags that I made to pair with it. It looks gorgeous and matches pretty well with the previous merino, merino, silk I had spun and plied. I have spun all 8 ounces of my first and second dye experiments in Corriedale. I also spun about 6 of my 8 ounces of my Gritty Knits September colorway. Fibercats dyepots: I dyed my neon green and black with dark charcoal areas (dubbing this colorway the Void) for my Spooky Boogeyman Cowl and Mitts by Sara Kelly-Grey Owl Knits. Experimented with a spearmint-ish colorway with speckles. I love it. I may need to dye myself a larger quantity. Ooh Shiny! I’m still crushing on Boneyard Sweethearts Sweater by Stephanie Lotven. It’s now also in a sweater pattern and I’m in love. I also need to talk about yarn shops I visited and how fun it all was. While in Madison, I stopped at Fiddlesticks Knits and picked up some gorgeous yarn. There was a trunk show for Kraeo. We missed Sunset Yarns, which looked great, but closed at noon and didn’t reopen until Tuesday after I would already be gone. We did get over to Verona, WI to check out the Sow’s Ear. Libby: Got some yarn at Fiddlesticks from Kraeo - Uncle Mulberry worsted (merino wool silk). Got LOTS of fuzzy yarn at Joann’s. Juicy Couture, Eddie Bauer, etc. for pumpkins. Leisure Suit- Terri: Continued and finished the Witcher. Started Season 1 of The Killing. I rant a bit. Been watching Brooklyn 99, a bit, too. Also, my husband and I started Good Omens season 2. Michael Sheen is delightful, David Tennant is delightful. I’m also really enjoying a character played by Nina Sosanya. She played Sister Mary Locquacious in the first season. This season, she plays a coffee shop owner near Aziraphale’s (Sheen’s character) books shop. Libby: Finished Schitt’s Creek. I cry everytime Vampire Diaries - remembering less of the stuff that happens, Season 4 so I think I dropped off somewhere around here. House Hunters filler Watched a bunch of love island with Lauren the other day The Fluff- Terri: The kitties did not come on the trip. We had a friend checking on them and feeding them their wet food while we were gone. Libby: Penny loved your visit. She’s been very clingy since you left but we finally have the diffuser back so that’s nice. Loves the treats you bought. Crazy for cheese as always We would like to thank you for taking a listen in on our little podcast. If you want to see more of us, check out instagram at fibercatspodcast and our website is fibercatspodcast.com. If you’d like to reach out to us, please do so at fibercatspodcast@gmail.com. We also added a Ko-fi account. Look for us on there at Fibercats podcast