The Crafty Toads Episode #98 - Brought to you by the Number Three

Featured image is Nephew #3 😁

The skirts in the background are from Handspun Hope

Projects we are working on:

The Brunswick Tee Sweater -

Helen is knitting hers in Standing Stones & Neopolitan

Mary Beth is knitting hers in Lucy and Acorn

The Navelli Sweater -

Helen is knitting hers in Crookshanks, ROUS and Acorn

Mary Beth is knitting hers in ROUS, I’m Not Really Left Handed, and Mawwiage

The Firebolt Shawl -

Helen is doing hers in Where the Crawdads Sing

Mary Beth is doing hers in Station Eleven

Mary Beth is re-knitting the Knitting at the Library Cowl part 1 by Cori Eichelberger using the Narnia mini skein kit.

Our next knit-along will be the Out and About Shawl by Jennifer Weissman. It takes 5 skeins of DK yarn - we have chosen Jack Pumpkinhead for Mary Beth and Les Reveurs for Helen.

Our upcoming shows are NJ Sheep & Wool Festival (9/7-8), The Catskills Fiber Festival (9/15), The Adirondacks Fiber Festival (9/28) and the First Annual Rhinebeck Yarn Bazaar (10/18)

Books we are currently reading:

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

The Royal Secret by Lucinda Riley

The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

We started and finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid on the trip to Chicago - highly recommend listening to that one.

Young Adult series we recommend:

The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis

The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton

The Five Children and It by E Nesbit