News: Emily has a free pattern coming out on 4/12! The Vanilla Macaron shawl is a garter stitch crescent shaped shawl specially designed for sock sets that are too pretty to hide in socks, pique your appetite for crescent shawls with this free pattern and then look into the Macaron Box collection.
The next chance to get Emily’s merch in person will be at the Cincinnati Crafty Supermarket on April 16th. (Proof of vaccination or recent negative test required) https://craftysupermarket.com/
After that, you can see all sorts of Kitty With A Cupcake products in Louisville at the Spring Into Derby Art Fair, April 22-24 https://www.paristown.com/springintoderby
There is a strike of Etsy sellers from 4/11 to 4/18 and you can support sellers by not purchasing items from Etsy, and sharing messages of support across social media
FO:
Emily - Vanilla Socks in the 3am on Bourbon Street colorway from Teeny Button Studio https://teenybuttonstudio.com/
WIPS:
Emily - LOTR sock design in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL base, Shadowfax and Tinuviel colorways
- Slipped Stitch Macaron Box crescent shawl design in Junk Yarn Totally 90’s Witch sock set https://www.junkyarn.com/
- Vanilla Socks in Knit Picks Felici, Game Over colorway
Lauren - Improvised yoga socks in Havirland, Sotterly Sock base ‘Bug Hunt At Outpost Nine’ Starship Troopers inspired sock set https://www.etsy.com/shop/havirland
- Northeasterly, scrappy blanket in DK
- LOTR sock design in Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock base, Bill The Pony and Thranduil colorways
Acquisitions: None this week!
Occult Corner: We collected many fun facts about Turquoise, in our ongoing discussion of various pretty rocks.
Self Promotion:
Lauren is starting off Quarter 2 of the There and Back Again KAL with a Tolkien yarn drop on 4/10 at 9am PST, featuring a new Tom Bombadil inspired self striping colorway! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
The Macaron Box collection of crescent shawls using sock sets will debut in Emily’s Ravelry and Payhip stores on 4/12 with the Vanilla Macaron shawl and the Lavender Macaron shawl (featuring eyelets and a lace edging) at the introductory price of $5. As more designs get added to the collection the price will increase, but savvy knitters who buy now will receive additional patters for free as the collection updates *wink*
Emily’s new Kickstarter featuring Death Positive enamel pins and associated goodies in her signature ultra-cute style is live! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/deathly-cute-a-morbidly-adorable-pin-collection?ref=394n8w&token=77e71f6d
The Fiber Coven will be hosting Lauren’s There And Back Again KAL for all of 2022, see the public blog post on our Patreon for all the details!
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Episode 244: Hag's Stone, A Ready Made Amulet!
Episode 243: Major Arcana 6 - The Lovers
Episode 242: Korean Fan Death
Episode 241: The Hierophant
Episode 240: Trip to New Orleans
Episode 239: Cult Story Time - Twin Flames Universe
Episode 238: Major Arcana 1 & 2, The Magician and The High Priestess
Episode 237: The Blackburn Cult Part 2
Episode 236: The Blackburn Cult Part 1
Episode 235: Major Arcana 0: The Fool
Episode 234: This Musical Instrument Will Make You Go Insane?!
Episode 233: Why Do Ghosts Look Like That?
Episode 232: The Victorians Put Arsenic In Everything
Episode 231: Aliens are real?!
Episode 230: An Informal Discussion On Why We Think Christmas Is More Pagan Than Halloween
Episode 229: Theosophy - A Mixed Media Collage of Cultural Appropriation
Episode 228: Part 2 Mystify, Manipulate, Manifest: Too Blavatsky, Too Furious
Episode 227: Part 1 - Gaslight, Gatekeeper, Girlboss: The Helena Blavatsky Story
Episode 226: Leonormand
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