Episode 226: Leonormand

News:

• Emily and Kemper will be having a festive Barbie trunk show at the Barbie Party at Freeman’s Creative in Durham, NC on 7/22 https://www.freemanscreative.com/
• Our next Discord Crafty Hangout for patrons will be Friday 8/11 at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern
• Emily will be vending at PopCon Indy from 8/25 - 8/27 https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/
• Emily will be vending with Junkyarn at Brooklyn General in late September for a NY metro area yarn crawl

 

FO: None this week!

 

 

WIPS:

Emily  - Maema cardigan by Pip and Pin  https://www.pipandpin.ca/shop/p/qkhuxyly0m9upaofgle03mar2nrx4o in Junk Yarn, Penelope colorway, Boss Sock base https://www.junkyarn.com/

- Northeasterly Blanket in Lantern Light Fellowship of the Rings Advent calendar mini skeins https://www.lanternlightyarn.com/

- Mount Pleasant top from Pip and Pin Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mount-pleasant in Junk Yarn cotton in He’s Just Ken (pink) and Mermaid (lavender) https://www.junkyarn.com/

- Witches Brew socks in the Steven (Steven Universe) self striping from Valkyrie Fibers https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/witchs-brew-socks

 

 

Lauren - Heirloom Temperature Blanket by Suraya Hossain in Valkyrie Fibers Rainbow Temperature Gradient https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heirloom-temperature-blanket

- Vanilla hat in Anzula Fibers held double with Make it Tweed

- multipurpose wearable tube improvised design in Rapunzel Fiber Arts Chaos Theory handspun

- Meiloorun Shawl by Knit Graffiti https://knitgraffiti.com/shop/meiloorun/ in undyed yak, two skeins from Sister Ananse Yarn, fingering weight yak blend base in the Dreamland and Etherial colorways https://naimabondart.com/collections/hand-dyed100-merino-wool-yarn and a sock set from Serendipitous Wool https://www.serendipitouswool.com/

 

 

 

Acquisitions: Lauren received birthday presents!

- a beautiful hand thrown pot with catnip in it from a knit group friend

- a piece of embroidered art from Floss and Flourish (@fortheloveofthreadsandplants on ig) from Emily along with various bits of flair

 

 

Occult Corner: We continue to look into cartomancy from its beginnings as a regular European card game.   We learn about Napoelonic Era occultist Marie Anne LeNormand and the Lenormand deck which was inspired by her practices, from which most modern oracle decks are descended.

 

Self Promotion:

 

 

Emily will be offering her Zodiac pin collection on her website in the summer of 2023, you can display your Big Three in Emily’s signature style!

 

 

Lauren’s Clone Wars Era self striping collection has been released into the wild and you can expect a Rebellion Era collection to drop in August!