DragonflySoars 20131028, China and Costumes

China

• Renaissance Hotel in Caohejing HiTech Park
• Yu Garden (wikipedia article)
• Subway Underground Market shopping
• The Bund (wikipedia article)
• Nanjing Road, Pedestrian Street
• Dragon Turtle (About.com article regarding Feng Shui)

Finished!

• Silent Goal Shawl out of Highland Handmades handspun (Ravelry spinning project link) and Drops Karisma

Works In Progress

• My 30 Day Sweater (link to Ravelry project page)
• Socks on a Plane by Laura Linneman in Knitter's Nightmare Boogieman sock yarn

30 Day Sweater Challenge

• Participate in one of three ways (per Johnny Vasquez on episode thread)
  
  1. Pick a sweater pattern or design one and do your best to knit it in 30 days.
     
  2. Get The 30 Day Sweater Workbook which helps you design your own custom-fit, top-down, seamless raglan sweater and then outlines a schedule for you to knit it in 30 days.
     
  3. Take The 30 Day Sweater Online Course which covers the same material as the workbook, but includes video tutorials, daily email tasks, and calculators to help you with the math (don’t worry, it’s not hard math).
     
• Sign up and download the Planning Guide using the DragonflySoars link http://30DaySweater.com/dragonfly
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge KAL (Our Ravelry thread)
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge Group
• 30 Day Sweater YouTube Channel (see recordings of the live shows)

Enabling

• Girl Cave Bags Etsy Shop
• Tangerine Designs Etsy Shop
• Brown Dog Bags Etsy Shop
• Sarah Kincheloe Etsy Shop (notions bags)
• eBags Piazza Day Bag (Cherry) on Amazon

Ravelry Mentions

• October Opal Wildcard Birthstone-a-long

Upcoming Events

• CoggieTM's KITM Retreat, November 2013 (Ravelry thread)
• BloomingKnitter's Knit-topia 2014, March 2014
• CJKopec's Guts Grits and Pink Lipstick (GGPL) Retreat, May 2014 (Ravelry thread)

DragonflySoars 20131013, PreTrip Preparation

Works In Progress

• Silent Goal Shawl out of Highland Handmades handspun (Ravelry spinning project link) and Drops Karisma
• My 30 Day Sweater (link to Ravelry project page)
• A sock will be started in Knitter's Nightmare Boogieman sock yarn

30 Day Sweater Challenge

• Participate in one of three ways (per Johnny Vasquez on episode thread)
  
  1. Pick a sweater pattern or design one and do your best to knit it in 30 days.
     
  2. Get The 30 Day Sweater Workbook which helps you design your own custom-fit, top-down, seamless raglan sweater and then outlines a schedule for you to knit it in 30 days.
     
  3. Take The 30 Day Sweater Online Course which covers the same material as the workbook, but includes video tutorials, daily email tasks, and calculators to help you with the math (don’t worry, it’s not hard math).
     
• Sign up and download the Planning Guide using the DragonflySoars link http://30DaySweater.com/dragonfly
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge KAL (Our Ravelry thread)
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge Group
• 30 Day Sweater YouTube Channel (see recordings of the live shows)

Enabling

• Girl Cave Bags Etsy Shop
• Tangerine Designs Etsy Shop
• Brown Dog Bags Etsy Shop
• Sarah Kincheloe Etsy Shop (notions bags)
• eBags Piazza Day Bag (Cherry) on Amazon

Ravelry Mentions

• October Opal Wildcard Birthstone-a-long

Upcoming Events

• CoggieTM's KITM Retreat, November 2013 (Ravelry thread)
• BloomingKnitter's Knit-topia 2014, March 2014
• CJKopec's Guts Grits and Pink Lipstick (GGPL) Retreat, May 2014 (Ravelry thread)

DragonflySoars 20131007, All About the Sweater

Works In Progress

• Silent Goal Shawl out of Highland Handmades handspun (Ravelry spinning project link) and Drops Karisma
• My 30 Day Sweater (link to Ravelry project page)

30 Day Sweater Challenge

• Participate in one of three ways (per Johnny Vasquez on episode thread)
  
  1. Pick a sweater pattern or design one and do your best to knit it in 30 days.
     
  2. Get The 30 Day Sweater Workbook which helps you design your own custom-fit, top-down, seamless raglan sweater and then outlines a schedule for you to knit it in 30 days.
     
  3. Take The 30 Day Sweater Online Course which covers the same material as the workbook, but includes video tutorials, daily email tasks, and calculators to help you with the math (don’t worry, it’s not hard math).
     
• Sign up and download the Planning Guide using the DragonflySoars link http://30DaySweater.com/dragonfly
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge KAL (Our Ravelry thread)
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge Group
• 30 Day Sweater YouTube Channel (see recordings of the live shows)

Enabling

• Catch the Rainbow Socks by CC Almon of the Geeky Girls Knit Podcast
• Hemigraphis Shawl by Sonya Newstead
• Spartickes Dyes Wizard of Oz shipment
• Highland Handmades Lux club shipment

Ravelry Mentions

• October Opal Wildcard Birthstone-a-long

Upcoming Events

• CoggieTM's KITM Retreat, November 2013 (Ravelry thread)
• BloomingKnitter's Knit-topia 2014, March 2014
• CJKopec's Guts Grits and Pink Lipstick (GGPL) Retreat, May 2014 (Ravelry thread)

DragonflySoars 20131001, Lots of Drawings

Finished Object

• Twitchy Socks #1 (Ravelry) brought out of hibernation for September
• KnittyandColor rolags spun with Subterreanean Woodworks Turkish spindle, Highland Handmades spindle and plied with my Kromski Sonata

Works In Progress

• Silent Goal Shawl out of Highland Handmades handspun (Ravelry spinning project link) and Drops Karisma

Enabling

• Knitter's Nightmare
• Knitter's Pride Spectra Trendz Acrylic Needles (Amazon link)
• Slipped Stitch Studios

Ravelry Mentions

• October Opal Wildcard Birthstone-a-long

30 Day Sweater Challenge

• Participate in one of three ways (per Johnny Vasquez on episode thread)
  
  1. Pick a sweater pattern or design one and do your best to knit it in 30 days.
     
  2. Get The 30 Day Sweater Workbook which helps you design your own custom-fit, top-down, seamless raglan sweater and then outlines a schedule for you to knit it in 30 days.
     
  3. Take The 30 Day Sweater Online Course which covers the same material as the workbook, but includes video tutorials, daily email tasks, and calculators to help you with the math (don’t worry, it’s not hard math).
     
• Sign up and download the Planning Guide using the DragonflySoars link http://30DaySweater.com/dragonfly
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge KAL (Our Ravelry thread)
• 30 Day Sweater Challenge Group

Upcoming Events

• CoggieTM's KITM Retreat, November 2013 (Ravelry thread)
• BloomingKnitter's Knit-topia 2014, March 2014
• CJKopec's Guts Grits and Pink Lipstick (GGPL) Retreat, May 2014 (Ravelry thread)