Episode 6 - Nerdalong!

• Knitting Butterflies Ravelry Group
• Instagram: butterflyem4
• Ravelry Page: EmilyStraw

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Thank You's:

• Prairie Girls Knit and Spin, In a Sknit, and Aussie Yarning gave shoutouts
• iTunes reviews and donations are GREATLY appreciated!

Clicking Away:

• Sprig Sweater is finished!  Pattern by Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting, knit in Cascade 220

• Brown Striped Ragg socks are finished, Patons Kroy and Lifestyle Toe Up Sock method
• Top-Down Seamless Petticoat Doll by Susan B. Anderson for my niece, knit in Red Heart and I Love This Yarn

• Skew Socks by Lana Holden in Winter 2009 Knitty, yarn by Oh Loops

Spinning Stories:

• Woolen Mill St. Yarns corriedale roving in Juliette Jules

Upcoming Events:

• Podcaster Throwdown and Ravellenic mashup of knitting as many Halos for Hope hats as possible. Join me on Team Sasquatch and my own giveaway on the Knitting Butterflies group.
  

• Using the Barley Hat pattern by TinCan Knits
• Knitpicks Swish yarn
• #nerdalong has begun! I'm starting with the Hunter Cowl by Diana Burk (pattern no longer available due to copyright) Please join me as knitting nerds unite!

• Also I want to pick up a copy of Unofficial Harry Potter Inspired Knits and knit the Mermaid Shawl, Dragon's Egg socks, Ginny's cardigan

Countdown to 30:

• I've been beginning to struggle with body image issues, as I head in to my 30's I want to squash that immediately so as I grow older and change I can push those awful thoughts out of my head.
• I want to take Amy Herzog's class Knit to Flatter to appreciate the body I have been given
• A few changes have been made in my home to help take care of the body I have

Photographing Your Knits:

Photo courtesy of godigitalsslr.com

• Answering a question about photographing in the snow
• BE SURE to check your white balance! Snow often looks blue in your camera, change to the shade setting (as long as it doesn't turn the snow yellow) :-D
• Find the exposure compensation setting on your camera. I like to adjust mine to +0.7 to compensate for the camera making your image darker. This also works for white backgrounds in general.