News:

-   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/-


• Kitty With A Cupcake and Junkyarn will be having a trunk show at Brooklyn General in late September for a NY metro area yarn crawl

FO:

Lauren - 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/

WIPS:

Emily  - paper pieced scrappy project bag with hexagonal motif

- 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 mystery deep stash

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

- Numbat Cowl by Noriko Ho using cool colored scraps from the stash https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/numbat-cowl

- Kino Cowl, an Andor inspired test knit in collaboration with Fifty Fathom Knit coming out in mid August! https://www.etsy.com/shop/FiftyFathomKnit

Acquisitions:

Lauren - an enormous box of rolags from Rapunzel Fiber Arts, including a custom order of the Umbara blend and the bi pride rolags! https://www.etsy.com/shop/RapunzelFiberArts

Emily - a clear organizing bin for paper piecing projects

- Willoughby Scrappy Quilt pattern from Tales of Cloth https://www.talesofcloth.com/blogs/blog/willoughby-quilt-the-upsized-version

- Fabric from Freeman’s Creative - some neutral undyed quilting cotton, assorted fat quarters, and the Sugar Cone charm pack by Kimberly Kite

Occult Corner: (Part Two) Mystify, Manipulate, Manifest: Too Blavatsky, Too Furious.  We talk about the conclusion of the biography of 19th century spiritualist grifter and New Age pioneer Helena Blavatsky.  A complicated character, who’s life was quite the adventure!

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 there’s still lots of goodies available.  You can expect a Rebellion Era collection and kits for the Kino Cowl to drop in August!