Sharp Pointy Sticks

Armed with knitting needles and a snarky of humor. Follow for all things yarn, knitting, crafting, and book related. Moderator of the Shelf Indulgence Book Club on Fable and host of the Pointy Stick Podcast. www.SharpPointySticks.com

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Episode 2: Let’s Pretend the Rest of 2024 Didn’t Exist

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Pointy Sticks Podcast - Show Notes

Episode 2: Let’s Pretend the Rest of 2024 Didn’t Exist

Finished Objects

Advent Socks:

Pattern: Spacious OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams

Yarn: Woolens & Nosh Targhee Sock - 2024 Advent

Hat for Bill:

Pattern: The Top-Down 2x2 Hat by Kevin Haggerty

Yarn: Handspun from Hello Yarn's Fiber Club (January 2024 "Paint by Number")

Works in Progress

Yellow Coat Cardigan:

Pattern: Rendezvous Peak by Amy Miller

Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky in “Honey”

Spinning

Fiber: Hedgehog Fibers 2024 Advent Calendar

Finished Yarn: 2 ply, 900ish yards

Possible Project Ideas: Low-key by Elizabeth Smith or Ramona Vest by Annie Lupton

Books and Shelf Indulgence Book Club

Come join us on Fable in the Shelf Indulgence Book Club. There is more information on the Book Club page.

Other Places You Can Find/Follow Me

Instagram: SharpPointySticks and ShelfIndulgenceBookClub2023 (I joined Threads for both as well, but haven’t been on there much)

Ravelry: SharpPointyStix

Facebook: Sharp Pointy Sticks Page

Goodreads: sharp point sticks

StoryGraph: sharppointysticks

Email: [email protected]

Thanks for listening to Episode 2, hope to be back soon!

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It's time to kick off our January book selection!

I'm not quite done with December's book, but hope to finish it in the next couple of days. This is a zero-pressure book group and all the previous books and discussions live on in the "past books" area. I look forward to reading your reflections once I finish up The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.

Let the 2024 reading begin!

#thewrenthewren

#thewrenthewrenreadalong

#readallthebooks #omneslibroslegimus #wereadallthebooks #books #booklovers #read #readers #bookclub #bookclubs #shelfindulgence #shelfindulgencebookclub #shelfindulgencebookclub2024 #bookit #personalpanpizza #bookclubstickers #stickers #reading #literature #stories #readingrainbow #butterflyinthesky #readbookseatpizza #bookstagram #bookstagramer #readallthebooks #fable #fableapp #fablebookclub

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The votes have been tallied and the results are in, we are kicking off 2024 with “the wren, the wren” by anne enright! If you haven’t already, come join us on Fable to read and discuss together. It’s the lowest commitment book club you’ll ever find AND we have stickers!

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Episode 1: I fell off the face of the Earth in September

Pointy Sticks Podcast - Show Notes

Episode 1: I fell off the face of the Earth in September

Finished Objects:

Pattern: Salt Marsh by Laura Aylor (⚠️ Pattern Rav Link & Project Page)

Yarn: Lana Grossa - Setacotone Hand Dyed

Colorway: 903 Soya

Works in Progress:

-On the go shawl project:

Pattern: Erasure by Melanie Rice (⚠️ Pattern Rav Link & Project Page)

Yarn: Misti Alpaca - Hand Paint Lace

Colorway: Not sure, very deep stash. How would you describe this color? I went with “dark pastels.”

-Current sweater project:

Pattern: Morning Ritual by Olga Putano (⚠️ Pattern Rav Link & Project Page)

Yarn: Knit Picks - Shine Worsted

Colorways: Blush & Wallaby (check out that OLD Knit Picks label!!)

Related to my brief rant:

Size-Inclusive Resources by Autumn Eden-Goodman

Catskills Trip:

Frankie looked very regal in his fancy chair and while he enjoyed some time with his buddy Boris.

Recent Spinning:

Possible Shifty Sweater

These are the skeins I was thinking would make a good Shifty sweater. What do you think I should use for my solid contrast color?

Sewing:

Nothing really to show here other than these curtains I made for my mom. Frankie was supervising and/or pouting that I was not giving him enough attention.

Book Club:

Come join us on Fable in the Shelf Indulgence Book Club. We have stickers!! There is more information on the Book Club page. Here are the books we read for the first five months.

Additional book recommendation: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

Other Places you can find/follow me:

Instagram: SharpPointySticks and ShelfIndulgenceBookClub2023 (I joined Threads for both as well, but not sure how much I will actually get into/use Threads)

Ravelry: SharpPointyStix (though I am not on there as regularly as I used to be)

Facebook: Sharp Pointy Sticks Page

Goodreads: sharp point sticks

Tumblr: Sharp Pointy Sticks

Email: [email protected]

Thanks for listening to my first full episode, hope to be back soon!

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What I Read: August & September 2023 — sharp pointy sticks

Books that I read with my eyes 👁️ and books I listened to with my ears👂🏻 during the months of August and September.

Blog post on what I read and listened to in August and September!

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August Participation Award stickers have been mailed out to everyone that preordered them and the extras are list in the shop if you want to snag one.

That means preorders for September’s Participation Award stickers are open!!! Did you read Black Cake? Are you currently reading Black Cake? Do you plan on reading Black Cake? Get yourself a sticker! It’s no personal pan pizza, but Mrs. R always gave us “stickahs” in middle school Reading Class so you can still relive those day. 🤣

Order from the shop on www.SharpPointySticks.com

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A few finished audiobooks!

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Zipped through the end of this so I can start Black Cake (September Book Pick). The pace really picked up at the end. I need to digest this one a bit but will probably continue on with the series!

#redrising #piercebrown

#books #booklovers #read #readers #bookclub #bookclubs #shelfindulgence #shelfindulgencebookclub #shelfindulgencebookclub2023 #bookit #personalpanpizza #bookclubstickers #stickers #reading #literature #stories #readingrainbow #butterflyinthesky #readbookseatpizza

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For the month of September the Shelf Indulgence Book Club is reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. If you like books and stickers come join us on Fable! You do NOT need to buy the book on Fable, you can read/listen to it in what ever format you prefer, the discussion is just hosted in the app.

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It’s official!! Not the most polished but I had to go head and hit publish before I chickened out. You can find the first episode of the Pointy Sticks Podcast on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts. I hope to release more episodes soon.

Episode 0: PSP Trailer — sharp pointy sticks

Episode 0: Introducing the Pointy Sticks Podcast!

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September’s Book Selection

“We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?"

The poll results are in and for September we will be reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. It was nominated on Goodreads for both best historical fiction and best debut novel in 2022 so I'm looking forward to diving in.

There's still some time left in August, but we will kick off September 1st with our new book. Don't forget, if you would like an August Participation Award Sticker for the book Sea of Tranquility I am accepting pre-orders until Aug 31st.

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Circle of protection against capitalism

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10/10 addition

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Cutie-pie of the sea (x)

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Taking myself on a silly little walk for my silly little mental health

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Marcellus, is that you?

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We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become?" Well, the poll results are in and for September we will be reading Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. It was nominated on Goodreads for both best historical fiction and best debut novel in 2022 so I'm looking forward to diving in. There's still some time left in August, but we will kick off September first with our new book. Don't forget, if you would like an August Participation Award for the book Sea of Tranquility I am accepting pre-orders until Aug 30th!

Join us on Fable:

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Knitters of tumblr! Behold, a poll about fucking up!

Suppose you've discovered that you missed a couple of increases or a couple of decreases several rows back (so fixing it with a crochet hook will definitely result in wonky tension). Maybe it's even propagated over further rows.

Which of the following are you MOST LIKELY to do?

Drop a few columns, fix with crochet hook, let the tension take care of itself

Lifeline, placed previously just in case

Lifeline, painstakingly threaded through after noticing error

Tink all the way back to the error

Frog back without a lifeline like some kind of maniac

Creatively compensate over next few rows to get back the right stitch count

Successfully avoid this problem by taking some kind of measures

Frog the whole thing and start over

Some other method (PLEASE elaborate)

I am about equally likely to use 2 or more of these

This problem doesn't come up in the kind of projects I knit

Voting ended onAug 25, 2023

I have a regrettable tendency to go with the "some kind of maniac" option (though, it usually works out for me, so maybe it's not that regrettable.)

Notes on terminology: A lifeline is a piece of yarn/string/thread in a contrasting color to your project that is threaded through the stitches so that you can frog part of your project without the whole thing unraveling.

Tinking is the inverse of knitting (un-knitting one stitch at a time back onto the needles.)

Frogging is when you take the work off the needles and just unravel by pulling on the yarn.

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Who are you calling a maniac?! 🤪