Episode 119: Necropants, Our New Favorite Bit of Money Folklore

News:

• Totally 90’s Nostalgia Tour featuring Kitty With A Cupcake and Junkyarn will be coming to several yarn shops on the east coast this summer! Wednesday 5/31 in Boston at the Boston Fiber Co., Thursday 6/1 at Circle of Stitches in Salem, and Saturday 6/3 and Sunday 6/4 at Skein Yarn Shop in Providence.


• Our next Crafty Discord Hangout for patrons will be Weds 5/24 at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern!

FO:

Lauren - tubular headband in handspun from Rapunzel Fiber Arts Kamino rolags https://www.etsy.com/shop/RapunzelFiberArts

- two skeins of worsted weight handspun in Rapunzel Fiber Arts in the Chaos Theory blend

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/

- Vanilla socks in Lang Jawolle self striping colorway

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

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 Knit Picks Stroll Koi Pond colorway

- Queue Shawl by Darci Kern https://darcidoesit.com/ in Junk Yarn Totally Hair Barbie colorway, Tuxedo Luxe Base and Dorian Gray colorway by Three Irish Girls

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

Acquisitions:

Lauren - got a package from Emily including an opossum print, mushroom lady candle, yarn snips, and a needle minder

Emily - got a package from Lauren with lots of Steven Universe inspired yarn

- Loop Earplugs the ‘quiet’ and ‘engage’ models

- from Deco in Raleigh https://www.decoraleigh.com/

- purple glass candle holder and matching purple candle

- acorn pin from Amar and Riley https://www.amarriley.com/

- sheer embroidered socks

- stickers

- ‘I Poop On Fascists’ pigeon pin for Lauren

- from Edge of Urge in Raleigh https://edgeofurge.com/

- Poly Pothead caboodle inspired notions case

- from Letters Bookshop in Raleigh https://www.lettersbookshop.com/

- Heartstopper graphic novel

- from Hellsbells Vintage https://instagram.com/hellsbellesvtg?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== - Crowley pin for Lauren

- from Freeman’s Creative in Durham https://www.freemanscreative.com/

- Coco Knits tape measure https://cocoknits.com/products/tape-measure

- moon phase sticker

- English Paper Piecing book

- from Junk Yarn

- 4 ooak skeins of the new cotton base, three in a nice pinky mauve and one in a periwinkle blurple

- ooak Hot Pink fingering weight and two mini skeins in a lime green and the Totally Hair Barbie colorway

- mystery skein of self striping inspired by Elsa from the Frozen franchise, probably from Nomadic Yarns

Occult Corner: Lauren learned about something called ‘NecroPants’ and now you have to know about it too.  It’s an odd bit of folklore from Iceland relating to one of our favorite topics: scrotum magic.  First heard about in episode 225 of the Lore podcast https://www.lorepodcast.com/sources/225 and aided in research by trusty Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nábrók

Self Promotion:

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

Pride month shenanigans are a new kickstarter from Emily debuting in mid June and rainbow themed yarn from Lauren on the last Sunday in May with a portion of proceeds going to Point of Pride https://www.pointofpride.org/