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Part two of the Mega Episode! Marsha\'s projects, an upcoming trip, and hopes for the New Year. If you haven\'t heard episode 126, please go back to get all the fun! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of\\xa0 our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page.

When last we heard from the Northwest heroine she had a dilemma. To rip back and use the correct needle size or keep going and bind off, leaving a mistake that probably no one would notice. What did she do? Read on and find out!

Marsha\\u2019s Projects

Almost done with Shared Rib by Anne Hanson as a cowl.\\xa0 Old Maiden Aunt fingering in the colorway Crimson Lips. I finished the six rows of ribbing and was about to bind off when I realized the ribbing was suppose to be worked with the smaller needles. Ripped back and knitted ribbing again.

Daphne\\u2019s Skull designed by Ellen Sibelius of Wooly Wonders is not quite finished.I haven\\u2019t picked it up since we last recorded. I\\u2019ve set a goal to finish it by Stitches West the end of February because KnittyBarb wants me to bring it to the show.

I\\u2019m about to start the toe decreases of the first sock of my John O Groats Socks using Yarns From the Plains fingering weight in the colorway Cumbrian View. I bought the yarn from the dyer at the Caithness Craft Retreat in May. The pattern I\\u2019m using is the sock recipe from Nancy Lindberg, NL7 Knit to Fit Socks.

Thinking about casting on a sweater either using New Lanark DK or Dovestone Baa Ram Ewe. Need a project for my trip to Iceland in January.

Fix it or Nix It\\xa0 \\xa0Ended the first of January. Neither Marsha nor Kelly got their button bands reinforced, but there were a few fixes for each and Kelly nixed a few pairs of half-finished socks.\\xa0

Events

Winter Weave Along--Started October 15 in the Two Ewes Ravelry Group. This weave along goes until the end of March so you have plenty of time for weaving projects.\\xa0

Stitches West is February 20-23 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. There is a podcaster meetup hosted by Yarniacs and 2 Knit Lit Chicks on Saturday the 22nd in the lobby bar area of the Hyatt (connected to the Convention Center).\\xa0

Fiber Goals--do you have them?

Kelly is interested in the tension between goals, challenges and to-do lists, and the idea that fiber crafts are a hobby that we do for fun. Do you have more fun when you have goals and challenges or when you have wide open choices?\\xa0 We can discuss this on the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Group on Ravelry. Come join the conversation!

Marsha\\u2019s Hopes for 2020

• Health (weight, walking, core, knees, vitamins, attitude)

In this part of the conversation we talked a little about developing habits and the book The Power of Habit

• Fun (fibery stuff, travel, cooking, agility)
• Fiber (colorwork class, Mark\\u2019s afghan, spinning, more projects for others)

Here Kelly said that she is looking for balance in her hobbies so that she is able to do all of them.

• Decreased governmental chaos

Marsha\'s distress and anxiety over the state of the country transcends political "sides" \\xa0and led Kelly to add the following resource.

Bryan Stevenson on Hope

To hear an excellent discussion on hop by Bryan Stevenson, jump to about 55:30 in this episode of the\\xa0 Stay Tuned podcast.\\xa0 Bryan Stevenson is a death penalty attorney who founded the Equal Justice Initiative. He is the author of the book Just Mercy (also being made into a movie). Kelly highly recommends listening to this short discussion on hope.\\xa0