A weekly witchy themed fiber arts podcast! We're a coven of two yarn witches trying to craft fiber magic through knitting, dyeing, spinning, and whatever we can get our witchy hands on. It's a long distance coven, so we thought we'd open it up to yarn witches across the globe so we can spread our black magics far and wide. Lauren is the dyer behind Valkyrie Fibers and Emily designs knitting patterns under the name Kitty With A Cupcake. New episodes drop on Tuesdays!
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
News: No news from us this week!
FO:
Emily - Colorwork hat design in Ella Rae DK https://woolery.com/ella-rae-dk-merino-superwash-yarn.html Look for the pattern coming out for free through The Woolley soon!
- DK weight woven scarf in Malabrigo Arroyo, warp Pearl colorway, weft Marta colorway
Lauren - Pink moon pouch from our Power of the Full Moon club
WIPS:
Emily - Vanilla socks in Queensland Collection, Perth Base
- Granny strip crochet blanket
Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
- Vanilla socks in Opal Sweet & Spicy, colorway 6755
- Vintage knit afghan
Acquisitions:
Lauren - stickers and cards from Geneva Bowers www.GenevaB.com www.GDBee.store
Emily - Moon phases mug from JaMpdx www.jampdx.com
Occult Corner: Moon phases and magics! The Hood Witch has a great cheat sheet for all you witchy folks https://www.thehoodwitch.com/8-phases-of-the-moon
Shameless Self Promotion:
Witch’s Brew Knee-High sock pattern from Emily now available for free to Patron and is for sale through the usual locations https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/witchs-brew-socks
Quarter 4 of the Power of the Full Moon Club is available for pre-order in Emily’s Etsy shop! Each month included a Valkyrie Fibers mini skein, spell pouch patter, hand poured tea light, art postcard with a full moon ritual, plus some little extras! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
Emily’s Kickstarter has launched with great success! Do you need witchy merit badges? You know you do. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/magical-merit-badges-a-witchy-pin-collection
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
News: No news from us this week!
FO:
Emily - Vanilla socks in Regia
- Buck moon pouch from our Power of the Full Moon club
Lauren - Vanilla shortie socks in Havirland Yarns, Pax Sock base, an old Stranger Things themed colorway https://www.etsy.com/shop/havirland
- another marled vanilla beanies for eventual gifts or donation
WIPS:
Emily - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Old Rusted Chair, Rebel Girl colorway, Sock base https://oldrustedchair.com/
- Vanilla socks in Queensland Collection, Perth Base
- DK weight woven scarf in Malabrigo Arroyo, warp Pearl colorway, weft Marta colorway
Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
Acquisitions:
Lauren - iPad Pro 11” plus Apple Pencil
Emily - rad stickers from Quill and Crown on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuillandCrown
Occult Corner: Silphium, the plant the Romans ate and screwed into extinction! It was supposedly delicious, and good for many medicinal uses, but we’ll never know, thanks to those horny Romans.
Shameless Self Promotion:
Quarter 4 of the Power of the Full Moon Club is available for pre-order in Emily’s Etsy shop! Each month included a Valkyrie Fibers mini skein, spell pouch patter, hand poured tea light, art postcard with a full moon ritual, plus some little extras! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
Emily also has a Kickstarter campaign that launches on 8/17! Do you need witchy merit badges? You know you do. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/magical-merit-badges-a-witchy-pin-collection
kittywithacupcake.com has all your pertinent links to all things Emily!
Lauren is having a Loki themed shop update on Sunday 8/15 at 9am PST. There will be a restock of Glorious Purpose and Kneel as well as a new, retro looking, self striping colorway called For All Time. Always. https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
News: No news from us this week!
FO: Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
- Two marled vanilla beanies for eventual gifts or donation
WIPS:
Emily - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Old Rusted Chair, Rebel Girl colorway, Sock base https://oldrustedchair.com/
- Vanilla socks in Regia
- Waxing Moon - Full Moon Version, pattern available in the Fiber Coven Discord https://www.ravelry.com/projects/kittywithacupcake/waxing-moon-shawl---full-moon-sample
-knit in the Earl Grey Alice in Wonderland Advent colors https://earl-grey-fiber-co.myshopify.com/
- Lace Shawl design with beads in Knit Picks Luminance Lace in the Kind colorway
Lauren - Vanilla shortie socks in Havirland Yarns, Pax Sock base, an old Stranger Things themed colorway https://www.etsy.com/shop/havirland
Acquisitions: None this week!
Occult Corner: Tarot for Yes/No questions, from us two tarot newbies. We do some live readings about less personal topics!
Shameless Self Promotion:
Quarter 4 of the Power of the Full Moon Club is available for pre-order in Emily’s Etsy shop! Each month included a Valkyrie Fibers mini skein, spell pouch patter, hand poured tea light, art postcard with a full moon ritual, plus some little extras! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
FO:
WIPS:
Emily - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Old Rusted Chair, Rebel Girl colorway, Sock base https://oldrustedchair.com/
- Vanilla socks in Regia
- Granny Stripe crochet blanket
Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
- Spinning in mystery deep stash and Malabrigo Nube Lavanda (66) colorway, intended to become a fingering weight two ply
- Vanilla shortie socks in Havirland Yarns, Pax Sock base, an old Stranger Things themed colorway https://www.etsy.com/shop/havirland
Acquisitions:
Emily - McKay’s Books http://www.mckaybooks.com/ Second hand copies of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Without Tears and The Complete Encyclopedia of Stitchery
- Craft South http://www.craft-south.com/ some cute fat quarters of fabric to sew some lavender sachets
- Haus of Yarn http://www.hausofyarn.com/ Old Rusted Chair, Upload colorway, Sock base; Malabrigo Sock in Persia colorway, Malabrigo Rios in Cumparsita colorway
- Sapphire and Sage http://sapphiresagebtq.com/ Some cute pocket rocks!
Lauren - Gorjue lipstick in the Spicy Tuna Roll and Cheese Pizza shade https://gorjue.com/
- Stasher silicone zip bags www.stasherbag.com
- A whole box of snacks from her partner’s fire crew
Occult Corner: The west coast’s most famous haunted house, The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. For a good overview of the history, Lauren recommends episode 79 of the Lore podcast “Locked Away”
Shameless Self Promotion:
Lauren will be having a shop update on Sunday 8/1 at 9am PST! There will be a new lace weight base, avocado dyed BFL Tweed and Flutter Lace, and a new self striping colorway “Glorious Purpose” inspired by the new Loki series. https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
Quarter 4 of the Power of the Full Moon Club is available for pre-order in Emily’s Etsy shop! Each month included a Valkyrie Fibers mini skein, spell pouch patter, hand poured tea light, art postcard with a full moon ritual, plus some little extras! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
The MKAL is no longer a mystery! All the clues are revealed and the pattern is available in full (see link in the news section)
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
FO:
Lauren - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com (a second one, for a friend)
WIPS:
Emily - Lace Shawl design with beads in Knit Picks Luminance Lace in the Kind colorway
- Colorwork hat design in Ella Rae DK https://woolery.com/ella-rae-dk-merino-superwash-yarn.html
- Vanilla socks in Regia
Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
- Spinning in mystery deep stash and Malabrigo Nube Lavanda (66) colorway, intended to become a fingering weight two ply
- Vanilla shortie socks in Havirland Yarns, Pax Sock base, an old Stranger Things themed colorway https://www.etsy.com/shop/havirland
Acquisitions:
Emily - Gorjue lipstick in the Send Noods shade https://gorjue.com/
- Beam watercolor palette Spectrum 11 https://www.beampaints.com/
Occult Corner: Architecture as a fictional character, from gothic horror literature to modern cartoons!
Shameless Self Promotion:
Quarter 4 of the Power of the Full Moon Club is available for pre-order in Emily’s Etsy shop! Each month included a Valkyrie Fibers mini skein, spell pouch patter, hand poured tea light, art postcard with a full moon ritual, plus some little extras! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
The MKAL is no longer a mystery! All the clues are revealed and the pattern is available in full (see link in the news section)
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
FO:
Lauren -Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock base, Spectre 4 colorway
WIPS:
Emily - Lace Shawl design with beads in Knit Picks Luminance Lace in the Kind colorway
- Buck Moon Pouch design (its still a secret though)
Lauren - Aura Sweater by Gingko B https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aura-sweater in Valkyrie Fibers Suri Fluff
- Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com (a second one, for a friend)
Acquisitions: None this week!
Occult Corner: Widdershins and Deosil! What are these words and where do they come from?
Shameless Self Promotion:
The MKAL is no longer a mystery! All the clues are revealed and the pattern is available in full (see link in the news section)
Emily has a new pattern out! Knitting on Ice, adorable and cozy leg warmers made with fingering weight and mohair held double. Can be worn scrunched up for a retro look or pulled up to keep those calves warm. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitting-on-ice
Lauren’s self striping colorway Progress (based on the Progress Pride Flag!) is back in stock for pre-order (or ready to ship, depending on when you see this) on High Twist BFL and Matte Sock. If you wanted to knit Emily’s new leg warmers, there is some OOAK Suri Fluff in stock as well! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
FO:
Emily - Vanilla socks, toe up, in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL, Spearmint Tea and Witch’s Brew colorways
Lauren - Linen Stitch bandanna cowl inspired by Emily’s Foul Temptress pattern in handspun https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/foul-temptress
- Ripple Crop Top by Jessie Maed Designs in handspun https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-crop-top
WIPS:
Emily - Lace Shawl design with beads in Knit Picks Luminance Lace in the Kind colorway
- Vanilla Socks, cuff down in Regia self striping yarn
Lauren - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock base, Spectre 4 colorway
Acquisitions:
Emily - Gift of a sheepy project bag from her Mother in Law
- Spider Plant and Samurai Sansevria from Grow General
- Pocket rocks of various types!
Lauren - sampler pack from Woodstock Coffee Co https://www.thewoodstockcoffeecompany.com/
Occult Corner: Our last color to chat about: gold!
Shameless Self Promotion:
The MKAL is no longer a mystery! All the clues are revealed and the pattern is available in full (see link in the news section)
Our Patreon has a lengthy video of Lauren’s partner dyeing a sock blank and sharing his opinion on trees. https://www.patreon.com/posts/53372792
Emily has updated her etsy shop with lots of lovely candles! Go get that Blueberry Cheesecake smelling one before it sells out! https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyWithACupcake
Lauren is having an exciting shop update on Sunday 7/11 at 9am PST, there will be the brand new self striping colorway Progress (based on the Progress Pride Flag!) on High Twist BFL and Matte Sock. In the event that what has already been dyed sells out, a preorder option will go up in the shop. There will also be some OOAK Suri Fluff! https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
Emily’s partner is helping start up the Louisville Jazz Initiative, which is striving to bring both Jazz music education and live Jazz performances to those who normally don’t have access to Jazz instruction and/or performances. If you can help them out financially, they have a matching fund from Churchill Downs so your contribution will automatically be doubled!
http://louisvillejazzinitiative.com/
FO:
Emily - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com
Lauren - Toe Up Vanilla Socks in mystery deep stash
WIPS:
Emily - Vanilla socks, toe up, in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL, Spearmint Tea and Witch’s Brew colorways
- Lace Shawl design with beads in Knit Picks Luminance Lace in the Kind colorway
Lauren - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock base, Spectre 4 colorway
- Ripple Crop Top by Jessie Maed Designs in handspun https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-crop-top
Acquisitions:
Lauren - six skeins of Uptown Worsted in the Navy colorway for a back burner blanket project
Occult Corner: Strap in for giggles, today we discuss Dildos in Mythology and Culture...
Shameless Self Promotion:
None this week
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
Emily’s partner is helping start up the Louisville Jazz Initiative, which is striving to bring both Jazz music education and live Jazz performances to those who normally don’t have access to Jazz instruction and/or performances. If you can help them out financially, they have a matching fund from Churchill Downs so your contribution will automatically be doubled!
http://louisvillejazzinitiative.com/
FO:
Lauren - Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com
WIPS:
Emily - Vanilla socks, toe up, in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL, Spearmint Tea and Witch’s Brew colorways
- Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com
Lauren - Toe Up Vanilla Socks in mystery deep stash
- Ripple Crop Top by Jessie Maed Designs in handspun https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-crop-top
Acquisitions:
Emily - DMC floss and a embroidery floss organizer from JoAnne’s
- Radicle Threads kickstarter goodies! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/radiclethreads/radicle-threads-magazine
Lauren - a cookie box from Emily from Tubby’s Taste www.tubbystaste.com , She highly recommends the Taste of Paradise cookie
Occult Corner: We’ve been talking about color symbolism so much in the last few months, today we bring things together and chit chat about how we use color in our practices
Shameless Self Promotion:
The Stripes in Space MKAL is in Emily’s Ravelry shop https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
Or you can email fibercoven@gmail.com to get set up with a PayPal invoice and email delivery of the pattern
The Power of the Full Moon Club patterns have been updated! Strawberry Moon’s pattern has been added to Quarter 2 and Quarter 3 is available to purchase now. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/power-of-the-full-moon-club-mkal---q3
Lauren will be having a shop update on Sunday 6/27 at 9am PST, there will be self striping rainbow gradient skeins of Bifrost and Bifrost Mist on High Twist BFL and Matte Sock bases. Quarter 2 Power of the Full Moon colorways will be available as full skein sets as well. https://www.etsy.com/shop/ValkyrieFibersTahoe
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
News: The Stripes in Space Shawl MKAL has officially blasted off and will run through the end of July! See our social media and public Patreon posts to lean more!
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
We will have our travel vlog content available for free on the Fiber Coven YouTube channel in the upcoming weeks.
Emily’s partner is helping start up the Louisville Jazz Initiative, which is striving to bring both Jazz music education and live Jazz performances to those who normally don’t have access to Jazz instruction and/or performances. If you can help them out financially, they have a matching fund from Churchill Downs so your contribution will automatically be doubled!
http://louisvillejazzinitiative.com/
FO: none!
WIPS:
Emily - Vanilla socks, toe up, in Valkyrie Fibers High Twist BFL, Spearmint Tea and Witch’s Brew colorways
- Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com
- Elements Colorwork Cowl - in Valkyrie Fibers Matte Sock base, Four Nations mini skein set
Lauren - Toe Up Vanilla Socks in mystery deep stash
- Ripple Bralette by Jessie Maed Designs https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ripple-bralette in Mitchell’s Creations Drunken Unicorn Colorway, Lagniappe base www.mitchellscreations.com
Acquisitions: None! We win this week, Captialism!
Occult Corner: Summer solstice is nearly here, we chat about what we plan to do and Summer Solstice traditions from around the world.
Shameless Self Promotion:
The Stripes in Space MKAL is in Emily’s Ravelry shop https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripes-in-space-mkal
Or you can email fibercoven@gmail.com to get set up with a PayPal invoice and email delivery of the pattern
Emily has another new pattern, the Milky Way Socks are now available through Ravelry and Payhip https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/milky-way-socks