I have no business joining this MKAL, but YOU HAD ME AT OCTOPUS!!! I just bought the Giant Pacific kit, not because I need the yarn, but because I NEED the stickers and stitch markers. I'm weak and I'm NOT SORRY 😋🤩

How would you rate this KAL as far as difficulty? I want to participate but am worried it might be too difficult for me!

I love your shirt!

Watch, pause, join; watch, pause, order; watch, pause, head for stash b/c two octos are better than one. Finish watching… calamari

Recently finished My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain. Makes a great bedtime read!

I’ve been knitting for like almost 30 years and ummm i’ve rarely if ever made a gauge swatch. 🙈 i’ve never really understood how to do a gauge swatch tbh and i always want to immediately dive (pun) into a project. but your explanation was truly helpful. i do have a question, since i got the 8 minis, i imagine it is very important to do a gauge swatch, right? i’ve gotten away with not making swatches because 80-90% of the time if i follow your patterns to the T, I find the perfect fit. can i get away with it again? lol 😆 Can’t wait for the MKAL! 🐙🐙🐙

A request: About a billion (at least) possible viewers of your channel knit in metric. Pretty please give the needle sizes in metric as well…for all your content…. I am about to look up what US 6 and 7 are for those who are NOT the 350 million US residents 😮. Thanks in advance 😊

I’m on vacation right now, sipping a coffee across the street from a yarn shop…hmmm Shall I stop in there and commit to a cowl? Yes!

Looks like fun!

I read all the time, but recently have been revisiting books I read a long time ago. Some are free on Audible with your your membership and some aren’t. I recently listened to all the Elizabeth Peters books. She also wrote as Barbara Michaels. I love all her books. You can’t go wrong with any of them.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. I thought it had the same vibe as The Frozen River by Arirl Lawhon.

West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Backman. Entertaining. Sad sometimes and funny other times.

Just read the story spinner by Barbra Erskine loved it. Love the gluten free lollies options in the kits. Thank you ❤

I'm listening to 'A Darker Shade of Magic' trilogy by V.E. Schwab again. (According to my library I read it every 2 years.) I love all the books I've read by her so far. And I like the other books by Gregory Maguire (who wrote 'Wicked.') 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' is my favorite so far.

“She Said” by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey was very good, it’s about the Weinstein Investigations. “Stiff” by Mary Roach I’ve listened to for the 3rd time now which is about the “strange lives our bodies have postmortem”. Oh & “Clay & Bones” by Lisa G. Bailey is about what it’s like to be a forensic artist, especially as a woman in a boys club. Sorry I mostly read science type stuff & horror/mystery 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hi, Laura! I am almost finished with No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister. It's a beautiful story about one book and its impact on nine readers. Her story structure is fascinating and drew me in from the first paragraph.

Ah books. So many to choose from. I just listened to "The Women" by Kristen Hanna. Highly recommend. I am now listening to "The Nightingale" which is also very good. I am also working my way through Velshi's Banned Book Club Books. “A Big Mooncake for Little Star” by Grace Lin is a really cute children's book on the list.

The (almost only) good thing about cognitive decline is that I’m enjoying rereading entire series with very few spoilers. I’ve also been enjoying relistening to books I previously slept through. I’ve also started a few books lately that I did not enjoy. I was captivated by Melanie Dobson’s Memories of Glass. It’s excellent historical fiction, set mostly in WWII Holland. I’ve become a bit stuck on WWII historical fiction as it seems to connect me with my father. That’s a bit odd considering he was too young to join his brothers in the Navy until after VJ Day.

I've been reading or more accurately listening to a lot of books lately. Some of my favorite rom coms I've read recently are Hannah Tate Beyond Repair, The Seven Year Slip, and Hello Stranger. I'm not typically a historical fiction fan, but Frozen River was a great story. In a different genre, Science Fiction, sometime last year I discovered the joy that is John Scalzi. Some of his books are more traditional SciFi, others are much lighter and very humorous - while some of this are a bit older, I highly recommend: Agent to the Stars; Fuzzy Nation, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and Starter Villain.

I have been rereading the Bridgerton books by Julia Quinn. I read them all on my commutes to NYC when I worked there.

Horse by Geraldine Brooks is excellent and really held my attention.

Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Excellent comparison of four presidencies in short chapters. Super interesting and informative.

Thank you for another great live. I was in Dublin, Ireland last month. I visited the "This Is Knit" yarn store. I dropped your name; I was elated when they said they know you! Have you visited the Avoca Mill in Wicklow, Ireland? I found it extremely interesting. You asked what book I would recommend reading, well I've been trying to find at my local libraries the book "Listen for The Lie" by Amy Tintera. This was recommended by a knitting group friend. I hope it is worth the read. I hope you have a safe trip to Ireland.

Okay, maybe a stretch for you but maybe not. Let’s Pretend this Never Happened, a Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson. Hilarious!

The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr, was excellent. Historical fiction with a twist. Strong woman character. Highly recommend.

That was my first Laura & Lola Live! So much fun. Thank you! I’m looking forward to the release of the MKAL tomorrow - I’ve never participated in a MKAL from Laura and Lola. As for book recommendations, I recently finished “Love at First Book” by Jenn McKinlay. ❤❤❤. Set in Ireland …. just sayin! 😊

It’s rare that I read a book that isn’t horror or a thriller, but I recently read The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters and Song for a Whale by Lynne Peters. I love Remarkably Bright Creatures, which I listened to recently.

I’ve just finished the “Sugar PlumPoisoned” which is the latest in Jenn McKinlay’s Cupcake Bakery Series. I enjoy these because I can knit with them and still follow a pattern or drive with them and not miss my turn or exit. I have just started Hex Files by Gina LaManna. It is one that my husband could also listen to so we listened when we went to the Bronx VA for his appointment and also when we went to the NYS fair. Since he always wants to drive it has enough to keep him awake but not distract him. Happy listening!

Recently listened to The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, a long story but very good.

I just finished Mind Games by Nora Roberts and enjoyed it very much.

I just started The Movement by Clara Bingham. In the intro she said something about if you were a 20-year old in 1963 … I was!

Throne of glass by Sarah Maas. Set

I just read Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu and am almost done with the second book in the trilogy, Dark Forest. Great science fiction from a Chinese author who happens to be female, with some compelling characters. Interestingly, there is a Netflix series that has taken some great liberties with characters and plot, but was decent on its own (although I'd suggest reading the books first so the series makes more sense).

Two books I loved, though they are not necessarily happy or uplifting, were Cilka's Journey and Radium Girls. Thank you for the recommendation of Remarkably Bright Creatures, that looks like a great book!

Recent Book: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio ... it's funny, witty, resourceful and I love reading, re-reading it!

The two mkals I've participated in are Flowla and the cOWL mkal and I thoroughly enjoyed them both! There's so many other mkal patterns I want to make: Creatrix, Circo, Navigatrix etc etc. If only I could knit faster than I find projects I want to make, haha! 😊 Thanks for all your hard work in designing these and making them a fun experience!

Well that was easy. 😊 👍👍

My favorite MKAL was Circo MKAL and I knit three of them. I liked that the yarn did all the surprises and I do like a good Moebius and beads too!

I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANNEL. ALL OF YOUR DESIGNS ARE BEAUTIFUL.! COULD YOU TELL ME THE NAME OF THE SCARF YOU ARE WEARING. I WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE PATTERN.

You ever tried knitting a top in fingers sock thread?

Better late than never! I'm a bit over a quarter of the way through a mitered-square afgan that requires A LOT of picking up stitches. I ordered that tubing so fast, my keyboard was smoking'. Thank you!

This looks fun. I need to get one.

Thank you for sharing these beading techniques. ❤

Magpie has a special place in my heart. my profile picture on Ravelry still shows me wearing it. really, i could have mentioned any other as well, they never disappoint.

Wuuuut??? This is like choosing a favorite child!! This has been a toughie for me -- I went back and forth (and back again) between Open Minds and Creatrix, but have finally decided that Creatrix is my fav. Open minds is so much fun because everytime I knit it, it is a "new" pattern with all the variations available. But... Creatrix just speaks to me in every way with her construction and lace and beads and just EVERYTHING. She gets me. She totally gets me <3

Lol 😂 Cooling off and still knitting! ❤