Podcasts about custom woolen mills

Episode 23 - Maddy and her family have operated the mill in Carstairs Alberta for 35 years. The mill offers a variety of custom services fromyarns to bedding. They also offer their own lines of yarns. We chat all things wool processing, tips for sheep farmers and the Canadian wool industry. Make sure to check out @customwoolenmills and www.customwoolenmills.ca for all the resources and blog posts.

Forgive me the pumpkin spice reference (and drinking pumpkin spice tea while I recorded), but it's the first day of fall, and I just couldn't help myself!Ridge Runner Hat - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ridge-runner-hatPansies Socks - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/fish-lips-kiss-heel-13Tolmie by Josie Paquin (my Ravelry project page) - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/tolmieCustom Woolen Mills 2-Ply Mule Spun Yarn - http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/custom-woolen-mills-ltd-mule-spinner-2-ply-100-woolHip Strings Shop - https://hipstrings.com/Hip Strings Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCweDHkdnn-yHLWhN3lWFNASweets Off The Wheel Cotton SAL - http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/sweets-off-the-wheel/3495788Fine Seine Twine (Schacht Matchless Drive Band) - https://janestaffordtextiles.com/product/seine-twine-12-fine/Wayback Machine of Beth Smith's blog post on drive bands (sometimes her page loads for me, mostly it doesn't) - https://web.archive.org/web/20160207113101/http://bethsmithspinning.com/your-drive-band/Murchie's Pumpkin Spice Tea - http://www.murchies.com/store/fine-tea/features/fall-teas/pumpkin-spice-tea.htmlBiscotte Yarns - https://biscotteyarns.com/

Tolmie by Josee Paquin - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/tolmieMiranda by Josee Paquin - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/mirandaCustom Woolen Mills 2-Ply Mule Spun Yarn (wine red heather) - http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/custom-woolen-mills-ltd-mule-spinner-2-ply-100-woolBiscotte Yarns - Bis Sock in Pansies - https://biscotteyarns.com/Fish Lips Kiss Regia Arne & Carlos Design Line Socks - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/fish-lips-kiss-heel-12Fish Lips Kiss Pansies Socks - http://www.ravelry.com/projects/chrissythegreat/fish-lips-kiss-heel-13Brookdale Shawl (Cascade Ecological Wool) - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/brookdale-shawlFleurs de Paris Shawl (Cascade Ecological Wool) - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fleurs-de-paris-shawlCreekside Shawl (Cascade Ecological Wool) - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/creekside-shawl-2Blenheim Hat (Sweet Fiber Cashmerino Worsted in Shipwreck) - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blenheim-hatHow I Roll by Mara Catherine Bryner - sock plans for the Fawn and the Fox Wes Anderson Mini SkeinsI talk about using seine twine for my Schacht Matchless driveband.Beth Smith talks more about drive bands here - http://bethsmithspinning.com/your-drive-band/Cashmerette PatternsSpringfield TopCloset Case Patterns - Kalle ShirtOrange Lingerie Boylston BraOrange Lingerie Marlborough Bra

I may not have been podcasting much over the past few weeks, but I sure have been knitting!!  It is very likely that my podcasts will be a little sporadic over the summer as I try to balance everything I want/need to get done.  My intention is to have WIP and FO jam packed shows when I do record though.I've been on a bit of a sweater kick (appropriate for a hot dry spell, right?)...and the four sweaters in question are -Hiro by Julia Farwell-ClayMiranda by Josée PaquinTolmie by Josée PaquinWhispers by Veera VälimäkiI am totally loving the Mule Spinner 2-Ply from Custom Woolen Mills, and plan to buy at least one more sweater's quantity once I've finished knitting Tolmie.  A rainbow of Tolmies perhaps? Today I was wearing my Pebble Beach Shawl by Helen Stewart. I knit this one out of Habu Tsumugi Silk, and it is absolutely perfect for summer!

For our second episode we’re diving into Pierre and Laura Berton’s Canadian Food Guide and surfacing with some skill-testing recipes. We’re shucking oysters, gelling some jello and deep-frying wonderful things—all on the wise advice of the Bertons. This book is such a treasure that this episode will be the first in a series of Bertonian episodes. For the first in the series, we’re using the Bertons’ arguments for what makes cuisine “Canadian” to figure out what might constitute Canadian fashion as well. Hint: it’s a bit of a stretch. Follow along with our new Pinterest account, with a new board for each episode. https://www.pinterest.com/fashionablyate/ And as always, find us through our other social media outlets:  Facebook: Fashionably Ate Instagram: @FashionablyAteShow Gmail: FashionablyAteShow@gmail.com THE BERTONS Janet Berton obituary -http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=176433029 Janet Berton article - http://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/6159485-janet-walker-berton-a-local-hero-/ Janet Berton fonds finding aid - https://www.vaughan.ca/services/vaughan_archives/findingaids/VaughanDocuments/Janet%20Berton%20Fonds.pdf OYSTER COOKING “Broil on a pan of wet rock salt” – http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/cooking/six-types-salt In A Half Shell blog – http://www.inahalfshell.com/ About.com How to Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwkAlMg0ors  OYSTER HISTORY Oyster Culture in North America – http://www.worldoyster.org/proceeding_pdf/news_17e.pdf Oyster Production in PEI – http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/FARD_ain18.2005.pdf Community Museums Association exhibit on oysters in PEI – http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/recoltes-harvests/oyster_e/oysterhistory.html Aquaculture PEI – http://www.aquaculturepei.com/whats_new.php OYSTER ETHICS The Case for Eating Oysters – http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/04/23/the-case-for-eating-oysters/ The Ethical Case for Eating Oysters – https://sentientist.org/2013/05/20/the-ethical-case-for-eating-oysters-and-mussels/ Consider the Oyster – http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2010/04/consider_the_oyster.html Oysters and Vegetarianism – https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/why-i-eat-oysters-and-mussels-even-though-im-otherwise-vegetarian/2016/02/04/d284fd4e-c9c4-11e5-88ff-e2d1b4289c2f_story.html The Meaning of Sustainable Labeled Seafood – http://www.npr.org/series/171717418/the-meaning-of-sustainable-labeled-seafood WOOL Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Ltd – http://www.wool.ca/about_wool Briggs and Little – http://www.briggsandlittle.com/products/wool-knitting-yarns/ Woolmark – http://www.woolmark.com/history/ Custom Woolen Mills – http://www.customwoolenmills.com/wool_yarn Canadian Encyclopedia – http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sheep-farming/ HOME MAKERS AND THE BERTONIAN IDEALS Betty Crocker commercial and how advertising companies developed and promoted the ideal of the Happy Home Maker in the mid-20th century - http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/episode/season-5/2011/04/22/season-five-the-happy-homemaker-how-advertising-invented-the-housewife-part-one-1/

Episode 34 - Knit City 2016 Recap with Guests!   Introductions Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest Michelle - Knittywittyshelle - Instagram and Ravelry   Friday - Karla Stayed overnight at Emily’s on Thursday night and Marsha and Scilla from the Twitch and Stitch Podcast, picked my at 6am on Friday! We made it to the Atrium Inn by 10 am. Headed over to Shannon’s for brunch and then on to the Sweet Georgia Studio, two braids of 85% polwarth + 15% tussah silk in paper street and one braid of 75% BFL and 25% tussah Silk in unique dyelot. 1 skein Tough Love Sock in Gelato Dinner at The Slocan and the Ysolda Teague lecture.   Emily - Dropped of The Bug and headed to Birkland brothers to drop off my fleeces. Met Selene at the hotel. Went to check out Sweet Georgia then headed to the Slocan and off to see Ysolda Teague’s talk   Michelle My ride Roslyn arrived at 8am to pick me up and we had a chatty drive all the way to the coast. We went to the Sweet Georgia warehouse and she left me to meet up with the other ladies. *one braid of Sweet Georgia bfl+silk*  Then I headed to the Atrium with them and Roslyn met up with us as we were headed out to dinner at the Slocan. Saturday - Karla Classes - Tapestry Weaving Purchases/Plans for purchases - Sweater quantity of Hinterland Range (8 Skeins), Two pouch kits from a Threaded Needle and a Stitch Marker Ring Set from Kristyn McIntyre of Knitters Jewlery Shawl Joy by Sylvia McFadden   Emily Classes - Nada Purchases/Plans for purchases - Caterpillar Green ‘OMG you guys’ sock yarn TinCanKnits for their new book, Mad Colour Soft Sweater for her book. Shawl Joy Bumblebirch booth for a sweater quantity of her Heartwood Base in Shadow and a skein of Quill in Fog. 2 skeins of Be So Brave in a red and a dark grey. 2 skeins of Sweet Fiber merino lace in Rose Gold to make Soft Sweaters “A Joyful Thread” 1 ball of gradient dyed by Caitlyn Ffrench 100g 418m 70/30 wool/nylon ombre dyed and eco printed. 2 skeins Sweet Georgia Superwash Worsted in Pistachio plus the tough love sock Party of 5 in Royals Shannon Cook’s Bradway pattern 6 Skeins of Shelter by Brooklyn Tweed 2 of each Storm Cloud, yellow and plume 5 skeins of Custom woolen mills Mule spun in a moss heather green Some things for the 12 days of Knitmas - SHHHHHH Then we went to the Yarn Harlot.   Michelle Classes -  Measuring Master Class w/Ysolda Teague Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 2 113g skeins Heavy Lace 65% Silk/35% “Linen in French Bordeaux” Sea Turtle Fiber Arts 6x100yards Star Fish 84% Merino/16% Stellina “Dark Rainbow” Caterpillar Green 1 170g skein MCN Fingering “Concrete & Tulips” Caterpillar Green 1 115g skein Merino Twist Fingering “OMG You Guys/Weekend” Shawl Joy by Syvial McFadden Sunday - Karla Classes - Toy Workshop Purchases/Plans for purchases -skein of custom woolen mills and the sock kit for my Mom and 2 skeins of 100% non-superwash merino worsted weight. 4 faux fur pompoms from the Crafty Jackalope   Emily Classes - Purchases/Plans for purchases - Went back to the market place and picked up Caitlin Ffrench’s book and a second sweater quantity of Custom Woolen Mills from Wet Coast Wools. In Denim heather.   Michelle Classes - Knitting for Speed and Efficiency w/the Yarn Harlot Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 1 100g skein Fingering/Sock 75% SW Merino/25% Silk “Irish Linen” to be used with Sea Turtle minis in **On the Spice Market Shawl by Melanie Berg ** Darning Needle necklace from Kristan MacIntyre - Copper needle, silver necklace What’s knitting now (if there’s time)   Emily - Vanilla socks. Karla - Socks! All the Socks! #Socktober Michelle - Chevron Socks by Mel Tran Designs in Patons Kroy, sock money for ma. No time! Always mitred sock blanket... Sarah - Jocelyn -