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Episode 80 - June 2021 EventsCOWS July 14-18 - search on FaceBook or contact me Stitches Expo at Home August 5-8 Michigan Fiber Festival August 18-22 Techknitters Machine Knitting Club Carol Scott, Answer Lady Acquisitionscolourmart.com Noro Silk Garden sock yarn Berroco Sox Three Irish Girls Adorn Luxe Regia 4 ply - sadly discontinued Jagger Spun Superfine Merino 2/18 Machine KnittingShirt Tail Easy Breezy Tank (my project) Contact the designer, ridelikethewind on Ravelry Susan G's loose crochet cast on Take An Old Bag Shopping by Pat Holbrook from KnitWords #44 My project is Magic Bag of Tricks Peter Patchis yarns ResourcesMachine Knitters Source May/June 1999 article by Sharon Nani called Curve Those Hemlines Rant: chopstick fail Rave: YouTube premium family plan VMVMHomemade Worcestershire sauce Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast. My Instagram
Episode 37 - November 2017 BygonesI said Easy Breezy Summer Top but it’s actually called Easy Breezy Tank - a great pattern by Michelle Goodhand (ridelikethewind on Ravelry). Rant and RaveRant: Jeans with spandexRave: Jeans without spandex - Wrangler jeans 2018 EventsFebruary 16-17 Knitting Pipeline Retreat in Washington, IL April 7-8 Yarn Con, Chicago, IL April 13-14 40th Annual Spring Fling Peru, IN April 14-15 Spring Fiber Expo Ann Arbor, MI May 25-27 Pacifically Passap, Pat Groves at knit-a-bit-oregon.com/ July 20–21 30th Annual Monroe Knitting Seminar, Monroe, MI contact: Cathy Reaume at monroeknitseminar@att.net August 2-5 Stitches Midwest in Schaumberg, IL August 15-18 Michigan Fiber Festival in Allegan, MI Acquisitions Books leaving the studio. 72 needle replacement cylinder for the Legare CSM. Contact David Lord on Facebook for all your cylinder and ribber dial needs. 50 needle extension kit for LK-150 Mini garter bars from a Raveler and a needle retainer bar from Kris Krafter for the Brother 350 Hand KnittingAutumn Fusion scarf by Brigitte Elliott with Noro Silk Garden sock yarn and Heavenly contrast yarn. Here’s mine. Check out Lucy Neatby’s free Craftsy sock knit along where I learned about a great cast on for top down socks. Practical and cute headband knit out of Cascade Fixation yarn. I use the techniques out of Modular Knits book by Iris Schreier. I can make one during an episode of Call the Midwife. Machine KnittingSlippers! Try the Clog Slipper pattern by Karalyn Rainey.I used Garment Designer software to design an undershirt. Try It!Knit a blanket or afghan on a knitting machine.Machine knitters ought to try the Felted Clogs (AC33) pattern for men and women and the children's pattern by Beverly Galeska. VitaMeataVegeMinCure-You-Quick chicken stock. Saute a family size package of chicken legs in a bit of oil in a large stock pot. Add some roughly chopped onion. Reduce heat to low and cover to let sweat for 25-30 minutes. Add salt to taste and 2 bay leaves as well as water - 4 cups for double strength or 8 cups for full strength stock. Bring to a simmer. Let simmer without boiling for 30-45 minutes. Remove chicken and let cool until cool enough to handle to remove the meat from the bones and skin. Strain and de-fat stock. This freezes very well. Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.
What Would Ruthie Say?Charity shops often have garments made with cool yarn that you can recover. BygonesI said Asymmetrical Vest when I should have said Color Bridges Vest in the last episode. Also I may as well apologize for the text alert sounds you heard in this episode. Rant and RaveRave: Citizens’ Police AcademyRant: Mail Thievery Scary sounds by soundbible.com EventsThe next CSM crank-in at the Heritage Spinning and Weaving shop in Lake Orion, MI is scheduled for Saturday October 28. AcquisitionsBrother KX-350 (video link)Viking Rose sewing machine72 needle replacement cylinder - I’ll link to this after I test it first. Hand KnittingTwo color garter stitch washcloths (link to a cowl or gaiter with same stitch pattern)Autumn Fusion scarf by Brigitte Elliott with Noro Silk Garden sock yarn and Heavenly contrast yarn. Here’s mine so far. Machine KnittingChenille two color stripe vestEasy Breezy Summer Top by Michelle Goodhand (ridelikethewind on Ravelry)Barcelona by Anne LaveneMy sister’s black wrap (stolen!) Try It!Knit a sock blank on a knitting machine.Bind off your machine knitted piece by hand. ResourcesSusan G.’s Sinker Post/Gate Peg Bind-OffsForward Head Posture Correction by Dr. Paula Moore. VitaMeataVegeMinCanned tomatoes and green chile adobo sauce. Hey! They go together well! Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.
Backstage Knitting Podcast Episode 26- One Year Podiversary!!•Shout to Annie from across the country! •To get your own shout out, join our Ravelry group and introduce yourself in our introduction thread! •There will be an extra break between episodes due to travel but we will be back the 16th/17th of August. •On The Needles: oAnna is working on her “Close to You” shawl by Justyna Lorkowski in the “Hecate” mini skein set from A Hundred Ravens Yarns, an Entrelac lap blanket of Anna’s own design in Noro Silk Garden and Noro Kureyon. She is also crocheting a scrappy granny square blanket with what she thinks is a J hook. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/close-to-you•http://ahundredravens.comoBethany worked on her “Coronation Day” Boxy by Joji Locatelli in “Winter Jewels” from Fancy Image Yarns, a vanilla sock in Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet in the “Blueberry” colorway, the “Shrowl” by Stephen West in the “Christmakah” colorway from Amanda’s Art Yarns, and TPCT by Teresa Gregorio in Miss Babs Yowza in the “Deep Sea Jelly Fish” colorway. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boxy•http://www.fancyimageyarn.com•https://www.plymouthyarn.com/yarn/happy-feet-100-splash-hand-dyed-item-1555•http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shrowl•http://www.amandasartyarn.com•http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tpct•https://www.missbabs.com/collections/yowza/products/yowza-deepseajellyfish•Off the Needles:oAnna finished her modified Sock Head Hat by Kelly McClure in the “Hells Bells” colorway from Magpie Fibers and a green granny square blanket. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-slouch-hat•http://www.magpiefibers.com/productsdk/hell-bellsoBethany finished the Laboe Top by Cory Ellen in Amanda’s Art Yarn in “Platinum” and “Bad Juju.”• http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/laboe•In Time Out:oAnna put her Close To You shawl in time out but it was released and forgiven. •Sew A Needle Pulling Thread:oAnna has been doing mending and working on some WIPS. •Spinning: oBethany has done lots of spinning for Tour De Fleece even though she did not make her goal. She also set some yarn that she spun and plied during the year. •Knetflix and Knit:oAnna has been watching the Great British Bake Off.oBethany has been watching How I Met Your Mother and Gilmore Girls. She also watched The Lego Batman Movie and Fifty Shades Darker. •In Rehearsal:oBethany has started doing her sound design for Frankenstein with the New Muses Theater Co. that opens August 4 at the Dukesbay Theater in Tacoma. •http://www.newmuses.com•Events: oThe Reduce Reuse Recycle Along is going on now through Labor Day!! Tell us how you’re reducing your carbon footprint in the thread in our Ravelry group. oLeah Justine is giving away a copy of her DEBUT COUNTRY ALBUM!!!•To win- join our Ravelry group and post in the contest thread who your favorite country artist is. The winner will be randomly selected on August 29, 2017. Must be a member of the Ravelry group to win. oOregon Flock and Fiber Festival is Sept. 23 and 24, 2017 in Canby, Oregon. oVogue Knitting Live in November 3-5, 2017 in Bellevue, Washington.
Backstage Knitting Podcast Episode 26- One Year Podiversary!!•Shout to Annie from across the country! •To get your own shout out, join our Ravelry group and introduce yourself in our introduction thread! •There will be an extra break between episodes due to travel but we will be back the 16th/17th of August. •On The Needles: oAnna is working on her “Close to You” shawl by Justyna Lorkowski in the “Hecate” mini skein set from A Hundred Ravens Yarns, an Entrelac lap blanket of Anna’s own design in Noro Silk Garden and Noro Kureyon. She is also crocheting a scrappy granny square blanket with what she thinks is a J hook. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/close-to-you•http://ahundredravens.comoBethany worked on her “Coronation Day” Boxy by Joji Locatelli in “Winter Jewels” from Fancy Image Yarns, a vanilla sock in Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet in the “Blueberry” colorway, the “Shrowl” by Stephen West in the “Christmakah” colorway from Amanda’s Art Yarns, and TPCT by Teresa Gregorio in Miss Babs Yowza in the “Deep Sea Jelly Fish” colorway. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boxy•http://www.fancyimageyarn.com•https://www.plymouthyarn.com/yarn/happy-feet-100-splash-hand-dyed-item-1555•http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shrowl•http://www.amandasartyarn.com•http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tpct•https://www.missbabs.com/collections/yowza/products/yowza-deepseajellyfish•Off the Needles:oAnna finished her modified Sock Head Hat by Kelly McClure in the “Hells Bells” colorway from Magpie Fibers and a green granny square blanket. •http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-slouch-hat•http://www.magpiefibers.com/productsdk/hell-bellsoBethany finished the Laboe Top by Cory Ellen in Amanda’s Art Yarn in “Platinum” and “Bad Juju.”• http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/laboe•In Time Out:oAnna put her Close To You shawl in time out but it was released and forgiven. •Sew A Needle Pulling Thread:oAnna has been doing mending and working on some WIPS. •Spinning: oBethany has done lots of spinning for Tour De Fleece even though she did not make her goal. She also set some yarn that she spun and plied during the year. •Knetflix and Knit:oAnna has been watching the Great British Bake Off.oBethany has been watching How I Met Your Mother and Gilmore Girls. She also watched The Lego Batman Movie and Fifty Shades Darker. •In Rehearsal:oBethany has started doing her sound design for Frankenstein with the New Muses Theater Co. that opens August 4 at the Dukesbay Theater in Tacoma. •http://www.newmuses.com•Events: oThe Reduce Reuse Recycle Along is going on now through Labor Day!! Tell us how you’re reducing your carbon footprint in the thread in our Ravelry group. oLeah Justine is giving away a copy of her DEBUT COUNTRY ALBUM!!!•To win- join our Ravelry group and post in the contest thread who your favorite country artist is. The winner will be randomly selected on August 29, 2017. Must be a member of the Ravelry group to win. oOregon Flock and Fiber Festival is Sept. 23 and 24, 2017 in Canby, Oregon. oVogue Knitting Live in November 3-5, 2017 in Bellevue, Washington.
In this latest episode we take a trip to Alaska on a quest for Qiviut. Our first stop is in Fairbanks where we chat with the Fairbanks Fiberistas. What am I wearing: In the chair: Clapotis made with Noro Silk Garden in color #211 In Fairbanks: Diagonal Lace Scarf knitted with my homespun 2ply fingering yarn from Cherry [...]
In this episode we continue our epic at 2007 NYS Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck New York. What’s in this show: CAT’s fiber shopping Sheep to Shawl Llama and Alpaca Interview with Diane and Tom Golding of Golding Fiber Tools What I am wearing: Clapotis made with Noro Silk Garden in color #211 LetsKnit2gether tote What’s on the Set: Time Machines: Time Travel [...]
In this first of a multipart series on the 2007 NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, you’ll go on a journey with CAT as she enters the Rhinebeck handspun knitted garment competition. What I’m wearing/carrying Clapotis made with Noro Silk Garden in color #211 (Yes I finished it!) Heartland Shawl in handspun Buffalo from American Buffalo Products (Thanks [...]