Podcasts about stitches west

Happy New Year! The Two Ewes recap their projects from 2023 and look forward to a productive and yarn-filled 2024. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android Marsha's Projects Ames Beanie: by Stephanie Larson. Finished! Used Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office (worsted) in colorway Spiced Apple Cider. Made for Mark. I bought the yarn at the much missed String Theory Yarns.  Flowers from My Garden: Finished! Eight skeins and 1,758 yards. Finished yarn may be worsted or DK. Malabrigo Nube Merino Braids: Have two braids in the color way 855 which is a blue green. The first braid I split into 10 individual rovings and the second braid I plan to split into half. I  will then ply the two singles together. Camella Hat: by Katie Pomper. Using Meeker Street Olive's Outerwear DK in the colorway Dragon's Breath.  Nanny Meier Tea Cozy: Inspired by Lily Pulitzer colors. Using Cascade 220 in hot pink and lime green. Finished first side. Socks: Using Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime. Heels and toes will be Dream in Color Mini Smooshy in the colorway Bermuda Teal. I finished the first sock and am about half way down the leg of the second sock. Fine Sand: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Using West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious in the colorway Claret. I washed and blocked the body. Seems okay but I would like it a bit roomier. I'm still thinking about what I want to do next.  Kelly's Projects Continuing to work on Purple/Gray socks for Robert. These are the ones that I had to stop working on during the last episode because I forgot to turn the heel. I pulled the needles out and put them back in the bag to fix later. Later turned out to be a month later. I now can't remember what yarn this is. I got it at the very last Stitches West ever in 2022.  Continuing to work on Dozens of Little Squares. I've washed 83 squares and have another large batch finished. So I'm at almost 200 squares so far. Time to start sewing them together! Events  Winter Weave Along starts October 1 and goes through March 31. Join the fun in our Ravelry group! Kelly at a Florida conference, Orlando, 19th through 22nd.  

Christmas knitting and some finished projects. Wishing everyone a happy holiday and a peaceful New Year. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Marsha's Projects Santa's Laundry Line: by Eleonore von Castelmur. Finished! Used Lang Yarn Jawol fingering in red, green and cream and some left over fingering weight gray.  Mossy Lane Hat: By Daleside Knits. Finished! Used Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool Worsted in colorway Berries. Knit for Ben. Camella Hat: by Katie Pomper. Using Meeker Street Olive's Outerwear DK in the colorway Dragon's Breath. Cast on for Mark but changed my mind and cast on a different hat. Ames Beanie: by Stephanie Larson. Using Leading Men Fiber Arts Box Office (worsted) in colorway Spiced Apple Cider. Making for Mark. I bought the yarn at the much missed String Theory Yarns.  Flowers from My Garden: Spinning the last bobbin before plying. Nanny Meier Tea Cozy: Inspired by Lily Pulitzer colors. Using Cascade 220 in hot pink and lime green. Finished first side. Socks: Using Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime. Heels and toes will be Dream in Color Mini Smooshy in the colorway Bermuda Teal. Halfway down the foot of the first sock. Fine Sand: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Using West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious in the colorway Claret. Finished the body and need to pick up stitches for sleeves. The sweater is on hold while I work on Christmas gifts.  Kelly's Projects Continuing to work on Purple/Gray socks for Robert. These are the ones that I had to stop working on during the last episode because I forgot to turn the heel. I pulled the needles out and put them back in the bag to fix later. Later turned out to be a month later. I now can't remember what yarn this is. I got it at the very last Stitches West ever in 2022.  Continuing to work on Dozens of Little Squares. I've washed 83 squares and have another 21 finished. So I'm at over 100 squares so far.  Club Car Curtains. This is for the back window of the trailer in the bedroom.  Knitted Nativity–Donkey and Sheep Finished Mom's reindeers. Events  Winter Weave Along starts October 1 and goes through March 31. Join the fun in our Ravelry group!  

We're back! The Two Ewes have been missing in action with work, travel, a vintage trailer rally, a knitting retreat, Thanksgiving, and a nasty cold. We have lots to talk about including project updates.   Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Marsha's Projects Snowflower: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Finished! Used 13 Mile Lamb and Wool for the main color and Brooklyn Tweed Tones for some of the contrasting colors. It fits great and I think I did a great job on the colorwork yoke. Ames Beanie: by Stephanie Larson. Finished! Made for Madi using Cascade 220 Superwash Merino in Summer Sky. Flowers from My Garden: Spinning the last bobbin before plying. Nanny Meier Tea Cozy: Inspired by Lily Pulitzer colors. Using Cascade 220 in hot pink and lime green. Finished first side. Santa's Laundry Line: by Eleonore von Castelmur. Using Lang Yarn Jawol fingering in red, green and cream and some left over fingering weight gray. Finished his jacket, pants, hat and currently knitting his long johns. Socks: Using Knitterly Things Vesper Sock Yarn in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime. Heels and toes will be Dream in Color Mini Smooshy in the colorway Bermuda Teal. Halfway down the foot of the first sock. Fine Sand: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Using West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious in the colorway Claret. Almost done with the body. Working on four garter stitch rows for edging and then bind off. Kelly's Projects Continuing to work on Purple/Gray socks for Robert. These are the ones that I had to stop working on during the last episode because I forgot to turn the heel. I pulled the needles out and put them back in the bag to fix later. Later turned out to be a month later. I now can't remember what yarn this is. I got it at the very last Stitches West ever in 2022.  Continuing to work on Dozens of Little Squares. I've washed 83 squares and have another 21 finished. So I'm at over 100 squares so far.  Started Club Car Curtains. This is for the back window of the trailer in the bedroom.  Events  Winter Weave Along starts October 1 and goes through March 31. Join the fun in our Ravelry group!  

The Two Ewes were together as we attended the Northern California Knitting Retreat. Hear about the fun we had and our adventures in the “destash” room. Plus, the winners of our Stitches West contest are announced. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts NoCKRs We had a lovely time at the Northern Californian Knitters Retreat held at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California. We caught up with old friends and met ten new attendees. Thank you to the Yarniacs and 2 Knit Lit Chicks for hosting. We have two new knitters! Two high school students attending a confirmation preparation workshop were intrigued with what we were doing. Several knitters taught them the basics and they were off! Next year's dates April 25-28, 2024. More information can be found in the NoCKRs Ravelry Group. Marsha's Projects Noromania: I ordered more yarn and now have a total of 40 skeins of Noro Kureyon (Aran weight) to make a blanket for Mark. I've knit 40 inches and used 22 balls. This is a fun project. Anzula Socks: Using two shades of Anzula Dreamy (blue) and Squishy (coral) that I bought at Stitches 2022. Finished the first sock. Flowers from My Garden: Starting a spinning project with fiber I bought at Stitches this month. I have spun two bobbins of each colorway and am working on a third. Ames Beanie: Cast on using Little Skein in the Big Woods worsted in colorway Hyde Park. Knitting it cable hat as part of the 2 Knit Lit Chicks cable along that ends May 15. I was making good progress when I discovered about ten rows back that I missed a cable cross. Kelly's Projects Started the Summer Fjord tee using Quince and Co. Sparrow linen yarn. Continued on the socks for Robert out of Purls Before Wine (From Purl 2 Walla Walla). Colorway is called Glamping so I had to buy it! Finished: Crackle lesson from Jane Stafford Guild. 7 yard warp instead of 10. Made the outer stripes wider because of the way I fold towels on the towel rod in our kitchen. Using the two cones of 8/2 cotton that I bought at stitches from Meridian Specialty Yarns Stitches West Winners: Winners of our Stitches West contest are announced. Listen to find out who won! Patreon Winners will be announced in our next episode.

We had a fantastic time at Stitches West 2023 in Sacramento, California and  have lots to report. Plus we have prizes! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or  Subscribe on Google Podcasts Marsha's Projects Noromania: I have a total of 24 skeins of Noro Kureyon (Aran weight) to make a blanket for Mark. I've knit 20 inches and used 10 balls. I think I need to buy more yarn. This is a fun project. Anzula Socks: Using two shades of Anzula Dreamy (blue) and Squishy (coral) that I bought at Stitches 2022. Flowers from My Garden: Starting a spinning project with fiber I bought at Stitches this month. Considering A Little Love by Ankestrick use Brooklyn Tweed Loft Kelly's Projects Finished but still need to block the Coloresque Wrap Erin Kurup using the Neighborhood Fiber Company rustic fingering gradient set Shades of Turquoise.   Finished and washed In Threes baby sweater. Finished half dozen dishcloths Started socks for Robert out of Purls Before Wine (From Purl 2 Walla Walla). Colorway is called Glamping so I had to buy it! On the loom: Crackle lesson from Jane Stafford Guild. 7 yard warp instead of 10. Made the outer stripes wider because of the way I fold towels on the towel rod in our kitchen. Using the two cones of 8/2 cotton that I bought at stitches from Meridian Specialty Yarns Stitches West Prizes: We will draw from our Patrons and our Ravelry thread in the next episode.  Weird Sisters Wool Emporium The Royal Bee Company Oink Pigment Nano Stitch Lab Just a few links to the things Marsha and Kim talked about in the last episode. EEW 6.0 Electric spinning wheel from Dreaming Robots. Willingham Weavery weaving class Weaving with Janet Dawson

Stitches West episode!   Recorded on March 3 - 5 2023   Vendors mentioned in this episode Alpenglow Industries Pam Powers Knits Porter Wool Co. Fiber Lady Seattle Sky Dyeworks Knit Baah Purl Greenwood Fibers Anzula Madelinetosh Oink Pigments Carpool Indiemade yarn Great Yarns!   Tracie attended Sandy Peters' class, Intro to Stacked Stitches. Barb attended Lorilee Beltman's class, Transform you Knitting with the Magic Cast On.      

Episode 110– Stitches West!   March 2, 2023 On the Nightstand 2:15 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you! Miss del Río: A Novel of Dolores del Río, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood by Bárbara Mujica Twice in a Lifetime by Melissa Barron Hell of a Book by Jason Mott The Night Ship by Jess Kidd Eliza Waite by Ashley E. Sweeney A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes On the Table 20:00 The Grocery in Charleston, SC Cheeky's in Palm Springs,CA The Workshop in Palm Springs, CA Lemon, Artichoke & Asparagus Penne with Garlic butter cream sauce Chicken & Tomato with pesto and herbs wrapped in foil from America's Test Kitchen Family. Cascatelli Localis review!  32:00 On the Easel 49:21 Big dinosaur sketch! Wild Goose Chase-in progress.   Visit to the Crocker Museum to see the Alexander McQueen/Amy Ray exhibit. On the Needles 56:38 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Sail Away socks omg heel socks by Megan Williams, ONline Supersocke 4-fach Merino Extrafein Color Paul Klee Sweater by Midori Hirose, Lemonade Shop simple sock in Ugh People and KnitCircus Yarns Sock du Soleil in Hummingbird Bundle– frogged?! Gridlines by Susanne Sommer   Lemonade Shop simple sock in Ugh People Rosanna Diggs embroidery Feral Knitter Janine Bajus– color confidence! That Crafty Little Fox bags Dark Academia sweater Serendipidye yarn Cortney Knitting: Shawlography by Stephen West Lisa Souza SAWK in "green jay" Louie & Lola fingering in "pacific" Oink Targhee Sock in "eye of the tiger" Oink Targhee Sock in "in the navy" Oink Targhee Sock in "random carp" Working diligently at the brioche! Bought yarn at Stitches for: The Karelia Sweater in Miss Babs Katahdin Beanstalk. The Pressed Flowers Cowl in Neighborhood Fiber Co. Suri Loft Mondawmin & Studio DK Ramblewood. A possible sweater vest (TBD) in Teton Yarn Company Fingering Mountain Stream. Future colorwork with Porter Wool Co. Fingering Eucalyptus.

      Listen here:   This week's episode is sponsored by: Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.       Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices       Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life? Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight. For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!   Radicle Threads was founded by Shobha Nadarajah, Elisabeth Desamour & Caroline Dick. The magazine features articles,  tutorials, recipes, and of course, crocheting and knitting patterns.   You can find issues of Radicle Threads at:   www.radiclethreads.com   On the Needles: (0:34)   Gigi: put another row on the excavation blanket Jasmin: Test knit for Chin Matthews in for Chin Matthews in Neighborhood Fiber Co Organic Studio DK: less than an inch of ribbing left on sleeve 2 Gigi at Jasmin's house knitting: socks for Andrew out of Lisa Souza merino yarn .  First sock is done, second sock got to the heel flap  Jasmin is making some progress on her Fractal Danger scarf out of Abstract Fiber Supersock in “Danger” (Bar Maids Knitmore Girls box #1) Gigi: meadowland baby blanket acrylic yarn, Mandala. Gigi: Preemie hats are drag along knitting at school, finished hat #2 and cast on hat#3 Jasmin paused her Piñata jacket by Quaylyn Stark SLOTTED QUILTING CUTTING MAT Gigi: started the next meadowlands  Events :(34:57) Stitches West, Sacramento, March 2-5 Donations for United For Iran CASH BAR! Thursday March 2 at Stitches West during the Thursday night preview, cohosted with Neighborhood Fiber Co.  Mother Knows Best:(38:08) Be the worst at something!   When knitting attacks :(43:15) Gigi messed up the shoulder of the Verena cardigan again  Knit more, know more: (44:17) A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people.   Protests are ongoing, 227 days. Das  IRAN update podcast  Anthony Bourdain in Iran   Lead up to Persian New year! Find some Nowrooz celebrations near you! (We couldn't find the link to the Waffle Tahdig; but we're still looking for it) And Sew on: Gigi: Fabric analysis 2   Found buttons online. Had J help with the ordering  Jasmin: Put her vintage sewing machines in the center section of the sweater cabinet as functional decor

Recorded Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Book talk begins at 32:25 Come join us knitting or crocheting your projects with CABLES! That's right, cables.  Come on over to the Cables KAL Chatter Thread to check out the rules and chat about your plans.  Dates are now until 5/15/23.   Virtual Knitting Group via Zoom Events Tracie and Barb will be at: Stitches West 2023 - March 2-5 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California.  Stay tuned for Episode 263, which will be our Stitches recap! The Northern California Knitting Retreat (NoCKRs) - April 27-30, 2023 at the St Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California.  The retreat is now full, but you can still be put on the waiting list - message Tracie at 2knitlitchicks@gmail.com for info and the registration form. The TKGA Retreat 2023 - November 2-5, 2023 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina   KNITTING Finished Tracie has finished: Velvet Pullover by EweKnit Toronto (discontinued online) in Western Sky Knits Merino 17 Light dyed by Kim and me Penelope Romper by Linnea Nyman with a different cable pattern substituted in Berroco Pure Pima Soizic Headband by Along avec Anna in Plymouth Encore 4 Knitted Knockers in Cascade Ultra Pima and  Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK Barb has finished: Colourwheel DK 1 Ball Scarf, using a Sirdar Colourwheel in the Perfectly Pretty colorway Burgos vest by Rosa Pomar, using Plymouth Galway Worsted in the Grey Heather colorway Koko Bean Hat, using 5 colors of acrylic bear yarn   Tracie has frogged: Calyx by Elizabeth Doherty in Cloudborn Fibers Pima Cotton DK, knit in 2021   She has cast on: Zephyr Mark II by Celia Cahill in Laneras Barefoot in Coral Vanilla socks in Emma's Yarn Super Silky in Hot Tamale Vanilla socks in Western Sky Knits Merino 17 Light held double   Barb continues to work on: Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Leuder using Canon Hand Dyes sock set Blushing Braids Beanie by Amy Kate Sutherland, using Red Heart bear yarn in a light gray color   She has cast on: Low-key Cowl by Elizabeth Smith, using Cascade 220 in the green colorway (very old stash) Winters Beach by Andrea Mowry, using Madelinetosh Tosh DK in the Tart colorway.   And frogged: Citadel by Joji Locatelli, using Rowan RYC Wool Tweed   BOOKS Tracie read: The Good Wife: The Shocking Betrayal and Brutal Murder of a Godly Woman in Texas by Clint Richmond - 4 stars All That Fall by Kris Calvin - 3 stars Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty - 4 stars The Liar's Club by Mary Karr - 5 stars Stiff Arm Steal by AJ Stewart   Barb read: Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton - 4 stars Sunburn by Laura Lipman - 3.5 stars The Couple on Cedar Close by Anna-Lou Weatherley - 3.5 stars West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge - 5 stars Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough - 3 stars   Barb recommends the film She Said on Peacock Premium or available to buy or rent on other streaming services

This week's episode is sponsored by:   Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.     Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life? Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight. For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!   Radicle Threads was founded by Shobha Nadarajah, Elisabeth Desamour & Caroline Dick. The magazine features articles,  tutorials, recipes, and of course, crocheting and knitting patterns.   You can find issues of Radicle Threads at:   www.radiclethreads.com   On the Needles: (0:39) Gigi got A huge bag of yarn from Jasmin's for socks for Andrew. Jasmin continues on the body of  her “I'll be Gnome for Christmas” (Go Big or go Gnome pattern) pullover in Black Trillium fibers Gigi. Cocoknits Verena cardigan pattern on KnitCompanion; shoulders  are done  Jasmin restarted her Flamingo Christmas sweater from the ribbing in: Seismic Yarns butter DK ,Trendsetter Aura  Gigi: leftover sock yarn blanket Excavation and audiobook  Jasmin is nearly finished with the body of the Altblebragenser in Frost Yarn's Reverse Speckle rainbow and Teal Torch Knits 9 neons.  Gigi at Jasmin's house knitting: socks for Andrew, out of Lisa Souza merino yarn  Jasmin unearthed her Fractal Danger scarf out of Abstract Fiber Supersock in “Danger” (Bar Maids Knitmore Girls box #1) Knitting club! Preemie hats pompom dilemma, borrowed stack of Nicky Epstein Edge books from Jasmin Cast on a preemie hat out of superwash and cashmere    Events :(21:56) Stitches West, March 2-5 2023 in Sacramento Last years' instagram live with food recommendations   Mother Knows Best:(24:25) Everyone is someone's child. Write your reps, we use Resistbot   When knitting attacks :(27:07) The Flamingo Xmas sweater fiasco: Lucy Neatby, don't rip it out right away. How i figured out the problem. Gigi: thin spots in one of the yarns in the excavation  Have a hard time understanding instructions on the Verena   Knit more, know more: (32:47) A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people. Protests are ongoing. Brüssels, Northern California. Every Sunday at 11am in San Francisco  Don't show up as a guest empty-handed; soghatee as well.   And Sew on: (45:01) Fabric for a quilt. Golden State Quilting

This week's episode is sponsored by: Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.       Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices   Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life? Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight. For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!   On the Needles: (0:34) Gigi got yarn from Jasmin's for socks for Andrew. Jasmin continues on the body of  her “I'll be Gnome for Christmas” (Go Big or go Gnome pattern) pullover in Black Trillium fibers Gigi: Cocoknits Verena cardigan pattern on knit companion    Jasmin separated the armholes on her Flamingo Christmas sweater, in: Seismic Yarns butter DK Trendsetter Aura  Gigi: leftover sock yarn blanket Excavation and audiobook  Jasmin is nearly finished with the body of the Altblebragenser in Frost Yarn's Reverse Speckle rainbow and Teal Torch Knits 9 neons.  Jasmin mentions Ken Shelton, an Excellent DEI instructor Gigi two pairs of socks and two cowls: ends woven in Jamin blocked and sewed in labels for the shawls she wove for Gigi Knitting club! Preemie hats. Pompom dilemma borrowed stack of Nicky Epstein Edge books from Jasmin Nicky Epstein books Events :(25:08) Stitches West 2023 March 2-5 PARIS BAGUETTE bakery Mother Knows Best:(30:04) Here is Jasmin's Pep talk. Jasmin mentions Radicle Threads and Imposter syndrome. Here is the Radicle Threads GoFundMe L   When Knitting Attacks :(40:32) The Flamingo Xmas sweater fiasco. Knit more, know more :(48:00) A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people. The protests are ongoing. Jasmin shares the Mahsa Amini Act. ResistBot Link And Sew On :(52:36) Gigi looked through pile of mending on sewing machine.

Listen here:   This week's episode is sponsored by: Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.     Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life? Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight. For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!   Heath update On the Needles: (0:32) Gigi : Andrew's sock at Jasmin's. toe decreases done Jasmin has finished the beaded fringe on the wide houndstooth wrap for Gigi (woven on her Schacht flip loom with Tess Yarns Silk Chenille) Gigi is working on another pair of socks for Andrew for knitting at my house. Got contrast yarn. Toes are done, at Jasmin's to be grafted  Jasmin continues on the body of  her “I'll be Gnome for Christmas” (Go Big or go Gnome pattern ) pullover in Black Trillium fibers. Gigi. Cocoknits Verena cardigan pattern on knit companion    Participating in Dr Gemma's Romjule . Gigi mentions the Cocoknits Sweater Workshop, read the instructions.  Jasmin finished the Electric Mayhem coat (made in The Lemonade Shop yarns) Gigi: cast on for a new premie hat, made pompom. No progress  Gigi dug out her striped Elton cardigan. Jasmin finished her Alaska hat. The green is Neighborhood Fiber Co. She added a sasquatch (in leftover cashmere) AND LIGHTS! Jasmin mentions the Bigfoot Campfire Stories book (and series by Rusty Wilson). Wearable LED lights Knitting club!   Events:(26:54) Grinchalong is over Penzey's Romjule! Ended!  Stitches West in Sacramento in March   Mother Knows Best:(30:18) Drink Your Water! When Knitting Attacks:(31:42) Jasmin was fighting with a Cool Thing™  on her Alaska hat Brown Dog Gadgets (linked above) Knit more, know more :(37:40) A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people. Protests are ongoing. Garlic pickles   And Sew on:(46:07) Gigi registered for spring semester. I would like to sew one /finish a garment per month Jasmin repaired Genevieve's backpack  Rays Sewing center Embroidery Floss from Little Skein in the Big Wool and Bzy Peach 

Episode 106 January 5, 2023 On the Needles 4:27 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     20,638 yards in 39 projects in 2022   Tii Pullover by Joji Locatelli, Machete Shoppe Dirty DK in Eucalyptus– DONE!!   Le Snap by tincanknits, Knit Style Yarns Merino Nylon Fingering 75/25 in A Sweet Christmas– DONE!!   Gnome Made Gifts by Sarah Schira, DIC Smooshy in Rudolph's Favorites– DONE!!   Christmas Adventure Gnome by Sarah Schira, KnitPicks Stroll Tweed in Dalmatian, Barn Door and Sequoia– DONE!!   Advent Scarf 2021 by Tricia Weatherston, Forbidden Fiber Fortitude in Tinsel, FF Gluttony in Classic Christmas Collection – DONE!!   Wintertide Socks MKAL by Sivia Harding, Must Stash Yarn Everyday DK in Homecoming and Amy   Cozy Classic Raglan by Jessie Maed Designs, NFC Loft in Victorian Village, Royal Bee Yarn fingering in G7       On the Easel 17:58 Had plans for a curriculum…instead, painted several landscapes, 2 pieces for gallery shows, MANY birds, lots of commissions, plus a 2023 calendar that sold out!   Carter's birds: cedar waxwing, Steller's jay, pine grosbeak Sketchbook work, & background research On the Table 24:06 Xmas eve lasagna   Dinner in One by Melissa Clark Spiced Brussel Sprouts with paneer and lime vinaigrette Red wine mushroom risotto   Cortney's recap: I cooked. The end.   Lasagne Dinner Party (it's much faster with a helper!) Christmas hosting + anxiety Turkey Chili and awesome cornbread Hungarian Goulash inspired by Auntie Rita Cooking from America's Test Kitchen the New Family Cookbook   On the Nightstand 40:31 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   184 books read!   The Christmas Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (audio)  Murder in the First Edition by Lauren Elliott (audio)  Christmas is Murder by C.S. Challinor  A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams  Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle  So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan (audio) Murder at Black Oaks by Phillip Margolin (audio)  Paris Daillencourt is ready to crumble by Alexis Hall Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Book of Night by Holly Black  Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, trans by Geoffrey Trousselot  (audio) The Last Crown by Elżbieta Cherezińska, trans by Maya Zakrzewska-Pim Blue Skinned Gods by S.J. Sindu The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe  Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri (audio) Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin   Cortney's recap: Read less in service of painting practice = 68 books!   Now Is Not The Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves (book 4 with the BIRDS!)   On the Horizon 1:00:21 Knitting,  3 sweaters with yarn from pre-2022 stash Charity– hats and knitted knockers Quarterly knit from deep stash KitsCross stitch Bracelet Xmas- figures or 12 days   Storygraph challenges  WSIRN episode with founder West Portal Books Irish Book Subscription  New ingredients: preserved lemon? What else? Make homemade gnocchi   Cortney's Ideas:   TRY to finish my westknits shawl before Stitches West.   Easel: less white space, more daily work (sketchbooks, etc).   Table: cook less often; batch cooking AND make better lunches for myself (temple food).   Nightstand: listen to more author, artist interviews. California Book Club    Bonus Book Talk! 1:22:58

Happy New Year to our listeners! We have finished projects including a huge completion for Marsha. We've started some projects, plus some discussion about a new e-spinner. Full notes with photos and links and a transcript can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Episode 200 Q and A: To celebrate 200 episodes and over eight years of podcasting, we'll answer your questions. Ask us about yarn, our lives, the meaning of life, Fibonacci, poodle grooming, or whatever… We'll do our best! Send your questions to twoewes@twoewesfiberadventures.com or use the Ravelry thread, or DM 1hundredprojects or betterinmotion on instagram.  Marsha's Projects:  Ben's Sweater: Whoohoo!! His sweater is finished! January Blanket: Handspun Manx Loaghton, 3-ply aran weight, 1,460 yards. Decided to add one additional 15 stitch repeat so I cast on 192 stitches. I went up a need size to #9 and have knit about 28 inches. Noromania: Bought 18 skeins of Noro Kureyon (Aran weight) to make a blanket for Mark. EEW 6.0 Electric spinning wheel from Dreaming Robots. Kelly's Projects: I finished what I set out in the last episode: the angel from the knitted nativity scene kit, a bumper for Minnie's wool cat bed, and a warp for Monk's Belt dishtowels. I started the Coloresque Wrap Erin Kurup using the Neighborhood Fiber Company rustic fingering gradient set Shades of Turquoise. This was a door prize from the NoCKRs retreat several years ago. I started this project as Stitches West knitting, but couldn't follow the pattern in that setting and gave it up. Then I lost the yarn for at least a year! It is really more of a wide scarf than a wrap, but it might block out bigger than it looks.  I've returned to working on the spirit yarn mohair vest. I will have A LOT of yarn left over. I think I could have made a Garter Squish blanket. Monk's Belt Weaving project: I am making dish towels rather than the placemats in the JST episode. I started with what I thought were neutral gray and brown and once they were put together they look a lot like lilac and orange. We talk a little about the way colors work in weaving and how the brain and preconceived ideas also affect the way we interpret colors.  Patreon Pattern Giveaway  A hearty, year-end thank you to our patrons! Your support has made our show better and our prizes more numerous. Message Kelly with the pattern of your choice ($10 or less). Thank you for your generosity. You've helped to build this community! Winter Weave Along October 1 - March 31 Transcript Full transcript available at twoewesfiberadventures.com Marsha  0:03   Hi, this is Marsha and this is Kelly. We are the Two Ewes of Two Ewes Fiber Adventures. Thanks for stopping by. Kelly  0:10   You'll hear about knitting, spinning, dyeing, crocheting, and just about anything else we can think of as a way to play with string. Marsha  0:17   We blog and post show notes at Two Ewes Fiber Adventures dot com. Kelly  0:22   And we invite you to join our Two Ewes Fiber Adventures group on Ravelry. I'm 1hundred projects and I am better in motion. We are both on Instagram and Ravelry. And we look forward to meeting you there. Enjoy the Episode! Marsha  0:42   Hi, Kelly, Happy New Year. Kelly  0:44   Happy New Year to you too, Marsha. Marsha  0:46   Yeah, this is the first time we talked I think since before the holiday. Kelly  0:50   Yeah. How's how's your 2023 been? Marsha  0:53   It's been very nice so far. Because I left New Year's Day for the beach. We went to-- Kim and I went down to the Oregon coast to Cannon Beach. And with the dogs, because the dogs needed a vacation from the stress of the holidays. Kelly  1:10   Only the dogs needed a vacation from the stress of the holidays?  [laughing] Marsha  1:14   Yeah [laughing] So it's nice. We had four nights down there. It was really fun. I don't know if you saw any of the pictures I posted but they had very high tides. So we couldn't really go to the beach in the morning like we normally do. We had to wait till the afternoon till the tide went out. So that was a little bit different. But it was fine. Kelly  1:34   I did see the one picture you posted where there literally was no beach. Marsha  1:38   Yeah, it was hitting the the rock wall they have along in front of the hotel where we were staying. And I actually thought, those really expensive, desirable homes that are right on the beach with a fantastic views? I don't know that I want to stay in one of those.  Kelly  1:54   Yeah Marsha  1:55   I liked being--we had a view. But we were not right on the beach. We were back. We kind of overlooked--It doesn't sound good, But it was it's actually fine--You sort of overlook a parking lot for the park. And so you're back at solid 50 yards probably from the beach, which made me--and we were up on the third floor which made me feel better. I don't think I'd want to be on one of those houses right on the beach. With the bedrooms on the ground floor. Yeah, not during this storm. And, and you're having storms down there too, right? in California? Kelly  2:26   Yeah, we weren't hit as bad as some of the surrounding areas. We but we've had--every time it rains we've had more than an inch, which is really unusual for us to, you know, to get that much rain at a time. We did have one day, it wasn't this most recent storm it was maybe a week and a half ago where the street flooded in front of our house, you know because of the slough, what used to be the slough, running through our yard and through the yards of, you know, all of the the neighbors. It comes right across the street, you know, what used to be the slough. You can see from above you know, it's comes right across our street. And so the street kind of dips down because of the the old slough having been there.  Marsha  3:18   Right  Kelly  3:19   And so that part of the-- that part where the street dips down floods and the, you know, especially if the if the city pumps for the stormwater aren't working properly, then it really floods. Anyway, it got high enough that it went above the curb and was flowing into the old slough in our yard. And so I always like it-- Robert hates when that happens but I always like it because I feel like I'm capturing stormwater for my own yard. Like yay! Extra water! But this year he was worried about it because he said, you know, he didn't want it to he didn't want that water to undermine his his fence posts that he had put in and that didn't happen. It, you know, was nothing huge. But there was some water runoff from the street into our into our little ravine and that hasn't  happened in a in quite a few years. So so yeah, we you know we we didn't suffer much at all. We didn't suffer at all from the from the storm. But like the beach in in the Capitola area, one of the old beaches that I used to, you know, the beach that I used to go to when I was a kid, their whole parking lot is gone. Just destroyed from the from the tides. Robert was showing me pictures this morning. And he's been really watching the weather and you know he's got the Weather Channel and all the places that he used to look when he was working at the agency and needed to keep tabs on what the weather was going to be for their generator system case power-- case of power outages and the storm water. So they could predict and, you know, because the stormwater goes to the treatment plant. Yeah, he was really-- well, he has been sort of obsessing over the   radar and all that. Marsha  5:12   Well and when I was at the beach he texted me that about the light fixtures on the front of the house that I helped him put them up that one time I was down there. And he was-- he put some extra wire on them I think, to secure them because he was really worried about the winds. Yeah, the reason why you got those new ones is the wind had knocked the old ones, had damaged the old ones. So he was really worried about that. They're fine though? So far? Kelly  5:36   Yeah, yeah, they are fine. The only-- his rain gauge, which is a five gallon bucket, the one day that the wind was so so hard I looked out the kitchen window, and this white plastic bucket goes flying across the yard. Oh Okay! So now he's got, he turned our, we have a like a, you know, that teak side table. He turned that upside down, set the bucket inside of the four legs, and then propped bricks around the edge to both hold the table down and hold the bucket firmly inside the table. He's got that sitting outside to measure so he can kind of keep track of the rain. The amount of rain. I measure it by the amount that's in the dog dishes. So I have a 12 hour rain gauge, you know, feed the dogs in the morning and when I go out at night and feed them again I see how much is there. Yesterday, it was about an inch in the 12 hours. It was pretty steady. And not hard rain, but pretty steady all day. Until yesterday afternoon. Today, we have a break. It's really nice. It's um, I can even see blue sky outside. So there was one day that it was so gray. It felt like nighttime all day long. It was  super unusual for us. So anyway, yeah, that's what's been happening here. Aunt Betty had her second cataract surgery and it went all fine. So now we're good. So she's, she's happy. She's able to see. She had a follow up appointment yesterday. So that's all good. So yeah, my 2023 is going pretty well, too. Yeah, well, mine is going pretty well, because I had a nice trip to the beach. And then I'll talk about some other stuff when we get to projects. So should we jump into projects? Or? Well let me just announce about the episode 200 As long as we're stopping for business here. So we are currently on episode 198. Coming up on episode 200. And so we're going to do for episode 200 a listener q&a. So we'll answer your questions. And we've got quite a few questions already between email and the Ravelry thread. But I put up a Ravelry thread where you can ask questions, or you can email us to us at Two Ewes Fiber Adventures dot com. Or you can message us, you know on Instagram, or you can use our website Two Ewes Fiber Adventures dot com. And there's a Contact Us page and you can use that to send us an email. Lots of ways for you to let us know what your questions are. And then we're going to answer them on episode 200.  Marsha  8:43   Try to answer! Kelly  8:44   All of them. Yeah. And I have been listening to some of the older episodes just kind of going back to refresh my memory about them. At first I was a little worried like oh I'm not sure I want to go back there and see how we sound. You know we weren't that bad Marsha.[laughing] I think we did pretty good. First. I just remember, I do remember when we first started, on every episode, Robert would go to work and he'd listened to it. Then the next day he'd give me a rundown. It helped us get better. I do have to say that it helped us get better. But sometimes it was not a welcome critique. [laughing] Marsha  9:29   Now do you remember? I'm kind of curious, like maybe I shouldn't even ask but I'm dying of curiosity. Like what were some of the critiques that that he would give? Kelly  9:37   He said I repeated myself, which I still do. When I edit sometimes I think oh Kelly, why did you have to say the same phrase three times while you were thinking of the next thing you were gonna say? He also said that I talk slowly. Like I'll be talking along at a normal pace and then he can tell that I'm thinking because I get really slow. So, stuff like that, you know. And then when we started actually recording together, he's like, You guys are much more interesting when you're recording on the phone together. So.. Marsha  10:12   Yeah, I know, I think that changed the dynamic a lot, you know, when we started recording together, but I still listen to myself and every episode I'm critical of myself. Like, I can't follow my train of thought. And I, and I make so many mistakes too, in terms of when I'm describing stockinette, or garter stitch, or making the garter Squish, blanket. like, Ah, god, sometimes I listen back and I roll my eyes, you know, but anyway, we're just human right? Kelly  10:52   Yeah, you need to be kinder to yourself, Marsha. Marsha  10:55   Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yes, I've been reading the questions, and I'm looking forward to answering them. Kelly  11:02   Yeah, it'll be fun. So do do. Send us your questions. And, you know, it could be about anything. So far, a lot of the questions have been about about our lives and our crafting and the podcast, that kind of thing. But, but yeah. Bring them on. Let's see. Marsha  11:27   All right. Okay. So projects. Kelly  11:29   Yeah, so let's go. I can go first. So last episode, I said, I had some plans. I did not have much knitting, but I did have some plans. And I can say that I did what I set out to do, I finished the angel from the knitted nativity scene. I did finish the star the knitting of the star. Now I just have to sew it. It's two pieces and then you sew them together and stuff it. So she's holding on to this stuffed star. So I didn't I didn't get it, but I haven't sewn it together and stuffed it but the angel part is done. I even washed her hair because the the yarn, the yarn that they had for her hair was wound around a cardboard. Most of the yarn was in little, little balls or cakes. And the yarn for her hair. I'm not sure why, was wrapped around a cardboard. And so where it wrapped around, it had like a kink. So her ponytails were very messy. Were curling all--just all different ways. And not curled. But like fish hooked, you know, like kinked.  Marsha  12:47   Yeah, yeah,  Kelly  12:48   The edge of that cardboard. So I wet the her hair. I had to wet it down twice. And then let her dry before before most of that came out, so so she's done. I've knit a bumper for Minnie's cat bed. And it's in there.  Marsha  13:05   Yeah?  Kelly  13:06   So, and I do know she slept in at least one night. During the real rainy days, she sleeps in the-- we have a house out there that I have a woven a wool woven pad in-- the one she used to have-- I put in there. And she sleeps in there when it's rainy, and she needs to really stay out of the rain or it's really cold. I'm not sure where she sleeps all the time, because she's not always on the front porch, especially since we got Beary and he barks at her. Although she doesn't--honestly I say she doesn't sleep there because of Beary. But Beary has been on the front porch coming in, you know, in the morning. And she has been under the car in the driveway on the porch in that same morning and walked up to him. Like, twice. So she's not really afraid of him. Although she-- I don't think she likes the barking. But she's not afraid of him. He's afraid of her. This is funny. You'll you'll get a kick out of this. So one morning, Robert had him and he kind of growled at her as she was walking towards him. And so Robert, you know, corrected him and said no. And so, and he was you know, wiping off his feet and stuff to let him in. And so Beary turned himself around and put his head in the corner of the porch. So you didn't have to look at her. Here's this big dog. He's really kind of afraid of her. He doesn't know what to make of her. And so since he couldn't growl or do anything wrong, do anything aggressive towards her. He had to just put his head in the corner. If you can't see her, she doesn't exist.[laughing] Yeah, so all of that orange wool is gone. And then I had to grab some additional coned wool from my weaving stash. And I knit with it for the rest of the bumper. So I got that done. And then the third thing that was on my list for before was to wind a warp for monks' belt. For the monk's belt project at the Jane Stafford Guild, and I did, I did that as well. And I'll talk more about that at the end of my projects. So I got all of that done. And then I've even returned to working on the mohair vest.  Marsha  15:33   Oh, okay.  Kelly  15:34   Yeah, that's what I have in my lap right now, what I've been knitting on, and I tried it on this morning. And so it's top down. And I have more than 12, about 12 inches from the armholes. So it's kind of at high hip length.  I want it to be longer so I'm I'm continuing to knit down but I'm gonna have so much yarn leftover. Maybe I won't, maybe once I put the ribbing and the the band on. I started with three skeins, I've basically got two balls, which is one skein that I am working on actively and then one skein in the bag  so I don't know. We'll see. So I'm continuing it. Maybe I should have made a blanket, because I think I'm gonna have a lot of yarn leftover but it's back on its-- back in the rotation. And then the other project, I started a new project knitting project. Do you remember the yarn I lost? The neighborhood fiber company gradients? Marsha  16:52   Oh right. Yeah, Kelly  16:54   Yeah. I think I lost it twice. I mean, I think I lost it, discovered it, said oh, okay, that's where it is. And then forgot where it was. And lost it again. I can't exactly remember. But anyway, it's 1250 yards of rustic fingering from neighborhood fiber company. And it's a turquoise it's called Shades of Turquoise. It's a turquoise gradient. And it starts with a really dark dark, almost black, blue, and then changed into a more true-- I don't know if I call it turquoise, I guess I call it turquoise. A more true turquoise. So there's two really dark skeins, then there's like this medium bright turquoise, and then there's two light turquoise skeins. So I'm doing the original project, I looked around for something else. But I thought you know what, I'm just gonna go back to the original project that I selected for this. It's called the Coloresque Wrap. And it's by Erin Kurup. I think her company name is remade by hand. And actually I met her at stitches. And I believe that this was a gift from her, this pattern. And so I started it one year. Right after I think the year after I got it. I started it for my Stitches West project, which was a mistake.  Marsha  18:22   Yes, I remember. I remember you working on it. Kelly  18:26   Yeah, I'm not sure if I had been a little further along when we went to stitches, I think it would have been okay. But it's it's a striping pattern. So as you're using two colors, and it's a striping pattern that has you doing stockinette and then one pearl ridge and then stockinette and then one pearl ridge. And so I was having trouble with that. And then I was also having trouble with the-- it's trapezoidal. So you're knitting together on one side and making one on the other side, knitting in front and back on the other side. So it's going kind of out of slant and like a trapezoid. So that was an issue. Remembering to do that was an issue. And then it has, it's not really a big edge detail. But it has a little edge detail to keep the edges nice and tidy. And that was giving me fits. So I had to-- I came home and it was such a mess that I just ripped it out. But now it's back on the needles and I've gotten a fair ways along I think I'm maybe at about 20 inches. Maybe a little longer than maybe closer to 30 Marsha  19:43   Do you have a project page for this?  Kelly  19:46   Yeah, I just put up a project page but I don't have a picture yet. Marsha  19:50   Okay, oh, let me look here. Oh, here it is. I see. Kelly  19:52   Okay, and then it has lace. The pattern has these stripes and then it also has lace sections. And so it gives me the opportunity to use the colors. And it's kind of--the pattern is nice because it's kind of set up, I mean, they have the pattern, she has the pattern set up where you just follow the pattern with your colors. But then she also has a page in the, I think it's in the pattern, or maybe it's on--also linked on the pattern page. But she has a page where you can do your own color design.  Marsha  19:53   Mm hmm.  Kelly  20:01   And so she has like the template of the of the shawl or wrap laid out. And then she talks about, you know, how you can figure out which colors to put where and, and it does talk about how many grams of of yarn you use for the lace sections, although I added a repeat, so mine won't be following that exactly, you know. The next lace section I do, I'll have to weigh my yarn and then determine how much yarn I need for one of the lace sections. So I've got two lace sections in here now with the striping pattern in between. And I liked the lace section. So I think I'll do more of them than is in their original pattern. Because I kind of liked that. I haven't done lace in a long time. It actually looks kind of like the lace that you have, like little V pattern Chevron.  Marsha  21:19   Yeah, in my blanket.  Kelly  21:21   Looks very similar to the lace in your in your blog. Marsha  21:24   Nice. Well, I'm, I'm interested to see a picture of it posted. But this is a nice looking shawl It's pretty. Kelly  21:32   So I've just been choosing colors along the way trying to keep you know, kind of the gradient idea going from dark to light, but I have the contrast stripes. So I've got you know, sometimes I have two medium colors together in the stripe, sometimes I have the darkest with the lightest, or colors just a couple or one or two shades away. Since I have five colors, I have a lot of choices. And it's coming out nicely. It's looking right now like it's not going to be more than just a wide scarf with stripes and lace combination. But maybe when I block it, it'll be a little bit wider. The original pattern called for I think was about 12 inches wide. And then I added an additional repeat of the lace because I wanted it to be a little bit wider than that. But I didn't want to make it so wide that then I wasn't going to have enough yarn. I wasn't sure how that was going to work. So I'm moving along on it and enjoying it. It's giving me, it's giving me two projects on the go that are knitting projects. So and then I have my my weaving project.  Marsha  22:43   Okay, and let's hear about that.  Kelly  22:45   So I'm making-- I decided with the monks belt that I wanted to make, of course, dishtowels. The project for the Jane Stafford guild is placemats. So at first I was a little worried that maybe it was a weave structure that wasn't a good choice for dish towels. But I found a dish towel pattern in a book I had bought years ago and it was monks belt and turns out it's exactly the same draft as what's in the Jane Stafford guild, which is basically the Marguerite Porter Davison, you know Weaver's bible of stitches. This Monks belt draft is not anything, you know, it's not anything new and improved or you know, combined with other things or whatever. So I'm basically following the information from the episode of The Jane Stafford School of weaving TV Guild and also following the pattern from this book. But the book has only two dish towels in its warp and I put on enough for six dish towels I should have enough for six dish towels so I have a little bit of room to play which will be fun. I did want to talk a little bit about color choice. Because I had decided--I thought I would make dish towels for Sarah for housewarming gift, my niece. And for my mom for her trailer. The new trailer is sort of gray and brown. The floor is tha-- a lot of people have you know the gray like wood floor now is kind of popular? And that is the flooring in the trailer. They don't have carpet they just have the grayish wood flooring and then, you know, kind of brown upholstery and stuff so I thought okay, I'll do neutrals. And I know Sarah, as much as she loves color, is more along the neutrals line for stuff in her house. So I thought okay, this would be good. I'll find some neutrals. So I grabbed-- you remember the yarn that you got me the Swedish yarn that you got me from the goodwill? The weaving yarn came in a bag-- there was a red and a green and a gray. Marsha  25:07   Oh, right. I didn't know it was Swedish but oh yeah, I remember getting that. Yeah, Kelly  25:11   I think it's I think it's Swedish. Anyway. Okay, I took one of the--I decided to use the gray out of that. And then I used one of the cones I have of the Sally Fox Fox fiber, which is a brown is called Sienna, Sierra Sienna Brown. And you know, the color crayon color of Sienna?  Marsha  25:31   Yeah,  Kelly  25:31   Kind of a rusty brown-- a yellow, yellow or orange toned brown. So there's that. And then I saw-- I put those two together. I was like, okay, yeah, this is what I'm going to use it's going to be nice and neutrals, gray, brown. I have a little bit of black. I have oh, I have this other cone of this variegated black and brown yarn that I bought thinking I would knit a linen shawl that I never a lace shawl that I never did. So I got that out. I got them all together. And I wound them. You know, this is great! Neutrals. And the gray looks purple. And the brown looks orange. When you put all those colors together... Marsha  25:38    So interestin! Kelly  26:20   next to each other, you can really tell that this is a gray that leans purple blue, like bluey purple, like a lilac color. It sort of leans lilac. And this brown, of course, leans very orange. And because those were such, you know, because purple and orange are such contrasting colors. I think they're what complimentary colors maybe. Right? It really, it really makes them look like they're--it's purple and orange. So it's okay, it's not the neutral that I was going for. It's really pretty. I really like it. Not sure they'll go to the intended recipients. It depends how. depends how they come out-- what I think once I've got them off the loom. Once I've you know, put other colors in the weft because that tones things down a little bit too. So. So we'll see. Marsha  27:20   I'm just going to interject here about color and weaving. You made me some towels that are actually red, white and gray. And I swear that gray is green. And I think it's because, and I always I use them at Christmas time because to me they look like Christmas color. But it's not green. It's gray.  Kelly  27:40   Right.  Marsha  27:41   So I don't know it's so interesting Kelly  27:43   That same gray? I'm using as a weft color. Okay, and against the other ones. It looks blue. It's like a slate blue. Yeah, Marsha  27:55   yeah. And I have to say in the towels, it doesn't look like Christmas green. But it definitely looks like a green to me, like a forest green. Kind of.  It's not I know, it's I know, it's gray. But Kelly  28:10   Well, and those are the same those. That's the exact same warp as the napkins in the trailer. Okay, yeah. And in the trailer, to me it it reads as gray. Not green, but in the house, it really did look like, it did look green to me, too. Yeah. So it's very interesting. choosing colors-- it's fascinating. I really think it's really an interesting thing. And then and then the thing about weaving that doesn't happen in knitting. Is that optical blending, you know, you get a lot more of the optical blending in weaving because the, I want to say the pixels are so small, right? When you're weaving, your yarn is going over and under each other. The dots of color are about the size of the yarn, unless you're doing stripes.  Marsha  29:05   Yeah.  Kelly  29:06   Whereas with with knitting, your dots of color, the smallest they can be is really a stitch. You know, I mean, even if you're doing mosaic stitch where you're trying to blend optically blend the colors, doing mosaic knitting or slip stitches, where you're trying to optically blend the colors. You're not going to get that kind of blending so much with knitting so it-- Yeah, it's it is kind of funny. And then one last thing about these is the  patterning in them is coming from the color that I'm using for the weft. So I started with a weft of an even deeper rust color. And then a black and then that slate, that slate color that you think looks green, and that I have thought looked blue and I I, I was like, okay, yeah, this will be a good, this will be a good color progression, you know, and I'll just repeat this color pattern. And then I took a picture of it this morning and put it on Ravelry. And when I looked at the picture, I went, Oh, the black and the gray look like the same color in this picture. I think I need to take out the black and go rust, or rather, take out the gray, the slate that I just started because I don't have that much of it. I mean, I have less than half an inch. So I think I'm gonna take that out and go rust, and then black and then rust and then slate. I don't think I want the black and the slate next to each other because they look too much like the same color. Not enough value difference. So anyway. It's one of the things I love about weaving is the the color play that you can do. And I'll do--you know with six towels, I'll get into a lot. So yeah, my purple and orange dish towels. [laughing] I think something--some parts of color also have to do with what color you think something is. That color, I haven't actually looked in I don't know, if it even says on the label what you know, a color away name. I think the label is in Swedish. So I don't know if it says a colorway name. Or often weaving cones just have a color way number. But I wouldn't be surprised if the color name was lilac. And because it was just in a bag with a red and a green. And I can't remember what color it was with. But anyway, the color it was with made me think it was gray. And because I thought it was gray. It looked gray. You know what I mean?  Marsha  31:52   Yeah, yeah. And I think that I'm looking at the gray, red and white. And I think it seems like Christmas colors. So I'm reading it as green because red and green are Christmas colors. I don'tknow. Yeah. Kelly  32:08    It's like once your brain locks on what color you think it is. That's what color you see until something comes along to shock you out of that thinking, like, oh my god, this is purple and orange. Marsha  32:25   Okay, I'm going to look up your picture because you said it's in Ravelry.  Kelly  32:29   Yeah, in the weaving thread. Marsha  32:31   Oh, but here on Instagram, too. Did you post it?  Kelly  32:34   Yeah, I posted an Instagram  But I didn't have much of the weaving done when I posted on Instagram. Ravelry is a better picture, will be on a more recent picture. I don't know if it's better. The more recent picture is on Ravelry. So just an interesting thing, how color works. And how your brain tells you things that aren't really true. Marsha  33:03   Funny, huh? Well, should I talk about my projects and I don't want to interrupt. Are you done? I don't want... Kelly  33:09   No I'm I'm finished. That's enough. You'll hear more about this project. Since it's six towels. It'll be okay. It'll be going for a while. Marsha  33:17   Oh, okay. Well, I have big news. Yeah, I did not finish it between Christmas and New Year's but at the beach I finished Ben's sweater. It is done.  Kelly  33:30   Yay.  Marsha  33:32   Yay. And I will not relive the whole thing. But I did. I think the last episode, I don't remember. I honestly I don't even remember where I was with the whole thing. But I did rip out both sleeves back to the elbow and re knit them with fewer decreases. And I came home from the beach yesterday afternoon. I got home around 4:30 or so. And the first thing I did was wash and block the sweater. Kelly  33:58    Nice.  Marsha  33:59   So it's drying. And I've a few ends to weave in. But I'm calling it done.  Kelly  34:05   Nice.  Marsha  34:05   Yeah. So and it blocked out really nicely. It grew a little bit which is what I wanted. And so I think it's going to be... I'm just glad I'm done. So I'm starting off the new year fresh. So that's all I'm gonna about to say about the sweater. I don't want to talk about it anymore. Done. I'm done. And I will say and a story I will say I finished it at the beach. Now I don't remember now what day it was I finished it and when I bound off this, I finished the first sleeve before I went to the beach and then I finished the second sleeve at the beach and bound off the cuff. And this I was getting like: 10 rows, nine rows, eight rows and seven and getting more and more excited and this huge weight has been lifted off of me by having that done. It's like this is a great way to start the new year. It's done, so I'm excited. So anyway, I worked on my January blanket. And I have knit about 28 inches of it. And I really like it. I think it's turning out really nicely. It feels great. Because it's handspun kind of woolen spun is what I tried. So it has, it's very light. But yeah, it's very nice. And this is really nice yarn. It doesn't. It's a woolly yarn, but it's not harsh at all. It's just super nice. I really like it. Kelly  35:39   It looks really pretty. I like that solid color. I mean,  we've both done so many blankets with you know, colors changing all that. But that is a really nice look  that one solid color with a nice lace pattern. Marsha  35:57   Yeah. And I love the color of this. It's --I never know what to call it. It's sort of Carmel Cafe Au Lait. Yeah. The color of Milk in Tea. I don't know. Kelly  36:11   Yeah, I would say I would say Cafe au Lait  is a good way to describe it. Marsha  36:17   The color of a little brown dog? I don't know. I don't know. Kelly  36:23   It's a little lighter than Orkney. Right? Marsha  36:25   Yeah, yeah. I'll just interject. I remember, I probably have said this before in the podcast, but I worked with a guy who was in a Cajun band. And so he knew a lot about Cajun cooking, because he always would go down to Louisiana. And so I asked him if he had a recipe for gumbo. And you start with a roux, and you cooked the flour and oil together until it was the color of an old hound dog. And I, we worked together and I went up to the receiving area where he worked. And I just on a piece of paper, I wrote down his recipe. And that's what I actually wrote down: cook the roux until it's the color of an old hound dog. So this is like the color of an old hound dog, I guess. Anyway. Anyway, so I'm really enjoying knitting on this. And then, I think, I guess I mentioned in the last episode, because I had it here in the show notes that I bought the Noro Kureyon to make the Noro mania blanket for my brother and I gave it to him for Christmas. And he's thrilled with it. So I'm going to cast that on. You know, as soon as I finish this blanket, I'll start that and do a little figuring about what size I want to make. But my big news is I have a new addition to the the the yarn and  fiber family, which is I bought an electric spinning wheel. Woohoo! and so both Kim and I bought the the it's called the electric eel or the e w 6.0. Technically, from dreaming robots. And I'll talk more about this at a later date. But I we both they arrived in the mail, and we didn't unbox them until we got to the beach and set them up very easy. We watched the tutorial they have on the dreaming robots website. And so we set them up. I should back up and say our inspiration for buying these was our friend Dagmar. She bought one a while ago and she had it at NoCKRs retreat. And I was really interested in it. And when I knew she was going to be meeting us at Black Sheep, I said to Kim, you need to come and check out her spinning wheel, this E spinner because I think because Kim has been adamant she was not going to get a spinning wheel. no, right, just stick with the drop spindle. And I could tell when she was watching Dagmar that she was very interested. So anyway, we had fun. Our four days down there of just playing with the spinning wheels. It was interesting. I had some polworth that I had bought years ago I don't even remember now where I bought it. So I was practicing with that and she also had polworth That was dyed. And so she was practicing with that and it is really interesting to just to spin the same fiber but one's dyed and one's not dyed, how they're different. Because the the technique of dyeing, the roving, it gets a little stuck together kind of. Needs a little bit more pre drafting that has to go on than with an undyed fiber, I think. But they're really, they're great wheels and I think they're really well designed. He's thought of everything. And we also-- it does not come with a battery but you can order a battery that so then it'd be great for...  Kelly, if I go to the trailer rally again, I would actually be able to be easier to transport this to California on a plane or whatever or in the car. And then I don't need to plug in, I can just spin off the battery. So it's going to be great for all kinds of situations. But it is funny, Kim was sitting at the dining room table practicing and I was sitting on the sofa and had the wheel sitting on the coffee table. And underneath the coffee table there was another little shelf and I kept pushing on that shelf with my foot trying just to treadle-- stop the wheel, start the wheel. That was actually amusing to me. I kind of thought wow, this is so nice. I wonder what it's going to be like when I go home and spin on little Herbie. And last night I spun for two hours or so while I watched the news and whatnot. And I love little Herbie. I have not given up my complete love for little Herbie. I love treadling. But this is this is a really nice, it's gonna be great for taking to the beach.  Kelly  41:02   Yeah,  Marsha  41:03   taking to your house, taking to NoCKRs because it's so portable. So I have to thank Dagmar for introducing us to it because it's been great. It's really fun. So I'll report more on it came in, I think gonna get together this weekend to practice a bit more, and I might record a little bit get some of her thoughts, too.  Kelly  41:21   Oh, that'd be cool. Yeah. Marsha  41:23   Yeah, I'll do that. That would be good. I have to say I thought about-- I thought about recording when we were at the beach. But honestly, it was kind of fun just to get lost in it and not have to think about talking about it. Kelly  41:37   Well, you'll have more to talk about once you've been working with it a little bit longer, too. Marsha  41:42   Yeah. It's interesting though, the bobbins. On the website, they say they hold eight ounces of fiber. And so I'm interested to see. I'm spinning up a four ounce skein. And it's, it's about half full. So I'm gonna see if it'll hold the eight ounces. That's, that's a lot. Kelly  42:03   That is a lot. Yeah, it's kind of a double edged sword. It's sort of like ink-- with the fountain pens when you buy ink. So, you know, there are some people who are real big proponents of you know, the ink bottles that come, you know, 50 milliliter, 60 milliliters 80 milliliters, you know, these nice big bottles of ink that you get your money's worth, right?  Marsha  42:32   Right.  Kelly  42:33   The problem with that, or the other side of that double edged sword is that you have all of this ink and then if you want a different color it's hard to justify buying. Well. For some people, it's hard to... for myself, it's hard to justify, I guess, if I were further down this, this rabbit hole, I could have a whole large stash of over 200 inks like some people do. It really ...but it's difficult, it's more difficult to justify buying another bottle of ink in a different color that looks fun and that you want, when you have, you know, 50 60, 70 milliliter bottles of ink that are big. And you don't even use-- I think one time we were talking, I said that it takes like 10 milliliters. It doesn't even take one milliliter to fill most of my pens, I was way off there. So you know, if you're using less than a  milliliter every time you fill your pen, and it takes me a couple of weeks for my pens to run out if I have a couple of pens inked up at the same time. Like not a lot of ink. Right. So so the bobbin.. Marsha  43:50   Yes! Kelly  43:50   Oh, go ahead. Marsha  43:52   Well, I was gonna say if I I'm spinning just a natural colored cream.  Kelly  43:56   Yeah,  Marsha  43:57   yarn or fiber. It's gonna... and eight ounces. That's days of the same thing. You know, so I know what you're saying is you can't... like it's having a smaller bobbin and you get to change a lot. Kelly  44:10   Right? You know, right. And that's part of what I-- that's part of what I like. I mean and you could even spin two eight ounce bobbins if you had 16 ounces. You could spin two eight ounce bobbins and then ply those two together like you could be working on cream colored yarn for what felt like Ben's-- a Ben's sweater worth of time. [laughing] Marsha  44:37   Well, and also Kelly, I'm just going to add this in there too is that I before I went packing for the beach, getting the wheel and getting you know the first thing you pack when you travel is a knitter is all your projects, right? And so I was like what fiber am I going to spin and so I found I had this polworth and me being me, I didn't buy one skein I bought three packages of four skeins each.  four ounces? So how many?  So each package has has four pieces of--hanks of roving, okay, and each one is four ounces so Kelly  45:24   so okay so you have 16 ounces in a bag and you have three bags? Both  45:40   Three bags! [laughing] Marsha  45:42   I'm like that but I do know, I as I say I don't remember where I bought it-- if I bought it at Black Sheep or if I bought it at fiber fusion. I think I bought it at Black Sheep because I don't I don't-- I did not buy it in the marketplace. I remember I bought it from the person with the sheep. Like out in the barn?  Anyway, I bought it and so I bought three bags and there's four skeins in each bag  Kelly  46:05   and it's  all undyed and each is four ounces it's all undyed, natural white.  Marsha  46:12   Yeah, I am. I'm slightly insane. Kelly  46:16   Well, it doesn't all  have to be one project.  Marsha  46:18   Oh, you know me. I always buy a sweater quantity of something. I always buy a big quantity or something. So I don't know what-- I don't know what I was thinking Kelly  46:25   It's a little more than one sweater. Marsha  46:29   Yeah, I know. It's another blanket. Kelly  46:36   Now you're gonna become known as the person who always buys a blanket quantity. Marsha  46:44   Yeah, so I don't know what I'm going to I've just I've I didn't even spin four ounces. Kelly  46:51   It's about like if you bought a fleece and sent it away to be processed. Right? A small fleece and sent it out to be processed.  Marsha  47:01   Yeah, no, I'm just a little insane. Kelly  47:03   I kind of learned my lesson from this six pounds of CVM. Well, I won't say I learned a lesson because I'm pretty sure I didn't. But I do remember being really sick of it by the time I was done, yeah. And I in fact, I found a little scrap of roving from that CVM fleece this summer while I was cleaning up, I found a little bump of it. And I think I ended up putting it. I might have put it in the felting box. But I honestly I might have put it with the stuff that I used to compost. I might have just said you know what? I'm done. I'm totally done with you. And I want this out of my stash. Totally. Not even a little scrap in the felting box. I think I did end up composting it. I mean, it was less than an ounce I think ,but still. Marsha  48:00   Yeah. I mean, I in my defense I have to defend myself just a little bit is that I did buy this early in my spinning life. And when I was in you know new spinners, new knitters, new crocheters, new Weavers, new spinners. anybody new to something, you get all excited about it, and you think you're never going to see any fiber ever again, this is your only chance to buy. And so I yeah, I went a little crazy Kelly  48:27   Well, and you go through it fast. If you're really if you're really spinning, especially when you're a beginner and or if you're making yarn that's thicker, you do go through roving, you can go through roving quickly depending on the, you know, the type of thing you're spinning, but you can go through quite quickly because I remember doing a swap that was 24-- I had to make 24 skeins, each of them two ounces. So that's 48 ounces. So what? That's three pounds, right? So and I remember telling myself at the beginning if I just spin this three pounds, by the time I'm done spinning three pounds of wool, I'll be a good spinner. And, and I cranked through it one summer, you know, just spinning for this. For this swap. It wasn't all the same type of fiber. But I gathered together--basically gathered together three pounds of fiber and and spun it for this for this swap. So you do go through it fast. Yeah, you're a newer spinner and, and I could see why you would think okay, I need more because I'm just a four ounce braid just takes me no time at all. You know. Marsha  49:21   Basically I really love the wheel. I think it's a great investment just for traveling just because there's so many times I've not been able to bring my wheel to visit you because we're to the beach and I have to I'm all engrossed in a project but then I can't take it. Kelly  49:53   That's nice. I'm excited to see it. Marsha  49:55   I have to say we have to finish because my ear pods are failing and the right one is run out of charge. So let's keep moving here before my earbuds fail. Kelly  50:08    Okay,  Marsha  50:10   what else do we have to talk about? Kelly  50:11    Anything else for your projects? Marsha  50:13   Oh, that's it. That's all I have.  Kelly  50:14   Okay, so the only other thing we have to remind our patrons about is the Patreon  giveaway. This is our year-end, thank you to our patrons for their support of our show. And so they should just let me know, email me, email or message me on Ravelry with the pattern of your choice $10 or less, and I will get that pattern out to you. I just want to thank everyone who supports us on Patreon. And if anyone would like to join the Patreon supporters, the link is at the top of our show notes. And it's patreon.com forward slash two ewes and you can become a patron of our show. But yeah, get your get your information to us and we'll get you your pattern choice. Marsha  51:04   Yeah, so thank you. All right. I think that's it, Kelly.  Kelly  51:08   I agree.  Marsha  51:10   I have to go cuz you're fading in the left. You're fading in my left ear now. So okay, I think we talked to we talked too long before we started recording. Kelly  51:19   Right, right. Marsha  51:21   Okay. All right. Well, we'll talk in two weeks. Kelly  51:25    In two weeks. Yeah. Marsha  51:26   All righty. Okay, bye bye. Kelly  51:29   Bye. Thank you so much for listening. To subscribe to the podcast visit Two Ewes Fiber Adventures dot come. Marsha  51:37   Join us on our adventures on Ravelry and Instagram. I am better in motion and Kelly is 1hundred projects. Kelly  51:44   Until next time, we're the Two Ewes doing our part for  world fleece. Transcribed by https://otter.ai

On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we're talking about quilting and teaching with my guest, Sandra Lee Chandler. Sandra embarked on her teaching career 38 years ago at Santa Ana Community College. She now teaches at many national shows including Quilt Canada, Stitches West, QuiltCon, Festival of Quilts, and Squam, as well as teaching a weekly virtual quilting class through Saddleback Community College. Sandra's work has been published in numerous magazines and she has made several television appearances as well that have helped to launch her career to new heights. Sandra's core materials for quilting are thread and fabric, however, she often employs recycled denim, yarns, dyed fabrics, and stamps to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.  Sandra is especially known for her repurposed denim quilts and wearable art quilted garments. +++++ This episode is sponsored by Craftsy. Whether you're new to making, or looking to advance skills in a favorite hobby, Craftsy is the place to learn. With over 1,500 classes, there's something for everyone, from knitting and sewing, to baking and cooking, gardening, embroidery, quilting and more!   Visit CraftsyOffers.com today and get a full year of Craftsy Premium Membership for just $3! That's 97% off the regular price! Start turning ideas into projects you can be proud of.  +++++ To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today.

Episode 89 April 27 2022 On the Needles 3:04 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Diamond back top by Kira Dulaney, Neighborhood Fiber Co. studio worsted in Latrobe (15th anniversary club color)-- DONE!!   tool box cowl by Adventure du Jour Designs, Destination Yarns Postcard (light fingering) in Stitches West 2019 minis set– DONE!!   Helix Cowl by Andrea Rangel, KnitCircus Greatest of Ease in Quoth the Raven and Impressionist Best Friend   OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams, Knit Picks Felici fingering in Bayou   Elfe by Astrid Schramm, Cloudborn Fibers Highland Superwash Sock Twist in Ocean and Dolphin Blue   Kensington Tote Bag by Toni Lipsey, Lion Brand Yarns Wool Ease Thick & Quick in Air Force and Toasted Almond   Shawlography by Stephen West Lisa Souza SAWK in "green jay" Louie & Lola fingering in "pacific" Oink Targhee Sock in "eye of the tiger" Oink Targhee Sock in "in the navy" Oink Targhee Sock in "random carp" Malabrigo Sock in "fuchsia" No progress On the Easel 15:48 Hawaiian landscapes & birds!! The Bird Watcher's—perhaps a chapbook? Pigeons Turtle “prom-posal” On the Table 21:03 Olive Oil-Orange Sugar Cookies | King Arthur Baking   Tomato, chard and spinach with toasted almonds  Baked mint rice with pomegranate and olive salsa (this version calls for slices of feta, mine had you crumbled it on top)   A Cocktail of 2 Cities from Stevenson's Library in Koloa Choya yuzu sake, gin, Giffard Orgeat, orange bitters Honey Garlic Pork Chops   On the Nightstand 30:00 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   Julia Turshen podcast: Keep Calm and Cook On Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (audio) One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Most westerly bookshop in the U.S.—Talk Story How to Stop Time by Matt Haig Snapper by Brian Kimberling The Paris Wife by Paula McLain The Painter by Peter Heller

Episode 88 April 14, 2022 On the Needles 0:52 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Vanilla is the new black socks by Anneh Fletcher, knit picks felici fingering in Solstice– DONE!!   Love Note sweater by Tin Can Knits, Apple fiber Studio Delicious (mohair/silk) in Shadow and McIntosh (merino/nylon/alpaca) in Thistle– DONE!!   Diamond back top by Kira Dulaney, Neighborhood Fiber Co. studio worsted in Latrobe (15th anniversary club color)   tool box cowl by Adventure du Jour Designs, Destination Yarns Postcard (light fingering) in Stitches West 2019 minis set   OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams, Knit Picks Felici fingering in Bayou     Shawlography by Stephen West Lisa Souza SAWK in "green jay" Louie & Lola fingering in "pacific" Oink Targhee Sock in "eye of the tiger" Oink Targhee Sock in "in the navy" Oink Targhee Sock in "random carp" Malabrigo Sock in "fuchsia" I survived ripping out a wedge, and revising the lead color   Sewing—Charlie Caftan, and working on perfecting my Gemma Tank.     On the Easel 16:00 The Bird Watcher's—perhaps a chapbook? Open Studio in the Fall Pigeons On the Table 19:20 https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/honey-garlic-meatballs/   Socca update. Recipe from Grist  “This is essentially a large chickpea pancake from Provence (and neighboring Liguria, where it's called farinata)”-- NYT   Crisped Rice with sweet potato wedges, goat cheese, olive rig and za'atar chili oil from Grist   Cascatelli update   Brown Butter Rice Krispie treats Hot Honey Chicken (baked!!) Llubov's Green CASCATELLI from Julia Turshen. Salt-cured eggs—perhaps too fresh? need more time. On the Nightstand 31:31 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   One Night on the Island by Josie Silver  The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley  The God of Lost Words by A. J. Hackwith End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde (trans by Diane Oatley) audio  A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Mrs. Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Lots of the fun at the Northern California Knitting Retreat affectionately known as NoCKRs. Plus project updates, announcement of the winners of our Stitches West 2022 Celebration Giveaway, and a JUL Designs discount. We are still recording together at Kelly's house in California so no editing again this episode. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Jul Designs coupon code: 15% off with code TWOEWES They have a wide variety shawl pins shawl cuffs clever screw-on leather and metal closures  sew-on metal closures  “style tool kits” with a variety of the items Bag handles Free pattern downloads designed to use the closures and give ideas jewelry Marsha's Projects:  Garter Squish Blanket On the eighth of fourteen contrasting colors  Unpattern Top Down Raglan Pullover by Karen Alfke. I have knit about 8 inches of the body. I'm spinning a 2lb bag of Manx Loaghton in my stash. This is a protected breed from the Isle of Man. I am using a woolen spun technique and have spun 5 skeins or approximately 400 yards  Kelly's Projects: The Garter Squish blanket using handspun leftovers. Mielie vest using Schaeffer Yarn Company Little Danya mohair. Considered bulky so I did some modifications to the pattern. Color is Rosa Parks and it was spirit yarn from NoCKRs retreat in 2018.  We Want to Hear You! Give us a call and tell us about your favorite LYS!  Go to speakpipe.com/twoewes and leave a message. It will take 90 seconds or less. Or you can use the voice memo app on your phone and email us the audio file. We'll put your voice feedback on the show!   Stitches West 2022 Celebration Giveaway: The giveaway ended on April 15. Thank you to everyone who participated. Listen to this episode to hear who won. Stash-Busting Blanket Along Ends May 31. We talked to so many people at NoCKRs retreat who were also blanketing along with us. Our friend Heddicraft actually finished her crochet flower blanket while at the retreat. We joked that she could use the Winter Weave(-In) Along to weave in all the ends.  Black Sheep Gathering June 24-26 Albany, Oregon We will be at the event with details to follow.

Quick Health Update: While helping with load out from Stitches West 2022, Kevin managed to dislocate his knee cap. Because of this and other stressors, the past month has been a bit rough… but we're back – and Kevin doesn't need surgery for his knee! Current Productions (2:37) Basic Raglan Pullover Granny Square Couch Blanket Don't Feed the Plants Socks Ethel the Spinning Project Kyanna Vest Subversive Cross Stitch Fisherman Embroidery Project The Shape of a Bay   My Strongest Suit (19:46) Worsted Boxy Paloma Tectonic Boxy Chevrons Events (24:03) April Playlist: Spring is in the Air is now live on TIDAL! Silicon Valley Gay Mens Chorus Concert: Playlist April 23-24 at Santa Clara University Recital Hall Hey Look Me Over (27:26) Ain't Misbehavin' Sources used for research for this segment Wikipedia page on Ain't Misbehavin' Wikipedia page on The Cotton Club Little Known Facts (47:53) Self-care doesn't always look like what you think it is It's DeLovely (51:17) Stitches 2022 Recap Mention of Faria Bakery in Sacramento Mention of Fox and Goose in Sacramento (Home of the delicious Shepherds Pie & Lemon Drop that were mentioned)

What a fun episode this week! Two listeners sent us reports on their travels to yarn shops from Ohio all the way to the Faroe Islands. Kelly and Marsha are together at Kelly's house, so once again this episode will not be edited so we have more time to play with string. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Marsha's Projects:  Meadow Stripe Socks using Patons Kroy Sock in the colorway, Meadow Stripes and Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash fingering for the heels and toes. I've “lost” somewhere in my house the navy yarn for the toe. Garter Squish Blanket On the seventh of fourteen contrasting colors  I frogged the Phrancko Designs crew neck from Phrancko.com by Frank Jernigan as it was too small. I don't think this is a problem with the Phrancko program but a problem with my gauge. I started a new sweater using Unpattern Top Down Raglan Pullover by Karen Alfke. Still knitting on cowl with four colors green (Amazon), blue (Cornflower), light blue (Rain), and mauve (Plum)  I'm spinning a 2lb bag of Manx Loaghton in my stash. This is a protected breed from the Isle of Man. I am using a woolen spun technique and have spun 5 skeins or approximately 400 yards  Kelly's Projects I'm still working on spinning (Oxford this time) so I can keep working on the Garter Squish blanket using handspun leftovers. So far there is only one yarn that was from a commercial braid of fiber. All the rest are small mill or  hand carded and dyed by me. We'll see if I'm able to continue that.  I also started a Mielie vest. I'm using Schaeffer Yarn Company Little Danya mohair. Considered bulky so I did some modifications to the pattern. Color is Rosa Parks and it was spirit yarn from NoCKRs retreat in 2018.  We Want to Hear You! Give us a call and tell us about your favorite LYS!  Go to speakpipe.com/twoewes and leave a message. It will take 90 seconds or less. Or you can use the voice memo app on your phone and email us the audio file. We'll put your voice feedback on the show!   From Janie- Stash 46:  Hear all about her LYS, Around the Table Yarns in Ohio.  From Cat-Catitude: Here is the last of the audio on The Faroe Islands. It's about Navia, the most visible yarn company both locally and internationally. They've done a neat thing: they designed vests and sweaters for a brand new detective series 'Trom' (available on viaplay.dk) which is set and filmed on the Faroes, the first of it's kind here on the islands. Scandinavia has a long standing tradition of thrillers and detectives, sometimes referred to as Nordic Noir.  Some people may know the Danish series 'The Killing' (Forbrygdelse) from 2011 which features a very popular knitted sweater worn by detective Sarah Lund. That sweater was designed by Faroese fashion designers Gudrun & Gudrun and can therefore not be sold as a pattern. (Although there are charts floating around Ravelry, and it's easy to make up your own version. I've seen at least 30 Faroese people this week wearing a homemade sweater just like it, including children.) The sweaters are still being sold in all sizes by Gudrun & Gudrun here in Torshavn. Navia wanted to get in on the action this time, and they worked together with the director and team who produced 'Trom'. One of the Navia-family members even wrote on the script.  There are only 60.000 Faroese people (in total!) so you can imagine that a lot of locals were involved in the filming. The Mayor of Runavik, the third city here, even plays a part as a security guard!  I talked at length with the lady in the Navia flagstore at the village of Toftir (in Faroese) about Trom. I included some short audio bits, might be fun to hear a totally different language! She pointed out that there are also a lot of older knitted sweaters in the series, which makes sense because everyone here wears wool all the time. Lots to look at, even for knitters who are not into murder mysteries! And of course you get a glimpse of this fabulous archipelago. She has also given permission for both the audio and her picture to go onto the podcast and shownotes, I told her about the Two Ewes and asked her permission specifically! Audio "Navia Toftir": english info by me Audio "What is Trom": she explains it's a detective series and Navia has designed vests and sweaters. Audio "Nerd": she explains we knitters can really 'nerd out' when watching the series, as you can look at all the sweaters and knit them at the same time! The patterns for Trom will be available in English on the Navia website shortly: www.Navia.fo Also, please see pics for the beautiful store.  Best wishes from your foreign correspondent :) :)  Cat The Wool Islands video about the Faroe Islands  Stitches West 2022 Celebration Giveaway: Instagram and Ravelry ends soon– April 15. For IG– Enter to win by commenting on Kelly's or Marsha's post announcing publication of Episode 180. For Ravelry there will be a thread with a prompt. Answer the prompt.  Stash-Busting Blanket Along Starts now, ends May 31. There will be prizes.  Two Ewes' Hand Dyed Cotton Yarn and Dishcloth Pattern Giveaway  Irene–Bluebirdsnest get in touch! You're a winner!

We had so much fun at Stitches West 2022! We have lots to share about our experience at the show, the people we met, the vendors we loved, and lots of prizes to give away.   Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Subscribe on Android or Subscribe on Google Podcasts Comments about Stitches:  Class from Toni Lipsey, very entertaining and knowledgeable. Has a new book The Tunisian Crochet Handbook. Fabrics–jelly rolls, fat quarters and other fabrics. Japanese fabrics,  Trends–red, black, grey combinations are in every booth. This is not something that we saw a lot before. Another color trend: orange. Another one but a little less is petal pink, often looking like it was overdyed on a natural colored fiber or with a darker color overwash or glaze over the pink–or maybe that was just something I was drawn to this time.  Feels really safe in the convention center, checked Vax card and ID upon entry, name tag has distance declaration sticker code–hugs ok, elbow bump only, and 6 feet distance please. Crowd was light at the Thursday preview. Hotel lobby bar people are drinking and eating so many fewer masks. Friday's crowd was also light, but there were some crowded booths. Everyone seems so happy to be buying yarn. One vendor said sales were fewer, but the average sale was higher.  Saturday was the busiest market day as usual. But the market was smaller and we had finished looking at the whole thing, plus visiting with people we saw there, within a couple hours of entering. Vendors: Threads and Ewe Lamb & Kid Ellen's Wooly Wonders Purl2 Walla Walla Royal Bee Yarn Company Sincere Sheep 2 Guys Yarn Company Dizzy Blonde Studios Anzula Zombie Yarns Jorstad Creek Makers' Mercantile Firebird Yarns Jul Designs Global Marketplace Fair Trade Crafts Madonna Inn guest room pictures Patreon Winners: Listen to hear if you won in the Patreon drawing. Thank you to all our patrons! We appreciate you!  To become a patron, visit the Two Ewes Patreon site. Stitches West 2022 Celebration Giveaway: This is on both Instagram and Ravelry and ends April 15. For IG– Enter to win by commenting on Kelly's or Marsha's post announcing publication of Episode 180. For Ravelry there will be a thread with a prompt. Answer the prompt to be in the drawing. Two Ewes' Hand Dyed Cotton Yarn and Dishcloth Pattern Giveaway  Listen to hear if you won a prize. Below are links to some of the patterns: Ballband Dishcloth Three Easy Wash Cloths Tante Martha's Dishcloth Mopien. Lacy Mock Cable Cloth Bee Skep Dishcloth Campfire dishcloth Be My Valentine Cloth Washstand Sheep  Waffle Dishcloth Tante Martha's Dishcloth  We Want to Hear You! Give us a call and tell us about your favorite LYS!  Go to speakpipe.com/twoewes and leave a message. It will take 90 seconds or less. Or you can use the voice memo app on your phone and email us the audio file. We'll put your voice feedback on the show!  

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Episode 85 March 3, 2022 On the Nightstand 2:05 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert alice The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien myrra Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery You Feel Just it Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson miriam Last Dance of the Debutante by Julia Kelly The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak Intimacies by Kate Kitamura Yours Cheerfully by A.J. Pearce On the Table 26:19 Cascatelli!   Rancho Gordo Bean Club   Lasagna from Dinner: A Love Story   Chocolate Sheet Cake from Half-Baked Harvest (made with ghee) Dijon chicken and mushroom pocket with swiss Baked Chocolate Donut from Half-Baked Harvest   Inspired by The Kitchen dining experience: Salt-cured egg honeycomb On the Easel 49:53 The Crocker Art Museum On the Needles 52:34 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Go tell the bees shawl by Michele Bernstein, Sincere Sheep Eureka Fingering in Brave Enough (gradient)-- DONE!!   Hide & Peak by Maxim Cyr, SugarPlum Circus Merino Sport in Charcoal, Elphaba, Starling and Merlin's Beard   Stitches West (not Rav) Brioche Intarsia…saga Shawlography by Stephen West Tunisian Crochet with Toni Lipsey (not Rav) Ergonomics for Knitters with Carson Demers (not Rav)  

Recorded March 4-6, 2022 No book talk this episode   Thursday Esther Rodgers - Jazz Turtle Creations Greenwood Fiberworks Front Range Bags The Falafel Corner - Sacramento, CA   Friday Knit Bah Purl El Fuego Express - Sacramento, CA Sew Happy Jane Purls Before Wine Firebird Yarns Laneras Babetta's Yarn & Gifts Malabrigo Rios Desert Panda Fiber Arts Brasserie du Monde - Sacramento, CA   Saturday Harry Wells Color Cables photos Art and Alchemy Fiber Arts A Needle Runs Through It Anzula Luxury Fibers Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee Marie Green - Olive Knits Serendipidye Invictus Yarns fade colors photos Mod Yarns Knitted Wit Grange Restaurant and Bar - Sacramento, CA

Current Productions (1:43) Sup Witches Socks Basic Raglan Pullover Polwarth Pullover Tacit Fingerless Mitts Granny Square Couch Blanket Don't Feed the Plants Socks Ethel the Spinning Project   My Strongest Suit (18:32) Worsted Boxy Paloma Tectonic Musselburgh Sidewinder Slouch Boxy Chevrons Events (20:21) February Playlist: Black Excellence is now live on TIDAL! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Link to VaxYes Hey Look Me Over (23:04) Phantom of the Opera – Available on BroadwayHD! Little Known Facts (45:28) Bandwidths Fluctuate Explanation of Spoon Theory It's DeLovely (51:07) Escape to Santa Cruz Mention of Hart's Fabric

Current Productions (1:49) Sup Witches Socks Mention of Tutorial for Long Tail Tubular Cast On Wildcat Socks Basic Raglan Pullover Polwarth Pullover Granny Square Couch Blanket   My Strongest Suit (10:21) Worsted Boxy Hearthstone Paloma Tectonic Starting Point Musselburgh Events (12:16) February Playlist: Black Excellence is now live on TIDAL! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Link to VaxYes Sock Madness March 1, 2022 through late May. RAVELRY LINK to the Sock Madness Forever Group Hey Look Me Over (16:30) Porgy and Bess available on BroadwayHD References Wikipedia Page on Porgy and Bess Wikipedia Page on Audra McDonald Link to clip of Audra McDonald singing Lift Every Voice and Sing Little Known Facts (38:26) When things feel overwhelming, take a beat! It's DeLovely (42:35) The Gilded Age Link to Broadway.com article about Broadway Actors in The Gilded Age

Current Productions (1:55) Zooming along on the Basic Raglan Pullover Measured the swatch for the Polwarth, waiting for needles to arrive. Knocked out another row on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Finished the first of the ‘Sup, Witches 2nd sock has been cast on. Finished binding off the Herbivore! The ends are woven in, just needs to be washed, blocked, and photographed! Mention of Oink Pigments My Strongest Suit (10:24) Musselburgh Tectonic Hearthstone Worsted Boxy Paloma Events (11:15) Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Link to VaxYes Sock Madness March 1, 2022 through late May. RAVELRY LINK to the Sock Madness Forever Group Mention of the Knitmore Girls Podcast Hey Look Me Over (18:13) An American In Paris – Available on BroadwayHD Link to the 1951 original film of the same title Link to the New York Philharmonic's recording of An American in Paris References Wikipedia page for An American in Paris the musical Little Known Facts (45:06) The most effective way to do it, is to do it. It's DeLovely (50:41) Cherry Blossoms are starting to appear on the trees!

Current Productions (1:38) Granny Square Couch Blanket Sup Witches Socks Subversive Cross Stitch from Junebug and Darlin Wildcat Socks Swatched for Basic Raglan Pullover by Joji Locatelli (Ravelry Link) Swatched for Polwarth by Ysolda in Neighborhood Fiber Company's Capital Luxury Sport in Cooper Circle Mention of the Men's Sailing Sweater Started Prep work for Green Camp Shirt – Simplicity S9157 Mention of the Kitchen Towel Project Herbivore Shawl My Strongest Suit (15:38) Starting Point Tectonic Worsted Boxy Paloma Boxy Chevrons Events (17:26) January Playlist: Overtures! 2021 In Memoriam Playlist Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Hey Look Me Over (18:44) 42nd Street – Available on BroadwayHD! References Wikipedia page on 42nd Street Little Known Facts (40:19) Setting yourself up for success with your sewing Swedish Tracing Paper It's DeLovely (44:26) Treat Yourself!

Current Productions (1:39) Progress on the second of the Wildcat Socks, pattern by Ana Campos Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Worked on the Herbivore Shawl, pattern by Stephen West yarn is LolaBean Yarn Silk Bean Finished the Mussleburgh for Mom, pattern by Ysolda My Strongest Suit (11:41) Hearthstone Pullover Black Boxy Tectonic Events (13:05) January Playlist: Overtures! 2021 In Memoriam Playlist Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Hey Look Me Over (16:56) Camelot (available on BroadwayHD) References Camelot the Musical Wikipedia Page Julie Andrews Wikipedia Page Robert Goulet Wikipedia Page Little Known Facts (45:10) Turning “I Can't Do That” into “Maybe I Can” It's DeLovely (48:35) Becoming Reacquainted with Dungeons and Dragons

Current Productions (1:42) Progress on the Men's Sailing Sweater by Claudia Finlay Progress on the Mussleburgh for Mom, pattern by Ysolda Finished the first, cast on the second of the Wildcat Socks, pattern by Ana Campos Progress on the ‘Sup Witches Socks Spent some time doing some subversive cross stitch from a Junebug and Darlin Information on the history of the Pink Triangle Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket A little progress on the Bundled in Brioche but now it is on pause because of a dropped stitch. My Strongest Suit (11:55) Paloma Pullover Hearthstone Pullover Black Boxy Sidewinder Slouch Events (13:21) January Playlist: Overtures! 2021 In Memoriam Playlist Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Hey Look Me Over (17:36) Grease 2016 Grease Live Technical facts regarding Grease the musical sourced from the Wikipedia Page on the musical. Little Known Facts (43:32) My technique for avoiding second sock syndrome A Trip to the Library (44:37) Icelandic Mittens: 25 Traditional Patterns Reimagined by Gudrun Hannele Henttinen It's DeLovely (50:28) Resetting and Refreshing

Current Productions (1:57) Progress on the Men's Sailing Sweater by Claudia Finlay Progress on the Mussleburgh for Mom, pattern by Ysolda Resumed progress on the Wildcat Socks, pattern by Ana Campos Progress on the ‘Sup Witches Socks Spent some time doing some subversive cross stitch from a Junebug and Darlin My Strongest Suit (14:08) Tectonic Sweater Hearthstone Purple Payne Ranger Cowl Paloma Pullover Musselburgh Hat Events (16:56) December Playlist: Kevin's Christmas Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination Hey Look Me Over (17:59)             Annie!             Correction: the film adaptation of Annie was released in 1982             Link to Annie Live!             Wikipedia page on Annie the Musical             Mention of the NBC TV Show: SMASH Little Known Facts (51:25)             Understudies/Swings don't often get the recognition they deserve             Link to video of Hugh Jackman's curtain speech             Article about famous actors who got their start as an understudy It's DeLovely (56:04)             The Choral Project Concert in conjunction with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra             Youtube Video of Choose Something Like a Star by Randall Thompson

Current Productions (2:10) Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Progress on the Men's Sailing Sweater by Claudia Finlay Progress on the Bundled in Brioche Scarf by Stephen West Cast on, finished, and gifted a Windschief Hat by Stephen West Cast on the Mussleburgh for Mom, pattern by Ysolda   My Strongest Suit (10:58) Tectonic Sweater Hearthstone Boneyard Shawl Paloma Pullover Musselburgh Hat   Events (13:11) December Playlist: Kevin's Christmas Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination   Hey Look Me Over (15:06) Tick Tick Boom (Available on Netflix) Link to comprehensive guide to all the cameo appearances in the movie Clip from Sunday in the Park with George It's DeLovely (51:28) The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

Current Productions (1:39) Cast on for the Bundled in Brioche Scarf by Stephen West, in MJ Yarns Silken DK in “Party Punch”, Blue Moon Fiber Arts SilkMo in “Carbon”, Malabrigo Silky Merino in “Black”, KnitPicks Andean Silk in “Olive” Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Finished the Paloma Pullover Swatched and cast on for the Men's Sailing Sweater by Claudia Finlay in Oink Pigments Dapper “Zoot Suit”   My Strongest Suit (10:55) Tectonic Sweater Hearthstone Boneyard Shawl Starting Point Musselburgh Hat Various Handknit socks   Events (12:51) November Playlist: Thankvember 2021 Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Thankvember 2021from November 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021. #thankvember2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Article about benefits of singing with others Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination   Hey Look Me Over (15:52) Diana: The Musical (Available on Netflix) Mention of review of Memphis from Episode 36 References used for this segment Erin Davie Judy Kaye Diana, the Musical Barbara Cartland Lin Manuel Miranda's Sonnet from the 2016 Tony Awards Little Known Facts (45:09) Do a Row, Do a Task   It's De-Lovely (47:55) Eating more mindfully and moving more

Current Productions (1:36) Progress on the Herbivore Shawl Progress on the cuff of the Paloma Pullover Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket A little bit of progress on the Sup Witches Socks   My Strongest Suit (7:38) Tectonic Sweater Hearthstone Black Boxy Musselburgh Hat Musselburgh Test Hat Various Handknit socks   Events (9:55) November Playlist: Thankvember 2021 Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Thankvember 2021from November 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021. #thankvember2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination   Hey Look Me Over (15:23) Bye Bye Birdie – 1995 film adaptation Mention of the 1960 original Broadway production Mention of the 1963 film adaptation Mention of 42nd Street Mention of Wilson Phillips Mention of Charlotte's Web Additional information on Paul Lynde Facts shared regarding Bye Bye Birdie are all from the Wikipedia page for the musical Little Known Facts (48:10) Cleaning as you go and you have less when you're done! Recipe for Jambalaya It's De-Lovely (49:45) COVID vaccines are now approved for children 5-12! Find a COVID-19 Vaccine near you!

Current Productions (1:46) Progress on the Herbivore Shawl Progress on the second sleeve of the Paloma Pullover Started and finished the Musselburgh Test Hat Mention of the Lord Ellesmere Wrap   My Strongest Suit (12:41) Tectonic Sweater Hearthstone Black Boxy Boneyard Shawl Various Handknit socks   Events (15:18) October Playlist: Spooky Broadway Hell Dream Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Thankvember 2021from November 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021. #thankvember2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination   Hey Look Me Over (17:24) Maja's Swedish Socks by Maja Karlsson Mention of Operation Sock Drawer by The Knitmore Girls   Little Known Facts (37:20) “When did I learn to knit?” from LargePrintKnit on Ravelry.   It's De-Lovely (44:17) Rain!

Current Productions (1:38) Progress on the ‘Sup, Witches Socks Progress on the Herbivore Shawl Progress on the second sleeve of the Paloma Pullover Link to Bike Clips   My Strongest Suit (8:02) Tectonic Sweater Sidewinder Slouch Hearthstone Musselburgh Hat Various Handknit socks Mention of the shrunken Payne Pullover   Events (15:32) October Playlist: Spooky Broadway Hell Dream Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Thankvember 2021from November 1, 2021 – November 30, 2021. #thankvember2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Site for California Digital Proof of Vaccination   Little Known Facts (19:09) Travel Tips! Link to headphone splitter   It's De-Lovely (23:17) New York Roundup Mention of Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney Link to Wikipedia page about George M! the musical Mention of Flaming Saddles

Current Productions (1:45) Progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Progress on the Herbivore Shawl First sleeve on the Paloma Pullover is done, wound up throwing caution to the wind and decreasing from the elbow at the rate of two stitches every four rows and LOVE how the revised sleeve turned out. Will repeat for the second sleeve. Finished my Hearthstone Pullover. Need to wash and block, it looks a little big now but hopefully washing and blocking will help it look more Kevin sized. Mention of Victorian Farm and Victorian House of Arts and Crafts Mention of Removeable Stitch Markers for Increases/Decreases   My Strongest Suit (14:09) Tectonic Sweater Aumangea Pullover Musselburgh Hat Lord Ellesmere Stole Various Handknit socks Mention of David the Gnome Youtube Link to title sequence   Events (17:33) October Playlist: Spooky Broadway Hell Dream Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Indie Untangled October 15, 2021 Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: Homecoming December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Tickets now on sale! Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Hey Look Me Over (19:02) Sunnyvale Community Players production of West Side Story Wikipedia page for West Side Story Mention of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night Link to California Digital Proof of Vaccination Correction: recordings from the revival production of West Side Story are from the 2009 Revival Cast recording Sextet from Marriage of Figaro Wikipedia page for America from West Side Story (includes links to information on hemiolas and habanera tempo) Youtube link of America from the 1980 revival of West Side Story   Little Known Facts (53:34) Not all superwash yarns are created equally Superwash episode of the Make Good Podcast   It's De-Lovely (56:06) Mom's visit round-up. Mention of the Rosicrucian Museum Mention of the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden

Current Productions (1:37) A little progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Sleeves are done for the  Hearthstone Pullover. Raglan decreases are done but I forgot to continue the cable on the outside of the center, so I need to frog back. Coupon code for 25% off Ysolda Teague sweater patterns (valid through midnight on 10/4/2021 on both Ravelry as well as the Ysolda website): 42ndstitch25 Additional but slow progress made on the Herbivore Shawl Progress on the heel increases for the first sock the 'Sup, Witches Socks Mention of the Paloma Pullover   Events (12:54) September Playlist: Broadway Covered! Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Indie Untangled October 15, 2021 Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021 SVGMC Winter Concert: HOME December 10, 11, 12, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Hey Look Me Over (16:15) The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor Link to info on The Merry Wives of Windsor from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Wikipedia page for The Merry Wives of Windsor Mention of Henry IV Part 1 & Part 2 Mention of Henry V   Little Known Facts (33:27) If you don't ask, you'll never know.   It's De-Lovely (39:38) Mom is visiting! Mention of Disney's COCO Link to Dick Cavett interview with Bette Davis  

Current Productions (1:40) Made some progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket   Knit the upper arm of the first sleeve of the Paloma Pullover. Figured out the number of total decreases, just need to sort out the rate of decrease.   Finished the second sleeve of the Hearthstone Pullover, cast on for the second sleeve.   Coupon code for 25% off Ysolda Teague sweater patterns (valid through midnight on 10/4/2021 on both Ravelry as well as the Ysolda website): 42ndstitch25   Additional but slow progress made on the Herbivore Shawl   Made it to the heel increases for the first sock the 'Sup, Witches Socks   Events (16:05) September Playlist: Broadway Covered! Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021 Stitches at Home: September 11 & 12, 18 &19, 2021 Indie Untangled October 15, 2021 Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Hey Look Me Over (18:56) Come From Away – Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Link to Gander, Newfoundland Come From Away Wikipedia page   Little Known Facts (49:54) Say what you mean and mean what you say.   It's De-Lovely (51:20) Kevin's friend from the East Coast is visiting.

Current Productions (1:48) Made some progress on the Granny Square Couch Blanket Finished the plying (and re-plying) of the Test Skein Spinning Project, now just have to decide on a pattern and math it out in terms of how much fiber to spin. Frogged the sleeves of my Paloma Pullover, will reknit the sleeves on US5 and add shaping to the forearm. Finished the first sleeve of my Hearthstone Pullover, cast on for the second sleeve. Finished the Siren's CAL socks! Cast on a new pair of Vanilla is the New Black Socks in Viv Sock from The Black Squirrel in “ ‘Sup, Witches “ Mention of Jasmin from the Knitmore Girls Podcast My Strongest Suit (16:42) Mussleburgh Hat   Events (17:39) September Playlist: Broadway Covered! Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021 Stitches at Home: September 11 & 12, 18 &19, 2021 Indie Untangled October 15, 2021 Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Hey Look Me Over (20:37) Cinderella starring Camila Cabello and Billy Porter   Mention of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella starring Whitney Houston and Brandi   Little Known Facts (37:56) Check your fuses first   It's De-Lovely (42:16) Quality time with a friend I haven't seen since Stitches West 2020

Current Productions (1:29) Made some progress on the knitting of the Herbivore Shawl Finished spinning the singles for the Test Skein Spinning Project Made it to the heel increases of the Siren's CAL socks Picked up and resumed work on the Hearthstone Pullover. A little bit of progress on the body, but the first sleeve is now past the increases! Finished knitting the Mussleburgh Hat, just needs to be washed, blocked, and photographed. Wikipedia page on the Common Housefly Mention of the Paloma Pullover Water filter pitcher that Kevin uses Mention of Citric Acid Events (16:19) August Playlist: Karen and Andrew and Leslie, Oh My! Kevin's Profile link for Spotify! Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021 Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021 Stitches at Home: September 11 & 12, 18 &19, 2021 Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Kevin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet Hey Look Me Over (18:34) ITV's 2015 Production of The Sound of Music Live! Wikipedia page for iTV Interview with the real Maria Von Trapp Mention of the Original Broadway Cast Recording Mention of the 1965 film adaptation Mention of the 1998 Revival Cast Recording Mention of the 2013 NBC Cast recording Mention of the Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific Mention of the Original Cast of Peter Pan starring Mary Martin YouTube Link to discussion regarding the reimagining of Musicals Textbook for the History of American Musical Theatre class Kevin took Little Known Facts (50:48) Don't worry until you know what you're worrying about It's De-Lovely (53:14) Registering for Fall 2021 classes, the light at the end of the tunnel

Current Productions (1:39)             Paloma Pullover             Herbivore Shawl             Test Skein Spinning Project             Siren's CAL socks             Granny Square Couch Blanket             Mussleburgh Hat               Mention of Jasmin from the Knitmore Girls Podcast             Mention of discussion about GRIST from Episode 21 (34:40)             Mention of King of Cups Socks             Mention of Piggy Bank Socks Events (20:59)              August Playlist: Karen and Andrew and Leslie, Oh My!             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021             Stitches at Home: September 11 & 12, 18 &19, 2021             Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Kevin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet   Hey Look Me Over (25:59)             Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 38: Roots and Branches               Information on Lichens from the US Forest Service   Little Known Facts (45:37)             Life's a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.               Mention of Auntie Mame             Mention of Mame             Mention of the Greek philosopher Epictetus   It's De-Lovely (48:30)             Singing and Yarn Shops!               Mention of the Silicon Valley Gay Men's Chorus               Mention of The Black Squirrel in Berkeley, CA               Article about the physical and mental health benefits of singing in groups.

Current Productions (1:48)             Paloma Pullover             Kitchen Towel Project             Herbivore Shawl             Siren's CAL socks             Granny Square Couch Blanket             Mussleburgh Hat                         Mention of Hart's Fabric in Santa Cruz, CA             Mention of WeeOne's Creations stitch markers   Events (23:10)              August Playlist: Karen and Andrew and Leslie, Oh My!             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021             Stitches at Home: September 11 & 12, 18 &19, 2021             Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022   Kevin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet   Hey Look Me Over (27:30)             The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Antony and Cleopatra                         Wikipedia page about Antony and Cleopatra               Link to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline   Little Known Facts (42:55)             Sleep on it!   It's De-Lovely (45:44)             Settling into new routines

Current Productions (1:28)             Note: Project pages do not link to Ravelry anymore!             Paloma Pullover Amethyst Spinning Project             Piggy Bank Socks             Kitchen Towel Project My Strongest Suit (11:40)             Aumangea Pullover Events (12:37)              August Playlist: Karen and Andrew and Leslie, Oh My!             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021             2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 #PanAtheKnitGames             Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Kevin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet             Mention of The Knitmore Girls Podcast             Youtube Clip from the Opening Ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Hey Look Me Over (16:38)             A Night with Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Wikipedia Page             Mention of Odetta             Mention of Bessie Smith             Mention of Nina Simone             Mention of Aretha Franklin             Mention of the Chantels             Link to Bessie starring Queen Latifah Little Known Facts (43:08)             Turning “Have to” into “Get to” It's De-Lovely (45:24)             A Weekend in the Country             Mention of Hog Island Oyster Company

Current Productions (1:31)             Note: Project pages do not link to Ravelry anymore!             Paloma Pullover             Chartreuse Spinning Project             Scrap Singles Spinning Project Amethyst Spinning Project             Piggy Bank Socks                         Mention of Morro Fleece Works             YouTube Link to Christian Guessing Paint Colors   My Strongest Suit (11:54)             Boxy Chevrons               Mention of Lisa Frank   Events (15:38)              July Playlist: America is now LIVE             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021             2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 #PanAtheKnitGames             Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022               Mention of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast             Mention of the Knitmore Girls Podcast Kevin's Stash Dash Spreadsheet             Hey Look Me Over (20:03)             Fame the Musical: The 30th Anniversary Tour               Mention of the 1980 film: Fame             Mention of the 2009 film: Fame             Wikipedia page for Fame the Musical             Wikipedia page for the 1980 film: Fame   Little Known Facts (37:20)             There are no mistakes, only lessons.   It's De-Lovely (40:43)             Setting up the Studio!

Current Productions (1:51)             Note: Project pages do not link to Ravelry anymore!             Paloma Pullover             Cassavetes Cardigan             Chartreuse Spinning Project #teamsasquatch #tourdefleece2021#device008             Rippled Butt Swhorts #makegoodmaedalong King of Cups Socks             Piggy Bank Socks             Mention of the Knitmore Girls Podcast             Mention of the Make Good Knitting Podcast from Scratch Supply Co.   My Strongest Suit (14:33)             Boxy Chevrons             King of Cups Socks               Mention of overall shorts from Amazon   Events (17:20)              July Playlist: America is now LIVE             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Bay Area Fiber Fair June 25 – September 23, 2021             Stitches at Home July 10 &11; 17 & 18, 2021             Fiberworld 2021 July 21 – 25, 2021             Tour de Fleece - June 26 - July 18, 2021 #teamsasquatch #tourdefleece2021             2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 #PanAtheKnitGames             Rhinebeck 2021 October 16-17, 2021             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022             Nightly Met Opera Streams               Mention of the Emma Lazarus sonnet The New Colossus   Hey Look Me Over (23:12)             The Sty of the Blind Pig by Phillip Hayes Dean             Mention of The Shining             Mention of the Murder of Emmett Till   Little Known Facts (30:43)             Painting on a budget   It's De-Lovely (36:38)             A Trip to Santa Cruz!             Mention of Hart's Fabric in Santa Cruz             Mention of The Swift Stitch             Mention of Yarn Shop Santa Cruz            Mention of West End Tap & Kitchen  

Current Productions (2:02)             Note: Project pages do not link to Ravelry anymore!             Paloma Pullover             Granny Square Blanket             King of Cups Socks             Cassavetes Cardigan   Events (6:33)              June Playlist: PRIDE! Goes live this weekend!             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Stitches at Home July 10 &11; 17 & 18, 2021             Fiberworld 2021 July 21 – 25, 2021             Tour de Fleece - June 26 - July 18, 2021 #teamsasquatch #tourdefleece2021             2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 #PanAtheKnit             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022             Nightly Met Opera Streams               Mention of The Knitmore Girls Podcast for training tips!   Hey Look Me Over (10:38)             In the Heights! Streaming on HBO Max through July 5th               Mention of the Broadway Backstory podcast In The Heights (Part 1) and (Part 2)   Little Known Facts (34:07)             Double check those delivery addresses   It's De-Lovely (38:50)             One Year Podcastversary!  

Episode 40: Authentically You Current Productions (1:34)             Note: Project pages do not link to Ravelry anymore!             Paloma Pullover             Granny Square Blanket             King of Cups Socks             Cassavetes Cardigan             Manos del Uruguay Spinning   Events (12:49)              June Playlist: PRIDE! Goes live this weekend!             Kevin's Profile link for Spotify!             Stash Dash 2021 (May 28 – August 31) hosted by the KnitGirllls #stashdash2021             Stitches at Home July 10 &11; 17 & 18, 2021             Fiberworld 2021 July 21 – 25, 2021             Tour de Fleece - June 26 - July 18, 2021 #teamsasquatch #tourdefleece2021             2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 #PanAtheKnit             Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022             Nightly Met Opera Streams             Mention of The Knitmore Girls Podcast for training tips! Hey Look Me Over (16:50)             Filmed live performance of the West End Production of Kinky Boots               Kinky Boots Musical Wikipedia Page             Kinky Boots Film Wikipedia Page               Mention of La Cage aux Folles             Mention of Torchsong Trilogy   Little Known Facts (40:35)             Sometimes it's not you, and sometimes you need a break.   What would you like to hear about form!   It's De-Lovely (43:52)             Dinner and a movie!             Dinner was at Shakewell             Mention of the Grand Lake Theatre

Current Productions (1:23) Boxy Chevrons (Ravelry Link) Hearthstone Pullover (Ravelry Link) Mom's Looped Loop Cowl (Ravelry Link) Paloma Pullover (Ravelry Link)   Mention of Dad's Socks Mention of Dexter's Sweater Mention of my Looped Loop Cowl   Events (18:14)  May Playlist: For May! is now LIVE! Stash Dash 2021 hosted by the KnitGirllls Stitches at Home – May 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 2021 Tour de Fleece - June 26 - July 18, 2021 #teamsasquatch 2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Nightly Met Opera Streams   Mention of The Knitmore Girls Podcast   Hey Look Me Over (24:13) Memphis   Mention of Big Mama Thornton   Correction: Hound Dog was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton, and was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller   Little Known Facts (39:47)             Pack some backup knitting!   It's De-Lovely (41:41)             Making Plans!

Current Productions (1:34) Chartreuse Spinning Project Boxy Chevrons (Ravelry Link) Herbivore Shawl (Ravelry Link) Hearthstone Pullover (Ravelry Link) Mom's Looped Loop Cowl (Ravelry Link)   Mention of Paloma Pullover (Ravelry Link) Mention of Dad's Socks (Ravelry Link) Mention of Dexter's Sweater (Ravelry Link)   My Strongest Suit (11:48) Worsted Boxy Aumangea Tectonic   Events (13:13)  May Playlist: For May! is now LIVE! Stash Dash 2021 hosted by the KnitGirllls Stitches at Home – May 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 2021 Tour de Fleece - June 26 - July 18, 2021 #teamsasquatch 2020 Olympic Games July 23 - August 8, 2021 Stitches West 2022 in Sacramento, CA March 3-6, 2022 Nightly Met Opera Streams   Hey Look Me Over (19:56) 2013 Lincoln Center Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel in Concert   Mention of Liliom by Ferenc Molnár Mention of Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs Mention of the 2018 Revival Cast Recording of Carousel Mention of Oklahoma! Mention of State Fair Mention of Flower Drum Song Mention of The King and I Mention of The Sound of Music Mention of the 23rd Psalm   It's De-Lovely (43:02) Extended weekend in San Francisco