Podcasts about yarn crawl

Come along with Anne to visit the last three newcomer shops on this year's upcoming I-91 Summer Vacation Shop Hop through Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire! Links to Things Mentioned in This Episode Claim your tickets for Stitch N'Pitch in Hartford on August 17! Simsbury Yarns: Instagram, Facebook KnittyGrittyYarnGirl: Website, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube The Woolly Thistle: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Ravelry Music This episode's music was Tom Goldstein's "Song for You," Jontavious Willis' "The World is in a Tangle," and Ben Bostick's "Take it on Faith."

On today's show, a summer camp for children with complex communication issues. Also, a nonprofit focused on civic engagement in Arkansas is filing suit against the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners over the process of signing a form. Plus, you may be familiar with a bar crawl. But what about a yarn crawl?

The I-91 Shop Hop is coming up in August and will feature 6 additional stores. Come along with Anne to visit three of the new additions to this popular yarn crawl through southern New England! Get a peek at what you can expect at each store and some thoughts to help you plan the trip itself! Links to Things Mentioned in the Episode Information about the I-91 Summer Vacation Shop HopMadison Wool: Website, Instagram, Facebook Knit & Pearls: Website, Instagram, Facebook Alchemy Fiber Mill: Website, Instagram, Facebook Book your tickets for Stitch N'Pitch on August 17, 2024 here! Music There are three songs in this episode: "I Don't Hate You But Goodbye," by Sarah Angel; "Body and Head," by Kaii Dreams, and "Marie," by Humans Win.  

Episode 137– Bay Area Yarn Crawl! March 28, 2024 On the Nightstand 1:53 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!   Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton (audio) Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González   Book Lovers by Emily Henry On the Table 11:50 Seriously, all the repeats.  Banana butterscotch pie, corned beef (salt and vinegar cabbage), pizza beans, peanut broccoli & protein   Baked Lemon Pudding   Matcha and Strawberry Creme Twunkie OMG the strawberry creme!!!   Chez Panisse!   On the Easel 23:59   Irving Penn (thru july 21) and Fashioning San Francisco (thru Aug 11) at the DeYoung Museum   On the Needles 27:00 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info   AVFKW indigo dyeing class   Bay Area Yarn Crawl!

For the PNW Yarn Crawl, Ewe and I Yarns is focusing on Turkey as their theme! Therefore, we talk about Turkish fiber traditions today, so you have some extra background information when you look at all the fiber goodness at Ewe and I! We cover Turkish color-knitting and we highlight Turkish rugs. We hope to see you soon at the PNW Yarn Crawl at Ewe and I! https://www.eweandiyarns.com/ Email us with suggestions and concerns at: Spinningayarnstale@gmail.com Or follow us on Instagram! Spinningayarnstale Patterns Talked about today:  The Bonnie Cardigan:  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bonnie-27 Pictures of Turkish Socks as well as a lovely article: https://pieceworkmagazine.com/sock-monday-turkish-socks/ RESOURCES:  a, n. (2020, March 2). Knitted socks from Turkey – craft techniques. THE CRAFT ATLAS. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://craftatlas.co/crafts/handmade-knitted-socks-from-turkey Aktaş, B. M., & Veryeri Alaca, I. (2017). The co-knitting project: A proposal to revive traditional handmade socks in Turkey. The Journal of Modern Craft, 10(3), 237–256. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496772.2017.1394524 Hershberger, L. D. T. (2018, February). Entranced by Turkish Socks. Piecework, 26(1). Nargi, L. (2014). Knitting around the world: A multistranded history of a time-honored tradition. Voyageur. Looms & Tools. Babak's Oriental Carpets. (n.d.). Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.babaksorientalcarpets.com/pages/looms-tools YouTube. (2013). YouTube. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsWL-2xHFps. Turkish rug motifs. Turkish Rug Motifs. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2023, from https://www.abc-oriental-rug.com/turkish-rug-motifs.html Koçak, N. (2022, October 4). Artistry at work: Dazzling, traditional carpet-weaving of Türkiye. Daily Sabah. Retrieved March 12, 2023, from https://www.dailysabah.com/life/history/artistry-at-work-dazzling-traditional-carpet-weaving-of-turkiye Ferriter, M. (n.d.). Turkish spindles archives. TurkishFolkArt. Retrieved March 13, 2023, from https://turkishfolkart.com/product-tag/turkish-spindles/ Turkish spindles archives. TurkishFolkArt. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2023, from https://turkishfolkart.com/product-tag/turkish-spindles/

The past few weeks have been pretty tough around here! Yarn Crawl (not tough!); locked knee; covid; herniated disk and sciatica pain; summer vacation with lots of extra girls and babysitting! I hope to update again this summer, but no promises! Once the girls get back to school, I'll be making more episodes on the same schedule. Check out the photos and links to the things I'm working on at knitsewcraft.wordpress.com and on Instagram at @knitsewcraftpodcast.

Moira, Amanda, and Brooke went on the WNC Yarn Crawl this weekend! Join us as we talk about each of the LYSs we visited, what we bought, and how much we love fiber! Here are links to the stores we visited: Purl's Yarn Emporium Black Mountain Yarn Shop Friends and Fiberworks Sun Dragon Art and Fiber Plus, a special shout out to CGCG Yarns! We had a fantabulous time talking with Renee, who was having a trunk show at BMYS. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week has been a tough one! Lots of self-doubt, and a family sickness have knocked me down. I've been working on a shawl pattern called Wild At Heart Stripe, available for free on Ravelry. I'm using a yarn from A Whimsical Wood Yarn Co. and one from Yarn Experiments called Cohaire. This weekend is the WNC Yarn Crawl! I'm heading across western North Carolina with my fiber friends, Amanda and Moira. We will be recording after each stop, so it will feel like you get to come with us! If you are in the area, or are doing the Yarn Crawl also, let me know! I've been working on cleaning and decluttering my studio space, and it has been much improved! You can find photos of my progress on Instagram at @knitsewcraftpodcast. And most exciting! I published my first amigurumi pattern! I'd be ever so grateful if you would take a look at it, and favorite it! You can find it right HERE. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Your hosts: Amy aka JKnitMa on Ravelry and Megan aka JustRunKnit on Ravelry This week we are sharing recent favorite things. Grab your crafting and join us!Join the Brioche-along (BAL) - get your projects entered, prizes from Magpie Fibers shown2022 Self-striping Craft-alongEat Sleep Knit quarterly goodies!  Spring/Summer linen blend yarnsYarn Crawl goodies!Magpie Fibers fabulousness - Beaver colorways and new Plume baseUpcoming ZKN events and Sign-up info Join Discord

Written and Read by Andrew AlonzoFeatured in the March 25th, 2022 edition

Today we talk about the two biggest fiber events in my area, the WNC Yarn Crawl in May, and SAFF in October. "The WNC Yarn Crawl is an opportunity to explore the WNC area's many unique local yarn stores and fiber locations. You create your own self-guided tour during the days of the yarn crawl. Visit as many locations as you like; all participating stores have daily prize giveaways as well as many great deals and specials for the weekend." The yarn crawl will be from Tuesday, May 3-Saturday, May 7. Mother's Day is Sunday the 8th, so be sure to buy something fibery for your mom, too! There is no fee to go on the yarn crawl, but please consider purchasing from the shops to help support their business. Each one offers sales through the crawl, and most (if not all) have giveaways each day. Some of the closest fiber stores near me: Purl's Yarn Emporium Sun Dragon Art & Fiber Friends and Fiberworks Black Mountain Yarn Shop My other favorite time of the year to buy yarn is during SAFF, the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair. This year, SAFF will be from October 21-23. The cost is $5 per person/per day, or a 3 day pass is $10. From the SAFF website, "See spinning, knitting, weaving, felting, and much more! Join a workshop class to improve your skills, or just enjoy browsing and hipping the beautiful and unique apparel and wearables." There are a TON of vendors there, as well as classes, workshops, and competitions. This is honestly where I spend most of my fiber money, and 2021 was no different. There were a few new vendors this year, as well as the ones that I shop with each year. Whimzee Stitches Black Cat Fibers Brick House Fiber Arts Canon Hand Dyes Please consider purchasing yarn or books or notions from your local yarn store or ordering from independent dyers and authors and makers. We all love and appreciate the support, more than you know! I'm still looking for pattern testers! The pattern is free to testers, but will be a paid pattern after testing is complete. If you'd like to be a pattern tester, please email me at knittynerdy@gmail.com, or message me on Instagram! So my dear ones, make sure that you take a few minutes each day to take care of your SELF. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Show Notes:Intro - On the Needles - Dami - ~NoneC.C. -~Surprise Socks for Rebecca on US1.5 (2.5mm), Pandia's Jewels Hand Dyed Yarn Super Sparkle in the Electric Pink colourwayProject bag from Nerd Bird Makery & Stitch Marker from Tilting Planet~I'll have two coffees and two cherry danishes to go please Cowl on US2 (2.75mm), Pandia’s Jewels Floofy in the Miss Woodhouse, Please Advise colourwayProject bag from Lizzie Bags & Stitch Marker from Tilting PlanetFinished Projects - Dami - ~NoneC.C. -~2020 Preemie Hat #29 on US6 (4mm), Abstract Fiber Super Sock+ in the Summit colourway, Caron Simply Soft in the Grey Heather colourway, & Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted in the Everglade Heather colourway~Happy 7th Birthday Waylon! Slippers on US7 (4.5mm), Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted in the Caution, Tranquil, & Orange colourwaysStash Dash ~ 1,838.8m / 1,500mFlosstube - Begins at timestamp 11:14Dami - ~Rose bookmarkProject bag by Fat Cat CreatesNeedle Minder from SewHappyMailBristolSnipattie from cattycrosstitchesC.C. - ~My Christmas List by Silver Creek SamplersProject Bag from The 805 StitcherSnipattie from cattycrosstitches~Pusheen #3Notions Pouch by Purlgurl Buttons~Cats and Mandalas - February by Kitty and Me DesignsProject bag from Stitch ToolboxSnipattie from cattycrosstitchesNeedle Minder from Gecko RougeStash Dash ~ 7,488 / 13,000 sts~Edinburgh Castle by Terra Luna StitcheryNeedle Minder from TopKnotStitcherProject Bag from KnitRunDigGrime Guard from Crab Shack StitcherySnipattie from cattycrosstitchesUsing Pattern Keeper software on Kindle Fire 719,000 / 265,824 sts complete7.148% complete3 / 60 pages completeStash Dash ~ 11,600 / 18,000 sts~Semi-Sane StitchersYummies (our current favourite things) - ~Kitsap Pride in a Box~GGK Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for July here What We're Watching, Reading, + Listening To - Please be aware that we do discuss recent tv show episodes that have aired in the last week or so. This is your spoiler warning!Episode 405 Bookshop List~So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Dami is reading~The Glass Scientists (webcomic) by Sabrina Cotungo - Dami is readingJuly / August / September 2020 RAL - 15 minutes of reading daily challenge* 88-92 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for eBook, everyone gets $1.20 off any single pattern coupon code & 88+ days RAL virtual badge * 61-87 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for single pattern, everyone gets 61+ days RAL virtual badge* #GGKRAL202020 RAL Yearlong Challenge~July / August / September* 92 days - 10 entries* 88-91 days - 8 entries* 61-87 days - 5 entries~October / November / December* 92 days - 10 entries* 88-91 days - 8 entries* 61-87 days - 5 entries~Read All 366 days - 10 bonus entries~Complete the Modern Mrs. Darcy 2020 Reading Challenge - 12 bonus entries [all or none] (we'll open a thread for you to post this in December 2020)~3 grand prize winners drawn from all the entries~More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys - C.C. finished reading~Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein - C.C. is reading~Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) - C.C. is rereading with Harry Potter & the Sacred Text podcast & Swish and Flick: An All Potter Podcast~We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry - C.C. finished reading~Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams - C.C. finished reading~Detective D.D. Warren Series by Lisa Gardner - C.C. finished reading Book 11~What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin - C.C. finished reading~The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn - C.C. finished reading~Lucy Kincaid Series by Allison Brennan - C.C. is reading Book 7~The Guild Codex: Spellbound Series by Annette Marie - C.C. is reading Book 3~Movies - Psych 2: Lassie Come Home~Warehouse 13 - rewatching Season 2~Psych - finished rewatching Season 2 & rewatching Season 3~Cabin Fever~The 100 - watching Season 7~Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - watching Season 7~Absentia - finished watching Season 3~My Favourite Murder podcast~Unlocking Us With Brené Brown~Evolving Faith podcast~Cabin Pressure~Random Spotify PlaylistsJune / July / August Summertime & the Living is Easy AL -*Runs from 1-June through 31-August*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin/stitch/sew that you can convince us relates to summertime*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-June and finished no later than 31-August*Each project that you knit/crochet/weave/spin must be at least 20yds/18.3m that you finish and post in the Facebook Group FO Thread counts as 1 entry into the giveaways. If your project is not at least 20yds/18.3m, you need to group it in a single post with other projects that together total at least 20yds/18.3m. For stitching/sewing projects, we’ll leave it to your best judgment. If you wanted our official ruling, PM email us at ggkcspodcast@gmail.com*Feel free to poly-dip in other ALs as long as it fits in with other rules*Prizes: If you’d like to donate one, email us at gggkcspodcast@gmail.comHilde’s Strawberry Patch pattern by Bendy Stitchy Designs from TyraLa Brebis Light Alpaca in the Dogwood Berry colourway - 2 skeins - 2 winners will each win 1 skeinKlart “I’m Flying” Cross Stitch Kit from LoriBerroco Local Yarn Store Day 2019 Pattern BookletUru.Yarn by KnitCrate Silk DK in the Enlightened colourway - 2 skeins - 2 winners will each win 1 skeinModa Dea Sassy Stripes DK in the Stormy colourway - 2 skeins from Tricia - 1 winner will win both skeins*Must be a member of the our Facebook group ~ GGKCS Podcast / FlossTube to participate*Social Media Hashtag: #GGKCSSummertime20*Thread will be locked the morning of 1-September and winner(s) drawn on the next podcast following that*For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, ALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!*There is a Chatter Thread in our Facebook group so we can encourage each other along the way.Ask the Geeks - Eileen from Ohio asks:C.C. with all the sock patterns you create, outside of the special Ginger Twist or Yarn Crawl socks, have you ever thought of doing top down sock patterns?Originally asked/answered in 2015Misc. - ~Support the Podcast, Become A PatronEach week, we create a list on Bookshop of all the books we talk about in that week's episode. Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you purchase a book from our list, we earn a commission & local, independent bookstores also earn money from your purchase.~Want another way to help support our podcast? Throughout our website, links to books, tv shows, movies, etc. are Amazon Affiliate Links. We receive a portion of what you spend when you click through our website to shop on Amazon. What we receive helps us with the costs associated with producing this podcast as well as with prizes & shipping for giveaways. Thanks in advance for your support!If you are in the UK, please click this link, Amazon.co.uk, or the banner below to shop:If you are in Canada, please click this link, Amazon.ca or the banner below to shop:~For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, ALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 30 days from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact us to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding!Find Us Online -C.C. -~ on Instagram as cc_almonDami - ~ on Instagram as damisdoodlesPink Purl - ~on Instagram as pinkpurlalmonJavaPurl Designs~ JavaPurl Designs websiteGGKCS -~ our Facebook group ~ GGKCS Podcast / FlossTube~ our Facebook page~ email us: ggkcspodcast@gmail.com~ on Apple Podcasts~ on YouTube~ Support the Podcast, Become a PatronUntil next time,

Our lovely sponsors this week: HelloFresh For a total of $60 off, that’s $20 off each your first 3 boxes, visit hellofresh.com/verypink60 and enter promo code verypink60. The Yarn Attic Be sure to look at their “brands” page - their inventory is amazing! The Yarn Attic ships worldwide, 7 days a week and generally ship the same day as the order is received. Use coupon code at checkout: VERYPINK For US customers - Free first class mail shipping on orders over $35.00 For international customers – Code will apply a $8.45 credit towards international shipping on orders over $35.00 Casey’s website is kcknits.com. To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com. This we talk about this week: The Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas Aimee Kandl Yarn Trekker

Katie and I along with our special guest, Amy, went on a road trip to Madison, WI, to visit several fabulous yarn shops as well as coffee shops. So in this podcast we chat about our wonderful purchases, the yarn shops we visited, the coffee shops where we did some knitting, and other little adventures we experience. WARNING: we recorded in the car on the way home. There is some background noise. Please adjust your volume accordingly. We hope you enjoy the show!! :)

We can hardly believe that it's almost time for this year's Great London Yarn Crawl tickets to go on sale! On this episode: Great London Yarn Crawl 2018 Update We have fewer routes, only 10 this year, to make things a little easier organizing the GLYC alongside Yarnporium. Sadly, I Knit and Fringe won't be taking part this year but a new shop is opening that will be! Willow & Lark is also on board as our yarn sponsor and we've already had some pretty lush door prizes pour in from Blue Sky Fibers. Routes will be announced on or around June 15th and tickets will go on sale on July 1st as in past years. What We're Working On  Allison has been a sewing and making fiend and has whipped up two Linden sweatshirts while also crocheting a French Market bag in linen. She's also started knitting Praline by Dani Sunshine and also whipped up a Lilly baby sweater on her knitting machine for a friend's new arrival. Rachel hasn't finished her Lilly baby sweater yet as focus has been on wrapping up her Marginalia sweater by Karie Westermann which is now off the needles, blocked and too hot to wear in this weather (of course!). Rach is also working on a new shawl design and searching for a travel project for a work trip to Amsterdam.  Yarn Crawl Season It's summer! Which means less enthusiasm about wool and knitting as it becomes too hot, but our local yarn shops still need our support! Thankfully there are things like Yarn Shop Day, World Wide Knit in Public Day, as well as Yarn Crawls all over the world to help keep us heading to our Local Yarn Stores to be part of the action. We chat about different things we can do to keep showing our support for our LYSs. Wrap Up ​​​​​​​Many thanks for joining us for another episode! You can find the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher Radio (please rate, review and subscribe!) and you'll find us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, in our Yarn in the City group on Ravelry, or in person on Wednesday nights at our knit night between 7 and 10pm at The Breakfast Club on Battersea Rise. Music credits (available on NoiseTrade) Revolution - Kate Tucker A Good Reason To Smile - Chasing Noise

Join me and some friends for the Charm City Yarn Crawl! We did interviews (and did some damage to our credit cards) along the way. Full show notes can be found at kinoknits.com/048.

Are you coming to the Knitting Pipeline Retreat Feb 16-17, 2018? I have information about the Yarn Crawl, Break out Sessions, and some answers to your FAQ’s. Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co and KnitCircus Yarns. I am also a Craftsy Affiliate. Please consider visiting my web site before purchasing a Craftsy class or materials as I receive credit for it. Thank you! This episode is also supported by three local yarn shops, The Fiber Universe and Le Mouton Rouge Knittery and Klose Knit. Show notes are found at www.knittingpipeline.com. Haste ye back!  

Yarn crawl news, a review of the new Blacker yarn and I have been spinning!

Episode 103: post-Yarn Crawl Welcome to the Yarnings Podcast, episode 103. Recorded Thursday afternoon, March 9, 2017. It is currently raining. a look at the Rose City Yarn Crawl fun. trying to re-find my knitting mojo! find me as...

2017 Knitting Pipeline Retreat Information Feb 17-18, 2017 (Fri 2 PM to Sat 4 PM)   with optional Yarn Crawl/Workshop Fun Day on Thursday Feb 16 and Fri Feb 17, 2017 Crossroads United Methodist Church 1420 N Main St, Washington IL, 61571 (corner of N Main and Rt 24)   Friday, Feb 17th Doors open at 2 PM. Dinner at 6 PM Saturday, Feb 18th Doors open at 8 AM. Retreat hours: 9 AM to 4 PM   Thursday Feb 16th    Yarn Crawl and Workshop Fun Day Thursday Workshops require separate registration. See Workshop Registration Click here for PDF Registration Information, Registration form, and Workshop Information. Vendor Application is here. Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co and KnitCircus Yarns. I am also a Craftsy Affiliate. Please consider visiting my web site before purchasing a Craftsy class or materials as I receive credit for it. Thank you! Show notes are found at www.knittingpipeline.com.    

On the Needles: Anna is working on her Sky Scarf by Lea Redmond, a basic sock, and the Kelpie Hap Shawl by Jerad Flood. Bethany is working on her Where You Lead, I will Follow Sock by C.C. Almon, her second 1776 sock and her Shrowl by Stephen West.Off the Needles: Bethany finished her first 1776 sock using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel and Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off. In Time Out: Anna's Off Shore V-Neck is still waiting to be frogged. Sew A Needle Pulling Thread:Anna is finishing her show laundry from "Three Poets" and is doing some Halloween costume prep/thinking. Spinning! Bethany spun about half an ounce of fiber that looks like Cookie Monster. Netflix and Knit:Anna is still watching Scrubs. Bethany watched the first disc of the directors cut of the Fellowship of the Ring, one or two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is binge watching seasons 7 and 8 of One Tree Hill. In Rehearsal/Performance: Anna closed "Three Poets"Bethany's household closed "6 Characters in Search of An Author." She acted in a One Night Only Staged Reading. And her dog, Roxie, played the role of Bruiser Woods in Legally Blonde, Jr. at Puyallup Children's Theater. Events: Bethany will be at the tailgate Seahawks season opener on September 11 at Yorkshire Yarns in Lakewood, Washington. Bethany and Anna will be at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby, Oregon September 24 and 25. Bethany and her sisters will be at Geek Girl Con in Seattle, Washington on October 9. Bethany and Anna will be crawling in the PNW Yarn Crawl. The Yarn Crawl runs from Oct. 21-23 and we'll be crawling on the 23rd.Techniques discussed: After thought thumb, picking v throwing, 'reading' your knitting, entrelac, color work, kitchener, steeking, lace, knitting through back loop, make 1 increases. The discussion got heated when discussing the differences between SSK and K2TOG. Anna blamed The Knitter's Handbook and Bethany blamed Anna. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (Backstage Knitting Podcast)! Like us on Facebook (Backstage Knitting Podcast)! Join our fantastic Ravelry Group (Backstage Knitting Podcast)!!

On the Needles: Anna is working on her Sky Scarf by Lea Redmond, a basic sock, and the Kelpie Hap Shawl by Jerad Flood. Bethany is working on her Where You Lead, I will Follow Sock by C.C. Almon, her second 1776 sock and her Shrowl by Stephen West.Off the Needles: Bethany finished her first 1776 sock using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel and Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off. In Time Out: Anna's Off Shore V-Neck is still waiting to be frogged. Sew A Needle Pulling Thread:Anna is finishing her show laundry from "Three Poets" and is doing some Halloween costume prep/thinking. Spinning! Bethany spun about half an ounce of fiber that looks like Cookie Monster. Netflix and Knit:Anna is still watching Scrubs. Bethany watched the first disc of the directors cut of the Fellowship of the Ring, one or two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She is binge watching seasons 7 and 8 of One Tree Hill. In Rehearsal/Performance: Anna closed "Three Poets"Bethany's household closed "6 Characters in Search of An Author." She acted in a One Night Only Staged Reading. And her dog, Roxie, played the role of Bruiser Woods in Legally Blonde, Jr. at Puyallup Children's Theater. Events: Bethany will be at the tailgate Seahawks season opener on September 11 at Yorkshire Yarns in Lakewood, Washington. Bethany and Anna will be at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby, Oregon September 24 and 25. Bethany and her sisters will be at Geek Girl Con in Seattle, Washington on October 9. Bethany and Anna will be crawling in the PNW Yarn Crawl. The Yarn Crawl runs from Oct. 21-23 and we'll be crawling on the 23rd.Techniques discussed: After thought thumb, picking v throwing, 'reading' your knitting, entrelac, color work, kitchener, steeking, lace, knitting through back loop, make 1 increases. The discussion got heated when discussing the differences between SSK and K2TOG. Anna blamed The Knitter's Handbook and Bethany blamed Anna. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (Backstage Knitting Podcast)! Like us on Facebook (Backstage Knitting Podcast)! Join our fantastic Ravelry Group (Backstage Knitting Podcast)!!

This episode we talk about this year's Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl! We also mention This Thing of Paper by Karie Westermann and, of course, discuss our drinks of choice.

  Sponsor: Yarn Along the Rockies is a yarn crawl on the front range of Colorado that features 18 shops from Colorado Springs to Boulder. YATR spans 9 days from August 20th – 28th. Yarn Crawl participants can take a Passport Tour of participating yarn shops for a chance to win one of five grand prizes as well as enter to win prize baskets at each store and participating shops will each have a free pattern available for crawlers as well as a free shop pin. If you visit 4 stores or more during the 9 day yarn crawl to get a free commemorative stitch marker. If you’re a Colorado resident or visiting in August, you don’t want to miss this fiber community event. Visit yarnalongtherockies.com for a printable list of participating shops and more info on this exciting event. And find them on Instagram @yarnalongtherockies. Fiber folk: When I first met Elaine and heard a bit of her story, I knew it went much deeper, and I wanted to hear her full story…about life and fiber. This conversation left me in tears, touched by the intense journey Elaine and her husband Mike have been on and how it’s led them to a very special […]

Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co and KnitCircus Yarns. I am also a Craftsy Affiliate. Please consider visiting my web site before purchasing a Craftsy class or materials as I receive credit for it. Thank you! Knitting Pipeline Retreat Feb 26-27 in Washington IL still has spots available. $65 for all the fun we can cram in a 26 hour period. Meals included. Sleep at the facility for free or book at a local hotel. 2016 Knitting Pipeline Spring Retreat Information Feb 26-27, 2016 (Fri 2 PM to Sat 4 PM) Registration documents are here. with optional Yarn Crawl/Workshop Fun Day on Thursday Feb 25, 2016 Crossroads United Methodist Church 1420 N Main St, Washington IL, 61571 (corner of N Main and Rt 24) Friday, Feb 26th Doors open at 2 PM. Dinner at 6 PM • Saturday, Feb 27th Doors open at 8 AM. Retreat hours: 9 AM to 4 PM Thursday Feb 25th Yarn Crawl and Workshop Fun Day Show notes are found at www.knittingpipeline.com.  

Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co and KnitCircus Yarns. I am also a Craftsy Affiliate. Please consider visiting my web site before purchasing a Craftsy class or materials as I receive credit for it. Thank you! Knitting Pipeline Retreat Feb 26-27 in Washington IL still has spots available. $65 for all the fun we can cram in a 26 hour period. Meals included. Sleep at the facility for free or book at a local hotel. 2016 Knitting Pipeline Spring Retreat Information Feb 26-27, 2016 (Fri 2 PM to Sat 4 PM) Registration documents are here. with optional Yarn Crawl/Workshop Fun Day on Thursday Feb 25, 2016 Crossroads United Methodist Church 1420 N Main St, Washington IL, 61571 (corner of N Main and Rt 24) Friday, Feb 26th Doors open at 2 PM. Dinner at 6 PM • Saturday, Feb 27th Doors open at 8 AM. Retreat hours: 9 AM to 4 PM Thursday Feb 25th Yarn Crawl and Workshop Fun Day Show notes are found at www.knittingpipeline.com.  

Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co . I am also a Craftsy Affiliate. Please consider visiting my web site before purchasing a Craftsy class or materials as I receive credit for it. Thank you!  www.knittingpipeline.com. Download Registration forms HERE Or copy and paste in your browser: https://app.box.com/s/u2tslxnguzxkcgt7ef1hbxbt6foo9h5l Feb 26-27, 2016 (Fri 2 PM to Sat 4 PM) with optional Yarn Crawl/Workshop Fun Day on Thursday Feb 25, 2016 Location: Crossroads United Methodist Church 1420 N Main St, Washington IL, 61571 (corner of N Main and Rt 24) Friday, Feb 26th Doors open at 2 PM. Dinner at 6 PM Saturday, Feb 27th Doors open at 8 AM. Retreat hours: 9 AM to 4 PM   Thursday Feb 25th    Yarn Crawl and Workshop Fun Day Lodging You may sleep for free at Crossroads on Friday night. Bring what you would need for camping: bedding, pillow, towels, etc. The floor is concrete slab and it gets cold. A cot or heated pad/blanket is recommended. Bronwyn the Brave is our Camp Counselor! Cornerstone Inn Bed and Breakfast There are 7 rooms. 309-267-1878 Sleep Inn ..1101 N Cummings Lane, Washington IL 61571 (309) 481-0450 Do not book online as you cannot access the block of rooms. Call directly and ask for a room in the Knitting Pipeline Block. We have 40 rooms reserved. There are some suites available that are not in the block but you can request. These have refrigerators and other amenities. How to Register Please mail in your registration form on or after Dec 1, 2015. We will post your name on Ravelry as we receive and process your registration. Checks will not be deposited until Feb 1, 2016.  

Yarn in the City is proud to be sponsored by A Yarn Story. A Yarn Story specialises in hand-dyed yarns and luxury fibres. They carry yarns from indie dyers near and far, such as The Uncommon Thread, SweetGeorgia Yarns and Life in the Long Grass. Find them at www.ayarnstory.co.uk, or in Bath on Walcot Street in the heart of the Artisan Quarter. What's going on: Allison was interviewed on Episode 7 of the SweetGeorgia Yarns podcast - go have a listen and enter to win a Soakbox! Jo Milmine of the fabulous Shinybees podcast, who very kindly interviewed us in Episode 54, has been nominated for the UK Podcasters Awards in two categories. Hooray Jo!!!! Click here to go and vote for Shinybees (don't forget to scroll down to get the Best Games and Hobbies category). 3rd September: Kate Atherley will be teaching her "Math for Knitters" class at A Yarn Story in Bath. 5th September: The 3rd edition of the Great London Yarn Crawl, and the Yarn in the City Pop-Up Marketplace, which will include the Indie Designer Spotlight. You can follow along with all the pre-Crawl chatter in our Ravelry group. You can also go here to read about our collections of charity knitting for Knit for Peace. 6th September: YITC workshops on Knit Design and Pattern Writing with Kate Atherley, Soho, London 8th September - 3rd October: Waste Nothing - Finding a Home for the Discarded, an exhibition by the London Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers happening at the crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London. 18-20th September - The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court Palace 26-27th September - Yarndale, Skipton Auction Mart, Yokshire 3-4th October - Swiss Wulle Festival, Zug, Switzerland 18th October - Come hear Heather Ordover of Craftlit and "What Would Madame DeFarge Knit?" fame talk about "What Knitting Does to Your Brain: the many benefits of knitting (and crocheting) - this time backed by 95% more science!" - tickets will go on sale 1st August. 23rd-26th October - Autumn Gwlana, Beggar's Reach What we're working on: Allison has finished her Reverb Shawl by Felicia Lo, which she did in a gradient bundle of Party of Five from SweetGeorgia Yarns. Rachel is still working on a series of accessory designs for The Fibre Co, in their lusciously chunky Tundra yarn (60% llama/30% merino/10% silk). But while on travels around the US visiting loads of yarn shops in the guise of checking out potential places to live, she fell down and got a kit for the Aranami Shawl by OlgaJazzy (Rav link) from Knit Knack in Arvada, CO, including some gorgeous Frabjous Fibers Wonderland Yarns.  Celebration: We are celebrating our 20th Episode (yay!), the Indie Maker community in London and the UK (hooray!), and also got to talk to Sue Blacker of Blacker Yarns about their very special 10th Birthday Celebration yarn, Cornish Tin. This yarn is made from a blend of ten different fibres, and comes in a 4-ply or DK weight. Sadly, it is only available in very limited quantities - for those of you going on the Yarn Crawl on Saturday, both Nest and Knit with Attitude will have Cornish Tin available, in advance of it's official release on 18th September! Blacker Yarns very kindly provided us with a sample of the yarn to play with AND a full skein of the 4-ply in Wheal Rose Red to give away to one lucky listener! To enter, leave a comment on this post and tell us what pattern you'd knit with this yarn. We will pick a random post as a winner. Entries are open until 11:59 pm BST on 10th September, 2015. Thanks for joining us again! You can find us on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, or go leave a review for us on iTunes. Please don't hesitate to share your thoughts and feedback with us, and please come say hi at any of the events we're attending if you get a chance! Everyone is also more then welcome to come join our Wednesday night knit group from 7-9 pm (or longer) at The Goat on the Rise, Clapham SW11 1EQ. We'll be there the rest of July, but on hiatus for August, with plans to start back up again after the big GLYC weekend in September. Music credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayMorning Light - The Dirty Guv'nahs

Cia and Pip discuss the Indie Burgh Yarn Crawl

Thank you to Spring Retreat Sponsors:   Quince & Co Ewe-nique Yarns The Fiber Universe  Peddler’s Way Quilt Co Klose Knit Yarn Geek Fibers Prairie Bag Works  Sun Vally Fibers  Ogle Designs  A Riot of Color  Knit4Together The Blend   We are looking forward to seeing our Knitting Pipeline Retreat friends next week! The weather forecast looks good.   You should have received an email on Friday with information on the Yarn Crawl, Break Out Sessions, and more.     Winner of Home: 18 Knittable Projects to Keep you Cozy by Pam Allen is announced on the show and on the show blog.     There is a review of Taste of Nomad by Nomad Yarn Shop.  There is a giveaway thread in the Knitting Pipeline Group on Ravelry for a free 3 month subscription!  Haste ye back!    

Happy New Year and welcome to 2015! NewsSadly, the lovely Mrs. Moon in St. Margarets has closed their brick and mortar doors, but are still around online, and with many exciting plans for the future. While we are disappointed that they will not be able to be a stop on next September's Great London Yarn Crawl, you'll still have a chance to see them. How is that possible you ask? Well, because the next GLYC will happen alongside theYARN IN THE CITY POP UP MARKETPLACE Mark your calendars now for 5 September 2015, and come join us at Chelsea Old Town Hall for a carefully curated selection of independent makers from around the UK. We can not begin to express how excited we are for this new addition to the Yarn Crawl, and we hope you will be able to join us. More details can be found at...Events18 January - Waltham Abbey Wool Show, in Waltham Abbey (ETA: Our apologies for getting this episode up late which means you're finding out about this show at very short notice).20-22 February - Unravel, at Farnham Maltings in Farnham22 Feb-8 March - Sock Master Class at Loop, Islington14-15 March - Edinburgh Yarn Festival15 March - Julie Arkell workshop at Loop, Islington (ETA: March workshop is now full, but there's another one on 28 June 2015).28 March - Sew a Feather Quilt workshop at The Village Haberdashery, West Hampsted25-26 April - Wonderwool Wales, in Builth WellsProjectsAllison finished off the Careen Capelet by Louise Zass-Bangham of Inspiration Knits, but sadly not in time for Christmas Dinner! She is still working on the Skulls sweater for her brother, and has started the Munchkin Blanket by Amy Swenson for a friend's impending sproglet. Best of all, said blanket is being knit in stash yarn!Rachel has finished a new shawl design in cozy garter stitch handspun, and is working up a second version in Spirit Trail Fiberworks Sunna (75% merino/15% cashmere/10% silk, 150% scrumptious!). If anyone is interested in test knitting, there's a thread in her Ravelry group here. She has also started a vest for her MIL from Ecuadoran wool of unknown provenance, and has almost finished spinning the Orange Merino-Silk that will not end (otherwise known as Allison's 2013 Christmas present).Goals and plans for the new yearThe BIG Goal: KNITTING FROM STASH!!!!We both have what might be considered an ample amount of yarn on hand, so we're going to do our best to knit from stash. Allison is going to knit from stash as much as possible. To help in this venture, she's participating in the Pre-Process Knitters Stashdown 2015, and the LSG Cold Sheep 2015.Rachel is also Pre-Process Stashing Down/Cold Sheeping, but she has a number of goals (not resolutions!) for 2015, most of which seem to involve sweaters in one form or another:Organize the stash.Knit from said stash.Use up some of the three already-spun handspun sweaterlots in said stash.Spindle spin another sweaterlot (because she is certifiable). Publish some of the sweater designs that have been marinating in her skull for too long.Music Credits (all available on NoiseTrade)Loneliness & Alcohol - Jars of ClayEverything You've Done Wrong - SloanI Will Rise - Bearhart

Spring Retreat is March 13-14 with optional Yarn Crawl/workshop Fun Day on March 12, 2015. Registration is not yet open--just sharing the dates. Registration will open up in December. I used stash yarn with the Magic Cake method to knit Tubularity by Martina Behm. I modified the button closure. I finished Tan House Brook Shawl by Jennifer Lassonde. I share another mitten tip and a lot of reading.  Kindly sponsored by Quince & Co and my Longaberger Home Business. Show notes are found at www.knittingpipeline.com.  

Today’s episode is sponsored by Dizzy Blonde Studios. For beautifully hand-dyed yarns and inspired knit design, please visit DizzyBlondeStudios.etsy.com Throwdown Update (1:28) Check out Episode 8.5 for Throwdown information. Knit Knit Cafe has joined the fray! If you donate a hat for Team Knotty in October, you’ll receive the Full Tilt Hat pattern. Post in the thread to get your pattern. Also, join the Podcaster Throwdown Ravelry Group. CozyCouch is awesome and has knitted 11 hats! In addition to the lovely prizes from last week, JoniLvsNeddy has donated some really cute project bags for prizes. Don’t forget to ship your hats to Purlescence Yarns, tagged for Team Knotty. Shipping information is here. Purlescence Address: Purlescence Yarns your name & the name of your team 564 South Murphy Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Catching Up (4:52) Jen sang at two charity gigs and she enjoyed it. She's started a new book about the Rocky Flats nuclear plant called Full Body Burden. She and Ron have been watching cheesy horror films, because it's October, including Carnival of Souls. She took a drop spindling class at CogKnitive, and she loved it. Laura has returned from New Mexico, visiting her stepdaughter. She saw her stepdaughter in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She also started watching Doctor Who and Downton Abbey. The registration for the Sunnydale Yarn club are closed and the names have been drawn. Her dad is doing much better; thanks to all of you for your concern. And her remodel is almost done! Melissa had to explain to her coworkers what a fiber retreat was. Also, they think yarn crawls involve a lot more booze than they do. Jen references this experiment. In the Knitting Bag (12:22) Jen has been working on her Bed Socks in Lemon Pattern with Fancy Knit Stripe from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush for Ron and the Socktober KAL/CAL out of Koigu in a very multi-colored colorway. Jen mentions Foxy Knits. She's also working on her 30 Day Sweater out of Dizzy Blonde Superwash DK in the color Anna. She spent a lot of time working on cable charting. She also worked on her Rocky Coast Cardigan out of Fibre Company Organik in Highlands. Laura has been working on her second pair of Tree of Life Fingerless Gloves by Jenny Williams out of Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in the Thistle Colorway. She’s also still working on her Udones (Roman socks0 in Knitpicks Palette in the color Clover. We talk a bit about Naalbinding and the History Channel show Vikings. Laura has also been working on her Sassitis (Clapotis) and her Gridiron Scarf (Lattice Wingspan), which are both very close to done. Melissa knit a huge Mountain Ash Shawl and it killed her will to knit shawls, so she is working on Leah's Lovely Cardigan (her first sweater) from More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts out of Malabrigo Sock in Archangel. She is also working on a lot of hats for Hatoween (with some help from Jen). Finished Objects Big Damn Heroes Two Butterfly Hats Laura finished one pair of Tree of Life Mittens in the Forest Heather color of Knitpicks Wool of the Andes, two Olivia's Butterfly Hats for Halos of Hope out of Knitpicks Brava, and she finished her Mother Bears (faces and all). But really, Barbara from 2 Knit Lit Chicks did the faces. Melissa has finished several Hatoween hats. On Deck: Laura is going to be test knitting a hat pattern for Steamlolita. She will be reworking a sock pattern to be rewritten for Lambie Toes Yarn for Socktober. We mention Four Weddings. Jen will be jumping into crochet, making a Basic Stitches Crochet Hat for the Throwdown. Also other throwdown hats. She will be making a little sweater for her nephew's first birthday out of Delicious Yarn from Stitch Cafe. Melissa will be making Throwdown hats with her leftover Hatoween yarn. She will also be making a very colorful striped cardigan. Knit Culture (30:10) We answer a question from MillieHanS. Any tricks, tips for knitting with two yarns - not necessarily together. Say one is a wool that can be blocked as for a lace edge but the ‘body’ of a rectangular shawl isn’t as stretchy. I can’t figure out a good way to determine repeats so they are the same width even tho I swatch. Swatch. A lot. Wash and block the swatches. Swatch them together. Or find two yarns that are more similar if you can, because that might be more easy. Also consider if you're picking up stitches, changing yarns, knitting on a border--they will all change how it behaves. A lifeline might be your best friend. Also don't be afraid to re-do things. Jen and Melissa bought some great yarn at CogKnitive retreat including Forbidden Woolery, Knitted Wit yarn, bags from RKs Mom and Slipped Stitch Studios. Melissa bought a lot of Dizzy Blonde Yarn. And a lot of her yarn was pink. Jen and Melissa both bought some Indigo Dragonfly yarn and they love her color names. There were some great metal shawl pins. Jen got some great Bee Mice Elf fiber for spinning and wants to get some Red Fish Dye Works fiber when she's a better spinner. Jamie of the Awesome Metalwork Pins in the Cogknitive Marketplace. We also mention Dye for Yarns and Ladybug Fiber. Geek Culture (46:26) We geek out over Doctor Who and Torchwood. Upcoming Events: (52:49) We are having a Knitalong in October! The Socktober Knitalong! Knit something (anything (hats)) out of sock yarn (fingering weight or any yarn that would make good socks) or knit socks out of any weight yarn between October 1st and October 31st. Post finished projects there for a chance to win a prize. Please do a separate entry for each project. Hiya Hiya has provided some prizes and Joni has given a project bag as a prize. We will be at the Southern California Handweaver’s Guild Annual Weaving and Fiber Festival (WEFF) at the Torrance Convention Center on Sunday November, 3rd. Parking is free, entry is seven dollars. Laura will be vending. You can drop off Halos Hats at her booth. We may be doing some knitalong action with Yarn on Tap there for the Throwdown; we will keep you posted. Come say hi. We are working on some knitalong events for the Throwdown. We will keep you updated. New milestone drawing at 500 members, so join our Ravelry group!

This episode is sponsored by Dizzy Blonde Studios. "For beautifully hand-dyed yarns and inspired knit design." Catching Up: (0:45) Laura lost her dog Sabre. She is trying to keep busy, but it's been really hard. Jen's Stitch and Beach Group had a yarn swap. She got some different novelty yarn to play with (it will probably become charity scarves for Interval House). She also got some pretty purple laceweight yarn. Laura mentions the Cogknitive Fiber Retreat yarn swap. We talk about how useful yarn swaps are, both to give yarns you may not use a good home with people who really love them and to get yarns that you aren't used to working with (different colors and fibers) to break out of your comfort zone. We both both bought things out of our comfort zones on the Yarn Crawl. In the Knitting Bag (5:45) Jen cast on the Mysterious Shawl Knit-a-long by Romi Hill out of A Verb for Keeping Warm Floating in the colors Au Lait and Transnational Fury. Laura is still working on her Clapotis (or, as she calls it, her Sassy-tis, because the yarn was dyed to match her cat, Sassy). Laura is also working on a beaded choker design and trying to chart it and make the directions make sense and make it the correct size. Progress was a little sidelined by Sabre's passing, but now the pattern is off to the test knitter. Jen also worked on an easy scarf out of Lion Brand Homespun while watching the new Star Trek movie. She named the scarf "Chekov put on a Red Shirt" because she thinks Chekov is adorable. Jen mentions her knitting guilds: the El Segundo Slipt Stitchers and the Chocolate Martini Lace Knitters Guild. We mention designers Marnie Maclean and Janine le Cras, who does the patterns for the Unique Sheep. We digress about Chekov and Sulu in the original series and the animated series of Star Trek. Frog Pond: (15:56) Jen has had to rip back some of the bind off in the center section of her Madroña shawl because it was too tight. (Jen has issues with tight bind-offs and crocheting too tightly). Laura recommends wine to relax. Jen is hoping that beer and a marathon of Vikings with her friend will do the trick. Laura tried to substitute yarn on the Nine Dwindling Cables Beret by Yarn Owl. But math was not her friend. She's going to rip and re-knit a modified version. On Deck: (19:35) Jen is going to do a lace shawl for Camp Loopy out of Fleece Artist Saldanha Two in Vermillion color. She hasn't yet picked a project. She thinks the red color is wrong for Rock Island, so she will probably knit a pattern by BooKnits or the Romi Hill pattern Fire Bird (which she mistakenly calls "Firebrand"). Laura is going to handpaint some yarn to match Sabre and work on a scarf and fingerless mitts for her husband. This is her dissertation for Nerd Wars. Book Review: (23:58) We review 50 Sunlowers to Knit, Crochet, and Felt by Kristin Nicholas. (Full disclosure: Laura won this book in a contest from Vogue Knitting). Movie Reviews: (31:53) We give spoiler-free reviews of both Iron Man 3 and Star Trek: Into Darkness. TV Talk: (39:05) Jen talks a bit about the season finale of Doctor Who and the companions (no spoilers!). We digress into less geeky shows. Laura talks about the season ends of Grey's Anatomy, Castle, and Scandal. (All spoiler-free). We also discuss How I Met Your Mother. And then we get into the Big Bang Theory and being a geek. Also, we wish Tim Curry (star of Clue, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Oscar) a speedy recovery! We also mention the films Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Singin' in the Rain. Events: (49:22) The Knotty Girls are hosting a World Wide Knit in Public Day Event at the Grand Californian Hotel and Spa on June 15, 2013 from 1 to 3pm. No entrance to the park is required, and parking at Downtown Disney is free for up to three hours (five with validation from a restaurant or the movie theatre in Downtown Disney). There will be SWAG! Bring: 1. Your Knitting (or whatever else you want to work on) 2. Money for snacks and/or drinks 3. Any FOs you want to show off 4. A scarf for Interval House. Details: The scarf can be any yarn, any weight and may be knit, crochet, or woven. (Great for stash-busting if you want to do stripes!). The only guideline is that it be at least 4” wide and 60” long. A more open work scarf is preferred (i.e. not a heavy dense fabric) as this is for women in Southern California, but really, that can just mean using really big needles. I tend to do mine either in garter stitch or a simple rib or broken rib on big needles. Please bring the scarf in a ziplock or some other bag (the bag does not have to seal) with a paper saying your name, the yarn the scarf is made of (if you know it, if you don’t that’s okay), and any care instructions. Also please provide contact info (email and/or phone number). The contact info is just for us to get in touch with you if you win the drawing; we will not sell, trade, lend, borrow, fold, spindle, or mutilate your contact info and it will not be provided to my guild or to Interval House, I promise you. Multiple scarves = multiple entries in the drawing! KnitDizzney will be Sunday, September 8th, 2013. More details to come, but we'd love to spend a day at the Disneyland park with you!

I take the Yarn Crawl on the road today and visit Northhampton. I sit down to talk to the owners of WEBS. Here are some links to some things that we talk about on the show: Lexi Barnes – hot bags made in MA Vermont Organic Fiber – Environmentally happy yarn made in VT ECO … Continue reading "NOHO KNITS PART 1"