Stitch It!! Podcast

episode 88: “Want coffee, Mommy?!?!”

September’s Podcast Donation Incentive is sponsored by The Spinning Loft!


donate to the podcast during the month of september to have a chance to win!

The Minnesota Knitters Guild will be hosting the 6th annual Twin Cities Knit-Out on Sunday, October 4th at Southdale Center. This celebration of knitting will take place from 12 – 4 p.m. in the Macy’s Courtyard. There will be free knitting lessons, door prizes, hourly fashion shows, a fastest knitter contest, community service knitting projects, expert knitters to answer questions and local yarn shops displaying the latest in yarns, patterns and tools.
For Information: www.knitters.org

Townhomesteading:
-garden books

-bread baking

-assessing new potential for side of house
-container gardening
-Mary Jane farm magazine
-clearing out flower beds, saving herbs, freezing tomatoes

Babble:
-house mid project
-chore list created
-littleman with no nap
-French press “want coffee mommy?!”
-Penis water

Fibery goodness:
-knitting the shawl…still
-deadline on coraline approaches
-mcguivering the wheel break band
-double drive vs scotch tension vs Irish/bobbin drive and tutorial by Beth Smith on how to change a matchless around.
-holiday knitting/sewing aprons for all!! (or at least me) No Frills Frilly Apron
-Stitch it!! podcast/Knitmoregirls podcast meet and greet at Rhinebeck. Saturday afternoon in the Carolina Homespun booth. We’ll share times as soon as we have them!

Favorite thing:

i LOVE my iPhone….LOVE….

well, i got sick. it’s fall, of course i did! haha. i have a slight head/chest cold, so the past few evenings i’ve been going to bed early.
i’m feeling better, so if owen cooperates, i might try to sneak in a podcast tomorrow while he naps. so we’ll see! i planned on doing it today while he naps, but i ended up taking one too.
thanks for understanding!

episode 87: “how can they walk?!”

September’s Podcast Donation Incentive is sponsored by The Spinning Loft!


donate to the podcast during the month of september to have a chance to win!

on/off the needles:
-coraline continues….once i spin more
-OWL + math = not what i wanted
WI Sheep and Wool Festival
-shopping
-books and magazines
-sheeps, lambs, and all sorts of wonders!
The Looking Glass Sweater -pattern by ewetopiafibershop.com
-alpaca yarn is from Enchanted Meadows Alpacas
-books and magazines were from countryside bookstore
-working on a new alpaca forest canopy shawl

babble:
-podcast changes….opinions?
-tomatoes
-pumpkins

word of the week:
wether

spinning:
-washing alpaca
-washing and dyeing targhee
-yellowing of the fleece

favorite thing:

Nikki’s Healthy Cookies…..

episode 86: “From Scratch”

September’s Donation Incentive donor is The Spinning Loft! Beth has put together a bag of spinning treasures!
1 ounce of light brown cashmere cloud
1 ounce of undyed tussah silk
a spinning loft oil pen
and zip bag to keep it all in
mmmmm……cashmere

on/off the needles:
-coraline progress
-owls sweater swatch
-knitting gauge ipod application thingy
-the goods and bads with knitting groups

babble:
-my new training wheels (aka tape on the kitchen sink)
-tape and the little man
-too many tomatoes

upcoming events:
-stitches midwest
-wisconsin sheep and wool
-rhinebeck
-high fiber diet retreat

word of the week:
oops! no word this week!

spinning:
-washing fleece sockpr0n style
-how i ply

favorite thing:
-making it from scratch

episode 85: “i’m the vacuum whisperer”

winner of August’s donation incentive is Janice! You have received an email, and will be getting the lovely handpainted sock yarn from Winter Mountain FIbers! congrats! Thanks for all of the donations!

September’s Donation Incentive donor is The Spinning Loft! Beth has put together a bag of spinning treasures!
1 ounce of light brown cashmere cloud
1 ounce of undyed tussah silk
a spinning loft oil pen
and zip bag to keep it all in
mmmmm……cashmere

on/off the needles:
-baby belle is beautiful!!!! perfect buttons

-OWL dreams…
-Coraline… finally! mods away!!!!

coming up:
-renegade arcade
-wisconsin sheep and wool
-stitches midwest
-rhinebeck!!!!! and i’m going!!!! with the knitmore girls!!!

babble:
-back to the school routine, teacher reports already
-great hair mix up
-fixing the dyson
-furlough fun

word of the week:
steek  [steek, steyk]
–verb (used with object) Scot.
to shut, close, fasten or lock (a window, door, or the like).

spinning:
-spinning video review Spinning with Patty Anne
-weight your yarn: yes? or no?

favorite thing:

popcorn/crack