July is being sponsored by Green Mountain Spinnery! they have been so gracious to share a copy of their new pattern book and a skein of their mill spun yarn. i encourage you to check out their website to read about their mill and all of the lovely fibery goodness to enjoy!

housekeeping:
-hopefully the sound will get better
-i’m gonna have to turn off comments on the shownotes page.

little house in the suburbs:
-started clearing out the basement some more, weighed out fiber, until scale ran out of batteries.
-i got a book on chickens. thanks to Roue

-joining a CSA and super excited about it!

babble:
-littleman is an artist
-car whoas, and the realization that living in the suburbs ain’t always so grand.

Spin Control Podcast Promo! with my buddy Shilo

ask and ye shall receive:
-Anitat “I want to learn about whacking the yarn (don’t understand this at all) ”

fibery goodness:
-REALLY loving spinning for big projects and knitting little ones
-been dreaming of mittens this week
-still working on my shawl
-tour de fleece update

favorite thing:
First watch:

Then watch:

double rainbow, all the way

July is being sponsored by Green Mountain Spinnery! they have been so gracious to share a copy of their new pattern book and a skein of their mill spun yarn. i encourage you to check out their website to read about their mill and all of the lovely fibery goodness to enjoy!

Little House in the Suburbs:
-finding a place for everything & culling more stuff
-mulching issues
-Ezekiel Bread. i’m scared. thinking about trying the Urban Simplicity recipe

Babble:
-GRIL spells Gramma
-BBQ with friends and the “Atypical” realization
-fireworks and our 4th of July

Fibery Goodness:
-dream in color wearhouse sale

-the awesome sweater swap!

-cashmere citron done
-Pogona cast on with dream in color
-Tour de Fleece chronicles

Favorite Thing:

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

June’s podcast donation incentive prize has been sponsored by knittingfairy.com. They have donated a shawl kit for their new Counterspell Shawl that just debuted at stitches east!

So pretty! the kit will include one skein of Acero by Brooks Farm Yarn, pattern, beads and needles for the shawl.
if you donate to the podcast during the month of June, you will be automatically entered into the drawing.

townhomesteading:
-planted a veggie garden (bag style!)

Lay out cardboard in selected area, and soak it completely

Arrange your top soil bags, slash holes in the bottoms for drainage, and cut open the top for planting.

add some fertilizer to the dirt, plant your veggies/flowers. tomato and zucchinis get 1 per bag

completely cover bags and cardboard in a finely ground mulch. cage plants that need it, water, and PRESTO! a garden!

babble:
-power wheels

fibery goodness:
-the fiber workshop/workbench area
-culling back the fiber stash further
-montedale for tour de fleece

favorite thing:

BLTs

June’s podcast donation incentive prize has been sponsored by knittingfairy.com. They have donated a shawl kit for their new Counterspell Shawl that just debuted at stitches east!

So pretty! the kit will include one skein of Acero by Brooks Farm Yarn, pattern, beads and needles for the shawl.
if you donate to the podcast during the month of June, you will be automatically entered into the drawing.

townhomesteading:
-relocating the flowers

-cutting back the forsynthia
-resolving to no large veggie patch this year
-bucket gardening http://www.globalbuckets.org/
-our furry horned visitor

babble:
-swimming with the little man goggles are his magic feather
-tree swing & rings hung

fibery goodness:
-sweater drama
-cast on the citron with merino/cashmere mill spun
-tour de fleece chat on july 3rd in the team sasquatch group on ravelry

favorite thing:

dustbuster

June’s podcast donation incentive prize has been sponsored by knittingfairy.com. They have donated a shawl kit for their new Counterspell Shawl that just debuted at stitches east!

So pretty! the kit will include one skein of Acero by Brooks Farm Yarn, pattern, beads and needles for the shawl.
if you donate to the podcast during the month of June, you will be automatically entered into the drawing.

townhomesteading:
-unpacking/still downsizing
-hanging photos in the house

-cleaning out the old bushes

babble:
-flea market

-tree swing & rings

fibery goodness:
-sweater progress
-spinning cmf
-ideas for spinning for the tour de fleece
-adjusting your wheel for finer spinning

favorite thing:

my china set

episode 108: “Hooked up to the grid”

June’s podcast donation incentive prize has been sponsored by knittingfairy.com. They have donated a shawl kit for their new Counterspell Shawl that just debuted at stitches east!

So pretty! the kit will include one skein of Acero by Brooks Farm Yarn, pattern, beads and needles for the shawl.
if you donate to the podcast during the month of June, you will be automatically entered into the drawing.

townhomesteading:
-strawberries
-the move
-the cleaning

babble:
-camping with littleman

fibery goodness:
-farm tour with esthers place fibers

thank you:
my new microphone. thank you for donating to help. it is really appreciated and i couldn’t have purchased this without you.

favorite thing:

our neighborhood/home

pisode 107: “Crazy vomit”

the April/May has been sponsored by The Knitted Geek. They have offered up a skein of their Version 2.0 hand dyed sock yarn. You get to pick the color!

so many pretty options!
A donation made to the podcast during the month of April/May gets you entered into the drawing.
All proceeds help fund the podcast. thanks!

townhomesteading:
-readying to move
-more downsizing
-grand plans

babble:
-preparing littleman for the move
-”is daddy comfortable?”
-freedom to run

fibery goodness:
-racing when i knit
-finished the shetland triangle knit with juniper moon yarn in “old man and the sea” colorway

-started knitting the vinelle sweater, now changed it over to a meghan version of the looking glass cardigan (because my copy is packed)
-my definition of what “Mill Spun Yarn” is. Marr Haven sport weight purchased for a new sweater project.

favorite thing:

Meghan

stay tuned!