Stitch It!! Podcast

Episode 100: “Glutton!”

Thank you so much to all of the donors for january and february. Elisha is the lucky winner of the handspun yarn!

For the month of March, Ellenspn has graciously donated 2 fabulously new AND autographed books!
The Enchanted Sole by Janel Laidmen (with so many beautiful socks, i don’t even know what to do with myself!)
and
Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont (a whole book on spindles, types, function, history, AND how to use them! glorious!)
Donate to the podcast during the month of march, and YOU could win these books!

Townhomesteading:
-raised beds this year: buying corners online
-lettuce baskets
-Bountiful Container

-yogurt maker

Babble:
-Disney
-imagination grows (rocket, fishing, monorail)
-4 years old!
-new schedule

Fibery goodness:
-reunited with my wheel
-crown mountain fiber superwash “locomotive breath”
-crocheted steek tutorial
-the cardigans
-kingscot.…minus 6″…=Katrina Rib?

Favorite thing:
Treadle sewing machine!!
(photo soon!)

episode 93: “Cracker Club”

November’s podcast incentive!
One person will be drawn and can choose either a Garden Apron or a Grow Your Own Soup Kit from Made By Loumms:

garden apron

Grow Your Own Soup Kit

a second name will be drawn and will win an handmade oak swift by Hornshaw Woodworks

handmade oak swift

Townhomesteading:
-raccoon latrine
-sheet mulching
-moo-nure bags, peat, & mulch
-stealing leaves
-preparing for thanksgiving

Babble:
-tumblebugs disaster
-yup!
-cowboy boots
-car saga

Fibery goodness:
-Amy arrives
-got jackie and we head north
-marr haven (Mule spun) & owls
-cranes restaurant pies

-fiber in the forest
-fibery goodies (polypay, sock blockers, maple swift)
want to see photos from our trip? check out my flickr folder
want to see videos? check out my youtube feed

Favorite thing:
Homemade marshmallows

episode 90:”make your wheel eat it”

October Podcast Donation Incentive:


Grafton Fibers has donated a set of DPNs for the October incentive. IF you donate during the month of october, you will be entered into a drawing to win a set of their original DPNs in size 0, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and a set of size 0 glove dpns. SO FABULOUS! you will love them!

townhomesteading:
-apple butter, apple sauce, and apple pie! and still more apples!
-installed a water filter all by myself
-checked out the farm and fleet. fun stuff there!
-strawberry pots and rotation ideas
-mulch….i NEED to mulch

babble:
-farm week at school
-placemats game
-the whisper technique

fibery goodness:
-finished my forest canopy shawl. it is blocking in the basement. HUGE
-working on coraline still
-plying yarn with irish/bobbin drive is awesome
-new fleece washing technique=brilliant! thank you spinning spider jenny!
-preparing for Rhinebeck!!!

favorite thing:
Fall mornings

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….

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 74: “O is for…uh…what IS that?!”

June’s show sponsor is
Little Meadows Farm

The Donation Incentive for June is:

4 bars of their hand made Goat Milk Soap (in your choice of flavors) and a hand made beeswax candle.
To qualify for this wonderful prize, please donate to the podcast during the month of June.
Otherwise, if you are interested in supporting our sponsors, please visit their website to see the wonderful soaps, goats, and sheeps they have available!

on/off the needles:
-socks…ugly but still coming along
-reworking owen’s wardrobe
-Baby/Toddler pants/shorts tutorial
-owen’s pj’s before:

-owen’s pj’s after:

you wanted to know:
“How do you do it all?”

babble:
-a day in the park
-summer break and feedback
-O is for…..uh…..what is that?

-my helpful little helper

green thumb:
-snap dragons
-secret garden progress
-new tomato plants
-why it “pays” not to mulch
-jarring/canning/preserving. need books. any suggestions?

spinning:
SOAR project
please call 646-462-4031 x 27505 and leave a voicemail with your name, where you are from, and what you have learned from my SOAR experience.
don’t have a phone? record something with your computer or send me an email itsjustmeghan@drop.io
All responses need to be in by June 25th.
Thanks!!!
-lusting after fleece
-wool is a lot like my hair, and the saga of the overwashed fleece
-re-reading books

favorite thing:

episode 69: “69…woooo!”

on/off the needles:
-socks. too snug, too big, just right?
-Grafton Fibers Darn Pretty Needle review… basically, i love them!

-tangent about supporting small business owners

babble:
-owen’s hearing aids returned home
-hearing aid box art project
-adventures with a toddler and lotion

green thumb:
-lilac bush dead….now what to do?
-don’t think flower bed will have enough sun for full veggie bed

spinning:
-trip to deb’s delayed
-washing fleece. how do you know it’s clean enough? but still a nice amount of lanolin?
-sweater drying racks are on their way

favorite thing:

thunderstorms

 episode 56: “educational podcasting, for young and old”

on/off the needles:

-february lady sweater…progress!!!

-new hat for little man (another triceratops, perchance?)
-finishing the sock…still!

- cotton? for cables? what do you think?

-still collecting sweaters. even posted on freecycle!

babble:

-big boy bed!

-being green and trying cloth diapers (check out diaperswappers.com if you want to get some good used ones)

-wall-e toys sing

-jenknitfer, and her story about her little one saying “bye-bye”

spinning:

-spinning and coffee don’t mix

-SOAR leftovers. 12oz of goodness! all ready to blend!

-a dye field trip is in my future!

SOAR knowledge: get to know your wheel

-practice treadling before you spin for real, treadle while you watch tv, treadle while you knit, just treadle

-get to know where it likes to be oiled, how much and how often

-get to know how to start and stop your wheel without your hands!

-practice spinning with yarn from your stash. just tie it to the bobbin, through the hooks, and through the orafice, practice feeding it on, and pulling it off again, practice adjusting your wheel to get the proper take up

-if something is wrong and you are spinning, STOP TREADLING!

favorite thing:

baking soda

and because someone asked me to post pictures of me with my new bag:


isn’t it pretty?! i love my Zuma!!!!
and because i’m proud of the handcarding i did last weekend, here’s pictures of the roving i mixed up:

the left is a mix of blue/yellow/green. the right is a mix of red/blue/white. isn’t that pretty too?!