September Donation Winner is Nancy. Email is in your box!
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:
-apples apples apples
-my first bread success


-rearranging garden in my mind
-reading and researching. Going to tour coworkers garden
-stovetop popcorn: 3 tbs oil, 1/2c kernals
-kettle corn recipe (i would suggest using sunflower or olive oil instead of vegetable)

Babble:
-apple orchard line madness

-waking up to a morning serenade
-”eve is outside”
-relating days experiences
-pumpkin patch schedule
-furlough

Fibery goodness:
-washing fleece using screens
-finishing the shawl knitting in training
-trying to finish yarn for coralune before trip
-rhinebeck wishlist

Favorite thing:
Fresh bread

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….

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

please support our August Donation Incentive Sponsor
Winter Mountain Fiber
who has graciously donated 2 skeins of hand dyed sock yarn

Plum Pudding & Monkey Green!
all it takes is a donation during August to qualify!

on/off the needles:
-visit from a 10 year old project

-lace gauntlet winner will be announced next week
-Wendy toe up sock book

-learn to check errata

babble:
-my little sprinkler stripper
-Thomas
-red car that way!!
-couch to 5k

green thumb:
-Killing beetles
-Fence for next year
-building a trellis

word of the week:
Thrummed-
–noun
1. one of the ends of the warp threads in a loom, left unwoven and remaining attached to the loom when the web is cut off.
2. thrums, the row or fringe of such threads.
3. any short piece of waste thread or yarn; tuft, tassel, or fringe of threads, as at the edge of a piece of cloth.
4. Often, thrums. Nautical. short bits of rope yarn used for making mats.

spinning:
-Thick and quick
-Fine cormo too fine to flick?
-Fibery basement storage, good deal on shelves and desk for carder
-Could I run a hose diretly from water heater to wash fleece down there?

favorite thing:

my ipod touch

No photos this time. sorry guys. my camera battery is dead and is charging right now!

littlemeadowsfarm.net is our sponsor for this month. They donated a set of 4 hand made goat milk soaps (from the goats on their farm!) and a beeswax candle as a donation incentive for the month of June.

All it takes is a donation to the podcast, and you will be entered in it to win. Drawing will be done the first week of July. Thanks!
Interested in supporting little meadows? check out their website.

on/off the needles:
-knitting date, but no knitting
-socks…off the needles….tony the tiger
-”bored” meeting hats
-I <3 Fiber pins (i can't find them online anywhere!)
Lace Knitting Throw-Down KAL
-knit something lace with me between now and August 1st. Share pictures of your finished project, Rub it in Jasmine’s face that you have what it takes, and you will be entered a drawing where you can win knittingdaily TV series 100 DVD set!

babble:
-Up (owen’s first movie experience)
-birthday cake stealer
-snoopy birthday card
-Hula Hooping! hoopnotica and hula hoop tutorial

garden:
-fence up & strawberries netted
-tomatoes transplanted
-new seeds
-moring glory teepees

spinning:
-SOAR project- please call 646-462-4031 x 27505 to give your feedback “What have you learned from Meghan’s SOAR knowledge?” you have until June 25th!
-my remote fiber purchasing experience
-fiber sample boxes from the spinning loft
-the high fiber diet
-CVM article in newest SpinOff on dyeing locks for colorwork by Rene Russo
-getting ready to go see Deb!

favorite thing:

Rootbeer Float

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:

on/off the needles:
-craft show results
-subversive seamstress clutch purchased

new clutch from subversive seamstress

super crazy monkey socks

babble:
-french press for a cold brew
-Owen loves his trike. chilling in our patio
-little man bbq
-my version of a day off
-records out of the basement…..lets get this basement started!!!

green thumb:
-my secret garden

don't see a garden do you?

ahhh!!!! there it is!

anti-bird security devices... shiny!

spinning:
-washing fleece on memorial day using sockpr0n’s lock method and beth smith’s method

washed locks

Harrisvilledesigns weaving bobbin winder

my first full bobbin

favorite thing:

mmmm.....cherries....

Grandma Marita’s Cherry Soup
stock:
2 cans sour/tart cherries
1/4c sugar
1tsp butter
1 can water

dumplings:
2 eggs
1/4c water
dash of salt
1tbs sugar
flour

Combine stock ingredients and mash cherries in pan. Simmer for 5 minutes.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs. Add water, salt and sugar and stir. Gradually add flour until batter is stiff enough to drop by teaspoons into simmering liquid and hold together. If too thin, add more flour. When dropping, dip spoon into liquid first before dipping into batter so the dumpling will release from the spoon without sticking. Simmer for 5 minutes or until dumplings are cooked.
great with whipped cream or ice cream. yummy warm and cold! enjoy!

on/off the needles:
-laundry done, socks shrunk
-ready for the Constructor Craft Fair…well, almost
-felted sweater potholder tutorial
-Book Review: For the Love of Knitting edited by Kari Cornell

-Freehaven Fun Fiber Day hosted by Patty and Caron
-Gonna be in chicago on May 24th? Head out to Berwyn for the Constructor Craft Fair!!!

babble:
-bowling fieldtrip
-They went potty
-candy….it’s scary stuff
-for the love of blueberry pancakes
-kitchen paint and a new island….dead exciting!

green thumb:
-tarping the garden
-awesome fence idea
-sprouts!!!

Lettuce Sprouts

my strawberry

spinning:
-the box of goodies i ordered from beth at the spinning loft
-3ply sock yarn is finally done! and i used a weavers bobbin winder and schacht bobbins

my first 3 ply

flicker w/lock and then a flicked lock

favorite thing:

cold-brew-coffee

how to make coldbrew coffee:
supplies: mason jar, bowl, coffee grounds, water, metal sieve, coffee filter, funnel
1/4c-1/3c course ground coffee (remember: good beans=good coffee)
1 1/2c room temperature water
put coffee and water in jar, stir with spoon until combined, put on lid, and let it sit. 3 hours minimum, but overnight for best flavor
in the morning, put sieve in bowl. open jar, pour coffee gunk through the sieve into the bowl.
discard coffee grounds (good for garden and compost!)
rinse out mason jar really well. put funnel in top of mason jar, put coffee filter in funnel. pour coffee from the bowl, through the coffee filter and into the mason jar. let it sit and filter through.
when it’s done, remove filter and funnel, cap jar and put in fridge until you are ready to use.
if you are ready, pour over ice, and add water or creamer, sip and enjoy.
want it hot? okay! add hot water. want it strong? don’t add any water! drink it straight!