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4 bars of their hand made Goat Milk Soap (in your choice of flavors) and a hand made beeswax candle.
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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:
-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

on/off the needles:
-sweater almost done. issues with math and charts
-socks on the back burner
-bog jacket for little man
-upcoming craft fests. time to get dyeing!
-headbands with handspun. suggestions for patterns?

babble:
-hair cut continued
-new hearing aid settings
-”are his ears better?”
-ABCs Daddy! and Five-Teen

gardening:
-warmer weather
-starting seeds with seed starting chart

spinning:
-Great Midwest Alpaca Festival in Madison April 25 & 26th
-handcarding random rovings

-Spinning for Softness and Speed by Paula Simmons
-Mastering the longdraw
-what is woolen? what is a longdraw?
-weekend with Deb is coming up!
-I am a visual learner

favorite thing:
Google Mobile
or
800-Goog411

new feed episode 60: “Proud Momma”

new feed address: http://stitchitpodcast.libsyn.com/rss

knitting on/off:
-cold weather and mittens
-swatching the polwarth
-creating a sweater pattern
-kingscot on hold
-knit wall-e= awesome!!!
-little man’s sweater quilt

babble:
-little man’s first day

-bus issues
-birthday
-looking for spring….when do you start seeds?

spinning:
-polwarth finally done!

-barber pole singles
-carding up SOAR leftovers
-hand carding video coming soon
-hand cards vs drum carders…..i babble about this WAY too long…
-fiber festivals? any suggestions?
-sheep to shawl competitions

favorite thing:
Shamrock Shake
have them mix it half and half with chocolate….so tasty!

oh, and if you want to know where you can find one visit:

http://www.shamrockshake.com

apparently i’m not the only shamrock shake lover!

episode 57: “when the stash attacks…”

on/off the needles:

-february lady sweater…STILL ON THE NEEDLES

-wrong gauge socks

-new socks cast on with handspun

-Kingscot is in effect! thanks to the gift of stash! Elann Peruvian Highland Silk

-felted blanket

babble:

-no more cookies!!!

-little man’s IEP

-big boy bed!

-come on! (jedi style)

-when the stash attacks!

spinning:

-working on the polwarth

-short draw vs medium draw vs long draw

-long draw youtube video

-hand carding & long draw videos coming soon…i promise…for real…it will eventually be there…i mean it.

favorite thing:

LEG WARMERS!!!!!

they KNOW when you had hoped to clean the front room a little.
they KNOW when you got your hair looking okay and put on clean clothes.
they KNOW when you got all your supplies together.
they KNOW when you’ve had a script of points and lesson plans running through your head for the past few days.
they KNOW when you have plans to do something special during their nap.
they KNOW when you are about to hit record on the video camera.

they KNOW.
they KNOW, and they show you that they KNOW.
they show you they KNOW by rebelling against taking their nap.

they, being toddlers.
more specifically:
they, being owen.

so much for recording that hand carding video today…
they have other plans for us.