Stitch It!! Podcast

episode 98: “2010: it’s all about ME”

thanks to knittingfairy.com for sponsoring december!
podcast donation incentive winner for the month of december was Vivian. Thank you so much for your donations!

This month, I’m offering up some of my handspun! 155 yards of a 2 ply barber pole. hand dyed merino and corriedale, plyed together to create a one of a kind yarn.

now YOU TOO can feel what knitting with handspun is like!

Resolutions:
-drink more water
-slow down and focus on ME (life, projects, when and what I say, etc)
-return to my music
-3 handspun sweaters
-fairisle/colorwork

2 year Contest prizes!!
Reflection hat pattern from Cosymakes, Regia sock yarns, Noro, and more!!! check your email to see if YOU won! thank you again for all of the fabulous submissions!

Babble:
-Conversations with Meghan on Knitajourney Podcast
-time off with littleman

first snowman
-potty training
-holiday recap

Fibery goodness:
-Knittingfool.com has great sweater calculators
-littlemans sweater: gauge, calculations, too big, tearing out, steek video

-moving the fiber room

-playing with the drumcarder

-owls reborn!
-gooseberry cardigan

Favorite thing:

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

episode 92: “Onions, Garlic, and Chicken Soup”

October Podcast Donation Incentive:

The winner for this prize is Denise. Check your email!

we move on to 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:
-Home remedies for illness (onion, garlic, open windows) chicken veggie soup, organic legs & sale veggies
-Bread follies
-Helloyarns pantry
-Tackling the dungeon…again

-Skat?

Babble:
-Sick sick sick medicine fun
-Tumble bugs
-Halloween (giant-ass pumpkin)

Fibery goodness:
-Soar jealousy
-Sock knitting mania. sleeping jasmin

-Highfiber diet retreat next week
-Washing fleece laundry detergent, Orvus , and the water factor

Favorite thing:
Butcher block island

episode 91: “Sasquatch, what’s your 20?”

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!

i share my rhinebeck experiences with you!!!
want to SEE it?
http://www.youtube.com/stitchitpodcast
want to see photos?
Rhinebeck Flickr Set
Jackie’s Rhinebeck Flickr Set

Pumpkin Yummy Muffins
preheat oven to 350 degrees makes 24 muffins
3c flour (i use half white/half wheat)
2 tsp baking powder
1-15oz can pumpkin puree
2/3c butter or olive oil
4 large eggs
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1c halved fresh cranberries
1/2c chopped pecans

1. mix together flour and baking powder
2. in another bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients (minus cranberries and pecans) and stir into flour mixture.
3. fold in berries and nuts.
4. fill lined muffin tins 3/4 full
5. bake for 25-30 minutes

want to make it extra special?
make a maple syrup glaze to drizzle on top!
1/2 c. maple syrup
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. milk
1 c. powdered sugar, sifted
Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in powdered sugar. Yield about 2/3 cup.

favorite thing?
GLEE!

watch it on hulu

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 89: “Longest line…..ever”

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

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

episode 83: “Bucket of Beetles”

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

podcast is up!

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:
-handspun socks

-lace gauntlet KAL deadline is August 15th
-babyhat and booties for the bears fan

-9 inch circulars
-new socks cast on

babble:
-”What are you doing?!”
-”You wanna time out?”
-MUFFINS!!!
-time with the family
-sold harp, and bought a treat

green thumb:
-male vs female flowers
-produce!

-moving plants and heat

word of the week:
Chibi

spinning:
washing locks, cinnamon roll style!


favorite thing:

Tudors