Stitch It!! Podcast

Thank you so much for listening to the podcast! i hope that you are still enjoying it, and hope you continue to do so!
so, here’s a contest!
Take a listen to episode 96 to hear the contest, and then post your entry here!

i’ll gather all of the prizes for the drawing, post photos and whatnot here, and i’ll draw the winners names on January 1st.
Woot!!!!

well, i got sick. it’s fall, of course i did! haha. i have a slight head/chest cold, so the past few evenings i’ve been going to bed early.
i’m feeling better, so if owen cooperates, i might try to sneak in a podcast tomorrow while he naps. so we’ll see! i planned on doing it today while he naps, but i ended up taking one too.
thanks for understanding!

well i’m hoping that you will see some changes on the shownotes page. i’m going to be blogging a bit more. ryan is also going to help me get my wordpress updated so that i can use the newest wordpress technology! apparently i can tweet to my blog direct with a new widget that came out (awesome!). i’m also hoping to get it organized a little differently so my sidebar isn’t so long. anyway, i’m planning on posting more often. like 2 times a week. at least that is the hope! hahaha
it might not be terribly interesting, but i’ll put it out there anyway! even if it’s just photos of progress being made.
okay, dinner is cooking. gotta run!

episode 81: “Gang Busters”

The month of July’s donation incentive is sponsored by Cosymakes.
She has graciously donated a copy of her book “Knit One, Embellish Too”

she is ALSO going to give you some of her hand dyed farm wool!
interested in seeing all of the patterns, fiber, handspun yarns she also has available? check out her etsy store!
all it takes is a donation to the podcast during the month of july. you’ll help pay for podcasting costs and have a chance at winning this lovely fibery goodness!

on/off the needles:
-handspun socks still being worked on
-lace project…..hitting the wall
-sweater lust Coraline by Ysolda
-swatching for it with handspun, and using a WPI tool
-Owen’s new hat is a triceratops

babble:
-garden and lack of bees
-freezing produce, stocking up, and coupons
-midwest fiber and folk festival (thanks, sherry!)
-pants don’t fit…don’t feel good…time for a change!!!
couch to 5k and yoga!

word of the week:
Nupp- a nupp in knitting is a set of increases done in one stitch, which is later knit together on the other side. ie. knit 1, YO, knit 1, YO, knit 1 is all done in 1 stitch, creating 5 stitches. on the next row, those 5 stitches are purled together into 1 stitch again.
to me? it is a 4 letter word….

spinning:
-how i spun for owen’s hat
-figuring out a balanced ply for resting singles
-my youtube video
Reactivating Twist in Singles to see a Balanced Ply
-plying up the yarn for swatching. is it balanced? look at the skein!
-2 ply swatches. 3ply swatches (made using navajo ply)

favorite thing:

Netflix and Instant Download

shownotes…tomorrow…i promise!

so i started thinking, and i am going to try to post more. i know i haven’t been good about it. i got into the tweeting thing, and i have neglected the blog portion of this website pretty badly. so here i am!
with this tour de fleece thing, i have changed my challenge. and in doing so i have encompassed the challenge i set before. i have decided that i’m going to dye up 1 pound of fiber each night for the next 22 days. i actually started this challenge for myself a few days before the challenge started, so i have about a weeks worth of fiber dyed up already. in doing this project, i have gotten to play a lot more with the dye stocks i have mixed. and i have been keeping records of how i mixed up the different color combinations i have come up with, and have come to know the stock colors and how they dye up. it’s been good practice. so i think i’m going to start documenting every couple days what color combos i have dyed up recently.
so that’s the game plan!
in other news, work is stupid. that’s all i have to say about that.
i have to figure out what i’m going to cook for dinner tonight. i’m thinking i might make up some weber grilled chicken (using a recipe from my mom’s old weber cook book), some chicken rice, and some veggies on the side. hmmm. i should get the chicken out of the freezer.
it’s time to get back into crock pot meals. i just saw that on crockpot365.blogspot.com that she has a book coming out! might have to see about that. or maybe i’ll hit up the library and see what crockpot books are available…..hmmmmm
off to defrost chicken!

just wanted to give you a heads up that the episode is delayed. the little man has decided the past few nights he’s not going to stay in bed. instead he gets out of bed, opens his door, says “mommy!” over and over again, lays on the floor by his gate and kicks his door into the door stop over and over and over and over again.
with his bedroom door being right above where i record, it’s not very recording friendly.
and so, i haven’t recorded. but i do have shownotes typed up. so that’s cool.
i’m retraining owen to go to bed. hopefully i can record tomorrow if he cooperates.
thanks for understanding!

i’ve been thinking a lot lately about the possibility of getting some show sponsors. they would not only help me keep the lights on, but i’d hope the extra funding would allow me to get to different events, take more classes, and try more products to review.
as much as i would love to throw down the money myself, unfortunately, that isn’t going to happen. and with my birthday and christmas in december, well that leaves the rest of the year kinda open when it comes to exploring new products and classes.

so i thought i’d open up the conversation to my listeners to see what you think.
how do you feel about sponsors? do you mind advertising in your podcasts? do you have any other ideas?

the only other ideas i came up with are:
selling tshirts or pins
creating a cookbook of my favorite recipes to sell
having things to raffle off to people who donate funds

i just feel like i’m not always able to give you more every week. i know i’d love to learn more so i can share more! so, what do you think? i’m open to suggestions!
either reply to the post here or send me an email!
stitchitpodcast at gmail dot com

i know i know. i’m delaying again.
i was going to come up with some elaborate lie as to why i’m postponing recording. but you know what? i felt i owe you guys the truth.
and the truth is, i’m crabby. i’m just flat out crabby this evening. and i think it’s poor podcaster form to record when i’m crabby. no one wants to hear that. although, i bet some people would find a crabby meghan amusing, it’s just not pretty.
SO,
i’m thinking that what i’ll do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, i’ll start recording a couple days in advance of publish date. that way, if i have a crabby day/sick day/sleep day/technical difficulties day, you won’t know. because i’ll just record the next day.
we’ll see.
for right now, i’m going to plan on recording tomorrow night or friday morning. i’ll definitely ASAP!!

thanks for letting me have my crabby moment!

Meghan

today was the best day ever!!!!!!
why? well, let me tell you!
-got to hang out with ellenspn
-bought some thin mint girlscout cookies
-saw a goat being sheared in person for the first time
-got the goat shearing on video
-learned a lot about goats, shearing and their care
-bought an AMAZING corriedale fleece
-bought some locally harvested honey
-bought some merino yarn (for next to nothing) to knit 2 color mittens with
-bought some beautiful merino roving (for next to nothing)
-got to learn about geocaching and ecocaching
-saw the beautiful wisconsin countryside
-got to explore Susan’s Fiber Shop for the first time (TONS of stuff!)
-bought a new set of sock yarn needles to try out
-got elizabeth zimmerman videos and a new paula simmons book
-was gifted some beautiful rovings
-came home to a CLEAN house
-my dad installed the new dishwasher
-my dad cleaned our garage
-my mom did laundry
-my dad fixed our water softener
-my mom cleaned the house
-my parents built a fort for the little man out of the box from the dishwasher

now i’m eating banana bread with honey (mmm), washing some fleece in my laundry room sink, working on my fairisle sweater, and watching some elizabeth zimmerman.

what an awesome day!
tomorrow’s forecast? SNOW. and lots of it!