Download Episode 36Music: And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Anita O’Day After You've Gone - King Jesters: Links: Happy Knits Madeline Tosh DK at Happy Knits Calendar of Hope: Army of Women Calendar of Hope 2012 Job Hunting for Knitters & Crafters: Crafters searching for work group (Ravelry) Job Market group (Ravelry) Job Hunting Tricks for a Web 2.0 World CGOA: Forum Announcement on Ravelry on Crochet Master's Portfolio Knitchat Updates: Knitchat group on Ravelry Knitalong details (Yummy Mummy) How to use Google + Hangouts Google + Hangout Plug In Scale Mitts & Hanging Out: Scale Mitts Exchanging Fiber  Kollage Yarn Review: Milky Whey Yarn Exchanging Fiber Scale Mitt in progress in Malabrigo Rios

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Episode 36: Stitching in the New Year

 Download Episode 35 This one is all about Quick Christmas Gifts and the Regency Period. Music Featured: Beethoven's Piano Concerto 15 Quick Christmas Gifts Give a Hoot Bunny Nuggets Rebecca Danger's Big Book of Knitted Monsters Incognito (Knitty) Shroom (Knitty) Spiral Cowl Susie's reading mitts Coco Knits Hotwater Bottle Cover Bev Galeska's Felted Hotwater Bottle Cozy Felted Soaps On/Off the needles Gail aka nightsong Stormy Morningside Neckwarmer Baby Kina Rios Malabrigo Yarn Sublime Extra Fine Luxurious Merino Midnight Comfy Woobie Cowl Debbie Bliss Paloma Celes Shawl/stole Taiyo Yarn Jared Flood Noro Scarf Beyond the Square (Crochet) J'Aime (yarn available from Artfibers) Tea Leaves Reviews: Stitch Heaven Video Jane Austen Knits 2011 Jane Austen Knits (Ravelry link w/ pattern info) Regency House Party Mark Twain on Jane Austen  

Episode 35: Quick & Expedient Gifts (Jane Austen Mag Review & Regency Period)

This one gets us ready for the Holiday Knitting Effort. Happy Knits & Melinda Vermeer: Happy Knits Onine Melinda Vermeer’s Website Melinda Vermeer’s Designs in Knit Picks IDP Melinda’s Ravelry Group Holiday Knitting Tips: Koolhas Hat Turn a Square Hat Clapotis Laundry soaps for knitted garments: Soak & Eucalan Burberry Inspired Cowl Comfy Cowl or Woobie Provisional Cast On (Crochet) Video Kitchner Stitch Video Debbie Bliss Paloma Halloween 2011. That’s me in the red deer mask in the back. Sorry the photo of the Owls sweater isn’t that sharp. The Halloween Party Bus theme this year was Red Devils.

Episode 34: Ready, Start Your Engines...

 Download Episode 33Yes, we're planning to dive back into sweater knitting because again, it is Fall!On/Off the Needles: Ananke (Ravelry link) BYOB Toe up Socks for Every Body Pembroke Vest Morningside Neckwarmwer Light as a Feather Smoke Ring (Ravelry link) Gail aka nightsong Sierra Lace Cardigan Sublime Extra Fine Luxurious Merino Riveting (Kollage yarn) Midnight Little Red/Sweater Design: Cria Chickadee Lauriel (all ravelry links) Festival Season: Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival Google + Database: Google + Group on Ravelry Music Featured: Carmen Miranda - "Tico Tico" Zero Suspiro - "Conversatione" Xavier Cugat - "Papa Loves Mambo" 

Episode 33: Sweaters are the New Socks

This one is all about Shetland Sheep! I had a long conversation with Tracy & Tom of McTavish Shetlands. McTavish Shetlands Blog McTavish Shetlands Homepage Picasa Photo Album of photos from my trip. Apologies for some of the photos being blurry. I’m a podcaster not a photographer, Jim! More about Shetland sheep from Jamieson & Smith Oregon Wool - perfect place to buy local Oregon Fiber Tracy’s Felted Shetland Vest. Read more about it on the blog. Illustrated History of Needlework Tools Knitting Sheaths & Belts at the Old and Interesting website Demo of how to knit with one hand (video). This is most likely how people used the knitting sheaths. Music Featured:Ease on Down the Road

Episode 32: Road Trip & Shetlands

It's all about the Sock Summit 2011, but it's not just about knitting socks. Sock Summit was one heck of a big party for knitters, spinners and fiber enthusiasts. Rachel & Natale talk at the sock summit Sock Summit Craft Lit Podcast Petite Purls Sweet Georgia Yarns Pomegranate Sierra Summer Lace Cardigan Wrap (PDF) World’s Largest Sock Portland Yarn Store List Sweet Georgia Yarns Director Park Downtown Portland OR Sweet Georgia Yarns Shop Sweet Georgia Yarns Sweet Georgia’s Ravelry Group Felecia’s Twitter ID: @HeySweetGeorgia About Knitting & Spinning with Silk Hankies Tactile Fiber Arts Tactile Fiber Arts Ravelry Group Maia’s Twitter ID: @MaiaSpins Fleece to Foot Bethany Hendrickson and Fleece to Foot Kuelap Fingerless Gloves BethanyHendrickson.com Fleece to Foot play by play from Oregon.Live.com Happy Knits Happy Knits flickr.com/happyknit Sweet Georgia Yarns Pomegranate Photo Podcasting tool kit at the Sock Summit PurpleYarnQueen's hand spun sock yarn in all it's purple glory! Me waiting in the sun by the Bell before the No Po walking trek The long line during the opening day of the MarketplaceThe World's Largest Sock (WIP) at the Sock Summit. It was like knitting a yurt!

Episode 31: Sock Summit - A Knitter's Jamboree

Music Featured: Andrew Sisters - Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Woogie Beat Big Joe Turner - Rock the Joint Links: Nautillina Lanesplitter Skirt Poems Yarn Fibre Company Canopy Yarn The Naked Sheep Knit Shop Article: Ravelry Beats Facebook Supportland Happy Knits (website) Happy Knits (raverly group) Ravelry Group on Sock Summit Little Red in the City Knitting America Monmouth Cap Short History of the Monmouth Cap Ryeland Sheep Donna Druchunas Arctic Lace Successful Lace Knitting Oregon Live Knitting Blog Sock Summit Walking Tour Thread (Ravelry) Sock Knitting SegmentWorksheets:1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern3.) Heel Flap Extension Correction: I mentioned the Inuit people in referencing the "Arctic Lace" book. This is incorrect as the book covers the traditions of the Native or Indigenous Peoples of Alaska. Inuit actually refers to the Northern Native Peoples in Canada & Greenland. Lanesplitter Skirt Panel Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn Bindoff (Video)

Episode 30 - Support Your Local (Knitting) Businesses

Report out from 2011's Blacksheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon. I find the wheel of my dreams. A little about our lovely national holiday and knitting during the American Revolutionary War. Music Featured Bugle Rag Call - Glen Miller Links McTavish Farms (Contact Tom for more info on McTavish Wheelworks and his fabulous spinning wheels)Dicentra Designs on Etsy / On RavelryStitchJones (On Etsy)Dudelace Group on RavelryGood Reads Book List on US HistoryiCivicsNo Idle HandsMonmouth Hat PatternSock Knitting SegmentWorksheets:1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern 3.) Heel Flap Extension

Episode 29 - Shetland, Wheels and the Grand Ol' Fourth

 Cave behind the South Falls at Silver Falls State Park In this episode There’s a bit about a hike in the woods and knitting socks in nature Something about lace for dudes. Mention of podcasts I love from across the pond. and the continuation of the sock saga. Erosional ChimneySeabuckthorn Plant (WIkipedia)Sea Berry Plant (One Green World Catalog)Exploring Shimada’s Sock Class (Class is taught by Gayle Roehm)Purl District in Silverton, ORKnitting ThimbleDudelace Group on RavelrySock Summit Group on RavelryI Am Addicted (Natalie’s Blog)Natknit DailyOn twitter you can find me as: @Cloudynatknit Sock Knitting Segment Worksheets:1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern3.) Heel Flap ExtensionOther Tutorials and SupportCome to Silver’s Sock Tutorial - Short Row Heel Part ICome to Silver’s Sock Tutorial - Short Row Heel Part IIJudy’s Magic Cast OnTurkish Cast On Podcasts from Across the PondElectric Sheep A Playful Day Caithness Craft Collective Sock Pattern Links More Photos from the Hike Music used:Shake that Little Foot - Lark in the Clean Air Cave

Episode 28 - A Hike in the Woods

 Socks from my handpainted sock yarn This is the one where I knit socks, socks and more socks... and try the Starmore sweater one more time!Music FeaturedBallad of the Black Chihuahua - Jon RauhausSwim Out - The Toothaches (sorry I featured them last time but I’m on a New Wave kick)Inventio #2 in C Minor (Bach) - Learning MusicBeach KnittingAlice Starmore’s LochinverDyeing TutorialsHow to Handpaint Roving - great tutorial Dyeing Silk Roving More on Dyeing Silk Roving Cascade Eco WoolFire on the Mountain#knitchatString & Beans BlogMake1Inc’s SiteUpdatesBlack Sheep Gathering in Eugene June 24-26Black Sheep BingoContest Thread - Help me figure out what to do with this yarn!Information about the No Po informal walking tour (Ravelry) - I’ll be updating this more...Sock Pattern LinksWorksheets:1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern3.) Heel Flap ExtensionCome to Silver Sock TutorialsCat Bordhi’s Tutorial on Knitting on Two Circular Needles

Episode 27- Riding the New Sock Wave

 Yarns on the left are some of my handdyed sockyarns This one is all about finishing by blocking and getting ready for the Sock Summit. Music used: Django Rhinehardt - Exactly Like You The Toothaches - Don’t Be Lonely Show note links: Sublime Mandarin (Actually I messed up the version with the sleeves is called Siam) Sock Summit site Sock Summit group/forums on Ravelry Cat Bordhi’s New Pathways for Sock Knitters- Book I. All the lovely places on No Po’s Mississippi Avenue The official Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber group in Ravelry Painted Turtle Afghan BUHBYE’s Tropical Fruit Punch Afghan PuffyGriffinClaw’s Wine and Cashmere How to participate in a #knitchat Knitting with ramen noodles Contest: Help me find a way to use this yarn. Post your suggestions at the Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber forum in Ravelry Make1Inc (Vashte’s) pattern website.

Episode 26 - Keeping all the Pieces Together

In this episode Natalie tells all about her day at the Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival as well as her spinning adventures during the month of April. Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival Dicentra Designs on Etsy / On Ravelry Tussah Silk Artfibers Tantra A Verb for Keeping Warm Duncan Fiber Enterprises Cherry Hill Alpacas Sincere Sheep Pico Accaurdi Dyeworks Falkland Wool Black Sheep Gathering Sock Summit Blue Faced Leicester Frabjous Fibers (didn't purchase from the festival) Imperial Stock Ranch (fibers) The cat that ate the business card sitting on my Columbia wool! Sample skein of purple yarn made from Columbia fiber Hand spindle with Blue Faced Leicester from Frabjous Fibers 80% Merino & 20% Silk with Terroir fiber from Sincere Sheep Suri Alpaca Lace. 

Episode 25 - Fiber Love Madness

We're both so ready for Spring weather and a repreive from the continuous downpour that has innundated the Northwest this year. On & Off the Needles: Baby Bunny Beanie Baby Hat Tweed Baby Blanket Shawl Collared Cowl Pembroke Baby Vest Baby to Toddler Socks Doughnut Toy Two Seam Cube Toy (pdf) Honeycomb Skirt from Tunisian Crochet Scottish Highland Knits Cellini Yarn from Artfibers Photos: Blue Baby Socks, Trellis Sweater Hooray for Spring Knitting: Spring things in our queue for the near future Rachel Baby things      socks hats toys Little lace projects & cowls From Russia with Love (pdf) Shawl Collared Cowl   Coral Gables Scarf    Natalie Buttercup in Hempathy Nautilina Shawl Striae Shawl Springtime in Philadelphia Tam Twitter Chat or #knitchat #knitchat is a 1 hour Twitter chat that happens every Thursday night from 6:30-7:30 PST To follow and participate in #knitchat simply follow and tweet the hashtag "twitterchat" Shout out and thanks to participants of #knitchat @yarnsalad, @McDGG, @MrsKniterati Paper.li the Online Twitter & Facebook Paper http://paper.li/ - my version is called the Natknit Daily Music Featured: Blue Skies - Betty Hutton 

Episode 24 - Hello Spring!

 So I did fall off wagon. But I am valiantly getting back on and starting all over again. Shetland Trader - Gudrun Johnston Quince and Company (yarns) Persistent Illusion PDX LYS Map:  You can find links to all the yarn stores mentioned in this podcast on this site. Thank you, Judy Becker, for putting this together for us. Alpaca Lace: Yarnia Charrierana yarn Yarnia Video Urban Fiber Arts Stitchjones gorgeous and color-popping yarns and fiber Cropped Crochet Cardigan #knitchat details.... Bettna Jacket (posted by KnitnRide on Flickr) Knitting Pure and Simple Hoodie Leyfi Pullover by Rosemary Hill Lana Seta -Ooops I said...Lana Seta (Ravelry Link) Photo from the Morguefile: http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/214462 MusicLee Rosevere - Up All Night Sally Gardens - SláinteCow Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald & the InkspotsBack in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry        

Episode 23 - The Wagon

  Sorry Explicit this time because I used the S-bomb.... but only once. This one is all about art.   Music & Sound Featured: Istanbul - Ella Fitzgerald & Bing Crosby Classic Routine - Jack Benny and Mel Blanc Ooop Shoop - Gosprom La Cumparsita - Carlos Molina Yarn Bombing: Yarn Bombing Images (Google Image Search) Giant Knitting (Art): Rachel John's Art Installation Video Article Rachel John's Website Freeform Crochet/Knitting: Freeform Crochet Examples Freeform Crochet and Beyond by Renate Kirkpatrick. FiberCamp Boston 2011: What is an Unconference? FiberCamp Homepage Ravelry Thread Session Page 2011 - you must request access to view. Yarn Lust Confessions: Elann.com's LE Milano Artfibers Anime Yarn - inspired by Miyazaki   Film: The Illusionist - Animated Film (2010)   My Scrumble (Freeform Crochet)    

Episode 22 - Art for Fiber's Sake

Two fiber and craft obsessed individuals chat and explore what it means to live in a DIY Nation. We will explore what it means to be a knitter, crocheter, a crafter and explore the world of fiber and craft in our own little corner of the world in the Pacific Northwest.

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