Monday, February 2, 2015

Episode 4 ~ Delayed 3 Weeks







Welcomes:
EmmaTheBankGeek – Yarn on Over podcaster, 16 years old! Yay!

What am I wearing?
Nuvem Shawl by Martina  Behm

Finished Objects:
Leyburn Socks by MintyFresh from Blue Moon Fiberarts in “The Incredible Shrinking Violet” colorway.

WIPS:
Yowza Weigh It Shawl 2 by Susan B. Anderson knit in Miss Babs Yowza in the Spiriz colorway
Kraken Knuckles by Annie Watts from Invictus Yarns Unafraid in the “HOT” colorway, and Cascade Heritage Silk in White. Leftovers from my Color Affection

KALS:
Fingering-along, talk more in depth about it:
·         Cast on anytime you see this (any projects from January count)
·         Has to be knit or crocheted from fingering weight
·         At least 50g
·         I will be having prizes, I will show them to you guys once they all come in
·         Ends March 31
·         I have posted both threads, the chatter thread and FO thread

Enabling:
Miss Babs Yowza
Silver Shed USA
A Homespun House project bag
Kirby Wirby yarns

Random Chatter:
College Classes: College Skills course, and Keyboarding course
Nephew is down sick
Snow day
Finals next week for high school

Please Note: At the end of this podcast. I told you guys that I will record this past weekend. I did not have a chance to do so, but I am hoping to soon! Sorry again for being delayed so much...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Episode 3 ~ A Little Under the Weather




Shownotes:
Welcomes:
Jessie25 – Jessie from Washington she is 17 years old as well!
Mezziknits – Melody from Winston Georgia
Angeiship – Andrea from Ontario Canada
Denbren – Denise from Laurel, Maryland
GMaggie – Randi from Indiana
Emilcarv1963 – Emilia from Boston, Massachusetts
LizsCreations – Lizette from Texas
Knitgirlwalking – Pam from Murrieta CA
Finished Objects:
Plain Vanilla socks out of Red Heart Heart & Sole in the “Rustica” colorway           
Plain Vanilla socks out of Mint Rain Hand dyed Yarns in the “Peppermint Bark” colorway
Curvaceous Shawl by LarissaBrown made out of Shibui Knits Sock and Quaere Fibre.
A lot of Barn Raising Quilt Squares
Works In Progress:
Leyburn Socks by MintyFresh made from BMFA STR LW
Brainstorming:
Giveaway:
100 member giveaway winner was post #13 Jessie25
My Goals:
1.       Finish or Frog all UFOs by December 31
2.       Knit 12 pairs or more socks
3.       Knit mom socks
4.       Knit more from stash
5.       Knit from library and queue
6.       Only buy yarn/patterns that I will start in the near future
7.       Join sock madness and Tour de sock, maybe sock sniper
8.       Join at least 3 kals
9.       Spin more from stash
10.   Knit more shawls
11.   Knit more than 21 projects
12.   Knit more for custom knitting
13.   Knit more colorwork
14.   Knit more mitts
15.   Wear my knits I have made for myself
16.   Knit Gini something.
17.   Knit in public more often.
KAL:
I mention briefly, a KAL that is taking place over on the Ravelry group. I will talk more about it on Episode 4.
Enabling:
Yarnderwoman Podcast had a holiday card swap, and I got mine in, Shows the card, needles, and handmade bag from my partner.
Package from Gini ~ 3 skeins of folio, 4 skeins of patons kroy socks, lots of fabric, including muslin, nail polish, addi 8” circs after hearing about them on the Praire Girls Knit and Spin podcast
Knitters Pride Cubics needles in size 0 (already knitting with them)
Favorite Podcasts:
Audio:
My Muddlings  - new podcast, from Australia, super adorable

Video:
Stockinette Zombies – Amy’s mother is the genius behind Silver Shed USA

Random Chatter:
How do you store your yarn and needles?
Problems viewing the podcast, I will be having troubles getting my podcast uploaded to Youtube and Itunes…
Holidays, what did I do


You can find my on Ravelry as Punkin97.
And you can find the Ravelry Group: here.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Episode 2 ~ Still Not Fully Awake




Welcomes:
Saratogaknitting – Lisa from Saratoga Springs, NY
Bringmethehorizon – Natasha from Ottawa, ON, Canada, another knitter my age!!!
Krinkelmaus– Barbara from Germany
Works in Progress:
Sock Yarn Blanket by Shelly Kang
Still working on the Curvaceous Shawl by Larissa Brown. Only a few rows of progress on it.
Showed the Mustache stitch marker from Little Skein in theBig Wool on etsy.
Plain Vanilla Socks made from Red Heart Heart and Sole sock yarn in the rustica colorway
Brainstorming:
Wrist Computer Cushion by Rachel Levine aka yarntalk who is a listener
Another shawl with the handspun battlings.
Spinning:
Hobbledehoy Battlings started after recording on Saturday.         
Shows spinatude spindle
Enabling:
Mint Rain sock yarn in “Peppermint Bark” colorway
Spin Off magazine
Random Chatter:
First socks develop holes.
Another pair, felted a lot…
100 member giveaway
I got a tote so I can put my unloved knits in to give away.