04 May, 2013

Episode 184: We are Snobs!


Show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com

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Show Notes:

Weigh in:

Finished: Little elephant, Pagona

Started TGV in handspun

Still going: Ink & Rams and Yowes

Portion control:

Desert Vista Dyeworks

North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Mary Maxim

Fit to Flatter

Spin off

Fiber Exercise:

Wool Gatherings

North Cabin Fiber Crafts

Taste Testing:

Grey Suffolk

Teeswater

A La Carte:

Happy Street

Garden Path

In the Kitchen:

Homesick Texan Carnitas

Smitten Kitchen Blog

 

Pot Luck:

Shuswap towels

Philosophers Wool Colour your own

April should be in Paris

Rue’s Dandelion Cowl

Recipes:

Knit- Topia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8707005175/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708127866/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8707025691/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708147590/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708147708/

Spinning Class

 New podcast- Twinset designs

On the Menu:

GG&PL

Yellow Ribbon

Michigan Fiber Fest

KITM

Gadget Corner:

Gaugefy free


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16 April, 2013

Episode 183: What else?


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Ep: 183

Weigh in:

Ink- Highland Handmades

Finished: Variance Cowl- Mystery sock yarn

Portion control:

Socks!

Fiber Exercise:

580 yards dk : NCFC and hand dyed

Taste Testing:

Will talk about them next week.

A La Carte:

What (else) would Madame Defarge Knit?

Patterns

CraftLit

In the Kitchen:

Pepper Bellies

Pot Luck:

Inverse cornerstone Blanket

Spin to knit shawl

Santa Barbara Sweater

Girasole

Recipes:

Easter- Bucket overflow

Zilch-

Wreck it Ralph

Bumper baby

Furniture shopping

Dude! He got up!

Coffee ratings

Back to work

On the Menu:

Knit- Topia

GGPLS

KitM

Gadget Corner:

Cable needle ring

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8650794510/

 


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29 March, 2013

Episode 182: All about the Crack


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Weigh in:

Frogged:

Winging it

Finished:

Sock head hat,

 Wool eater blanket

(Back post not front post)

Started:

Sock head hat2,

Ink

Yarn Barf- If I had 4 arms

Still going:

Rams & Yowes

Portion control:

Outlandish swap

Fiber Exercise:

No spinning this week

Cooking School:

Measuring yourself

A La Carte:

Spring Noggin

In the Kitchen:

Coffee popcorn!

Corn dogs

Pot Luck:

Twigs and willows

Exploring stripes beaded bag

Weekend get-a-way satchel

Sweater 2013

Field Report:

Homecoming party

Recipes:

Getting rid of cable: West Wing, Star trek

G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Some Stuff)

Broken mugs

New podcast: Fiber Hooligans

Hobo salve (contact me on Ravelry for email)

Easter plans

On the Menu:

Knit-Topia- 1st weekend

Guts, grit & pink lipstick

Knittin’ in the mitten

Gadget Corner:

Lucy Neatby’s New Craftsy class

 


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14 March, 2013

Episode 181: A little Distracted


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Field Report:

He’s home!

Thank you to everyone for this year of support!

The ceremony

The reunion

Unpacking

Homecoming party

Recipes:

Hair cut/nails

Stress = Sick!

Good enough is good enough!

Shearing day

Weigh in:

Rams & Yowes

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CoggieTM/rams-and-yowes-2

Sockhead hat

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CoggieTM/sockhead-hat

Portion control:

Cones from Shady Side Farm

Highland Handmades- Worth Waiting for & A talk with my man.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8557856168/

Fiber Exercise:

Spinning my dyed SWM

Taste Testing:

Wexford Knits podcast is doing a

 “Covered in sheep” afghan

Cooking School:

On recess

A La Carte:

Sew Red

In the Kitchen:

Paleo or whole food diet research

Mommybear’s Smoothie

2 Handfuls of fresh baby spinach

1/2 an orange

1 apple cored (leave peel on)

1 banana

5 strawberries (you could probably use like 10 raspberries instead)

1 cup of low-fat plain yogurt

 

You can use ice, I don't because of the amount it is I would rather drink it the way it comes out so that I can drink it fast because it’s a lot.

Pot Luck:

All the shades of truth

Craino

Granny’s baby throw

Ripple crochet blanket

On the Menu:

Knit-Topia

Guts Grit and Pink Lipstick

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner: Stanwood Needlecraft Ball winder


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01 March, 2013

Episode 180: RED, white & blue


Show notes are located at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com

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Weigh in:

Crosswords at the coffee shop- Cuppa by Turtlepurl

Winging it- Eco Plus

Rams & Yowes- Hand dyed Shady Side Farm mill spun dk

Portion control:

none

Fiber Exercise:

My dyed fiber & My fave from North Cabin Fiber crafts.

Cooking School:

Hand exercises!

A La Carte:

Sew Red-

Stitch Red

Jimmy Beans Wool Co.

In the Kitchen:

Cranberry Cobbler

2 cups bisquick

½  stick butter or oleo

¼ cup sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 cup milk

¼ cup chopped pecans

1 bag cranberries

In bowl blend 1st 4 ingredients until crumbles. Add milk and stir.

In buttered pan- put cranberries. Pour the mix over the top. Sprinkle with pecans.

Bake at 350 - 30-40 min or until toothpick comes clean.

Serve warm with cold Greek yogurt.

Pot Luck:

Summer Top

Fox’s Baby Love Blanket

On the Bias Fingerless Mitts

Range Wrap in Greens

Field Report:

Sarge is back on US soil!!

Recipes:

Whole lot of cleaning!

On the Menu:

Shearing day

Sarge’s homecoming

Knit- Topia

GGPL

KitM13

Gadget Corner:

Ipod/phone holder


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20 February, 2013

Episode 179: Shorter than Normal


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Accessable show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com 

Episode 179: Shorter than Normal

Weigh in:

Finished: Calligraphy- North Hampton sport

Frogged: Cowl

Hibernated: Mitts

Still Going: Crosswords at the coffee shop- Cuppa by Turtlepurl

Started: Winging it Portion control:

Webs: Eco +- Dark Green, Cascade 220 Heathers- Olive

Highland Handmades: GH Winter & Summer

Miss Babs: Ponytail

Miss Ivy’s Originals- Grosgrain ribbon

Digits Designs- Leather look buttons

ITW club- Take it to the bridge

Fiber Exercise:

Truffle from Yarn Hollow 2 ply

My dyed fiber & My fave from North Cabin Fiber crafts.

Cooking School:

Finishing school

A La Carte:

Crochet by Kathy

In the Kitchen:

Roasted potato soup

On baking sheet put:

2-3 baking potatoes- cubed

1 small onion- cubed

2 cloves of garlic (whole)

Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with chopped parsley

Roast until tender at 350 degrees

Mash together in stock pot.

Add enough veggie stock to get soup. Bring to a simmer. Serve with parsley, cheese and bacon

Pot Luck:

Not So Itty Bitty Giraffe for Mason

Brioche

First Fairisle Hat

Field Report:

Skype

Recipes:

Bobbins up Drawing- Snotestine!! (new podcast- KnitSip)

Deep cleaning the house, New curtains

On the Menu:

Shearing day

Knit- Topia

GGPL

KitM13

Gadget Corner:

Ply Magazine


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