21 July, 2009

Episode 36: The Odd Couple Returns

Sorry everyone, you can tell Coggie has a slight summer cold in this one.

Weigh in:
Coggie:

Finished: Crochet cardigan
Closed look
Still going: Mara shawl named Myra, Mystery Bag along
Bams:
Finished: Harris Tweed Socks (Bitch Tweed)
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Started: Oak Leaf Socks
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Still going: Faux Russian Stole &
Vivian
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Fiber Exercise:
Bams:
Tour Spinning, Prepping Jacob Fleece
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Coggie:
Finished spinning Cherry Chip
Cherry Chip
Started spinning: Vee’s room
Vee's Room Yarn
Abby’s yarns!: Go ahead be a Beginner
Our exercise:
Bams: Keeping steady & maintaining her goal
Coggie: Down two pounds
Recipes:
Coggie: shopping spree
Bams: Second ever sweater it’s adorable!
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Weaving in and finishing
Gerald R Ford Museum
Block House
Sock Innovations by Cookie A.
Retreat Stuff
Snogging
On the menu for this month:
Coast Guard Festival
Michigan Fiber Festival – We are the odd couple here.
Stitch-n-Pitch- August 2 Sign up by July 22 at City Knitting
Gadget Corner:
Lavender Bags for your wool and fiber Lavender for my wool fiber

14 July, 2009

Episode 35: Coggies Return to Spinning

Weigh in:

Bams:
Finished: Jack Sparrow Favorite socks
Still going: Vivian, Faux Russian Stole, Harris Tweed socks

Coggietm:
Still going: Myra
Started: Ribbon Yarn Jacket from plus size crochet, Mystery Bag along

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie:
Almost done spinning BFL- Cherry Chip
Product from LladyLlama

Bams:
Finished lace weight from Yarn Hollow
Tour de Fleece:
Red heather –Sweaters worth?
Product from Zarzuela’s Etsy

Our exercise:

Coggie: Walking a lot, down a total of 7 pounds now
Bams: Power 90

You just got schooled:
On hold until Tour de fleece is done.

Look what I found:
My First Sweater by DolyDimple pattern Loppem by Norah Gaughan
Beachy Make Up Bag by Savetheplanknit pattern Sundance Make Up Bag by Joƫlle Meier

Recipes:
Twitter win from Hudson Valley Fiber Farm
Selling knitting machines
Army of Women

On the menu for this month:
Fiber Arts Festival Castle Farms in Charlevoix MI- July 25-26
Coggie meant Carthage college, WI
Lots of stitch-n-pitches all over

Gadget Corner:
Entrelac markers: Lizardtoes or Knitting2relax gave me Meowingdogs