High Fiber Diet Podcast

Episode 142: Inner Twelve Year Old

2012-01-23T16:05:00.002-05:00

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Giants are going to the superbowl!
Weigh in:
Finished: Vancouver Scarf
Frogged: Pants
Still going: Calligraphy Cardigan, Retreat socks
Started: Lacy Sweater for lil’ miss Z
Stash growth: Fibernymph
Trifecta of Fiber club- My 1st club.
Fiber Exercise:
Finished: Bo Peep 258 yds
Started Coopswarth- Woolen
Balance after plying- soaking
Lazy Kate on Bug- Wrap fiber bump to keep away from Cats
My exercise:
On Recess due to Dwarves visit
Cooking School:
Pilling- Stone vs. Cutter
Stretchy cast on and bind off
In the Kitchen:
Homemade Nutella
Pot Luck:
Check the projects in the Ravelry group.
Drill Sergeant:
Playwithcolors
A La Carte:
Veera Valimaki
Recipes:
Homemade Febreeze (fabric/room freshener)
1/2 gal water
1/2 gal vinegar
1 tbl Extract of choice (make sure it does not have sugar in it)
Mix and spray.

-Orange infused vinegar

Podcast Shout outs:
Moonie knits Podcast
Wexford Knits podcast
Whatcha Swatchin podcast

Shout out: Mother Bears for Cogknitive podcast collection at Stitches west
On the Menu:
Shout out for: Puffy Mondaes Retreat
Knit-topia April
Knittin’in the Mitten- KISS November
Gadget Corner:
Crochet I-cord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXsRkr1oWo

Episode 141: KaPop!

2012-01-16T16:58:00.003-05:00

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Weigh in:

Finished:
Baby hats
Ear bud warmer
Still going:
Retreat socks- heel of sock 2
Calligraphy- Raglan shaping
Vancouver Scarf- Almost done
Started:
Sheepy pants for lil’ bear

Fiber Exercise:

Pumpkin Spice- 324 yards

Bo Peep

My exercise:

Not much- Fell of the wagon

Cooking School:

Spinning rules??
Toothbrush!
Another Fiber study shawl

In the Kitchen:

Freezer cooking

Heart shaped cinnamon rolls from a tube

Pot Luck:

Purple Lace Throw
Grey Bear
Vitamin G Cardigan
Harold's Hunting Gloves
Maxine Mini-Maxi Cowl

Drill Sergeant:

Spinning Buddy

A La Carte:

Etsy store : Woolgatherings

Recipes:

Sarge was gone: I played.
Venus series by Lucy Neatby
Apps- Angry birds- Eagle
Beavers Revenge
Spa day- The Tea!!- Amazing!!
ABOSAA- My Ravatar right now
Snow!

On the Menu:

Recovering my office chair! A must.
Knit Topia- one spot has opened up
Knittin’ in the mitten- Waiting list

Gadget Corner:

Office clip and Plastic bread tags

Episode 140: Hello 2012

2012-01-07T11:51:00.002-05:00

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Weigh in:
NYCO – Started and finished

Still going- Vancouver scarf, Retreat socks
UFO- Calligraphy
Fiber Exercise:
None
My exercise:
Sitting- lots of sitting
treadmill
Cooking School:
Felting
In the Kitchen:
Split Pea Soup
Pot Luck:
Quilt Wrap
sock yarn blanket
Rowan's Christmas Stocking
Not Just Black Scarflette

Drill Sergeant:
AGoodYarn asked- Mountainpurl answered
Bethanyg- What happens if you have nitrogen filled tires, but one late night in a desperate move you need to fill a tire and use regular air?
Batteries in presents
QA vs QC
A La Carte:
Walnut grove shawl
Knitpurlgurl
Recipes:
Theme for 2012-
Coggie- Knitting costs less than therapy
Sarge- Get some
Drawing for Book- What would Madame DeFarge Knit?
Paulyknits video podcast
Thank you:
TGknits- Fetches

TMKR- cookies
On the Menu:
Yellow Ribbon
Knit-Topia
Knittin’ in the Mitten- Kiss - Full- Waiting list is available
Gadget Corner:
Digital Postal Scale

Episode 139: Goodbye 2011!

2012-01-02T23:30:00.003-05:00

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Weigh in:
Blocked: Costa Rica Shawl

Finished:
Take 2

Spartan hat #1
Still going:
Retreat socks
UFO:
Calligraphy sweater
Fiber Exercise:
None this week
My exercise:
Treadmill and yoga
Ice for the hand
Cooking School:
NYCO 2010- Raglan sweater

Steeking

In the Kitchen:
Pepperoni Crescent rolls

Pot Luck:
Summer is a Flyin' by
Stitch Sampler Shawl
very simple christmas shawl
Christmas-y Green, But No-Purls
Kureyon Scarf

A La Carte:
Nadita Swings
Recipes:
Christmas
New Year Plans:
Stepping into the New Year
Commuter Knapsack
Headbands
Want to learn to sew
Theme for 2012
On the Menu:
Knit-Topia 2012
Knittin’ in the Mitten - KISS
Gadget Corner:
Spray bottle:
Blocking
And for the car: Ice Proofing the Car Windows with 2/3 Vinegar 1/3 water! Just spray on windows and ice will melt away!

Episode 138 Holiday Pinterest

2011-12-23T10:34:00.003-05:00

Weigh in:

Blocking
Finished: Thick cowl

Gap-tastic cowl, Hats for the boys
Still going:Take 2, Retreat socks
Brain hat- need wig form

Fiber Exercise:

Spinning pumpkin spice- Hand dyed

My exercise:

Treadmill/Yoga/Cleaning

Cooking School:

Hand Scrub-Exercises hands and shoulders

In the Kitchen:

Homemade instant Chai
Ingredients
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1 cup French vanilla powdered non-dairy creamer
2 ½ cups white sugar
1 ½ cups unsweetened instant tea
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cardamom
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice
¼ tsp white pepper
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and blend until it is a fine powder (If you have a small food processor, you can combine just the instant tea and spices in the food processor & then combine everything together in a bowl).
Add two-three tablespoons of mix to 8 ounces of hot water or milk.

Pot Luck:

Secret Santa 2011

Purple angles

Treads
Kat and Scarlett's Sock Monkey Hats

Drill Sergeant:

Nothing really

Recipes:

Calendar for Breast Cancer
Twitter #knitchat & #Spinchat
46 weeks (4 to 6 weeks)
Selfish knitting Month!!

On the Menu:

KitM 2012- Same Lodge, Nov 8-11th /$225

Gadget Corner:

Wood Butter

Episode 137: No Police

2011-12-12T12:48:00.002-05:00

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Weigh in:
Finished:
Hedwig’s flight

Mantle

Bandana cowl

Purple ruffles

Started:
Gap-tastic cowl- Frogged

Scarf
Brain hat

Still going
Retreat socks
Vancouver scarf
Fiber Exercise:
Highland Handmade fiber
My exercise:
Doctor’s appt
Cooking School:
Singles
In the Kitchen: Boo’s favorite cookie
CHOCOLATE OATMEAL NO-BAKE COOKIES
2 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
1 stick butter 1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla 3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup peanut butter
Combine sugar, cocoa, butter and milk in a saucepan.
On medium heat, bring to a boil for one full minute.
Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter (optional), vanilla and oatmeal.
Drop by spoonful onto wax paper. Let cool for at least 30 minutes.
Pot Luck:
Quick Knit Flouncey Scarf
Christmas Stocking Cap
Afghan for Us
Quincy
Olivia the Canuck

Drill Sergeant:
Christmas gifts
Recipes:
Nothing but crafting and working
On the Menu:
Christmas-
Gadget Corner:
Knitty Winter bis 2011

Episode 136: Soap & Water

2011-12-06T17:25:00.003-05:00

Weigh in:
Retreat socks- One done- 2nd cast on
Vancouver Scarf- 75% done
Take 2-November Wrap- 6 more rows
Advent Calendar Shawl- Gave up
Fiber Exercise:
Stormy weather and Gun Metal grey 2 ply 485 yards

Hogwarts Express

My exercise:
Caught the crud- No voice for a week- Bad cough.
No exercise but watching what I am eating.
Kindle and Audio books- Good reads
Cooking School:
New Year’s goals:
New years Cast on- Crochet!
Pulling out UFO’s
Steel topper, Blue ink, Christmas Afghan
Susie Coat
Grill Sarge: Another question
In the Kitchen:.
Applesauce oatmeal raisin cookies
Pot Luck:
Thankful Scarf
GRINCH
Wedding Afghan
A Stocking for Dave
Huggable Penguin
A Christmas Carol
Lainey's hat

Brain hat

Recipes:
Kertzmarkt

Cast iron pans
Thanksgiving on Saturday
San Marco Coffee
Thank you for the reviews- helives_WWJD- Please PM me on Rav your address.
Mini skein Swap
On the Menu:
Snow-
Christmas- New Years Eve
Gadget Corner:
Cat eats drive band- Tractor supply- Butchers Twine $3.99

Episode 136: Soap & Water

2011-12-04T21:01:00.001-05:00

Show notes soon!!

Episode 135: Not Me

2011-11-21T16:11:00.003-05:00

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Weigh in:
Retreat Socks

Vancouver scarf- Yarn Hollow

Woven Scarf- Chroma

Attached Snaps and buttons to Tapanzee

Fiber Exercise:

Key Lime- 250 yards

Stormy Weather

Gun Metal- Tightly braided

My exercise:

Lots going on here

Cooking School:

Color work

In the Kitchen:

Garlic Lime Chicken fajitas

Pot Luck:

Aniyah's Jive Turkey Hat
DeJavu Thermis
Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket
Baby sucky thumb mitt
Hat for bro

Recipes:

Destressing!
Book 5 of HP- Order of the Phoenix
Book 5 of Outlander- now at Audible
Grand Baby time!

Thanksgiving plans change
Small Christmas planned
Mini Skein Swap

On the Menu:

Knit-Topia-Attending
Camp KIP- Not attending
Knittin’ in the Mitten 2011/12-
KnitCirus
Cooperative Press

Gadget Corner:
Celtic Meditation Music Specialists $9.99 on iTunes

Contest: CraftSanity Mag- Thank you Yarn Hollow for the give away

Episode 134: Knittin' in the Mitten recap

2011-11-09T17:19:00.003-05:00

No real show notes for this episode either- sorry
Game- Last knitter standing

Scrumpy's

Hostess gifts
Thank you everyone for the day trip to the massage
Other gifts: Thank you!!

Special: Knittin' in the Mitten Live and Unedited

2011-11-09T17:17:00.001-05:00

There are no show notes for this but I will link you to the photo album

Episode 133: Running on Overdrive

2011-11-02T00:10:00.005-04:00

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Weigh in:
Finished:
Lined Beanie

Frogged:
Pizzazz

Started:
November Wrap
Retreat Socks
Fiber Exercise:
New Spindle
My exercise:
Doctor’s visits
New meds- Lots of testing
Cooking School:
On recess
In the Kitchen:
Sheep Treats
Pot Luck:
Arvi
Lined Beanie
Tequilla Sunrise
Drill Sergeant:
Sarge comes home
Shift change
Recipes:
Doll house
BB gun
Shopping:
Wolfe Farms- Thank you for the treats
Unwind yarn Company
Dawn Texaspurlgurl- Thank you
On the Menu:
Knittin’ in the Mitten
Sponsors:
Cooperative press
Signature Needles
Fiber Dreams

Gadget Corner:
Post it notes

Episode 132: The non-Bitchy one

2011-10-26T14:29:00.002-04:00

Weigh in:
Finished Tapanzee

Started- Pizzazz

Still going-, Lined hat.

Fiber Exercise:
None- Wheels are buried
My exercise:
Same treadmill/yoga/dancing
Cooking School:
Sock poem
In the Kitchen:
Fruit wraps
Flour tortillas
Fruit pie filling
Melted butter
Cinnamon sugar
Put tortilla down and brush butter around outer edge
Put a spoon full of filling in center
Fold like a burrito, making sure to butter edge that closes it.
Brush butter on outside and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
Bake at 350 for 10-15 min or until browned.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
Pot Luck:
Amphitheater of Forest
Day of the Dead Mittens
Traveling Stitch Legwarmers
First Toe Up Socks
LaLa's Sparkle Shrug (2)
Colorful Cardie
Drill Sergeant:
Sarge has passed his class!
Recipes:
Box of tears
Princess Bride
Shawl Curtain
Spinning day:
15 minutes oops- was only 12 minutes
Wool boobies

Core spinning
Lecture from Boo
On the Menu:
Knittin’ in the mitten
Sponsors:
Knitting Tackle- Livin4fishin on Ravelry

Little Ladybug Designs
LorrieU
MargoKP
Patternworks
Prism Arts
Spinning wheel sleuth
Yarn Sisters
Wool2dye4
Gadget Corner:
Pinterest- Sign up! So much inspiration!

Episode 131: Love Letters

2011-10-11T11:05:00.006-04:00

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Weigh in:
Finished: Baby Hats (picture soon)
Still going: Tapanzee

Fiber Exercise:
Venus needs surgery.
Roo got a bath.
WindSwept Sweater- Aran singles

My exercise:
Treadmill, Dancing, Yoga

Cooking School:
Setting in a sleeve

In the Kitchen:
Pumpkin Butter
Why pumpkin butter cannot be canned
Pot Luck:
A Cashmere Serape

football baby hat
Hat for soldier
Falling Leaves Beret
booties 3
Jim's Americana Suspenders
Grill Sergeant:
Love letters- book How to Build a Fire

Recipes:
Lots of cleaning
Transplanting

On the Menu:
Knittin’ in the Mitten

3 weeks away!
Swaps: Mini skein Swap- Mail swap or at the retreat!
$20 swap- stuff from your area
Stash swap
Tee-Shirt order- please send payment.
Classes:
Stitch markers
Buttons
Measurement class
Duct Tape Dummy
Bring 4 rolls of duct tape, an old tee shirt, a good fitting foundation garment, a hanger, and 4-6 bags of poly fill.

Michigan International Alpaca Fest- Oct 29 & 30th

Sponsors:

Berroco

Brittany Needles

Dawn/ Sentsy

Fiber dreams

Knit Happy

Kollage

Kookaburra

Vendors List:

Alpaca Family Farm

Bethany's needles

Cjcopec

Kinderhaven Farm

Kiva arts

Shady Side Farms

Studio June Yarn

Uniquely yours

Winding wool creek

Yarn Hollow

Gadget Corner:
Crockpot liners!

Episode 130: We are Trolls

2011-10-03T11:54:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:

Susie: Nope
Commuter mitts- 1st done

Started: Tapanzee- 75% done

Purple hat- click for babies

Dish Rag Tag
Weight gain- Silver yarn

Fiber Exercise:

Stormy weather and Highland Handmade- Bo Peep

My exercise:

Walking

Cooking School:

Craftsy.com
Knits that fit class!

In the Kitchen:

Hot Caramel Apple Cider-78607">
Pot Luck:

On the forums

Drill Sergeant:

Best surprise you’ve received?
“Life lesson” you’d pass on to your kids/grandkids

Recipes:

Art walk

Itching to do a rectangular wrap
Name the mannequin

On the Menu:

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Sponsors:
Knitting Fever
Webs
The Woolery
Wolfe Farms
Zealana
Buffalo Gold- Buffalo Wool Co
Jordana Paige
Heritage Fiber & Spinning
Outlier Podcast
Furry Face Fibers- coming soon
Vegancraftastic
XRX

Gadget Corner:

Rice bags

Episode 129: Rambles

2011-09-21T20:27:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:
Finished Costa Rica shawl or Eyjafiallajokull Shawl

Started Commuter mitts
Susie- sleeve has not been touched
Switcheroo socks- Heel flap
2 more hexipuffs.
Autumn shawl- Frogged
CJKopec Creations: Magic! Both sock yarn and fiber

Fiber Exercise:
Finished Trust me

and Boundaries

Spinning Stormy Weather
My exercise:
Yoga- lots of stretching!
Cooking School:
Cricket loom-
Getting started- Learning terms-

1st scarf- Cascade 220 7803 and Donegal tweed 874
2nd scarf- Ella Rae Classic- 23 and Chroma Mesa
Want to make Mug Rugs!
In the Kitchen:
Stuffed pears for breakfast or dessert
Pot Luck:
Shroom
Op-Art blanket
Slippers of Misfortune
Pembroke vest
Drill Sarge:
Dream vacation?
Mischievous prank from your misspent youth?
Recipes:
Thank you to Lousie of Caithness Craft collective: Tea towels and handmade envelopes
Bethanyg Fairy circle

and Neighbors Sign

Date night- we suck!
Craft studio/Office

Haircut

New Knitty is up!! Looking at Takoma and Callette
On the Menu:
Knittin’ in the Mitten- Last call for shirts- order will go in on Friday
Huge thank you to Margo for being my brain stabilizer! And to Turtle49 for the retreat sign!

Sponsors:
Hornshaw woodworks
Heritage spinning & weaving
Schacht Spindle
Ilga Leja
The Woolery
Gadget Corner:
Hanging Mannequin- name her contest!

Episode 128: Happy Feet

2011-09-12T12:55:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:

Hexi puffs- two more done
Costa Rica Shawl- only 10 rows to go
Switcheroo socks- turning the heel
Susie Hoodie- second cuff ½ done

Fiber Exercise:

Spinning Trust me

My exercise:

Cleaning, yoga and wiggles
Celtic meditation music

Cooking School:

Making sure your socks last

In the Kitchen:

Turkey is not just for Thanksgiving!

Pot Luck:

It's the Berries Vest
Love Ewe Socks
Tweed socks
BrittKnits Podcaster's Challenge KAL-Lina
Monter Mash - Mr. Abominable

Drill Sarge:

I take over this episode. I do not wear the green.

Thinkgeek.com

Recipes:

Labor Day weekend
Accident-
Stress shutdown- meditation and sleep
Boo gets a new car

So excited about buying her first car!

Here she is with her new baby

Knitting/spinning/weaving/dyeing day

On the Menu:

Knittin’ in the Mitten- T-shirt count

Sponsors:
Cotton clouds
Frogtree yarns
e-knitting needles
nancy’s knit knack
School house press

Shout outs:

CJKopec Creations
Knittin' on the Fly- Purple hats

Gadget Corner:

Sponge paint brushes

Episode 127: Idiot in a missle silo

2011-09-03T12:49:00.002-04:00

Weigh in:

Costa Rica shawl

Switcheroo socks

Cable KAL- Susie Hoodie

Hexipuffs- The Beekeepers Quilt!

Fiber Exercise:

Trust me, boundaries, Stormy weather

My exercise:

Yoga stretches- downward dog!!

Treadmill

Cooking School:

Cable patterns

In the Kitchen:

Ricotta Pancakes

Cottage cheese Pancakes

Pot Luck:
(Need to get pattern links, sorry)

Drill Sergeant:

Recipes:

Tall Ships- Columbus foundation

Wine tasting- Bought 2 bottles
Blog link

Farmers Market:

Apple BBQ sauce, pineapple salsa

Pumpkin butter

Red Haven Peaches

Na’an Bread

On the Menu:

Knittin’ in the Mitten- 2 spots have opened up for overnighters.

Sponsers: Plays well with colors,
Coggie's Dream House

Knit Happy,
Webs,
Knitting fever,
Jordana Paige,
Leisure Arts

Gadget Corner:

Tide to go- Reuse the bottle- fill it with the wool cleaner of your choice.

Episode 126: Season 4

2011-08-23T08:53:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:

3 dishcloths

Autumn Shawl- bought more Trust me for this

Switcheroo sock- Found the book- restarted sock 2

Costa Rica Shawl- Time out due to tinking
Creature comfort Craftworks- Pangalatic Gargle Blaster- Fingering

Joined the Dish Rag Tag- Team 10

Fiber Exercise:

BFL Boundaries and trust me on Roo

Stormy Weather on Venus

Falkland on wow
Fiber Study: Rewashing wool- Dawn Dish Soap -- Carding wool- Softer touch

My exercise:

Treadmill and wiggling
Sick days

Cooking School:

Difference between tensions
Figuring out your plying Twist

In the Kitchen:

Baked Oatmeal
1 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (melted) 2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs (beaten) 1 cup milk
3 cups oatmeal
Mix all together. Pour in small cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Variations: Add 1 cup chocolate chips, M & Ms, nuts or 1/2 cup peanut butter.

Pot Luck:

2011 Summer Socks
Mittens with Violets
Cat Hat
Sashay Scarf 2
Keepin' me warm afghan

Drill Sergeant:

Recipes:

Our schedule has Flipped
e-magazines! New Entangled is out and new KnitSpin
Grand Babies wear me out
Harry Potter Read/Listen along- On the Forums
Projects that fit: Gradiant Curatio Hermione's Everyday Socks
Michigan Fiber Fest- Bigger this year
Afternoon Storm = Impromptu Spinning Demo

Meeting Listeners!! DebiJazz, DebraYoungs, RPHsews2, Linda
What I bought: Yak, Cashmere, CjKopec- Trust Me-

Fiber on the hoof

McDonalds- Pineapple Mango smoothie!!!

On the Menu:

Knittin’ in the Mitten:
Sponsors:
Creatively Dyed
Knitting Notions
Plymouth Yarn Co.
Crystal Palace Yarn
Sundra Yarn
Mountain Colors

Gadget Corner:

Small tool kit

Episode 125: Back to Normal

2011-08-10T14:19:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:

Costa Rica Shawl
Autumn shawl KAL

Fiber Exercise:

Finished: Cupcake- 256 yds heavy fingering
Llady Llama fiber- BOUNDARIES/ Handpainted SW BFL Roving/ 4 oz. Bought in 2009

My exercise:

Back on the treadmill
Craft room- Finishing up

Cooking School:

Decreasing 2 stitches- (Knit)How they are different
S2 k psso- slight left leaning decrease
K3togtbl- heavy left leaning decrease
S2kwise, k, psso, slight right leaning decrease
k3 tog – heavy right leaning decrease
s, k2 psso,- Centered decrease

In the Kitchen:

Italian chicken- Crockpot
• 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1 28oz can stewed tomatoes
• 1 6oz can tomato paste
• 1 Tbl. Italian seasoning
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and cubed
• 1 sm. Onion cubed
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
In Crockpot (with liner) put chicken, mushrooms, green pepper and onion. In a mixing bowl, put tomatoes, paste, seasoning and garlic. Mix. Pour over ingredients in Crockpot.
Cook on High 4 hours or Low 8 hours.
Serve over noodles or rice.

Pot Luck:

Wendy's Summer Mystery Shawlette (#4 of 11) 298 yds

Discovery sock

Salem Hooded Jacket

Frost Flowers Stole

Brandywine Shawl

Drill Sergeant:

Sarge is back at his civilian job

Recipes:

Girl’s weekend- Knitting, spinning, Gabbing, Fun!
Signed up for college
Harry Potter Book 1- Starts August 15th
Reviews on ITunes- Thank you.

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Festival
Knittin’ in the Mitten
Camp KIP #2

Gadget Corner:

Picture frame cork board for push pins

Episode 124: All-Righty Then

2011-08-03T21:35:00.005-04:00

Weigh in:
Costa Rica Shawl

Hitchhiker shawl
Switcheroo socks

Fiber Exercise:

Cupcake fiber

My exercise:
Crap room redo is a workout!

Soldiers Angels

Cooking School:

Heels:
Cat’s Sweet Tomato heel- $20 ebook
Turtlegirl76- Gusset on the bottom

In the Kitchen:
Sweet Cornbread

Pot Luck:

Framed Cotton Cuff
Traveling to Scotland Cowl
With This String... #2/11
Not for Christmas Brioche Hat
Multicolored Marrowstone
Koala
Berlin for "Tangled"

Drill Sergeant:

Recipes:
Good will- Started as a help to veterans
How the States got their Shape

On the Menu:
Michigan Fiber Festival
Knittin' in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:
Over door hooks

Episode 123: CRS

2011-07-26T00:05:00.002-04:00

Weigh in:

Switcheroo socks- Forgot the pattern
Hitchhiker shawl- Alpaca yarn
Costa Rica shawl- Pattern now Eyjafjallajökull Shawl

Fiber Exercise:

Masham finished

Novelty Yarn- Finished

Mad Colors- Cupcake- Thank you KatieO (jetgirl1313)

Highland handmaid- Bo Peep

Cooking School:

How I cast on for a circular shawl

In the Kitchen:

Pizza Noodles

Noodles of your choice
Pizza Sauce or Speghetti sauce
Cheeses
Toppings

Cook noodles, drain and rinse.
Add cheeses
Add sauce stir.
Add toppings and stir in

Place in baking or micro dish and heat to bubbly

Serve with garlic bread and salad.

Pot Luck:
(Ravelry is down at this time, will update with links soon)

PatSand- evenstar buttercup
Barbro- Leo Tunic
Tgknits- Summer Flies with Mommy Needs Yarn
ToadyJoe- Gaybreak PRIDE
Hipknittingmama- Firebolt

Drill Sergeant:

Questions for Sarge

Recipes:

Yellow Ribbon Event
Tapas bar- San Chez
Breakfast on the river front- Benthams
GRF Presidential Museum
Heat Wave
Harry Potter!! Read along?
Crap room to Craft room
Before:

Working on After
Interlocking cubes-

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber festival
Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Inspinknity ultra fine lace blocking wires

Episode 122: Coke Addict

2011-07-14T16:51:00.002-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Switcheroo socks- still in time out
Hitchhiker Shawl- 19 teeth in
Lovina Shawl- cast on and ripped again!
Costa Rica Shawl- some love

Fiber Exercise:

BFL- Navajo-362 yards -heavy fingering

Merino- Cyber Suicide- 134 yds- worsted (picture soon)

TdF Mechanical problem- cats eat my drive bands!!

My exercise:

Still losing weight
Ankle still giving me pain. Walking some.
New Podcast- Forever Yoga’s Chair Yoga

Cooking School:

Masham- Shazam- 4 oz spun- 4 to go
(picture soon)

In the Kitchen:

Grilled Pizza

Pot Luck:

Uncontrollable Impulse
Kerchief
Soft and Sweet
Aqua shrug

Grill Sergeant:

Recipes:

4th of July
Painting the shed
Harry Potter Film Fest-
Midnight shopping at Walmart

Podcasts: New to my listening or viewing
Addicted to yarn-
AJKnits-
Counting sheep-
Family Fiber-
Fluffy Fiber-
Hippie Penguin-
Hollywood Knitter-
Knit1 geek2-
Ladies of the knit-
Mommy needs yarn-
Slinging stitches- in color
-Stash resolution-
Yarn on tap

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Fest
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten- Room list is up

Gadget Corner:

Row Counter Bracelet

Episode 121: Travel, Mill, Wheel & More

2011-07-04T15:58:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:

Switcheroo Socks
Shawl

Fiber Exercise:

Tour de Fleece- BFL from Page Wood Farms

New Wheel- Morning Street Wheel

Making a leader and starting your bobbin

Cooking School:

Tour of the Stonehedge Fiber Mill
Wild Fibers Magazine
Photos from the mill tour

In the Kitchen:

Party Drinks:
Blue Hawaiian
White Sangria

Pot Luck:

June Cardi
Sms
TransAtlantic
Rosebud Shawl
Taygete
AssQuack
Ruched top

Mess Hall:

Barbro: Dear Sarge, why do most men like colors like dark blue and black?

Recipes:

Picture links:
Lots of travel

Birthday Shopping

On the Menu:

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Umbrella Swift from Knit Picks

Episode 120: Disclaimers

2011-06-21T21:56:00.003-04:00

You can listen here
Winners please contact me on Ravelry

Weigh in:

Olympic socks
Calligraphy sweater
Switcheroo socks
Sanguine Gryphon Yarns

Fiber Exercise:

Drop spinning
Polworth on WOW
Silk on Golding
Fiber study: Hand Carding? Putting Sarge to work!
iSpin app. on iTunes
Free ebook of spinning from spinning daily

Cooking School:

Review of:
Signature DPN’s
Blackthorn needles

In the Kitchen:

Sarge cooks?
Homemade tortillas

Pot Luck:

On the forum group

Ask Sarge:

Questions for Sarge

Recipes:

WWKiP day
Summer Knitting plans
Knit & Spin Magazine
Hurt book sale at Interweave
Listening to old friends
Retail Therapy: Sheep Mugs And other etsy sites- look up knitting mugs on Etsy

On the Menu:

Tour de Fleece- Team Sasquatch
Tour de Fleece starts Saturday July 2nd and runs until Sunday July 24th, 2011
Knittin’ in the Mitten- Final payment is due by July 1st
This does not include tee-shirt order
Farm Crawl has been cancelled. Friday is for relaxing

Gadget Corner:

String for blocking or what to do when you lost your blocking wires.

Episode 119: Male Room

2011-06-09T16:40:00.003-04:00

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Happy Birthday Sarge!
500 members- drawings when we reach it!

Weigh in:

Multnomah- Off the needles
Calligraphy sweater
Olympic socks

Fiber Exercise:

None

My exercise:

Stairs killed my leg

Cooking School:

Stretchy edge on a shawl.
Surprisingly stretchy bind off href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall09/FEATjssbo.php">

In the Kitchen:

Greek Salad
Lettuce or greens of your choice
Grape tomatoes, Cucumber
Red onion, Red or yellow pepper
Feta cheese, Kalamata olives
Pine nuts or roasted soy nuts
Greek Dressing

Pot Luck:

Phoenixfire: rhombus
Javanut: Blue-Brown Skew
Wannknitsox- Pi Shawl
Puffygriffinclaw- Daybreak for Hedwig

Field Report:

Strong Bonds recap:
Image 2 cracked bells
Nothing box/ interconnected network
The Floor

Ask Sarge: Name the segment

Shopping for a car

Review:
Signature Circular Needles

Recipes:

New Showerhead
Shopping for a dishwasher
Boo is a chipmunk
Custom shelving for crap room
Painting shed- Picking paint

On the Menu:

WWKIP day
Michigan Fiber Fest
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Camping Table-

Episode 118: Weed Scale?

2011-06-01T15:57:00.005-04:00

You can listen here
Weigh in:
Calligraphy Cardigan
Olympic socks
Baby Blanket
Multnomah
Day Break
Fiber Exercise:
Pink Batt- Long Draw
Falkland
My exercise:
Yoga Stretches
Cooking School:
Cleaning up the Crap room:
Storage solutions
Shelves
Shoe boxes
Plastic totes
Ikea?
In the Kitchen:

Chicken Soup
Tupperware Quick Chef

Pot Luck:

Forgot what we talked about- Will relisten and post links -Sorry

Field Report
Coming Home Party

Recipes:
LittleBear- or-Big E

New E-magazine

Mom please make a baby blanket
Check out on check out
Late Mother’s Day Presents Blackthorn needles and signature needles

On the Menu:
WWKIP day
Michigan Fiber Festival
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten
Gadget Corner:
Postal Scale

Episode 117: Home

2011-05-19T14:00:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:

Olympic socks
Baby Blanket
Calligraphy Cardigan- using very stretchy cast on again. Using Kollage circulars,

Fiber Exercise:

Falkland

Received my Shetland Fleece from Wooly Knob. Beautiful heather grey. 3.1 lbs after cleaning.

Received my Camp Kip coordinating yarn from Turtle toes for Day Break

My exercise:

Some walking

Cooking School:

How spinning on a single treadle wheel is different than a double treadle.

In the Kitchen:
Meatballs
• 1 lb lean ground beef – (Or turkey- or chicken)
• 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs – (Can use corn bread too, add 1 tsp Italian seasoning.)
• 1/3 cup MILK(more or less)- (Can be soy milk)
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese – (Parm- reggi works well. )
• 1 medium onion- chopped
To taste:
• garlic Powder
• salt
• pepper
Olive oil spray
Mix together meat, bread, cheese and onion. Add seasonings and then milk to desired wetness.
Scoop with a melon-baller and roll in wet hands. Place onto sprayed broiler pan. Broil until browned and then roll to other side to brown. Pull before they are burnt. Place in hot gravy (spaghetti sauce) and finish cooking for 20 minutes.
Serve over noodles or in sub rolls.

Pot Luck:

Lyndystitches: jamaica bag
Wombatknitter: Crazy ribbon shawl
PegofTilling: iPhone poptart case
AnneLena: The Bumblebee Socks
JenAus0524:Cranberry Twist Cowl
ColoradoKid: Spinning Wheel Bag

Field Report:

Thank you to Amy F. and her son for a wonderful Saturday evening
Dinner at Emil’s in Lansing then knitting at the hotel
Coming home

Lunch at the Airport Tavern in Lansing
Leaving again
Coming home 2nd time

Recipes:

Fiber Fiesta- Picked up a Kate45 ,BFL and angora, silk and wool batt

Grayling
Diner at Bear’s- Caribbean Jerk Marinade. YUM!
Baby Watch- No baby yet, date for inducement is set.
Shout outs to Knitting Blooms Vidcast and Knit a Journey

On the Menu:

Sarge’s Coming Home party
Michigan fiber fest
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:
Not for Young Eyes!!
Liberator Pillows

Episode 116: No Time

2011-05-06T14:51:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:
Still going- ThunderClap
Started- Little Star
Finished- Cabin on Lake Huron Socks

Fan toe- Cannot find online. I will write up how I do it soon.

Fiber Exercise:
Corriedale
Beach day & Polypay

Pop Star

My exercise:
Treadmill
Cooking School:
Crochet Crab Stitch

In the Kitchen:
Quesidillas
Rotisserie Chicken- Torn into pieces
Chopped green peppers
Chopped onion
Pepper Jack cheese
Flour tortillas
Olive oil
Sour cream
Salsa
Heat griddle and add a spray of oil. Grill up onions and green pepper. Pull off to paper towels.
Place tortilla on griddle- Top with cheese, chicken, peppers and onion.
Place 2nd tortilla on top.
Cook until crisp, flipping once.
Serve with sour cream and salsa. I like to mix the two together.

Easy baked Empanadas
Refrigerator Croissant Dough
Apple pie filling
Water
Break dough into squares. Place a bit of filling on to ½ of the square and fold other half over. Use water to seal if needed.
Bake as directed on tube, watching so that pastry does not get to brown.

Guacamole
Tapatio Sauce
Margarita

Pot Luck:

AnneLena: Swirl Skirt
Strickland66: Baby Nature in Natural
KnitNurd: Dainty drawstring reticule
GemmaDW: Mini Simple Scallops Shawl

Field Report:

He is on US soil!!
New Dress
Strong Bonds
Yellow Ribbon Event

Recipes:

Baby watch
Cleaning
On the Menu:

Fiber Fiesta
Michigan Fiber Festival
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Embellish Knit

Episode 115: Inspiration

2011-04-28T17:04:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:
Thunder Clap
Retreat Socks - Very Stretchy Cast On, Dutch heel, Fan Toe

Needle Point

Fiber Exercise:
Corriedale

My exercise:
C25K Walking
Zumba

Cooking School:
on hold

In the Kitchen:
Easy Rosemary Lemon Scones and Orange Cream Cheese Biscuits- For Royal Wedding Watching

Pot Luck:
Teacozy- Jali
Mountainpurl- Shipwreck Shawl
Knistersusan- Twist
Knittingmonster- Kris' Commuter Knapsack
SapphireRuby- YC Rainbow Baby Blanket
ColoradoKid- Almost Saintly Socks

Field Report:
Sarge says HI!!
Tuff Boxes Arriving home

Recipes:
Baby Shower

Easter
College
Boo moves home
House Cleaning Party
On the Menu:
Fiber Fiesta
Michigan Fiber Festival
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten
Gadget Corner:
Sock blockers from Knit Picks
Lantern Moon Sox Stix

Please leave a review on iTunes for others to see.
Thank you for listening!

Episode 114: Knit-A-Way Recap: Me me me!

2011-04-19T12:20:00.003-04:00

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Weigh in:
Thunder clap

Sweater
Baby blanket
Socks
Necklace

Coaster

Dish Cloth

Fiber Exercise:

Spun Batts- Pop star by Uniquely yours!

Spun Polworth

Dyed Yarn

My exercise:

Walked some at the retreat..Beach not for me

Field Report:

Lots of emails
Skyping when I got home
Return dates!!!!

Recipes:

Retreat recap:
All Goodies have been added to the photo set on Flickr

Gift bag from Camp KIP

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Festival
Stitches Midwest
Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Thergonomic Hand Aids

Episodes 112 & 113

2011-04-18T17:40:00.001-04:00

Knit-a-way recordings. Not really any notes. Link to photos.

Episode 111: Knitting Week

2011-04-06T22:29:00.002-04:00

You can listen Here Weigh in: Finished: Forever in Blue Jeans Sock Swap Bag Whine a little wine bottle cozy Knitting with Hand Spun is amazing!! Still Going: Olympic socks, School socks Started: Thunder CLAP in Mesa Frogged: Crocheted Cardigan and Blueberry Wrap Fiber Exercise: Pulled all fiber off bobbins to empty wheels. Toilet paper rolls and Paper towel rolls work great. My exercise: Treadmill and Latin dancing Cooking School: Still Carding! Picked up leather cloth from a friend and am almost done carding Corriedale. Feels like there is still some lanolin in the fleece?? But it is puffing up and does not smell. In the Kitchen: Stuffed Croissants: Refrigerator croissant rolls Nutella or Dark chocolate almond butter, Put dab inside and roll. Cook as directed. OMG! Pot Luck: RphSews2: Sock Monkey Sweater SusanDolph: Winter White Phoenixfire: Dot Kala: Little Coffee Bean Sweater Field Report: Pins and needles Recipes: Hair College Spring Quarter Any class that makes you watch “Cool Runnings” and write a paper on it has to be good the rest of the quarter. Baby Shower – Need to knit or crochet Easter On the Menu: Knit-a-way: Packing the car Knittin’ in the Mitten Gadget Corner: Needle Notebook- Knit picks

Episode 110: Wool Washing

2011-03-30T13:09:00.008-04:00

You can listen here Weigh in: Slippers Cassis Fiber Exercise: None My exercise: Treadmill Nike fit Ifit Beginner: Belly Dancing, Zumba, and Latin Dancing Cooking School: Washed wool for the first time Corriedale Cormo Merino BFL Think I need an apron for carding Knitgirllls Vidcast In the Kitchen: Homemade Oreos Pot Luck: AnneLena- Baaaa Socks Cooneen- Cosima MissColleen- Stars & Stripes Mittens WickedPyssa- 2 big 4 Ollie socks Wannaknitsox- Spring Break! Field Report: We talked and skyped!! Recipes: What a year!

Ep 66 was a year ago.

I want to say thank you

to all of the listeners who have donated

while Sarge has been deployed.

We could not have done it without you!

College- Finishing this quarter next week starts new quarter Decision on my hair Sentsy- I won! Thank you Dawn Knit Naturally Podcast Celtic Thunder

Clean Up: Belgariad, Malloreon, Belgarath, Polgara Weddings by Bella series

On the Menu: Knit-a-way April 7-17

Packing OMG! Cord organizer

Stitches Midwest

Knittin’ in the Mitten

8 spots left for stay over 7 spots for Day trippers

Swap table- Pay it forward

Gadget Corner: E-tomic Balm- Goodies Unlimited

If you like the show, please leave an iTunes review so other can find us.

Episode 109: Chicken

2011-03-23T16:37:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:

Cassis Sweater- Try it on Tubing

Slip 1st stitch and knit last tbl

Socks- Kollage dpn’s. Thank you dnaprice!!

Online sock yarn

Fiber Exercise:

Washing hand spun
Beach Day 3 oz spun up

Pink Polypay- Spinning two bobbins to do 3 ply with beach days

Cormo on Little wow, Silk on Golding

My exercise:

Treadmill!
Ordered iFit and got C25K app, will walk it right now maybe jog later
Sensa

Cooking School:

Fiber Study- Spinning Loft Fiber Sampler

Received hand cards yesterday

Need laundry bags for washing

In the Kitchen:

Smoked sausage with cabbage

6 Smoked sausage links
Bit of olive oil spray

Fry them up

1 head of cabbage, cored and shredded

1/2 cup water

Pour water in pan over links, add cabbage- cook until done.

Can serve smoked sausages in buns with stone ground mustard!!
I like vinegar on my cabbage.

Pot Luck:

Stebo79: Minion Factory
Knittinwolf: Monster Chunk
Crochetster: Tender Rose Bag
Knitzydoodle: Elephant
Strickland66: Ridge's Got Milk? Hat

Field Report:

No talking this week
Blog
Letters from listeners- You keep me going!!

Recipes:

Storms- don’t like them
College- Hurts my brain
Wine club- Makes the above better
Hair problem- Leave it alone, Henna, Dye or Perm???

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way
Knittin’ in the Mitten- 9 spots left!!
Goody Bags!
Market!
DVDs- Checking if it has a TV, if not I might have one I can bring.

Gadget Corner:

Know your Wheel- Review

Episode 108: Confuzzled

2011-03-13T11:38:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Forever in Blue Jeans Sweater (Cassis)
Blueberry Wrap (Cherry Wrap Sweater)
Olympic Socks

Fiber Exercise:

Lady of the Lake- 332 yds 2 ply
Pink ?? fiber 45 yards single
Silk Hankies- Decided to spin them
New Bulky Flyer for Roo
Marbles- 2.5 oz

My exercise:

Treadmill- up to 2 miles a day
Nike Fit

Cooking School:

Fluff- Pre-draft, Splitting fiber

Popular Wheel Mechanics

In the Kitchen:

Quick Chocolate chip Banana Muffins

Pot Luck:

Skburger: Lassell's Alpaca Seamless Yoke Sweater
Jj2edwards: Autumn Gems Baktus (Shawl #13)
Phoenixfire: February Fitted Pulli
JavaNut: Plum Annis
Vtgayle: Chinook Scarf

Field Report:

MWR
Letters
Tee-shirt

Recipes:

College
Fleece study
Reading- Spinning the old way & Respect the spindle

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way- April
Michigan Fiber Fiesta- May 14th in Greenville, MI
Great Lakes Fiber Show- May 28-29 in Wooster, OH
Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair- June 24-26 in Grayslake, IL
Michigan Fiber Festival August 19-21 in Allegan, MI
Stitches Midwest- August 25-28 in Schaumburg, IL

Knittin’ in the Mitten- November 3-6 in Grand Haven, MI
10 spots left for overnighters and 8 spots for day trippers!!
6 Spots left for the market
Need help filling the “goodie bags”- Etsy shops contact me or info from your favorite for me to contact please.

Gadget Corner:

Hug Light

Episode 107: Fiber Fun

2011-02-28T17:32:00.005-05:00

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Wolfe farms

Weigh in:

Cassis- Forever in Blue Jeans Sweater
Mother Bears almost done- mailing to company.

Fiber Exercise:

Roo is fixed, thanks to the Sears set up dudes and Schacht Wheel Company!!
Then…I went to change whorls and the nut on the pin that holds it disintegrated in my hand.
Sarge’s wheel had feet problems, all fixed.
Trying out a Louet Victoria
Spun up the Phat Fiber Box into one skein expect for the hankies.

My exercise:

Meditation and walking
Treadmill time!
No meds!!

Cooking School:

Cleaning Needles & Hooks:

Nickel needles:
Brasso and Flannel or a metal polishing cloth
Wood:
Bee’s wax or lemon oil and a soft cloth
Bamboo:
Waxed paper, if needs a high grade sand paper and bee’s wax.
Acrylic:
Soap and water, then a wipe down with waxed paper.

Cleaning your wheel:

Check your owner’s manual
Good Wheel Maintenance from Apple Leef Farm
Wood Beams wax
Danish oil, steel wool, soft cloth

In the Kitchen:

Pasta alla Formina

Pot Luck:

Noart: 372 washcothes
Emtgirl77: Kyle's Swiffer Cover
Clothedinthelamb: Aspen Cap and Cuffs
Jchant: Deep Deep Aquamarine Duster
Blheartszumba: ONline Afrika Stripey Knee-highs
Shuikuen: Sweet Embrace - After Winter storm

Field Report:

Missing him on Skype.
Operation Strong Bonds

Recipes:

Shady Side Farm Shearing day

I Spun 10 oz of Polypay on an Ashford Country spinner, with help from customers. I Love spinning bulky!!

Picked up a couple bumps of Polypay, a woven rug, a skein of Polypay, Socks for Sarge and acorns

Bag

NHB for lunch- yum, with Lorrie and Deborah

Baby lambs

Bedtime reading: Spinning in the Old way.

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way- April 7-17
Knittin’ in the Mitten- Thank you Katie of Knittin’ on the Fly Podcast for the shout out!
Still spaces available for both overnighters and day trippers!! Sign up soon!
Market is filling with fibery yumminess!! There are a few booths still open so if you want to sell your wares let me know.

Gadget Corner:

Turkish Spindles:
Knit Picks
Threads thru Time
Half hitch is like a Backwards e-cast on
Unmated downy roving or combed top.

Episode 106: Life Happened

2011-02-22T15:17:00.004-05:00

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Weigh in:

Finished Effortless Cardigan- Crochet chain on neck edge

Picture before neckline chain. Other to come soon.

Still going:
Olympic socks

Cassis Sweater

Crochet Cardigan- Not liking the lace- might change pattern.

Fiber Exercise:

Roo has a broken leg. Talked to Schacht, they are sending part. Excellent Customer svc

Put together Sarge’s wheel. First spinning: Treadles wander- buying kit to stop this. Silver tape for treadles?

My exercise:

Spent Wednesday shopping for Treadmills. Bought a Nordic Track T5.3. from Sears
Scale at Doctors-- 53 pounds off since Sarge left in May.
Valentine’s day- Mamm and results, Bloodwork
New Glasses

Cooking School:

Life Lines and stitch markers

In the Kitchen:

Coffee cake

Coffee cake to me needs coffee so I add: 3 tsp instant coffee to milk before adding to dry ingredients.

Pot Luck:

Rphsews2: Let's Give BDY a Hand KAL
Jj2edwards: Bed of Roses Shawl
Pauly81: hedgey
Knitzydoodle: Frog

Field Report:

Skyping a lot!
Coffee/cookie package going out tomorrow
PM’s/ Emails from other Mil Wives…wow, thank you!!
Flowers make me smile!

Recipes:

Ordered Business cards from Vista point

Retail Therapy: Knit Picks, Woolery & JoAnn’s

Spinning Valentine swap/day

Wine Tasting party

Knitting with Amy

Podcast shout out! What is on my ipod and kept me company this week
Edit for the list.
I am not linking them but all can be found on iTunes or through Google.

1. The Anatomy of Knitting
2. Ba Ba Blacksheep
3. Barknknit
4. Belle of the Ball
5. Brass Needles
6. Caithnesscraftcollection
7. Cast On
8. Clothed in the Lamb
9. CogKNITive
10. Craft Patience
11. Crafternoon Tea with Grannyg
12. CraftLit
13. CraftSanity
14. Decoder Ring Theatre
15. Electric Sheep
16. Emeraldstitchnknits
17. Happycrafter 207
18. Here’s To Ewe
19. High Desert Meowzings
20. A History of the World in 100 Objects
21. Homespun Journey
22. iMake
23. KIPing IT Real
24. Knaked Knits
25. Knit Knit Café
26. Knit Misadventures
27. Knit Naturally
28. Knit Picks
29. Knit Sibs
30. Knit Spirit
31. The Knit Wits
32. Knitajourney
33. Knit Cast
34. KnitCents
35. KnitKnacks
36. Knitmoregirls
37. KnitPod
38. Knitted Spoon’s
39. Knitterwithcritters
40. Knittin’ On The Fly
41. Knitting History
42. Knitting Pipeline
43. Knitting Psychos
44. Knitting Rose
45. Life as a Nuurdygirl
46. The Manic Purl
47. Miss Elle Knits
48. More Hip than Hippie
49. Never Not Knitting
50. Outlier
51. Revenge of the Knits
52. Round the Twist
53. Sassypantsknitter
54. The Savvy Girls
55. Secret History of Social Networking
56. She-Knits Small Talk
57. Sidders’ Knits
58. Spilled Milk
59. Spin Control
60. SpinDoctor
61. Spinningjenny
62. The Sporkful
63. Stash and Burn
64. Sticks & String
65. Stitch It!
66. Subway knits
67. TheKnitGirllls
68. The Well Knitted Life
69. YarnCraft
70. YarnGasm
71. Yarnings
72. Yarn from the Garden
73. Yarnspinners Tale’s

On the Menu:

Shady Side Farm: Shearing day this Saturday
Spinning day on the 5th
Knit-a-way in April
HFD Retreat: Knittin’ in the Mitten- Spaces are filling, still have a few open!

Gadget Corner:

Chart Keeper from Knit Picks

Episode 105: No Apologies

2011-02-11T23:05:00.004-05:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Waffle sock one is done

Still going: Crochet bear, EC, Crochet Cardigan

Coming up:
Garter Leaves
Cassis
Cherry Wrap
Shades of Gingham

Fiber Exercise:

Finished plying Black Raspberry

My exercise:

Treadmill shopping

Cooking School: On recess

In the Kitchen:

Taco Pie

Pot Luck:

AnneLena: Ruched Yoke Tee (adult and child size)
GemmaDW: Fiesta Country Cotton Shawl
SapphireRuby: Hearts around
Puffygriffinclaw: Peachy Valentine Baby Blanket
Wannaknitsox: Ribbed For Her Pleasure

Field Report:

Back in The Sand box

Recipes:

Last week of leave:
Ice Dams- roof raking

Orders from Sarge

Podcast shout outs:

Knittin' on the Fly
Subway Knits

On the Menu:

Shady Side Farm Shearing Feb 26th
Knit-a-way 2011 April 7-17
Black Sheep Gathering?

HFD Retreat: Knittin’ in the Mitten
14 spaces still available for sleep over 10 for day trippers.
Contact me if you would like to join us for a fun and relaxing getaway.

Gadget Corner: No Gadget this week

Episode 104: Do a Little Dance

2011-02-01T21:57:00.002-05:00

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Weigh in:
Started & Finished: “Hat Fit for a Boyfriend” in hand spun

Started Waffle socks in Olympic medals

Still going: CAL Cardigan (increasing evenly to get pattern repeat), Effortless Cardigan, Peace Socks

Fiber Exercise:

Plying black Raspberry. Set up Roo for Irish drive

My exercise:

Dancing- Looking for a good inexpensive treadmill.

Cooking School:

Phat Fiber Review: January box: Chinese New Year

Link to a list of sample vendors

In the Kitchen: Kitchen closed due to Leave

Pot Luck:

Phoenixfire: Hand spun yoke Cardi
JJ2Edwards: Rainbow fish hat
Stebo79: Neck Warmer Handspun
JavaNut: Cable Wrap

Field Report:
The 1st week of leave
Presents: Sheep shirt

and Woven shawl

Thanksgiving in January- Turkey rocked- pies flopped
Shooting Range: Pictures on my Blog

Leave party: Bear still has pipes!

Recipes:
Sheep Skins

LYS shopping-

Acquired 2 skeins of Araucania Ranco multy in 318
1 skein, Dyed by the owner, sock yarn in a cammo color way
Jumbo Sweater shaver

LorrieU brought me the Cricket Loom

Thank you Living4fishin for the sock bag!!!

Thank you YarnHollow for the socks!!

CogKnitive Kal/Cal- Mother bear project

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way 2011 in April
Black Sheep Gathering?? In June
Michigan Fiber Fest in August
Stitches Midwest in August
HFD Retreat “ Knittin’ in the Mitten” November

Gadget Corner:

Gloves in a bottle

Episode 103: Stumbling Along

2011-01-19T13:52:00.002-05:00

You can listen here
Weigh in:
Finished the Effortless Cardigan—frogged back
Working on School Socks
Fiber Exercise:
Spinning day at Dena’s
Gained CMF and Lake Effect Alpaca yarn
Still spinning Black Raspberry
My exercise:
Stretching and yoga
Cooking School:
Starting a CAL with SillyFru on Crochet Cardigan by Patons
redesigning a raglan sweater. Figuring out cast on or chain on edge is easy math.
Looking at the hand of the fabric.
In the Kitchen:
Life Hacker on the go Breakfast cookies
Pot Luck:
Stebo79: Maeva. In Knitty Winter 2011
Executiveknitter: Fireside Cardigan
JJ2edwards: Super hero hat
Wannaknitsox: Humble sock

Field Report:
R&R-
Recipes:
House cleaning- Grooving to the music
New Podcasts:
Ba ba Blacksheep
The Proverbal Knitter
Spilled Milk
The Sporkful
On the Menu:
Valentine’s knit day
Knit-a-way
Michigan Fiber Festival
Deciding on Stitches Midwest
High Fiber Retreat: “Knittin’ in the Mitten” Thank you Margo!!

Gadget Corner:
Knitting Daily’s new App-iTunes store
Darn Pretty Needles Interchangables

Episode 102: Yarn Hollow Rock Stars

2011-01-13T20:28:00.004-05:00

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Interview at Yarn Hollow Studio in Grandville, Michigan

We metioned yarns,Fibers, Fiber events and Stores that sell Yarn Hollows wares thay all can be found at the Yarn Hollow Website

Shady Side Farms

Sleepy Hollow

Cotton & Cellulose

West Michigan Co-Op

Petowski Stones

Felt blanks

Fabrics

Episode 101: Watch Your Six

2011-01-03T23:10:00.003-05:00

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Weigh in:

Effortless cardigan
Peace socks: Frogged and restarted on size 3 needles
Pinwheel purse

Frog or finish:
Lacy Carry on-Frog and restart in non-cotton yarn
Core spun shawl-Frog and try crocheting
Steel topper – Measure Sarge while he is home and do the sleeves
Chloe- Frog
Wishful thinking-Frog
Christmas afghan- Finish for Brenda

DIY sock club:
Vanilla sock: Knitpicks stroll tweed
Peace Sock: DK Classic 150
Red Rock Socks
Wollmeise
Socks that rock
Olympic medals
Socks for Sarge: Woolease
Alpaca sox

Fiber Exercise:

Have not touched Roo
No long wool on spindle

My exercise:

Pilates and wiggling

Cooking School:

Winter stash fluff
Picked up clearance totes from Christmas to sort fiber and yarn.
Thank you to Roue from KnitCents podcast!

In the Kitchen:

Honey Corn Bread
1 c. cornmeal
1 c. sifted flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 tbs. honey
2 tbs. butter
2 eggs -beaten
1 c. milk
Sift cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt together. Mix honey and
butter. Add beaten eggs and milk. Add sifted dry ingredients and mix
well, but not over mixed or it will produce tough bread. Bake in buttered pan in moderated oven (375 ° F) 20 to 30
minutes. Makes 1 (9 inch) square.
*I use an 8 inch cast iron skillet. I heat the skillet with butter in the oven while it preheats. This gives a good crisp crust on the outside of the cornbread.

Pot Luck:

So many Holiday projects it was hard to pick this week !!

KnittyAJ: Christmas Scarf-Weaving First
Knitstersusan: The Seville Jacket by Anne Dempsey
AnneLena: Kids' hats
Ladybugknitter: New Year KAL Shawl

Field Report:

Faith Deployed
OPSEC: Where you are on Twitter and Facebook?
Roses

Recipes:

New Years Traditions
Out with the old- Sarge gets leave soon and the house is a mess!
Shelving going into the storage room soon
Yearly change jar: $130 this year – Chiro appt
Words for the year
I won!! Sweatshop of love--Winter patterns

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way 2011- April 7-17
Michigan Fiber Fest- August 17-21
HFD Retreat 2011-November 3-6

Gadget Corner:

Shawl Pins

High Fiber Diet Retreat 2011

2011-01-02T12:34:00.002-05:00

Join me for a relaxing weekend!!

We will be staying at this lodge in Grand Haven, Michigan

Cost will be $180
$90 due by January 31st
$90 due by July 1st

Deposit non-refundable unless your spot is taken up by someone on the waiting list (if one occurs)
Double occupancy- there are Queen and twin beds, so it might mean sharing a bed, I will know more when I go visit. If you really want to room with someone, I will try to accommodate. If you need a single room, you would have to pay the cost of two people in the room, I will not charge you double everything.

29 spots
(If Sarge is home, he will sleep at home and attend each day he wants to, that way no one feels uncomfortable with a man in the house overnight while you are away from yours, this is 10 minutes from our home)

Local people that want to come each day but sleep at home are welcome at a smaller charge for meals. Contact me.

This includes:
Stay at the lodge from 11/3 to 11/6 Check in will be at 3pm and check out on Sunday by 10:30am

Meals--

Thursday-
Dinner:
Pizza or Sandwiches
Finger foods for arrival

Friday-
Breakfast:
Granola, Yogurt, Fruit, Juice, Coffee, Tea
Muffins, Bagels, Cream cheese

Lunch-
Chile with toppings and cornbread/Crackers,

Dinner-
Minestrone soup
Pasta & Garlic bread
Dessert-

Saturday-
Breakfast-
Muffins, Bagels, Cream cheese, Breakfast casserole

Lunch-
Lunch out or leftovers

Dinner-
Mexican food- taco /nacho bar
Dessert

Sunday-
Breakfast- Breakfast Cookies

Snacks, Juice, Soda, Water, Coffee and Tea

Alcohol will be BYOB.

Swap- Each person needs to bring one item worth at least $20 that says something about where you are from. We will do a large swap on Saturday night. Have fun with it.

High Fiber Diet Swag bag- If anyone wants to donate or knows of any etsy sites I should contact, please let me know.

I will see about getting a t-shirt made up for the event- if you want one, I will post pricing for them soon. The place I normally go to for Tees is reasonable, but if anyone can get them less expencive, let me know.

I will see about either a yarn crawl on Saturday or a farm crawl…or maybe a market of local vendors can be set up in the lodge. I am going to take pictures this next week so I will know more about space size then. Let me know which you would prefer or we can do both! If anyone wants to offer to host a class let me know. Things to think about- steeking, inserting a zipper, measuring class, or anything you might love to do and would love to teach. This will be all impromptu, no homework- done on site type classes.

There is a Spa within walking distance of the lodge and you can set up massage, mani/pedi if you like.

I am setting up a bank account hopefully on Monday and will be able to take payment by Friday. I should be able to take money via Paypal, but I think there are fees, so I would have to find out how much that will be.

This is my first time hosting an event like this, so any help is welcome and thank you in advance!!

Contact me on Ravelry about how to sign up.

Hope to see you there!!

Episode 100: A Look Back

2010-12-26T21:19:00.002-05:00

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Weigh in:

Effortless Cardigan- on to the sleeves!!
Started: Peace socks in Classic 150 by Classic Elite yarns
Upcoming:
Frog or finish
Sock of the month

Fiber Exercise:

Still spinning black raspberry- ever going.

Cooking School:

K3tog tbl -or- p3tog

In the Kitchen:

Beer Bread

3 cups self-rising flour*
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 (12-ounce) can of beer
1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Lightly grease or spray a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Combine all ingredients, mixing well.
3. Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
Makes 1 loaf.
*Or you may substitute with 3 cups all purpose flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt.

Pineapple ham

1 bone in ham
1 small can frozen pineapple juice
12 whole cloves
Put ham in crock, top with frozen juice, and sprinkle with cloves.
Cook on Low 6-8 hours or on High 4 hours.

Pot Luck:

Pauly81: Paul’s first shawl
GrandmaJean: Worm Binder Needle Holder
Mollysmum: Chilli
KnitNurd: Sock Monkey Funkiness

Field Report:

Sarge update

Recipes:

Hosts of the past
Interviews:
Meet ups:
Other Podcasters I have met:
Sharon- She-knits
Meghan- Stitch it
Jackie- KIPing it real
Amy- Outliers
Dawn- Knit Naturally
Sasha- The Spin Doctor
Spinningbuddy- Homespun Journey
Sydney- KnakedKnits
Cat- Let’s Knit2gether
Savvy Girls- Savvy Girls Podcast

Things from this year that makes me happy:

Travel French Press Mug
Triangle Loom
Spinning wheel- Pinkie & Roo
Zingerman’s bread
Sheep notions bags -- Need the pink one now that I saw it!!
Wine Tote for Spindle
Golding Spindle
Lolo Bar

Knitting disasters from the show:

Ms. Purple pants
It felt random bag
Hemlock ring blanket
Lumpy Dumpy
Inspired socks

Christmas 2010

On the Menu:

“Get-a-ways”
Upcoming:
Knit-a-way 2011
High Fiber Diet Retreat 2011

Gadget Corner:

Favorite Gadgets:

Hornshaw woodworks Swift
Toothbrush used in spinning
Diz/ plying template
Lizardtoes stitch markers
Darn Pretty Needles – by Dyak Craft
Sock blockers- signature & Hand made
Thimble it
Ott Light
Crochet hook for picking up stitches.
Straight Cable Needles- Knitpicks
Stork Scissors

New gadget to celebrate:

Electric wine bottle opener

Episode 99: Organized?

2010-12-18T21:58:00.005-05:00

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Weigh in:

Finished : Scathatch hat. Baby blanket
Still going Effortless Cardigan
On hat kick- want to make: Star crossed slouchy hat, Cabled Chapeau, diamond head beret, Druidess Beret , and Gretel
Baby Knitting- Blu
Ending the year: Frogging & Finishing

Fiber Exercise:

Spinning Black Raspberry

My exercise:

yoga and some pilates.

Cooking School:

Building a pvc noddy

In the Kitchen:

Lemon herb chicken for dinner:

4 chicken breasts- boneless if you wish
1 lemon sliced
Hand full of fresh thyme & Rosemary
2 cloves of garlic sliced.

Throw in crock, cook on high 4 hours.

Dried Apricot Pine Nut Pilaf Recipe
Submitted by wasunwilling

Makes 6 servings

Nutty, fruity side dish.

Ingredients
160 g onion, chopped (1 med)
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup brown rice, uncooked
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cup chicken broth (14 oz can)
1/4 cup water
96 g dried apricots, diced (1/2 cup)
47 g pine nuts, toasted (1/3 cup)
1 tablespoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 dash black pepper

Directions
1. Cook onion in olive oil over low heat.
2. Add rice, salt, broth and water.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Cover, turn the heat down to simmer for 35 or 40 minutes for white rice, 50 minutes for brown rice (until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed).
5. Remove from heat.
6. Add apricots, cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
7. Stir in the pine nuts, basil and cumin. (Pine nuts can be toasted in a dry frying pan over medium heat.)
8. Pepper to taste and serve.

Pot Luck:

Pauly81- green stripe hat
AnneLena- Sam the Ram
KnittinWolf- Gretel
LyndyStitches- pencil bookmark

Field Report:

Week of FUBAR,
Soldiers silent night

Recipes:

New Craft magazine- Podcaster from CraftSanity.
College finals
Christmas traditions?

On the Menu:

Knit-a-Way 2011 – April 7-17th
HFD Retreat- Finalizing plans for the venue

Gadget Corner:

Namaste bags: Messenger, Urban Hipster and Classic Hipster

Episode 98: Field Report

2010-12-11T19:18:00.003-05:00

Weigh in:

Effortless Cardigan, Scathach hat

Fiber Exercise:

Mulberry mint, Black Raspberry

My exercise:

Recovery

Cooking School:

ON Recess

In the Kitchen:

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
3 Cups all purpose flour
5 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp. Salt
3 Cups granulated sugar
1 (15 oz) can Libby's 100% pure pumpkin
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 Cup Orange Juice
1 cup Fresh or frozen cranberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease and flur 2 9x5 loaf pans
Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
Combine sugar, pumpkin, oil and OJ in large mixer bowl and beat until bleanded.
Add Pumpkin mixture to flour mixture, stir until moistened. Fold in cranberries.
Spoon batter into loaf pans.
Bake for 60-65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool on wire racks for ten minutes. Pop out of pans and allow to cool completely.

Pot Luck:

Texaspurlgurl: C2S2 Swappies
Lyndystitches: cupwarmer for T
Wannaknitsox: Christmas 2010- Hoodie Vest
Lily: Warm

Field Report:
Sarge let us in on what is happening.

Recipes:
Knitting group
Get well & Holiday cards
Crafting time-Audio book

Gadget Corner:
Flashlights

Episode 97: Umm TMI

2010-12-04T13:27:00.002-05:00

Weigh in:
Effortless Cardigan, Baby blanket, Core spun shawl
Fiber Exercise:
Mulberry mint, Black Raspberry
My exercise:
Surgery
Cooking School:
Angelina and Firestar
In the Kitchen:
Raisin Bran Muffins
Pot Luck:
Puffygriffinclaw: OWL Herbology Fall 2010
MissColleen: Traveling Bear Warmers
SapphireRuby: Mom's Knotty Gloves
Dnaprice: Cozy Earflap hat
Field Report:
Hats to MilMom’s troops
Holidays without loved ones.
Recipes:
Little miss Z turns 2
Nerd Christmas
Cats new toy
Aloe Vera Transplanting
Changing Majors
On the Menu:
HFD Retreat
Gadget Corner:
Row counter Bracelet

Episode 96: A Different Kind of Hunting

2010-11-29T18:30:00.002-05:00

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Weigh in:

Finished: Boo’s Bramble

Still going: Effortless cardigan and Baby blanket

Fiber Exercise:

Vegas

Lollipop

Mermaid Tail

Black Raspberry

My exercise:

Surgery scheduled for the 1st. Outpatient.

Cooking School:

Decreases
Left Slanting: Skpsso, ssk, k2togtbl, , p2togtbl, DD= p3togtbl
Right Slanting: k2tog, p2tog, DD= p3tog
Straight double decrease: sk2togpsso

In the Kitchen:

Cauliflower salsa
½ head cauliflower
1 med onion
2 jalapenos (or green chilies)
2 Roma tomatoes
Cilantro
Lime juice
Place all in food processor.
Process until texture you want. Serve with chips.

Pot Luck:

Jetgirl1313: Trina's Wedding Blanket
Annelena: Alpha stockings
Vtgayle: two needle garter caps
Imabizzybee: Cindy Lou Who hat & booties

Field Report:

Sarge is doing well
Baking for sending care package

Recipes:
Hunting

Thanksgiving
Black Friday Shopping

Gadget Corner:

Kindle- Word document patterns. And PDF’s
Goodreader- I use the free lite edition of the ap.

Episode 95: Please Don't Die!

2010-11-20T23:15:00.005-05:00

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Weigh in:

Finished: Neckwarmer Hat
Still going: Effortless Cardigan, Core Spun Shawl
Baby Blanket: My Design: Crochet ribbed edge

Fiber Exercise:

Finished :
Boot Cut Barbie: Merino from CJKopec, 98 yards Navajo plied
Dana: Merino/Bamboo blend from Yarn Hollow, almost 200 yards
Cormo Single

My exercise:

Eating off smaller plates

Cooking School:

Cormo Sheep

In the Kitchen:

Roasted Fall veggies
Acorn Squash
Sweet potatoes
Slice up, spray with olive oil
Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes or until done.
Can be served with butter and brown sugar or made into mashed veggies.

Pot Luck:

AnneLena: Forest
PegofTilling: Greeny beady bag
Fiddleknits: Marshmallow
ClaudWarner: Frog and Turtle
ExecutiveKnitter: Olive Aidez
Catsaysknit: Girl Friday

Field Report:

Mailed off Hats and Hats Received!!

Still have hats coming infor Milmom

New deadline: December 1, as leave date for troops have moved up. I am mailing the box of 137 on Monday.

Recipes:

Diana at the GRAM

Wine shopping

Sheep Balls & Needle felting-

Dyeing wool Black Raspberry

New Wool
New Desk

Might need a break

On the Menu:

Holidays

Gadget Corner:

Needle felting tools

Episode 94: Hats!!!

2010-11-10T16:38:00.006-05:00

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Weigh in:

Effortless Cardigan
School Socks
Core spun Shawl
Neck warmer hat

Fiber Exercise:
First spindle:

Cormo on Spindle
Merino on Roo

My exercise:

Wiggling
10 minute workout

Cooking School:

Washing fiber

In the Kitchen:

Baked Ziti
• 1 box Ziti or Rigatoni noodles
• 1 Can spaghetti sauce
• 1 Ricotta Cheese (16 oz)
• 1 pkg frozen spinach- thawed and drained
• 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese
• Parmesan cheese
Preparation:
Cook ziti according to directions. Put in 9" X 13" pan. Mix in Ricotta cheese and spinach. Mix in Mozzarella cheese. Pour sauce over top. Bake in 350° oven for 45 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, serve. Delicious!

Pot Luck:

Agoodyarn: Gallitan Sweater
Knittinwolf: Brambles Beret
Wannaknitsox: Fish Cracker Socks
Bobbilicious: Helena's Escape to Albania

Field Report:

Hats!!! We made the goal and surpassed it!
Still collecting: MilMom’s husband’s unit is deploying in January, need 120 more!
Skype is wonderful!

Recipes:

Cleaning
Shopping
Christmas list:
Hats (Bramble, Earflap hat, Beanies)
Fingerless gloves,
Felted boots (alpine boot slippers)
Trip to Sheep farm

Good Staple Length

Good Fleece

White flecks are moth carcuses and you can see the powder from their eating.

Mouse decided this is where he wanted to live...see the seeds..

On the Menu:

Holidays Waxed paper bags
Safety pin Christmas tree

Gadget Corner:

Bag--

Episode 93: But Mom!

2010-11-01T22:30:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:

Effortless cardigan, Corespun shawl, Socks

Fiber Exercise:

Drop spindle and Cormo roving

Cooking School:

Measuring

In the Kitchen:

It’s a crock Monday Inspired!
Peanut Butter Granola --Recipe soon.

Pot Luck:

Claudwarner: Mandala
Acanthus: Nordic in Bergere Ideal
tmkr: A Brown Elektra
AnneLena: Peony Sweater
Knittinrn: Bunny Blanket Buddy

Field Report:

Sarge loves his socks!!
Mint Oreos a big hit
Popcorn bowl
Skype

Hats!!

Recipes:

More Hip than Hippie Podcast
4 B’s Party Store
kindle
Honey Crisp Apple Cider
1st ticket
School house Rock
Winning Ticket ANNOUNCED

On the Menu:

Thanksgiving
Christmas- 55 days- Kids went through three magazines making patterns.

Gadget Corner:

Wine bottle carrier box for spindle and a bit of fiber. Like This or This

Episode 92: Recap

2010-10-21T22:31:00.001-04:00

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Weigh in:

Finished one School Sock
Working on Core spun shawl and Effortless cardigan

Fiber Exercise:

Spun up the rest of Egg dye, ready for plying
Started Boot cut Barbie on Ladybug
Not buying wee spin or pocket wheel: treadles too close together.

My exercise:

Swollen from trip, no exercise. Lots of feet up and rice bags

Cooking School:

Guanaco Fiber:

In the Kitchen:

Sweet Potato Rolls

Pot Luck:

Jchant's: Plummy Mitts
Knitterphreek's: Citron
DolyDimple's:Summer in Hyannis Cardigan
RJHuggz's: Ellen DeElephant

Field Report:

We have 150 hats—Thank you! Only 60 more to go!!

Sarge is doing well, getting ready to make homemade cookies for him
Antenna and Cable shipped off

Recipes:

Meet ups
What I bought at Rhinebeck!

Plus wine and maple cotton candy

Trip Home- My Brother

Got my Rocks
Penny squisher
Berroco box came today

On the Menu:

SAFF
Stitches East

Wool @ into the Woods Retreat!!
Still in the planning!!

Gadget Corner:

K-Tel Knitter

Episode 91: Road Trip to Rhinebeck

2010-10-19T18:15:00.004-04:00

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Spinning in the car (Problems seeing video? Link)

Rest stops

Pretty scenery

Charlie:

Rhinebeck:

Lorrie w/ McCloud and bunny

Ravelry party:

Serpentine Afghan

Sheep Balls:

Socks are cotton not Alpaca.

Quiet time

Creative:

Wrap:

Gadget:
Backpack: necessary for going to events.

No podcast this week

2010-10-13T15:42:00.002-04:00

This week. I am headed to Rhinebeck for the NY Sheep & Wool Festival.

I will be taking lots of photos to share and I will be taking video. If I can figure out how I will upload to Youtube.
I will also be tweeting as I can, so follow me on Twitter--CoggieTM there too.
I will have a cast up as soon as I can after I get back!

Oh- I am a Square in the Rhinebeck Bingo game.

If you see me there, come say hello!!

Grip-n-grin is planned for Sunday at noon...join us !!

Episode 90: Trix are for Kids

2010-10-10T17:55:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:
Sweater: WWSIP day sweater frogged

Started Effortless cardigan in Mode dea silk and wool in Pink.

Socks: for college

Fiber Exercise:

Little

My exercise:

Walking and Wiggling

Cooking School:

The magic of turning the heel

In the Kitchen:

Apple Monkey Muffins
Apple Praline Monkey Bread

Changes: Used honey crisp apples. Seperated into 12 muffin pans, cut biscuits into quarters instead of halves. Cooked for 15 minutes (or until browned and done.)

Pot Luck:

Lyndystitches: Iced
Puffygriffinclaw: OWL Divination Part 1
RPHsews2: Montana Moon over Squib Hill
Fiddleknitsdesign: Lady Grey
Fritter51: Hopi Indian Afghan

Field Report:

Keeping Soldier Warm: 125 hats!!
Internet interuptis
Latest box sits

Recipes:

Stress: Couch days
College: A bit of a rant
Home Cooking

On the Menu:

Rhinebeck:
Excited!
Grip n Grin: Knit Naturally, Knaked Knits, Crafternoon tea with Grannyg, Let’s Knit2gether, Knit Knit Café,
Lima Pop Shoppe “your marker stoppe for swarovski crystal stitch markers” http://limapopshoppe.artfire.com/ Free Shipping 10-16 to 12/18/10 enter code NYS2010
Hanks Yarn & Fiber (they sent lovely soaps, yummy smelling goats milk soap) Wolfe Farms soaps
Dancing Tassle, Kigeliakitten’s Etsy store for Wool Samples her podcast is: Yarns from the Garden

Gadget Corner:

Magnetic clip

Episode 89: I am who I am

2010-10-03T16:27:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:

Finished Iced
Started: sweater inspired by WWSIP day
Socks for college take along project
Still Going: Hats

Fiber Exercise:

Finished spinning ½ of Bamboo/Merino
Gained the alpaca, and Marr Haven yarn

My exercise:

10 minute a day 4x this week

Cooking School:

Inserting a zipper

In the Kitchen:

Baked Acorn Squash

Pot Luck:

Phoenixfire: tilting TARDIS
tanteUll: Jaywalker
tmkr: Starry Alpaca Celaeno
Skburger: Jana Banana Spandexpants Sock Monkey

Field Report:

Keeping soldiers warm update: 102 hats.
Snow is in the mountains now : Ordered Hand warmer bags- Froogle.com

Recipes:

Need: to find an ornament, Start 2 baby blankets.
Spirit of America Pictures on Blog
Art Prize/Art Walk
College

On the Menu:

Rhinebeck!! Spreadsheet (no, I didn't make it)
Retreat

Promo:
Knit Wits Podcast

Gadget Corner:

Wickedpyssa: Getting Organized

Episode 88: I am NOT an alcoholic!

2010-09-24T21:49:00.004-04:00

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Weigh in:
Finished: Socks for Sarge

Hat #3
Still Knitting: Iced

Fiber Exercise:

Mixture of yarn samples
Bamboo/Merino blend

My exercise:

Walking
10 minute work out

Cooking School:

Over Dyeing

Before:
After:

In the Kitchen:

Scones

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbl sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup cold butter
2 lg eggs, beaten
1 cup whipping cream
confectioner's sugar

Preheat over to 425

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until pea sized crumbs. Add 3/4 c. cream and eggs. Mix until dough forms. Pat out into a circle 1 inch thick. Cut as desired. Place on cooking sheet 1 inch apart. Brush with cream and bake for 10-15 minutes Sprinkle with powdered sugar while hot.

Chai

1 c. Water
1 sm. stick of cinnamon
6 cardamom pods
6 whole cloves
Ginger root ( I use a bit of dried ginger)
1/2 c. milk
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp loose Darjeeling tea

Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil, cover and simmer 10 minutes to release flavor.
Add milk and sugar, return to simmer stirring until sugar disolves. Remove from heat. Add tea leaves, steep for 3-5 minutes depending on how strong you like it. Strain and serve.

Pot Luck:

LouiseJHunt: Snuggly Baby Crofter DK Jumper
Tmkr: Another Malabrigo Blanket
Patsand: mystery pi shawlKnittinwolf: 198 yds. of Heaven

Field Report:

Communication
Camera Cracked
Alarm clock
Keeping Soldiers Warm

Recipes:

WonderBall
Eye Doctor
WWSIP Day- Spinning at the Bookman – Sweater- Designing!!

Saugatuck- mmm wine

Art Walk

Teal Toes
Scrumpy

On the Menu:

Rhinebeck: Grip n Grin
Fall Retreat: not going because of FRG gathering
Thinking about a retreat in March or September??

Shout outs:

Emerald Stitch n' Knits
The Knit Wits

Gadget Corner:

Wooden Bowl for stitch markers

Episode 87: Is there any other color?

2010-09-17T12:10:00.005-04:00

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Weigh in:

Hats- #3 going
Socks-#2 to toes
Iced- 10 inches down on body How I am a-lining the sweater

Fiber Exercise:

Finished Corriedale- 263 yards

Started Bamboo/merino from Yarn Hollow

My exercise:

Wiggling, walking. Ordered Power 90. Not going with shakes to start.

Cooking School:

How to pick up stitches

In the Kitchen:

Crunchy Granola

Regular Recipe:

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

½ cup water

4 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp salt

8 cups old fashioned rolled oats

2 cups chopped nuts or seeds

2 cups dried fruit

Preheat oven to 275. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Combine brown sugar and water in a 4 cup microwave safe measuring cup (It will boil over if you use a smaller one, trust me). Microwave on high for 5 minutes until sugar is dissolved. Add vanilla extract and salt. Stir until salt dissolves. Place nuts and oats in a bowl and pour brown sugar mixture over them. Mix. Spread onto cookie sheets and squeeze granola into clumps as you put it on the sheets. Bake 45- 60 minutes until golden and crunchy. Add fruit and allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.

My changes:

1/4 cup Maple Syrup & !/4 cup Agave instead of brown sugar

omit vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

no fruit

Pot Luck:

LargePrintKnit: House socks for cousin
Dnaprice: White after Labor Day
Teacozy: Semele
Toadyjoe: Steeked OwlsPegofTilling: This owl serves no useful purpose

Field Report:

Sand Bags

Little communication
FRG

Recipes:

House cleaning
Eye doctor

On the Menu:

WWSIP Day

Rhinebeck—Grip n grin Oct 17th noon
Other podcasters:
Sydney- knaked knits
Dawn- Knit Naturally
Cat- Letsknit2getherGrannyg- crafternoon tea with grannyg
Fall retreat- Spaces available Sable group on Ravelry $100

Gadget Corner:

Ladybug Kate endcaps
from Shenanigans Yarn

Episode 86: Babble On

2010-09-11T16:29:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Socks for Sarge

Hats for the troops

Iced

Fiber Exercise:

Weekend Full of spinning
BFL- ElPaso Sunset (trust me)

Llama & Wool (woolmill.com)

Corriedale- Plying with Cotton- Tried beads

My exercise:

Walking/wiggling

Cooking School:

Watching videos

In the Kitchen:

Soups!!

Taco Soup

1 pound ground meat
1 medium onion
1 medium green pepper
1 envelope taco seasoning
2/3 cups water
4 cups v-8 juice
1 cup chunky salsa
Fry up meat with onions and peppers, drain, add water and seasonings and reduce for 5 minutes. Add juice and salsa, cook until hot and flavors blend.
Toppings:
Lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, green onions, green chilies, olives, sour cream
Tortilla chips

Bread to serve with soups

1 pkg refrigerator biscuit dough. Each biscuit cut in quarters.
Roll each quarter in either melted butter or olive oil and a mixture of seasonings you like ( I use parmesan cheese and Italian seasonings)
Put on baking sheet cook at suggested temp for about 8 minutes.

Field Report:

Talking via Email
9/11
Keeping Soldiers warm
Thank you to: Stitch It!, Knaked Knits, Knit Sibs and Life as a Nuurdygirl for talking about the project on their podcasts!
Blankets & coffee

Pot Luck:

Sonomaknits: Memories of Portland
Executiveknitter: Sundae revisited
MilMom: Kristina's Sock Monkey

Recipes:

Cupcake in a cup

Chihuly at Fredrick Meijer gardens
Crying during movies: Blind spot
Getting rid of clutter zones

Shopping:

Scentsy
Knitpicks
E-readers- Nook or Kindle?

Shout outs:

Ullstund
Knitting Librarian
Emerald Stitch n Knit
Knit Knit Café
The Well Knitted Life
Yarngasm

On the Menu:

WWSIP Day: Info
Rhinebeck

Gadget Corner:

Smile, your yarn is held and a Yarn Bra

Episode 85: The Cats! Really?

2010-09-04T20:17:00.002-04:00

Weigh in:

Secret Squirrel: finished and ready to ship
Socks for Sarge: One done other ¼ done
Iced: Almost to arm pits
Commuter Sack: Coming out of UFO land
Triangle loom, First Triangle woven, second going

Fiber Exercise: Spinning Trust me, almost finished

My exercise: Looking into other diets and exercise programs

Shakology by Beachbody
P90X b Beach Body
Not eating, need a meal plan

Cooking School:

Jenny’s Surprisingly stretchy bind off.

In the Kitchen:

Old-Fashioned Green Tomato Pie

Pot Luck:

Siljadevine: Yak in the forest
Waywardacres: Lace Dawn
GardenSpinner: Cable Jacket w/Garter Stitch Collar
Knittinwolf: Shawl Collared Cowl
Gardenspinner: Green Chenille Scarf

Field Report:

Hats are being mailed in. Thank you everyone who is knitting or crocheting!
Sarge is doing well.
We get to talk
More sheep in the sand box
Money bag done.

Recipes:

MFF recap Boo to college
College finals for me
New Necklace
New phones—deployment fail

On the Menu:

Rhinebeck

Gadget Corner:

Animal eyes

Episode 84: Rubber Gloves

2010-08-26T16:34:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Coggie, Debra, rphsews2,Lorrie

Weigh In:
Coggie: Socks, Iced, SSS

Lorrie: Swirl shawl, Summit Shawl

Debra: Tappan Zee, Creature Comfort

rphsews2: Medalion Top, Allegan Sweater

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: Core spinning

and Merino

Spinning Trust me (not forget me knot..I miss spoke)

Lorrie: PolyPay wool from Shady Side Farms
Earned 3 ribbons

Debra: Woolmill.com Sock Monkey

rphsews2: Woolmill.com Desert Sunset

My Exercise: On Recess

Cooking School:

Using a close pin to hold your draft when walking away.
Velcro dots also work

Pot Luck: On Recess

In the Kitchen:
Xpress Ready set go

Pita pizza

Use pita for the crust
Top with what you like
oven for 8 minutes

Very crunchy crust.

Field Report

Recipes:
We blather about the Fiber Festival

Camping
BethanyG came to visit

Podcast meet up-- Thank you to Homespun Journey and Spin Doctor!!

Classes

CJKopec

Keeping Soldiers Warm
Windswept Farms- BBQ , Salad dressing (Garlic Expressions)

Canning at the Fest

What we bought:

rphsews2: Humihomo circle and made a necklace

, Fleece

Debra: Briar Rose, Jelly eye needle, Lucet

Lorrie: Triangle loom, Needle jewlery
Note: No bunny naming contest. Please see Ravelry August 27 to see why.
Coggie: easier just to give my blog link. Plus a fleece. I sent it to Wooly Knob Mill to be processed, plus a triangle loom.

More talk about Windswept Farms

California wool festival

Chocovine

Triple Gadget Corner

Lap block pad

3"X6"X20" green foam. Cover with material to keep fleece from stitcking.

Bobbin Case

Plasic Bread ties. Use for marking skein yardage Hornshaw Wood Works Swift
and for twisting up your starting tail to keep out of the way.

Splash Vest

Episode 83: Touching Wood

2010-08-14T16:54:00.003-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Frogged Baby blanket- bought one instead
Started: Iced in Marr Haven Wool, Super Secret Squirrel
Working on 2nd hat
Finished Rose Retreat Socks- enough wool left for baby socks

Fiber Exercise:

Finished core spinning, Now back to merino

My exercise:

Cancelled Weight Watchers

Cooking School:

Mattress Stitch

In the Kitchen:

Quick stew pie
Stew of your choice
Top with mashed potatoes, cheese & onion
Bake at 350 until golden and bubbly

Pot Luck:

Knitstersusan: Myrtle Cardigan
Piontygirl: Estonian Shawlette w beads
Stebo79: one and a half rounds
Douknit2: Bear Down Baby Bear!

Field Report:

SNAFU
Reading to Sarge

Recipes:span style="font-size:180%;">
My college
Boo to Vegas then to college
House cleaning

On the Menu:

Michigan Fiber Fest
2pm Meet n greet in the Gazebo area.
Other podcasters:
Sasha from The Spin Doctor podcast and Sherry from Homespun Journey
Stitches Mid West
WWSIP day
Rhinebeck
California

Gadget Corner:

Susan Bates Velocity needles

Make a Hat or Two

2010-08-10T10:51:00.004-04:00

As you know, the Sarge is deployed. His unit is stationed in an area that will get very cold in the winter months.

I am asking for help to knit or crochet up 210 hats for the unit to use while sleeping, to stay warm.

Operation Keeping Soldiers Warm

materials:

Washable fiber- not 100% acrylic (superwash and blends)

Desert colors: Brown, Tan, Olive, Sage, Khaki.

Size 7 circ/dpn needles or a g hook.

Patterns:
WWII Watch cap or Watch cap Crochet (these are Ravelry links)

The hats need to be to me by mid-November.

More info can be found at Keeping Soldiers Warm or contact me on Ravelry.

Drawings will be done for thank you gifts when all hats are in.

Please watch this

Thank you so much for your help and your support.

Episode 82: Let the Games Begin

2010-08-06T21:30:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh In:

Hats

Fiber Exercise:

Trip to the ER

My Exercise:

Wiggling

Cooking School:

Solar dying

Pot Luck:

KnittaSista: Jeanie
Dnaprice: Flamingo Pie Baby Cardigan
Lansstama: Date on the Porch
GrandmaJean: First Finished Cardigan

In the Kitchen:

Blueberry Cobbler
I add a splash of almond extract

Recipes:

Apology: I do support all who wear uniforms

Christmas in ...yeah August
College shopping
Empty nest

Field Report:

Another box
Games- toys
FRG's- not just for the families
Batteries Plus

Gadget Corner:

Quart size canning jars
Plastic tongs

Episode 81: We are Tourists

2010-08-02T23:06:00.003-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Coggie: Socks, star baby blanket

Lorrie: Swirl shawl

Fiber Exercise:

Lorrie: BFL

Coggie: Corriedale blend, Merino

Cooking School:

Coggie: Core Spinning

Lorrie: Plying

In The Kitchen:

Teriyaki Chicken Sammies

Chicken breasts (boneless skinless)

Season salt

Wheat buns

Teriyaki sauce

Pineapple

Green chilies

Red onion slices

tomoto slices

Lettuce

Grill up the chicken with a bit of season salt on it

Place on bun, top with remaining ingredients.

serve with:

Parm Fries

Potatoes ( peeled and cut into fries)

olive oil

Parmesan cheese

Garlic powder

Salt water

Cut potatoes, place in salt water for a few minutes. Drain and dry.

shake in oil, sprinkle with cheese and powder, Bake at 400 for 25 minutes,or until brown and cooked through, turning once.

Pot Luck:

jj2edwards: Daffodil socks

bobbilicious: Charming Cardi

Annmaries: Baby Belle

My Exercise:

Holding my own

Recipes:

Detroit

Bear's 21st

KSA's

Fiddleknits info

Podcast

Keeping Soldiers Warm

Need 210 hats by Mid-November

Washable fiber- not 100% acrylic

WWII Watch cap or Crochet Watch Cap

Watch cap Crochet

Drawings will be done for thank you gifts when all hats are in.

On the menu:

Michigan Fiber Festival: August 17-22...camping. We will see how I do roughing it :)

Rhinebeck: New York Sheep and Wool Festival: October 16 & 17

California: Mid January- no set plans yet

Gadget Corner:

Spinning wheel bag

Episode 80: Go Fetch

2010-07-25T21:51:00.003-04:00

You can Listen here

Weigh in:
Socks
Citron Shawlette
Baby blanket

Fiber Exercise:

Tour de Fleece
Corriedale
Merino

My exercise:

Back to the Y

Cooking School:

Core spinning YouTube JazzTurtle- 5 part series on core spinning. I am not looking to do art yarn, but this is a good series to watch for the just of it.

SABLE spinning meet up

In the Kitchen:

Veggie pasta salad

Pot Luck:

Tmkr: Allison's veil
Jj2edwards: Valentine Shawl (Shawl #3)
Mollysmum: Mushroom Mitts

Recipes:

Pay it forward
Fiber weight gain
Meet Roo
Spinning with the hookers
Weather freak out- Intellicast.com
FRG picnic

Field Report:

Sarge is doing well
Packages.

On the Menu:

Detroit
Michigan Fiber Fest
Stitches Midwest
Rhinebeck
California

Gadget Corner:

Toothbrush for spinning

Episode 79: Indecisive

2010-07-17T18:53:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Socks, Citron

Fiber Exercise:

Texel

My exercise:

Knee report, back to the Y

Cooking School:

When to give it up?

In the Kitchen:

Tomato & mozz salad.

Tomatoes Chopped

Mozzarella cheese cubed

Basil leaves, sliced

Balsalmic vinegar

Olive oil

Fresh ground pepper

Stir, chill, serve.

Pot Luck:

Missknotty: Hemlock Ring Blanket

Stebo79: Gwendolyn
Catsaysknit: Krista

Field Report:

This is where I jabber about the Sarge.
Love/Life Via the Internet

Wonderful classmate

Recipes:

As the world turns- or how my life is a soap

Marr Haven's Garden

Talk soup:

CatSaysKnit:

1. What are 3 of your knitting no-nos for yourself and might make you cringe when you hear of another knitter doing these?
2. When do you mark a project as finished on your Ravelry page? After it’s off the needles or ready to wear?

On the Menu:

Detroit: Meet up July 30th

Michigan Fiber Fest: Podcast meet up Saturday 2pm
Rhinebeck: October
California: Jan-Feb

Gadget Corner:

Coil Knitting Needle holders from Clover

Episode 78: Happy Hooker

2010-07-10T17:30:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Rose retreat socks, Citron,
Bath mat.

Fiber Exercise:

Tour de Fleece.

Corriedale/CVM 148 yds

Corriedale 156 yds

Now spinning some Texel

Spinning wheel search: Correction: Schacht Spinning wheels are made in Colorado.

My exercise:

Y work outs M/W/F morning, TH evenings
Gimpy alert
I was yelled at by the Weight Watchers Website!!!

Cooking School:

On Recess Sorry

In the Kitchen:

Shout out to Mollysmum, here is the recipe:

Lemon Garlic chicken

Chicken rice with Lemon grass
2 ¼ cup chicken broth
1 cup long grain rice
6 blades lemon grass chopped

Use rice steamer or Put in pot with good sealed cover
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook on med for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender.

Pot Luck:

Teacozy: Liesl
TripletsRus: Tree of life
Douknit2: Summer flutters by
Knitsaholic: Anney

Recipes:

Boo Update
What empty nest?
Melting hooks Off Clip on Bug fan
Fourth of July-

Back in School
Summer reading
Thank you:

On the Menu:

Detroit – July 29-31
Maker Fair in Dearborn July 31
Michigan Fiber Festival- August 17-22
Spin in Public day: The Bookman here in Grand Haven: Sept 18th
Rhinebeck- Oct 16-17
SAFF-Oct 23-24
Plans for California Jan or Feb
Sock Summit July 28-31 Portland Oregon????

Gadget Corner:

Lo-Lo Bar

Episode 77: We were Busy

2010-07-03T11:51:00.004-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Rose retreat socks and Commuter Knapsack

Fiber exercise:

None

Exercise:

Lots of swimming

Cooking school:

Travel knitting

In the kitchen:

Tortilla Soup
I looked in my book and found that my recipe for tortilla soup came off the net.
You can find it here

Pot luck:

Mollysmum: Clapotis
Knitaholic: Boobie Koozie
Agoodyarn: Trellis and Flowers Stole

Recipes:

Our time together.
Pictures can be found here

On the menu:

Detroit- July 29-31
Michigan Fiber Fest: August
Rhinebeck: October

Gadget corner:

Burt's Bees Lemon butter cuticle cream.

Episode 76: Garbage in, Garbage out!

2010-06-24T19:55:00.006-04:00

You can Listen HERE

Weigh in:

Commuter knapsack

Fiber Exercise:

Tour de Fleece prep

My exercise:

Y 3x this week, down 4#

Cooking School:

Decreases:
How to make the SSK sit a little better. Trick to P3togtbl

In the Kitchen:

Easy Cheesy Tuna Casserole

1 box Kraft Mac n cheese
1 can cr. of mushroom soup
1 can chunk white albacore Tuna- drained
1 single serve frozen peas- cooked
French fried onions
Black pepper
Cook noodles according to pkg. directions. Drain, Do not add milk and butter. Add soup and cheese mix, stir well. Add drained tuna, peas and stir. Add pepper to taste. Serve and top with French fried onions for crunch. We like this with a salad.

Pot Luck:

Tripletsrus: Thistle Design 'Balmoral'
Mandymosey: My first shawl.
Knittinwolf: Tehachapi in the Fall!
Stebo79: Sheepmania
PegofTilling: Pink Tea Wallet

Recipes:

Back in School
Thank you
Cleaning needles Cleaner
Getting ready to go

Talk Soup:

More from Shadysidefarm

On the Menu:

El Paso
Detroit
Rhinebeck
Future plans : Oh I was ousted to Sock Summit 2011!! Maybe...

Gadget Corner:

Page Protectors

Episode 75: A Trip To Marr Haven Farm

2010-06-18T01:53:00.007-04:00

You can Listen Here

Weigh in:

Rose Retreat socks, Commuter Knapsack

Fiber Exercise:

None

My exercise:

Exercising at the Y

Cooking School:

Rainbow Arches Pooling Stole
Pooling Shawls

In the Kitchen:

Artichoke & Feta Pizza

Pot Luck:

Kala: Lake Trail Tissue Sweater
Rphsews2: Market bag
Tripletsrus: Contrast sleeve Tee

Recipes:

Books: 5 love Languages, Faith Deployed, Love dare from Fireproof
State Park Passes
Swap the seasons

Marr Haven Farm

History of Rambouillet /Merino Sheep

Mule Spun Yarns

Sorry Picture is a bit fuzzy

Suzanne Pufpaff Fiber Mill

Hooked on Felt

Felt United

Thank you Barbara for a wonderful interview.

Podcast Shout outs:

Knaked Knits is Back

Tour de Fleece: Team Sasquatch—more info on the Knitmore Girls Podcast

On the Menu:

El Paso: June 25-30
Detroit: July 29-31
Michigan Fiber Festival: August 17-22nd

Gadget Corner:

StitchDots

Episode 74: Blame it on the margaritas

2010-06-14T02:18:00.002-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Lorrie: Swirl Shawl, Summit Shawl
Coggie: Rose Retreat Socks, Commuter Knapsack
Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: Corriedale
Lorrie: Bunny
My exercise:

Need a belt. Joined the Y
Cooking School:

Triangular shawls
In the Kitchen:

Monkey Farts – Change Honey to Agave and raisins for pecans. Coconut flour

Pot Luck:
TMKR: Colorful Cardigan for Cecilia and Cece's Changing Pad
Dnaprice: cup of coffee
Aprilshowers: Paas skirty

Recipes:

College
Graduation
Finishing
Thank you!!

Talk soup:

Questions from Shadysidefarm

On the Menu:

Lorrie: concert

Coggie: El Paso – June 25-30

Both:
Detroit knit weekend. July 29-31 Please join us. For info PM on Ravelry.
Michigan Fiber Festival: August 17-22
New York Lamb and Wool, Rhinebeck : October 16-17

Gadget Corner:

Kumi Loom

Episode 73: Decompression

2010-05-28T14:16:00.004-04:00

Weigh in:

Rose retreat sock 1 finished
Sock for Sheepie

Fiber Exercise:

Spun some Corriedale in Tan, spinning more in Brown to ply

My exercise:

4#’s less. Thoughts on WW meeting problem

Cooking School:

Crochet charts

In the Kitchen:

Baked Crab Rangoon

2 points per serving of 3

Pot Luck:

MountainPurl: Purple Sasha Skirt
WickedPyssa: Monkey cowl & Fingerless Monkeys
KnittinWolf: Centrique

Recipes:

Sarge Gone
Support
MyBlueStarFlag
started in 1917

On the Menu:

El Paso, Detroit, Michigan fiber festival

Talk Soup:

More from dnaprice:

Gadget Corner:

Increase Decrease marker

Episode 72: Thank you Mr. Obvious

2010-05-18T17:00:00.003-04:00

Weigh in:

Eliina shawl, Rose retreat socks

Fiber exercise: New orifice hook in the making

Real exercise: Missed WW, Keeping better track of points

Cooking school:
Toe closures:
Vogue Knitting Spring Summer 2010 has lots of info.

Top down: Kitchener stitch
Toe up: Double needle long tail cast on -- pictures coming soon.

In the kitchen:

Bruschetta

Pot luck:

RJHuggz: Mary Jane Booties
Sonomaknit: Cash's Gecko
jj2edwards: Birthday Shawl

Recipes:

Crazy week- Dinner
Hotel sitting
We wear O-rings
Bears for Charity- Threadbear- comfort bear drive
Swap the seasons
Pay it Forward-- Winner announced

Talk soup:

Keigiliakitten:- Shout out to her new podcast "Yarns from the garden"

Where my screen name came from?

dnaprice:

Who is your favorite author and what genre of books to you like to read? What is your favorite type of Music?

Gadget corner:

Butt Bag

Episode 71: Accessorize

2010-05-12T21:08:00.004-04:00

You can Listen Here

Weigh in:

Socks, New Socks, Eliina Shawl
Fiber Exercise: Lost my orifice hook

My exercise:

WW- Gained 2 lbs.
Wiggling, Water

Cooking School:

Hiya Hiya Needles: Review.

In the Kitchen: Comfort Food

Pinto Beans & Ham

1.5 cups dry pinto beans, Soak over night
4-6 cups of water
Small bone in picnic ham
½ small onion (optional)
Rinse beans after soaking (pull out floating beans) and put in crock pot.

Add water , ham and onion.

Cook all day on low.

WW- 4 pts per serving.

Serve with Corn bread.

Pot Luck:

PegofTilling: Spring Onion Bag
Closetomyheart: Monday Morning Cardigan
Twin1: fire on the Wasatch mountains socks

Recipes:

Retreat Recap
Pictures of Goodies
Alpine Boot
Friend and Family Weekend
Experience in my Shoes

On the Menu:

July 30-August 1- Detroit, MI—Warp tour
Knitting/spinning get together on the 31st-- Where TBA

Gadget Corner:

Frog Box

Episode 70: Fiber-Friend Orgasm No Faking It Here

2010-05-04T01:27:00.003-04:00

You can listen here

Not a normal show. This one is not for the kids!!

Recorded at Knit-a-Way 2010 with I think 10 people from the retreat. Lots of laughter and lots of fun.

Pictures from the retreat:

We drove up to this:

Back of house by the lake:

The kitchen, just breakfast food:

The Great room we played in:

Photo taken by Tina- The event planner

Deck was a great place to relax in quiet:

The View of Lake Huron:

The Retreat Group Shot: The hat I did not make.

Photo taken by Tina- the event planner.

Thank you to everyone who joined me for the recording. I hope you enjoyed the show!!

Episode 69: Verbal Vomit

2010-04-28T19:54:00.002-04:00

You can Listen Here

Weigh in:

Chloe sweater, Two at a time socks, Rooibos, Eliina shawl

Fiber Exercise: None

My exercise:

Walking, Water, Missing Weight Watchers

Cooking School:

Sock knitting: DPNs, 2 circs, ML and straight needles.

In the Kitchen:

Granola & Yogurt for breakfast

Pot Luck:

Closetomyheart: 9 to 5 Shrug
RJHuggz: Fairy Blanket test knit #2 for ShoeDiva (Melanie Frasier)
Mandymoesy: Gracies St George's Day Cardigan
JenAus0524: ArtPrize 2010 Kit #2

Recipes:

Hair
Shoes/clothes
Weekend Away
Nail file
Listening- Relationship builder
ACE
WAIT
CARE
Active Listening
Pay it forward Contest
Swap the Seasons

Talk Soup:

Crochettreasures:
If you could travel to 3 destinations where would they be and why? (When you) own your own yarn shop what would it be named and what types of yarns would you carry?
Knitsaholic: Why don’t you knit two socks at a time anymore?
On the Menu:
Knit-a-way, Send off party

Gadget Corner:

Sheep Incognito

Thinking of a print or two for the craft room

Episode 68: Back to Hooking

2010-04-14T08:57:00.003-04:00

You can listen here
Weigh in:

Chloe Cardigan

Fiber Exercise:

LaalBear, Hand Dyed Blue faced Leicester

My exercise:

Walking challenge
New shoes
Wiggling
Water
Grab-n-go food

Cooking School:

What is your favorite cast on?
E-Wrap- Video
Long Tail- or sling shot
Purl long tail- or backward sling shot
Knitted- Great for learning or casting on in a row
Purl- like knitted, but uses purl motions
Ribbed cast on
Cable
Crochet-
Provisional- or invisible
Turkish
German Twisted
Judy’s magic cast on

In the Kitchen:

Stuffed chicken
4 chicken breasts- Boneless/ skinless Pound flat
Olive oil/mayo/eggs beaten- your choice
½ cup Italian bread crumbs
Frozen chopped spinach cooked & drained
1 can diced tomatoes-drained
¼ diced onion (or 2 tbl dried diced)
1 & 1/2 cup mozzarella or Monterey Jack cheese
Spray a 13x9 inch pan or foil line- trust me on this.
In small bowl mix spinach, tomatoes, onion and 1 cup of cheese.
Dip or slather chicken with your choice of sticky stuff. Then roll in bread crumbs. Lay flat in pan and fill each piece with veggie mixture. Roll up and secure with toothpick.
Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until chicken is done
Top with rest of cheese and serve.
If you’re not a spinach lover, you can use chopped broccoli and cheddar cheese instead.

Pot Luck:

DolyDimple- Abrazo
SharonT- Brandywine shawl
TripletsRus- Emmaline

Recipes:

Stress overload
Packing/getting close
college

Talk Soup:

Questions from CrochetTreasures:

What is your favorite fiber to spin?
What are your favorite blends?
What have you tried but didn’t care for or come out like you thought?
What is your favorite method for plying?

Swap the Seasons

Gadget Corner:

Addi Click

Episode 67: Try another Haystack

2010-04-06T15:56:00.003-04:00

You Can Listen Here

Weigh in:

Still going: Rooibos, Eliina Shawl and Striped socks
Started Laporte Ave. Tote

Fiber Exercise:

Spun up 1.5 oz Corriedale Top
http://www.alaskansass.etsy.com/

My exercise:

Joined Weight Watchers
Counting points- I can’t eat them all
Light Chocolate silk

Cooking School: On recess

In the Kitchen:

Wet Burritos
Flour tortillas
1 pound ground meat
1 small chopped onion
1 handful cilantro chopped
Cumin, garlic and chili powder to taste
1 can refried beans
1 can enchilada sauce
Shredded Jack Cheese
Brown ground meat, add onions, cilantro and spices to taste. Drain. Heat refried beans and sauce.
On plate place tortilla, add beans, meat mixture and cheese, fold and roll into burrito shape. Top with enchilada sauce. I serve with Spanish rice and a salad

Sauce Recipe

Pot Luck:
Knittinwolf's Wrapped in Hugs and Kisses
Catsaysknit's Essential Tank

Acanthus' Setesdal style pullover

KnittingRN's Plum Forest Cardigan

Recipes:

Search for needles

Shopping
Chips- Carolina BBQ & Tomato Basil - Gluten/soy/MSG free, 0 trans fats
College

On the Menu:

Knit a way – coming up quick- Puppy chow & DVD’s

Gadget Corner:

Bird Scissors

Episode 66: Soooo did we get our money back??

2010-03-30T17:22:00.005-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Still going: Rooibos, Shawl, Socks
Fiber Exercise: swap package

My exercise:

5 W's

Cooking School:

Portuguese style knitting

In the Kitchen:

Hummus

Pita bread, sliced cucumbers, radishes, olives and other veggies

Pot Luck:

Dnaprice’s Autumn Shawl
Lorrieu’s Citron
Twin1’s Citron
Teacozy’s Easter Leaves
Grandmajean’s Damn Pig

Recipes:

Knitting group
Furniture Shopping
Fell in love with this (Franklin not LazyBoy, sorry)
Pay it forward
Swap the Seasons

Talk Soup:

Questions from dnaprice

On the Menu:

Easter
Spring break/college starts
Knit-a-way 2010- April 29-May2
WWKIP day June 12-21

World Wide Stash Sale Day
Belle of the Ball Podcast
Raverly Group blog site

Gadget Corner:

Calendar

Episode 65: What rating does this show have?

2010-03-22T18:37:00.003-04:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Rooibos, Steel Topper, Socks and Shawl

Fiber Exercise:

No spinning this week
Lots of wheel searching

My exercise:

3 W’s again

Cooking School:

Easter Egg Dye Tablets

In the Kitchen:

Perfect White Bread

Ingredients:

1 pkg dry yeast
1/4 cup water
2 cups milk (scalded)
2 Tbl Sugar
2 tsp salt
1 Tbl shortening
6 to 6 1/4 cups flour

Directions:

Dissolve yeast in water. Combine milk, sugar, salt and shortening and cool to lukewarm. Add 2 cups of flour and beat. Add yeast mixture and mix together. Add enough of remaining flour to make stiff dough. Knead till smooth and satiny (8 to 10 minutes). Shape into ball. Place in lightly greased bowl turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and let rise again until double (45 minutes). Cut into 2 loafs. Shape into balls and let rest 10 minutes. Shape into loaf by rolling flat with rolling pin. Then roll dough like jelly roll, sealing ends and tucking under when place in 8 1/2 x 4 x 2 pan. Let rise 1 hour. Bake at 400* F for 35 minutes. After 15 minutes, if browning too fast, cover with foil. Let bread cool on rack or across pans.

Pot Luck:

TripletsRus- Rainbow Scarf
Catsaysknit- SOBO Spring 2010 KAL Vine Yoke
Tmkr- A cabled Tempting

Recipes:

New Knitty
Figuring out our calendar
Swap the Seasons

Talk Soup:

Finishing up questions from JavaNut:
Other than your wedding dress - favorite knit/crocheted item for yourself?
Favorite that you’ve made for someone else?
3 random, unknown (to the ‘cast listeners) facts about you, or experiences you’ve had…

Gadget Corner:

Sweater Stone- You pay S/H they send you a free sweater stone

Episode 64: Low Fiber Content

2010-03-15T18:53:00.007-04:00

You can listen here
Weigh in:

Still going:
Steel topper
Rooibos

Fiber Exercise:

None this week
New wheel on hold

My Exercise:

Water, walking and wiggling

Cooking School:

When to wind

In the Kitchen:

Pork with Apple slaw sandwiches

Pot Luck:

Rjhuggz- Braided sandals
Spinningbuddy-Fisherman’s sweater
AnotherFolkSingr- Global afghan
Kimberly505- Sweet Easter cap

Recipes:

Meet Kanga
New Furniture- Furniture Warehouse
Table either from Meijer or Walmart
Spring cleaning- freecycle.org
Signed up for college
Women’s Expo
Gleen- Green cleaning cloth
Onymyrrhe- nail stuff

Swap the Seasons

Sign ups end Friday the 19th

Swag Shop

Talk soup: Where you can ask questions for me to answer
This weeks questions by JavaNut-

How the Sarge and I met
What is my tech/tip resource

Gadget Corner:
Lucy Neatby video series

Episode 63: Purrs & Words

2010-03-05T23:55:00.005-05:00

You can listen here

Weigh in:

Finished: Sgt. Scarf!!
Frogged & restarted mmWrap as Rooibos
Pulled out Steel Topper and Raglan Sweater

Olympic colors
Yarn on the fly

Fiber Exercise:

Spun Polypay

My exercise:

Diet Orientation
Wiggles
Water

Cooking School:

Increasing or decreasing evenly
Other Stitch calculators

In the Kitchen:

Mexican Lasagna

Pot Luck:

Knitgirl1-Roller Derby Leg Warmers
Lavig81- Beth's bunny slippers
YarnHallow- Basic Chic Hoodie
Tmkr- Mick's handspun b'day socks

Recipes:

BumbleBeeTuna
EZ Combs
Spring Cleaning
Smells
Searching for Kanga

On the Menu:

Knit-a-way April 29th -May 2nd
Michigan Fiber Fiesta: May 15th
Knit in Public Day celebrations: June 12th to 20th
Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair: July 16-18
Michigan Fiber Festival: August 21st & 22nd

Gadget Corner:

Argyle box