Episode 9: The Halloween Episode Where We Barely Mention Halloween

Happy Halloween all!!!

Link to the show


Weigh in:

Coggie:
Still going: Ms. Purple pants- One sleeve almost done, walking on Love socks
Bams:
Still Going: Fruit Loops almost done, Sweater fronts done, Skull gloves

Fiber Exercise:

Bams:
Yummy alpaca
Shetland is to be spun
Spin for a sweater: Anyone want to join us for Cobble Stone after the New Year? OOO Exciting, our first KAL possibly
Still carding Alpaca

Coggie:
Hopefully will try wheels this week

Ladybug knitter it’s your entire fault!!! (We forgive you)

Our exercise:

Bams:
Week 5 AWESOME!

Coggie:
Lots of soups in the diet

Recipes: Where we chatter;

Knit-a-way weekend

Army of Women.org Study on breast cancer

Warm drinks: Hot buttered Rum

Costumes: Ravelry to the one Bams talked about: Lady Parts

Chapstick holder

Simply Knitting

Ornaments: Minutia 08 Minutia07

Contest:

Winners!! We have Winners!

Boy! Were they hard to choose!

Booby prizes:

StarsongKY: Knit Simple Holiday

JennyGirl: Surprise Prize

Grand Prize Winner:
JellyBean !!!

Thank you Hornshaw woodworks for the Swift

On the menu:

Jared Flood in Grand Rapids at City Knitting
Kerst Market in Holland

Gadget Corner:

Elizabeth Zimmermann DVD’s

Episode 8: Holidays, Mushy Stuff, and project Schizophrenia

Weigh in:
Bams:
Finished: 1 fruitloop sock done.



Working on: Sweater fronts , a pair of skull fingerless gloves. Fingerless glove, We call them pirates hat, We call them ampersand



Going to Start: Pink Ribbon socks:
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
How to check yourself properly

Secret of the Stole: will be worked on hopefully

Coggie:
Finished: A few washcloths Lacy round dishcloth, 1 love sock

Still going: Ms. Purple pants - on to the sleeves

Babette, Socks, Hemlock Ring Blanket

Started baby blankets for charity.

Fiber Exercise:

Bams:

Susan Delgado: yummy Blue/yellow/green yummy hand spun. 350 yds.
Suggestions on what Bams should make please



She tore apart a silk dress and mixed it with Black Cori dale wool.

Coggie:
Is still in love with the Babe, wants to try one.

No exercise this week, but I gained weight.
Thank you Lisa for setting me up with Kim as a partner: Knitpicks starter dye kit, sock blank, Tea cozy book (sunflower and sheep cozy can be seen in the pictures), The Opinionated Knitter . Thank you Kim for everything!

Our exercise:
Bams:
Did her running this week… Katie O - how’s it going? Anita did you start?

Coggie:
Wasn’t feeling good, so not any of this exercise either. Did check out the local aquatic center and will join it this next week

Recipes: Where we chatter;

Happy Anniversary Bams and the Chief

The sweetest story about their wedding

Sweetest day: Alfred Hitchcock
Holiday Kal/Cal- Yarnthing and Knaked knits: Sign ups are until October 31st

Holiday gifts

What are your holiday traditions? Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Winter solstice? Let us know.

Contest:
Do you want to this swift? One more week

Hornshaw Woodworks

On the menu for this month:

Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor, MI-Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, October 25 & 26, 2008 $3 admission

The Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (better known as SAFF) Oct 24th- 26th in Fletcher, NC

Knit a way weekend: January 22-25 In Ludington, MI- 2 spaces left they are being raffled off. Contact KNITKNUT67 on Ravelry for info

Shout outs:
LadyDragonTear: you go girl!! Keep those socks a going.
Knitter83: You and yours are in our prayers

Charity:

The Parent-Child Assistance Program: (P-CAP)

Anything from Booties to Blankies and everything in between is a welcome gift to these new babies. If you would like to make baby items, please contact us and we will let you know how to get them to us to donate.

Gadget Corner:
Lucet - Thank you Tim (teejtc) for our gadget this week



You can find us on Ravelry as BammerKT and CoggieTM or email us at thehighfiberdiet@gmail.com

Listen to the Yarn Talk

Fall is here along the Lake shore and the colors are beautiful!

Listen to us here

Weigh in:
Coggie:

Finished: : Holiday Joy

Still going: Ms. Purple pants, Babette,Socks, Hemlock Ring Blanket

Bams:

Pictures are found on her blog
Finished Baudelaire socks, YUM! Yay Cookie A
Frogged: Swedish Thora, Mystery Stole IV is headed for the pond too
Started: Basic Black Sweater

Fruit loops socks: In another hand spun yummy yarn

Learned to knit backwards

Starting to think about Halloween costume for the boy. Last year's:

Fiber Exercise:

Bams:

spinning has happened and will continue to spin 2/3’s more
The alpaca Farm: 38 lbs of Suri Alpaca Fleeces were bought and brought home

Coggie:

Doing research in the Spin off magazine.

Our exercise:

Couch to 5k: getting back into the running

Letter boxing or Geo-caching

Diet/walking looking for Winter stuff to do


Recipes:

Where we chatter;
YarnCon:
Bams met Franklin Habit: Thread bear Field trip in January


Taste of home cooking school: Yummy food!

Bread crumbs are McCormick Crusting blends with Panko bread crumbs

LNYP with Cookie A- did I insult her? If I did I AM SORRY!! I love your patterns, I just knit Vanilla Socks!

Oh and she has designed scarves and other items beyond socks. Check her out on Ravelry
Not a lot of people showed up
Cheesy Contest at the LNYP.
YAY BethanyG!!

Good Apple Cider: J.K. Scrumpy’s farmhouse organic hard cider


Contest:
Do you want to this swift?
Hornshaw Woodworks

On the menu for this month:
Thread Bear is having that curves class: I will not be able to attend, Saturday classes start that week

Bams sold out at Carpedyeem.etsy.com new yarns are up now


Shout outs:
Cammera: (Kathleen in Japan) Thank you for the different yarns for me to try and for the crochet lace book
Camelspin by Handmaiden Fine Yarn
Hand made Paper yarn by
Stainless Steel & Merino from Habu

WendyMcD: Thank you for asking the question about Rav-addiction.


Please Vote on November 4th if you are in the USA

Gadget Corner:
Bams mom makes awesome Scrubbies

She has made a Pilgrim Hat for Thanksgiving.
We will be getting a pattern made up for it.

Dye It! or Diet?

Between Cats and allergies, yes we knit.

Weigh in:

Coggie:
Finished: Acorn bag

Still going:
Ms. Purple pants

babette and Love Socks


Started:
Hemlock Ring Blanket (thanks to Sydney and DNA Price) almost to “fan and forever” and Holiday Joy

Bams:
Finished: Spicy squash socks, YUM!

Still going: SOTS and MOTS

Ripped: Swedish Thora, but to be cast on when new needles arrive

Here is the Russian Join we talked about:

Started: Charity Scarf, Baudelaire socks by Cookie A

Our exercise:

Couch to 5k: going GREAT!!

Diet/walking, feeling better

Fiber Exercise:

Bams: Six Million Miles of Lace weight? Yummy BFL ½ way spun up.

Recipes: Where we chatter

Going to the Taste of home cooking school on Thursday.

Thank you to the response to the teal toes, let’s keep it going. I set up a link on Ravelry for this.

SheepShed Studios
Contest:

Do you want to a swift from Hornshaw Wood Works?

See it in action...

If so, take a photo of how you wind your yarn from hank to center pull or ball.

BE CREATIVE!!

We will be choosing a winner about Halloween time.

You can either post the photo in the Ravelry group

or

email it to us at thehighfiberdiet.gmail.com

On the menu:

Yarncon OCT 4th – Chicago Land Area
Bams is off to it

People who will be there and have booths that we know of, Meghan from stitch it, Sharon from Sheknits

LNYP- OCT 10th City Knitting, Grand Rapids, MI
Cookie A will be there

Suri Alpaca Farm- Bams gets to go on Wednesday (Coggie is Jealous) report next week

Shout outs:

LlamaLady: Thank you for the link for Cormo wool

Gadget Corner:

Silvalume Handi Tool: Thank you 1to1 for the gifts, you are awesome!

Episode 5

Weigh in:
Bams:
Still going:
SOTS clue 5 done
MOTS Clue 3 finished
Limon Ape socks :
Started: Swedish Thora Sweater in handspun

Coggie:
Finished:
Liesl
Started:
Love Socks
Elann.com
Paradisefibers.net
Weight Gain: Thank you to Sydney of Knaked Knits podcast for the sassy stripe yarn from LL
Bought 2 skeins of Heart & Sole Red Heart sock yarn to try.

Exercise:
Bams: Spinning roving chosen in pole, thank you for your votes.
BFL from CopperMoose

Our exercise:
Diet: going well so far
Couch to 5k: Moving up and doing good

Recipes:
Bams:
Kills Coggie’s diet!! Apple pickin’ at Cranes in Fennville, Michigan.
Pie of the month club
Simplicity Gourmet cookware
Dueling cinnamon rolls mmmmm.

Coggie:
Interweave Crochet at ThreadBear Fiber Arts in Lansing, Michigan
Thank you to Rob and Matt for putting on a wonderful event and to Kim Werker, Editor of Interweave Crochet and Sandi Wiseheart , Editor of Knitting Daily, for a wonderfully informational show.
Sandi talking about Sam
Kim showing the wonderful wool/bamboo afghan in the book
This is the cobblestone sweater
Wonderful bag in IC
I will talk about this more next week.

Bams:
Working on two charity blankets for Stitch it! Podcast.


Coggie:
Shows off swap, Thank you to Coley8301 of Ravelry, you spoiled me!!! This was part of the YarnThing Podcast Swap


Nutrition:
This is where we are going to give back, make aware and generally try to be good people each week.

Teal Toes: Paint your toes for Ovarian Cancer Awareness.

On the menu for this month:
Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool : Sept 27-28
Yarn Con: October 4th
Sizing class at ThreadBear; November 15th

Shout outs:
Dyeing to knit podcast, thank you .. Opps These ladies are both from New Hampshire
Linked in comments to Limenviolet, we are not worthy, love the podcast.

Movies:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Keeping Mum

Gadget Corner:
Diz

Ep. 4: Ask me about my Ho socks

Hello Dieters
Lots of newness this week, the sound quality is better, maybe too good, sorry about the ear splitting laughter, we will work on toning it down now.
ETA: We figured it out, it was mic problems again, Next week will be better, Thank you everyone for being patient.

The show can be found at http://thehighfiberdiet.mypodcast.com/index.html
Weigh In:
Bams:
Finished:
Sock 1 of Limon Ape
Fingerless gloves in "Pirate" Link for showing Philosopher’s Wool technique

Knit-a-longs
Mystery Stole IV- clue 2 done
SOTS III –clue 5 mostly done

Coggie:
Finished:
Dumpling Bag-Lumpy Dumpy
Blue Hawaiian Socks Sock 1 done
On Going:
Babette Blanket- Making LOTS of squares
Jolly Green Giant Socks
Started:
Ms. PurpleJeans: off the Mr. GreenJeans pattern from Knitty.com
Liesl in Online City Linie 117 : Book Thief is the book, The pattern is named after the main character from it,

Exercise:
Photos of wool dyeing:


Bams:
Spicy Squash Roving: YUM!!

What should Bams Spin Next? Vote Over There--->

Coggie:
Did a little spinning with Shooting Stars roving
She really wants a wheel.
Looking at: Hitchhiker , Ashford Kiwi and Fiberstarter ( oops I said firestarter on the show)
Bams answers spinning wheel questions

Real Diet:
Bams:
Couch to 5k; going ok, redoing a week, how are others doing on this?
Coggie:
Thank you to LadyBugKnitter for the info on WW.
Thank you to Kraftie on Ravelry for the Sparkspeople.com website
MargoKP gave a Yummy Recipe for ZESTY MINESTRONE CROCKPOT SOUP

Contest:
Stay tuned; Upcoming announcement next week.

Recipes:
This week we answer questions people have asked us; Coggie also show she really cannot read *sigh*
KPPPM = Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino Yarn (KPPPM)

Gadget Corner:
ThimbleIt. Found on Amazon

On the menu:
Yarncon More Info
Mihaela's Fashion Show More Info
Northern Michigan Lamb and wool festival: Sept 27-28 more info
LNYP at City Knitting: Oct. 10 more info

So we're immature. Wanna make somethin' of it?

Hello Dieters
Thank you for bearing with us these last few weeks. We think we have figured out the sound issues and it will just keep improving. This week we have a few crackles, next week will be better as we returned the bad mic for a good one.
We would like to thank Bams husband, the Chief, for all his help with sound quality.
Bams and Coggie are a bit all over the place this episode. We recorded once, and the sound quality was BAD, really BAD! So we popped a hard cider and recorded the second show. Now you can tell them if they should drink... or not during podcasting…

Thank you everyone for your comments on the podcast, we had 30 names in the drawing.
And the Contest Winners are:
Teejtc ~ The handspun
Chrismomom~ The Sockyarn
YAY to you two!!! Woo hoo!!


Weigh In:
Coggie:
Dumpling Bag- cast on and needs to be felted
Babette Blanket- Making LOTS of squares
Blue Hawaiian Socks- Just a bit more done

Bams:
Ice Queen- Finished, off the needle
BFF Socks- ¾ of SS done
SOTS III – Finished clue 3
Swedish Thora Sweater- Best of knitters- Arans and Celtics, to be cast on this week.



Exercise: (spinning, carding)
Bams:
Finished Lemon/lime/grape
Commission spinning
Brown/Red/Gold Roving
Carded bats of wool


Coggie:
Shows first drop spinning that is plied and first wheel spun yarn, same roving.
Is there anywhere around here I can rent a wheel? I am on the search now.

Chief:
His first hand spun, YAY!


Real Diet:
Coggie starts one; you can join along or just give encouragement. The MI100 needs to go!!!!

Contest:
From XRX for more info
http://www.thinkoutsidethesox.com/

Swaps:
Coggie:
Monthly Adventures Pos/Pins swap, thank you Kariola on Ravelry
Bams:
She is a swap virgin; we may need to remedy that on the podcast

KATIEO KEEP RUNNING GIRL!!

Recipes:
Here the ladies blabber about knitting, spinning, crocheting and life

Leftovers:
What was left out of last weeks show. We hope we don’t have leftovers too often, but sometimes is ok.
Stitches again:
Getting Gauge
Meeting Debbie Macomber
Gadget Corner:
DPN WIP Tubes
Please let us know if you know of a gadget we should talk about

On the menu: coming attractions
Shop Hop in Lansing this weekend: Sept 5-7 Passports sold out :(
Northern Michigan Lamb and wool festival: Sept 27-28 more info
LNYP at City Knitting: Oct. 10 more info