Post VDay Chatter

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Weigh in:
Bams:
New Fleegle Socks
CPH, fronts done
Coggie:
FLS

Deborah: (Thank you for joining us this week)
Leafy Shawl by Phyllis Bradley

Adding beads with wire


Fiber Exercise:
Coggie: Spun Jacob
Bams: Finished spinning Suffolk
Washed Alpaca and Jacob
Coggie: Spent
Bams Lazy Kate: small laundry basket with knitting needles strung through
Valentines Day Swap: Thank you Atomic (Rosie), you are awesome!

Our exercise:
Bams: Was ill, still worked out
Recipes:
The Chief’s Birthday
Valentines Day – Mourning Bams favorite restaurant
Men who cook are awesome – Desserts for breakfast

SWAP talk:
YAY MotleyMatilda on the first teaser drawing
Talking about teasers

You’ve just been schooled: More info on Bams Blog
Pulled Dorset: not super soft, Long Draw
Finn: Silky, Combed

Look what I found: Instantmess, Garrett’s blanket

On the menu for this month:
LYNP: Feb 20th at City Knitting
Shady Side Farm: Feb. 28th Sheering day
Road Trip from Michigan to Georgia March 12 – 18th

Fiber Away Retreat:
Half full already
There is a beach and a fire pit. Large glassed in Porch…come knit with us.

Gadget Corner:
Calculator
How to increase evenly across the row

Episode 20: MishMash, Family and More!

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Weigh in:
Coggie:
Finished: I’ve got big balls
Still going: NYCO Sweater, Toe Up socks, Sgt. Scarf
Started: FLS

Bams:
Finished: Blueberry waffle socks, Koolhaas Hat,

Yet another skully hat.
Intarsia in the round- Any suggestions?

Still going: CPH

Contest Winner: PegofTilling ***YAY***

Fiber Exercise:

Bams: spun half of Suffolk, washed alpaca
Washed a WHOLE Shetland sheep
Jackie’s method: in the washing machine

Coggie: Spun some corriedale

Our exercise:
Bams: Criss-cross cardio 4 x last week

Recipes:

Books on tape
Drunk, Divorced and covered in cat hair
Christopher Rice- A Density of Souls
The Lincoln Lawyer-
Elizabeth Peters
Report Cards: Yeah good kids!
M&M tube- perfect holder for your bag. Go here to find where you can buy them.
Road Trip- Help Coggie plan it please

Fiber Away- November 5-8th, 2009
Signs up are open
$175 for 3 night 4 day, includes food
Top bunk $150 (discounted)
Donations for door prizes are welcome and advertising space is available.

Contact Bams for more info.

Aloe Vera

You’ve just been schooled:

More info on Bams Blog

Debouillet: Merino x Rambouillet, Yummy!
Self made combed top with Afro Picks you need two combs and Transfer back and forth. Coggie Suggests Angel food combs

Horned Dorset: Long Draw spun. Short staple, rough yarn.
Swap: All matches have been made and shopping is happening!

Look what I found:
AnitaT- Selbuvotter Mittens YUM!
On the menu for this month:
City knitting in Grand Rapids: Spinning class on the 19th- LNYP on the 20th

Happy Birthday to the Chief!

Have fun Brewing.

Gadget Corner:
A pocket guide to knitting

Episode 19: Big news all over the Place

Testing Embedding





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Weigh in:

Bams:
Finished:

SSSIII Estes Park

Nutkins
Still going: CPH
Started: Alpaca cowl for her boy, Regia Kaffe Fasset socks in blueberry waffle
Coggie:
Finished: One row neck warmer muff and
a grocery bag
Still going Sgt scarf, NYCO Sweater, and the toe up socks

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie:
Spun up the polypay fiber, corriedale fiber & merino
Received shipment from the spinning loft: Surprise from Briar Rose for my swap, Australian top and Corriedale
Bams:
Spun hand dyed Merino- 70‘s appliances
Washed skeins

Our exercise:

Bams: Working out to the TV works in the winter

Recipes:

Bams went to “Knit away weekend”
Nautical Knits
Tons of Prizes and Goodie bags
Wool2dye4 kit
Knits to be noticed
KnitPicks Options set
Namaste bag
Knitting fundamentals from Knitting at KNoon

Shout out : Thank you to DNA Price for get well package.
Reading: on book 5 – Dead men can’t crochet

Reclaiming the home on Ravelry
Give away free stuff: Freecycle & Craigs list

Shout out: Sancocho Thank for for letting us know you purchased from Windsweptfarms

You’ve just been schooled:
More info on Bams Blog

Corriedale- Little bit of grease

Coltswold Fiber-Spinning from the cloud

Spinning Wheel: Golding Fiber Tools

Look what I found:
Catsayknit on Ravelry finished up and post about her Green Pea Coat.
She got the buttons from BeadFreaky, custom made. Fits her beautifully and is wonderful in design.

On the menu for this month:
ThreadBear has yarn tasting sign up right now for Feb 28/Mar 1
Spinning Loft
Needle in a Haystack- South Haven, MI

Announcement:
Not in stone yet!!
Autumn Fiber Getaway:
Come knit with us!

1st weekend in November-Thursday to Sunday
Between $150 and $200
Holland Yarn Crawl
No classes, but lots of fun
Donations accepted for door prizes

We will let you know when deposits are needed

Say Goodbye to Winter Swap:
$25 (not including shipping)
Sign up are until February 7th
Ship by March 7th
Opening date will be March 21st

Gadget Corner:
Knit Picks View Sizer

Episode 18: Where we agree on nothing..And we're ok with that

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Weigh in:

Coggie:
Started:
a muff in my hand spun
1 row scarf
Still going:
Toe up socks
NYCO Sweater


Bams:
Finished:
Mug Cozy

The Chief’s Sweater

and the Abby Cowl
Still going:
Nutkins one done

Started:
CPH


Fiber Exercise:

Coggie:
Received CVM in the mail

Spun up two ready done skeins to learn to ply

Spun up the bag of multicolored wool mix
love the yarn; I am calling it my Joseph’s coat yarn.

Bams:
Sick of Alpaca!
Washing BFL


Our exercise:

Coggie: None, had surgery on Monday, I cannot exercise for 4 weeks

Bams: Cable on Demand Exercise programs Step workouts, Cardio Kick boxing, Dance aerobics, great indoor exercises


Recipes:

Reading loving books, what type do you like.
Book 3- A deadly yarn
“Life is too short to read all the good books, so read only the best” (Bams Dad)
Keep finding the best to read.
Food Podcast: Crispy on the outside not Crunchy and tastes like chicken, sorry
We love our families, REALLY we do!
The story about the houses
Rants about marriage


You’ve just been schooled: More info on Bams Blog

Coopworth: Partly spun in the fleece: Long Staple
Cormo: Prep has a lot to do with how it comes out. Fine fiber. Short staple. Long Draw.

Jackie’s Tips:
Merino is not for beginners, scales tend to remain open and the stickiness makes it harder to draft.
She starts her students with Jacob
Temperature changes are ok with wool if done gradually, do not agitate

Look what I found: Profusion on Ravelry has an awesome Winter Freeform crochet bag (Ravelry link). She free formed over a pre-made crocheted bag and it is wonderful. This technique is also called scrumbling.

On the menu for this month:

Knit a way is this weekend : can't wait for feed back next week!!
Franklin is at ThreadBear this weekend
Knit Michigan February 7th
LNYP at City Knitting February 20th

Gadget Corner:
Stitch Markers

Socks stitch marker

Split ring Markers or Lobster claw row markers

4 row repeat marker

Episode 17: Windswept Farms and Baby Stories

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Weigh in:

Bams
Working on: Chiefs sweater

Nutkins socks

Started: Mug cozies (flirtation cozy)


Coggie
Started: Two socks at a time
Frogged: Knotty gloves

Finished: three Muppet pelts for charity

Blanket pads for Pound Puppies
Ms. Purple Pants



Fiber Exercise:

Coggie:
Spun up the rest of the Wensleydale and plied it.

Spun up some of the dyed wool

and some of the Polypay wool.
Plying Questions answered by Bams
Making of a Rolag Youtube Video


Spinning tips from Jackie

Bams:
Spinning Alpaca still, BFL
Cold Water Wash Method explained

Our exercise:

Bams: Week 4 of Couch2-5K
Coggie: Added Walk away the pounds

Shout out:Welcome Charlotte to the world!

Happy Birthday and good job mom & dad !

Recipes:

Interview with Windswept Farms – Thank you Mike and Heather
Lots of information and Bams bought another fleece. The Farm does have a few left.

The Spinning room:


The Sheep:


The Fleece Room:



“You’ve just been schooled”:
More Info can be found on Bams Blog

Clun Forest Fiber: Yummy
Columbia Fiber: Hearted

On the menu:
Knit away in Two Weeks: Bams is excited!
Knit Michigan: Find info here Feb. 7, 2009
LNYP: February 20th at City Knitting in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Gadget Corner:
Ear Light Find it here


Archives.org has our shows now use one of our names as a keyword in search

Episode 16: Wool Thongs?! And We Don't Mean the Shoes

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Weigh in:
Coggie:
Finished
The Sgt’s Slippers


iPod cozy

Working on: Ms. Purple Pants and CPH, NYCO: Seamless Hybrid Sweater and the Sgt Scarf is still going

Bams:
Finished: Snowdrop socks, Wonderful Mystery Gift,
Socks for Ri


Working on NYCO (sort of) Drops pattern for the Chief

Abby Cowl


and Queen Bitch Socks

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie:
Spinning Wheel:
Babe Pinkie:

LOVE IT! Thank you Knitinmn

Wensleydale

and Dyed wool from Ladybugknitter (Thank You)
Ball of Polypay from Shadyside Farm
New Swift from Hornshaw Woodworks

Bams:
Washed

& carded BFL Fleece


Trip to Shady Side Farm
Bought a Suffolk fleece and two balls of Roving

Our Exercise:
Bams: Week three on running
Coggie: Starting Yoga with the SGT, Walk away the pounds

Recipes:

Holiday Overload:
Granddaughter:

Bams yarn crawl and meet McFiber

St. Distaff Day: The day after Epiphany, or January 7th. Traditionally the day to get back to housework after the 12 days of Christmas. It has become a day for spinners and fiber people.

“You just got schooled”: Main information is on Bams Blog

California Variegated Mutant (CVM) – Yummy Squishy Want some!
Cheviot- Soft enough for a sweater
" Be careful who you buy fleece from online, ask for a sample"

Goals for the New Year?

Bams: Knit one item for herself for every item made for someone else
Coggie: Reading 52 books, one done (knit one, kill two)
Audio Books from the Library

On the menu for this month:

Knit Away Weekend 22-25 January
Franklin at ThreadBear Jan. 25 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm -its Franklin's Birthday weekend

Gadget Corner:

Chibi Needles: These Needles are super for finishing and finishing is super important.
Green- Straight tip
Yellow or pink- small bent tips (tapestry needles)
Blue- Large bent tips (Gold needles)