Episode 157: Tea Cups

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Weigh in:


Vineyard socks

Old Bones

Raglan sweater

Rams & Yowes

Amy:

Love bird shawls

Fiber Exercise:

Into the whirled- Corresponding color brown- Spun 4 oz working on 4 oz
Yarn Hollow- Spun 8 oz

My exercise:

Walking- Ankle screwed up.


In the Kitchen:

Weight Watchers Nutella Banana Bread

Potluck: On Recess

A La Carte: On Recess

Field Report:

Some skyping/phone calls

Recipes:

Homebody

Adjusting to changes

Support-Ask for help

Cooking School:


Review of the book: Knit Red

On the Menu:

My birthday

Stitches Midwest

Wedding

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Kindle

Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display

Special: Knit Red

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This is a special episode of the podcast. I am joined by Laura Zander who wrote the Knit Red, (Stitching for women's heart health) book. She is also the owner of Jimmy Beans Wool, with her husband and the creative mind behind the Stitch Red campaign.
Here are links to some of the websites mentioned in this show:
Weight Watchers
LiveStrong
Barnes & Noble
Amazon
TNNA
Wineglass for knitters
Micheal David Wineries- 7 Deadly Zens

We kick off the Tell 3 People Challenge. Please post your challenge on the Ravelry group under this thread.

Also: Jimmy Beans Wool has a June special for Stitch Red

Thank you all for listening!

Episode 156: Twisted and Spun

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Weigh in:

Rams & yowes- More fiber from Shady side farms

Raglan sweater- I won more fiber from ITW

Socks- 1 done


Portion control:

Knit Picks

Play at life

Fiber Exercise:

Fixed my wheel w/ butchers twine- New Drive bands & Travel bobbins

Kaleidoscope eyes Loop batt- 735 yds 5 oz

Greenwood Fiber- Tribe 16 oz 685 yds

Yarn Hollow- Turquoise & Gray 8oz

My exercise:
Stretching, walking, and wiggling.

Cooking School:

Vineyard socks-



How I self striped

In the Kitchen:

Blueberry scones

Pot Luck:

May socks

Lizard Ridge Dishcloth Gracina Approved

Buncha Blue Squares Blanket

Topher's Weasley Blanket

A La Carte:

All the Shades of Truth

Taste Testing:

Rambouillet – 75 yds

Targhee- 30 yds

Field Report:

Other side of the pond

Recipes:

Fiber day at Yarn Hollow



Taught MIL to Spin

Netflix!

Looking at sewing machines- Singer or Janome

Soak- HEEL and Bar-Maids O’for Feet Sake

On the Menu:

Tour de Fleece

Ravelympics

Stitches Midwest

Knittin’ in the Mitten

KAL- Henslowe or another shawl of your choosing

Final pmt due by July 1st

Gadget Corner:

Yarma $0.99

Episode 155: Lighbulbs!

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Space cadet socks- Spinning Fates


Rams & Yowes- My hand dyed


Pretty thing- Quiviet

Travel Knitting- Frogged- Thinking of over dyeing the yarn

TGV- Started and finished- Velocity needles- Susan Bates


Fiber Exercise:

Kaleidoscope eyes- loop batt


My exercise:

Lost weight

Peanut butter vs., Nutella

In the Kitchen:

Hamburger Pie

ToadyJoe's Recipe

Sarge’s corner:

Still collecting birthday cards

Says hello to all of you

A La Carte:

Sock Report- New online magazine!

Recipes:

New glasses

Fiber Train/ weekend with ToadyJoe

Pictures

Yarn bombing

Picking up Lucy

Dinner out- the Curb!

Phoenix from the ashes class- brought the wrong homework bag!!

Hot socks Tips!

A memorable yarn w/ Brenda

Travel home

Grand Baby time
On the Menu:

Bachelor party

Stitches Midwest

Wedding

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Hansen Mini Spinner

Episode 154: Slacker

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Age of Brass and steam


Socks


Bookmark

Color Affection- Change of plans

Portion control:

ITW May Colorway



Highland Handmades



Wolfe Farms

Knit Picks Bare Yarn- TY MIL

Gnome Acres- Franklin & Hulk Smash





Fiber Exercise:

Vanilla Blush Merino

My exercise:

Good to go from the doctor

Weight loss!

Cooking School:

Before a fiber festival:

Planning

--Homework!!


Yardage w/o a pattern

In the Kitchen:

Apricot-Balsamic Chicken

Pot Luck:

Patty's Shawl

not so green shawl

Comforting

Cool Waves Bermuda

Taste Testing:

On Hold until I get home

A La Carte:

Hornshaw Woodworks

Recipes:

Interweave sale

Friends- Invitations & Thank you’s

Box out to Sarge and 40th Birthday cards.

On the Menu:

LittleBear’s Birthday

Fiber Train

Tour de Fleece

Ravelympics

Stitches Midwest

Knittin’ in the Mitten

Gadget Corner:

Roku Box!

Episode 153: Discombobulation

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Started: Comfy Jeans- Color affection in denim.

Finished: Under the Rainbow


Still going: The Medallion Travel bag, Rams & Yowes, Raglan Sweater

Frogged: Retreats aren't everyday


Portion control:

Received ITW club- Serenity Plus 2 extras



Knitting in circles- Sal fiber from Gnome acres (picture is somewhere)

Wolfe Farms colorway from Desert Vista Dyeworks


Plays well with colors fiber- Peach chutney


CTAA- SAL loop batt in kaleidoscope eyes


Highland handmades: Eadha and Growth spurt




Last trifecta fiber club in the last battle


Bar Maids- For feet sake

Fiber Exercise:

Spinning merino in Vanilla blush- Not sure from where. – getting fingering weight


Videos:

Wheel cleaning

How to spin- talking to Boo.

My exercise:

Joined WW again- I am down 5.8Lbs

Writing down everything that is going in my mouth.

Moving treadmill this next week to make it easier to use.

Lab work on Monday- Doctor’s visit next week

Cooking School:

Recess

In the Kitchen:

Chicken patties-

1 lb lean ground chicken

1 cup orange bell pepper

½ cup Vidalia onion

2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp low sodium lowery’s season salt

1 large egg

1 cup panko bread crumbs (or a bit less, just enough to firm up the patties.

Mix and form into patties on a wax paper sheet (wet hands help)

Spray pan with olive oil. Fry up patties until crisp on outside- cooked on inside.

Makes 6 patties- 3 pts each.

Pot Luck:

Franken socks

Shawl project

Towels and cloths

Wedding Shawls!


Deployment:

Saying goodbye was hard.


He is doing ok- training hard.

Thank you to KigeliaKitten, AuntSuze, AppleblossomSF, Kimberlolly and Madaboutmatisse!

Taste Testing:

Norwegian I spun last week

A La Carte:

Market bags!

Knit

Crochet

Recipes:

Spinning wheel on the road- did not stop. Kicking myself now!

Bear moving house- hope this is the deployment fall out.

Boo taking summer classes

House cleaning! 1 month goal- 1st week met!



On the Menu:

Fiber Train- Next week!!

Team Sasquatch:

Tour de fleece:

Jasmine of the Knitmore girls has put up the training schedule.

Saturday June 30th through Sunday July 2nd. Spin every day the Tour rides, if possible. Days of rest: Tuesday July 10th and Tuesday July 17th. (Just like the actual tour)

Spin something challenging on the challenge day -usually the toughest high mountain stage:

Ravelympics:

Official Dates: 27 July-12 Aug 2012

Mass cast on coincides with start of Opening Ceremonies in London: 7:30pm (BST)

Stitches Midwest

Wedding Weekend

Knittin’ in the Mitten- 6 months!!!

Gadget Corner:

Knitting all the Day- Melanie Gall
Bryson Distrubiting
Eugene, OR
(800)544-8992
KAREN@BRYSONKNITS.COM

Episode 152: Farewell Sarge

Show notes- hm mm.
Not a normal show- here is what I remember. I will do better next week, please forgive me.

Weigh in
I made a yellow dishrag. It is a dish rag and is yellow I am sure you can picture it. I gave it to the housekeeping lady with her tip and did not get a photo. I know, I suck!

Fiber exercise

222 yards Dragonfly studios

Potluck- from the group pages.

Recipes:
Wedding
Blog post here

Met MadaboutMatisse

Purchases blog post here

Farewell


Safe safe Sarge!!