Episode 35: Coggies Return to Spinning

Weigh in:

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

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

Fiber Exercise:

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

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

Our exercise:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 34: Coggie Turns 40! Come Join the Fun!

Weigh in:

Coggie:
Started: socks the pattern from Susie's reading mitts inspired me
Finished: One sock in the Patons stretch
Still going: Lacy crocheted top, A-line tunic and Mara
Sewing: a needle roll
& Circular needle holder

Bams:
Sewing: PJ Shorts
Finished:
CPH- Zipper is done!
One Jack Sparrow’s Favorite Socks

Still going: Faux Russian Stole, second Jack Sparrow, Vivian

Fiber Exercise:

Bams:
Spinning 4oz Merino/bamboo Lace weight.
Prepping: Clarissa Jacob fleece, Blended red Shetland and Miriam Jacob fleece
Tour de Fleece- Go Team Cranky Pants!!
Cookie’s blog

Coggie: A bit more on the BFL-
Ordered Top from Llady Llama Fiber Co. This is LadyDragonTears Etsy store
(Name is now corrected, sorry for my bad memory- Coggie)

Our exercise:

Bams: Looking good! 3 weeks in.
Coggie: Birthday weigh in- down 2 lbs

You just got schooled:

Ryeland: Similar to Suffolk – Downy- Outer ware
Scottish Black Face: Course, no crimp. Rug yarn

Look what I found:

Blanche's American Flag Afghan
grandmajean's Inspector Duck

Recipes:

Interview with Diane Lalomia of Bella Vita Farm and fiber
Finn and CVM
American livestock breed conservancy
National CVM Conservancy .com .org
Bella Vita Farm & Fiber Etsy
Yellow Creek Cottage

Ewes and their lambs

Open ewes

Goats

Looms Table top starter and a full size


On the menu for this month:
Summer of Socks- Zarzuela on Ravelry
SOS 2009 Only on Ravelry- Check out the SOS2009 group
Zarzuela’s Etsy and the Piscean socks

Gadget Corner:
Sewing machine- Husqvarna

Episode 33: Brought to You Complete With Birdcalls!

Weigh in:

Bams:
Started: Jack Sparrow Socks
Still going: Vivian Sweater, Faux Russian Stole

Coggie:
Finished: Lilac Lace Crochet Partners on Yahoo
Still going: A-Line Tunic, Baby boy blanket
Frogged: Wrap me in Alpaca. Want to restart as Mara
Started: Light & Lacy Top

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: No Spinning
Bams: Washed up Jacob Fleece

Working our Butts off:

Bams: Working out is working out.
Coggie: Same weight

You just got schooled: More info on Bams Blog

Ramboulet: Greasy, Navajo Plied from the locks.
Romney: Nice long wool

Look what I found:

Tmkr North Roë Shawl
Sonomaknits Sirdar Design C Textured Cardi for Makena
EannRN designed Cut, Color & Clarity Awesome socks!

Recipes:

Knitting Machine
WWKIP Day Pics on Coggies Blog
Two different Russian Joins: Join one, Join two

On the menu for this month:

What is going on?
Michigan Fiber Festival- August 12-16

Gadget Corner:

Hair Clips for holding seems together

Episode 32: Ridiculously Huge Amounts of Fiber

Weigh in:

Coggie:
Started and finished Pink and lacy blanket
Started: Baby boy blanket
Still going: A-Line Tunic, socks (I’ve lost that loving feeling), Wrap me in Alpaca, Blue baby blanket
Lost and Found: Tablecloth started in 2001

Bams:
Finished: Chief’s Sweater in BFL
and Viking Socks
Still going: Russian Stole, Vivian Cardigan

Fiber Exercise:

Bams: Blueberry yogurt fiber, into sock yarn. Jacob from Sweetgrass Farms
Coggie: Spun some BFL

Our exercise:

Coggie: Lots of sitting these last two weeks
Bams: Was sick, cleaned house and now doing a new program (she is not telling us)

Working our Butts off:
Coggie: Down 3 the first week, up one this week, so 2 off
Lots of veggies

Fly Lady: its water month. House cleaning is happening in both homes.

You just got schooled: Next Week
Working on getting pages up on the Forum in Ravelry.

Look what I found:
DNAPrice’s Girls Booties
Theresmiling Brainless socks

Recipes:
Lac-a-long went great- you can still join in. Thinking of doing the Quant from knitty.com join Coggie or show us the Entralac you are working on.
Spring Knitty- loving a few of the patterns (not inside-out sock- it is outside-in socks)
Gauge
Coggie rants

On the menu for this month:
WWKIP day –

Thank you to the Needlesmith of Grand Haven for door prizes

Festivals going on across the country:
Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival: June 12th weekend
Iowa Sheep and wool festival-June 12th
Knitter Connection: June 17th – 20th Columbus, Ohio

Shout Out: KIPing it Real

Gadget Corner:
Highlighter tape

Episode 31: Welcome Back, Coggie!

Listen Here:



Change to the new feed on iTunes: The High Fiber Diet Channel.

Weigh in:
Bams:
Finished: Skull sweater
Started: BFL Sweater, Viking socks, Faux Russian Stole Site for inspiration (favorite lace seller on EBay)
Still Going: CPH- Zipper horrors YKK Zipper Site
Ripping: Green alpaca lace scarf

Coggie:
Finished:
socks

Started: Baby blanket, Artesanal A-line Tunic, Anklet socks (Needles)
Ripped: Karieu

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: Not much spinning. Texel info
Beth’s nails

Bams:
Spinning: Finished BFL for sweater.
Washed- Cormo and Lincoln-Merino Cross.
Dyeing: Blueberry Yogurt yarn and Venom green yarn

Our exercise:

Bams: Charter Exercises- the switch up works- work out every day
Latin grooves and kick boxing
Coggie: Recovering
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Working our butts off! (New Segment)
NotsoNormal: Thank you for the kick Coggie needed.
Thank you everyone for joining in. Daily Plate

You just got schooled:

Polworth: Drum carded thin batt. Long draw. Soft and springy
Polypay: Drum carded, worsted, Navajo ply. Soft and fluffy

Look what I found:

Cherylinmtl: Queen Anne’s lace Scarf
Teacosy: Phildar pull Pattern Pull #009-T8-258

Recipes:

Fly Lady – new email system
Loc-a-long – Garterloc washcloth knit along

Contest: Awesome pictures!

And the winner is:
EAnnRN YAY!!!!!

You get your choice of Fiber or Yarn

Grad Crap
College
52/52 – Smut talk
Book banning- Yellow raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris – (Coggie gave the wrong author - Sorry)

On the menu for this month:

Bella Vita Farm & Fiber: Change in plans, interview will be a bit later due to illness.

WWKIP Day- June 13th

Gadget Corner:

Plastic Lid Tags - Recycling the gadget in all awesomness!


If you listen from iTunes, please leave a comment so others can know

Episode 30: Where a Great many Things Need Pulling out of a Great Many A&%es

Weigh in

Coggie:
Finished: Noro Shawl

and Pocketbook slippers

Still going: socks- Different heels
Alpaca in Space bags- It works to clean up your fiber area
Starting: Karieu shawl- love feather weight shawl

Bams:
Still going: Socks, Putting zipper in CPH
Starting: Skull Sweater- Body finished, Arms going Intarsia in the round

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: none this week
Bams: Birthday Combs came in, Combed Perindale & CVM, Still spinning BFL
Dollar and a half cardigan

Our exercise:

Coggie: Walk away is working- 6# yay
Bams: Walking 2-3 miles each day plus added 15 mins squats and abs.

You just got schooled: On hold this week

Patternwhisperer THANK YOU for the wool fiber! She mailed Lincoln- Merino cross and Texel

Look what I found:

Doily bag (profusion)- bag adapted from a doily pattern
Desperation Socks (Pattyb) – simple socks by Sally Melville

Recipes:

Zen knitting and design mode
Update on Coggie’s surgery
FlyLady- Baby steps
Proud Mom’s Kids school update- YAY Ry and Boo

On the menu for this month:

WWKIP day: June 13th everywhere
Sheering day at Sunny Side Alpaca Farm June 15th
Festivals- classes

Gadget Corner:
All Spectrum light bulbs: Coggie uses Reveal75 from GE Make sure you have a white lampshade

Episode 29: Finishing, Frogging and Memory Lane

Weigh in:

Bams:
Finished: Socks
Still going: CPH, Lace scarf
Planning: Sweater for Ry. EZ seamless hybrid
Started: New socks in Regia Silk

Coggie:
Frogged: Chevron Cardigan
Still working on: Noro Shawl, Socks (finished 1)

Started: Readers wrap

Fiber Exercise:

Coggie: Spun one bobbin of merino dyed with Easter egg dye

Bams: Finishing up carding the BFL & spinning
Blending 1oz white alpaca with 3 oz red shetland


Our exercise:

Bams: Walking and Nordictrak

Coggie: Walk away the pounds

You just got schooled: More info on Ravelry Forum Pages

Navajo Churro- No crimp, coarse & sturdy – long draw Saddle blankets
Perindale- Flicked and spun 3 ply, Very soft next to skin sweater

Look what I found:

Siljadevine made Topstykke Tunic/dress
Bethanyg and Pegoftilling have made pocketbook slippers

Recipes:

FlyLady and CHAOS
Happy 11th Birthday Ry.
Retreat is full- Waiting list is active. Cancel date is August 1st
Prom talk again
Entraloc along: Anyone interested? Garterlac washcloth
Surgery date is May 12th
More childhood stories
LNYP
Shooting Tournament
More childhood stories (sorry all guess it was memory lane time for Coggie)

Note: I apologize if I offended anyone by calling Native Americans -Indians. My mother was Comanche and that is how she referred to her people and how she told the story. Again, I am sorry if I offended anyone. --Coggie

Boonville and Boontling (or Boontlin' like I remember it, Link has some of the language)

On the menu for this month:

Yuvee has her show with the chairs this weekend Link
Michigan Alpaca breeds show in Davisburg, MI- May 2nd
Philosophers wool trip through ThreadBear
Maryland Sheep and Wool- May 2nd& 3rd

Gadget Corner:

Digital Scale- Great for weighing fiber, splitting yarn for socks or mittens, and mailing swaps out.