Episode 35: Quick & Expedient Gifts (and the Jane Austen Mag Review)

Regency Period Shawls Download Episode 35 This one is all about Quick Christmas Gifts and the Regency Period. Music Featured: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto 15 Quick Christmas Gifts Give a Hoot Bunny Nuggets Rebecca Danger’s Big Book of Knitted Monsters Incognito (Knitty) Shroom (Knitty) Spiral Cowl Susie’s reading mitts Coco Knits Hotwater Bottle Cover Bev Galeska’s Felted Hotwater Bottle Cozy Felted Soaps On/Off the needles Gail aka nightsong Stormy Morningside Neckwarmer Baby Kina Rios Malabrigo Yarn Sublime Extra Fine Luxurious Merino Midnight Comfy Woobie Cowl Debbie Bliss Paloma Celes Shawl/stole Taiyo Yarn Jared Flood Noro Scarf Beyond the Square (Crochet) J’Aime (yarn available from Artfibers) Tea Leaves Reviews: Stitch Heaven Video Jane Austen Knits 2011 Jane Austen Knits (Ravelry link w/ pattern info) Regency House Party Mark Twain on Jane Austen

Episode 34: Ready, Start your Engines…

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This one gets us ready for the Holiday Knitting Effort.

Happy Knits & Melinda Vermeer:

• Happy Knits Onine
• Melinda Vermeer’s Website
• Melinda Vermeer’s Designs in Knit Picks IDP
• Melinda’s Ravelry Group

Holiday Knitting Tips:

• Koolhas Hat
• Turn a Square Hat
• Clapotis
• Laundry soaps for knitted garments: Soak & Eucalan
• Burberry Inspired Cowl
• Comfy Cowl or Woobie
• Provisional Cast On (Crochet) Video
• Kitchner Stitch Video
• Debbie Bliss Paloma

Halloween 2011. That’s me in the red deer mask in the back. Sorry the photo of the Owls sweater isn’t that sharp. The Halloween Party Bus theme this year was Red Devils.

Episode 18: Marshmallow Wonderland Dreams

Episode 18

Cooper Spur Mountain Resort Thanksgiving 2010

Winter is here or in the Pacific Northwest we call it Wetter.  I might as well call this one the Burl Ives Classic Episode, but I was have a pastblast of Christmas media the night before I recorded this.

• ChartGen - knitting chart generator
• Vogue Knitting Holiday 2010 (cover & fashion preview)
• Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Percentage System (from Wikipedia)
• Rarest Breed Sheep
• Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber Forum (on Ravelry) I’ll be posting the Softness Debate thread there.
• Tunisian Knit Stitch (from Crochet Spot… see I told you it looks like knitting)
• Lily Chin’s Couture Crochet Workshop – a great book that walks you through advanced shaping techniques in crochet. Yes, you can make nice looking fitted garments with crochet.)

Music featured:

• Island of Misfit Toys (Burl Ives and others)
• Typewriter Song (?)
• Marshmallow World (Brenda Lee)
• Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy (Tchaikovsky)
• You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch (Burl Ives)
• Put One Foot in Front of the Other (Burl Ives & Mickey Rooney)

Episode 17: Adventures in Felting and Dreams of Somewhere Warm

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On/Off the needles:

• Kiri Shawl (.pdf)
• Yarnbowl on Etsy (I think she has more)
• The Episode of Murder Most Horrid: We All Hate Granny. (she survives by wearing layers of knitted garments)- warning, the humor is slightly dark. I think you can find the episodes on YouTube.
• Tweed Beret
• Tweed Baby Blanket
• Addi cro-needle
• Pin for Ruffled & Ruched Scarf was from Briar Rose Fibers booth at Sock Summit
• French Press Felted Slippers

Felting:

• Felting Article from Knitty

Music Featured this Episode:

• South American Way – Carmen Miranda
• Chica Chica Boom Chic – Xavier Cugat
• V.V. & O Processo  -  BNegão & Seletores de Freqüência

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