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Music:
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Anita O’Day
After You’ve Gone – King Jesters:
Links:
Calendar of Hope:
Job Hunting for Knitters & Crafters:
- Crafters searching for work group (Ravelry)
- Job Market group (Ravelry)
- Job Hunting Tricks for a Web 2.0 World
CGOA:
Knitchat Updates:
- Knitchat group on Ravelry
- Knitalong details (Yummy Mummy)
- How to use Google + Hangouts
- Google + Hangout Plug In
Scale Mitts & Hanging Out:
Kollage Yarn Review:
Scale Mitt in progress in Malabrigo Rios
More on knitting history and a new small business that helps other small businesses (including Local Yarn Stores (LYSs)) thrive.
Music Featured:
Links:
- Nautillina
- Lanesplitter Skirt
- Poems Yarn
- Fibre Company Canopy Yarn
- The Naked Sheep Knit Shop
- Article: Ravelry Beats Facebook
- Supportland
- Happy Knits (website)
- Happy Knits (raverly group)
- Ravelry Group on Sock Summit
- Little Red in the City
- Knitting America
- Monmouth Cap
- Short History of the Monmouth Cap
- Ryeland Sheep
- Donna Druchunas
- Arctic Lace
- Successful Lace Knitting
- Oregon Live Knitting Blog
- Sock Summit Walking Tour Thread (Ravelry)
- Map to Happy Knits
Sock Knitting Segment
Worksheets:
1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern
2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern
3.) Heel Flap Extension
Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Sewn Bindoff (Video)
Correction: I mentioned the Inuit people in referencing the “Arctic Lace” book. This is incorrect as the book covers the traditions of the Native or Indigenous Peoples of Alaska. Inuit actually refers to the Northern Native Peoples in Canada & Greenland.
Lanesplitter Skirt Panel
Natalie Reflects on the Knitting Progress for January.
Knitting Update:
- Serviceable Sweater in Handbook of Wool & Knitting (via the Project Gutenberg)
- Elsebeth Lavold’s Book 21 – Cityescapes (Ravelry link)
- Elsebeth Lavold’s Book 21 (Link)
- Silky Wool XL
- 113-17 Jacket with Raglan Sleeves and Pattern on Yoke (Link to pattern)
- 113-17 Jacket with Raglan Sleeves and Pattern on Yoke (Ravelry page)
- Knitting without Tears - Elizabeth Zimmerman
- Custom Knits - Wendy Bernard
Knitting Origins
- Toy Knitting Machine Example - OMG that looks like a muppet worm is coming out of that machine. Eyelash…. I shudder
Final Notes:
- Yarn Stash Spreadsheet: Follow the instructions on the page and save a copy for yourself
- Cloud Along Ravelry Thread
Music Featured:
Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee - Fred Warring’s Pennsylvanians
Canigas d’Agua - Axial
Silky Wool XL & the Melbourne Sweater
A few scary stories and some sequined shoes later and Natalie is ready for Halloween.
Links:
- Dogster Quiz
- Mythos (Knitty)
- 113-17 jacket with raglan sleeve and pattern on yoke
- Old Time Radio Show – Suspense
- Cóiste Bodhar (Death Coach)
- Death Coach Folktale
- Costa Burra Episode of “Strange” (part 1)
- Oregon Flock and Fiber
- Artfibers
- Scarab
- Cellini (I chose color #20)
- Rasu (color #10)
Music Featured:
- Louis Armstrong – Dark Eyes
- French Accordion – El Ferrero
- Louis Armstrong & Billie Holliday – You Can’t Lose a Broken Heart
Twitter Chat Instructions:
I started a new Twitter ID for this chat it’s @cloudynatknit. But you don’t have to follow me to participate in knit chat… all you have to do is the following.
- Sign up for a twitter account if you don’t have one (http://twitter.com)
- On November 18, 2010 at 5:00 Pacific Standard Time type in a search for the ‘hashtag’: #knitchat
- Chatter away about knitting. The main topic for this chat will be… “Christmas Knitting”
- I’ll have a few #’ed questions for us to answer during the chat. I’ll post them to the Cloudy Chance Fiber Blog ahead of time if you want to do your ‘homework.’
Can’t wait to see you there. I’ll try to post up on Ravelry in both the Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber forum as well as other threads to generate even more interest in the chat. Hopefully the twittering of knitters will fill the air. See you there 
Beginning of my yoke sweater in Rasu:
Greetings, fellow needlers! This is Natalie. I came home in such a sour mood, didn’t feel like podcasting, but I put myself to task… git ‘er done, I said. And you know… after sharing with y’all, I’m in a much better mood.
- Market Bag Pattern
- My blog posts about Destashing, Ways to Get Rid of My Sock Yarn & Walking and Knitting
- History of Shoo Fly Pie
- Wool Pets
- Where I took my felting class: Naked Sheep. My very talented instructor and friend, Craig. I highly recommend his class. He’s a lovely instructor and person.
- Totoro
- Teaching our children how to be innovative – my blog post from my “other life.” (By the way… I can see the value of testing… I just question why we’ve let it become the driving force in our childrens’ education.)
- How to felt old sweaters (or failed projects)
- Again… I’m natknit & Rachel is RachelP (Ravelry links)
- Blogs
- Natalie’s blog = I am Addicted
- Rachel’s blog = Pen and Notebook
- E-mail us at cloudchancefiber@gmail.com
Rabbit Mnemonic for Single Crochet: (Made some adjustments because what I said in the podcast may not have made a lot of sense 
)
)1.) Make a chain (or a series of rabbit holes)
2.) Insert the hook into the 2nd stitch from the right (Go into the 2nd rabbit hole from the right)
3.) Pull the working yarn through this hole from the back (Pull one of the rabbits out of the hole)
4.) You have two loops on the hook (Now you have two rabbit friends)
5.) Pull the working yarn through the back of these two loops (bring the another rabbit through both of the friends. He takes these friends away)
Music Featured:
- Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy – June Christy
- Swing, Swing, Swing – Glenn Miller
- Pinsonnette – French Accordion
- Hola Bossa Nova - Juanitos
Originally released on 8/9/10
Just a note dear listener… This is Natalie. Thank you for bearing with my learning curve. I’ve been experimenting with changing the format and delivery of the podcast. As ever I and we appreciate any feedback you have to give. email: cloudychancefiber@gmail.com
De Show Notes:
- Aran Sweater Design - Janet Szabo
- Traditional Aran Kntting – by Shelagh (pronounced Shee- Lah) Hollingworth
- Harmony 220 Aran Stitch Patterns (sorry it was not the Harmony Guide to Knitting Cables) … blame my weary head.
Link to my blog post on the old grey sweater that like at the bottom of my “Bin of Shame/UFO’s.”
Poorly drawn schematic of a Saddle Shoulder Sweater… note the saddles form the shoulders
Crochet Book Review – Crochet So Fine – Krisitn Omdahl
Music/Sound Featured:
- Six Lessons from Madam La Zonga – Jimmy Dorsey
- Bei Mir Bist Du Schon – Benny Goodman/Martha Tilton (1937 version)
- A Noisless Patient Spider by Emily Dickinson (reading by Peter Yearsley)
- Remember Melody – Torley ( from Solo 7)
- Spiderman – The Astroglides (from the Surf Guitar Compilation)
Housekeeping:
- A few days left to enter the contest to win Yarnia or handspun yarn in Episode 8
- I’m natknit and Rachel is RachelP on Ravelry
- I’m on Twitter – My handle is nlkilkenny
* There is another version of Stainless Steel yarn out by Lion Brand
Episode 10
Originally released on 7/31/10
For those of you who are into getting ready for gift giving later in the year here are a few suggestions. Also, we show you exactly how nerdy we are. Bonk!
Remember you can get a hold of us if you have any questions or feedback via cloudychancefiber@gmail.com
Note: I will post the list of gift objects with links shortly in a separate blog post (Natalie).
Show Notes:
- How Natalie used a spreadsheet to mock up a colorwork pattern*
- Mochimochi Land
- Floppy Bunny Toy – designed and crocheted by Natalie
- Stitch Diva Hairpin Lace & Knitted Earrings
- Knitty Knitted Earrings
- Bijouterie
- Coralie (though these require Habu Stainless Steel… if you can’t find this you can use Lion Brand’s Stainless Steel).
- Owls Sweater
- Knitter’s Almanac (Elizabeth Zimmerman) – with December Raglan & February Baby Sweater
- No Idle Hands
- For washing -
- Sackboy from Little Big Planet - the most fabulous creative game in the world (this pattern is from the very talented Alan Dart – love his toys!)
Otaku = A nerdy fan/collector
Music Featured:
- I Still Feel the Same About You – Ella Fitzgerald
- Brise Napolitaine – French Accordion
- De Pronto no Estás Tú (by Pacotiempo)
* I created graph paper in excel by sizing the rows and colums until I got a graph paper grid. If you don’t have access to MS Office products then you can easily create one using the spreadsheet feature in Google Docs. Rachel and I actually use Google Docs to collaborate on developing the ideas and outlines for this podcast.
Episode 9
Originally released on 7/24/10
Rachel shares her sock knitting secrets, and she’s finally finished with her Log Cabin Noro blanket! Natalie obsesses over two very large bumps of red wool. Oh dear!
Rachel’s Chat on the Fine Art of Knitting Socks
- Top downsources for good design: Cookie A’s Sock Innovation and Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks, Folk Socks, Knitting on the RoadToe up short row toes and heels
- Judy’s Magic Cast on for toe up socks
- Sources for good design: Wendy D. Johnson and Chrissy Gardiner
- Knitty article on starting to knit toe up
- Two at a Time/Magic Loop
- Nifty tutorial on cuff down from Knitting Giraffe
- Toe up 2x a time Tutorial from Come t Silver – love this one (Natalie)
- Great divide: double pointed needles or circular needles!!
- Why I like dpns
- Complicated patterns that need a lot of counting
- Some yarns don’t do well with the pulling of cables
- Looks complicated and bad ass to have 4-5 needles going at once.
- Easier to work the gusset with more room on the needles to spread out
- Why I like circular needles
- Very difficult to lose your needle
- Two socks at one time on one LONG circular needle
- Feels faster than shuffling needles
- Why I like dpns
- Tools I like
- Dpn holder from Knitzi
- Pointy Knit Picks fixed circular needles (Nice flexible cables, too.)
- Tom Bihn Stuff Sacks
On/Off Our Needles
- Cavern Cardigan
- Panda Bamboo (discontinued
!) - Black Sheep Gathering
- Knit n’ Walk Bags – from Knit Purl Sew What?
- Tussah Silk
- Verb for Keeping Warm
- Sodera Socks
- Child’s First Socks in Shell Pattern from Knitting Vintage Socks
- Montego Bay Scarf - IK Link(Interweave Knits Summer 2007)
- Ashland, Oregon
- Shakespearean Festival
- Hip Hop Hamlet
- Lovely yarnstore in Ashland, OR – Websters
- Log Cabin Blanket - Cool little blogpost and photos from January One
- Great American Afghan – the one with the crab pattern square
- Nautie the Nautillus
- Futurarma
- Dr. Zoidberg
- Bender the “Naughty Robot”
BTW – I could not validate the legend or tradition of giving away opals as ‘spiteful’ gifts. But I did find out that apparently Sir Walter Scott started a rumor/superstition that it was bad luck to give Opals to people who were not born in October… Sir Walter, really? But Queen Victoria luckily dispelled the rumour by giving them away as gifts. (She probably had stock in Australian Opal mines).
How to get a hold of us…. visit our blog/podcast site at http://nkilkenny.libsyn.com or use our gmail cloudychancefiber@gmail.com
Music and Audio Selections:
- Ode to my socks- poem by Pablo Neruda
- Rain Improvisation
- Roy Trumbull- Shakespeare’s Gems from Shakespeare (Hamlet Instructs the Actors)
- Logan White Hurst – A Matter of Twine. Check out Logan’s many other entertaining ditties on iTune s on Goodbye my 4-Track
Episode 8
Originally aired 7/13/10
It’s time for you Northwesters to stretch your geography muscles. I was at a particular riverside setting. Can you guess where I was?
Harvey Pekar – the mind behind the comic “American Splendor.” Learn more about Harvey at the Pekar Project.
Everyday Inspired Knits:
- Pear Apple Cozy by Susan B. Anderson
- Wishy Washy Fishy Tawashi by Rhonda White
- Tribble by Abigail – 1870pearl
- Felted Moebius Basket by Cat Bordhi
My apologies to Rhonda White for mentioning Knitting Nonsense which is the place where the pattern is published and to Abigale – 1870pearl for not catching your entire Ravelry handle.
Crocheted Steampunk Gloves – a 3 hour class at the Naked Sheep Knitshop in North Portland, OR – Saturday (August 14) 1:00-4:00pm
Remember students receive 10% OFF all purchases one week before class begins through the last day of class
Yarns Used – Cascade Heritage Sock & Collinette Sock Yarn Fedora Primo – great little hat shop in Santa Monica, CA
Contest #1 for Northwest Natives – Prize = Shetland handspun made by me in a natural fawn brown.
Please note where this is. What river am I on? What’s the name of the park where we’re at?
Contest #2 for Everyone Else - Prize = 300 yards of Yarnia – bamboo yarn (DK weight)
What is making the sounds at the end of the podcast??
For both contests note in the comments 1.) The contest number 2.) Your location 3.) Your guess As I noted you have until 8/15 to respond to the comments. I’ll announce the winners in our next podcast after that date. If you want to send us your answers… e-mail us at cloudychancefiber@gmail.com
Here’s the photo for contest #1 (Hint there’s a bridge in the distance)
Clue # 2 This was the view on the way there…
Music Selections this Podcast:
- Waterbound – Shake that Little Foot
- Rabbits Never Get Married - Hank Penny
- Everyday – Buddy Holly
Episode 7
Originally released on 7/5/10
Well done with it for now… looks like sunny days are around the corner. Here’s a mini episode as promised in Episode 6.
Introduction & Sweater Quest
- Hamish MacBeth
- Aran Sweater Design – Janet Szabo
- Knitty Tutorials on Sleeve Construction Part I Part II
- Knitting Daily Tutorial on Capped Sleeves Part I Part II
Gansey Talk
- Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans – Gladys Thompson
- Alice Starmore’s Fishermen’s Sweaters-Thank you again to CharmingLochie (from Ravelry) for the correction on the pronunciation of Lochinver
- For Ravelry Members – Forum group Ganseys, Guernsey’s and Knit Frocks
- What is a Gansey? – Article from the BBC
- More on the History of the Gansey
Image of a Gusset from my “Two Week Raglan” made for my husband:
Crochet Chat (Book Review)
- Creating Crochet Fabric - Dora Ohrenstein
Music Selections
- Tommy Dorsey – Hawaiian War Chant
- Emile Vacher – Sailor’s Hornpipe
- George Siravo’s Orchestra with Doris Day – Bluebird on Your Windowsill 1949 (Apologies for the snap crackle poppin in the background this was the best copy I could find)
