Two fiber and craft obsessed individuals chat and explore what it means to live in a DIY Nation.
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:
CGOA:
Knitchat Updates:
Scale Mitts & Hanging Out:
Kollage Yarn Review:
Scale Mitt in progress in Malabrigo Rios
Hello everyone!
This is our first chance to chat with each other via a #knitchat on Twitter and I’m looking forward to it. Everyone grab a cup of tea and a pastry, biscuit or cake. Since this the first UK/US knitchat I thought we’d keep the discussion fairly simple and focus mainly on introductions and what we’re excited about learning (knitting-wise).
Please note I’m toying with the idea of hosting a Google Hangout instead of a Twitter chat in the same time slot (Saturday 8:00 AM PST) either the end of December or the beginning of January. If you are interested in participating in this or any other Twitter chats please follow me on Twitter. I am @cloudynatknit.
If you need a primer on how #knitchat works on Twitter please refer to the “DETAILS… DETAILS” section below. I’m not sure how many folks will join but there are a lot of folks the stream of tweets could get fast. It’s okay. Sometimes even I cannot keep up, but I do read the tweets the following day using Storify or http://hashtags.org/knitchat
#knitchat discussion questions:
Q1) Introductions: Name, Location, Ravelry ID (or nickname), Website, blog, podcast, etc.
Q2) What’s currently on your needles or hook right now?
Q3) What are you excited about learning (knitting-wise)? Anything you’d like to master?
DETAILS… DETAILS… If you want to know more about what #knitchat is and how it works
 This one is all about Quick Christmas Gifts and the Regency Period.
Music Featured:
Quick Christmas Gifts
On/Off the needles
Reviews:
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This one gets us ready for the Holiday Knitting Effort.
Happy Knits & Melinda Vermeer:
Holiday Knitting Tips:
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.
Yes, we’re planning to dive back into sweater knitting because, after all, it is Fall!
On/Off the Needles:
Festival Season:
Google + Database:
Music Featured:
This one is all about Shetland Sheep! I had a long conversation with Tracy & Tom of McTavish Shetlands.
Music Featured: Ease on Down the Road
It’s all about the Sock Summit 2011, but it’s not just about knitting socks. Sock Summit was one heck of a big party for knitters, spinners and fiber enthusiasts.
Rachel & Natale talk at the sock summit
Sweet Georgia Yarns
About Knitting & Spinning with Silk Hankies
Bethany Hendrickson and Fleece to Foot
Happy Knits
Podcasting tool kit at the Sock Summit
PurpleYarnQueen’s hand spun sock yarn in all it’s purple glory!
Me waiting in the sun by the Bell before the No Po walking trek
The long line during the opening day of the Marketplace
The World’s Largest Sock (WIP) at the Sock Summit. It was like knitting a yurt!
This is phase 1 of our shift to a new webpage for our show notes. This site will undoubtedly undergo even more changes. Honestly, I got tired of looking at the generic libsyn.com webpage and finally found some time to recreate the site.
More on knitting history and a new small business that helps other small businesses (including Local Yarn Stores (LYSs)) thrive.
Music Featured:
Links:
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
Report out from 2011’s Blacksheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon. I find the wheel of my dreams. A little about our lovely national holiday and knitting during the American Revolutionary War.
Music Featured
Bugle Rag Call – Glen Miller
Links
McTavish Farms (Contact Tom for more info on McTavish Wheelworks and his fabulous spinning wheels)
Dicentra Designs on Etsy / On Ravelry
StitchJones (On Etsy)
Dudelace Group on Ravelry
Good Reads Book List on US History
iCivics
No Idle Hands
Monmouth Hat Pattern
Sock Knitting Segment
Worksheets:
1.) Designing Your Own Toe Up Sock Pattern
2.) Vanilla Sock Pattern
CWCF Feed
Cloudy with a chance of fiber 