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Episode 5 – Do I Talk Fast?

July 12, 2012 by · 4 Comments
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I flew through this episode. Sorry it’s short! I’ll try to slow down and ramble more next week. ;D

Shout-outs! Crafty-princess, theyarngoeson, simonamaloney, epic1313, Enid Mary Shaw, Beth! Thanks for your comments!

Off the needles…
Watershed (by Amy Swenson, used Happy-Go-Lucky Worsted in Deep Plum, less than 2 skeins!)
Ruffle Scarf (off the Yarn Bee Crysalis ball band)

In the Works….
Ebbtide (by Elizabeth Doherty on US 5 (3.75mm) needles out of my handspun) – getting close to done!
Still need to sew grosgrain onto my linen tank. Ugh.  And take a picture!  Geez, I need to get on that.

Spinning…
Tour de Fleece – got 9.5 ounces of the moorit spun! Woohoo! Found out one of my balls is only 1 ounce, tho….grr.
Took a break from brown to spin knittyandcolor Tropicana.

Acquisitions:
Yarn Bee Diva Sequin in Istanbul
TriDye Fiber Club, this month from Fiber Charmer “Aurora” 75% BFL/25% Silk in “Sky” + Firestar in “Rising Sun”
SpaceCadet Creations Interstellar Yarn Alliance shipment #2 – Estelle fingering (80% SW merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon) in Juicy

What’s Next?!?
Razor Cardi won the poll, after a tie breaker by me.
Diva Sequin destined for a Lady Kina cardigan
Sequin hat for Nerd Wars
Considering a Susanna IC shawl out of my new SpaceCadet yarn
Looking to make a tank by Drops out of universal summer linen, will be a frog-on-the-air after razor complete, unless I get all flighty and change my mind.  heh.

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Episode 4 – Cat attack!

June 28, 2012 by · 2 Comments
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Sorry Pippen didn’t make an appearance on the camera today but impacted the recording in other ways.

Thanks Rae1957 for your lovely review!

Please interact with me…. twitter @WeAreYarnPcast, ravelry group, comment here on the show notes!

Off the “needles”… Frobisher the Penguin.  Pattern: Mommy Penguin from Amigurumi World by Ana Paula Rimoli.  Forgot to mention the sample was by Mad Angel Creations and was super nice, fingering weight supewash merino/nylon, colorway “Cthulu Rising”.

In the works…

  • …. Watershed Cardigan by Amy Swenson in Happy-Go-Lucky Worsted, US 7 needles, blocked to within an inch of its life, no sleeves yet!
  • …Linen tank!  Finally getting that grosgrain on it! (you guys need to get on me about not having a good picture of that on my rav project page.)
  • …Ebbtide Shawl by Elizabeth Doherty out of my handspun on US 6.  Making it without the fancy spine!  Go and change a pattern if you don’t like it!

Acquisitions… Interweave Crochet Summer 2012.  Love the shoes, and other things.  The romper is scary.

Ripped out the Lacy Vest on air!  Help me pick out which cardigan to make at the ravelry group! Or, if you don’t have a ravelry account and don’t want one, leave your vote here and I will include it when I check the poll in 2 weeks!

Talked about Tour de Fleece and my goal of 1 ounce per day during event.  Concerned about the goal, I talk about why, in a rambling kind of way.

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Episode 3: Nerdy!

June 14, 2012 by · 1 Comment
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I should be searchable on iTunes soon!

This week’s show includes….

Shout-out to SpaceCadetCreations!

Update on Linen Tank.

On my needles:

Off my needles (all for Nerd Wars):

  • Rose Doily #804 (on ravelry, on web) out of beige crochet cotton size 10.  #7 steel hook.
  • Gridlock Kitten (on web, crochet version on ravelry, web)

Acquisitions:

  • Crochet cotton.  Because I needed more!
  • TriDye Fiber Club

Reviewed Vogue Knitting Crochet Special Edition 2012 (see the gallery here).  Loved the…

Hated the Granny-Square Tunic (ravlery, give us a break with the grannies, designers!!) and everything in that section.  Just weird.

 

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