Episode 12: Monkey off My Back

Ooops!!
For clarification:

1. Sheep are bred not "breeded" (grammar please?)
2. Wendy Johnson didn't personally email me about her mystery KAL-('Jessica, you must hear about my great idea...') I subscribe to her blog via email :0)
3. Marian1 contacted me on Ravelry to let me know that the YAI Knit-A-Thon was a huge success and almost $4000 was raised- knitters rule!!

Introduce Yourself!


On The Needles

Preemie Baby Beanies by Karen Everitt

Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth - Peaches & Cream
   
The Age of Brass and Steam Kerchief by Orange Flower


Off The Needles

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey

Tulip Lace Washcloth by Love2Knit


Spinning

Gnome Acres Superwash BFL in the Franklin colorway

Spinatude drop spindles

Pumpkin Hill Farm  support spindles

Wildhare Fiber Studio mulberry silk

Heidi's Pottery support spindle bowl


Events/News

Stitch N Pitch- June 3, 2012 in NYC

WendyKnits Summer Solstice Mystery Shawl


Knitting For Good

Thank you to everyone who has made our Remembering Remy KAL a success! The KAL will be finished on June 3rd. Grand prize winners will be announced June 7!

Jibber Jabber

"Training" for Tour de Fleece

Sewing tips provided by KB listeners Irisss, Janmarie & pmack17.

Weaving- Olivia is warped! Scrappy Scarf project is on the loom.

Craftsy Online Classes

Thanks

Andy Mullen for Brooklyn Rain

Over by Tim George

Episode 11: Short But Sweet

Introduce Yourself!


On The Needles

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey


Off The Needles

Ragdoll By Debbie Bliss

The Little Princess with Little Red Riding Hood

A Memory Bag by Brenda Dayne

Yup, That's me, Brenda, and my memory bag

Spinning

Finished spinning some Targhee from Solitude Wool - I heart targhee!!!

Next up: 4 oz. of superwash BFL from Gnome Acres for the Knitabulls Spin Along

Fiber split for fractal spinning

Tour de Fleece

Find the ravelry group here.

Join us over on Team Sasquatch

My personal challenge- spinning 2 oz. of silk on a supported spindle.

Knitting For Good

Congrats to our Remembering Remy April incentive winners: jamlknitter and mippyfoofalina :0)

The Remembering Remy KAL will continue through June 3, 2012

Events

Mets Stitch n Pitch June 3, 2012- tickets still available until May 22 through Lion Brand Yarn Studio

Jibber Jabber

Sew Along thread here.

There is a promise of a small something from me if you post a FO for our SAL which will continue until the end of June.

My first sewing project!

I learned from this project that I need better tools!! I also have to learn how to deal with directional fabric.....oh yeah- and that pesky thread barf!

Thread barf!!

Thanks

Andy Mullen for "Brooklyn Rain"

Adrina Thorpe for "Fly Fly Fly"











Episode 10: Double Digits!

Introduce Yourself!

On The Needle

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey

Ragdoll by Debbie Bliss

Essential Knits for Kids by Debbie Bliss

Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino

Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK

LB Martha Stewart Crafts extra soft wool blend

Misti Alpaca Pima Cotton & Silk Handpaint


Off The Needles

Preemie Baby Beanies by Karen Everitt

Happy Cheerful Preemie Hats

Tea Toters by Julie Tarsha

Peaches and Cream

Tea anyone?

Victorian Rose  by Grace McEwen

Classic Elite Lush

Sooo soft!!

Spinning

The Sheep's Company Masham

Yum!!!

Solitude Wool  Targhee

The Knitter's Book of Wool by Clara Parkes

The Fleece and Fiber Sourcebook

Knitting For Good

Remembering Remy KAL thread

Remembering Remy Prize Thread

A hearty "Thank You" to Patfrag, aka Pat, for her prize donation!

Knit.Me.Happy. Endometriosis Awareness KAL/SAL

YAI Project Assist's Knit-A-Thon

New Podcasts

The Commuter Knitter Podcast

Down Cellar Studios Podcast

Never Not Knitting Episode 36: Embracing The Bump : That listener story is me!!

Welcome back Alana!!

Events

Stitch 'N Pitch 2012

Go Team Sasquatch!!!

Ravelympics 2012

Jibber Jabber

Our Sew Along will start May 1st! Please join us!

Thanks!!

Thank you for the iTunes reviews!

Thanks to the 2 Knit Lit Chicks!!!

Thanks to Diane, ticodee02, for a gorgeous Downton Abbey swap package!

Thanks to Lynda, raindrop1963, for a beautiful KGASS package!

"Brooklyn Rain" by Andy Mullen and "Carolina" by Caguama are both available at Music Alley.

Episode 9: Feeling The Love

Oops!!

• I forgot to mention the colorway of the Classic Elite Lush yarn I'm knitting my Victorian Rose scarf from: #4401 or a very pure white ;0)
• I also forgot to thank Barb and Tracie of The 2 Knit Lit Chicks podcast for mentioning Knitting Brooklyn and the Remembering Remy KAL in their episode 17 :0)
• Just to clarify- our May Incentive Prize for the Remembering Remy KAL will be a soap/lotion set donated by Dawn (knittinwolf) of the Wolfe Farms Podcast.

Introduce Yourself!!

Jennifer, aka shadystroll on ravelry, has a beautiful new, free shawlette pattern called Ka'ana Shawlette.  I am deciding whether to buy new yarn for this pattern or to use some Rowan Calmer from my stash.

Kristen, aka Mamaholmes on ravelry, has a new blog for her video podcast Mama Knits.

On The Needles

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey
Yarn and needle details in previous episode's shownotes :0)

Sandykins (ravelry name) posted this video for 'The Invisible Braided Join' on The Knit Girllls group:

Victorian Rose by Grace Mcewen
Needle: US size 9 (5.5 mm)
Yarn: Classic Elite Yarns: Lush

Provisional Cast-On:

Spinning

GnomeAcres has teamed up with Diane of Knitabulls and The Knitting In Circles podcast for a SAL in May/June. More info HERE.

Events

Ravelympics 2012
Team Sasquatch
Stitch N' Pitch
Spring Cleaning with Glen of the Fiber & Fabric Podcast

Knitting For Good

The winner of the Remembering Remy March Incentive Prize was announced!
Commuter Knitter Podcast

April's Incentive:
A ravelry pattern up to a $10 value donated by Rachel of the Knit.Me.Happy. podcast
Owl Knitting Needle Gauge donated by Casey of Tangerine Designs.

See all the awesome prizes donated for the Grand Prize Drawing HERE.

Lisa, aka jamlknitter, blogged about Knitting Brooklyn and our Remembering Remy KAL HERE. (Knitting Blogcast)

Jibber Jabber

Sew- Along!!

• will begin May 1
• we had a tie between Easy Drawstring Bag by The Purl Bee and Buttercup Bag by made-by-rae so we will sew either one or both for the SAL :0)
• separate thread for the SAL HERE.

Weaving!!!!

This beauty will come live with me!!

photo courtesy of Paradise Fibers

A 25" Schacht Rigid Heddle loom ( and I got the stand!!)

Craftsy- check out Angela Tong's Rigid Heddle Weaving Class

"Brooklyn Rain" by Andy Mullen

"Mistreating Yarn Blues" by Jacob Haller

Episode 8: I Wanna Craft All The Things!

Introduce Yourself !!

On The Needles

see show notes for episode 7 :0)

KGASS : Using the Double Moss Stitch found in Knit & Purl: 250 stitches to knit edited by, Erika Knight

Knitting Grrrs

My seeded rib sock gives me trouble!

Spinning

Finished my Shetland fiber from Spin Monkeys!
Started spinning my Masham fiber from The Sheep's Company- love it!!
Source for masham fiber information - The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook

New Podcasts

Promo played for The Fiber and Fabric Podcast hosted by the lovely Glen :0)

A great new video podcast called MamaKnits hosted by the adorable Kristen !

Knitting For Good

Remembering Remy Preemie Hat KAL

Knit.Me.Happy. Endometriosis Awareness KAL/SAL

YAI Knit-A-Thon

Jibber Jabber

Congrats to Carin of Round the Twist and her guy on their engagement!

Sew-A-long!! Vote for your favorite pattern here.

My new love : weaving!
Listening to Weave Cast with Syne Mitchell
Falling head over heels for this Rigid Heddle loom.

Thanks!

Thank you for listening and to everyone who has joined the group and left iTunes reviews.
Thank you to all of my fellow podcasters who have supported our Remembering Remy KAL on their own shows :0)

**Please note that episode 9 will be recorded on April 16, 2012 due to the Passover holiday!**

Episode 7: Sometimes Life Gets In The Way

Apologies

So sorry that this episode was delayed! I had some "mommy" business to take care of  :0)  When I attempted to record late last Thursday night, I spoke for almost 45 minutes only to look down and see that my microphone was off!! It was all just too much to bear, so I decided to delay the recording. Thanks for being understanding!

Introduce Yourself!!

On The Needles

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey

Seeded Rib Sock by Lisa Beamer of  Fibernymph Dyeworks and the 90% Knitting podcast

• My first test knit!!
• I used the "Twisted German Cast On"

Off The Needles

Piper's Journey by Paula  Emons-Fuessle  of The Knitting Pipeline

• Knitting Grrrs....I did SSKs instead SKPs in the applied lace border :0(

Yarn Review

Knit Picks Brava

• 100% Acrylic
• I would recommend this yarn for children's knits, charity knitting, gifts for those allergic to natural fibers, and those who would not properly care for knits made from wool.
• No, this yarn is not Madelinetosh or Malabrigo, but for an acrylic yarn- it's very nice!
• Read what other knitters had to say here.

Spinning

Finished spinning up my Shetland fiber from Spin Monkeys.

Next up on the wheel : Some Masham batts from The Sheep's Company.

Masham Lemon Meringue Batts

photo from The Sheep's Company etsy shop

I finished reading Maggie Casey's Start Spinning , now I'm reading Judith MacKenzie's The Intentional Spinner

I have been trying out a short forward draw instead of moving my fiber hand back to draft.

Swaps/Coming Up

1. Downton Abbey Swap with Maria and Sharon
2. Victorian Rose by Grace McEwen
3. KGASS
4. Rag Doll by Debbie Bliss
5. Florentina the Prima Ballerina Monster by Allison Cleaver

Knitting For Good

1. Check out the threads for our Remembering Remy KAL (3/1-6/3) here and here. There is a prize thread here.
2. Check out the threads for Rachel (tinygeekcrafter) of the Knit.Me.Happy.Podcast 's endometriosis awareness SAL/KAL (through 4/29) here and here.
3. Marian (Marian1) pm'd me on ravelry to let me know about the YAI Project Assist Knit-A-Thon to be held on May 19th at The Village Knitter in Babylon, NY. You can make a donation to sponsor a knitter here. Please support Rick's Team (Marian's husband who started this event!)

Jibber Jabber

More information about Brenda Dayne's "A Memorable Yarn" can be found here.

My contribution: my first handspun!

So many memories.....

Sewing

Can't wait to start sewing!

There's a thread to discuss your sewing endeavors here.

LoriAnn70 suggested a free pattern - a Bevy of Bags and created a fantastic photo tutorial for all of us!! Thanks!!

Mamaholmes wondered if anyone would be interested in a beginner's Sew-Along! I love the idea- who else is in??

Thanks

Thank you to HappyCrafter207 (Lori) for giving KB a shout out on her podcast HappyCrafter207.

Thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews.

Thanks to Andy Mullen for "Brooklyn Rain" and for "Sun Goes Up, Sun Goes Down"

Episode 6: Brenda On My Mind

Ooops!!

I forgot to mention some information debcquilts sent to me after listening to episode 3:

"Loudon county in Virginia is a suburb of Washington DC, pronounced Lauwdon, ow-don with an L."

Also, Brenda Dayne kicks off her Cast On Mega Tour 2012 at Fibre Space in Alexandria, VA. LBYS is her second stop :0) Check out the full schedule HERE.

Introduce Yourself!

On The Needles

Piper's Journey  by Paula Emons-Fuessle

The Felted Join tutorial by Paula of the Knitting Pipeline.

Mittens For Me by Laura Linneman


Knitting For Good

Remembering Remy

• Chat HERE.
• Show off your FOs HERE

When you are ready to send off your donation, please PM Tbmccarthy on ravelry with "Address" as your subject line. Tracey will write back to you with the address you should send your hats.

This month's KAL will end 3/31- but we will be going for 95 days- until June 3rd!!

Coming Up

In addition to those patterns I spoke about in the last episode:

Downton Abbey Swap

Sleeping Baby's Castle Blanket by Sally Rainey

Spinning

The winner of the Spin Monkeys giveaway was announced!

Start Spinning by Maggie Casey

The Intentional Spinner by Judith MacKenzie McCuin

Teach Yourself Visually: Handspinning by Judith MacKenzie McCuin

New Podcasts

Creative Accounting

Patricia aka SpindleLady108

Jibber Jabber

Cast-On with Brenda Dayne

Join me at Lion Brand Yarn Studio for Brenda's classes this coming May!
Register HERE

Argyle Yarn Shop

Knitting Brooklyn's Sewing Thread HERE

Thanks to Andy Mullen for "Brooklyn Rain"

Justin Gordon's  "Winter In Ohio"