Monthly Archives: June 2013

Here’s episode 6 of the Yarnraising podcast! Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  This will be the last week to enter for a chance to win a skein of Wollmeise. Thanks for hanging out with me!

¡Linksplosion!

Spinning Finished Object:
Into the Whirled
Majacraft
Nuvem

Spinning in Progress:
Unwind Yarn Company — coupon code TDFLEECE13 for 15% off orders over $20! Through July 31, 2013.
Hobbledehoy
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)

Knitting with handspun:
Starving Artist
Gale’s Art

Other Spinning Links:
Tour de Fleece

Commercial knitting WIPs:
Ladybug Fiber
Turkish cast on
Fleegle heel
Jeny’s Suprisingly Stretchy Bindoff
Creatively Dyed
Viajante

Cool tools:
Bosworth spindles
Forrester spindles
Viking Santa spindles
Golding spindles

Special skein:
Noro Kureyon

Uncool Thing:
Crown Mountain Farms is closing

Five Cool Things:
Little Prince yarn from Opal
NYT story about missing red panda
Hayao Miyazaki
Enchanted Knoll farm — currently has a TdF discount code in the shop header!

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Here’s episode 5 of the Yarnraising podcast! Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  Thanks for hanging out with me!

¡Linksplosion!

Spinning in Progress:
Into the Whirled
Majacraft
Hitchhiker
Corgi Hill Farm

Knitting with handspun:
Starving Artist
Gale’s Art

Other Spinning Links:
Unwind Yarn Company
Tour de Fleece

Commercial knitting FO:
Opal sock yarn
Turkish cast on
Fleegle heel
Jeny’s Suprisingly Stretchy Bindoff

Commercial knitting WIPs:
Ladybug Fiber
Creatively Dyed
Viajante

Cool tools:
FBN Plastics

Special skein:
Wollmeise

Uncool Thing:
Crown Mountain Farms is closing

Five Cool Things:
Exploratorium
Tartine Bakery
Imagiknit
Paxton Gate
Borderlands Books
Moe’s Books
Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream

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Here’s episode 4 of the Yarnraising podcast! Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  Get your entries in to win the Mochimochiland tiny gnome kit this week; I’ll draw the winner on Episode 5. Thanks for hanging out with me!

Spinning in Progress:
Hobbledehoy
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)
Into the Whirled
Majacraft

Commercial knitting in progress:
Opal sock yarn
Creatively Dyed
Tree Kangaroo
Fleegle Heel tutorial

Cool tools:
Gripping Yarn
Frabjous Fibers

Special skein:
Sakina Needles at the Loopy Ewe

Five Cool Things:
Marimo Moss Balls
Spin Off Magazine
Tenth of December by George Saunders
3 Ingredient Marinara
St. Louis Zoo
Schlafly Bottleworks

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Here’s episode 3 of the Yarnraising podcast. Please consider joining the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry. Thanks for hanging out with me!

¡Linksplosion!

Spinning FOs:
Loop
Westminster shawl
Hobbledehoy
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)

Spinning in Progress:
Into the Whirled
Majacraft

Handspun knitting in progress:
By the Sea
Fiber Optic
Cakewalk yarn

Commercial knitting in progress:
Opal sock yarn
Creatively Dyed
Tree Kangaroo
Fleegle Heel tutorial

Cool tools:
Claymonster
Tiny tennis balls

Special skein:
Yarns Sold and Told

Five Cool Things:

Downy Woodpecker
Cornhole!
Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival
Knit Spin Farm
A Good Yarn
Robin J. Edmundson

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