Monthly Archives: July 2013

Here’s episode 11 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  The giveaway this week is still for a little goodie bag from SSK, so check out the Ravelry group for your chance to enter.

Spinning in Progress:
Psalm 23 Farm
Robin J Edmundson
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)
Spotted Circus
Forrester Spindles
Unwind Yarn Company
Jenkins spindles

Handspun knitting in progress:
Irish Coffee
Fat Cat Knits
Turkish cast on
Fleegle heel
Jeny’s Suprisingly Stretchy Bindoff

Tool Time:
Lap Thing
Four Paws Dog Brush

Special Skein:
Cleite Shawl

Five Cool Things:
The Rail
Columbus, Indiana (I was totally wrong in this segment saying Eero Saarinen designed the Chrysler Building! He totally didn’t.)

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Here’s episode 9 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  The giveaway this week is for a little goodie bag from SSK, so check out the Ravelry group for your chance to enter.

¡Linksplosion!

Spinning Finished Object:
Into the Whirled
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)

Spinning in Progress:
Robin J Edmundson

Handspun knitting in progress:
Fat Cat Knits
Jim Leslie spindles

Commercial knitting FO:
Ladybug Fiber
Turkish cast on
Fleegle heel
Jeny’s Suprisingly Stretchy Bindoff

Tool Time:
Spanish Peacock (note: no longer on etsy!)

Special skein:
Socks that Rock sheep to shoe kits

Five Cool Things:
Super Summer Knitogether
The KnitGirllls
Jacey Boggs
Gerst Haus
Jeni’s Ice Cream
The Wild Cow
Fat Squirrel Fibers
Unwind Yarn Company
Deerfield Creations
Fiber Optic
Desert Vista Dyeworks
Hiwassee Creek Dyeworks
Jelby
Tangerine Designs
Spotted Circus
Miss Babs
KnittyAndColor

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Here’s episode 9 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  The giveaway this week is still for thePortsmouth, NH shawl/scarf pattern, so enter in the prize thread in the Ravelry group for a chance to win this great pattern.

Also, please note that on rewatching this video, I realized I totally misspoke talking about what high and low tension do. As Willy Wonka would say, “Strike that; reverse it.”

Abbreviated show notes this week, sorry! If there’s something you want a link to, feel free to ask me in a comment on this blog post, in a PM on Ravelry, or in the episode thread on the Ravelry group. Enjoy some photos from Hawaii!

Here’s episode 8 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  The giveaway this week is for the Portsmouth, NH shawl/scarf pattern, so enter in the prize thread in the Ravelry group for a chance to win this great pattern.

Abbreviated show note this week, sorry! If there’s something you want a link to, feel free to ask me in a comment on this blog post, in a PM on Ravelry, or in the episode thread on the Ravelry group.

Just a couple of links:

This book trailer for The Unknowns by Gabriel Roth is really funny.

You can register on the new Wollmeise shop already if you want to prepare for the shop opening on Tuesday, July 9 at 4pm.

Here’s episode 7 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraising group over on Ravelry.  The winner of the skein of Wollmeise is announced during this episode, so get in touch with me if that’s you! Thanks for hanging out with me!

¡Linksplosion!

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

Spinning in Progress:
Southern Cross Fibre
Hobbledehoy
Bosworth spindles (and charkha!)

Other Spinning Links:
Tour de Fleece

Handspun FO:
Starving Artist
Gale’s Art

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

Commercial knitting FO:
Creatively Dyed
Viajante

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

Tool Time:
Kate’s Cauldron Spindles
Grizzly Mountain Arts
Jenkins spindles

Special skein:
Loop
Webs

Five Cool Things:
Blue Moon Fiber Arts Rockin’ Whorl Spinning Club
PLY magazine
Ladybug Fiber
Humans of New York

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