Episode 12: Study Phase Geologizing

Intros 0:00-6:12
Knitting!! 6:12-39:57
Geologizing 39:57-End

 

The shows are also in YouTube (Episode 1 is on Vimeo).

SHOW NOTES

Patterns and RAPS

1. Burrard by Glenna C.
2. Crosswords at the Coffee Shop Shawl  by   Karrie Steinmetz
3. Mottled Fields Jacket in Knitter’s Magazine K108

Wanderlust  by Friederike Erbslein, hiking colorway socks   Thank YOU France (FranceA)

Go out and RAP someone! It feels great.

Yarns (numbers correspond to numbered patterns above)

1. North Ronaldsay  endangered sheep wool from Orkney Island, 100% wool, dk?, colorway light grey
2. Unwind Yarn Company Voyage Aran Bluebird colorway
3. Cascade Pure Alpaca: 100% baby alpaca. colorways 3032 Sapphire  and  3042 Mystic Purple, and Lime    & ShiBuiKnits Baby Alpaca DK 100% baby alpaca, colorway 229 bordeaux.  &  Frog Tree Alpaca  olive green  &   yellow  & teal

KALS

Rare Breed Knit/Spin-a-long   Ended Feb 28 but thread is worth reading!!!

Music

Jon Sousa and Adam Agee

Fiddle – Adam Agee     Guitar – Jon Sousa    These guys are soooooo Awesome!

Recorded live at the Strater Theatre in Durango March 9, 2013

Episode 11: Kindness of Knitters & Extreme Mysteries

LOTS and LOTS of new Yarn!

Intros 0:00-11:00
RAPs, patterns, and yarn 11:00-35:25
Hellos 35:25-41:30
More Yarn & some Knit and Ski Steamboat 41:30-52:34
Snowy FO Field Trip 52:34-1:02:40
SKIING!! 1:02:40-End
Waxing poetic 1:03:51-1:05:16

 

The shows are also in YouTube (Episode 1 is on Vimeo).

SHOW NOTES

Patterns and RAPS

Beautiful Project Bag  (the bag on her Etsy Shop)   THANK YOU,  Debbie  (Fluffydogowner)

1. Foxy and Wolfie  by Ekaterina Blanchard        Thank you,  Kim   (Kaystarr )   of  CraftStash Podcast
2. Elphaba Pullover  by   Mary Annarella         Thank you, Judy   (Miazoe ) 
3. Ribbed Coin Cable Hat by Ivy Brambles   Thank you,  Johanne  (lunou)
4. Dublin Tee by Melissa Jean Stahl    Thank you, Diana (DiCat)   Melissa Jean Design for nice buttons
5. FrostFangs Hat by Liz Smith    Thank you, Ginger  (afreespirit)  her Etsy Shop AbsoluteWonder
6. Antler Hat by Tin Can Knits   (free pattern!)
7. North Shore colorwork pullover by Tin Can Knits
8. Women’s Aran pullover by Bobbi Intveld for Blue Sky Alpacas

Go out and RAP someone! It feels great.   

Yarns (numbers correspond to numbered patterns above)

1. Berroco Ultra Alpaca  colorway Redwood Mix, 50% alpaca 50% wool, light worsted or DK
2. Araucania Ruca Multy Color 2, Sugarcane Fiber, sport.  Or a Flax
3. Debbie Bliss Andes 65 baby alpaca  35 mulberrry silk, DK.     Or  Plymouth Baby Alpaca,  aran, blue grey purple                                        Thank you,  Pauly   (Pauly81 )   of the Pauly Knits Podcast
4. Several flaxes to choose from
5. Many colors of alpaca Hooray!!
6. Cascade Hertiage Silk colorway #5631,  85% superwash merino/ 15% mulberry silk (sooooo soft and bouncy!), light fingering   and Crystal Palace Yarns Mini Mochi, 80% Merino wool  20% nylon, fingering, colorway 307
7. Alpaca with a Twist Baby Twist colorway 3003 Carnival Red  100% Baby Alpaca, DK  &  Valley Yarns Deerfield colorway Soft Chestnut,  80% alpaca/20% silk, DK (sold only through WEBS)  & various other colors in Berroco Ultra Alpaca
8. Classic Elite Inca Alpaca colorway 1107 Camacho Blue, 100% Baby Alpaca, DK

Twirl    Wool, ChurroxMerino-Cottswold-Llamma, Wool-Mohair, Natural colors and natural dyes, sport

Louet EuroFlax 100% linnen, light fingering/lace

Windrush Farms Shetland, natural brown, aran

Snow Diamond Alpacas  90% Baby alpaca/ 10% silk, natural, light fingering

Frog Tree Pediboo (non-profit, fair trade company!!!), 80% Merino/20% Bamboo, sock

Kollage Sock-a-licious 70% Fine Superwash Merino Wool – 10% Silk – 20% Nylon, colorway Mango,

Shops

Sew Steamboat       Needle Rock Fiber Arts in Telluride

KALS

Knit Spin Farm Walden Read-long &  Rare Breed Knit/Spin-a-long   Ended Feb 28 but thread is worth reading!!!

Music

Jon Sousa and Adam Agee

Fiddle – Adam Agee     Guitar – Jon Sousa    These guys are soooooo Awesome!

Recorded live at the Strater Theatre in Durango March 9, 2013

Episode 10: Grand Experiment – baby cardigan

Hi. An in depth focus on the development of one fascinating project!
Mostly knitting.
Nature – The American Dipper - 19:00-21:40 plus scattered throughout
Enjoy!!!

The shows are also in YouTube (Episode 1 is on Vimeo).

SHOW NOTES

Patterns

1. Gramps baby cardigan by Tin Can Knits

Yarns (numbers correspond to numbered patterns above)

1. The Woolen Rabbit  Frolic worsted in Caramel Latte and Forever in Blue Jeans colorways  Pixie sport in Henny Penny  100% superwash merino

Blogs and Podcasts

Very Pink Knits - Grafting Ribbing,  Steeking

 

Snowflake Video link for You!

Science Friday   Snowflake video with the CalTech expert himself

Happy High Winter and, Update on more to come

Hey everybody,

I just want to say hi before I head out for a bit of skiing. I plan to have a short special project focused video early next week, and a full episode by end of next week. Thanks for being patient with my erratic schedule and long periods between videos. (They are quite time consuming, but I love it and you are worth it!!!)

I hope you are having fun and enjoying High Winter**. 

Thanks. Love and Hugs,

Natalie

** High winter (aka Groundhog day) marks the very middle of winter. A season is 12 weeks long, so the halfway point is six weeks. Winter begins on winter solstice, Dec 21. Six weeks later is usually around Feb 2. This applies to any season. High summer is around August 2, high fall is around Oct 31 or Nov 2, and high spring is around May 2. In the celtic traditions, these were the major pagan holidays, known as cross quarters (the solstices and equinoxes are the major quarters). They have names. High winter is Imbolc, high Summer is Lughnasadh, high fall is Halloween or Samhain, and high spring is Beltane or Mayday. Here is a simple pagan holiday wheel calendar. And here is a more astrological pagan holiday calendar. You can google any of the names for more info on how these holidays can be celebrated. For me, I’m off to snow journey and search for signs of spring.

Live it up!!! And I hope you all enjoy your laps around the sun!!

Episode 9: Podventure

A fun and crazy Podventure of one knit item mixed up with a lot of shinanigans.

I’m off to Steamboat Springs for Knit & Ski Steamboat retreat. Will be back later for a full episode.

Thanks for checking it out!!!

The shows are also in YouTube (Episode 1 is on Vimeo).

Here’s what become of the knitting you see in the video. Go Durango clandestine Stitchers!!! You da Bomb!!

SHOW NOTES

Patterns

1. Tree Scarf. No pattern

Yarns (numbers correspond to numbered patterns above)

1. Red Heart Acrylic and some funky other acrylic stash

People, Places, and Things

Mimi Luebberman at  Windrush Farms       ImagineKnit Yarn shop  in San Francisco

Knit Ski Steamboat       Cat Bordhi’s website     Ann Budd’s website

Music

opening music: Gypsy Ditty by David Sachs

Guitar Solo during deck knitting scene by David Sachs

1st tune: Azucar by Carute Roma  Stay alert for 1st CD debut in February!!  (I can’t believe I didn’t put this AWESOME band in the credits!!)

Music Alley selections:

into the sea by 1000psi

Need Strange and Oh, I Spilled My Beer  by Chad Smiths Bombastic Meatbats

Swim to Me by 101

Jigs by Aff the Cuff

Throwin it Down Beside the Sea by 20 Riverside

November Night by Jakob Martin

Colorado Song by Acoustic Rosh

Episode 8: Inside Out

Mostly Knitting

Hellos and Thank Yous at 38:00

Knit & Ski Steamboat retreat info at 50:25

Nature and FO field trip at 53:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

The shows are also in YouTube (Episode 1 is on Vimeo).

SHOW NOTES

Patterns

1. Afgahan Square  (my own invented pattern)
2. Crosswords at the Coffee Shop Shawl  by   Karrie Steinmetz
3. Gramps baby cardigan by Tin Can Knits
4. Mottled Fields Jacket in Knitter’s Magazine K108
5. Antler Hat by Tin Can Knits   (free pattern!)
6. Beatnik   by   Norah Gaughan
7. North Shore colorwork pullover by Tin Can Knits
8. Women’s Aran pullover by Bobbi Intveld for Blue Sky Alpacas
9. Burrard  & Jurisfiction Cabled cardigans by Glenna C.,  Glenna C.’s awesome blog Knitting to Stay Sane
10. The Lady Edith shawl  by Karrie Steinmetz
11. For Good Hat   by   Megan Williams   ALL  $$ goes to  National Women’s Health Network
12. Broken Seed Stitch Sock Recipe with very cool texture for two colors by Rose Hiver (no longer on Rav?)
13. Wanderlust  by Friederike Erbslein, hiking colorway socks

Go out and RAP someone! It feels great.   FrostFangs Hat by Liz Smith   Thank You, Ginger!!!!  (emptyknitster) and she has a wonderful blog

Yarns (numbers correspond to numbered patterns above)

1. Penguin Nordic discontinued  55% Acrylic  15% Mohair  15% Wool  15% Viscose
2. Unwind Yarn Company Voyage Aran
3. The Woolen Rabbit  Frolic worsted in Caramel Latte and Forever in Blue Jeans colorways  Pixie sport in Henny Penny  100% superwash merino
4. Cascade Pure Alpaca: 100% baby alpaca. colorways 3032 Sapphire  and  3042 Mystic Purple, and Lime    & ShiBuiKnits Baby Alpaca DK 100% baby alpaca, colorway 229 bordeaux.  &  Frog Tree Alpaca  olive green  &   yellow  & teal
5. Cascade Hertiage Silk colorway #5631,  85% superwash merino/ 15% mulberry silk (sooooo soft and bouncy!), light fingering
6. Snow Leopard Trust  camel wool, colorway Storm, Sport or DK?   Seriously, check out their whole website  amazing Snow Leopard and Mongolia pics
7. Alpaca with a Twist Baby Twist colorway 3003 Carnival Red  100% Baby Alpaca, DK  &  Valley Yarns Deerfield colorway Soft Chestnut,  80% alpaca/20% silk, DK (sold only through WEBS)  & various other colors in Berroco Ultra Alpaca
8. Classic Elite Inca Alpaca colorway 1107 Camacho Blue, 100% Baby Alpaca, DK
9. North Ronaldsay  endangered sheep wool, 100% wool, weight tbd, colorway light grey
10. yarn undetermined
11. Blue Sky Alpacas Suri Merino: 60% baby suri alpaca/ 40% merino, colorway 422 Earth, DK

Blogs and Podcasts

Knit Spin Farm   Video     Hollywood Knitter Audio   Whatcha Swatchin  Video    TwoTangledSkeins  video    Pauly Knits Podcast   Video      Multicraftual   Video     Susan B. Anderson blog      Sticks and Stones video   Knitabulls video

Knit Ski Steamboat       Cat Bordhi’s website     Ann Budd’s website

KALS

1. Knit Spin Farm Walden Read-long &  Rare Breed Knit/Spin-a-long
2. Knitabulls 2013 Year of Sweaters
3. Columbus Crafter podcast  ABC knitalong
4. Multicraftual podcast  Snail Mail Club
5. Beatnik with Whatcha Swatchin Podcast til Jan 31. Also my first sweater!
6. Any Karrie Steinmetz pattern In Memory of Karrie

Nature and Science Links

North Ronaldsay Sheep History      Spirit of Orkney North Ronaldsay Sheep info      Pinon Cream Information at Tied to the Post   CalTech Snow Primer        Frost and Hoar formation   Porcupine  Wikipedia,  ours is the North American Porcupine

Music

Banjo by Kurt Hippen