Monday, December 30, 2013

S5E46 I Want to Knit All the Things




Sunday, December 8, 2013

S5E45 Would You Tell?


Music is from Mevio/Music Alley 
The Christmas Song by Calvin Owens 

Sunday, December 1, 2013

S5E44 Staying Focused


Music is: "The Christmas Season" by Devo Spice from Music Alley/Mevio
WARNING: There is slight cursing and content ("long and hard like a Viagara patient") that you might want to keep in mind when you listen around kids.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

S5E42 My Go To...

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Welcome and Thanks
    • Weather
    • Girl Scouts Day Camp
    • Yard Work
  • Notions
    • Member Give Away
    • Dish Cloth Swap
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Mondo Cable Pulli
    • Syncopation Socks
    • Felted Clogs
  • Ripping Back
    • Socks
    • Clogs
  • Mindful Knitting
    • My Go To...
    • CMF
      • "The Walking Dead"
      • Reading
        • Diana Gabaldon
          • Outlander Series
  • Binding Off

Music from Music Alley/Mevio - "Right as Rain" by Alan Horvath

Monday, September 23, 2013

S5E41 With a Heavy Heart


Music by Mevio/Music Alley - Dean Madonia "Cannot Turn Away"





Friday, September 6, 2013

S4E40 Me Time






  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Welcome
    • Thanks
    • Allergies
    • School starting
    • birthdays
    • Girl Scouts
    • Cheer
    • Travel coming up
  • Notions
    • Quilt retreat
    • Joined a swap
      • Beatles theme
    • Giveaway
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Project bags
      • 5 done
      • getting posted on Etsy
    • Mondo Cable Pulli II
      • 1/3 of the body
      • Malabrigo Worsted Nostalgia
    • Patriotic Sock
    • Mystery quilt
    • No pottery
  • Ripping Back
    • Mondo Cable
  • Mindful Knitting
    • Me Time
    • CMF
      • What I get from G.S.U.S.A.
  • Binding Off

Music from Mevio/Music Alley - Don Sprik's Needed Some Time Away

S4E39 Some People

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Welcome
    • Thank you
    • Sports coming to an end
      • Champ game
      • tournament
    • Competition Cheer
    • Knifty Hubby is done with travel
    • FabShopHop
      • August Hop started
  • Notions
    • Giveaway
    • New members
    • Open Etsy shop thread
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Bitterroot
      • Ta-done!
      • Malabrigo Silkpaca laceweight in Arcangel
    • Monsters
      • 2 arms
    • Pottery
      • couple of bowls
      • jewelry jars
    • Planning to dye yarn for my sweater
  • Mindful Kniting
    • Some People ie. It's Supposed to be Fun
    • CMF
      • Shop hopping!
  • Binding Off
If you'd like to see what a Flying Geese block looks like, click here.

Because I'm apparently not smart enough to know that I played this song already (like last week!!), the song is again from Mevio/Music Alley and is Sketch for Summer by Martin Mensik.

S4E38 It's About Time

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Hello
    • Welcome
    • Thank you
    • Camping
      • bad storm!
    • Fishing
    • Sports
    • Stocking Etsy
      • This podcast will NOT turn into an informercial for my Etsy shop.  I will mention it throughout now and again, but I will not turn this into a big ol' commercial.
  • Notions
    • Ongoing giveaway
      • For each 50 members
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Bitterroot, of course
      • last rows never end!
    • Leila, Lydia, & Lucas
      • baby arms
    • Knifty Hubby's quilt
      • "Who's on First" fabric line
      • making up a pattern
      • excited to see how it turns out
    • Mystery Quilt is in time out
    • Drawstring project bags
      • Made 5
      • Have enough fabric for many more
      • small project size
      • thinking of adding pockets
    • Needle holder pattern
    • Pottery
      • bowl, mugs, noodle bowls, a gift mug, jewelry jars, going to try a pitcher then butter jar
  • Ripping Back
    • happily, none
  • Mindful Knitting
    • How long can we knit?
    • CMF
      • Garden!
  • Binding Off

Music from Mevio/Music Alley-Martin Mensik's "Sketch for Summer"

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

S4E37 It's Got Value

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • School's Out
    • Camping
    • Fishing
    • Archery
    • Softball/Baseball
    • Arm Update
    • Weather
  • Notions
    • Still waiting to hear from prize winner
    • Shop is Open!!!
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Bitterroot
      • lots of progress
      • got help beaning my shawl
    • Mystery Quilt
    • Pottery
    • Dyeing
  • Ripping Back
    • Bitterroot
    • Mystery Quilt
  • Mindful Knitting
    • It Has Value!
  • Binding Off
Music from Mevio/Music Alley - Timberline by 3 Minute Pop Songs







S4E36 Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Program

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • I'm healing
    • Knifty Son's broken bone
      • Mother's Day!
    • Travel is Done
  • Notions
    • Etsy Shop
      • Photos
      • Deciding on Bags
      • Dish potholders?
    • Knitty Digits
  • Working Even in Pattern
  • Ripping Back
    • Ran out of thread!
    • Cut my finger
  • Mindful Knitting
    • I Bet You Can!
    • Catching My Fancy
      • Camping
  • Binding Off
Music from Mevio/Music Alley - All I Ever Need by 27 Years
Circles

Water Ripples

More Water Ripples



Sunday, May 19, 2013

S4E35 Days of My Life

Holy cow do I babble like crazy about all that's going on in our family!!  Pictures are still not uploading.  Will reboot and check settings and try with the next episode.

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Surgery went well
      • healing
      • feeling pretty good
      • exhausted, though
    • Gardening soon!
      • weather is looking up
      • had snow since the last show was recorded
    • Bona fide cheerleader
    • Baseball season
    • KniftyHubby home soon
    • Overall happy and in a good place
  • Notions
    • Twin Cities Shop Hop
      • overview
      • found some perfect fabric for KniftyHubby
      • bought some rulers
      • bought some patterns
    • Love for Alex winners announced
    • Yarn acquistion
  • Working Even in Pattern
    •  

    • Leila
    • Nemesis
    • Mystery Quilt
    • Planning ahead
      • project bags
      • bowl "pot" holders
      • pillow cases
      • KniftyHubby's first ever quilt
  • No Ripping Back or Mindful Knitting since the show is already well over an hour
  • Binding Off

Music is the opening theme song for the show from Mevio/Music Alley
3 minute pop songs - "Our Song"

S4E34 The Best You Can Afford


Here are the show notes, finally.  Thanks for hangin' in there.  As you'll hear in episode 36, we've had some...trouble but all is well now.  Pictures will not upload for me at the moment so I will hopefully have A LOT of pictures in the next post.

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Sucky Weather
    • Surgery Tuesday
    • KniftyHubby is home from travel
      • didn't get to see his friend
      • more travel next week
    • Camping
    • pricing out equipment
  • Notions
    • Love for Alex
      • Friday May 3rd
      • 48 entries as of the recording of this episode
    • Yarn Shop Hop
      • Shops, Yarn, patterns, and charms
      • Door Prize
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Cara is totally knit
      • needs a mouth and a bath
    • Bitterroot aka Nemesis
      • beads
      • put quite a few rows on
      • challenging but potato-chippy
    • Mystery Quilt
      • Made 52 blocks
      • Made 50 of a variety of other blocks
    • Quilting motifs
      • practicing little by little
    • Pottery
      • mugs
      • bowls
      • jars
      • bowls
      • new design techniques
  • Ripping Back
    • Bitterroot
    • Mystery quilt blocks
  • Mindful Knitting
    • review Chiao Goo
    • Best You Can Afford
  • Binding Off

Music by cyrusfx - "yarn" from Mevio/Music Alley

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

S4E33 Pointless Shortcuts

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Warming Up!
      • (and after I recorded and edited, we got put under a winter storm warning)
    • Retreat
    • Travel
    • Upcoming Surgery
  • Notions
    • Love for Alex
      • 3 weeks left
      • Another prize added!
  • Working Even in Pattern
  • Ripping Back
    • Made too many blocks
      • 2 blocks too many of three different block patterns
  • Mindful Knitting
    • Pointless Shortcuts
    • Catching My Fancy
      • DWTS - again
  • Binding Off

S4E32 Spring Cleaning

All of these show notes have disappeared into the ether.  I don't even have a copy in my show notes binder where I keep all the outlines for my show.  I will try to go back and listen to myself (always a thrill  lol) and write up show notes.

Monday, March 11, 2013

S4E31 A New Appreciation

 Add Yourself to the Fiber and Fabric Listeners Map!!


Music from Music Alley/Mevio:  "I'm So Tired" by 3 Blind Mice

Monday, February 25, 2013

S3E30 It'll Block Out...Right???

Add yourself to the Fiber and Fabric Listeners Map!!!

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Sick
    • Non-occurring snow
    • Girl Scout cookies
    • Joined WW online
  • Notions
    • What'cha Spinnin'?
      • Heard from Happycrafter207 and waiting for jpeled
    • Love for Alex
    • Photobombed pic of unblocked afghan square


      • Make something
      • Donate it to a charity of your choice
      • Submit a picture to email, Ravelry, or Twitter
      • Possibly win an incentive prize
  • Working Even in Pattern
  • First baby set
  • Ripping Back/Mindful Knitting
  • The now-doomed Mondo Cable Pulli
    • Mondo Cable/It'll Block Out...Right??
  • Binding Off
    • (contact info all above)

Music from Music Alley/Mevio
Aaron Short's "In Between"

Monday, February 11, 2013

S3E29 R-E-S-P-E-C-T


Music: People Make Mistakes by Aaron Short

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

S3E28 Knitting for Comfort

  • Intro
  • Casting On
  • Notions
    • Mitten Knittin'
    • What'cha Spinnin'
      • Post pictures of anything you've spun between November 1st and January 31st
      • Prizes offered by Ceaberry's Habedashery and The First Draft, both on Etsy
    • Shout outs during next episode
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Cupcake mittens
      • sewing in ends
    • Mondo Cable
    • Sweet Boy's scarf
    • Casting on baby beanies and socks this week
    • Quilting
      • mystery
      • Log Cabin quilt
      • New ironing table cover
    • Dyeing 
  • Mindful Knitting
    • Knitting for Comfort
  • Binding Off

Music from Music Alley/Mevio: "Slide Crazy" by :finn

Monday, January 14, 2013

S3E27 Crafty Disasters

  • Intro
  • Casting On
    • Birthday
    • Back to school
    • Weird weather
    • Goal progress
    • My woolie mug.  :)
    • Mug
  • Notions
    • What'cha spinnin'??
    • Mitten Knittin'
    • Goals for '13?
    • Show is sponsored by Audible and Amazon (links on the right)
  • Working Even in Pattern
    • Cupcake Mittens
    • Mondo Cable Pulli
    • Dyeing Yarn!!
      • "Hand Dyeing Yarn & Fleece" by Gail Callahan
        • This is table poured
        • link on the right
    • Planning quilts
    • My daughter's dye attempt
      • Autumn Splendor
      • Mystery quilt
      • Quilt for over my bed
      • Night and Day
  • Mindful Knitting





  • Cupcake Mittens II

    Butterfly quilt with quilted butterflies

    Mystery quilt with Churn Dash blocks - borders

    Above bed quilt also minus the borders

    Night and Day
    • Crafting Disasters
    • Catching my fancy
      • Knitting monsters!!
      • The Big Book of Knitted Monsters by Rebecca Danger
        • link on the right
    • Pottery
  • Binding Off
Music is "Alligator" by :finn from Music Alley/Mevio