Join us as we meet Jani Estell of Starcroft Fiber Mill and Mary Jane Mucklestone to learn about yarn and sweater design!
Peaty that’s Me
This week Morgan has a FO and I expound upon spinning. There is Textiles in Time..wool dogs of the Coast Salish and Fern obviously gets in her 2 cents…
Sea of Shells Shawl by Rose Beck with Tidal Yarns
Goodnough by Bonnie Sennott with Northern Solstice Alpaca
Piper’s Journey by Paula-Emons Fuessle with Quince & Co.
Vedbaek by Karinna Westermann with Snaeldan yarn 2ply by the Island Wool Co.
Electric Sheep, Yarns from the Plain, Knit.Spin.Cake, Shiny Bees, Curious Handmade, Caithness Craft Collective, Sara’s Texture Crafts.
Cougars, Clun Forest & Morgan, Oh My!
Finally…some knitting and even a FO. Morgan’s back with a Mega Fauna Minute on Cougars in the northeast. There’s a bit of spinning and as always general silly business!
Brush Creek Cowlette by Carina Spencer
Burnham Wood Capelet by Romi Hill
Piper’s Journey by Paula Emons Fuessle
Clun Forest from Field’s Edge Farm
Ravelry: Swenstea
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Settle Down…
It’s a been a busy two weeks with a Fiber Trek shoot and friend in town! But summer is settling in. This fibercast includes a Textiles in Time Segment, minimal knitting objects but a fair amount of enabling as I ventured out to the Fiber Frolic this past weekend!
Knit or craft away!
Brush Creek Cowlette (See previous show notes)
Burnham Wood Capelet (See previous show notes)
Field’s Edge Farm
Canis Latrans, Some Knitting & A little Personal Risk
Know that in this episode we introduce the Mega Fauna Minute with Morgan…and we talk about coyotes. We talk about their life cycle as well as “touch” on the implications of this life cycle for Mainers. This can go either way for Morgan and I. It contains a bit of biology so if you are not so interested in this discussion, tune in next time for another Textiles in Time!
We talk knitting prior to the ecology!
Brooklyn Tweed: Loft & Shelter
Guernsey Triangle by Jared Flood
Rhoda Brioche Cowl by Mercedes Tarasovich Clark
Brush Creek Cowlette by Carina Spencer
Burnham Wood Capelet by Romi Hill
Sullivan by Whitney Greg-Harrisson
Textiles in Time
I am solo this week. There is a FO and some spinning! Plus I introduce a new segment, Textiles in Time. A smidge of acquisitions and discoveries and a down the pike stories about bears.
Shield Maiden by Emily Estrada
Snowcapped Yarns at the Netloft
Reentry
Morgan joins me this week to assist in recapping MS&W. I have a feeling more will unfold in the coming weeks. There is A LOT of acquisitions and discoveries but we try to break it up bit with some fun facts on guard dogs and long wool breeds. We’ll see if you think they are “fun”. The show notes this week will become there own page on the blog as there are a number of links to transfer over in the mean time I figured it would be best to get this published! Hope this finds you well and in good spirits!
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Ravelry: Swenstea (Sarah) & SheKnitsaround (Morgan)
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Raccoons, Raccoons & More Raccoons
On this edition there is a distracting dog guarding the house from…you guessed.. racoons! You get to hear my “firm” voice as I try to assuage her barking. Ai! I am preparing for Maryland Sheep and Wool as well as recovering from an epic weekend with Starcroft Fiber Mill & Mary Jane Mucklestone. Not a ton of knitting, but my hope is the 24 hour car ride will help to remedy that.
Show Notes:
Iron Age Alpacas? Really?
I don’t know what happened in this episode but somehow I get a little anxious about working with Alpaca fiber. What this is about I don’t know? Is it gauge anxiety? Is it some sort of commencing panic? Forgive me. I promise to know more and do better next time. There is mucho enabling with Snow Capped Yarns and the prizes for the Island Wool KAL have arrived!
Blue Peninsula: Bonnie Sennott, Goodnough
Rhoda Brioche Cowl: Knitted Wit
Gyllis: Stephen West
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Hogs, Gimmers & General Silly Business
This week my friend Morgan joins me just for fun. We share her projects and acquisitions as I have not made a lot of progress on ANYTHING.
We also talk about an KAL for the group inspired by my husband and discuss a few fun facts about sheep husbandry as the plan for Maryland Sheep & Wool unfolds.
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