Episode # 18 - A Scarf for Beatrix

Episode # 18

KSA's:

Jamacia Fiber Festival , Jamaica Village, VT
Rhode Island Wool & Fiber Festival

Fiber Friday - Theme of the Week - Birds

Theme of the Week: A Scarf for Beatrix

Recipe to Share:
Chocolate Chip Biscotti
1/2 c butter
3/4 c sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 c flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tblsp orange liquor
2/3 c chocolate chips

Cream butter & sugar together, add eggs. Add orange liquor. Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to butter mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. On floured workspace, divide dough in half and roll each into a long roll, approx. 2 inches by 10 inches.
Bake at 350F for 22-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes. Slice into 1/2 inch thick slices. Lay slices flat, bake each side for 8-10 minutes.

Blog Highlight: Looking Glass Knits

Stitch to Share:

A Scarf for Beatrix

Fingering Weight yarn
US Size 5 needles

CO 35 sts.
Knit 5 sts, pm, K until five sts remain, pm, K 5 sts.

Knit four more rows.

Row 1: K 5, sm, p until marker, sm, K 5

Row 2: K 5, sm, *K1, SSK, (YO, K1) 3 times, YO, K2 tog; * repeat twice more, K1, sm, K 5.

Row 3: K 5, sm, P until marker, sm, K 5.

Row 4: K5, sm, *K1, SSK, K5, K2 tog; * repeat twice more, K1, sm, K5.

Repeat these four rows until the scarf is to the length you would like. K 5 rows. BO.

Magazine Review: Interweave Knits Summer 2008 Issue

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Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:
Any Day Now - Caroline Spence Band

Common Place - Chris Ayer
Broken Hearts and Fairy Tales - Jake Coco

Episode # 17 - Oh, Woad is Me!

Episode # 17

KSA's:
UFO Olympics 2008
Lace Ribbon Scarf KAL
Minnesota Shepherd's Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival

Fiber Friday - Opposites -

Oh, woad is me!

Blog Highlight: Lisa's Knitty

Stitch to Share: Ridged Knot Stitch - Multiple of 3+2 Row 1: (rs) Knit Row 2: K1, *MK; rep from * to last st, K1. Rows 3 & 4: Knit. Repeat these four rows. (MK = Purl 3 sts together, leaving the stitches on the left-hand needle. Wrap the yarn around the needle; then purl the same 3 stitches together again).

Book Review: The Book of Yarn

In the mail this week: My Earth Day Swap package from France. My fingers are crossed that my package that I sent to my swap partner makes it there, in one piece.

What's being read: I picked up Beatrix Potter: A life in Nature yesterday, hope to start that in the next few days. The cover, front and back, gave me an inspiration for next's week show...so, if you have some fingering, sock or dk weight yarn and a size 5 or 7 (us) needles, join me for an easy, but fun knit...which will be "the stitch of the week", but also a project you can wear.

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Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:

Lend Me Your Love - Slackstring

Sudden Moment of Clarity - Little Glitches

Barnside Shed - Justin Gordon

Island of Misfit Toys - A Sunken Ship Irony

Thanks for listening!

Episode 16 - Slow Foods

KSA's
Shetland Triangle KAL

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, May 3-4, 2008, Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD

Short Film - Blood, Sweat & Wool
Fiber Friday - Theme of the Week - Toy Box
This week's theme - Slow Foods

Recipe to Share: Blueberry Muffins
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tblsp vinegar
1/2 cup oil

2 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

1 cup blueberries

Combine the egg, milk, vinegar and oil. Mix together the dry ingredients, stir into milk mixture just until moistened. Fold in blueberries. Ladle into muffin tin with liners or greased. Bake at 400 degrees F for 22 minutes or until golden. Makes 12 muffins.

Blog Highlight: Diane, over at DDHockey (Tuttiatavalo)

Stitch to Share: Mini Bobble Stitch - Multiple of 2 + 1 = Row 1: (RS) Knit Row 2: K1, *MB, K1; rep from * to end. Row 3: Knit Row 4: K2, *MB, K1; rep from * to last st, K1. Repeat these four rows. (MB = P 1, K 1, P1, K1 all into the next stitch; pass the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stitches over the first stitch).

Book Review: Wrap Style by Pam Allen & Ann Budd

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Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:

Corridors of Stone - Alun Parry
Fool Me Again - Arthur Yoria
Circular Reasoning - Allison Crowe
Rain on a Tin Roof - Maggie Austin

Thanks for listening!

Episode # 15 - French Press

KSA's
Creative Sewing & Needlework Festival

Conneticut Sheep Spring Wool & Fiber Festival

Fiber Friday - Theme of the Week - Rain - Rain!

This weeks theme - French Press

Stitch to Share: Feather Rib - Multiple of 5 + 2 - Row 1: (rs) P2, *YO, K2 tog through back loop, K1, P2; rep from * to end. Row 2: K2, *YO, K2 tog through back loop, P1, K2; re from * to end. rep these 2 rows.

Books being read: Three Bags Full by Leonnie Swann & Emma by Jane Austen

Book Review: Romantic Style by Jennie Atkinson

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Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:
Hey Gemini - Caroline Spence Band

Come On - 100 Year Picnic

Until You - Dave Barnes

Thanks for listening!

Episode # 14 - Alpacapolooza

Episode # 14
KSA's:
Wanted Ads
Fiber Event, Putnam Co Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN April 11 & 12
Knit & Sip: The History Place, Morehead City, NC April 17
Countryside Artisians Fiber Farms Tour Sugarloaf Mountain, MD April 18-20
Shepherds Extravaganza, April 17 - 20, Western WA Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA
Fiber Friday - Theme of the Week - Madonna - Desperately Seeking Susan
Interview with Dawn of Cedar Grove Alpacas & Heirloom Heritage Farms at Alpacapolooza
Blog Highlight: Becky, over at MoonFrog
Stitch to Share: Puffed Rib - Multiple of 3 + 2 Row 1: (rs) P2,*YO, K1, YO, P2; rep from * to end. Row 2: K2, *P3, K2; rep from * to end. Row 3: P2, *K3, P2; rep from * to end. Row 4: K2, *P3tog, K2; rep from * to end. Rep these four rows.


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Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:
Brighter from Here - Marthas Trouble
Song of Awen - Dahm the Baird
Sing Along - Virginia Coalation

Thanks for listening!

Episdoe # 13 - Around the World with Knitting

Episode # 13 -

KSA's:
Alpacapolooza
Slow-Bee-Mystery Shawl KAL
Fiber Friday - Theme of the Week - Frida Kahlo
What's Your Medium: Thanks again, Marci!
Blog Highlight: Dances with Wool
Stitch to share – Star Stitch Pattern - Multiple of 4 + 1 - Row 1: (rs) P1, *K1, P1: rep from * to end. Row 2: K1, *MS, K1; rep from * to end Row 3: Rep row 1 Row 4: K1, P1, K1, *MS, K1; rep from * to last 2 sts, P1, K1. Rep these 4 rows. (MS = Pur 3 sts together, leaving the stitches on the left-hand needles. Wrap the yarn around the needle; then purl the same 3 stitches together again.)
Magazine Review: Interweave Knits Fall 2004
Music provided by the Podsafe Music Network:
Temporary Life Ordinary Life - Carly Patterson
Human - Russell Wolff
Atlantic - We are the Living
Streets of Gold - Latch Key Kid
Thanks for listening!