Episode 3 - In Which I Use The Word Stashbusty
Sunday, October 21st, 2007The building site finally stopped thumping (I think they were pile-driving?) so I believe this podcast is thump-free!
My Knitting Progress:
- Yes, “stashbusty” is a word.
- The Bright Leftovers Scarf is done!
- Pattern: The Bright Stripes Scarf from Scarf Style
- Using: Cascade 220 Heathers (2441), Dream in Colour Classy (Wisterious), Fleece Artist BFL (brick), orange handspun from Yarn Ahoy, my own handspun.
- Millicent Socks are still going…
- Places to find knitters in your area: Meetup.com, Ravelry…
My Socks:
- My Fleece Artist Olympic Socks
- My Lorna’s Laces Bee Stripe Jaywalker Socks by Grumperina
- Simply Lovely Lace Socks in Kool-Aid yarn (Interweave Knits Spring 2006)
- My Roza’s Socks (IK Spring 2007) by Grumperina in Lorna’s Laces Somerset
- My Monkey Socks by Cookie A, in Colinette Jitterbug
- Vinnland Socks from The Anticraft in Fleece Artist Sea Wool (these socks were proclaimed “gorgeous and terrifying all at once” by Lime and Violet on the Daily Chum!)
THE KNITATOR!!
- Don’t worry if the sock pattern you want to knit is written for two circs, but you just have DPNs. Knit how you want, it’ll still work. There are different ways to knit a small circumference, but you’re still knitting the same thing.
- DPN tutorial
- Magic Loop Tutorial
- Two Circs Tutorial
Etsy Eloquence:
- Yarn Ahoy: wonderful customer service, and gorgeous yarn
- PiddleLoop: amazing knitting project bags. See mine below! I think I want a collection, all in different black and white prints
Yay Stuff!
- Monty Python’s Flying Circus in one compact DVD set
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? Seasons 1 & 2 on DVD
- Weavettes - teeny handheld looms, perfect for those sock leftovers. You know you have them. (Also available on eBay, search for Weave-It too!)
- eLoomanator has a great website about these looms. Check out the Weave-Along too!
Knitteth Thou?
From The Tempest, Act III, sc 3:
Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou
Perform’d, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring:
Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say: so, with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work
And these mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions; they now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them, while I visit
Young Ferdinand, whom they suppose is drown’d,
And his and mine loved darling.
Music
Today’s song is Beer, Beer, Beer by the Brobdingnanigan Bards.
As always the theme music is Greensleeves by Lee Harris and the Tijuana Trumpets.
Both pieces are from the Podsafe Music Network.
