The Hot Seat Solving knitting problems, knitting Mount Everests, TKGA Master Knitters program, pieces or seamless, ice cream or frozen yogurt, and memorable trips.
The Knitting Show is proudly sponsored by Flocks of Yarn - the online yarn shop that lets you grow your own flock!
Recorded Wednesday, March 31
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Local Weather
San Diego: 60F / 15C and rain!
Wisonsin: 70sF
Hashing it Out
Kristen's raffle for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America - Each $5 donation gets you a chance to win a generous yarny prize in her raffle. Put her blog in your reader so you can keep up to date about available prizes and be sure to donate to this great cause!
The Knitting Show is proudly sponsored by Flocks of Yarn--the online yarn shop that lets you grow your own flock!
You can listen to this episode on Libsyn or subscribe at iTunes.
Local Weather
Rainy and brisk in San Diego (57 F / 14 C) and above freezing in WI! Woohoo!
Hashing It Out
Thank you to everyone for listening, for participating in the Ravelry group, and for leaving comments on the blogs and at iTunes! You guys are the best!
More deserted island knitting, tennis balls and felting, finished projects, ideal knitting needles, favorite teachers, and the "when I grow up" question.
You can listen to the episode at Libsyn, or on iTunes under 'The Knitting Show'.
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Local Weather
Peter dodges the snow and enjoys "warm" winter weather in the 30s, while Deirdre shivers (still!) with a high of 57 F / 13-14 C
You can listen to the episode on Libsyn or subscribe in iTunes.
From now until February 14, podcast listeners can get 10% off your entire order from Flocks of Yarn! Simply type in the word "podcast" during checkout.
Local Weather Sunny and breezy; 62 F/17 C
Hashing it Out Lots to talk about today, including a KAL recant
What's Up? Deirdre whips out FOs right and left and Peter picks up old projects, loses new ones, and contemplates what life will be like after beginning a garter stitch afghan.
I Want That Deirdre flips for the long, tailored chic-ness of the Ivel coat by Evi T'Bolt, while Peter wants to get creative with the mysterious Mona Lisa Illusion hanging by Steve Plummer.
The Hot Seat Knitting breaks, "selfish" knitting, memorizing stitch patterns, proper verb conjugations, and teeth!
Local Weather Stealth rain in San Diego beats out freezing cold in Wisconsin.
Hashing it Out Huge thank yous to all our supporters, in particular: Susan Dolph of the Knit a Journey podcast for the interview Knitmore Girls Jasmin and Gigi for playing the promo All our listeners and commenters!
I Want That Peter wants to get his hands on a hard-to-find Patons Jet Mens booklet, and Deirdre likes the wearable thoughtfulness of Snowden Becker's designs.
The Hot Seat The pair chats about KALs, the Ravelympics, gifting FOs, household objects as knitting tools, eavesdropping, and reading books.
Our interview has been posted! Find it at Libsyn or on iTunes.
A huge thanks to Susan from Knit a Journey for taking the time to chat with us (and to edit out all the parts that made us sound less than fabulous). Please go listen, and if you don't subscribe to Knit a Journey yet, you really should!
The Hot Seat Topics covered include knitting in the round, favorite yarn weights, perfectionism and knitting, knitting: trend or permanent?, reading all the way through your directions, and best injury stories.
Sorry for the delay, everyone! We had technical problems but we're all better now. Please pardon the buzzing sound in the first 8-10 minutes of the episode. It goes away shortly.
Local Weather Everyone's cold! Deirdre shivers through 54F / 12C days in San Diego, while Peter toughs out the 4F / -16C temps in St. Paul.
Hashing it Out Thanks for the comments, everyone!
What's Up Peter finished a whole slew of projects and celebrates by starting a new sweater and a scarf.
Deirdre works on mystery projects and cannot stop knitting mini sweaters.
I Want That Peter is eager to learn crochet so he can make himself a Babette Blanket, while Deirdre continues the small yet cute knitting obsession with Danger Crafts knitted monsters.
The Hot Seat On the agenda for today are traditional knitting, how many UFOs we have lying around, pattern criteria, movie genres, and recurring dreams.
Sorry, gang! We recorded Episode 5 on Friday but we have been experiencing technical difficulties with the editing software. Something's amiss with the file. We will try to get it corrected and uploaded tomorrow (Tuesday).
In the meantime, if you need a sibling podcast fix, check out The Savvy Girls Podcast. It's hilarious!
The Hot Seat All about avoiding icky knitting techniques, KIPing, choosing colors, pattern mods, favorite Thanksgiving foods, and super powers.
Fruit Salad Recipe: 1 can cherry pie filling (20 oz.) 1 can pineapple chunks (20 oz.) 1 cup cherry yogurt (6-8 oz.) 2 bananas, sliced Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and enjoy! (Our family doubles the recipe, but you should be fine as is.)
Local Weather Peter enjoys sunny and snowless (for now) Wisconsin (54 F / 12 C) while Deirdre is happy to see a cloudy day for once in San Diego (65 F / 12 C).
Deirdre toiled through blisters and burning hands to finish up a pair of Bamboo Socks (by Lorraine Ehrlinger out of Trekking XXL) for the show announcer and turns her attention to an Ethereal Fichu (by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer in Buffboo lace weight) for Buffalo Gold.
The Hot Seat The pair discuss their favorite things to knit, what finishing techniques they try to avoid, favorite movies, most used handknits, preferred stash organization techniques, and pick a favorite month.
Local Weather Peter freezes in Appleton, WI (46F / 8C) while Deirdre cooks in San Diego (83 F / 28C)
Housekeeping We're on iTunes! Now you can subscribe and leave reviews to your heart's content. A big thank you to Susan from the Knit a Journey podcast for the shout out. MacKintosh Yarns is having a sale on discontinued yarn bases. Hurry!
Local Weather Peter dreads the first snowfall of the season and Deirdre waxes rhapsodic about living in a land without winter.
Welcome Who we are and why we're podcasting.
The Hot Seat Peter grills Deirdre about climate preferences, pet peeves, pets, MacKintosh Yarns Spinneret Lace and her knitting history while Deirdre reveals a shocking detail about Peter
Deirdre stumps Peter right out of the gate but Peter recovers quickly enough to chat about learning to knit, having fun, college, and careers.
I Want That Deirdre gushes about Vadis Designs while Staccato brings Peter's love for music and knitting together.
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