Episode 16
It’s been a while, but I’m back! In this episode we look at what wine to drink with your wool, project bags, blogwatch, Ravelry activity and more!
- A Mingled Yarn - visit her blog and have a look at cute baby knits and sews
- Woolly Wormhead - new book of baby hats. I talk about Cubba and Cupcake - so cute!
- Sandykins - Sock Wars III explained at last!
- Easy Knits Bamboo Mix sock yarn - recommended wine is a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc from Esperanza (will add link later)
- Rowan Tapestry - recommended wine is George Duboeuf Chiroubles.
- Peaches and Creme Cotton - recommended wine Brown Brothers Muscat.
- Kieran Foley’s website and on Ravelry. The Scandinavian pattern.
- Kauni. Examples of projects 1, 2, 3.
- Explanation of what a ‘chav‘ is
- ISO Group on Ravelry
- GoKnit project bags
- Beanie Baggie - polka dots a go go
- Competition yarn - Woolmeise - Thanks Sandykins! (Someone let me know if there is a UK ‘dealer’ I should link to)
- My blog - now I’ve remembered the name of it!
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September 16th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I’m so glad you’re back, I love your podcast. The feed from iTunes is not working, and I get an error opening the file directly from your podbean.com site. Just wanted to let you know.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
I’m delighted that you’re back, but I’m having problems downloading the cast at the moment. Tsk!
September 16th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
and now its downloaded and I’ve enjoyed it so much. Wine reviews, what a great idea!
September 17th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Your pronounciation of Kauni is just perfect! But moebius should be /ˈmoʊbiəs/ in English, [ˈmøːbiʊs] in German)
Love your podcast!
September 17th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Oh, one more: Wollmeise is something like ‘Vol-my-sə’ (and no, I’m not a schoolmam I’m just…..)
September 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I must be thicker than worsted weight - I still can’t understand Sock Wars! From what I can gather it involves ‘pressure knitting’ - my least favourite kind. Having finished Ravelympics with a few minutes to spare and unable to pick up sticks for a week afterwards I know of what I speak.
September 18th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You can actually get some fabric that is clear. They use it a lot to make travel bags for toiletries so you can see where your toothbrush is. I am sure you could find it somewhere. That is a very good idea for a knitting bag. i just have to dump everything out of mine to find the needle at the bottom.
September 18th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
So glad that you’re back! I enjoy your podcast a lot, it is very original and unique - not like any other podcasts I listen to, and there are a lot! Looking forward to hearing more.
September 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
YEAH!!! You’re back. I enjoyed the wine pairings immensely.
It was a great podcast and I’m so glad you’re doing the podcast again.
As far as bags go, you are NOT crazy for wanting a bag that has a window. Sounds wonderful. Let us know if you find one.
Also, I use HUGE bags that i can throw a ton of stuff in at once. I just bought a bag at Stitches Midwest from Blue Kitty Designs. It’s huge and has lots of pockets. She also carries a variety of project bag sizes and notions bags too!
here is her link on Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=37806
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
I can’t tell you how excited I was to see a new podcast! I really enjoyed listening to it and really appreciate the time you put into making it.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Hi, Lixie, I enjoy your podcast! I too need more project bags and will be watching the evolution of your thinking on this. Time to dust off the sewing machine, I guess. As to blogs, I wonder if you are familiar with this one: www.lushknits.com.
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
The wine/wool tasting with Pooch was hilarious, I really enjoyed listening to this episode, congrats to you both. Philhellene
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Hey!
Love the podcast its great to get a European view on knitting. I also loved the section on project bags I need a good new one that my needles cannot poke holes through!
Patty
September 28th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Happy to have you back!! yeah!!
Let me know how your sock pouch with the ‘window’ works out - my husband needs a case for his sculpting tools, which are double ended, and I was thinking of trying a see-through material approach so he could see both ends.
The sock wars I hear are brutal - Cat from “let’s knit together” a video podcast has an entire episode about it - It sounds fun, but I don’t knit that fast!
Good to hear from pooch again too - and what goes better with knitting than wine!
October 4th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Glad to hear you back on the air. My favorite non-clear knitting bags are from White Willow http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=40138. My favorite clear knitting bags are from The Loopy Ewe. http://www.theloopyewe.com/browse/bags-totes/the-loopy-ewe-totes/ I have all the sizes and love them.