Mon, 2 April 2007 On my needles: Socks - claudia's handpainted yarn, in a beautiful rainbow of colors called Carousel - purchased from The Loopy Ewe - excellent customer service The reason I'm knitting socks - the 52 pair plunge I already have another pair almost done - made from J. Knits yarn in the colorway Iowa, which is shades of gold. Let's Knit2Gether video podcast NEWS: Excellence in Needlework award winners: Read this news release and print a PDF online at: http://www.interweave.com/PressRoom/PR_Press_Releases.asp View the winners at: http://www.interweave.com/needle/NWOY/pastwinners/winners_2006.asp Knit & Crochet Show in Manchester, NH July 12-15 2007 http://www.KnitandCrochetShow.com Sheepless Yarn Swap Launches from Interweave Registration is open until May 1 online at:http://www.interweave.com/knit/books/No_Sheep/swap/nosheepsignup.asp EVENTS: April 13 & 14, Greencastle, Indiana (Putnam County Farigrounds, located on 231 just north of the courthouse). Friday, noon to 7; Saturday, 9 to 5. Free admission and parking. http://www.thefiberevent.com/ Sat, April 21st in Denmark, ME - 13th annual Sheepfest at the Denmark Arts Center http://www.pinestarstudio.com/SHEEPFEST.htm April 28 - Connecticut Sheep & Wool Festival, Tolland Agricultural Center; on-site parking fee of $3.00 http://www.ctsheep.org Gerald left me a comment and let me know about a new event called the Knitters Connection. June 6-10 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, OH http://knittersconnection.com/ Interview - Nancy Zeller of Long Ridge Farm ( http://longridgefarm.com ) talking about Earthues Natural Dyes Nancy will be at Ct Sheep & Wool Festival on April 28; http://www.ctsheep.org as well as at NH Sheep and Wool Festival (May 12 & 13) http://www.yankeeshepherd.org and the Jamaica VT Fiber Festival, Sat May 19 10 am to 4 pm http://www.margiesmuse.com/pages/fiberfest.htm Listener Feedback - Email exchange with Becky about spinning dog hair Contact Info - email fibercast at gmail dot com or leave voicemail at (508) 635-4416 Comments[1] |
Thu, 15 March 2007  This took me almost all day and several tries. I hope it came out OK because I'm uploading it as is - I have to get DD to play practice and I have no more time. Hope you like it! NEWS Eunny Jang Named Editor of Interweave Knits Magazine EVENTS 2007 Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival - Saturday, April 28, 10 am to 4 pm rain or shine. 52 Gore Street in Waltham MA, entry fee is $10 for adults, children 12 and under are free. March 23-25 SouthEast Fiber Forum at the Montgomery Bell State Park near Dickson TN. Fiber arts calendar on the Knitter's Review site Llamapaedia Fleece Evaluation page Listener feedback email fibercast at gmail dot com or leave voicemail at (508) 635-4416 Comments[2] |
Wed, 10 May 2006 AlpacaEase program http://www.alpacaease.com New podcasts I like: Rural Radio http://www.acountrylife.com Podcasts I'd like to see: competition obedience What I've been doing - Flax interview part 2 Promo for Crochet Cast http://www.crochetcast.com Contact info: Gizmo Project ID: Fibercast Voicemail line: (508) 635-4416 Comments[6] |
Wed, 15 March 2006  From Nancy Zeller: Jamaica, VT will be holding the 3rd Annual Jamaica Fiber Fest May 20th. It will be up and down Main St - Contact: http://www.margiesmuse.com They are expecting around 40 vendors! Nancy will be hosting Michele Whiplinger, owner of Earthues natural dyes, for a workshop at her farm August 22-24 for an intensive 3-day workshop on Dying in the European Tradition. Nancy's web site is http://www.longridgefarm.com - watch for further info on that. April 15, 2006 - Denmark, ME SheepFest. Small fiber festival, packs a lot of punch (and quite a few vendors) into a small space. If you know of a website for this event, please email me. Listener Feedback Lissette emailed me around the end of February and said that she's another one who keeps a sock in her purse in case she gets stuck somewhere. She heard me mention it on a previous podcast, and said she thought she was the only one! I got a comment from Janet Szabo of Big Sky Knitting Janet is the designer of the (FLAK) Follow The Leader Aran Knit-Along, and the author of several books, including one great book on Aran sweater design. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nancy Born wrote to offer some West Coast fiber arts festival information. Seattle Knitting Expo, April 28-30, http://www.seattleknittingexpo.com/ Black Sheep Gathering, Eugene, Oregon, June 23-25, http:// www.blacksheepgathering.org/ Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival, Canby, Oregon, Sept. 22-24, http:// www.flockandfiberfestival.com/ (still 2005 info) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irie also wrote with info on the Black Sheep Gathering. Ellen Bloomfield wrote to suggest I do a program or two on alpacas. Awesome idea, Ellen! Today's interview - broken into two parts - is on raising and processing flax. I spoke with Johannes and Christian Zinzendorf of The Hermitage. They can be found at FlaxForSale.com and on a blog at FlaxNow Comments[3] |
Tue, 7 March 2006 Canterbury Shaker Village - Canterbury, NH - Sheep Shearing Day, Sat. March 11 Admission is $5.00 Spinning Wheel Sleuth - a newsletter about spinning wheels and related tools American Textile History Museum Spin-Off - build your own cigar box charkha information CrochetCast - Jeannie Gist in Texas CandieCast - Candie Cooper - podcast about jewelry making AussieKnit - Kate in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (love the accent!) Musings of a Peaceful Knitter - Lisa Time2Knit - Donny WeaveCast - Syne Mitchell, Seattle Music - Brobdinagian Bards http://www.thebards.net Colonial Spinning Bee Gore Place Sheep shearing festival Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival NH Sheep & Wool - http://www.yankeeshepherd.com/ Shepherd's Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival - Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair is May 27 & 28, Cummington, MA http://www.masheepwool.org Aug 19 & 20 is the 2006 Michigan Fiber Festival Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, September 8 9 and 10 Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival New York State Sheep & Wool Festival ( http://www.sheepandwool.com/), Additional fiber festival information Comments[1] |
Thu, 2 March 2006 Sorry the podcast is late. It will be a few more days. The kids are home on school vacation, and that means everything is a little off schedule right now. In the meantime I have created a one-minute promo. As always, feedback is welcome!Comments[0] |
Wed, 15 February 2006 Reminder - New England Textile Arts SPA Knit & Spin - Doubletree Hotel, Portland ME http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewEnglandTextileArts/ Email from Marianne Billings, asking me to mention *her* local fiber festival. Shepherd's Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival Mother's Day Weekend, Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN http://www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org/ Claudia's spinning retreats - http://www.countrywool.com section on the front page for "Weekend Retreats" Northeast Handspinners http://northeasthandspinners.org/ The Gathering Nov. 3 to 5, 2006 Loon Mountain, NH http://northeasthandspinners.org/html/nha-events.htm Also got an email from another listener who had problems downloading the mp3 file. If you need help setting up computer/ itunes/ ipod (or another mp3 player), please feel free to contact me. I may be able to help. http://www.noipodrequired.com/ Email from Lesley Prior regarding her Bowmont Fleece. Leslie is at http://www.devongoat.co.uk/ By the time I emailed her with some questions, about 4 hours later, it was all sold out! Nancy Zeller of Long Ridge Farm - http://www.longridgefarm.com/ Contacted me about CVM fleece. New podcast from Alex Anderson - Alex Anderson Quilt Connection - heard about it on Annie Smith's "Quilting Stash" podcast, and found it in iTunes already. Alex Anderson's podcast can also be found at http://www.alexandersonquilts.com/podcast/index.phpm Podcast User Magazine http://podcastusermagazine.com/ THere is also one in production that will be coming out in print at http://id3mag.com/ Public Service Announcement from blind & visually-impaired podcasters at http://www.blindaccessjournal.com petition at http://blindwebaccess.com Promo for Phedippidations - http://www.steveRunner.com Interview with Helen Thelen http://www.baycolonyfarm.com IAGARB http://iagarb.org/ giant rabbits http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4690000/newsid_4694200/4694270.stm http://www.local6.com/news/3547722/detail.html Contact info: Voicemail # (508) 635-4416 Gizmo Project, Skype - "fibercast" email Request for intros from listeners Comments[4] |
Wed, 1 February 2006 Intro from 6620 West Regular blog and steek pictures New England Textile Arts' SPA Knit & Spin weekend, Doubletree Hotel, Portland Maine, Feb. 18 & 19 Brenda Dayne of Cast-on Podcast Rhonda of the Knitting News Cast The newest rising star among the crafting podcasts - What to do with raw fleece? First of all, you have to find raw fleece. What do you want? Fiber Festivals What kind of fleece? Sheep wool - Washing mohair: http://www.fiber2yarn.com/selection.htm Washing alpaca / llama / anything else that's low to no grease - drying preparing to spin - Comments[2] |
Sun, 15 January 2006 Episode 5 of The FiberCast - Interview with Ted Myatt of Ontario, Canada, the Knitterguy. One of his readers has dubbed him "The Obi-Wan of Lace Knitting." He has a blog at Knitterguy.typepad.com, and another he is keeping with Katherine Matthews at The Princess Diaries. Also: New free pattern - Aran Weight Victorian Lace Shawl by Michelle Ciccariello at Elann.com; YahooGroup for an Aran Weight Victorian Lace Knit-Along Sharon Miller's Heirloom Knitting site Mentioned in the interview - Lendrum Wheels, Tracy Eichheim's Woolly Designs spindles Episode 6 will focus on fiber preparation - OK, it's off the animal, now what do I do? Comments[1] |
Tue, 3 January 2006 Episode 4 of The FiberCast - Talking about raising silk with Michael Cook of Wormspit.com Also: Janet Szabo of "Big Sky Knitting" http://www.bigskyknitting.com, Twists and Turns Newsletter, and the Follow the Leader Aran Knit-Along http://www.bigskyknitting.com/FLAK/KNITALONG.HTML New breed of sheep - Bowmont sheep - cross of merino and shetland http://www.devongoat.co.uk/latestnews.html New shop - Wool & Dye Works, 52 Main Street #8, Florence MA Spin-In every Monday from noon to 2 pm, Jan 2 - Mar 27, 2006. http://www.goodwool.com First fiber event of the year (as far as I know) - St. Distaff Day, Westford Museum, Westford Massachusetts January 8, 2006 from 1-5. http://home.earthlink.net/~judycat/ SPA Knit & Spin, Feb. 17 - 19, Doubletree Hotel, Portland, ME. Yahoo Group - New England Textile Arts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewEnglandTextileArts/ free pattern online for a gorgeous cabled scarf - YarnCountry.com http://www.yarncountry.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=662 Cross stitch - http://www.goldenkite.com free 2006 calendar. Make sure your color cartridge isn't empty for this one! New podcast - Knitting News Cast with Rhonda Bell http://www.knittingnewscast.com/ New pattern in the mail - Winter Garden pullover, http://www.KidsKnits.com Interview with Michael of http://www.wormspit.com ****************************************************************************** Amy Singer article in Knitty about spinning silk hankies http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter05/FEATsilkhankies.html Carol Weymar article on spinning silk caps http://www.hjsstudio.com/silkcaps.html Some places to buy silk for spinning - Treenway Silks http://www.treenwaysilks.com/ Aurora Silk http://www.aurorasilk.com/ (Cheryl Kolander of "The Silkworker's Notebook") Comments[0] |
Sat, 17 December 2005 I'm sorry that Episode 3 is late. Family Christmas obligations and downtime with Typepad conspired to keep me from updating the podcast, even though it was recorded on time on December 15. In any case, here is Episode3 of The FiberCast. New online spinning "magazine" - Spindlicity.com Connie Delaney - Spindling.com - book, Spindle Spinning from Novice to Expert; Spincraft patterns Other spindle spinning books - Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' High Whorling Spin-Off magazine's Handspindle Treasury Lee Raven's Spin It Christmas wish list: 1897 Sears & Roebuck Catalog WooLee Winder Alpaca immunization information: OSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Camelid Vaccination Protocol Applique pattern designers: Jen Buechel, Ornamental Applique Jo Coons, Potpourri Pieces Excellent service in an online quilt shop: Quilt Adventures Piece O' Cake Designs, pattern reprint of "Stars in the Garden" pattern, applique video Comments[0] |
Thu, 1 December 2005 Thank you all for listening! Click HERE to listen to Episode 2, or right-click on the highlighted word and select "Save Target As" to save the mp3 file to your own computer. Thanks to Brenda for mentioning this program on her podcast, Cast-On. Other sites referenced in this podcast: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's Yarn Harlot blog One Red Paperclip blog I am "fibercast" on Gizmo Project or leave me voicemail at 508-635-4416 On-line resources for learning to spin Yahoo Groups - Spin-List Spindlers Spindlitis What do you want for Christmas? -----Comments[0] |
Tue, 22 November 2005  Introduction to the FiberCast Hi, all! This was my introductory podcast - I hope you like it! I'll be doing another one in a week or two! Here are links to sites mentioned in this podcast: And here's the link to the mp3 file for my first podcast!! Just click below, and you'll be able to hear it. Comments[0] |
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