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?

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")