Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008

DTK: Episode 6

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News- School starts in a week!!! We are hoping to podcast again furing the first day of school


Cast Off-
Patty-Nothing : (
Abby-Endpaper Mits

Cast On-
Patty-Nothing I am staying monogamous to my other works in progress!
Abby-Plain Vanilla Socks

Check This Out
http://cards.cafepress.com/knitting?page=5
This is a link to an assortment of knitting goodies journals, greeting cards, ect.
A few of my favorite quotes on this site include but are not limited to:
“I am a junkie, I don’t share needles.”
“Just keeping knitting….” (brings me back to Finding Nemo)
“Opps, I knit it again”
“No skien, no gain”
“I am a sheep trapped in a human body”
“Old knitters never die, they just drop their stitches”
“Knitting Territory next exit” (highway sign)
“I sent my kid to college so I could store yarn in her room”
“Well I’ll be darned!”
“What do people who say they are to busy to knit do at the doctors….
read magazines from five years ago?”
“Drop stitches not bombs”
“Yarned and Dangerous!”
“I only knit on days ending in y”
“An hour a day keeps the psychiatrist away”
“Being a good knitter is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet”


Last week there was a discussion on the worlds fastest knitter and which style she knits in and she is a women from Scotland. I could not find her knitting style online however she did have some impressive stats. “Hazel Tindall retained her title of World’s fastest knitter after completing 262 stitches in three minutes in a needle match in the United States.” (That’s just over 87 stitches per minute) Now more shocking was this quote given by Tindall, ““The future doesn’t bode well for hand-knitting. There are some still doing it, but I think the average age is about 70. Anyone under 50 hasn’t grown up with the ethos that you shouldn’t sit hand-idle.”

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Thursday, Aug 21, 2008

DTK: Episode 5

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News-
We dyed yarn on Monday!!! (Just like we said we would) It took us a total of 7 long painful hrs to dye 50 skiens of yarn!!! (OK it wasn’t bad at all it was so fun and I am already plotting to dye again!!!)

Check out our brand new Etsy store filled with our hand-dyed goodness!!
www.dyeing2knit.etsy.com


Cast Off-
Patty-Spiral Socks!! That’s it for this week : ( I wish I had gotten some more done next week I will do better for you guys.
Abby-One of the Endpaper Mits

Cast On
Patty-Spiral Socks in my beautiful Lime and Violet yarn that I just got! Apparently there have been some problems with the pattern (I just went with my mistake and made it my own) The answer to all the problems was basically go back and read the instructions very, very carefully. Everyone can thank Kristoemily on Ravelry she was the one who ended up sorting it out for all us confused knitters!!
And she cast on for the February Lady Sweater but got the wrong weight yarn! After lots of math there is progress!

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Thursday, Aug 14, 2008

DTK: Episode 4

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News-We don’t have any this week

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Patty- A totally made up market bag. I tried to follow the pattern in Bag Style, however, I hit a few road bumps and ended up making my own pattern that was easier for me! I also cast on for Elisa Nest tote (the same that Abby made) I also used Classic Elite Flash yarn. Then I cast on for four preemie hats which flew off my needles!! (It was a great stash busting project)
Abby-Thermal by Laura Chau from Knitty Winter ’06 and more headbands.

Cast Off
Patty-I finished my spunky eclectic socks, my totally made up market bag, four preemie hats, my monkey socks (finally)
Abby- Didn’t cast off anything : (

Drop Spindle Spinning
This week both Abby and I starting spinning on a drop spindle. We both bought gorgeous handmade drop spindle from our local yarn store. There we also picked up our roving!
Wanna learn?? Check out these great You Tube video series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gXTWgMeMgI
Megan is fabulous she has a three part series covering all the steps of spinning yarn!!
Another great help is the Beginning Spinner’s group on Ravelry
I also found the Teach yourself Visually Spinning was very helpful and informative not only for drop spinning but also, for spinning on a wheel.

Contest Prize Winner is………Jetgirl313

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Friday, Aug 01, 2008

DTK: Episode 3

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Podcast Episode 3

News-
Another College Knitter podcast check it out at http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=59995
Come join our group on Ravelry Dyeing to Knit

Cast Off-
Patty-February Lady Sweater, Knit Picks Essentials Socks, and finally the dreaded Drops Jacket.
For links see episode one notes.
Abby- Is currently obsessed with the Dream Swatch Headwrap. She has already made 4 and is working on her fifth. For the pattern head to http://knitandtonic.typepad.com/knitandtonic/2006/05/manrules_and_a_.html

Cast On-
Patty-Another pair of socks in spunky eclectic, also have started to work again on recycled bag.
Abby-Began to cast on for a thermal sweater during the show!! She plans to finish it for the next show!!!! To check out the pattern head to http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTthermal.html

Ravelympics-
Must sign up by August 7th

Patty is signed up for the lace-weight long jump. I (Patty) am making a lace-weight shrug from the Interweave Knits Holiday 2007. It is the Sugarplum Shrug pattern by Erika Knight. I choose to make it out of surprise, surprise Knit Picks Shadow in Basalt Heather (Grey). I am excited to take on this challenge. There are several new challenges for me:
1. I have never made a shrug
2. I have never made a lace-weight garment
3. I still have to learn to psso

Contest
For your chance to win a ball of tofutisies go to Ravelry and join the brand new Dyeing to Knit Podcast group. Then once you have joined our group just leave a comment under the introduction thread. Or if you are not a member of the Ravelry community go to our show notes page and leave a comment. You have till August 10th to leave your comment we will be doing a live drawing on our next show!!
Good Luck

Our New Email address is dyeingtoknit@gmail.com

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