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Episode 42 A New Givaway!
Welcome to Hudson Valley Knits!
WIPs
Vanilla Socks with Crazy Zauerball
Leftie Shawl with Miss Babs Yummy in Slate and Joan of Arc colors
Signed up for Donna Druchunes’ In My Garden Mystery KAL which starts on July 1. I said June 1 in the podcast and that was wrong. Sorry! All the info you need is in the project page.
Kits are availible at Yarn Fairy and The Pixies. Go check out the colorways and drool!
Spinning:
Mother Earth Puni’s by On The Round 100% New Zeland wool on the Bosworth Spindles
Highland Handmades SW Merino Silk Braid Winter Wheat color on the Lendrum
Stash
Hedgehog Fibers Twist Sock in the color ways Mint Julep and Morello
Hand woven shawl by Paula Scardamlia of Nettles & Green Threads
New Contest!!!
Go to my Ravelry group (There is a link on the right hand side of my webpage) and choose one of the following prizes
For all you weavers a copy of Paula’s book Weaving a Woman’s Life signed by Paula!
For all you spinners there are 2 chances to win 2 issues of Ply magazine each!
And for all you knitters a digital copy of Stories in Stitches issue of your choice!
Choose the thread of the prize you want to win. Only one thread and one post per person please! I’ll keep it open until the end of June.
Episode 39 Knitting Party!
Welcome to Hudson Valley Knits Podcast!
WIPs
Ice Shanty by Amy Miller using Miss Babs Heartland in Pewter and Violaceous
Mashed Socks by Hunter Hammersen Silk Road Socks book usingJill Draper Makes Stuff Splendor Sock Yarn in the Fireside Colorway
Vanilla Socks with Crazy Zauerball
Leftie Shawl with Miss Babs Yummy in Slate and Joan of Arc colors
Stash Enhancement:
Hedgehog Fibers Twist Sock in the color way Flamingo and Go Play Outside
Madeline Tosh Light in Gilded and Composition Book Grey
Spinning
WIP
Spinning Holiday Aftermath Punis fromGourmet Stash on my Bosworth Spindle
Highland Handmades SW Merino Silk Braid Winter Wheat color on the Lendrum
Unwind Yarn Company BFL in the Stop and Smell the Poppies color way on my Made by Aaron spindle.
If you are in the area check out the LYS Out Of The Loop in Hopewell Junction, seconds of the Taconic State Parkway!
Episode 36 Dye Day
Welcome to Hudson Valley Knits Podcast! Today I record at George’s Island Park. Sorry I wasn’t able to get you some good Eagle shots but I’lll try again! I have lots of WIPs and some knitting and spinning FO’s to show today.
WIPs
Ice Shanty by Amy Miller using Miss Babs Heartland in Pewter and Violaceous
Marc’s sweater in Virtual Yarn Banin
Mashed Socks by Hunter Hammersen Silk Road Socks book usingJill Draper Makes Stuff Splendor Sock Yarn in the Fireside Colorway
The Hat in the Japanese pattern using Dragonfly Fibers Super Traveller Skein in the Starry Starry Night Colorway
FO’s
Blight shawl by Deborah Frank, AKA Obliviousknits using my handspun Loop Bullseye Bump in the Mother Nature colorway
Stash Enhancement!
Blue Moon Socks that Rock Med in the Groovy Colorway
Spinning
WIP
Spinning Holiday Aftermath Punis fromGourmet Stash on my Bosworth Spindle
Spinning myHedgehog Fiber Sparkly Merino on the Lendrum
FO
Spinning last ounce of On The Round Merino/Angora Punis on my Greensleeve Spindle approx 340yards of a sport weight 3 ply
Episode 27 New Pattern, New KAL!
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast.
News:
Thank you all who offered to test knit the Guardian of Air Shawl! I am thrilled to announce my pattern is now published! For the month of October, half of sales will go to SillyFru’s #Crushthesack fund!
I also drew a name for the pattern give away and the winner is entry 2, Cre8vleigh! Thank you to all who participated!
And now for the details of the KAL. I am calling it the Podcaster Sprinkled With Fru Love KAL and here are all the rules:
- Has to be a Podcaster’s pattern.
- Has to be started after October 6 and completed by December 15th.
- You can use any yarn.
- Entry must use at least 200 yards. You can combine small projects that total 200 or more yards to make 1 entry. This is great if you want to knit some toys!
- Add an extra entry if your project meets the following criteria:
- Yarn is from a Podcaster
- Yarn is donating proceeds to the #Crushthesack fund
- Pattern is donating to #Crushthesack fund
- To get your extra entries just post your picture in the picture thread for every entry you have earned.
See the Chat/Prize thread for a list of all the podcaster designers and dyers I could think of. Please add any I have missed!
Knitting:
WIPs
Marc’s cable sweater knit with Bainin by Virtual Yarns.
Canadiana Sock with Fishknits Yarn Superwash Strong Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn Canadiana
FO
Wee Cria by Ysolda using Cashsoft DK by Rowan
Spinning –
Nada
Stash Enhancement:
KirbyWirbyYarns FruFighters Sparkle
Senior Love Along is getting closer! I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until later in the year. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! Check out the chat thread to see pictures of all the lovely prizes!
Episode 26 Doggy Visit
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast.
News:
Thank you all who offered to test knit the Guardian of Air Shawl! I now have plenty of test knitters!
I forgot to draw a name for the pattern giveaway so I will leave it open till next podcast! Donated by amazing color work designer Deborah Tomasello you can win a copy of her InfiniTam pattern which is really more like a mini book! 30 pages long you can make in infinite number of unique tams using the different pattern selections she gives you to choose from. To find out how to win check out the thread in my Ravelry group. You have to be a member of the group to win.
Senior Love Along is getting closer! I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until later in the year. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! Check out the chat thread to see pictures of all the lovely prizes!
Knitting:
WIPs
Marc’s cable sweater knit with Bainin by Virtual Yarns. Designed by me with the help of Craftsy class Custom Cable Pullovers by Carla Scott
Canadiana Sock with Fishknits Yarn Superwash Strong Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn Canadiana
Wee Cria by Ysolda using Cashsoft DK by Rowan
All other WIP’s on hold until Marc’s Rhinebeck sweater is done.
FO
Nada
Spinning –
FO’s:
Highland Handmades Pitch Pine Top – Palwarth Silk in colorway Islesboro Blues
Shash Enhancements:
8 skeins of Road To China Light in the following colorways:
2 – Peridot
2 – Rhodolite
1 – Sapphire
1 – Aquamarine
2 Skeins Tundra in the Taiga colorway
Episode 25 Designer Interview
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast. I hope you enjoy my chat with colorwork Designer Deborah Tomasello of PatchworksByDebi at the end of a podcast. She is donating a pattern to give away!
News:
I’m going to come right out and say it. I need more test knitters. I only have 2 so far and would like at least 2 more. There is a thread with all the details in my Ravelry group so please go check it out if you are interested in test knitting. I knit my shawl with Lost City Knits Twin Canyon Fingering which is a beautiful Merino/Silk blend with 500yards per skein. Lost City Knits Foothills Fingering 100 Merino wool at 560 yards per skein. Another luscious yarn that is little less expensive but still beautiful.
Senior Love Along is getting closer! I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until later in the year. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! Check out the chat thread to see pictures of all the lovely prizes!
Knitting:
WIPs
Marc’s cable sweater knit with Bainin by Virtual Yarns. Designed by me with the help of Craftsy class Custom Cable Pullovers by Carla Scott
Canadiana Sock with Fishknits Yarn Superwash Strong Heart Self Striping Sock Yarn Canadiana
Wee Cria by Ysolda using Cashsoft DK by Rowan
All other WIP’s on hold until Marc’s Rhinebeck sweater is done.
FO
Blue Striped Rag Socks using Patons Kroy sock yarn.
Mitered Crosses Blanket square
Spinning –
FO’s:
Nadda
WIPs:
Still working on the Puni style Rolags from Naturally Knitty in the Spring, Sprang, Sprung color way. Slowly but surely….loving the process
Rolags from Blue Barn Fiber on Etsy. Colorway Kansas Merino and Baby Alpaca blend. Not liking these rolags at all. Getting tangled up in themselves and not carded nice. All clumped up and dare I say slightly felted in some spots. Spun on my Lendrum
Just got some punis from On The Round of Angora and Merino blend. LOVE this fiber and the wonderful and friendly service from Rachel. spinning up so beautifully on my Greensleeves Spindle http://www.greensleevesspindles.com
Shash Enhancements:
Angora and Merino punis from On The Round in natural colors
Canoe project bag from Jan Smiley’s Esty Shop
Pattern Giveaway! Donated by amazing color work designer Deborah Tomasello you can win a copy of her InfiniTam pattern which is really more like a mini book! 31 pages long you can make in infinite number of unique tams using the different pattern selections she gives you to choose from. To find out how to win check out the thread in my Ravelry group. Also check out her huge Ravelry Group ColorworksByDebi
You have to be a member of the group to win.
Episode 22 Family Gatherings
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast.
WIPs
Hiroshima Peace Socks by Donna Druchunus. Double knit using Plucky Feet in the colors.
Check out the KAL going for the sock patterns from Stories in Stitches 3 on Donna’s Ravelry group!
Blue Striped Rag Socks using Patons Kroy sock yarn. I have a HO!
WendyKnits Summer Mystery Shawl KAL 2014 using Spirit Trail Fiberworks Brigantia in a color way from the 2013 Club. Check out Wendy’s KAL in her Ravelry Group!
Homespun Socks using Naturally Knitty Puni Style Rolags – SW Merino, Shetland adn Falkland. One down, one to go.
Spinning –
FO’s:
Spun up the Shetland batts I purchased at the Webs tent sale from Foxfire Fiber and Design. Half oz chain plied, 3.4 oz 3 plied and 1.2 oz 2 plied.
Puni style Rolags from Naturally Knitty. Finished the 1st 2oz and started on the second batch on my Bosworth Spindle
Two If By Hand Polwarth Silk in color Exausted. Spun woolen and 2 plyed.
WIPs:
Highland Handmades Pitch Pine Top – Palwarth Silk in colorway Islesboro Blues. Plan on 3pling
FO
No new FO’s
Shash Enhancements:
The Knitter’s Curiosity Cabinet Volume III
Friendly reminder that my Senior Love Along continues on this year. I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until later in the year. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! I will be announcing prizes that I will provide very shortly and unashamedly ask for any prize donations. They would be very welcome and much appreciated!
Episode 20 What Does the Rooster Say?
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast.
Friendly reminder that my Senior Love Along continues on this year. I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until later in the year. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! I will be announcing prizes that I will provide very shortly and unashamedly ask for any prize donations. They would be very welcome and much appreciated!
WIPs
Toatie Hottie by Kate Davies Designs. Love this cute little cozy. I bought the kit from Kate’s shop in the Madder and Cream colors. So close!!!
http://katedaviesdesigns.bigcartel.com/products
Hiroshima Peace Socks by Donna Druchunus. Double knit using Plucky Feet in the colors
Spinning – Spun up the batts I purchased at the Webs tent sale. One bat was practice for my long draw. Sadly too yucky to use for anything but I plied it anyway. I ended up using a hybrid long draw/short draw and I like the way it came out. I will 2 ply this.
Guardian of Air Shawl almost done with a sample and writing up the pattern. Anyone interested in test knitting?
The Teacher Cowl – Really quick and easy cowl. Great for using up any art yarn you may have in your stash. I will also be writing up this pattern.
FOs
Senior Love a Long washcloth
Shash Enhancements:
Got my Stories In Stitches 3 in the mail and will be reviewing soon!
Also purchased Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Workshop which I can’t wait to read!
Super Stitches Knitting by Karen Hemingway
Cast On, Bind Off by Cap Sease
Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary by Wendy Bernard
You can purchase a copy of Walkable Westchester at this link
Plan on banging out a couple more washcloths this month and also will start planning out Marc’s aran sweater (Round 2)
Episode 19 Webs’ Tent Sale!
Hello all! Welcome to the Hudson Valley Knits Podcast. Went on an exciting road trip to Webs‘ Tent Sale and had a great time. I have some special “stash” to share with you all! This is a long one so I am adding some fun pictures to this post rather than having them at the end of the show. (Truth is I forgot to add the pictures and had already exported the movie so you’ll have the music and a blank screen).
Also available on YouTube
Friendly reminder that my Senior Love Along continues on this year. I am collecting cotton wash clothes to hand out to seniors living in homes during the holiday season. Please hold on to your washcloths until then. There is an FO thread where you can post a picture of each of your washcloths. Each one you make is a chance to win a prize! I will be announcing prizes that I will provide very shortly and unashamedly ask for any prize donations. They would be very welcome and much appreciated!
WIPs
Toatie Hottie by Kate Davies Designs. Love this cute little cozy. I bought the kit from Kate’s shop in the Madder and Cream colors. Hopefully I’ll finish by next podcast
http://katedaviesdesigns.bigcartel.com/products
Hiroshima Peace Socks by Donna Druchunus. Double knit using Plucky Feet in the colors
Carson Throw – I know, you can’t see the progress but I will be starting another color soon so it will show. Knit in the movies again and go a lot of rounds done while watching Godzilla.
Spinning – Spun up 2 oz of my ITW Silk/Wool blend in the Sansa color way. Still thinking about what to knit it up as. Leaning towards a little cowl to wear with the mitts.
FOs
Opal Socks using Opal sock yarn in the Little Prince color way Geographer. Using my brand spankin new Signature DPNs!
The Event Horizon Shawl is now blocked and officially done! I can’t wait to give it to my Aunt. They are coming up to visit this week. I will take some pictures of her with it. If you want to make one Donna Druchunus is starting another KAL soon and String Theory has kits available.
http://www.stringtheoryyarn.com/home.php?cat=140
Donna’s site
http://storiesinstitches.net/stories-in-stitches-2-knitted-samplers/
Shash Enhancements:
Sandy and I went to Webs’ Tent Sale!! It was so much fun! Here’s what I got
A Lendrum double treddle complete kit!!!!!! I have been wanting this wheel since I took a spinning class last year at Rhinebeck. We used the Lendrum wheels and they were a dream. I tried other wheels a couple of months ago when I made a stop at Webs and it was by far the best for me.
From Barbara Parry of Made by Foxfire FIber and Designs http://www.foxfirefiber.com/index.html I purchased
5 oz of Shetland bats by Foxfire Fiber and Designs in lavenders and gray/blues to spin on my new wheel!
3 skeins of her hand dyed Cormo Camel Silk blend in 3 colors. Jade Cloud, Marigold, and Poppy. I have a design in mind for them!
I purchased her book Adventures in Yarn Farming to give to my sister Kim (I’m trying to convince her to get some sheep on her farm in upstate NY) I started reading it last night and it is so fascinating!
I also picked up a beautiful spindle at the Foxfire Fiber and Designs tent and purchased an assortment of items including a spindle. The spindle is named “Damsel Monique” and is Spalted Jamarind wedge and Walnut Shaft. Made by Greensleeves Spindles http://www.greensleevesspindles.com
From the vendor Rag Hill Farm raghillfarm.com
Colorful wool bits
and the most fabulous project bag ever!
2 bats in Orange and one in a lime green. Can’t find the business card! 😦
Now for the Web sale loot:
Fiber
Free pound of BFL fiber because of the wheel purchase
Frabjous FIbers Silky Cashmerino 70% Superfine merino, 15% Cashmere and 15% Mulberry Silk colorway #12 Redwood Forest
Abstract Fiber BFL in Mossy Rock colorway
Yarn
2 skeins of Giselle 64% Kid Mohair, 25% wool and 1% Nylon in the colors pink and cream (I love Pink)!
2 skeins Araucania Yarns Tolten in color 4. Bulky 100% wool
Rowen Fine Art Handpainted Sock Yarn 45% wool, 20% Mohair, 25% Polyamide, 10% Silk Shade 308 Chiff-Chaff
Opal Sock Yarn Love Story Romantik and Wolke 7
My new Lendrum Wheel!
Me and Sandy!
Yummy Yarn
Another bag from Rag Hill Farm
Wanted one of these real bad
I love this!
Ran into my virtual knitting buddy and Podcaster extraudenair Sharon AKA Bronxknitter.
THE TENT!!!
IF you know the name of the vendor for these beautiful batts please let me know! I can’t find the information and the batts and natural dyes were so beautiful!
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