Thursday 27 August 2015

Episode 28: Working from Home

Welcome to Episode 28 of the YarnderWoman Podcast - recorded in Perth, Western Australia, on Thursday 27 August 2015.




Brooching the Subject: 



Works in Progress:
-- See my Ravelry project page for specific details --

  • Starshower cowl
  • Okanagan Orchard shawl/cowl
  • Hand warmers


Planned:




Knitalong:


Prizes:




Spin Me Right 'Round:

  • Photo shoot with comic artist/writer Justin Randall for Book 3 of the Changing Ways series
  • Podcasts - A Playful Day podcast (audio) and Knitted Paradise (video)
  • Stitches Midwest recaps on various podcasts: Actually Knitting, Down Cellar Studios, Knitting Butterflies, Knitted Paradise
  • SSK recap from Bookish Stitcher podcast
  • Audio books - "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets" (I didn't care for the performance of narrator Jim Dale); I've just started "Gone Girl"
  • Wonder Woman knitting comic pictures by Ramona Fradon

Saturday 15 August 2015

Episode 27: Joyful FOs & Many WiPs

Welcome to Episode 27 of the YarnderWoman Podcast.

Filmed in Perth, Western Australia, mainly on Thursday 13 August and a little on Saturday 15 August 2015.




Brooching the Subject:

  • Larger YarnderWoman badges - more details on those in future episodes as I had to cut some of the video on it (for reasons of an excitable cutie-pie nephew). ;-)



Finished Objects:
-- See my Ravelry project page for specific details --

  • Kiddie Vertebrae in Knit Picks Stroll (received very happily by a cutie-pie niece)
  • Sailing shawl in Gynx yarn


Works in Progress:
-- See my Ravelry project page for specific details --

  • Squares on blanket
  • Typhoon shawl
  • Okanagan Orchard shawl/cowl
  • Starshower cowl
  • Batman sock #2



Charity KAL:


Prizes:
  • Competitions still running – First Podiversary giveaway (prize donated by KNITRUNDIG)Defarge Does Shakespeare giveaway (prize donated by Cooperative Press)
  • Watch to see if you are the winner of the "Just Because" giveaway with the gorgeous bag donated by Little Skein. :-)

Discount codes:

  • Ewe Who Knits  is giving viewers 15 % off anything (including pre-orders) using the code CELEBRATION15 until August 31st.
  • KNITRUNDIG is giving viewers 15 % off anything in the shop, valid until September 30 2015. Use code YARNDER15 at checkout.


Acquisitions:

  • Gnome Acres - additional birthday present from mum
  • Knit Picks yarn (bulky)



Spinning Me Right 'Round:

  • Listened to audio books of "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" (short stories) by Haruki Murakami and the novel "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
  • Give Me a Crown podcast - a new one from Australia
  • Loving the re-caps of fibre festivals from other podcasters. Wish I could have gone to SSK and Stitches Midwest this year (or any year!) 


Sunday 2 August 2015

Episode 26: Shakespeare, Frida & Knitting

Welcome to Episode 26 of the YarnderWoman Podcast, filmed in Perth, Western Australia on Saturday 1 August 2015.



Brooching the Subject:




Works in Progress:
-- See my Ravelry project page for specific details --

  • 'Sailing' shawl in Gynx yarn
  • 'Typhoon' shawl in Voolenvine and WBFA



Finished Objects:
-- See my Ravelry project page for specific details --

  • Trickle Shawl in Gnome Acres
  • Gingerbread Man in Quaere and Knit Picks




Knit-alongs:




Prizes:

  • Watch the episode to see if you are a winner: prizes announced for the Opposites KAL (chatter thread); Opposites KAL (FO thread) and the 1200 Member giveaway
  • Competitions still running – First Podiversary giveaway (prize donated by KNITRUNDIG); and  “Just Because” giveaway (prize donated by Little Skein)
  • KNITRUNDIG is giving viewers 15 % off anything in the shop, valid until September 30 2015. Use code YARNDER15 at checkout. 


Acquisitions:




Review:  

  • Defarge does Shakespeare” - sent to me by Cooperative Press to review.
  • Watch the episode for full details
  • Enter the contest on Ravelry to win your own copy



Spin Me Right 'Round:

  • Audio books: listening to the first book in the "Harry Potter" series; finished "Wild Swans" 
  • Frida Kahlo books: Paper Doll and Viva Frida