Episode 38: With Hair and Without

Welcome to Episode 38 of the YarnderWoman Podcast, filmed in Perth, Western Australia at the end of February 2016.

If you are able to, please Sponsor me for shaving my hair off for the World's Greatest Shave!

Finished Objects:

• A sewn skirt for my niece!
• http://whip-stitch.com/20-minute-skirt-tutorial/
• Handbrake Cowl

Works in Progress:

• Blanket Squares
• Knit Night Shawl

Acquisitions:

• Valentine's swap package from Gabby of Once Upon a Corgi podcast

Spinning Me Right 'Round:

• Cooking: Ricotta Bake
• Jane Eyre recorded film of a live play
• Perth Writers Festival
• Perth Observatory Summer lecture delivered by Luke Davies - go to his sites to learn a lot about space in a fun way.

Episode 37, Parts (a) & (b): The Episode is Here

Welcome to episode 37 of the YarnderWoman Podcast, recorded on Saturday 13 February 2016 and filmed in Perth, Western Australia.

Part (a):

Part (b):

Brooching the Subject:

• Phantom of the Opera brooch
• Actually Knitting podcast is hosting a Broadway KAL

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

• Rainbow socks for Liam
• Doodler Shawl in One Twisted Tree yarns x3

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

• Cozy Memories Blanket
• Felici & Stroll socks
• Handbrake cowl

Knit-alongs:

• Stripey Shawls KAL prizes: Annalogue box bag; Highland Peaks shawl collection x2 collections; SpaceFrog stripey yarn; Cyborg’s Craft Room yarn
• Charity KAL prize from Circus Tonic Handmade yarn
• Charity collections through other podcasts - PinkHairGirl podcast and Bookish Stitcher podcast
• Future KAL (possibly April) - hat

Acquisitions:

• Highland Peaks shawl collection from Mina 
• Transit Cap & Cowl from Kristi 
• PinkHair Girl patterns using viewer discount code - cabled bunny hat; mug cozy; My Son’s Hero shawl
• Notions pouch & yarn samples – Give Me a Crown
• Hat and bag from Yvonne - madebyGanache on etsy
• Yarn from Julia by Miss Click Clack on etsy

Spinning Me Right ‘Round:

• Podcasts: Spicy Homemaker; Once Upon a Corgi; Sweet Leaps; Pinfeathers & Purls ; "Stuff your mom never told you" (non-knitting); Cultivate & Create; In a Sknit 
• Another Perth podcast - Dingo Dyeworks
• I've found cooking inspiration lately, especially from http://cookingonabootstrap.com
• Neko Astume app game – oh dear. ;-)

Episode 36: Balance (and Yarn)

Welcome to episode 36 of the YarnderWoman podcast – recorded in Perth, Western Australia on Thursday 21 January 2016.

Brooching the Subject:

• Red bird from Rockridge Creations

Finished Objects:
-- See specific details on my Ravelry projects page --

• Green tube socks for charity
• Stripey tube socks for my niece's birthday

Works in Progress: 
-- See specific details on my Ravelry projects page --

• Cozy Memories Blanket
• Rose City Rollers sock
• Orange socks
• The Doodler shawl 

Goals:

• Word for the year - "balance". Purloined from Sarapomegranate - check out the Yarns at Yin Hoo thread 

Knit-alongs & Charity:

• Striped Shawls KAL. January - March 2016
• Prizes donated from The Cyborg’s Craft Room; SpaceFrog yarn; designer Mina Philipp
• Discount code for Space Frog yarn – YARNDER16 for 16% off your order until 29 February

• Charity KAL -running throughout 2016, with prize draws held quarterly.

• I have signed up for the World’s Greatest Shave! 
• I will be shaving my hair in March - sponsor me here to support research into leukemia and cancer generally

Acquisitions:

• White Birch Fiber Arts yarn - bought with the etsy gift card I got for Xmas
• Knit Picks yarn – for contrast cuff/heel/toe on socks

Spinning Me Right ‘Round:

• Damian made new slides & I have his music as the podcast theme song. (The particular song is "Treasure Box" from the album August.)
• Yarns at Yin Hoo #powerpantry ingredient for January is potatoes
• Brambley Hedge

Episode 35 (parts 1 & 2): Laughter & Goals

Welcome to Episode 35 of the YarnderWoman Podcast, filmed in Perth, Western Australia, on Saturday 2 January 2016.

I have so much to talk about today that the episode is split into two parts:

Part 1 of 2:

Part 2 of 2:

Brooching the Subject:

• Bat & Moon brooch from Creep Heart
• Lipsticks from Lime Crime

Finished Objects:

--See my Ravelry page for specifics--

• Hellebore Shawl
• Wild Goose Shawlette 

Works in Progress:

--See my Ravelry page for specifics--

• 'The Doodler' shawl, which was my first cast-on of the new year.
• Blanket squares. Inspired by Jennie of Tiny Paper Foxes to do one square each day before work. Dinosaur stitch marker from Vintage Rose.
• Plans to sew my niece a basic skirt and get a plain t-shirt to do a matching pocket. I'll also give her my completed 'View from the Charles' shawl, to make a whole outfit.
• Plans for a Handbrake cowl for my SIL’s father

Knit-along:

• Our Colo(u)r Affection/Striped Shawl KAL is running from 1 January to 31 March 2016.
• Knit as many stripey shawls as you like
• Chat in this thread and post finished objects in this thread
• Use hashtag #YWStripedShawlKAL16
• We will hold a year-long Charity KAL/CAL - see this Ravelry thread for details

Goals: 

• 2015 goals: I think my list was too comprehensive/too involved. I didn't really refer to it and when I did, it felt like a burden/obligation. 
• Project stats for 2015: 70 projects (includes one tube sock, waiting for its sibling); 26 shawls/cowls (including children’s sizes); 11 pairs of socks; 42 gifts; 6 charity projects (3x hats, 2x washcloths, 1x toy); 19 items for me; 3 items not yet spoken for (will become either gifts or go to charity: 3x Knit Night shawls – 2 children sized).

• 2016 goals: Simplified, specific, measurable, attainable
• 2016 is the year of the Monkey in the Chinese astrological calendar and year of the Lizard in the Indigenous Australian calendar.

Acquisitions:

• Flutterby Dreams pattern won in Down Cellar Studio contest
• Gift patterns of 'White Sandy Beach' socks and 'Twisted Sand Mitts' from Lucia of the Knitted Paradise podcast
• Alinta pattern (designer Ambah) gifted to me by Jill of the Skein Enable podcast
• Canopy pattern from Jennie
• Lots of lovely things for Xmas

Spinning Me Right ‘Round:

• Nut roast recipe (that I served on Xmas day)
• I finished listening to all the back episodes of the Yarns at Yin Hoo podcast
• We loved the new Star Wars movie! (And I am now slightly obsessed with BB8.
• I've started listening to the book “Herland” on the Craft Lit podcast
• I plan to re-listen to “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin and perhaps start one of my own for 2016? Will report back next time.

A question for viewers:

Tell me about your knitting goal(s) for 2016. Come and chat in the Ravelry thread for this episode.

Happy crafting!

Episode 34.5: Xmas mini-sode 2015

Merry Christmas (or Happy Friday, for those who don't celebrate) 

from YarnderWoman, YarnderNiece and YarnderMum!

Come and have a little chat with us as we show you what Knitting Santa brought this year.

Happy Crafting!

Episode 34: Finished Object-palooza

Welcome to Episode 34 of the YarnderWoman Podcast, recorded on Friday 18 December 2015, in Perth, Western Australia.

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Brooching the Subject:

• Ghost brooch from Perth etsy seller Tall Rabbit

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

• Tube versions of "Whiz Bang" socks in Knit Picks Felici yarn
• Modified version of "Juxtaposed" hat in Gnome Acres yarn, "Wonder Woman" colourway
• Vanilla 'Batman' socks in White Birch Fiber Arts yarn 
• "Typhoon shawl" - shortened to become a cape for a child - in Voolenvine and White Birch Fiber Arts yarns
• "View from the Charles" shawl in Space Frog Yarns gradient red to grey

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

• Hellebore shawl in One Twisted Tree yarn
• Plans for socks for Little Bobbins' Xmas Eve Cast On

Prizes:

• Watch to see if you were the winner of our 1300 Ravelry Members giveaway - the prize is a copy of the "Hellebore Shawl" pattern
• I have re-drawn for a copy of the e-book "Defarge Does Shakespeare", which was never claimed. Watch to see if you're the winner!

Knitalong:

• Our Colour Affection / Striped Shawl KAL will be starting 1 January and running until 31 March 2016
• There are lots of ideas in the Chatter thread for other stripey shawls
• Join in the Rainbows & Unicorns KAL with the Twisted Stitches Podcast

Acquisitions:

• My additional order from Knit Picks
• Yarn from Leo's Lovely Treasures on etsy, as part of my TOKmas parcel for the Tiny Owl Knits Ravelry group

Spinning Me Right 'Round:

• Blog post on One Twisted Tree - check out the mouse from Australia ;-)
• I'm seeing Star Wars "The Force Awakens" on Monday - we need to go internet dark to avoid spoilers

Happy Crafting!

Episode 33: Acquisitions & a Little Knitting

Welcome to Episode 33 of the YarnderWoman Podcast - filmed on Monday 7 December 2015 in Perth Western Australia.

Brooching the Subject:

• Dorothy brooch from Lush Baubles 

Finished Objects:

• Green socks (x3) in Knit picks Felici

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

• Modified Whiz Bang sock no. 2
• Juxtaposed hat

Acquisitions:

• She-ra bus pass wallet from Sweetly Wrapped on etsy
• Etsy market haul, including from Self Organics
• Knit Picks orders
• Wonder Woman origins story book
• Mad Tosh from a Perth craft shop

Prizes:

• Watch to see if you were the winner of the brooch from Rockridge Creations.
• Enter the 1300 Member giveaway on Ravelry thread for your chance to win a copy of the Hellabore Shawl pattern by Susie White. 

Knitalong:

• Colour Affection shawl or any striped shawl
• Running from 1 January - 31 March 2016
• Come and chat on the Planning & Chatter thread

Spin Me Right 'Round:

• I finished 'Station 11' by Emily St John Mandel -  it was sooo good!
• I've been working my way through my pantry to use up stocks on hand and make interesting meals