Hand y Machine Knitting

Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.
All Fiber Retreat November 15-16 in Traverse City, Michigan (sorry no website)

Acquisitions
Mary Lue’s Harmony yarn
Quetzal dress yarn
Here’s my CSM travel frame in the map case

Yarn Inventory Project
Step 1: Remove and sort
Step 2: First pass through for discards
Step 3: Dust, clean, find lost things
Step 4: Weigh cones and put in Ravelry stash page
Step 5: Organize sock yarn
Step 6: Weigh non-coned yarn and put in Ravelry stash page
Step 7: Photograph all yarn
Step 8: FSOT yarn listed on Ravelry stash page - listed FSOT but not all have prices

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Step 9: Post on Facebook marketplace, Ravelry, and NextDoor 
Step 10: Repeat with knitting needles, tools, accessories

Hand Knitting
Ladies Felted House Slippers
My black slippers 
Snickerdoodle slippers
The Art of Dryer Felting

Machine Knitting
Diana Sullivan’s smiles and frowns cast off
Double thick slippers by Irene Woods
Rug wool that I used
My machine knitted slippers

Resources
The Revised Knit, Cut and Sew book 1 and book 2 by Pam Turbett

Rant: turning the clocks back
Rave: hop on/hop off tours

Bygones
Smith’s tea is much more expensive at New Seasons than I said it was. Find it on Amazon much cheaper.
Fall Fiber Expo - Barb’s interview
59,000 (not 23,000) varieties of dahlias

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Mama Leone’s Chicken Soup

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Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.
Cranky Rodeo November 2 at Heritage Spinning and Weaving in Lake Orion, MI
All Fiber Retreat November 15-16 in Traverse City, Michigan (sorry no website)

Acquisitions
Peter Patchis Yarns
My Irish Hiking Jacket

Yarn Inventory Project
Step 1: Remove all yarn from the studio (except sock yarn of course).
Step 2: Quick and dirty pass through for easy decisions to discard.
Step 3: Dust and clean. Find lost items.
Step 4: Coned yarn I’m keeping is entered in Ravelry stash page with bare bones information including weight.
Step 5: Inventory of sock yarn.
Step 6: Evaluate the non-coned yarn.
Step 7: Photography the keepers and update Ravelry.
Step 8: Give away or photograph the yarns to be sold and update Ravelry including prices.
Step 9: Post a Destash notice on Ravelry, post on Facebook marketplace, and the NextDoor app. 
Step 10: Repeat with knitting needles, tools, accessories.

Hand Knitting
Linen Stitch Scrap Rug - crochet
Mohair Ballet Slippers
Kidsilk Haze yarn

Machine Knitting
Brown Cardigan
Hiedi dress pattern by Margaret Heck from KnitWords #32 Spring 2005
Decrease evenly calculator

Resources
Principles of Knitting 2012 edition, Chapter 23 pp 455-480
Pamelacruse has a blog with a post about having two tucking needles next to each other. It can be done!

Rant: Exercise and diet troubles
Rave: Five things to do each day

What Would Ruthie Say?
Drink tea! It will make you feel better. Especially Smith brand tea

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chicken curry by Chetna
Smitten Kitchen blog

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Episode 59 - Curtains!

Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.
Finger Lakes Machine Knitting Seminar September 27-28 in Courtland, NY
The Great Canadian Crank-in is September 26-29 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Information found on Facebook.
The Interknits seminar with Susan Adams October 5-6 at the College of DuPage in Illinois
All Fiber Retreat November 15-16 in Traverse City, Michigan (sorry no website)

Acquisitions
Mostly clearing out with my 10 step process:
Step 1: Remove all yarn from the studio (except sock yarn of course).
Step 2: Quick and dirty pass through for easy decisions to discard.
Step 3: Dust and clean. Find lost items.
Step 4: Coned yarn I’m keeping is entered in Ravelry stash page with bare bones information including weight.
Step 5: Inventory of sock yarn.
Step 6: Evaluate the non-coned yarn.
Step 7: Photography the keepers and update Ravelry.
Step 8: Give away or photograph the yarns to be sold and update Ravelry including prices.
Step 9: Post a Destash notice on Ravelry, post on Facebook marketplace, and the NextDoor app. 
Step 10: Repeat with knitting needles, tools, accessories.

Hand Work
Linen Stitch Scrap Rug - crochet
French Press Felted Slippers
Felted Mocassins
Mohair Ballet Slippers
Red scarf project similar to like this one

Machine Knitting
Woven Curtains

Resources Topics 
Clean and lubricate the yarn mast working bits.

Rant: microwaved tea cools faster
Rave: The Churchill Factor by Boris Johnson is improving my vocabulary. See below for list of words I either wasn’t entirely sure of the definition or words completely unknown to me.

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Canning tomato sauce the MAO way.
http://cooktasteyum.blogspot.com/2017/08/canning.html
Don’t bother to sous vide bacon.

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Vocabulary Words

1. Adjutant
2. Effete
3. Counterfactual
4. Spillikin
5. Collectivisation
6. Oculus
7. Imputing
8. Revanchism
9. Subjugation
10. Parapet
11. Packeting
12. Bounder
13. Tannoy
14. Knobkerry
15. Antipodeans
16. Phalanx
17. Parapets
18. Elegiac
19. Demagogue
20. Tosser
21. Brio
22. Cark
23. Inveterate
24. Acolyte
25. Prang
26. Billet
27. Weals
28. Primogeniture
29. Apogee
30. Autodidact
31. Apocryphal
32. Mullion
33. Invective
34. Panzer
35. Kepi
36. Pusillanimous
37. Geostrategic
38. Interlocutor
39. Laconic
40. Primus inter pares
41. Quarterdeck
42. Philippic
43. emetic
44. Toff
45. Bulwark
46. Weald
47. filleting
48. Deviling
49. Rootling
50. Excogitated
51. Marginalia
52. Coign
53. kopke
54. Dervish
55. Epigram
56. Depredation
57. Oubliette
58. Precept
59. Vulturine
60. Syndicalism
61. Subaltern
62. Cachinnate
63. Cerebration
64. Jape
65. Peroration
66. Tautology
67. Declamations
68. Circumlocution
69. Tricolon
70. Anaphora
71. Chiasmus
72. Sophist
73. Porphyry
74. Canard
75. Cozened
76. Exiguous

Bonus Interview Episode - Spouse!

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Sous vide gadget

Machine Knitting
Gray Cardigan - 2015
Gray Zip Vest - 2009
Woven curtains - 2019

Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.

The Great Canadian Crank-in is September 26-29 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Information found on Facebook.

The Interknits seminar with Susan Adams October 5-6 at the College of DuPage in Illinois

All Fiber Retreat November 15-16 in Traverse City, Michigan (sorry no website)

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Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.

The Michigan Fiber Festival August 14-18 in Allegan, Michigan

Sarah Etchison leading a DAK and Passap workshop September 20-23 in Illinois. Contact [email protected].

Finger Lakes Machine Knitting Seminar September 27-28 in Courtland, NY

The Great Canadian Crank-in is September 26-29 in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Information found on Facebook.

The Interknits seminar with Susan Adams October 5-6 at the College of DuPage in Illinois

All Fiber Retreat November 15-16 in Traverse City, Michigan (sorry no website)

Acquisitions
Red Heart Heart and Sole sock yarn (sadly discontinued)
One cone of Indulgence Silk 6 ply
Spike device for holding down the stitches while short-rowing heels and toes
LED circle light
INVISTA--LYCRA- SPANDEX FIBER dtex 22-20 den 1 lb cone SINGLE STRAND (gossamer spandex)
Lycra cone holder (computer mouse pad desk accessory)

Machine Knitting
Grace Top by Marianne Henio
No-show Heel Tab socks by Sue Vunesky
TOFUtsies yarn
Tuck Striped Dishcloth by slisen

Resources Topics 
Marianne Henio’s How To Design, Write, and Convert Your Own Knitting Patterns - Instructional Guide for Hand and Machine Knitters

Rant: feel like a corpse sleeping on my back
Rave: dahlias!

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Sous vide salmon article by Serious Eats

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Episode 57 - Mostly Sock Machine

Events
Crankers of Wonderful Socks on Facebook
urbandreamsfarm.com
Winding yarn onto a warp board 
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.

Acquisitions
Passap orange tool is very sharp.

I have enough but you might want to buy some Tofutsies yarn and the best price is at littleknits.com 

Hand Knitting
None

Machine Knitting
My retreat socks

Resources 
OzLorna.blogspot.com 
Sleeve Caps, Armhole and Neck Shaping Tutorial given by Helga Guyot.

Rant: woven band on bath towels
Rave: Make Up Eraser microfiber cloth

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Best salad ever from The Best 30-Minute Recipes from America’s Test Kitchen. I want to make it every week.
Romaine lettuce, sliced Granny Smith apples, spiced pecans, cheddar cheese, shallot, grilled chicken, cranberry vinaigrette.

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Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.
Information about COWS is available on Facebook. 

Acquisitions
Passap orange tool

Hand Knitting
None

Machine Knitting
Peter Pachis has yarn and he will sell it to you!

Tools, techniques used to make the IHJ.

1. Good measurements of the intended wearer
2. Accurate measurement of the swatch
3. Garment Designer software
4. Double bed machine for ribbing
5. Seaming on the machine
6. Zipper installation using the sewing machine
7. Short row shaping
8. Slipped stitch waist shaping
9. Pocket shaping and attachment
10. 10)Front band stabilization
11. 11)Folded hems
12. 12)Folded stand up collar
13. 13)Turned cuff instructions from misterjones.

Here’s the completed jacket.

Resources Topics 
The Brother Techniques book is available for download at machineknittingetc.com.

Rant: credit check to open savings account
Rave: packing light

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Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.
Information about COWS is available on Facebook. 

Acquisitions
None!

Hand Knitting
Simple garter stitch scarf like this one.
Commotion 2 yarn
Modular Knits book by Iris Schreier
Cascade Fixation yarn

Machine Knitting
No show socks with Tofutsies or Opal yarn and lycra. This is a free pattern by Sue Vunesky.
Garment Designer software will be used to create my hiking jacket.
Peter Pachis has yarn and he will sell it to you!

Resources Topics 
15 tips and tricks

Rant: right sock misbehavior
Rave: farm fresh eggs

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Smooth out the top of the yogurt and sour cream to prevent the whey from seeping out.

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Episode 54 - Spring Cleaning

Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events.

Acquisitions
I’m serging with an old White Superlock serger.

Hand Knitting
Simple garter stitch scarf like this one.
Commotion 2 yarn
Modular Knits book by Iris Schreier
Cascade Fixation yarn
Ladies Felted House Slippers by Monique Rae. I used two strands of Paton’s Classic Wool.
Felted Moccasins pattern by Bev Galeskas
Duffers by Mindie Tallack

Machine Knitting
Amelia by Carol Scott
Baby Bunny Hat
Knit Radar videos by Roberta Rose Kelley
Garment Designer software
Episode 31 has a description of the KR-10 (knit radar)

Resources Topics 
Spring cleaning talk with Spouse
Ask Jack
Marvel Mystery Oil
LPS1 and LPS Food Grade silicone

Rant: no hugging man (episode 42)
Rave: desert super bloom

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Grifone Primitivo red wine (from old vine zinfandel), cheddar cheese, pepperoni, olives, almonds. Makes a nice meal/snack on a Friday night. Or any night really.

yadasibeads.com - Sharon’s website

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Episode 53 - Spring!

Events
In the Group page for the podcast, you’ll find upcoming knitting events like the Spring Fiber Expo and TechKnitters seminar.

Acquisitions
Zozo suit
Knit to Finish series Book 4

Hand Knitting
Simple garter stitch scarf like this one.

Machine Knitting
Amelia by Carol Scott
Baby Bunny Hat

Resources Topics 
Machine gauges
Treehouse Knits podcast 

Rant: coffee tainted hot water
Rave: spiral binding

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Lemon Yogurt Cake by Ina Garten

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