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My mom joins me on the podcast today. It’s not Mothers day yet, but hey… it is a honor to get her to show up in Boston seeing as she spends most of her time in Chile. Most days she can be found in her B&B / MUSEUM in Cobquecura with her many guests.

Andrea & Tom of Greenwod Hill Farm

Today’s interview is with the nice folks at Greenwood Hill Farm in Hubbardston, MA. Andrea and Tom share some great insight into what farm life is like and what it means to be local. When I visited them to do the interview they were at the begining of the sheep birthing process. Now they are probably on the Sheep & Wool Circuit. If you rin into them, say hi… and if you end up touching their yarn you may have trouble putting it down (it’s so incredibly soft and excelent for dyeing)

Show notes and links will be updated soon.

MUSIC this week is by ‘Salsa di Soy’ by Boom Boom Beckett

So… Kimberly and I represented all day and this show is about found on this amazing day in NYC!!!

I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the day and new friends who gave me so much to share with everyone. If I missed you in this show, if I forgot your name, if I am totally mis-representing anything… It’s probably from lack of sleep and I hope you understand.

Please… please… please keep in touch and let my listeners share in your experience by linking to anything you have posted about in the comments.

Knitters Unite… Thanks Harlot… Best Knitting Day Ever…

It’s been a whole year… wow…

Thanks to Willy, Dee, and Kim for their voiemail messgages. If you would like to leave me a message please call 206-984-4286.

Todays show details the Schedule for Thursday Big day. If you would like to join me in my attempt to get onto the Today Show, please let me know by using this INVITE

Here is my schedule for the day if you feel like joining Kimberly and I in NYC

06:00am – 09:30am map Rockefeller Plaza, REPRESENT on the Today Show

09:30am – 11:30am map Brunch at Whole Foods in Columbus Circle

11:30am – 01:30pm map Harlot in the Park

01:30am – 03:30pm map Museum of Art and Design

03:30pm – 05:30pm map Yarn Harlot at FIT

??Diner??

Thanks for listening…

ADDED AFTER THE FACT:

Lucy Lee In all her dyeing glory (Thanks Leah)

MUSIC: The Drowning Swan Song by KidCrash

Please help me in my plight to collect submissions for a 6 foot wide by 4 foot tall poster. It is going to be full color and laminated. Kimberly and I will be carrying it down to the today show to REPRESENT on the national morning news.

If you are so inclined here is what I am looking for in a poster/slogan:

A call to action for for all knitters

Knitting anthem

Something that is clean (both in language and in copyright)

General and inclusive of all knitters

To the point

Understandable to the muggles

Clean design so that we can see what the point is

Legible slogan text

Here are some ideas for slogan I have come across:

Those who can, knit

Don’t screw with the people of pointy sticks

Got Yarn

iKnit

I am a knitter

We knit

Please post questions to he comments…

The winning design will be brought to rockefeller center and I will try my damndest to get it seen.

Finally, please leave space at the bottom right for a WEBs logo, and please put your own credit at the bottom left.

If you have a submission please email it to me at 2skiens *at* itsapurlman *dot* com or put a link to it in the comments.

If you want to help, but don’t know how to design, please post slogans to the comments… This will help others as they look for a slogan for designing.

Break :)

Thanks again to everyone who submits to this and those who pass this message onto others.

Colleen The Subway Knitter joins me to talk about the state of the blog.

In the Yarn-a-lot we talk about the Boston Knitting Guild, my dream of a night time guild in Boston, the KnitSmiths, Gringa Tejedora, Santa Cruz Hat.

Todays song is I want to hear what you have got to say by The Subways

In the state of he blog we talk about; Spiders( I hope I get to meet you when I am at FIT for the Harlot), Rosie’s Place(a shelter for women in Boston), Doctor’s Without Borders, the socks that rock debacle, Etsy, and Lion Brand Blogs.

Blogs we talk about (in the order discussed):

January One

Crazy Aunt Purl

The Yarn Harlot

The Panopticon

The Blue Blog(Her New Book)

Brooklyn Tweed

Sil’s Fab Knitblog

ZeFrank (The Show)

Blog’s we meant to talk about:

NonaKnits

I may be knitting a ranch

If you have a moment, please fill out my survey. I will be doing a drawing for some fun prizes… and thanks for your time.

If you have any other thoughts you would like to share, please email me at 2skiens (at) itsapurlman (dot) com or leave me a voicemail at 206-984-4286 ( I know it’s not in Boston, but it’s free)

My friend Diana joins me on the show to talk about knitting, the cutest kid in knitted gear in all of Cambridge, and review Amy Singer’s new Book ‘No Sheep For You‘.

I am looking for a little feedback about what people think about knitting guilds, and what they would like out of a knitting guild. So please post your comment, send me email at 2skiens -at- itsapurlman -dot- com, or call the new voice mail line at 206-984-4286.

Images will be posted as soon as I get more than an hour at home from my temp job… :P

MUSIC this week is by Nina Simone ALL BOW DOWN TO HER INCREDIBLE VOICE!!!

Kathy, of Grumperina fame, joins me on this show to talk about socks, stash, and everything in-between. She is so cool… I’m not worthy… :)

YARN-A-LOT Links

Cascade Fixation

Pony Pearl Knitting Needles

The Bosworth’s

Greenwood Hill Farm

Stitches East

Green Mountain Spinnery

Skientily Clad

Komi Style Hat

Classic Elite Classic Silk

Winmil Fabric

Fabric Place

Windsor Button

Sew Fisticated

MUSIC: Spa by Johnny Socko

SOCKS Links

Cabin Fever

Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook

Jay Walker Sock Pattern

Lorna’s Laces Shephard’s Sock Yarn

Etsy

Regia Bamboo

Knitting on the Road

Hey all… Today’s romantic voyage begins with my usual and ends with a discussion about an upcoming trip to italy. My friend Alanna has started a travel company for knitters called Tactile Travels. Please check out her site for more information about her trips.

I have setup a voicemail system to start gathering audio commentary, please try it out at 206-984-4286.

Also in the calendar, the Spark Craft Studio is having a brunch with Vickie Howell on March 4. Please check out there site for more info.

Have a great valentines and stay warm out there… Thanks for listening.

MUSIC: Traveling Radio by jr

also… I don’t think I could say any-rate more in my show… wow … I fumble so much in this episode. You’d think I had never given anyone a valentine before.

I am accompanied on this episode by the fantastic Stitchy McYarnPants. We take a trip in her Museum of Kitschy Stitches to find some of the origins of the male patterns. She has promised to add images of the exhibits on her site.

Some background, I have the following categories of male sweater patterns:

Mud Colors (most sweaters for guys are grey, black, navy, brown, or some combo of such)

Man Stripe (think abercrombie and finch)

The Cosby Sweater (nuff said)

Cable, rib, gansey (usually in a mud color)

NEW Lil Boy’s (upsized childrens sweater)

NEW Women’s Matchy (designed for her first and should have been left at that)

Please comment about this show, I am really interested in anything you have to say about the guy man issue.

MUSIC : Katrina’s Sitch and Bitch by Kentucky Jelly

IMAGES: Sttchy has posted the images in this post

On today’s show I share the discussions I had with local yarn stores that were at Stitches East.

INTERVIEWS (in order of appearance on show)

Marie Connolly of Stitch DC in Washington D.C. (with acrylic heckling from Brandon Mably)

Carol of Rosie’s Yarn Cellar in Philly, PA (who also writes Go Knit In Your Hat and makes hand dyed yarn at Black Bunny Hop)

Lorraine Guadet of A Good Yarn in Baltimore, MD

Chris Cahs of Cloverhill Yarn Shop in Baltimore, MD

MUSIC

Darling by The Jon Conahan Group