Two Ewes Fiber Adventures

By Kelly and Marsha

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What's Two Ewes Fiber Adventures about?

Kelly and Marsha came at yarn and fiber from different directions, but both love it. Marsha is an accomplished knitter, learning to dye yarn. Kelly is a spinner who knits and weaves. Fiber is one of the many shared interests after over 30 years of friendship. The show is about our adventures in knitting, spinning, dyeing and other fiber arts.

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Ep 132: Suspected Yarn Bomber

03.18.2020

Yarn talk, pandemic talk, and an eye-opening airport security experience. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the ...

Two Ewes Fiber Adventures episodes:

03.18.2020 Ep 132: Suspected Yarn Bomber Yarn talk, pandemic talk, and an eye-opening airport security experience. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the ...
03.01.2020 Ep 131: Pent-Up Conversation An extra large episode about a trip to Stitches West and a lot of projects and news from Kelly. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community ...
02.08.2020 Ep 130: More Iceland Fiber Adventures The second in the Iceland Fiber Adventures series! Marsha and Kim finished their trip and some projects and then head for home. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. ...
02.01.2020 Ep129: Iceland Fiber Adventures A dispatch from Iceland with Marsha and her travel buddy KimFull notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry or become a patron and support the ...
01.19.2020 Ep 128: A Sweater Quantity of Dishtowels Knitting, crochet and weaving are all in full swing! Also a frenzy of casting on for a trip to Iceland. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Join the ...
01.04.2020 Ep 127: Part 2 of the Mega (Butt) Episode Part two of the Mega Episode! Marsha's projects, an upcoming trip, and hopes for the New Year. If you haven't heard episode 126, please go back to get all the fun! Full notes with photos and links can be found ...
12.30.2019 Ep 126: Two Ewes Cooking-for-Days Adventures! Marsha was a Marvelous Hostess for the Holidays and Kelly is considering a career as a Gingerbread Architect! Holiday shenanigans meant the Ewes haven’t talked in awhile. This was a MEGA episode but polling in the Ravelry Group led to ...
12.21.2019 Ep 125: Liquid Traditions Eggnog, Syllabub, and more. Talking holiday drink traditions with Kelly's husband, Robert. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come join the community on Ravelry or become a patron ...
12.07.2019 Ep 124: Catching Up, Crochet Projects, and Creative Stash Busting Crochet projects on the hooks and knitting projects on the needles! We’re finally back but not with full technology just yet. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join ...
11.10.2019 Ep 123: The Real Us, Warts and All Technology troubles meant you almost didn’t get to hear this episode. But here we are! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come join the community on Ravelry or ...
10.20.2019 Ep 122: It Takes 2 Brains to Make a Skull Troubleshooting a tricky pattern, productive struggle, and planning to Fix It or Nix It are the topics for this week. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come join ...
10.05.2019 Ep 121: Knitting Funk vs. Inspirations Reviewing the WA Coast Meetup, a fiber mill, inspirations to cure a knitting funk, weaving plans and patron appreciation prizes round out this episode.
09.08.2019 Ep 120: (K)Not Along, Crochet Charts, and Beeswax Wraps Kelly is making crochet charts and modifying a cardigan to a pullover. The (K)Not Along was a smashing success with beautiful projects and fun prizes. Hear some great listener feedback about non-gaping button bands. Full notes with photos and links ...
08.24.2019 Ep 119: Dog Days and Sweater Closures New puppies, cute babies on pattern photos, and LOTS of discussion and conjecture about button bands, zippers, and grosgrain ribbon. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come join ...
08.08.2019 Ep 118: Stash, Natural Dyeing, and Spinning Tips Lots of travel knitting, a natural dye workshop with fiber friends and some listener questions about spinning and stash are the topics for this week. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our ...
07.21.2019 Ep 117: Secret Message if You Listen Backwards Crochet critters, punch needle projects, finished sweaters, and listener questions are the topics for this episode. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry, or ...
07.09.2019 Ep 116: Shameless Finishing Techniques Answers to your questions about finishing knits-weaving in ends, washing, blocking. There is no shame in not weaving in ends and you can be a little reckless with your washing. Full notes with photos and links can be found in ...
07.03.2019 Bonus! Last of the Scotland Adventures Castles and gardens share the spotlight with food and drink as Marsha and Kim wrap up their Scotland adventure on the East coast of Scotland. Marsha also fills us in on her project progress during the trip. Full notes with ...
06.27.2019 Bonus! Dispatch from the Orkneys Neolithic sites, wool mills, and sticky toffee pudding are the highlights of the Orkneys part of Marsha and Kim’s Scotland trip. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com Come ...
06.20.2019 Bonus: Dispatch from John O'Groats Travel to John O’Groats and the Caithness Craft Retreat with Marsha and guest-host, Kim. Fiber, food, and drink adventures in the far north of Scotland!
06.11.2019 Bonus! Dispatch From Inverness Food, drink, wool, and more in Inverness with Marsha and guest-host Kim as they travel in Scotland. Visit our shop: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com , join the community on Ravelry, or become a patron and support the show on our Patreon Page. Inverness ...
06.02.2019 Ep 115: Marsha and the Muscle Car Learning new things as adults can be challenging, but also fun. Besides the usual topics, Marsha learns how much fun driving can be. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: ...
05.09.2019 Ep 114: Planning the (K)Not Along Kelly is healing and Marsha is having fun with dog agility. Oh,yeah! We're also playing with string! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on Ravelry ...
04.29.2019 Ep 113: Knitting with Friends Cures Pain A fabulous knitting retreat contrasts with a horrible injury, but the fun outweighs the pain in this episode. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of our shop website: TwoEwesFiberAdventures.com. Join the community on ...
04.07.2019 Ep 112: A Diversity of Designers Celebrating member weaving projects and highlighting the work of designers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. You’ll definitely add patterns to your queue after this episode! Doing our part for World Fleece!
03.31.2019 Ep 111: Dyeing Techniques The Ewes talk knitting and then have a discussion of dyeing techniques in answer to a listener question. A little Enzo and a little bee news round out the episode.
03.17.2019 Ep 110: Whisky Tasting, Waltons, and What Have You Whisky tasting, a trip to the Scottish Highlands, a knitting mishap, and podcasting in pajamas are some of the tangents this episode!
03.03.2019 Ep 109: Skulls, Friends, and Fun Fur for Grown-Ups A Stitches recap with a Two Ewes twist. We’ll let the others tell you about the popular knits at Stitches West. We fell in love with skulls, knitted plants and animals, and furry jackets!
02.18.2019 Ep 108: One Noise After Another Despite the noises and interruptions the yarn talk continues! Through downpours, laundry, head shaving, a neighbor coming by, and odd thumping in the background, the show goes on. Hear the Ewes respond to the Fiberuary Challenge and Yarn Love Challenge ...
02.03.2019 Ep 107: Rules? Ha! A little knitting and a lot of permission to break spinning and knitting rules. Wait--there are no rules! The Ewes share anti-racism resources, plus listener questions and feedback to round out the show.
01.21.2019 Ep 106: Schemes and Dreams for 2019 Scheming and dreaming about all the yarn and fleece projects for 2019. Did you know Marsha and Kelly both love the smell of fleece? Have you heard about the woven ruana and the sheep tea cozy a few too many ...
01.06.2019 Ep 105: Ringing in the N-Ewe Year 2019 Ringing in the New Year with lace knitting, a vegetable terrine, lots of project planning, and a geographic survey of our listeners.
12.21.2018 Ep 104: Flurry of Finishing and Starting Lots of finished knitting, a fleece processing and spinning project, and a new warp are all on the show this week. We also pull two winners for Stephany Wilkes’ book, Raw Material: Working Wool in the West.
12.08.2018 Ep 103: Tired of/from Learning? The Learn Along has people doing everything from brioche socks to knitting with a Shetland knitting belt. Marsha talks about learning agility and piano and Kelly is getting close to the end of a semester of learning.
11.25.2018 Ep 102: Hat Tricks and Knitting Tips Finished socks, an almost finished sweater and lots of knitting tips in this episode!
11.15.2018 Ep 101: With Author and Sheep Shearer Stephany Wilkes Joined by guest co-host Stephany Wilkes, sheep shearer, wool classer, and author of the fantastic new book Raw Material: Working Wool in the West. Order it at your local bookstore or online. Stephany is also president of the Northern California ...
10.28.2018 Ep 100: A Long Stockinette Tube Creativity, productivity, and community are three big benefits we've gained from 4 years of podcasting. In our 100th episode we have our usual project updates and then we spend some time reflecting on the experience of the last four years. ...
10.14.2018 Ep 99: Just Say No to Pumpkin-Spice Bourbon Lambtown Sheep and Wool Festival, two sweaters, some weaving, the Fibonacci sequence, and some dog talk round out the topics for this episode. All this knitting has left us wishing fiber crafts were more aerobic!
09.25.2018 Ep 98: Sloshing the Pickle Jar A nasty fall has Marsha under the weather, but the knits, crochet, and weaving talk goes on. Besides a sweater project for each, the Two Ewes talk about future fiber plans, the Learn Along, and some new fall colors in ...
09.09.2018 Ep 97: Wool Wows and Woes Marsha's knitting project has some woes, but the Wool Auction and Shop News are a big WOW! There's a Two Ewes Shop update with an exciting new Replenish Rambouillet yarn, produced with climate beneficial practices. Support the podcast AND the ...
08.26.2018 Ep 96: School Days Learn Along! Marsha is knitting, Kelly is swatching crochet techniques, and the Ewes are planning a Learn Along that will last through November.
08.19.2018 Bonus! Wool Auction Sneak Peek! A bonus episode with a sneak preview of 100 fleeces that will be at the 2018 Monterey County Fair Wool Auction on September 3.
08.12.2018 Ep 95: Alaska, Socks, and Fresh Starts Knitting and weaving, plus Alaska, sock recipes, and fresh starts in this longer-than-usual episode.
07.28.2018 Ep 94: Sweater Math Resources and More Sweater fit, math and resources for pattern modifications, and a way to help sheep farmers impacted by California wildfires join the usual project updates in this episode. Join the Ewes for all this and more!
07.10.2018 Ep 93: Gathering Together The Two Ewes are back home after a fun weekend at The Black Sheep Gathering. This year the festival was held in Albany, Oregon June 29th - July 1st. Kelly and Marsha discuss the highlights of festival.
06.24.2018 Ep 92: Sweaters and Blankets in Summer Spinning and weaving projects are working down Kelly's stash, while Marsha finished a cardigan. The Ewes also discuss linen, based on a listener question. They're also in planning mode, thinking ahead to the trip to Black Sheep Gathering and projects ...
06.09.2018 Ep 91: Project, Color, and Design Ideas from Listeners The combo spin discussion last week prompted some great discussion about color, design, knitting, and spinning. So after the project updates, the Ewes talk about some of the ideas shared by listeners and the inspiration they provided.
05.29.2018 Ep 90: Naughty Knits and Combo Spinning The knitting has been naughty, but the Ewes have plenty to say about combo spinning. A listener asked about it and they dive deep into the process and the philosophy of this process for randomly spinning beautiful yarn
05.06.2018 Ep 89: Spirit Dress Forms and Uncanny Coincidences The Ewes are back to regular episodes with prize drawings, weaving, a couple stories and, of course, our knitting.
04.15.2018 Ep 88: Two Ewes Unplugged Lots of knitting to talk about and then we're off to the NoCKRs retreat. An unedited episode to catch you all up on our adventures before we rush off to another fun time.

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