DragonflySoars 20110530, Memorial Day

I compressed this at a smaller video size than usual, same quality level. It took processing time from 3 hours to one hour so I hope it works ok for all of you.



Went to see Peter Pan in Chicago

In Progress:
Wendy Johnson Summer Mystery Shawlette

Spindle handspun, videos mentioned

• 90% Knitting, Drop Spindle tutorial
• Art of Megan Spinning Yarns on Drop Spindle (she has others too)
• Respect the Spindle by Abby Franquemont (I own DVD, but this is download link)

Yarn

• Knit Picks Felici in Botany
• String Theory Continuum from Simply Socks Yarn Company in colors Large Hadron Collider and Trifolium (rainbow)

Upcoming Events:

• Podcaster Challenge by Knittings My Bag
• Stitch n' Pitch Milwaukee Brewers June 21
• Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair June 24 - 26 in Grayslake, IL (I will be there Friday for Abby's class)
• Unique Sheep retreat in North Carolina August 19 - 21
• Stitches Midwest in Schaumburg, IL (Chicago area) August 25 - 28 (I have no idea if I will be there)

DragonflySoars 20110524, With Sound!

Complete!!

• Through the Looking Glass shawl
  

Working on

• Wendy Johnson Summer Mystery Shawlette Half way through chart B as of recording time

Things Mentioned:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• How to leave reviews (here's a how-to for itunes store)
• Listening to video casts on iPod
• Swift and ball winder (YouTube how-to video from Jimmy Beans Wool)
• IKEA Billy bookcase
• IKEA Hemnes cabinet (I don't know what Meliabella bought, I'm hoping she shares with us on the His & Hers podcast)

Upcoming Events:

• Stitch n' Pitch Milwaukee Brewers June 21
• Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair June 24 - 26 in Grayslake, IL (I will be there Friday for Abby's class)
• Unique Sheep retreat in North Carolina August 19 - 21
• Stitches Midwest in Schaumburg, IL (Chicago area) August 25 - 28 (I have no idea if I will be there)

Podcasts mentioned (links on the side bar)

• Twisted Strands
• MommyNeedsYarn
• Knitting Blooms
• His & Hers
• Round the Twist
  

Podcast Delay til Tuesday

I'm sorry, I had a technical issue tonight. Tried to record quickly to beat the storm, I did, but I didn't pay attention to the fact that I was using the wrong mic and you can't hear anything I say. I have played with the sound repeatedly and can only get it loud enough to be considered "annoyingly quiet".

I will have to re-record the whole thing on Tuesday (Monday night is knit night)

-DFly

DragonflySoars 20110515, Ack! Tigger, No!

This is a bit of a sporadic episode, so the notes are kind of the same but I think I got all the links to everything I've talked about here

Working on:

• Through the Looking Glass shawl border 38 out of 41 border repeats
• Knitterly Things Vesper Vanilla/Neapolitan socks

Coming up next:

• Wendy Johnson mystery shawl

Check out new Knitting Blooms Podcast by BloomingKnitter


Reading Materials:

• Interweave Knit & Spin
• Spinning Daily free e-book (sorry, I said it was in Knitting Daily, I was wrong)
• Fearless Fair Isle by Kathleen Taylor
• Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques by Nancy Weisman

Other mentions:

• CJ Kopec site is currently under construction
• Highland Handmades
• Twisted Strands Podcast

DragonflySoars 20110508, Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my mom and all the other moms out there

Working on:

• Through the Looking Glass shawl border 23 out of 41 border repeats
• Dawnsinger sock
• Knitterly Things Vesper Vanilla socks

Thank you for mentions on the following podcasts (links on the side)

• Addicted to Yarn
• 90% knitting
• Exchange Student in Fiberland

Other random mentions:

• Thor
• Pathpix game
• Dot to Dot books
• Namaste Bags (I have the Hipster and the Monroe)

5/9 2:25pm update.... I forgot I talked about Three Ewes Twisted in Fiber. They have two shops. One is the Etsy shop, the other is a ArtFire store. The two shops frequently have different items, as the Etsy shop is where the themed yarn is (past themes have been Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and "love")

DragonflySoars 20110501, Winner!

DramaticKnits socks!!
He also raised $116 for the relief in Japan through the auction of the completed Japanese Garden Shawl.

Twisted Limone, Blue Flamingo, Tangy 100 base (Blue Faced Leicester)

Through the Looking Glass shawl border 10 out of 41 border repeats
Dawnsinger sock

Vanilla (ok, Neopolitan) socks, Vesper self-striping yarn from Knitterly Things


Other things
Hanna movie
Expectant Knitter podcast
Addicted to Yarn podcast

Lace Reader audio book from Audible.com Written by Brunonia Barry. Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan. (good book, too many "he said, she said" moments in dialogue)

Contest drawing! Winner is announced, watch to see if it was you.

Winner and others can email at dragonfly7673 AT gmail DOT com