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