Stash and Burn

Episode 05: One toe in the water

Jenny and Nicole head to Santa Clara for Stitches West. They muse on the changes at Stitches, talk with Rick Mondragon of Knitter's/XRX, chat with Jonelle Raffino of Southwest Trading Company, and report from the field. Warning: Our levels might be a little crazy as we were still getting used to our field recording device. We apologize in advance.

Episode 5: One Toe in the Water (30:38)

We muse
What's different at this year's market? Far less novelty yarn! Yay! Yay!

• Stitches West
• Victorian Lace Today

Interview with Rick Mondragon
We talk to Rick Mondragon of Knitter's. He talks about his stash, what's hot this year, and how he produces four magazines a year while doing a multitude of other things.

• Knitter's Magazine

Interlude
We make our first purchase

• Shelridge Farms
• W4 in Autumn Orange
• Forecast
• Shelridge Soft Touch Ultra
• Shelridge Soft Touch Heather

Interview with Jonelle Raffino of Southwest Trading Company
Jonelle gives us the scoop on her unique line of yarns.

• Vicky Howell line
• Lotus blossom tank

24 Karat Shell

• Tofutsies

Interlude
Justifying yarn purchases.

Thanks to Lisa Mannes and Carolyn of the Stitches staff. Many, many thanks to Rick Mondragon and Jonelle Raffino. Thanks to you for listening!

Back next week with more from Stitches . . .

Episode 04: What would Freud say?

Nicole and Jenny daydream about knitting, review Stefanie Japel's awesome Fitted Knits, and strategize for Stitches West.

UPDATE: We had a little problem with the audio file this week. It should be fixed now, but some of you may need to re-download the podcast in iTunes. Sorry about that!

Episode 04: What Would Freud Say? (33:25) -- Take #2

Knitting Fantasy Lives
In which we talk about the distraction provided by daydreaming about what we could be knitting.

• Forecast
• Turbulence U-Neck
• Butterfly
• Cherry
• Camisa
• Lady Eleanor
• Little Knits
• Gym Slip Dress from Knit 2 Together

Stefanie Japel's New Book
It's out. We love it.

• Fitted Knits 

Denial. Anger. Depression. Bargaining. Acceptance?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross shows us the way to living well with a stash.

• Kübler-Ross Cycle
• ArtFibers Tsuki
• Wendyknits
• Angora Cottage
• Socks that Rock
• Sock Marathon
• Shelridge Farm
• Brooks Farm Yarn
• Webs
• Knitters Anonymous (Bay Area Fiber Collective: Cookie & Kristi)
• Sock Pr0n
• Must Have Cardigan
• Central Park Hoodie

Congratulations to Kelly, the winner of the Lisa Souza sock yarn. Thanks for listening!

 

Episode 03: UFOs attack!

Jenny and Nicole talk about UFOs, the quest for the giant pompom, the brilliant Nona Swatches and the Walker Treasury Project, and Knitpicks Panache.

Episode 03: UFOs attack! (33:35)

Episode 02: The stash fights back

Nicole and Jenny introduce themselves, talk about the week in destashification, poncho production, pattern books everyone should own, why Manos makes the world a better place, and, lastly, a little bit of stash philosophy.

Episode 02: The stash fights back (32:29)

Errata

I didn't go straight to spam after all! Terhi, of mustaa villaa, replied to my email about how to pronounce the name of her website after we recorded episode 1. She sent an awesome jpg of the phonetic pronounciation drawn by her sister. Thanks ,Terhi!

Episode 01: For the very first time

Jenny and Nicole premiere their podcast, Stash and Burn. We talk about our stashes, first sweaters, blogs we love, and possibly the best yarn ever, Kyoto.

Episode 01: For the very first time (32:21)