Stash and Burn

Holiday Surprise!

Holiday Surprise! (48:40)

Recorded at the request of the Knitting Contessa for her 25 Days of Knitting Contrisstmas. Check out her blog for more interviews with bloggers and podcasters as well as recipes for the holidays.

Episode 40: Wrap it up

Episode 40: Wrap it Up (39:13)

This week we talk to cable queen Janet Szabo and then we wrap up our first year of podcasting with a look back.

Navigating the Twists and Turns with Janet Szabo
We talk to Janet Szabo about transforming yourself into a designer (swatch it!) and loving cables.

Twist and Turns Newsletter
Cables Volume 1: The Basics
Aran Sweater Design
Janet's favorite increases can be found on KnittingHelp.com (backwards loop or M1A or M1T and picking up the running thread M1R or M1L)
Janet's favorite cable: Woven cable
Janet's favorite yarn: Brunswick Germantown

Year in Review
As we head out for break we review our progress over the last 11 months of podcasting.

The stages of stash acceptance
Contest on Knitting Daily
Pillow-Ghan
Jenny is making her blanket out of Main Line
Rowan Iceland
Andean Treasure
Rainy Day Scarf
Kenobi Sweater
Purlbee cowl
School Products Donegal Cashmere
Seaman's scarf
Trellis
Summer Shawlette

Thank you all for listening this year! You are the best!

Music:
Dig Me Out: Sleater Kinney
Innocent Bones: Iron and Wine

Episode 39: Felt me

Episode 39: Felt Me (33:40)

This week, in three acts, Jenny and Nicole use their shrink ray to turn giant wool things into reasonably-sized wool things.

Fiber Trends Felted Clogs
Fuzzy Feet
KP Merino Style (7 skeins!)--felt for 12-15 minutes
Soy Wool Stripes--felt for 4-5 minutes
Harold!
Kitties!
French Market Bag
Meema's Marsupial Tote
Moorish Lattice Cardigan
Curiously Clever Clogs
Drops pattern page (search felted patterns)
Drops slippers: clog-ish, slipper-y, and boot-y
Suki
She Knits for felted purses and patterns and podcasts

Music
Dig Me Out: Sleater Kinney
Confirmed Must Ride: Continental
Phantom Limb: The Shins