Episode 47: In Stitches

Episode 47: In Stitches (37:42)

Stitches: Part the FIrst
This week we report back on our Stitches adventures. We buy yarn and talk to Maggie Pace, the guys from YKnit, Joanne, Amanda, and Michelle of Toots Le Blanc.

Our purchases (many pictured above):

Nicole

• Kit for Big Snugs
• 50 Merino/50 Silk from A Verb for Keeping Warm
• Lisa Souza Fat Bunnies
• Northampton & Colrain Laceweight
• Norah Gaughan books
• Candy sweater & Malabrigo from Article Pract
• Shelridge Farms Ultra Soft DKW yarn for Nordic Memories
• Toots LeBlanc Celtic Bunny hat pattern & Angora/Merino yarn
• Knitter's Block

Jenny

• 50 Merino/50 Silk Verb for Keeping Warm
• A couple of lovelies from Tactile Fiber Arts
• Lisa Souza handspun & a little more handspun
• Norah Gaughan books
• Toots Le Blanc Jacob/Alpaca for a sweater
• Brooks Farm Riata
• W4 in Butterscotch

Prize yarn

• Tactile Fiber Arts Handspun
• Alpaca/Silk from a Verb For Keeping Warm
• Solo Silk from Brooks Farm
• Socks that Rock in Jailhouse Rock (in the center)
• Two skeins of (not Manos) Malabrigo for the Malabrigo Loafers
• Fat Bunny

Felting Forward: Maggie Pace of Pick-up Sticks
Felt Forward
Keep Your Eye Out for the Ripple Tote & Snuglets! We saw them and they are very cute!

WonderMike & Hizknits Stephen of YKnit

Joanne Spetz of Baywood Yarns took a class with Cat Bordhi & bought some yarn! You can get her yarn from Nine Rubies.

Amanda, daughter of Raveler JocelynG, talks about her career as a knitting demonstrator at the Nine Rubies booth.

Toots LeBlanc: It's in the family

Remember to donate to the House that Yarn Built, let us know in an email with the subject heading: The House that Yarn Built and get a chance to win some yarn.

Music:

DIg Me Out: Sleater Kinney
It was a beautiful car: M. Ward
Boy with a Coin: Iron and WIne

Comments

[Jocelyn]

I have to admit that I skipped to Amanda's interview. I'll go back to listen to the rest of the episode, but thanks for putting a smile on our faces! If you had interviewed her at the end of the weekend, she would have been forced to admit to a little, um, stash enhancement. We bought some yarn to make fingerless mitts for her teachers this year. With any luck, it will all be used up by the end of the school year! Thanks again you guys. Really great to see you.

[Leslie]

Thanks for a fun episode. :) I just listened to it while jogging in GG Park on this gorgeous SF day.

[Deborah]

What a fun podcast! I especially loved the interview with Amanda. How cute is she?! A 10-year old with a stash and a UFO problem. Awesome. You should be very proud, Jocelyn!

[Tanya]

How can you not love the Norah Gaughan books, and the naming conventions she uses? Brill.

Thanks for taking me to Stitches, metaphorically speaking. Co-workers just came back, but I like your stuff better than theirs (stash-wise).

And now that I know I am a "warm spring," (per previous podcast) I feel confident in knitting Curer in the tomato red I already bought to wear at TNNA in case I bump into the divine Norah.

Represent.

[Emily]

Nice podcast, ladies! I've never been able to go to a fiber festival (or whatever you call these events), but this podcast made me feel like I got to experience a little bit of it. The yarn you both bought is amazing! And the Norah Gaughan books - gotta get those. Half of my Rav queue is from those books.

[Jennie]

Best part of the podcast? "I've lost Jenny in the Webs booth." Second best? Amanda! Get that girl on Ravelry!

[golfgirl1]

I really enjoy both of you and look forward to your podcast. I teach 5th graders and loved listening to Amanda. Thank you for taking us on your trips. Great job!

[Lori]

Hi Jenny and Nicole,

My daughter and I enjoyed meeting you Friday night at Stitches West.

I just made a donation to The House That Yarn Built, and I have a challenge for all the S&B listeners: I pledge that for every dollar I spend on my yarn habit from now until March 31, I will match with an equal donation.

It's a win-win: either my stash does not grow, OR the house does.

Let's raise a house!

Lori

[Susan Lowell]

Another excellent episode. I recognized you both at once at Stitches West, but you were both involved in an interview.

Especially loved the interview with Amanda.

[Suse the slow knitta]

I loved your visit to the fibre fest, and the star for me was Amanda, what a lovely little girl she is. I'm based in the UK and have just been to the Creative Stitches show in Glasgow and seen a life size knitted gingerbread house. It is gorgeous and is raising funds for The Great Ormond St Hospital (for Sick Children) in London. I was so inspired that I've signed up to knit squares for the next massive project which is an undersea tableau to raise funds for RNLI ( The Lifeboat Charity in the UK). I hadn't realised that knit shows could be so fun .Thank you for sharing yours with us.

[Sally Villarreal]

Sleeping on it usually helps me. Maybe more yarn was "meant to be."

I think it's all a matter of balance, and knowing what tends to be used and what isn't.

Keep your malabrigo/manos straight. I know some devotees here who would not be amused. ;) (Just kidding)

Wait, what's the tuck stitch? (I'd like to see a felted cable.)

One of my LYS's is doing a knitting backwards class, but's in the middle of the day on a weekday. :(

It's funny hearing the guys do the stash diet the "guy" way (with bets and dares ;)

I want to see what Amanda was knitting.

I really enjoyed what Toots LeBlanc had to say. I share her "no fiber/yarn is bad" philosophy, and it's good to know she worked hard to get where she is. (Next time I buy yarn, I'm going to tell my Mom it's "R&D")

Tell Toots to come to Kid n' Ewe. That's as far out as I get:

http://www.kidnewe.com/