BTF Episode 84: Homestretch In which I reframe what finishing means to me, get some spinning done but not a lot because wedding, talk about spinning for specific end uses for Level 5, almost finish the Druid Mittens, and get a little bit done on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Fibreworks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park, British Columbia Fibre Notes Drui...
Sep 16, 2020•29 min
BTF Episode 83: Time Crunch In which I contemplate the progression of time, get caught up on spinning and writing and teaching, talk about spinning woollen for Level 5, have a few smaller projects on the needles, and wonder if I’ve made any progress at all on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . The Diefenbaker 25 podcast – my 25th high school reunion podcast b...
Aug 10, 2020•32 min•Ep. 83
BTF Episode 82: Good Hoshi In which I relate our close encounter with wildlife, let you know about an upcoming online spinning class I’ll be running, talk about spinning to specific twists per inch for Level 5, garden and do a little bit of fibre work, and move the Qsnap frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Spindlecorns Facebook group – join the group ...
May 20, 2020•30 min
BTF Episode 81: Adjustments In which I figure out how to deal with a very annoying sliver in my finger, talk about the spinning study I’m doing for the next few weeks as well as my mental health, grumble about designer yarns for Level 5, keep working away at all my big projects, and work my way back to working on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Spin Off Ma...
Apr 30, 2020•30 min
BTF Episode 80: Self-Kindness In which I give myself a talking-to about being kind to myself, talk about the teaching I’m doing and what I’d like to do in the next few weeks, wax poetic about yak for Level 5, finish a cowl but will probably tear it back, and make some actual progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Fibre Notes Shukriya by Susanne Tallur...
Apr 04, 2020•26 min
BTF Episode 79: Pandemic Reflections In which I reflect on the pandemic that will affect us all, talk about some of the technical spinning and course development I’d like to do, go over angora for Level 5, examine the projects I have on the go in anticipation of quarantine, and make a plan for better progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Pandemic Reflections Oranje by by Ann Weaver Fibre Week Master Spinner Progra...
Mar 18, 2020•24 min
BTF Episode 78: Tailored In which I talk about my relationship with clothes over my life in anticipation of wedding dress shopping, talk about some more upcoming teaching and how much fun I’ve been having with mystery fibre at guild, talk about burn tests for Level 5, get started on two knitting projects and try to decide which one to take traveling, and realize how important sunshine is for progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org...
Feb 27, 2020•28 min
BTF Episode 77: Sailing through Life In which I talk about how life sometimes tells you where you need to go, talk about some upcoming teaching and the yarn I’ve completed spinning recently, go over “cellulose fibres” for Level 5, finish two projects and try to figure out what to do next, review two books that have a fibre arts connection, and move the frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner P...
Feb 13, 2020•33 min
BTF Episode 76: Stitch by Stitch In which I try to break down knitting and life into easily completed steps, and apologize for the lateness and shortness of the episode due to injury. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Stitch by Stitch Miracle Ball Method ....
Jan 31, 2020•10 min
BTF Episode 75: A New Year’s Vision In which I talk about my pseudo-resolutions for the new year, play with my new blending board and get ready to refurbish an old wheel, go over the first module of Level 5, start casting off my wedding shawl and make more progress on the Circumvolute hat, have a chat with Deborah Niemann from the Livestock Conservancy about sheep, and work on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week ...
Jan 15, 2020•48 min
BTF Episode 74: A Random Sad In which I work through a day’s worth of sadness, make some plans for spinning yarn, talk about how my Level 4 final project went (hint: badly), finish the Hedgerow mittens and make some more progress on other projects, feel guilty about not working with the Autoknitter, and make a promise about the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . ...
Dec 31, 2019•29 min
BTF Episode 73: Priorities In which I talk about priorities and why they are important, embrace texture in yarn, go over acid dying for Level 4, continue to almost finish things and take stock of what projects I have on the go, don’t get any work done with the Autoknitter, and make no progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Seasons Collar by Joan Sheri...
Dec 18, 2019•31 min
BTF Episode 72: A Different Cold In which I talk about cold in context, got my drum carder and taught a great felting class, talk homogeneous blending for Level 4, finish a Christmas present and almost finish another knitting project, plan to use the Autoknitter this weekend, and make a bit more progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Ashford Handicraf...
Dec 05, 2019•29 min
BTF Episode 71: Lifeline In which I talk about lifelines in knitting and life, make some cool batts and decide to get my own drum carder, go over the three novelty yarns I spun for Level 4, make some progress on my knitting projects, have some setbacks learning to use the Autoknitter, and make a bit more progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Ashford ...
Nov 19, 2019•32 min
BTF Episode 70: Simple Victories In which I talk about my successes at making fire, spin a little bit and prepare to experiment with a drum carder, talk about the permutations and combinations of spinning styles and preparations Level 4, finish my Halloween socks on time and make more progress on other things, got new parts for and a plan for learning on the Autoknitter, and make a teeny bit of progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter....
Nov 05, 2019•36 min
BTF Episode 69: Relaxing In which I talk about the relaxing and meditative aspects of spinning, do some fibre preparation and sampling, go over lopi for Level 4, make a bit of progress on knitting projects but no finishes yet, am making pretty poor fabric on the Autoknitter, and make some progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Relaxing Deb Behm’s Ravelry profile . Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at O...
Oct 22, 2019•30 min
BTF Episode 68: Knit City In which I go to Knit City Vancouver for two hours, spend a lot of time preparing things, talk about ramie for Level 4, finish a sock and make good progress on the second, am almost knitting on the Autoknitter but have learned lots in trying to cast on, and don’t get anything done on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Knit City Knit City Vancouver . Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week a...
Oct 10, 2019•27 min
BTF Episode 67: Change In which a mistake in the Accolade leads me to contemplate change, begin getting myself a studio space and get ready to teach, talk about the lots of flax skeins to spin for Level 4, do some knitting math and make a little progress on other projects, am still not knitting on the Autoknitter, and reconsider how I feel about the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre W...
Sep 23, 2019•30 min
BTF Episode 66: My Own Way Through In which I go for a walk along the beach and learn about myself, spin some angora and love it, talk a little about cotton for Level 4, make a little more progress on my current projects, get the Auto Knitter back together but not yet knitting, and move the frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Fibre Notes Grinsheep Fib...
Sep 09, 2019•28 min
BTF Episode 65: On the Road In which I examine exactly how much knitting and spinning I bring on trips, figure something out about my Lendrum and continue to not get much technical spinning done, go on and on about cashmere for Level 4, start the wedding shawl and finish the hand towel, get the Auto Knitter apart, and forget about the Accolade for two weeks. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 On the Road Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s blog, T...
Aug 27, 2019•25 min
BTF Episode 64: Enter the Fair In which I work through my hang-ups around entering my fibre arts in the local fall fair, do lots of planning but not much spinning, wax poetical about camel for Level 4, finish my wedding shawl yarn and almost finish my nephew’s mittens, introduce you to my new toy, and make some progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . F...
Aug 12, 2019•32 min
BTF Episode 63: Yarn Snob In which I talk about the problems with the term yarn snob, lament my lack of productivity due to a week sick in bed, start looking at Level 4 by talking about bison, salvage my Tour de Fleece and make some other progress, and get a little bit done on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Master Spinner at Gaelic College in Nova Scotia ...
Jul 29, 2019•22 min
BTF Episode 62: Different Paths In which I think about the path people take through their passions, give a Fibre Week after action report and talk about a new study I want to do, go over the final project for Level 3, make some progress on a few different projects, and work on adjusting my attitude towards the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Fibre Notes Ravelr...
Jul 15, 2019•27 min
BTF Episode 61: Signs from the Universe In which I recognize the messages the universe is trying to send me, finish my challenge yarn before Fibre Week, go over the dye exercise for Level 3, finish a pair of socks and start using some vacation yarn, and have to redo a bunch of stitching on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Signs from the Universe Lonna Cunningham’s More Beautiful than Before book, free on Smashwords, or p...
Jul 01, 2019•28 min
BTF Episode 60: Hiatus In which I talk about the changes in my life, update you on where I am at with Master Spinner and what will become of the segment, talk about supported spindles and spindle wheels for Level 3, go over my current projects and one I just finished, and discuss a new By the Wayside project – it’s a doozy. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program . Fibre Week at Olds College . Amazon.ca link...
Jun 16, 2019•38 min
BTF Episode 59: Work Through the Present In which I work through my present to make changes to my future, get over half-done the skeins for Level 5, talk about spinning for specific purposes for Level 3, spin up some gorgeous yarns and work on other projects so I can cast them on, and get a bit further on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Digital Blasphemy...
Jan 04, 2016•30 min
BTF Episode 58: Responsibilities In which I think about the responsibilities of being an adult, am 20 of 48 skeins done Level 5, go over novelty yarns for Level 3, work on too many projects to make much progress on any one of them, and make some good progress beading Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Responsibilities Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – not the best Indy, but diverting Fibre Week Master Spinner Pr...
Dec 14, 2015•26 min
BTF Episode 57: Line in the Sand In which I get a little something off my chest, get the bamboo done for Level 5, totally skip some skeins for Level 3, miscalculate on knitting a shawl and update you on the Calgary Fibre Arts Fair, talk to my dad after Fibre Week this year, and don’t get any further on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Ancient Arts Fibre C...
Nov 17, 2015•31 min
BTF Episode 56: Making Music In which I try my hand at making knitted music, finish Level 4 and start Level 5, talk about specific twists per inch spinning for Level 3, catch you up on projects – both spinning and knitting, and start beading Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Making Music Learning to Fly – My first original pattern! Anne Hanson on Ravelry Kieran Foley on Ravelry Jessie McKitrick on Ravelry Fibre Week...
Nov 03, 2015•35 min
BTF Episode 55: Other People’s Eyes In which I try to see myself as other see me, have a bit of a setback for Level 4, go over blending for Level 3, finish an impressive skein of yarn and do some knitting, and get down to brass tacks on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Oh, Facebook, why do you make this hard? Like the post about winning the collection on Facebook to enter to win an ebook version of the Knit Picks Winter 2015 Fair Isle collection ! Draw will take place Feb. 28 at 9 pm Mo...
Feb 24, 2015•24 min
