BTF Episode 10: Retirement Planning

BTF 010: Retirement Planning

In which I talk about not waiting for a little bit of free time to live your life, give a brief update on Level 2 essay writing, extoll the magic of twist, relate how (if you can do it) project monogamy rocks, bring you an interview with Lonna Cunningham about supported spindling and her new book, start a contest, and bring you up to date on the Tapestry. 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

• Burp cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (Ravelry)
• Baby Sweater on Two Needles (February) by Elizabeth Zimmermann – My project page
• Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry
• 2009 Sweater – My Ravelry project page, and Ravelry pattern page

Fibreside Chat with Lonna Cunningham (frazzlehead on Ravelry)

• Buy the books at Applejack Creek – includes Just Keep Knitting and the Field Guide
• Rookie’s Field Guide to Supported Spindling – additional links
• Ravelry group for the Field Guide
• Fleegle Spins Supported
• Bristlecone’s Artisan Heirlooms (makers of the Glindle)
• Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts, Caroline Sommerfeld’s shop

Side Bet

Guess the number of jelly beans! Oops, wrong medium. Guess the number of yards of yarn on my spindle, and win a prize! The person closest without going over will win. I’ve dug out a 2.8 oz blue batt from the stash for the lucky winner. Leave a comment below, or here on Ravelry. Contest closes midnight Mountain time, June 1, 2013, and is open to everyone from around the world.

Here is a cop of two-ply Polworth. Guess the yards! Here is the spindle with the prize!

By The Wayside

• Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum
• A full panorama of the Tapestry

Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at May 19, 2013 (detail).