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:

Fibre Week

• Master Spinner Program.
• Fibre Week at Olds College.
• Ashford Handicrafts.
• Sarah Anderson’s Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs (Amazon link).

Fibre Notes

• Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.
• In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl!
• Hedgerow Mitts by Amy Ripton (Ravelry link).
• Yarn Indulgences from Cambridge, ON – I am using MCN in colourway Salty.
• Elefanthuen by Henriette Roued-Cunliffe – a Danish balaclava to make for my nephew.

Cranking on the Fibreside

• Some information about the Autoknitter machines.
• This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos).

By The Wayside

• The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print.
• Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.