BTF 024: Christmas Resolutions In which I take the year off from knitted Christmas presents (no, really, I mean it), try to not feel guilty about Level 3 homework, talk about the problems I had with the blend-for-characteristics exercise for Level 2, finish a shawl in three weeks and get a lot done on the legwarmers, and do a bit of outlining 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 Wee...
Dec 02, 2013•23 min
BTF 023: To Love Winter In which I make an effort to remind myself of the good things about winter, try to spin 8 TPI skeins twice, review woolen spinning and rolags for Level 2, finish the Op Art blanket and promptly reward myself with some knitting and spinning, chat with Donna Druchunas about her new project, Stories in Stitches , and finish up the front horse on the Tapestry, mostly. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Mas...
Nov 17, 2013•41 min
BTF 022: Permission to Fail In which I reflect on how I learned to fail, relearn how to spin cotton and promptly not have time to do anything else, spin some Gecko Shetland, talk about fibre characteristics and the ‘rules’ for preparation choice, make some project progress, announce the Side Bet winners, beg for recipe ideas, and don’t make any progress on the Tapestry, but find out who designed it! Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Pe...
Nov 04, 2013•29 min
BTF 021: Doodling In which I absolutely must do something with my hands all the time, forget way too much of what I learned in Level 3, talk about wool grades and why they drive me insane, give my opinion on the Fibre Week date changes, make some project progress, and OMG TAPESTRY PROGRESS! Thanks for listening! Don’t forget about the contest running right now! Leave a review of the podcast in iTunes, and be entered to win one of three great prize packages! Also if anyone can explain to me how t...
Oct 21, 2013•30 min
BTF 020: Deprivation In which I remind myself why depriving one’s self can sometimes be a good thing, don’t do much for Level 3 homework except think about what my final project will be, finish a scarf by doing some reverse engineering, crochet a dragon, get half-finished a sock in two weeks, start the Episode 20 contest, and leave the tapestry languishing for another two weeks. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinn...
Oct 07, 2013•22 min
BTF 019: One Sock In which I figure out exactly how long it takes me to knit a sock, get my Level 2 homework back, make and spin some silk mawata, drop Knitmonton’s veil of anonymity briefly, start and restart a scarf, design a mini-sock, spend WWSIP Day with the Edmonton Weavers’ Guild, and write a brief letter to my brother-in-law. 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 No...
Sep 22, 2013•39 min
BTF 018: Falling In which I consider the arrival of fall, finish my month off of homework, make hats and flowers and plans, get spindle-whispered by Caroline Sommerfeld, and don’t mess up on the horse in 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 Flannelberry Creek’s website Frazzlebatts at Flannelberry Creek Fibre Notes Knitmonton’s post about the Kaleido installation B...
Sep 09, 2013•34 min
BTF 017: Feedback Loop In which I track all kinds of life information, spin cotton and Corriedale, have a whole bunch of knitting projects that are in various stages of being on the back burner, talk cotton with Jill Holbrook, and feel like I’m actually getting work done on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Feedback Loop Michael Moore’s post about walking Runkeeper MyNetDiary Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week a...
Aug 26, 2013•33 min
BTF 016: Commemorations In which I contemplate the passage of time, finish Level 2 and look forward to a month “off,” finish and block a shawl and take scissors to a sweater, review blocking wires and a spinning magazine, and finish the letters on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Commemorations Priest’s Moonshadow on Ravelry Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Fibre Notes Lighthouse Shawl – Ravel...
Aug 11, 2013•27 min
BTF 015: One, The Other, or Both In which I try to decide if I’m a product or process fibre artist, discover that I’m not as done Level 2 as I thought I was, almost finish two projects and cast on another, talk with Lonna Cunningham of Flannelberry Creek about her Batt Bar, and feel guilty about 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 Lighthouse Shawl – Ra...
Jul 28, 2013•27 min
BTF 014: Skills In which I think about different skills and how we all have different ones, talk about my paltry progress on homework during Tour de Fleece, accidentally cast on a new project, run out of yarn on another, and bring you up to date (such as it is) on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Skills Herbert Niebling’s Ravelry designer page I was mistaken: it’s only 10,000 hours of training for Olympic excellence. It’...
Jul 15, 2013•23 min
BTF 013: Fibre Week 2013 In which I give a random review of Fibre Week events and experiences, talk about three Master Spinner levels in one episode, chat with my dad about his first Fibre Week, talk about the little bit I got done on other projects, bring you a Fibreside Chat with Otto Pahl, 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 Maiwa – ...
Jun 30, 2013•36 min
BTF 012: Calm and Centred In which I talk about give voice to the angel on the one shoulder and the devil on the other, bounce up and down in my seat with excitement about Fibre Week, give an update on where I’m at in Level 2, extoll the virtues of wool, celebrate finishing the Sweater, talk about a shawl and a sock, 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...
Jun 16, 2013•24 min
BTF 011: Silver Linings In which I talk about living positively, give an update on where I’m at in Level 2, finally bring you the Breeds Book for Level 1, give updates on long-languishing projects, announce the winner of last episode’s contest, bring you some fibre art links that have inspired me in the last few weeks, 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 We...
Jun 02, 2013•29 min
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 ...
May 19, 2013•39 min
BTF 009: Connections to the Past In which I talk about how fibre arts connect us to the past, discuss the plethora of resources I’ve been finding for Level 2, contemplate the importance of a common set of terms in fibre arts, talk about how project monogamy didn’t work for me this week, read two of the spinning poems/songs I found, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Connections to...
May 05, 2013•29 min
BTF 008: One Small Shift In which I talk about self-definition and change, cheer the finishing of the book reports and talk about my decision to take an extension on my Level 2 homework, extoll the virtues of spindles, wonder at the knitted things I finished in the last two weeks, review three children’s books related to knitting, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 One Small Shift...
Apr 22, 2013•30 min
BTF 007: When You’re Family In which I talk about family, make a whole bunch of excuses, talk about nature dying, list my very easy current projects, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. It’s a short one this time! 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 Kool-aid dying tutorial on Knitty Another tutorial on using Wilton’s and other food colouring to dye, also on...
Apr 07, 2013•23 min
BTF 006: Order to Chaos (that’s the top of a yard-stick, stuck in the snow on our front lawn.) In which I yearn for a tangle, talk about how satisfying flick carding is and how to spin flick carded and teased wool, wonder where the last two weeks went and contemplate my plan for homework the next two weeks, talk about my current knitting/crocheting projects, review two spinning books, announce the winners of last episode’s contest and answer a question, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tap...
Mar 24, 2013•27 min
BTF 005: In Defiance of Winter In which I shake my fist at Mother Nature, talk about woolen and worsted yarns in the context of Master Spinner, update listeners on Wave Maiden and Spats and Knitmonton, bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project, and launch a contest! Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 In Defiance of Winter A reflection on the 2011 snowfall, and the 18-storey Poundmaker snirt mountain Here’s a photo of the half-...
Mar 11, 2013•25 min
BTF 004: Decisions, Decisions In which I contemplate decisions in knitting as metaphor for decisions in life, pat myself on the back for what I accomplished in my homework for Level 2, talk about sections of a fleece and the differences between them for Level 1, interview Edmonton knitting and crochet designer Jessie McKitrick, update listeners on my two current knitting projects, and bring you up to date, as it were, on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: ...
Feb 24, 2013•32 min
BTF 003: Revenge of the Ancient Curse… In which I extoll the virtues of fibre arts as stress management, berate myself for waiting so long to start my level 2 homework, talk excessively about blending for both Level 2 and Level 1 Master Spinner, cover what little knitting and spinning I’ve done in the last two weeks, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Master Spinner Pro...
Feb 11, 2013•26 min
BTF 002: Definitions In which I reflect on self-confidence, talk about the sweater calculations from Level 2 and ergonomics and spinning wheel maintenance from Level 1, cover the knitting and spinning I’m currently doing, review a couple of things, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. 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 Side Notes Precision Oiler Pen from Le...
Jan 27, 2013•35 min
BTF 001: A List of Reasons The first episode! In which I talk about why I’m doing this, a bit about my Level 2 homework and the washing exercise from Level 1, the knitting and spinning I’m currently doing, and I introduce a project that has been languishing for far too long. 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 Interminable Mittens – My Ravelry project page , the Rav...
Jan 13, 2013•35 min
