BTF Episode 54: Bespoke In which I talk about bespoke living in an off-the-rack world, wash and prep wool for Level 4, talk silk for Level 3, successfully knit and spin for fun, and am down to two cotton floss colours in Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Contest is ongoing until I reach 50 likes! Like By the Fibreside on Facebook to enter to win an ebook version of the Knit Picks Winter 2015 Fair Isle collection ! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 F...
Feb 09, 2015•28 min
BTF 053: Hygge In which I do a little bit of thinking about hygge, get a few skeins done for Level 4 but not the ones I’d planned to, talk about cotton for Level 3, get a little bit of knitting and a lot of spinning done, and have four colours left to stitch on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Remember to take part in my current contest! Like By the Fibreside on Facebook to enter to win an ebook version of the Knit Picks Winter 2015 Fair Isle collection ! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves ...
Jan 26, 2015•33 min
BTF 052: Trust the Pattern In which I am remembering my dreams and compare the phenomenon to the Baby Surprise Jacket, get a bit more done on Level 4 and get my book back on Level 3, give in to startitis on my project and finish my espinner project, and run out of dark green floss before I finish all the dark green on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Remember to take part in my current contest! Like By the Fibreside on Facebook to enter to win an ebook version of the Knit Picks Winter 2...
Jan 12, 2015•22 min
BTF 051: New Year Wishes In which I contemplate the last year and how things are the same and different each year, have one quarter of the skeins in my workbook, fight startitis but finish Mike’s socks and half of my espinner project, run a little contest, and get a whole section done 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 Dad’s Etsy shop – You can contact h...
Jan 01, 2015•26 min
BTF 050: Choosing Christmas In which I choose happiness in this season, get through the shades of gray exercise for Level 4, block a couple shawls and knit a new sock, and find my way around some errors in Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Choosing Christmas Deck the Walruses from Mochimochi Land Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Fibre Notes Branching Out by Clair Thornley – My Ravelry pro...
Dec 15, 2014•27 min
BTF 049: Gaining Momentum In which I think about friction and momentum in my life, get absolutely nothing done on Level 4 but hear about my Level 3 marking, get a few rows done on a few things, and decide what the next By the Wayside project will be. 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 Branching Out by Clair Thornley – My Ravelry project page , and the Ravelry patte...
Dec 01, 2014•21 min
BTF 048:Growing Up In which I try not to be disappointed in my lack of maturity fourteen years ago, finish one module for Level 4, run out of yarn for the body of Branching out, and finish the Tapestry before this episode. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Growing Up Abby Franquemont’s wonderful post about being a beginner . Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Ravelry page for the Seasons Collars (no pics yet –...
Nov 17, 2014•28 min
BTF 047: Catch Up In which I deal with the ramifications of being sick for a month, hand in Level 3 and get started on Level 4, finish Star Maiden and cast on a couple more projects, and spend a couple of nights 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 Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – Pattern page on Ravelry , and my my project ...
Nov 03, 2014•30 min
BTF 046: Textbook In which I begin to deal with the repercussions of some health news, get to the halfway mark time-wise on my Level 3 final project, build a loom and tear the border of Star Maiden out – AGAIN, talk a little bit about fibromyalgia, and don’t finish the Tapestry, but almost do. 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 Supply Fibre Notes Star Maiden Shawl by Mic...
Oct 05, 2014•37 min
BTF 045: The Big Move In which I update you on The Big Move, actually manage to get some work done on my Level 3 homework and do some thinking about next moves and Level 6, make some progress and then not so much on Star Maiden and actually get some not-homework spinning done, and – shockingly – get some work done 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 Master Spin...
Sep 22, 2014•38 min
BTF 044: Community In which I contemplate what makes a community, get down to nine (maybe eight) skeins and the final project for Level 3, get to the knit-on border on Star Maiden and do a little bit of retail therapy, and finish the tree on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Community Northern Sky Greyhound Adoption Association – the hosts of the picnic Website for the Alberta Fencing Association Fibre Week Master Spinner...
Sep 08, 2014•22 min
BTF 043: Lost Things In which I wonder why losing certain things affects me so much, spin up a couple of skeins for Level 3 and start thinking about Level 4, almost finish the Dazzle them socks and really pare down my available projects, and get halfway through the tree on the Tapestry (at least for the moment). Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Lost Things My Boneyard shawl – Boneyard in Paradise Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibr...
Aug 25, 2014•23 min
BTF 042: What You Can Have In which I think about the things I can have instead of the things I can’t, have some problems with Level 3 but still get three skeins into my book, get a little further on the second Dazzle Them sock and talk myself out of (into?) casting on a new shawl, and finish the top border 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 Dazzle...
Aug 11, 2014•22 min
BTF 041: The Heat Is On In which I try not to melt in the heat, successfully spin cotton and weave a silk swatch for Level 3, avoid a measurement error that could have cost me marks, finish one sock and start the next, talk yarn bombing with Maureen Young of the Inglewood Neighbourhood Empowerment Team, and finish the outlining on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 The Heat Is On The French Executioner by C.C. Humphreys (C...
Aug 03, 2014•30 min
BTF 040: No Fixed Address In which I rethink my assumptions about those with no fixed address, spin some cotton that actually works and make a plan for the next few days of homework, cast on for the Stage 4 socks but don’t even get close to finishing them, and remember to spend a little bit of time on a Saturday night 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 The Pra...
Jul 14, 2014•20 min
BTF 039: Invested In which I contemplate how and why I invest myself in things, tell you all about Level 4 and my plan for the rest of Level 3, actually finish the Stage 2 socks and don’t even start Stage 3, spin up a test skein on my new Hansen Minispinner, interview Zach Webster about his first Fibre Week, and am within spitting distance of finishing all the outlining on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week Mast...
Jun 30, 2014•33 min
BTF 038: The Art of Speaking In which I try to convince you that public speaking isn’t any scarier than knitting, get ready and excited about Level 4, finish a pair of socks in nine days and then give up on Tour de Sock, interview Lynne Anderson about dying and colour, and don’t work on the Tapestry in lieu of socks. 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 Wye Sock (my ...
Jun 17, 2014•26 min
BTF 037: Heroes In which I contemplate the narrative of my life, finish up the dying skeins for Level 4 and get two skeins and a sample into the binder (almost) for Level 3, don’t quite finish the embroidery on the doll and start up Tour-de-Sock, and get really far on the outlining in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Heroes Abby Franquemont’s website Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Fibre Note...
Jun 02, 2014•23 min
BTF 036: Patience is a Virtue In which I really wish we were moving in soon because LOOM, make a sample and get some spinning done – as well as some thinking – for Levels 3 and 4, finish off the Level 2 retrospective with the final project, upload some photographs and finish weaving a project, and finish up the messengers 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 Fib...
May 20, 2014•28 min
BTF 035: Do All the Things In which I am finally able to do all the things again for a little while, remind myself that I am capable of spinning, talk book reviews and bibliography for Level 2, finish three knit projects in forty-eight hours, interview Heide Krause about cashmere, and almost finish filling in the shields 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 Ashf...
May 05, 2014•38 min
BTF 034: George In which I miss our houseplant George, make a couple of ten-yard skeins for Master Spinner Level 3, do sweater calculations for Level 2, work on the sweater and start a colourwork hat, announce the winners of last episode’s Side Bet contest, and start filling in the shields 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 House Sweater pattern from Charmed K...
Apr 22, 2014•29 min
BTF 033: Ode to the Familiar Path In which I tread some well-worn paths, and want to find out what you’ve accomplished in the last two weeks. That’s about it; sorry, everyone. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Side Bet What did you accomplish in the last two weeks? I cleaned and purged a house!...
Apr 07, 2014•10 min
BTF 032: All About Potential In which I contemplate potential in yarn and other things, spin silk and wool and decide to apply for an extension in Master Spinner Level 3, talk wheels and spinning stories for Level 2, finish the Event Horizon Pi Shawl and start working on other things, and finish off outlining on the shields 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 T...
Mar 24, 2014•30 min
BTF 031: Freedom in Routine In which I hope to find a new routine that will give me more freedom, spin a little bit of silk for Master Spinner Level 3, talk about spindles for Level 2, have 12 hours of knitting left on the Event Horizon Pi Shawl and dye some really awesome yarn, review two pattern-less knitting books, and try not to 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 Fibr...
Mar 10, 2014•33 min
BTF 030: Light in Dark Days In which I find sources of light in dark days and already miss my two sheep friends, have a bit more success in Master Spinner Level 3, do a pretty good needlework yarn in Level 2, knit the Pi shawl and that’s pretty much it, and reach the point I wanted to be at on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Light in Dark Days My project page for the Noro Lace Tunic Fibre Week Master Spinner Program Fib...
Feb 24, 2014•26 min
BTF 029: Owning the Labels In which I think about labels and how we should own them, have a very, very hard week on Master Spinner Level 3, regret some choices in spinning mohair for braiding in Level 2, knit more holes into my finger but still make some good knitting progress, and finish off a large section on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Owning the Labels Gold Medal Plates website Definition of athlete Fibre Week M...
Feb 10, 2014•36 min
BTF 028: Overcommitted In which I try to avoid commitment paralysis, spin three novelty yarns and half of a fourth, spin for knitting and crochet in Level 2, get a bit further on the Pi shawl and the cardigan and cast on another shawl, and get the front half of the horse finished 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 The Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs by Sarah An...
Jan 27, 2014•32 min
BTF 027: Going in Circles In which I go in circles and knit to get out of them, have good Level 3 intentions, understand yarn measurements for Level 2, finish the legwarmers, make some progress on big projects and dream of another, speak with Heather Edwards of Pottery by Heather, and do a little bit of filling in 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...
Jan 13, 2014•29 min
BTF 026: Last Days of the Year In which I reflect on a year’s worth of episodes, blame a virus for lack of progress, spin wool, alpaca, llama, and mohair for Level 2, start a couple of project and almost finish the legwarmers, and get set to do more filling in 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 Logwood at Maiwa Fibre Notes Nozky Legwarmers by Monika Sirna – My...
Jan 05, 2014•26 min
BTF 025: Unplugged In which I am unplugged but not disconnected, arrange dyed yarn in an attractive manner, expect the unexpected when blending for colour in Level 2, still don’t have legwarmers but do have a nautical Santa Claus and my mom has a sweater, and do more outlining on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Unplugged @oldsbeerguy on Twitter . Follow him for insights into the Brewmaster program at Olds College (and b...
Dec 16, 2013•24 min
