Episode 9 - Coastal Comfort

Today’s episode is all about Comfort - on your needles, for your eyes and ears, and simmering in your kitchen.   We’ll look at the new Coastal Knits pattern book.  And “The Pagan Corner” brings us comfort at home, for home is a sacred space.

Shownotes for episode 9:

Housekeeping:

• Enter to win a skein of Vesper sock yarn or undyed spinning fibre at the shownotes for Episode 8. 

The Knitter's Needles:

• QED - 100% Blue-faced Leicester wool, worsted weight, by The Sanguine Gryphon (Ravelry link to QED)
• Big Blue - 100% Blue-faced Leicester wool, chunky/aran weight, by Fleece Artist (Ravelry link)
• Coastal Knits, a pattern book by Alana Dakos and Hannah Fettig.

In the Kitchen/Eyes & Ears, Comfort special:

• Some of my recipes (at my personal blog):

1. Carrot Ginger Soup
2. Cauliflower/Potato/Leek Soup (known around my house as "white soup" - good way to get kids to eat veggies :-)
3. Chili con Carne

• Books:

1. Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series, Emily of New Moon triology)
2. Bill Richardson, CBC radio personality, author of the Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast, Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast Pillow Book, & Bachelor Brothers' Bedtime Companion (all available on Amazon.com).
3. Michael Ondaantje, author of Annil's Ghost and The English Patient.

• Music (two of my favourite songs lately):

"As if we never said goodbye", sung by Kurt Hummel (played by Chris Colfer), in the TV show Glee.


"Turning Tables", sung by Holly Holiday (played by guest Gwyneth Paltrow), in the TV show Glee.