In Episode 25 we discuss the purpose of Marsha's visit to Kelly....The Monterey County Fair Wool Auction! This is a great destination for all knitters, spinners, and wool lovers! Kelly discusses attending the judging that occurred the week prior to the auction. She explains the history of the wool auction, the judging categories and the criteria that the judge used. She also talks about how the wool is classified -the Bradford (or spinning count) system, the American blood system, and micron mea...
Sep 21, 2015•46 min
We don't always record together, but when we do, we prefer giggles. Please listen responsibly. Marsha visited Kelly over the Labor Day Weekend, and the Two Ewes have so much to discuss that this episode comes to you in two parts. This episode is ready for listening and Part 2 (Episode 25) will be uploaded in a few days. In Part 1 we announce our first ever Crochet-A-Long! The CAL starts October 1st and ends December 31st. Projects can be of any size or number. Kelly is planning to make Happypota...
Sep 14, 2015•54 min
Lot's of knitting happening here! Kelly was away in the wilderness camping for two weeks and finished the Dorthelia tank by Corrina Ferguson (from her book Warm Days, Cool Knits). She also made great progress on the endless cotton/linen Featherweight Cardigan and the Niebling lace doily . Marsha finished her Wispy Willow Cardigan by Cheryl Beckerich made with HiKoo CoBaSi . This is Marsha's first project with this yarn and the ewes talk about the differences and challenges in knitting with non-a...
Aug 21, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Kelly is camping in her newly painted trailer known as "The Clubhouse." It is a 10.5 foot, 1967 trailer that has been decorated in a San Francisco Giants theme. They have camped in The Clubhouse for 3 summers, but this is the first trip after it got the new paint job, had some water damage repaired, and had the interior re-paneled. This episode includes an audio field trip to the Mt. Madonna Campground in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Watsonville and Gilroy. It is a beautiful "on location" re...
Jul 28, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Marsha and Kelly both finished knitting their sweaters and both are big wins! (At recording time we both had a little left to go, but now that the episode is published we are finished). Marsha's Blue Juno sweater fits even better than she thought it would. Kelly's Purple Cherry Vanilla sweater is the perfect sweatshirt alternative and used yarn from her extensive stash of rescued weaving cones. Double win! Marsha is planning to finish her son's tricolor socks before the month of July is over. In...
Jul 14, 2015•1 hr 12 min
In the episode Marsha contributes the B side, or flip side, to Kelly's A side of our podcast. So much has been going on that Marsha feels her brain is a shaken snow globe with all her information, stories, and ideas spinning around. Marsha gives an update on her current projects and reports on her two recent advent-ewes. The first was a weekend in Bellingham, WA where she visited local yarn shops. The second was her fabulous weekend at the annual Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon. HEAVEN f...
Jun 25, 2015•43 min
This is the third of three parts detailing Kelly's fiber adventures while she is in DC as an E. Kika de la Garza Fellow with the USDA. She talks about what she is knitting during her travels, and she reviews the the current exhibit at the Textile Museum associated with The George Washington University. She also talks about textiles at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Due to length restrictions of Garageband for iPad, her portion of the episode is broken into three parts--20a1, 20a2, a...
Jun 23, 2015•12 min
This is the second of three parts detailing Kelly's fiber adventures while she is in DC as an E. Kika de la Garza Fellow with the USDA. She talks about what she is knitting during her travels, and she reviews the the current exhibit at the Textile Museum associated with The George Washington University. She also talks about textiles at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Due to length restrictions of Garageband for iPad, her portion of the episode is broken into three parts--20a1, 20a2, ...
Jun 23, 2015•12 min
This is the first of three parts detailing Kelly's fiber adventures while she is in DC as an E. Kika de la Garza Fellow with the USDA. She talks about what she is knitting during her travels, and she reviews the the current exhibit at the Textile Museum associated with The George Washington University. She also talks about textiles at the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Due to length restrictions of Garageband for iPad, her portion of the episode is broken into three parts--20a1, 20a2, a...
Jun 23, 2015•12 min
In this episode Kelly and Marsha give updates on finished knitting projects, ongoing knitting projects, and other fiber projects that are in the the planning stages. They also talk about Marsha's spinning class, crochet, Kelly's new beekeeping adventure, and her upcoming fellowship in Washington DC. Kelly has one sleeve done and the other moving along on the purple sweater she is making . The project uses the Cherry Vanilla pattern by Thea Colman. She battled the sleeve slog by starting a new pr...
Jun 08, 2015•1 hr 5 min
Marsha participated in the large Pacific Northwest LYS Tour 2015 . The tour was five days and 26 yarn shops from Bellingham to Kent. Marsha had limited time so picked four shops she had never visited. Her first day she visited Tolt Yarn and Wool in Carnation. This shop specializes in local yarns. Marsha bought Tracie Too in Autumn Rust from Imperial Yarn and a worsted yarn in sage green from Thirteen Mile Lamb and Wool Co. She also went to Quintessential Knits in Duvall. The second day she went ...
May 24, 2015•57 min
Subscribe on iTunes here , on Stitcher Radio here . In this episode we give an update on the projects we are working on, or in Kelly's case, projects she is not working on. Keep reading to learn why. We also review the new pattern book Wanderlust: 46 Modern Knits for Bohemian Style by Tanis Gray, published in March 2015 by Interweave Press . The book retails for $18.99 US and $20.99 Canadian. Kelly's Aunt Betty (efisher930 on Ravelry) joins us for the review discussion. Check out the Ravelry gro...
May 11, 2015•1 hr 1 min
In this episode Marsha and Kelly talk about the the Northern California Knitters Retreat ( #NoCKRs on Instagram for more photos). The FABULOUS and FUN retreat was held at the St. Francis Retreat Center . We had such a great time! Thanks to the organizers and to Duren Dyeworks and Kicks and Giggles for donating the door prizes that we won. Thanks also to Dizzy Blonde Studios , Miss Babs , Alana Dakos of Never Not Knitting , Buffy Ann Designs , and Gnome Acres for all the goodies in our NoCKRs bag...
Apr 25, 2015•48 min
In this episode Marsha and Kelly have a phone conversation about Marsha's finished knitting projects, both of their current knitting projects, Marsha's new interest in baseball, and the ever-perplexing topic of the fit of a knit garment. The Custom Fit patterns are a huge breakthrough and are teaching knitters a lot, but there are other components of how a sweater fits. For example, the texture of the yarn and what the wearer is comfortable with.
Apr 11, 2015•54 min
Join Marsha and Kelly as the Two Ewes Ravelry group has its first Knit Along! We will be knitting summery items between April 1 and July 1, 2015. More details can be found in the Ravelry Group, http://www.ravelry.com/groups/two-ewes-fiber-adventures Meanwhile, the two talk together about their recently finished and recently started projects and Kelly provides information about wet finishing for weaving that just might help when you knit with linen or cotton. It also might be helpful for knitters...
Mar 29, 2015•1 hr 4 min
Kelly and Marsha met up in Portland, Oregon for the Rose City Yarn Crawl from March 5-8. Can you believe there are fifteen yarn shops in the Portland area? We didn't have time to visit each shop but sure gave it a try. In this episode we discuss our experience of the yarn crawl, talk about Marsha's woolen spinning in the hotel room, and share information about three indie dyers we met during the crawl. We hold off discussing project updates until the next episode. It was so much fun to put this ...
Mar 14, 2015•42 min
Marsha and Kelly provide an update on their fiber projects--finished, current, and planned. In addition to knitting, dyeing, and spinning, Marsha has an upcoming sewing adventure. Kelly went to Stitches West and tells all about that adventure. Stitches is the beginning of the Two Ewes' Yarn Season, with the Rose City Yarn Crawl next weekend and the Northern California Knitters Retreat in April. Want to see show notes or find out about our Ravelry Group? http://twoewesdyeing.blogspot.com/...
Mar 02, 2015•51 min
Listeners have asked us about our distance walking so in this podcast we talk about our walking adventures and, not to worry, we also talk about fiber, including knitting, spinning and some weaving.We are excited that we found a way to record our phone conversation! It's almost like we are in the same room and not separated by a state! Together we discuss how we each came to the sport of distance walking, how we train, and some of the challenges and pleasures we each find in training.
Feb 08, 2015•1 hr 7 min
Marsha and Kelly talk about their Cast On Five challenge and all the knitting and weaving that has and hasn't happened yet! Kelly talks about knitting lace and the progress of her Niebling piece. Marsha talks about her spinning and the handspun and hand-dyed yarn that she has been knitting with. The Two Ewes announce contest winners, and Marsha talks about her adventures outside of the fiber world.
Jan 25, 2015•57 min
In this episode Marsha and Kelly start the New Year off right by each starting FIVE NEW PROJECTS! Stepping out of the comfort zone is a good thing for the New Year, right? There is also a bit of spinning and a short segment about weaving. There is a new contest and giveaway going on in the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures Ravelry group. Win a prize!
Jan 11, 2015•54 min
In this episode, recorded partly before Christmas and partly after, Kelly and Marsha don't have a theme, but instead just talk about finished sweaters and the projects they are currently working on. It is a good way to wrap up the year!
Dec 28, 2014•38 min
Kelly and Marsha both talk about knitted items and gifts that have special memories for them. Marsha talks about her finished custom-fit cardigan, The St. John Cardigan and the skeins of handspun and hand-dyed yarn that she has made since getting her new spinning wheel. The Two Ewes also announce a contest for listeners to post photos of knit or crocheted items with the theme #knittedmemories.
Dec 07, 2014•52 min
Marsha and Kelly talk about their current knitting projects, Marsha talks about an EXCITING new addition to her fiber life, and they both share food ideas and thanks in preparation for the upcoming holidays.
Nov 24, 2014•45 min
Marsha and Kelly talk about socks and sock knitting. Their approaches to sock knitting reveal a surprising amount about each of their personalities. Then Marsha interviews her friend Gary and her brother Mark about kilt hose.
Nov 12, 2014•1 hr 7 min
In addition to talking about current and recently finished projects, Marsha and Kelly talk about how they started knitting, spinning, weaving, and loving the fiber arts.
Oct 25, 2014•53 min
Kelly and Marsha talk at length about their experience knitting the Acorn Trail sweater as a Custom Fit pattern. They gush about how great the Custom Fit process is and they rave about their sweaters and the experience! Marsha also shares a couple of tasty recipes she has recently made. Join us!
Oct 11, 2014•38 min
Marsha and Kelly talk about the SLO Yarn Crawl and their trip to San Luis Obispo.It was a great fiber adventure! Kelly talks about what knitting patterns she has on her queue, some of them that are coming soon and some that are "fantasy" knits. No spinning on this episode.
Oct 03, 2014•43 min
Who are we and why are we podcasting? We are Kelly and Marsha. We came at yarn and fiber from different directions, but we both love it. Marsha is an accomplished knitter, learning to dye yarn. Kelly is a spinner who knits and weaves. Fiber is one of the many interests we share after over 30 years of friendship. On this episode, hear about us, our recently completed projects, including Marsha's account of a recent dyeing project, and our plans for the podcast.
Sep 27, 2014•35 min
