Knitting Pipeline

Pi Shawls, Math Lesson on Pi, more on nupps. Complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com Thank you to show sponsor Quince & Co and my Longaberger home Business. Haste ye back!

Note from Elizabeth Zimmermann, Finch Sweater sponsored by Quince & Co and my Longaberger Home Business. Note was written to me by Elizabeth Zimmermann on September 4, 1980.  Show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com. Thanks for lsitening.  Haste ye back!

SSK, lace tips, a recipe show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com. Thanks for listening and haste ye back! sponsored by Quince & Co. and my Longaberger Home Business

Our son Pete is hiking The Colorado Trail.  In Episode 93 he talked about his journey and in this episode he answers questions from listeners.  We will be back to knitting content in the next episode.

Tips, Baby Wrap Sweater, Baby Hat This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co.  show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com Tip for interchangeable needles.  Use a 2” square of rubber gripper fabric (as in jar openers) to secure the join and to remove it. Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy. Hamlin Garland Needle Notes My nephew who was married last October and his wife are expecting their first baby in October 2012 and our family is very excited!  This is the first baby in our family in nearly 30 years! Judy’s Grandmother’s Baby Sweater by Judy Spector Beni Bebe Hat Cute hat with an old world look to it.  In the Pipeline Summer Solstice Mystery KAL by Wendy D Johnson.  Ribbed Baby Jacket by Debbie Bliss My First Finch Cardigan.  I’m using EZ’s Percentage System. Saddle Shoulder. In the Frogpond: Lily of the

Our son is going to hike The Colorado Trail.  I talk to him about his upcoming trip and preparations for it. show notes and photos at www.knittingpipeline.com Thank you to sponsor www.quinceandco.com  and my Longaberger Home Business. Haste ye back!

Natural Moth Repellants, Care of Woolens This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com Rita Buchanan Spin Off June 1986 Competition on Saturday in Milwaukee at Hart Park.  Milwaukee Highland Games.  June 2, 2012 Lydia McCauley: Entrances It seems the words to this song were appropriate after the outpouring of support for Bronwyn. Traveling Moorland, is a unity song ("we all come from different places, but we are the same") with a Scottish Blessing: "safe and whole may you return home". Haste ye back!

Comfort Shawl, Variegated yarn terms complete show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com. This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. The winner of KnitBot Essentials by Hannah Fettig...and signed by Hannah Fettig and Pam Allen is announced!  There is an outtake on today’s show after the theme music for those who like a little extra laughter and chatter.  Melanie Gall Knitting All the Day CD Bronwyn is having surgery. Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation--overview of what they are.  If you want to participate in a surprise for Bronwyn send an email to me.  See show blog for address for cards. Pipeliner Notes  Prairiegl: Hiya Hiya has some free patterns on their site Needle Notes  Bronwyn FO’s Woobie Puppy and Lotus Scarf, Crinkle squares and Gratitude Shawl We want to rename Amy Beth of The Fat Squirrel Speaks.  To us she is The Foxy Squirrel. Memphisholli  responded to my challenge of finding a suitable design for the yarn from Camp KIP and asked a question Is it variegated or

Pipeliner tips, Needle Review Update show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. Leave a comment on the show blog under Episode 89 or 90 by May 23 to be in a chance to win a copy of Knitbot Essentials, signed by designer Hannah Fettig and Quince owner and renown knitter/designer Pam Allen.  KnitBot Essentials by Hannah Fettig  Thank you for your iTunes reviews and star ratings! A wonderful review showed up this week from desertflower105.  Thank you so much for your encouragement.   Pipeliner Notes  Thanks for the wonderful tips!  These are found on the show blog. Nature Notes  Many of you wrote about your sightings of black squirrels which appear to have populations scattered across the country.  They are a variant of the gray squirrel so they behave the same way. A marauding band of four teen male turkeys attacked our windows. 10th Annual Potholes and Prairie Birding Festival:  The Chieftain Hotel and Conference Center  June 13-17

Breezy Cardigan, The Russian Join Sponsored by Quince & Co and my Longaberger home business.  complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com To enter the giveaway for Knitbot Essentials, signed by Hannah Fettig and Pam Allen, please leave a comment on the show blog.

Organizing your queue, Charr and Bronwyn visit This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. Wool 3 has just been released with gorgeous new designs! Show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com  A special welcome to new listeners from A Playful Day Podcast.  Thank you Green Triangle Girl for the interview and for sending new listeners my way. Charr and Bronwyn are joining me today in The Blethering Room.  We had some faulty brain synapses and we are blaming that on our Post Camp KIP Let Down.  Also I had the mic too close to the computer so there is some background noise today that I normally don’t have.  Grosbeaks are back and also the White Throated Sparrow! Franklin the Wild Turkey is pecking on the windows. Camp KIP organized by Jackie of the Positively Overcommitted Podcast Good Reader $4.99 app Thank you, Dorothy, for the tutorial! Brenda Castiel aka Goodstuff gave a talk on designing. Paula’s projects at Camp: Breezy by Hannah Fettig Quince & Co Tern Boothbay Blue. KnitB

McHenry, Skyp Ribbed Socks This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com Thank you for your iTunes reviews and star ratings! When I checked today there were exactly 400 star reviews.  That is a lot and I appreciate each one! A Playful Day with Green Triangle Girl  4/15/2012  Thank you! The Fat Squirrel Speaks with Amy Beth.  Thanks for the nice shout out and EZ love fest. Nature Notes Happy Earth Day April 22nd.  Spring Clean Up is in our town on Saturday. My bench in the woods.  The view changes every day, but I change too.  The Backyard Birds Newsletter by www.birdwatchersdigest.com Backyard Notes  Diane Cooledge Porter   Needle Notes Reasons to Love Simple Skyp Socks  One more reason…I knit the first sock in 24 hours! Skyp Ribbed Socks by Adrienne Ku  Knit Picks Stroll Tonal Springtime  McHenry by Susan B Anderson  Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2011 and $5.50 individual pattern. Tip:  Keeping track of rows with contrasting y

Skyp Socks, Slipped Stitch Patterns Complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. Nature Notes Garlic Mustard Day  Woodland Flower is the Common Violet  Viola sororia sororia State Flower of Illinois since 1908 A Midsummer Night’s Dream  Act 2 Scene 1  William Shakespeare I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:  Needle Notes Main Needle Choices for Socks or other small items knitted in the round. Socks Soar on 2 Circular Needles by Cat Bordhi The Magic Loop by Bev Galeskas January 2002  KarenE1969 started the SimpleSkyp Sock Wave at the Knitting Pipeline Retreat.  Simple Skyp Socks by Adrienne Ku Cakewalk Yarns Stash  colorway Vernon  80/10/10 Reasons to Love Simple Skype Socks 1.      6 + 2 rib is super stretchy so the sock fits well. 2.      Easy to memorize, only 2 rows and one is simple rib

Short Row Heel, Cabling, Magic Loop   This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co.  Show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have created a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from earth friendly overseas suppliers. Find them at www.quinceandco.com and while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. Nature Notes  We’ve gone from very hot weather to much cooler, which I am enjoying.  An Eastern Phoebe, or pair of phoebes, is building a nest on our gutter outside the bedroom window. May Apples and Sweet William are adding to the color of the woodland floor. "Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment."-Ellis Peters Needle Notes Low Note: Proactive Star Toe Socks: Pico Accuardi Dyeworks. Accidental Felting despite not going into dryer. Plain Socks:   Used Austermann Step with

Slipped Stitches, Mystery Mittens, determining yarn weight show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have created a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from earth friendly overseas suppliers. Find them at www.quinceandco.com and while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. I enjoy your feedback, comments on the blog, and questions. Feel free to write to me at Paulaef@aol.com or on Ravelry as PrairiePiper. My business site is longaberger.com/paula Nature Notes: Shepherd’s Purse is the flower/weed of the week. Botanical: Capsella bursa-pastoris The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson All the names I know from nurse:Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse...   Needle Notes  Mystery Mittens for Me by Laura Linneman Shetland wool fingering weight fromSchoolhouse Press. Knit Stitch is like the good well behaved child. Purl is

Three Needle Bind Off, Knitter’s Life List Review This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince & Co. complete show notes and photos at www.knittingpipeline.com The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have created a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from earth friendly overseas suppliers. Find them at www.quinceandco.com and while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. I enjoy your feedback, comments on the blog, and questions. Feel free to write to me at Paulaef@aol.com or on Ravelry as PrairiePiper. My business site is longaberger.com/paula Thank you to everyone who left 5 star reviews on iTunes, commented on the show blog, participated in the Knitting Pipeline Group on Ravelry, and send good vibes my way. Ourgroup on Ravelry is very friendly and I invite you to join us. We have over 1586 members! Pipeliner Notes: I read a note

Purl Stitch Tension, The Principles of Knitting, Knots in my socks. Complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com This show by sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business and Quince& Co. The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have created a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from earth friendly overseas suppliers. Find them at www.quinceandco.com and while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. I enjoy your feedback, comments on the blog, and questions. Feel free to write to me at Paulaef@aol.com or on Ravelry as PrairiePiper. My business site is www.longaberger.com/paula BostenJen has a new podcast called Down Cellar StudioPodcast. Erin, MommyNeedsYarn has video from the Knitting Pipeline Retreat on her show. Episode 48 RetreatRecovery Thank you, Erin! Pipeliner Notes Bronwyn wrote on the group thread: I guess we’re all spun from the same sheep, k

Sarah, Charr, Bronwyn join me today.  We discuss highlights of the Knitting Pipeline Retreat, designs that caught our eye, a question from a retreat attendee, and share a laugh or two. Complete show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com Also on the show blog is a video of the four of us opening a box from Quince & Co with all colors of their yarn!  Thank you to show sponsor, Quince & Co. This show is also sponsored by my Longaberger Home Business www.longaberger.com/paula Haste ye back!

Owls, OhSoHat, Hazel Carter Story This show by sponsored by Quince & Co, Peddler’s Way Quilt Co, and The Blend Cafe. I enjoy your feedback, comments on the blog, and questions. Feel free to write to me at Paulaef@aol.com or on Ravelry as PrairiePiper. Complete show notes at www.knittingpipeline.com. We did buy that first house we looked at because I fell in love with the front door. I could not have goats there. I made a mistake when I told you last week about the way I do the selvedges instead of slipping the first stitch. See directions in the sidebar on this site. I read a note from SpringPeeper about her fondness for goats.  Asta wrote about gjetost. It is eaten in very thin slices and not combined with meat or much else other than perhaps a dab of lingonberry jam. Saturday morning I went on a Snowy Owl Expedition by myself. A snowy owl had been seen at Illinois Central College.  I took a walk later that day about sunset and I was looking up into the sky in a moment of complete reverie when I saw a w

Slipped stitches, goats, Piper's Journey KAL This episode is sponsored by Quince & Co, The Blend Cafe, and Knit4Together. complete show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com The folks at Quince & Co believe that businesses can be good citizens—should be good citizens—without making too much a fuss about it. So, they have created a line of thoughtfully conceived yarns spun from American wool or sourced from overseas suppliers who grow plants, raise animals, or manufacture a yarn in as earth- and labor-friendly a way as possible. Find them at www.quinceandco.com and while you are there, sign up for their free e-newsletter. The Blend Café is an independent coffee shop in Washington IL The Blend's slogan, “Where coffee and community come together,” is more than just a catchy phrase to them - It is their passion! Our desire is to provide a comfortable place for those in our community to gather together and enjoy good company along with GREAT coffee. If coffee is not YET your beverage of choice, come anyway