Twin. Set Designs, the Podcast! Episode 5. 8: Things are Going Swimmingly. In which we discuss gift bearing alpaca, four more little lambs and precocious ram lambs, downsizing stuff to make it possible to close drawers, but maybe not so much as to fit in tiny houses and other fun stuff. Thanks to listeners, old and new, for joining us! Consider joining us at Twin. Set Summer Camp, too. It’s going to be great fun, and there is still plenty of room to join us in July, the 1. The registration form can be found here. Please consider coming for a relaxing weekend of knitting in the woods (and enjoying great camp food. No lie, the chef at this camp really is good!). In the amusing and useful category, check out the Ravelry group thread in which Robin. V actually applies one of our slick tricks with great success. Patterns of Our Lives: Ellen has been inspired by the movie Tiny: A Story About Living Small to try to downsize her stuff enough for a future move to a smaller house. Or at least enough to be able to close all of her drawers. Jan’s life is expanding, though, to include yet more sweet lambikins. Hey, don’t mock me, you try to look at the pictures she is posting on Instagram without calling them “lambikins”.) The four newcomers are all ewe lambs. I can’t imagine how many lambs will be on the farm next year!
Jan also made some quick work trips, and she has a “special project” at work that is eating her life. So…Finely or Finally Knit…Ellen is the only one with a major finished object this week. Her Abria cardigan, designed by Bonne Marie Burns, is delighting her. She knit it out of Straight. Links to Chinese fonts compiled by Luc Devroye. 140.128.151.3. Chinese font archive. The fonts are simply called tt1, tt13, tt2, tt201f, tt202f, tt203a, tt205a. ![]() Fork Farm 6. 0: 4. Signature circulars and the fabric is lush and drapey and wonderful. Jan did finish another baby hat — this one intended for someone special who will arrive this fall (yup, Jan’s grandnephew (and Ellen’s grandson)). She used Tunisian crochet in- the- round and worked it up in no time. And there is still time for you to finely finish a baby hat — get a soft, washable hat to Kiley by the end of May and mention our podcast and you will be entered in a contest for a skein of Wollmeise (in addition to the drawing that everyone is entered into). Full info on her Ravelry page where she is Minipurlgirl. On the Runway. Ellen enjoyed her classes with Myrna Stahman and Susan B Anderson at Yarnover and is making progress on the class projects, a Shetland lace scarf out of Jamieson’s Ultra and a funny kitty- cat based on Susan’s Build- a- Toy Workshop. By the way, check out Susan’s upcoming book, Kid’s Knitting Workshop. We think it would be fun for new adult knitters, too. Jan is well into the second sleeve on her Making Waves cardigan in gorgeous yarn she scored at Maryland Sheep & Wool – Bijou Basin’s Seraphim. But she’s got a ways to go to finish, as she hasn’t done the body yet. The baby Norwegian sweater, Geilo, a Dale of Norway design, has gotten some of Ellen’s attention, too, and she is well into the body. Bitten by our Knittin’Ellen ended up knitting the decreases in her sweater sleeves as though she were knitting a smaller size. It really didn’t affect the final outcome much, so she is calling it a feature. A dropped stitch in the body of her baby Norwegian sweater was not a feature, it was a mistake, but it is laddered back up and is under control. Jan had lots of dropped stitches as her double- pointed needles kept falling out of her sleeves in that slippery angora Seraphim yarn. She’s got a slick trick to solve that though, so read on! Design Principles. A mistake is a feature if you can reasonably assert that a designer might have chosen to do it that way and you might choose to keep it. But some mistakes are just that, mistakes, and need to be corrected. Degrees. Ellen let loose of her desire to control her yarn and spun up some art batts into wildly textured and soft yarn – alpaca, silk, and angora made for slubby but beautiful stuff. The angora was actually angora goat, Ellen thinks, because there is some very mohair- looking fiber but not really any bunny- looking fiber. Fiber Jargon. Jan discusses range or territory wool and why yarn from small producers may cost more. Embellishments. Ellen is unduly thrilled to have a new vacuum cleaner. Well, maybe not unduly. Her prior vacuum was about 2. Jan was thrilled at being bombed by her daughter and daughter- in- law. They gave her bath bombs, like scented Fizzies for her tub. Fun Fur. Abracadabra! Hi. Koo changes color from cream to bright pink and purple when you go out in the sun. Ellen got hers from Steven. Be (I’m sure they would do mail order). She sees fun designs in her future. Jan sees more fun petting lamb’s fur in her future. Slick Trick. Ellen loves Myrna Stahman’s trick for adding tails to simple ring stitch markers. The thin crochet cotton weaves in and out of your project as you knit, so if you accidentally slip the marker off your needle, it can’t go far. And Jan likes thick rubber bands for holding the stitches on her sleeves together, causing them to grip the needle just a bit tighter so the needles doesn’t slip out as easily. She finds that if she slips a rubber band around the sleeve an inch or so below the live stitches, it gathers them together on the needle and makes it less likely that the needle will go slip sliding away. You May Already be a Wiener. We’ll draw a winner for our contest for Lara Neel‘s Craftsy Class, Socks My Way next episode. And if you can’t wait to take the class, take advantage of the 5. Lara has graciously shared with us (click class link). Fashion Forecast for 2. Ellen is looking forward to the Zombie Knitpocalypse, even though she has figured out that she’ll have to come home early because of another conflict. She’ll miss the market, so maybe she can still fit into a smaller house. And both twins have plans for summer……Twin. Set Summer Camp! July 1. Registration form can be found here: https: //app. Registration fee of $2. A real bed for Friday and Saturday night! With back- pampering Tempurpedic mattresses! Meals served family style in the camp lodge, Friday supper through Sunday brunch. Special diets are well- looked after, please note requirements on registration form.•Lots of camp activities, like knitting by the river, knitting by the swimming pool, hiking into the woods to knit, singing campfire songs while knitting, making and eating s’mores (no knitting!), and more. We hope to have some vendors, and we’ll schedule one knitting/craft class, but the name of the game for the weekend is relax in the woods, let someone else do the cooking, and knit and enjoy each other!Deadline to register is June 3. What Is The Serial Number On A Marriage Certificate . We hope to see you there. Enjoy the show! Episode 5. Heaven Knows. In which we discuss a dinner for more than two in DC, visits from dear friends (military friends and podcaster friends!), a fun speaking engagement, a visit to DC by Karen, getting the Full Monty, biking around mother nature, Yarnover, Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, and baby lambs (!!!!), and in which Ellen’s geeks out. Thanks to stalwart listeners, old and new, for joining us! Twin. Set Summer Camp has hit a critical mass of campers to be great fun, but there is still plenty of room to join us in July, the 1. The registration form can be found here. Please consider coming for a relaxing weekend of knitting in the woods (and enjoying great camp food. No lie, the chef at this camp really is good!). Listeners, please note there is still a need for small bits of handspun for the “Welcoming the Stranger” art installation in Portland. The weaving is being called “Abraham’s Tent” and you can find more information from welcomingthestrangerart@gmail. OR on Facebook: Welcoming the Stranger Art OR Ravelry. Abraham’s Tent Donations will be accepted till July 2. Patterns of Our Lives: The twins got together for a short visit while Ellen attended a sustainability conference in Washington, DC. Short, but sweet. And Ellen visited the fishing cats at the National Zoo, too. She enjoyed seeing them wake up and stretch. Jan was busy enjoying seeing Fulton Theater production of the Full Monty, including a little unintended fully full monty peek!Ellen enjoyed her classes with Myrna Stahman and Susan B Anderson at Yarnover.And Jan is enjoying the growth of her flock as two ram lambs have made their way into the world. Windows Xp Professional Sp3 Activated Trusted File Rar . Jan also enjoyed Maryland Sheep and Wool, especially a visit from The Savvy Girls that came with it. Finely or Finally Knit. Ellen finished her simply stole. The pattern name: Stole.
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