Knit Sibs

Episode 18: Happy Halloween

2010-11-05T09:35:00.000-07:00

The episode is up. Sorry there are no chapter markers or good pictures. We recorded days ago and I've been too tired to do anything so I thought it would be better to at least get the episode out there.

Shownotes will be up eventually! Please forgive the 8 month pregnant lady!!

Episode 17 - Tim Gunn is adorable!

2010-10-13T10:26:00.001-07:00

On Our Needles

Some of Valerie's baby hats

Valerie's project page

Julianne's project page

Gloria's project page

Valerie Knits on Etsy!

Valerie Knits on Facebook!

Contest

The winner is DELTAPURL who suggested the pattern Edna Rose!!! Thanks so much to everyone who entered.

Tim Gunn

Val and Gloria with Tim Gunn

The Randomness That is Our Lives

Kaylee all ready for dance class

Other Craftiness

T-shirt quilt top

Spotlight

Petite Purls

Elizabeth from classic elite

2010-09-10T10:33:00.001-07:00

Episode 16 - Val Takes a Staycation

Episode artwork

monkey cupcakes for Kaylee's birthday party

On Our Needles

test knit of a newborn bear hat

Valerie's Project Page

Julianne's Project Page

Gloria's Project Page

CoggieTM's Keeping Soldiers Warm

Fiddleknits

Art Club

CONTEST!!

Submit project ideas for Gloria to make with a skein of jaggarspun 4/8 DK yarn. She has a single skein with 140 yards. Submit ideas to the contest thread on our ravelry group. Whoever suggests the idea she chooses will win a skein (or 2) of tofutsies sock yarn.

4 Ounce Challenge

Single Skein September

The Randomness That Is Out Lives

A sickly looking rhino, don't worry she's ok!!

Bronx Zoo

Riverhead Aquarium (Atlantis Marine World)

Coney Island Aquarium (New York Aquarium)

Cold Spring Fish Hatchery

Tim Gunn's book: Gunn's Golden Rules

Other Craftiness

I didn't have any pictures of my started quilt so here's babycakes dressed up in a tutu and tiara she got for her birthday.

Spotlight

Again no pictures for this segment so here's a picture of a poster for the Tim Gunn event Val and Gloria are going to.

Test Knit group on Ravelry

Savvy Girls podcast - Episode 31 (sweater designs for different body types)

Episode 15 - It's a . . . !

2010-08-24T10:21:00.001-07:00

A quick apology for the audio in this episode. We lost Val half way through the podcast and she comes back on with some serious static. Hope it's not too annoying!

Pick a Project Contest

Submit project ideas for Gloria to make with a skein of jaggarspun 4/8 DK yarn. She has a single skein with 140 yards. Submit ideas to the contest thread on our ravelry group.

On Our Needles

Fiddleknits - By the way, fiddleknits is currently doing a fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer research with her pattern sales, see her webpage for more details.

Wicked

Pretty Polly

Naturally Caron Spa Yarn

The Randomness That is Our Lives

(the mouse pointer is pointing at the important bits!)

Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival

Maryland Sheep and Wool

Spotlight

JennieGee Cloth Project Bags

Coggie's hat charity project: Keeping Soldiers Warm

Knit Picks customer service

Episode 14 - We're not podfading!!

2010-07-29T10:25:00.001-07:00

Episode 14: We're Not Podfading!!

Episode Artwork - Georgie crocheting the border on Val's baby blanket
On Our Needles:

Val's Tappen Zee from handspun

Valerie's project page

Juli's project page

Gloria's project page

Impeccable yarn

Paton's sock monkey booklet

Tour de Fleece

Randomness:

Devin and Georgie following the clues to a letterbox in New Hampshire

Other Craftiness:

I didn't have an appropriate picture for this section, so here's Kaylee smiling for the camera

A crayon quilt tutorial

Spotlight:

April Cardigan (picture from Ravelry)

April Cardigan

Fall/Winter Shawl

The Knitting Cook podcast

You Lucky Dog

Episode 13: A New Knit Siblet. . . Again!

2010-06-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

Most importantly, the new knit siblet, due January 4th

On the Needles

George's sock, take 7 (or so)

Gloria's vanilla sock at the Mets game

The Randomness That is Our Lives

Great Lakes Fiber Festival (sorry, no link)

Knitting Notions

Gloria at the Knitting Notions booth (with the crochet mama in the background)

Briar Rose Fibers

McFarland's Llama Farm

"That. . . Was. . .Awesome!!!"

Other Craftiness

Oatmeal Cardigan

Central Park Hoodie

February Lady Sweater

Sereknity Yarn and Fiber

Val's spinning

Tappen Zee

Spotlight

Sunshine Yarns

Gloria's zombie sock made from Sunshine Yarns

Spinning Wheel Oil

Three Irish Girls - Pick of the Knitter Club

Episode 12 - Gloria gets a passport

2010-05-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

Valerie's project page

Julianne's project page

Gloria's project page

On the Needles

Loops and threads: impeccable

Ondas

Kaylee's kool aid dyed hat

Socks From the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson

The Randomness That is Our Lives

Sew Mama Sew giveaway day

American Mah Jongg

Val's new workout obsession: kettlebells

Gloria is going to St. Martins!! (Yes, it's in the Carribean)

Other craftiness:

Julianne's craft fair table

Dharma Trading Co.: tie dye supplies

Spotlight

Miriam Felton - juno regina

Vogue Stitchionaries

Sock Innovation by Cookie A

Episode 11 - New Hampshire Sheep and Wool

2010-05-11T18:58:00.000-07:00

On the needles:

baby surprise jacket in plymouth dreambaby

autumn afternoons cardigan

zombie sock

sunny baby blanket

ondas blanket

stitch n pitch - mets June 5th

getting started knitting socks

slip stitch baby blanket

Val's spinning this week (traded for patterns)

Fiddleknits podcast

NH sheep and wool

decadent fiber, kool aid hat, holiday yarns, tappen zee sweater, serenity yarns

Val's new acquisition

Georgie gets a knife to whittle with

Random

jodi picoult book - house rules

Val's boating trip

Devin's concert (how cool is she with the bass)

Other craftiness:

bandana dress

amy butler domestic goddess apron

Vals' new apron, crafted by Juli

Spotlight:

Fiddleknits

spit felting

karatsticks - kitchener key chain

Episode 10 - In which we start regular segments

2010-04-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

Most of the links are to Ravelry. If you're not on Ravelry, what's wrong with you?!

ON OUR NEEDLES:

Devin's sweater

Legwarmies

Woolly Wormhead hat collection

Vine yoke cardigan

Oatmeal cardigan

Yoda and Darth Vader amigurumi

Juliette skirty / Snapdragon soaker

Crochet grocery bags

Tofusties yarn

Three Irish Girls

Autumn Afternoons Cardigan

Lace edged pillowcases

Weekend Knitting

RANDOMNESS:

Roller Derby

Val and Gloria at the Roller Derby

Knockdown Knits

Kaylee in her big girl bed

OTHER CRAFTINESS:

The hideous Dora quilt for Kaylee

Silk flower bobby pins and a hair band

Handmade nation

SPOTLIGHT:

A Swell Yarn Shop - Duet Yarns

Val's legwarmies

Knit Picks Options Needles

Addi Click

Knit and Crochet Now

We're on iTunes!

2010-04-23T06:46:00.001-07:00

We're on iTunes now. Just search for knit sibs and select the one that starts with Episode 9 (so far that's the only episode up for the new podcast feed.)

Subscribing to our podcast

2010-04-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

Here's instructions to subscribe to our podcast through iTunes even though we're not on their list yet:

Go to iTunes and click on the 'Advanced' tab, then click on 'Subscribe to Podcast'. Enter 'knitsibs.libsyn.com/rss' in the URL box.

That's it! I'll post when we're up on iTunes.

Episode 9 - We're Back!

2010-04-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

We're back after super long hiatus caused by technical problems. Thanks to a new computer from the Knit Sibs Papa we're hoping to get back to podcasting!

The podcast is available at:

http://knitsibs.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=604592

Our new RSS feed address is:

knitsibs.libsyn.com/rss

We are working on getting ourselves back onto iTunes.

In this episode we'll reintroduce ourselves, discuss briefly what we've been up to for the past 2 years, talk about our current knitting, and then Gloria will entertain us with a story.

Shownotes for this episode are a bit overwhelming since we talk about our major projects for the past 2 years. Instead of linking to everything, you can see our previous projects along with our currents projects on our Ravelry project pages:

Valerie - valink

Julianne - pinsandneedles

Gloria - occasionally

Val's kids have taken up knitting and her daughter is now needle felting. Here's a picture of her with a gorgeous whale she made:

You can check out Jodi Picoult's works here and see if she's doing a book signing in your area. Maybe we can all get pictures of our socks "with" her.

Next episode's shownotes will be far more detailed!

We've added a donate button to our podcast since we are now a libsyn podcast and we pay hosting fees. Donations will be graciously accepted.

Episode 9 problems

2008-07-31T08:03:00.001-07:00

Sorry, we're having technical difficulties and can't get our podcast uploaded. We're trying!

Episode 9: We're Baaack!

2008-07-30T12:04:00.000-07:00

We'll have shownotes up soon! Val is out visiting me in Ohio so we'll try to get to it as soon as possible, but there's spinning to be done now!

Enter the contest by e-mailing us at knitsibs@gmail.com

Episode 8: Vacation!!!

2008-03-19T05:42:00.001-07:00

Gloria came to visit me in Ohio, woohoo!

The winner of our last contest is Angie, congrats!! The quote was "the last train to Ronkonkama left an hour ago" from 200 Cigarettes.

Other Podcasts:
Bark n' Knit
Diva Knitting
Knitty Nora's Knitting Natter
Stitch It
Lixie Knits It
A Very Palpable Knit
Ready Set Knit

Ohio Knitting Stores:
Knitters' Mercantile
The Yarn Shop
Heavenly Creations
My Virginia Store - Knitting Sisters

Yarns we saw and bought:
Manos del Uruguay
Lambs Pride worsted
Sirdar Calico
Malabrigo
Araucania - Ranco
Dark Horse Fantasy
Crystal Palace Bamboozle
Misti Alapaca

Patterns:
Talia
Petal Bib - Ravelry link - from One Skein
Baby Surprise Jacket - Ravelry link (non-Ravelry link)

Gloria's discovery: KNIT PICKS!!!

Interweave Knits
Knitting Daily
Rhinebeck

Julianne's WIPS:
Jaywalker
Baby Surprise Jacket - Lotus Yarns
Hemlock Ring Blanket
Test knitting hat for Eleven Stitches

Gloria's WIPS:
Lace Scarf - Ravelry Link
Baby blanket
Hemlock Ring
Jaywalker - Knit Picks Essential
Dashing - FO

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee at Webs

Episode 7 - A New Knit Siblet

2008-01-17T05:16:00.000-08:00

Download Episode 7 here or at iTunes.

Music from this episode is from the podsafe music network at music.podshow.com The song is Crap Tag Your It by Punchalice.

New Knit Siblet knitting:
Patternworks sockittome jacket
Great American Aran Afghan
basketweave blanket - TLC Baby Amore
Baby Surprise Jacket
gDiapers

Contest #1
The movie quote "It's got raisins in it" is from Better Off Dead. The winner of the contest is SaraJane from www.knittingprose.blogspot.com
Contest #2
The winning knock knock joke, as picked by Devin and Georgie, is:
Knock Knock
Who's there?
The interrupting ghost?
The interrup. . .
BOO!
This joke was provided by Heather (nightcrickett on Ravelry)

Hemlock Ring Blanket from Brooklyn Tweed:
Knit-a-long with Ready Set Knit
Infinite Yarns
Cascade Eco Wool
Webs
Harrisville yarn
Calorimetry
Knit Picks needles

WIPs
Valerie:
Sock for George
Wicked
Julianne:
Baseball Sweater
Jaywalker
Gloria:
Lace Scarf
My-So-Called Scarf
Dashing

This Episode's Contest:
Win a fantastic stitch marker bracelet from Fiddle Knits if you can tell us what movie the quote me mention in the podcast is from! Enter by midnight (EST) on Feb. 1st! E-mail your guess to knitsibs (at) gmail (dot) com

Episode 6: Our first Contest!

2008-01-03T11:03:00.000-08:00

Episode 6: Our First Contest!

Visit our individual blogs for pictures of our Christmas knitting (links on the sidebar)!
Christmas Gifts:

Gifted by Val:
Wimple
Neck warmer
Brea Bag

Gifted by Juli:
Pop-up-paws (Ravelry link)
calorimetry
Monkey socks
Embossed leaves from Favorite Socks
LOTUS YARNS!!!!

Gifted by Gloria:
Clapotis
Crochet pursonalities

CONTESTS (deadline, January 14th at midnight):
E-mail us at:knitsibs (at) gmail (dot) com
and tell us what movie the line we mention in the podcast is from for some sock yarn (or another type of yarn if your not a sock knitter).
Leave a comment on this blog post telling us your best knock knock joke for a pair of hand made stitch markers!

Wicked knit a long with Sharon from She-Knits (Ravelry Link)

Episode 5: Without Juli

2007-12-08T12:59:00.000-08:00

Download Episide 5 here. We're podcasting from withing the same room this week, so the audio is quite a bit better. Sorry for the craptastic audio last time.

Juli moved and is without internet for a bit, so Valerie and Gloria podcast.

Gloria is now Blogging here and can be found on Ravelry here.

Vickie Howell : a call to knitters, bring Knitty Gritty back!!

Stuffie: Why was this not mentioned anywhere else?!?!

Calorimetry: The perfect quick gift knit!

Fetching: Is the rolling really a problem?

Jaywalker: Valerie starts a sock!

Lady Jane Craft Center: Gloria is taking a class this weekend

There are two special guests this podcast.... ggg.org.georgie.com check it out!!!

Dotty's Yarn: Red Heart? Really?

Episode 4b: More ramblings!

2007-11-21T04:26:00.000-08:00

We had some issues with this episode. We couldn't get it uploaded then Val got the episode uploaded just a little while before the support team got it uploaded as well. Val's version was Episode 4 and the support version was episode 4b. We erased episode 4 since 4b was slightly edited. And for some reason Val seems to respond to some of our comments before we even say it! It gets worse as the episode goes on so I hope that it doesn't get too confusing. I tried to fix it but since Val's voice goes over me and Gloria's quite a bit I couldn't just cut and paste it. Sorry!! This was our first time actually recording with all 3 of us in a different location, we're still learning about all these programs. I think we've figured out what is going on and should be able to fix it for the next episode. Thanks for sticking around while we figure out all the technicalities of podcasting!!

Download Episode 4b here.

In this episode Julianne talks about her move to Ohio, Valerie introduces herself and declares herself the knitting goddess, and Gloria discusses how she is becoming less of an occasional knitter and more of an obsessive knitter. Plus we discuss the importance of gauge, our holiday knitting plans, and how great hand knitted washcloths are.

Our new theme music is from the podsafe music network:
Crap Tag Your It by Punch Alice

Julianne's Ohio Shopping:Knitting Fair Isle Mittens and Gloves Pace sock yarn
Victorian Lace Today
Woodland Shawl (what I called falling leaves, but this is the one I meant)
Webs
Ready Set Knit
Knitters' Mercantile
Knitters Connection
Lime and Violet
Wildfoote Sock Yarn - I got the color ragtime
Alpaca with a Twist Fino lace yarn
Knitters Almanac
Unspun Icelandic Wool
Razzy Tazzy Knits

Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap

Valerie and her fiber life:
Vogue Stitchtionaries
Secret Pal 11

Gloria's WIPs:
Braided scarf
Morehouse scarf kit

Gloria's Knitting Obsession:
Second sock syndrome
Stash and Burn
Wicked
Central Park Hoodie - #13
Brea Bag

Val's Yarn Purchases:
Wild and Woolly Wools
Cascade 220
Blue Sky Organic Cotton
Part bamboo sock yarn

Julianne's WIPs:
Pop-up paws
Holiday Kal-Cal
Harrisville Yarns

Episode 3 Shownotes (Rhinebeck Wrap Up)

2007-11-03T16:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the delay (I know, 2 of our first 3 shownotes posts have started like that, but I promise this is not going to be a regular occurrence. . . as you know from the show I am in the process of relocating and have limited internet access.) We talked about a whole lot in this episode and I'll just try to keep the shownotes in the order that we talked about them.

Rhinebeck

Juli's purchases (see pictures at my Rhinebeck blog post):
Green sock yarn (I don't know the brand, it's now in storage)
Tongue River Farms sock kit
Socks that Rock
Merino Roving
Alpaca With a Twist (didn't actually buy, but will in the future!)

Gloria's purchases:
Scarf kit from Morehouse farms (kit isn't for sale online)
Super Secret Purchase - I'm not allowed to know what this is so there isn't a link for this!

Valerie's purchases:
A WHEEL!!!!! - Ashford joy double treadle
Blue faced leicester
Undyed sock yarn
Merino Roving
Jacquard acid dyes

Our Brush with the Knitting Famous:
Yarn Harlot siting!
Meditations for women who knit too much by the Yarn Harlot

Blogger Bingo

Plans for next Rhinebeck:
Morehouse Farms Scarf Kits
Brooks Farm
Rhinebeck Ravelry Group

WIP:
Secret Pal Socks - Maizy yarn - Springtime color
Mom's christmas present (Ravelry link)
Brea Bag
Harrisville Yarn

Holiday KAL/CAL:
She-Knits
Yarn Thing

Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap
Sock Knitting Bag Tutorial
Row Counter Bracelet Tutorial

Jasmine Charitable Trust

My preferred yarn storage device - Target cubicles

Items that are worthy of the limited car space for the drive to Ohio:
Socks that Rock
Tongue River Farms
Lotus Yarns

Stash and Burn podcast

Secret Pal 11

Val's package from She-Knits

Tell Val how you balance time with your kids, spouses, and knitting!

Tell Julianne about knitting groups and knitting stores in Mount Vernon, Ohio!

Check out Val's October blog posts for pictures of us at Rhinebeck . . . like this one of the knit sibs with our crochet mama!!

Episode 3: Rhinebeck Wrap-up

2007-10-29T17:16:00.000-07:00

Download Episode 3 here

Shortly after putting up Episode 2.5 I tried uploading the file again, and shocker of all shockers- it worked!! Keep an eye on this spot for links to everything we talked about.

~Valerie

Episode 2.5

2007-10-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Download Episode 2.5 here

So, Juli & I recorded a new episode last night, but I can't get it to load onto MyPodcast.com. Ugh!!! Here's a message from Devin for you to listen to while you're waiting for me to figure out how to fix this.

~Valerie

Episode 2 Shownotes

2007-10-23T03:17:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the delay. I just got back to Virginia yesterday after my Rhinebeck/Broadway weekend.

In this episode we introduce the occasional knitter (Gloria), we discuss our Works In Progress, talk about what we want to buy at Rhinebeck, and tell Valerie what we're getting her for her birthday.

Sorry that I'm (Julianne) a little soft in this one, we had problems all sitting on the floor and fitting around the microphone. Next time we all record in one room I'll be sure to yell!

Here's links to everything we talked about:
**GLORIA INTRODUCES HERSELF**
Patternworks
Fitted Knits - the pattern Gloria wants to knit? (Ravelry link)
Webs

**WIP IT UP**
Valerie - Ravelry link to her WIPS
Whimple - Snowflakes on Shoulder by Kelly Bridges (pattern is not online)
NH fiber arts tour
Wild and Wooly Wools
Cascade pastaza
Melly's bag
Juli's shawl - Val designed this one herself, but it's based on the DNA scarf
Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk
Juli's pillowcases - found in Weekend Knitting

Julianne - Ravelry link to my WIPS
Sweet Pea socks (pattern is not online)
Hill Country Yarns
Irish Hiking Scarf
matches the Calorimetry Val made me
Sweater for my sweetie - Baseball sweater
Socktopia mystery sock - here's a link to the last clue, you'll have to work your way backwards
Magic loop method
Secret Pal socks
Maizy yarn
Favorite Socks

Gloria
Braided scarf - this isn't the exact pattern and she's not using craptacular yarn, Ravelry project pictures are much better
Log Cabin Blanket - similar to this, only with a planned out color scheme
Hat - she hasn't decided on a pattern yet

**RHINEBECK**
Mrs. Beeton
Morehouse Farm - scarf kits
hello yarn - pirate hat
Wool Room at Meadowbrook Farm in Antrim, NH (no website)
Blogger Bingo
Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap
Ice wine
Socks that Rock
Starsky sweater
Rogue hoodie
Wicked
Cropped cardi

Watch out for our next episode where we'll discuss our major scores from Rhinebeck! If you just can't wait, check out our blogs, I've got pictures up of the swag and Val has some action shots of us walking around.

Episode 2: Where Gloria yells at us

2007-10-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

Download here

We're off to Rhinebeck.... Shownote will follow ASAP.

We can now be found on iTunes!!

Episode 1 - Meet 2 of the knit sibs

2007-10-11T18:30:00.000-07:00

Download episode 1 here.

Welcome to our podcast. We hope you enjoyed episode 1! Our shownotes will provide all the links to patterns, shops, items, and events that we discuss on our show. Pictures of our projects will be posted on our personal blogs, which are linked in the sidebar.

Rhinebeck
Socks that Rock
Central Park Hoodie (scroll down to project #13)/Ravelry link
Wicked Sweater/Ravelry link
Ravelry
Vogue Stitchionary
New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour
Mirage Alpacas (not Miracle like we said in the podcast)
Ashford Wheels (Traditional, Kiwi, Joy)
Drop Spindle
Mead

Thanks for tuning in!