Laura is knitting Hitchhiker by Matina Behm on size 4 (3.5 mm) needles out of Cloudlover SAL/KAL fiber in the Hounted Vineyard Colorway. She has also cast on an Abbi Shawl Color Cardigan by Elizabeth Smith in Vintage Chunky in the 5175 colorway. She is using size 11 (8.0 mm) and 10 (6.0) needles.
Leslie is knitting some Single Malt Woolmeise 100% for the Make a Wish socks. She is using the pattern, Bavarian Cables, by Wendy Johnson. She is using size 1 needles. She has also cast on Pole out of Berroco Boboli on size 9 (5.5mm).
Laura has finished a pair of plain socks using the Wendy Johnson toe-up heel with gusset method out of Vesper in the, “In the Wildwood” colorway. She has also finished a Ruche Beret by Susan B. Anderson out of Tosh Sport in the Vanilla Bean colorway. She knit this on size 7 (4.5 mm) needles from the top down and is a little in love with it. Picnik is an awesome photo editing site.
Leslie has finished an awesome quilt for Laura!!!!!!!!
Debrox is what finally fixed my ear.
Leslie is spinning a Perfect Union in the Tempted Fiber Arts Cashmere blend. She got a total of 301 yards from the main skein.
Laura is spinning on all three wheels. She just finished some merino (around 150 yards) on the Lendrum and a Loop batt on the bug and the kick. The ladybug is going to get Loop batt from her second shipment of the club. The Sidekick has Pigeon Roof Studios batt in Faery. The Lendrum has All Spun Up Polwarth in M2075 colorway.
Book Review: Weekend Hats by Cecily Glowik MacDonald and Melissa LaBarre
Knitabulls Thin Ice KAL
Expand your Horizons SAL
February: Shetland
April: Masham
June: Romney
August:Rambouillet
October: Cheviot
December: Gotland
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I would say my favorite colorway is the Patina… but I’m on a green kick these days. Ask me next week and I might say candied apple!
Love that colorway of Visions of Sugarplums of BFL swirl wool roving. I hunted around on her Etsy shop and I thought that was my favorite one and was neck and neck with Grimace swirl BFL roving. Both of those are my kind of colors! Nummy!
Hi girls, Great episode again. I love the patchwork quilt Leslie, Laura your so lucky to have one gifted. I wish I could afford to donate to your video casts but times are so difficult now. Is there anything from the UK you would like me to send to you that could be used as a giveaway? Please let me know because I want to send my appreciation of the time, money and effort you girls put in. Send me some ideas please, I’ll even put some Cadbury Chocolate in the post as well.
Hey Susan, the Creme Eggs are out already!!!! I saw them in local paper shop in mid-December.
take care,
xxx
I love the Patina colorway, it is my favorite combination of colors.
I loved this episode! Happy New Year y’all!
I checked out Unwind Yarn and wow…beautiful colors. I love Patina and Safety Dance…but Mountain Majesty and Sugared Violet both made me say “oooooooh!” Thanks for introducing me to another etsy favorite! I’m a newer spinner, so I love learning about indie dyers of fiber.
I really like the mountain majesty swirl BFL
I wanted to take the time to tell you how much I like your podcast and look forward to it each week.
I just love that Patina colorway!
I love Mountain Magesty swirl BFL. Thanks for another great episode!!!
I love the Batts using left over colors. Cool Yule was a great blue fiber I could make something fun for my sister.
The consensus seem to be the Patina colorway and I couldn’t agree more. BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I adore Grimace and the one your giving away!
Hello ladies!! Another great episode, you two are so entertaining and crack me up!
I like all the purple color ways of Unwind’s fibers but I have to say that Grimace is my most favorite.
Thanks ladies and have a great day!
Patina for the win! ANother great episode!
No such thing as a fave…too many beauties!
I am currently spinning cherry bomb and abalone just arrived a few days ago…
Though I am drooling over the mountain majesty on swirl bfl that she has up right now
Wonderful show ladies!!!
Sugared violet FTW! Keep up the great work ladies, love your episodes!
I love Patina, but all of them are great. Thanks for another great giveaway and another great episode!
Great episode. Thanks! I am glad you two are enjoying what you do, I’m enjoying watching you, the longer the better.
Leslie, the quilt for Laura is wonderful. What a wonderful gift. I know how much love you put into the quilt.
Good luck on the “Craft Free Night”. It’s like trying to give up candy…I’ve already screwed up on that. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.
Best wishes to both of your for a happy and healthy new year.
I “hinted” to my family that I really needed some Patina. . . I didn’t get it
Howevah, I just seen The Evil Majaraja. . . . *swoon* Must. Have. That. Fiber.
Great show! I have to say, the blanket is absolutely gorgeous!
Chiante is my favorite, but it was close. They’re all beautiful!
omygosh they have gorgeous fiber! I’ve added them to my faves in etsy! even if I don’t win you all have added another indie fiber artist to my list! My favorite right off the “batt” Hahahahaha would have to be the kaleidoscope, and then vapor. Can’t decide.
BTW Leslie, the quilt is gorgeous! Did you do it all on a machine or is some of it done by hand? Great job!
My favorite colorway is Mountain Majesty. Thanks for another great giveaway!
I liked The Evil Majaraja. It looks like it would be interesting once spun up.
Great time in the new year seeing what you have produced. I looked at the Unwind Yarn Store and every color is beautiful. I was drawn to the Patina Handdyed Polwarth Wool Roving for Spinning. Thanks for a chance to win and begin spinning which is a goal in 2012.
I like the Sugared Violet fiber! Lots of pretty colors in the shop all around.
Vapor is just incredible…
Can’t choose between Mountain Majesty or the Honor colorways. Very beautiful colorways and the bats are lovely too.
I hate sari silk but I LOVE the The Evil Majaraja batt.
I’m in love with Patina.
Kaleidoscope is the color I like. And I think you should keep up your project page. Easier than looking up show notes. LOL!
I love Abalone, but the reds (like Honor) really are wonderful as well.
Patina is nice, but vapor and mountain majesty would look amazing plied together!
I really like the Kaleidoscope 33 batt. Purple and gray work so well together.
Leslie, that quilt is friggin’ amazing! Seriously gorgeous. As for the Unwind favs–love Patina and love all the Kaleidoscope batts–I’m on a batt bender.
p.s. Laura–It’s a race. I want to win.
You ladies never fail to make me laugh
my favorite colorway is the Patina
Chianti is the one that caught my eye. Very much enjoyed this podcast after the 2 week holiday. keep it up.
Ravelry name: Smokeybo
Right now I’m really digging the honor – but my favourite so far is Beryl… it is in my stash
I really like the Patina color. I also love her Abalone colorway, but I already have that one in her beautiful fiber that I purchased at the Murfreesboro Fiber Festival.
5 stars!!!!!
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great first of the year episode.
love what you are both working on
Leslie. well done on the quilt. Jessica has some work to beat that.
Laura, am looking forward to seeing how the bull’seye spins up.
take care,
xxxx
I like the Kalediscope 32 batt but I have to be good until after payday.
I really enjoy your podcast. The quilt is amazing.
i ove the totally turq color way. cant wait to see what next week brings grillls!!
Oh how I love your show, thank you for all you two put into it each and every week! I thought the book you reviewed was so beautiful that I put it in my shopping cart (knit picks) before the show even ended.
As for goals for 2012, I haven’t written any down yet. But I did read something today that stuck with me – coming up with a theme for each month. I think that is so interesting and a wonderful way to explore the many different ways to fulfill that theme. My first theme is baking and cooking. I have nearly as many cookbooks as I do knitting books, and I want to use them more often than I do right now. Right in line with the goal to knit or spin from book each month, right Laura?!?
I love the Unwind Yarn’s Velvet Elvis colorway. It’s a great color with a fun name.
Beautiful blanket Leslie! Great job!
If you are gonna be more gentle with yourselves, then don’t apologize for the length of your podcast! You have a lot to say and you are so much fun to watch/listen to. I have missed your weekly missives and am glad you are back safe and sound.
On the subject of that BFL fiber, the sugarplum colorway is AWESOME!! I’m a pink freak and those colors would go with anything else I have. Hmmm…any way to rig the contest?? LOL
You guys are the best (worst) enablers! I’m not currently spinning but still want to buy Patina the most!
Looking forward to enjoying 2012 with you two.
I enjoy the rambly episodes, you don’t need to edit yourselves for me. I’m sitting here at 4:30 in the morning knitting away and it’s great to have some company. Working nights makes one a night owl, doncha know…
The sugarplum color way is really darling – would make something nice for a young girl like my niece. Definitely like your goal setting ideas – I tend to buy enough fiber to spin for a sweater and have yet to actually knit the sweater. I have woven things with it tho – so that counts. You two aren’t far from weaving – once you get spinning and realize you can’t knit up all this yarn – the weaving thing starts. But I’m setting a goal right now to get a sweater’s worth spun up and knit into a sweater.
I was just thinking today before I realized you had an episode up that you are so very generous with your time and energy to do these podcasts every single week, and how hard that has to be to have all that together week in and week out. A week goes by so fast. As much as I look forward to Sunday or Monday – if you have to give yourselves a longer period in between so you don’t get burned out and feel like the rest of your lives are being neglected then maybe set up a schedule for twice a month and if things work out better, do another podcast in between. Especially if we’re all spinning a particular type of fiber, then maybe just a short update on the fiber spinning and then a full episode? Something like that maybe. Just an idea – but again thank you both for all the energy, enthusiasm and great comradarie. I hope we meet up some time. St. Louis has great yarn shops, BTW and in the summer it’s as hot and humid as Mississippi or so I’m told.
I like the sugared violet the best. Happy new year and I hope you will continue having fun making these podcasts.
That quilt just might be the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Wow, just wow!
I think a “no crafting night” is a great idea. It made me think of something I read or heard about music. That it’s the rests, or silence, that make music beautiful. Because without the rests, it becomes a bunch of noise.
So, my favorite of Dana’s fiber…sugared violets. And, yeah, I’m totally being a contest whore entering a giveaway for fiber when I don’t spin, BUT, 1) I never win and 2) one of my friends could spin it into pretty yarn for me. There, inner guilt quieted!
My favorite right now in Dana’s shop is the Patina Polwarth (and I just might nab myself a bump of it too). Laura’s blanket is epically adorable. I’ve been kinda wanting to make myself a quilt lately and you may have just been the last push I needed to enable me to do so. I love the idea of quilting words ! Loved the episode and the goals for the New Year too.
I think that london blue is just georgeous. I just love it, must get some!!!
purple palace is gorgeous!
Patina is my favorite Unwind colorway. It is gorgeous and reminds me of my days in art school.
I loved the Mr. Bubble colorway! So beautiful! So glad to have you both back, girllls!! Loved the episode!
My favorite is Candied Apple
It’s a close tie between Honor and Visions of Sugarplums – they’re both gorgeous!
So glad you’re back in the New Year! Leslie, the quilt you made for Laura is lovely!!!! Love it! In the Unwind yarn, I love the Patina colorway – gorgeous! Happy New Year! Stephanie
I love the patina colorway.
Could always use more purple/pink fiber!!!
I really like the Patina colorway.
I love this one! http://www.etsy.com/listing/89363444/patina-handdyed-polwarth-wool-roving-for
Please, please, please don’t edit your show to be smaller. I look forward to your podcast every week. I would watch it even if it were 2+ hours!
Leslie, that quilt is amazing! I’ve always said I was going to make a quilt. Maybe that should be one of my 2012 goals?
Laura, your spinning blows me away. I have to say, I’m a bit jealous of the three wheels. Hopefully, all of my hints for a wheel for my anniversary hasn’t went on deaf ears. lol
My favorite colorway would have to be Patina. I don’t have much green in my stash, but that just may find it’s way in.
Strawberry Swing – gorgeous!
Great show, again. Of the colorways Dana offers, I really like the Chianti journey sock yarn and the mardi gras thick and thin hand spun. Lovely, lovely.
Love you guys. I anxiously await every episode. The quilt was amazing. What a perfect token of your close friendship. As far as color goes…..it is candied apple for me. All the best in 2012!
Love the Vapor colorway!
I love the Patina polwarth, it’s been in my cart for a while now!
Amazing quilt! Beautiful!
I adore the vapor colorway. The kalidescope ones are amazing too! I just might have to get one or two of them.
Mountain Majesty is my ablosute favorite!
I love the look of Cool Yule Handdyed Swirl BFL Wool Roving. I don’t spin yet but I’m itching to start.
Thanks for an another great episode!
My friend recommended your podcast to me (I think it was at the end of october) and watching you is what helped me through my last minute christmas gift knitting panic (THIS year I will start early. Really, I will!) . Sadly, I have now caugth up and will have to settle to one episode a week . I hope you keep on doing this for a long time.
My fav. unwind colorway is sugared violets. Love you girls!
I really like the Patina. So gorgeous.
I think I like sand and surf best with Mardi Gras a close second!
I love them all! But I am stuck between the Honor BFL and the Mr. Bubble Falkland braids, I need more pink in my life. Love your podcast as always. And always envious of your FO’s.
Ahh, I love your long episodes! Don’t even think about changing
I’m REALLY trying to be good and not buy any yarn/fiber, but that Grimace is so pretty…
Oh my……my favorite video podcast is featuring a giveaway from my favorite audio podcast! I think I’ve died and gone to heaven! The Evil Majaraja is awesome and who wouldn’t love the Velvet Elvis???? And Leslie—-What a beautiful quilt! I don’t know that I would even go to that much work for a quilt for myself! You both are truly gifted with your crafty talents. Thanks for such an awesome podcast. I look forward to each and every episode! I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy lives to do the podcast. You are both such an inspiration. Wishing you both a Happy & Healthy New Year!!!
I love abalone colorway in fiber and amethyst in her twinkle base
The Great Berry Caper = LOVE!
Loved the episode. Loved the quilt.
My favorite is Amethyst Handdyed Twinkle sock yarn.
Love the episode this week and I love the quilt! I LOVE IT! Great job!
Oops… vapor is my favorite colorway! forgot that part!
I like Patina, but they’re all great.
I am a new fan of your videoblog. Thank you so much, I really enjoy it.
I love sugured violets. I very glad I found this etsy shop! Love her colors
My favorite is sugured violets. So glad I found this etsy shop, her colors are beautiful!
I checked out Unwind Yarns —- really like Mountain Majesty.
Leslie – love the quilt. I’ve been trying to come up with something for a new quilt for my Granddaughter. And that fits her perfectly. Would you mind if I stole your basic idea and did a slightly modified version of it later this year? If you would rather I not – I fully understand.
Laura – Thanks a Lot – I’ve sworn off buying books and right now the Weekend Hats is on it way thanks to you and your Ruche Hat. By the way it’s on sale on Amazon for $15.xx.
I looove the Malachite Handdyed Twinkle Sock Yarn, OMG it’s soooo pretty.
I hope you 2 Girllls have a Great New Year. Kindness and Love T
Patina is lovely!
Love them all, but really love patina.
Great show. I enjoyed knitting with you girls this morning !
Happy New Year! Love the quilt!
I love the Mountain Majesty colorway from Unwind. Lots of great colors, though.
Patina and safety dance are my favorites. Safety dance isn’t in my usual color choices but I love it!
HappyNew Year
Patina for sure! I love it!
Just want to say I love the show and love taking the time to knit along with you.
I love, love, LOVE Unwind Yarn Company and Dana. One of my favorite colorways is Mountain Majesty.
I love the Abalone colorway the most although Patina is a very close second!
I have had Pole queued now for a while and so glad you shared your progress. It’ll be one of my 12sweatersin2012 if I ever get going! Thanks for another fun v’cast Girllls.
Wow, the Patina is getting alot of love and I can see why but I have to say my favourite is the Ultramarine but that’s todays choice I might go for another tomorrow!
Great Episode to start 2012!
The Patina looks wonderfully amazing!
I love the yarn in the Chianti colorway. Thanks for the chance to win!
I adore The great berry caper. Looking forward to the new spin a long. I could use some schooling in different breeds.
Enjoyed your thoughts for 2012 – setting goals is the way I get things accomplished and to stretch my skills,
I’ve learned over the years that applying numbers doesn’t always get that accomplished. I like working as it comes.
Unwind Yarn’s Vapor colorway is just my speed.
Thanks for expanding my fiber-related world.
There were three that I love more than the others and I just couldn’t narrow it down more than that. They are, Chianti, Patina and Ultramarine. I’m definitely going to add her stuff to my gift wish list!
I am LOVING the Evil Majaraja! Gorgeous!
I love the Malachite Handdyed Twinkle Sock Yarn!
I’ve had major leftovers the last few projects I made. I always buy one extra but now seem to have 2 or 3 whole skeins left. As one who works at yarn shop, I’d rather designers “lie” that put actual yardage and have a knitter buy exact amount and run out and have to use different lot.
I really love the Patina colorway. Beautiful!
I really love the Terra Nova colourway, reminds me both of forests and one of my fave shows at the moment.
Happy New Year Girlll’s. Enjoyed your long video cast today.
BTW: Ruby Slippers is beautiful.
Love the episode. I got the Weekend Hats book for Christmas and my favorites were the ones you mentioned. As for the fiber, I love the kaleidoscope colorway.
The Patina is the most gorgeous fiber ever! I love the Emerald yarn as well!!
Mountain Majesty and Visions of Sugar Plums are spectacular. Think I’m on a purple kick! I do love all the colorways that have gray in them as well… all so delicious. Thanks for the giveaway and your wonderful podcast! When you said “as long as it’s fun we’ll keep going” I said out loud, “oh, keep having fun!”
my favorite colorway is kaleidoscope!
Hey ladies. Thanks for another great show. If I had to pick only one, I would pick ‘Patina’ as my favorite!
Love the Patina!
Grimace is wonderful….but Rubyslippers is also super!
Patina really catches my eye! Love the colors of all of the fiber and yarn though.
I have been Etsy stalking The Evil Majaraja for awhile now…too bad I am on a stash diet this year.
I love purple palace dark and love the podcast. You make me want to do more.
I love the mountain majesty colorway. I love the quilt that you made. My grandma makes quilts and I have been toying with the idea of making one this year – we will see how that goes
I love Ruby Slippers BFL and the Honor BFL. They are just so pretty. I think I am on my way back over there to purchase some. Yummy stuff there.
I think Ultramarine is my favorite, followed by Ruby Slippers.
I like the Velvet Elvis colorway. For one, I like blues and greys together, but also, my dog’s name is Elvis.
Patina Handdyed Polwarth, or the Sugared Violets. I love all of her colors.
Great episode ladies! I am really loving the Patina colorway.
You both are just getting better and better! I love the sand and surf colorway from Unwind.
I love the Chianti colorway because my mom (who doesn’t drink wine) was going to name me that. And I love purple!
Any color would be fine. I love the podcast and you can make it as long as you want!
I really like the woodsman colorway. thanks for another wonderful giveaway
I love the mountain majesty colourway and the sugared violet one too, they are both gorgeous. In fact all the roving and yarns are delicious!
I love your show!
that fiber is awesome. I hope I win!
I could always use more spinning fiber. I need to get spinning faster!
Love the patina colour way! And congrats to Leslie on the awesome quilt. Or maybe I need to congratulate Laura on being the recipient. So much work gone into that. It’s so unique.
Happy New Year sweet knitgirllls!!!!
You both are awesome! I love your podcast and this video was just amazing! I love that quilt,it looks just gorgeous,so much love and work put in it!
Thank you for introducing another great shop on Etsy,her yarns are just gorgeous especially I love the “Purple Palace Dark Handdyed Weekend Sock” and as I love purples very much, so it seems that “Kaleidoscope 33 soft and smooth drumcarded fiber batt for spinning or felting- 1.7oz” would be just a dream to spin.
question… who makes sthe cute little project bags that you use? I am not sure of the spelling and have been searching on etsy… piddaloop?
thanks
I really do like your podcast! As you see, I’m a little late and have to catch up, but I will! You’re almost at 100 episodes! Wow! I like your new year’s goals! Happy New Year 2012!