Episode 10: Double Digits

First snow in Meadows of Dan, December 5, 2009

Once again Natalie travels up Squirrel Spur Road to record, and sees beautiful sunlight for a change and lovely snow on the ground!

Leslie is unusually chatty about her spinning and offers resources on-line for how to use a drum carder well. Links are:

http://louet.com/spinning-weaving/carding.shtml - click the link for the .pdf how-to
Check out Rexenne's channel on You Tube. She has great drum carder information and lots of other fiber instruction that is fantastic.

Christmas presents are taking up more and more of the girls' time, but Leslie finally came up with a finished object:



Moss Fern Wrap by Kimberly K. McAlindin, from Interweave Crochet, Fall 2009. Crocheted with Unplanned Peacock's Quail colorway in merino/silk laceweight.



Leslie also discovered cables! and loves them. Pictured is her first cable project, which is the Cornflower mitts from Interweave Knits Accessories 2009. More pictures of other projects discussed in the podcast at Leslie's blog. There are also pictures on the blog of the spinning project discussed above. More details available at Greenberry's Ravelry page.

Also pictured above are two skeins of Miss Babs lovely yarns, and the beautiful Woolybuns yarn for her next crochet project.



Natalie is still working on Wicked in that lovely Malabrigo colorway, finishing up the lovely little sweater for Parker and making a mitten scarf for Brooks. More pictures and projects at Natalie's blog. Other details available at KnitFitKnitter's Ravelry page. There are also lovely goodies: Knit Fit Knitting Yarn, Gale's Art roving, and Yarn Pirate treasures!

The newbie question involved a knotty problem, getting what you pay for, and what kind of fiber a busy mom really likes her gifts made from!

Show links:

Wicked
Fetching
Spin A Yarn
Miss Babs
Chiaogoo Needles
Gale's Art
Yarn Pirate
Barnes & Noble: look for the "Gimble"

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