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Episode 141

October 26, 2016November 27, 2016 by Sara

141-15 The past two weekends have been full of woolly adventures. In this episode, I share the details of my visit to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. Listen to find out about the fleece we purchased. I also talk about this month’s Sheep to Shawl course at the Fiber Craft Studio, a lecture by Betsan Corkhill, and my thoughts on slow fashion for #slowfashionoctober.

Rhinebeck 2016

141-3 — It was so much fun to re-connect with ladies from the Washington County Farm & Fiber Tour.

Introducing the fleece of Eloise, the Shetland sheep.

On Sunday, we divided the fleece for Part II of our Fleece-Wise series.

On Sunday morning, Claire and I walked the trestle bridge trail near Rosendale.

My Rhinebeck haul and some special gifts from Emily and Claire.

#powerpantry

Finally, I tried the German Hunter's Stew recipe posted by Karen. Click photo for recipe link. — Finally, I tried the German Hunter’s Stew recipe posted by Karen.

A layer of thinly sliced tart apples lends an unusual sweetness to the dish.

Fiber Craft Studio

Knit for Health & Wellness
Betsan Corkhill (audio) on To the Best of Our Knowledge podcast
Stitchlinks website
Knitting Equation

Betsan Corkhill, author of Knit for Health and Wellness, spoke at the Threefold Center.

Preparing walnuts for a dye bath. I'm wearing my indigo-dyed smock! — Preparing walnuts for a dye bath. I’m wearing my indigo-dyed smock! If you’ve been listening to my discussions of the Sheep to Shawl course at Fiber Craft Studio, you may be interested to learn that registration is now open for the 2017 course. Click the photo for a link.

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Liz McReynolds says:

November 4, 2016 at 1:35 am

Hi Sara, I so enjoyed your episode! I had a chuckle about your story of the Bressay Dress, I too tried the dress on at Trillium yarns, where I also bought the book and knit it as a tunic. I loved that store and am so sorry that it is no longer around, it was very close to my house. I am also interested in the Fiber Craft Studio, it’s less than an hour away from me and I want to look at some of the classes, I am not a spinner, would like to learn how to spindle, but am worried the sheep to shawl may be too much for me. Thanks so much for all the great information that you share! I really enjoy listening to the podcast! Elizmcryn on Ravelry

Arrows and Doorways

The design for this super-cozy cowl was inspired by textiles in a hotel lobby. Concentric geometric shapes kept playing in my mind until finally I was able to chart the pattern and get it onto my needles. The interplay of this chevron-like patterning has a mesmerizing effect–while you’re knitting and when you wear the finished accessory.

Knit up a cowl with yarn from your stash, adding some magical new mini-skeins from your advent calendar, or exchange leftover yarn with a friend. The design invites frequent color changes, and makes an ideal knit for the advent season. It could be just as striking knit with two high-contrast colors.

While most cowls of this type are seamed within a band of a single color, this pattern incorporates a technique called stranded donut grafting, an incredibly clever and completely seamless graft that allows you to maintain colorwork patterning so that your starting and ending rounds are undetectable. Really! With many possibilities for color play and a new technique to add to your skill set, this cowl pattern is really an opportunity for knitters to level-up!

NEW PATTERN DESIGN!

ONE DARK BLUE NIGHT

This hat is the third in a series of patterns inspired by teachings in Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run with the Wolves. This time, I drew inspiration from Estés’ retelling of a Japanese tale, Tsukina Waguma or “The Crescent Moon Bear,” in which a young woman travels to the cave of an incredibly intimidating and ferocious bear. She makes several journeys to the cave, leaving food and quickly retreating, until “one dark blue night,” she musters the courage to stand her ground and ask for what she seeks--one hair from a moon-shaped patch on the bear’s chest--which she is granted. The young woman returns, triumphant, to the old healer who has sent her on this quest. She believes this single hair is the magic ingredient in solving the problem that plagues her. She holds it forth, but the healer tosses the hair into the flames. The young woman is in despair until she realizes the true lesson of her quest: that using her determination, courage, and patience, as she did with the crescent moon bear, will help her to confront the challenge at hand.

The moon phase motif of this colorwork hat is meant to capture the magic of a dark blue night--when the moon shines brightly overhead, the frosty air sparkles with possibility, and we succeed in summoning accumulated wisdom from deep within ourselves so that we can apply it to our own healing. Choose colors to conjure a wintery night sky, or select a palette of your signature colors.

Available on Ravelry December 20th.

Yarns at Yin Hoo

Episode 141

Rhinebeck 2016

#powerpantry

Fiber Craft Studio

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