Episode 143
This week, the YAYH podcast hit a few milestones:100,000+ downloads and 600+ group members on Ravelry. I’m so grateful to everyone for your support and enthusiasm for the show. This episode features updates on three projects in progress. I share my plan for spinning up Shetland fleece on a Scottish dealgan, and talk about my commitment to making things and reducing consumption. In response to the shock and disappointment of the 2016 election, I’ve been turning to poetry. Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Kindness” has struck a chord. Listen, read it, and share with others.
from “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore . . .
On the Porch
![Progress on my Sheep 2 Shawl class project.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.01.jpg)
![I'll be spinning prepared rolags on a dealgan, a Scottish spindle (pronounced dJA la gen). Click the image for a link to Lois Swales' demonstration video.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.03.jpg)
![A spun sample of Eloise's fleece: 21 grams, 33 yards.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.04.jpg)
![Calculations of unwashed vs. scoured fleece. I experienced a 22.9% loss.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.05.jpg)
#powerpantry
![Pumpkin mac 'n cheese, topped with panko bread crumbs. So incredibly yummy. I really like the recipe from Broke Ass Gourmet. Click photo for a link.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.02.jpg)
Off the Shelf
James Rebanks on the Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC).
And Sew Forth
Dopp Kit tutorial on Creativebug
![Panel discussion at FIT: How practices developed by the Slow Food Movement may also benefit the fashion industry. Panel moderator Summer Rayne Oakes, director of marketing for Foodstand, a company that promotes good eating habits, speaks with chef Daphne Cheng, a pioneer in plant-based cuisine; fashion designer Jussara Lee; and Richard McCarthy, executive director of Slow Food USA.](https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ep143.06.jpg)