Episode 19 "I Like The Earth"

Backstage Knitting Podcast
Episode 19
“I like the earth”
 
***Apologies: There is a weird crackly echo from 40:30-41:04. It is the start of Bethany’s Netflix and Knit.***

• Shout out to Kate from Texas.
• On the Needles:
  • Anna is working on a pair of basic socks for her Hubby in Magpie Fibers Swanky Sock in the Empty Night colorway.
    • http://www.magpiefibers.com/swanky-sock/empty-night
  • Bethany is working on her “Coronation Day” Boxy by Joji Locatele in the Winter Jewels colorway by Fancy Image Yarns, Seahawks shorty socks in Seahawk colorways from Fancy Image Yarns, and a shell/tank top by me out of Forbidden Woolery in the discontinued Sweet Pea colorway.
    • http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boxy
    • http://www.fancyimageyarn.com
    • http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fish-lips-kiss-heel
    • https://www.forbiddenwoolery.com/search?q=sweet+pea
• Off the Needles:
  • Anna finished her first sock in the Empty Night colorway for her husband.
• In Time Out:
  • Bethany has her #13 #pussyhat in time, she is not happy with her own work. She also has her 2nd Hamilknit Hat by Emily Straw in time out due to her own issues and is not reflective of the pattern.
    • http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hamilknit
• Sew A Needle Pulling Thread:
  • Anna has done some mending and some work on her sundresses in progress.
• Spinning:
  • Bethany has done some spinning on her Turkish drop spindle but a very small amount.
    • We got derailed and talked about Veggie Tales and Silly Songs with Larry. Here you go! ;)
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtHr7gluh08
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpcf_qD3GW4
• Knetflix and Knit:
  • Anna is watching Deep Space 9. She is reading Molly Crabapple’s autobiography and “A Year in Provence” by Peter Mayle. Bethany jumped in and recommended The Woven Road podcast.
    • https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Blood-Molly-Crabapple/dp/0062323644/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492490205&sr=8-1&keywords=molly+crabapple
    • https://www.amazon.com/Year-Provence-Peter-Mayle/dp/0679731148/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492490234&sr=8-1&keywords=a+year+in+provence
    • http://www.thewovenroad.com
    
    

 

• Bethany is watching Friends, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, West Wing Season 1 and listening to the West Wing Weekly podcast in conjuction- if you want to chat about it in the West Wing Along thread in our Ravelry group, please do so!! She is also watching Feud and RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9.  She started reading “No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting.”
  • http://thewestwingweekly.com
  • https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=no+idle+hands+the+social+history+of+american+knitting&sprefix=no+idle+%2Caps%2C245&crid=1CADB5MF7HNBR
• Healing Hands:
  • Anna is half way through her first term in massage school. She really enjoys the hands on portion but is concerned about the academic side of the course load.
• In Rehearsal:
  • Bethany is designing sound and will be running box office for New Muses production of Peer Gynt opening on April 27, 2017.
    • http://www.newmuses.com
• CONTESTS:
  • #BSKPHAMILONG prizes will be in the mail on Saturday April 15, 2017.
  • NEW CONTEST!!!!!!
    • Tell Us Your Name!
      • Join the Backstage Knitting Podcast Ravelry group.
      • Tell us the story behind your Ravelry name in the Tell Us Your Name Thread.
      • We will randomly choose a winner when we record episode 21 on May 13.
    • The PRIZE is a skein of sock yarn from Fierce Fiber in the Druple colorway.
• Events:
  • PNW Yarn Crawl May 4-7, 2017
    • http://www.pnwyarncrawl.com
  • World Wide Knit In Public Day June 10, 2017
  • Mariners Stitch N Pitch July 20, 2017
    • http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/schedule/promotions.jsp?c_id=sea

 
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