Episode 4 - A Happy Ending & WOMEN!

Yay, audio issues resolved!

Listen to the Episode - I will be uploading the episode to I-tunes Sunday at the latest. If you'd like to listen now and will be around your computer, click the link!

In which we finish Wanted ~ A Chaperon by Paul Leicester Ford
















What is a lambrequin?

Does anyone know what a "rubber sandwich" meant? I have looked and looked on the interwebs, to no avail. If you can tell me, I'd be most delighted!



Topics:

- The ITV Digital Monkey pattern - pdf link - Ravelry link -

- Monkee Maker website

- I won a Monkee!

- Still chuggin' on the Bumblee Bee Socks (Ravelry link)

- Mystic Waters shawl (Ravelry link here) - good for beginners! I'm knitting one.

- Lifelines

- Silky Flamme update

- Wisp!

- Kidsilk Night

- Saartje's Booties (Ravelry link) (pdf) & Mods (Ravelry link)

- Christine's Stay On Baby Booties (Ravelry link)

- Dale of Norway, Baby Ull

- Anastasia Socks (Ravelry link) - see my modded socks (Ravelry link)

- I spun a little on election night (click to enlarge)













- Roving from Funky Carolina - excellent customer service, pretty things!

- Hammering out the pronunciation of Bohus - thanks to the Yarniad!

- A funny little book - readings from Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

- Yes, Elbert was a man!

- Madame Guyon (click to enlarge image)













- A Post Script - The Duchess

Enjoy the show!

. . .

"'You've never drunk champagne before?' he inquired"




















" 'Oh, aunty,' cried the girl, springing to her feet"

























"He . . . took up the little vase of violets, and raised them to his face"

























" 'But he asks if he may call,' Lydia reminded her aunt"



















Artwork by Howard Chandler Christy. Click to enlarge.



Listener Incentive:

Say hello to Fluffy! If you feel the need to take him (or her) home, leave me a comment! I'll randomly choose a winner to be announced for the November 22 podcast. So you've got until Thursday November 20th to leave a comment! If you need your own right now, you can visit the maker's Etsy shop. Won't it be cute hanging out in your yarn balls, or being played with by your kids?

Artwork

I promised you some artwork from the book a little while ago. Click to enjoy!

Episode 3 - Almost Finished!

Listen to the Episode

In which I read to you from
Wanted ~ A Chaperon by Paul Leicester Ford
pages 57 - 76
















Topics

- Murder of Paul Leicester Ford (pdf) or read the abstract

- Somafm - commercial-free, free internet radio

- Poems of Color, Bohus Knitting, Poems of Color reprint

- My first sweater, finished!

- Knitting From the Top by Barbara G. Walker

- Sweater Design in Plain English

- Online Raglan Tutorial - I highly recommend this tutorial, it helped me immensely!

- Vesper Sock Yarn on Knitterly Things

- My Halloween Socks!

- Vesper yarn destash here

- Amelia Peabody, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

- Sewn Bind Off

* One thing I didn't mention about the sewn bind off is that all the directions I've read direct you to use 2x the circumference of the sock. I have found this is not enough, and always use at least 5x the circumference of the sock to bind off. This ensures a nice loose, open hole, which is the whole point of the bind off.

Episode 2 - Part the Second

I must apologize - apparently, I didn't plug in the microphone the entire way (who knew!) and so there are popping noises. The next episode will be better, I promise! (Now that I've finally made the mistakes and gotten it all figured out!) (Oh, how embarrassing, you can hear me clicking away on the mouse the whole time. I swear I was just trying to look up what I was talking about!) The podcast should be showing up in I-tunes soon, and I will let you know when it does!

Listen to the Episode

In which I read to you from
Wanted ~ A Chaperon by Paul Leicester Ford
pages 24 - 57
















Topics:

- Lacis

- Bobbin Lace

- Community Dollars - the Humboldt Exchange

- My first sweater in Silky Flamme (Ravelry links) or see Silky Flamme here

- Yarn Boutique (support an lys!)

- test-knitting the Pauline pattern by Knitting Kninja

- Malabrigo Merino Worsted (Ravelry link) or see it here, at home

- Recommended book: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry

- Vesper Sock Yarn at Knitterly Things

- Popsicle Colorway in Colinette Jitterbug (Ravelry link) or check it out here

- Bernat Glow in the Dark Yarn

- Exploring the Family Trunk Project, admiring the Indiana Jones Socks

- The October weather, & joy of all joys, Seasonality!


















Do you have any Halloween traditions you'd like to share? Any UFO stories? (unfinished objects) Please tell!

Artwork Interlude

Look for another episode on Wednesday!

In the meantime, enjoy this artwork from the book.

























"She threw open the door, letting in ... a flurry of snowflakes."

By Howard Chandler Christy. Click picture to enlarge.

Episode 1 - The Beginning

When you click on the link "listen to the episode" it'll give you a list of players to choose from, I recommend Real Player, VLC Media Player, or Quick Time. It will take a few minutes to load at the moment, 5-10 depending on how laden your computer is and your internet speed. Just be patient. When it's ready, the player should pop open and it'll either start playing or it'll let you click "play."

Listen to the Episode

In which I read to you from
Wanted ~ A Chaperon by Paul Leicester Ford
to page 24

















Topics:

- Fairisle knitting

- My current wips

- Crystal of Boll Weaver Yarns

- Harlot Pictures of my Bumble Bee Sock at Copperfield's Books in Santa Rosa

- Shibui Sock Yarn

- My first fleece from the California Wool & Fiber Festival

- Unicorn Power Scour

- How DOES one pronounce a number in a word? Sockpr0n's inspiring fleece post.

- Article Pract

- A Verb for Keeping Warm

- Rock & Weave Sock pattern (see them on Ravelry!) and see mine

(apologies for giggling over my odd pronunciations of Ms. A. Karen Alfke's surname - I am laughing at myself here. I have the tendency to always laugh when I shouldn't - when people fall down, if there is some tragic event - it's just misplaced hysteria and how I manifest being uncomfortable, but it comes off that I'm a mean person. I'm not really. Not too much, anyways.)

- Turn of the Screw on Craftlit

Notes:

If you are going to be around your computer, you should be able to listen to the podcast from your computer. I will be uploading it to I-tunes and doing more with it, but if you feel like listening now, you can!


Artwork by Howard Chandler Christy. Click to enlarge.
























" 'Oh, must you, aunty?' wailed Lydia"