BTF Episode 84: HomestretchIn which I reframe what finishing means to me, get some spinning done but not a lot because wedding, talk about spinning for specific end uses for Level 5, almost finish the Druid Mittens, and get a little bit done on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Fibreworks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park, British Columbia  Fibre Notes  Druid Mittens by Jared Flood – !!Ravelry link!! Socknado in Iron Horse from Ancient Arts Yarns Circumvolute Hat by Hunter Hammersen – !!Ravelry link!! Pippa DK from Posh Yarns – !!Ravelry link!!, discontinued, sadly! The Water Lily Pond socks by Becky Greene – !!Ravelry link!! Smooth Sailing blanket by Tanis Lavallee – !!Ravelry link!! Berocco Vintage yarn – !!Ravelry link!!  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 16 September 2020

BTF Episode 84: Homestretch In which I reframe what finishing means to me, get some spinning done but not a lot because wedding, talk about spinning for specific end uses for Level 5, almost finish the Druid Mittens, and get a little bit done on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.fibreworksgallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibreworks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park, British Columbia</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/03-green-autumn-druid-mittens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Druid Mittens by Jared Flood</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://ancientartsfibre.com/collections/fingering-sock/products/iron-horse-in-fingering-sock-weight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Socknado in Iron Horse from Ancient Arts Yarns</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circumvolute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circumvolute Hat by Hunter Hammersen</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/posh-yarn-pippa-dk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pippa DK from Posh Yarns</a> – !!Ravelry link!!, discontinued, sadly!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-water-lily-pond" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Water Lily Pond socks by Becky Greene</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/smooth-sailing-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smooth Sailing blanket by Tanis Lavallee</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/berroco-vintage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berocco Vintage yarn</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200916-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 16 September 2020

Episode 84: Homestretch

BTF Episode 83: Time CrunchIn which I contemplate the progression of time, get caught up on spinning and writing and teaching, talk about spinning woollen for Level 5, have a few smaller projects on the needles, and wonder if I’ve made any progress at all on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. The Diefenbaker 25 podcast – my 25th high school reunion podcast by Rick Lee Fibreworks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park, British Columbia Spindlecorns Facebook group Spin Off Magazine PLY Magazine Email me to enter to win a copy of PLY’s Summer 2020 issue on supported spinning!  Fibre Notes  Druid Mittens by Jared Flood – !!Ravelry link!! Socknado in Iron Horse from Ancient Arts Yarns Circumvolute Hat by Hunter Hammersen – !!Ravelry link!! Pippa DK from Posh Yarns – !!Ravelry link!!, discontinued, sadly! The Water Lily Pond socks by Becky Greene – !!Ravelry link!! Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard – !!Ravelry link!! Dragon El’Ejin by Anastasia Kirs – !!Ravelry link!!   By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 9 August 2020

BTF Episode 83: Time Crunch In which I contemplate the progression of time, get caught up on spinning and writing and teaching, talk about spinning woollen for Level 5, have a few smaller projects on the needles, and wonder if I’ve made any progress at all on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://anchor.fm/diefenbaker25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Diefenbaker 25 podcast</a> – my 25th high school reunion podcast by Rick Lee</li> <li><a href="https://www.fibreworksgallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibreworks Studio and Gallery in Madeira Park, British Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/560842854867414/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spindlecorns Facebook group</a></li> <li><a href="https://spinoffmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spin Off Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://plymagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PLY Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:bythefibreside@gmail.com">Email me</a> to enter to win a copy of PLY’s Summer 2020 issue on supported spinning!</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/03-green-autumn-druid-mittens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Druid Mittens by Jared Flood</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://ancientartsfibre.com/collections/fingering-sock/products/iron-horse-in-fingering-sock-weight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Socknado in Iron Horse from Ancient Arts Yarns</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circumvolute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circumvolute Hat by Hunter Hammersen</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/posh-yarn-pippa-dk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pippa DK from Posh Yarns</a> – !!Ravelry link!!, discontinued, sadly!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-water-lily-pond" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Water Lily Pond socks by Becky Greene</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a> – !!Ravelry link!!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-elejin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragon El’Ejin by Anastasia Kirs</a> – !!Ravelry link!! </li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200809-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 9 August 2020

Episode 83: Time Crunch

BTF Episode 82: Good HoshiIn which I relate our close encounter with wildlife, let you know about an upcoming online spinning class I’ll be running, talk about spinning to specific twists per inch for Level 5, garden and do a little bit of fibre work, and move the Qsnap frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Spindlecorns Facebook group – join the group if you’re interested in online spin-ins and my first online class! Spin Off Magazine PLY Magazine Jessie McKitrick’s Ravelry design page  Fibre Notes  Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Dragon El’Ejin by Anastasia Kirs – currently only available on Etsy, should be available on Ravelry shortly!  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 19 May 2020

BTF Episode 82: Good Hoshi In which I relate our close encounter with wildlife, let you know about an upcoming online spinning class I’ll be running, talk about spinning to specific twists per inch for Level 5, garden and do a little bit of fibre work, and move the Qsnap frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/560842854867414/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spindlecorns Facebook group</a> – join the group if you’re interested in online spin-ins and my first online class!</li> <li><a href="https://spinoffmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spin Off Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://plymagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PLY Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/designers/jessie-mckitrick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessie McKitrick’s Ravelry design page</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-elejin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dragon El’Ejin by Anastasia Kirs</a> – currently only available on Etsy, should be available on Ravelry shortly!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20200519-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 19 May 2020

Episode 82: Good Hoshi

BTF Episode 81: AdjustmentsIn which I figure out how to deal with a very annoying sliver in my finger, talk about the spinning study I’m doing for the next few weeks as well as my mental health, grumble about designer yarns for Level 5, keep working away at all my big projects, and work my way back to working on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Spin Off Magazine Digital Blasphemy, home of Ryan Bliss “Island in the Void” was the picture I based my ‘inspired by’ skein on.  Fibre Notes  Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Kara’s Facebook Live where she dyes tops.  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 3 April 2020

BTF Episode 81: Adjustments In which I figure out how to deal with a very annoying sliver in my finger, talk about the spinning study I’m doing for the next few weeks as well as my mental health, grumble about designer yarns for Level 5, keep working away at all my big projects, and work my way back to working on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://spinoffmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spin Off Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Blasphemy, home of Ryan Bliss</a></li> <li><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/preview.shtml?i=island2k143" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Island in the Void” was the picture I based my ‘inspired by’ skein on.</a></li><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/preview.shtml?i=island2k143" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></ul><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/preview.shtml?i=island2k143" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fibre Notes </a><ul><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/preview.shtml?i=island2k143" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><li><a href="https://digitalblasphemy.com/preview.shtml?i=island2k143" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spinheartspinhandspun/videos/1120083168342879/?__xts__[0]=68.ARA9I_hrhKqZFYizws8n2jXavgWvopsOuxAU7mBn79P7sZcPdxn48MOzb-_84d6hkLOy9SCXoevqZB4tAxg1-Yo6TUESPxWTvqCnKQTTi3saJQcqln4bb-TOPbiilRGKxu69-3HTr6AoZFcRHsHK0Lk5xIRx6zkdt7jbriFsmYQYxRlxunfYT4MyC8wMCN6NAmTHGWebYz29-Q-FMSXNXOBN2_HJ_epFnGkndmg733SJugTrY1RwAVbfHxpKrdPYkJxOl3I3Yot2Yka48flijj1EMZqtBDQ1YuMB8bvn9xo4DUrK0c2MpmbXWjlyN_a6HfdYrPxyowk05ActhR_2bpnpjPwmlHt43FS9hw&amp;__tn__=-R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kara’s Facebook Live where she dyes tops</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200403-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 3 April 2020

BTF Episode 81: Adjustments

BTF Episode 80: Self-KindnessIn which I give myself a talking-to about being kind to myself, talk about the teaching I’m doing and what I’d like to do in the next few weeks, wax poetic about yak for Level 5, finish a cowl but will probably tear it back, and make some actual progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College.  Fibre Notes  Shukriya by Susanne Talluri – the cowl I finished (and will probably tear back) out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below). A Hundred Ravens Yarn, who dyed the miniskein set. This is Mermaid’s Tail, the colourway I have. Intermingle by Rich Ensor – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn! Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee – queen-sized blanket where I am using Berroco Vintage. Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Counting Sheep Scarf by Lisa Hannan Fox – one of the double-knit scarves I’m considering. Clockwork Dragon Scarf by Tania Richter – the other double-knit scarf I’m thinking about.  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 3 April 2020

BTF Episode 80: Self-Kindness In which I give myself a talking-to about being kind to myself, talk about the teaching I’m doing and what I’d like to do in the next few weeks, wax poetic about yak for Level 5, finish a cowl but will probably tear it back, and make some actual progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href='https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shukriya"' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shukriya by Susanne Talluri</a> – the cowl I finished (and will probably tear back) out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below).</li> <li><a href="https://ahundredravens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Hundred Ravens Yarn</a>, who dyed the miniskein set. <a href="https://ahundredravens.com/product/mermaids-tail-mini-set/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is Mermaid’s Tail,</a> the colourway I have.</li> <li><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEw18/PATTintermingle/PATTintermingle.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intermingle by Rich Ensor</a> – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/smooth-sailing-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee</a> – queen-sized blanket where I am using <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/berroco-vintage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berroco Vintage</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/counting-sheep-scarf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Counting Sheep Scarf by Lisa Hannan Fox</a> – one of the double-knit scarves I’m considering.</li> <li><a>Clockwork Dragon Scarf by Tania Richter</a> – the other double-knit scarf I’m thinking about.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200403-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 3 April 2020

Episode 80: Self Kindness

BTF Episode 79: Pandemic ReflectionsIn which I reflect on the pandemic that will affect us all, talk about some of the technical spinning and course development I’d like to do, go over angora for Level 5, examine the projects I have on the go in anticipation of quarantine, and make a plan for better progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Pandemic Reflections  Oranje by by Ann Weaver  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College.  Fibre Notes  Intermingle by Rich Ensor – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn! \ Shukriya by Susanne Talluri – nice and simple cowl I’m knitting out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below). A Hundred Ravens Yarn, who dyed the miniskein set. This is Mermaid’s Tail, the colourway I have. Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee – I am using Berroco Vintage. Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Lascaux Fine from Ancient Arts Yarns.  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 17 March 2020

BTF Episode 79: Pandemic Reflections In which I reflect on the pandemic that will affect us all, talk about some of the technical spinning and course development I’d like to do, go over angora for Level 5, examine the projects I have on the go in anticipation of quarantine, and make a plan for better progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Pandemic Reflections <ul> <li><a href="https://knitty.com/ISSUEw11/PATToranje.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oranje by by Ann Weaver</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEw18/PATTintermingle/PATTintermingle.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intermingle by Rich Ensor</a> – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn!</li> \ <li><a href='https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shukriya"' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shukriya by Susanne Talluri</a> – nice and simple cowl I’m knitting out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below).</li> <li><a href="https://ahundredravens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Hundred Ravens Yarn</a>, who dyed the miniskein set. <a href="https://ahundredravens.com/product/mermaids-tail-mini-set/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is Mermaid’s Tail,</a> the colourway I have.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/smooth-sailing-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee</a> – I am using <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/berroco-vintage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berroco Vintage</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://ancientartsfibre.com/collections/in-stock-lascaux-fine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lascaux Fine from Ancient Arts Yarns</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200317-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 17 March 2020

Episode 79: Pandemic Reflections

BTF Episode 78: TailoredIn which I talk about my relationship with clothes over my life in anticipation of wedding dress shopping, talk about some more upcoming teaching and how much fun I’ve been having with mystery fibre at guild, talk about burn tests for Level 5, get started on two knitting projects and try to decide which one to take traveling, and realize how important sunshine is for progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Tailored  Lammle’s Western Wear Long Tall Sally (was Tall Girl)  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. 2020 Cowichan Hand 2 Hand Fibre Arts Workshops Weekend.  Fibre Notes  Intermingle by Rich Ensor – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn! \ Shukriya by Susanne Talluri – nice and simple cowl I’m knitting out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below). A Hundred Ravens Yarn, who dyed the miniskein set. This is Mermaid’s Tail, the colourway I have. My sister’s mittens, originally knit for Christmas 2012! Hers are the blue/gray ones. I like them way better now than when I finished them!  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 26 February 2020

BTF Episode 78: Tailored In which I talk about my relationship with clothes over my life in anticipation of wedding dress shopping, talk about some more upcoming teaching and how much fun I’ve been having with mystery fibre at guild, talk about burn tests for Level 5, get started on two knitting projects and try to decide which one to take traveling, and realize how important sunshine is for progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Tailored <ul> <li><a href="https://www.lammles.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lammle’s Western Wear</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.longtallsally.com/ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Long Tall Sally (was Tall Girl)</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://cowichanh2hfibrearts.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Cowichan Hand 2 Hand Fibre Arts Workshops Weekend</a>.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEw18/PATTintermingle/PATTintermingle.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intermingle by Rich Ensor</a> – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn!</li> \ <li><a href='https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shukriya"' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shukriya by Susanne Talluri</a> – nice and simple cowl I’m knitting out of a seven-step miniskein gradient (below).</li> <li><a href="https://ahundredravens.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Hundred Ravens Yarn</a>, who dyed the miniskein set. <a href="https://ahundredravens.com/product/mermaids-tail-mini-set/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is Mermaid’s Tail,</a> the colourway I have.</li> <li><a href="https://ravel.me/Sparqness/jutj9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My sister’s mittens, originally knit for Christmas 2012!</a> Hers are the blue/gray ones. I like them way better now than when I finished them!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200226-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 26 February 2020

Episode 78: Tailored

BTF Episode 77: Sailing through LifeIn which I talk about how life sometimes tells you where you need to go, talk about some upcoming teaching and the yarn I’ve completed spinning recently, go over “cellulose fibres” for Level 5, finish two projects and try to figure out what to do next, review two books that have a fibre arts connection, and move the frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. 2020 Sunshine Coast Fibre Camp.  Fibre Notes  Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from. In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl Circumvolute by Hunter Hammersen – I knit Hat B. Black Cat Custom Yarn’s shop on Etsy. This is what Nemesis should look like – mine has more white. Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee – pattern I am upsizing for a queen-sized blanket. Intermingle by Rich Ensor – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn!  Side Notes  E.K. Johnston’s official website Page for A Thousand Nights and Spindle (with buying options). The Story of Owen page (with buying options).  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 12 February 2020

BTF Episode 77: Sailing through Life In which I talk about how life sometimes tells you where you need to go, talk about some upcoming teaching and the yarn I’ve completed spinning recently, go over “cellulose fibres” for Level 5, finish two projects and try to figure out what to do next, review two books that have a fibre arts connection, and move the frame on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.fibrecamp.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Sunshine Coast Fibre Camp</a>.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a>, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-the-night-garden-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova</a> – the pattern for my wedding shawl</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circumvolute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circumvolute by Hunter Hammersen</a> – I knit Hat B.</li> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blackcatcustomyarn?ref=shop_sugg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Cat Custom Yarn’s shop on Etsy</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blackcatcustomyarn/search?search_query=nemesis&amp;search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_12678897&amp;ref=auto-1&amp;as_prefix=nemesis+&amp;explicit_scope=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is what Nemesis should look like – mine has more white</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/smooth-sailing-5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smooth Sailing by Tanis Lavallee</a> – pattern I am upsizing for a queen-sized blanket.</li> <li><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEw18/PATTintermingle/PATTintermingle.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intermingle by Rich Ensor</a> – trying this out for cabled socks from some of my Danish sock yarn!</li> </ul> Side Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ekjohnston.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E.K. Johnston’s official website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ekjohnston.ca/a-thousand-nights" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Page for A Thousand Nights and Spindle (with buying options)</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ekjohnston.ca/story-of-owen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Story of Owen page (with buying options)</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200212-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 12 February 2020

Episode 77: Sailing through Life

BTF Episode 76: Stitch by StitchIn which I try to break down knitting and life into easily completed steps, and apologize for the lateness and shortness of the episode due to injury. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Stitch by Stitch  Miracle Ball Method.

BTF Episode 76: Stitch by Stitch In which I try to break down knitting and life into easily completed steps, and apologize for the lateness and shortness of the episode due to injury. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Stitch by Stitch <ul> <li><a href="https://miracleballmethod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Miracle Ball Method</a>.</li></ul>

Episode 76: Stitch by Stitch

BTF Episode 75: A New Year’s VisionIn which I talk about my pseudo-resolutions for the new year, play with my new blending board and get ready to refurbish an old wheel, go over the first module of Level 5, start casting off my wedding shawl and make more progress on the Circumvolute hat, have a chat with Deborah Niemann from the Livestock Conservancy about sheep, and work on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Ashford blending board. Ashford Traditional timeline.  Fibre Notes  Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from. In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl Circumvolute by Hunter Hammersen – I am knitting Hat B. Black Cat Custom Yarn’s shop on Etsy. This is what Nemesis should look like – mine has more white. What the Plus (+) Art Show.  Fibreside Chat – Deborah Niemann of The Livestock Conservancy  Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em from the Livestock Conservancy (USA) Courses online from the Livestock Conservancy. Heritage Livestock Canada – at risk list. Sheep watchlist from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (United Kingdom)  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 14 January 2020

BTF Episode 75: A New Year’s Vision In which I talk about my pseudo-resolutions for the new year, play with my new blending board and get ready to refurbish an old wheel, go over the first module of Level 5, start casting off my wedding shawl and make more progress on the Circumvolute hat, have a chat with Deborah Niemann from the Livestock Conservancy about sheep, and work on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ashford.co.nz/products/carding/product/blending-board" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashford blending board</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ashford.co.nz/products/spinning/product/download/file_id-560" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashford Traditional timeline</a>.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a>, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-the-night-garden-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova</a> – the pattern for my wedding shawl</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circumvolute" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Circumvolute by Hunter Hammersen</a> – I am knitting Hat B.</li> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blackcatcustomyarn?ref=shop_sugg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Cat Custom Yarn’s shop on Etsy</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blackcatcustomyarn/search?search_query=nemesis&amp;search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_12678897&amp;ref=auto-1&amp;as_prefix=nemesis+&amp;explicit_scope=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is what Nemesis should look like – mine has more white</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://whattheplus.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What the Plus (+) Art Show</a>.</li> </ul> Fibreside Chat – Deborah Niemann of The Livestock Conservancy <ul> <li><a href="http://rarewool.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em from the Livestock Conservancy (USA)</a></li> <li><a href="https://livestockconservancy.teachable.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Courses online from the Livestock Conservancy</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://heritagelivestock.net/breed-conservation-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heritage Livestock Canada – at risk list.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/pages/category/sheep-watchlist?Take=25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheep watchlist from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (United Kingdom)</a></li><a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/pages/category/sheep-watchlist?Take=25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></ul><a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/pages/category/sheep-watchlist?Take=25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> By The Wayside </a><ul><a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/pages/category/sheep-watchlist?Take=25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><li><a href="https://www.rbst.org.uk/pages/category/sheep-watchlist?Take=25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/20200114-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 14 January 2020

Episode 75: A New Year’s Vision

Knitting and spinning on the Sunshine Coast of BC

I really love the info she gives and she’s just a great storyteller.

Love this!

Really enjoying what Ness has to share.  Keep up the good work!!

Fabulous!!

By The Fibreside

BTF 021: DoodlingIn which I absolutely must do something with my hands all the time, forget way too much of what I learned in Level 3, talk about wool grades and why they drive me insane, give my opinion on the Fibre Week date changes, make some project progress, and OMG TAPESTRY PROGRESS! Thanks for listening! Don’t forget about the contest running right now! Leave a review of the podcast in iTunes, and be entered to win one of three great prize packages! Also if anyone can explain to me how the reviews work in iTunes, that’d be great, because I don’t want to miss anyone who enters and iTunes is being just as opaque as wool grades… Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Doodling  Wikipedia entry on doodling, includes discussion of the study Wikipedia entries on Koosh balls and Silly Putty, since I might be dating myself by having them…  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Here’s my little spreadsheet if you want to download it Link to the discussion thread in the Fibre Week group on Ravelry. There’s lots of good discussion about the change.  Fibre Notes  Apelsin Dragon – Ravelry pattern page and my project page. Op Art – Pattern page on Ravelry, pattern page on Knitty, and my currently pictureless project page. Valour Place’s website.  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Oct. 20, 2013.Close-up of the horse.

BTF 021: Doodling In which I absolutely must do something with my hands all the time, forget way too much of what I learned in Level 3, talk about wool grades and why they drive me insane, give my opinion on the Fibre Week date changes, make some project progress, and OMG TAPESTRY PROGRESS! Thanks for listening! Don’t forget about the contest running right now! Leave a review of the podcast in iTunes, and be entered to win one of three great prize packages! Also if anyone can explain to me how the reviews work in iTunes, that’d be great, because I don’t want to miss anyone who enters and iTunes is being just as opaque as wool grades… Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Doodling <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doodle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia entry on doodling, includes discussion of the study</a></li> <li>Wikipedia entries on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koosh_ball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Koosh balls</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Silly Putty</a>, since I might be dating myself by having them…</li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/TPIcalculator.xlsx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s my little spreadsheet if you want to download it</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fibre-week/2728108/1-25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link to the discussion thread in the Fibre Week group on Ravelry</a>. There’s lots of good discussion about the change.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Apelsin Dragon – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/apelsin-the-dragon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a> and <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/1mwjl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a>.</li> <li>Op Art – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/opart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a>, <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall08/PATTopart.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pattern page on Knitty</a>, and <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/fd41r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my currently pictureless project page</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://valourplace.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valour Place’s website</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1465.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Oct. 20, 2013. <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_1466.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Close-up of the horse.

BTF Episode 21: Doodling

BTF Episode 73: Priorities In which I talk about priorities and why they are important, embrace texture in yarn, go over acid dying for Level 4, continue to almost finish things and take stock of what projects I have on the go, don’t get any work done with the Autoknitter, and make no progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Seasons Collar by Joan Sheridan from SpinOff Summer 2013, and here is a link to my project.  The textured yarn I spun at guild last week. Texture! Fibre Notes  Hedgerow Mitts by Amy Ripton (Ravelry link). Yarn Indulgences from Cambridge, ON – I am using MCN in colourway Salty. Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from. In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl  Cranking on the Fibreside  Some information about the Autoknitter machines. This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos). Finnvard table leg – this is what the Autoknitter is clamped onto right now.  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Accolade: Progress as of 1 December 2019 – no progress this episode!

BTF Episode 73: Priorities In which I talk about priorities and why they are important, embrace texture in yarn, go over acid dying for Level 4, continue to almost finish things and take stock of what projects I have on the go, don’t get any work done with the Autoknitter, and make no progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes: Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seasons-collars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seasons Collar by Joan Sheridan</a> from SpinOff Summer 2013, and <a href="https://ravel.me/Sparqness/sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here is a link to my project</a>.</li> </ul> The textured yarn I spun at guild last week. Texture! Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hedgerow-mitts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hedgerow Mitts</a> by Amy Ripton (Ravelry link).</li> <li><a href="https://yarnindulgences.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yarn Indulgences</a> from Cambridge, ON – I am using MCN in colourway Salty.</li> <li><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a>, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-the-night-garden-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova</a> – the pattern for my wedding shawl</li> </ul> Cranking on the Fibreside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.angoravalley.com/ak.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some information about the Autoknitter machines.</a></li> <li><a href="http://monttricot.com/auto-knitter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos).</a></li> <li><a href="https://ikea.com/ca/en/p/finnvard-trestle-with-shelf-white-80150095/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finnvard table leg</a> – this is what the Autoknitter is clamped onto right now.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191205-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 1 December 2019 – no progress this episode!

Episode 73: Priorities

BTF 043: Lost ThingsIn which I wonder why losing certain things affects me so much, spin up a couple of skeins for Level 3 and start thinking about Level 4, almost finish the Dazzle them socks and really pare down my available projects, and get halfway through the tree on the Tapestry (at least for the moment). Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Lost Things  My Boneyard shawl – Boneyard in Paradise  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College  Fibre Notes  Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page – Tour de Sock Stage 4 Tour de Sock official website Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – Pattern page on Ravelry, and my my project page (no pictures yet).  Ethereal – My Ravelry project page, and the Ravelry pattern page.  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 24, 2014

BTF 043: Lost Things In which I wonder why losing certain things affects me so much, spin up a couple of skeins for Level 3 and start thinking about Level 4, almost finish the Dazzle them socks and really pare down my available projects, and get halfway through the tree on the Tapestry (at least for the moment). Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Lost Things <ul> <li><a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/755w6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Boneyard shawl – Boneyard in Paradise</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/vll99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page</a> – Tour de Sock Stage 4</li> <li><a href="http://www.tour-de-sock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tour de Sock official website</a></li> <li>Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/raventwist-star-maiden-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a>, and my <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/pr6rq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a> (no pictures yet). </li> <li>Ethereal – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qtbi5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ethereal-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_1869.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 24, 2014

Episode 43: Lost Things

BTF Episode 65: On the RoadIn which I examine exactly how much knitting and spinning I bring on trips, figure something out about my Lendrum and continue to not get much technical spinning done, go on and on about cashmere for Level 4, start the wedding shawl and finish the hand towel, get the Auto Knitter apart, and forget about the Accolade for two weeks. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 On the Road  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s blog, The Yarn Harlot  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Wormspit – Michael Cook’s excellent website about silkworms and reeling silk.  Fibre Notes  Ravelry link to the cotton yarn I got in Denmark for the hand towels. Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from. In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl! Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes – nice sock pattern with a little bit of fun to keep interest. Rav link to Estelle Sock Twins Multi, the yarn I’m using for the Vanilla Latte socks. Electric Eel Wheel Nano.  Cranking on the Fibreside  Some information about the Autoknitter machines. This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos).  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Progress as of 25 August 2019 – same as last time!

BTF Episode 65: On the Road In which I examine exactly how much knitting and spinning I bring on trips, figure something out about my Lendrum and continue to not get much technical spinning done, go on and on about cashmere for Level 4, start the wedding shawl and finish the hand towel, get the Auto Knitter apart, and forget about the Accolade for two weeks. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> On the Road <ul> <li><a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s blog, The Yarn Harlot</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.wormspit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wormspit – Michael Cook’s excellent website about silkworms and reeling silk.</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/hjertegarn-cotton-165" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry link to the cotton yarn I got in Denmark for the hand towels.</a></li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/hjertegarn-cotton-165" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/hjertegarn-cotton-165" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a>, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-the-night-garden-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova</a> – the pattern for my wedding shawl!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-latte-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes</a> – nice sock pattern with a little bit of fun to keep interest.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/estelle-yarns-sock-twins-multi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rav link to Estelle Sock Twins Multi</a>, the yarn I’m using for the Vanilla Latte socks.</li> <li><a href="https://www.dreamingrobots.com/eew-nano/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Electric Eel Wheel Nano</a>.</li> </ul> Cranking on the Fibreside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.angoravalley.com/ak.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some information about the Autoknitter machines.</a></li> <li><a href="http://monttricot.com/auto-knitter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos).</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190811-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress as of 25 August 2019 – same as last time!

BTF Episode 65: On the Road

BTF 032: All About PotentialIn which I contemplate potential in yarn and other things, spin silk and wool and decide to apply for an extension in Master Spinner Level 3, talk wheels and spinning stories for Level 2, finish the Event Horizon Pi Shawl and start working on other things, and finish off outlining on the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College The Resources page of this site – D2 has a link to a folk song site, and a partial list of fairy tales with a spinning connection.  Fibre Notes  Event Horizon Pi Shawl by Donna Druchunas – My project page, the pattern page on Ravelry, and link to the KAL thread on Ravelry. Ribbed Watchman’s Hat by Channah Koppel. I am knitting it in Rowan pure wool worsted in black. Here is my project page. Top-Down Seamless Petticoat Dolls – Pattern page on Ravelry and my project page.  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Mar. 23, 2014.

BTF 032: All About Potential In which I contemplate potential in yarn and other things, spin silk and wool and decide to apply for an extension in Master Spinner Level 3, talk wheels and spinning stories for Level 2, finish the Event Horizon Pi Shawl and start working on other things, and finish off outlining on the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/resources/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Resources page of this site</a> – D2 has a link to a folk song site, and a partial list of fairy tales with a spinning connection.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Event Horizon Pi Shawl by Donna Druchunas – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/42uv5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My project page</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/event-horizon-pi-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page on Ravelry</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/fans-of-donna-druchunas/2766020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link to the KAL thread on Ravelry</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribbed-watchmans-hat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ribbed Watchman’s Hat</a> by Channah Koppel. I am knitting it in Rowan <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/rowan-pure-wool-worsted" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pure wool worsted</a> in black. Here is my <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/li8uu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">project page</a>.</li> <li>Top-Down Seamless Petticoat Dolls – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/top-down-seamless-petticoat-dolls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a> and <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/f044j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a>.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_1686.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Mar. 23, 2014.

BTF Episode 32: All About Potential

BTF Episode 60: HiatusIn which I talk about the changes in my life, update you on where I am at with Master Spinner and what will become of the segment, talk about supported spindles and spindle wheels for Level 3, go over my current projects and one I just finished, and discuss a new By the Wayside project – it’s a doozy. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Amazon.ca link to Sarah Anderson’s Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs. You can buy Lonna Cunningham’s Rookie’s Field Guide to Supported Spinning from my parents at the Danware booth at Fibre Week this year, or grab it for free from Smashwords!  Fibre Notes  Swerve by Deborah Frank. Fleece Artist colours. Fleece Artist Halo bundle. Sheepy Fibres’ Etsy shop. Running Bond Bricks socks by Liz Harris. Fibre Goddess Hand-Dyed Yarns. Alberta Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard. Indigodragonfly is run by Kim McBrien Evans – I remembered her first name correctly! Grinsheep Fibre Productions on Vancouver Island.  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton.  Progress as of 16 June 2019 (and the whole 20 years before that too…).

BTF Episode 60: Hiatus In which I talk about the changes in my life, update you on where I am at with Master Spinner and what will become of the segment, talk about supported spindles and spindle wheels for Level 3, go over my current projects and one I just finished, and discuss a new By the Wayside project – it’s a doozy. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B008NEZROE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.ca link to Sarah Anderson’s Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs</a>.</li> <li>You can buy Lonna Cunningham’s Rookie’s Field Guide to Supported Spinning from my parents at the Danware booth at Fibre Week this year, or <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/291436" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grab it for free from Smashwords</a>!</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swerve-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swerve</a> by Deborah Frank.</li> <li><a href="https://fleeceartist.com/colours/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fleece Artist colours</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://fleeceartist.com/product/halo-bundle-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fleece Artist Halo bundle</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SheepyFibresEtc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheepy Fibres’ Etsy shop</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/running-bond-bricks-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Running Bond Bricks socks</a> by Liz Harris.</li> <li><a href="https://fibregoddess.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Goddess Hand-Dyed Yarns</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/alberta-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberta Shawl</a> by Anne-Lise Maigaard.</li> <li><a href="https://indigodragonfly.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indigodragonfly</a> is run by Kim McBrien Evans – I remembered her first name correctly!</li> <li><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a> on Vancouver Island.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190616-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress as of 16 June 2019 (and the whole 20 years before that too…).

BTF Episode 60: Hiatus

BTF 046: TextbookIn which I begin to deal with the repercussions of some health news, get to the halfway mark time-wise on my Level 3 final project, build a loom and tear the border of Star Maiden out – AGAIN, talk a little bit about fibromyalgia, and don’t finish the Tapestry, but almost do. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Maiwa Supply  Fibre Notes  Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – Pattern page on Ravelry, and my my project page.  Ethereal – My Ravelry project page, and the Ravelry pattern page. My new loom is a Leclerc Artisat. Can’t wait to try it out! Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left.  On the Fibroside  Fibromyalgia information from the Mayo Clinic. Lifemark Pain Clinic in Edmonton. By the Fibreside on Facebook – give it a like!  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Oct. 5, 2014A detail of the boar.

BTF 046: Textbook In which I begin to deal with the repercussions of some health news, get to the halfway mark time-wise on my Level 3 final project, build a loom and tear the border of Star Maiden out – AGAIN, talk a little bit about fibromyalgia, and don’t finish the Tapestry, but almost do. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.maiwa.com/stores/supply/supply.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maiwa Supply</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/raventwist-star-maiden-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a>, and my <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/pr6rq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a>. </li> <li>Ethereal – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qtbi5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ethereal-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>.</li> <li>My new loom is a <a href="http://www.leclerclooms.com/ind_eng.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leclerc</a> Artisat. Can’t wait to try it out!</li> <li><a href="http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/fibres/stripey-slivers#g_261_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver</a> – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left.</li> </ul> On the Fibroside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fibromyalgia/basics/definition/con-20019243" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibromyalgia information from the Mayo Clinic.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/services.asp?pid=service&amp;rid=6621" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lifemark Pain Clinic in Edmonton.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bythefibreside" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">By the Fibreside on Facebook</a> – give it a like!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_1911.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Oct. 5, 2014 <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_1913.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>A detail of the boar.

BTF Episode 46: Textbook

BTF 007: When You’re FamilyIn which I talk about family, make a whole bunch of excuses, talk about nature dying, list my very easy current projects, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. It’s a short one this time! Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Kool-aid dying tutorial on Knitty Another tutorial on using Wilton’s and other food colouring to dye, also on Knitty  Fibre Notes  Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry, and Knitmonton’s latest plan Burp cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (Ravelry) Closeknit’s Striped Baby Boots (Ravelry)  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Bayeux Tapestry as of 24 Mar. 2013 (hasn’t changed. Again. /sigh)

BTF 007: When You’re Family In which I talk about family, make a whole bunch of excuses, talk about nature dying, list my very easy current projects, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. It’s a short one this time! Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall02/FEATdyedwool.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kool-aid dying tutorial on Knitty</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring07/FEATdyeyourown.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Another tutorial on using Wilton’s and other food colouring to dye, also on Knitty</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Spats Socks – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/t7m6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spats-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page at Ravelry</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ases-sunflower-potholder-hotpad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry</a>, and <a href="http://knitmonton.ca/wordpress/?p=500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knitmonton’s latest plan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-genius-burp-cloth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burp cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (Ravelry)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/closeknits-striped-baby-boots" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Closeknit’s Striped Baby Boots (Ravelry)</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0978.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Bayeux Tapestry as of 24 Mar. 2013 (hasn’t changed. Again. /sigh)

Episode 7: When You’re Family

BTF 006: Order to Chaos (that’s the top of a yard-stick, stuck in the snow on our front lawn.)In which I yearn for a tangle, talk about how satisfying flick carding is and how to spin flick carded and teased wool, wonder where the last two weeks went and contemplate my plan for homework the next two weeks, talk about my current knitting/crocheting projects, review two spinning books, announce the winners of last episode’s contest and answer a question, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Order to Chaos  Stash Disaster of Epic Proportion thread (which was just finally resolved today!) Sherlock’s mind palace part 1 and part 2  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College  Fibre Notes  Wave Maiden – My Ravelry project page, Ravelry pattern page, and a link to the Raventwist site Blocking – Before and After thread on Ravelry Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry, and Knitmonton’s latest plan Burp cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (Ravelry) and Baby Surprise Jacket (Ravelry)  Side Notes  Get Spun by Symeon North: Amazon.com or Chapters.ca The Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs by Sarah Anderson: Amazon.com or Chapters.ca  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Bayeux Tapestry as of 24 Mar. 2013And a detail shot.

BTF 006: Order to Chaos (that’s the top of a yard-stick, stuck in the snow on our front lawn.) In which I yearn for a tangle, talk about how satisfying flick carding is and how to spin flick carded and teased wool, wonder where the last two weeks went and contemplate my plan for homework the next two weeks, talk about my current knitting/crocheting projects, review two spinning books, announce the winners of last episode’s contest and answer a question, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Order to Chaos <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/knot-a-problem/1724183/1-25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stash Disaster of Epic Proportion</a> thread (which was just finally resolved today!)</li> <li>Sherlock’s mind palace <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKFMV0S5L44" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/vmueuSRJrZc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">part 2</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Wave Maiden – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qwh4v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-maiden-one-skein-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>, and <a href="http://www.raventwist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a link to the Raventwist site</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/yarn/650463/1-25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blocking – Before and After</a> thread on Ravelry</li> <li>Spats Socks – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/t7m6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spats-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page at Ravelry</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ases-sunflower-potholder-hotpad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry</a>, and <a href="http://knitmonton.ca/wordpress/?p=500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knitmonton’s latest plan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-genius-burp-cloth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burp cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting (Ravelry)</a> and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/baby-surprise-jacket" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baby Surprise Jacket (Ravelry)</a></li> </ul> Side Notes <ul> <li>Get Spun by Symeon North: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Get-Spun-Symeon-North/dp/1596680644/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1364145429&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=get+spun" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> or <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/books/get-spun-the-step-by/9781596680647-item.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chapters.ca</a></li> <li>The Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs by Sarah Anderson: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spinners-Book-Yarn-Designs-Techniques/dp/1603427384/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1364145568&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=spinner%27s+book+of+yarn+designs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> or <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/books/the-spinners-book-of-yarn/9781603427388-item.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chapters.ca</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0978.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Bayeux Tapestry as of 24 Mar. 2013 <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0979.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>And a detail shot.

BTF Episode 6: Order to Chaos

BTF 003: Revenge of the Ancient Curse…In which I extoll the virtues of fibre arts as stress management, berate myself for waiting so long to start my level 2 homework, talk excessively about blending for both Level 2 and Level 1 Master Spinner, cover what little knitting and spinning I’ve done in the last two weeks, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College  Fibre Notes  Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry Wave Maiden – My Ravelry project page, Ravelry pattern page, and a link to the Raventwist site  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Feb. 2013

BTF 003: Revenge of the Ancient Curse… In which I extoll the virtues of fibre arts as stress management, berate myself for waiting so long to start my level 2 homework, talk excessively about blending for both Level 2 and Level 1 Master Spinner, cover what little knitting and spinning I’ve done in the last two weeks, and bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Spats Socks – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/t7m6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and <a href="http://www-backup.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spats-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page at Ravelry</a></li> <li>Wave Maiden – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qwh4v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-maiden-one-skein-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>, and <a href="http://www.raventwist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a link to the Raventwist site</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_0904.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Feb. 2013

BTF Episode 3: Revenge of the Ancient Curse

BTF Episode 70: Simple VictoriesIn which I talk about my successes at making fire, spin a little bit and prepare to experiment with a drum carder, talk about the permutations and combinations of spinning styles and preparations Level 4, finish my Halloween socks on time and make more progress on other things, got new parts for and a plan for learning on the Autoknitter, and make a teeny bit of progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program. Fibre Week at Olds College. Yarn Ink, who dyed my gradient fibre in the colourway Karma.  Fibre Notes  Grinsheep Fibre Productions, where my wedding shawl fibre came from. In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova – the pattern for my wedding shawl! Vanilla is the New Black socks by Anneh Fletcher (Ravelry link). Sea Turtle Fiber Arts. . Hedgerow Mitts by Amy Ripton (Ravelry link). Yarn Indulgences from Cambridge, ON – I am using MCN in colourway Salty.  Cranking on the Fibreside  Some information about the Autoknitter machines. This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos). Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball (Ravelry link)  By The Wayside  The Accolade kit from Bucilla – so old it’s out of print. Based on the painting The Accolade by E.B. Leighton. Windswept Santas Tree Skirt from Dimensions (1997) Mill Hill Seafaring Santas – three kits for nautical Santas Mill Hill Arctic Circle Santas – three kits for Arctic Santas with animals!  Accolade: Progress as of 4 November 2019

BTF Episode 70: Simple Victories In which I talk about my successes at making fire, spin a little bit and prepare to experiment with a drum carder, talk about the permutations and combinations of spinning styles and preparations Level 4, finish my Halloween socks on time and make more progress on other things, got new parts for and a plan for learning on the Autoknitter, and make a teeny bit of progress on the Accolade. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.yarnink.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yarn Ink</a>, who dyed my gradient fibre in the colourway Karma.</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.grinsheep.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grinsheep Fibre Productions</a>, where my wedding shawl fibre came from.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/in-the-night-garden-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In the Night Garden by Lidia Zigninova</a> – the pattern for my wedding shawl!</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-is-the-new-black" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanilla is the New Black socks by Anneh Fletcher</a> (Ravelry link).</li> <li><a href="https://seaturtlefiberarts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sea Turtle Fiber Arts</a>.</li> <li>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hedgerow-mitts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hedgerow Mitts</a> by Amy Ripton (Ravelry link).</li> <li><a href="https://yarnindulgences.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yarn Indulgences</a> from Cambridge, ON – I am using MCN in colourway Salty.</li> </ul> Cranking on the Fibreside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.angoravalley.com/ak.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some information about the Autoknitter machines.</a></li> <li><a href="http://monttricot.com/auto-knitter/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one looks a lot like mine (the before restoration photos).</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/search#sort=best&amp;query=lion%20brand%20shawl%20in%20a%20ball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lion Brand Shawl in a Ball</a> (Ravelry link)</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Counted-Cross-Stitch-Kit/dp/B0074EBHAM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade kit from Bucilla</a> – so old it’s out of print.</li> <li>Based on the painting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accolade_(Leighton)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Accolade by E.B. Leighton</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ebay.com/p/1004067902" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Windswept Santas Tree Skirt from Dimensions (1997)</a></li> <li><a href="https://store.stoneycreek.com/mill-hill-bead-kit-seafaring-santas---boatswain-santa-p9137.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mill Hill Seafaring Santas</a> – three kits for nautical Santas</li> <li><a href="https://www.123stitch.com/en-ca/item/Mill-Hill-Lapland-Santa-Arctic-Circle-Santas-Cross-Stitch-Kit/MH20-9302" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mill Hill Arctic Circle Santas</a> – three kits for Arctic Santas with animals!</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191104-BTWayside.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Accolade: Progress as of 4 November 2019

Episode 70: Simple Victories

BTF 041: The Heat Is OnIn which I try not to melt in the heat, successfully spin cotton and weave a silk swatch for Level 3, avoid a measurement error that could have cost me marks, finish one sock and start the next, talk yarn bombing with Maureen Young of the Inglewood Neighbourhood Empowerment Team, and finish the outlining on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 The Heat Is On  The French Executioner by C.C. Humphreys (Chapters link), which was the book I mentioned at the beginning of the essay. It seems to be out of print.  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College The Practical Spinner’s Guide to Cotton, Flax, and Hemp by Stephanie Gaustad: on Amazon.com and Chapters.Indigo My blog post about my beautiful swatch Ply’s blog post about the error in the twist measuring article photographs  Fibre Notes  Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page – Tour de Sock Stage 4 Tour de Sock official website  Fibreside Chat  Maureen Young, who is part of the Inglewood Neighbourhood Empowerment Team Knitmonton’s post about Operation Gussy Up A short history of the Charles Camsell Hospital Some pictures from someone who snuck in a few years ago. I do not condone the sneaking in, but the photos give you an idea of the state of the building.  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 2, 2014

BTF 041: The Heat Is On In which I try not to melt in the heat, successfully spin cotton and weave a silk swatch for Level 3, avoid a measurement error that could have cost me marks, finish one sock and start the next, talk yarn bombing with Maureen Young of the Inglewood Neighbourhood Empowerment Team, and finish the outlining on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> The Heat Is On <ul> <li><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/french-executioner/9781552782385-item.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The French Executioner by C.C. Humphreys</a> (Chapters link), which was the book I mentioned at the beginning of the essay. It seems to be out of print.</li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li>The Practical Spinner’s Guide to Cotton, Flax, and Hemp by Stephanie Gaustad: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Practical-Spinners-Guide-Cotton/dp/1596686693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1405294675&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=cotton+flax+hemp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Amazon.com</a> and <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/the-practical-spinners-guide-cotton/9781596686694-item.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chapters.Indigo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/the-most-beautiful-swatch-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My blog post about my beautiful swatch</a></li> <li><a href="http://plymagazine.com/2014/06/we-made-a-mistake-in-twist/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ply’s blog post about the error in the twist measuring article photographs</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/vll99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page</a> – Tour de Sock Stage 4</li> <li><a href="http://www.tour-de-sock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tour de Sock official website</a></li> </ul> Fibreside Chat <ul> <li>Maureen Young, who is part of the <a href="http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimePrevention/NeighbourhoodEmpowermentTeams.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inglewood Neighbourhood Empowerment Team</a></li><a href="http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimePrevention/NeighbourhoodEmpowermentTeams.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><li><a href="http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimePrevention/NeighbourhoodEmpowermentTeams.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://knitmonton.ca/wordpress/?p=853" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knitmonton’s post about Operation Gussy Up</a></li> <li><a href="http://itsnotalwaysaboutme-lauren.blogspot.ca/2010/10/abandoned-cameron-camsell-hospital.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A short history of the Charles Camsell Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.coolpicturegallery.us/2011/10/charles-camsell-hospital-in-edmonton.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Some pictures from someone who snuck in a few years ago</a>. I do not condone the sneaking in, but the photos give you an idea of the state of the building.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_1865.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 2, 2014

Episode 41: The Heat Is On

BTF 034: GeorgeIn which I miss our houseplant George, make a couple of ten-yard skeins for Master Spinner Level 3, do sweater calculations for Level 2, work on the sweater and start a colourwork hat, announce the winners of last episode’s Side Bet contest, and start filling in the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College House Sweater pattern from Charmed Knits I can’t find anyplace online that shows all these calculations, so here’s a short rundown.   Start with a set weight of raw fibre. 100 g is a good round number. Wash the fibre and let it dry. Weigh it again. Calculate the ratio of fibre left (weight washed/weight raw). Prepare all your washed fibre. Weigh the prepared fibre. Calculate the ratio of fibre left (weight prepared/weight washed). Spin and ply a sample. Time how long it takes you and note it down. Finish the skein. Measure the length of the skein and weigh it. Calculate metres per gram (# metres in skein/weight of skein). Knit a swatch for your pattern. Block the swatch. Measure the swatch and weigh it. Calculate how much yarn you used for your swatch (weight of swatch X m/g calculated above). Calculate the surface area of your swatch (length X height). Approximate the surface area of your pattern. Pretend everything is rectangles to make it easier. Calculate how many swatches it would take to make up the surface area of your pattern (total surface area/surface area of swatch). Calculate the amount of yarn needed for that number of swatches (# of swatches X yarn used for swatch calculated above). Calculate the amount of prepared fibre required (# of swatches x weight of swatch). Calculate the amount of washed fibre required (prepared fibre required/ratio of prepared to washed fibre in step 2). Calculate the amount of raw fibre required (washed fibre required/ratio of washed to raw fibre in step 1). BONUS: Calculate the time required to spin all the yarn ((total yarn required/length of sample skein) X number of minutes to spin sample skein).  Fibre Notes  Top-Down Seamless Petticoat Dolls – Pattern page on Ravelry and my project page. Mayim Cardigan by Alexandra Virgiel – My project page, and the pattern page on Ravelry. Winterthorn by Rebecca Strickland – My project page, and the pattern page on Ravelry. The two yarns I’m using are Zitron Unisono and Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet DK.  Notion Box  Congratulations to the winners: stitchingmaniac and frkstrik! Email me or PM me on Ravelry with your address and I’ll get your prize out to you!  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Apr. 21, 2014

BTF 034: George In which I miss our houseplant George, make a couple of ten-yard skeins for Master Spinner Level 3, do sweater calculations for Level 2, work on the sweater and start a colourwork hat, announce the winners of last episode’s Side Bet contest, and start filling in the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/house-sweater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">House Sweater pattern from Charmed Knits</a></li> <li>I can’t find anyplace online that shows all these calculations, so here’s a short rundown.</li> </ul> <ol> <li>Start with a set weight of raw fibre. 100 g is a good round number. Wash the fibre and let it dry. Weigh it again. Calculate the ratio of fibre left (weight washed/weight raw).</li> <li>Prepare all your washed fibre. Weigh the prepared fibre. Calculate the ratio of fibre left (weight prepared/weight washed).</li> <li>Spin and ply a sample. Time how long it takes you and note it down. Finish the skein. Measure the length of the skein and weigh it. Calculate metres per gram (# metres in skein/weight of skein).</li> <li>Knit a swatch for your pattern. Block the swatch. Measure the swatch and weigh it. Calculate how much yarn you used for your swatch (weight of swatch X m/g calculated above). Calculate the surface area of your swatch (length X height).</li> <li>Approximate the surface area of your pattern. Pretend everything is rectangles to make it easier. Calculate how many swatches it would take to make up the surface area of your pattern (total surface area/surface area of swatch). Calculate the amount of yarn needed for that number of swatches (# of swatches X yarn used for swatch calculated above).</li> <li>Calculate the amount of prepared fibre required (# of swatches x weight of swatch).</li> <li>Calculate the amount of washed fibre required (prepared fibre required/ratio of prepared to washed fibre in step 2).</li> <li>Calculate the amount of raw fibre required (washed fibre required/ratio of washed to raw fibre in step 1).</li> <li>BONUS: Calculate the time required to spin all the yarn ((total yarn required/length of sample skein) X number of minutes to spin sample skein).</li> </ol> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Top-Down Seamless Petticoat Dolls – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/top-down-seamless-petticoat-dolls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a> and <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/f044j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a>.</li> <li>Mayim Cardigan by Alexandra Virgiel – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/uqtg3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mayim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page on Ravelry</a>.</li> <li>Winterthorn by Rebecca Strickland – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/y53nx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winterthorn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page on Ravelry</a>. The two yarns I’m using are <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/zitron-unisono" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zitron Unisono</a> and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/plymouth-yarn-happy-feet-dk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet DK</a>.</li> </ul> Notion Box <ul> <li>Congratulations to the winners: stitchingmaniac and frkstrik! <a href="mailto:ness@bythefibreside.com">Email me</a> or PM me on Ravelry with your address and I’ll get your prize out to you!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_1725.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Apr. 21, 2014

BTF Episode 34: George

BTF 035: Do All the ThingsIn which I am finally able to do all the things again for a little while, remind myself that I am capable of spinning, talk book reviews and bibliography for Level 2, finish three knit projects in forty-eight hours, interview Heide Krause about cashmere, and almost finish filling in the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left  Fibre Notes  Mayim Cardigan by Alexandra Virgiel – My project page, and the pattern page on Ravelry. Pictures coming tomorrow! Winterthorn by Rebecca Strickland – My project page, and the pattern page on Ravelry. Pictures coming tomorrow! Noro Taiyo Lace Tunic – Ravelry pattern page and my project page.  Fibreside Chat  Heide Krause of Harmony Farm – all about cashmere!  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at May 4, 2014

BTF 035: Do All the Things In which I am finally able to do all the things again for a little while, remind myself that I am capable of spinning, talk book reviews and bibliography for Level 2, finish three knit projects in forty-eight hours, interview Heide Krause about cashmere, and almost finish filling in the shields in the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/fibres/stripey-slivers#g_261_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver</a> – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Mayim Cardigan by Alexandra Virgiel – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/uqtg3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mayim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page on Ravelry</a>. Pictures coming tomorrow!</li> <li>Winterthorn by Rebecca Strickland – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/y53nx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winterthorn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page on Ravelry</a>. Pictures coming tomorrow!</li> <li>Noro Taiyo Lace Tunic – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/taiyo-lace-tunic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a> and <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/u8zpj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a>.</li> </ul> Fibreside Chat <ul> <li>Heide Krause of <a href="http://www.harmonycashmere.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harmony Farm</a> – all about cashmere!</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_1739.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at May 4, 2014

BTF Episode 35: Do All the Things

BTF Episode 54: BespokeIn which I talk about bespoke living in an off-the-rack world, wash and prep wool for Level 4, talk silk for Level 3, successfully knit and spin for fun, and am down to two cotton floss colours in Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Contest is ongoing until I reach 50 likes! Like By the Fibreside on Facebook to enter to win an ebook version of the Knit Picks Winter 2015 Fair Isle collection! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College The Practical Spinner’s Guide to Silk by Sara Lamb: on Amazon.com and Chapters.Indigo Fibre Week course listing!  Fibre Notes  Mystere Shawl – And here is my (currently photoless) project page. Vittorio Shawl – I cast on yesterday, so my project page is incoming. Easy Mittens with Thums – Again, cast on today, so project page incoming.  By The Wayside  Mirabilia website page with Christmas Elegance (#6) on it  Christmas Elegance – Progress as of 8 February 2015.

BTF Episode 54: Bespoke In which I talk about bespoke living in an off-the-rack world, wash and prep wool for Level 4, talk silk for Level 3, successfully knit and spin for fun, and am down to two cotton floss colours in Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Contest is ongoing until I reach 50 likes! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bythefibreside" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Like By the Fibreside on Facebook</a> to enter to win an ebook version of <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/cfPatterns/EBook_Display.cfm?id=75174D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Knit Picks Winter 2015 Fair Isle collection</a>! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li>The Practical Spinner’s Guide to Silk by Sara Lamb: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Spinners-Guide-Silk/dp/1596686804/ref=la_B00BYAJBEQ_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1423448074&amp;sr=1-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Amazon.com</a> and <a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-practical-spinners-guide-silk/9781596686809-item.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chapters.Indigo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/continuing-education/fibre/fibre-week/courses/workshops/index" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week course listing!</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mystere-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mystere Shawl</a> – And here is my (currently photoless) <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/1z7y7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">project page</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vittorio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vittorio Shawl</a> – I cast on yesterday, so my project page is incoming.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-mittens-with-thrums" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Easy Mittens with Thums</a> – Again, cast on today, so project page incoming.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mirabilia.com/crossIndex2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mirabilia website page with Christmas Elegance (#6) on it</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_1961.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Christmas Elegance – Progress as of 8 February 2015.

BTF Episode 54: Bespoke

BTF Episode 59: Work Through the PresentIn which I work through my present to make changes to my future, get over half-done the skeins for Level 5, talk about spinning for specific purposes for Level 3, spin up some gorgeous yarns and work on other projects so I can cast them on, and get a bit further on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Digital Blasphemy – I’ve been a fan since university  Fibre Notes  SpinHeartSpin on Etsy – my friend Kara’s shop Abstract Fiber’s website Learning to Fly – Still working on my knit-a-long with the class Yarn Fairy’s In My Garden MKAL by Donna Druchunas – pattern page on Rav  By The Wayside  Mirabilia website page with Christmas Elegance (#6) on it  Christmas Elegance – Progress as of 3 January 2016

BTF Episode 59: Work Through the Present In which I work through my present to make changes to my future, get over half-done the skeins for Level 5, talk about spinning for specific purposes for Level 3, spin up some gorgeous yarns and work on other projects so I can cast them on, and get a bit further on Christmas Elegance. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.digitalblasphemy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Blasphemy</a> – I’ve been a fan since university</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spinheartspin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SpinHeartSpin on Etsy</a> – my friend Kara’s shop</li> <li><a href="http://www.abstractfiber.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abstract Fiber’s website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/learning-to-fly" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning to Fly</a> – Still working on my knit-a-long with the class</li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/yarn-fairys-in-my-garden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yarn Fairy’s In My Garden MKAL by Donna Druchunas</a> – pattern page on Rav</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mirabilia.com/crossIndex2.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mirabilia website page with Christmas Elegance (#6) on it</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_1742.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Christmas Elegance – Progress as of 3 January 2016

BTF Episode 59: Work Through the Present

BTF 045: The Big MoveIn which I update you on The Big Move, actually manage to get some work done on my Level 3 homework and do some thinking about next moves and Level 6, make some progress and then not so much on Star Maiden and actually get some not-homework spinning done, and – shockingly – get some work done on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Master Spinner Level 1 wall hanging (in progress) – in progress from time to time I lied; it was the double back-stitch from pages 8 and 9 of Embroidery by Grace Christie, not the chain stitch. The plate is in the middle of the chain stitch description. Oh, old books… The Rookie’s Field Guide to Supported Spindles by Lonna Cunningham. Great resource for supported spindling. Recommended by my Level 4 teacher, and me!  Fibre Notes  Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – Pattern page on Ravelry, and my my project page (now pictures of my error!).  Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left.  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Sept. 21, 2014

BTF 045: The Big Move In which I update you on The Big Move, actually manage to get some work done on my Level 3 homework and do some thinking about next moves and Level 6, make some progress and then not so much on Star Maiden and actually get some not-homework spinning done, and – shockingly – get some work done on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/scerw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Level 1 wall hanging (in progress)</a> – in progress from time to time</li> <li>I lied; it was the double back-stitch from pages 8 and 9 of <a href="https://archive.org/details/embroiderycollec00chri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Embroidery by Grace Christie</a>, not the chain stitch. The plate is in the middle of the chain stitch description. Oh, old books…</li> <li><a href="http://www.applejackcreek.com/thefieldguide.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rookie’s Field Guide to Supported Spindles</a> by Lonna Cunningham. Great resource for supported spindling. Recommended by my Level 4 teacher, and me!</li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Star Maiden Shawl by Michelle Miller, yarn by Raventwist – <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/raventwist-star-maiden-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page on Ravelry</a>, and my <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/pr6rq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my project page</a> (now pictures of my error!). </li> <li><a href="http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/fibres/stripey-slivers#g_261_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashford Corriedale Stripey Sliver</a> – Autumn Dusk is the third and fourth picture from the left.</li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_1909.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Sept. 21, 2014

BTF Episode 45: The Big Move

BTF 042: What You Can HaveIn which I think about the things I can have instead of the things I can’t, have some problems with Level 3 but still get three skeins into my book, get a little further on the second Dazzle Them sock and talk myself out of (into?) casting on a new shawl, and finish the top border on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College  Fibre Notes  Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page – Tour de Sock Stage 4 Tour de Sock official website My silver Wye socks that I wore with sandals this week Pattern page for The Big Blue  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 10, 2014

BTF 042: What You Can Have In which I think about the things I can have instead of the things I can’t, have some problems with Level 3 but still get three skeins into my book, get a little further on the second Dazzle Them sock and talk myself out of (into?) casting on a new shawl, and finish the top border on the Tapestry. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li><a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/vll99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dazzle Them From Behind Socks – my project page</a> – Tour de Sock Stage 4</li> <li><a href="http://www.tour-de-sock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tour de Sock official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Sparqness/wye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My silver Wye socks that I wore with sandals this week</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-big-blue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern page for The Big Blue</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_1868.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Progress on the Bayeux Tapestry as at Aug. 10, 2014

Episode 42: What You Can Have

BTF 005: In Defiance of WinterIn which I shake my fist at Mother Nature, talk about woolen and worsted yarns in the context of Master Spinner, update listeners on Wave Maiden and Spats and Knitmonton, bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project, and launch a contest! Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 In Defiance of Winter  A reflection on the 2011 snowfall, and the 18-storey Poundmaker snirt mountain Here’s a photo of the half-melted 2011 Poundmaker snirt mountain  Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College Here’s a little comparison of worsted and woolen yarns  Fibre Notes  Wave Maiden – My Ravelry project page, Ravelry pattern page, and a link to the Raventwist site Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry, and Knitmonton’s latest plan  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Mar. 2013Side Bet  Leave a comment on the shownotes post or here on Ravelry for a chance to win some yarn or spinning fibre! I noticed as I was photographing them that they’re in Easter colours, which is quite appropriate. A batt or a skein!

BTF 005: In Defiance of Winter In which I shake my fist at Mother Nature, talk about woolen and worsted yarns in the context of Master Spinner, update listeners on Wave Maiden and Spats and Knitmonton, bring you up to date on the Bayeux tapestry project, and launch a contest! Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> In Defiance of Winter <ul> <li><a href='http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/08/21/snow-aint-melting-fast-enough-at-city-facilities"' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A reflection on the 2011 snowfall, and the 18-storey Poundmaker snirt mountain</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blondygirl/5589845070/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s a photo of the half-melted 2011 Poundmaker snirt mountain</a></li> </ul> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> <li><a href='http://joyofhandspinning.com/handspinning-woollen-and-worsted-yarn/"' rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s a little comparison of worsted and woolen yarns</a></li> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Wave Maiden – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qwh4v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-maiden-one-skein-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>, and <a href="http://www.raventwist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a link to the Raventwist site</a></li> <li>Spats Socks – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/t7m6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spats-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page at Ravelry</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ases-sunflower-potholder-hotpad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sunflower potholder pattern page at Ravelry</a>, and <a href="http://knitmonton.ca/wordpress/?p=500" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Knitmonton’s latest plan</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0945.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Mar. 2013 Side Bet <ul> <li>Leave a comment on the shownotes post or <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/by-the-fibreside---blog-and-podcast/topics/2503487" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here on Ravelry</a> for a chance to win some yarn or spinning fibre! I noticed as I was photographing them that they’re in Easter colours, which is quite appropriate. <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0948.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>A batt or a skein!</li></ul>

BTF Episode 5: In Defiance of Winter

BTF 004: Decisions, DecisionsIn which I contemplate decisions in knitting as metaphor for decisions in life, pat myself on the back for what I accomplished in my homework for Level 2, talk about sections of a fleece and the differences between them for Level 1, interview Edmonton knitting and crochet designer Jessie McKitrick, update listeners on my two current knitting projects, and bring you up to date, as it were, on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by airtone at ccmixter.org / CC BY-NC 3.0 Fibre Week  Master Spinner Program Fibre Week at Olds College  Fibreside Chat  Jessie McKitrick’s Ravelry designer page  – includes links to all the patterns we talked about, including these two:  Jessie’s Ruched Legwarmers Jessie’s Starlet Stole   Fibre Notes  Wave Maiden – My Ravelry project page, Ravelry pattern page, and a link to the Raventwist site Spats Socks – My Ravelry project page, and the pattern page at Ravelry  By The Wayside  Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum A full panorama of the Tapestry  Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Feb. 2013 – since it hasn’t changed any in the last two weeks…

BTF 004: Decisions, Decisions In which I contemplate decisions in knitting as metaphor for decisions in life, pat myself on the back for what I accomplished in my homework for Level 2, talk about sections of a fleece and the differences between them for Level 1, interview Edmonton knitting and crochet designer Jessie McKitrick, update listeners on my two current knitting projects, and bring you up to date, as it were, on the Bayeux tapestry project. Thanks for listening! Shownotes:Theme music: leaves by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/34427" rel="cc:attributionURL nofollow" target="_blank">airtone at ccmixter.org</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> Fibre Week <ul> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/master-spinner-program.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master Spinner Program</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oldscollege.ca/programs/ContinuingEducation/fibreweek/index.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fibre Week at Olds College</a></li> </ul> Fibreside Chat <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/jessie-mckitrick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessie McKitrick’s Ravelry designer page</a></li> – includes links to all the patterns we talked about, including these two: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ruched-legwarmers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessie’s Ruched Legwarmers</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starlet-stole" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessie’s Starlet Stole</a></li> </ul> </ul> Fibre Notes <ul> <li>Wave Maiden – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/qwh4v" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wave-maiden-one-skein-shawl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern page</a>, and <a href="http://www.raventwist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a link to the Raventwist site</a></li> <li>Spats Socks – <a href="http://ravel.me/Sparqness/t7m6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Ravelry project page</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spats-socks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the pattern page at Ravelry</a></li> </ul> By The Wayside <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tapisserie-bayeux.fr/index.php?L=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official website of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A full panorama of the Tapestry</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.bythefibreside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_0904.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Bayeux Tapestry as of 10 Feb. 2013 – since it hasn’t changed any in the last two weeks…

BTF Episode 4: Decisions, Decisions

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