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Opening Chatter

The Donation Incentive for April will be from Spunky Eclectic: eight ounces of Shetland wool in the “Friends Forever” colorway.

You can find my review of Spunky Eclectic’s fiber here.  Jillian interviews Amy King here.

The Great Sock Yarn Experiment, based on Sarah Anderson’s The Spinner’s Book of Yarn Designs, is going on now in the SpinDoctor Ravelry group.

My new blog, Knitting Utopias, is here: www.knittingutopias.com.

Out for a Spin

Jillian’s Knittyspin column, in which she writes about these swatches:

The Spunky Eclectic Pomegranate Martini fiber Jillian is obsessed with:

What Sasha’s spinning now:

Rhinebeck

Hansen mini-spinner with All. The. Flyers.

Some pics from Madrona and beyond

The day Mt. Ranier came out to play:

Eeek, Steeks! class action shot:

Mary Scott Huff wearing her amazing Thistle Stole:

Yummy orange trees chez Knitmore:

Deb Robson’s Dreaming of Shetland project

Fiber Review: Pigeonroof Studios

The fiber:

On the bobbin:

The yarn:

The Lacy Baktus in progress on the way to Madrona:

Yes, I’m watching Bomb Girls on my iPad. And so should you.

Interview with Lynne Vogel

Lynne Vogel’s website

Lynne Vogel on Etsy

Some of Lynne’s colorways are available from Three Waters Farm’s Etsy shop.

The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook

The Twisted Sisters Knit Sweaters

What I’m spinning now: 80/20 Merino Silk from Pigeonroof Studios in “Inveigle”

Opening Chatter

Madrona

Maryland Sheep and Wool

State of the Stash

The Middlefield sweater (not the “Middletown Sweater”) from New England Knits

Stonehedge Fiber Mill’s Shepherd’s Worsted

Daybreak

Rosie’s Yarn Celler

Loop

Mary Scot Huff’s website and her Thistle stole

The Annabel Cardigan

The sweet lamb’s fleece came from Dee Heinrich at Peeper Hollow Farm

Spunky Eclectic

Zora-Lora-Ding-Dong

Soft Paws

In closing

Pinterest

Google+

SpinDoctor’s Facebook page

SpinDoctor’s Google+ page

Sasha on Twitter, Instagram & Ravelry

The closing song is Jonathan Coulton’s “Podsafe Christmas Song.”  You can find Jonathan’s website here.

Opening Chatter

 The Black Sheep Gathering

Out for a Spin

Santa Cruz fleece no. 1

Santa Cruz fleece no. 2

The hot water bottle patterns from cocoknits and Leigh Radford.

the Spunky Eclectic fiber that Jillian made into this:

and this:

This fiber from Southern Cross . . .

. . . became these singles.

Braids from Woolgatherings:

Meanwhile, Sasha’s been spinning this Texel from The Spinning Loft, which she dyed herself, for socks.  The actual color is way more green than this.

 

DVD Review

How to Card Wool: Four Spinners, Four Techniques

Maggie Casey, Start Spinning (DVD).  Reviewed here.

Rita Buchanan, How I Spin (DVD).  Reviewed here.

Indie Dyer Interview

Spunky Eclectic (fiber review here).

The Organized Spinner

Tyvek wristbands, like the ones here

Information on “Andean” plying

Opening Chatter

The donation incentive for February is 8 oz of “Big Girl Pink” fiber from Abstract Fiber.  One bump is an 75/25 blend of BFL and silk.  The other is a 50/50 blend of Merino and tencel.  To be entered into a drawing to win this fiber, just donate $5 or more to the podcast by the end of February.  There’s a donate button in the left-hand column of the page that will take you right to PayPal.  You can find more goodies from Abstract Fiber here; my review of Abstract Fiber is here.

I’ll be at the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat in Tacoma from February 15-20.  The podcaster meet-and-greet will be on Saturday at 5:00 pm in the Rotunda.  Come see us!

Out for a Spin

Jillian joins me for the first time.  Find her at Knittyspin and Tuesdays at The Knitty blog.

Jillian’s been spinning some batts from Bricolage Studios.  You can find them on Etsy or at The Spinning Loft.

She’s also been working with fiber from Yarn Hollow:

And her Spunky Eclectic club fiber is speaking to her:

Book Review

Jacey Boggs, Spin Art: Mastering the Craft of Spinning Textured Yarn

Equipment Review

Schacht bulky plyer flyer for the Sidekick

Fiber & Processing Review

You can email Elizabeth Hubbard at hubbardranch at centurytel dot net; her Etsy shop can be found here.

Morro Fleece Works, Morro Bay, CA

Ravenswood

Opening Chatter

The donation incentive for the months of November and December is two bumps (8 oz.) of an 80/20 blend of Merino and silk in the colorway “Ravenswood” from Into the Whirled.  To be entered into a drawing to win this fiber, just donate $5 or more to the podcast by the end of December.  There’s a donate button in the left-hand column of the page that will take you right to PayPal.  You can find more goodies from Into the Whirled here; my review of Into the Whirled is here.

I’ll be at the Madrona Fiber Arts Retreat in Tacoma from February 15-20.

Big Girl Knits and More Big Girl Knits

Knittyspin

The Knitty blog

Out for a Spin

Julia Farwell-Clay’s article on custom wheel makers in Spin-Off.

Beth’s blog on the dream wheel weekend

Julia’s blog entry (in her blog, Moth Heaven) on the dream wheel weekend

Equipment

Andrew and Susan Forsyth’s website

YouTube

Amanda Hannaford’s combing videos

I couldn’t get the embedding to work, so here are the links:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Amanda’s website and Etsy store

DVD

Maggie Casey, Spinning Big and Lofty Yarns