Chasing Spindles: my life being crappy at EVERYTHING crafty

Is anybody out there?

2016-03-29T13:43:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!

I've been gone for forever from podcasting and such, but I assure you I am still crafting. The major hit to my podcast came when my house was Bergold and my computer was stolen. Thankfully everything was saved on a jump drive, but with no access to a computer, I could not bring the show back the way that I had wanted to. It has been about a year and a half or so with no computer, and the sad thing was is that it was stolen not just three months after I had replaced the last one. I could get into the gory details about how my landlady said I didn't need renters insurance, they had homeowners insurance, then wouldn't make a claim for me, etc.… But I don't think that would be very productive. I just wanted to let you know that I am still spinning and doing my thing, and when I can I will bring the show back. Thanks for everyone who is checking out the Facebook group, and still watching episodes of the show. I will still be updating my blog as to my latest crafting escapades, and will have some stuff to show you soon. Much love:

~Spinpixy~

Chasing Spindles 10 - Hitchin'-A-Ride To Hyrule Starts

2014-02-01T18:58:00.002-08:00

Chasing Spindles Episode 10 - Hitchin'-A-Ride To Hyrule Starts

In this week's episode:

Monday:

On my way to catch my train, I saw something hanging from my gate. It was dark, so at first, if scared me. I saw it was a package!!! Got my fiber from "Sheep Of A Different Color!! Work was insane!! We had 3 code reds (which are fire). On the last code red, the alarm went off and so did the sprinklers in the dinning room. I don't like the procedures for fire at the place I work AT ALL. I don't feel they are very safe, and the scary thing is, the cooks there are not so great, so these fire codes happen quite a bit. I don't work for the facility, I work for certain patients IN the facility so I can say whatever I want and not worry too much about getting fired as long as I'm not being slanderous. As for parents' house, the day was pretty uneventful. I had brought some knitting and spinning to do, but didn't really feel like it. I ended up spending a good chunk of the evening just talking with my mom, which I don't really do often.

Tuesday:

Work started getting frustrating. All I'll say, is that when you're on a team, and some of the members don't do what they need to do to make the team cohesive, then everything falls apart. After work, I ended up walking all over OC practically. I missed my bus, so I was early for the next bus, then saw the bus I needed pass as I realized I was on the wrong side all along!! UGH. The best part of my day was my little brother picking me up in his tiny little people car (by little I mean stick figure skinny person) and blasting Deadmou5 on the way home. That night I hogged out at Del-Taco. WOW ME!! WTHAYT (What the hell are you thinking)!! If you're gonna hog-out, there are much better tasting places to do so, than Del-freakin'-Taco!!!

Wednesday:

Caught my train home, where I spun for like 10 minutes and tried to drown out the sound of this girl talking about her shallow self and how she broke this guys heart because he was a loser and she never really wanted to date him. UGH SHUT UP!! Is it wrong that I giggled when she went to get off the train (all cute walkin' in front of the guy she was chatting with and CLEARLY into) and the train lurched sending her plummeting down the 2 steps? Yes, but my super-ego needed her ego to be slightly deflated. It reminded me of when Goofy would fall down the steps in those old Disney cartoons. I really am sorry, because I'm a nice person and all, but I laughed. When I got home, I recorded the blurb about the CAL, and designed the graphic for the CAL. How do you like it? Let me know your thoughts below.

Thursday:

Worked on CAL stuff. On Tuesday I spent most of the day working on the CAL. All of the rules, guidelines, announcements, etc. Were posted on the blog as well as the YouTube channel. Not only that but I updated some stuff in the Ravelry group as well. After finishing all of this, I realized that all of the links for some reason, were broken. That means I had to go into each and every post and fix all of the links. So if any of the links are not working still, please let me know. The whole time I was doing this, I was hearing a strange sound. that sound was my dog. Apparently, her stomach was not feeling so well. I guess I will have to watch her for the next couple of days and make sure she is healthy. I usually wait about three days, if she does not get better in that time I will take her to the vet. That afternoon, I went to my landlady's house for tea. We often have times like this, they used to happen a lot more before my job got so far away. It was very nice talking to her as it always is. I spent the rest of the afternoon, evaluating about every single snack on graze.com.

Weekend:

The last part of my week has been mostly seeing that no body is really interested in the things I am doing as far as the crafting community is concerned. It is kind of disconcerting when beginning a new venture and finding it going so slowly. For now, my passion is what keeps me into what I do so for now, I will continue. If I'm completely honest, I think that's one of the reasons this episode was so short. Well, let's see how this CAL does…

Hitchin'-A-Ride to HYRULE!!

2014-01-30T11:19:00.004-08:00

***Guidelines***

Starts: Feb. 1st
Ends: April-1st

Patterns:
KNITTERS: Josh's Link Hat & Triforce Scarf
Designed by: DIYOD
Cost: FREE
Knitters your pattern is here

CROCHETERS: Hitchin'-A-Ride
Designed by: Sharon, Cheek
Cost: FREE
Crocheters your pattern is here
Colors: Green and Yellow are OPTIONAL

SPINNERS: Your Guidelines are:
MUST use Zelda colors: YELLOW AND/OR GREEN

Prizes Announced Feb. 1st on BOTH podcasts
Winners Announced on BOTH podcasts

***Rules***
1. Double & triple dipping ARE allowed.
2. You can post in BOTH groups.
3. You can only win ONCE.
4. MUST be a member of the group(s) you post in to WIN!!

Chasing Spindles - Hitchin' A Ride To Hyrule is HERE!!

2014-01-29T22:30:00.005-08:00

Hitchin' A Ride To Hyrule is HERE!!!!

***Guidelines***

Starts: Feb. 1st

Ends: April-1st

Patterns:

KNITTERS: Josh's Link Hat & Triforce Scarf

Cost: FREE

Knitters your pattern is here

CROCHETERS: Hitchin'-A-Ride

Cost: FREE

Crocheters your pattern is here

Colors: Green and Yellow are OPTIONAL

SPINNERS: Your Guidelines are:

MUST use Zelda colors: YELLOW AND/OR GREEN

Prizes Announced Feb. 1st on BOTH podcasts

Winners Announced on BOTH podcasts

***Rules***

1. Double & triple dipping ARE allowed.

2. You can post in BOTH groups.

3. You can only win ONCE.

4. MUST be a member of the group(s) you post in to WIN!!

Chasing Spindles 9 - 9 and 3/4

2014-01-29T22:28:00.000-08:00

Chasing Spindles Episode 9 - 9 and 3/4

In this Episode:

Show notes will follow soon!!

For now what you need to know is:

Musings By A Pixy

2014-01-24T14:42:00.001-08:00

I recently told my friend that I'm having the best time spinning these days. At first, I couldn't understand why I have become so enamored with it again, but then I read a blog that sort of put things into perspective. The blogger talked about how when you spin, your communicating to the ancient worlds. I have always had a great respect for the tremendous time and effort people had to put forth just to have the smallest piece of material. However, I think it's more than that. Like the blogger said, when I'm spinning I can be anywhere at any time. Spinning really does take me out of my mind to another place. I recently started looking at spinningwheels, but then I begin to wonder, if I get a wheel well I still have the same connection with spinning? The patience and time that it takes to form a single continuous strand of fiber connects you to your art. Is it the same for wheel spinners? Either way, I think when I do get a wheel, I will try for something sort of rustic. I don't think I will ever stop using a spindle however. I would be very interested to hear thoughts from other people on this particular subject. I sort of equivocate this topic with vinyl turntables versus the new style CD-J turntables or digital turntables of today. As a DJ, I will remain true to my vinyl roots, but who knows? I may make room for a new setup soon which is a little more up-to-date. I will however, never use a laptop. Not for "real mixes" anyway. :)

Chasing Spindles 8 - All Caught Up

2014-01-16T00:45:00.001-08:00

Chasing Spindles Episode 8 - All Caught Up!!

In this week's episode:

Babely:

Sunday -

Said I wasn’t going to make any New Year’s resolutions, and I mean that, but I did go shopping and I did re-enter the world of healthy eating again. The crappy thing about spending so much time away from home is that I am kind of forced to either buy two sets of groceries (one to leave home and the other to take with me to my parents’ house) or eat as my family do. So, what I did was buy healthy food that is portable. Not only did I do that, but (as I think I may have mentioned earlier) I signed up for Graze. Graze (for those of you who may not know) is a service that sends you a box of healthy snacks every 2 weeks. I figured that if I could afford Netflix, I could afford to do something healthy for myself. So Sunday was the day to get my eating back in order.

Monday -

So I packed a healthy lunch for myself and went to catch my train. So as I’m sitting on the train minding my own business, this lady comes and sits at my table with me. She proceeds to apply her make-up and her friend joins her soon after. The whole ride was so uncomfortable and awkward. At one point, I believe the two of them started texting crap about me because in my catty experience, the only reason you text someone next to you is to talk crap about the other person in your vicinity, right? So that was just odd. Later that night, I realized I forgot to bring a spinning project!! SO not happy.

Tuesday -

I casted on a new project. If you’ll remember, I had said I wanted to make a gray hat following the pattern I had done for the Zebra cowl. Well since I don’t have any LYS’s in my area, I went to Michael’s and picked some up.

I started suffering from fiber withdraw. That would have made the cold gloomy evening go buy much faster. My parents’ heater is broken and it is REALLY cold where I sleep, so my mom tried her hardest to keep the oven on and warm the house. So instead of spinning, I sat by the oven and kept warm.

Wednesday -

Went home and was informed that I received a package in the mail, so there will be some Stashy Stashy later in the show.

Thursday -

Today I woke up on the (mentally)adventurous side of the bed and started thinking about how I could began the process of casting on a pair of socks in the near future. DPNs scare me and I can’t do magic loop, so this project is very daunting. I can tell this subject will be continued in my brain for days to come.

Friday -

Worked on the blog and youtube channel to try and make it look nicer for those of you who read it.

Saturday -

Nothing but spinning and knitting…Mostly spinning. So, let's get on with the show!!

WIP-its:

1. Freeform Hat

I started a hat very loosely based on the Northern Autumn Hat

Lion's Brand Woolease thick and quick

Size 8 Boye needles

is turning out more freeform than anything else.

Whorlwind:

1. Rolags:

Name: Sleeping Beauty #1

From: Fairytale Spun

Blend: Jacob, Faux Cashmere, Firestar, Heritage Locks, Wool Blend

Spun on: Pixy (my little blue top whorl spindle)

2. Kaleidoscope Batt

Name: set #13

From: Unwind Yarn Co.

Blend: Not specified

Spun on: Ancient #1 (top whorl spindle)

Stashy Stashy!

1. Drop Spindle Kit

Lightweight blue spindle

From: The Yarn Marm

Outro:

You know how I do :)

Chasing Spindles 7 - SAS Short And Sweet

2014-01-11T17:34:00.001-08:00

Chasing Spindles 7 - SAS Short And Sweet

In this week's episode:

This is actually last week's episode. I was going to addendum it on to episode 6, but it ended up being long enough to be it's episode. I have some finished spinning, and another FO to show you. Not many notes for this show because it is so short. However, I promise next week's show will go back to the nicer format. :)

Chasing Spindles 6 - Spinning Christmas

2014-01-09T19:42:00.000-08:00

Chasing Spindles episode 6 - Spinning Christmas

In this week's episode:

Babbley:

So today’s show was almost called Idohwanna because I haven’t felt like doing ANYTHING this week. I don’t know why. I could lie and say the holidays made me lazy, but the truth is, I’m just in a blah mood. I haven’t wanted to spin or knit this week, but the show, as well as other podcasters keep my inspiration up. That is the only reason I am here with progress to show you. This week was easy as far as work goes. Very uneventful. I left for my parent’s house on Monday.

Monday - While I was waiting for the train, there was this guy there hacking and coughing away. I was trying to stay clear of him so I moved, then he moved. So then I went to stand behind a planter to be away from him until my train came. I can not afford to get sick, because if I am sick I can not go to work and I can’t not go to work. Anyway, I find I love to sit at the top of the train. I really love the view from up there. I’ll try to show you a photo next week if I can, because I couldn’t get a good one this week. Anyway, I walked to the midway car and up the stairs to the top of the train, get settled to knit and watch my fellow podcasters when guess who walks into my car!! None other than hackycough man. Ugh! So I put up my scarf around my face and pray to the gods I don’t get his cold. I’m not a germaphobe, but I DO NOT want to get sick. I cannot miss work right now. So I get to the station and run to my bus which I made on time YAY! from there I went to work and it was a pretty easy day. Got to my parents’ house and…EVERYONE is sick! I can’t win! Thus far I don’t feel sick, but so help me if I do get sick…
Tuesday - work was easy, because it was Christmas eve. A lot of the residents told me they had plans with their families which is always great to hear because so many residents at the last place I was at just kind of got dumped there by their families. So christmas eve and especially Christmas day were EASY. At my parents’ house I think all I did was sleep. I did do some knitting, and spinning, but spinning was kicking my ass! Even though I’m not a beginner anymore, I still get into funks where I can’t join and I have too much twist in my single and I got discouraged and gave up for the nigh. After we opened gifts on Christmas eve and everyone went to bed, I asked sillyfru who some of her favorite dealers were and she recommended Unwind Yarns Co. (craftygirl83) and GnomeAchers as well. Craftygirl83 told me via instagram she was having a sail so I went to her site and hella scored!!
Wednesday - Opened presents with my little brother, went to work and then I came home. I picked up my spinning again to much better avail. I think I even had the desire to go back and spin the naked fiber too! That night I was kickin’ around Etsy and found Fairytale spun fibers and had me some fun!! :)
Thursday - It was tech day. I updated to the new IOS 7 on my iPhone 4 (but not my 4s as it’s jailbroken and I NEED this one to keep working on the current jailbreak). That night I decided to do some more spinning and was having problems with the yarn falling off the cop of my spindle as it is so full. I found this video on youtube by expertlydyed which shows this awesome trick. I’ll post a link to the video in Whorlwind.

Whorlwind:
There is progress on the naked fiber, but I don’t have it to show you as you’ve seen it before. Many many times at that. :)

Sunset is almost done, but as I said earlier, I was having some issues. For example, my cop is too full. The yarn near the hook keeps coming untwisted and getting all clustered. I was searching on youtube, and THIS VIDEO helped me out a lot!

WIP-its
working on the new Zebra cowl for my friend’s Yule gift. Progress is soooo slow!! but I am doing fine! I am not following any pattern. Basically is 3 rows of 2x2 rib, 4 or 5 stockinette and back to ribbing. It’s great practice. This pattern is making me feel like I’m running in place however. I hate that I knit so slowly sometimes.

Cued Up:
Thank you to those of you who are being active in the boards!!! I’ll give it one more week before we do the KAL.
Snuggles:
If you are doing Snuggles, please consider donating them to AFV of southern California. If you’d like more info PM me on Rav. or Plurk.
Thanks!!

Outro!:
All the places you can find me.

Fiber Frenzy Addendum:

After I finished the show, I was told I had boxes waiting for me. Thus, I get new stash and YOU get a Fiber Frenzy Addendum!!

1. Fairytale Spun

These are multi-blended rollags of amazingness!!! These are my first rollags and OMG I can’t wait to spin them!!!
My mouth literally watered at seeing these!! Here are the blends, colorways, and best of all photos!!

Crayon Box: Merino, Angora, Faux Angora, Firestar, Cormo, Mohair Curls, Llama, Farm Wool

School Colors: Clun Forest, Merino, Llama, Teeswater, Standard & Farm Wool, Jacob, Romney

Sleeping Beauty 1: Jacob, Faux Cashmere, Heritage Locks, Firestar, Wool Blend

Sleeping Beauty 2: Teeswater, Merino, Alpaca, Firestar

Unwind Yarn Co.
I scored 2 kaleidoscope bats!! I am loving these colors!!! These too are blended. Each bat contains 6 bumps of fiber.

Set 11:

Set 13:

Such lovely fiber I can’t wait to spin them all!!!

Chasing Spindles 5 - Hazy Shade Of Winter

2013-12-26T15:52:00.001-08:00

In this week's episode:

Holidays crept up on me. I was going to decorate, but ran out of time. I figured the holidays would catch me off garde as I'm trying to figure bills and stuff still. This week, I've been nuts on working and fiber arts.

Monday:

had the day off and cleaned. Finished some things I’ll talk about later in the show.

Tuesday:

I went to a funeral for someone I didn't know. It was an awkward experience. I felt like I really should not have been there. The crazy thing was, that, through the stories about this person, I kind of got the feeling like I knew him. Still, it was uncomfortable watching strangers grieving.

Wednesday: At work they had Santa for the residents. Their were photos, dogs, gifts, all that wonderful holiday stuff. That night, when I got home, I played monopoly with family. That is one of my favorite things to do with people I love. <3

Thursday:

Went to work, then came back to my parents’ house. I started to get a bit homesick. I was really cranky and just wanted to be left alone.

Friday - After work, caught my train home, and was happily knitting on the train.

Now, onto the show!

Scratched:

Frogging segment:

cotton arm warmers frogged because straight needles are boring to me right now and I cant magic loop.

WIPits:

Casted on a new zebra cowl for my friend for xmas.

WhorlWind:

Sunset is near gone.

FOs:

First Zebra cowl completed.

Cued up:

Looking forward:

Felicity Hat

free pattern

Happy Holidays!!

Chasing Spindles Podcast 4 - Where Have You Been?!

2013-12-14T18:37:00.001-08:00

Chasing Spindles Episode 4 - Where Have You Been?!

In this weeks episode:

Show notes:

Chasing Spindles: My Life Being Crappy At Everything Crafty
Episode #4
Where Have You Been?

Intro:
It's been 7 months since I did a show and there is LOTS of new stuff to tell you about!! A new house, a new job, and a new computer are just some of the things I covered in the intro to the show.
I also talk about the reasons there has been no show for so long. Things have done a REAL 180 since last show. If you want to skip the update starts the show at: 13:20.

Craft That WIP
For my works in progress this week, I have lots to show you because I've been a knit whore :) Plus I’ve caught a bit of Cast-onitis.

1. Arm Warmers
•Crem de la Crem
•Worsted weight
•Combed cotton yarn
•No colourway
•Needles: size 8 straight
•Brand: unknown from grandma's stash
•Garter stitch
•No pattern
2. Zebra Cowl
•Lion's brand yarn
•Can't find the ball band will update when I do :)
•Worsted weight
•Needles are size 6 circular
•brand: unknown from grandma's stash
•No pattern.
3. Ribbed hat
•Just casted it on.
•Yarn from grandma's stash
•May have to overdye it
•More info next week!
LESSONS LEARNED :)
When ribbing, bind off ribbed!!!
4. My first hat
•Paton's Classic wool
•Worsted weight
•Wool yarn
•Needles size 8 circulars
•Brand: Boye
•Messed up the bind off.

Whorlwind:
This week, I have lots of spinning to show you! Some is stuff I've been working on for quite a while, but I also have some new stuff as well. I have had my passion for spinning renewed indeed.

1. The dreaded Naked Merino:
•19.5 microns 6ozs
•3rd cop
•Spinning a fine single thus far.
•Getting about a fingering weight
•Spun on bottom whorl drop spindle
2. Sunset On Gelfrey by Knitter's Nightmare:
•100% Wool
•2ozs
•About half way done
•It's coming out finer than I wanted it to.
•Getting a near sock weight.
•Spun on top whorl drop spindle

Stashy Stashy:
I have some awesome new acquisitions to show you. I have gotten my hands on lots of colorful goodies which I cannot wait to work with.

1. A Night At The Genetic Opera by Knitter's Nightmare:
•100% superwash Merino
•4ozs
•www.knittersnightmare.com
2. The Promise by Sockbunny Studios:
•80% superwash BFL 20% nylon
•400 Yards 2ply
•On her miracle sock base
3. Erin Colorway by Maine Wool Yarn & Fiber:
•%100 wool
•4ozs
•Kept on calling it mainewoolyarns, but it was wrong.
•www.mainewoodsyarn.com/

I Made This:
1. Merino Yarn
•first two cops of merino made absolutely fabu yarn!!
•about 100 yards of yarn
•This yarn came out beautifully balanced
•Epic pass!

Cueing it up!:
1. First pattern
•I am ready to do my first pattern so if you have any ideas, post them in the group at ravelry.com under the “My first pattern” thread.
2. Things to come
•Also I talk about the natural dye along and maybe a future contest in the months to come!

Thank You!
I just wanted to say thank you to the people who have been so supportive throughout the life of the show!
Renecia
Christina
ChaoticHooker

Exit Strategy:
1. Find me as Spinpixy on:
•Instagram
•Ravelry
•Plurk
•Facebook
2. You can find the show at:
•chasingspindles.blogsopt.com
•www.youtube.com/chasingspindles
3. Get interactive with the show:
•www.facebook.com/chasingspindles
•http://www.ravelry.com/groups/chasing-spindles

Photo update:
Pictures from the past 7 months including a fire I TOTALLY forgot to tell you all about.
Music:
Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap

Aloe vera juice recipe

2013-06-04T16:10:00.001-07:00

Aloe vera juice

Note: if you are using store-bought lemons in a net bag. You may need more lemons than if you use homegrown lemons. Also, try to avoid using lemon juice bought from the store. It may have other chemicals in it, and may change the taste of the juice. Finally, this recipe can be altered to make as much or as little juice as you'd like simply blend ingredients to taste for smaller amounts.
Be safe while cutting, and enjoy!!

Ingredients:
5-7 Lemons
3-4 small Aloe leafs, or two large.
3 bags of Celestial Seasonings fruit tea
I used country peach passion.
1 one gallon pitcher filled with 1 gallon purified water.
1/4 Cup honey

Instructions:
1. Steep: start by steeping 3 bags of Celestial Seasonings fruit tea in 1 gallon of cold water and set aside in refrigerator.
2. Harvest lemons and aloe vera.
3. Prepare the aloe vera: To prepare your aloe vera, first start by taking a very sharp knife and slicing off the spine ends. Be careful not to prick yourself on the thorny bits. Now thoroughly wash your aloe vera in cold water.
4. Cutting the aloe vera: Take your freshly washed aloe vera leaf, and place it on a cutting board or clean working surface. Slice to leaf fillet style to remove the skin. Once the skin is removed take a spoon and scrape the aloe vera into a bowl or directly into blender.
5. Preparing lemon juice: to prepare the lemon juice, slice each lemon in half once then run through your juicer.
6. Blend: blend aloe vera and lemon juice together for 30 seconds to a minute.
7. Combine: combine lemon-aloe mixture to steeped tea, and mix thoroughly.
8. Sweeten: Take 1/4 cup honey and add honey to taste.

Variations:
I have heard of some people leaving the skin on the aloe vera plant but blending it very very thoroughly. One lady swears this is helping her son who has cancer. Be warned, some of the compounds in the aloe vera may cause a laxative like effect if the skin is left on.

Chasing Spindles Podcast 3 - A Beginner's Whorld

2013-03-21T18:38:00.000-07:00

Chasing Spindles Episode 3 - A Beginner's Whorld

Show notes to come...

Chasing Spindles Podcast 2 - Dyeing Of Natural Causes

2013-03-14T17:13:00.000-07:00

Episode 2 - Dyeing Of Natural Causes

In this weeks Episode:

Show Note:

-LOUD NOISES watch your ears! so sorry! I didn't know my mic would pick up my drink being sat down.

-High school kids getting out apologies for city noise.

-I am dehydrated, just walked home and it's hot outside, so I'm drinking a lot again… Sorry

Week Speak:

1. Changing the name of this segment to on the Decks!

2. Hurt my knee on the bus BOO it hurts@

3. Talk of natural dyeing with Amber ChaoticHooker

a- Tools used:

-Turkey Tin

-Paper Plates

-Bowls for every color

-Saucepan

-Tongs

-Rags/towels

-Spoon

-Yarn (bought and handspun)

-Spaghetti Jars

b- Mordents used:

-Cream of Tar Tar

-Distilled Vinegar

c- Elements/colors used:

-Beets - Red

-Grapes - Blue

-Onions - Orange

-Wilton Cake Dye (just in case)

d- Processes:

-Mordent bath

-Chopped/mashed/peeled produce

-Boiled water

-Made produce into tea

-Let yarn set in tea as it steeped

-Strained tea into 3 spaghitti sauce jars

-filed saucepan with 2cups of water

-set jars in pan with the water

-set yarn in the jars

-let boil

e- Result!

Yarn was colored at follows:

Grape section - pale pale blue

Beet Section - pale rose pink

Onion section - dingy brown

f- Phase 2 for darker color:

-Removed yarn from jars

-Added cake dye to natural tea as follows:

Grape - Blue 2drops

Beets - Red 3-4drops

Onion - Orange 5drops

-Set to boil

g- Result!

Yarn was colored as follows:

Grape section - Dark to sky blue

Beet section - Dark red to pail rose pink

Orange section - did not change

Note: white sections were over-dyed in the blue tea, and produced a terquoise blue to purple.

If you would like more information on our processes, a full in depth description will be posted soon, including photos, as well as boiling and setting time.

Craft that WIP!

1. Red Barron Cowl

-Has seen NO progress (but bad progress)

-Wonky stitch on the needle

-Huge hole on the side

-has a dropped stitch

-Cannot frog/must fix

-Taking a break until I can fix all problems.

2. Mindless knitting

-Technique scarf

-Practicing the stitches I am learning

- yarn is an acrylic/wool blend (bulky yarn)

-Boye size 10 needles

3. Leg Warmers

-Donated yarn sport weight

-Boye (not Clover as I stated in the show)

-Size 4 circular needles 19inch cord

4. Triangle Shawl

-I can't show it to you

-It will be a pattern up for free download soon

Whorl Wind:

1. Top whorl:

-Spinning combed top Merino fiber

-8oz 19.5microns

-Spinning 6 or 8oz

-Spinning like a dream

-Thin pre-draft

-Spins itself

-Trying for a worsted weight

Fiber Frenzy:

1. Nothing because I don't know what I want to spin.

BYOB (Bought Yarn Or Beads):

1. Gala mixed Fiber yarns

-4 skeins

-2 colorways

-Nylon, acrylic blend

-bulky yarn

I MADE IT/Epic Pass Epic Fail:

1. Dye Pots Finished Items

-Yarn Alpaca

-Yarn Mystery Fiber

-Dyed fiber project bag

Future Plans:

-Trip to Portland in May!!!!

-More natural dyeing

End Note:

1. Yes, I know there was fiber fluff on my shirt :-)

2. Apologies again for the loud noised I really didn't think it would be picked up that loud (as it was on a table next to me opposite my mic)

3. Forgot to say microfiber bag will be redyed in grapes as soon as I can get to it. I'm trying for a tie-dyed look.

Chasing Spindles Podcast 1 - It Starts

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Episode 1 - It Starts...

In this weeks Episode:
Intro:
-Who is this Crappy Crafter?
-Why am I doing this podcast?
-All questions answered.

Week Speak:
1. Grandma's stash raided...Kinda :)

a- Clover bamboo circular Takumi needles

-size 11US or 8.0mm

-36inch cable

b- Red Heart Skein HUGE

2. Trip to Michael's:

a- Clover bamboo Takumi straight needles

- size 11US or 8.0mm

-14 inches long

3. Found Fun stuff:

a- Naked fiber bag

Craft that WIP!

1. Triangle Shawl

-On 43rd increase

-Done in garter stitch

-Done on Boye size 10 straight needles

-Done in Peria yarn in the Hawaii Colorway (97%acrylic 3%Polymid

2. Red Barron Cowl

-Named for my Grandmother

-Casted on 40 stitches

-Done in garter stitch

-Done on Clover circulars and moved to new clover straits.

-Done in Red Heart yarn

Whorl Wind:

1. Bottom whorl:

-playing with scraps :)

2. Top whorl:

-Spinning combed top Merino fiber

-8oz 19.5microns

-first fiber ever purchased.

-Gave half to ChaoticHooker

-Had a fiber fiasco made me MAD panda.

3. On the bobbin:

-Type O Negative by Unwind Yarn Co.

-LOVE it and want MORE

Fiber Frenzy:

1. Merino!

-8oz Comed top

-SOFT

-19.5microns.

-Naked for a reason :)

BYOB (Bought Yarn Or Beads):

NOTHING!!! what is up? I will have something next week because I am having some yarn dyed for me by SockBunny of SockBunnyStudios on Etsy. Will have Beads as well.

I MADE IT/Epic Pass Epic Fail:

1. Garter stitch scarf (pass)

-Calling it Frogger scarf

-I'm turning it into a cowl

-Made from donated yarn

-Very short

-ugly stitch work

2. Yarns:

a- Coridale handspun (fail)

-first yarn I ever spun

-Bulky and over spun

-Broke whilst setting it re-spun it and reset it.

b- Alpaca handspun (PASS)

-Donated by another friend

-Mostly consistant

-Great fun for beginners

-Set nicely

c- Mystery Fiber #1 (kind of pass)

-Donated by Amber ChaoticHooker

-Mostly consistant thick/thin

-Fun to spin

-Set nicely

d- Mystery fiber #2 (Pass)

-Donated by Amber ChaoticHooker

-Consistant!!!

-DIFFICULT TO SPIN

Future Plans:

Natural Dye along with chaotic & Crafty

Here we go!

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Welcome to my blog for the Chasing Spindles Podcast. You can find my podcast on Youtube right now. I hope to have my podcast up on blip soon, but I need to work out some kinks. It's been a long process to get even to where I am now, so I hope I can make some real big changes soon. Anyway, about the podcast...This podcast is dedicated to my journey into knitting, spinning fiber, and crochet. It is serving as a video blog of my progress as I learn. Please check out my podcast on Youtube every Monday! Also, you can join the group on Ravelry and you can follow my Plurks as well. Thanks for reading my blog, and I hope you'll add me to your blog feed.