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This episode will include Events, Pipeliner Notes, Needle
Notes, Book Notes, and In the Pipeline.
Events
Registration opened on Dec 1, 2015 and we are more than
halfway full but still have room for you.
2016 Knitting Pipeline Spring Retreat Information Download HERE
Or copy and paste in your browser:
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Feb 26-27, 2016 (Fri 2 PM to Sat 4 PM)
with optional Yarn Crawl/Workshop Fun Day on Thursday Feb 25, 2016
Crossroads United Methodist Church
1420 N Main St, Washington IL, 61571 (corner of N Main and Rt 24)
- Friday, Feb 26th Doors open at 2 PM. Dinner at 6 PM
- Saturday, Feb 27th Doors open at 8 AM. Retreat hours: 9 AM to 4 PM
Thursday Feb 25th Yarn
Crawl and Workshop Fun Day
Thursday Workshops require separate registration. See Workshop
Registration
Cornerstone Inn and Sleep Inn
have room blocks.
- Cornerstone Inn Bed and Breakfast There are 7 rooms. 309-267-1878
- Sleep Inn 1101 N Cummings Lane Washington IL 61571 (309) 481-0450
Do not book online as you cannot access the block of rooms. Call
directly and ask for a room in the Knitting Pipeline Block. We have 40 rooms
reserved.
Pipeliner Notes
Thank you to
everyone who has written to me recently and also to those of you who expressed
birthday greetings.
Elizabeth Doherty posted on Episode 229, question on why patterns are not always
introduced as individual downloads.
Hi Paula, I’m a bit
behind on my podcast listening, so I’m sorry if I’m coming in late on this, but
I wanted to reply to your listener’s question about releasing individual
patterns from a book or collection—in this case my book, Top Down: Reimagining Set-in Sleeve Design. First though, I should point out that all
of the patterns in the book are available individually. They were
released in early September, about a month after the book came out.
There are a few
reasons why a publisher might wait to release individual patterns, and those
that you cited were good ones, but there is another practical one: It takes
time to reformat patterns. Not only do they need to be laid out all over again,
but extra material such as technique notes and abbreviations that were grouped
together in the back of the book need to be added to each pattern on an
individual basis. After that, the patterns need to be tech edited, as if for
the first time, because once you start moving text around there is a
possibility of introducing errors. Hope that helps!
On You Tube, the blog, and Ravelry Thread
(just not iTunes)
Nature Notes
We have added a suet feeder to the hook system that is
mounted to our deck. We thought we could get away with it flying under the
radar of the resident raccoons but that didn’t happen. After a few nights we
awoke to see that the door of the suet cage was open and the suet was gone. My
dear husband now brings the suet feeder in at night and he’ll try to do that
all winter, as he does the hummingbird feeder during the spring and summer
months. If any of you have a way to keep raccoons out of the suet, please let
me know. The nuthatches were the first birds to find the suet followed shortly
by downy woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, Red bellied woodpeckers, and
(drumroll), Northern Flicker. I give the Flicker a drumroll because they do not
come to the seed feeders at all but they do like the suet. The Northern Flicker
is characterized by its large size (bigger than the red-bellied but smaller
than a Pileated). The Flicker has a
triangular shaped red patch on the back of its head and a black bib on its
mostly brown body.
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| Northern Flicker on its way to the suet feeder. |
Needle Notes
Wool
Baby by Melissa LaBarre $12 4 Designs- 2 cardigans, a bonnet with lace, and
textured blanket all in Quince yarn.
Odessa Shawl by
Helen Stewart aka CuriousHandmade
Carodan Farm Chincoteague Tides Gradient (Purchased at NY
Sheep and Wool) from Carodan
Farm, Chincoteague VA
I added one full repeat of the lace pattern so I could use
the most of the gradient. It is a very subtle gradient but there is a lot of
light/darker play in the whole thing which adds so much. This was such a
pleasure to knit, both yarn and pattern. I also added a bit more garter at the
end to use up a little more yarn.
(Check
errata for crown decreases.)
Ribbing
is on the sides and makes the hat swoop slightly to cover the ears better. Cute
and different.
I
used Malabrigo worsted in Polar Morn colorway.
Mittens
to match with twisted rib on the cuff.
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| A Sweet Bebe in Lacey Bonnet |
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| Emily wearing Elen by Mandie Harrington and Bebe wearing Lacey Bonnet |
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| Bebe wearing Lacey Bonnet by Erika Knight |
In The Pipeline
Drawing for Wool Baby by
Melissa LaBarre $12 4 Designs- 2 cardigans, a bonnet with lace, and textured
blanket all in Quince yarn.
Random.org
chose from #2—64 and chose #2
TAnn (Teresa from
Emporia KS) wrote Such pretty patterns. I
love the blanket but I think I might have to knit Mae first. I like the rounded
edges with the geometric/lace pattern. The color I think I would pick is
Parsley, it is such a pretty green.
Congratulations,
TAnn! Please contact me and I’ll ask the good folks at Quince to gift the book
to you.
Book Notes
Thank
you to Artisan Books for sending me a review copy!
Susan B
Anderson’s Kid’s Knitting Workshop $17.95 The
Easiest and Most Effective Way to Learn to Knit! With 17 Cool Projects Kids
will love.
Spiral
bound
Not
just for kids! I will use this book to teach adults as well.
Very
complete without being overwhelming.
We
are giving away a signed copy of Susan
B Anderson’s Kids’ Knitting Workshop! Thank you to Artisan Books for the
review copy and the giveaway copy. Please enter by leaving a comment in the thread in our Ravelry Group expressing why you would like the book or who you
would teach. The winner will be chosen by Random Number Generator.
Haste ye back!
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| Bebe in Sleep Sac that I dyed with indigo in the workshop at the Maine Retreat. Undyed sac was a gift from Karen of Seven Sisters Arts. |
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| Bebe in her Bunny Hat by Susan B Anderson, actually knitted by Susan B Anderson |
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