Monday, September 9, 2013

Episode 14 - Summer's End

On My Needles:
     Vanilla Latte Socks
     My Vanilla Latte Socks
     Dad Socks
     My Dad Socks

Off My Needles:
     Freesia
     (My Freesia ) I Hate Cancer Prayer Shawl
     Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere
     Wispy Cardi by Hannah Fettig
     Andrea's Wispy
Qued Up: 
     Backshore by Alicia Plummer
     Bunny Girl in a Dotted Dress
     Little Cotton Rabbits
     Climb and Swirl Cowl
   Loop Knits

Technique:  I store my yarn in plastic ziplock bags inside plastic totes.  How about you?

My Happy Place: 
     XXX spinning wheel
     Football with my beloved Boise State Broncos!!
    

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Episode 13 - Three Bags Full!


Off My Needles -

Waikiki Wedding Shawl
Tanis Fiber Arts Silver Label - Natural Colorway
 Low Tide Cardigan by TinCanKnits

On My Needles -
Andrea's Wispy Cardi - Hannah Fettig
Rocky Coast Cardigan - Hannah Fettig

Qued Up
Freesia shawl
Bonny - TinCanKnits
Vanilla Latte Socks

On The Farm

Moseying on in - no idea what is about to happen!
Ivy


Skirting
Washing
Carding
Beautiful, beautiful yarn









Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Episode 7 - Sweet Fiber Dreams

Thanks for stopping by the 'Nest!  For some reason I am no longer able to embed my podcast into my page from my podcast host - Podbean.  Grrrrr.........   I am trying to get this resolved but I think I may need to switch hosts.  In the meantime you can download my podcast at iTunes or you can go to www.podbean.com and find me there.  Or you can go to my facebook page - Robinznest Knits and find an embeddable player right under the cover picture.  I'm so sorry for any inconvenience this causes and I hope to get it fixed soon.

Here are some of the things I talked about this week:

Squares for Comfort Charity KAL
My second pair of One Skein Boot Toppers
Robin Hood Hat

I have completed my first spinning project:

Brennan Cowl
Socks on a Farm
Judy's Magic Cast On
Rotation
Quince & Co Tern
Toothless
Playful Stripes Cardigan  (I accidentally called this Playful Day Cardigan in my podcast - sorry!)
Rocky Coast Cardigan
Judith Mackenzies DVD's
Sheepish Sweater restored!!

Podcasts I am currently listening to:
Yarniacs
Blooming Knitter
2 Knit Lit Chicks

New great yarn!
Hannah from Loop

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Ravelry:  Robinznest
Facebook:  Robinznest Knits
Email:  robinznest.knits@gmail.com
ETSY:  Robinznest Knits

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Shownotes - Episode 6 - The Voice, and I Don't Mean the TV Show

Hi Everyone-
I hope you find yourselves enjoying these autumn days and that your knitting is going well.  Thanks for joining me for Episode 6.  Here are the links for the things we talked about this week:

Thank you M.Gracie for the very nice iTunes review!

I have received so many compliments about my voice, which is really odd because I am used to hearing all the compliments about my husbands voice!  Meet my husband, Chuck, as he shares his great voice with you. 

Off My Needles:

Robin Hood
Queensland Kathmandu

On My Needles:
Socks on a Farm
One Skein Boot Toppers - pair #2
Malabrigo Worsted

Qued Up:
Rocky Coast Cardigan
Cascade 220 superwash


Tangles and Knots: 
Sheepish Sweater

Spinning:
Respect the Spindle
Spinning is going spinningly...

Sew Fun:
my project bags




My Etsy store:  Robinznest Knits

On the Farm:
Chickens and sheep are growing and thriving.
Last Saturday morning was so beautiful in the barnyard - it felt like a sanctuary.







My Favorite Things:
Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf

My prayers go to the people affected by Hurricane Sandy.

I'm on Facebook now as Robinznest Knits - stop by and "like" my page!

Thanks for stopping by.  You can contact me on Ravelry as Robinznest or email me at robinznest.knits@gmail.com  


Friday, October 19, 2012

Episode 5 - Trailing of the Sheep


Out and About
I attended my first fiber festival ever - The Trailing of the Sheep in beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho.  I truly enjoyed every thing we did.  I found a great blogger and a kindred spirit in Junelle.  We ate lots of great lamb dishes, learned much about wool, and I bought my first drop spindle!  Practice makes perfect, right?

Off My Needles:

Cambrian Cowl from Coastal Knits

Vanilla Socks are done - even though technically I knit 5 socks to get this pair :\

On My Needles - 

Socks on a Farm by Lala of the Knitgirlls
Low Tide Cardigan otherwise known as Hawaii 2013 on my Ravelry project page.
Robin Hood Hat KAL with Mel from Singlehanded Knits.
Rotation by Cookie A

Tangles and Knots:
Ugh.  Andrea's Wispy Cardi is in time out.
The aforementioned vanilla socks gave me plenty of headache but they are done!

New segment:  You know your a knitter when......

On the Farm:
Chicken house has been winterized.  We lost another chicken in the horse trough.  Any ideas how to remedy this?
Sheep are easy keepers.  Seriously.

Technique:  A new and improved way of doing a simple SSK.

My Favorite Things:  Reading glasses from the Target dollar bin.  Yay!!!

In My Sewing Studio:  I'm creating some project bags for my knitting and having a blast doing it.  Here is my first prototype:






Calendar of Hope

Big thank yous to the most kind podcasters who have given me great shoutouts on their podcasts:
Jen of Down Cellar Studios
Barb and Tracy of 2 Knit Lit Chicks
Dawn of Wolfe Farms
Jessica from Knitting Brooklyn

Thank you to all who have left such sweet comments and reviews on iTunes.  You all make me feel so happy!

Join my group, Robinznest, on Ravelry!!