Projects of the Moment: WIPs Report & Finished Objects
TinyKiwi shows off all the small crafts she’s making for a craft fair (it’s a lot!)
She also gets the unicorn horn made when she decides to knit it flat but needs to seam it and add the ridge.
RambunctiouSky works on socks and talks knit plotting.
TK discusses changing her name to Heather Danger. ❤
Brainy Moments (16:10)
RS shows a way of winding small bits of yarn for small projects or intarsia so that it pulls out as you go without tangling.
Hyperventilate (19:40)
TK shares an artist she loves Emily Carroll. Some of the stories on there are horror and may not be suitable for children, so use your own discretion. TK’s favorite story is “Out of Skin.”
I Spy (26:45)
TK sees a grub (blurg!)
RS sees a Jack Russel Terrier that is a hiker. Ground spiders, Coast Live Oaks.
Tangent! We question how the Queen wears her fascinators.
Walks in the Urban Wilderness (31:40)
We don’t do well cause of the heat, and RS even forgets she has goals. So hot we have brain melt! Woeee
Ear Party (34:40)
RS continues to listen to Put Your Hands Together podcast
TK listens to the audiobook for The Amulet of Samarkand
And we’re off into Random: CONTEST RESULTS:
CONGRATS URBANIZER; YOU’VE WON! We’ll contact you on Rav. 😉
Scotland! Will it or won’t it go? We’ll find out soon!
(We are working on a new place to store our audio & can’t update in iTunes until we resolve this. Your patience is requested, but hopefully it will be very soon!)
Projects of the Moment: WIPs Report & Finished Objects (00:40)
TinyKiwi works on (no relation, other than we’re both small birds) TinyOwlKnits’s Unicorn Horn from theCare of Magical Creatures Charm Bracelet #1 for our Knit ALong. She makes her own size 0 DPNs out of toothpicks and talks about using nail-polish on them… Which she later does.
Join us in our KAL of the CoMC Bracelet(s) which we’re running through to the end of November!
by posting in our “Introductions” thread or the “Ear Party” thread in our SotHF Rav group, (or leaving a comment here if you don’t have a Ravelry account.)
We’re keeping the contest open until…Sept 15th, 2014! 11:59 pm (PST) so come post & enter!
[If you already own Charm packs 1,2, and 3, then RS will gift you an equal value pattern from your wish-list.]
TinyKiwi gets further along on her “Follow the Spiders” hat.
Pieces of Eight mitts are finished! It’s a free pattern, but it’s not entirely clearly written so RS re-wrote the pattern. All things considered, RS likes the pattern and plans to make more.
TK does an un-paid advertisement for Dip Dabs, and wishes she’d get a sponsorship from them, just so that she could get free Dip Dabs. ❤
Brainy Moments (10:24)
RS talks about grafting and when you can avoid Kitchener Stitch grafting (because that produces stockinette stitch). We talk about the value of practicing grafting to overcome fear.
Hyperventilate (14:46)
TK talks about the joy of finding a snippet of Colin Firth at the end of an old version of The Secret Garden (1987) that she watched as a kid. Colin Firth ~swoon~ Mister Yummy Man himself. God he looks so young! It’s available on YouTube at the moment if you care to take a gander.
Walks in the Urban Wilderness with a hint of I Spy (28:04)
RS goes for a hike, and visits a botanic garden in her area (and learns about Coast Live Oaks!) Lizards.
[TK needs texts from RS to put on sunscreen, and RS needs texts from TK to walk more. New goals!]
TK wears out her feet running around at a temp job, and gets to garden with Ginger (white and yellow flowered varieties,) Red Zonal Pelargoniums (aka Geraniums). She gets her regular day of gardening in, plus one extra, and one hard hot day of setting up tables in the sun, followed by 8 hours at the temp job the next day. If she had a goal for steps, she’d have met it! She also sees boths Anna’s and Allen’s Hummingbirds.
Sorry of all the noise on TK’s end. The boyfriend was too busy making food to be quiet, and she kindly didn’t want him to starve while waiting.
TK tries to face her fear of Grasshoppers (and anything that looks like one) by picking them up and feeding them to chickens.
She also sees the cutest jumping spider! It looked like a gold spray-painted jewel.
RS remembers she finally saw a spider in the web tornado it’s built.
Ear Party (39:11)
RS talks about Feminist Lesbian Stand-Up Comedy show called Put Your Hands Together run by Cameron Esposito? Ask RS for more info and Wam Bam Pow! podcast
TK once again touts the virtues of The Weasley Sisters’ Podcast, ❤ listens to a few books on tape, Keith Urban, and “Archie Powell and the Exports”.
Random Remnants (44:40)
TK talks about taking apart our Grandparents’ old Automatic Stereophonic Solid-State “Portable” Magnavox Record Player. (Plays up to 6 records! No tubes to service!)
The sound tanks a bit here until the microwave turns off. Dang you SKYYYYYPE!
RS lines a bag she made TK and mails it out to her! Sneaky presents!
RS waaaades through boxes of family photos, and plants Gardenias.
We go over the contest rules and talk about the KAL.
(We are working on a new place to store our audio. We won’t update in iTunes until we resolve this. Your patience is requested, but hopefully it will be very soon, despite what we say in the podcast!)
Projects of the Moment: WIPs Report & Finished Objects (00:40)
TinyKiwi needs to take apart and re-sew some little flowers onto hair clips.
TK finishes her first ever washcloth and finishes the loofah scrubber for detention. A sweatband just needs a button to be ready, and some super-shiny bows are ready to go!
She also starts a hat she’s going to call her “Follow the Spiders” hat, and begins to gather her supplies for the KAL!
Join us! Post for a chance to WIN the pattern from us through Ravelry by posting in our Introductions thread or the Ear Party thread in our SotHF Rav group.
She also starts Pieces of Eight mitts, another free pattern, but it’s not entirely clearly written so check other people’s Rav notes before you start.
We talk more about our plans for the KAL (Knit Along) with TinyOwlKnits’s Care of Magical Creatures Charm Bracelet #1. We’re offering the pattern as a prize if you go post in our Introduce Yourself thread in our Rav group or in the Ear Party thread, also in the Rav group. (If you’re not on Ravelry, that’s ok; drop us a comment here.) Note: We changed the date to a later date since we only got a chance to post to YouTube and not to Rav or our blog. Contest is still going on!
(We are working on a new place to store our audio. We won’t update in iTunes until we resolve this. Your patience is requested, but hopefully it will be soon!)
Projects of the Moment: WIPs Report
TinyKiwi works on her light-blue rosary and (re-)designs some hair bows based on the ones from Nikki Trench’s Geek Chic Crochet.
She also has to do some maintenance on a handmade (not by her) purse.
TK makes a Tonka Truck Necklace with just a found object Tonka truck wheel and some ball chain. Easy peasy but loads of fun to play with! Zoom!
Brainy Moments (5:00)
TK uses a chisel to chip off the heads of rivets that attached the clip to a clipboard (after unsuccessfully trying to drill them forever.) Now she has a lovely strong particle board to carry her portable cutting mat around on for portable papercrafting!
TK also shows off a plier rack she made using a thick paint stir-stick and some scrap 2×4 that she sawed at a 45 degree angle. 6 nails later, and voila!
Heels by Number – RS used the V heel; this site is great for figuring out how many stitches you need for a heel!
Bug proofing yarn – a Ravelry search through the yarn forum, and we talk about all the ways we’ve heard of for dealing with bug problems in yarn.
I Spy (14:20)
RS goes camping. So relaxing! She spies stars! Like the kind in the sky. She also gets a chance to use the app where it shows you the constellations wherever you are. She also sees crows at school.
TK talks about maybe throwing some of her stuff into a craft show. We’ll see!
RS starts teaching again soon!
We talk about our KAL (Knit Along) with TinyOwlKnits’s Care of Magical Creatures Charm Bracelet #1. We’re offering the pattern as a prize if you go post in our Introduce Yourself thread in our Rav group or in the Ear Party thread, also in the Rav group. (If you’re not on Ravelry, that’s ok; drop us a comment here.)
(We are working on a new place to store our audio. We won’t update in iTunes until we resolve this. Your patience is requested! Also, if this is a feature you use, please let us know; your feedback is important.)
Sorry for the sound of wind! TK forgot to turn the fan off! -_-;
Projects of the Moment: WIPs Report
TinyKiwi has almost finished a scrubby washcloth–she’s keeping the ends to weave in for detention next month, or it’d already be done. It’s based on a nubby flower block out of 75 Floral Blocks to Crochet by Betty Barnden.
She also works on Miss Jane’s Hat by Heide Petroski. Almost there with the cabled band (hopefully!)
TK works on another rosary, this time with slightly better beads!
RambunctiouSky rips out Terri’s (new) socks and re-casts on in a smaller size.
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Finished Objects!
RambunctiouSky is a fount of finished objects, but most importantly she’s finished her Evenstar Shawl! Huzzah!
RS also made vases out of regular food jars and canning jars by hot gluing a strip of ribbon around the rim with a button accent. She made colorful votive candle holders by gently scuffing the candle holders with sand paper, wrapping in rubber bands, spray painting, and then taking off the rubber bands. Pretty!
Tip! Spray paint is much cheaper at home-improvement stores than at the craft stores–only problem is color selection is isn’t always as extensive.
Brainy Moments (17:32)
RS talks getting the kink out of frogged (re-used) yarn.
TK shows how she makes “master-keys” out of eye-pins so she can cut wire to the same length every time while she’s beading.
Hyperventilate (24:50)
RS’s partner is playing through Zelda without a sword. We also talk about how we enjoy watching people play video games while we craft.
Shiny (26:54)
TK goes on a crazy bead buying spree–so much cuteness. She ponders making an H.R. Giger Alien-head necklace. Anyone got a spare Alien head?
TK also showcases her “don’t-tell-the-boyfriend-how-much-I-spent” shiny: new skates from SureGrip! Atom wheels! Avenger plates!
RS got new T-pins to block the shawl and a curling iron to make pretty hair.
I Spy (39:28)
RS visits a botanic garden, enjoys a docent lead tour and learns about how hummingbirds always have food throughout the year, as there is always something red blooming. Also, bumblebees! She’s also is going camping later today and expects to have something good to report next week.
TK sees (and loves) Turkey Vultures. Hawk of some sort. Agave? *sigh*
Books to Stick Your Nose In (42:52)
RS has had no time for reading due to above wedding crafting, but is going to re-read Slow River by Nicola Griffith. She bought it off of Better World Books, a good alternative to Amazon, that participates in humanitarian efforts. Check ’em out!
RS also buys new bowls and plates (extra belated shiny!)
TK borrows a book by Nicky Epstein called Knitted Embellishments and talks about all the unexpected fun she’s learned you can have with I-cord. She’s particularly interested in the Celtic knots made of I-cord…
Ear Party (47:42)
TK again enumerates the joys of pop-artist Sia.
Walks in the Urban Wilderness (49:40)
RS has been wedding-focused, so everything took a back burner to that, except the one walk in the botanic garden.
TK walks and gardens and skates (sorta) but has back-slid a little herself.
dafont.com has the Mathilde Font that everyone thought was hand-written by RS!
We are also planning a KNIT ALONG! Care of Magical Creatures Bracelet #1 by TinyOwlKnits, so feel free to join us. We’re hoping to start the 1st of September. Hopefully? Yes! No hoping, it’s happening!
TinyKiwi makes only a smidgeon of progress on her knitted slouchy hat.
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Finished Objects!
Nothing this week!
Brainy Moments
In which we make more empty promises about buttonhole and tatting tutorials. We’ll get there~!
Shiny (4:23)
TK shows off her Slytherinish-colored fan.
RS shows off the second ball of color that she’s using for her Evenstar, and gives a quick brainy moment about blending in the color transition when switching between your gradient yarns.
RS looks forward to playing the old-school version of Zelda. Huzzah!
Books to Stick Your Nose In (14:50)
TK shows some thread crochet designs in the book:
( かぎ針で編む花レース ) トゥーオヤのアクセサリー
(Flower Lace Crochet) Turkish Oya Lace Accessories
RS ponders a trip to the Cliffs of Insanity, and thinks about beading the edge of her Evenstar.
I Spy (21:50)
RS sees dolphins! Pods and pods of dolphins and pelicans. Apparently, there was a whale to see, but RS didn’t.
TK reports that her resident Mockingbird has picked up an agitated Blue Jay call to his car-alarm remix, and TK has also seen a Phoebe, but that’s all there is to report.
We squee over CuteOverload.com and talk about its ability to make a bad day better. ❤
RS talks about how Ani DiFranco’s Living In Clip album is good angry-girl music to clean the house to.
Walks in the Urban Wilderness (31:42)
RS plays bocci ball, but othewise misses her goals.
TK gets a long day of gardening one day, and gardens 2 extra times, but gets no walks in.
Princess Sweetie Cat appearance! We’re so humbled, Your Highness!
Random Remnants (34:24)
TK geeks out about Grumpy Cat and the Pout Pout Fish (her spirit animals.)
Fava beans! Who knew they were so difficult to find?! That and Pigeon Peas (guandu.) Thanks for the help produce guy! Falafel ensued! It’s TK’s (third) favorite food!
Sisters Of The Holy Fiber 