Wednesday, September 17, 2014

New Season New Blog!

Steph is the Knitting Samurai on Ravelry and Instagram. Feel free to get in contact with Steph or visit the Ravelry Group for Knitting Samurai & Her Guys to continue to the discussion. Start a topic, join a knit-a-long, or comment on today's show.

Steph has produced 3 "seasons" of podcasts.  

  • First was  The Expectant Knitter detailing her adventures during her first pregnancy.  There are 33 Episodes available through blip.tv.  Spanning January 2010 to September 2011.
  • Next came The Knitting Samurai Plus 1 detailing life from the time Roland was born through the first few months of Tristan's life as well.  There are 102 Episodes available through blip.tv.  Spanning September 2011 to September 2014. The wordpress site carries the 10 most recent episodes and 8-10 greatest hits from the past. And you can subscribe to the podcast via the Itunes page.
  • Most recently The Knitting Samurai & Her Guys has begun.  Spans September 2014 to...  Continues to detail the adventures of a knitter with a young family but the title reflects the family's changing composition.
Thanks for watching!  Enjoy what's going on in your knitting world and I'll see you in about 10 days or so...

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Episode 102: Finding the Routine


Steph is the Knitting Samurai on Ravelry and Instagram. Feel free to get in contact with Steph or visit the Ravelry Group for Knitting Samurai Plus 1 to continue to the discussion. Start a topic, join a knit-a-long, or comment on today's show.

If you want to travel in the way-back-machine and catch up on episodes released as The Expectant Knitter, visit the blog. Or if you just want to go back to the start of Plus 1 (when Ro was born), then click here. The wordpress site carries the 10 most recent episodes and 8-10 greatest hits from the past. And lastly you can subscribe to the podcast via the Itunes page.


Knitting Time:
3 Years to Build a Barn: is my Barn Raising Quilt by Larissa Brown and Shelley Mackie. Using US size 2 - 2.75mm needles. All yarns, colorways, and amounts are listed on my project page.  With these 8 additional squares completed, the count is up to 32.  I'm 40% complete already!  And it's not even 2 months.

Fish Lips Kiss Heel Socks by Sock Therapist is the current sock on the needles.  Using US size 2 -0mm needles.  Yarn is Opal Smokey Eyes and Coloured Lips in color 6641.  Love this yarn!

Denver Cowl by Veronica Parsons with Miss Babs Yowza - Whatta Skein in the Berlin colorway using US size 8s - 5.0mm needles. Will be about 500 yards when completed.