We’ve launched our podcast!

 
Introducing… “Cloudy with a Chance of Fiber”
Two fiber and craft obsessed individuals from Portland, Oregon chat and explore what it means to live in a DIY nation.
You can view our show notes and link to the podcast here:
Cloudy with a  Chance of Fiber
I’m still working on some of the technical details with the RSS and iTunes [...]

Owls

I forgot to post the link to this pattern. You can find it here: http://needled.wordpress.com/designs/
I can’t wait to teach a class on how to make this sweater this October. This is a great sweater for beginners to sweater knitting.  Not only is the body and the yoke knit in one piece, it’s done in bulky [...]

Sort of final note about the Sock Summit

I don’t have a lot of time to blog about this now. I will probably return to some of the witty and insightful comments I heard yesterday. Even though I had a ripping headache for most of the afternoon, the Luminary Panel was well worth it.  I have a very fuzzy picture of the panel, [...]

Artfibers Yarntasting Part Deux

Wonderfully thick yarn called Udon in color 05

Hello there again!
Leila Wice of Deboko Design was kind enough to send a load of photos from the Artfibers Yarntasting event my way. I’m posting a few more here.  I’m also including most of the photos in a gallery below so you can see more of the swatches [...]

I’m a Tweeter on Twitter

At least I’m not a twit on twitter.
My Twitter ID is:
nlkilkenny
I am  following 36 people… (look I don’t have that many friends). I accidentally selected the option to populate twitter contacts with your gmail e-mail book. Now I’m sure there’s some insurance agency in Iowa that’s wondering why they’re being followed by some strange blue-faced [...]

Video Log: Yarnia for Fiber Lovers

I like the corner for the husbands… .
I actually went to Yarnia recently and made some very lovely bamboo/wool blend yarn that I’m using right now in raglan sweater for myself. As soon as I take some photos I’ll post it up here. I love the fact that Yarnia has [...]

Raglan Sweater Episode 2: Calculating Stitches & Casting On

2nd post on knitting your own raglan sweater.

Swatch Day and Blueberry Socks

I know I said I was going to write about swatching as part of my process in the whole “Raglan Sweater Series” of posts. I lied.
I know a lot of knitters don’t like hearing the “Sermon on the Swatch.”  Maybe it’s just part of the lesson. Knitting a whole sweater that doesn’t look or fit [...]

Raglan Sweater: Episode 1 – Selecting Your Fiber

I eventually will put the pattern up for Eric’s sweater, but I thought I’d share a little about the process it took to knit it. Knitting a raglan sweater in the round is a good advanced beginner knitting project. Before you start you should be able to do the following:

Knit stockinette stitch (right side – [...]

Holy Sock Holes, Batman!!!!!… It’s the Sock Summit 2009

I about peed my pants when I saw the speaker/guest list for  the 2009 Sock Summit. I feel so fortunate to live here in Portland, proud in fact that we’re hosting this event. Last night at knit night we were discussing how many yarn stores there were in PDX: Twenty four-last count. Eileen mentioned that [...]