Feb 21, 2017
Episode 28 - Other People’s Yarn
Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.
Rave -
Homemade laundry detergent (start with this one and adjust to suit
yourself)
Rant - Yoga mat
trespasser
Events
The
Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry. Our next meeting is
March 20.
April 1 is a
CSM crank-in in Lake Orion, MI put on by the Heritage Spinning and Weaving
shop.
The
Erlbacher Gearhart Crank-In and
Homecoming event in Cape
Girardeau, MO is a huge event for sock machine knitters. April
5-9.
April 7-8, 2017 is
the Spring Fling Knit Knack Shop, Peru, IN, Charlene Shafer,
765-985-3164, kks@knitknackshop.com
The Ann Arbor Spring Fiber Expo is April 8-9 at the Washtenaw County, MI
fairgrounds.
A DAK
workshop with Charlene Shafer is April 21-22 in Monroe, MI at the
Quality Inn. Contact Cathy Reaume at monroeknitseminar@att.net.
Susan Guagliumi is organizing a meeting on April 22 in CT to
talk about starting a New England machine knitting
guild.
April 28-29, 2017 is Purls of Joy, Princeton,
MN, Cindy Schmatz, 612-390-1279,
cindyschmatz@gmail.com
Susan G is also
teaching a two day class called Machine Knitting Sweater Workshop
on May 20-21 in CT. Students will make a sweater from start
to finish.
Rumor has it
that the Interknits group in Illinois is planning a DAK event in
May with Helen Koshak.
July 21-22, 2017 is the Monroe Machine Knitting
seminar in Monroe, MI
July 29-30, 2017 is
Founders’ Fest Seminar,
Midwest Machine Knitters’ Collaborative, Plymouth MN.
Stitches Midwest is August 3-6 in Schaumburg, IL.
The Michigan Fiber Festival is August 18-20 in Allegan, MI.
For the Eastern, WI Machine
Knitters Guild event on September 23, contact Grace Lindo at
262-227-8329 or Lynn Meyer at
414-588-4971.
If you know
of any other events, near or far, let me know and I’ll add it to
the list.
Acquisitions
Magic Needle Selector
Wand in 6.5, 7, and 8 mm
gauges
Susan
Guagliumi’s Craftsy classes in which she uses an LK-150
machine
Gridwall
systems for the
studio
Silky
Alpaca Lace yarn
Rowan
lenpur linen yarn
Tempo
yarn
Hand Crafting
I am crocheting the
Granny Stripes afghan in
sock yarn scraps.
The Visser water bottle cozy with
Alpaca Sox yarn is going to be frogged.
Machine
Knitting
I made
several pairs of socks on my Legare CSM lately with these
yarns:
Knit Picks Stroll
Tweed,
Neon Now (I said Regia
but I meant Plymouth), and an easily felted
wool.
Citric
acid soak method for
setting the color
Stitchworld
Pattern Book for Brother
machines
Resources
Reader's Digest Knitter's
Handbook by Montse
Stanley
Create
with Knitweave by Audrey
Palmer
Making magazine
VitaMeataVegeMin - How I
make yogurt
Heat
a half gallon of organic whole milk to 180F then cool to 120F. Let
¼ cup of plain yogurt with live cultures come to room temperature.
Temper the yogurt with the warm milk. Add tempered yogurt to the
pot of warm milk. Mix. Pour into two quart sized canning jars and
place in a cooler filled with hot tap water. Let set overnight or
at least eight hours. Line a large colander with a flour sack
cotton towel set over a container to catch the whey. Tie up the
four corners of the towel together and suspend over the
colander/container to drain. Let drain until reduced by half.
Refrigerate the thickened yogurt and the drained whey separately.
Use the whey to thin the yogurt if needed or when making baked
goods. Otherwise, pour over your hydrangeas to acidify the soil.
Sweeten the yogurt, if desired, with stevia and berries.