Podcasts and Fleece Festivals!

Two blog posts in one month! Oh my!

PODCASTS!
I've been listening to a lot of podcasts lately. It helps me get through the work days and sometimes the bus rides home. Unfortunately the Grey's Anatomy podcast doesn't seem to be happening yet really my list is dominated by knitting/spinning. Here are some that I highly recommend (all can be found on iTunes or with a quick search on the ravelry forums):

SpinDoctor - I can not recommend this one enough! She reviews fibre, fibre processors, indie dyers, all kinds of spinning equipment, books, DVDs...the list goes on and on! Great to listen to and very informative.

Knitmore Girls - A mother-daughter knitting production. They are awesome. They talk about spinning and knitting. Go check them out now!

The Knit Wits - A husband-wife team. Its relatively new. She knits, he doesn't but has a background in radio and voice-over work. Its super awesome. I listen to them when I'm having a bad day and it cheers me up. My favourite bit is the apologies at the end. Can't get enough.

Electric Sheep - A podcast done by a woman in London. Its funny, informative and a really great listen. Don't know how to describe it in a way that would do it justice. I started from the beginning and am working my way up to the most recent episodes.

WOODSTOCK FLEECE FESTIVAL
I went with my very good friend to the Woodstock Fleece Festival today. I think I came out with a pretty good haul. I got my first ever fleece. Its a 3.1lb pure Canadian Shetland lamb. Its first sheering. I bought it from Chassagne Farm booth. The woman there was very nice, helpful and knowledgeable about her sheep. The price was excellent and I saw no reason not to buy it!


I also got 4oz from an alpaca fleece. It was so pretty and so soft! I would have bought more if I didn't think I would have gone over budget. I can't wait to spin this into something!

Christmas Knitting Begins

Ok...October blog post! Continuing my goal to post once a month for at least a year.

I have started my Christmas knitting! I have a list and I'm trying to work through it. One of the presents I'm going to take a stab at designing. We'll see how that goes and I'll post the results. I don't want to jinx it :) I've finished one Calorimetry and may make another one. I had to decrease the number of cast on stitches but it took up almost an entire ball of Mission Falls yarn that I picked up at the tent sale. I also have one slipper of a pair finished but I'm kind of bored with it so I'm not sure when I'll start the next one. I'm now using the needle size to make the TTL mystery sock 2010.

Not mentioning names but I had a weird encounter at a LYS recently. First let me say that it is a HUGE store. I had limited time because I got there half hour before closing and looking for specific yarns myself would have taken forever! An employee asked if they could help me, so I asked if they had Madelinetosh. She said no. I asked if they had any Spud and Chloe and she said "No, we don't carry any of those American yarns." She sounded extremely annoyed and you'd think American yarns were a bad thing from her tone. I honestly can't believe there couldn't be any American yarns in the store. Maybe she's sick of being asked about those particular yarns? Being annoyed by those yarns seems kinda weird considering among their many many nice yarns they also have quite the collection of fun fur and eyelash yarns. Plus it was just a question. No need for rudeness. The rest of the employees were very nice so I won't hold it against the store...this time :P

And now for another exciting installment of Those Aren't Pants! I was standing in line for the bus and saw these. I had to take a picture, they're the worst ones I've seen so far. I swear I've seen bras that match these. She wasn't wearing anything over top, just wearing them like pants.