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On todays episode My friend Deb reviews Pet Projects and Kristin Nicholas talks about some fun going ons at her farm. I also play a promo for a fun new podcast called Kiping it real.

In this Episode my friend Jen shares some insite into the Design Copyright discussion. Jen also posted more about it here. I would love to hear you thoughts on this issue. Sadly, this show is very short. I am having a hard time finding my voice as I switch from an older computer setup to a new one. Still trying to get comfortable with new computer/mic. I think I will be back in full swing again by the end of the summer. ADDED: Oh yeah… I have started to play promos for other knitting podcasts again. This week I played one for KnitScape.

I went to TNNA and all I brought you back is this lousy post… OK, this post and and two podcasts. Todays show is a quick overview of my weekend… secrets revealed… First, all the time below is GMT, so please subtract 4 hours for the real time. I put all the pieces together into chronological order and have added names and links so that you can find out more about the great people and things I found on the TNNA floor. Friday ok... what should I bring today bahhh! sheep of convention look this is what I should have packed taken from Zealana booth Voice Mail Jun 12 03:42 PM – Michael from Universal Yarn daddys got a new bag Michael from Universal Yarn Voice Mail Jun 12 05:49 PM – Kimberly from the Alpaca Yarn Company sandy from utopia fiber arts in dayton LIVE AWESOME VIDEO UPDATE with MARLY Cocoon by Universal Yarn Kraemer Yarn (silver) Jacques Cartier Clothier (qiviuk/Vacuna) Buffalo Gold (Buffalo) Bijou Spun (yak) Zealana (possum) Voice Mail Jun 12 06:48 PM – Jenny tells all Jenny is rockin it at Cup O Joes Jenny twitters here Barry's at North market rocks Barry’s can be found here Voice Mail Jun 13 12:39 AM – Angela from the Alpaca Yarn Company Voice Mail Jun 13 12:43 AM – Owner of Black Sheep LYS the black sheep flock from florida I think that this is the shop here hard at work at the ice cream shop again... This is a picture that I tweeted about Jenny and Kim tweeting… super Meta Saturday Voice Mail Jun 13 01:53 PM Elissa and the Kuku Dolls bahhh... with kuku dolls Sheep make friends with the kuku dolls Voice Mail Jun 13 03:06 PM Annie from Annie Adams Jewelry stitschmarker neclase from annie adams Annie Adams had some beautiful stuf including these hematite stitch markers and necklace Voice Mail Jun 13 03:15 PM – Carol from Farmhouse Yarns danger crafts at deep south fibers Multiple monsters patterns on one CD!! Hanging at the Deep South Fiber booth My favorite booth to grab some water and chill was Deep South Fibers Voice Mail Jun 13 03:47 PM – Donna from Deep South Fibers Hanging with the danger craft monsters Deep South Fibers had some amazing monsters LIVE AKWARD VIDEO UPDATE Deep South Fibers Roo Designs Tamsco Instruments Handy Hands Tatting Interweave Classic Elite varian from atlanta This is a listener who heard me and then showed me her awesome new designs Voice Mail Jun 13 04:20 PM – Jamie from Interweave Voice Mail Jun 13 05:39 PM – Chrissy(and her new book) from Gardiner Yarn Work caffaknitted by katie park in gardiner yarn works booth Pretty pretty in the Gardiner Yarn Work booth Voice Mail Jun 13 05:52 PM Hansi and her new book hansi and the sheep...bahhh!! I have the biggest knitting crush on Hansi and her new book (maybe I can get her to design me a sheep to knit?) let them tweet cake with interweave Jessica poses for me at Interweave’s “let them tweet cake” event Voice Mail Jun 13 07:39 PM – The Ladies from Lovely Yarn and special guest talk about Jeni’s Ice Cream, Alchemy Yarns, and Qiviut Voice Mail Jun 13 08:16 PM – Marly in the PolarKnit Booth mega big blue balls Marly of yarnthing podcast pointed out these fleece big blue balls by polarknits offhand designs knitting bags Offhand Designs makes beautiful bags from sophisticated fabrics Voice Mail Jun 13 08:50 PM – Guido is Overwhelmed by TNNA cookie a sheep I totally begged Cookie A to pose with the sheep (squee) Voice Mail Jun 13 10:11 Pm – Julia from Twist Collective Sunday y2knit ladies...bahh! Y2Knit, like you need a reason 2Knit Voice Mail Jun 14 03:44 PM – Kathy Elkin from WEBS (was supposed to be video, oh well) Voice Mail Jun 14 03:56 PM – Joan from White Lies Designs Annie Modesitt in a mask... ;} Annie Modesitt is an amazingly talented masked crusader Voice Mail Jun 14 04:29 PM – Cecily and Melissa, authors of the upcoming New England knits in front[...]

On the show I do some catching up with yall… and I have a great interview with Jacey Boggs of Insubordiknit. She talks about living through this economy as a spinner and her fun spinning DVD called Sit And Spin. My friends and I will be sharing our experience at TNNA here: http://drop.io/TNNAupdate I will be doing a live video update at 12:30pm on Friday/Saturday/Sunday of this weekend for TNNA.  You can find the stream here: http://www.itsapurlman.com/tnnaupdate/

I am in DC with IAN MAX…

On todays episode I do a little catching up… I announce the winners of the Annie Get Your Needles giveaway. I review It Itches and Knitting for Good. I open a drawing to Get the word out about @GuidoS Dreamy Maryland Sheep and Wool After Party. If you post to a blog or twitter an announcement about the party with a link to the event page today or tommorrow and then let me know about it in the comments I will enter you int a drawing for a grab bag of 3 fun prizes. I need to get a head count together for Monday so I am doing what I can to get people resgistered for the party. Also.. I share my views on second wave feminism and the sisterhood and how this makes me feel really disinfranchised and how I feel knititing is a family of everyone… oh yeah… I read some email too… All this and the sounds of a beautiful spring Saturday morning in Boston on todays show

Come check out the fun at @GuidoS Dreamy MS&W After Party I know this is last minute, and that is why I am asking all of you to help me… We need people to know this party is happening and to register this weekend ASAP. I am sure that you can blog/twitter/facebook/call someone you know who is going and ask them to sign up or pass this information along. thanks in advance for all your help.. the show will be back this weekend and then I will be recording from the Maryland Sheep and Wool… awesome… hope to see you there… (seriously)

Prelude – Alanna Nelson is the force behind Tactile Travel and is planning to cast on for a trip to NH sheep and wool in the spring. Act 1 – Melesa Sundquist blogs about her life, knitting, and free form bras at her blog Stances and Stitches Music Break 1 – The Midnight Fog by After Sun Act 2 – Annie Modesitt is designer, knitter, and just all around extraordinary person. You can follow her day to day vistories on her blog, modeknit.com. She was originally on the program in episode 59. Music Break 2 – Rollin Kisatchie yamomanem Act 3 – Stephen HizKnits blog is HizKnits.com and is podcast is Y Knits. Music Break 3 – Positive Tension Bloc Party Act 4 – Christine is a writer and a friend who is getting the word out about her work on casting on of her family. You can find out more about her and her family at their site www.peymanifamily.com. You can find out more about the adoption agency they are working with at www.adoptionhelp.org. Music Break 4 – Chelsea Brando Quin and the RavenPheat Musicians

Kim Werker joins me on the show to talk about her dream and where that has brought her. She is a major player in the online crocheting and fiber communities. She has written books and edited major magazines. But she still thirsts for more. ack… I totally appluad her for her ability to calmly move from career to career… I would freak… I hope that she gets her hokking habit back. Here are the aussie links I mentioned in the show: Etsy Shop for donations Blogger who is doing a drawing for donatino collections The Red Cross in Australia The song I played today is be Ingrid Michaelson.

Award Winning Book Annie Modesitt talks to me about her books, her life and then I make her cry. Akward… Warning this show is very real and in your face which is the only way I think Annie knows how to be. So if you don’t want to connect with someone real, please move on. Go buy her  book now and say hi to her on her blog. To be added to the drawing for her book/yarn please comment to this post sharing your passion. So, let’s say at least two sentences… the drawing will be open until the end of the month.

Back on the mic, I am so excited about all the projects I am working on this year. I hope to hear from listeners about what they are up to and let me know if you would like to do a FiberCamp in your neck of the woods… Many thanks to those of you who comment and keep me in line with the show. On todays show: 2009/2008 stuff music Johnny Apple Seed what have you been up to catching up Setting the tone music Alpaca Cheese Other things I was rambling on about today: Common Cod Fiber Guild Fiber Camp Fiber Camp Boston Knitters Review (Clara Parkes)

Courtesy of Boston Handmade Blog Jessica Burko (the force behind Boston Handmade) and some of the exhibitors at Boston Handmade Downtown (located here) sit down with me to talk about the holidays and fiber fun. Jen of Blue Alvarez, Lynn of Cozy Cottage Creations, and Sedruola of Sedruola’s Yarn Obsession all have some interesting insight on making stuff for people as gifts and getting through the holiday season. Also… I have an update about my Knit One Save One (KOSO) project. Some stores I have contacted have offered to collect caps as well as hand out some donated materials for me. You can pick up two balls of yarn (courtesy of Kraemer Yarns) for making hats for KOSO while supplies last and drop off caps for KOSO until Sunday January 18th at the following locations:(in alphabetical order) Mind’s Eye Yarns in Porter Square Windsor Button in Downtown Crossing Woolcott and Company in Harvard Square While there is some confusion about deadlines and what is written on KOSO’s brochure, I assure you we have until the end of January to send in the caps. I would like to thank all the people who are donating caps to KOSO and the following companies for donating yarn for my KOSO project: Kraemer Yarns Westminster Fibers The Yarn and Fiber Company

Today’s episode has an interview with Beverly of Ewe’ll Love it in NH. I also talk about my Knit One Save One Project, my pattern is coming soon. Finally I tell you a thanksgiving story about me and my sister and the Macy’s parade, here is the photo: My family are all a bunch of turkeys... MUSIC: Yoga Master by Lee Coulter

On today’s show I do some catching up. I recorded the whole thing in one take and only added some music a the end. The last couple of weeks have been a lot of fun and I have been knitting and crocheting up a storm. My brother got me started working on the Knit One Save one project and have had a lot of support from all the folks I run into. Perhaps I will put together an event for January for this project. Music is by Chris Ayer “A Starfish In The Front Yard” More links to come… Added somewat LATER: This show has a lot of discussion of my insane knitting life and the many things that are going on in Boston. I also talk a little bit about my friend Gary and his wife Lynn… I also talk about Prairie Home Companion and the song sailing around the room. In my yarn-a-lot I talk about a hat I made for my friend gary of made of some Cascade 220 619 which I covet. I am also making a baby sweater out of some awesome organic cotton(it’s like terry cloth). I am making a couple of Olive You hats from Itty Bitty Hats. Many thanks to Kraemer Yarns and Westminster Fiber for donating to my Knit One Save One Project.

So… show notes will come up later.. but for the moment I am having technical difficulties and am going to spend my time trying to get the links working again so that this end up in the feed… so this post is going to be updated tonight with all sort of good stuff about the show including my two interviews and music and a little bit more about the passing of Lynn. Added LATER.. much LATER: On the show I interview Janice Kissinger, Director of Slater Mill in Rhode Island and Cindy, Owner of The Yarn and Fiber Company in NH. I would like to thank Jane from Porter Square Books for helping the guild (I messed up the website on the show)host The Yarn Harlot. I would also like to thank Franklin ans Stephanie for for speakinin Boston. If you would like to learn more about my friend Lynn Votour and Gary Votour please visit her caring bridge site. Gary would appriciate any donations made in Lynn’s name to the Caring Bridge. The service they provide s crucial for the families of people in the hospital. The music on the show comes from the Podshow Network and I played the Mega Bottle Ride by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros on todays show. (this song really chokes me up and make me happy and sad at the same time… weird) Finally… thank you all for your suggestions for working through my feelings about friends lost. Sorry the show notes took so long. (also, the title is a little nod toward the Seasonal Affective Disorder, because I get down in the fall..)