Knit.Spin.Cake

Hi everyone, This week I have a special guest co-host... The music at the end is from 8 bit collective. Thanks for listening :)

For the shownotes please go to www.knitspincake.blogspot.com

Hi everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 8. Knitscene Spring 2012 Unravel Friday Studios - for gorgeous hand dyed fibre, yarns and handspun by Frida herself. Easyknits - to find out more about the knit spin love club and other fab goings on including sock clubs and sushi shawl clubs. Link to the spin love fibre gorgeousness Cake recipe Ingredients: 4 eggs 200g margarine 200g self raising flour 200g caster sugar 2 tsp chocolate orange cocoa powder (or just plain cocoa if you prefer) Orange marmalade (for filling) 100-120g orange chocolate (for topping) Buttercream filling 90g margarine 45g of icing sugar (add more to suit your preferred consistency) Equipment: 2 18cm round baking tins Instructions: Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Mix the sugar, margarine and eggs together. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Mix well and seperate evenly into the 2 baking tins, bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until cooked properly (clean skewer). When the cakes have cooled on a wire rack mix the buttercream mixture. Spread a layer of marmalade on the top of one of the sponges and then add a layer of buttercream on top of this, sandwich the 2 cakes together. Melt the chocolate using your preferred method and pour over the top, allow to drizzle down the sides and leave to cool. Enjoy!

Hello everyone, Episode 7 is up! It is good to be back, sorry for the not usual audio quality but the sound card is broken and have to record on mac microphone... This week I discuss my christmas knitting, what I am working on, a few knitting events and some geek news! Links: Interknit Cafe Farnham Knit.Spin.Cake Sock KAL is open! Googly eyed christmas knits Contact details: Auntieaipee on Ravelry @knitspincake on Twitter knitspincake@gmail.com

Hello everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 6: The knitting and stitching show Finished items Crochet cowl Most basic kids socks Starsky and hutch tea cosy Idlewood Failed kindle cover Ivy tangle test knit hat Kindle cover numero 2 Bryn Mawr skirt Slouch santa hat test knit Monkey socks Misti alpaca cowl Xmas present ideas All day beret Aspen mittens Happy solitude cowl Duffers slippers Hopsalots slippers French press slippers Masham sheep fair Book review Twas the knits before christmas Rosy Retro - Etsy Ravelry group Blog Competition winner is Model Widow! Congratulations! Cake recipe 6oz Margarine 6oz Caster sugar 6oz Self raising flour 3 eggs 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder 3 tablespoons of hot water Large bar of milk chocolate 1 packet of dream topping Cream butter and sugar in a bowl. Mix the cocoa powder with the hot water to make a liquid and allow to cool. Once the mixture is cool add it to the butter and sugar then add the eggs and flour, mix together. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and pour the mixture into 2 8 inch circular tins. Bake in the oven for 20-25 mins and allow to cool. When cooled mix together a packet of Birds Dream topping with around 100ml of milk and whisk until it is thick and forms peaks. Melt around 12 squares of the milk chocolate until it is spreadable. Sandwich the dream topping inbetween the sponges and spread the chocolate on the top, use a fork to make a pattern in the melted chocolate if desired.

Hello everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 5: Photos from the British Wool Weekend Baldy angora bunny! The yummy cakes Alpaca! The giant orange yarn baby Link to giant needles and wool coffins! www.woolsack.org Subway Knits The Savvy Girls The Knitmore Girls Ripley Hat Colourwork Bag #10 Pebroke Shawl The hexipuff blanket!! The skirt photos are coming soon... Basic kids socks Cable skirt Veyla mittens Masham Sheep Fair Exploring colour knitting Competition winners are Evelyn Bernard and Cath Wood - please get in touch with your addresses and colour preferences :) This weeks competition is to win a handmade row counter bracelet! All you need to do is to comment under this blog post and I will use the random number generator and announce the winner in the next podcast :) Thats all for this week, as always you can contact me on Ravelry where I am Auntieaipee, on the blog, on podbean or by email at knitspincake@gmail.com. Bye for now! Aimée

This episode I talk about my adventures since the last episode, my issues with a bad case of start-itis, there is a yarn shop review, the return of the cake recipe and a competition.

Hello everyone, Episode 3 is now up and you can listen to it in the player to the right, here or on itunes :) This week I chat about my adventures since the last podcast, what I have been knitting/am currently knitting, there is a book review and much more. Beamish My Wollmeise...om nom nom Finish Lodi cardigan - taken from a funny angle so my legs look weird! Almost finished Lacy Baktus - modelled pictures coming soon Medallion lace cardigan Bellissima mittens Harry Potter Scarf Vampire Knits Twist collective Fall 2011 Knitty First Fall 2011 Caithness Craft Collective podcast Knit 1 Geek 2 podcast As always comments and suggestions/exciting news are always welcomed :)

Hello everyone, Thank you all for your lovely comments from my first episode! Here are the shownotes for episode 2: Finished Items: Kindle cosy - Fyberspates Scrumptious and Kollage Temptation Monkey Sock - Natural Dye Studio Dazzle sock WIP's Dad's sock - Lang Jawoll Magic Degrade The Wool Shed My queue Morrison Cardigan Bonneterie Socks Medallion Lace Cardigan Bellissima Mittens Land Girl jumper The 'to frog or not to frog' jumper... Cake recipe - Lemon Drizzle sponge sandwich COMING SOON Thanks everyone and don't forget the podcast is now available on itunes, search knitspincake and you should find it :) Any comments or questions please feel free to leave here on the blog, on the Ravelry group or you can email me at knitspincake@gmail.com.

Hello everybody and welcome to the first episode of Knit.Spin.Cake! Here are the show notes from episode 1: Book review : Little Red in the City by Ysolda Teague Shop Review: The Knitting Hut The Knit Studio Attic 24 Electric Sheep A Playful Day Yarns from the Plain