168: Driving to Phoenix, AZ

Hello. I'm Baron. I probably weigh more than most of Gemma's audience...Please make the Collie stop picking on me!
Hello, I'm Blankets. I turned into a standard-sized German Shepherdess overnight. Please make the Collie stop picking on me!

CFR V is now filled--but we are taking a waiting list.
 
More information here!

Celebrating our listeners who have joined the CogKnitive 25 – , 50 –, and 75 – Bear Clubs for MBP. You can see who they all are right here. Great work!

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What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:

Not yet finished:
The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller . Bit me. Dammit!



Whacky Socks
I'm so confused....

One Row Lace Scarf...It goes like this:

K4 [YO, K2Tog, K2] to your preferred width. Go up 3 needle sizes from the standard size for your yarn weight, so I am using a US 5 for lace weight yarn.

Still in Progress:

Bears for the Mother Bear Project--my 13 bears in 2013 project continues with Bears 30-32.

Dizzy Blondes:

IT'S TOUR de FLEECE TIME!!!

I continue spinning the 12 oz of the fiber dyed for the last CFR by Desert Vista Dyeworks on my Sidekick, Perry:

And I am finishing the singles started from a cinnamon alpaca whose fleece I was selling at CFR2012:

No real developments in spinning since the last episode

Strategy:
Keep the larger perspective as you watch someone you love making mistakes. They really probably will figure it out and do the right thing, if you give them time.

Put a Lid On It:
Recipe: 1 cup homemade yogurt or Greek yogurt from store, handful of Uncle Sam cereal or your own granola of choice, 1 Tblspn of your homemade canned jam or fresh fruit in water. Faboo breakfast!

Aw Shoot!
Archery dating, JOAD to get the kiddies started with a bow. My bow of choice: 62 inch recurve with 20 pound draw weight. Anyone can do archery!

Something I Really Like:
Seeing the great spaces of the United States as a way to understand Americans.

Blather:

CFR news, as always. Enter the Peahen. Retirement, walking the dawgs, pattern designing and wheelwrighting as alternative fiber crafts.
Stitching in the Stacks and a general appreciation of Cooperative Press.
Swagger--a pattern by Twinset Jan.

Prizes, yeah we got those...



All sorts....