Take the May Survey!
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
How do you keep track of where you are in your pattern? Let us know by taking our . Lots to talk about in this episode. We have our usual project updates, plus we recap our fun week together attending the annual NoCKRs retreat. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . How do you keep track of where you are in the pattern? Do you write notes on a paper pattern, use knit companion, separate notes, etc.? Let us know by taking our quick survey here. Our listener Val (Valkelley) reached out to us regarding...
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Weave Along Prizes and Wild WIP Plans
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
Marsha plans to go wild with WIPs for the upcoming retreat after lots of finished projects. Kelly announces the Weave Along prizes after a long story about a possibly broken foot! Join us for another fun filled episode. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha’s Projects : Finished! Used colorway Pigment Nebel plus Cloudborn in teal. : Finished! by Heidi Kirrmaier Finished! Used Hudson Valley Yarn. : Using Madeline Tosh sock in the colorway Plum Tree. : by Araceli Gonzalez. Using...
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Game of Wool Recap
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
In this episode we share our thoughts on the British series “Game of Wool”. If you haven't watched, this is your spoiler alert! Plus we talk about Kelly’s visit to Seattle and give a quick update on our projects. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Unauthorized Game of Wool full episodes can be found on various Youtube channels in the US and officially on Channel 4 in the UK. Gordon’s Youtube Marsha’s Projects : colorway Pigment Nebel plus Cloudborn in teal. Knitting on the foot of...
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Live from the Truck
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
Join us in this episode as we discuss planning our travel knitting. Kelly needs car knitting for a Seattle trip, a CNCH class, and we’re both planning for our trip to The Newbury School of Weaving. Plus our usual project updates. All before the day gets too hot for Kelly to be shut in the truck! Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . The event will take place July 23rd-July 25th at St. Francis Retreat Center where we do our other retreat. We welcome experienced crankers, beginners,...
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Back From Oaxaca!
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
The prize winners of our Home Along are announced and we have lots of project updates. Plus, Marsha discusses her fiber focused trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico with Rowan Tree Travel. Here is a to details of the trip. If you participated in the Home Along, listen to hear if you won a prize! The Ewes are giving away three gift certificates to Invictus Yarns and two patterns donated by listeners. Marsha’s Projects : Finished!...
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An Un-fun BINGO Card for Someone Else
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
We’re back together after head colds and busy lives delayed recording. We have lots to catch up on including project updates and upcoming adventures. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha’s Projects : Finished! Heidi Kirrmaier. Used my handspun . : Using The Humming Bird Moon Full Moon BFL Sock in the colorway Eye of Newt. Finished first sock. Spinning: Purchased 24 oz of 80/15/6 wool/mohair/silk roving in the colorway Kaleidoscope. The owner said to spin at a worsted weight...
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When Does the Hysteria Kick In?
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
Thanksgiving finds us recording live and unedited in Salinas. It was a low key holiday with lots of food and family, but no hysteria. It’s Kelly’s favorite holiday. We cooked, we laughed, we knit, we spun, and we were able to get a podcast recorded. We recorded in the dining room so there is some echo-y sound, along with dog and family background noise. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha’s Projects : Finished! Used Red Heart Heart and Sole in colorway Black Jack. : Using The...
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Yarny Projects for Your Home
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
In this episode we have listener comments, project updates, and lots of listener ideas and projects from our Home-A-Long. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha’s Projects : Using Red Heart Heart and Sole in colorway Black Jack. Finished first sock and started heel flap of the second sock. : Heidi Kirrmaier. Using my handspun . I decided to put the body on waste yarn and knit the sleeves. Of course color work is different because sleeve circumference is smaller than body. Occasionally...
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Rag Rugs, Chenille Rugs, Garden Renos, and Other Home Projects
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
We have exciting finished projects to talk about and updates on current projects. Our Home-A-Long and Winter Weave-A-Long are in full swing and we have project ideas to share Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Marsha’s Projects : Finished! Ben and his roommates rescued a concrete deer lawn ornaments. I made a red scarf for the deer to wear this holiday. Including fringe, the scarf is about 9’ long. : Using Red Heart Heart and Sole in colorway Black Jack. Finished first sock and knitting on...
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Handspun Vs Orlon
Two Ewes Fiber Adventures
Our Home-A-Long is underway. Join us as we create home items for ourselves or someone else's home. We have finished objects and updates on our projects. Full notes with photos and links can be found in the podcast section of Join the or become a patron and support the show on . or . Listener Caroline recommended the movie . Here is a . Marsha’s Projects a by Ambah O’Brien: Finished! I started this shawl in March 2018. I was about ¾ done with the picot bind off when I stopped and I have no idea why. I used in the color way Sassafras and in the colorway Flamingo. by Jane Hunter:...
info_outlineMarsha is home from her Alaskan Advent-Ewe and we have lots to catch up on. Join our discussion of project updates and spinning for our Summer Spin In.
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Marsha’s Projects
Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and about halfway through leg of second sock.
Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. Sweet girl on hold while I was in Alaska.
Poppy Tee: by Jo Cottle. Cast on using Rowan Purelife Revive in the colorway Loam. Picked up in the NoCKRs 2024 destash room. Cast on and worked on this almost exclusively on my Alaska trip. I have completed the yoke and about 5” of the body.
Pinot Noir Purchase Targhee: Started spinning the giant (2.2 pound) ball of Targhee roving I bought from an attendee at last fall’s Fort Worden Knitting Retreat. You know I cannot resist those large balls! The woman I bought it from said she got it from a weaver’s estate. It seems pretty dusty and I was sneezing like crazy last night. I’ll have to wear a mask while spinning.
Kelly’s Projects
Finished: Pride dish towels in German Birdseye weave structure. I used three variegated skeins of fluffy cotton singles plied with a thin thread of something else (polyester or nylon?). For the stripes around these three I used cotton or cottolin yarn in red, orange, green, and blue. I used all those solids as warp and also used a royal blue cotton, a brick red cottolin and some bobbin leftovers from the last project. I ended up with 5 dishtowels and a square. I love these towels and can’t wait to do another stash busting warp like this.
Two skeins of Jazzman (CVM x Merino x Columbia) are finished. I’m in the process of topping off the bobbins before doing more plying. It’s turned out to be a lighter yarn than I expected–fingering weight. It didn’t plump up as much as I thought it would after washing.
Use all the Spinning Tools Challenge: I’ve finished and wound off a second ball of the green singles from the tahkli. I’ve been taking it with me in the car and to dog class where we have a break between classes.
I also spun up small samples (about 6-8 grams) on the other two spindles. Still to go: Charkha, Salish Spinner, Great Wheel, and Norwegian
Found buttons for Marsha’s baby sweater. Have three baby items to make–two for baby boys and one for a baby girl.
Anna sent me information about a colorwork sweater that I should make for myself. It used to be called Choose Your Own Adventure, now called Your Outdoor Adventure.
Summer Spin In
Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day
May 27 - September 2
Two Ewes in Walla Walla, Washington
September 26-30
Alaska Advent-Ewe
Met our ship Noordam in Vancouver, BC
Ketchikan: Took a city tour and visited Potlatch Park.
Juneau: It was pouring rain but we did a city tour and drove to Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and hiked to the waterfall and to the glacier viewpoint.
Changing Tides (their yarn is One of a Kind)
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One of a Kind - sock - 80/20 merino/nylon
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One of a Kind - lace - alpaca/merino/silk/yak
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One of a Kind - mini skeins - 80/20 SW merino/nylon - “Midnight Sun Memories”
Skagway: Had a short city tour, visited the cemetery and drove over White Pass into Canada.
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Raven Frog Fibers - Marvelous Merino worsted - 100 SW merino - “Totem Spirit” (3X)
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Nunavut Qiviut - lace - 30/60 arctic fox/superfine merino - natural color white
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Aurora Yarns - lace - 100 qiviut
Quilt Alaska: Bought fabric squares with Alaskan flowers prints to make napkins.
Anchorage: Visited the Musk Ox Farm and the Spirit Houses, an Athabascan/Russian Orthodox cemetery.
Food: Tequila 61, Whisky & Ramen
Musk Ox Farm - lace - 50/50 qiviut/silk
The Fireweed Studio - project bag with musk ox print
Wooly Mammoth (the shop is located inside Cabin Fever gifts)
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Alaska Yarn Co - sock - 75/25 SW merino/nylon - “Crayolas”
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Alaska Yarn Co - sock - 65/15 merino/Donegal nep - “Spruce”
Denali: Park organized wildlife tour. Saw a grizzly bear.
Bad Sheep Yarn - fingering - 75/25 SW merino/nylon - “Sockeye Salmon”
AK Venture Co - sock - 85/15 SW merino/nylon - “Mizzle” (2X) and “Midnight Sun” (2X)
Fairbanks: Panned for gold at Dredge 8 and rode the Riverboat Discovery.
Very nice shop but yarns I can buy at home so did not purchase anything.
Food: The Library, Jazz Bistro on 4th (Cuban), The Crepery