The Nagging Knitter Podcast - Ep. 3: Let's Go for Three...

Episode 3 - June 7th, 2013

CURRENT EVENTS:
-Mindi's New Job
-Mindi's Portugal Trip
-Summer Dessert
-Lampworking Talk
-SnB Group Updates
-VKN (Virtual Knit Night) Tuesday, June 18th
Summer Dessert/Strawberry Cake Recipe:
-1 White/Yellow Cake Mix
-1 Container of Cool Whip
-1 can of SCM (Sweetened Condensed Milk)
-1 pkg Fresh Strawberries

Instructions:
Follow mix on cake box.
Let cool to room temperature.
Take a fork & insert into cake & gently pull cake open & poor in SCM in opening. Remove fork &
continue this process to your desire all over cake.
Spread Cool Whip over entire cake to desired thickness.
Slice fresh strawberries (or any fruit you desire, blueberries go well w the strawberries) & place over cake accordingly.
Chill. Then Enjoy.

KNITTING TERMINOLOGY:

Yarn- A long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, and ropemaking.

Etymology- The word yarn comes from Middle English, from the Old English gearn, akin to Old High German's garn yarn, Greek's chordē string, and Sanskrit's hira band.


WORKBENCH:
-FO's - BOKU Ribbed Hat by JoAnne Turcotte
-WIP's - Sockhead Hat by Kelly McClure
-UFO's - Misti Chunky Ribs & Ruffles Scarf by Nancy Kleiber
- Stitch Markers designed & created by Me - Etsy shop: Wired HeArt Jewelry
*Stitch Markers will be available by the end of this month on my Etsy shop.
-Mindi's Cross Stitching project
-HUGE SHOUTOUT & THANKS!! to Dawn a.k.a. knittinwolfe & James wolfephoto from Wolfe Farms Podcast... thanks for the shoutout of my Podcast last week!!!
Checkout their webstore Wolfe Farms Herbal Soaps and More for handmade soaps & other bath & body products.

IN RETROSPECT:
Mindi's Reading List:
-Amped! by Daniel H. Wilson: It’s the near future, and scientists have developed implants that treat brain dysfunction—and also make recipients capable of superhuman feats. Exploiting societal fears of the newly enhanced, politicians pass a set of laws to restrict the rights of “amplified” humans, instantly creating a new persecuted underclass known as “amps.” On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, twenty-nine-year-old schoolteacher Owen Gray is forced into hiding, only dimly aware of the latent powers he possesses. To escape imprisonment, and to find out who he really is, Owen seeks out a community in Oklahoma where, it is rumored, a group of the most enhanced amps may be about to change the world—or destroy it.

Misty's Summer Reading List:
-KnitLit: Sweaters and Their Stories...and Other Writing About Knitting
by Linda Roghaar & Molly Wolf

-Scarves, Shrugs & Shawls: 22 Knitted Designs with Their Special Techniques
by Sarah Hatton

-Complete Knitting Skills: With 27 Exclusive Teaching Clips to View Online
by Debbie Tomkies

-Sock-Yarn Shawls: 15 Lacy Knitted Shawl Patterns
by Jen Lucas

-Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

-Learn to Spin with Anne Field
by Anne Field

-Knitting Mochimochi: 20 Super-Cute Strange Designs for Knitted Amigurumi
by Anna Hrachovec

-Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects to Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, On the Go and Around the Clock
by Veronik Avery

-Toe-Up! Patterns & Worksheets to Whip Your Sock Knitting Into Shape

by Chrissy Gardiner

 

-Vampire Knits

by Genevieve Miller

 

-The Principles of Knitting
by June Hemmons Hiatt