Today we celebrate Deborah’s birthday with a bonus episode!

Deborah goes shopping for presents for herself, Melanie sends her a present, and Deborah hosts a birthday knitting party.

What do YOU think about when you are in bed falling asleep?

Melanie tells of her encounter with “a big black woolly beast-monster“.

Patterns we discuss include:

• Ciara’s wedding afghan comes from this book.
• Sophisticated-Rustic Jacket from Interweave knits.
• The hat pattern comes from the company Mary Maxim.

No Bringing It Back word today, but we do make use of the terms yarn-spree and yarn-gasm. Is that good enough?

And Three Little Kittens totally trash some lovely hand-knit mittens. What a bunch of animals!
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 Episode 4 - Alpaca crossing! [34:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s show we use some words that may be inappropriate for sensitive young ears.  Nothing really serious, but you might want to listen to this one with earphones on.

Hats off to the 3rd sibling in our family, Andrew, for all his behind-the-scenes work on the podcast.

Deborah learns to spin, and makes a tortured decision about buying a wheel.

Melanie talks about margarine.  Yes.  She really does.  Is it related to knitting?  Not really, but it is interesting nonetheless.

Deborah picks another yarn from her stash.  Hopefully these past weeks will have been the last time she has to see this stuff!   Find the knitty.com French Market Bag here.

Our Bringing It Back word is lots of fun!
Use this one is a sentence.  I DARE you!
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 Butter Yellow and Army Green [35:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is my new spinning wheel.  It was handmade and came from Cordoba, Argentina.  Can you tell me anything about it?  I know how to make it do the basics, but I don’t know much else!

Melanie and Deborah are back!
In today’s episode…

Deborah blabs about her knitting projects:
- My brother’s afghan (Desert)
- Clapotis
- Aran Afghan – From the Canadian Living Magazine

Use the following words in a sentence and join the movement to bring them back!
- Wack
- Aught

Knitting can be a very patriotic act. In honour of Canada Day and Independence day, Melanie explores this theme.
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 Close your eyes and think of England... and other patriotic acts [31:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome all listeners! Today you meet sisters Melanie and Deborah. We discuss the 2009 World Wide Knit in Public day in Buenos Aires, and take a look at the poem What Happened to Lazy Charlotte from Heinrich Hoffman’s book Slovenly Betsy.

We are looking forward to the Olds College Fibre Week 2009 (in Alberta, Canada), and the upcoming re-release of Alice Starmore’s Book of Fair Isle Knitting.

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 Episode 1 - I hate knitting! (Not really) [29:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download