Listen HERE!
RQ: Well, after you listen to this one, you’ll know that the show notes will be a little while coming. But I really, REALLY mean to catch up on all of them! Before New Years!
Episode 20: Blocking Issues November 22, 2009
Listen HERE!! 
OK, so we’re having some serious scheduling issues around here. Obviously. On both our parts. We shall explain all in the next episode, and maybe someday I’ll get some show notes up….
Episode 19: Stop the Eighties!! November 15, 2009
Listen here!
RQ: sorry about the delay — there’s something whacky going on with my internet connection. I PROMISE I’ll have show notes up before the next show. sheesh….
Episode 17: What’s in YOUR bag? October 29, 2009
Listen to the show here!
RQ: urgh… I have the flu. So it may be a couple of days before the notes go up. Sorry. 
Episode 16: Taos pt. 2 — Interviews October 21, 2009
Listen to the show here!
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MH is off building fantasy for Cirque du Soleil, so I’m minding the shop on my own! Woo-hoo! This show features interviews with the delightful Mary-Heather (aka Rainydaygoods), who is the right-hand of Jess & Casey on Ravelry. Also I got to talk to some neat folks in the Ravelry tent in Taos. Hope you like it!!
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LOCAL FIBER SOUNDOFF:
Village Wools
505-229-2919 or 1-800-766-4553
5916 Anaheim Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
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Tecolote Handwoven & Handknit Scarves
Myra Chang Thompson
505-864-0876
Los Chavez, NM 87002
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New Mexico Fiber Artisans
Katy Blanchard, Director
575-638-0307
325 Paseo de Onate
Espanola, NM 87532
–RQ
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Music for this podcast is “Carnival” by Digisphere.
If you’d like to send us an email, you can write to podcast (at) herestoewe (dot) com; or send us a message on Ravelry, either to MaddieHatter or RedQueen
Episode 15: Taos October 14, 2009
Listen now! Click here!
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Oh boy! Have we got a lot to talk about…
Hello to Evergreenknits on Rav! It was very neat to meet a listener! 
The Black Sheep Knittery is sadly no more. We’re going to do a swap! It’s a Cheapskate Swap (say that five times fast)! Email us at podcast(at)herestoewe(dot)com if you’d like to participate, or join us on the Ravelry board. Stay tuned to find out more info in the future…
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MH seems to have crippled herself. She’s got knitting-aggravated pain that goes from her left thumb, up the inside of her elbow, up the inside of her bicep, and then wraps around the front and ends in her left ear. Not good. She’s on knitting restriction for the next few weeks (no insurance since she’s changed jobs!), and is totally bummed. Anybody else have this injury? How about homeopathic remedies? She’s using BioFreeze right now (which is awesome), which is helping a little. Her Bubble Sweater set is done, she’s making a cloche hat w/ a button, and a Socktopus. Can’t imagine how she hurt herself….
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THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING!!! (that’s your friendly reminder.)
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TAOS
The Sheep in a awesome TWF bag.
RQ learned that your First Wool Festival is not a good place to also practice your skills as your first podcaster experience.
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MH’s goodies (pics to come) included:
The Plain & Fancy Sheep & Wool Co.
Ken & Grayce Aggen
10429 CR 2126 North, Henderson TX 75652
903-836-2406
Brooks Farm
412 Old Red Oak Rd.
Lancaster, TX 75146
972-227-1593
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The MAVWA (Mountain and Valley Wool Association) has information here.
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RQ’s enormous purchase list. Ready? Here we go:
Very nice people, a father-daughter team when we were there. I bought 3 lbs. of Merino / Coriadale / Rambouillet cross in roving form ——>
Very loverly and soft!
For Echo I got an oz. of each of the following: Cochineal (red dye), Logerwood (purple dye), Oxalic Acid (mordant), Copper Sulfate (mordant), Potassium Alum (mordant).
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Want to see the best score of the whole trip??
MY NEW WHEEL!!!
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<—– My lavender-scented bump of Shetland (1 lb.)
Everything smelled so good! Echo got a hank of white Shetland mule, and a hank of Bluefaced Leicester to play science with.
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I bought a really pretty pattern from these folks.
That ——> is the incredible free-form sweater thing that they had displayed. For more information on the artist & the process, click here.
They sold out of all their fiber on Saturday!
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KCL Woods (no card!) Is awesome. I got a WPI (wraps per inch) tool to hang from my spinning wheel!
And Echo got a 5-needle felting tool w/ a crystal button on top.
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(because it’s hard to read:)
Royal Fiber Spinnery
Rod & Marilyn Dakon
815 Gavilan Canyon
Ruidoso, NM 88345
575-258-YARN (9276) 
www.royalspin.us or rdakan@royalspin.us
This is Santa Fe Skies (laceweight) —–>
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And this is Venus (sportweight) ——>
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From these guys, I got:
a new spring for my wheel;
a Shepherd’s Crook
the book The Intentional Spinner by Judith MacKenzie McCuin;
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This unwashed Bluefaced Leicester (1 lb.):
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And this 6oz ball of Merino/Black Welsh cross roving:
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…and I’m sure some other stuff I can’t remember yet.
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Awesome Raveler with a tent: Goatservant! aka Ellen’s Wooly Wonders was where I bought a pretty oak & copper Niddy-Noddy. Yay!
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Dyers Wool
Pam, Jim & Kelsey Dyer
2727 CR 134
Hesperus, CO 81326
970-588-2292
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I bought this 2oz. Combed Top Rambouillet/Columbia from them.
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The sampler bag of CVM roving!
Which is from Sheepfeathers Farm!
Robin &b Mark Phillips
11843 Billings, Lafayette, CO 80026
303-665-2618
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This is the pretty Pygora, Russian spindle, and what’s left of the samples Galina gave us to try. In 
the samples? Oh, just Qiviut, Yak, Buffalo, Vicuna, Cashmere, and Cashgora.
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Here’s the link to the Knitmore Girls’ interview with Galina:
Galina Knits Behind the Iron Curtain: Episode 48
And here’s the link to their show notes.
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Registration for Stitches West just opened! It’s in Santa Clara, CA.
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Don’t miss the Open Ranch day in Edgewood, NM! November 7, 2009. Visit FOUR alpaca farms! Cool!!
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Congratulations to Dr. Gemma and the Fiber Collective for the first annual ( ) Fiber Retreat! Yay!
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Music for this podcast is “Carnival” by Digisphere.
If you’d like to send us an email, you can write to podcast (at) herestoewe (dot) com; or send us a message on Ravelry, either to MaddieHatter or RedQueen
Episode 14: Mutton Bustin’! September 30, 2009
Here’s the show!
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Welcome New Countries! Portugal, Japan, and Guernsey! (Oh, you lucky Guernsey — this is the only flag we could find!)
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MH has finished the Bobble Hat for her Bobble Sweater. She may finish the set before her nephew’s birth!
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The CYCA program has a student teaching requirement that MH isn’t sure she’ll be able to fulfill in the time allotted. She’s going to call them and see if she can get an extension. We’ll let you know what they say.
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Thank you to all our Ravelry friends! Come join the board and we’ll friend you! Is anyone taking the CYCA Teaching class?
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LYS SOUNDOFF:
6324 Yucca Street
Los Angeles CA 90028
17337 Monterey Road
Morganhill CA 95037
#4 George Ct., Ste A
Edgewood, NM 87015
505-281-5963
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Use the map! Add yourself, add an LYS, add a fiber farm, add whatever! We’d love to see where everybody is gathered. And please use the star rating system on the map so that other folks know what people think of a store.
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And because we know that this is why you’re here:
Awesome!! Click the picture for more fantastic information about Lambtown, USA!
Here’s one of their free recipes:
Fiesta Style Lamb Shanks
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 1/2 hours
Servings: 4
- 4 lamb shanks (3 to 3 1/2 pounds total)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1 package (1.25 ounces) dry taco seasoning mix
- 1 can (15 ounces) red kidney beans, drained
- 1 can (15 ounces) pinto beans, drained
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan. Add lamb shanks, onion, and garlic. Cook in hot oil until meat is brown on all sides and onion is tender. Stir in water, undrained tomatoes, celery, and taco seasoning mix. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until shanks are tender. Stir in kidney beans, pinto beans, and cilantro or parsley. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes more.
Nutrition facts per serving: 551 calories, 21.1 g total fat, 105 mg cholesterol, 802 mg sodium
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Drunk In Public: Our dear co-worker was rear-ended on her way home from work. No damage to the car on inspection, but the man who hit her was very insistent about giving her all his information, including a business card that proclaimed him to be a Wine & Spirits Distributor. Fantastic. And then there was the smokin’ hot cop that showed up to help her out.
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Next week’s episode will be several days late, due to RQ’s trip to Taos. We promise we’ll record as soon as we’re back together!
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Featured artist this week: Johnny Miles song “Jessica” from the album Door to Door Salesman.
Music for this podcast is “Carnival” by Digisphere.
If you’d like to send us an email, you can write to podcast (at) herestoewe (dot) com; or send us a message on Ravelry, either to MaddieHatter or RedQueen or Echo79
Episode 13: Science! September 23, 2009
Another episode with Echo! Click here to listen!
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Welcome to Italy and France! Buongiorno and Bonjour!
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Well, no MH this week, only lil ole me RQ. Fortunately, we’ve got Echo back to liven things up!
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LYS Soundoff:
24875 Barefoot Road
Grass Valley CA 95949
7793 Hwy 259 North
Longview TX 75605
411 W. Water St.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
505-992-2678
The Kiwi Knitting Company
2540 E. 6th Street Tucson, AZ.
(520) 881-1319
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TKGA update: RQ had a huge setback when she realized that “reconstructing” her office = dirtying her swatches to an unacceptable state. So all swatches must be re-blocked and the calculations re-checked. Nuts. Take a lesson from her: as soon as your swatches are blocked, label them and put them into your notebook.
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Neato thingy Echo found: a cosmetics bag in the $1.00 section of Target. Perfect for a small project + needles + pattern. (Sorry, there’s no link to the actual bag.)
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“Operation Itchy Vicki” involved one of our co-workers, and what a good sport she was! Scroll down in the show notes to the next post if you’d like to see the I-cord Torture Bracelets and Vicki’s notes. No Sheep for You by Amy R. Singer (the Editor of Knitty.com) is a great book if you really ARE allergic to wool, or if you just want to use something different for a project.
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Echo purchased a LARGE box of fiber on the recommendation of one of our Avid Listeners. (Thanks rdwmrs!) 11 lbs. of cleaned, carded fleece showed up yesterday, some in roving form, some in batt form. All were considered “mill ends” by the company, and sold at a deep discount. Sure, they aren’t the prettiest batts you’ve ever seen, and some are going to need a little untangling to be usable, but COME ON! This is awesome! Here’s the website she pointed us to: www.thesheepshedstudio.com
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MH’s pattern review of the Pinwheel Sweater from Elann.com. Amazing! It’s free, so download it! Here is the alternate sleeve. And here’s MH’s sweater:
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RQ: Sorry it took so long to get the show notes up! Too much real life this week!
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Music for this podcast is “Carnival” by Digisphere.
If you’d like to send us an email, you can write to podcast (at) herestoewe (dot) com; or send us a message on Ravelry, either to MaddieHatter or RedQueen or Echo79
Auxilliary Episode: Operation Itchy Vicki September 23, 2009
How much fun do you have with YOUR co-workers? I’ll bet we have more!!
Click here to listen to Operation Itchy Vicki and read along!
#10 : Noro Silk Garden
# 4 : Crystal Palace “Fjord”
# 6 : Arucanya alpaca
#1 : Cascade 220 Superwash
# 5 : 100% silk
# 2 : White Patons Classic, dyed with Kool-Aid by Echo
# 9 : acrylic
# 7: Socks That Rock “Ravenclan — Courpie”
# 8 : Cascade 220 Handpaint
# : Patons Classic, commercially dyed
# : Patons Lacette
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Music for this podcast is “Tango“ by Digisphere.
If you’d like to send us an email, you can write to podcast (at) herestoewe (dot) com; or send us a message on Ravelry, either to MaddieHatter or RedQueen
