Commuter Knitter Podcast

Four years ago today, I turned on the voice memo app on my phone and the Commuter Knitter Podcast was born.  Thank you for a wonderful FOUR years!! :-) You've Arrived at Your Destination Ripples 2.0 Newborn Vertebrae #2 Drive Repaired Carlos' Fighting Irish Mittens Puerperium Cardigan - newborn size Go Buffalo! Neutral Playful Stripes Cardigan King of the Forest Traffic Report Some new podcasts for you to enjoy! Kino Knits In a Sknit - rebooted as a one-woman video podcast with krisluvswool Cultivate and Create - with mrsshoo (formerly of In a Sknit) Unraveling with Greg and Joey Thank you for a great four years of podcasting! Come Find me on the Interwebs Ravelry -  ndjen04 Ravelry Group -  Commuter Knitter Podcast Twitter - @ CommuterKnitter Facebook -  Commuter Knitter Periscope - Commuter Knitter ...

Rainbows, rainbows everywhere this week! You've Arrived At Your Destination Rainbow Vanilla Socks  in  Quaere Fibre  10 Stripe Rainbow. Vanilla toe-up socks with  Megan Williams' OMG Heel Drive Rainbow Socks for Carlos in White Birch Fiber Arts Nothing Says Screw You Like a Rainbow Spring Forward from Knitty Summer 2008 Road Maps Over the course of the next several episodes, we are going to chat about socks.  This episode the topic is where to get started. Clara Parkes Knitters Book of Socks Ann Budd Sock Knitting Master Class Alice Yu Socktopus Lara Neel Sock Architecture The Party Bus - complete with snow tires! - Winners Announced Celebrating 3 years of podcasting with a month-long  giveaway  in the Ravelry Group! Dragonfly Fibers Cooperative Press Aila Grace Shawl  from Jennifer Lassonde Dream in Color Everlasting Sock Fix-A-Stitch  - a regular and lace set Traffic Report Con...

This week I continue tallying the WIP count, review Silver Spun yarn and put snow tires on the Party Bus.  Enjoy! You've Arrived At Your Destination Monkey Socks for Me Halloween Socks for Carlos Drive Dad's Hat Sorin  by  IrishGirlieKnits  in  Dragonfly Fibers Corgi Sorin Fingerless Gloves King of the Forest Cross Stitch pattern  for Carlos's Valentine's Day gift Road Maps Be sure to keep an eye on the blog for reviews and other posts coming out on a more regular basis. During the Blizzard I posted a review of Feel Good Yarn Company's Silver Spun The Party Bus - complete with snow tires! Celebrating 3 years of podcasting with a month-long giveaway! Dragonfly Fibers Cooperative Press Aila Grace Shawl from Jennifer Lassonde Traffic Report Congrats to Ravelry for reaching 5 million registered users! I mention that I have been listening to the back catalogue of Cast On ...

This week I have a little bit of knitting, a lot of planning, a new yarn to share with you, and I get a bit personal.  Enjoy! Drive DNF - Basic  Fingerless Mitts  - too warm at the game to wear them any way.  Stay tuned for cooler temperatures Worked on  Ginny's Cardigan  button band. Test knit - more to come when the pattern is released Elfe - #sknitalong14 with Kristi and Sarah from In a Sknit Finish-Along until the end of 2014 - #ckfal2014 Trip Planner To Knit List or "Getting My Rear in Gear" Halloween Socks Zigzagular Socks  by Susie White of the  Prairie Girls Knit and Spin  in a  One Twisted Tree bag  by Susie's co-host Danie.  I used Megan Williams' OMG heel Tan House Brook Shawl by Jennifer Lassonde of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast Down Cellar Studio Pig Skin Party Two Lane Highway Rage socks Traffic Report Red Barn Yarn Name That Yarn contest.  More...

Drive Zigzagular Socks  by Susie White of the  Prairie Girls Knit and Spin  in a  One Twisted Tree bag  by Susie's co-host Danie.  I used Megan Williams' OMG heel Monkey Socks Down Cellar Studio PigSkinParty Two Lane Highway Rage by Sarah Stevens of Oh! Loops yarn & Fiber By Design podcast in Voolenvine Yarns (and it's Blitzed Fingering, not Glitz - oops) by Kristin from YarnGasm podcast Actually Knitting PALKAL - the official dates are July 1 - October 1, 2014 Party Bus Exploding Vanilla TARDIS socks in Little Mount Yarn Co Wanderer Sock Using 9"circs after hearing the Carolina Fiber Girls talk about them Check out the Ravelry group for a chance to win a skein of the yarn and a set of gnome stitch markers. There is also a coupon code for 15% off your entire purchase from the Little Mount Yarn Co. Etsy shop for Commuter Knitter listeners, but you'll have to tune into the episode...

Drive Hat for Dad Oranje  in  Frabjous Fibers  Wonderland Yarns Mad Hatter. New LYS in Newtown, CT -  The Sheep Shoppe !! ( Facebook  page) Rainbow Dash Skyp Rib Socks - yarn from Cuppycake Yarnz on Etsy . I mention EmilyStraw from the Knitting Butterflies Podcast and Susie from the Prairie Girls Knit & Spin Podcast Monkey by Cookie A in Lorna's Laces Solemate Cargo Holiday Yarns Flock Sock - a surprise from my husband! Your Mileage May Vary What are your preferred sock needles? DPN's, magic loop, 2 circs, small circs?  Let us know in this week's episode thread in the Ravelry group Road Maps I talk about winding yarn twice to relieve some of the tension in the cake of yarn - thank you to a wonderful listener for the suggestion! I mention the Dark Matter Knits podcast by Elizabeth Green Musselman Traffic Report Deborah Tomasello is writing a book about o...

Thank you so much to everyone who reached out over the last month between episodes.  Everything is OK and I am glad to be back chatting with you! You've Arrived At Your Destination Classic WWII Watch Cap for Little Brother (I forgot to take a photo before taping up the box...) Drive Halloween Socks for Carlos  -  Denali Socks  with the links for the formula I'm using Christmas Stripe-y Socks for me Susan B. Anderson's sock drawer  - this post was all the way back in March.  My how time flies! My personal Operation Sock Drawer: June's Favorite Cardigan  by Hannah Fettig Knit Pro charting site Baby Sophisticate by Linden Down Road Maps 30 Day Sweater Challenge Raglan Shaping Video Tutorial (part of the promotional tour in September) Link to Free Sweater Planning Guide (with coupon code for 25% off the 30 Day Sweater ebook) 30 Day Sweater Ravelry Group My 30 Day Sweater project Traffi...