~Welcome/ Intro
~Last month's contest winner:
TeamMom aka Tera! Congrats!
~October Contest:
Share a recipe for delicious hot drinks! It will help warm the chill out of your bones faster than turning on the heater!
Contest prize: A Longaberger basket donated by Paula of the Knitting Pipeline Podcast!
~Sweater Forecast: A new segment, where I tell you if its sweater weather or not! This week: No.
~ Knitting:
Finished the first of the cabled wristers, and started a Cabled Raglan Baby Sweater for my sister's little girl! I also bought an awesome button for it! Yay!
I published the TDTU pattern! Search TDTU on Ravelry to find it!
~Spinning:
I've actually been doing some! I'm going to spin 3 different colors together and knit the Tappan Zee!
~Free Entertainment:
Knit Knit Cafe with Abby and Ben- Super fun!
The Knit Wits with Carin and Rick- hilarious!!!
~ Garden:
We canned 7 jars of salsa using tomatoes from our garden!
~ Sales!
- KnitPicks book sale! All books are 40% off!
- Webs Grampa's Garage Sale! Tons of yarn for over 50% off!
- Madrona published the Overview! Lots of free events and demos! Come to the PNW!
~Tip of the Week:
Laugh until it hurts! I've noticed that I am less inclined to make an impulse purchase if I'm feeling really good, so do something that makes you really happy and laugh until you cry!
~How I Saved the Week:
I made salsa instead of buying it, made muffins and tea instead of going out to a coffee shop and used free yarn to make a cute sweater!
~ Worth It!
The Expectant Knitter by Marie Connolly
Retail: $27.50, 30 patterns
Pros:
I like the patterns, lots of top down seamless stuff, lots of really practical baby things and the patterns are well written and the photos are lovely.
HOWEVER: The author inserts MEDICAL ADVICE into the book, which is absolutely inappropriate. If it was just a book of patterns, it would totally be worth it, but as it is, I would not buy it. A library book for sure.
~Contact Info:
Email!
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Ep. 32- Self Preservation
~Welcome/ Intro/ Thank you!
I had an awesome birthday! Thanks for all the birthday messages!
~Sponsors/ Contests!
Check them all out in previous posts from this month!
Visit audiblepodcast.com/knitcents to download a free audiobook of your choice and sign up for a free 2 week trial!
~Knitting/ Spinning:
I've been working on my Simple Knitted Bodice again! I'm almost finished with the first sleeve, and the second one won't take long either! (since is short sleeved!) I've also almost finished Aaron's first TDTU sock! Haven't done any spinning :( I did however, buy a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom with some birthday money!
~Free Entertainment:
NPR Sunday Puzzle! Check it out on iTunes!
~Garden Update:
Tomatoes are still going crazy, and I got some canning supplies for my birthday so we are going to make dilly beans and pickles this week! Yay!
~Sales!
-Joann has a really amazing deal on fine crochet thread!! 1.19 for a spool of of 400 yards of fine crochet thread! Great to use as a lifeline!
-CrystalCreekFibers has awesome prices on fibers, including 4oz of hand dyed mulberry silk top for only $17!
- Lion Brand Yarn Co. has Schacht Cricket looms on sale, 15% off! I got mine there!
~Tip of the Week:
Self Preservation! Can, freeze, dry or pickle fresh foods now! Buy them fresh in bulk and preserve them to have all year! Bulk foods are way cheaper, and they are even more of a steal when they are in season!!!
~ How I Saved the Week:
- Everything I bought with my birthday money was on sale except for a skein of yarn and a couple sets of needle tips! I win! Also, I bought some gross yogurt (because I wasn't at my favorite grocery store and the terrible store I was at didn't have ANY good yogurt!!) so I made frozen fruit yogurt popsicles out of them!!
~Worth It!
Put 'Em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton
$19.95 retail, 300 pages!
This book is amazing! It teaches you really easily how to preserve your own food without using special equipment! Dry foods in your oven or air dry, freeze, can in a large soup pot and pickle using vinegar! The book is laid out by main ingredient, so if you find yourself saying "what am I ever going to do with x pounds of x?" you can flip to that section! I made dilly beans and pickles, and also some bruiseberry vinegar!!
SO WORTH IT!!!
~Contact Info:
Email ME!
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Leave a review on iTunes or click that fancypants button over there!
I had an awesome birthday! Thanks for all the birthday messages!
~Sponsors/ Contests!
Check them all out in previous posts from this month!
Visit audiblepodcast.com/knitcents to download a free audiobook of your choice and sign up for a free 2 week trial!
~Knitting/ Spinning:
I've been working on my Simple Knitted Bodice again! I'm almost finished with the first sleeve, and the second one won't take long either! (since is short sleeved!) I've also almost finished Aaron's first TDTU sock! Haven't done any spinning :( I did however, buy a Schacht Cricket rigid heddle loom with some birthday money!
~Free Entertainment:
NPR Sunday Puzzle! Check it out on iTunes!
~Garden Update:
Tomatoes are still going crazy, and I got some canning supplies for my birthday so we are going to make dilly beans and pickles this week! Yay!
~Sales!
-Joann has a really amazing deal on fine crochet thread!! 1.19 for a spool of of 400 yards of fine crochet thread! Great to use as a lifeline!
-CrystalCreekFibers has awesome prices on fibers, including 4oz of hand dyed mulberry silk top for only $17!
- Lion Brand Yarn Co. has Schacht Cricket looms on sale, 15% off! I got mine there!
~Tip of the Week:
Self Preservation! Can, freeze, dry or pickle fresh foods now! Buy them fresh in bulk and preserve them to have all year! Bulk foods are way cheaper, and they are even more of a steal when they are in season!!!
~ How I Saved the Week:
- Everything I bought with my birthday money was on sale except for a skein of yarn and a couple sets of needle tips! I win! Also, I bought some gross yogurt (because I wasn't at my favorite grocery store and the terrible store I was at didn't have ANY good yogurt!!) so I made frozen fruit yogurt popsicles out of them!!
~Worth It!
Put 'Em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton
$19.95 retail, 300 pages!
This book is amazing! It teaches you really easily how to preserve your own food without using special equipment! Dry foods in your oven or air dry, freeze, can in a large soup pot and pickle using vinegar! The book is laid out by main ingredient, so if you find yourself saying "what am I ever going to do with x pounds of x?" you can flip to that section! I made dilly beans and pickles, and also some bruiseberry vinegar!!
SO WORTH IT!!!
~Contact Info:
Email ME!
Ravelry: Roue
Twitter: Roue0824
Leave a review on iTunes or click that fancypants button over there!
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