Sheryl Thies: Tunisian Crochet...

Such a good time talking with Sheryl on today's podcast.  She is a wonderful bi-crafty lady who has some real design talent :-) Her three books are Ocean Breezes, Nature's Wrapture and Get Hooked on Tunisian Crochet.  All three are available on Amazon.com.

You can find more of Sheryl's designs on her Ravelry designer page here.

If you didn't get a chance to listen live, don't worry!  As always, all Yarn Thing Podcast shows are archived for your listening pleasure at your convenience!  So be sure to catch up on any that you might have missed. 

Also, there is a Yarn Thing Podcast app available on Droid and iTunes so if you want to keep up to date with the show that is another option.  (side note: if you have suggestions on how to make the app better I would love to hear that!)

Catch you on the next show!

I Knit Happy.com Podcast

Hey there!

Today's guest was Karen from I Knit Happy and it was a ton of fun to chat with her and learn about her business ;-)

If you didn't get a chance to listen live go and have a listen now: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/yarnthing/2011/08/30/knit-happy-and-crochet-happy-1

xoxox
marly

Still Here

I promise I have not left the podcasting life!  I will be returning soon with special guest.  Stay tuned and you will not be disappointed. 

KnitGrrl: Shannon Okey

On the show to talk about her new book!!! I am part of her blog tour. Join me LIVE Thursday, July 15th at 7:00pm MDT at www.blogtalkradio.com/yarnthing

• 3 July, Annie
  Modesitt, @modeknit


• 5 July, Diane
  Gilleland, @SisterDiane


• 7 July, Natalie Zee Drieu, href="http://www.twitter.com/craft">@craft


• 9 July, Marnie MacLean, href="http://www.twitter.com/MarnieMacLean">@MarnieMacLean


• 11 July, Daniella Cortez/Craft
  Culture, @danidocrafty



• 13 July, Kim Werker, href="http://www.twitter.com/kpwerker">@kpwerker



• 15 July, Marly Bird/Yarn Thing, href="http://www.twitter.com/yarnthing">@yarnthing



• 17 July, Ellen Gormley, href="http://www.twitter.com/GoCrochet">@GoCrochet



• 19 July, Kerrie Allman, href="http://www.twitter.com/yarnforwardmag">@yarnforwardmag



• 21 July, Vickie Howell, href="http://www.twitter.com/vickiehowell">@vickiehowell



• 23 July, Melissa Wehrle, href="http://www.twitter.com/neoknits">@neoknits



• 25 July, Julie Holetz, href="http://www.twitter.com/skamama">@skamama



• 27 July, Donna Druchunas, href="http://www.twitter.com/druchunas">@druchunas



• 29 July, Amy O'Neill Houck, href="http://www.twitter.com/plainsight">@plainsight



• 31 July, Jasmin Canty/Knitmore
  Girls, @knitmoregirls

For the Twitter tour with Kim on the 13th, you'll want to visit us at @kpwerker
and @knitgrrl from 7:00-9:00 p.m. -- don't forget the #knitgrrlguide hashtag!
What's a hashtag? (Well, it is explained in the book...)

See you here, there and everywhere!=

Episode 27: Online Classes with Stefanie Japel

I had the privilege to chat with THE Stefanie Japel last night about her new online classes.

Have you wanted to learn how to knit items that Fit and Flatter your body? Well, that is what Stefanie wants to teach you. There are only a few classes being offered right now but more will soon come.

The classes are wonderful in these economic times and a great way to take your knitting to the next level. Go, Take a look at her new site and sign up for a class :-)

www.stefaniejapel.ning.com

xoxox
Marly

Episode 26: Let the new season begin!

Yep, I am back and it is time to chat about knitting and crochet.

I talked about a lot of different things in this episode but some of the stuff I can think about off the top of my head are...

www.techknitting.blogspot.com BEST BLOG EVER!

www.insidecrochet.com NEW CROCHET MAGAZINE (I have a couple of pieces in this one)

www.crochetuncut.com THE UNOFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CROCHET LIBERATION FRONT

www.tensionmagazine.com/ AWESOME NEW ONLINE MAGAZINE FOR CROCHET AND CREATIVE LIVING

www.slackfordstudio.com NEW WEBSITE FOR SUSAN (Pigeon Guts Purple Lady :-)

www.knittingdaily.com NEW DVD WORKSHOP CLASSES: Cables, Fair Isle, and the different seasons

www.knitandcrochettoday.com/ GET SEASON 1 & 2 ON DVD!

www.ravelry.com WANT TO SEE THE LIST OF PEOPLE ON THE SHOW THIS SEASON?

www.listeninglibrary.com BOOKS ON CD...Love them!!!

OH...I made a bag for the new season of Knit and Crochet Today (I think the name is changing but I am not sure what it will be called). Do you want to see it? I can give you a peek!

Peek-A-Boo Chevron Tunic

Yep, I am still here. I have been very busy finishing up a book I am writing with Jill Write for Leisure Arts and various other patterns for magazines.

Here is my newest published pattern. It is in the newest issue of Inside Crochet. You want the Ravelry links? The Peek-A-Boo Chevron Tunic is what I called it but in the magazine it is the Chevron Tunic I hear (I don't have the magazine yet) but you can find it in Inside Crochet, Issue #4 October/November

Here are some pictures on flickr I took of it before I sent it to the UK.

To tell the truth, I am not totally happy with the color choices that we used over the left boob. It would have been cuter with a blue instead of the green but the color cards we used to choose the colors made it look like the green would be perfect. The hard part is that the yarn is kettledyed and each skein is a little different from the next so even though one skein of the multy looked great with the green the others didn't. Does that make sense?
Here, I took pictures with a blue held up to it so you can see what it would look like in a different color.

So, I know some of you will be wondering, "why make one side different than the other?" Well, you don't have to do that at all but I thought it was a cool way to make an everyday chevron piece different. Actually, that is how I got the Peek-A-Boo idea. To me, the idea that only one boob has a striped chevron is like a game of peek a boo.

What do you think? You can be honest with me. I know that some of you will just LOVE it and some will HATE it. I am prepared for that as I too am in a love/hate relationship with it.

The only other thing that I might change when I publish this pattern myself is the way I did my decreases. I think they are a little too drastic and I think that I will do a little more math to make them a little more subtle in future patterns.

Other than that...I hope you will go to RAVELRY and favorite it right away :-)

I will try to update you all more soon with all the other things I have been up to lately!

OH...the podcast is scheduled to start up again in OCTOBER!!

xoxoxo