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June update video blog!

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Grab a cup of tea or a cool drink, join me out on the deck in the shade while I share my June knit chat update! 1:00 FINISHED OBJECTS! - None! So I watch other podcasts to live vicariously! Recommended "multi-knitter" podcasts... Knitters League - 4 knitter friends 3 Ply Podcast - 3 knitting friends Chelsea Purls - filmed at Chelsea Yarns! 3:45 FLOSS TUBE VIDEO BLOGGING! Socks-for-Mum Floss Tube podcasts! 5:00 I'M WATERCOLOURING AGAIN! While I'll never be an artist....I've decided to "play" more with my watercolours....focus on the fun of playing with colour, not necessarily on the results. Thank you to Angela Fehr on YouTube! 6:55 CURRENT PROJECT UPDATES! Mousa , from Marie Wallin's Shetland! Yarn is Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift I've added length and finished the shoulder shaping on the back!  Got some fancy stitch markers out to make knitting the front easier! Val ...

Corrugated Rib! May Update on my "Year of Fair Isle"

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In May I finished one project and started another, got a copy of "West Highland Way" and I discuss and demonstrate Corrugated Ribbing! 0:45 FO for May - Kendal Snood Pattern: Kendal Snood by Marie Wallin from her Lakeland Collection Knit with Rowan Yarns British Sheep Breeds Chunky 4:05 You've Got Mail West Highland Way, Kate Davies Kate Davies Designs 7:30 Casting On - New Project Pattern: Bradfield Scarf by Lisa Richardson  Publication: Valley Tweed Collection Available for purchase: Bradfield Scarf Yarn: Rowan Valley Tweed I've signed up for a free month of.... MHzChoice.com 13:00 Giveaway Winners 15:00 May Giveaway! Rowan Subscription Package Magazine 63 Giveaway  Sorry, Canadians only for this one please :) 20:12 What Am I Wearing? Design: Thursford by Amy Herzog from Rowan Magazine 59 Yarn: Rowan Original Denim 22:45  - Corrugated Rib Musings 30:00 - FairIsle Demo - Corrugated Rib My free fingerless mitts pattern can b...

My Year of Fair Isle - April Update

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Intro - It's my Birthday! I'm introducing Giveaways to my blogs! Watch to enter one, two or all THREE of my giveaways this month! 2:00 FINISHED PROJECT - Thwaite for the Hubby, Rowan Yarns British Sheep Breeds Chunky ( Ravelry link ) 6:15 NEW PROJECT - Kendal Snood by Marie Wallin (using leftovers from my Thwaite) 8:30 GIVEAWAY 1 - Marie Wallin Fairisle Patch Cushion Pattern...get it here on Ravelry 11:00 Rowan Ambassador - Check out my Rowan Magazine 63 review, and my overview of the Spring/Summer 2018 Rowan Collection.....videos on my "Life LDC Presents (Reviews)" play list! 14:40 Gleener Intro 16:40 Brushed Fleece Review - 3 years on and I LOVE IT! 17:20 GIVEAWAY 2 - Gleener - want one? You can order it right here....  Gleener 18:00 CURRENT FAIR ISLE PROJECT - MOUSA by Marie Wallin 22:20 GIVEAWAY 3 - KnittingILove.com needle Case review and Giveaway 25:30 Life LDC video blog goals! 28:15 DEMONSTRATION - Gleener -...

My Year of Fair Isle - March Update!

March was a month to catch my breath after the frenzy of knitting Lerwick for 4 months steady! I tidied up my living room (OMG it was a nightmare) and put everything away that I'd received during those months, and all of the things I'd pulled out to look at or play with from my stash! My March Update Video is up and here's what I cover.... 1:19 Edinburgh Yarn Festival! March was EYF month. Instagram was full of EYF posts....and the EYF video blogs are out too! Did you go? Have you been? Do you want to go some day? EYF is a unique fibre fest.....held in the Edinburgh Corn Exchange building....knitters come from all over the world to this event. The EYF organizers invite podcasters to come...provide a "podcaster lounge" for them to meet and greet (each other and their on line community). The lounge this year was sponsored by Blacker Yarns...I'm sure all of the podcasters were thrilled to be there and enjoyed every minute. I know I'm not the us...

February 2018 Update

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MY YEAR OF FAIR ISLE February just zoomed past...my Mother used to tell me that time flies faster as you get older...and she was right! (Mother's usually are, we just don't know it at the time.) I'd set a goal to finish my Marie Wallin Fair Isle Club 3 project - Lerwick - by the end of the Olympics...or the end of February....whichever worked best. I was determined to finish, as I'd fallen off the schedule for the Fair Isle Club 1 blanket, and it still is far from finished. This was a goal I intended to keep! I DID IT!!! February 28 I could say Lerwick was a Finished Project!!!! FEBRUARY 2018 UPDATE Want more info?  Here are some links for you. Finished Project discussion and photos. My Lerwick Ravelry project page . Inspiration...can you ever wear too much fair isle? Pringle of Scotland My apology to Pringle of Scotland...I actually say Pringles in the video. I must have been thinking of the potato chips ! My Next Project - Mousa f...

January 2018 Update

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Here's my video blog updating my "creative" January 2018! 1:00 Fair Isle inspiration this month - check out my prized fair isle 3:36  Current Project Update - Lerwick, the Marie Wallin Fairisle Club 3 design. 6:24  I've been Sewing! -  inspired by Sonya Philip and her  100 Acts of Sewing  patterns! She has two classes on  Creative Bug , so I joined and made....well, you'll have to watch! 7:50   " A Year of Techniques: Fair Isle Colour Dominance Tutorial " by Jen Arnall-Culliford   Check out my blog post,  "Following the Straight and Narrow"  discussing yarn dominance in stranded knitting. 9:15 You Tube Recommendation - Arne and Carlos. Here is the video I mentioned ...  The ARNE & CARLOS Christmas Special Podcast: Knitting Christmas Balls   This video is very entertaining - but if you want to hear about the english version....go to the 50 minute mark! :) 12:00 Lackie and Daisy get new Coats!   I...

2018 - Focus on Fair Isle

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Happy 2018 ! This year I'm changing things up .... I'll be doing video blog posts on you tube ... if you'd like to be notified of new releases, the easiest way is to subscribe to my youtube channel Life LDC . January 2018 - A Year of Fair Isle January 2018 Show Notes: Intro 0:35  Rowan 2017 Crochet Afghan update 1:00  Intentions for 2018 3:30  Fair Isle Club 3 update 4:25  My History wth Fair Isle knitting - links are to my Ravelry project pages Gerda from the Simply Shetland 2 collection Autumn Rose by Eunny Jang, from the Simply Shetland 4 collection Hibiscus Cardigan - my design for Simply Shetland done in Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift 6:55  I'm wearing Amaryllis by Marie Wallin from her Springtime Collection 8:30  Anastasia rework! Anastasiya design by Marie Wallin from Rowan Magazine 48. (Note: Anastasiya is now offered as a single pattern download via Ravelry!) 14:00 Recently finished projects - links are to my Rave...