Joanne Seiff, author of Knit Green and Fiber Gathering, joins me on the show to talk about Rhinebeck, fiber events, and the complicated landscape of bring green. She is very knowledgeable about both fiber and the environment and breaks it all down for us in her writing.

Many, many thanks to my friend Alanna at Tactile Travel for taking me on her tour to Rhinebeck. Her tour was wonderful and filled with fiber, history, and wonderful people.

Also… I am working on so many projects I hope you can be patient with me as I work towards getting the show out and putting on some major events with my guild. If you are in Boston please come out and join the fun.

IAPM72: Rhinbeck and more [ 40:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On Todays show I have a great discussion with Susan B Anderson about her new book “Itty Bitty Toys“. She shares her influences and thoughts about the book as well as her other projects.

In the Yarn-a-lot I talk about my joy of finally making it to Creative Fibers in Windsor, CT (near Hartford).

I am also getting ready to go on a trip with Tactile Travel to Rhinebeck, wehre I will be live posting my trip to fibercrawl.com over the weekend. You can also follow my live feed through my twitter account.

IAPM71: Itty Bitty Toys [ 35:20 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On today’s show I have an interview with Kathy Elkins of WEBS America’s Yarn Store. She blogs and has a podcast about the yarn that comes into the shop and the many interesting people in the fiber industry.

 


 

Projects
Little Bubbles (KnitPicks)
Quincy (by Brooklyn Tweed)

Common Cod Fiber Guild
Make Mine Local Fiber Arts Fashion Showcase
FiberCamp Boston

Other Links
Knit a Journey

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On today’s show Mandy Moore and Leanne Praine talk about there newly released book Yarn Bombing. It’s a guide to kntting graffiti and the very public world of knitting.

IAPM69 - Yarn Bombing [ 45:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This show is chock full of interviews from the Summer TNNA 2009. If that isn’t enough, check out the live feed post here.

Many thanks to Buffalo Gold for taking me in and letting me go to the show.

Interviews

• Chrissy Gardiner of Gardiner Yarn Works talks about her designs and new book Toe-Up! Patterns and Worksheets to Whip Your Sock Knitting Into Shape
• Diana of Ewe and I in Nartberth, PA
• Beth Smith of The Spinning Loft(home of the Batt Bar)n Howell, MI
• Amy King of Spunky Eclectic talks about her new book Spin Control: Techniques for Spinning the Yarns You Want
• Abby Franquemont (fiber evangelist, ask to see her cape) of Abby’s Yarns
  • Special thanks to Kat for setting up the three fibery interviews above
• Dave Van Stralen, President of Louet North America
• Carol Sulcoski of Go Knit in Your Hat
• Susan and Jill of Y2knits (they like travel tuscany, knit continental,  and organize designers for knit garments )
• Sue Caldwell of Lovely Yarns in Baltimore (queen of the knitting Huns)
• Laurel Murphy of HandKnitting.com
• Vallery of Mountain Meadow Wool Mill in Buffalo, Wyoming

IAPM68 - Summer TNNA 2009 Spectacular [ 55:35 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

On todays episode My friend Deb reviews Pet Projects and Kristin Nicholas talks about some fun going ons at her farm. I also play a promo for a fun new podcast called Kiping it real.

IAPM67: Colorful People and Pets [ 31:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this Episode my friend Jen shares some insite into the Design Copyright discussion. Jen also posted more about it here.

I would love to hear you thoughts on this issue.

Sadly, this show is very short. I am having a hard time finding my voice as I switch from an older computer setup to a new one. Still trying to get comfortable with new computer/mic. I think I will be back in full swing again by the end of the summer.

ADDED:

Oh yeah… I have started to play promos for other knitting podcasts again. This week I played one for KnitScape.

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On the show I do some catching up with yall… and I have a great interview with Jacey Boggs of Insubordiknit. She talks about living through this economy as a spinner and her fun spinning DVD called Sit And Spin.

My friends and I will be sharing our experience at TNNA here:
http://drop.io/TNNAupdate

I will be doing a live video update at 12:30pm on Friday/Saturday/Sunday of this weekend for TNNA.  You can find the stream here:
http://www.itsapurlman.com/tnnaupdate/

IAPM64: Spinning through May [ 45:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I am in DC with IAN MAX…

IAPM63: IAN MAX [ 13:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download