Knit.Spin.Cake

Hello everyone, How are things? There will be a podcast soon, I promise but not at the moment as I have a cold and no one needs to listen to me sniffling! Hope you have all had a lovely festive period, we have and are very much enjoying the break from work. We celebrated Christmas in the south of England with Mr M's family and then again upon our return to the North East, all in all it has been very lovely. Part of my Christmas treat was a new camera so I am hoping to get a lot more photographs on to the blog in the New Year. I may try and get to a photo a day but if this is the case I may set up a new blog and link to this one so you do not all get bombarded by photographs of rabbits and degus! Today we have had a lazy day but decided we needed some fresh air so went for a walk in the woods by the river... The woods are at their most beautiful in autumn, the weather has taken its toll as part of the river bank has collapsed into the river. We have had a lot of...

Hi everyone, Here are the shownotes for Episode 12: This episode I discuss Masham sheep fair, Yorkshire Wool week including the workshops I went on, there is a book review, a giveaway, some podcast recommendations and a Dr Who special at the end...it is a bumper episode. Baa Ram Ewe Novel Knits  Ann Kingstone designs  Earth2motherknits Shinybees  To enter the giveaway for Animal hats please complete the following sentence: If I were an animal I would be a ....., because..... For 12 knits of Christmas please complete the following sentence: The thing I love most about christmas is..... Please email your answer to knitspincake@gmail.com and the winners will be announced on the next podcast, lets say closing date of the 1st December  Good luck!

Hi everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 11: Baa Ram Ewe Ethical cookies Glücksburg Cowl Aran baby coat Baby booties Dusky tunic Aran bobble hat A day at the farm Alpacas sporting some trendy hair dos Wool weekend Jacobs Beautiful shetlands Is that food? For us? A shearing demonstration Music provided by Ollie Powell aka Dancing on the Doctor

Hi everyone, As many of you may know we have recently moved house but will be without the internet until the end of August due to the Olympics *grumble grumble*. In the meantime i will try and keep the blog updated with what is going on, it will all be brief as i have to do it in my lunch hour or sitting in the car outside of our apartment! Oh yeah we have no phone signal either...what did people do before all this technology? I am partaking in the ravellenic games and am knitting lots of socks so i will post update photos when possible :-) In the meantime here is a wind farm i visited last week!

Hi everyone, As many of you may be aware the Tour de Fleece has commenced and spinners everywhere are digging out their fibre and fluff and deciding what their goals will be for this tour. It is the first year I have taken part and I have not yet discussed it on the podcast as I am trying to keep it a bit low key due to moving house etc...however I have taken part in the past 2 days and I have to say I m enjoying it immensely. I will discuss it in the next podcast and for ease (and solidarity to all podcasters) I joined Team Sasquatch. Day 1 was a busy day, knitting group, catching up with friends and packing up the house so I decided the best way to spin was on my drop spindle, I am not sure how much I got spun up but I did get some done which is all that matters plus I got to watch Harry Potter whilst doing so! Here is what I have so far: This is a hand dyed shetland braid which has tones of oranges, yellows, browns and peaches. It is spinning up to look like an almost t...

Hi everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 10: Hambley Etsy shop  - stunning hand dyed yarns @hambley01 on twitter Peggys Yarns Etsy shop Peggys Yarns Blog @peggysyarns on twitter The beautiful hand dyed yarn went from this via this contraption to this Now what to do with it? Hmm... Cakes!

What needs to be said really? Owls by Kate Davies is one of the most popular jumper patterns on Ravelry. Everyone loves Owls, and who wouldn't it is a jumper with a yoke of cabled owls. I'm quite renowned for my Owls as I have 2 , the both have no eyes, but I love them dearly and here is why... I love my Owls (1) because it is warm and snuggly, yes its looking a little bobbly these days but it was my choice to knit it from a loosely plied wool/mohair blend. I can pull it on and feel instantly comforted and cosy, plus I think it is the only jumper I own which has sleeves long enough for my spider like arms. I love the shaping of the jumper, it is so pretty and helps give my impish frame a bit of shape. I love the way that every time I wear it and enter a wool shop people point and say 'Owls!' and this is great as it gives me the opportunity to talk about this fantastic pattern. I love my Owls (2) as I knit it in super chunky at a dense gauge so it keeps me ...

Well it has been an interesting week to say the least, I can only say so much now but it will all be revealed soon I promise! I've been a bit meh on the old knitting front, not knowing what to knit and a lot of the time not wanting to knit anything I have on the needles. At times I have turned to spinning and this scratched my crafty itch a bit but I don't know, I have been a bit unsettled. I know other podcasters have also had a knitting funk so I think it may just be the time of year...we'll see. On a more positive note I was pondering whilst driving home this evening. I am not usually a fan of summer knitting, I don't love cotton as much as wool and well looking at the weather lately wool is more fitting for a British summer! I pondered designing a garment a while ago, I bought some yarn and had big prospects for it, yes I thought I will make another little tee and I will stripe the yarn and all will be well with the world. Well after knitting two rondeur tee...

Hi everyone, The Dr Who special is up for your listening pleasure. This week I have a special guest co-hosting with me...I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening Aimee

Hi everyone,  Here are the shownotes for episode 9: Sock yarn waistcoat Purl Alpaca A Playful Day Miss Elle Knits Electric Sheep My spindle!  One of the knitted scenes dotted around the venue Sheep! Best in show entries The winner! Other knitted art dotted around Unravel As usual you can contact me : Auntieaipee on Ravelry @knitspinscake on Twitter knitspincake@gmail.com Thanks for listening :)

Hi everyone, Here are the shownotes for episode 8. Knitscene Spring 2012 Unravel Friday Studios   - for gorgeous hand dyed fibre, yarns and handspun by Frida herself. Easyknits  - to find out more about the knit spin love club and other fab goings on including sock clubs and sushi shawl clubs. Link to the spin love fibre gorgeousness Cake recipe Ingredients: 4 eggs 200g margarine 200g self raising flour 200g caster sugar 2 tsp chocolate orange cocoa powder (or just plain cocoa if you prefer) Orange marmalade (for filling) 100-120g orange chocolate (for topping) Buttercream filling 90g margarine 45g of icing sugar (add more to suit your preferred consistency) Equipment: 2 18cm round baking tins Instructions: Heat the oven to 180 degrees. Mix the sugar, margarine and eggs together. Sift in the flour and cocoa powder. Mix well and seperate evenly into the 2 baking tins, bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes or until cooked prope...

I promise episode 8 will be with you all soon... In the meantime I am prepping some things for review, I received some gorgeous Shetland fibre from Friday Studios and I am going to spend the evening spinning this up into something delicious so I can review it on the next episode. It's very beautiful and squidgy so I am looking forward to playing with it after a long hard day of work! I'm currently knitting Wingspan at the moment, only started it yesterday morning and am halfway through the second triangle already, such a super quick and fun knit but more of that on the podcast. Ok enough of me rambling I have a date with my ashford...

Well today has been an interesting one to say the least, it all started when Mr Marvel bought a new PC...let me take you back to Monday. The 'PC' arrived (in bits) and was duly assembled by Mr Marvel and his glamourous assistant Geoff, this may not be such a big deal but for a games programmer who only has a macbook this was big news in the KSC household. Once the living room was cleared of computer components and I had come down from the ceiling we decided that the Marvel cave needed a bit of a re-vamp, I had to have a little lie down at this point as I sensed a trip to IKEA was on the cards but thankfully this was not the case. Much moving, clattering and filling the garage later the Marvel cave had been souped up, the PC is connected to the 32 inch tv (don't ask) and he is happily playing fighting games in there as I type, he deserves it living with me is hard work. The problem with this re-vamp was that I decided that I had to do it too, yes thats right the spare be...

Hello everyone, Episode 7 is up! It is good to be back, sorry for the not usual audio quality but the sound card is broken and have to record on mac microphone... This week I discuss my christmas knitting, what I am working on, a few knitting events and some geek news! Links: Interknit Cafe Farnham Knit.Spin.Cake Sock KAL is open! Googly eyed christmas knits Bunny cake! Contact details: Auntieaipee  on Ravelry @knitspincake on Twitter knitspincake@gmail.com