Sat, 4 May 2013
Show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!
Show Notes: Weigh in:
Finished: Little elephant, Pagona
Still going: Ink & Rams and Yowes
Portion control:
Desert Vista Dyeworks
North Cabin Fiber Crafts
Mary Maxim
Fit to Flatter
Spin off
Fiber Exercise:
Wool Gatherings
Taste Testing:
Grey Suffolk
Teeswater
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Homesick Texan Carnitas
Pot Luck:
Philosophers Wool Colour your own
Recipes:
Knit- Topia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8707005175/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708127866/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8707025691/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708147590/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8708147708/
Spinning Class
New podcast- Twinset designs
On the Menu:
GG&PL
Yellow Ribbon
Michigan Fiber Fest
KITM
Gadget Corner:
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Tue, 16 April 2013
Show notes are located at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!! Ep: 183 Weigh in: Ink- Highland Handmades Finished: Variance Cowl- Mystery sock yarn Portion control: Socks! Fiber Exercise: 580 yards dk : NCFC and hand dyed Taste Testing: Will talk about them next week. A La Carte: What (else) would Madame Defarge Knit? In the Kitchen: Pepper Bellies Pot Luck: Recipes: Easter- Bucket overflow Wreck it Ralph Bumper baby Dude! He got up! Coffee ratings Back to work On the Menu: Knit- Topia GGPLS KitM Gadget Corner: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8650794510/
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Sat, 30 March 2013
Show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!
Weigh in:
Frogged:
Finished:
(Back post not front post)
Started:
Sock head hat2,
Yarn Barf- If I had 4 arms
Still going:
Portion control:
Outlandish swap
Fiber Exercise:
No spinning this week
Cooking School:
Measuring yourself
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Homecoming party
Recipes:
Getting rid of cable: West Wing, Star trek
G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Some Stuff)
Broken mugs
New podcast: Fiber Hooligans
Hobo salve (contact me on Ravelry for email)
Easter plans
On the Menu:
Knit-Topia- 1st weekend
Guts, grit & pink lipstick
Knittin’ in the mitten
Gadget Corner:
Lucy Neatby’s New Craftsy class
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Fri, 15 March 2013
Show notes are located at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!!
Field Report:
He’s home!
Thank you to everyone for this year of support!
The ceremony
The reunion
Unpacking
Homecoming party
Recipes:
Hair cut/nails
Stress = Sick!
Good enough is good enough!
Shearing day
Weigh in:
Rams & Yowes http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CoggieTM/rams-and-yowes-2 Sockhead hat http://www.ravelry.com/projects/CoggieTM/sockhead-hat
Portion control:
Cones from Shady Side Farm
Highland Handmades- Worth Waiting for & A talk with my man. http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8557856168/ Fiber Exercise:
Spinning my dyed SWM
Taste Testing:
Wexford Knits podcast is doing a
“Covered in sheep” afghan
Cooking School:
On recess
A La Carte:
Sew Red
In the Kitchen:
Paleo or whole food diet research
Mommybear’s Smoothie
2 Handfuls of fresh baby spinach
1/2 an orange
1 apple cored (leave peel on)
1 banana
5 strawberries (you could probably use like 10 raspberries instead)
1 cup of low-fat plain yogurt
You can use ice, I don't because of the amount it is I would rather drink it the way it comes out so that I can drink it fast because it’s a lot.
Pot Luck:
On the Menu:
Knit-Topia
Guts Grit and Pink Lipstick
Knittin’ in the Mitten
Gadget Corner: Stanwood Needlecraft Ball winder
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Sat, 2 March 2013
Show notes are located at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!!
Weigh in:
Crosswords at the coffee shop- Cuppa by Turtlepurl
Rams & Yowes- Hand dyed Shady Side Farm mill spun dk
Portion control: none Fiber Exercise:
My dyed fiber & My fave from North Cabin Fiber crafts.
Cooking School:
Hand exercises!
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Cranberry Cobbler
2 cups bisquick
½ stick butter or oleo
¼ cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup milk
¼ cup chopped pecans
1 bag cranberries
In bowl blend 1st 4 ingredients until crumbles. Add milk and stir.
In buttered pan- put cranberries. Pour the mix over the top. Sprinkle with pecans.
Bake at 350 - 30-40 min or until toothpick comes clean.
Serve warm with cold Greek yogurt.
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Sarge is back on US soil!!
Recipes:
Whole lot of cleaning!
On the Menu:
Shearing day
Sarge’s homecoming
Knit- Topia
GGPL
KitM13
Gadget Corner:
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Wed, 20 February 2013
Thank you for listening! Accessable show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Episode 179: Shorter than Normal Weigh in:
Finished: Calligraphy- North Hampton sport
Frogged: Cowl
Hibernated: Mitts
Still Going: Crosswords at the coffee shop- Cuppa by Turtlepurl
Started: Winging it Portion control:
Webs: Eco +- Dark Green, Cascade 220 Heathers- Olive
Highland Handmades: GH Winter & Summer
Miss Ivy’s Originals- Grosgrain ribbon
Digits Designs- Leather look buttons
ITW club- Take it to the bridge
Fiber Exercise:
Truffle from Yarn Hollow 2 ply
My dyed fiber & My fave from North Cabin Fiber crafts.
Cooking School:
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Roasted potato soup
On baking sheet put:
2-3 baking potatoes- cubed
1 small onion- cubed
2 cloves of garlic (whole)
Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with chopped parsley
Roast until tender at 350 degrees
Mash together in stock pot.
Add enough veggie stock to get soup. Bring to a simmer. Serve with parsley, cheese and bacon
Pot Luck:
Not So Itty Bitty Giraffe for Mason
Field Report:
Skype
Recipes:
Bobbins up Drawing- Snotestine!! (new podcast- KnitSip)
Deep cleaning the house, New curtains
On the Menu:
Shearing day
Knit- Topia
GGPL
KitM13
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Fri, 8 February 2013
Show notes can be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!
Weigh in:
Calligraphy- Sleeve woe
Mataines Mitts
Crosswords at the coffee shop- top down
Sweater bug!!
Fiber Exercise:
Yarn Hollow- Truffle
CJ Kopec Creations- Magic- Thick thin single- 200 yds
Three Waters Farm- Sunlit- 3 ply- 120 yds. 2ply- 20 yds., N-ply- 18 yds.
Portion control:
Flip
The spinners book of Yarn Design
The complete guide to spinning yarn
Taste Testing:
Plying-
Romeldale-55/2ply
Black Welsh-25/3ply
Polwarth-75/2ply
Grey Swaledale-71/2ply
Cooking School:
Craftsy Short Rows class
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Minestrone Soup A la Margo--Prep Time: 15 min 1/4 cup Zesty Italian Dressing (I always add a little more than that)
I add a can of tomato paste with the broth and a chopped zucchini when I add the pasta. HEAT dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add Veggies; cook 2 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Spoon into slow cooker. Add tomatoes, beans, broth, water and Italian seasoning; stir. Cover with lid. COOK on LOW for 6 hours (or on HIGH for 3 hours).
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Organizing
Recipes:
Snow!
Craft day
First Sweater for Mommybear
On the Menu:
Shearing Day at Shady Side Farm- Mar. 2
Gadget Corner:
Direct download: 178_unedited_Sweaters_Books_and_Bobbins_oh_my.mp3
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Fri, 25 January 2013
Thank you for listening! To access the show notes go to www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com . Episode 177: Learn Something New Weigh in:
Fiber Exercise:
Three Waters Farm- Sunlit Before Fluffing http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8415018490/ After Fluffung http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8415018852/ Single on the bobbin http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8415019100/
Taste Testing:
Romeldale & Black Welsh
Cooking School:
Centered double decreases http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8413921785/
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Baked ravioli
2 15oz cans diced tomatoes
1 pkg mushrooms- sliced
1/2 onion- chopped
1/2 red bell pepper- chopped
1 tub ricotta cheese
1 pkg chopped spinach-thawed
1 cubed zucchini
1 pkg cheese ravioli
Oregano, basil (Italian seasoning) and garlic to taste
Stir together everything but ravioli in a foil lined 9x13 pan. Gently stir in ravioli.
Cover with foil and bake 40 min at 375.
Take foil off and bake another 10 minutes at 450.
Serve with a salad & garlic bread.
6 servings. 385 cal w/o bread
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Skype is wonderful!
Recipes:
Parenthood
Snuggles
Winners: dnaprice & JCrandall
On the Menu:
Knit-Topia Retreat
GGPL Retreat
KitM Retreat
Gadget Corner:
Your Hands – Exercises, Exfoliation, Lotion
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Mon, 14 January 2013
Show notes can also be found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!!
Ep: 176
Weigh in:
Finished:
NYCO- Afterthought thumbs
Still going:
Calligraphy
Started: Coffee w/ Karrie-
Downton Abbey- not mitts
Portion control:
Bag and Tam
Fiber Exercise:
Bison/Bison Silk- 75 yds
Rainbow- 230 yds
Taste Testing:
Polwarth
Grey Swaledale
Cooking School:
Craftsy classes
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Squash Bisque- check out His & Hers podcast notes for recipe
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Sarge speaks out-
Recipes:
Boo turned 21
Christmas put away
TV watching- West wing, ThirtySomething, Studio 60
Grand baby night- pink blanket
Black out! Flashlights!!
Cleaning the washer
Goodwill boxes
On the Menu:
Gadget Corner: |
Fri, 4 January 2013
Show notes are found at www.thehighfiberdiet.blogspot.com Thank you for listening!
Ep: 175
Weigh in:
Finished: Gramps http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8338618396/
Frogged: Swirl!
Working on:
NYCO http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8335124565/
Calligraphy
Crocodile slippers
Felted clogs
Projects requested:
Circle sweater for Z
Hoodies for the Grand Boys
Beret for Boo- Brambles
Portion control:
ITW Club & Trifecta club
Cables untangled
Antler Cardigan
Fiber Exercise:
Finished Tribe- 1576 Worsted weight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8304276658/
ITW- Cpt Tightpants- 200 yds http://www.flickr.com/photos/18217992@N04/8347937808/
Taste Testing: Next week!
Cooking School:
Walpole- Upsizing a sweater
A La Carte:
In the Kitchen:
Pot Luck:
Field Report:
Slow boat bag headed home
Plans for homecoming and the next year
Recipes:
Christmas
New Year!!
Question 3 winner- #8-
On the Menu:
February 2nd- Craft day!
March 2nd-Shearing day
Gadget Corner:
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