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Episode 7: So much food

Links from this podcast:

Recipes:

Ranch dressing oyster crackers
Christmas Crack
Sopapilla Chesecake
Christmas Breakfast Sausage Casserole (this is basically the same one I use – the only difference is I put the bread on the bottom of the pan, topped with sausage and cheese, and pour the egg/milk mixture on top)
Prime Rib Roast
Laura’s Lemon Roasted Potatoes
Brazilian Cheese Bread
Chocolate Chess Pie

Projects:

Jacoby in Desert Vista Dyeworks Voir in Hamburg Philharmonic
Unforgettable Hat in Noro Silk Garden Color 241B

WIPs:

Friendship Socks in Brazen Stitchery Sparkly Jolly Twinkly Jingley
Monster Cowl in Malabrigo Worsted in Mint, Pollen, and Natural

Places of Interest:

Goliad State Park
Presidio La Bahia
USS Lexington
Padre Island National Seashore
Mustang Island State Park

For more pictures, please follow me on Instagram! @somerspix

Episode 6: Kitties and fangirling

I’m not going to do detailed show notes this week, since you can find links to my WIPs in previous posts.

Here are a couple of YouTube videos of Dar Williams performances. One is an “official” video and the other is one of my favorite songs of hers, “The Christians and the Pagans.” Enjoy!


Pictures from the show

(Yes, we were this close! Well, a little bit of zoom…)


Sound check

Jacoby Mitts

Belle

Peppermint Patties

 

Episode 5: Why I shouldn’t podcast after 9 PM

This episode is a bit rambly; sorry, guys!

You can find me as someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter, somernewland on Pinterest

Finished Objects: 

Breakaway Cowl – Jenna Krupar, paid pattern, Cascade 220 Quatro

Linen stitch bookmark – based on My Peppino by Christine Rodgers, free pattern (this was a temporarily free download; it’s now a paid pattern), cast on 100 stitches, various sock yarn scraps

WIPs

Vitamin D
Baby Fern Lace Hood
Friendship Socks
Monster Cowl
12 Days of Christmas Sampler

New on the Needles

Unforgettable Hat by Elizabeth Trantham, free pattern, Noro Silk Garden, size H hook

On a break:

Trillian
Little Pumpkins

Enabling/Purchases

Received: Spartickes Dyes Where Bluebirds Fly on Will and Grace Sock Base (80% super wash merino, 20% nylon)

KirbyWirby Kaleidostripe-sparkle merino sock yarn in… Grandpaw’s Rainbow Suspenders!

SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Rogue

Noro Taiyo  – 40% Cotton, 30% Silk, 15% Wool, 15% Nylon

In the Kitchen

Austin Pizza Garden – Quattro Formaggio, The Meat

Tandoori Chicken, Omani Style – Arabian Nights cookbook by Habeeb Salloum

Episode 4: And we gave thanks

You can find me as someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter, somernewland on Pinterest

Finished Objects: 

Cairn mitts
Preemie hat – Auracania Ranco Multy color 310, size 2 needles, pattern Preemie Baby Beanies by Karen Everitt free Ravelry download

WIPs

For details, see previous post

Vitamin D
Trillian
Friendship Socks
Breakaway Cowl
Little Pumpkins
Monster Cowl
12 Days of Christmas Sampler
Spinning

New on the Needles

Baby Fern Lace Hood – Allyson Ryan, Jojoland Melody Superwash in color MS20, reds and purples

Enabling/Purchases

Received:

Sockbunny Studios Miracle Superwash BFL in Candy Corn color way

Purchased:

Spartickes Dyes Where Bluebirds Fly on Will and Grace Sock Base (80% super wash merino, 20% nylon)

KirbyWirby Kaleidostripe-sparkle merino sock yarn in… Grandpaw’s Rainbow Suspenders!

In the Kitchen

Food Network Mix and Match turkey 

Spinach casserole

Salted Caramel Chocolate Pecan Pie

Turkey tetrazzini

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 3: Look Inside My Brain

 

Find me at someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter, somernewland on Pinterest

FOs:

Not a one

WIPs:

Vitamin D – Heidi Kirmaier, Berroco Ultra Alpaca

Trillian – Martina Behm, SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in the Autumn Flame color way

Cairn wristwarmers – Ysolde Teague, Madeline Tosh Tosh DK in Thyme and Smokestack

Little Pumpkins – Sabine Ruppert, Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet in Grandma Bev

My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks – Elizabeth Suarez, Opal Van Gogh Starry Night

Monster Cowl – Julia Allen, Malabrigo Worsted Merino in Mint, Pollen, and Natural

New on the Needles: 

Friendship Socks – Lauren McMordie, Brazen Stitchery Self-Striping Sock in the Sparkly Jolly Twinkle Jingley color way

Breakaway Cowl – Jenna Krupar, Cascade 220 Quatro in color 9435

12 Days of Christmas Sampler 

Enabling:

Nothing in hand, but a couple of things ordered. More on those when I receive them.

In the Kitchen 

Just random babbling about how I hate onions and have learned to like vegetables if I roast or broil them.

Also some talk about Thanksgiving menu planning

Episode 2: Kid n Ewe Recap

 

 

 

Find me at someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter

FOs:

Sock Yarn Blanket square made from a mini skein of Brazen Stitchery sock yarn (not sure of base or color way – perhaps Witchy Woman?)

Halloween Sampler 

WIPs:

Vitamin D – Heidi Kirmaier, Berroco Ultra Alpaca

Trillian – Martina Behm, SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in the Autumn Flame color way

Cairn wristwarmers – Ysolde Teague, Madeline Tosh Tosh DK in Thyme and Smokestack

Little Pumpkins – Sabine Ruppert, Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet in Grandma Bev

My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks – Elizabeth Suarez, Opal Van Gogh Starry Night

Monster Cowl – Julia Allen, Malabrigo Worsted Merino in Mint, Pollen, and Natural

 

Upcoming Projects:

Christmas socks – probably using the same My Knitted Heart Vanilla Socks

Breakaway Cowl

12 Days of Christmas Sampler 

 

Enabling/Kid n Ewe:

Brazen Stitchery sock yarn – Sparkly Jolly Twinkle Jingley on the Sparkle Sock Self-Striping base

Butterfly Girl Designs – Drop spindle with a lapis whorl

Buttons from the Heavenly Fiber  – “Spindling, Because Knitting Wasn’t Weird Enough”; “Knit Nerd”; “I was a nice girl until I started all this knitting”

Marsh Mellow Meadows – 1 oz bumps of Romney. Colorways Brick and Red/Navy

Lone Star Arts – Rolags (Alpaca & Firestar), mini-skein (lime green, black, white)

Brazen Stitchery – Purple/Green/Black, Reddish pink with navy

 

In the Kitchen 

Buc-ee’s Fudge: chocolate with peanut butter, praline?, Heath English Toffee, Chocolate with Caramel & Peanuts, Chocolate with Pecans, Chocolate with coconut

Bear Moon Bakery

Chuy’s

DASH progress 0r lack thereof

Flax crackers – i used flax meal, whole flax seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 Tbsp cumin, 1/2 tsp paprika, and a bit of salt

40 Cloves of Garlic chicken

Welcome to the Kitchen Stitches Podcast!

So, I’m trying my hand at this podcasting thing. Don’t expect anything fancy, just me blabbing about my knitting and cooking and whatever else strikes my fancy. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope you come back! I did no editing on this episode; I just needed to publish it before I chickened out! It will become more polished over time, I’m sure.

 

 

 

Show Notes

Social media handles: someryarns on Ravelry, @somerspix on Instagram, @somernewland on Twitter

Works in progress:

Little Pumpkin socks by Sabine Ruppert. Free pattern on Ravelry. Using Plucky Knitter Plucky Feet in the Grandma Bev color way.

Vitamin D. Heidi Kirmaier. Berroco Ultra Alpaca Light in Dark Chocolate colorway.

Trillian by Martina Behm in SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in the Autumn Flame color way

Halloween Sampler by the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

Upcoming projects:

Wristwarmers (Cairn by Ysolde Teague), maybe some hats

In the Kitchen

DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension)

Good things

Kid n Ewe Fiber Festival