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YST Episode 85 Five Years Oct 31, 2012

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This podcast is the five year mark for the Yarnspinnerstales podcast. In this episode I review some of it's history and also some of it's future.

To celebrate this anniversary, I have started using a brand new theme song found on Music Alley by Jon Caspi and The First Gun It is called Spin..a song for children...of all ages.

I also play Spinning by The Fast Sails.

YST has taken a big jump into 'the future is now' and now is available on the Stitcher app for your smart phone or Ipad

YST Episode 84 Positive Spin Oct 05, 2012

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Today's episode talks about putting a positive spin on that fiber stash we all own.

The yarn in today's photo is some I spun from Natural Obsession. I talk about the final process of plying this yarn in the episode also.

Two links for finding things I mention in the podcast. My blog is here and here is the Spinners Journal, the book I created to help you keep track of all the process of creating your hand spun yarn.

Music is from Music Alley and features Whitney Kelly with Autumn Air and at the close Jack Jezzro Autumn Leaves.

YST Episode 83 Ravellenic review part 2 Sep 17, 2012

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Two more breeds' fleeces are reviewed in this podcast that were part of my Ravellenic challenges for 2012. The first is Ryeland and the second, not really a breed at all but a location, is Salish. Both wools turned out to be wonderful for spinning woolen with carded batts.

Pictures of the resulting yarns are on my blog, for Ryeland and for Salish.

If you are interested in the many breeds of rare sheep a good website is the OK EDU website.

Cowichan Knitting is from the Vancouver Island area and was originated by the decendents of the Salish First Nation people of the area. A good article on the history is found in Wikipedia here

This video shows a spinner spinning in the traditional style for Cowichan knitting.

If that link doesn't work, go to Ravelry, sign in, and then go to groups. Search groups for Cowichan Inspired. In that group go to the thread 'Spinning Yarn for sweater WIP' and post 30 has the video embedded in it.

Music is from Music Alley. Wren Ross does Baa Baa Black Sheep and Guardian Mind Mix does Native Sky at the close.

YST Episode 82 Ravellenic project review part 1 Aug 16, 2012

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New name but old event that Ravelry has done this for years. The idea is to challenge yourself with goals to start at the beginning of the Olympics and finish with the close. I chose to join the spinning team and selected five projects to complete. I was able to finish four of them and review two of those in this podcast. Each required washing of raw fiber, processing by combing/carding and then spinning a skein to review. The first is a rare breed I have not reviewed before, California Red Sheep. The second was a different type of challenge, I took CVM and combed the fiber with two different methods to see if it made a difference in the skeins.

If you would like to listen to the rare breed review of CVM it can be found in episode 18 of this podcast.

If you would like to see the pictures of these two and the next podcast's two projects they can be found on my blog .

Music in the podcast is provided by Wren Ross through Music Alley.

YST Episode 81 The Finish Line Aug 07, 2012

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It's the podcast for the finish line of the 2012 Tour de Fleece! A short but very satisfying recap for all of our spinning during the tour.

Music is from Music Alley and is a very appropiately named The Finish Line by Steve Parsons.

YST Episode 80 Finished Yarn and Fractal Spinning Aug 02, 2012

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This is the third and final week of the Tour de Fleece, and I must say there's not much finished yarn in my projects, but there definately is for Digitaldurga.

I also discuss the technique of splitting and spinning dyed roving called fractal spinning. Here's a link to a discussion of the technique in Knitty.

Music is by the artist Will Kriski and is called Kerrys Jig, found on Music Alley.

YST TdF An Explanation Jul 20, 2012

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I started these frequent updates on the Tour de Fleece spinning projects, and found I was so chatty in most of them that I have used up my allotted storage space. Not to worry though, for the MB archive thirty days from when they are uploaded. After Aug 1st, I will start having space open up again, and Digitaldurga and I will continue with the updates.

I do apologize to the team for not crossing the finish line with them in these podcasts, but be assured I will be along shortly. Meanwhile, carry on with all the wonderful spinning!

Thank you to Green Druid for the music which is called Night Dance and can be found on Music Alley.

YST Episode 79 How the Fiber Talks to Me Jul 18, 2012

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How do decide just how a fiber should be spun? I talk about this and the continuing Tour De Fleece spinning projects in this podcast.

In today's music you hear the usual podcast intro and at the end the rest of the song, Spinning Wheels by Clare Dowling, found on Music Alley. A big thank you to her for sharing this song, so appropiate for the podcasts' intro music!

YST Episode 78 Two types of plying Jul 15, 2012

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We are more then half way through the Tour de Fleece, and so it seems time to make some yarn from all those singles we have been spinning. In this podcast two types of plying are described, chain (navajo) plying and working with a plying ball.

Music is by the artist Caledonix and is called Braveheart-Came Ye Oer Frae France. The music was provided by the artist on Music Alley.

YST Episode 77 Is it the rest day yet? Jul 11, 2012

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The Tour de Fleece spinners have been spinning ten days now and are looking forward to the day of rest. This update covers the three days right before that.

The music is from Music Alley and is by the group Great Big Sea (who have lots of songs on Music Alley for you to buy and support these great musicians.) Today's song is French Shore.

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