Episode 012 (Lalibela, Ethiopia)

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Recorded on Saturday, April 2, 2016Thank Yous

FOs

WIPs

Plotting

  • Vanilla is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher ($4.50 Canadian on Ravelry).  Will knit in Lollipop Yarn GRIPES! (80% superwash merino/20% nylon in Mushroom, Wine Sap, Pumpkin Spice, Amber, Moss)Lollipop Yarn and Jan B. Smiley kit
  • Rhinebeck Sweater voting: Tau by Melanie Berg has 20 votes and Epistrophy by Kate Davies has 16.

Woolpiggery

Design Notebook

    • Listen to the podcast to get a 50%-off coupon code for the Maribou shawl.Maribou Shawl

Spinning

  • Terrible alpacaWhat you don't want in your fleece
  • February 2016 Into the Whirled Luxe Club: (75% BFL/25% Tussah Silk, 24 1/2th Century colorway). Fractal spin. LOVE IT. High-speed whorl, 14:1 ratio. DSC_0027_medium2

Review

  • Unicorn Baby Beyond Clean - you can request a free sample for the cost of shipping. EXCELLENT experience, both the product and the customer service. Sent me additional free samples for me to try.Unicorn Baby Beyond Clean at work

Ask Medogdogduck and ashleynutrition asked about sock heels

Knitting on SafariLalibela, EthiopiaRinging the rock bellAddis Ababa episodeAksum, GondarHotel MaribelaView from our hotel room Sunset from our hotel room A difficult life Bet Maryam, carved out of a solid piece of rock (now covered to protect it from the elements) Stepping in without my shoes... but in handknit socks, of course! Carpets and Ethiopian- and Western-style icons Tunnels - not a trip for people with mobility issues. Wall caves with pilgrims in residence Calling National Geographic! The priest of Bet Meskel with his church's hand cross. Me standing outside Bet Golgotha (entrance forbidden to women - my husband took the picture from inside). Interesting how the shaft of light is right on my face? Chinese construction equipment building roads Yimrehane Christos - church in a cave Lampshade showing a woman spinning White woven cotton shawls worn by men and women Blurry mummy foot The stone monolith church carved to look like Yimrehanne Christos church. My son our our guide's shoulders St. George's from above St. George's from above - all carved from a single piece of rock   St. George's - does anybody want to dye me this yarn? Na'akuto La'ab monastery, built in a cave Receptacles catching holy water from a spring in the cave, Na'akuto La'ab monastery Funeral procession at Na'akuto La'ab monastery Anyone for a game of open-air foosball?KAL

  • Graduate Your Stash KAL: use your oldest thing in your stash and help it graduate into a finished object. Fiber or yarn. Spin, knit, crochet, weave, tat, whatever you want to do that's fibery. WIPs count, as long as it's your oldest stash. You must finish your project between 1 May and 30 June to be entered for a prize. If you finish your oldest thing and want to move to your next oldest thing, enter that, too. No yardage minimum, but the spirit of the KAL is to use it up, so try to do so. Extra entries for knitting a Kino Knits pattern (bundle). There will be prizes!  Chatter thread open now.

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Music

  • “Kassongo” by Orchestra Super Mazembe, used with permission of A.I. Records (Kenya) Ltd
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