Sunday, August 18, 2013

The Fiber Hooligan Podcast & SSK Photos

(photo by Gale Zucker)

Hi, Knitters,
I'm popping in briefly this Sunday morning to let you know that I will be interviewed live on the Fiber Hooligan Podcast tomorrow morning. The show starts at 11am Central Time and it lasts an hour. You can have a reminder sent to you before the show starts and you can call in during the show to ask questions! The show is hosted by Benjamin Levisay of Knitter's Magazine, XRX Books, and Stitches Events fame. I am so honored to get to be a part of his podcast.

If you can't tune in live you can listen anytime at your own convenience. Benjamin already has so many great episodes and interviews in the archives. The Fiber Hooligan is one of my new favorite podcasts. I have been listening from the start and subscribe through iTunes. Since I was already a fan and follower I was thrilled to be asked to join in the show.

Here are all of the links you'll need:

The phone number to call in is: (718) 664-9655


The Fiber Hooligan Ravelry Group! I'm a member, come join me over on the forum.

Also, Benjamin is giving away a copy of my new book Topsy-Turvy Inside-Out Knit Toys AND 3 of my Craftsy Classes for free!!!! Click here and here to see my class offerings on Craftsy.

Anyway, I am looking forward to chatting about all things fiber and knitting and I hope you'll join me!

(photo by Gale Zucker)

Now, to explain these fantastic photos. While I was at SSK in July I was fortunate to get to spend some time with the fabulous photographer/teacher, Gale Zucker. Click here for Gale's photography website and blog! Gale had a fantastic post about SSK that included photos of Scarritt-Bennett and the instructors and attendees. Gale even attended my last class of the event and took some photos, which I really appreciated. She was just fun to have around in class, too.

I asked Gale if I could share her photos on my blog and she said, "Sure!" So here they are. Thank you to Gale.

The first photo is during my Fair Isle Hat class. The students learned how to do a corrugated rib, left and right-leaning Latvian Braids, how to do two-handed colorwork along with many tips and tricks in between.

The next photo above is a small version of the following photo.....

(photo by Gale Zucker)

The hands belong to fellow instructor Amy Christoffers and me. This really happened and Gale caught the moment on camera. I had just hand-wound a ball of Desert Vista Dyeworks self-striping sock yarn in the Tiki Bar colorway. As we were waiting to go to dinner at Ann Shayne's house I was telling Amy about the socks I was casting on that night, Amy wanted to get a closer look so I handed it over. 

Click here to order the Tiki Bar sock yarn. You'll love it. I got a good part of the cuff done on the sock at Ann's house so the sock will be a great memento of that night.

(photo by Gale Zucker)

These are some of my class demonstration samples. All of the yarn is Quince & Co. Lark which is the perfect wool for colorwork. I love this messy photo. There is so much work accomplished in the three-hour class and the photo reminds me of how much fun it is to teach. This may be my favorite class in my repertoire.

(photo by Gale Zucker)

During class I have always have my students gather around me to look over my shoulder while I sit at the teacher table. This is where I do technique demonstrations and in this class there are many. This Fair Isle class was an especially fun and studious group. We had a good time together.

(photo by Gale Zucker)

One of my students had this beautiful shawl made from her handspun. I asked her if I could try it on. Isn't it pretty? I don't know if you'll remember but I want to knit a shawl that I can cross in the front and then tie behind my back. This one worked perfectly like this. I think I'll end up knitting something simple like this with the garter stitch and long length.

Anyway, thank you for indulging me with these photos. These are some great memories for me and I want to have a good record of the SSK event and of the excellent knitters I got to hang out and knit with. 

Thank you to both Gale and Benjamin today!

Hopefully some of you will pop in tomorrow for The Fiber Hooligan podcast.
best, susie
p.s. Thank you for all of the How I Make Worsted Weight Socks and How I Make My Socks love. The worsted weight sock recipe climbed all the way to #4 on the Ravelry Hot Right Now Patterns. I thought that was fun and kind of funny at the same time. 

8 comments:

Hishandmaid said...

I'm so sorry I can't listen live and call in, as I will be tied up at that time,but I can't wait to tune in in the evening. Have a wonderful time with the show!

gale (she shoots sheep shots) said...

You're welcome! I need to listen to your interview. Weren't we lucky to teach at SSK??!

Suzanne said...

These are great photos. I'm so glad you showed the one of the ball of yarn and then the full version of it. It goes to show that cropping makes a big difference in a photo.

I love the vest the woman is wearing in the photo where where you are demonstrating. I don's suppose you know what pattern that is or that you could share her Ravelry name so I could stalk her projects. :-)

I hope to listen to you and Benjamin today. I've heard him interviewed on another podcast but never listened to him on Fiber Hooligans.

KML said...

Thanks for all the great information.
Love the green and white stocking cap. Where is that pattern available?

Greg said...

Thanks so much for highlighting this podcast on your blog! I'm glad I saw the post in time to listen live. I was hoping to win a copy of your new book (which has been on my wishlist ever since I heard about it). Although I didn't win that, I was thrilled to get through to ask you about the inspiration for using tennis balls in Ribbit and Rabbit and talk a little about how I started knitting. And it was so generous of Benjamin to award me an unannounced prize.

I had to drop listening live in order to get back to work, so I'm really looking forward to listening to the show when it gets published as a podcast.

Thanks!

Stefanie said...

What fiberous fun you've been having. I like that idea of being able to tie a shawl around you like a warm embrace.

stacy and natalie said...

Afraid to visit the etsy shop!!! Gorgeous product!!!

lwzenke said...

I love that on you! Do you think she has the pattern? I would love to knit one myself. Thanks in advance.