Episode 19: Remembering 9/11

Hi everyone, and welcome to Knitting with Sir Anselot! I am your host, Anna. My furry co hosts are Ansel and Greta, also known as Sir Anselot and Lady G!

Announcments:

Happy birthday to Alex and Uncle Tom! :)

Click for Babies: Hats are due by October 1st, 2013! Must knit out of purple.
6th month anniversary! This month marks 6th months of recording!! :).
Read Along: The Hobbit: September-October 31st, 2013.

Finished Objects:
Gone for the Weekend Tee, out of Creative Knitting.
Knitted on size 8 needles, out of bubblegum yarn from Lion Brand.

WIPS:
Thin Ice by Laura Linneman
knitted out of Dreaming Colored Starry, Miami Red colorway.
Knitted on size 7 needles.

Oh Happy Day socks!
After thought heel socks by Laura Linneman.

I am remembering those who were affected by 9/11/01. Prayers are going out to you!

Have an awesome week, you can join the group and subscribe to the blog to get an update!
-Annalovesheep-

 

Episode 18: The Sweater Girl!

Hello everyone and welcome to Knitting with Sir Anselot and Lady G Podcast! I am Anna your host, it is September 2nd, 2013.
Let's begin with Announcements:

1.) Click for Babies KAL:
You can knit purple hats for the Click for Babies KAL.
Post pictures in the FO thread and send them to me or you can donate locally.

2.) Our first Read Along: The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien.
Started September 1st-October 31st, 2013.

Finished Objects:
1.) Gone for the Weekend Tee
Knitted out of bubblegum yarn by Lion Brand out of 1 pound.
Knitted on size 8 needles
Buttons from Hobby Lobby.

2.) Mom's and Mine's Feather Weight Cardigan
-By Hannah Fetting
Mom's is out of shimmer colorway
Mine is out of Aracuania
Both knitted on size 6 needles.

3.) Cropped Cardi
-Mine: Colorway: City Tweed DK, held double-in the lemon curd colorway.
Mom's: Sunset colorway from Malabrigo.

WIPS:
1.) Stockinette hat
In the plummy colorway by Red Heart.
2.) Ansel's Dog Sweater in the bright blue colorway by soft secret.

Sorry no links this week!
Annalovesheep-
Have a great week!

Episode 17: Click for Babies

Click for Babies INFORMATION:

CLICK FOR BABIES KAL INFO

WHO/WHAT IS IT?

CLICK for Babies is a grassroots public education campaign organized by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (NCSBS) in partnership with hospitals, public health and child abuse prevention groups to create awareness of the leading trigger for infant abuse, frustration with infant crying.

OBJECTIVE:

Knit or crochet hats PURPLE baby hats (preemie & larger) for hospitals to give to victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome during their November “Period of PURPLE Crying Program.” (see below for hat guidelines and free patterns)

HOW IT WORKS:

Donate your purple hats in your local area if it is offered.  Click on your state in this map to find locations that may be near you.  http://clickforbabies.org/get-started-usa.php 

OR they can be mailed to me.  PM me through Ravelry for my mailing address.  I will turn them in for you.

DEADLINE:  Mail hats by October 1. 

PRIZES

      Grand Prize to be given to person who donates the most hats they knitted themselves.  If there is a tie, a name will be drawn out of a hat.

      All participants’ names will be entered into a drawing for a prize.

OTHER

CLICK for Babies’ Website: http://clickforbabies.org/index.php

Free Knit & Crochet Patterns: http://clickforbabies.org/get-a-pattern.php

Hat Guidelines: 

      Caps should be at least 50% purple in color, although no particular shade of purple yarn is required.

      Caps must be free of straps, strings, pom poms or any other hanging and loose material that may pose as a potential choking or strangling hazard to infants.

      Caps should not contain any trademarked or copyright protected material, such as, sports team logos or brand names.

      As a general rule, caps should have a circumference between 7.5-13.5in (19.0-34.0cm) and a height of 3.5-6in (9.0-15.0cm) to fit a newborn infant.

(I read directly off of this piece of paper made off by Mom).

Knitting Info:
Lacy Backtus
Knitted out of Periwrinkle I love this yarn! colorway.
Gone for the weekend tee  (Out of Creative Knitting magazine I got from Chris for my birthday!)
WIPS:
Feather Weight Cardigan by Hannah Fetting

Episode 16: And the winner is...

Hi, I am Anna  your host, on the right is Greta and on the left is Ansel.
It is August 11th, 2013.

Let's begin with WIPS!
I am working on Gone for the Weekend Tee
Out of bubblegum yarn, from Lion Brand yarn.

FO's.
The Oh Bouncing Baby blanket will be on Raverly (the pattern) soon.
Hats: Not shown, but I do need test knitters so go to the thread of the Claire Olivia baby hat!
Lala's Simple Shawl by Laura Linnamin from the Knit Girllls Podcast.

I think that is it for this week, have an awesome week!
Annalovesheep!

Episode 15: The Birthday Episode!

No Show notes this week-haven't been feeling well!

Episode 14: Sockitis

Hi everyone! I am Anna your host! And welcome! In this episode I show off a couple of socks I knitted, and share sock stories with you! There will be no show notes this week because it's...

Happy 4th of July!

Have a fun and safe 4th of July with your friends and family! 

You can find me at: 

annalovesheep on Raverly, 

& you can join the group! 

May freedom ring... 

-Anna, Ansel & Greta!

Episode Thirteen: Southern Belles!

Episode thirteen pt1 southern belles from Anna Dixon on Vimeo.
Hey ya'll, and welcome to the south (Georgia!) I am Anna your host, and on my left is my grandmother-I call her Nannie-Frances. She is my Mom's Mom. Nannie also crochets and sews!

Anna's WIPS (not in order) 
1.) Honolulu Pink Blanket

• out of Honolulu Pink yarn 
• Size 50 needles. 

2.) Go Gryffindor Hitchhiker: 

• Go Gryffindor yarn by Sunset Stitches. 
• Size 7 knitting needles. 

3.) Vince's Sock 

• Dark gray 
• Classic Yankee Sock pattern (look at other posts for a link) 
• Size 1 circs. 

4.) Georgia Peach socks 

• Same pattern-Classic Yankee for the Family (again look at other posts). 
• Size 1 DPNS.

5.) Log Cabin Blanket 

• Too many colors to list.

I think that is it for this week! Please add me as a friend, and join our group!

I hope you have an awesome week!
~annalovesheep