15 April 2016

podcast episode 70: Charlotte Bronte knitting, trip to NYC, & oh, I met Sam Heughan! (VIDEO)

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This episode will include: OFF THE NEEDLES / ON THE NEEDLES / KnitAlong NEWS / READING, LISTENING & WATCHING / HAPPENINGS / ENDING THOUGHT 

OFF THE NEEDLES



MKAL On the Moors with Jane Eyre  - check out #TSGcharlottebronteMKAL on Instagram

ON THE NEEDLES
another MKAL On the Moors with Jane Eyre - design by me! The Sampler Girl - Blue Bayou Shepherd’s Wool Worsted

Bad Nut - shawl design by Josh Ryks, Hedgehog Fibres Sock colorway Villian, 437 yards

KAL NEWS
Baby Knits KAL -ends April 30th
MKAL On the Moors with Jane Eyre ends May 31
New to Me! KAL ends June 3

READING
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer 
Under the Egg by Laura Max Fitzgerald 
Yuki Chan in Bronte Country by Mick Jackson 

LISTENING
audio book / Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier 
on audible /Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, version narrated by Juliet Stevenson

WATCHING
knitting podcasts:
Nicole’s Needlework Podcast on youtube
Arbor Twist Podcast on youtube 

book podcasts:
The Sheep and The Wolf
Jen Campbell
booksandquills

HAPPENINGS
Spring Break / Easter / SIL's baby shower / NYC!

Hotel
http://www.westinnewyorkgrandcentral.com - 31st floor - lush suite!

Restaurants
http://www.perlanyc.com - strong Cosmo - excellent!
http://www.thepatsyspizza.com - fabulous pizza!!


http://www.highlands-nyc.com - pan fried lemon bass with duck grease potatoes, whisky bread & risotto 

http://www.papillonbistro.com - Craigh na dun cocktails with Laphroig Whisky mmmmmm!


http://theparistavern.com - magical evening all round
https://www.pret.com/en-us / Pret A Manger - yummy croissants that melt in your mouth - good coffee

Shops & Stops
http://www.knittycity.com - small yet great yarns in stocks, friendly staff
http://www.threelives.com - I wanted to live in this independent bookshop 


http://www.metmuseum.org - needed about a month to see it all - have to go back!!





https://twitter.com/outlanderherbal - lovely Scottish lass who knows her herbs, delicious herbal teas too

Director's Guild Theater - where we saw a special screening of Outlander Season 2, epsiode 1!
For the first hour, we enjoyed Scottish music!



AND ... yes, I got to meet and shake hands with Sam Heughan, the actor who plays Jamie Fraser on Outlander! He was the Grand Marshal for the Tartan Day Parade. I dish about NYC and meeting him beginning at time 37:00 on video.


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