podcast episode 71: Charlotte Bronte's 200th! (AUDIO)

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

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website: samplergirlstudio.com 

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

OFF THE NEEDLES

Puppy Lovey - pattern used: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sock-yarn-square

Gilded Dragonfly Shawl (above)

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

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUt__I8iG7ppBdZ0kiqcFJQ

Arbor Twist Podcast on youtube 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPfxVShztDxX9jSGSkqj-g

book podcasts:

The Sheep and The Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/user/MsWoollyWolf

Jen Campbell

https://www.youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell

booksandquills

https://www.youtube.com/user/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

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sandwicherie-of-new-york-new-york / Sandwicherie - great for brekkie!

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!!

http://www.outlandertvnews.com/2016/03/saks-fifth-avenue-and-outlander-spring-2016-collaboration-press-release-and-magalog/ - costumes were breathtaking

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.

KAL prizes!!!!!!!!!

Over in The Sampler Girl podcast group on Ravelry, we have 2 knitAlongs currently running and the prize donations arrived!!!

Three Bags Full Studio on etsy has sent a lucky winner a darling project bag appropriately themed to cuteness!!! 

Yarn Love sent a Charlotte Bronte themed yarn for On the Moors with Jane Eyre Mystery KAL, colorway is Spring Daffodil in Charlotte Bronte Worsted. If you haven't already checked her website out, you must!! It's quite tempting for literary-loving-knitters.

I will be recording an audio episode for The Sampler Girl Podcast tomorrow so stay tuned ... I'll be dishing about these KALs and of course, their lush prizes and how you can win!

Episode 68 // blocking party (AUDIO)

Show Notes:

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

-George Sand.

Where to find me
bzmama on Instagram
tanyamarie on Ravelry
thesamplergirl on Facebook and Twitter
tanya marie on Pinterest
The Sampler Girl Ravelry Group
last video episode on youtube

HAPPENINGS
Wonder exhibit at Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Homemade Donuts recipe

OFF THE NEEDLES
Highland Peaks Shawl, design by Mina of Knitting Expat Podcast
Hideaway Nappy Cover
Castlelaw Hat, design by Clare Devine
Cozy Memories Cowl
Maya's Shawl, design by Justyna Lorkowska

ON THE NEEDLES
Paris Toujours, design by Isabell Kraemer
Transatlantic Baby Blanket, design by Emily Play

KAL NEWS
Christmas Eve Cast On Winner announced!
Baby Knits KAL on The Sampler Girl Ravelry Group / through April 30th
French Outlander Shawl KAL on Canada Let's Swap Ravelry Group

LISTENING/READING/WATCHING
Caithness Collective, audio podcast
The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg, historical fiction about George Sand / Impromptu movie
Karie Westermann Blog
The Crimson Field, Season 1 on pbs, period drama about WWI set in coastal France in a tented field hospital

ENDING THOUGHT
Lent
#tanyalenten2016 on Instagram

podcast episode 54: (VIDEO) knitting makes me happy and Outlander is goooood!

Happy Earth Day!

I just uploaded a NEW episode for The Sampler Girl Podcast ~ have a beautiful day wherever you are in this big, beautiful world. xx

SHOW NOTES

bzmama on IG
tanyamarie on ravelry
The Sampler Girl on Facebook
thesamplergirl on Twitter
the sampler girl on YouTube
http://thesamplergirl.blogspot.com

OFF THE NEEDLES

s p r i n gyard aka Boneyard Shawl by Stephen West / Berroco Remix

Seaforth Hat by Karie Westermann / Pistachio Sweet Georgia Superwash 

Captain's Row / a head scarf design by me .. to be released Saturday on Ravelry!

ON THE NEEDLES

shawl test knit for Melody of Manderines Podcast

Handbrake Cowl by Dan Jones

TO BE ON THE NEEDLES
Mary Margaret Tam
 

HAPPENINGS

winner announced for 400 member giveaway in Ravelry group!

Bloom with you're planted KAL / April & May

He designed it! She knit it! KAL / June & July

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, May 2nd and 3rd

SHOUT OUTS

Knit British Podcast

Fluffy Fibers Podcast

African Yarns - eco-cotton DK Adenturine colorway

Lopi Yarn

Dyeabolical Yarns on etsy - ring row counter

Chik with Yarn on etsy - drawstring project bag

DenKnits Podcast

The Bakery Bears on etsy - zipper project bag
Oh Loops Podcast
Caffeinated Knitting Podcast 
Yarnderwoman Podcast

READING/WATCHING

Outlander book and audio

Once Upon a Time series on Netflix

podcast episode 45: New Year musings (audio)

And now let us welcome the New Year Full of things that have never been.
-Rainer Maria Rilke

Show Notes
bzmama on IG
tanyamarie on ravelry
The Sampler Girl on Facebook
thesamplergirl on Twitter
the sampler girl on YouTube

OFF THE NEEDLES
Pathway Home

ON THE NEEDLES
Souvenir Scarf
Topography Kerchief
Downton Cowl

DESIGN NEWS
Bedford Falls Scarf (knitting)
Dance by the Light of the Moon (cross stitch)

DOWNTON ABBEY KAL / Jan 1-Mar 1 / join us! The Sampler Girl group on Ravelry!

ENDING THOUGHT

*Music credit: I am not alone, Kari Jobe

the sampler girl podcast / episode 43: gifting the knitting

 

OFF THE NEEDLES

two more pairs of fingerless mitts / gifts!
One Hour Hat, design by Eveli Kaur from Estonia / gift!
Starkfield Hat, design by me / gift!
4X4 Rib Swatch Cowl, design by Anne Featonby /gift for me!
Goldeneye Shawl, design by Taiga Hilliard / gift for me!

ON THE NEEDLES
Bedford Falls Scarf, design by me coming soon - stay tuned!

NEW STUFF!
*Grinch project bag from Halcyarn on etsy
*Loop bag, beyond adorable triangle shaped zipper notions pouch in Maryushka doll fabric and darling sheep stitch markers from my Mom!
*knitting themed coasters from The Bookish Stitcher podcast that I won!

1st PODIVERSARY GIVEAWAY WINNER: Donna in Melbourne, Australia!
***Merry KAL - ends December 31st
***Anne’s Imagination Cowl KAL - ends Dec 21st.