Just a headsup about the destination for the new ‘BeanKnits and Spins’ blog… Adrift in Crafts. Pretty soon there will be new goodies to share there.
Again, thank you for being a part of BeanKnits and Spins.
February 20, 2009
February 18, 2009
Episode 20– Neverending WIPs, (and a special FO)
Edit: Episode 20 is here!
RosiG’(SoapyKnitter) is destashing some sweet yarns!! Don’t miss out! (Ravelry link)
Verena Knitting Magazine –Beautiful, stylish knits!! Plus Sizes! Cables!
SPECIAL NOTE:
With this episode, I think it is time to say goodbye. I didn’t want to mention that Episode 20 would be my last, because I didn’t want to bring the tone down during recording. Lately I’ve just not been feeling the podcasting, and while I’ve had some great times, I think it’s best not to continue. I started my craft documentation with blogging and since I prefer the written word(and photos!) over the podcasting, that is what I will return to. I will be leaving this blog up in case iTunes decides to delete my feed link, and an all-new crafting blog will be up in the coming weeks. I will also from time to time continue to contribute at the House of Wool Repute.
I want to thank ALL my listeners, commenters and HoWR cohorts for encouraging me when the going got tough.
Shannon, of SSK podcast, thank you for giving me the kick in the a$$ that I needed to finally get my voice out there.
Thank you HoWRs and honorary HoWRs for listening to me whine about it all and giggling at my crazy comments.
Thank you Necia for suggesting I branch out and talk about all my different crafts.
Thank you CiCiCarry for keeping me on my toes and checking me out on the blogs, in Flickr AND in Ravelry.
Thank you Susandolph for encouraging me to keep on even when I had my doubts, and congratulations on getting on the mic as well.
Thank you Yarngeekier for listening to me talk about an upcoming episode, only for it to be totally different, and not saying, “Uh, what happened to…?” 
Thank you Turtlegirl for YAYing when an episode went up!
Thank you to everyone who’s ever sent me an email, a Ravelry comment or left a comment on this blog or at HoWR to let me know you’re out there. You all have seen me through this and I hope you’ll continue to check out BeanKnits and Spins, etc. wherever it may turn up.
January 3, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!
Episode 19 is here.
Poinsettia neckwarmer by Anne Hanson from the Winter 2008 Knitty
Knit in Misty Mountain Farm Alpaca held double with Classic Elite Alpaca Sox
The bass-ackwards ‘long draw’ spinning video is here.
October 13, 2008
Episode 18-Back again!
Episode 18 is ready to go!
Kwik-Sew Plus size Pajama pants pattern, and some sale fabric I bought at City Quilter
Summer of crafting– new machine, skirt craze just before vacation,
finishing second quilt EVER!
PJ pants fiasco!
Techniques I’ve learned over the years: (links don’t necessarily represent an ‘ownership/invention of a technique, they are merely tutorial.)
Emily Ocker’s Circular cast on
magic cast on/figure 8 cast on
sewn bind off/Russian bind off
cabling without a needle
backward knitting and purling
navajo/chained plying
What’s on the needles/presserfoot:
May 20, 2008
Episode 17.5– News!!
Episode 17.5 is ready.
Thanks to SpinnDiva of Rambling Designs!!
She designed this beautiful shawl and named it after me!! Then turned around, knit one, and sent it to me. In my favorite color!! I can’t thank you enough, SpinnDiva!! We fiber crafters are something else!
Please check out her site and tell her I sent you!
KnitsnThings has a neat way to get around your spinning ADD: Check it out! I love it!
Also, Need fiber pr0n? Have a look-see at:
Tag surfer at WordPress.com;
the “Show me” thread in Spinner Central at Ravelry;
The Fiber Friday threads (as well as other threads) in the Spinning section of Craftster.org!!
Newest books:
Pretty Little Patchwork (amazon.com)
A is for Apron (amazon.com)
Since there is no specific website for Save-A-Thon craft and fabric stores I’ll list the addresses here:
2452 Flatbush Avenue (near Ave U)
824 Flatbush Avenue (bet. Caton and Linden)
57-31 Myrtle Avenue (near Seneca Ave)
166-07 Jamaica Avenue(between 166 and 167)
9 East Fordham Road(near Jerome)
2891 Third Avenue(near Westchester)
1887 3rd Avenue(near 104th)
May 9, 2008
Check This out…
While not an official ‘episode’ of BeanKnits and Spins, there’s a little video of me dyeing up some fiber at
The House of Wool Repute. Go on and check it out!
March 2, 2008
Episode 16- Pointed Ramblings, New Hobbies
Episode 16 is now available
Discussed:
Falling into Sewing and Baking (I’m getting domesticated, eek!)
Fabric/Sewing from a Knitter’s point of view
Resist-Dyeing technique
Running around Brooklyn lookin’ for fabric in all the wrong places(and some right places, too)
Links:
Resist Dyeing at Two Sheep
Knitscene Magazine at Interweave Press(This is where the CPH pattern came from, NOT Knit.1 magazine)
KitchenAid Mixers
January 18, 2008
Episode 15— 2008– NO FEAR, Books! and my ‘design’
Episode 15 is ready for your enjoyment!
All subsequent regular blog posts are now at the New Blog!! The House of Wool Repute!!
Creating Original Hand-Knitted Lace, by Margaret Stove
Knitting Lace Triangles, by Evelyn A. Clark
My Sources of Inspiration:
Evelyn A. Clark
January 9, 2008
Something’s a-comin
Don’t you worry, the next episode of BeanKnits and Spins Podcast is gonna be a doozy!
oh, and Happy New Year, and all that stuff 
November 17, 2007
Change can be a good thing…
Well ladies and gentlemen it is time for change yet again.
First off. BeanKnits and Spins is still being hosted at Podshow but from here on out I will be posting show notes and related photos here on this blog.
But, there’s a bigger change in store. I have joined forces with a variety of knit-and/or-spin bloggers at The House of Wool Repute!
At HoWR, as I like to refer to it, you’ll not only find me, but also some of my favorite fiber bloggers(and maybe yours, too!) Is there a blog you used to love but hadn’t read because it stopped being updated regularly? You might find her there. Or is there someone who never blogged before you’d like to hear from? She’s there too. I’ve had 3 great years blogging independently, and someday I might again. It took some time to decide if I really wanted to keep this site going and post there as well, but I finally made up my mind.
If you’re not interested in all the other posters at HoWR, then you can simply seek out posts written specifically by me. But why do that, when you can get all the fun without having to read several different blogs? Keep in mind some participants will keep up their own blogs as well.
I’ve done an intro post there but stay tuned for my real debut!, with Central Park Hoodie almost done and some spinning pr0n.
I don’t want to get all philosophical and shit, just wanted to let you know I AM alive and that you can still read my blather.. 
So go check out The House of Wool Reputed and thangQ so much, for reading BeanKnits and Spins.
Sincerely,
Ladybean(aka Tamara)
P.S.: Keep an ear out for some excitement on the next BeanKnits and Spins podcast! I’ve added a new favorites session: Books!, in which I’ll talk about two great books I just got and what I’m doing with them…(think LACE). hee
