Howdy, listeners! Saddle on up for a wild ride with everyone's favorite knitting Canadian!

The Yarn Harlot is back again with another thoughtful AND humorous look at her close friends from the fiber world and beyond! Michael spoke with her (in his trusty mobile recording studio) back in October during her book tour for Free Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again. They talked about Kinnearing, writing (not knitting) deadlines and the politics of immigrating to Canada.

The following people, places and things were mentioned:

• Stephen King
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Miriam Toews
• Kinnearing
• Jacey Boggs, aka Insubordinate new fabulous art-yarn spinning DVD, Sit and Spin
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada, just in case you're interested.

 

Our big evolutionary and educational announcements are:

Stephen is teaching at Sock Summit and at 2009 Men's Spring Knitting Retreat!!!

Michael is teaching at Article Pract and A Verb for Keeping Warm!!!

Michael is leaving Yknit to pursue other fiber disciplines. This was a difficult decision to make, but it really does make sense because his interests are going all over the fibersphere and he'd like the freedom to explore and report about all of it. He's also excited about doing video work and instructional pieces which don't really fall under the scope of Yknit. Rest assured that Stephen is carrying the Yknit torch onwards and upwards. AND they will both be active on Ravelry and in the world of fiber! A great big virtual hug and kiss to all of our lovely listeners. Keep your eyes and ears tuned.

 

Free Range Knitter CONTEST

We have three (count 'em) THREE copies of Free Range Knitter by the Yarn Harlot to give away. All you need to do is tell us what is MISSING from the world of fiber and craft instruction? What would help you free up your range of learning? Hmmm.

To enter, please leave a comment on Yknit.com or on Ravelry the Y KNIT group discussion. Three winners will be randomly selected from all the entries. DEADLINE FOR ENTERING IS MAY 15, 2009. We look forward to seeing what everyone has to say!

AVFKW Contest Winners
Episode #18, Natural ReVerberations!: Our randomly selected winners from the entries are:

• ChrisFixedKitty (Ravelry). Chris won naturally dyed Verb fiber for spinning and the Shaped Arch sock pattern by Marlowe Crawford.
• Cath (blog: Changeling Things). Cath won naturally dyed Verb sock yarn and the Slipstream sock pattern by Marlowe Crawford.

Congratulations to our two winners and thanks to everyone who participated!

As always, a HUGE thank you to everyone who downloads and listens to Y KNIT. Evolution is real!

YKnit? It's Darwin-ic!

We used snippets of the following songs in this episode:

• "Main Theme from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" " performed by Ennio Morricone from A Fistful of Film Music (Rhino Records, 1995)
• "Man with a Harmonica" performed by Ennio Morricone from A Fistful of Film Music (Rhino Records, 1995)
• "Home on the Range" performed by Julie Andrews and Robert Preston from Victor, Victoria (MGM/UA, 1982)
• "Free Range" performed by The Fall from Free Range, CD Single (Phonogram, 1992)
• "A Man Could Get Arrested" performed by Pet Shop Boys from Please (Remastered) (Parlophone, 2001)
• "Brideshead Revisited" performed by Jeremy Irons from Brideshead Revisited (Granada TV, 1981)
• "Martian Hop" performed by The Ran-Dells from Brain in a Box (Rhino Records, 2000)
• "Dear Mr. President" performed by Resident Genius and Howard Zinn from You Can't Blow Up A Social Relationship (Thick Records , 2005)
• "Humming Chorus" performed by William Orbit from Hello, Waveforms (Sanctuary, 2006)
• "A Case of You" performed by Joni Mitchell from Blue (Reprise, 1971)
• "We'll Meet Again" performed by Vera Lynn from We'll Meet Again: The Best of Vera Lynn (ASV Living Era, 1995)
• "Don't Fence Me In" performed by David Byrne from Red, Hot and Blue (Chrysalis, 1990)