Episode 25:

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Hello and welcome to the KnitSip podcast, a beverage themed knitting podcast. I'm your host Shannon and I'm:

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In Line
Podcast will now be published on the 1st and the 15th of every month.  I will be hosting KAL's and "events" throughout the year and include (but not limited to):

February - Snuggles KAL/CAL/SAL
                  February 7, 2015 is Knit Michigan in Bloomfield Hills
July - Christmas in July
          Tour de Fleece
August - Michigan Fiber Festival
September - Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival
October - Spinzilla
November - Knittin' in the Mitten
Nov. thru Dec. - Holiday Finishing

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and I look forward to sharing 2015 with everyone!

Place Your Order
Spilled Beverages
Sipping
Specialty Drinks
Your Drink is Ready
Barrista
Cafe Menu
Drive Through
Tips

Spilled Beverages
One of Serenity's foot straps broke stalling my spinning (yet again).

Multnomah is still in timeout.  I will get back to it eventually.

Sipping
Nymphalidea by Melinda VerMeer
Knitty Deep Fall 2013
Regia Flourmania (blues and neon yellow) and Dyed in the Wool fingering weight yarn (Tardis blue)
US 6 = 4.0 mm

Harvest Dew by Rose Hiver
Free Ravelry pattern
Regia Strata
US 2 = 2.75 mm

Spinning:
-Highland Handmades Pitch Pine Top (Polworth - my fav.) in the What Demon Possesed Me
-NummaNumma 100% SW Merino in the Sangria colr way

Specialty Drinks
15 in 2015 Ravelry Group
(Because I'm crazy that way.)  I've decided to join and participate in the 15 in 2015 Ravelry group by challenging myself to:
- 15 charity hats
- 15 bobbins of spinning
- 15 socks (individual, not pairs - not yet that crazy)
- Try 15 different techniques
- Use 15 skeins of yarn/fiber from stash
- To lose (and keep off) 15 lbs in 2015

Your Drink is Ready
Careless Shawl by Kimberly Gintar of The Giving Flower Designs
$5.00 Ravelry pattern
Hippie Penguin Fibers, 100% SW Merino in the Halfling color way
US 6 = 4.0 mm

22.5 by Martina Behm
Free pattern on Ravelry
Deborah Norville Serenity Sock yarn
US 4 = 3.0 mm

Barrista
Yarnderwoman Podcast (video)
This wondeful podcast is hosted by Melinda who is Yarnderwoman on Ravelry.  I love listening to Melinda's Australian accent.  Melinda is easy to listen to and fun to watch.  If you're not one of the over 800 members watching her head over to YouTube or the Yarnderwoman Ravelry group and check her out.

BookishStitcher Podcast (video)
This awesome video podcast is hosted by Jeanette, who is BookishStitcher on Ravelry, whom I've met "in real life" at Knittin in the Mitten 2014.  Jeanette is just as fabulous in person as she is on her podcast.  Very well spoken this is another podcast that I love to watch.  Check her out on YouTube or you can also check out her Ravelry group.

JABAK Podcast (audio)
This is hosted by Heather, TopHat on Ravelry, and is podcasted from the Bay Area in California.  (My grandparents lived in Menlo Park, Ca and I loved visiting them frequently.)  I love hearing about Heathers knitting, her biking excursions and the different areas her and her family go.  It's like taking a tour of the Bay Area without having to get on a plane or even leave your house.

Cafe Menu
Fruit Pizza - Recipe found on All Recipes.  Sugar cookie crust, cream cheese spread with fruit on top.  This is now going to be a Christmas dessert every year.

Creamy Horseradish Dipping Sauce
(Think Tiger Dill Sauce from Outback Steakhouse)
All of these ingrediants are added to your preferred taste

Sour Cream
Horseradish
Dill (dried)
Garlic (minced)
fresh ground black pepper
Heavy Cream

Scoop some Sour Cream into serving dish and add Horseradish, Garlic, Dill and Pepper to taste.  Mix everything well.  Add some Heavy Cream to thin out the sauce.  You can refrigeratge or enjoy immediately.  This sauce goes really well with beef but can also be used for pork or poultry.

Drive Through
Gaylord Knitters every Thursday at the Biggby coffee shop in Gaylord, MI from 4 - 8 pm.  Come and knit (or crochet or spin) and sip as well as enjoy free wifi.  Open to both the fiber and non-fiber enthusiasts.

Cynthia's Too Open Knit
Saturday January 3, 2015 from 11 am - 3 pm at Cynthia's Too Yarn shop located at 320 East Mitchell Street Petoskey, MI.  This is free and open to anyone who would like to attend.

Tips
Thank  you so much to first time and reaturning listeners.  Please check out the KnitSip Ravelry group for even more fun.  Please come back on January 15th for episode 26!