Showing posts with label family life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family life. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

episode 320

 



Welcome everyone. I am so glad that you could stop in to chat, knit and just visit. This is Naturally, Kim's Knitting. I am Kim and this is, primarily, my knitting podcast along with chatter from my house outside Lima, Ohio 

 Today is May 14, 2024 and this is episode 320
You can find me  Online ~on YouTube, Blogger, Facebook and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting.  ~on Ravelry as NapiersKnits and Naturally, Kim’s Knitting
 ~on Instagram as knittin_kim 

 Affiliates Michaels ~30% off all graduate items
KnitPicks ~care and blocking up to 30% off, wonderfluff  and wonderfluff ombre20% off ~ 30% off of Prism needles and tips ~ 22 new colors in Chroma and Chroma worsted 

The Store: 



Craft A long 2 prizes per craft along - 3 choices 
FO Craft along for the months  April/May 2o24


It's time for accessories! May/June 2024
There is a giveaway associated with this thread. Each submission needs to have a picture and pattern name, if available. An item must be an accessory must be started on or before May 15 and finished by June 30,2024. Winners are chosen by Random number generator July 1, 2024 . Feel free to poly-dip in other 
KALs as long as it fits in with other rules 
Prizes: (if you’d like to donate a prize, please contact me) : Those chosen may choose one giftable pattern up to $10, or a $10 gift card from Michael’s, KnitPicks . I would greatly appreciate it if these gift cards are used through my Naturally, Kim’s Knitting blog. Those chosen may only win once per craft along For any and all giveaways, prizes, competitions, KALs, etc. that we host, the winner(s) have 2 weeks from the date of announcement (the date the podcast episode in which the winner was announced goes live) to contact me to claim their prize or it will be forfeited. If this occurs, the prize will be used for another giveaway at our discretion. Thanks for understanding 
HUGS [1]: https://ksnapier475.blogspot.com/ 
 https://youtu.be/V-LQ-DTFas8



On The Needles  
 ~Temperature Afghan for Elsie Through November 11 hibernating
Basic toe-up with home dyed yarn
Advent socks - will be making again soon.

FINISHED:


What is going on?
Maundy Thursday
opening day of baseball
Puppy is definitely at home, and loves our training time - gets groomed tomorrow.

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

episode 214 ~ I feel better


Welcome to Naturally, Kim's Knitting. I am Kim and this podcast is about knitting, spinning, and dyeing yarn from my home outside Lima, OH.
Today is June 9, 2020  and this episode is number 214. 
Find Me Online
~on YouTube, Blogger, Facebook and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting
~on Ravelry as NapiersKnits and Naturally, Kim’s Knitting
~on Instagram as knittin_kim

~New Friends
~ Knit A long

~FO KAL FOR JUNE is now open - Drawing will be on July 1,2020  ~ Prizes to choose from a $10 gift card from Knit Picks/Amazon or a giftable pattern (value up to $10) ~or  you may post on my blogs on WordPress or Blogger 

KNITTING IN RED
~Two month Craft along~ Choose any pattern and include red for the majority of the color, take a picture and post in on the Knitting in Red thread in Ravelry or my blogs on Wordpress or Blogger (Naturally, Kim's Knitting. Make sure to include the name of the pattern if there is one.  Complete it, post a picture of the finished item along with the name of the pattern to be eligible to win any GIFTABLE pattern on Ravelry (up to $10 in value) or an Amazon/KnitPicks $10 gift card or 2-at-a-time socks by melissa Morgan-Oaks. You may post on my blogs on WordPress or Blogger. The drawing for winners will be on July 1 ~ 
Asteride has donated a giftable pattern from Ravelry up to $10 to one of the winners of the KALs

Craft Along Ideas - place on Ravelry thread, please or under video

On The Needles
~Chemo cap for kids(but it is a pattern test for RowRow and Kades
~socks for me on wheel
~sock for undetermined
~scrap yarn sock

Finished objects
~Chemo cap for kids 
~ socks for my cousin (Indulgence with Silk)

~Questions for Me
Let's Chat
~What a weekend - fever - then felt ok Monday
~How are you?
~shoulder
acquisitions
Indulgence 6 play
JL Virgo
A Poem About Everybody, Somebody and Nobody


~Sweet Sweater Savings 10+ cotton yarn and receive $10.00 off. Click one of the link to the right to take advantage of this savings. 
~Buy 20 skeins of Bare Yarn and receive a 15% discount
~influencer ~ Chroma Twist Worsted Weight - Sandpiper
Book Review: 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

episode 182 ~ one more week!



Welcome to Naturally, Kim's Knitting. I am Kim and this podcast is about knitting, spinning, and dyeing yarn from my home outside Lima, OH.

Today is September 24, 2019  and this episode is number 182
Find Me Online
~etsy: NapiersKnits
~on Instagram as knittin_kim
~on YouTube, Blogger, and Wordpress as Naturally, Kim's Knitting

~New Friends
     ~Danielle Taber - Through YouTube
~ Knit A long

~FO KAL for September - nkkfoseptember2019 ~ winners will be announced Wednesday watch Ravelry/Instagram for a message from me
~ $10 KnitPicks gift card or one giftable pattern up to $10

WIP make along September/October - nkkwip2019 ~ 

 ~ prizes to choose from: Bookies: Bookmarks to Crochet,
     Comfort Knits 
     Knitted Jackets
     Gradient Style
     How To Knit Socks
     Up to 4 skeins (70 grams/2.4 oz) Bernat Cotton-ish ~ Seersucker colorway ~ Cotton and acrylic yarn
     $25 KnitPicks gift Card

Making for others will begin on November 1
Craft Along Ideas - place on Ravelry thread, please or under video

On The Needles
~pattern test for Nina, and Myla and RowRow and Kades
~Soup Kitchen sock ~ Chroma Twist Pegasus
~2 christmas socks ~ one out of The Lab Yarn UK Happy Hogwards colorway
     ~ other out of Chroma Twist Fingering FogBank colorway
 ~a chemo cap for kids

Finished objects
~hat pattern for RowRow and Kades

~Questions for Me

. Can I ask what your views are on Wool of the Andes sportweight? What is it like to knit with and how does it wear? And which is the better sock yarn to use? Felici or Chroma? Many thanks. X

Let's Chat
KnitPicks ~ 
Alpaca Yarn!!!
cookout to thank those who helped us move
7 Days we will be on our way to Chicago to fly on trip 
~next podcast will be on September 30
~book review:


~Resolutions for 2019:
     For the blog I want:  12 Patterns (4 published) , 12 pairs of socks for soup kitchen(8), 20 chemo caps for kids(11 finished),  spin 2 new fibers (completed 2), after October limit my yarn purchases to $50.00 a month, Knit 12 patterns from my Ravelry queue, finished one shawl/wrap