Sat, 2 October 2010
Media Link: New & Neatby Nitting (44:23)  There's a million crafters in Fiber City and we've all got a yarn to spin.  This episode of Fiber Beat is underwritten by Bobbin's Nest Studio, from Santa Clara, CA. Bobbin's Nest is a yarn and fabric store, specializing in materials for knitting, crocheting, sewing and hand embroidery. This fall, Bobbin's Nest celebrates it's third anniversary of bringing fiber and fabric sophistication to the Bay Area. In this episode I spend some quality time with two very imaginative and colorful characters, Debbie New & Lucy Neatby. What I love about both Debbie & Lucy is their playfulness in design and their fearlessness in color exploration. I spoke with both of them after completing Stitches West workshops in Northern California. This episode is another gem from the vaults, so from time to time there might be references to items that are "coming up" that have already passed (i.e. Think Outside the Sox book, etc.). The following places, people and things were mentioned:
The first ever Men's Fall Knitting Retreat SCHOLARSHIP Winner The 2010 Men's Fall Knitting Retreat benefitted tremendously from the generosity of XRX, Inc. in the form its very first scholarship. The unanimous decision of the judges was Rusty Boyd hailing from Murfreesboro, NC. Rusty joined us for a fun-filled fiber extravaganza in the beautiful pacific northwest. Rusty will be featured in a future Fiber Beat episode! Fiber Beat CONTEST for Episode No. 11 I have two instructional DVDs from Lucy Neatby, "Intarsia Untangled" (volumes 1 & 2) for one lucky listener. Here’s all you have to do to enter the drawing: tell us the name of your favorite museum. It can be one that you've physically been to OR one that you hope to visit in the future. For example, I love the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco but I hope to visit the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Now, it's your turn. To enter, please leave your comment on fiberbeat.com or on the Fiber Beat Ravelry forum. One winner will be randomly selected from all the entries. DEADLINE FOR ENTERING IS October 15, 2010. A big rainbow-hued thank you to everyone who downloaded and listened to the first NINETEEN episodes (audio/video) of Fiber Beat. Let me know what you think and leave a review on iTunes! Special spelling love to my favorite grammar school girls, Kristine & Adrienne. Finally, a many-colored merci to Debbie New & Lucy Neatby!!! We used snippets of the songs below in this episode. If you like the music, please support the artists (links provided for your convenience):
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- Hands down, my favorite museum is the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I grew up in the suburbs of New York and remember many, many trips there as a child. It sparked my love of science which gave me a fabulous career, and though I haven't been able to visit it a few years, I'd go back in a heartbeat.
- My favorite museum has always been Chicago's one and only Museum of Science and Industry. From my earliest memories, they were one of the only museums that had lots of hands on activities to engage children. I loved going there as a kid, and still love the place. Of course nowadays all the museums have interactive exhibits. But they were the first in my book. If you ever get a chance, I highly recommend checking them out. Lots of cool stuff to see. Thanks.