Episode 4: J. Knits Fall 2009 & What We Love About Knitting!

The opening song to this Poddy 4 is: “I Don’t Know” by Erika.

Our contest winner is our favorite mail carrier: Nicole Garrison who submitted “Knit Your Way Across The USA With J. Knits”. Thanks Nicole!!

To check out NENA’s website: http://www.neneedlework.com/

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival’s Website can be found here:  http://www.sheepandwool.org/

To visit the “new” page on J. Knits (and to see what we’re talking about in the first 2/3 of the poddy) go here:   http://j-knits.com/Fall2009.html

Sam was almost perfectly correct! Cuba is 90 miles from Key West, FL.

To learn more about Cuba, go here: http://www.cuba.com/

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To learn more about Key West, go here: http://www.keywestcity.com/

When in doubt, shop the Gap:  http://www.gap.com/

If you are lucky enough to be able to go to Brown University, here’s their website: http://www.brown.edu/

To learn more about South Dakota, go here: http://www.sd.gov/

To learn more about Gloucester, MA where the film “The Perfect Storm” was  filmed (in part): http://www.ci.gloucester.ma.us/

To learn more about New Hampshire: http://www.nh.gov/

To learn more about Carpal tunnel syndrome (BOO!!), check out Wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome

Basic Portuguese knitting techniques can be found on YouTube. Here’s a link to one of the basic techniques: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5q-Eqc4vcc

 Knitting with your left hand is called Continental knitting. More info can be found on Wiki here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_knitting

Alison Green Will’s website: http://www.alisongreenwill.com/pages/main.htm

Visit Wiki for more info about S&H Green Stamps:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&H_Green_Stamps

On Ravelry we are: jknitsjulie and knittingsamurai. Be sure to friend us!!

For Bearded Iris photos, go here: http://images.ask.com/pictures?q=bearded+iris&qsrc=8&o=0&l=dir

Amby @ Julip Bags can be found here: http://julipbags.com/

Wendy D. Johnson’s website is here: http://wendyknits.net/

The Socks From The Toe Up Ravelry group can be found here: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/socks-from-the-toe-up-kal

YouTube is here: http://www.youtube.com/

RUN, don’t walk, to get yourself an iPhone: http://www.apple.com/iphone/

The Parking Lot App is from this company: http://www.quetouch.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=53

Ray Charles singing “Georgia” can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thls_tMuFkc

Learn more about the Georgia Peach here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach

Of course, in case you didn’t guess, Wiki search can be found here:  http://www.wiki.com/

Email Sam all your questions here: [e-mail]

To go to our color page and to download your own copy of our color cards, here goes: http://j-knits.com/Color.html

Go Rangers! http://rangers.nhl.com/

Go Sharks… http://sharks.nhl.com/

Do you need to know where The Yarn Harlot is located? If so, here she is: http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/

Knitty is here: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTdecimal.php

Visit Spinning Yarns here: http://www.spinningyarnsnh.com/ and on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/people/knittinmomma

Charlie the bird. He’s SEXY! Charlie Brown (boy) is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h38srxvt6qE

The Charlie perfume commercial is here (80’s style):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc6m3Znxn8E

And the original commercial with that fun theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009NzwvBqq0&feature=PlayList&p=5472AD9CDD35B1A0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22

Whew! Until next time….