Summary: Hello from a very blustery Cheshire Plain. In this episode I wax lyrical about chunky knits, share the delights of my personal Christmas Fairy and launch a Knit-Along. There will be prizes!<br> <br> <br> <br> Works In Progress<br> <br> I'm having great fun whipping up my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/vivido-cardigan">Vivido cardigan</a> by <a href="http://www.stolenstitches.com/">Stolen Stitches</a> in <a href="http://newlanarkshop.co.uk/shop.php">New Lanark</a> Chunky as art of the <a href="http://aplayfulday.blogspot.co.uk/">APlayfulDay</a> podcast Feller Holiday KAL (Ravelry thread<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/aplayfulday-podcast/2784931/126-150#146">here</a>).<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> I've also been spinning on my<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/spincityuk?show_panel=true">SpinCityUK</a> spindle, with some <a href="http://picperfic.co.uk/">Picperfic</a> Seduce (60% BFL, 20% Baby Alpaca, 20% Silk).<br> <br> <br> <br> The Christmas Fairies<br> <br> Did you get any crafty goodies for Christmas? My Christmas Fairy got me a subscription to the <a href="http://www.thenaturaldyestudio.com/kaleidoscope---crochet-blanket-club-2014-391-c.asp">Natural Dye Studio Kaleidoscope Club</a> (squee!)<br> <br> <br> <br> Fair Isle KnitAlong<br> <br> I will be hosting a Fair Isle Knit-Along from January 1st to Easter Sunday (Western, not Orthodox). Can be for new or existing projects, there will be progress AND finished object prizes. Head on over to the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarns-from-the-plain-podcast">Ravelry Group</a> for more details.<br> <br> <br> <br> Links<br> <br> Louise Scollay's <a href="http://knitbritish.net/">KnitBritish.net</a> with its British Yarn Giveaway.<br> <br> BabyLongLegs' <a href="http://babylonglegs.bigcartel.com/product/sock-club-2014">Sock Yarn Club</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Music <br> <br> Intro music is Sans Day Carrol-Sussex Carol-Deck The Halls by James Edwards, final music is Dancing Day Part II: Coventry Carol (Rutter) by Stephane Potvin and the Con Brio Choir, both from the Magnatune Compilation album Christmas Music, available from <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> We have a <a href="http://www.zeemaps.com/228047">listeners' map</a>! Please go on over to pop in a pin - I'd love to see where you all are!<br> <br> <br> <br> Feel free to leave a comment here or at <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/">http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/</a>, or email me at <a href="https://yarnsfromtheplain.podbean.com/mailto:yarnsfromtheplain@googlemail.com">yarnsfromtheplain@googlemail.com</a>. We have a Ravelry group <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarns-from-the-plain-podcast">here</a>, so come on over to chat. You can find me on Ravelry as talesfromtheplain and on Twitter as talesfromplain (although Tweeting can be sporadic!).<br> <br> <br> <br> TTFN,<br> <br> Nic x
