Summary: Hello from a drizzly Cheshire Plain. In this episode I talk about all the other things I've been doing instead of knitting, play with a new toy and wax lyrical about squash. <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> Not on the Needles (!): Something that will potentially become a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/kauni-wrap">Kauni Wrap</a>... <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ...some Tunisian crochet... <br> <br> <br> <br> ...some scrap spinning... <br> <br> <br> <br> ...and some Polymer buttons. <br> <br> <br> <br> Review: Mayan Spinnner Kit, £15 plus p&p. including a hand-carded batt and instructions, from <a href="http://www.craftsfromthedungeon.com/">Crafts From The Dungeon</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> Giveaway: To win a pretty Mayan Spinner just like mine, leave a comment here, on the show notes at the <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/">http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/</a> site or over at the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarns-from-the-plain-podcast">Ravelry group</a>, finishing off this sentence: "I want to win a Mayan Spinner because..." Leave your comment by 24th November 2011. <br> <br> Something I really like: Cooking with squashes! One favourite is a stuffed squash using a <a href="http://www.schwartz.co.uk/productdetail.cfm?ID=11546">Schwartz Spices mix</a>, another is a risotto I created this week, using roasted chunks of butternut squash and chorizo. <br> <br> Links: <a href="http://www.scandinavianknittingdesign.eu/">Scandinavian Knitting Design</a>; <a href="http://www.fibreandclay.com/">Fibre & Clay</a>; Heike Gittins' <a href="http://knitsister-madaboutyarn.blogspot.com/">blog</a> and the <a href="http://www.knitsisters.co.uk/">Knitsisters</a> website; <a href="http://www.clayaround.com/">Clayaround</a>; <br> <br> Music: Rondopolska by Barry Philips, from the album Tråd, available from <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a>. <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> TTFN, Nic
