Summary: Hello from a chilly Cheshire Plain. In this episode I talk about extra spinning, the joy of little hats and saggy knees. 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> Giveaway: To win a Mayan Spinner from <a href="http://www.craftsfromthedungeon.com/">Crafts From The Dungeon</a>, 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> On the Needles and the Bobbin: Apologies for the lack of pictures, but the decreased levels of light are thwarting me at the moment. I've made <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tubey-3">Tubey</a> and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/waltzer">Waltzer</a> from <a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/wee-woolly-toppers/">Wee Woolly Toppers</a> and a couple of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christmas-pudding-hat-and-mittens">Christmas Pudding Hats</a> from Debbie Bliss's <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/kids-knits-for-heads-hands-and-toes">Kids' Knits for Heads, Hands and Toes</a>. I've spun extra yarn for my handspun Rainbow Liesl, which I will cast on soon. I've also been working on <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a> cushions, but more on those next time. <br> <br> Review: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/big-girl-knits">Big Girls Knits</a> by Jill Moreno and Amy Singer <br> <br> Tears: Remember <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/seamless-yoke-sweater">this sweater</a>? Well, it doesn't look like that any more... (photos to follow when I can bring myself to) <br> <br> Links: <a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/">Woolly Wormhead</a>; <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a>; <a href="http://www.fibreandclay.com/">Fibre & Clay</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
