Media Link: Let's Shear It For The Boys! (40:50)

There's a million crafters in Fiber City and we've all got a yarn to spin.

I am pleased to introduce our first sponsor of the Fiber Beat, 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. They are excited to announce their new personalized online shopping experience called eNest.

The Men's Knitting Retreats have entered their third year with the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat this past May. What began as a simple desire to gather men who have a shared fiber interest, has blossomed into a global phenomenon. In 2009, David Reidy, from the Sticks & String podcast, hosted the Men's Australian Knitting Retreat. This year, James Herbison, hosted the first ever Men's New Zealand Knitting Retreat. If you'd like to host your own men's knitting retreat, contact myself or Joe Wilcox for ideas, learnings and moral support.

For this episode, I've assembled a cast of retreat coordinators, attendees & sponsors. We talk about why the Men's Knitting Retreats are so special and so very necessary.

The following places, people and things were mentioned:

• Joe Wilcox aka Queer Joe
• Ted Myatt aka Knitter Guy
• Men's Knitting Retreat headquarters
• Yknit Episode #11, Man Camp (Men's Spring Knitting Retreat 2008)
• Yknit Episode #17, Go West, Young Man (Men's Fall Knitting Retreat 2008)
• Dumas Bay Centre
• Bi-Tone Honeycomb stitch
• Persian Poppies by Kaffe Fassett
• James Herbison's yarn store, Joy of Yarn
• Skacel Knitting
• Estonian nupp stitch
• Curious Creek Fibers
• A Verb for Keeping Warm
• Quince & Co.
• Namaste, Inc.
• Green Mountain Spinnery
• Kenny Chua
• Kyle William
• Carl Brittain from Toot's LeBlanc
• Wendee Shulsen from Hazel Knits
• Benjamin Levisay from XRX, Inc.
• Sock Summit

The first ever Fiber Beat SCHOLARSHIP for Episode No. 10 / MFKR 2010

This year, the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat will be held just outside of Seattle in the City of Federal Way at the Dumas Bay Centre from September 16-19. We still have regular paid slots available with all the costing details on Ravelry and on Flickr. However, we are thrilled to announce have a special scholarship to the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat, provided by XRX, Inc. This scholarship includes full retreat fees plus a stipend of $400 for travel and transportation. You can nominate a friend, a family member or yourself. The nominee must be a man and over 21 years of age. Please confirm that your guy has agreed to be entered into the nomination process. A sample nomination will be the first entry in the comments section below.

One scholarship recipient will be selected from all the nominations by a panel of Men's Knitting Retreat coordinators (Joe Wilcox, Ted Myatt, James Herbison & myself). DEADLINE FOR ENTERING IS August 6, 2010. The winner will be officially announced on August 15, 2010.

A big manly thank you to everyone who downloaded and listened to the first SIXTEEN episodes (audio/video) of Fiber Beat. Let me know what you think and leave a review on iTunes!

So. Many. Generous. People. To. Thank. For. This. Episode:

• John, Kyle, Kenny & Chuck for fiber fun & audio aka Kenny's Wicked Weekend
• Carl Brittain from Toot's LeBlanc
• Wendee Shulsen from Hazel Knits
• Benjamin Levisay from XRX, Inc.
• Erin McGee from Bobbin's Nest Studio
• Brian Kohler from Skacel knitting for invaluable assistance with MKFR 2009
• Daniel Herrera for ongoing assistance with MFKR 2010
• Sponsors of the 2009 Men's Fall Knitting Retreat
• Sponsors of the 2008 Men's Fall Knitting Retreat

We used snippets of the songs below in this episode. If you like the music, please support the artists (links provided for your convenience):

• "Fiber Beat theme" performed by Anthony Bonet from exclusive to Fiber Beat (2010)
• "Summertime (from Porgy & Bess)" performed by Miles Davis and Gil Evans from Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (Columbia, 2004)
• "Joy" performed by Apollo 100 from Golden Instrumental Hits (Delta, 1990)
• "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" performed by Richard Stoltzman from WorldBeat Bach (BMG, 2002)
• "Getaway" performed by Earth Wind & Fire from Spirit (Columbia, 1976)
• "Tenderly" performed by Jackie Gleason, "Serenata" performed by Jonah Jones Quartet from Ultra-Lounge Series - Vol. 06 • Rhapsodesia (Capitol, 1996)
• "Mambo Jambo (Que Rico El Mambo)" performed by Dave Barbour, "Tico Tico (Samba)" performed by Don Swan & His Orchestra from Ultra-Lounge Series - Vol. 2: Mambo Fever (Capitol, 1996)
• "The Way We Were - Finale" performed by Marvin Hamlisch and Barbra Streisand from The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack (Columbia, 1973)
• "The Stripper" performed by David Rose and His Orchestra from Take It Off! Strip Tease Classics (Rhino, 1997)
• "Little Bird (Instrumental)" performed by Imogen Heap from Ellipse (Bonus Track Versions) (RCA, 2009)
• "Je T'Adore" and "Crazy Beat" performed by Montefiori Cocktail from Raccolta No. 1 (Irma America, 1997)
• "Let's Hear It For The Boy" performed by Deniece Williams from Let's Hear It For The Boy (Columbia, 1984)

My name is WonderMike and I'll see YOU at the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat... AND on the Fiber Beat!!