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Thank you to show sponsor Quince & Co. www.quinceandco.com\\xa0 Sign up for their free e-newsletter.
\\nThank you to giveaway sponsor Three Bags Full at www.dance2yarn.etsy.com.\\xa0 The winner of the Pink Daffodil Bag is PJM (Paula).\\xa0 This week\'s drawing is for an Owl Project Bag (bigger!).\\xa0 Leave a comment on the show blog by noon CDT May 12.
\\nComplete show notes are at www.knittingpipeline.com.
\\nThank you to everyone for your kind messages, cards, and prayers following the death of my father on April 27th, 2011.
\\nKnittyBarb informed me of why there are not many birds in Hawaii.\\xa0 Find audio versions of John Muir\'s works free on Librivox.\\xa0 Nature Notes:\\xa0 Rosebreasted Grosbeaks have beautiful color and song.
\\nNeedle Notes:\\xa0 FO\'s are Eye of Partridge Heel Socks and Sugar is Sweet, a shawlette by Rose Beck.\\xa0 Estelle KAL is in progress!\\xa0 We are knitting Estelle Cardigan by Melissa LaBarre.
\\nCharr and I are going to Sock Summit 2011!\\xa0 We are also going to Stitches Midwest.
\\nBook Notes:\\xa0 Be Mine: 5 Sweet Shawlettes to Knit by Rose Beck.\\xa0 Five Stars!
\\nMusic: From Quieting by Lydia McCauley.\\xa0 For My Daughters
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