Color is our friend! - Episode 47 - The Knitmore Girls
Knitmoregirls's Podcast
Jasmin Canty
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2009
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode has been sponsored by:
Special this week: Cat Bordhi's specially designed stitch markers, just for sock knitters and her book, New Pathways in Sock Knitting
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Admin: (00:36)
Knitting Rose
Knit's UP
Yarn Thing
Go listen to The Scarlet Letter over at CraftLit
On the needles: (2:42)
Gigi talks about Carli - her sweater for the Knit(more)-A-Long. Jasmin talks about her new closet from the Container Store (the Elfa storage stuff). Jasmin talks about not planning out her knitting sufficiently, and the construction of the Cocoknits hoodie (Katje).
Jasmin talks about some of the issues regarding Katarina. She used Steamy to block the sweater.
Gigi has worked a little bit on her "On the Vine" scarf. Jasmin talks about knitting her CoachellaTess Ribbon top out of.
Contest: (19:28)
We announce the winners for the "What do YOU want to hear?" contest. The "name the listener segment" contest will close at the end of April.
Mother Knows Best: (25:20)
Gigi and Jasmin discuss color theory. Jasmin likes to buy her blouses at New York and Company. Jasmin suggests using Crayola Crayons for color reference. Gigi's sewing teacher used magenta and orange fabric as coloring calibrators.
Gigi discusses blue undertones vs. yellow undertones. Quilters use a color wheel for selecting complimentary colors. Gigi picked up paint chips at a decorating store to use as complimentary color ideas, and then bought yarn in those colors.
Jasmin theorizes that we are drawn to colors that look good on us. Jasmin advises against painting your skin. Color wheels are available at art stores, quilting stores, and your LYS.
When Knitting Attacks: (37:04)
Gigi didn't notice that her Malabrigo (out of Jasmin's stash) was from different dye lots, so she had to frog a ball's worth of knitting, which was especially hard, since she had done a marvelous job splicing both ends of that ball. Also, she sometimes can't count up to four and ended up with two stitches too many in her cardigan.
Jasmin's managed to misread and miscound on her Coachella top. On the third try, she finally manages to get it right. She is enjoying the bust shortrowing.
Straw into Gold: (45:24)
Jasmin has bought more plastic bobbins. The "romney thing" is made up of one ply of each of the following: burgundy romney (from Morro Fleece Works), light silver Lincoln/Corriedale, gunmetal grey Lincoln/Corriedale, and a strand of natural black romney that Gigi is coveting.
Jasmin is planning to full this four colored yarn to make it bloom. There is a video of her doing it on YouTube. She is planning to spin this more lofty so it will be softer with a soft haze.
CORRECTION:
Jasmin misspoke. Worsted spun yarn is durable and long wearing, not woolen. She is spinning Tallulah (a merino fleece) worsted so that it can be knitted into the Mariah cardigan. Also, she is spinning Suzie Q from Crown Mountain Farms.
Jasmin's fleeces from Boonville and the Monterey Fleece Auction are arriving. Shearing season is rapidly approaching, and Jasmin will be talking about how to pick a good fleece in future episodes.
Also, next week, listen for a special "Easter Egg" for our listeners: an interview with Galina Khmeleva, author of Gossamer Webs: The History and Techniques of Orenburg Lace Shawls.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Nimmor Girls Podcast, a mother-daughter knitting production. |
| 0:11.2 | This is episode 47 and boy have we got a show for you. |
| 0:15.2 | This week's episode is sponsored by Per Lessons Yarns and Barana Knitting. |
| 0:20.9 | This week's segments include an administrative section on The Needles, The Contest Winners, |
| 0:28.0 | Mother News Best, When Knitting Attacks, and Strong to Gold. |
| 0:34.1 | Come on, let's chat. |
| 0:37.3 | Welcome. Welcome. If this is your first time listening to the podcast, |
| 0:40.2 | welcome to our show. And if you're a returning listener, welcome back. |
| 0:44.4 | We've got some administrative stuff. I know the section is getting a little bit tedious, |
| 0:47.9 | but please do bear with us. So we've got a couple of things. We've got some podcasts that are |
| 0:53.9 | moving. And I know that you want to keep up with your podcasts as much as I do. So Yarn |
| 1:01.3 | thing has moved and knitting rows has moved and knits up has moved. And I'll kind of pepper |
| 1:07.1 | in their promos here and there. Actually, yeah, we'll pepper them in during the show so that you |
| 1:12.3 | don't get overwhelmed with promos. And that's exciting. So listen for those. I actually really like |
| 1:18.5 | knitting rows. I haven't had a chance to listen to Knits up yet. So we'll give that a listen and talk |
| 1:23.4 | about it later. And I'm a big fan of Marley over at Yarn thing. So do give them a listen. |
| 1:28.0 | Also, speaking of other podcasts, you should listen to Heather Ordover is reading, she's not |
| 1:34.0 | reading it. Her listeners are reading the Scarlet Letter over at Craft Lit. And she promises |
| 1:38.2 | that we'll like it better than we did in high school. So good. I didn't care for it in high |
| 1:43.6 | school. I came from the unpopular opinion side, which was everyone is involved and everyone is |
| 1:49.6 | at fault and it's not all Hester Prince fault. But since this isn't Craft Lit or gives good |
| 1:53.6 | knit, let's get into our own show. This week on The Needles has proudly sponsored by Verena |
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