Knitting Elves - The Knitmore Girls - Episode 516

Knitmoregirls's Podcast

Jasmin Canty

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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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On the Needles:(0:30)

Discussions on race, knitting, allyship on IG:

@su.krita @thecolormustard @ggmadeit @ladydyeyarns @astitchtowear @neighborhoodfiberco

@labienaimee @thepetiteknitter @nadiratani (these are just a few)

Andrew wants a sweater out of some deep stash yarn. Jasmin unearthed a UFO that now has a

tarnished needle. Skacel has excellent warranty on the needles.

Gigi did the more units for the polygon blanket.

Gigi has Non-Euclidian heel socks on the needles, one sock done,in the "Deep End" colorway, and

has cast on a new pair in Cherry Pop Stripes, also "Rainbow Stripes" and "Purple Haze". You can

get all of the colors of Paton's Kroy from Craftsy (currently sold out, check back).

Jasmin is contemplating which one of her UFO's she wants to work on next. Jasmin mentions

Pennanular pins.

Jasmin has made some progress on her Viajiante at Aquaman.

Since Gigi has finished her Vitamin D sweater, she set up to knit another Rocky Coast cardigan. Yet

another swatch

Jasmin has finished the back of her Worsted Boxy and started the sleeves.

Gigi has set up a kit for the Poza cowl by Ysolda, out of Floating from A Verb For Keeping Warm.

Jasmin started The Sparkling Cider hat

Gigi also wants to set up Curls by Hunter as well as a set of Fingerless Mitts by Cat Bordhi.

Jasmin found the perfect project bag to house her Ixchelle and her Celestarium. Gigi bound off Purlbreak

Jasmin finished her cashmere Aran Pocket Shawl by Cheryl Oberle.

Jasmin loves the pattern viewing history feature on Ravelry.

Events: (31:30)

- #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL is ongoing.

- Stitches West, February 21-24 2019

- Stitches West registration

In Stitches:(33:40)

- Jasmin: wool socks,looped loop cowl, Goin Gold Hat, ribbi cardi, Citron

- Gigi : Quynn hat with ear flaps, Greyhaven hat, sockhead cowl, Knitmore cowl, wool socks. V neck

- Genevieve: Gryffindor scarf and hat

-Andrew: Cashmere Andrew's Watch Caps,

Mother Knows Best:(36:53)

More Marie Kondo-ish thoughts on stash. Touch everything. Shame related to stash, intentional

purchasing, visible organizing.

How do you feel about organizing your stash?

When Knitting Attacks:(47:54)

Gigi messed up the cast on for the Poza, for the fifth time. She finally did the Lucy Neatby technique

out of Cool Socks Warm Feet. Jasmin suggests Judy Becker's Magic Cast on

She also made a swatch with needles that were obviously too large.

Jasmin found damage in last 30 yards of cashmere for shawl. :(

Review:(52:27)

StashFit workbook by Cate Carter-Evans

Tell us your best knitting memories in this thread.

And Sew On:(1:07:39)

Gigi is trying to sew or do something sewing related every day.

Gigi wants to make another sloper using the instructions from Suzy Furrer's book

Building Patterns,

The Architecture of Women's Clothing

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is episode 516, and is sponsored by the Barley Air and Line Guys Infinite Twist,
0:16.0	little scan of the book, the club works.
0:19.0	This week's segment include on the deals.
0:21.0	Events,
0:22.0	Mother knows best when knitting attacks.
0:25.0	How are you?
0:26.0	And so on.
0:27.0	Grab your knitting, pull up a chair
0:29.0	and start your row.
0:32.0	Welcome, welcome.
0:33.0	If this is your first time listening to the podcast, welcome to the show.
0:36.0	And if you are a returning listener, thank you very much for coming back.
0:40.0	Before we get into the meat of things, there have been some very serious and very weighty discussions
0:45.0	about race in the knitting world.
0:47.0	And I wanted to bring that up because not everyone's on Instagram, not everyone's on Facebook,
0:53.0	not everyone's on Twitter.
0:54.0	And this discussion happened primarily on Instagram.
0:58.0	And it started with a blog post.
1:01.0	And like a lot of things, it started as a ripple that turned into a lot of voices,
1:09.0	which I have been personally really diving into and trying to figure out where I can learn
1:21.0	and where there's room for both of us to learn.
1:23.0	And you've been, you're not on social media, but I've been giving you the reader's digest version.
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