The Yarniacs Episode 214: Choosing a Cast On!

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

What are we wearing?
Maypop Hoodie by Susanna Winter
The Throwback by Andrea Mowry

What are we stalking?
Borb the Crow by Verdandi Skov
Eezra by Rosa P
Swinside by Becky Baker
Wool & Berries by Joji Locatelli
Hazeldene by Xiaowei Design
Long Love by Ankestrick

Thank you to our sponsor Fix-A-Stitch!

What are we knitting?
Goldfish Memory by Casapinka
Bits and Bobs by Kay Jones
Blue Sand Cardigan by La Maison Rililie
February Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn
Magnolia Chunky Cardigan by Camilla Dad

What have we finished?
Ranunculus by Midori Hirose
No. 10 from Önling
No. 11 from Önling
Sorrel by Wool & Pine
Magical Mermaid Hat by Kristy Griffard

There are lots of different cast-ons that knitters can use. Like Gayle and I, perhaps you have a few that are your "go to" cast-ons. But there are a few situations where you might benefit from learning and using a different or new-to-you method of casting on. In this segment, we discuss some of the options out there, and why you might choose to use a different cast-on from your usual method.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.
0:12.0	This is episode number 214, which we are recording on Sunday, March 8th, 2020.
0:18.8	I'm Gail.
0:19.4	And I'm Charlene.
0:20.2	And we are once again at the University of California
0:23.1	Santa Cruz campus and you will hear ambient bird noises because the birds around here are very
0:29.1	happy because we actually got a little bit of rain over the week this weekend. And we had a very
0:34.5	dry February, actually a totally dry February.
0:39.4	We did not have a single inch of rain.
0:43.5	A drop of rain.
0:45.1	A single drop.
0:46.4	So that's obviously not good for one of your winter months.
0:51.6	Yep.
0:52.1	So the birds already think it's spring, and they have, as soon as we started
0:55.8	recording, they got quiet. Yes. They were probably loud before that. So if you hear bird noise,
1:00.4	that's why. So Shalene, what do you wear in? Today, I am wearing my May Pop hoodie, which is a pattern
1:07.4	by Susanna Winter. Gail and I both knit this pattern for the colors of
1:14.7	fall 2019 knit along. Thank you everyone who knit along with us last fall. And I had waited
1:24.6	too long to put buttons on mine.
1:27.9	I waited a little longer than I should have
1:30.7	because once I put the buttons on,
1:33.1	I realized how much I really loved the sweater.
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