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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 24

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2012

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In which we talk about holiday gifting, and how the upcoming holidays affect our project choices, and knitting lessons we have learned this year.

What are we wearing?
Dragonflies Jumper by Joji Locatelli
Sharlene's Dragonflies
Discontinued Merino Stretch yarn
Warriston by Kate Davies
Gayle's Warriston

What are we stalking?
Women's Hand/Wrist Warmers by Joelle Hoverson
Garter Stitch Mitts by Ysolda Teague
Pull Me Over by Andrea Black
Burrard by Glenna C
Lemongrass by Joji Locatelli
February Fitted Pullover by Amy Herzog

What are we knitting? 
Gayle's Stripey Scarf
Opposite Pole by Joji Locatelli 
Wooly Wormhead Mystery KAL pattern

What have we finished?
Sharlene's first Snowball Hat
Sharlene's second Snowball Hat
Garter Stitch Mitts 123, and 4
For Good Hat by Megan Williams

2012 Knitting Lessons learned projects
Kauni Wool 8/2 Effektgarn
Sharlene's failed Boneyard Shawl
Gayle's failed Taygete

Somewhere around the 44 minute mark the neighbor's gasoline gardeners arrive and you will hear leaf blowers and mowers and other assorted gasoline-powered garden appliances. (So loud and smelly!) It isn't that bad, and I may be the only one who notices. :)

If you are considering knitting something for yourself for the Self-Indulgent KAL, please come over to our Ravelry group and discuss! Knit something for yourself and kick off the new year with a new knitting project. I am now declaring that I will be knitting the Tangled Yoke Cardigan by Eunny Jang. Join us!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:10.2

This is episode 24, which we are recording on Tuesday, November 27th.

0:15.6

I'm Gail.

0:16.2

And I'm Charlene.

0:17.5

What are you wearing, Charlene?

0:18.9

I am wearing my dragonflies pullover sweater,

0:22.5

which you have heard so much about for the past few episodes. So I will not bore you to tears by saying

0:30.3

more about it. The only thing I should say is that I have been wearing this sweater as much as possible. I love, love, love it.

0:39.7

Of the last 14 days since we last recorded, how many days of the last 14 do you think you wore it?

0:45.5

You don't have to tell us how many times you washed it. Quite a few. Quite a few. I've been making sure that I

0:52.4

always wear a t-shirt under it so that I can stretch it out between washings. But I've been making sure that I always wear a t-shirt under it so that I can stretch it out between

0:56.9

washings, but I really love it.

0:59.7

It's super cute.

1:00.8

It looks great on.

1:02.2

Adore it.

1:02.9

And Gail and I were talking about this yarn.

1:05.3

It is the discontinued merino stretch yarn, which we have both since bought a bag of 10 from people who

1:16.0

were selling it from their stash.

1:17.6

Yeah, Ravelry-D stashes.

1:19.4

Ravelry de-stash yarn.

1:21.2

Yeah, I got a beautiful gray.

1:24.2

And I bought a pale baby blue, which is not usually a color that I go for, but, you know,

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