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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 319: Knitting & Securing Yarn Ends

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What are we wearing?

Headland by Elizabeth Doherty
Sharlene's Headland
Arabella by Ann McCauley
 
What are we stalking?
Evanescence by Joji Locatelli
Easy Like Sunday Morning by Sonder Yarn Co.
Draw by Amy Christoffers
Troll by Gabriela Widmer-Hanke
Sharlene's Troll Hats
Crocus Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborne
 
What are we knitting?
After Party by Cally Monster
Anker's Hat by PetiteKnit
Sharlene's Anker's Hat
The Squam Sweater by Elizabeth Doherty
002 by Veronika Jobe
Heel Toe Do Si Do Socks by Crazy Sock Lady Designs
 
 
Thank you to our sponsor Fix-A-Stitch!
 
 
What have we finished?
Rye sock by Tincanknits
Gayle's socks
 
Our School of Knit segment this episode talks about securing yarn ends. We start with a funny story of the two of us wondering why there are so many ends poking out of Gayle's sweater.
 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:11.4

This is episode number 319, which we are recording on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.

0:19.0

I'm Gail.

0:20.0

And I'm Charlene. And we're at one of our public library branches

0:23.6

again today. Apologies if it's a wee bit echoy. It feels echoey to us. We don't know how it's

0:29.2

going to sound on the microphone. So we'll see. What are you wearing? Well, I am wearing

0:35.9

my headland sweater, which is a pullover or jumper by Elizabeth Doherty.

0:42.3

It's a drop shoulder design a little bit oversized but not boxy.

0:50.3

It does have a little bit of shape to it. And this pattern was originally designed in stripes.

0:59.0

And I remember at the time I didn't have suitable yarns in stash for striping.

1:06.0

And I had this really pretty gorgeous, purply pink color that I wanted to use for something.

1:16.6

So I made a solid version of a striped sweater.

1:19.6

It's so you too. It's very you.

1:21.6

I always get compliments on this color because it's a nice bright, happy, pinkish purple without being too

1:35.7

obnoxious. It's very wildflower. Yes, that's a nice way to look at it. Definitely. So I made one of the few solid color versions

1:47.3

that you can see on Ravelry. And an interesting fact about this, I made it back in 2014.

1:56.9

No way. Yeah. Seriously? So it's about to hit the 10-year mark. And if you recall, I often have made the comment that when my sweaters hit the 10-year mark, I've found that I'm tired of them, and a lot of sweaters I have gotten rid of at that 10 year mark and this one I

2:22.6

happened to rediscover in my sweaters when I was actually looking for a different sweater and I'm so

2:32.8

happy that I have discovered it because I feel that this pattern is still

2:39.8

fabulous.

2:41.4

The design still holds up.

2:43.3

Yeah, for sure.

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