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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 328: Knitting at the Olympics

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

No, we are not knitting at the Olympics. We are enjoying the athletic endeavors from the comfort of our homes. 😊 But hey... I did hear that there's a diver who knits in the stands. Anyone else hear about that?

What are we wearing?

Wishes by Joji Locatelli

Sharlene's Wishes

What are we stalking?

Matryoshkats by Anna Hrachovec

Eiffel Showers by Susan Ashcroft

Islet Triangle by Leila Raven

Oddities by Hunter Hammerson

Fall Come Back Now by Megan Williams

On the Contrary by Amanda Kremer

Karamelli Sweater by Vera Valimaki

What are we knitting?

Breezeway by Laura Aylor

Rafa's Hat by Joji Locatelli

Suri Shirt by Caidree 

Pure Joy by Joji Locatelli

 

Thank you Fix-A-Stitch for your support!

 

What have we finished?

Sun Salutation by Celia Cahill

Little Boxes Socks by Summer Lee

Knitting in the news!

Diver Tom Daly's 2024 Olympic sweater

AI knit and crochet scam warning

Mystery knitters show off summer ice cream display

How to knit a human

The Game of Wool

Emotional Support Chickens in the news

 

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:11.2

This is episode number 328, which we are recording on Wednesday, August 7th, 2024.

0:18.3

I'm Gail.

0:18.9

And I'm Charlene.

0:19.8

And we're once again out in the beautiful forest area because it's just too pretty to not be here right now.

0:26.2

Yeah. And we're lucky because it's summertime. So it's very quiet, but school is starting soon. So we're going to lose our outdoor recording studio.

0:37.1

The good news is that the university doesn't start for almost a month after our local elementary

0:42.3

in high school. So we have a little bit more time. So fingers crossed. All right, what are you

0:46.5

wearing? Well, what I have been wearing lately is a cardigan designed by Hoi Locatelli called the Wishes Cardigan.

0:56.3

And I feel like I pull this one out every summer because it really is the perfect summer

1:02.2

cardigan for me.

1:03.8

It's a pattern that was released in 2017.

1:08.6

And in terms of Hoi Locatelli's patterns, I feel like this one is a bit of a sleeper because there are not many projects that have been made.

1:18.6

But for me, it ticks a lot of boxes that I really like.

1:24.6

It's open front. It has an A-line shape.

1:29.3

The increases as it goes down for the sleeves and the yoke

1:36.3

create this nice little line of eyelets around the sweater.

1:42.3

I think there's three places where you have the little rows so that creates

1:49.7

the shaping that creates part of the shaping for the yoke and the sleeves and a little bit of

1:57.6

a line shaping for the body as well very Very subtle, very nice, and I made it in the

2:04.9

coast holst yarn, which is super, super light yarn, which is why I pull it out in the summertime,

2:12.0

because it's something that I can wear in the mornings when it's cooler and then take off in the afternoons or if I have

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