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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 329: Knitting for Longevity

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What are we wearing?

Farallon by Elizabeth Doherty

Sharlene's Farallon

What are we stalking?

Moss Stitch in a Square Blankets by Sarah Zimmerman

Ochre Pullover by Ambah O'Brien

Lilli Pilli Wrap by Ambah O'Brien

Simple Crochet Shrug by Lion Brand Yarn

Pinwheel Socks by Summer Lee

Fiori by Wonder Yarn Company

 

What are we knitting?

Rafa's Hat by Joji Locatelli

Basic Nonsense Sock by Tess Vandekolk

Gayle is working on a test knit for Fluff and Nonsense Yarn

Reflections by Meiju Kallio

 

Thank you Fix-A-Stitch for your support!

 

What have we finished?

Breezeway by Laura Aylor

Suri Shirt by Caidree

Gayle and I attended a class by Carson Demers and had a great experience. Highly recommended! We have a discussion about some of his great tips and where to find more resources. 

Carson Demers on Fruity Knitting podcast

Carson Demer's article on Modern Daily Knitting

Hand Exercises for Knitters

Ergonomics for Knitters

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:11.3

This is episode number 329, which we are recording on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024.

0:18.2

I'm Gail.

0:18.8

And I'm Charlene.

0:19.7

And you will hear the crows in the background. Lots of crowds today.

0:23.1

Yeah. Yeah. We're at a different spot at UCSC and it's so peaceful today and there's a little bit of a breeze. It's really hot off campus. So this is just perfect today.

0:33.4

It feels good. And we have our boba. We're very happy. All right, you had two announcements.

0:37.8

Two announcements.

0:39.3

Gail and I will be at Lambtown, which is a wool and fiber event that takes place in Dixon, California.

0:48.2

It will be the first weekend in October.

0:52.0

And like last year, we hope that we will be able to meet up with some

0:57.3

yarny axe listeners there yeah if you're going to be there let us know we always love hanging

1:01.8

out with other wonderful knitters yeah I started a thread in our rivalry group so we can

1:07.8

chat about it there plan a meeting time and place. Although it's a small event,

1:14.2

so if you're there on Saturday, we'll probably see you walking around. Yeah, and hopefully it will

1:19.1

not be as hot as it was last year. So that if we actually see a person, we will acknowledge the

1:25.1

person instead of being in a heat stroke state of mind.

1:29.4

That's how I felt last year.

1:31.7

It was really hot last year, yes.

1:38.0

And the second announcement is that I, Charlene, will be teaching at the Virginia Beach Yarn Getaway, which is next year February.

1:42.4

The date is February 20th through 23rd.

1:47.7

So I believe there are still a few spaces open for that event.

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