The Yarniacs Episode 341: Knitting Within Your Budget
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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What are we wearing?
Donner by Elizabeth Doherty
Sharlene's wool Donner
Daydreamer Cardigan by Veronika Lindberg
What are we stalking?
Trixie Sweater by Espace Tricot
The Perfectionist Trap by Kacey Herlihy
Radical Acceptance by Rosemary Hill
Clanjamfrie by Kate Davies
Fairy Bouquet by Joanna Ang
Trompe Le Monde Socks by Summer Lee
What are we knitting?
Sharlene's no-pattern hat
Cake Pop Sweater by Joji Locatelli
Marklee DK by Elizabeth Doherty
Marklee by Elizabeth Doherty
Cloud Iridescence by Kathryn Bernard
Tursa by Natasja Hornby
What have we finished?
Metropolitan Pullover by Tori Yu
Daydreamer Cardigan by Veronika Lindberg
Fletcher by Elizabeth Doherty
Sunny Side Up Socks by Summer Lee
Amigurumi Penguin by Lion Brand Yarn
Raindrops Hat by Mirella Moments
We talk about knitting within your budget and share some tips from episode 205.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | This is episode number 341, which we are recording on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm Gail. |
| 0:19.2 | And I'm Charlene. |
| 0:20.1 | And it's a special day. It is Max's birthday, |
| 0:24.1 | Charlene's mom's birthday, and one of our friends' birthdays. So yay. So three |
| 0:28.4 | birthdays. Yeah, and it's 252025. Oh yeah. Daywise. So that's kind of |
| 0:33.4 | interesting. Yeah. Anyway, what are he wearing? Well, I have been wearing my donner sweater by Elizabeth Doherty, and there was a little |
| 0:43.2 | pause there because I was going to say wool donner, but the name isn't wool donner. |
| 0:47.8 | But I distinguish between my donner sweaters because I have made this one multiple times. |
| 0:53.7 | I have a wool version and I have some linen versions. |
| 0:57.4 | But I have been wearing the wool version that I knit back in February of 2019, |
| 1:05.4 | which was five years ago. |
| 1:07.2 | I can't believe it was five years ago. |
| 1:10.2 | I knit this sweater in Sincere Sheep Cormo, which I have raved about many times in the past. |
| 1:19.6 | The Donner Pattern by Elizabeth Doherty was originally written for linen yarn, |
| 1:25.6 | and many people have made it in wool wool and this version that I made in wool |
| 1:31.0 | is surprisingly warm and I think it is because of the sincere sheep cormo. It's just a really nice |
| 1:39.3 | airy yarn it chops a lot of heat and I've been pleasantly surprised how warm it has been. Yeah, it's such a |
| 1:46.0 | lofty, lofty yarn. Yeah. So one of my favorite pullover sweaters and one of my favorite |
| 1:53.4 | yarns. Good combo. Yes, perfect. It sounds kind of self-indulgent. Yes, it does. So what are you |
| 1:59.9 | wearing? I am wearing a new finish. So I'll talk about it |
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