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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 348: Knit that swatch, part 2

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What are we wearing?

Sorrel by Wool & Pine

Sharlene's Sorrel

Anthology Throw by Helen Stewart

Gayle's Anthology Throw

What are we stalking?

Jean Sweater by Johanna Gehrisch

Flutter by Meiju Kallio

Reflections by Meiju Kallio

Our "pose" bundle

Crumpet Cardigan by Park Williams

Sea Sweater by Yuko Shimizu

Peggotty Light by Claire Slade

What have we been knitting?

Flores by Eri Shimizu

The Perfectionist Trap by Kacie Herlihy

The Indoorsy Socks by Sonder Yarn Co.

Everyday Attitude by Susanne Sommer

 

Thank you to our sponsor Twice Sheared Sheep!

What have we finished?

Bird Song Shawl by Ksenia Naidyon

Aamu by Joanna Ignatius

Gayle's Aamu

School of Knit

Knit that swatch, part 2: We talk about swatching for circular knitting.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:11.5

This is episode number 348, which we are recording on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025.

0:18.7

I'm Gail.

0:19.4

And I'm Charlene.

0:20.2

And we're in a special location today. We are at a friend's house

0:25.3

watching her cat and Kitty is very happy soliciting pets from us. Yes, I stopped petting her and she

0:32.5

very, very gently tapped my hand with her paw like, excuse me. And this is one of our dear local knitting friends.

0:39.3

Yes.

0:40.0

We're getting vibes from her as well.

0:42.4

And swag update or reminder.

0:45.4

That's right.

0:46.3

Swag orders close May 21st.

0:50.7

So if you have not seen the announcement on our website, yarnyax.com, it's probably, by the time this episode is posted, it should be the third post from the top.

1:04.9

But we have t-shirts and tote bags available.

1:09.2

And we are doing one large order. so orders will close May 21st.

1:15.4

Yeah, and we're doing it all ourselves.

1:17.0

We experimented looking at the different online sites where you could do things like this,

1:21.8

and the quality wasn't what we wanted to see.

1:24.2

So we decided to do it ourselves with a local screen printing company that Charlene has used for years and years. So we're looking forward to see. So we decided to do it ourselves with the local screen printing company

1:27.8

that Charlene has used for years and years. So we're looking forward to that. A pink shirt,

1:32.7

finally, a pink eariac shirt. I'm very excited. All right, what are you wearing? Well, I have been

1:39.1

wearing my sorrel, which is a pattern by wool and pine. I knit mine back in January to February of 2020.

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