The Yarniacs Episode 356: Knitting in pop culture, part 2
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
What are we wearing?
Fancy Cardi by Joji Locatelli
Sharlene's Fancy Cardi
Anthology Throw by Helen Stewart
Gayle's Anthology Throw
What are we stalking?
Old Town Sweater by MJ's Off the Hook Designs
Cleared for Take Off by Cally Monster
It's time to display/wear/knit your spooky season projects!
Fischells by Jennifer Beale
Ceallaigh by Johanna Gehrisch
Lasagna Beanie by Sandra Kwan
What are we knitting?
The Simple Thing by Melina Brell
Ilha by Orlane Sucche
Sheep Camp Sweater by Jennifer Berg
Granito by Joji Locatelli
Indoorsy Socks by Sonder Yarn Company
Cassaluna Scarf by Meret Buetzberger
Thank you to this month's sponsor, Fluff & Nonsense Yarns!

What have we finished?
We finished FO pics! (yay!)
Gayle's Tursa
Gayle's Paper Dolls
Sharlene's Birds of a Feather
Sharlene's Granny Stitch Shawl
Sharlene's Bird Song Shawl
We continue our chat about knitting in popular culture, focusing on books and literature.
Our studio audience while we were recording:
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:11.7 | This is episode number 356, which we are recording on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm Gail. |
| 0:19.9 | And I'm Charlene. |
| 0:20.8 | In September, holy smoke. It's already September. I'm Gail. And I'm Charlene. In September, holy smoke. |
| 0:23.7 | It's already September. |
| 0:24.9 | It's kind of crazy. |
| 0:26.8 | We are outside today at the lovely University of California Santa Cruz campus, and it's just |
| 0:31.8 | delightful and peaceful up here, so we are in the mood to podcast. |
| 0:36.2 | We thought we would get one episode in before the students return. |
| 0:41.8 | Yes, and it has been too hot to record up here on our other recording days, so we are enjoying |
| 0:47.0 | this. |
| 0:48.2 | And we might hear sound effects from a squirrel. |
| 0:50.9 | There's an angry squirrel who's been stalking the car, so you never know. |
| 0:55.0 | Yes. All right. What are you wearing? Well, not wearing it now, but what I have been wearing at |
| 1:00.9 | home is my fancy cardigan. This is a pattern by Hoi Locatelli. And again, it's not one of her |
| 1:09.7 | viral patterns. |
| 1:12.2 | I did not write down how many projects there were on Ravelry, but I believe it was less than |
| 1:17.8 | 100. |
| 1:19.1 | Oh, wow. |
| 1:19.8 | So definitely not one of her more popular patterns, but I have to say I love mine, |
| 1:26.7 | and I am considering a second one having worn this one a lot this summer. |
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