The Yarniacs Episode 364: Knitting this or that
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
What are we wearing?
Love Note by Tincanknits
Sharlene's Love Note
Ranunculus by Midori Hirose
Gayle's Ranunculus
What are we stalking?
Jelly Top by Mei Bruns
Kristine Cardigan by Zanete Knits
Sacha by Soligreen Design
Basic Doodle Hat by Jamie Lomax
Katie's Kep by Wilma Malcolmson
Hello From My Colors Crop by Jessie Maed Designs
Thrumline by Gillian McLeod
What are we knitting?
Mabel's Sweater by Joji Locatelli
Aukland Bound by Maddy Moe
Crochet Moss Stitch blanket
SIKAL swatch for The Lounger by Joji Locatelli
Chione by Andrea Gaughan
BABA sweater by Ankestrick
Bits and Bobs Blanket by Kay Jones
Thank you to our sponsor Plum Deluxe Tea!
What have we finished?
Gayle finished her (possibly) last charity hat of the year
Yarniacs this or that
Feel free to answer the questions in the Ravelry thread if you'd like!
Coffee or tea?
At the gym, spin or boot camp class?
Breakfast or lunch?
Bracelets or earrings?
Salty or sweet?
Beach or forest?
Drama or fantasy?
Christmas or Halloween?
Star Wars or Star Trek?
Handwritten or typed?
Book first or movie first?
Joggers or jeans?
Silly hat or silly socks?
Cables or colorwork?
Pullover or cardigan?
Embroidery or cross stitch?
Woolen-spun or worsted-spun?
Paper pattern or digital pattern?
Trendy pattern or tried and true pattern?
Yarn cake or yarn ball?
Merino or other breed?
Art museum or history museum?
Camping or glamping?
Not a this or that, but a fun way to end the discussion: Describe your perfect knitting spot
This is our last episode for 2025. Thanks for being a Yarniacs Podcast listener!
🫶🏽🫶🏽
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | This is episode number 364, which we are recording on Thursday, December 18th, 2025. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Gail. |
| 0:19.7 | And I'm Charlene. |
| 0:20.5 | And we're recording this a little ahead because we're |
| 0:24.5 | going to take the holiday break, but we're not going to skip an episode to do so. So we're |
| 0:28.8 | recording early so we can publish our episode on the normal schedule. Yes. Yes. And we're very |
| 0:34.8 | excited today, instead of being at the Yacht Harbor, we're back on the University of California at Santa Cruz campus. And it's just a gorgeous day. The redwood trees are kind of gently blowing in a little tiny breeze. And it's like 65 degrees out or something. So sorry for all of those that you're very cold |
| 0:56.8 | when you hear this, but it's a lovely day to be outside in Santa Cruz. And the best part, the |
| 1:02.3 | students are gone. That's why we're here. Yeah. It's why we're here. It's completely silent. Very |
| 1:08.5 | nice. When we pulled up, I said, it's so nice to be somewhere where there aren't any other |
| 1:13.3 | people yeah just delightful yeah all right what are you wearing well I have been wearing my love note |
| 1:21.3 | sweater love note is a sweater by tin can knits that I had to this up. I made it in 2019. |
| 1:30.3 | It is still a sweater that I love wearing. |
| 1:34.3 | Partially because of the yarn I used from Western Sky Knits, |
| 1:38.3 | I used their smooth fingering, or a smooth fingering. |
| 1:43.3 | She has several smooth fingering, but I used a fingering plus a smooth fingering she has several smooth fingering but i used a fingering plus |
| 1:47.2 | a mohair and it's just a gorgeous purple color it makes me happy to wear it and it's probably one of |
| 1:56.2 | my favorite sweaters it looks really good on you i got to see her wearing it yesterday when I stopped by. |
| 2:01.6 | Yeah. And yes, it's a beautiful sweater. The colors, it was the mohair, the combination of the two colors. One of them has a speckle to it. At least one of them does. So it just makes the most beautiful fabric. |
| 2:12.6 | Yeah. I really love it. So Love Note by Tin Can N knit. That was a love note to love note. |
| 2:19.3 | What are you wearing, Gail? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.