I woke up this morning feeling fine, but by the time we recorded, I could feel a sore throat coming on. As I write this, I am hoping, hoping, hoping, that it doesn't get any worse and doesn't turn into a full blown cold. Or worse. Keep fingers and toes crossed for me.
As we gear up for the coming holiday season we introduce a holiday KAL with a short simple theme. Knit some good. Or crochet some good. Make something to donate. A hat, a scarf, a cowl, something else wonderful? There are many ways and many local charities that can benefit from hand-crafted items this time of year. Shelters may distribute items to people who need them, consider donating to an auction or charity store where the proceeds will go towards "good." You know the drill. If you can't find a local need, there are many national groups that will accept donations. We'll have some chat in our Ravelry group if you need more ideas.
If extra knitting doesn't fit into your busy schedule, consider purchasing patterns that send proceeds to a charity. Gayle and I recently heard Cat Bordhi speak about her latest project The Art of Felfs: Felted Footwear for Families. The proceeds from this e-book are going directly to the cancer research lab of Dr. David Krag at the University of Vermont Medical School.
We will start a thread for the short KAL in our Ravelry group and hope you will join in to Knit or Crochet some good! Happy knitting everyone.
- Sharlene
What are we wearing?
Fuse by Veronik Avery
Sharlene's Fuse
Lipstick by Joji Locatelli
Gayle's Lipstick
Ondulation by Becky Herrick
Gayle's Ondulation
What are we stalking?
Hitofude Cardigan by Hiroko Fukatsu
Dragonflies Jumper by Joji Locatelli
Deep Breath Sweater by Kirstin Hipsky
What are we knitting?
Ease by Alicia Plummer
Barley hat by tincanknits
Imagine When by Joji Locatelli
Ritzy by Katya Frankel
What have we finished?
5200K by Suvi Simola
Sharlene's 5200K
Barry hat by Lee Meredith
Sharlene's Barry
Note: When I talk about knitting this hat, I mention that there is one seam to "knit" when you finish the hat. Of course, I meant one seam to "sew together." Oops!
Renfrew by Jane Richmond
Sharlene's second Renfrew
22 Little Clouds by Martina Behm
Sharlene's Little Clouds
Thrummed Booties by Katie Startzman
Gayle's Booties
Gnome is where the ♥ is by Susan Claudino
Gayle's Gnome
Knotted Pine by Alicia Plummer
We review two books from Cooperative Press:
Hitch: Patterns Inspired by the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Cascadia
Both books contain patterns that would make wonderful gift items and both books themselves make wonderful gift items for a lucky knitter on your list.
We review two yarns from The Knitting Boutique:
Severn and Susquehanna
Both of these yarns would make wonderful gift items.
We review a new knitting row counter from Grellow & Gray Inc.
called the Sirka Counter.
If you are a knitter who likes gadgets and tools, are a knitter who counts rows and pattern repeats or you know a knitter who fits either of these categories this is fun new gift item.
The Yarniacs Episode 49: Time to knit some good!
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2013
⏱️ 79 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | This is episode 49, which we are recording on Friday, November 15th. |
| 0:14.7 | It's already the middle of November. |
| 0:17.7 | I'm Gail. |
| 0:18.4 | And I'm Charlene. |
| 0:19.3 | And welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:40.7 | What are you wearing today? I am wearing a cardigan that I knit back in February of 2012 called the fuse the pattern is by Veronica Avery and I knit mine in Cascade 220 tweed which now that that I say that out loud, I think the tweet has been discontinued. |
| 0:41.9 | So you can't get Tweed anymore. |
| 0:43.5 | You can still get Cascade 220, just not the Tweetie version. |
| 0:47.3 | And this is a cardigan with either, Gail and I were having a discussion about how to describe |
| 0:52.2 | this. |
| 0:52.5 | It's a cardigan with you wear with either open drapey fronts or a built-in cowl. |
| 1:00.0 | Because the way the fronts drape, you can pull them up around your neck. |
| 1:05.8 | Sounds odd, but it works, folks. |
| 1:07.6 | Around the back of your neck. |
| 1:08.8 | Around the back of your neck. |
| 1:10.5 | And then one side has three little button loops and one side |
| 1:13.0 | has three buttons and you can cinch up one, two or three buttons depending on how snug |
| 1:20.0 | or warm you would like the cowl to be. |
| 1:23.5 | And I have two buttons around my neck buttoned up right now, and it's a warm, snugly cow. |
| 1:31.0 | And it's been a little chilly here. |
| 1:32.8 | We've had a day with fog and one day with a little bit of clouds. |
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