The Yarniacs Episode 54: Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2014
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In our second episode of January, we remember and recognize that it is our second anniversary of producing this podcast. As we enter year 3 of podcasting, we have one small request. Would you give us an iTunes rating? You can do this in two ways, either by clicking to give us a "star" rating, or by writing a review. We hate to ask, really we do, but it would be nice to see our podcast appear in some of the lists and recommendations. If you feel so inclined, we would appreciate it.
Gayle and I end the podcast this week with a fun discussion about buttons and how to use buttons to enhance our garments as knitters and crocheters. It is fun and hopefully will inspire you to search for the perfect button for your fiber creations.
What are we wearing?
Bianca's Jacket by Michelle Rose Orne
Sharlene's jacket
Easy Folded Poncho by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas
Gayle's poncho
What are we stalking?
Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder
Owlie Socks by Julie Elswick Suchomel
Nightfall by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
Barley hat by tincanknits
Braid Hills by Kate Davies
Lipstick by Joji Locatelli
What are we knitting?
Hitofude Cardigan by Hiroku Fukatsu
Seamless Salomas Slippers by Megan Williams
Learn to Knit a Log Cabin Blanket by Staci Perry
Summer Festival by Georgie Hallam
Brickless by Martina Behm
What have we finished?
Hogwarts Express by Susan Ashcroft
Sharlene's Hogwarts
Sharlene hat for Halos of Hope
Solstice Cardigan by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
Gayle's Solstice
Tidal Sands by Anne Hanson
Gayle's Tidal Sands
We have a brief chat about buttons, our button choices, and how we personally choose buttons. We mention a few things to be aware of when button shopping. We hope you have something to add to the button discussion. Join us over on Ravelry!
The buttons pictured here are from my mom's button jar and particular favorites with which I loved to play as a child. I have memories of sorting by color, counting, and making up games with buttons. I had favorite buttons that I would search for again and again. The button jar was a favorite amusement of mine.
- Sharlene
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | This is episode 54, which we are recording on Wednesday, January 22nd of 2014. |
| 0:16.8 | I can't believe it's already January 22nd of 2014. |
| 0:21.5 | And Charlene and I have been sitting here for about half an hour or 45 minutes |
| 0:25.3 | chattering already and we decided it was time to turn on the microphone. |
| 0:28.9 | Yep, before the boys come into the kitchen for the next round of snacks. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, we're recording on an early release date from school Wednesdays. |
| 0:37.2 | All of our kids get out of school in |
| 0:38.8 | Santa Cruz County early so the boys are here boo has made an appearance a couple times and |
| 0:44.1 | sorry for those of you who like the boo appearance but I'm guessing he'll be back before we're |
| 0:48.2 | probably well yeah and I'm Gail if I haven't already said and I'm Charlene and what are you |
| 0:52.9 | wearing I am wearing |
| 0:54.8 | my Bianca's jacket by Michelle Rose Orne that I knit in the spring of 2012, so almost two years ago, |
| 1:05.2 | about a year and a half ago. And this pattern was originally published in interweave knits in the fall of 2006. |
| 1:13.6 | It was one of those patterns that didn't really catch my eye, shall we say, originally in the magazine. |
| 1:21.6 | And then one of my co-workers was wearing her gorgeous, gorgeous version of this sweater, |
| 1:29.0 | which was actually knit out of hands bun, |
| 1:31.3 | which of course added to the beauty of the sweater. |
| 1:34.3 | Naturally. |
| 1:34.9 | Yes. |
| 1:35.5 | And I decided that I loved the pattern and I had to make it. |
| 1:38.9 | So I made mine out of not such nice yarn. |
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