The Yarniacs Episode 69: And sometimes we crochet!

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7 • 615 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2014

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Often Gayle and I find out we have been stalking the same pattern, project, designer, or technique. We always laugh and roll our eyes. Now we have come to expect it. This week we have both experienced numerous crochet references, so we decided to share a little bit about crochet. We both started out as crocheters and both continue to crochet. I get occasional hand/arm pain and have found that crochet uses different muscles and is therefore a good alternative that helps me reduce the chance of repetitive stress pain. We aren't experts on the subject of crochet, so many of you probably have more experience and can share some great references. If you have a comment or a reference that you can add to the conversation, please join us on Ravelry here.

And yes, somehow we always end up with a gratuitous Boo photo, taken during recording. This episode he took a liking to Gayle's felted tote/cat bed. Here he is looking fierce--he was actually yawning at the time--and then cuddly. Enjoy!
--Sharlene

What are we wearing?
February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne
Floral Opulence by Rosalyn Jung

What are we stalking?
Dragonfly Fibers Pixie
Pebble Beach Shawlette by Helen Stewart
Measure In Love by Megan Williams
Inner Peace by Joji Locatelli
Echoes of Color by Joji Locatelli
Puck by Boo Knits
Mix No. 31 by Lori Versaci
Endearment by Hanna

What are we knitting?
Literally Over the Top by Megan Williams
So Scrappy shawl by Sharlene
Viajante by Martina Behm
Gayle's Viajante
Hitofude by Hiroko Fukatsu

What have we finished?
Let Your Heart Unwind by Joji Locatelli
Inner Peace by Joji Locatelli
So Scrappy shawl by Sharlene
Floral Opulence by Rosalyn Jung

Gayle is taking this class on Craftsy:
Edie Eckman's Joining Crochet Motifs

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.
0:10.3	This is episode 69, which we are recording on Tuesday, August 19th, 2014.
0:16.0	I'm Gail.
0:16.6	And I'm Charlene.
0:17.7	And what are you wearing today?
0:19.0	I am wearing my February lady sweater that I knit a couple weeks ago.
0:25.2	And it's so pretty.
0:26.0	I barely eeked it out of one skein of Miss Babs Yowza, which is 560 yards.
0:34.0	So as you can imagine, it is a tinier version of the sweater.
0:38.3	It's a little short and it's got short sleeves, but I love it.
0:44.3	She was wearing it layered over a t-shirt when I got here and it was perfect.
0:48.3	It looked really adorable that way.
0:50.3	I'm so happy that I finally, after all these years of talking about it, finally took the step and made another one to compliment the one that I wear all summer long all the time and have worn all summer long for years and years.
1:06.0	So it's a great little sweater and I've talked about it before, so I won't say too much more
1:11.8	other than if you've never made one, take a look at the pattern. It's a free pattern on
1:18.2	Ravelry by Pamela Wynne. And there are 13,000 plus projects at this point listed on Ravelry. So obviously it is a very popular
1:32.7	sweater to make. Yeah, I still have to knit another one to replace the one I gave to my aunt.
1:38.3	Oh, yeah. And I think we mentioned this before, too, that it is one of the most spotted sweaters that Gail and I see in the wild.
1:47.0	We have often seen the sweater on people.
1:50.0	Well, it's a really easy knit too.
1:53.0	It's raglan shaping.
1:54.0	It's a very easy lace pattern.
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