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The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

The Yarniacs Episode 74: Happy Halloween with a Side of PSA

The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast

Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings

Hobbies, Leisure, Crafts

4.7615 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2014

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

I mention Halloween because I happen to own the quintessential Halloween advertising animal, a black cat. When we adopted Boo, we were told by the shelter staff that black cats and dogs are the least adopted color at most animal shelters. Boo was the last adopted kitten from his litter, also the only all-black kitten in the litter. Folks want cats with some color or markings we were told. Previous to our Boo adoption, I had no clue about this color bias, but some internet sleuthing revealed that it is indeed a fact. So, if you are ever in the position to adopt a shelter animal, that is one tiny fact to keep in mind. Consider it a friendly PSA (public service announcement) for black cats and dogs. :)



If you have some ideas for quick holidays gifts, please click on through to our Ravelry group and share them there. Happy knitting!

What are we wearing?
Raiun by Kirstin Johnstone
Sharlene's Raiun
Gayle's Vitamin D
Liesl by Julie Weisenberger
Gayle's Liesl

What are we stalking?
Odaki by Kirstin Johnstone
French Cancan by Mademoiselle C
Campside by Alicia Plummer
Custom Fit by Amy Herzog
Ease by Alicia Plummer
Armande by Andi Satterland
Monstermitts by Julia Allen
Monster Cowl by Julia Allen

What are we knitting?
Magnolia Cardigan by Joji Locatelli
test knit for Elizabeth Doherty (link to her design page)
Stockinette socks
Monomania by Ann Weaver
Inner Peace by Joji Locatelli
Field of Wildflowers by Joji Locatelli
Painted Pixels Blanket by Susan Carlson
 
What have we finished?
Pebble Beach Shawlette by Helen Stewart
Sharlene's Pebble Beach
simple crochet washcloths
Field of Wildflowers by Joji Locatelli
Sharlene's Wildflowers hat
Jaywalker (socks) by Grumperina
Sharlene's Crazy Jaywalkers
Daughter approved by Susan Ashcroft
Gayle's Daughter approved
Kaweah Hat by Veronica Parsons
Odd Stripes (hat) by Joji Locatelli
Gayle's Odd Stripes
 
Quick(ish) Gifts
-Washcloths-
Oh So Soft Baby Washcloth by Theresa Grant

-Hats-
Barley by tincanknits
Golden Pear by Melissa Thomson
Kitimat by Kayla Sparkes
Hermione Hearts Ron by Christy Aylesworth
A Little Lonely Cable by Joji Locatelli

-Mitts-
Easy Fingerless Mitts by Roxanne Richardson
ZigZag Fingerless Gloves by Whole Earth Education
Commuter Fingerless Mittens by Stephanie Sun
 
Minikins by Wooly Wormhead
Tea Toters by Julie Tarsh

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast.

0:10.6

This is episode 74, which we are recording on Tuesday, October 28th.

0:16.0

I'm Gail.

0:16.7

And I'm Charlene.

0:17.8

And we're actually going to start the podcast with a couple of announcements today.

0:21.6

First one is just that the registrations for the NorCal knitting retreat are being accepted now.

0:29.6

If you are interested in the retreat, please get your registration in by November 5th,

0:36.6

at which time we will decide if we need to do a lottery for spaces,

0:42.3

or if everyone that has registered will be able to attend, which is what we are hoping.

0:49.3

So far, it looks like we're probably going to be about even with registrations and spaces.

0:56.0

So we're all kind of keeping our fingers crossed that everybody will be able to attend our event.

1:02.0

So this podcast is going to be coming out on October 31st.

1:08.0

So if you hear this within a few days, please get your registrations in for the

1:12.6

Northern California Knitting Retreat.

1:14.6

And the other isn't so much as an announcement as it is a thank you.

1:19.6

We wanted to thank everybody who has been kind enough to leave us an iTunes review since we asked back in January. We are a little bit late on the ball there for thanking everybody, but there were some really,

1:32.3

really sweet and fantastic reviews.

1:34.3

And thank you all so much.

1:35.3

We really appreciate it because after our last episode, we were in the top 10 of the

1:41.3

Games and Hobbies podcast downloads on iTunes.

1:44.5

Charlene actually took a screen snapshot and sent it to me and text, and I was running around

1:48.8

my house.

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