The Northern California Knitting Retreat--which Gayle and I have been working on behind the scenes for the past year--was a retreat in the true sense of the word. We got away from our normal day-to-day lives, spent time doing enjoyable activities such as knitting and visiting with friends, we laughed and relaxed. It was a first retreat experience for both of us and we enjoyed our little weekend knitting getaway. One of our favorite things at all knitting events, is seeing everyone's sweaters and knitting projects, and adding a few to our own queues. This weekend proved no different, and we came home wanting to match up yarns and patterns and cast-on something new. Now we are both struggling with some of our projects that have been on the needles and want to cast on those new shiny projects that have captured our attention! I am sure you, dear knitters, can relate to that new project longing!
We continue our stash chat--and in the spirit of "changing the culture of stash" share a little bit about what makes a particular yarn stash-worthy. As we curate our stashes it helps to give some thought to what sorts of yarns our stash needs, and what type of yarns we utilize most in order to add yarns that will find purpose and bring us happiness. If you haven't already, please feel free to join our stash chat in our Ravelry group, and share your goals and stash adventures.
- Sharlene
What are we wearing?
Chance of Showers by Heidi Kirrmaier
Floral Opulence by Rosalyn Jung
Norie by Gudrun Johnston
What are we stalking?
Dark Pearl by Carol Feller
Paulie by Isabell Kraemer
Gayle is stalking sport weight knee-high socks
What are we kniting?
Mia tank by Jennifer Wood
Woodfords by Elizabeth Doherty
tosh merino light in rainwater
Vinyarnsa by Shelley Brander
Learn to Knit a Log Cabin Blanket by Staci Perry
Laoghaire's Mischief by Laura Ballard
Literally Over the Top by Megan Williams
Sharlene's Literally Over the Top
What have we finished?
Sharlene's bath scrubbie
Special thanks to some of our #NoCKRs prize donors!
Bag donors included:
Front Range Bags
The Silver Shed USA
Buffy Ann Designs
Kicks and Giggles
Designer donors included:
Joji Locatelli
Megan Williams
Monika Sirna
Alana Dakos
Elizabeth Doherty
Julia Trice
AnneLena Mattison
Veera Valimaki
Justyna Lorkowska
Jennifer Weissman
Brenda Castiel
Yelena Dasher
Jenn Emerson
Helen Stewart
The Yarniacs Episode 87: Knitting Retreat
The Yarniacs: A Knitting Podcast
Gayle Billat & Sharlene Goings
4.7 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2015
⏱️ 56 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Yarniaks podcast. |
| 0:09.8 | This is episode 87, which we are recording on a Monday, April 27th, 2015. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm Gail. |
| 0:16.5 | And I'm Charlene. |
| 0:17.5 | And we had to switch days this week because I have our three-day training event that I facilitate |
| 0:23.8 | every other month, which gives me a lot of knitting time. |
| 0:26.4 | Yay for knitting time. |
| 0:27.4 | Yeah, yay for knitting time, but it also comes with a lot of stress. |
| 0:31.2 | So I was really looking forward to recording today because it's like downtime in the middle |
| 0:35.0 | of the day. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.3 | So what are you wearing today, Charlene? |
| 0:38.6 | I am wearing my wonderful chance of showers sweater, |
| 0:43.8 | which you heard about in one of the previous episodes, |
| 0:48.7 | just a couple episodes ago. |
| 0:50.1 | I finished this just last, no, this month, April 4th, 2015. |
| 0:55.8 | I've actually had the pattern in my library since it came out, which was July of 2013. |
| 1:05.1 | It was given to me by Nitty Barb as a birthday present way back then. |
| 1:10.0 | And it took me that long to get it then and it took me that long to get it |
| 1:12.1 | because you know or took me that long to knit it because I had to find the |
| 1:16.7 | perfect yarn match up the perfect yarn and then get it going and I'm so glad I did |
| 1:23.2 | because I absolutely love this sweater Gail and I took some finished object photos last weekend at the Knockers Retreat, |
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