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Relentless Knitting Podcast

Welcome to the Relentless Knitting Podcast! We’re so happy you've found us. We are two science teachers who knit based out of the beautiful Okanagan valley in British Columbia Canada. The goal of this podcast is to share our love of the fibre arts and foster community. Our focus will be knitting with flares of other hobbies and interests. We are both recent first time moms and we’ll be sharing some of our adventures in mommyhood. We own Relentless Knitting Company and are contracted by our local yarn store to teach knitting classes. Find us on facebook, twitter and the web at www.relentlessknitting.com and join our group on Ravelry - Relentless Knitting Company.
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Dec 16, 2016

Episode 37

 

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shout outs

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google music

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Bridie for Bug in Sweet Fiber Canadian.

Hand spun Love and Light by softsweater

Bradway by Very Shannon in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Plume, Stormcloud and Yellow

Advent calendar stockings (I finished one)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220



Karla-  

Brioso by Heather Zoppetti in 100% merino I dyed a dusty pink colour - stalled a little bit, on to second repeat

 

Yellow Tail by Taiga Hillard in Caterpillar Green Skyline Colourway



FO’s -

Emily - Vanilla is the new black socks for Dan in Madelinetosh twist. Birch grey

 

Karla - 38 snowflakes from 100 snowflakes to crochet by Caitlin Sainio

Darned socks! Mine and Mark’s

 

Design features

Emily-  Not enough knitting to make mistakes

Karla - reading charts is a problem again in both knitting and crochet

 

Spinning

Emily -. none

 

Karla - none but I want to so bad!

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Get out of the no knitting Rut.

Karla -  Mom’s cowl, sew a robot for Locke, New Years yarn sort! Michelle is coming over to help me get it under control!

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- 2 sweaters quantities of Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport in Saffron and Currant Won a pattern from BohoKnits - Meander Hat. New 3D bobbin!

Karla - Plucky Knitter needle gauge and stitch markers from Chantel of Mud Punch, knit picks order

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily -

Karla -

 

Knit Alongs

Art of Yarn - Jane Richmond KAL January & February

Relentless Gift Knit KAL - Year long kal to knit gifts with the goal of having a bin/basket of knits you can pull from for last minute gifts. Extra entry for yarn that was stashed in 2016 or earlier.

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - Super Secret sewing SHHHHHH

Karla - nope

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- She’s been pretty darn good. Grandma and Grandpaw kidnapped her for the week.

Karla- sick baby.

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page

 

Nov 5, 2016

Episode 35 - Keep fit and have fun

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shout outs

Here I knit - Congrats to Karla’s new arrival!

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Bridie for Bug in Sweet Fiber Canadian.

Vanilla is the new black socks for Dan in Madelinetosh twist. Birch grey

Hibernation

Advent calendar stockings (I finished one)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

 
 

Karla-  

Brioso by Heather Zoppetti in 100% merino I dyed a dusty pink colour

 

Yellow Tail by Taiga Hillard in Caterpillar Green Skyline Colourway

 
 

FO’s -

Emily - Spotlight by TinCanKnits in SweetGeorgia Superwash worsted colour work will be in Sweet Georgia party of 5 in Royals Still needs blocking

 

Karla - Toy Workshop Bear by Susan B Anderson

 

Design features

Emily-  I think my heel stitches were a bit sideways…

Karla - reading charts is a problem

 

Spinning

Emily -. none

 

Karla -

 

Best laid plans

Emily - toddler sweaters, advent, master knitter and Caterpillar green socks.

Karla -  Mom’s cowl, sew a robot for Locke, darn them socks!

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Vanilla is the new black. Fish lips Kiss

Karla - Pom Pom, heart stitch markers

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily -

Karla -

 

Knit Alongs

Art of Yarn

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - nope

Karla - nope

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Bug’s been pretty good. Lots of snuggles. Kidnapping by grandma next week.

Karla- halloween

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page

 
 
Oct 20, 2016

Episode 35 - Keep fit and have fun

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shout outs

Shirel Webb - Lexington, Kentucky she’s learning to knit shirts and sweaters

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Spotlight by TinCanKnits in SweetGeorgia Superwash worsted colour work will be in Sweet Georgia party of 5 in Royals

Advent calendar stockings (I finished one)

 

Hibernation:

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool) - Frogging

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

 

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage - Frogging

 

Karla-  

Brioso by Heather Zoppetti in 100% merino I dyed a dusty pink colour

 

Yellow Tail by Taiga Hillard in Caterpillar Green Skyline Colourway

 

Toy Workshop Bear by Susan B Anderson

 

FO’s -

Emily - Laurie by Josée Paquin in Ancient Arts 100% superwash extrafine Merino DK in Aztec Gold

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way - Fleegle heel

Precipitation by tincanknits in Lettlopi



Karla - Modified Salis Socks out of my handspun Smith and Ewe 80/20 merino/nylon

Eyelet Cresent Socks of my own design, main colour is Kalediscope Dyeworks and toes/heels/cuffs is West Yourshire Spinners.

 

Design features

Emily-  Cast on too few stitches on sleeves. Went with it and added some increases.

Karla - Salis socks too big

 

Spinning

Emily -. Sock yarn class

Sampling some grey Alpacas of Newfoundland to make mom a Stovetop.

Karla - socks yarn class

 

Meet a Knitter

Marsha of the Twitch and Stitch Podcast

 

Best laid plans

Emily - toddler sweaters and all the KnitCity yarn.

Karla -  finish baby bear’s bear and Mom’s cowl, sew a robot for Locke, darn them socks!




Stash Enhancement

Emily- Vogue Knitting FAll 2016

 

Karla - Knit Scene

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily - Spin sock yarn class. Organized the craft room  

Karla -

 

Knit Alongs

1) #socktober #knitcityhangoverkal

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - nope

Karla - bean bum

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- so tired. Dreaming bug. .

Karla- poops in the tub for Daddy, struggling with Daddy bedtime routine

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page






Oct 12, 2016

Episode 34 - Knit City 2016 Recap with Guests!

 

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

Michelle - Knittywittyshelle - Instagram and Ravelry

 

Friday -

Karla

Stayed overnight at Emily’s on Thursday night and Marsha and Scilla from the Twitch and Stitch Podcast, picked my at 6am on Friday! We made it to the Atrium Inn by 10 am. Headed over to Shannon’s for brunch and then on to the Sweet Georgia Studio, two braids of 85% polwarth + 15% tussah silk in paper street and one braid of 75% BFL and 25% tussah Silk in unique dyelot. 1 skein Tough Love Sock in Gelato

Dinner at The Slocan and the Ysolda Teague lecture.

 

Emily - Dropped of The Bug and headed to Birkland brothers to drop off my fleeces. Met Selene at the hotel. Went to check out Sweet Georgia then headed to the Slocan and off to see Ysolda Teague’s talk

 

Michelle

My ride Roslyn arrived at 8am to pick me up and we had a chatty drive all the way to the coast. We went to the Sweet Georgia warehouse and she left me to meet up with the other ladies. *one braid of Sweet Georgia bfl+silk*  Then I headed to the Atrium with them and Roslyn met up with us as we were headed out to dinner at the Slocan.




Saturday -

Karla

Classes - Tapestry Weaving

Purchases/Plans for purchases - Sweater quantity of Hinterland Range (8 Skeins), Two pouch kits from a Threaded Needle and a Stitch Marker Ring Set from Kristyn McIntyre of Knitters Jewlery Shawl Joy by Sylvia McFadden

 

Emily

Classes - Nada

Purchases/Plans for purchases -

Caterpillar Green ‘OMG you guys’ sock yarn

TinCanKnits for their new book, Mad Colour

Soft Sweater for her book. Shawl Joy

Bumblebirch booth for a sweater quantity of her Heartwood Base in Shadow and a skein of Quill in Fog.

2 skeins of Be So Brave in a red and a dark grey.

2 skeins of Sweet Fiber merino lace in Rose Gold to make Soft Sweaters “A Joyful Thread”

1 ball of gradient dyed by Caitlyn Ffrench 100g 418m 70/30 wool/nylon ombre dyed and eco printed.

2 skeins Sweet Georgia Superwash Worsted in Pistachio plus the tough love sock Party of 5 in Royals

Shannon Cook’s Bradway pattern

6 Skeins of Shelter by Brooklyn Tweed 2 of each Storm Cloud, yellow and plume

5 skeins of Custom woolen mills Mule spun in a moss heather green

Some things for the 12 days of Knitmas - SHHHHHH

Then we went to the Yarn Harlot.

 

Michelle

Classes -  Measuring Master Class w/Ysolda Teague

Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 2 113g skeins Heavy Lace 65% Silk/35% “Linen in French Bordeaux”

Sea Turtle Fiber Arts 6x100yards Star Fish 84% Merino/16% Stellina “Dark Rainbow”

Caterpillar Green 1 170g skein MCN Fingering “Concrete & Tulips”

Caterpillar Green 1 115g skein Merino Twist Fingering “OMG You Guys/Weekend”

Shawl Joy by Syvial McFadden



Sunday -

Karla

Classes - Toy Workshop

Purchases/Plans for purchases -skein of custom woolen mills and the sock kit for my Mom and 2 skeins of 100% non-superwash merino worsted weight. 4 faux fur pompoms from the Crafty Jackalope

 

Emily

Classes -

Purchases/Plans for purchases - Went back to the market place and picked up Caitlin Ffrench’s book and a second sweater quantity of Custom Woolen Mills from Wet Coast Wools. In Denim heather.

 

Michelle

Classes - Knitting for Speed and Efficiency w/the Yarn Harlot

Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 1 100g skein Fingering/Sock 75% SW

Merino/25% Silk “Irish Linen” to be used with Sea Turtle minis in **On the Spice Market Shawl by Melanie Berg **

Darning Needle necklace from Kristan MacIntyre - Copper needle, silver necklace



What’s knitting now (if there’s time)

 

Emily - Vanilla socks.

Karla - Socks! All the Socks! #Socktober

Michelle - Chevron Socks by Mel Tran Designs in Patons Kroy, sock money for ma. No time! Always mitred sock blanket...

Sarah -

Jocelyn -

Sep 15, 2016

Episode 33 - I might sneeze

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Laurie by Josée Paquin in Ancient Arts 100% superwash extra fine Merino DK in Aztec Gold

 

Hibernation:

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way - Fleegle heel

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

 

Karla-  

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

 

Leverette by Melissa Labarre - MCN Worsted in high tide (teal) and robin’s egg (speckled neutral)

 

FO’s -

Emily - None!

 

Karla - Gamaldags by Helene Magusson !!!!! found antler buttons that work perfectly with the sweater. Going to do a conditionner soak to get the prickles down.

 

Darling Boy Hat -  Darling Hat by Kate Oates in Rowan Cotton wool 4 ply

 

Design features

Emily-  I’m perfect this week

Karla - None and I even did a steek! What?! what?!

 

Spinning

Emily -.

Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way is Finished! 2 ply, not ‘finished’ yet. Might add more ply.

Karla - nada, although I’ve been dreaming about it

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Sweater then toddler sweaters and WIPS

Karla -  Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October. Start Mom’s cowl Brioso by Heather Zoppetti, knitted knockers to take to knit city, finish the beer mitts




Stash Enhancement

Emily- Knit.Purl/Knit.Wear Collection from Interweave

 

Karla - Interweave had a magazine sale

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily - Sheep to Shawl - Enter our contest. Comment on the contest post with what vendors you’re most excited about for Knit City

Karla - Interior Provincial Exhibition wins! 8 items in 6 items got ribbons and my Daelyn pullover got Best in Knitting!

 

Knit Alongs

1) #palkal2016 ends tomorrow (September 15th) Check it out over at the Actually Knitting Podcast   2) Deadline for the #KCsweater2016 knit along has been extended to September 25th! Get those sweater entries in over at The Make Things Club group on ravelry.  3) #canadakal is still ongoing until September 30th, check out the list of participating podcasts over at the Two Tangled Skeins group on Ravelry

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - A new project bag

Karla - nada, work got in the way

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Just do darned independent.

Karla- all the smiles and WORDS! Second pregnancy hurts so much sooner.

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page









Sep 9, 2016

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

We have a short episode to announce a contest!

 

2 weekend passes to the Knit City market place - Thank you Amanda and Fiona

 

Comment on this podcast post on our website and let us know what booth you are most excited to see at Knit City. A vendor list can be found at http://knitsocial.ca/knitcity-vendors/

 

We will use a random number generator to select a 2 winners on September 27, 2016.

 

May the stitches be forever in your favour!

Sep 3, 2016

Episode 32

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way - Fleegle heel

Laurie by Josée Paquin in Ancient Arts 100% superwash extra fine Merino DK in Aztec Gold

 

Hibernation:

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

 

Karla-  

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

 

Gamaldags by Helene Magusson

 

Darling Boy Hat -  Darling Hat by Kate Oates

 

FO’s -

Emily - Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubergine colourway

Toddler Stovetop by TinCanKnits in Asian Trends Royal Alpaca colour:Chartruess

 

Karla - Boys Matchy Matchy Hats - Quynn by Wooly wormhead in handspun corriedale par moi!

 

Design features

Emily- did entirely wrong stitch pattern on Laurie. Wasn’t paying attention to decreases on Stovetop and had to redo some rows.

Karla - Hat for Locke was too big so we went down a size and re-cast on.

 

Spinning

Emily -.

Started spinning Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way.

Karla - solar dyed a superwash BFL and spun it into a 2 ply. I have mitten plans for this :D

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Sweater then toddler sweaters and WIPS

Karla - After the Darling Hat, start working through wips.  Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October.




Stash Enhancement

Emily- 2x 8 0z bats of Merino in grey and yellow - might go back for another colour and do a stripy sweater?

Extra drive band

Interweave Knits Fall 2016

 

Karla - Rowan Cotton Wool 4ply - 2 balls of Grey purchased at The Twisted Purl in Armstrong.

  • Joanne (Porthardy1) sent me a Andre Sue Knits Sock Blank!!!

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily -

Karla -  Knit City on the brain, podcaster meet ups.

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - Nothing

Karla - Sewed the prize sweater bag for the #KCsweater2016 and Sarah from The Make Things Club has it in her hot little hands! I also sewed a toiletries bag for my swap partner in Sweden and dyed her 100g of BFL combed top.

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Potty training woes, I want this, make it , then she’s doesn’t want it anymore and freaks out. She’s 2!

 

Karla- whinning, literally making a terrible noise all the time. Practicing jumping.

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page









Aug 12, 2016

Episode 30

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubergine colourway

Hibernation:

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way



Karla-  

Beer Mitt

 

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

 

Gamaldags by Helene Magusson

 

FO’s -

Emily - Waiting For Rain - Soft sweater in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino spiced pumpkin

Karla - Caitlin French Test Knit & Non-felted Slippers Biscotte’s Version

 

Design features

Emily- missed an SSSK… Just letting it slide.

Karla - Second sleeve much shorter than first, might be because I used the first sleeve as a “sleeve blank” and missed a row on the colourwork chart.

 

Spinning

Emily - Finished spinning 4oz Finn top in a blue/green colour. Just shy of 300 yds. Not sure of weight.

Started spinning Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way.

Karla - Finished 150g of BFL by Smith and Ewe in a chain ply, 286 yrds of sport/DK

Smith and Ewe merino/nylon purple and white

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Cast on KCSweater.

Karla - Finish #KCsweater2016, Grandpa’s socks, handspun hats and beer mitts. Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October.

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Nada

Karla - Too much stress spending...

Smith and Ewe

1lb undyed bfl to try so dying of my own

1 skein of nothernlights on Maryanne’s sparkle base

150g merino/nylon combed top in colour #24

150g merino/nylon combed top in colour #40

 

Totally Inked Yarn

Merino combed top, roving, hand dyed spinning fiber, kettle dyed felting fibre, thrums, weaving, 100g, Perennials

Flutter, hand dyed sock yarn, merino sock, fingering weight, 2ply, 115g, 420yds

Blue faced leicester combed top roving, hand dyed spinning fiber, kettle dyed fibre, felt, felting, thrums, 100g, 'Violet Affair'

Kinfolk yarn and fiber

SW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning JARDIN - Burgundy olive green sky blue lavender purple flowers

SW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning MOSS - pistachio lichen green cedar bark brown olive khaki tan rust forest

SW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning TIGER LILY - magenta pink brown baby duck sunshine yellow burgundy flower inspired sock blend

Hand Dyed Superwash Merino Wool for Spinning MONTPELIER soft red purple gold brown next to skin

SW Bluefaced Leicester Wool Handpainted Spinning Fibre Cirque du Soleil - golden fuschia turquoise olive green pink purple abstract

West Yorkshire Spinners

6 100g balls of signature 4-ply in solids for Socktober.

 

Pom Pom Quarterly arrived!

 

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily -

Karla -  books/knitlit

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - Made another project bag from a tea towel. Super secret crafting for 12 days of knitmas

Karla -

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- poops go in the potty. More time with Grandma and Grandpaw

 

Karla-

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page








Jul 19, 2016

Episode 30

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Lendrum. Also I dyed some of my Corridale - kind of like getting something new.

Karla - nada, well... undyed and dyed fiber, materials for stitch markers and some yarn for a toddler blanket that my Mom is making - Easy as pi(e) blanket

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Waiting for Rain by Soft sweater (Silvia Bobilvia aka Silvia McFadden) In Sweet fiber Cashmerino in  pumpkin spice

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way

Hibernation:

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubegine colourway

 

Karla-  

Caitlin French Test Knit

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

 

Meet a Knitter!  Sarah of Make Things Club, Loosepages on Instagram and Romperlust on Ravelry

 

FO’s -

Emily - None yet.

Karla - Fossil & Bone by Sylvia of Softsweater Knits (Softsweater on Instagram) in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino Worsted in the Luna Colourway. #canadakal2016

 

Design features

Emily- Didn’t use stitch markers for the lace repeat becasue I’m that good… NOT.

Karla - over blocked fossil and bone

 

Spinning

Emily - Sold some yarn - on our way to pick up a LENDRUM!!!

Karla - Finished the singles on Sweet Georgia BFL that Emily picked up at Fibreswest and 2 plied them #2016tourdefleece

Started a 150g of BFL by Smith and Ewe for a chain ply. Using the fast flyer

 

Best laid plans

Emily - , Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley Prep fleece for spinning.

Karla - Cameo by Paulina Popiolek in Mad Tosh Light in Filtered Light and Penumbra, gift exchange gifts and lopi sweater



Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily - Dye day at Jody’s

Karla -  not much to contribute

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - Made another project bag. Still learning. Lots of ideas

Karla - Bathbombs!

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Survived 2 days with Grandma and Grandpaw

 

Karla- #toddlerproblems just looses it over everything

 

Inquiring minds

Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page







Jul 7, 2016

Episode 29

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

Eyoung914 From Illinois

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Waiting for Rain by Soft sweater (Silvia Bobilvia aka Silvia McFadden) In Sweet fiber pumpkin spice

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubegine colourway

 

Karla-  

Cameo by Paulina Popiolek in Mad Tosh Light in Filtered Light and Penumbra

Fossil & Bone by Sylvia Bobilvia (Softsweater on Instagram) in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino Worsted in the Luna Colourway. #canadakal2016

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something



FO’s -

Emily -

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe



Karla - Simple Autumn Mittens by Halladora J

 

Design features

Emily- All the man of aran. Missed an increase on Waiting for Rain. I’ll rip back and fix it.

Karla - Fossil & Bone the lace chart hurt my brain a little but we’ve got it

 

Spinning

Emily - No! I sold my wheel. Saving for a new one

Karla - Finished spinning the merino silk top in all the colours (Jamaica colourway), 3ply, love it.

Finished the singles of Totally Inked BFL Roving in Flutter Colourway, spinning a two ply.

Started the singles on Sweet Georgia BFL that Emily picked up at Fibreswest #2016tourdefleece

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- 4oz Alpaca, bed spread pattern, Moose project bag from Yarn Friendly

Karla - Coco Knit Stitch Markers, yarn friendly bag

 

Best laid plans

Emily - , Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley

 

Karla - Caitlin French Test knit, Lopi Cardigan, Grandpa’s socks, been mitts, slippers, newborn sweater, baby leg warmers with feet

 

Techniques

Toe up vs Top down socks?

 

Talky Talk

Emily -

Karla - Knit City Classes!!! #PalKal #CanadaKAL2016 #KCSweater2016, #tourdefleece2016 Meet a Knitter!

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Karla -  Finished Tapestry Weaving

We’ve been sewing project bags

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Poop goes in the potty. Weaning. Temper tantrums

 

Karla- Mom fails while people are watching, anxiety over camping/music festival, trying to dress himself

 

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Jun 22, 2016

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ntroductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

Jacflash Welcome from Manitoba!

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubegine colourway

 

Karla-  

Cameo by Paulina Popiolek in Mad Tosh Light in Filtered Light and

Simple Autumn Mittens by Halladora J

 

FO’s -

Emily

 

Karla - Birthday cast on - Spindrift Shawl by Helene Stuart in Mad Tosh Light, filtered light

 

Design features

Emily- All the man of aran. Dropped stitch, Karbonz tip fell off

Karla - Tied on a game of yarn chicken with the Spindrift Shawl. Frogged Grandpa’s Socks and recalculated, also doing a different toe. Lost my sweater sleeve...

 

Spinning

Emily - No!

Karla - Spinning merino silk top in lots of colours (Colourway jamaican) almost done the third bobbin. Would like to ply this week

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- New needles, Hemp.

Nothing. Nada. Zilch

 

Karla - Cascade heritage Sock in Purple, stitch markers, hemp

 

Best laid plans

Emily  Waiting for Rain, Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley

 

Karla - #canadakal2016 - caterpillar green yarn - Taiga Hilliard - Yellow Tail

And Fossil and Bone by Silvia Bo Bilvia with sweet fiber I bought at Knit City last year

As always, Ghost Dance

 

Go up sweater size and needle size for Gamaldags - Helene Magnusson, Lett lopi

Main colour - charcoal grey

Wrists, bottom and yoke - eggplant purple, teal, dark yellow and white



Talky Talk

Emily - Knit City!!! Stash Dash

Karla - Knit City Classes!!! #PalKal #CanadaKAL2016 #KCSweater2016, Meet a Knitter!

 

Crafternoon

Karla - Tapestry Weaving

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- asking for nap

 

Karla- Bum bites, all the teeth at once, screaming, getting worried about a speech delay, BASEBALL all the time!

 

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Jun 4, 2016

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs



What's knitting now

Emily

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

 

Karla-  Gamaldags - Helene Magnusson, Lett lopi

Main colour - charcoal grey

Wrists, bottom and yoke - eggplant purple, teal, dark yellow and white

Travel project - Grandpa’s socks

Birthday cast on - Spindrift Shawl by Helene Stuart in Mad Tosh Light, filtered light

 

FO’s -

Emily

Bridie by Bristol Ivy in Sweet Fiber’s Canadian base in Golden

 

Karla - nada

 

Design features

Emily- Vanilla sock heel too short - rip back and knit more. Man of Aran socks - wrong cable twist

Karla - no gauge swatch for shawl, thankful for percentages

 

Spinning

Emily - No!

Karla - Spinning merino silk top in lots of colours1

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-

Nothing. Nada. Zilch

 

Karla - Fox Trail Fibre Arts - high tide and Robin’s egg 80/10/10 MCN

  • Julie Asselin 80/20 merino nylon fingering weight - Boucanier
  • Mad Tosh light - filtered light
  • Making No. 1 Flora

 

Best laid plans

Emily -Hey, Little Song Bird - Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% Baby alpaca in Baby Aubergine

Waiting for Rain, Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley

 

Karla - #canadakal2016 - caterpillar green yarn - Taiga Hilliard - Yellow Tail

And Fossil and Bone by Silvia Bo Bilvia with sweet fiber I bought at Knit City last year

As always, Ghost Dance

 

A Review

Yarn - cargocollective.com/unafilms/yarn



Talky Talk

Emily - Knit City!!! Stash Dash

Karla - Knit City!!! #PalKal #CanadaKAL2016 #KCSweater2016

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- back to biting. Wants to use the potty so badly.

 

Karla- overwhelmed with pregnancy

 

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May 12, 2016

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

Indoorkitty - thanks for the introduction and letting us know the last episode cut short!

MadamWip - thank for the introduction! So exciting to have listeners in Australia!

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Birdie by Bristol Ivy in Sweet Fiber’s Canadian base in Golden

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Fol Foliage

 

Karla-  Gamaldags - Helene Magnusson, Lett lopi

Main colour - charcoal grey

Wrists, bottom and yoke - eggplant purple, teal, dark yellow and white

Travel project - Grandpa’s socks



FO’s -

Emily

Own design - Boughs Cowl in Sweet Fiber

 

Karla - nada

 

Design features

Emily- Boughs cowl wrong cable cross, dropped stitch

Karla - Socks for Grandpa - Did all the math in order to get the correct circumference for foot and ankle as well as length and didn’t account for the short row section of the heel turn. He’s tried them on and says they’re alright but I don’t believe him.



Spinning

Emily - No!

Karla - Finished the BFL roving on my drop spindle and two plied it (there was language)

Bought my Lendrum wheel and have been spinning almost nightly on it! I’m in love! Spinning merino silk top in lots of colours1

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-

80’s patterns

 

Karla - a few patterns, I’ve been prowling the promos thread.

Leclerc Loom

Lap loom

Mark got a new keyboard!

 

Best laid plans

Hey, Little Song Bird - Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% Baby alpaca in Baby Aubergine

Emily - Waiting for Rain, Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley

 

Karla - #canadakal - caterpillar green yarn - what to do? Ingwer by Melanie Berg or the one designed for the yarn that looks like and lopsided arrowhead

As always, Ghost Dance

Stalking Optic Blanket (what’s wrong with me?!)

 

Meet a Knitter

Jenn Dennis - Manicsoprano 44.22

 

Talky Talk

Emily - 5 day design challenge - aroha knits

Karla - google play, 12 days of knitmas, totally inked yarn, stash dash - the knit girrls, PalKal - Actually Knitting Podcast

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- terrible 2’s? Teeth? Whatever it is she’s a Monster. - Mother’s day.

 

Karla-

Still coughing, doc tomorrow. OBSESSED with balls, spots them a mile away. Trailer on the bike, hitting, love water, especially if it’s running water.

 

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Apr 27, 2016

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

DarnKnitCath - Thanks for introducing yourself!


What's knitting now

Emily

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Birdie by Bristol Ivy in Sweet Fiber’s Canadian base in Golden

Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.

Hey, Little Song Bird - Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% Baby alpaca in Baby Aubergine

Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Fol Foliage

 

Karla-

 

Socks for Grandpa - Did all the math in order to get the correct circumference for foot and ankle

 

FO’s -

Emily

NOTHING

 

Karla

Two pairs of mukluks by Tin Can Knits! Larger pair is Epic Yarn and smaller pair in Sidar Snuggly DK

 

Design features

Emily- Artisan Shawl. I’m not paying close enough attention and keep getting the wrong stitch count. I’m going to frog it and start again

Karla - nada, just took a long time to get the mukluks done because I hate knitting multiples of the same thing!

 

Spinning

Emily

Spun at retreat for a bit - Yarn Makes Me Happy Finn Top (light blues and greens)

Karla

Sold my wheel! Working on finishing my BFL roving from Smith and Ewe

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-

6x skeins of DK/Light worsted Ancient Artsin Aztec Gold

1x skein of Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock

2x skeins of West Coast Colour Thockies

4 skeins of Ancient Arts Baby Alpaca DK

Patterns

E-copy of Journey by Jane Richmond

Tin Can Knits - Fly Away blanket pattern

Prismatic by tabetha hedrick

Social Fabric Shawl by Catherine Gamroth

Hey Little Song Bird by Bristol Ivy

So many buttons


Karla - been selling all the things so Mama can buy herself a Lendrum!

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Waiting for Rain, Stove top for Ainsley

Karla - Swatched for Gamaldags by Helene Magnusso, charted colour options, did gauge math and highlighted the pattern! Ready to cast on May 1st #KCsweater2016

Still thinking about the Canada KAL project.

As always, Ghost Dance


Talky Talk

Emily -Galiano Island Knitting retreat


Karla - #kcsweater2016 prizes, canadian kal prizes, been watching my Craftsy classes!

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- weekend without mommy.

 

Karla-

Still coughing, I think allergies. Figured out how to give kisses with his mouth closed! Trying out the wave bye bye, swimming lessons and rings on the bottom

 

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Apr 11, 2016

Canadan Tuxedo - April 10, 2016

 

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

Monknitker from Washington DC introduced herself

Vshaw7 from Vernon

Kathera - Thanks for the itunes review!

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Dish cloth in Hemp for Knitting

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Birdie by Bristol Ivy in Sweet Fiber’s Canadian base in Golden



Karla-

 

Top Secret Knitting that I’ll talk about at a later date.

Socks for Grandpa

Socks -Nicole C Mendez Self Striping Sock Yarn. - Fish Lips Kiss Heel ( Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel or Hat Top Thumb Joint Heel by Lara Neel (Fork in the Road socks) )



FO’s -

Emily

Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour

Stovetop by TinCan Knits in Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca colour way Chartreuse

3x master knitter swatches

 

Karla

Sweater - Daelyn Pullover by Isabelle Kraemer in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather.

Sleepy Snake and Mischevious Mouse - Cascade 220 sport

 

Design features

Emily- Stovetop and I did not agree.

Karla - did some negative knitting for Sarah, I don't like that I can see the carried yarn up the rows of mischievous snake

 

Spinning

Emily

Actually spun! - Yarn Makes Me Happy Finn Top (light blues and greens)

Karla

Did a little spinning on the drop spindle

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-

Malabrigo Nube in Piedra

Sweet Fiber Canadian - in Goldon

Star of bethleham by Kalidescope dye works

Sweet Georgia Tough love sock in saffron and orchard

Sweet Georgia Mystery bag x2

Sheep project bag

Gleener

Knitlandia by Clara Parks

Ancient Arts Baby Alpaca DK

 

Karla - sooooo much kaleidoscope dyeworks, dpn holders, started the 12 days of knitmas, Kroy for grandpa's socks, 4 skeins of sweet Georgia, braids that emily brought from fibers west

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Sing little song bird by bristol Ivy. More swatches. Waiting for Rain Stove top for Ainsley

Karla - Harvest Fling for my Teacher Candidate is a no go. Looking into doing something else for her. Possibly a Fidra with some stash yarn, or boot toppers.

Spread sheet math for grandpa's socks

#KCSweater2016 my knit picks kit I've had stashed for ages



Talky Talk

Emily -Galiano Island Knitting retreat

Canadian KAL

Alpaca shearing

 

Karla - #kcsweater2016, canadian kal prizes

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Asthma, attitude

 

Karla-

Sick again, Ainsley and Locke play date, bike trailer

 

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Mar 5, 2016

Title - March 4. 2016

 

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

Monknitker from Washington DC introduced herself

We have 7 reviews on iTunes! Yay, thanks!

 

What's knitting now

Emily

Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour

Stovetop by TinCan Knits in Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca colour way Chartreuse

Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Dish cloth in Hemp for Knitting



Karla-

Socks -Nicole C Mendez Self Striping Sock Yarn. - Fish Lips Kiss Heel ( Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel or Hat Top Thumb Joint Heel by Lara Neel (Fork in the Road socks) )

 

Sweater - Daelyn Pullover by Isabelle Kraemer in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather.

 

FO’s -

Emily

Reyna by Noora Laivola in Crystal Palace Yarns Sausalito

Vanilla Socks with afterthought heel (ala Yarn Harlot blog post) in CaterpillarGreen’s Concrete and Tulips

 

Karla

None - almost Daelyn



Design features

Emily- I had to frog a few rows of Reyna but no biggie

Karla - Nothing worse than having to tink a couple rows of Daelyn

 

Spinning

Finished spinning and plying a traditional 3-ply in 100% merino

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-  Sweet Fiber Cashmerino 20 in spiced pumpkin for ‘waiting for rain’

Riverstone yarns lace weight 80/20 merino silk in gentle moss

Cascade 220 in white for swatches

Seasonless Mini collection by Jane Richmond and Shannon Cook

 

Karla - 6 skeins of Swans Island rambouillet and alpaca

wire sock blockers and bent ended darning needle

Fidra - Gudrun Johnston

Harvest Fling - Dani Berg

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Master Knitter program over spring break.  + a million other things, mostly shawls

Karla - Fidra this weekend for the secretary at work and Harvest Fling for my Teacher Candidate

  • work on blocking report for TKGA Master Knitter Level 1



Talky Talk

Emily -Got Scholarship

Found sock book - it was in the car all along

 

Karla - Knitting Retreat was AWESOME!

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- All the sickness. So many words and letters and numbers. Nursing baby.

 

Karla-

Teeth! no no no.

 

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Jan 23, 2016

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

Shouts outs

Manicsoprano introduced herself.

What's knitting now

Emily

Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour

Stovetop by TinCan Knits in Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca colour way Chartreuse

Reyna by Noora Laivola in Crystal Palace Yarns Sausalito

Vanilla Socks with afterthought heel (ala Yarn Harlot blog post) in CaterpillarGreen’s Concrete and Tulips

Dish cloth in Hemp for Knitting

Karla-

Socks -Nicole C Mendez Self Striping Sock Yarn. - Fish Lips Kiss Heel ( Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel or Hat Top Thumb Joint Heel Hby Lara Neel (Fork in the Road socks) )

Sweater - Daelyn Pullover by Isabelle Kraemer in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather.

FO’s -

Emily

Dish cloth. One sock.

Karla

Slippers - Mush Boots by Lise-Ann Michel in 2-ply Fundy Fog Cottage Craft 100% Wool.

Aside - Yarn is an amazing value for a 100% all canadian wool.

Design features

Emily- Nada

Karla - Nada

Spinning

Karla - 200 grams of New zealand Merino Wool from Sharon at Homespun Haven

Stash Enhancement

Emily-  Winter Vogue Knitting. Madeline tosh sock in birtch

red yarn for mom’s socks

Karla - Tea Swap with Sticks + Twine Podcast. Thank you Porthardy1!

Best laid plans

Emily - Finish something

Karla - Pick back up Ghost Dance by Beth Whipkey - in handspun batt from Caliope’s fibers & Snake toy

Talky Talk

Emily -

Submitted scholarship.

Can’t find Sock book

Karla - Classes are going well

-master knitter scholarship submitted & awarded!

-knitting retreat in February with Amy Singer still spaces left

Adventures in Mommyhood

Feeling better!! + Chest X-ray.  

Independence! (a little)

 

Karla-

Starting to mimic sounds, showing understanding of association of objects. Still loves crows. Draw on all the things.

 

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Jan 8, 2016

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily -  EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

 

Shouts outs

greenapalone - Angela from Louisiana! (Bio teacher)

vanessafalle - Whitehorse Yukon! (SHEEP)



What's knitting now

Emily

Stocking Advent in Cascade vintage. (Hibernation)

Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour

Stovetop by TinCan Knits in Aslan Trends Royal Alpaca colour way Chartreuse

Reyna by Noora Laivola in Crystal Palace Yarns Sausalito

Vanilla Socks with afterthought heel (ala Yarn Harlot blog post) in CaterpillarGreen’s Concrete and Tulips

Dish cloth in Hemp for Knitting



Karla- New Years Day Cast ons were:

Socks - using Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel or Hat Top Thumb Joint Heel Hby Lara Neel (Fork in the Road socks) in Nicole C Mendez Self Striping Sock Yarn.

 

Sweater - Daelyn Pullover by Isabelle Kraemer in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Icicle Heather.

 

Slippers - Mush Boots by Lise-Ann Michel in 2-ply Fundy Fog Cottage Craft 100% Wool.



FO’s -

Emily

A pair of tube socks for Bug - Sweet Georgia Gliteratti Mini Skein

 

Karla

Fish Kiss Lips heel pattern in Zauberball Starke 6 in the domino colourway. Vasama slipped cable.

Rosalie Ear Flap Hat Mary Maxim northland wool

Take Three Hat - Ear Flap Hat in Brigg & Little Roving

Rib and Cable Hat - Elena Bulky

Maya’s Shawl by Justyna Lorkowska in Martha Stewart Alpaca

Bankhead Hat by Susie Gourlay in Donegal Tweed



Design features

Emily- Nada

Karla - Bind Off on Maya

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily-  Kate Atherly’s book Custom Socks

A skein of Lopi (Straight from Iceland!!)

Karbonz DPN’s sock set.

Lamb bone buttons

 

Karla - Owl tote for Christmas, Campside Cardi Pattern, poufyiest pompom

 

Best laid plans

Emily - I want to make the Man of Aran socks for my Mom for her birthday. And in the future the Clayoquot Cardigan by TinCanKnits in Lopi with the sheep buttons for me.

 

Karla - Everything I want is currently on the needles, so no plans at the moment... Except for the snake toy for babe.

 

Talky Talk

Master Knitter

Fair Isle and BYOP classes are going well. More classes coming.

 

Karla - Gearing up for knitting retreat in February with Amy Singer



Adventures in Mommyhood

All the words. Cough that won’t quit.

Independence! (a little)

 

New sounds, no words yet. Cardboard boxes are the best.

 

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