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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 30, 2019

No notes on this one... there was wine...

Nov 7, 2019

EPISODE 58
Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on InstagramTwitter and Pinterest
Emily -  EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and  Emily Tech Edits Ravelry. 

It’s been 198 days since our last podcast... where have we been?

Shout outs
KnitGirlWagner who is Christina from Sacramento. She’s learned at age 10 has been relentless for the past 15 years and is multicraftual. 
Ranuk who is @madeby_kasi on instagram and Karen in the face. She’s got little girls the same age as us, knits and crochets and was a test knitter for my Wine Bottle Sweater. 
AJBorthwick who is a grade 1 teacher in Port Moody and has been knitting for 35 years! She checked in with us on Facebook to make sure we were still alive ;) and has been binge listening to the podcast. Alison, did you have a favorite episode?

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

What's knitting now
Emily - A joyful thread by silvia mcfadden in sweet fiber merino lace rose gold
Playdate by tin can knits in Black Cat custom decepticon for Lizzie
Gentlemans socks by Nancy Bush in Knitting Vintage socks. Knit in Sweet Georgia for Dan

Karla - 
Top down mittens of my own design for a shop sample in Halifax - Filtura di crosa wool polymide cotton (amazeballs)
Hat design

FO’s -
Emily - Llevant by isabelle kramer in cascade and Tofino Knit Co
Socks for me out of some Ancient Arts
Bunch of sock madness socks (inky and Canon)
Hat for Dan
Playdate Cardigan by Tin Can Knits in Flamingo Lounge colour way by TINK 

Karla -  
Chevron Cloud in The Fiber Co - Meadow and Drop Kid-Silk
Paulie Cowl by Lisa Hannes - Mosaic knitting class
Chunky Cable Slippers by KCN Design Team - repurposed an old leather jacket into soles
Short Row class butthole

Design features
Emily-  my socks are pretty snug
Karla - butthole dishcloth, no straight lines (knittin’ for thinkin’ vs knittin’ for drinkin’)


Knit-lit
None - back to podcasts. Loving Knitterviews by Vogue Knitting Magazine

Spinning
Emily -. I don’t even know why I own a wheel
Karla  - 200g of a two ply, washed soooooo much fleece from the farmer down the street, I took a weekend workshop on short forward draw with the Ponderosa Guild and it was perfect. (Kim McKenna)

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - garden clean up. Hemmed a nightie for Lizzie
Karla - My craftroom!

Stash Enhancement
Emily- Mostly wool combs and a table loom. And maybe a few sweater bags (RIV creative, Ginger Snap) Probably a ton of yarn too, but don’t tell anyone. 

Karla - Crafty Jaks Colour Study Club, lots of sale yarn (lys, michaels and facebook)

Best laid plans
Emily - Zweig and humulus. Plus heel samples. I want to weave. 
Karla -store mittens, Santa hats, mom's socks, Ren's stocking

Podcast more...

KAL!
I raced Jocelyn
Fix it or Knix it with Two Ewes
#revelinknit2018/9 - keep up with your self care knitting! - ugh... not happening for me
Jan 1st - Humulus Cast on

Talky Talk
Emily -Sill have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. One day I will send out prizes. coming up. Classes in Sooke Ewes to Yarns - It went really well, i’d love to tech it again
Karla - Yarn Okanagan June 6th, Retreat May 22
2020: In Focus

2020 In Focus
Looking to 2020 what do we want to focus on? What are you going to focus on?
Quarterly focus? Knitting, Spinning, FIbre Prep, Weaving. 
Specific Destash? I felt really successful after my commit to knit year. This year feels less productive. 

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- New routines for everyone. 
Karla - Kindie and a threenager

Inquiring minds
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Apr 22, 2019

EPISODE 57

Introductions

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

Emily -  EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and  Emily Tech Edits Ravelry.

 

Shout outs



Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

 

What's knitting now

Emily - Playdate Cardigan by Tin Can Knits in Flamingo Lounge colour way by TINK

A joyful thread by silvia mcfadden in sweet fiber merino lace rose gold

 

Karla -

1 more swatch

Mom’s cup of tea socks

Chevron Cloud by Espace Tricot

 

Hibernating

Woolly Lamb,

Aeon Vest by Hillary Smith-Calis,

Tulip bag,

Fougasse by Bristol Ivy - 2 sleeves & almost at raglan decreases.

Fintry - Knox Mountain Knit Co

Graphic Socks by Melissa Morgan Oakes

 

FO’s -

Emily -Friendship Shawl by Silivia McFadden out of Berocco Vintage chunky.

Smock Madness by elisabeth white in West Coast Colour sock yarn in an orange.

Demigorgons Lair by Dots Dabbles  socks in If sheep chewed bubble gum

Echos by liz harris socks in Black cat custom Fluorescent green and dark variegated grey



Karla -  Fidra - Gudrun Johnston

Copy.Cat C.C beanie by Emily Ingrid

Mini Cooper by Ginny Sturdy for my Dad

Harlow by Andrea Mowry

2 easter chicks, pattern adapted from Topsy Turvy Inside Out Toys - Susan B Anderson

Master Yoda





Design features

Emily-  Demogorgon - had to frog the leg twice - forgot to do the entire repeat around the leg. Echoes. Had to frong a leg - didn’t go up a needle size.

Karla - moving stitch markers

 

Knit-lit

Audiobook - Sally Goldenbaum

 

Talky Talk

Emily -Sill have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. Life is soooo lifey right now. WWKIP day coming up. Classes in Sooke Ewes to Yarns

Karla -, yarn okanagan, cool arts collaborations, retreat lesson

 

KAL!

#revelinknit2018/9 - keep up with your selfcare knitting!

 

Signed up for the Wet Coast Wools year long bingo.

 

Spinning

Emily -. Finished a Endless Roving Merino/silk in  a great sunset orange. 2 ply short forward draw. Made rologs in a white-purple gradient. Just starting to spin those

Karla  - no spinning

 

Best laid plans

Emily - SOCK MADNESS, Canal Rings, Exploration Station. Play date for Lizzy. Sweater for me. Socks for Ains really, anything goes

Karla -retreat lesson

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - dug a garden, thinking of re threading my loom to plain weave instead of waffle.

Karla - finish weaving project

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Sweet Georgia, richard devries, black cat custom.. WHOOPS! Mohair

 

Karla - gift skein from pbfan65

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Sleep, and all the words. Bed times.

Karla - terrible 2s

 

Inquiring minds

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Mar 11, 2019

EPISODE 56

Introductions

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

Emily -  EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and  Emily Tech Edits Ravelry.

 

Shout outs

Kimberly sent us a sweet email telling us how much she loves the podcast! She has been loving the things she ordered from Sarah from RIV Creative and suggested we check out Sweet Skein O Mine in NS. We did, and the yarn looks AMAZING! Definitely worth a trip to the ole etsy store!

Also Hello to Ravelers Steph, Allison and Carla!

 

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

 

What's knitting now

Emily -  Smock Madness by elisabeth white in West Coast Colour sock yarn in an orange.

Playdate Cardigan by Tin Can Knits in Flamingo Lounge colour way by TINK

Friendship Shawl by Silivia McFadden out of Berocco Vintage chunky.

A joyful thread by silvia mcfadden in sweet fiber merino lace rose gold

 

Karla -

Fidra - Gudrun Johnston

Copy.Cat C.C beanie by Emily Ingrid

Mini Cooper by Ginny Sturdy for my Dad

Soooo many Swatches!

 

Hibernating

Woolly Lamb,

Aeon Vest by Hillary Smith-Calis,

Tulip bag,

Fougasse by Bristol Ivy - 2 sleeves & almost at raglan decreases.

My cup of tea socks - Robyn Lynn for my Mom

Fintry - Knox Mountain Knit Co

Harlow by Andrea Mowry

Graphic Socks by Melissa Morgan Oakes

 

FO’s -

Emily -Red Heart it’s a wrap knit for Edie by Isabell Kramer

Vanilla socks in Sweet Georgia with a FLK heel

Karla -  Casa Loma Vest as a shop sample for Kelowna Yarn, by Casa Loma Jacket by Sachiko Burgin, West Yorkshire Spinners Re:treat Chunky Roving



Design features

Emily-  Gauge smage! Playdate cardigan needs to restart. Forgot a few smocks in Smock madness. A joyful thread - Frog pond

Karla - moss stitch

 

Knit-lit

Audiobook - Sally Goldenbaum

 

Talky Talk

Emily - 5 winners for CommitToKnit so everyone will get something, they’ll just need to be patient… :D

Karla - Thinking a lot about my knitting to do list : write a gauge blog post to share with the guild, lesson plan for the sorrento retreat, tech editor course, yarn okanagan planning, cool arts collaborations.

 

Taught a coworker to knit!

 

KAL!

Thinking about 2019...

#committoknit2018 - I’ll close the thread on my birthday, jan 23. I’m done! I took an extra 3 days

#revelinknit2018/9 - keep up with your selfcare knitting!

 

Signed up for the Wet Coast Wools year long bingo.

 

Spinning

Emily -. Ordered 3D bobbins for my sweater spin.

Karla  -Finished the Rambouillet spin from knitmas 2019. Another spin for a shawl set ongoing.

 

Best laid plans

Emily - SOCK MADNESS, Canal Rings, Exploration Station.

Karla - get back to the hibernation list, last things to organize for YO

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - When warping goes wrong.

Karla - 4/6 project bags finished and a sock snake

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Vegas Yarn from Hubs.

Karla -

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Sleeping better. All the sicknesses.

Karla - bunkbed

 

Inquiring minds

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Jan 27, 2019

EPISODE 54

Introductions

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

Emily -  EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and  Emily Tech Edits Ravelry.

 

Shout outs

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

 

What's knitting now

Emily -  Red Heart it’s a wrap knit for Edie by Isabell Kramer

A joyful thread by silvia mcfadden in sweet fiber merino lace rose gold

 

Karla -Fougasse by Bristol Ivy - 2 sleeves & almost at raglan decreases.

My cup of tea socks - Robyn Lynn for my Mom

Fintry - Knox Mountain Knit Co

Harlow by Andrea Mowry

Graphic Socks by Melissa Morgan Oakes

 

Hibernating

Woolly Lamb, Aeon Vest by Hillary Smith-Calis, Tulip bag

 

FO’s -

Emily -Stephen West Speckle and Pop! Mystery KAL - out of all of the Sweet Georgia

Karla -  nothing finished, lots going on.

 

Design features

Emily-  Stitch count is off but, meh. And I missed some decreases and increases… Whoops!

Karla - forgotten button hole

 

Knit-lit

Audiobook - Death by Cashmere & Patterns in the Sand by Sally Goldenbaum

 

Talky Talk

Emily - Happy birthday to me. The thread is closed.

Karla - I HAVE mailed out prizes. Thinking a lot about my knitting to do list : write a gauge blog post to share with the guild, lesson plan for the sorrento retreat, tech editor course, yarn okanagan planning, cool arts collaborations.

 

KAL!

Thinking about 2019...

#committoknit2018 - I’ll close the thread on my birthday, jan 23. I’m done! I took an extra 3 days

#revelinknit2018/9 - keep up with your selfcare knitting!

 

Signed up for the Wett Coast Wools year long bingo.



Spinning

Emily -. Got my wheel back. But haven’t spun anything yet

Karla -1.5 bobbins in on the Rambouillet spin from knitmas 2019. Planning for a traditional 3ply.

 

Best laid plans

Emily - Finish the WIPS, Socks for my aunt, and a shawl for my SIL

Karla - my lesson planning list.

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - Warping warping warping.

Karla - planned three project bags, fabric is washed and ironed, just needs pieces cut.

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Tussah silk from Knit NIght and a large quantity of Berroco Vintage Chunky

Karla - nope, pattern gifted to me and I may need one more skein to finish it. Sheltered by Andrea Mowry in Berroco Voyage

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Sleep. I just need sleep. ←- This.

Karla- freaking out about kindergarten registration

 

Inquiring minds

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Jan 6, 2019

EPISODE 54

Introductions

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

Emily -  EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and  Emily Tech Edits Ravelry.

 

Shout outs

QuietRiotGrrrl - Mary from Bloomington Indiana

Thisastridpurins - Astrid from Perth Australia

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com

We’ve had some great posts in both the KAL threads and a Meet the Knitter segment! Thank you!

 

What's knitting now

Emily -  Red Heart it’s a wrap knit for Edie by Isabell Kramer

A joyful thread by silvia mcfadden in sweet fiber merino lace rose gold

Stephen West Speckle and Pop! Mystery KAL - out of all of the Sweet Georgia

 

Karla

Fougasse by Bristol Ivy - 2 sleeves, button band modification math and body cast on

My cup of tea socks - Robyn Lynn for my Mom

Fintry - Knox Mountain Knit Co

Harlow by Andrea Mowry

Graphic Socks by Melissa Morgan Oakes

 

Hibernating

Woolly Lamb, Aeon Vest by Hillary Smith-Calis, Tulip bag

 

FO’s -

Emily -FLK vanilla socks in turtle purl self striping sock yarn Mistletoe Kisses colour way. AND Apex shawl by Knox Mtn Knit Co in Gauge dye works Knox Fade colourway

Tea cup socks in Black Cat Custom BFL base

 

Karla -

Arne and Carlos Christmas Stocking for Locke

Forager Scarf - Nicola Hodges

Basic Classic Worsted Mittens - Jocelyn Tunney

Land of Leaves Hat - Marianne Bjerkman

 

Design features

Emily-  turning a stitch pattern did not work.

Karla - No charts ugh otherwise everyone is behaving, oh wait, frogged 3” of fougasse



Knit-lit

Fleece Navidad - Maggie Stefton

CBC - Trigger mitts Radi

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-december-16-2018-1.4928642/newfoundland-knitters-rescue-trigger-mitts-from-extinction-1.4928652

https://www.amazon.ca/Saltwater-Mittens-Newfoundland-Heritage-Designs/dp/1775234584/ref=asc_df_1775234584/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292939055252&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2484274022866859667&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=20117&hvlocphy=9001523&hvtargid=pla-570754451258&psc=1



Talky Talk

Emily -

Karla - I have not mailed out prizes, planning for YO, Lesson plan for Sorrento retreat, tech editor course, 2019 aspirations #revelinknit continues, classes at kelowna yarn



KAL!

Thinking about 2019...

#committoknit2018 - I’ll close the thread on my birthday, jan 23. I’m done! I took an extra 3 days

#revelinknit2018 - keep up with your selfcare knitting!



Spinning

Emily -. None, but I’ve got big plans for 2019

Karla - Planned and organized my 2019 goal of spinning a sweater quantity. I have the braid Emily gave me for knitmas lined up first as a get to know you on the wheel.



Best laid plans

Emily - Finish all the WIPS and socks for my aunt.

 

Karla - Finish Wips (Fougasse, Aeon vest, harlow hat, graphic and tea socks) cleaned up the closet stash and left the things I really want to knit in the bin, everything else in storage. Shop the stash 2019

 

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily -It was christmas, we made cookies.

Karla - nuts and bolts

 

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Knitmas, 4 skeins of sweet Georgia sock yarn… An accidental sweater quantity from Beehive.   

Karla - Knitmas

 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- Sleep. I just need sleep.

Karla- kid

 

Inquiring minds

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