Episode 11
Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry Karlacrafts on Intagram and Twitter and pinterest
Emily -  EmGemKnits - Intagram and Ravelry. EmKnits on Twitter

Shout Out
Billan87 on Ravelry
Fairy_llittle and scilla__p on Instagram of Twitch and Stitch podcast on youtube.

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What's knitting now 

Emily  -
Viajante by Martina Behm in  Juniper Moon Farm Findley colour CROCODILE

Karla- 
Colour Block Inland in Martha Stewart Alpaca
Langfield by Martina Behm in Trekking XXL
Child Winter Cardigan by Elena Maltseva in Berroco vintage
Low Tide by Tin Can Knits in Patons Kroy Sock.
Norwegian Star Mittens by Rhonda Stovin

Color work link for the Philosophers Wool

Spin me 'round!

Emily - Back on the Polwarth - done.(The Sunlight Shawl for Sad Peopleby Sylvia Bo Bilvia)
Flick carding and spinning Ramboulette. Preparing for Tour de Fleece. I've joined Team Canada and Team Sasquatch

Karla - NADA

Design features

Emily- NADA
Karla- Lace repeats in Low Tide

Stash Enhancement

Karla -  3 braids of teal corridale from Knotty by Nature and Sweet Fibre Super Sweet Sock in Hippolyta. 
Emily-  new hand-spun if that counts 

Best laid plans

Emily- Goals have been set for Tour De Fleece. I want to spin 350g in total about 15g (0.5oz) per day with a goal of 35g on the challenge day. My streatch goal would be to spin a full 500g
She also plans to do LOTS of canning this summer
perhaps make some Cowichan style sweaters for the kids and also make a larger Anders sweater for Christmas

Karla - Tour de fleece traditional 3-ply

FO’s - 
Karla - Langfield out of 100% Alpaca Swirl in a teal and light teal colour

Emily-  NADA 

Talky Talk
Creative Bug
The Artful Parent
Can all the things!!! Canning Season Podcast 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - the witching hour, trying to eat and feed the babe at the same time is a struggle. 
Emily - Sleep training the Bug


Enquiring minds

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Intros
Karla K-Rae on Ravelry Karlacrafts on Intagram and Twitter
Emily -  EmGemKnit - Intagram and Ravelry. EmKnits on Twitter
What's knitting now 
Emily  -Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel in Patons North America Kroy Socks 4 Ply colour RAGG SHADES
Viajante by Martina Behm in  Juniper Moon Farm Findley colour CROCODILE
Simple Lines by maanel in Ella Rae Lace Merino colour MULTY

Karla- The Elder Tree Shawl out of handspun Smith and Ewe merino silk top in the Winter Sky colourway.
Colour Block Inland in Martha Stewart Alpaca
Langfield hats! I cast on 2 of these, one in  Trekking XXL (frogged my Fork in the Road Socks) and the other in Swizzle Alpaca. I'm loving the modular construction. 

Spin me 'round!
Emily - Back on the Polwarth about 0.5 oz
Karla - Finished plying Caliope's Fibre Triple batt with a single of black alpaca from Sierra Vista Alpacas. With the extra alpaca I experimented with a Navajo ply. She might use this to make ghost dance by beth whipkey. Thinking about spinning my Muse Fibre Works braids and plying them to maintain the gradient this way.
We mention how much we like Emily's Echo Flower Shawl by Jenny Johnson Johnen

Design features
Emily- did stockinette knitting on garter stitch sleeves on Top down garter stitch baby jacket. Frogged and restarted Schponcho because I know I forgot increases.
Karla- Frogged the Fork in the Road socks, would really like to knit this pattern in a self striping yarn. 

Best laid plans
Emily-  Viajante, spin and join tour de fleece (Team Sasquatch) might spin some Romney fleece, cloth diapers, maybe some new project bags
Karla - Busy/Quiet book for baby. Frogged Itineris then did a citric acid soak to set the dye. Tutorial compliments of the Knitmore Girls. Karla will run #FoolproofKAL Starting July 12 - October 12
Karla is thinking of doing some more designing. Keep your eyes peeled! 

FO’s
Karla - Owl Jar Cozy and the Elder Tree Shawl
Emily-  Top Down Garter Stitch Baby Jacket by Nancy Elizabeth Munroe - in 100% wool Violets Colourway (Handspun)
Old Growth by tincanknits in EnviroTextiles, LLC Hemp Wool Blend (curry)

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Birthday patterns (Foolproof, Bedford, and Sleepy Snake and Mischievous Mouse)
Emily- Ashford Traditional wheel with kate. 7 Skeins of Araucania Nature wool in a blue from Lynden Tree Yarns. The Handknitters Yarn Guide by Nikki Gabriel

Talky Talk
Karlas retreat is cancelled.Perhaps Knit Social has something in the works for the future though... They also host Knit City from October 3 & 4.

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Standing up and falling down.
Emily -Teeth and sleep. Always teeth and sleep then vomit. 

Enquiring minds

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Episode 9

Shout Out
Thanks to vi0let for introducing herself in our introductions thread. 

Also thanks to Wendy (antigoneelectra) for the lovely iTunes review

What's knitting now 

Emily  -
Top Down Garter Stitch Baby Jacket by Nancy Elizabeth Munroe - in 100% wool Violets colourway (handspun)

Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel in Patons North America Kroy Socks 4 Ply colour RAGG SHADES
Viajante by Martina Behm in  Juniper Moon Farm Findley colour CROCODILE
Simple Lines by maanel in Ella Rae Lace Merino colour MULTY

Karla- The Elder Tree Shawl out of handspun Smith and Ewe merino silk top in the Winter Sky colourway.
Colour Block Inland in Martha Stewart Alpaca

Spin me 'round!

Emily - Back on the Polwarth about 0.5 oz
Karla - NADA

Design features

Emily- Made a mistake in Cladonia lace had to tink back a row
Karla- minor inland

Best laid plans

Emily-  May KAL Cladonia by Kirsten Kapur using Caterpillergreen yarn and making it larger We will talk about it on this thread  #catgreenKAL
2x baby cardigans

Karla - felted bag, Itineris Frog it good!

FO’s

Karla -  Here fishy fishy fishy in Lionbrand fisherman's wool that I dyed with Easter Egg dye
Salish toque Sylvia Olsen Philosopher's colourwork method 

Emily-  Cladonia by Kirsten Kapur in Olive Branch by CaterpillarGreen (who is actually Catherine and her sample project is here

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Sylvia Olsen books - Knitting Stories and Yetsa's Sweater she also got Working with wool signed, 
Emily- nada

Talky Talk
Knit Social Summer Knitting Retreat, O'keefe Ranch


Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Sick babies
Emily - rolling on the change table, climbing, sleep refusal--> through the night


Enquiring minds

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Episode 8

Shout Out

EmKnits on Twitter - OPPS

Knit Social & Yarn Harlot for an amazing retreat

What's knitting now 

Emily  -Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel in Patons North America Kroy Socks 4 Ply colour RAGG SHADES
Viajante by Martina Behm in  Juniper Moon Farm Findley colour CROCODILE
Simple Lines by maanel in Ella Rae Lace Merino colour MULTY
Cladonia by Kirsten Kapur in Olive Branch by CaterpillarGreen (who is actually Catherine and her sample project is here

Karla- The Elder Tree Shawl out of handspun Smith and Ewe merino silk top in the Winter Sky colourway.
Not so crazy stripes tee in  Sandnes Garn Mandarin Petit in four different colours
Here fishy fishy fishy in Lionbrand fisherman's wool that I dyed with Easter Egg dye
Colour Block Inland in Martha Stewart Alpaca

Spin me 'round!

Emily - NADA
Karla - NADA

Design features

Emily-  NADA
Karla- minor fish features, skipped increase, too few rows etc etc

Best laid plans

Emily-  May KAL Cladonia by Kirsten Kapur using Caterpillergreen yarn and making it larger We will talk about it on this thread

Karla -  start thinking about gift exchange designs. Scarves and hats in extra bulky

FO’s

Karla -  NADA

Emily-  ANTLER CARDIGAN
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow in Alpaca

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Caterpillar Green Yarns! Shawl:Skyline,Ocean sunset Socks:Peacock
Black Alpaca Fibre
Acorn stitch marker case by Amirisu

Emily- Caterppillargreen yarn - Shawl - Olive Branch x2, Concrete and tuilps x1 Beta (yellow) x1 Sock Concrete and Tulipsx1
I want to use the Boneyard Shawl by Stephen West for the concrete and tulips colourway. 
Glitterati sock mini skein from Sweet Georgia
The fibre I talked about was Aurelia Wool

Talky Talk
Retreat - it was awesome.
Bodega Ridge Resort

Karla mentioned the Last Knitter Standing board game 

Knitting stretches

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Sleeping through night! teeth...
Emily - clingy, life without mom This is the app we talked about Wonder Weeks

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Episode 7

Shout Out

Ros - AKA DanceNknit - Thanks for introducing yourself and commenting in our episode threads! 
Karen - AKA MrsOhh - Thanks for the rating on itunes and listening on your morning walks!

What's knitting now 

Emily  -Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow
Antler Cardigan by tincanknits for the Knit Social retreat with the Yarn Harlot

Karla- The Elder Tree Shawl out of handspun Smith and Ewe merino silk top in the Winter Sky colourway. 

Spin me 'round!

Emily - 1 oz of Polwarth from Muse Fibre Works (website unavailable) Pinot Grigio colourway

Karla - Caliope's Fiber Triple blended batt 2-plied with black alpaca. 

Design features

Emily-  Sleeve on upside down. Forgot an increase in the cable 

Karla- Lonely tree shawl frogged

Best laid plans

Emily-  Finish Antler cardigan - then wristers. Figure out knitting to pack to retreat. Maybe Viajante by Martina Behm or Simple Lines by maanel Start spinning. 

Karla -  finish elder tree shawl.  KnittyWittyShelle's Elfe I love the contiguous sleeves and am going to knit the Not So Crazy Stripes Tee using a random stripe generator. 

FO’s

Karla -  sewing project bags, spinning and weaving (A beautiful mess tutorial)

Emily-  NADA

Stash Enhancement

Karla - patterns: Mini Cooper, Crazy Stripes Tee Trilogy, Elder Tree Shawl, Handbrake Cowl (All proceeds go towards cancer research)
Free scores! Business Casual, The Dijon Top, Dinosaur Jr, A River Runs Through Mitt, Ghost Dance

Emily- 14" straights. Antler buttons 
We also mentioned these patterns. 
Zaria by Shannon Squire
Diving in {recipe} by Mam'zelle Flo

Talky Talk
books
Sylvia Olsen
You can find more about the Coast Salish People here
wwkip
Tensor Women Slim Silhouette Wrist Support

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Solid food

Emily - Teeth. Crawling

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Episode 6

What's knitting now 

Emily  -Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow
Antler Cardigan by tincanknits for the Knit Social retreat with the Yarn Harlot

Karla- Itinieris Shawl, 
Moose Cardigan, 
Fork in the Road Socks
Lonely Tree Shawl

Spin me 'round!

Emily - finished a 2 ply 100 % wool in Violets. 13-14wpi (sport) approx 400 yds. Chain plied leftovers
Got old production wheel going. Acquired my friend Jody's Ashford wheel.
Will practice on Ramboulette then start on to Romney 

Karla - finished plying, 2 ply,  the merino silk top from Smith and Ewe 
Caliope's Fibre to ply with black alpaca. 

Design features

Emily-  nada

Karla- Reknitting the sleeves on the Moose Cardigan, tried to do them in the round and they're just not coming out right. Need more white yarn. 

Best laid plans

Emily-  Finish Antler cardigan. 

Karla -  Work on the Blue Sands Cardigan (Coral Sands)
Made her Dad a vest.

FO’s

Karla -  Camp Out Fingerless Gloves and entered them into the #treatyoself15 KAL through In A Sknit

Emily- Nada

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Jane Richmond BOGO (sorry, it's over now) Palladeo, georgia, Manda Ruth, childs classic reglan pullover

Emily Knit picks wool of the andes and brava. Mom & Me knits. A bunch of DPNs and notions. 


Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Preparing for summer, been looking for UV suits and hats at second hand stores

Emily - Got my handwoven wrap. Teeth!!! Scooting

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Episode 5

What's knitting now 

Emily -
Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel using Kroy sock yarn in Ragg Shades
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow - 2 ply alpaca
Antler Cardigan by tincanknits - Sweet Fibre Merino Twist Worsted in Sketchbook 
plying Louet 100% wool in violets
spinning orange/yellow polwarth its Muse Fibre Works (website unavailable) Pinot Grigio colourway.

Karla- 
Camp Out Fingerless Mitts by Tante Ehm in Noro Shiro (40% wool, 30% silk, 30% cashmere)
Spinning on Merino Silk Top from Smith and Ewe in Winter Sky (80% merino, 20% silk)
In celebrating National Crochet Month -  Big Girl Bonnet by Karla Rae- Berroco Vintage DK
Sewing drawstring project bags!

Design features

Emily- Combly mitts - did not provisional cast on for thumb
Socks - knot in yarn that disrupted the colour changes. 

Karla- 
Explorer vest I want to use all the lighter colour that are at the end of the skein in the body so I stopped knitting top down and cast on bottom up. I did a 3 needle bind off. 

Camp Out Fingerless mitts I wanted the teal colour for around my fingers and there's only one length of it in the ball so used the ball winder to find the middle of the green and split the ball in two. I'm knitting these two at a time. Not super happy with the thumb gusset. Feel it should be bigger but I'm just knitting as written. 

Best laid plans

Emily-   Wash/ flick card then spin that fleece then maybe make Pumpkin Ale by Ysolda Teague
practice on rambouillet

cloth diapers, curtains. 

Karla -  Would like to do a sweater. Currently have Blue Sand Cardigan by La Maision Rililie in hibernation. Would also like to do Inland by Jane Richmond.

Sewing plans include more project bags and a couple of gifts I can talk about on the next podcast. 

FO’s

Karla - Fruit Loops Gloves in Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Berry Tart.
Explorer Vest by Julie Gilliver using a DK weight mill end I picked up in Hawaii at Island Yarn and Art Supplies 

Emily- NADA

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Vegan Yarn Deneb in the Logwood colourway and two rovings from Smith and Ewe. (Chrissy from Snappy Stitches likes Smith and Ewe too.)

Emily - white Romeny fleece from Tapestry farms (jehesla@shaw.ca)

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla

Emily - no more liver 

Enquiring minds
Please introduce yourself and let us know where you're from on our introductions thread.

Episode 4


What's Knitting Now 
Emily-
Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow
Antler Cardigan by tincanknits

Karla- 
Fruit Loops Gloves by Natasha Sills
Bluebird of Happiness by Sara Elizabeth
Teething toys 

Design Features

Emily- Troubles starting with spinning. No knitting design features. 

Karla- Time to knit?!

Best Laid Plans

Emily-
Top Down Garter Stitch Baby Jacket by Nancy Elizabeth Munroe - Going to try to find stashed yarn. I have a 2 baby baby shower coming up. 
Viajante by Martina Behm kadiam made one for show and tell at KnitSocials Springbrooke retreat last year.
Bonnie Birds by Barb Brown I have yarn from Dye Cauldron in the colour way Okanagan Lake and a blank.
#10 Sheer Stripe Raglan Pullover by Mari Lynn Patrick In the new Vogue Knitting. Keeping my eye out for yarn. We also mentioned how much we love this cloche pattern from Vogue Knitting 
Sewing stuff - curtains, high chair thingy, diaper covers. 

Karla -  Mukluks by tincanknits
A Homespun House Podcast - Mini Skein exchange

FO’s

Karla - HO Fuit Loops gloves and a couple of birds

Emily- mad Project bags using this tutorial


Stash Enhancement

Karla - Tin Can Knits BOGO - Sale on unit March 8th Exchange rate


Emily -New Vogue knitting magazine 


Life Long Learning

Karla - Nope.

Emily - Nope. 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla - Swimming Lessons, not sleeping

Emily - Baby led weaning. Please nap. Full baby roll overs - thankful for hardwood. 

Enquiring minds
Where are you listening from?

What's Knitting Now 

Emily - Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes

Karla - Working on fruit loops gloves, itineris shawl, dishcloths crochet pattern of my own. Chain 31, *sc, dc, skip 1 Repeat from star to end chain 1 turn. Start again at *

Design Features

Emily- Heel flap on Vanilla Latte 3 times. miscounted stitches for the heel flap.

Karla- Zuzu's petals stop and restart three times, fruit loops gloves yarn vomit!

Best laid plans

Emily- Top Down Garter Stitch Baby Jacket by Nancy Elizabeth Munroe, Antler Cardigan by tincanknits using Sweet Fibre.  
Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow. She picked up a new to her sewing machine and wants to make suck pads for her Ergo carrier, and some knitting box bags.  

Karla -  vestuary - Stash and Burn podcast. Something for L. Asked Mom for knitting requests and she'd like socks and a short cowl. Cowl will be my own design with a basket weave stitch from Basketweave Scarf by Ann Budd out of Happy Feet DK and she requested black socks and I offered up the sport weight Zauberball in the domino colourway. I'm going to use the Fish Lips Kiss Heel tutorial and the slipped stitch pattern form Vasama by Anna Johanna.

FO’s 

Karla - Zuzu's petals (Rose petals) and mojo socks

Emily- Baby surprise jacket, She also mentions finishing the Antler Mitts b

Stash Enhancement

Karla - Nicole C. Mendez nicolecmendez.etsy.com two skeins stripy sock, lionbrand woolease thick and quick. A Homespun House exchange. icord knitting machine. 

Emily. - Kroy sock yarn from tofino in Ragg Shades, malabrigo sock in eggplant, fleece artist woolie in undyed from mad about ewe fine yarns in Nanaimo

Life long learning

Karla - On Mom's cowl I plan to do an icord cast on and bind off. 

Emily - mastering the sewing machine its a Bernina Record 730

Adventures in Mommyhood

Both babes have had roll overs. We talked about the challenges of sleep for both baby and mommy with no clear solution in sight. Karla is struggling with sleeping through the night and afternoon naps. Emily is struggling with naps. Both of us are struggling with entertaining the babes all day long.

Enquiring minds

What kind of other hobbies do our listeners do? 

What's Knitting Now (0:33)

Karla has joined the 88 Stitches 2015 UFO-Off KAL the Things and is currently knitting the Mojo by Donyale Grant in Patons North America Kroy Socks FX, the Zuzu's Petals by Carina Spencer in Mirasol Yarn Sawya, Froot Loop Gloves by Natasha Sills in SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock, Child Winter Cardigan (Moose Cardigan) by Elena Maltseva in Berroco Vintage™ DK, Itineris by Hilary Smith Callis in Two Junipers Yarns and madelinetosh tosh merino light, Bluebird of Happiness by Sara Elizabeth (Karla is making it into a mobile).  She also just cast on Fork in the Road Socks by Lara Neel.

Emily is currently knitting the  Vanilla Latte Socks by Virginia Rose-Jeanes in   Done roving yarns Frolicking Feet in Wine Country and Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann in Sidar Denim Tweed.

Design features (19:05)

Emily had some trouble with her Vanilla Latte socks. She accidentally shifted on of the ribs over one stitch. She was able to drop down and fix them with a crochet hook.  

Karla is not convinced that the sleeves on the Moose cardigan are going to fit in the armholes. She (almost) promises to update us next episode. 

Best Laid Plans (21:15)

Emily has big plans to knit the Antler Cardigan by tincanknits with Sweet Fibre She is going to use her Knit to Flatter Craftsy class to make sure it turns out amazing. She also wants to make a pair of the Combley Mitts by Jane Lithgow

Karla would like to try out the Fish Lips Kiss Heel by Sox Therapist to make her Lover the perfect pair of socks. She is planning on taking part in #OperationSockDrawer this year and have some more hand knit socks for herself. She also wants to make turban headband and top down fingerless mitts. 

FO’s

Karla recently completed Henry's Sweater by Sara Elizabeth Kellner for her Lil’ man. She also finished Siena Mittens by Annie Watts for her SIL.

Emily just finished the Speckled Shrug by Lion Brand Yarn using cascade Ecos+ in burgundy she upped the needle size to a 6mm/us10.


Stash Enhancement

Karla picked up some yarn at knit and chat and  7 skeins of Arautania. She also talked about some of the yarn she recently stashed on Ravelry it was a lot. Check out her stash here. 

Emily got some Lornas Laces, Shepard Sock in grape gastby for Christmas from Karla


Life Long Learning

Karla would like to learn Briioche and double knitting this year. She really likes Stephen West's Syncopation Adoration. She just read Cast On and it was a full issue about Brioche. She was inspired to learn double knitting when she bought a copy of Wilson's Mitts

Emily would like to try brioche this year. She would love to make the Champagn Bubbles Brioche Lace Scarf. She picked up the Knitting Brioche book by Nancy Marchant from the library. Went to spinning today want to participate in their workshops and try to do more spinning. 

Adventures in Mommyhood

Karla is working on getting a consistant nap out of her son. 

Emily is struggling trying to get her daughter on to a bottle. 

Enquiring minds

We want to know what you want to know!

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. 

Intros 

Emily -I teach math and science at a local high school. I have been knitting since 2007. I taught myself to knit mostly using YouTube. I took a quick mitten class at my lys and have been unstoppable since.  I have been learning to spin for about a year on a wheel I salvaged from the attic at my school. I can crochet if I absolutely have to but I'm not very proficient. Aside from the fibre arts I enjoy cooking, baking, gardening and wine. I married my husband in 2013 and we had a daughter in the fall of 2014.  You can find me on Ravelry and instagram as EmGemKnits. 


Karla- I'm a French immersion middle school math and science teacher. I’ve been knitting since 2009 and spinning since 2013. My maternal grandmother taught me to crochet when I was 5 and had me making butterfly fridge magnets for her ladies church bazaar. I was inspired to knit after meeting Emily in my practicum. I took a class at my local yarn store and haven’t looked back since. My son was born in the fall of 2014. I enjoy all things crafty and consider myself a maker. I can be found on Ravelry as K-Rae and on instagram and pinterest as Karlacrafts.