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Episode 28 - Love is a strong word

6/21/2016

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Love is a strong word
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
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!

Inquiring minds
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Episode 27 - let's do the winnings!

6/3/2016

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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

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



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