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Episode 18 - So,ya. That'll be awesome!

10/25/2015

Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

Shout Out!
ADDcrafter from Colorado! We're glad we could make you laugh!

What's knitting now

Emily
Sock Recipe: A Good, Plain Sock by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee in Hat Trick’s Calgary colourway.
Stranger Cardigan by michiyo in Araucania Nature Wool Solids in a light denimish colour
On the fly shawl in Caterpilliargreen in the Beta colourway

Karla-
Fish Kiss Lips heel pattern in Zauberball Starke 6 in the domino colourway. Vasama slipped cable.
Crocheted snowflakes from 100 Snowflakes to Crochet

FO’s -
Karla - Foolproof Cowl by Louise Zass-Bangham #foolproofKAL2015
Inland by Jane Richmond in Martha Stewart Alpaca
Emily - Simple Lines by maanel
Viajante

Design features
Emily- a bit of tinking on the Beta shawl. Dropped down and added a YO, k2tog along the top edging
Karla - Getting back into reading crochet charts

Stash Enhancement
Emily- Nada
Karla - Picked up the “Learn to Fair Isle” Kit for the class I’ll be teaching at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecrafts

Best laid plans
Emily - Find something to use my handspun for… Maybe Wendy's Fern
by Princesse Grenouille
Gloves for me, socks and gloves for the bug.

Karla - Socks for me out of Knit Picks Felici, cowl for Mom, hat for Mark etc etc Christmas knitting

Talky Talk
We’re teaching classes!
Learn to Knit at Parkinson Rec Centre
We need to win the lottery!

Adventures in Mommyhood
Babies barfing and scream/moaning.
Adjusting to work and getting into a routine with childcare.
Podcasts we're listening to : Nursing and Cursing, Knitter Punks, Knitting Pipeline,

Inquiring minds
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Episode 17 - Yarn Fumes are a Real Thing - Knit City 2015 Recap with Special Guests

10/8/2015

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Episode 17 - Knit City Recap with Special Guests!

Emily -
Caterpillar Green Yarn in the Knit City 2015 colour Shorn this Way. I bought the pattern that goes with it too.
Addi FlipStix 8 inch in 2.25mm, 2.5mm, and 2.75mm I am liking them but I’m finding them a bit slow.
Hat Trick by River City Yarns in the Canucks and Calgary colour ways. 80/20 Superwash merino Nylon 510M Skeins
Rylie by HiKoo 50/25/25 Baby Alpaca, Mulberry Silk, Linen sport weight grey cream and pea soup green
Signed copy of the Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parks
Darning needle penant by Kristanmacintyre
K-Rae original If sheep chewed bubble gum 438yds 75/25 wool, nylon

Sarah -

From Sweet Fiber:
- the fab cabin tote. I like to have a new bag for each year of Knit City and for 2015, this was mine.
- two skeins of Cashmerino 20 in the Vintage Lace colourway. These are already in use for a test knit for Sylvia McFadden.
- two skeins of Cashmerino Worsted. One in Smoke, one in Marshland. Both will be for hats to make winter tolerable.
-two skeins of the new Canadian base. One is a beautiful goldenrod colour and the other a berry red, no idea what I’ll do with either.
- Merino Big Twist in Spanish Coin for a cushy cowl. Pattern to be determined.
- some glow in the dark jelly stitch markers. No more losing stitch markers under the couch!
From Valley Yarn:
- some Tosh Merino Light - one skein of Great Grey Owl and one in Heartbeat. Both neutrals that will be used in the future to temper some of the wild goodies in my stash.
- Hedgehog Fibres’ Twist Sock in the elusive Teacup colourway. I’ve wanted it for so long; I’m thrilled to have it!
-other miscellaneous items for the knitterly advent calendar with Jocelyn.
From the Knit City merch booth:
- the newly designed project bag
- the Caterpillargreen custom colourway.
From the UandIKnit’s booth:
- two skeins of Julie Asselin’s squooshy Fino base in Birch and Riverbed (one each). So dreamy together, they will soon become a shawl. Pattern to be determined.
From Caterpillargreen yarns:
- The new Fade to Black colourway and the Get Happy! pattern by Kate Atherley. Looking forward to knitting this combo!
From Kristan MacIntyre:
- a beautiful shawl pin. It looks like an island. I love it so.
an assortment of other items for Jocelyn’s knitterly advent calendar that need to be kept on the QT.

Karla -

Sapphire Label Fingering Weight 75% Superwash Merino Wool 25% Nylon 100g/423m

Colour : psychedelic Onyx by Stitch Please www.stitchesbeslippin.com These are into half skeins and are dyed identically so you get exact stripes up your sock. I’ll use my Sock Architecture and Custom Socks Book to knit these up.

Three skeins of Sweet Fiber in Cashmerino Worsted 183m/115g 80% superwash merino 10% cashmere and 10%nylon in colour Luna. These will be used to knit Sylvia Bo Bilvia’s Fossil & Bone Shawl.
Caterpillar Green Yarn in the Knit City 2015 colour Shorn this Way. I bought the pattern that goes with it but don’t much like it so I’ll be pulling out a stitch dictionary and see what I can do for each stripe.
Antler shed stitch markers from Caitlin Ffrench of thesesecrets.com
Small Knit City project bag.
Crochet Hook necklace by Kristan MacIntyre
Tea Towels from Danica Studio. I’ll make project bags out of these.

Jocelyn -

Aquitaine cardigan pattern by Holli Yeoh
Bradway Shawl Pattern by Shannon Cooke
The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes which she signed with a lovely and personalized inscription
Knit City project bag
Knit City custom colourway Shorn This Way dyed by Caterpillargreen Yarns, these sold out in 3 minutes on Saturday morning which totally made the 75 minute wait in line before the PNE opened totally worth it!
Two skeins of the new base from Sweet Fiber called Canadian, the dark grey skein will be a hat for my husband (he lost the first one I made him and he’s been begging for another) and the pumpkin orange skein will be a companion hat for myself (but don’t tell my husband, he hates matchy matchy stuff like that and I’m going to make them different enough that he won’t notice….I hope)
Three skeins of Sweet Fiber Merino Twist DK in the Tea Leaves colourway to go with the three that I bought last year. My plan is to use them for the Mezcal Cardigan by Thea Coleman.
The Cabin Tote Bag from the Sweet Fiber booth
One skein of Julie Asselin’s Fino base, same as one of Sarah’s but I can’t remember the name, she’ll know
Kristan MacIntyre’s Stacking Rings/Stitch Markers set made of sterling silver and a little bobble of gold on one of the rings. They were my major purchase this year and I’m absolutely smitten with them. So much so that when I took the picture of my “Knit City 2015 Haul” I forgot to include the rings because I haven’t taken them off since I bought them!
Also, I snagged a few special but secret items for my Ewe and Me Swap partner, she knows who she is and will probably have received the package by the time we record the podcast but I have to keep a few things close to my chest ;)

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Episode 18 - So,ya. That'll be awesome!

Episode 17 - Yarn Fumes are a Real Thing - Knit City 2015 Recap with Special Guests

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