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Episode 83 - Fall Feels

10/1/2023

Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits 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 relentlessknitting@gmail.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

What's knitting now
Emily - I have an Exploration Station on the needles. Rumplestiltskin socks and a musslebourgh hat in Gauge dye works 76. A pair of socks that I work on at work.

Karla -
Leah Cowl - crochet! In Lazy Hazy Summer Cotton DK
Toe Up Socks - two 16” circulars
Collette Test Knit by Olann Handmade - Pattern releases Oct 2nd!

FO’s -
Emily - Vintersol by Jennifer Steinglass in Lettlopi. 2 musselbourgh hats. COLLETTE
Karla - Standard cuff down socks in patons kroy and west yorkshire spinners for retirement socks
Outline Tank by Jesse Maed in Mirasol Inka and Cosmos
Night Blooms Tuque by Espace Tricot
Pastella Tuque by Katrin Schubert

Design features -
Emily- redoing the bind off for Collette
Karla - nothing to write home about

Spinning
Emily - Nope
Karla - Earlier in the summer I spun a 2 ply in Smith and Ewe merino in beautiful pink tonal
Currently working on spinning for the Shift Cowl by Andrea Mowry and I’m using my Akerworks 3D printed Bobbins and they’re awesome! The three braids for fiber I chose are merino or merino blends with a green and purple theme

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily -The Critter
Karla - I had my sewing machine serviced this summer and I want to make a blanket jacket. I bought a pattern from La’Rae Handmade on instagram and am watching facebook marketplace for a wool blanket.
Also going to needle felt some acorns today I hope.

Stash Enhancement
By Emily- sweatshirt, yarn bowl, yarn for kids teacher hats
Karla - There’s been a few things have come home with me this summer, the one that’s stayed out are two balls of Shhhhh Double Knitting. A slow rainbow gradient that the boys picked out. I think I’ll get my knitting machine out and make some scarves.

Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, Peace Fleece shawl -Thales by Whitney Hayward, Dino Sweater
Karla - I’d like to get the 3-4 sweaters that are on the needles finished and figure out my sock knitting machine.
Aros
Fougasse
Collette
Knitting machine sweater with granny squares.

Talky Talk
Emily - wrist injury - new puppy (april)
Karla - Discovery Day

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Back to school - all the dance.
Karla - We had a great summer despite the fire.

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Episode 82 - Busy Busy

2/18/2023

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Episode 81 - Tippitty Tappitty

1/20/2023

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Episode 80 - Merry Knitmas!

12/22/2022

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Episode 80 - Merry Knitmas!

Happy Knitmas Everyone!

Here’s a quick episode full of seasonal cheer where Emily and I exchange our Knitmas gifts with each other. Enjoy!

Emily’s Knitmas From Karla

Special order from Ochre Lea of a leather cup cozy to fit a Yeti Tumbler with a dinosaur and leather stitch markers.

Vintage Moose Sweater from marketplace

Small Bird Workshop Barn Swallow sock yarn in Lawn and spinning fibre with pineapple!

Karla’s Knitmas From Emily

Jellyfish Canvas Bag from Monroe’s books + pencil case

Puzzle Tree Yarns Sock in the color Three Sisters

Como Tea Llama

Sooke Yarn and Fibre Enamel Pins

Stitch Marker set with a naked lady progress keeper

Bone carved wanda Maiwa

Girl of all Work Sticky Notes

Tofino Knit Company Movie Themed Sock Sets

Gift Knits by Karla

Ardleigh Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn in Estelle Yarns Eco Scandinavian Bulky

Daisy Mittens by Karla Rae in Drops Melody

Gift Knits by Emily (to herself)

Late Bloomer by Kristin Ledgett In Lily and Pine Dandelion Lace in Yellow Brick Road held double with Wellington Fibres Golden Honey

Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague Hat in Emily’s handspun

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Episode 79 - Leave it all in

10/30/2022

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Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits 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 relentlessknitting@gmail.com We’d also love to hear from you in our “Meet a Knitter” thread.

What's knitting now
Emily - I have an Exploration Station on the needles. A pair of slipped seedling socks by Jocelyn Shuman in a cascade self striping - I’m finished the first sock. Pair of socks at work in self striping yarn.

Karla -
Fleegle’s Toe Up Socks
Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague
Test Knit Simple Beanie no 1 for Sweater Freak
Vottene Barlind / The Taxus Mittens by Pinneguri

Twofold Cowl by Carina Spencer
Nurture Bralette by Celine Feyten
Night Blooms Hat by Espace Tricot

FO’s -
Emily - CUMULUS is done and fabulous.

Karla -Nope

Design features -
Emily- none!
Karla - colour choice on the Taxus Mittens

Spinning
Emily - Ply’d it small bird workshop fibre.
Karla - My neighbor has my wheel and she’s loving it!

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily -Made ravioli. Considering playing with rigid hedle loom.
Karla - Halloween Costume!

Stash Enhancement
By Emily- Nope
Karla - Souvenir sock yarn

Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. The pattern is printed, I’m going to do boobs on the front.
Karla -KAL! #colderthanawitchsKAL
With colder weather coming as well as Halloween we thought we would host a Knit Along (or crochet) to keep those tatas warm. The #colderthatawitchsKAL will run from now until October 31st on Ravelry. Hashtag your projects #colderthanawitchsKAL and tag @relentlessknits to promote the KAL and post your FOs in this thread! Knit as many wooly over-the-shoulder boulder holders as you can before October 31st as you can for more entries!
Prizes will be drawn at 12pm PST on October 31st, 2022!
Here are some boob warmer ideas to knit or crochet but we’re not choose-y! You know your bod! Knit something that will work for you!
https://ravel.me/K-Rae/c1

Food Bank Fundraiser! Code RK10 for purchase and entry! More details on our blog!

Talky Talk
Emily -I MAILED COMMIT TO KNIT.
Karla - Classes are starting at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecrafts and I’m on Saturday mornings for a variety of classes.

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Nothing really to report.
Karla - Not eating and so tired.

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Episode 78 - Boots and Cats

10/13/2022

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Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits 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 - I have an Exploration Station on the needles, and a Cumulus in mohair and gold glitter yarn. A pair of slipped seedling socks by Jocelyn Shuman in a cascade self striping - I have worked on all of them!

Karla -
Fleegle’s Toe Up Socks
Twofold Cowl by Carina Spencer
Nurture Bralette by Celine Feyten
Night Blooms Hat by Espace Tricot

FO’s -
Emily - Nope

Karla
Finished a hat of my own design to test drive a decrease sequence. Worked in mustard yellow and hot pink scraps
Mountain Mist hat by Tin Can Knits in Scraps

Design features -
Emily- Slipped seedling socks were too small, frogged and recast on in larger needles
Karla - lifeline to finish the mountain mist hat to maximize the yarn. Used it all up but it took 5 tries.

Spinning
Emily - Small bird workshop.. Finished singles last night, Harvey helped
Karla - My neighbor has my wheel and she’s loving it!

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily -No but I found my sewing machine cord
Karla - I’ve been making advent calendars!

Stash Enhancement
By Emily- Knit City!!!
Karla - Sale bin Estelle worsted marled

Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. this point who really knows. Envelopes are stuffed and addressed. Just need to be mailed.
Karla -KAL! #colderthanawitchsKAL
With colder weather coming as well as Halloween we thought we would host a Knit Along (or crochet) to keep those tatas warm. The #colderthatawitchsKAL will run from now until October 31st on Ravelry. Hashtag your projects #colderthanawitchsKAL and tag @relentlessknits to promote the KAL and post your FOs in this thread! Knit as many wooly over-the-shoulder boulder holders as you can before October 31st as you can for more entries!
Prizes will be drawn at 12pm PST on October 31st, 2022!
Here are some boob warmer ideas to knit or crochet but we’re not choose-y! You know your bod! Knit something that will work for you!
https://ravel.me/K-Rae/c1

Food Bank Fundraiser! Code RK10 for purchase and entry! More details on our blog!

Talky Talk
Emily -Knit City!
Karla - Classes are starting at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecrafts and I’m on Saturday mornings for a variety of classes.

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- VOMIT - chore distribution.
Karla - Not eating and so tired

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Episode 77 - Summer's Over

9/14/2022

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Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits 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 - I have an Exploration Station on the needles, and a Cumulus in mohair and gold glitter yarn. A pair of slipped seedling socks by Jocelyn Shuman in a cascade self striping

Karla -
Cobblestone Cowl by Kaye Adolphson
Fleegle’s Toe Up Socks
Twofold Cowl by Carina Spencer
Nurture Bralette by Celine Feyten

FO’s -
Emily -Turtle purl purple stripes (Twillight)

Karla
Slipped Seedling Socks by Jocelyn Shuman - Test knit and tech editing
A bulky cowl out of Sugarbush Chill in blush and gray

Design features -
Emily- made my sock bigger by the toe.
Karla - should’ve swatched for the cowl but nbd, sock knitting machine is a dud.

Spinning
Emily - super fine yellow something. Started a new thing to chain ply. Small bird workshop..
Karla - I finished a fingering weight 3 ply 100% merino and now I’m teaching my neighbor!

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - I drew that F*cking horse
Karla - I really want to sew but I need to find someone to co-parent my loom

Stash Enhancement
By Emily- got new sock yarn - Gauge seconds, rose hill yarns (gave that to my mom), fibre, scissors and stitch markers from fibrations. Looms galore.
Karla - some cute knitting stickers from Crafty Jacks and some second-hand yarn for Sadie’s Christmas gift.

Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. this point who really knows. Envelopes are stuffed and addressed. Just need to be mailed.
Karla -KAL! #colderthanawitchsKAL
With colder weather coming as well as Halloween we thought we would host a Knit Along (or crochet) to keep those tatas warm. The #colderthatawitchsKAL will run from now until October 31st on Ravelry. Hashtag your projects #colderthanawitchsKAL and tag @relentlessknits to promote the KAL and post your FOs in this thread! Knit as many wooly over-the-shoulder boulder holders as you can before October 31st as you can for more entries!
Prizes will be drawn at 12pm PST on October 31st, 2022!
Here are some boob warmer ideas to knit or crochet but we’re not choose-y! You know your bod! Knit something that will work for you!
https://ravel.me/K-Rae/c1

Talky Talk
Emily -Knit City!
Karla - Classes are starting at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecrafts and I’m on Saturday mornings for a variety of classes.

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Kindy Back to school
Karla - Screaming

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Episode 76 - Drumline

7/10/2022

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Introductions
Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits 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 - I have an Exploration Station on the needles, and a Cumulus in mohair and gold glitter yarn. A pair of vanilla socks in Turtle purl purple stripes (not the actual colour way) and a pair of slipped seedling socks by Jocelyn Shuman in a cascade self striping

Karla -
Cobblestone Cowl by Kaye Adolphson
Slipped Seedling Socks by Jocelyn Shuman - Test knit and tech editingFleegle’s Toe Up Socks

FO’s -
Emily - I must have finished those handspun socks
Karla - Baby Clayoquot by Tin Can Knits in Estelle Merino DK

Design features -
Emily- I’ve mised a few slipped stitches along the way
Karla - too much contrast on the cowl so picked another fingering weight yarn, knitting swatches for heel turns

Spinning
Emily - I have not
Karla - been thinking about it but no

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - I’m making a magnet with my library take and make craft kit
Karla - Sock Knitting machine!!!

Stash Enhancement
By Emily- I got an extra of addi tips in 4 and 4.5mm
Karla - nope

Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. this point who really knows. One day I’ll stuff envelopes - we are doing a thourugh overhaul of the loom room right now so this may actually happen.
Karla -summer of socks? I dunno, just do what I want :D

Talky Talk
Emily -Knit City!
Karla - Small Bird Workshop at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft on Saturday, July 16th

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Ains is looming. The dog likes yarn. Lizzy is throwing down in public
Karla - Summah Time!

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