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Episode 34 - Knitcity 2016 recap (wool induglences) with special guest Knittywittyshelle

10/11/2016

Episode 34 - Knit City 2016 Recap with Guests!

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
Michelle - Knittywittyshelle - Instagram and Ravelry

Friday -
Karla
Stayed overnight at Emily’s on Thursday night and Marsha and Scilla from the Twitch and Stitch Podcast, picked my at 6am on Friday! We made it to the Atrium Inn by 10 am. Headed over to Shannon’s for brunch and then on to the Sweet Georgia Studio, two braids of 85% polwarth + 15% tussah silk in paper street and one braid of 75% BFL and 25% tussah Silk in unique dyelot. 1 skein Tough Love Sock in Gelato
Dinner at The Slocan and the Ysolda Teague lecture.

Emily - Dropped of The Bug and headed to Birkland brothers to drop off my fleeces. Met Selene at the hotel. Went to check out Sweet Georgia then headed to the Slocan and off to see Ysolda Teague’s talk

Michelle
My ride Roslyn arrived at 8am to pick me up and we had a chatty drive all the way to the coast. We went to the Sweet Georgia warehouse and she left me to meet up with the other ladies. *one braid of Sweet Georgia bfl+silk* Then I headed to the Atrium with them and Roslyn met up with us as we were headed out to dinner at the Slocan.

Saturday -
Karla
Classes - Tapestry Weaving
Purchases/Plans for purchases - Sweater quantity of Hinterland Range (8 Skeins), Two pouch kits from a Threaded Needle and a Stitch Marker Ring Set from Kristyn McIntyre of Knitters Jewlery Shawl Joy by Sylvia McFadden

Emily
Classes - Nada
   Purchases/Plans for purchases -
Caterpillar Green ‘OMG you guys’ sock yarn
TinCanKnits for their new book, Mad Colour
Soft Sweater for her book. Shawl Joy
Bumblebirch booth for a sweater quantity of her Heartwood Base in Shadow and a skein of Quill in Fog.
2 skeins of Be So Brave in a red and a dark grey.
2 skeins of Sweet Fiber merino lace in Rose Gold to make Soft Sweaters “A Joyful Thread”
1 ball of gradient dyed by Caitlyn Ffrench 100g 418m 70/30 wool/nylon ombre dyed and eco printed.
2 skeins Sweet Georgia Superwash Worsted in Pistachio plus the tough love sock Party of 5 in Royals
Shannon Cook’s Bradway pattern
6 Skeins of Shelter by Brooklyn Tweed 2 of each Storm Cloud, yellow and plume
5 skeins of Custom woolen mills Mule spun in a moss heather green
Some things for the 12 days of Knitmas - SHHHHHH
Then we went to the Yarn Harlot.

Michelle
Classes - Measuring Master Class w/Ysolda Teague
Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 2 113g skeins Heavy Lace 65% Silk/35% “Linen in French Bordeaux”
Sea Turtle Fiber Arts 6x100yards Star Fish 84% Merino/16% Stellina “Dark Rainbow”
Caterpillar Green 1 170g skein MCN Fingering “Concrete & Tulips”
Caterpillar Green 1 115g skein Merino Twist Fingering “OMG You Guys/Weekend”
Shawl Joy by Syvial McFadden

Sunday -
Karla
Classes - Toy Workshop
Purchases/Plans for purchases -skein of custom woolen mills and the sock kit for my Mom and 2 skeins of 100% non-superwash merino worsted weight. 4 faux fur pompoms from the Crafty Jackalope

Emily
Classes -
   Purchases/Plans for purchases - Went back to the market place and picked up Caitlin Ffrench’s book and a second sweater quantity of Custom Woolen Mills from Wet Coast Wools. In Denim heather.

Michelle
Classes - Knitting for Speed and Efficiency w/the Yarn Harlot
   Purchases/Plans for purchases - Ancient Arts 1 100g skein Fingering/Sock 75% SW
Merino/25% Silk “Irish Linen” to be used with Sea Turtle minis in **On the Spice Market Shawl by Melanie Berg **
Darning Needle necklace from Kristan MacIntyre - Copper needle, silver necklace

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Episode 33 - I'll find Time

9/14/2016

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Episode 33 - I might sneeze
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

What's knitting now
Emily - Laurie by Josée Paquin in Ancient Arts 100% superwash extra fine Merino DK in Aztec Gold

Hibernation:
Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way - Fleegle heel
Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)
Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220
Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Karla-
Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

Leverette by Melissa Labarre - MCN Worsted in high tide (teal) and robin’s egg (speckled neutral)

FO’s -
Emily - None!

Karla - Gamaldags by Helene Magusson !!!!! found antler buttons that work perfectly with the sweater. Going to do a conditionner soak to get the prickles down.

Darling Boy Hat - Darling Hat by Kate Oates in Rowan Cotton wool 4 ply

Design features
Emily- I’m perfect this week
Karla - None and I even did a steek! What?! what?!

Spinning
Emily -.
Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way is Finished! 2 ply, not ‘finished’ yet. Might add more ply.
Karla - nada, although I’ve been dreaming about it

Best laid plans
Emily - Sweater then toddler sweaters and WIPS
Karla - Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October. Start Mom’s cowl Brioso by Heather Zoppetti, knitted knockers to take to knit city, finish the beer mitts

Stash Enhancement
Emily- Knit.Purl/Knit.Wear Collection from Interweave

Karla - Interweave had a magazine sale

Talky Talk (Chatter?)
Emily - Sheep to Shawl - Enter our contest. Comment on the contest post with what vendors you’re most excited about for Knit City
Karla - Interior Provincial Exhibition wins! 8 items in 6 items got ribbons and my Daelyn pullover got Best in Knitting!

Knit Alongs
1) #palkal2016 ends tomorrow (September 15th) Check it out over at the Actually Knitting Podcast 2) Deadline for the #KCsweater2016 knit along has been extended to September 25th! Get those sweater entries in over at The Make Things Club group on ravelry. 3) #canadakal is still ongoing until September 30th, check out the list of participating podcasts over at the Two Tangled Skeins group on Ravelry

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - A new project bag
Karla - nada, work got in the way

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Just do darned independent.
Karla- all the smiles and WORDS! Second pregnancy hurts so much sooner.

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Special Contest

9/8/2016

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

We have a short episode to announce a contest!

2 weekend passes to the Knit City market place - Thank you Amanda and Fiona

Comment on this podcast post on our website and let us know what booth you are most excited to see at Knit City. A vendor list can be found at http://knitsocial.ca/knitcity-vendors/

We will use a random number generator to select a 2 winners on September 27, 2016.

May the stitches be forever in your favour!

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Episode 32 - dog food

9/2/2016

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Episode 32
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

What's knitting now
Emily - Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way - Fleegle heel
Laurie by Josée Paquin in Ancient Arts 100% superwash extra fine Merino DK in Aztec Gold

Hibernation:
Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)
Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220
Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage

Karla-
Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

Gamaldags by Helene Magusson

Darling Boy Hat - Darling Hat by Kate Oates

FO’s -
Emily - Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubergine colourway
Toddler Stovetop by TinCanKnits in Asian Trends Royal Alpaca colour:Chartruess

Karla - Boys Matchy Matchy Hats - Quynn by Wooly wormhead in handspun corriedale par moi!

Design features
Emily- did entirely wrong stitch pattern on Laurie. Wasn’t paying attention to decreases on Stovetop and had to redo some rows.
Karla - Hat for Locke was too big so we went down a size and re-cast on.

Spinning
Emily -.
Started spinning Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way.
Karla - solar dyed a superwash BFL and spun it into a 2 ply. I have mitten plans for this :D

Best laid plans
Emily - Sweater then toddler sweaters and WIPS
Karla - After the Darling Hat, start working through wips. Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October.

Stash Enhancement
Emily- 2x 8 0z bats of Merino in grey and yellow - might go back for another colour and do a stripy sweater?
Extra drive band
Interweave Knits Fall 2016

Karla - Rowan Cotton Wool 4ply - 2 balls of Grey purchased at The Twisted Purl in Armstrong.

Joanne (Porthardy1) sent me a Andre Sue Knits Sock Blank!!!

Talky Talk (Chatter?)
Emily -
Karla - Knit City on the brain, podcaster meet ups.

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Nothing
Karla - Sewed the prize sweater bag for the #KCsweater2016 and Sarah from The Make Things Club has it in her hot little hands! I also sewed a toiletries bag for my swap partner in Sweden and dyed her 100g of BFL combed top.

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Potty training woes, I want this, make it , then she’s doesn’t want it anymore and freaks out. She’s 2!

Karla- whinning, literally making a terrible noise all the time. Practicing jumping.

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Episode 31 - Go Canada!

8/11/2016

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Episode 31
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

What's knitting now
Emily
Hey little song bird- Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% baby alpaca base in baby aubergine colourway
Hibernation:
Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)
Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220
Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Foliage
Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way

Karla-
Beer Mitt

Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

Gamaldags by Helene Magusson

FO’s -
Emily - Waiting For Rain - Soft sweater in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino spiced pumpkin
Karla - Caitlin French Test Knit & Non-felted Slippers Biscotte’s Version

Design features
Emily- missed an SSSK… Just letting it slide.
Karla - Second sleeve much shorter than first, might be because I used the first sleeve as a “sleeve blank” and missed a row on the colourwork chart.

Spinning
Emily - Finished spinning 4oz Finn top in a blue/green colour. Just shy of 300 yds. Not sure of weight.
Started spinning Sweet Georgia’s Panda Base 60/30/10 Merino, bamboo, nylon in the Tea Party colour way.
Karla - Finished 150g of BFL by Smith and Ewe in a chain ply, 286 yrds of sport/DK
Smith and Ewe merino/nylon purple and white

Best laid plans
Emily - Cast on KCSweater.
Karla - Finish #KCsweater2016, Grandpa’s socks, handspun hats and beer mitts. Socktober is coming so I’m planning to knit patterned socks only during October.

Stash Enhancement
Emily- Nada
Karla - Too much stress spending...
Smith and Ewe
1lb undyed bfl to try so dying of my own
1 skein of nothernlights on Maryanne’s sparkle base
150g merino/nylon combed top in colour #24
150g merino/nylon combed top in colour #40

Totally Inked Yarn
Merino combed top, roving, hand dyed spinning fiber, kettle dyed felting fibre, thrums, weaving, 100g, PerennialsFlutter, hand dyed sock yarn, merino sock, fingering weight, 2ply, 115g, 420yds Blue faced leicester combed top roving, hand dyed spinning fiber, kettle dyed fibre, felt, felting, thrums, 100g, 'Violet Affair'
Kinfolk yarn and fiber
SW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning JARDIN - Burgundy olive green sky blue lavender purple flowersSW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning MOSS - pistachio lichen green cedar bark brown olive khaki tan rust forestSW Merino Nylon Roving Hand Dyed for Spinning TIGER LILY - magenta pink brown baby duck sunshine yellow burgundy flower inspired sock blendHand Dyed Superwash Merino Wool for Spinning MONTPELIER soft red purple gold brown next to skinSW Bluefaced Leicester Wool Handpainted Spinning Fibre Cirque du Soleil - golden fuschia turquoise olive green pink purple abstractWest Yorkshire Spinners
6 100g balls of signature 4-ply in solids for Socktober.

Pom Pom Quarterly arrived!

Talky Talk (Chatter?)
Emily -
Karla - books/knitlit

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Made another project bag from a tea towel. Super secret crafting for 12 days of knitmas
Karla -

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- poops go in the potty. More time with Grandma and Grandpaw

Karla-

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episode 30 - Ooo, alpacas (Road Trip)

7/18/2016

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Episode 30
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

Stash Enhancement
Emily- Lendrum. Also I dyed some of my Corridale - kind of like getting something new.
Karla - nada, well... undyed and dyed fiber, materials for stitch markers and some yarn for a toddler blanket that my Mom is making - Easy as pi(e) blanket

What's knitting now
Emily
Waiting for Rain by Soft sweater (Silvia Bobilvia aka Silvia McFadden) In Sweet fiber Cashmerino in pumpkin spice
Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way
Hibernation:
Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)
Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220
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-
Caitlin French Test Knit
Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

Meet a Knitter! Sarah of Make Things Club, Loosepages on Instagram and Romperlust on Ravelry

FO’s -
Emily - None yet.
Karla - Fossil & Bone by Sylvia of Softsweater Knits (Softsweater on Instagram) in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino Worsted in the Luna Colourway. #canadakal2016

Design features
Emily- Didn’t use stitch markers for the lace repeat becasue I’m that good… NOT.
Karla - over blocked fossil and bone

Spinning
Emily - Sold some yarn - on our way to pick up a LENDRUM!!!
Karla - Finished the singles on Sweet Georgia BFL that Emily picked up at Fibreswest and 2 plied them #2016tourdefleece
Started a 150g of BFL by Smith and Ewe for a chain ply. Using the fast flyer

Best laid plans
Emily - , Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley Prep fleece for spinning.
Karla - Cameo by Paulina Popiolek in Mad Tosh Light in Filtered Light and Penumbra, gift exchange gifts and lopi sweater

Talky Talk (Chatter?)
Emily - Dye day at Jody’s
Karla - not much to contribute

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Made another project bag. Still learning. Lots of ideas
Karla - Bathbombs!

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Survived 2 days with Grandma and Grandpaw

Karla- #toddlerproblems just looses it over everything

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Episode 29 - Illin' noise

7/6/2016

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Episode 29
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
Eyoung914 From Illinois

What's knitting now
Emily
Waiting for Rain by Soft sweater (Silvia Bobilvia aka Silvia McFadden) In Sweet fiber pumpkin spice
Rheinlust by Melanie Berg in Naked by Two Tigers (100% wool)
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 Penumbra
Fossil & Bone by Sylvia Bobilvia (Softsweater on Instagram) in Sweet Fiber Cashmerino Worsted in the Luna Colourway. #canadakal2016
Re-do Grandpa’s socks using Sock Architecture, toe-up two at a time by Morgan-Oakes and a spreadsheet with gauge calculations... Knit in Patons Kroy Blue something

FO’s -
Emily -
Man of Aran Socks by Kate Atherly in Anzula Squishy colourway one red shoe

Karla - Simple Autumn Mittens by Halladora J

Design features
Emily- All the man of aran. Missed an increase on Waiting for Rain. I’ll rip back and fix it.
Karla - Fossil & Bone the lace chart hurt my brain a little but we’ve got it

Spinning
Emily - No! I sold my wheel. Saving for a new one
Karla - Finished spinning the merino silk top in all the colours (Jamaica colourway), 3ply, love it.
Finished the singles of Totally Inked BFL Roving in Flutter Colourway, spinning a two ply.
Started the singles on Sweet Georgia BFL that Emily picked up at Fibreswest #2016tourdefleece

Stash Enhancement
Emily- 4oz Alpaca, bed spread pattern, Moose project bag from Yarn Friendly
Karla - Coco Knit Stitch Markers, yarn friendly bag

Best laid plans
Emily - , Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley Modified Bridie for Ainsley

Karla - Caitlin French Test knit, Lopi Cardigan, Grandpa’s socks, been mitts, slippers, newborn sweater, baby leg warmers with feet

Techniques
Toe up vs Top down socks?

Talky Talk
Emily -
Karla - Knit City Classes!!! #PalKal #CanadaKAL2016 #KCSweater2016, #tourdefleece2016 Meet a Knitter!

Crafternoon/Sew-what
Karla - Finished Tapestry Weaving
We’ve been sewing

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Poop goes in the potty. Weaning. Temper tantrums

Karla- Mom fails while people are watching, anxiety over camping/music festival, trying to dress himself

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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!

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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

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Episode 26 - buttski

5/12/2016

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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 Periscope EmGem on Pinterest

Shouts outs
Indoorkitty - thanks for the introduction and letting us know the last episode cut short!
MadamWip - thank for the introduction! So exciting to have listeners in Australia!

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
Birdie by Bristol Ivy in Sweet Fiber’s Canadian base in Golden
Vanilla Socks - in Ancient Arts Reinvent base - pashmina colour way.
Artisan by Romi Hill in Cascade Heritage silks Fol 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

FO’s -
Emily
Own design - Boughs Cowl in Sweet Fiber

Karla - nada

Design features
Emily- Boughs cowl wrong cable cross, dropped stitch
Karla - Socks for Grandpa - Did all the math in order to get the correct circumference for foot and ankle as well as length and didn’t account for the short row section of the heel turn. He’s tried them on and says they’re alright but I don’t believe him.

Spinning
Emily - No!
Karla - Finished the BFL roving on my drop spindle and two plied it (there was language)
Bought my Lendrum wheel and have been spinning almost nightly on it! I’m in love! Spinning merino silk top in lots of colours1

Stash Enhancement
Emily-
80’s patterns

Karla - a few patterns, I’ve been prowling the promos thread.
Leclerc Loom
Lap loom
Mark got a new keyboard!

Best laid plans
Hey, Little Song Bird - Bristol Ivy in Ancient Arts 100% Baby alpaca in Baby Aubergine
Emily - Waiting for Rain, Stove top for Ainsley. Modified Stranger for Ainsley

Karla - #canadakal - caterpillar green yarn - what to do? Ingwer by Melanie Berg or the one designed for the yarn that looks like and lopsided arrowhead
As always, Ghost Dance
Stalking Optic Blanket (what’s wrong with me?!)

Meet a Knitter
Jenn Dennis - Manicsoprano 44.22

Talky Talk
Emily - 5 day design challenge - aroha knits
Karla - google play, 12 days of knitmas, totally inked yarn, stash dash - the knit girrls, PalKal - Actually Knitting Podcast

Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- terrible 2’s? Teeth? Whatever it is she’s a Monster. - Mother’s day.

Karla-
Still coughing, doc tomorrow. OBSESSED with balls, spots them a mile away. Trailer on the bike, hitting, love water, especially if it’s running water.

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Episode 34 - Knitcity 2016 recap (wool induglences) with special guest Knittywittyshelle

Episode 33 - I'll find Time

Special Contest

Episode 32 - dog food

Episode 31 - Go Canada!

episode 30 - Ooo, alpacas (Road Trip)

Episode 29 - Illin' noise

Episode 28 - Love is a strong word

Episode 27 - let's do the winnings!

Episode 26 - buttski

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