Episode 38 - All the Love

Episode 38   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   Shout outs Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google music   Circusbear! Rosberrycrafts! Stashandknit! bonjimac! HereIKnit!   KAL!   #stashtogiftknit2017 The KAL will begin January 1st 2017 and run until December 31st 2017. We will have quarterly entry threads in the ravelry group for your FOs and prizes to give away (more on those in a bit)! There is also a year long thread to keep track of all your gifts knits and there will be prizes for most gifts knit in 2017! Thank you to the following prize sponsors! Denise of Sock Ruler Brenda of Two Sticks and Ewe Sara of Riv Creative Sally of Yarn Friendly Joanne who is @porthardy1 on instagram Caitlyn Ffrench Okanagan Knit Co Chantal of Mudpunch Jess of Haven Fiber Arts Jocelyn who is @jocelyn_shuman Sylvia of Softsweater Knits It’s not too late if you would like to sponsor a prize! Just drop as a line and we’d be happy to have you on board. All sponsors will be mentioned in each episode of 2017! Ok! Here are THE RULES! Any and all gift knits will be accepted, there’s no minimum yardage, if it’s a gift it counts. Gifts knit from yarn acquired in 2016 or before get two entries, so post those FOs twice for more chances to win. (Please be honest, there’s no way for me to actually track this so I’m holding out on good knitting karma that there will be no cheating). If you knit a gift from yarn from 2017, you get one entry. Entries are quarterly, Jan - Mar, Apr - Jun, Jul - Sept, Oct - Dec. You cannot enter something finished in March in the July quarter etc. Year long FO thread is where you will open one post and keep a running tally of ALL the gifts knit in the year. Go back and edit this post as many times as you need to include all gifts. This really should be rule #1 but HAVE FUN! Post pictures of what you’re knitting on instagram with the hashtag #stashtogiftknit2017 so we can see all your projects! All prizes will be drawn with random number generator except the full year thread winner will be the one with the most gifts knit.   Art of Yarn Art of Yarns Knit-a-long to start the year off! We are teaming up with BC locals Shannon Cook and Jane Richmond to explore the Knits from their latest book Within Knits and the the amazing Westcoast Cardigan (stand alone pattern). To coincide with the KAL, we will have the complete trunk show for the book and Cardigan at the shop. If you are in the area please stop by and check it out. Prizes will be randomly awarded at the end of the KAL to participants. There are a few ways to join sand enter in the fun…. Posting your photos on instagram and tagging us in the photo @artofyarn Joining our ravelry group Art of Yarn Kal 2017 and sharing your project with us Tagging us on Facebook @artofyarn with your project For our locals too we will be hosting a small knit social to show off your FO’s Check us out on our website artofyarn.com if you would like to order the book and feel free to contact us if you need help in choosing a Yarn that is right for your project. Happy knitting and looking forward to seeing everyone’s progress! Melissa What's knitting now Emily - Socks for Bug in river city yarns - Hat trick calgary flames Genevieves tube socks - knitmoregirls Vanilla is the new black - CatGreen OMG you guys Hibernation Bridie for Bug in Sweet Fiber Canadian. Hand spun Love and Light by softsweater Bradway by Very Shannon in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Plume, Stormcloud and Yellow Advent calendar stockings (I finished one) Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220   Karla- Two custom socks for Grandma, Baby Boy Watson & Relativity   FO’s - Emily Karla - Brioso by Heather Zoppetti in 100% merino I dyed a dusty pink colour - stalled a little bit, on to second repeat   Design features Emily-  Not enough knitting to make mistakes Karla - reading charts on Relativity...   Spinning Emily -. none Karla - none but I want to so bad! Best laid plans Emily - Get out of the no knitting Rut. Karla -  Knit as much as I can!   Stash Enhancement Emily- 12days of knitmas - Vogue Knitting Holiday Karla - GC for Christmas! 12 days of knitmas! Talky Talk (Chatter?) Emily - The Big Move Karla - Michelle’s help with stash sorting   Crafternoon/Sew-what Emily - nope Karla - nope, but found CaliFayeCollection Adventures in Mommyhood Emily- Christmas holidays - single momming Karla- Renan is smiling and giggling and getting more use to being in his bed! Locke’s language skills are incredible and he’s all about the toys!   Inquiring minds Tell us about you! Join us on Ravelry or our Facebook page