BiStitchual Podcast

This week Kelsi has some very awesome and alliterative updates on her comfy cottagecore crochet cat cardigan, sweater softening saga, and super sweet short row socks! And John… has a moustache.

Guess who’s back… back again… Bistitchual’s back! That’s right, we are still alive and kicking (… kicking ourselves for not recording for a whole two months - please forgive us)! We dive right back into our fibre content, and discuss ambitious crochet colourwork choices, how to soften your itchy knits, and our very special new friend, Clobber!

We're back! This time ‘round we’re talking life updates, WIPs, and multiple FOs! John's been busy working on knitting projects during class and has formed some opinions. Kelsi doesn't agree. Also, possibly the best horoscope ever?

Kelsi isn’t able to join us this episode, and we all know John can't manage ten seconds alone, so we’ve called in reinforcements! John has a chat with fellow double cancer Harper Bee, about imposter syndrome, the merits of BFL, and whether or not yarn can accurately be described as “crunchy.”

We have a very special guest today and we are not cool about it. Alyson Chu, the crocheter on the Keep Calm and Carry Yarn podcast, joins us to talk about her newest venture, Moorit Magazine, and all of the incredible community support she’s received for it. We also try to figure out if Danny DeVito is sexy?

Goldfish and raisins are the best snack and John will fight about it. Much has happened in the last fortnight, including new meds, new school, and a… misunderstanding about German short rows. Kelsi discovers that we owe a whole lot to German knitters of yore!

New year, new yarn! John and Kelsi do a brief overview of the highs and lows of 2020, and look to bigger, brighter things in 2021. We discuss the purpose of a tubular cast on - why should any cast on take six rows?? - and puzzle out John’s solution to uneven tension while knitting ribbing.

It’s Christmas in two days and we are feeling… something. We’ve got some big holiday feels, and a proposal for those of you who do too - New Year’s Eve zoom party? Let’s dress up fancy, eat cheeseballs (B.Y.O.C.B.), and show off our cats! In other news, John has finally finished a sweater, and Kelsi might have invented crochet? All this, plus the inaugural Bistitchual Podcast Mailbag segment!

For some reason it feels like it’s been ages since we’ve recorded? But that just means we have so much to talk about! We announce the winners of the Elfmail KAL grand prize (which Kelsi finally started the day before it wrapped up)! We get introspective and talk about how this podcast has changed the way we relate to each other, which albums have shaped our lives, and the proper way to eat a pizza pocket.

This week we are so excited to chat with our business partners and friends, two very special guests, the co-founders of the Flamingo Market, Toronto’s preeminent LGBTQIA+ artisan and makers market! Jack and Sica are here to talk about all their different ventures, supporting the community, and what it’s like to wear approximately six different hats at the same time. Learn more about the market, BindersOUT, and all the amazing things they do for our community!

Theme music is Ukulele by Adam Vitovský, digital work is licensed under CC BY 3.0