BiStitchual Podcast

John’s back this week, with a number of WIPs in tow. For someone who’s never finished a sweater, they sure do keep starting them! Kelsi has found a new favourite cast-on technique, and is completely baffled by the ingenuity of some designers. We talk about what an exciting time it is to be involved in fibre arts, and of course we’ve got more big life updates, because that’s 2020 babey!

This week Kelsi had the pleasure of speaking with a very special guest, Debbie of the Loving Path Yarn! They discuss the process of coming up with colourways and the importance of a good name, living and working in a small, shared space, and Debbie has some surprising news about the Sweater Curse!

It’s Mean Girls Day! We celebrate by getting dragged by our horoscopes once again. We also talk about our adventures in dyeing (hint: it’s fun!), and finally get to talk about some super exciting news we’ve been dying to share with you!

It’s Bisexual Awareness Week! In this episode, we forget that we’re a fibre arts podcast and instead discuss our lives as disaster bis, and the ways that gender norms and stereotypes have informed our experiences. We talk about Shrek royalty, Instagram bullying, TikTok thirst trains, and how Elle Woods is an autistic icon.

This week Kelsi has exciting updates about her accidental Tinder date, and John has started performing acts of guerrilla kindness by leaving amigurumis in little free libraries! We talk about our queer awakenings, the EmpowerPeople2020 project, and touch on a recent Instagram discussion around some words used by the fibre community. Plus, hats for snakes!

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

This week John has listened to so much Michelle Branch that they’ve forgotten an exciting milestone, and Kelsi has some fun knitting science to share! We talk gauge, executive dysfunction, and our very first Virtual Stitch Night! Missed it? Don’t worry, there’s another one coming up soon!

This week Kelsi has some grievances to air about her star sign and John managed not to make what would have been an extremely ill-timed joke. We talk craftivism, guerrilla kindness, and crafting as functional art, and how we’re working towards fostering conversation and community on our brand new BiStitchual Discord server!

We’ve got lots of exciting stuff happening this week! We are joined by Yu Ra, the creator of the Quiet Queers Craftalong, to chat about the craftalong and its inception, how it works this year, and fun ways to use up scrap yarn (hint: there’s another craftalong!) We also announce the winners of our Instagram giveaway!

We’re back (a day late, oops,sorry!) with our third episode! This time we talk major life updates, the Quiet Queer Craftalong, and summer projects - what do you make when it’s too dang hot for wool? Who even wants to think about making sweaters at a time like this?  We’ve found some more bi stereotypes, and discuss what it’s like dating as bi, non-monogamous folks. Plus we tease the prizes for our upcoming giveaway!

We’re back with a second episode! This time we are joined by our first ever guest, Morgan Gerrard, the Virgo behind Amaranth Fibres, an Ontario-based indie dyer! We discuss spinning, dyeing, pride yarns and more, including the series of poor decisions that led to an abundance of long furbies in Kelsi's life!

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