Episode 17: Knitters’ Confessions

In Episode 17, Greg and Joey talk about deep, dark secrets, center pull yarn, and soap.

Sponsor

• Special thanks to our sponsor: Coveted Yarn! Coveted Yarn is a local yarn shop in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and is an authorized dealer of our favorite knitting needles: Karbonz, by Knitter’s Pride. In addition to a great variety of widely distributed yarn, Coveted Yarn offers their own signature line of yarn — Flat Rocks Yarn, which is dyed by the shop owner’s sister. You can also find McPorter Farms knitting accessories and buttons at Coveted Yarn. World-wide shipping is available. Contact them via their website or at 1-978-282-8809 for more information and to place an order.

Notes

• Giveaways:
  • We gave away a copy of the Take It Easy: Knits For Relaxing book fromKnit Picks, along with enough yarn to knit Walk By The Seasideby Jessica Anderson. Thanks to Knit Picks and Jessica Anderson for providing the review and prize copies of the book and yarn!
  • We gave away a copy of the Riley Rose Shawl by Jennifer Lassonde (aka BostonJen from the Down Cellar Studio podcast).  Thanks to Jennifer Lassonde for the copy of the shawl to giveaway!
  • We reviewed Unexpected Cables: Feminine Knitted Garments Featuring Modern Cable Knitting (affiliate link) by Heather Zoppetti (published byInterweave Press), and are excited to be giving away two copies of the book. See the giveaway thread in our Ravelry group for details. Thanks to Stitch Sprouts for providing the review and prize copies of the book!
• Prize Bin Additions
  • 1 pattern of the winner’s choice from the Windswept Designs’ Ravelry Store provided by: WindsweptMonique Monique.
  • 3 skeins of yarn from The Fiber Seed yarn provided Lindsay at The Fiber Seed
•  Podcasts:
  • Twinset Designs — Greg was a guest on their last episode, while Twinset Ellen stepped in on our last episode.
  • Yarn Thing with Marly Bird
• Projects:
  • Joey is working on a scarf for his son.
  • Joey has started another pair of socks. He’s using a contrasting color for the toes, heels, and cuffs and Opal for the main body. He enjoys keeping his yarn in The Yarnit.
  • April Showers Socks — Greg has finished these socks, except for the weaving in of ends and blocking (project page).
  • Halcyarn socks — Greg is working on these. They’re so young he hasn’t even set up a project page for them.
  • Voss Cowl — the colorwork cowl is working on. Also so young that he hasn’t set up a project page for it, either. He’s having some frustration with the color dominance in the colorwork and probalby should have worked through the Stripe Domination hat by Twinset Ellen first.
  • Amplitude — this is Greg’s newest shawl design. It is currently benig test knit. You can follow the #AmplitudeShawl hashtag on Instagram to keep an eye on the test knitting. The pattern is scheduled for release on September 23, 2017.
• Ongoing Events
  • Knitter’s Confessions: a safe place to confess your deepest, darkest knitting secret.
  • County Fair KAL: enter your fiber-related crafts in your local fair, then enter them in our KAL.
  • Actually Knitting PalKal: Greg’s Scrappy Sock Yarn Preemie Hat pattern counts for the KAL and so does Ellen’s Tunisian Crochet Paving Mittspattern. June 15 – September 15
• Upcoming Events
  • Georgia Fiber Fest — September 8-10 in Columbus, GA: Joey is 60% planning to attend.
• TV Time With Joey
  • Call The Midwife
  • Stranger Things
  • National Knitting Night
  • The A Word
• Joey’s Soap
  • Joey talks about changing the name oh his soap.
  • Precipiterra Soapworks
  • Precipiterra Soapworks on Facebook
• Misc:
  • Strange Brew — the movie that taught Greg and Joey all their Canadian linguistics
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation — it’s amazing the show was ever allowed to make more than the first two episodes.
  • Seinfeld — George is crazy.
  • Is Abe Vigoda Dead? — Greg mentioned that there was an essay hidden in the HTML source. Sadly, that essay appears to be gone.
  • Polyamory Is Wrong T-Shirt (affiliate link)
  • Tsuro
  • State Fair — Joey hasn’t seen this movie in a long time