Episode 23: What’s In The Box?

In Episode 23, Greg and Joey talk about the weather, knitting winter items when it’s warm, and various subscription boxes.

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• 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

• Thank-Yous
  • Thank you to Wendy from Knitters Brewing Company for sending Greg a handful of wonderful preemie hats and some sweet yarn. Wendy recently published an e-book of cute baby hats: CLICK for Cuteness. These patterns are to help raise awareness for the Click For Babiesorganization.
• Ravelry Goings-On
  • Haiku Time With Greg
  • Dishcloth Cotton Discussion
• Giveaways
  • We gave away a copy of Presto by Lars Rains. Listen to the episode to see if you won.
• Projects
  • Joey continues to work on a scarf for his son.
  • Greg is working on his Halcyarn Socks (project page). First sock is complete, and he’s about 25% done with the leg of the second sock. He loves the contrasting cuffs, toes, and heels in black, but he hates weaving in the ends with black yarn. Yarn is custom-dyed by Dr. Kelly from the Ewe University podcast.
  • Greg resumed work on the Flower Cardigan (project page) that is he working on for his daughter.
  • Greg finished a Milo (project page) for a friend’s impending baby. He knit it Berroco Fiora, which he really enjoyed.
  • Greg knitted a Baby Surprise Jacket (project page) in a week.
  • Greg knitted a Crimson Horror cowl (project page) in a day.
  • Greg continues to work on his scrap yarn projects: Knitted Patchwork Recipe (project page) and Beekeeper’s Quilt (project page).
• Reviews
  • Rib Magazine. Greg loves his copy of issue one and is looking forward to future issues.
• TV Time With Joey
  • The Americans. Greg mistakenly said that Netflix has Season 4 available now. Wrong streaming service — last season is available via Amazon Prime.
  • Black Sails
•  Misc
  • Rainy Night In Georgia. Greg particularly enjoys the Ray Charles version.
  • The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia.
  • Bates Motel
  • Taproot Magazine
  • Carolina FiberFest. Greg is attending the Carolina FiberFest in Raleigh, NC March 24th and 25th.
  • LootCrate
  • FireflyCrate
  • Firefly — cancelled too soon
  • AdaBox
  • Bobcat In A Box
  • xkcd
  • Amazon Echo (affiliate link) — Joey is writing skills for his Echo