The Lost Geek Podcast

Episode 4 - Joining Ends, Vintage Toys, and Coconut Milk

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This episode is full of yummy snacks and traditional Indonesian games. And don't forget, a plethora of methods for joining a new ball of yarn.

I am using a new mic, I hope it improves the audio quality of the show!

On The Needles (01:01)

  1. Low tide cardigan.
  2. Gobi mittens. Finally decided to frog Arden and cast on for Gobi instead, making it fingerless mitts instead of mittens.

    3. Whirligeek (02:59)

    • Finished plying half Southdown. Decided to do a 2-ply. How I finish the yarn: soak it with mild shampoo in hot water, rinse with cold water, thwack on my bathroom floor, and hang to dry. Smells very sheepy.
    • Ordered a one yard niddy noddy from hilltopcloud on etsy.
    • Need to fashion a homemade lazy kate. Sp far I have been using a box padded with foam and just let my spindle roll freely there while I make a plying ball, but it's too much hassle.
    • If you are a spinner, you belong to 0.7% of the Ravelry community... According to a post in the Spinner Central board on Rav. I thought I am just practically, positively surrounded by spinners, but apparently it's just me adhering to the saying "birds of a feather flock together", even subconsciously. Before I started spindle spinning I don't notice that many spinners around me (virtually, that is) but leading to the moment where I fell and joined the bandwagon, spinning gathered momentum and I keep hearing, seeing, reading anout spinning! Eventhough I wasn't consciously looking for spinning-related stuff. So I guess it's inevitable serendipity? Or kismet?

      Into The Blue (06:56)

      This is a new segment where I talk a little bit more in depth and technical.

      Knitting is such an evolving, ever-improving skill set. I never stop learning, and with every new stuff I learn, I reali

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