Episode 39 - Yarn Flowers

Relentless Knitting Podcast

Episode 39

Introductions

Karla - K-Rae on Ravelry and Karlacrafts on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

Emily - EmGemKnits - Instagram, and Ravelry . EmKnits on Twitter and EmGem on Pinterest

Shout outs

Irylknits - Nana in Norway

Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google music

What's knitting now

Emily - A Joyful Thread by Silvia McFadden (Softsweater) in Sweet Fiber Merino Lace rose gold

Socks for Bug in river city yarns - Hat trick calgary flames Genevieves tube socks - knitmoregirls

Vanilla is the new black - CatGreen OMG you guys

Hibernation

Bridie for Bug in Sweet Fiber Canadian.

Hand spun Love and Light by softsweater

Bradway by Very Shannon in Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in Plume, Stormcloud and Yellow

Advent calendar stockings (I finished one)

Master Knitter Program in Cascade 220

Karla- Two custom socks for Grandma

West Coast Cardigan

FO’s -

Emily -Nada

Karla - Relativity, from the frost hat

Sponsors!

Denise of Sock Ruler

Brenda of Two Sticks and Ewe

Sara of Riv Creative

Sally of Yarn Friendly

Joanne who is @porthardy1 on instagram

Design features

Emily- Did one of my panels in garter instead of stockinette, dropped down to fix it.

Karla - The saga that is the WCC

Spinning

Emily -. Finally tried out 3D bobbin. LOVE it. It knocks a little but it’s good. Spun one single of Alpaca

Karla - Kinfolk Yarn and Fibre Superwash BFL - Cirque du Soleil 2ply

Best laid plans

Emily - Work on the WIP pile, do some mending, Spin in

Karla - Finish WCC, finish Grandma’s socks, finish baby blanket, go shopping, weave

Stash Enhancement

Emily- Birthday yarn!!

Ancient Arts Superwash Merino Sparkle in Frolic

Sweet Georgia tough love sock in rogue and grouse and a mini skein set in English Bay

Brooklyn Tweed Arbor in Tincture

Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Medieval

5 Braids of Corredale from Knotty by Nature in Victoria

2 amazing project bags from TwoSticks and Ewe in West Kelowna

Heart on my Sleeve - TinCanKnits

Pumpkin Spice by Ysolda Teague

Karla - Lydia Yarn I won on Unraveling with Greg and Joey in Harvest, progress keepers into necklace from Riv Creative, tin can knits book

Sponsors!

Caitlyn Ffrench

Knox Mountain Knit Co

Chantal of Mudpunch

Jess of Haven Fiber Arts

Jocelyn who is @jocelyn_shuman

Sylvia of Softsweater Knits

Jenni from the Lone Larch Podcast has offered money for shipping prizes!

KAL!

#stashtogiftknit2017

The KAL will begin January 1st 2017 and run until December 31st 2017. We will have quarterly entry threads in the ravelry group for your FOs and prizes to give away (more on those in a bit)! There is also a year long thread to keep track of all your gifts knits and there will be prizes for most gifts knit in 2017!

It’s not too late if you would like to sponsor a prize! Just drop as a line and we’d be happy to have you on board. All sponsors will be mentioned in each episode of 2017!

Art of Yarn

Art of Yarns Knit-a-long to start the year off! We are teaming up with BC locals Shannon Cook and Jane Richmond to explore the Knits from their latest book Within Knits and the the amazing Westcoast Cardigan (stand alone pattern). To coincide with the KAL, we will have the complete trunk show for the book and Cardigan at the shop. If you are in the area please stop by and check it out. Prizes will be randomly awarded at the end of the KAL to participants. There are a few ways to join sand enter in the fun….

Posting your photos on instagram and tagging us in the photo @artofyarn

Joining our ravelry group Art of Yarn Kal 2017 and sharing your project with us

Tagging us on Facebook @artofyarn with your project

For our locals too we will be hosting a small knit social to show off your FO’s

Check us out on our website artofyarn.com if you would like to order the book and feel free to contact us if you need help in choosing a Yarn that is right for your project.

Happy knitting and looking forward to seeing everyone’s progress!

Melissa

Talky Talk (Chatter?)

Emily - Baby!! Kelowna Yarn knitted knockers

Karla - Classes! WWKIP! Cup Cozy!

Crafternoon/Sew-what

Emily - nope

Karla - paper crafts for the win! bracelet

Adventures in Mommyhood

Emily- SIngle momming - I think we’ve hit our stride. I’ll second that Plague.

Karla- Genius Mom win = sleep, found feet, no nice things and the plague

Inquiring minds

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