Finding joy in knitting - Ep. 27
Consider the Fair-isle knit a long officially underway! A hashtag (#FairisleVestKAL) has been used over on instagram, a group created on Ravelry (link below). In todays episode I show the progress on my Nighthawk vest and a small knit for the boy and talk a bit about why knitting and making this podcast is important to me. Chapters: 00:00 Intro and welcome 04:33 Quadrillion Pullover 10:01 Timothy Pullover 17:45 Why I knit 24:32 Knitting fails: Skye pullover 27:29 Fair-isle vest Knit A Long: Nighthawk slipover 33:51 #ayearofmariewallinkal 41:35 Thank you and goodbye Links to things mentioned in this episode can be found below. For extended show notes you can visit my blog - https://byathreadblog.com/ On other social media you can find me as @silmoa (on both Ravelry and Instagram) I have managed to create a Ravelry group for the podcast which you can find here: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/hangin... *People, patterns, yarns and other things mentioned in this episode* :: Wearing :: Quadrillion pullover by Mehgan Fernandes. First published in PomPom Magazine, 2013 Autumn issue. Get it on Rav: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr... Yarns and colourways used: Malabrigo Arroyo in Jupiter :: On my needles :: Timothy pullover, knitting a sweater for the 5 year old. Pattern from booklet Finull 311 by Rauma Garn. Pattern website (Norwegian) : https://www.raumagarn.no/oppskrifter/... Yarn used: Sandnes garn SISU (https://www.sandnesgarn.no/garn/sisu-...) :: Fair-isle Vest knit along :: #FairisleVestKAL - will run until the end of September 2021. I have cast on for the Nighthawk Slipover by Wilma Malcomson, published in Shetland Wool Adventures Journal vol. 2 (https://www.shetlandwooladventures.co...) If you want to join the KAL there is plenty of time, I have made a collection on Ravelry with some of my favourite patterns that are available on the platform. I will keep adding to this list as I find new inspiring designs. The link is open to all, also non-ravellers: https://ravel.me/silmoa/v1 I will open a chat thread for the KAL in the brand new Ravelry group for the podcast which you can find here: https://www.ravelry.com/groups/hangin... :: Crafty and inspiring people mentioned in this episode :: I will be joining Nikki in Knitting with cat hair podcast ( / knittingwithcathair ) for her Marie Wallin KAL which is a year long knit a long. Planning to cast on the Yell cardigan! ---- Music used in this podcast: “Hanging on by a thread” by Rod Deville YouTube: / @roddeville7452 Instagram: / roddeville ---- #knittingpodcast #crochetpodcast
