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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Tricks and Guile- Episode 744 - The Knitmore Girls

Oh, for the love of Pythagoras.   🔺 For the record, it was 100% user error. The pattern is so straight-forward that I got a little overconfident and played fast and loose with *actually* reading it.   🔺 It also probab


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    On the Needles:(0:36)



    Mother Knows Best:(31:44)

    The right time to do something is when you do it


    When knitting attacks:(41:34)

    Gigi: Working on Meadowlands Golem. Color progression was too close, used a lighter shade that came from the center of the ball

    Jasmin: Geometry fail on the ribbon wrap

    Rêveur socks from our book(!), figured out who will be the recipient, frogged it, and cast on with the correct amount of stitches for the intended size 

    Glasses got misplaced during knitting club 


    Knit more, know more :(51:00)

    A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people.

    Marjan Satrapi: Persepolis 
    Teacher Whose Mom knitted hats for her students

    Persepolis Movie

    Women, Life, Freedom


    And sew on:(57:30)

    Gigi: Professional image class 

    • Final assignment is to research a company we would like to work for 

    • Repair cafe.  ❤️

    • Company students would like to work for

    • Shōgun

    • Burda magazine

    Jasmin: 

    • It will count as a nowrooz dress whenever it gets sewn

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