Godzilla Sweater- Episode 666- The Knitmore GIrls Podcast

 

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Wearing a color you love is like wearing a truly great pair of boots. You stand taller and walk proud. You carry a sense of purpose. LL Yarn Co.’s 2 woman dye-studio inside a century old former wool mill in Louisville, KY creates bold and energetic colors. We are driven by fashion, culture, and cause to put our passion for color onto stunning yarns. With LL Yarn Co. on your needles and hooks you are telling the world you aren’t afraid to be noticed. Afterall, your knitting is an opportunity to share your passion with your world. LL Yarn Co., for when your knits need to speak louder than words.

Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices

Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life?

Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight.

For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!

On the Needles: (0:34)

• Gigi worked on the sleeves of the Bundi cardigan Beads from Bead Biz

• Gigi mentions the Before Breakfast time management Podcast

• We mention the incredibly talented bead artist Sivia Harding

• Gigi started another pair of denim blue tube socks for Genevieve

• Gigi finished the Regia Fluormania neon socks for Jasmin

• Gigi is working on a Regia sock for Andrew , turned the heel 

• Jasmin finished the back, front, and is nearly finished with the first sleeve of  Amber Pullover by Rachel Brockman in Wandering Flock Worsted “Cosmic Tie Dye” .

• Godzilla sweater for Rex Godzilla Likes to Roar

• Art of Godzilla

• Art of Godzilla vs Kong

• Julia Farwell-Clay's Steggie sweater pattern (the base for Rex's Godzilla sweater)

Events:

• Jasmin & Lady Dye Diane are co-hosting a KAL! The Sea Glass Pullover (in DK).LINK? CAST ON DATE MOVED TO LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE.

• Nowrooz - Persian New Year.

• A link to Jasmin's Haftsin

Mother Knows Best:(38:08)

There’s no shame in telling someone you’ve overcommitted 

When Knitting Attacks:(51:14)

Gigi: cast on a pair of socks for Genevieve. Put all the stitches on one needle 

Knits in Space:(54:19)

The Teenage Brain

And Sew On: (1:03:28)

Translating for one of my Westvalley College sewing class buddies 

History of Fashion 

- Murder, Mystery & Makeup (Bailey Sarian)

-  Dark History 

A Full Sensory Meal- Episode 665- The Knitmore Girls

  

Listen here:

This week's episode is sponsored by:

Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder

Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle

organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.

Wearing a color you love is like wearing a truly great pair of boots. You stand taller and walk proud. You carry a sense of purpose. LL Yarn Co.’s 2 woman dye-studio inside a century old former wool mill in Louisville, KY creates bold and energetic colors. We are driven by fashion, culture, and cause to put our passion for color onto stunning yarns. With LL Yarn Co. on your needles and hooks you are telling the world you aren’t afraid to be noticed. Afterall, your knitting is an opportunity to share your passion with your world. LL Yarn Co., for when your knits need to speak louder than words.

Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices

Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life?

Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight.

For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!

On the Needles: (0:34)

• Gigi worked on the sleeves of the Bundi cardigan 

• We mention Sivia Harding, the Queen of Beading

• Jasmin installed the zipper, sewed in the label, and is going to ship the Cambridge cardigan for Oink Pigments.

• Jasmin finished Genevieve’s Frost Yarns Hearthstone pullover! She rocked it at Stitches

• Gigi worked on another pair of tube socks for Genevieve 

• Jasmin worked on Sam’s Gramps cardigan from Tincan Knits in Magpie Fibers Nest Worsted

• Gigi finished one deep stash pair of Regia Fluormania neon socks for Jasmin and is working on the second 

• Gigi is working on a Regia sock for Andrew 

• Jasmin pulled the Amber Pullover by Rachel Brockman in Wandering Flock Worsted “Cosmic Tie Dye” out of her UFO pile.

• Jasmin finished her Musselburg hat out of Ysolda Callisto

Events:(11:41)

• Jasmin & Lady Dye Diane are co-hosting a KAL! The Sea Glass Pullover (in DK). Casting on Saturday, Mar 26, 2022!

• Stitches West recap: Restaurant recommendations, Live with Amy from Kitchen Cinema

• STITCHES: We went, looked, shopped and ate.

• Recommendations:

• Nugget Market

• Fox and Goose Pub

• South Restaurant

• Temple Coffee Roasters

• Cafeteria 17

• Pizza at Fieldwork Brewing

• Ramen from Tenjin

Jasmin mentions Heidi Hennessy of Lux Adorna  

She liked the Seismic Yarn crew  Seismicyarn.com

She got an argyle mug from Charan

She cut a swath through Nicole Frost's booth

Recycled jeans quilts  lecture by Sandra Chandler

When Knitting Attacks:(45:57)

Gigi: knitted sleeves, measured against the sleeve of the sloper. Needed 8 more stitches for underarm 

Ripped back 

Socks for Genevieve out of Patons Kroy The stripe sequence was reversed 

Mother Knows Best:(48:27)

Be the helper. 

Knits in Space:(48:43)

The Golden Thread 

How Fabric changed History 

Swimming World Championships 2009 in Italy 

Speedo had partnered with NASA to find material that reduced drag

And Sew On: (57:09)

Retrospective of Jasmin’s swim suits 

Bespoke Woolen Socks- Episode 664- The Knitmore Girls

  

Listen here:

This week's episode is sponsored by:

Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder

Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle

organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.

Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices

Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life?

Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight.

For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!

On the Needles: (0:39)

• Gigi worked on the Bundi cardigan and cast on the sleeves and got to Thr first increase 

• Jasmin finished the Cambridge cardigan in Oink Pigments “Bees Knees”, and blocked it.

• Gigi has enough socks to last her a winter, and mentions Hunter Hammersen's Curiosity Cabinet

• Jasmin cast on Genevieve’s Frost Yarns Hearthstone pullover. Now with added sequins! Inspiration photo

• Kenra hair spray

• Gigi finished a pair of tube socks for Genevieve Patons Kroy and

• cast on another pair of tube socks for Genevieve 

• Gigi finished one Regia Fluoromania neon socks for Jasmin and cast on the second 

• She cast on a Regia sock for Andrew 

• Jasmin is working on Sam's Gramps cardigan from Tincan Knits in Magpie Fibers Nest Worsted

• Jasmin & Lady Dye Diane are co-hosting a KAL! The Sea Glass Pullover (in DK). Casting on Saturday, Mar 12, 2022!

Events:(29:29)

• Stitches West 2022, Sacramento CA (March 3-6, 2022)

• Digital COVID19 Vaccine Record website

• VAXYES

Mother Knows Best:(33:54)

Languishing and Flourishing (NY times)

Knits in space (41:30)

Wainwright Walks 

Coast to Coast / Apple TV

200 mile trek coast to coast, ending at Robin Hood’s bay 

Knits in Space:(48:43)

The Golden Thread 

How Fabric changed History 

1969 space suits cost between 100k and 250 k, made by Playtex seamstresses 

Straw into Gold:(47:47)

Plying deep stash Crown Mountain

And Sew On: (48:31)

Gigi set up a hand sewing station. Craft Tray , supplies, sunshine on the back porch.

Need a pocket on pedal pushers for phone

Happy Valentines Day!- Episode 663- The Knitmore Girls

  

Listen here:

This week's episode is sponsored by:

Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder

Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle

organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.

Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices

Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life?

Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight.

For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!

On the Needles: (0:36)

• Gigi worked on preemie hats

• Jasmin finished everything on Rex’s hoodie in Seismic Yarns “Natasha”, 

• Gigi finished the Musselburg hat, out of Got Your Goat, by Oink Pigments

• Jasmin finished up to the armholes, and has nearly finished the fronts of the Cambridge cardigan in Oink Pigments “Bees Knees”

• Gigi finished arm decreases for front and back of the Bundi cardigan

• Jasmin finished the Reignbeaux for Genevieve in Frost Yarns DK.

• Gigi cast on tube socks for Genevieve out of Patons Kroy

• Gigi cast on Regia Fluormania neon socks for Jasmin (Deep Stash)

Events:(8:03)

Kino Knits episode 100!

Congratulations Mary!

• Stitches West 2022, Sacramento CA (March 3-6, 2022)

• Digital COVID19 Vaccine Record website

• VAXYES

Mother Knows Best:(9:33)

Find Time to Laugh!

When knitting attacks (14:40)

• Knitted front of Bundi cardigan to match back.  The armhole is too big.

• Gigi sewed the cuffs of the pedal pushers inside out 

Knits in Space:(16:28)

The Golden Thread

The apparel industry is the greatest employer of women globally, yet less than 2 percent earn a living wage 

Space suits of the Apollo crew 

Gigi wants to read banned books 

Jasmin is reading Tell The Bees I'm Gone

And Sew On: (24:08)

Gigi almost finished the pedal pushers

Pulled weft thread for dress 

About 15 to 20 minutes per increment

Jasmin repaired Genevieve’s backpack

Jaamin mentions Ray's Sewing

Gremlins in my Brain- Episode 662- The Knitmore Girls

Listen here:

This week's episode is sponsored by:

Carry your creativity with Erin Lane Bags! Whether you show your fiber fandom with the woolly wonder

Sheepleverse, or dive into history with the Curiosities collection, our project bags, totes, and hook and needle

organizers are at the ready to keep your hobby happy.

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Have you ever had to frog because you forgot a step several rows back? Or lost your spot because you dropped your magnet board or lost track with your highlighter tape? Instead of wrestling with paper, use the knitCompanion app. It keeps you on track so you can knit more and frog less. knitCompanion works with ALL your patterns and is available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire Devices

Are you feeling dis-GRUNT-eled about your stash? Are you browsing Insta-HAM looking for knitting inspiration? Is color "kind of a PIG deal" in your life?

Oink Pigments offers over one hundred forty PIG-ture perfect colorways to make you SQUEAL with delight.

For a limited time only, bring home the bacon with code KNITMORE and get fifteen percent off in-stock yarns and fibers at oinkpigments dot com. Shop soon, because these pigs will FLY!

On the Needles: (0:37)

• Genevieve wound Oink Pigments,Targee Sock,in Got Your Goat(Dec 21)

• Gigi worked some more on the Musselburg hat in "Got your Goat" from Oink Pigments

• Jasmin has finished everything on Rex’s hoodie in Seismic Yarns “Natasha”, except for the zipper installation

• Gigi finished the arm decreases for the Bundi cardigan,and is working on v neck decreases 

• Jasmin finished and blocked the Whitby cowl in Nicole Frost’s MCN worsted in “Jasmin Yellow with speckles"

• Genevieve wound Oink Pigments, Dapper, in Bee’s Knees

• Jasmin cast on the Cambridge cardigan in Oink Pigments “Bees Knees”

• Gigi made preemie hat

• Genevieve worked on her hat

• Jasmin cast on a Reignbeaux for Genevieve in Frost Yarns DK.

• Jasmin reswatched for Genevieve’s Frost Yarns Hearthstone 2.0

• Jasmin worked on her Musselburgh during a field trip
• Jasmin worked on Gramps cardigan from Tincan Knits in Magpie Fibers Nest Worsted
• Genevieve wound Magpie Fibers, Nest Worsted, in Twilight Dark

• Genevieve wound Seismic Yarns, Buttersock DK, in Natasha

In Stitches:(23:52)

1. Gigi is wearing hand knit socks, nighties, Grinchy Musselburgh hat, Knitmore cowl ,also, wearing socks as mittens 

• Jasmin wore her Resistance hat, sockhead cowl, Cassidy cardigan

• Genevieve wore her Coronation Cardigan, Hearthstone, Anna Cardigan, Olivia Hat, and Gryffindor hat and Scarf set

• Rex has been wearing his Lionheart hoodie

Events:(25:48)

• Stitches West 2022, Sacramento CA (March 3-6, 2022)

• Digital COVID19 Vaccine Record website

• VAXYES

• 
  

Covid California Registry 

Mother Knows Best:(40:29)

If it’s not worth your time, don’t give it your energy.

When knitting attacks 

• Target $ 35 crochet cardigan 

• Jasmin can’t count to 12.

Knits in Space:(48:43)

The Golden Thread chapter on rayon, nylon stockings 

From the 60’s , synthetic fibers gain ascendancy 

• Genevieve read the Runaways 7-12 , lost a tooth, and started a Sticker Collection

And Sew On: (57:30)

Gigi pinned and cut pedal pushers #2.