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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 65 - When it rains, it pours

May 30, 2017

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
  • Broken Jack 
  • Paulie
  • Flax Light
  • Simple Skyp Socks
  • Speckled Space Socks + my project page with notes
  • Greystone
  • Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread
  • Books I mentioned: Essentialism, Simple Matters (the author of this book also has a pretty good blog), Stumbling on Happiness, Rabid, Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing, The Violinist's Thumb, The Disappearing Spoon
  • Yarn to Table Podcast

Question of the Week

Show me your technique for weaving in ends!  Either in pictures, video, or paint a picture with words. :-)


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags traveling cable, broken jack, paulie, speckled space socks, greystone, skyp socks, kal9
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 64 - I've bought a lot of yarn lately

May 16, 2017

Thank you to everyone who let me well-wishes while I was sick!  They definitely helped to pull me out of my funk and I appreciate it.  :-)

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Tailwind
  • Flying North
  • Broken Jack 
  • Paulie
  • Speckled Space Socks
  • Greystone
  • Pink and intricate KAL chatter thread
  • Vlog #4 and vlog #5

Question of the Week

What do you do to pick up your mood when you are sick?  For me, it's anything that makes me feel productive, even if that's just taking a shower.


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags tailwind, flying north, broken jack, paulie, speckled space socks, greystone, kal9
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 36 - The dumbest thing I have ever done

August 23, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Broken Jack
  • Euclid
  • Pixel Stitch Socks
  • Fireweeds
  • PhD Yarns
  • Stitched by JessaLu
  • Unusual construction KAL thread
  • Wool2Dye4
  • Dying yarn with drink mix
  • Water for the Elephants

Question of the Week

What have you done recently that made you feel like a total boss?  (Doesn't have to be knitting related.)


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags broken jack, euclid, pixel, fireweeds, colorwork, unusual construction, kal4, dyeing, wool2dye4, water for the elephants
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 35 - A long one

August 16, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Blueberry waffle socks
  • Friends in Fiber yarn
  • Broken Jack
  • Videos for twin knit stitch and twin purl stitch, as well as how to do wrap and turn short rows
  • Euclid
  • Lancaster Yarn Shop
  • Looped Yarn Works
  • PhD Yarns
  • Stitched by JessaLu
  • Unusual construction KAL thread
  • Dying yarn with drink mix
  • The Pen Addict
  • Story Supply Co notebooks
  • The recipe I use for scotcharoos

The other video I mentioned:


Question of the Week

How do you feel about selfies?  Do you take them?  Do you get annoyed when other people take them?  I love selfies because I think they really capture the moment I am in without feeling stuffy or staged.


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags blueberry waffle, broken jack, euclid, kal4, unusual construction
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 34 - If it smells like fall...

August 2, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Stripe Tease
  • Peppermintoes
  • Blueberry waffle socks
  • My other Blueberry Waffle socks
  • Friends in Fiber yarn
  • Broken Jack
  • Unusual construction KAL thread
  • The recipes I used for puppy chow and scotcharoos

Question of the Week

When counting rows completed on your knitting, do you count the row of loops currently on the needle as a completed row?  Whichever way you do it, do you have a real reason or is it just because that's how you've always done it?  (I don't count it but I don't have a real reason why...)


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags stripe tease, peppermintoes, blueberry waffle, broken jack, kal4, unusual construction
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 33 - Why is it so hot?!?

July 26, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Stripe Tease
  • Peppermintoes
  • Friends in Fiber yarn
  • Broken Jack
  • Unusual construction KAL thread

Question of the Week

Star Trek or Star Wars?  (Or some other space-based AU, like Firefly or Battlestar Galactica...)


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags stripe tease, peppermintoes, broken jack, kal4, unusual construction
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 32 - I am argyle!

July 19, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Squircle
  • String Theory
  • Stripe Tease
  • Happypotamus
  • Broken Jack
  • Unusual construction KAL thread
  • Frugalwoods blog (this is the particular post I quoted)
  • Essentialism

Question of the Week

What song from your high school or college days can you still hear and say "Yes!  That is my jam!"  Here's a little playlist of mine, if you are curious.  


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags squircle, string theory, unusual construction, stripe tease, scrappypotamus, broken jack, kal4
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 31 - A rainy day off

July 5, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Squircle
  • Slow cooker Korean beef
  • String Theory
  • Broken Jack
  • Unusual construction KAL thread
  • Felici at Knit Picks

Question of the Week

What's your favorite way to spend a non-weekend day off?


If you want to see more of my knitting, feel free to befriend me on Ravelry or Instagram.  

There's also a Ravelry group that can be found here, if you enjoy that sort of thing...

Tags squircle, string theory, broken jack, unusual construction, kal4, felici, stash
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Sometimes, I take pictures of things...

Just finished my first pair of “work socks” here in AL! These have lived in my desk drawer since the start of the year and I get a few rows done when I’m in meetings or debugging code. The stripes matching up after the gusset was 10
Spherical farm animals found in the wild!
New podcast is up! Wherein I only talk about ~one~ project and why I’m going to shift my focus to being a very monogamous knitter for a while. Curious? Links to everywhere you can find it are in my profile. :-)
The body is finished! I kitchenered all 221 stitches of ribbing to the bottom because apparently I hate myself *a lot* but I really like how clean the bottom edge looks.

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