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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 21 - The one before PFoF

April 26, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Happypotamus
  • Drachenschwingen
  • Business Casual Socks
  • Vanilla Latte Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • PhD Yarns (this is where the KAL prize yarn is from)
  • Powhatan Festival of Fiber
  • LaTeX

Question of the Week

What is your favorite "almost vanilla" sock pattern?  Something that is pretty basic, very go-to, but just has that special something.


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 scrappypotamus, business casual, fiber festival, drachenschwingen, kal2
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 20 - The beginnings of a scrappapotamus

April 19, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Happypotamus
  • Drachenschwingen
  • Business Casual Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Fleece Artist
  • PhD Yarns (this is where the KAL prize yarn is from)

Question of the Week

What are those small things in life that bring you an inappropriate amount of happiness?  Mine is my morning cup of coffee - sure, I would survive without it, but having my coffee just so really makes the day so much better.


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 scrappypotamus, drachenschwingen, business casual, cables, kal2, fiber festival
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 19 - Looking fancy!

April 12, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Snozzberry Socks
  • Happypotamus
  • Drachenschwingen
  • Business Casual Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Expat Yarn KAL (hosted by Mina of The Knitting Expat)
  • Fleece Artist
  • Kim Dyes Yarn
  • PhD Yarns
  • Quantum dots info
  • Monster cookies
  • ASMR sampler playlist

Question of the Week

What are your knitting rituals?  I don't mean when you are knitting in the car or a few stolen moments, but when you sit down to knit, what do you like to do to make it special?


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 snozzberries, drachenschwingen, business casual, kal2, scrappypotamus
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 18 - Completely unprepared

April 5, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Viking Socks
  • Snozzberry Socks
  • Brainless Socks
  • Business Casual Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Cable tutorial without cable needles
  • Expat Yarn KAL (hosted by Mina of The Knitting Expat)

Question of the Week

I am fresh out of question of the week ideas, so this week I would love to get some inspiration from you all!  Got a question you would like to ask a bunch of other knitters?  Let me know and I will do it for you.  :-)


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 viking sock, snozzberries, brainless, business casual, kal2, cables
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 17 - So hotel...

March 29, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Viking Socks
  • Snozzberry Socks
  • Brainless Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Cable tutorial without cable needles
  • Tour of my apartment just after we moved in

Results of the last QotW:

The breakdown by needle configuration is the percentage of people using those needles for each heel type column


Question of the Week

Do you give your socks any special treatment before their first wearing?  I get too excited and put mine on as soon as the last end is woven in!


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 viking sock, snozzberries, brainless, kal2, cables, cascade
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Cable Tutorial - You don't need another needle!

March 28, 2016

These are the tutorials where I originally found and learned these techniques.

Tags tutorial, cables, kal2
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 15 - Slogging along

March 15, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Zigzagular socks
  • Little Cable Knee Highs
  • Socks on a plane
  • Viking Socks
  • Cable socks KAL thread

Question of the Week

How do you wear wool socks in the summer without your feet turning into sweaty messes?  Also, help me pick which color of yarn to use for my Viking socks!


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 zigzagular, little cable knee highs, socks on a plane, kal2
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 14 - Bring on spring!

March 7, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Zigzagular socks
  • Little Cable Knee Highs
  • Socks on a plane
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Powhatan Fiber Festival
  • New York Sheep and Wool Festival

Question of the Week

What part of spring (or fall, for my Southern hemisphere friends) are you looking forward to the most?


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 zigzagular, little cable knee highs, socks on a plane, kal2, fiber festival
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 13 - Live and in color!

March 1, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Sockengerippe socks
  • Syncopation socks
  • Zigzagular socks
  • Little Cable Knee Highs
  • Cable socks KAL thread
  • Afterthought heel tutorial

Question of the Week

Yarn reviews!  Anyone want to see them?  If so, what qualities of the yarn would you like to see reviewed?


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 patons kroy, opal, syncopation, sockengerippe, plymouth yarn, kal1, kal2
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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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