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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 62 - Mismatched shorties

April 11, 2017

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Blueberry Waffle Socks
  • Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
  • Flax Light
  • Flying North
  • Paulie
  • Garter or something yellow KAL chatter thread
  • Powhatan Festival of Fiber + my vlog from last year
  • The dressing recipe I mentioned

Question of the Week

What is your preferred method for carrying unused yarn along your work while doing stripes?


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, traveling cable, flax light, flying north, paulie, kal8, fiber festival
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 61 - No time for knitting

March 28, 2017

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Sheep and Pickle Mock Cable Sock
  • Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
  • Flax Light
  • Flying North
  • Furrow
  • Spring into Summer Shawl
  • PhD Yarns
  • My dyeing tutorial
  • Garter or something yellow KAL chatter thread
  • Gut by Giulia Enders

Question of the Week

Do you celebrate Easter/Passover/any other spring holidays?  If so, what do you do to celebrate them?


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 mock cable, traveling cable, flax light, flying north, furrow, shawl, dyeing, kal8
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 60 - "Back to you, future me"

March 14, 2017

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Project page for my scrap hat
  • Mirkwood
  • Sheep and Pickle Mock Cable Sock
  • Traveling Cable Hand Warmers + my project page with notes
  • Flax Light
  • This is the yarn that I bought for dyeing
  • My dyeing tutorial
  • Yarn to Table Podcast (youtube, ravelry group)
  • Garter or something yellow KAL chatter thread

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Question of the Week

How do you pick yourself up from moderately bad news?  Not death-in-the-family bad news, just something that's sort of a bummer.


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 scrap hat, mirkwood, mock cable, traveling cable, flax light, dyeing, kal8
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 52 - New year, new hair color

January 3, 2017

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Piece of My Heart Socks
  • Traveling Cable Hat (here is my project page with the charts)
  • Zigzagular Socks
  • Hermione's Everyday Socks
  • Dovetail Wrap
  • Happypotamus
  • Little Cable Knee Highs
  • Blueberry Waffle Socks
  • Lancaster Yarn Shop
  • Business Casual
  • Cloudborn Dyeables
  • Cables and something blue KAL thread (by the way, the hashtag for this KAL will be #10kstsKAL7 - not very imaginative, but what can ya do)
  • Brownberry Chronicles Podcast group (for the Make WIPs Not Waste MAL)
  • Inside Number 23 (for the Harry Potter KAL)
  • 2017 goals thread
  • The Steel Kiss, Going Clear, and Men with Brooms

Question of the Week

How did you ring in 2017?  We had Thai food and went to bed early.  :-P

(By the way, the winner of the impromptu giveaway from last episode was hookinglitter, so please check your Ravelry messages and let me know your mailing address.)


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 piece of my heart, traveling cable, zigzagular, advent socks, hermoine's everyday, christmas, shawl, little cable knee highs, blueberry waffle, business casual, kal7, kal6, 2017 goals
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 51 - Last one of 2016

December 20, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Slouchy Candle Flame Hat
  • Traveling Cable Hat (here is my project page with the charts)
  • 2x2 Ribbed for His Pleasure
  • Two by Two
  • Zigzagular Socks
  • Project page for my Advent socks
  • Hermione's Everyday Socks
  • Dovetail Wrap
  • Happypotamus
  • Little Cable Knee Highs
  • Blueberry Waffle Socks
  • PhD Yarns
  • Lancaster Yarn Shop
  • Sock yarn isn't just for socks KAL thread

Question of the Week

What is your favorite fiber-related thing that you made in 2016?


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 hat, shawl, traveling cable, zigzagular, advent socks, hermoine's everyday, scrappypotamus, little cable knee highs, blueberry waffle, kal6, 2016 goals, 2017 goals
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 50 - Too many WIPs

December 6, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • St. Nick's Day
  • Syncopation Socks
  • Traveling Cable Hat
  • 2x2 Ribbed for His Pleasure
  • Zigzagular Socks
  • Project page for my Advent socks
  • Hermione's Everyday Socks
  • Rye socks
  • PhD Yarns
  • Lancaster Yarn Shop
  • Sock yarn isn't just for socks KAL thread

Question of the Week

KALs for next year - would you prefer open subject KALs or to continue with the technique-focused themes?


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 advent socks, christmas, hermoine's everyday, traveling cable, hat, zigzagular, rye, stockings, kal6, syncopation
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10,000 Stitches Podcast, Episode 49 - Vacation brain

November 29, 2016

Links to things I mentioned:

  • Syncopation Socks
  • Traveling Cable Hat
  • 2x2 Ribbed for His Pleasure
  • Aquaphobia Socks
  • PhD Yarns
  • Looped Yarn Works
  • Sock yarn isn't just for socks KAL thread
  • Merzi - highly recommend if you are in DC
  • Fibre Space
  • The other half of the Air and Space Museum

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 syncopation, traveling cable, hat, aquaphobia, kal6, advent socks
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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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