Episode 12: Equipment Difficulties
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Support for Kristie Holden who works at Yarncom-fundraising night at Applebee’s at 2921 S. Service Rd., St. Charles, MO on October 17 from 11am-11pm-Yarncom’s Instagram post can be found here: yarncom?igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
Equipment difficulties; 2 weeks since our last episode; Korey’s “Crazy Cat Lady” sweater as a house sweater
WIPS:
Jenna’s tube to be 2 socks; 3rd times the charm to knit the ribbing again. Using US size 1 dpns out of Opal yarn
We are escaping into teen/young adult fiction and British tv, specifically British murder mysteries.
Korey’s shorties using Lion Brand Sockease in the Cosmo colorway, heels & toes out of Knit Picks Stroll Tweed in North Pole Heather, with an eye of partridge heel.
Mentioned Columbine Peak Socks from Socks on Two Circular Needles by Cat Bordhi
Mentioning McNeedles in Lacombe, Louisiana; driving Lake Ponchartrain
Talk about how much Jenna enjoys winding her yarn to start her project
Twice Sheared Sheep Sock Ruler: twiceshearedsheep.com/products/sock-ruler-sock-sizing-ruler-slap-bracelet
Revelations about using the sock ruler when you knitting toe-up…noticing how the heel and toe depth are the same when knitting
How our yarn buying habits are changing over the course of our knitting journey
Cascade Yarns color workshop at Yarncom
Korey’s Mignon Baby Sweater by Loop London out of Expression Fiber Arts unknown yarn, deciding on a button
Talking about knitting or crocheting for others and how we would prefer to teach them to knit/crochet it themselves
Jenna’s Haru V-Neck Sweater by Soop Knits out of Miss Babs Yowza in the Coffee Break colorway
Plans:
Jenna wants to knit a fingering weight sweater next
Korey wants to knit a Ranunculus sweater
Korey lost an Amazon package to the weather…containing her US 000 dpns
Korey’s tube socks have been split…out of Paton’s Kroy.
We are using Lara Neel’s Sock Architecture book to guide our “afterthought heel flap & gusset”
Jenna wants to knit Christmas socks coming soon out of West Yorkshire Spinner 4 Ply in Hollyberry
Korey bought some Knit Circus sock yarn in the Busy Bee Speckle from the trunk show at Yarncom…they need to be socks for Korey!
Modern Folk Embroidery’s Hold on to Your Socks cross stitch sampler pattern
We need to get Korey’s ravelry page updated with all her pictures and such from her phone
A little appreciation for our bodies which deliberately come in all shapes and sizes.
Mini Skein Madness! Revisiting Korey’s Sun Valley Fibers and the Mini Skein Knits book with several patterns making the $14.95 price tag worth it. Want to knit the Head in the Clouds Hat, Crazy Color Trio Hat, the Rainbow Cardi, and A Mermaid Darkly sweater. Jenna did stop by Yarncom and picked up a copy.
Using hair wax to help tame the postpartum hair regrowth.
Jenna’s friend, Brittany Barnett who is a Limelife consultant. www.limelifebyalcone.com/brittanybarnett/home
Saving all our ripping for our TikTok accounts: HaydenPaigeKnits
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JennaKnits
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Episode that previously mentioned the Tiilda hat that Korey unearthed. She is going to go ahead and knit the hat.
Jenna’s skin-crawling color combo is red & purple…referencing the Purple Hat club that makes Jenna shudder. Anyone else have difficulty putting those colors next to each other?
Why is watching someone rip their knitting so mesmerizing?
Pumpkin Hollow Quilts and her mocking basket of WIPs.
Thank you for watching and spending time with us today. We will check in on TikTok and Instagram before the next one of these comes out.