Episode 40: Wrap it up

Episode 40: Wrap it Up (39:13)

This week we talk to cable queen Janet Szabo and then we wrap up our first year of podcasting with a look back.

Navigating the Twists and Turns with Janet Szabo
We talk to Janet Szabo about transforming yourself into a designer (swatch it!) and loving cables.

Twist and Turns Newsletter
Cables Volume 1: The Basics
Aran Sweater Design
Janet's favorite increases can be found on KnittingHelp.com (backwards loop or M1A or M1T and picking up the running thread M1R or M1L)
Janet's favorite cable: Woven cable
Janet's favorite yarn: Brunswick Germantown

Year in Review
As we head out for break we review our progress over the last 11 months of podcasting.

The stages of stash acceptance
Contest on Knitting Daily
Pillow-Ghan
Jenny is making her blanket out of Main Line
Rowan Iceland
Andean Treasure
Rainy Day Scarf
Kenobi Sweater
Purlbee cowl
School Products Donegal Cashmere
Seaman's scarf
Trellis
Summer Shawlette

Thank you all for listening this year! You are the best!

Music:
Dig Me Out: Sleater Kinney
Innocent Bones: Iron and Wine

Comments

[Laure]

Thanks to you guys for producing such a good podcast! Love it love it love it... Happy podcast-first birthday and well done.
Cheers from Belgium.
L.

[Leslie]

My Tuesday morning runs won't be the same without you!!! :) Enjoy your well-deserved break. Thanks for a year of intelligent & entertaining podcasts. Leslie

[Renee]

Thanks for a terrific season - have a great holiday time!

Knitters for Critters is closing in on $800 raised -- woo-hoo!

[lori z]

Thank you for producing such a fabulous podcast. I will miss my weekly installment while you two are resting up. I hope you have a great holiday!

Oh, I too am knitting the Iceland sweater right now. Instead of using the Rowan yarn, I'm using Berkshire Bulky from Webs. Yesterday, in the most random fashion, I met someone from Ravelry who knit that sweater a few months ago. She used Cocoon and says that its drapes nicely. She also reported that she's been getting a lot of wear out of it! That's encouraging!

[aija]

Thanks for a great season! Have a good time off :)

[Sarah]

Thanks for a great year of podcasts! I'm looking foward to another year of great episodes. Enjoy your time off and happy holidays!

[laurie]

I'll miss you! Enjoy the much-deserved break. I hope you come back, whenever you're ready, with your wonderful enthusiasm and great outlook on knitting and life.

[Deborah]

Jenny - reducing the size of your stash by 13K yds is nothing to sneeze at. Kudos!

Over the year of listening to your thought-provoking podcast, what I've come to realize - for me at least - is that buying a sweaters' worth of yarn that I'm not ready to cast on for immediately means it will stay in my stash while my enthusiasm for it wanes. That makes it difficult to start the intended project or find another suitable one. The most successful sweater projects for me have been knit with recently purchased yarn.

For smaller quantities though, you and other listeners have made me aware of the fact that there are tons of great patterns for smaller quantities of yarn.

So in 2008 I am going to limit sweater quantities (even if they are a Great Deal) and invest more in smaller quantities, and keep the stash fresh by using it!

Thanks for sharing your ideas, thought and voices over the past year. Enjoy your holidays, and your break and hope we'll hear from you again!

[Jessica]

Hey guys, I love your podcast! I just wanted to let you know that there are pictures of Brunswick Germantown on Ravelry.

[denise]

I want some bed Gloves / mittens too! We have no power and I was wishing for that very thing last night. Our home is 54 degrees inside. Brrrrr! Denise in Tulsa, Ok

[Marlene]

Thanks for your first year of podcasts! YOU are the best. I'll miss you, and look forward to your second year of podcasts beginning in January. In the mean time, keep warm and best wishes for a joyous holiday season!

[Margaret]

Thanks for all your work this year! Have a good rest, and come back refreshed and ready to go. :)

[Tina]

Thanks for a great year!! I loved your show and went back to the beginning of the season to play catch up. After listening to a few of your podcasts, i thought about the few novelty yarns I had and wished I had a stash. Pooof! A friend sent me a box of knit-picks yarn. I actually have a small stash to burn now.

Howdy from Texas:^)

[Red]

what's the yarn used in the scarf shown? Malabrigo, the softest yarn ever?

[Janice]

I gotta tell you that when Nicole talked about needing felted mitts for bed, I was laughing out loud along with Jenny. Too funny! But if you're looking for a good felt mitt pattern, there's a nice one in Knit One Felt Too called Double-Cuff Mittens. They're kind of like oven mitts with a ribbed cuff inside. lol
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/bogiebogie/double-cuff-mittens

[Lauren]

Happy holidays! This year has seen major stash acquisition for me, and even though I'm headed in the opposit direction, I've truly enjoyed your podcasts. Have a great new year and I look forward to hearing from you both in January.

[Evelyn]

I only caught on to you girls this fall, so the break is coming crushingly soon for me, but I've really enjoyed your podcast and will look forward to it lighting up again in the otherwise bleak days of late winter!

[JennyGirl]

Happy Holidays Girls!
And congratulations on your personal achievements.
Make a blankie from your bits of left over yarn, like miter squares of sock yarn, or just stockinette stitch. Left over yarn being that little bit of stuff you really can't do anything with, but can't throw out. How sacrilegious!
Enjoy your time off and hear you next year.

[Sally Villarreal]

I think my New Year's Resolution is to swatch more.

I believe you guys have your stash under control, but I have trouble believing you don't want to go to stitches. (If not just to see.)

I want to see that Ravelry thread on materialism. I wonder about that too, sometime.