Jenny is a kid sweater making machine. Nicole stalls out on sweaters and works on some small projects to break through her knitter's block. We are joined by Adrian, producer and Stash and Burn progeny. Interested in taking the next step in your sewing--Pants No. 1 are well within your abilities or try a t-shirt, no serger required! Jenny talks about soap-making and we start to go off the rails with the appearance of another guest star.
After two years away, we are back, baby! We can't catch you up on all that we have done during our absence so we dive right back in. A few weeks ago, we went to Rhinebeck to go to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. We met a few friends there, pet some sheep, and bought some wool. Many thanks to our friend, Chris, who adventured to New York with us, and to Nicole's kid, Adrian, who served as a producer on this episode!
Between all the knittin' and dreamin', we've been buyin' and retreatin'. We've been finishing, starting, and planning all the knitwear. Sweaters, shawls, and self-striping socks have all been knit. In the meantime, the stash just got cozier.
Finishing abounds! Sweaters and tees and skirts have all been finished since we last spoke to you. We've cast on, dreamt about, and abandoned a few things along the way. Yarn has been purchased from near, far, and very far. Fiber has been transformed by flowers. All clothing is deemed adventurous.
Jenny finishes a big FO and Nicole knits and reknits her latest FO. We confess what we bought and didn't buy. Nicole talks about her other crafting and travels in NY state. Jenny casts on at least one more sweater. And we contemplate sleeveless knits for July.
Short, sweet, but very special episode today. Nicole and Jenny couldn't hook it up, so Jenny is joined by guests Alma (her sister) and Emma (her niece), who fill in admirably. More show notes later.
This month’s featured designer is the amazing WoollyWormhead. She literally has dozens of hat patterns most sized for multiple head circumferences. The next few weeks are Woolly’s annual sale--all items are 40% off with the code bringon2015 until January 23, 2015. This is a great time to stock up and knit your favorite patterns from her collection.
Curious Handmade is offering S&B listeners a discount until 12/24!
Code is SB25
15 Hats in 2015
#SnB15Hats
2 hats you knit between November 1st and December 31st can count. From those entries I will draw 3 winners for patterns by Woolly Wormhead, our first featured designer, on January 1st.
We hope to have Woolly on the podcast and we will have a Woolly KAL in January so you can all take part in her sale, which is a good one.
You can knit patterns from other designers, but this is a great chance to either knit from the Woolly patterns you own or acquire new ones!
Nicole is joined by Meg Croft to talk about the Cold Sheep effort active since 2009 on the Stash and Burn group. They talk stash size, strategies, and temptations. Grab your needles and have a listen.
Jenny Check Jenny learned to knit in 2005 and now knits to the exclusion of her personal hygiene. Her husband wonders how long this "knit from your stash" charade will continue.
Nicole Nicole (aka Big Sister) is a librarian who knits. Or maybe a knitter who is a librarian. When she's not knitting on the bus or in front of the TV or at lunch or when chatting with friends, she is, well, that's pretty much it. Knitting.
