Episode 16: How we Connect
This is where I record the eleventy billionth knitting podcast.
On my blog: www.myso-calledhandmadelife.com
On Instagram as @mysocalledhandmadelife: https://www.instagram.com/mysocalledhandmadelife/
On Ravelry as mamatronic: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/mamatronic?set=&columns=&view=thumbnail&page=&sort=status%20completed_%20status_changed_&search=
My question for you:
Have you ever used knitting, or crafting, to cross cultural or social barriers in order to connect with another person?
Stuff I mention in Episode 16:
Intuition shawl by Stacy Elstone: https://www.stressknits.com
in her Stress Knits Squishy base, Eliza colorway: https://www.stressknits.com/?category=Squishy
Your wool blend recommendations for summer:
Woolbu: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/blue-moon-fiber-arts-woobu
Samite: https://www.blackeryarns.co.uk/yarn/samite-silk-blend
BambooPop: http://www.universalyarn.com/quality_color.php?quality=325
Knit One Crochet Too Elfin Tweed: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knit-one-crochet-too-elfin-tweed
Elsebeth Lavold Silky Tweed: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/elsebeth-lavold-silky-tweed
Tegna by Caitlyn Hunter: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tegna
Floozy Cardigan by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/floozy-2
Kit in FloozyYarn: https://yarnfloozy.co.nz
There’s a FloozyKAL: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/truly-myrtle/3813810/1-25
Summer Sweater KAL: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/very-shannon/3813773/101-125#119
Our combined “Next sweaters” list:
Guthrie by Caitlyn Hunter: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/guthrie
Meg by Junko Okamoto: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meg-9
Jelly Donuts by Teresa Gregorio: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-donuts
My Annie Lupton Driftwood and Seaglass Test knit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_x3xbFC9N/?taken-by=bohochicfiberco
in Knit Picks Hawthorne Multi in Nob Hill (discontinued color): https://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Hawthorne_Fingering_Multi_Yarn__D5420251.html
and Stroll Tonal Pearlescent: https://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Stroll_Tonal_Sock_Yarn__D5420134.html
Ready for Fall by Isabell Kraemer: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ready-for-fall-2
Mix and Match by the Knitting Expat: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mix–match-cardigan
O’ Keeffe by Bristol Ivy: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/okeeffe-2
Piper by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/piper-12
Wool and Honey by Andrea Mowry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wool–honey
Timely by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/timely
and something… anything… Junko: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/junko-okamoto
Thoughts on Connecting via social media:
Melanie of Braid and tinker Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfKhtTdIw20lQY0AuKjLgOQ
and Melanie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melanie_knits/
Just one of many articles about social media protest: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/activism-is-broken-heres-how-we-fix-it/9077372
People skills by Robert Bolton: https://www.amazon.com/dp/067162248X/?coliid=I16WNKYLQOMRR&colid=2NJ2XYEEGK0QJ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg: https://www.amazon.com/dp/189200528X/?coliid=INUOCAEKBWJJ8&colid=2NJ2XYEEGK0QJ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
And connecting through craft:
Katinka of Aknitak Creations Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61E1yCsPEe21ZoaS0ZEBrg
and Katinka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aknitak1katinka/
Day One Journal App: http://dayoneapp.com
Emilie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilie_idea/
and her plastics graphic: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/256564510007702813/
What the heck are soap nuts?: https://econutssoap.com/what-are-soap-nuts/
Lovebird Lane Yarns: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LovebirdLaneYarns
Our Junko Patterns:
Plum: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/plum-7
The Twigs: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-twigs
Lee Beret: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lee-beret
Rug: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rug-11
