Episode 29: True to Ourselves, where I reveal your Wing It Kal finished projects where we went off-pattern or invented something from scratch. I show my progress on Umnia and Floozy Cardigan. We discuss old favorite pattern books like Weekend Knitting, Knit 2 Together, and Loop d Loop.
Episode 28: Call of Knitting Zombies is hosted by a tired podcaster wearing a newly fiinished Feyre Shawl and is all about your inventive DIY projects. I share your progress in our #WingItKal and discuss several older Martin Storey patterns. AS always tons of interesting links in these notes.
Episode 27: My Sweet Little Abomination is on the process of the monster plaid sweater I’ve been winging it with and I show my Strathcona and other patterns from an older Good Night Day book. And I swoon over The Expanse books.
Do you despir at the price of yarn suggested in patterns? In Episode 26 I show progress on a super bulky Strathcona in cheap yarn and share lots of affordable bulky yarn recommendations. There are also affordable substitutes for colorchanging handspun like yarn that’s so popular right now. Plus I have past money saving tips on patterns and my DIY large double points and circulars that I made to use for my superbulky projects.
In Episode 25: Our Goals I talk about our shared goals for the new year show my finished Kapsel, progress on my personal plaid sweater, striped socks and Strathcona.
I’m hosting another knit-along in the new year. One that encourages us to use our skills with a little less guidance from patterns. Remember how I said, in my last…
I showed off all of the finished Junko Okamoto patterns on my podcast early in the year, but I wasn’t finished at the time, and have only now taken time…
I’m still working away at my beautiful Floozy cardigan, by Libby Jonson. It has been interrupted by a couple of test knits- you know how I am about those. But…
In Episode 22 I share a modified pattern that I used to make a mock The Killing inspired sweater. I share knits you’ve modified too and share some sketches and inspo for my plaid sweater in our upcoming knitalong.
In Episode 21 I talk about how intentions to knit one thing can often lead to a very different result, as shown with my finished Bulky Easy One sweater. I also share a few books that could help when modifying or creating a design? Cable Sourcebook, Cocoknits, Japanese Stitch Bible. Vogue Dictionaries, and Custom knits, and of course, Elzabeth Zimmerman.that is actually worsted. Plus there are lots of knitting plans and I talk plaid sweaters.