Comments on: YarnCraft Episode 05 :: Men Who Knit & Crochet

By: Lion Brand Notebook

Lion Brand Notebook — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:07:29 +0000

[…] that looks at males in the knitting community. We also had an episode of Yarncraft featuring Men Who Knit & Crochet. As a male knitter myself, I got odd looks from subway passengers while knitting a scarf on my way […]

By: ann

ann — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:05:52 +0000

i learned a great idea from a friend who travelled (lightly) through india. she would take a small crochet hook (1.75-2mm) to make little change purses, bookmarks etc. out of cotton embroidery floss. you could have a rainbow of colors that would fit in a change purse.

By: YarnCraft

YarnCraft — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:49:15 +0000

Hi Cindy,

Unfortunately, since we’ve discontinued Magic Stripes, it will probably be difficult to find stores that still carry it. However, stay tuned in the upcoming months, because we might just have a new sock yarn coming out!

Thanks for your kind words! Glad you enjoy the podcast!

~Zontee~

By: Cindy Upholzer

Cindy Upholzer — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:29:07 +0000

Please tell me where I can purchase Lion Brand Magic Stripes. That is my favorite yarn for knitting socks. The LYS in my area do not carry your brand at all and JoAnn Fabric does not stock the Magic Stripes. I did order directly from Lion Brand but the shipping was as much as the yarn. I used to own a Ben Franklin store and I was able to stock this. I live in the Akron/Canton, Ohio area. I listen to the podcasts and do enjoy them, please keep them coming. Cindy Upholzer

By: Linda Kring

Linda Kring — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:53:34 +0000

I love knitting and for the most part am self-taught. My mother and grandmother both are crocheters. I decided I wanted to knit at about 9. It has been a passion ever since. I’ve taught some friends, a daughter, sister-in-law and my mother.

I remember when I was about 4 my grandmother taught a neighbor to crochet. Even at 4 I thought this was odd because it was a guy. I had never seen a guy do this before. I was impressed with his tallent. After learning the basics he crocheted a bed spread out of that fine thread! It was beautiful and really impressed his teacher, my grandmother. This was the first of many projects Henry crocheted. A statement made on this episode is very true. Guys have no problem jumping right into a complicated project with just the basic skills. This happened many years ago and I still wouldn’t take on that bed spread.

Love the podcasts, keep them coming.
Linda in Chattanooga

By: Saralyn

Saralyn — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:17:25 +0000

Here are a few ways to keep track of that one live stitch loop while crocheting on the go: The easy way, which I use is to pull the loop out long (2-3″) which helps to keep things from unraveling while the project is in the bag, then when you pick up your work again tighten the free loop back to normal size and continue on as usual. Another way to keep that loop from unraveling would be to stick a twist tie through the loop, twist the twist tie into a 1″ loop, then just remove it (and stash in your bag to reuse) when you want to start working again. You could also use a coilless safety pin or one of those locking ring stitch markers to hold your free loop.

By: David in San Francisco

David in San Francisco — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:05:03 +0000

I got my iPod a few years ago and enjoyed listening to podcasts about crochet published by individuals but they were released sporadically and all eventually fizzled out.

So I think you are definitely filling a need for the wired (and wireless) yarn workers with this podcast.

I enjoy the variety of regular segments as well as the focus of each episode. I was very moved by the piece about KrochetKids.

My only nit (no pun intended) are the production values. I hope Lion Brand will understand the value of this communication channel and afford you some quieter space (even a studio) for recording.

Cheers,

David in San Francisco

By: YarnCraft

YarnCraft — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:31:27 +0000

Dear Peggy,

Our podcasts are audio podcasts and the files are MP3s. If you can’t get the built-in Adobe player on our blog to play the file, there is also a Direct Download link towards the bottom of each post that allows you to download the files onto your computer, so that you can play them with the audio player, including Quicktime, of your choice. Hope that helps! Thanks for checking out our blog!

~Zontee~

By: Rik Bouwmeester

Rik Bouwmeester — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:16:43 +0000

Super Dad!

So men knit. What’s the big deal. Men are the ones who started the whole thing. We are just taking back what belongs to us.

Yes I knit. I am a 48 year old man. Not weird. Nothing. I also skateboard at the skatepark once a week. I have a black belt in martial arts. I am an avid cyclists and runner. I am an active hang glider pilot. I fly paragliders. I have a pilots license. I like to fish. I snow board, snow ski and water ski. I ride the new razor rip stick. There’s a bit more but you get the picture. And in between I do knit.

By: peggy kinsley

peggy kinsley — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:41:08 +0000

can’t get your video to play!!!! bummer. hope you can work on that. it’s not me…other websites are playing quicktime just fine with my computer. quicktime is fickle though…can you try something else maybe??
thanks and merry christmas!!!