Comments on: YarnCraft Episode 21 :: Sharing Your Designs with Others http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/ A Podcast for Yarn-Lovers from Lion Brand Yarn Company Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: YarnCraft Episode 48 :: Design Inspiration and Knit & Crochet Show Interviews | YarnCraft http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-2430 YarnCraft Episode 48 :: Design Inspiration and Knit & Crochet Show Interviews | YarnCraft Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:17 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-2430 [...] we’re joined by popular blogger and the Crochet Dude, Drew Emborsky (who last graced us in episode 21), and we also talk to local NYC designer Michaela Drapes, who is one half of the menswear duo [...] [...] we’re joined by popular blogger and the Crochet Dude, Drew Emborsky (who last graced us in episode 21), and we also talk to local NYC designer Michaela Drapes, who is one half of the menswear duo [...]

]]> By: Liz http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1487 Liz Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:40:41 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1487 Hi Louise, No - I haven't finished my scarf yet. I am a fickle yarncrafter, and have gotten distracted by other projects... but I'm still working on it! You can see my progress on <a> flickr.</a> I cast on 38 stitches, and I think that 1 ball of Sock-Ease will make a more than generous scarf! ~Liz Hi Louise,

No - I haven’t finished my scarf yet. I am a fickle yarncrafter, and have gotten distracted by other projects… but I’m still working on it! You can see my progress on flickr.

I cast on 38 stitches, and I think that 1 ball of Sock-Ease will make a more than generous scarf!

~Liz

]]> By: Louise http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1461 Louise Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:05:38 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1461 So Liz did you finish your scarf? how many CO stitiches did you do and how much sock ease? I also so weave so am eager to try this stitich! So Liz
did you finish your scarf?
how many CO stitiches did you do and how much sock ease? I also so weave so am eager to try this stitich!

]]> By: Carrie http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1365 Carrie Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:18:23 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1365 Hey I love the podcast. It inspired me to hurry up and put my designs on daisymum.etsy.com I want to publish them one day. I am working on many more and they are so much fun to do. I love the challenge and actually wearing the final product. Thanks for the inspiraton. You all Rock. Hey I love the podcast. It inspired me to hurry up and put my designs on daisymum.etsy.com I want to publish them one day. I am working on many more and they are so much fun to do. I love the challenge and actually wearing the final product. Thanks for the inspiraton. You all Rock.

]]> By: YarnCraft http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1329 YarnCraft Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:28:11 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1329 Hi Kathy in VA, To answer your question, you need to leave 3 times the inches of your project, so in your example, 144" would be correct. ~Zontee~ Hi Kathy in VA,

To answer your question, you need to leave 3 times the inches of your project, so in your example, 144″ would be correct.

~Zontee~

]]> By: Lion Brand Notebook http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1325 Lion Brand Notebook Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:07:13 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1325 [...] knitters and crocheters come up with their own designs. In episode #21 of our half-hour radio show, YarnCraft, we talked about sharing your patterns with others, whether [...] [...] knitters and crocheters come up with their own designs. In episode #21 of our half-hour radio show, YarnCraft, we talked about sharing your patterns with others, whether [...]

]]> By: Donna Williamson http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1324 Donna Williamson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:58:04 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1324 I really enjoy listening to your podcasts and download them into my mp3 to listen while I walk or commute to work. My knitting sanctuary is in my family room, close to the kitchen. I keep my projects in a standing knitting bag I got from Bagsmith.com I am working on an alligator scarf for my nephew that is adorable! I also have a felted purse on my needles and to carry along with me I am working on a baby's hat and booties to go along with a blanket I just completed using Lionbrand cotton ease. I choose to knit in my family room because the lighting is excellent and I can still be social and knit when I have a few minutes between household activities. My stash is so big that it is in a seperate room above my garage. I have some yarn stored in plastic bins but I like being able to see what I have so most of it is stored in plastic crates placed with the open side facing out. I have stacked them against a wall so I feel like I have my own mini yarn store. I keep my straight needles in a small pink trash bin and my circulars are organized by size in a binder. I use large zip lock bags to store the circs in the binder by using a hole puncher on one side to insert into the binder. You can then label the zip loc and insert your circs into the bag. I have a seperate book shelf in the room especially for my books, patterns and magazines. I try to keep a journal of ideas, tips and techniques that I've learned over the years. It comes in handy since it's hard to remember all the techniques I've learned over the years. I've been knitting for over 30 years and I never grow tired of the craft. Love Lion Brand yarns and this web site is great! Keep up the good work. Donna I really enjoy listening to your podcasts and download them into my mp3 to listen while I walk or commute to work.
My knitting sanctuary is in my family room, close to the kitchen. I keep my projects in a standing knitting bag I got from Bagsmith.com I am working on an alligator scarf for my nephew that is adorable! I also have a felted purse on my needles and to carry along with me I am working on a baby’s hat and booties to go along with a blanket I just completed using Lionbrand cotton ease. I choose to knit in my family room because the lighting is excellent and I can still be social and knit when I have a few minutes between household activities.
My stash is so big that it is in a seperate room above my garage. I have some yarn stored in plastic bins but I like being able to see what I have so most of it is stored in plastic crates placed with the open side facing out. I have stacked them against a wall so I feel like I have my own mini yarn store. I keep my straight needles in a small pink trash bin and my circulars are organized by size in a binder. I use large zip lock bags to store the circs in the binder by using a hole puncher on one side to insert into the binder. You can then label the zip loc and insert your circs into the bag. I have a seperate book shelf in the room especially for my books, patterns and magazines. I try to keep a journal of ideas, tips and techniques that I’ve learned over the years. It comes in handy since it’s hard to remember all the techniques I’ve learned over the years.
I’ve been knitting for over 30 years and I never grow tired of the craft. Love Lion Brand yarns and this web site is great! Keep up the good work.

Donna

]]> By: Kathy in VA http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1316 Kathy in VA Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:41:27 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1316 Just listened to Yarncraft Episode #21 about estimating the tail length in a long-tail cast on. A 3-to-1 ratio was suggested. Just to verify - if an afghan is going to be 48" wide do you pull out 3 x 48 inch length of yarn - i.e., 144 inches?? Seems like an awful lot. Or if the afghan is going to have 100 stitches you somehow multiply x3 in another way? I listened to the piece of the segment three times and couldn't figure this out. Thanks. Just listened to Yarncraft Episode #21 about estimating the tail length in a long-tail cast on. A 3-to-1 ratio was suggested. Just to verify - if an afghan is going to be 48″ wide do you pull out 3 x 48 inch length of yarn - i.e., 144 inches?? Seems like an awful lot. Or if the afghan is going to have 100 stitches you somehow multiply x3 in another way? I listened to the piece of the segment three times and couldn’t figure this out. Thanks.

]]> By: sandub http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1281 sandub Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:47:19 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1281 First, let me start by saying that I just love the podcasts, and I look forward to the Tuesday morning that I can listen! My "nook" is actually only a rocker in the livingroom. This way, I can still be with my family while enjoying my second love, yarn crafting! My stash is actually kept in my attic in clear bags. Although it does not appear to be very organized, I seem to be able to find whatever I need! As I am sure is the same with other "stashers," it is hard to admit to myself and to others just what is stashed. While my sister was visiting over the weekend, I was showing her a couple of my projects that are either on hooks or needles and she shared with me about a project she wanted to do. She was quite surprised when I took her to my attic and encouraged her to pick what she needed for her project -- hooks and all!! I, too, have at-home projects and on-the-go projects. My current on-the-go project is a simple washcloth that is being knitted on circular needles. This I keep in an easy zip plastic bag and just drop in my purse. You just never know when you will be in the car for longer than expected or sitting unexpectedly! My one at-home-project is a baby blanket for my cousin's soon-to-be-born baby and my other at-home-project is a larger afghan that my 19-year-old daughter and I are working on in blocks. Several years ago I began making afghans for the young people in our church as they leave for college. This has been both fun and rewarding. However, in 2009, there will be six of our young people leaving for college! So, it looks as though my daughter and I have a busy year ahead. First, let me start by saying that I just love the podcasts, and I look forward to the Tuesday morning that I can listen!

My “nook” is actually only a rocker in the livingroom. This way, I can still be with my family while enjoying my second love, yarn crafting!

My stash is actually kept in my attic in clear bags. Although it does not appear to be very organized, I seem to be able to find whatever I need! As I am sure is the same with other “stashers,” it is hard to admit to myself and to others just what is stashed. While my sister was visiting over the weekend, I was showing her a couple of my projects that are either on hooks or needles and she shared with me about a project she wanted to do. She was quite surprised when I took her to my attic and encouraged her to pick what she needed for her project — hooks and all!!

I, too, have at-home projects and on-the-go projects. My current on-the-go project is a simple washcloth that is being knitted on circular needles. This I keep in an easy zip plastic bag and just drop in my purse. You just never know when you will be in the car for longer than expected or sitting unexpectedly! My one at-home-project is a baby blanket for my cousin’s soon-to-be-born baby and my other at-home-project is a larger afghan that my 19-year-old daughter and I are working on in blocks. Several years ago I began making afghans for the young people in our church as they leave for college. This has been both fun and rewarding. However, in 2009, there will be six of our young people leaving for college! So, it looks as though my daughter and I have a busy year ahead.

]]> By: YarnCraft http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1276 YarnCraft Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:13:36 +0000 http://yarncraft.lionbrand.com/2008/07/29/yarncraft-episode-21-sharing-your-designs-with-others/#comment-1276 Hi Grace! I don't have a picture of my specific scarf yet. I'm using a fairly dark color of Sock-Ease (Taffy) and my limited digital photography skills have prevented me from getting a shot that will show the texture of linen stitch. But I'm working on it! This site (<a href="http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/linen.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/linen.htm</a>) has good instructions for working the Linen stitch, and a good swatch photo. I want my scarf to have some drape, so I am purling all wrong side rows without slipping any stitches - this is making a looser fabric. -Liz Hi Grace!

I don’t have a picture of my specific scarf yet. I’m using a fairly dark color of Sock-Ease (Taffy) and my limited digital photography skills have prevented me from getting a shot that will show the texture of linen stitch. But I’m working on it!

This site (http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/linen.htm) has good instructions for working the Linen stitch, and a good swatch photo. I want my scarf to have some drape, so I am purling all wrong side rows without slipping any stitches - this is making a looser fabric.

-Liz

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