YarnCraft rings in the new year with Liz and Zontee discussing their post-holiday crafting and how they are doing with their yarncrafting resolutions. To keep warm both indoors and out, the YarnCraft ladies share super cozy patterns perfect for the winter season. Zontee also visits the Lion Brand Yarn Studio — find out what staffers Patty and Will, along with our customers, have on their needles and hooks.
Patterns discussed include:
- Cottage Slipper Socks (knit or crochet)
- Loom Knit Chunky Footies
- 5 1/2 Hour Throw/6 Hour Afghan
- Plush Throw
- Knit Sweater Blanket
- Play it Cool Neckwarmer
- Collar and Arm Warmers
- Leg Warmers
- Knifty Knitter Ballet Leggings
- Arm Warmers
- Cashmere Arm Cosies
- Lacy Luxe Cowl
- Cable Comfort Throw
- Dusty Night Scarf
Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life–Liz and Zontee share ideas for spending time with loved ones while getting some yarncrafting done. Enjoy a fun time with friends while watching movies, crafting together, and more.
We also discuss Audible.com — a site with over 50,000 audio-book titles, perfect for listening to while yarncrafting.
To share your comments and thoughts, post a message on the blog, email to yarncraft [at] lionbrand [dot] com! Our next episode will be on the latest fashion trends. Have you noticed a great trend, or do you have a question about fashion? Tell us about it, and you may be included in our next show!
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Theme music is “Boy with a Coin” by Iron and Wine, from the PodSafe Music Network.
Show Notes:
00:12 Intro & Welcome
01:39 Resolutions and post-holiday yarncrafting
05:18 Listener calls
07:11 Cozy winter projects
18:46 Zontee visits the Studio
23:46 Stash This
29:43 Thanks to our guests
January 15th, 2009 at 12:17 am
I have all of the podcasts on my iPod. I have listened from the beginning. Now I am behind but I intend to get caught up.
I have a request, could you devote some time to checking your gauge. Cover the reasons for it, proper way to measure, and how to adjust knitting, tension, etc for the correct gauge.
Thanks, Linda Kring
January 16th, 2009 at 11:08 am
You guys are so much fun to listen to! In the last podcast you were talking about what activities can be done while knitting…My two closest friends knit and crochet and got me into it this last year. One of them is quite addicted and knitts at stop lights. We have game nights where they come over with their husbands and we play Dungeons and Dragons, Poker, and other board games. The guys always have to make at least one comment about all three of us ladies knitting until our turn…
But we have to be doing something with our hands!
Thanks for your hard work,
Cathe
January 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Hi Linda, thanks for the suggestion! Don’t forget to check out the Stash This in Episode 15 for some great gauge tips.
Hi Catherine, great to hear that you ladies use game time wisely
~Zontee~
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I recently cast on for a ruffle scarf (short rows) using some Homespun from my stash. It was the perfect project to work on while playing yahtzee with my friends last weekend when it was snowing outside. Each row was short enough that I could work on it between turns, and staying in out of the cold with friends was a great way to spend an evening.
I completely relate to the “must have Thick & Quick” mentality of the studio customers… I am one of them! As much as I am enamored by the collection yarns, Sock-ease and Cotton-ease, it is the Wool-ease Thick & Quick that inspires my creativity the most. I’ve used so much of this yarn I sort of worry that I’m running out of fresh color options.
I would love to see another color story for the Wool-ease yarns… I’m a sweater knitter, so I want colors that are beautiful by themself (rather than as a group in an afghan). I dream about a daffodil yellow with no hint of orange or green, and I am on the prowl for a bright cobalt blue. Heathered/semi solids are my weakness; charcoal and heather grey are my favorite current Woolease colors and I am in love with EVERY color of the Recycled Cotton.
What I am getting at is that I am interested in learning how Lion Brand forecast and develops new yarn colors.
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
First, I just want to say that I really enjoy y’alls podcast. I only recently discovered it and plan on listening to some of the old episodes.
Now I’m no fashion guru or anything..actually I’m a tee and jeans kind of gal..but I knitted a scarf out of the Lion Brand Trellis for my sil. She LOVED it. So of course, my mom wanted one. My mom wore hers to work and a co-worker loved it and so I knitted one for her. So I’m not sure if you would call this a fashion trend but everyone does seem to love these scarves. I plan on knitting a few more for upcoming birthday gifts.
Thanks again for a great podcast.
January 24th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I love the podcasts and frequently download them ont my MP3 player to listen to while I walk and commute to work. Recently I’ve had trouble getting the podcasts onto my MP3. Up until 2009 I used to get a question that asked if I want to use Rhapsody to handle the download,and I could just transfer the podcast over. Now it just downloads and plays on my computerwith out any options. Did you change the format?
Also I would like to hear an episode about combining yarn weights. I remember reading something about using 2 strands of sock yarn held together gives you the equivalent of worsted weight, etc.. Also would love to hear about different career opportunities in the yarn/knitting/pattern writing/design industry.
Love what you do!
Thanks, Donna
Zontee says: Hi Donna, we haven’t changed the format of the files — have you updated your Rhapsody recently? Perhaps you can adjust your automatic settings for downloading files? You can also save the podcast file to your computer by right-clicking the “Direct Download” link at the bottom of each podcast blog post (Ctrl+click on Macs), and selecting the “Save link as” option, saving it onto your computer, and importing it to your MP3 player like any other MP3.
We have previously talked about holding two strands of certain weight yarns together for equivalents of other weights, but it’s definitely a good topic and we’ll try to revisit it in our upcoming episode about yarns and yarn types. Thanks for the suggestions!