YarnCraft Episode 129 :: Favorite Cast-Ons, Bind-Offs, Foundations, and Trims
20 Nov
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We’re back! Après le déluge (or the hurricane, as it happens to be), Zontee and Michelle are back with favorite cast-ons, bind-offs, foundations, and more. Find out which cast-ons or starting chain methods are the best for your needs on this episode of YarnCraft.
We explore techniques including Judy’s Magic Cast-On, Magic Ring, Cable Cast-On, Picot Cast-On and Cast-Off, No-Chain Foundations, and more. Patty Lyons, Studio Director of the Lion Brand Yarn Studio and head of the education department, joins us to talk about all these techniques, which she teaches 3 classes about.
For additional resources, be sure to check out YouTube, as well as these two books that have come out in the last year:
- Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods by Leslie Ann Bestor
- Cast On, Bind Off: 211 Ways to Begin and End Your Knitting by Cap Sease
For trim patterns, visit the Lion Brand StitchFinder.
Then on Stash This: Ideas for Your Crafting Life, Lion Brand staff tell us what’s on their holiday yarncrafting wish list. Supplies they’re interested in include LB Collection Cashmere (what else?), LB Collection Baby Alpaca, a ball winder and yarn swift, yarn cutter pendant, and more.
On this episode of YarnCraft, Zontee and Michelle discuss some of the wonderful fiber art installations and exhibits happening all over the world.
Summer is a time for travel and trips — so join Liz & Zontee as they share their travels and tips for yours! The girls of YarnCraft just got back from their trip to Maker Faire Bay Area, and so they share interviews with crafters, artists, and fiber enthusiasts of all sorts, taking part in this festival for all things DIY.
On today’s episode, Liz & Zontee chat with artists Ruth Marshall, an artist drawing attention to animal conservation through her knitted animal skins, and Nathan Vincent, an artist focusing on the tension between “masculine” and “feminine”, to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the creative processes of these two fiber artists.