Glacial Knits Podcast: Episode 3 - Better Late than Never?

Show notes:

We talk about our Ravelry group and welcome our new group members:

• dees
• DunneMacroom

Thanks for joining us! We hope to see some more of you there! This is our last episode at our current apartment. We are moving!! The moving is also the reason for the brevity of the episode.

What we're knitting:

Sari

• WIP
  • Ariel Pullover by Brandy Velten out of Wild Hare Fiber Studio Pinnacle Sock in "Browncoat"
  • Regretting Tonight’s Foolish Mayhem Socks by KnittyMelissa out of Spartickes Dyes Will and Grace Sock in the “Good Trip” colourway—part of the 2015 Gilmore Girls Yarn Club
  • Swatching for a sock out of The Girl Who Crafted Sparkle Sock in "Cuarenta" a test colourway inspired by Real Madrid Football Club
  • Sewed a Tarot Deck bag (custom-size order) out of the Planets fabric.
• ​Finished
  • Rotterdam Market Hall Hat by bunnymuff out of Knit Circus Ringmaster in a colour Sari dyed at KnitCircus Studios and then overdyed with turquoise

Jonas

• WIP
  • Angularity shawl by Josh Ryks out of Hazel Knits Divine in “Leaf Fall” and Hazel Knits Artisan Sock in “Wild Rice.”
• Finished
  • He Said She Said Hat by Bonne Marie Burns (Chic Knits) out of The Girl Who Crafted Single-ply Bulky in "My Head is Aching in GMT"

We briefly discuss the Parasol Protectorate books by Gail Carriger.

We mention again where to find us:

Sari

• Ravelry – TheGirlWhoCrafted
• Twitter – @girlwhocrafted
• Instagram - @thegirlwhocrafted
• Email – thegirlwhocraftedblog@gmail.com

Jonas

• Ravelry – ShopBoyJonas
• Twitter - @jonassollers

You can find these videos on Sari’s blogs at:

• http://girlwhocrafted.com/blog
• http://girlwhocrafted.blogspot.com

Sari’s yarns can be found at: http://girlwhocrafted.com

Glacial Knits Podcast: Episode 2 - Mechanical Carpentry

Hopefully the podcast is now or will soon be on iTunes! Still working out a few kinks.

Show notes:

We talk about our Ravelry group and welcome our new group members:

• 1to1
• kolson111322

Thanks for joining us! We hope to see some more of you there!

What we're knitting:

Jonas

• Finished - Alberta by Jared Flood out of Woolfolk Får in the “3” colourway, Ogle Design BFL Coloration in blue, and Malabrigo Rios in “Bobby Blue”
• Swatching for a hat - He Said She Said Hat by Bonne Marie Burns (Chic Knits) out of The Girl Who Crafted Bulky Roving in "My Head is Aching in GMT"

Sari

• WIP
  • Ariel Pullover by Brandy Velten out of Wild Hare Fiber Studio Pinnacle Sock in "Browncoat"
  • Regretting Tonight’s Foolish Mayhem Socks by KnittyMelissa out of Spartickes Dyes Will and Grace Sock in the “Good Trip” colourway—part of the 2015 Gilmore Girls Yarn Club
  • Swatching for a sock out of The Girl Who Crafted Sparkle Sock in "Cuarenta" a test colourway inspired by Real Madrid Football Club
  • Swatching for the Rotterdam Market Hall Hat by bunnymuff out of Knit Circus Ringmaster in a colour Sari dyed and is planning to overdye with turquoise
• ​Finished
  • Legolas Socks by Claire Ellen out of Sheepish Yarn Company BFL Sock in the “Jack Pine” Colourway
  • Winter's Quiet Cowl by Kat Archer out of The Girl Who Crafted Wool Worsted in "Winter Woods"

We talk about the yarn shelf that Jonas built for Sari and show a video of the shelf.

Sari talks about the Mama Bear Plus Handcrafted Yarn Swift Jonas bought her for her birthday so her reskeining process is easier

Sari talks about yarn dyeing and shows some recent yarns and a little bit about her process:

• Lady Rose
• Lady Mary
• Witch of the Wilds
• In Death, Sacrifice
• Fires of Mount Doom

We mention that we've been watching a ton of figure skating, talk about Yuri on Ice, and encourage you all to watch 4 Continents (which is right now as I'm finally getting around to posting this, so.....)

We mention again where to find us.

Sari

• Ravelry - TheGirlWhoCrafted
• Twitter - @girlwhocrafted
• Instagram - @thegirlwhocrafted
• Email - thegirlwhocraftedblog@gmail.com

Jonas

• Ravelry - ShopBoyJonas
• Twitter - @jonassollers

You can find these videos on Sari's blogs at:

• http://girlwhocrafted.com/blog
• http://girlwhocrafted.blogspot.com

Sari's yarns can be found at: http://girlwhocrafted.com

WIP Wednesday: IT'S SO CLOSE TO DONE!!!

I promise you that this will be the last week you see this before it gets moved to the FO slot. If I'd actually purchased blocking wires you might actually see it in the FO slot this Friday, but I think if I'm going to get blocking wires at all it will be when I go to knit night at my lys tomorrow at the earliest, so I wouldn't count on an FO post just yet. It might be done, but it's sure not ready to show off until I make it look like more than a tangled up pile of string.

The "Big Damn Heroes" (I keep wanting to call it a shawl, but really it's a poncho, let's be real here) is officially off the needles. All it needs is an applied I-cord edging and a seriously aggressive blocking (using my newly learned blocking skills!) and then it will be ready to wear. With what, I don't know. I'm not exactly a poncho sort of girl, but I guess I'll see if I can't figure it out.

Currently, it looks like this:

It's going to be pretty cool once it's blocked, I think. The larger opening in the centre is the wide shoulder opening and the smaller one is for an arm to go through. Right now it's about half the length the pattern says it should be, so I hope a good block will set it right. I hope I am the sort of person who can give it a good block.

Reminders:

Pattern is "Big Damn Heroes" by Kimberly Golynskiy

Yarn is Wild Hare Fiber Studio Pinnacle Sock in the "Browncoat" colourway from the Nerd Alert Yarns series from Steven Be.

Meanwhile, I've cast on for another thing. It's not a WIP (it's not even technically "in progress" at all), but here's a teaser photo for you.

​​SM

WIP Wednesday: Big Damn Heroes

As part of both Stash Dash AND trying to use up super old stash, I am apparently continuing to knit scarves/shawls even though I still don't understand how to wear them without looking like something is trying to eat my head. In this case, I did a bit of a stash sort to find which things in my stash had the greatest yardage and then went with what was oldest(ish....I fudged it a little). After trying several patterns that were supposed to use up all 1300yds of this yarn that I have (including crochet lace???), I was forced to abandon in favour of a project that is supposed to use up two of the three skeins and then hopefully I will not be tired of the yarn (or I will and I'll save it for later so I can knit it again, I guess) and knit another thing with the other skein. The kicker is that since this is specifically geek-themed yarn, I wanted to keep the pattern in the same fandom.

 

First, photos.

So, I get that it's nearly impossible to see unblocked lace knitting on a circular needle even with the zoom in on the pattern, but hopefully you can get some idea. Essentially this will end up being a poncho/coverup thing (which, again, I don't usually wear, but I am determined to make the styling on this one work without me looking clownish... I'll keep you posted on that.)

Yarn is one of the Nerd Alert yarns that my lys carries. This one is Wild Hare Fibre Studio Pinnacle Sock in the "Browncoat" colourway (SW merino/nylon). Sort of a story about how this yarn and I came to be together... A long time ago (3 years, maybe 4) I was working on my still in progress epic novel series that will perhaps be finished someday if I can figure out how to balance my hobbies now that I have reclaimed my free time. As motivation, I set myself reward levels for hitting word counts. At 50,000 (I.e. "winning" NaNoWriMo) Jonas promised to buy me this yarn. And somehow I ended up with three skeins because at the time I didn't know how to knit socks. Fast forward to now and I have learned that I don't really like highly variegated yarn in straight up sweaters because I don't like pooling or striping, so I had to find an appropriately named/themed pattern to keep it in the fandom (Firefly, for those who don't know the reference).

Enter the pattern:

Big Damn Heroes by Kimberly Golynskiy

 

For those not in the know, "Big Damn Heroes" is a line from the show (which one of the browncoat characters says to another), so it's basically a perfect fandom match. We'll see if it's a perfect garment or not. The rows are getting REALLY long and even though I have the pattern memorised, I can't seem to get through a lace row without having to tink and fix, so it may be done soon or it may take another lifetime. We shall see.