Podcast episode 213: Hey 2023!
Where to find us:
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Gage/Swatch/Stitch
Topics:
What’s New:
- Knit Group is back IN-PERSON!
- Wednesdays from 5pm-7pm (virtual group still being hosted)
- Sunday from 1pm-3pm (virtual group still being hosted)
- PODCAST PICK:
- Berroco Vintage Baby Handpaints - $8.00 per skein
- 145y/50g 52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon
- 5.5 Sts = 1" on US 6 needles
- Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.
- Details about Podcast Picks
- Good in-store or online
- Use code: GIVEN ON THE PODCAST
- 10% off the weekly pick items
- Runs for (1/6/23-1/20/23)
- Check it all out at Must Love Yarn
What We Are Wearing:
- No Handknits! (Angela)
- Nevertheless She Knitted Sweatshirt (Jen)
- Rosalia by Margaux Hufnagel(Mannequin #1) - Uses Berroco Lanas Quick
FO’S:
- Sophie Scarf by Petite Knits (Jen)
- Take a Ribbing Hat by Jennifer Arbuckle (Angela)
- Take A Ribbing Hat 2 by Jennifer Arbuckle (Angela)
WIPs :
- Lozenge Cowl by Peg Mayor (Angela)
- Celtic Cables Beanie by Noemi Zimmer (Angela)
- Sea Glass Tee by Wool & Pine (Jen)
- Yoke O’ Clock by Stephanie Earp - I need a clock face! (Jen)
Simmering:
- Bouldering by Kirsten Hipsky (Jen)
- Jonquil by Alison Green (Angela)
- Evenfall by Andrea Mowry (Jen)
- Pinions by Sharon From Security/Casapinka (Jen)
- Jen’s Second Summer Fields Tank by Kristen Kapur (Jen)
- Opus pattern by Maxim Cyr (Jen)
- Painting Honeycombs Jacket (Jen)
Casting On:
- Sian by Elizabeth Doherty (Angela)
- Niefling Hat by Carissa Brown (Angela)
- Ginny by Andrea Mowry (Angela)
- Desperate Housewife Cardigan by Melanie Berg (Angela)
- Vejers Sweater by Camilla Vad, but when? (Jen)
- Love Note by tincanknits, in black…or Glass Ceiling? (Jen)
- Cedro by Thea Colman (Jen)
Upcoming Events and Exciting Things:
- Winter Classes are up on the website!
- Makers Market Pop-ups coming - see social media for more info!
- 2/11/23 from 11:00am-3:00pm - Wing & A Prayer Farm
- 2022 Seasons of Vermont Boxes
- HARMONY Box now available - Must Love Winter Cowl Pattern, yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery and Kingdom Fleece & Fiberworks, notions bag by Fitzhugh Perfectly, plus lots of Vermont Treats
- June 2022 - BALANCE box still available
Other Things We Mention:
- New Yarn!
- Queensland Falkland Worsted
- Juniper Moon Herriot Great
- Berroco Lanas Quick - reminder about Berroco Drop Ship Program
KAL/CALs:
- Seasons of Vermont (SOV) Along - KAL will continue PRIZE DRAWN!!!!
- Starts March 18, 2022 (Release date of the first SOV box in 2022)
- Ends May 15, 2022* subject to extensions
- Have a SOV box that you need motivation to use? Join us for this KAL using SOV yarns and patterns. Don’t have an SOV box? Not a problem, use of the released patterns from the box and your project will qualify. Use both yarn and pattern and gain extra entries.
- Want to look at the SOV patterns? We have created a SOV Bundle
- Warmth With Yarn K/CAL (ANNUAL)
- Starts 9/1/22
- Ends 12/31/22
- Our annual K/CAL for donation knitting. Help provide warm items for donation. We pick local organizations to donate to. You can drop off your items at the store. Not local to us? Donate locally and enter in the Ravelry Thread.
- Sparkle Along (NEW)
- Starts October 1, 2022
- Ends December 31, 2022
- Make it sparkle! Use a sparkle yarn, add a sparkle detail such as beads or Stellaris Yarn to your project
- Clock Along (NEW) Chatter Thread & FO Thread
- Starts NOW
- Ends March 12, 2023 (Start of Daylight Savings)
- We are using the Yoke O’Clock Pattern for the KAL
- 2023 WIPs Along - join us for the month of January 2023 and clear some needle space by working through your WIPs.
- Runs - January 2023
- Eligible - anything that is a WIP that is finished during the month
