UFO-palooza! - Episode 70 - The Knitmore Girls
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\\nThis week: At Purlescence Yarns we are diehard cross-crafters. When\\nwe\'re not knitting, we\'re spinning, quilting, stitching, or weaving. We\\nhave been very pleased to include looms and weaving supplies amongst\\nour offerings at the shop. This week we warped up our Schacht Wolf Pup\\n4 harness floor loom. It\'s a beauty! It\'s easy to operate and folds up\\nfor portability. It\'s all function in beautiful form. We\'re taking\\norders for the holidays now!
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\\nOn the Needles: (00:30)
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\\nGigi has finished her black Regia Saturn socks, and the crocheted edging. Jasmin has found better buttons for her Tangled Yoke Cardigan. Gigi has finished the front of her Origami Wrap Pullover. Jasmin talks about unearthing a 10-year-old UFO that has one seam left to do.
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\\nGigi unearthed another marinating UFO, the Par Five socks (in Franklin\'s Panopticon). Jasmin is working on her Ariann, knit out of Dream in Color Classy (color: Butter Peeps). She is also finishing up her Tempting II, knit out of Tess Yarns Microfiber ribbon (bright orange). Jasmin shares her "button sweater" story. (The sweater was the Baby Albert, by Sally Melville.)
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\\nJasmin is thinking about knitting "Boo" the Tweedy Pie Jacket (from Monkeysuits).
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\\nEvents: (21:59)
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\\n9/19, 11 am - 3 pm: Spin in Public Day at Courthouse Square on Broadway in downtown Redwood City.
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\\n9/27, 11 AM: Shuttles, Spindles, and Flyers guild sale.
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\\n10/17-18: New York Sheep & Wool Festival (Rhinebeck). Meet\'n\'greet TBD.
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\\nMother Knows Best: (24:11)
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\\nGigi discusses buttonbands! Jasmin mentions the pink Pep sweater.
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\\nContest: (30:10)
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\\nWe\'re having a contest for contest\\nideas! Contest will be closed 9/30. (Also, if you haven\'t already, put\\nyourself on our listener map!)
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\\nWhen Knitting Attacks: (32:29)
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\\nJasmin\'s Ariann, when she pulled it out of storage, was knit the wrong size. Gigi\'s Swallowtail Shawl (errata here)\\nwas ripped and re-knit. Gigi doesn\'t recommend using quilting thread\\nfor lifelines, and finds the math for the shawl vexing. Jasmin\'s Drops Yoke Cardigan turns out wrong. Jasmin might run out of yarn for her Tempting II.
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\\nStraw into Gold: (42:07)
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\\nJasmin finished spinning the "Hey Jude" from Crown Mountain Farms. (Jasmin recommends listening to this episode of "Stitch it!" to hear about worsted vs woolen plying.) Jasmin talks about a more holistic approach to spinning for projects.
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\\nWe found a more commercially available 45 degree angle kate, by Louet.
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\\nJasmin learns, the hard way, that recon work for holiday gifts is a challenge with Gigi. (We\'re both going to knit the Sunrise Circle Jacket out of handspun.)
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