Not Enough Cake- Episode 540 - The Knitmore Girls

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On the Needles:(0:32)

Jasmin has FINISHED her Sprig pullover, all that is left is to put in a personalized label from

Clothing Labels by Sterling

Gigi: went back to the Polygon blanket.  Knitting coral hexagons.  Working on last ball of coral

The body of Jasmin’s Dissent Cardigan is complete, first sleeve is more than half done.

She worked on her Polwarth pullover.

Jasmin has cast on her Tundra Pullover in A Verb for Keeping Warm “Pioneer”

She mentions the Sally Fox interview on the Reverberate Podcast and mentions #FarmToFashion

Gigi: Patons Kroy socks. New pair cast on in Slate Jacquard, needs heels, picked up stitches for

afterthought heels. Cast on one more sock.

Jasmin needs to do the tubular bind off for sleeve 1 of her Polwarth , and has got sleeve 2 on the needles.

She consulted Dr Gemma about her arbitrary knitting rules. She mentioned her Ixchel cardigan

Gigi: knitted more preemie hats 

Jasmin is made some progress on her Viajante.

Jasmin has swatched for her V-neck magpie tendency in Neighborhood Fiber Co Studio sock.

She loves the Bucket bags from Little Skein

Events: (21:28):

- #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL is ongoing

- Stash Dash :May 24 till August 24. Hosted by the Knitgirllls

- May  31 till end of August: Two Ewes Not Along

Not knitting, crochet, spinning or weaving

-Tour de Fleece: July 6-28,

Mother Knows Best:(23:24)

This week we answer a question from the "What do you want to hear about?"  thread about shrinking

sweaters

When Knitting Attacks:(28:38)

Gigi: preemie hats.  Tried knitting from the top down.  Unattractive.  

Jasmin mentioned Aja Barber. She is tired of the plastic

stitch markers breaking and is going to replace them with metal bulb shaped stitch markers.

We also like clover stitch markers

Review:(33:35)

This week we review Go Vertical With Color Loops, by Amelia Archer

Tour de Fleece:(40:00)

Join Team Sasquatch if you haven't done so already.

Also, be mindful of your body. Ergonomics. Make sure you are Knitting Comfortably

And Sew On:(42:10) 

Genevieve is learning to sew. We are using  The Best of Sewing Machine Fun For Kids.

Sewing notebook paper, lines are getting straighter, she is more confident, and she set the machine to

a faster speed . She set up by herself.