S4:E11. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Sweater Construction
Hosts
Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, weaver, and active in the Kansas City fiber arts community.
You can find Sherri as
TangledThread on Ravelry
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Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom.
You can find Tamara as
tammo on Ravelry
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Blog: www.tamaramoots.com
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You can find Sherri as
TangledThread on Ravelry
Instagram: geminatepodcast
tammo on Ravelry
Instagram: tamaramoots
Blog: www.tamaramoots.com
Ravelry Designs: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots
Etsy Shop: Tallgrass Knitting
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Projects: Current, Finished, Fantasy and Wearing
Sherri
- Current. Knitting on a new Sherri Pullover out of a wonderful turquoise silk tweed yarn. Sherri's Sherri Pullover
- Current. Spinning fiber from Gritty Knits in the color Bubble Bath.
Tamara
- Current. Mittens! She picked back up her project bag dedicated just to mittens and she's having fun knitting on mittens again. She still dislikes knitting the thumbs so she is saving those for later.
- Finished. The DK weight Sherri Pullover knit in Brown Sheep Stratosphere (3-ply dk weight 100% superwash wool) in the color Hubble (a deep emerald green). Next up is pattern math and edits. Then sending it to the tech editor.
- Current. She cast on two more Sherri Pullovers! One in worsted weight and one in fingering weight. Look for both to come out in 2024. (That makes 4 different yarn weights for this sweater for those of you keeping track.)
- Current. Wee Evergreens by Sara Schira (Imagined Landscapes). This was a GAL project she picked up to support other knitwear designers. She tossed the stash and found a nice pile of greens in different weights to give her an assorted forest of different sized wee trees. So far she has finished one tiny tree. This is a fun winter project!
- Current. Knitting on a new Sherri Pullover out of a wonderful turquoise silk tweed yarn. Sherri's Sherri Pullover
- Current. Spinning fiber from Gritty Knits in the color Bubble Bath.
Tamara
- Current. Mittens! She picked back up her project bag dedicated just to mittens and she's having fun knitting on mittens again. She still dislikes knitting the thumbs so she is saving those for later.
- Finished. The DK weight Sherri Pullover knit in Brown Sheep Stratosphere (3-ply dk weight 100% superwash wool) in the color Hubble (a deep emerald green). Next up is pattern math and edits. Then sending it to the tech editor.
- Current. She cast on two more Sherri Pullovers! One in worsted weight and one in fingering weight. Look for both to come out in 2024. (That makes 4 different yarn weights for this sweater for those of you keeping track.)
- Current. Wee Evergreens by Sara Schira (Imagined Landscapes). This was a GAL project she picked up to support other knitwear designers. She tossed the stash and found a nice pile of greens in different weights to give her an assorted forest of different sized wee trees. So far she has finished one tiny tree. This is a fun winter project!
Topic of the Show: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Sweater Construction
Sherri and Tamara take some time to talk about some top-down and bottom-up sweater construction. There are positives and negatives for both ways to knit a sweater. Tamara is very firmly team top-down construction. Sherri leans more towards bottom-up construction.
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That's Entertainment
Sherri- Watched The Marvels movie in the theater! She loved the Kamala Khan character played by Iman Vellani the best.
- She's still planting more bulbs! She's been reading about planting minor bulbs here and watching YouTube videos like How to Plant a Bulb Yard and for next spring Bulb Lawn Update. This is where she's been finding her bulk bulbs.
Tamara- Read. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. A group of 4 retirees in their 70s living in a luxury retirement village decide to start "helping" their local law enforcement solve crimes. These are a lot of fun and it looks like there are four books in the series!
- Read. Ink Blood Sister Scribe. This is a first novel by Emma Torzs. It was good too.
- Going to Read. She found this list of Best Fantasy Books of 2023 from Paste Magazine. She is hoping to read close to everything on the list in 2024.
- Read. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. A group of 4 retirees in their 70s living in a luxury retirement village decide to start "helping" their local law enforcement solve crimes. These are a lot of fun and it looks like there are four books in the series!
- Read. Ink Blood Sister Scribe. This is a first novel by Emma Torzs. It was good too.
- Going to Read. She found this list of Best Fantasy Books of 2023 from Paste Magazine. She is hoping to read close to everything on the list in 2024.
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