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S2:E8 Swatch: 20 Hats in 2020 Winner!

  Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram:  geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom. You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Ravelry Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Etsy Shop (Knitwear Designs, Stitch Marker Sets and more):  Tallgrass Knitting Sign up for her newsletter  here .  Projects Sherri: Knitting Avril in April  pullover by Reiko Kuwamura with stash yarn. Sherri's Avril in April   Finished Towards North Hat by Asita Krebs. Twice. Sherri's Towards North Hat 1 , Sherri's Towards North Hat 2 (Sherri was inspired to knit this pattern from a post in the Hats thread.) Finished Kaarre by Nupu Nupu out of BFL stash yarn that feels exactly like West Yorkshire Spinners yarn . Sherri's Kaarre   Started a new thread in the Geminate Podcast Ravelry gr...

Episode 11B: Knitting On Any Budget

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom. You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Sign up for her newsletter  here .  Knitting Question: Knitting On Any Budget at LYS  Sherri and Tamara talk through planning out a quarter's worth of knitting at different budget levels shopping only at local yarn stores to support local. They each figured out and compared notes on how they could knit for three months on $20 a quarter, $20 a month, $20 a week and $20 a day. (We talk about lots of numbers here, so we're apologizing in advance if you are doing any counting while listening.) Mulligan Sherri: Sherri's Summer Solstice by Heidi Kirrmaier  Sherri's Second Bookworm ...

10A: Working from Stash.

  Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Current Projects Sherri: Springfoot Socks using Mountain Colors yarn. Summer Solstice by Heidi Kirrmaier. Sherri's Summer Solstice Tamara: Rosalind Hat test knit  is moving right along. Malachite Shawl test just started.  Malachite Cowl test knit just started.  New sweater design - top down cabled sweater out of a dark turquoise/teal Knit Picks Gloss DK on US Size 6 (4.00 mm) needles. Another new sweater design in Miss Babs Woodbury (fingering weight wool/silk blend) on US Size 2 (2.75 mm) needles. New cowl design out of Mirasol Nuna (wool, mulberry, viscose blend) in...

Episode 6B: Preparing for Warmer Weather

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom. You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Knitting Question: What's your favorite knit to wear in summer?  Due to the Freezing Office Syndrome Sherri's favorite knit to wear in summer is regular sweaters in cotton blends and pastel colors. Sweaters that are loose and flowing for layering are best. Tamara's favorite knit to wear in summer is a knitted tee with capri pants. She also likes long drapey cowls to wear like a large necklace to show off knits without adding unwanted warmth or simple shawls to throw over her shoulders if a night gets chilly. Mulligan Sherri: Bookworm  by Heidi Kirrmaier out of Berroco Blackstone Tweed in th...

Episode 6A: Preparing for Warmer Weather

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom. You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Current Projects Sherri: Silver Lake  by Amy Miller out of  Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic  DK.   Sherri's Silver Lake Molly version B by Julie Weisenberger. Sherri's Molly version B   Tamara: Collaboration with Elevate Fibers in a new prairie-inspired colorway for an upcoming spring design. Sherri Pullover  by Tamara out of  Valley Yarns Amherst  in the color Harvest Gold on US Size 8 (4.00 mm) needles. Finally putting thumbs on some of the mittens. Tamara's basic recipe given in Episode 3B out of  Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted  on US Size 6 (4.00 m...

Episode 4B: Uncurling Scarves

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram:  geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Knitting Question: How do you keep a scarf from curling? Tamara's been trying to keep scarves from curling since early on in her knitting. She talks through what she's learned about not curling from her long ago  Striped Scarf  she gave up and lined with fleece to her scarf patterns  Vincent and Amy Pond ,  Grand Canyon Scarf ,  Whydah Scarf  and  Amaranth Scarf . Sherri talks about weaving scarves too. Mulligan Sherri: First Hat of 2020. Started knitting Thistle Cap by Liz Abinante but the basket weave cable didn't show in the yarn. Then tried Latu by Meiju ...

Episode 4A: Wrapping Up in Scarves

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram:  geminatepodcast Tamara, co-host, knitter, knitwear designer, hiker, mom You can find Tamara as tammo on Ravelry Instagram:  tamaramoots Blog:  www.tamaramoots.com Knitwear Designs:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/tamara-moots Current Projects Sherri: Silver Lake by Amy Miller out of Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic DK.  Sherri's Silver Lake Lined hat knitted without a pattern started top down out of handspun. Fiber is Bonkers Tencel 'n Merino given to Sherri by Tamara. Sherri's First Hat of 2020 Tamara: Sherri Pullover  by Tamara out of  Valley Yarns Amherst  in the color Harvest Gold on US Size 8 (4.00 mm) needles. Malachite Cowl design out of  Dream in Color Jilly  in the colorway Green Lantern on US Size 2 (2.75 mm) needles. More mittens. Tamara's basic recipe given in Episode 3B out of Brown ...