GEMINATE PODCAST

Host Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Guest Information Teri of FiberTerian. Teri is the Vice President of the Kansas City Fiber Guild . She can be found in the wild at the Wamego Winter Woolfest , the Creative Hand Sale and at the Knitting in the Heartland convention. You can find Teri as FiberTerian on Ravelry Website: www.fiberterian.com Instagram: fiberterian Or on her  Twitch channel  showcasing her sewing, knitting, spinning. Current Projects Sherri: Rainshine by Boo Knits. Sherri calls it Rainshower on the podcast.  Sherri's project Teri: Hand sewing a shawl from vintage handkerchiefs.   Topic of the Show: Sherri and guest host, Teri of Fiberterian, talk about making a costume inspired by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and gush about season three of Star Trek: Discovery.    White Queen costume for the Foundations Revea...

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 do you look for in a shawlette pattern?   Sherri and Tamara discussed with they look for in a shawlette pattern -- yarn weights, construction, shapes, details and more. Some of Sherri's favorite finds include: DANCE OF PEARLS by ŞENAY TENEKECİ Fragile Heart by Boo Knits Morpho by Nick Davis Hematite by Dominique Trad Blue Jean Saturday by O/C Knitiot - Deby Lake Pfeilraupe by Alpi Alpenrose Frisson by Brittany Wilson Reyna by Noora Backlund Out of Gas by Zhora Designs Mookari by Ambah O'Brien For Granny by Jenny F Knitting Today: Shawl Design for Every...

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: Taking spinning classes at home to make up for missing ply Away. Using Blueprint so I can support a platform that supported the teachers. Ply to Knit: Spin the Yarn You Really Want by Jillian Moreno Spinning Dyed Fiber by Felicia Lo Know Your Yarn: Choose the Perfect Yarn Every Time by Clara Parks Yarn Substitutions Made Easy by Kellie Nuss Drafting from Worsted to Woolen by Jacey Boggs Faulkner  Tamara: Started the Rosalind Hat test knit . The Prairie Rose Cowl test knit is ongoing. Garden seeds are growing like crazy. The offer for knitters to choose two of  ...

  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 Everything is Cancelled.  Sherri and Tamara talk about how everything is canceled. This is smart and necessary to flatten the curve and enforce social distancing. But also hard. This is just a one-part podcast to discuss how we are figuring out the new normal. We both recorded remotely from our own homes as we practice social distancing. Current Projects Sherri: Socks. Tamara: Top down tunic out of Treasure Goddess DK Treasures in a great red named Ruby Daggers. Getting ready to cast on another DK weight top down sweater with a shallow scoop neck and slightly flared bell sleeves in a great t...

  Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Guest Information Cynthia Strelkoff, retired opera singer and costumer designer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cynthia is now a fiber farmer and designer in Butler, Missouri. She has a new book out,  The Lace Makers of Wright Road . The book is co-authored by Willow Oringderff. You can find Cynthia Facebook:  The Lace Makers of Wright Road Lace Designs on Ravelry:  https://www.ravelry.com/designers/cynthia-anne-strelkoff Knitting Question: What is the most surprising thing about owning alpacas? Why an alpaca farm?  Cynthia shares about how she came to have an alpaca farm. And her thoughts on the most surprising things about owning alpacas. Mulligan Sherri: Spinning gradient yarn with the end goal to make a gradient sweater. Math completed, weighed and carded into precise piles for the body and arms. ...

  Host Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Guest Information Cynthia Strelkoff, retired opera singer and costumer designer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cynthia is now a fiber farmer and designer in Butler, Missouri. She has a new book out, The Lace Makers of Wright Road . The book is co-authored by Willow Oringderff. You can find Cynthia Facebook: The Lace Makers of Wright Road Lace Designs on Ravelry:  https://www.ravelry.com/designers/cynthia-anne-strelkoff Current Projects Sherri: Molly version B  by Julie Weisenberger.  Sherri's Molly version B Cynthia: Getting to the Point  by Cynthia Strelkoff out of hand-dyed Olan sock yarn from Ireland and glass beads. An Irish wool sweater she's designing in colorwork with a medallion on the front. Twined wool weaving in lime green and taupe that will be her new project bag. Spinning the alpaca her ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...