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S2:E2 Getting Ready for Fall Knitting

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram:  geminatepodcast Geminate Podcast Group  on Ravelry 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 .  Etsy Shop:  Tallgrass Knitting   Getting Ready for Fall Knitting Sherri and Tamara talk about how they get ready for Fall Knitting! The conversation touches on sweaters, fall patterns, cowls, magazines that pull together posts about their most popular Fall patterns like this one from I Like Knitting , 2020/2021 Pantone Fall/Winter Color Palette , fashion blog posts like this one and more. Tamara also talks a little about the timeline as a designer for a Fall pattern release.  Projects: Current, Finished and Fantasy Sherri: W...

S2:E1 A New Season

Hosts Sherri, host, knitter, spinner, and fosters dogs. You can find Sherri as TangledThread on Ravelry Instagram: geminatepodcast Geminate Podcast Group on Ravelry 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 .  Etsy Shop: Tallgrass Knitting A New Season Sherri and Tamara take a little time to talk about switching over to a new season and slightly different format to accommodate the realities of continuing to record remotely during the ongoing pandemic and to reintroduce themselves.  Projects: Current, Finished and Fantasy Sherri: Finished  Malachite Cowl  by Tamara.  Sherri's Malachite Cowl    Finished  Brioche for Beginners  by Emma Galati out of  Treasure Goddess Sparkle Toes  and  ...

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 ...

Episode 11A: 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 .  Current Projects Sherri: Orange socks.  Tamara: Malachite Shawl test knit. Malachite Cowl test knit.  Astrid Tee test knit New sweater design out of dark turquoise/teal Knit Picks Gloss DK on US Size 6 (4.00 mm) needles.  The fingering weight sweater with bell sleeves and lace details sample garment. Almost all the way finished! Sample is knit in a color named Old Gold that looks very much like the prairies in late fall and early winter out of Miss Babs Woodbury (their fingering weight wool/silk blend) on US Size 2 (2.75 ...

10B: 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 Knitting Question: Why have a stash? Why not just go buy the yarn when you're ready to cast on?   Sherri and Tamara talk about why they each have a stash. And why that stash is important. Mulligan Sherri's List Springfoot Socks heel problems. It turns out knitting the heal backward on purpose is harder than it sounds. Tamara: Knitting a sample sweater out of Indie hand-dyed yarn right now. This one is in fingering weight. The first mistake is that she knit the entire first skein (400+ yards since it is fingering weight) and started the second skein while convincing herself that t...

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...

9B: Shawlettes.

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...