Episode 084 (An Interview with Jesie Ostermiller, Author of The Colorwork Bible)
Recorded Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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Announcements
The Kino Knits E-Book (Ravelry link) (Payhip link) is a collection of five hats in varied weights, all written for eight sizes from preemie to giant adult. Hats will be released on a staggered basis. When you buy the collection, new patterns will automatically add to your Ravelry library or Payhip downloads on the following schedule:
July 25: Elevate (fingering weight) (Kino Knit shop link) (Ravelry link) (Payhip link)
August 15: Extemporize (sport weight) (Kino Knit shop link) (Ravelry link) (Payhip link)
September 12: Elicit (DK weight) (Kino Knit shop link) (Ravelry link) (Payhip link)
October 24: Elucidate (worsted weight)
November 14: Enunciate (aran weight)
The entire E-Book collection is $9 with Ravelry or Payhip coupon code EXTRA - but the price will go up by $2 with the release of each hat. Click here to apply the Ravelry coupon code automatically.
Undergraduate Hat and Undergraduate Mittens are live - stranded colorwork set meant to be knit in just two skeins of fingering yarn. I used Honeycomb Hills Hand-dyed Yarn Sock. Get sets from Honeycomb Hills here! Listen to an interview I did with Katrina, the dyer, in Episode 069. Each pattern is $6 via Kinoknits.com/shop or Ravelry, or you can get the set for $9 regularly. However, the set is on sale for just $4 (no coupon code needed for Kinoknits.com, use code ARCHES for Ravelry). Sale ends Saturday, September 26, 2020!
FOs
Vanilla socks (Ravelry link) for my brother on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Fibernymph Dye Works Mountain Tweed (Ravelry link) Inversibles (85/15 wool/nylon with tweedy bits, 483 yards/100 g) in colorways O-Red and Soot.
Never Not Gnoming (Ravelry link) and another Never Not Gnoming (Ravelry link) by Sarah Schira ($7 Canadian on Ravelry) on US 2 (2.5 mm) in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport (100% wool, 184 yards/50 g) in colorways Natural, Red Fox, and Boy Blue.
Undergraduate Mittens (Ravelry link) by Kino Knits ($6 on Kinoknits.com and Ravelry) on US 2 (2.5 mm) in Honeycomb Hills Hand-dyed Yarn Sock (75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 462 yards/100 g) in colorways Limelight and Reali-teal.
New secret ornament design on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper Miniskeins (75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 92 yards/20 g) in colorways Out Damn Spot, Saffron, Nacho Cheese, and All the Way to the Bank.
Same new secret ornament design on US 5 (3.75 mm) in Wonderland Yarns & Frabjous Fibers Mad Hatter (100% wool, 344 yards/113 g).
WIPs
Zig Zag Zone (Ravelry link) by Katrina J. Smith ($6 on Ravelry) on US 4 (3.5 mm) in Unwind Yarn Company Journey Sock (80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 400 yards/100 g) in 2019 Into the Wool Fiber Retreat Goodie Bag mini skein set.
Vanilla is the New Black (Ravelry link) by Anneh Fletcher ($6 Canadian on Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Lollipop Yarns Quintessential Gripes (80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 410 yards/100 g) in colorway Dancing in the Dark and madelinetosh Twist Light (75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 420 yards/skein) in colorway Onyx for the heel.
#sistersheepspin - knitting design 10A from Wendy Aran Book 274, purchased in Ireland in 2007.
Spinning
Sampled Hobbledehoy Party Balloons batts (Ravelry link) - trying to spin thick and thin and ply with black silk thread.
As of September 22, I've spun 120 days out of my total goal of 200 for 2020.
Interview
Jesie Ostermiller’s patterns on Ravelry - includes photos of patterns from the book!
The Colorwork Bible on Amazon, Target, Penguin Random House
Mixtape Tee on Ravelry
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Where to Find Me
Kino Knits patterns can be found on:
KinoKnits.com/shop (.pdf download) (adding more all the time!)
Ravelry (.pdf download)
Payhip (.pdf download) (incomplete list, no longer adding, will take down at the end of 2020)
LoveCrafts (.pdf download)
Deep South Direct (hard copy mailed to you with Ravelry .pdf download code)
Deep South Fibers (wholesale hard copies with Ravelry .pdf download codes, for Local Yarn Store stockists)
Ravelry, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest
Email: kinoknits (at) gmail.com
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