Episode 095 (How to Knit a Sweater in Just 5 Years)
Recorded Monday, October 11, 2021
—> Click to listen <—
Announcements
The Mythology Collection is live! Ravelry link KinoKnits.com link
Unicorn Luck, a single-skein crescent shawl, released August
Dragon’s Fortune, a two-skein rectangular shawl, released September 25
Apollo’s Favor, a three-skein half-pi shawl, to be released late October
The collection will be on sale for just $7 total until the third shawl is released in late October, after which the sale price will be $9, with Ravelry or KinoKnits.com/shop coupon code LEGEND. If you buy before all the patterns are available, they will automatically pop into your Ravelry library as they are released if you purchase via Ravelry. If you purchase via KinoKnits.com/shop, you will provide your email upon purchase, and I will email you the new patterns as they are released.
Snack Shack Sponsor for the Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party (Ravelry link) for the ??th year in a row! Get extra points for knitting Kino Knits designs!
FOs
SISTER SHEEP SPIN! Knitting design 10A from Wendy Aran Book 274, purchased in Ireland in 2007. Used US 3 (3.25 mm) needles. 1696.0 yards (1550.8 meters), 1937 grams of 3-ply Romney handspun. Buttons from Melissa Jean. Reminiscent of “How to Knit a Sweater in Just 2.5 Years and 30 Easy Steps” blog post.
Three color-shawl (Ravelry link) for Kino Knits Mythology Collection (Ravelry link to collection, Kino Knits shop link to collection) in Jems Luxe Fibers Luxe DK (100% merino, 274 yards/100 g) in three colors from the Apollo’s Fade Bundle: Golden Lyre, Serpent Slayer, and Ill-Fated Loves.
Vanilla socks (Ravelry link) from my Personal Mystery Sock Club 2021 on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Fab Funky Fibres Self Striping Hand Dyed (75/25 merino/nylon, 464 yards/100 g) in colorway Rainy Day Rainbow with gray cuffs, heels, and toes.
New scrap yarn sock design - will release in December for free for newsletter subscribers - so go sign up! Included leftovers from:
my Zanzibar Waves shawl in Arkansas Yarn Company,
my Undergraduate Hat and Mitts in Honeycomb Hills Handdyed Yarn,
my Dumpster Fire 2020 ornament in Leading Men Fiber Arts,
my Shake It Off ornament in Mitchell’s Creations,
my Paris Connections mitts (Ravelry link) in Sun Valley Fibers, and
my Springs to Mind (Ravelry link) hat in madeline tosh, as well as
bits from Fab Funky Fibers, Knitpicks, LYDIA, Lone Star Arts, Mountain Colors, Suburban Stitcher, The Loopy Ewe, Unwind Yarn Company.
Snap (Ravelry link) by Tin Can Knits ($5 via Ravelry) on US 7 and 10.5 (4.5 and 6.5 mm) in a whole mess (315 yards) of leftover scraps that I actually tracked on my Ravelry page. Included leftovers or minis from Arkansas Yarn Company, Berry Colorful Yarnings, Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Knitpicks, Lone Star Arts, Lorna’s Laces, Miss Babs, Paton’s, Sun Valley Fibers, Tilting Planet, Timber Yarns, Unwind Yarn Company, and Yankee Dyer.
FO, Again
Repair job after a long-term guest dog ate the top of one of my Vanilla Socks (Ravelry link) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Rock and String Creations Super Sock (75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 460 yards/100 g) in Mountain Twighlight (self-striping gray, green, gold, purple, blue jewel tones).
Still have to fix Recamier (Ravelry link) by Mara Catherine Bryner ($5.50 on Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Hedgehog Fibers Twist Sock (Ravelry link, 80/20 BFL/nylon, 399 yards/100 g) in Genie colorway.
WIPs
Jaywalker (Ravelry link) by Grumperina (free on Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Mudpunch Self-Striping Sock (80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 385 yards/110 g) in Enchanted Forest colorway. Got these going again once I ordered another skein.
Non-Euclidian (Ravelry link) socks by Sarah Jordan ($5 on Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Fibernymph Dye Works Bounce (Ravelry link, 80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 400 yards/100 g) in Choose Happy (orange/yellow/white self-striping) and Unwind Yarn Company Superwash Merino and Nylon Sock (Ravelry link, discontinued, 80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 469 yards/120 g) in Peacock for the heel.
Another few hexagons in my Rainflake Throw (Ravelry link) by Kino Knits ($4.99 from Knitpicks.com) in Knit Picks Swish DK (100% superwash merino, 123 yards/50 g) in Serrano and Marble Heather colorways.
Mashup sock yarn blanket – in sock yarn scraps and Knit Picks Stroll (75% merino/25% nylon in black). Worked on my Zombie Knitpocalypse 2021 minis.
Plotting
New York State Sheep and Wool Festival (a.k.a. Rhinebeck)
Swatched for Art Class (Ravelry link) by Lisa Ross ($7.00 on Ravelry) in navy worsted superwash wool from my stash.
Where to Find Me
Kino Knits patterns can be found on:
KinoKnits.com/shop (.pdf download) (adding more all the time!)
Ravelry (.pdf download)
LoveCrafts (.pdf download)
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
Get all the latest by signing up for the Kino Knits newsletter!