Episode 096 (Rhinebeck 2021)
Recorded Friday, November 5, 2021
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Announcements
The Mythology Collection is live! Ravelry link KinoKnits.com link
Unicorn Luck, a single-skein crescent shawl, shown in Mitchell’s Creations Who Said Unicorns Aren’t Real?, released August
Dragon’s Fortune, a two-skein rectangular shawl, shown in Tempting Ewe Yarns Dozer and New Moon, released September 25
Apollo’s Favor, a three-skein half-pi shawl, shown in JEMS Luxe Fibers Apollo’s Fade colors, released October 23
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!
I’ve designed a holiday MKAL for 24 20-g mini skeins…. just in case you have ordered a kit or have enough stash leftovers to want to participate in such a thing. Sign up for the Kino Knits newsletter to get the best discount code when I launch Perpetual Hope!
Check out my latest test knit - need testers for a sock of circumference 6.25”/16 cm. (Choose a size 0-1”/0-2.5 cm smaller than actual foot circumference for this particular design.)
FOs
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.
Jaywalker socks in Mudpunch Enchanted Forest
WIPs
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.
Non-Euclidian socks in Fibernymph Dyeworks Choose Happy
Palette (Ravelry link) by Lisa Ross ($7.00 on Ravelry) on US 4 and 5 (3.5 and 3.75 mm) needles in navy worsted superwash wool from my stash. Knitting Size S at wrong gauge to get about a size 12 of Art Class (Ravelry link). Purchased hand-poured pewter dragon buttons from The Ram's Horn at Rhinebeck 2021.
Palette Sweater in Progress with Dragon pewter buttons from The Ram’s Head
Two random undyed stitches - good thing I’m adding POCKETS!
Plotting
Leave Gnome Stone Unturned by Sarah Schira (Ravelry link, $9.50 Canadian).
Knitting on Safari
29 Bridges Studio - Tin Roof, Rusted
AT Haynes House Yarns - Dream Orange
Setting up the Three Irish Girls booth at Indie Untangled in the dark
YARN!
#SISTERSHEEPSPIN sweater is complete!
And it has POCKETS.
Making new friends…
And keeping the old (ICYMI MKAL shawl on the left, Apollo’s Favor on the right!)
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
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