Episode 097 (Gift Knits Galore)
Recorded Saturday, December 11, 2021
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Announcements
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 called Perpetual Hope 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.
12 Days of Kino Knits is closing out - new pattern is marled socks with three strands of fingering held together called Up Next, release date December 12, 2021. Free for Kino Knits newsletter subscribers!
Ravelry link (live after December 12)
KinoKnits.com/shop link (live after December 12)
New KAL coming next year - Head 2 Toe with Kino and Jo!
FOs
Non-Euclidian (Ravelry link) socks by Sarah Jordan ($5 on Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles 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.
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.
Three more Snap hats (Ravelry links for hats 1, 2, and 3) 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.
New Hat design for January 2022 release in AT Haynes House Yarns Alien Worsted (Ravelry link, 100% wool, 220 yards/100 g), colorway Dream Orange.
Vanilla Socks (Ravelry link) for my mother-in-law on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball® Crazy (Ravelry link, 75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 459 yards/100 g) in colorway 2099 Pause in Blau.
Vanilla Socks (Ravelry link) for my neighbor on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Knit Picks Felici (Ravelry link, 75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 218 yards/50 g) in Hotshot colorway.
Teeny Tiny Lobsters (Ravelry link) for my father-in-law on 2.5 mm hook in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport (Raverly link, 100% wool, 184 yards/50 g) in Red Fox colorway.
WIPs
Toe-up handspun socks (Raverly link) for my husband on US 2 (2.75 mm) needles in Into the Whirled November 2016 Classic: SW BFL/Nylon Bounty Hunter's Picnic (Ravelry link), 80/20 BFL/nylon.
Vanilla Christmas Socks (Ravelry link) for me on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Mint Rain Hand Dyed Sport Sock (Ravelry link, 80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 328 yards/100 g) in Christmas in Whoville colorway. Whoops. Forgot this was sport.
Knitting Around the World
Just in Time for Christmas: Knitwear Fit for a T. Rex. Do T. Rexes ever feel like they’re on sleeve island?
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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