Hello!
Winter and Spring are competing for attention here in London this week. I keep getting caught out by the blossoms and sunshine and not wearing enough knits! I hope you are all staying cosy! Perhaps with a podcast and some knitting… Episode 24 is ready!
Happy knitting!
Rx
Hello!
I had the pleasure of chatting with knitwear designer and podcaster Melody Hoffmann aka mandarines this episode. Melody is a charming guest and I hope you enjoy hearing about her inspiration and work! We have some great give aways as well! With a special shoutouts for Martin’s Lab, Blacker Yarn, a new pattern, jet lag and bad hair…
Shownotes are in the EastLondonKnit Ravelry group, where you will also find a new call for test knitters, and other goodness among other things….
Happy knitting!
Rx
Hello!
I did it! I published at least one podcast!
It wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be for me, but you will have to let me know how it is for you;)
You can find the show notes in the thread in the EastLondonKnit Ravelry group.
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To win the gorgeous skein of Blacker Yarn’s new yarn Samite, have a view of the podcast.
Thank you so much if you took the time to watch my first efforts. I will get better, I promise!
Happy knitting,
Rx
Hello!
Well, I am back from Edinburgh Yarn Fest, and what an event it was!
I will talk about the festival in the pilot episode of the EastLondonKnit podcast when it is published this Friday (!).
EYF marked the deadline for the #blackerpodkal, in which I tried to participate… In a word, my progress could be described as ‘stunted’.
Some projects are just like this: two steps forward, one step back. I really enjoy KALs because I find the type of gentle peer pressure they apply really helpful to getting things done. But this sweater did not want to get done.
It started off all very well…
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I had 4 lovely skeins of Tamar DK yarn from last year’s Edinburgh Yarn Fest and was happy to join in with Blacker Yarns and the Knit British podcast to knit a new design up.
The progress seemed to be chugging along….
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Until I had a look and decided that it was just too big, and I didn’t have enough yarn to make something so oversized….
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…taking me back to the beginning….
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I started again, and this time, the sizing seemed better.
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And although I wouldn’t have finished in time anyway, I have properly run out of yarn and have stalled again! Ugh.
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I am loosing the battle of wills between this sweater and myself at the moment, but I live to fight again…
Instagram is a great tool for seeing the progress of your knitting!
How do you deal with reluctant knits?
I hope you are having better knitting mojo than me…
Rx.
