Cooking Zippers- Episode 741- The Knitmore Girls

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One minute health update

On the Needles :(0:35)

FO:Gigi: Jelly roll#2 for socks for G out of Fliegende Untertasse, Schoppelwolle

• Gigi : Meadowlands blanket # 11. Color way Babar : gray, navy, shades and blue. Body is finished, started crochet edging

• Jasmin finished the knitting, blocking, and seaming on her Patons Perfect turtleneck in La Bien Aimee “Floro Morganite”. All that is left is steeking and zipper installation. She also dyed a matching zipper using Rit dyemore

• Gigi: knitting socks for college bestie. Second sock, turned the heel waiting for foot outline to get the correct fit for the foot "Vanilla is the new Black"

• Hunter Hammersen's Patreon

• Jasmin has finished the second rainbow on her Ribbon Wrap in Neighborhood Fiber Co's Neon mini skein set ; Jasmin added a 7th color- a transition between hot pink and orange. Rex’s classmates have helped

• Meadowlands #12, color way Golem, lavender and pink and purple.

  Jasmin swatched for a test knit for Chin- using ancient Kauni

• Gigi: working on Lazer sheep sparkly yarn to knit socks for myself

• Jelly roll socks #3 for Genevieve: variegated white grey and black, with red contrast
• Jasmin: started the Pockets Full cardigan by Tina Tse Knits in Oink Pigments “Bee’s Knees”
• Jasmin: Blocked my L’escargot Bleu shawl and my Birch Path Cowl by Karalee Harding in Seismic Yarns Butter Sock Bulky in “White Opal”

Mother Knows Best: (23:03)

Let people in on your plan. They can’t contribute if they don’t know what’s going on. (Spring cleaning for Nowrooz.) Spring Equinox

Leila from Chai and Conversation Clear dry-erase envelopes

When knitting attacks:(33:25)

Gigi: Meadowlands #11 : ball of yarn fell apart. Horrendous yarn barf. Next meadowlands is going in a ziplock bag, with one end going around, and the center pull section through a snipped hole in the bottom of the bag .

Gigi: picked up too many stitches for G heel flap. It annoyed me, it didn’t want to get done . Ripped back, picked up the correct amount of stitches, back in business. Not annoyed at it anymore

Gigi: jelly roll socks :arch ribbing. Missed changing colors at one spot.

Lazer sheep sparkle yarn. Decided to frog it, will knit it on size 1 needles

Jasmin: Made one sleeve with the correct math. Made the second sleeve doing the reverse (not paying attention to the directions), and it was huuuuuuuge. Ripped, reknit.

Knit more, know more :(40:15)

A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people.

Amazon Prime:

Fiasco

(it’s also a podcast)

1900's Correction: Persians asked the Americans for help against the British colonialists , but they decided to support the British, and their oil profits

Straw into Gold:(55:42)

• Jasmin has finished weaving houndstooth, in grey and yellow in Tess Yarns Silk Chenille. Wove it on the Schacht Flip loom with - 160 ends. Waiting on beads to arrive to finish fringe and block.

And Sew On:(58:19)

Gigi:

• Professional Image class at Westvalley College

• Using fashion magazines to make collages

• Had a guest speaker who did color analysis

• Repair Cafe is open again

Jasmin:

• Mended Sam’s cashmere sweaters

• PDF Plotting order

• Cashmere mending yarn on Etsy via VictoriaCashmere