In this podcast we are all about the hats – ancient hats, modern hats, music about hats and books with hats in them. We’re turning knitting on it’s side, and finishing on its head, and I have no idea how it will all turn out, but something tells me it’ll all come right in the end.
You too, can knit the Modern Quilt Wrap. And there’s even Folk Style KAL. And if you’re stalled on this, or any other project, you can plan a Knitting Journey, and don’t forget to tell me about it!
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Monmouth Caps are cool, and you can read more about them here and here. Knitting one won’t actually make you Welsh, but you’ll feel very Welsh when you wear it, and Monmouth Cap wearers everywhere will recognize you as one of the few, the proud.
Woolly Wormhead’s Hats are amazing, and I think everyone should buy her book.
KnitTunes this week were provided by and used with the permission of:
- Wil Maring – Bottomlands
- Christopher Dallman – Over My Head
- Ingrid Michaelson – The Hat
- Patty Griffen – Heavenly Day
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Brenda,
I was re-listening to this podcast today and at the same time, have been preparing to go on a trip to India to teach knitting. My biggest dilemna is of course, what am I going to knit? And your podcast came up in shuffle play at just the right time. I went to my LYS after work and she hooked me up (sounds like a drug transaction) with some yarn and a pattern of the Modern Quilt Wrap.
Because i abhor weaving in ends, I chose to do this in Noro sock yarn. It’ll be a little different but still lovely. Thanks for another great podcast and for a great idea for travel knitting!
Julie
Brenda,
This is such a great episode! I too found it just at the right time. For the past year I have been working very hard by going to college full-time (yay! me for finally getting around to this) and working full-time, and then some. So my knitting has been neglected, even though it is one of the few things that calms me down when my stress levels increase!
Anyway I decided to go on a short trip to a place about four hours away from where I am living. I found this city because it has the closest LYS and I decided that taking myself on a little getaway with just me and my knitting would be a great idea.
In an earlier episode of the podcast, in like series 100 maybe, you talked about some tips for new knitters. One of those tips has stayed with me since I first heard it a couple of years ago. You said that when you make a mistake GO BACK! You stressed that frogging is a part of knitting and when you get done with a knitted object you will be much happier knowing that you put in the hard work to correct any and all mistakes.
So that inspiration combined with the insight from this episode inspired me to take my First Sweater on my little getaway. This project has been a nightmare! LOL. It is a very simple project, but for some reason (well probably several reason) I have had to frog it soooo many times and I have problems with it almost every time I work on it. It has been on the needles for at least a year! Yikes. So I might not finish it on my three day trip, but thanks to this podcast I am going to take the sweater on a journey and just spend several hours a day working on it to “knock it out” and get it off my needles!
Thank you for your constant inspiration and insight. Thank you for sharing your knitting world with me and for sharing what you know about knitting with me as well.
If you wish to read even more about my First Sweater I posted a little something about this episode on my blog.
Thanks Again,
Dolly
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