Episode 088 (2020 Recap and 2021 Plotting)
Recorded Sunday, January 10, 2021
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Announcements
I released one last pattern in 2020: Shake It Off, a cocktail shaker ornament that will also teach you the Roositud colorwork technique through both photograph and video tutorials.
I made the donation for December sales of the Dumpster Fire 2020 (access via KinoKnits.com or Ravelry) pattern to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank - another $600, for a total of $3,275 for 2020 sales. Thank you so much!
FOs
Blastoise (Ravelry link) by Edward Yong ($1.99 via Ravelry) on 2.0 mm crochet hook in Knit Picks Palette (100% wool, 231 yards/50 g) in Blue, White, Black, Silver, Coriander Heather, and Briar Heather colorways. I found the LMLM “How to Increase in the Magic Ring (Circle) for Beginners” YouTube video very helpful! Finished on Christmas Eve!
ADVENTure Gnome (Ravelry link) by Sarah Schira ($9 Canadian via Ravelry) on US 1 (2.25 mm needles) in The Loopy Ewe Solid Series (100% merino, fingering miniskeins in white, black, red, and teal).
Beaumont Tam (Ravelry link) by Jared Flood ($7 via Ravelry) on US 4 and 7 (3.5 and 4.5 mm) in Classic Elite Yarns Fresco (Ravelry link, discontinued, 60/30/10 wool/alpaca/angora, 164 yards/50 g in colorways 5355 and 5301). My entry into the Imagined Landscapes podcast Imaginiknitting KAL.
Snap (Ravelry link) by Tin Can Knits ($5 via Ravelry) on US 7 and 10.5 (4.5 and 6.5 mm) in a whole mess (449 yards) of leftover scraps that I actually tracked on my Ravelry page. Included leftovers from my Dumpster Fire kit from Leading Men, my Adventure Gnome kit from The Loopy Ewe, my Zig Zag Zone kit from Unwind Yarn Company - even some DK and worsted scraps. Want to make 75 more.
Some swatches for design submissions.
WIPs
Vanilla-ish Socks (Ravelry link) on US 1 (2.25 mm needles) in Knit Picks Felici (75/25 superwash merino/nylon, 218 yards/50 g) in Carrot Cake colorway.
#sistersheepspin - knitting design 10A from Wendy Aran Book 274, purchased in Ireland in 2007.
Another hexagon in my Rainflake Throw (Ravelry link) by Kino Knits ($4.99 from Knitpicks.com) in Knit Picks Swish DK (100% superwash merino, 123 yards/50 g) in Serrano and Marble Heather colorways.
Downhill Both Ways (Ravelry link) by Megan Williams (available in Operation Sock Drawer book) on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Jenny Cook BFL Sock (Ravelry link, 75/25 BFL/nylon, 465 yards/100 g) and madelinetosh Twist Light (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino/nylon, 420 yards/100 g) in Coquette Deux.
Spinning
Hobbledehoy Rainforest Swirls (Ravelry link). 231 g/8.15 oz. Don’t know yardage yet. Nice and fat 2-ply. Plied, then ran through orifice again to increase ply twist. Photos below show original swirls, my two plies, the first time plying vs the added twist in my hand, and the first time plying vs the added twist on the bobbins.
Working on my half a CVM Romedale fleece from Pheasantfield Farm in Chestertown, MD. Chocolate ewe named Sweetie. Have a plan to stripe it with really old handspun from my stash into a sweater. (Photo below is not of that wool, but the first batts I made on my new drum carder. NO IDEA what that wool is!)
2020 Recap
Didn’t want to make a #MakeNine2020 - so I didn’t.
Listed some goals in Episode 072:
Point/Counterpoint, Vol. 5 - DONE (KinoKnits.com link, Ravelry link)
Lots of Socks KAL and other charitable causes - DONE (Rock Solid Socks via KinoKnits.com and Ravelry resulting in $801 to Down Syndrome International; $850 to Southern Poverty Law Center; $3,275 to Anne Arundel County Food Bank)
Get published in for-real books - DONE (Operation Sock Drawer, Outlander Knitting - Ravelry links)
Colorwork set - DONE (Undergraduate Hat and Mittens via KinoKnits.com and Ravelry)
Design an adult sweater - NOPE
Advent design - NOPE - but stand by for 2021!
3-shawl collection - DONE (Knitting on Safari collection via KinoKnits.com and Ravelry)
Spin for at least 5 minutes 200 times this year. Figure that will get me to a sweater faster than just declaring it shall be done. #sistersheepspin - SATISFIED with 192, completed #sistersheepspin yarn
Use the good sock yarn: like this and this and this and this. - SATISFIED with choices, forgot I declared four of them, but hey, I knit up two!
Sew a Deer and Doe Sirroco Jumpsuit by May. - DONE
Stats:
I finished 76 items (vs 35 in 2019):
1 bag (for me?)
6 cowls (4 designs, 1 gift, 1 for me)
1 Quatrefoil Cup (1 gift)
29 hats (7 designs, 8 gifts, 11 preemie hats for charity, 3 for me)
4 pairs of mittens or mitts (2 designs, 2 gifts)
8 ornaments (5 Dumpster Fires, 2 Shake It Off, 1 Knitted Lights)
4 shawls (3 designs, 1 gift)
11 pairs of socks (3 designs or design samples, 5 gifts, 4 for me)
6 sweaters (1 baby gift, 1 kid gift, 1 kid machine-knitted, 3 adult for me)
6 toys (3 gnomes (2 gifts, 1 for me), 2 knitted gifts, 1 crocheted gift)
71 started in 2020, 2 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 1 in 2010
2 items frogged and 1 finished from Finish or Frog basket
Got my grandmother’s antique Silver Reed SK10 knitting machine working!
I published 23 new patterns (vs. 15 each in 2018 and 2019) (2 were done in entirety before 2020 started).
2021 Plotting
Start out slloooowwww. Clean off the needles in January!
Point/Counterpoint, Volume 6 is underway - aiming for June publication. Other designer is Megan Williams. Yarn support identified but not in hand yet.
Continue spinning streak (have spun daily since November 4, 2020).
More Finish or Frog.
More knitting machine.
Personal mystery sock club - 12 months, 13 pairs (about half for me and half as gifts).
Registered for Zombie Knitpocalypse 2021 in June.
Rhinebeck? Wear #sistersheepspin sweater.
Make more Snap hats for Christmas gifts.
Sew another Matcha Top, but with sleeves. Fabric ordered.
Do 12 things off my List of 100 Dreams (idea from Laura Vanderkam).
Record episode 100 of this podcast.
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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