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Podcast Episode 126: Stash Bash


To get your knitting question on the show, email it to podcast@verypink.com, and please be sure to tell us where you’re from.

Our lovely sponsors this week:
TurtlePurl Yarns
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Pantone’s Color of the Year, 2019!

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Things we talk about in this episode:
Debunking the Myth that Wool is an Allergen
Wall Street Journal Article: Fiber Optics: Wool Lovers Battle Animal-Rights Crowd Over Sheep Shearing

Podcast episode with psychologist Art Markman
Log Cabin Blanket, free pattern and tutorial
Traveler’s Life Afghan
The Mysteries of Row Gauge

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Podcast Episode 125: Eating Garbage All Winter


This is our last episode of the year, as we’re taking Christmas and New Year’s weeks off. We’ll be back in January. Happy Holidays!

Our lovely sponsors this week:
The Tempestry Project
The Tempestry Project is having their annual New Year sale to celebrate data availability of 2018. Tempestry Kits for 2018 and 1968 will be 10% off through the end of January. You can pre-order these kits, no coupon necessary. The sale will already be worked in to the price for special 1968/2018 listings. They will start processing and shipping out these orders after January 1st, once the data comes out at NOAA.
Tempestry Project Facebook group
The podcast episode with an interview with The Tempestry Project
My video tutorial on knitting Tempestries

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Casey’s website is kcknits.com.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.

Wrapped in Brioche Shawl
Zen Yarn Garden’s photo tutorial on knitting from blanks
Three Rectangles, Two Triangles
Casey’s 2×2 (good first cable project)
Molly Hat (another good first cable project)

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Podcast Episode 124: Grow Your Own Knitting Friends




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Hello Fresh
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The Yarn Attic
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Things we talk about in this episode:
This American Life (one of our favorite podcasts)
The Anna Karenina audiobook Staci is listening to
Three Rectangles, Two Triangles Sweater
The Christmas sweater Casey is knitting
The row counter Staci swears by
Using 9” Circulars
Addi FlexiFlips Overview
Addi EasyKnit Sock Needles
Stellar Swatching

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Giveaway! Knitter’s Pride Ginger Needle Sets

This week we have the biggest giveaway of the whole year – two full-sized Ginger interchangeable needle sets!

This needle set can be found here.

To enter the contest, fill out the form below to subscribe to the VeryPink Knits newsletter. If you already receive our newsletter, you’ll need to sign up again to enter this contest – you won’t receive the newsletter twice unless you use a different email address.

Please watch the entire video for instructions on how to enter the giveaway. This contest is open to US and international viewers (customs charges may apply outside the US). The contest is open until midnight (US Central Time), December 19, 2018 and the winners will be announced in video on December 20, 2018. The winning email addresses will be chosen by random number generator.

Knitter’s Pride Gingers Needle Sets Giveaway

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Podcast Episode 123: Traumatized Wool




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TurtlePurl Yarns
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Care/Of
For 25 percent off your first month of personalized Care/Of vitamins, visit takecareof.com and use promo code verypink.

Casey’s website is kcknits.com. If you want to get your question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.

Other things we talk about this week:
My new free hat pattern and tutorial!
My photo tutorial on blocking.

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Double-Thick Cuff Hat

My Christmas present to you – free hat pattern and tutorial (scroll down for video). You’re getting your gift early, just in case you want to knit a few of these up for gifts.

Sizes: Small/Medium and Medium/Large (the cuff is very stretchy, S/M will fit most women, and M/L will fit most men)
Needles: Size US 6 (4.0mm) 16” circulars, a second set of circulars in any length in the same size or smaller, US 6 double-pointed needles
Yarn: 2 colors of DK weight yarn, 50 grams each color (details on the yarn I used below)
Additional Materials: Five ring stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving ends
Gauge: 6 stitches per inch

This pattern is a FREE RAVELRY DOWNLOAD. You can also add this pattern to your Ravelry queue here.

The yarn I used Knit Picks Capra in Magnolia and Blush. The yarn I used in the worsted-weight hat is Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tweed in Papaya Heather and Oyster Heather. For the hat with the single-row stripes, I used the technique of helix knitting. (Helix knitting is a bit more complicated than a single-color cap, I would recommend using helix knitting in your cap to only more confident knitters.)

The faux fur pompoms are from this Etsy shop, I used the 4″ size.

The purple/pink hat is the larger size, the purple/gray hat is the larger size, the worsted weight hat is the smaller size, the helix knitting (striped) hat is the smaller size.

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Winners Announced! Gilgamesh Cowl Kits

Congrats to Kristen O, Susan M, Leslie R, Christie H, Linny S, and Patrice H!

If you didn’t win this time, the Gilgamesh Cowl Kits can be found here.
You can add this pattern to your Ravelry queue here.

The random number generator I used to pick the winners can be found here.

Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel – new knitting video every week, and more giveaways coming soon!