Casey’s website is kcknits.com.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.
Videos we mention in this episode:
Alternating Hand-Dyed Yarns
Winding Yarn into Two Equally Sized Balls
“Find Your Needle” video series on the Knitter’s Pride YouTube channel
German Short Rows
Stellar Swatching
Removing a Bind-Off Row
Soft, smushy baby blanket in gorgeous hand-dyed bulky yarn, for a special baby! This pattern is simple enough for newer knitters; and a fun and quick knit for more experienced knitters.
Free Ravelry download, free video tutorial. You can add this pattern to your Ravelry queue here.
Size: 36” square (92cm square)
Needles: Size US 13 (9mm) 24 or 32” circulars
Yarn: Zen Yarn Garden Chevron Baby Blanket Kit, three color sets available
Additional Materials: 5 ring stitch markers, tapestry needle for weaving ends
Gauge: 2.5 stitches per inch, 10 stitches over 4” (10cm). One pattern repeat is 6” wide.
The stitch markers I used are these.
The needles I uses are Addi Turbo (metal) and Lykke Driftwood, both from interchangeable sets.
My nail polish is Gelish, “I Or-kid You Not”.
You can read more about Casey’s visit to Independence Farmstead Fibers, and see more photos on her website.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.
Things we talk about in this episode:
Independence Wool
Reusing Yarn
Steaming-Out Yarn Kinks
Can I knit this using magic loop? Can I use short circulars instead? In this video I show different options for knitting in a tube.
The double-pointed needles I use are Knitter’s Pride Bamboo.
The long circular needles I use are Knitter’s Pride Zing from an interchangeable set.
The 9″circulars I use are Knitter’s Pride Platina.
The yarn I’m using is Knit Picks Preciosa.
My nail polish is Gelish, “I Or-kid You Not”.
Casey’s website is kcknits.com.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.
Our lovely sponsor this week:
Hello Fresh
Visit hellofresh.com and use the code VERYPINK30 to receive $30 off your first order!
Things we talk about in this episode:
The Finer Points of Garment Fitting and Blocking
Baa-ble Hat (One correction, the other pattern we discuss in the pod is actually a cowl, not a hat)
Long-Tail Cast-On
German Twisted CO
Robot dogs that open doors
Carbeth cropped sweater
This pattern is called “Loaded” because I wanted to use all of the techniques folks have been asking for in a single sock pattern – two at-a-time, magic loop, toe-up, German short rows, fingering (sock) weight yarn, and sized for women and men.
Pattern + video tutorial – $8 US via PayPal. 
Sizes: Women and men average width, any shoe size
Needles: Size US 2 (2.75mm) 32” circulars and double-pointed needles (DPNs are ultimately optional)
Yarn: 100 grams of fingering weight yarn (also called sock yarn or 4ply yarn)
Additional Materials: Size G or H crochet hook, a few feet of worsted-weight scrap yarn in a contrasting color, tapestry needle for weaving ends
Gauge: 8.5 stitches per inch in stockinette
If you’d like to add these socks to your Ravelry queue, you can do that here.
The yarn I used in the photo above is Turtlepurl sock yarn, in colorway Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock. The in-progress socks in the video is Turtlepurl sock yarn in colorway Tangled Love.
This is a more advanced pattern than many of my sock tutorials. If you’ve never knit socks before, I recommend this pattern/tutorial first, German Short Row Socks.
The double-pointed needles I use are Knitter’s Pride Bamboo. The circulars needles I use are Knitter’s Pride Zing and Addi Turbo.
My nail polish is Gelish, “I Or-kid You Not”.
Casey’s website is kcknits.com.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.
Our lovely sponsor this week:
Hello Fresh
Visit hellofresh.com and use the code VERYPINK30 to receive $30 off your first order!
Neural Knitworks on Australia’s Science Week page, where you can download the pattern book.
Details about the Cambridge Science Festival in the UK
My Ravelry Tips videos
Ravelry Project Challenge is posted on the homepage, a few stories down.
Discussion on For The Love of Ravelry forum
Podcast episode, This is Your Brain, This is Knitting
In this video I demonstrate how to get started using the magic loop technique to knit a small-circumference tube with a long circular needle.
The needles used in my sample are Knitter’s Pride Zing from an interchangeable set.
My nail polish is by Gelish, color “Mauve Your Feet”.
Congrats to Aaron B! Winner, check your email for a note from Staci.
If you didn’t win this time, these needles are available for sale here.
The random number generator I used to pick the winner can be found here.
Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel – new knitting video every week, and more giveaways coming soon!
Casey’s website is kcknits.com.
To get your knitting question on the show, just email it to podcast@verypink.com.
Things we talk about in this episode:
Ravelry search result for “infinity scarf” in worsted weight yarn
Casey’s Chunky Cowl
Staci’s Dirty Martini
Socks on 9” Circulars
