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For more information and photos about the Phi Beta Paca alpaca ranch, visit Casey’s blog, KC Knits.

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Frana’s Ranch, Phi Beta Paca
A shawl we mention in the show, Affogato.

Videos
Lifelines
Lifelines in Ribbing
Reactive Lifelines using a Circular needle
Ravelry Tips – Adding a Project
Ravelry Tips – Finding Pattern Help
Ravelry Tips – Using Your Ravelry Library
Ravelry Tips – Using Advanced Search
Ravelry Tips – Stashed Yarns

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You can find Casey’s website at kcknits.com, and KCKnits on Facebook.

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From our lovely sponsors this week:

Rib Magazine is all about knitting for men, and those who knit for them. You can click through to their website to order the previous issue, and/or pre-order the next issue. Here is a sneak peek at a sweater from the next issue – it is called Rigging Pullover by Fiona Ellis. You can also follow them on Facebook for more news.

Winc is an online wine club that gives you wine recommendations based on what you like to eat/drink. They have a simple 6 question palate quiz that asks you questions like “How do you take your coffee?” or “Do you like berries?” Winc then matches you to wine that you are guaranteed to love because it is tailored to your unique tastes.

Other things we talk about in this episode:
Two Guys on Your Head podcast – How to recover when you accomplish your goal
Staci’s Dirty Martini sweater
Casey’s many WIPs
Socks on 9” Circulars

Videos:
Tinking
Advanced Tinking
Tinking Increases and Decreases
Reinserting Needle into Live Stitches
Brioche Stitch

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You can find Casey’s website at kcknits.com.

Things we talk about in this episode:
Courtney Kelley
Freyja Sweater
Poems of Color , and the book on Amazon.
AngoraGarnet
Google Image Search results for Bohus Knitting (lots of photos)

Staci’s Turtlepurl Socks
Turtlepurl Yarns

Videos:
Spit splicing
Winding Yarn into Two Equally-Sized Balls
Ravelry Tips – Adding a Project
Ravelry Tips – Finding Pattern Help
Ravelry Tips – Using Your Ravelry Library
Ravelry Tips – Using Advanced Search
Ravelry Tips – Stashed Yarns

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You can see Casey’s website here.

Some of my fair isle tutorials:
Learn to Knit Fair Isle
Color My Cowl
Color My Cuffs

Socks on 9” Circulars

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You can find Casey’s website at kcknits.com.

More links from the interview with Sarah Kuhn from UMass Lowell
Sarah’s blog
The original story about the STEM program
How to make a crocheted hyperbolic plane
Ted Talk on hyperbolic planes

The podcast episode with psychologist Art Markman can be found here.

The ball winder and swift I have from The Woolery:
Ball winder
Swift (the photo shows the “floor” model, I have the “table” model)

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The Man Who Knits (video about a man recycling yarn)

Videos we mention in this episode:
Reusing Yarn
There’s a Knot in My Yarn!
Three Options for Joining a New Ball of Yarn
Testing Color Fastness

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You can see Casey’s blog post about the Interweave Yarn Fest (including photos) on her website.

Interweave Yarn Fest, this page shows a photo of Casey in the fashion show!

Things we talk about in this episode:
Stellar Swatching (includes knitting swatches in-the-round)
Qiviut blog (Native Twist)

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Be sure to check out Casey’s blog post for more information about the color wheel, including photos.

Many thanks to Becca Borrelli for the interview, and all of the great insight into choosing colors.

Things we talk about in this episode:
The viral video with the BBC reporter and his kids.
You can find knitting groups in your area on Meetup.

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To see Casey’s blog post and photos from her trip to Ireland, visit her website. You can also see more photos on Casey’s Instagram.

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Things we talk about in this episode:
The interactive map that Casey made to mark the hometowns of our listeners (well, question-askers).
This is my lap while we recorded:

Good Tension Between Knits and Purls
Hygge Feet Cabled Booties
Ravelry’s Hot Right Now List