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Podcast Episode 176 – Back to Regularly Scheduled Programming


Enjoying the podcast? You can support VeryPink Knits and keep it ad free by supporting us through Patreon. Patrons get episodes early, bonus episodes, and entry into quarterly raffles! Also, limited edition “Embrace the Swatch” enamel pins for your knitting bag at the higher sponsor level.

Our enamel pins are made by WizardPins. They worked with me one-on-one to perfect the design, and the finished pins have amazing detail! All the cool knitting bags have enamel pins, like many knitters, I love collecting them. If you are considering enamel pins to express yourself as a knitter, visit wizardpins.com. It is super easy to complete your order online.

My flicking videos:
Flicking
Flicking Q&A
Slow-Motion Flicking
Slow-Motion Flicking While Purling

Great resource for substituting yarns – yarnsub.com.
Good Tension Between Knit and Purl Stitches
Weaving in Cotton Ends

Our links:
Casey’s Instagram
Casey’s website
VeryPink Instagram
Staci’s pandemic hobby – The Drinky-Drink Project on Instagram

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knitCompanion – Android Frequently Asked Questions

In this video, I cover the frequently asked questions for the Android platform. (Apple version of these same questions coming out in a few weeks, February 2021.)

If you’re new to knitCompanion, you can download the free version by visiting the Google Play or Apple App store and searching for “knitcompanion”.

You can see the whole knitCompanion tutorial playlist here.

Help Resources
Visit knitcompanion.com and pick your platform (iOS or Android).
The getting started section has a free intro tour and all the Very Pink tutorials.
The FAQ section provides interactive product documentation with video tutorials, step by step instructions, and screenshots.
The Tutorial section provides direct access to the video tutorials without the written info
The Guides section provides printable PDF documentation. There is both a quick guide and a full user guide.
The Support section lets you submit a support ticket to get direct 1-1 assistance from us on your question.

To use knitCompanion on your laptop or desktop, download and install bluestacks.com on your computer and you can access all the Google Play apps and use them right on the PC.

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Tinking Short Rows

In this video I demonstrate how to “unknit” wraps & turns and German short rows to correct a mistake.

The scarf on the mannequin is Celtic Cable Scarf, more info here.

The yarn I used for demonstration is Paintbox Yarns Wool Mix Chunky.
The needles are Knitter’s Pride DPNs.

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Giveaway! Kollage Double Pointed Needle Sets

Two Kollage needle sets to give away! Fill out the form below to enter.

These needle sets can be found here:
6″ set
7″ set

The scarf on the mannequin is Celtic Cable Scarf, tutorial here.

To enter the giveaway, please fill out the form below. You will be sent a confirmation email, please click the “yes, subscribe me to the list” button in the email to complete registration. Note – the confirmation email isn’t always instant, please be patient. Additionally, the confirmation email may be in your spam folder, please check there. Please do not forward the confirmation email to me, I cannot manually confirm your entry.

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Kollage DPN Giveaway

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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) January 20, 2021, and the winner will be announced in video on January 21, 2021. The winning email addresses will be chosen by random number generator. This giveaway is open internationally.

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Poochie Keen Dog Sweater

This week we have a much anticipated tutorial for the Poochie Keen Dog Sweater by Beth Aidala, from Kraemer Yarns. There are five sizes available in the pattern – Chest 11 (14, 18, 27, 33)”.

The yarn kit (includes pattern) can be found here.
The pattern on its own is here.
The yarn used (if you want to build your own kit), Perfection Worsted.

There is also a crochet version, you can see all of the options here.

The ChiaoGoo interchangeable shorties set can be found here.

Other videos I reference in the video:
Getting Started with Magic Loop
Simple Magic Loop
Getting Started with DPNs

Here is the math I was unable to do in my head. 🙂 The pattern gauge is about 4.5 stitches per inch. To increase 3 inches I would need to do about 12 increases, or 6 additional increase rounds. I would work these with a plain knitting (no increases) round between the increase rounds.

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