1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,840 I'm Drea. I'm Meg. I'm Tina. And I'm Jess. And this is Pardon My Stash. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:19,840 Welcome to Pardon My Stash, a podcast about crafting within the fiber arts and how awesome it is. 3 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,720 Oh, thank you Steve. Ghosts. 4 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,200 Steve's here. Oh, ghosts. Steve's a ghost. 5 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:34,000 Before we get into today's topic, which is a banger, what are we working on this week? 6 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,160 Actually, it's been a little while. What have we been working on while we have been on break? 7 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:49,040 Let's start with you, Tina. Over the break, I did lots of things. I ended up rebranding 8 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:59,200 Finarina Knitwear to Finarina Designs. I did that mainly because it was odd to put my bags 9 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:06,000 and graphic art stuff with knitwear. It didn't make sense. So nothing really changed. It's still 10 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,800 the same products and patterns and stuff that I'm doing. Just a new name. I just wanted it to be 11 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:16,560 more encompassing. I love that. Also, I really, really wanted to change my logo because my logo 12 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:21,920 skills sucked like several years ago and I just really wanted to update it. I made the updated 13 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:27,920 one. It's got a lot of teal. Yes, I noticed. Teal. I did a lot of yarn saver stuff as well 14 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:35,360 and that's been going really good. With that, I also went and they had that bag sale going on 15 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:43,440 and my intention was to go in there to buy sweater quantities for four sweaters I have in mind, 16 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:49,440 not for right now, but just in general. Bag sale where? At our favorite friend's 17 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:55,360 village. They're having their winter sale. Are they? They are. I saw it on the Facebook. 18 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,920 I'm on their newsletter now so that's how I found out. That'll do it. 19 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:09,120 When does that run, Tilly? The eighth. I don't usually go to it every single time, 20 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,520 but this time I did because I did have four very specific sweaters that I want to make. 21 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:19,360 I went and got some sweater quantity stuff and then I grabbed some Malibri Co. because why not? 22 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,080 I mean. Why not? 23 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,920 Well, have you started or worked on any projects? 24 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:35,840 Over the break, I don't believe. I'm trying to think. I don't think I finished anything over 25 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:42,480 the break. And then for my current project, I have today that I've been working on when I've 26 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:50,720 been able to work on stuff. It is the Northward Beanie by Tin Can Knits. I'm using sugar maple 27 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:56,560 fibers, bulky weight in the colorway sugar maple. I know that's a lot of sugar maple, 28 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:02,480 but that's just how it is. The color is like orange with like a little bit of black in it, 29 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:06,960 like brownish black. It's a single ply, so there's like not it's a little loose, 30 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,680 but I kind of like it that way. It looks like fall. 31 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:16,480 It is. That's why I got it, because it does look very fally. So that's what I figure in my head. 32 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:22,960 I'm not I've tried to approach knitting with what I'm going to do later, not right now, 33 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,520 because if I say I'm going to do it right now, you're not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. 34 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:34,080 So I figure I'm like, oh, this will be a nice beanie to wear in the fall. And if I finish it 35 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,080 for this winter, fantastic. And if not, then it will be ready for whenever it is. 36 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,120 I love that for you, Jess. I built a lot of Legos. 37 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:54,320 Congratulations. They're awesome. And I started the catnip pullover by Andrea Rangel. 38 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:59,920 Rangel, I'm sorry, I'm butchering your last name. It's super cute. It's smug cats. 39 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,680 It's pretty good. And they're being adorable. And I'm using I'm using the critical hit dies 40 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:13,360 yarn sorcerer because cashmere and displacer and embers. Did you finish anything while we've been 41 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:22,080 on break? No, no. Lots of Legos. Well, I mean, I count Legos. You also finished your 30s. 42 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:28,480 I did. I am now into the 40s of my life. Congratulations. Why, thank you. 43 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:37,680 I've entered the 40s. It is thus far been disappointing. But that's okay. Well, 44 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,040 I swear I'd like consider the time the minute you turn 40s, everything starts to break. I don't 45 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,440 know why. Didn't you like sprain your finger like two days after? No, I actually sprained it like 46 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:53,520 two weeks before and it was just worse by two days after. So I finally was told to go to the 47 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,320 darn doctor and I did. But then I didn't have to pay for the brace because insurance covered it. 48 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,440 So that was nice. Less do you think she's old lady level grinding, I had to make the appointment for 49 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:16,480 her. Hey, she's still a child. But I drove to it alone. I'm proud of you. Wow. Meg? I've honestly 50 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,760 been sitting here this entire time and I'm trying to think about what I did in the last like, 51 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:28,000 six weeks and I'm struggling to think of what I did. You did some embroidery. I did. I did pick 52 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:35,440 up embroidery as a new craft. I did a, Jess gave me a like an introductory kit from Clever Poppy 53 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:40,400 where you've learned, I think it was like nine different types of stitches. And I finished that 54 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:46,240 in like three days. Did you like it? I loved it. I actually bought two more kits because they had a 55 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,640 post Christmas sale and I'm working on another one right now. I'm about halfway done with it. 56 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:57,280 And I am having a lot of fun with it. I'm not like, I tried to start to do some like on my own 57 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:02,480 without like a kit and I don't think I'm quite there yet, but I am really enjoying it. I did a 58 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:09,520 lot of walking over winter break. I hit my, my hike goal and step goal for the year. So that felt 59 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:18,560 really good. In January? No, in, in for December. Like I'm talking back to Christmas. Like, oh, 60 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:24,880 oh yeah. No, I had, I had a mileage goal and I had a hike goal and I hit them both the last 61 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:30,640 week of December. So I was cutting it kind of close. I mean, you could have just let me think 62 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:37,440 that you made your, like all your goals in January. I was hella impressed. In, in keeping with that, 63 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:45,600 I had a, I had a rough start to the, to the year with my foot was really bothering me. And one of, 64 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,360 one of my resolutions for the year, my only resolution for this year was I was going to be 65 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:57,280 kinder to myself and I was going to try to make a decisions that were healthier for me. And I, 66 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:03,360 I made my mileage goal was going to be the exact same goal as last year. And after like three days 67 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:08,080 into the new year, when I realized my foot was in a lot of pain and I was giving myself a lot of, 68 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:14,560 a lot of grief for not keeping up with the mileage count every day that I was going to need to do to 69 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:21,120 hit that goal. I cried a little bit like a big kid and I readjusted my mileage goal. And I said, 70 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:26,320 you know what, if I hit this and my foot feels better, I'll extend it again, but I'm going to be 71 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,680 smart. I've actually the last couple of weeks, I've taken a little bit slow and my foot is 72 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,920 actually feeling a lot better for the first time in months, which is, which is great. Yeah. 73 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,160 I, I, I think I really needed to do that because I was so hell bent on like hitting that goal that 74 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,120 I pushed myself probably more than I should have last year, but I think two weeks has been really 75 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:52,960 good for me. So learned a lesson there. And work is work. We're halfway through the year, 76 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,240 which is fantastic. And I'm really happy about that. And I can't wait to get to summer, but 77 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:02,880 anyway, um, I tore out everything that I was working on the last week of, um, of winter break. 78 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:09,520 Did it feel good? It didn't. And it was, I tore out both projects because they both had mistakes 79 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:18,640 that I could not fix without either a ton of work or without ripping everything back to the point 80 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,160 where I might as well start again. And I said, forget it. Um, and that was when I did the 81 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:28,800 embroidery for awhile. Um, and right at the year was beginning, I pulled out a sweater that, uh, 82 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:34,960 it actually lets me do both. It's a standard, your basic standard top down, uh, decay knit sweater. 83 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:40,960 But it has embroidery on it. So I'm looking forward to that. Is that what you're working on? 84 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:46,400 No, it's called Malvara Rosa by candy key of expression fiber arts. Um, it's again, 85 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:51,680 it's just a basic sweater, but then there's, um, flower embroidery around the yolk, um, that you 86 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:56,480 do when you're done with it. So I'm looking forward to that. I'm knitting it out of yarn that I, uh, 87 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:04,800 had just die for about three projects ago. Um, and it's a critical hit dies warlock in the colorway 88 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:10,400 Vishka. So it is, it's an, it's not nice. It's soft. Well, I'm hoping it takes, but we all know 89 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:18,080 from past years, anything I start before may is a crap shoot. So we'll see. What about you? 90 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:27,680 I have started and finished up an entire project. See that's impressive. I am very excited for me. 91 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:36,400 I would like to thank me for believing in me, sticking with it, start to finish. I'm very 92 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:46,000 excited. This is, um, my coworker is about to have, uh, her second baby and I knit her a bunch of like 93 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:52,800 little things. I haven't finished making all of the little things, but I shouldn't say finish, but 94 00:09:53,360 --> 00:10:00,560 I will. I still got like two weeks before she leaves three weeks before baby gets here. So I 95 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:06,000 got plenty of time. It's hats. I'm going to make hats. Yeah, there you go. Yes. Um, but the project 96 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:16,400 that I started and finished is the lion brand Martha Stewart's crafts diagonal eyelet baby blanket. 97 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:23,760 You knit it from like corner to corner, which I loved because it goes by really fast and it gets 98 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,640 bigger and then it gets smaller. It gets bigger and then it gets smaller. Like I could not ask for a 99 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:37,920 better project. Um, I used loops and threads, snuggly wuggly. Oh, and it's in soft lilac. It is, 100 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:42,560 it's a very pretty purple. It is a very pretty purple. I love it. She's having a little girl. 101 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:51,280 I'm very happy for me and I'm very happy for her, but I'm very happy for me because I did this so 102 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:59,680 fast. That is really fast. As always, thank you so much to Jimmy beans wool at jimmybeanswool.com 103 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:05,600 for being our sponsor. And if you're interested in more pardon my stash stuff, check out pardon 104 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:12,240 my stash.com. We got a blog where you can check out our current projects, patterns and yarns and more. 105 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,280 All right. I got the banger. Okay. We're going to have a lot of fun today. 106 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:26,240 Okay. You're actually going to have a lot. No, don't be scared. It's a lot of fun. We are going 107 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,640 to play a fun game. It's called this or that you already know the rules. I'm not even going to explain 108 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:37,600 it. I hope there are more rules than rules are this or that. Okay. Yeah. It's like the time that 109 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:43,840 you said, have you ever looked up the lyrics to tequila? I'm sure two seconds. I went, wait, 110 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:49,920 there's rules to this or that? Cause I thought, okay, maybe we do need rules. I thought it was 111 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:55,360 just like, I thought it was just in the title guy. Oh my God. I'm dead. All right. Just for 112 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,520 clarification, I'm going to give you two different things. You're going to pick this. You're going to 113 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:06,240 pick that. Okay. Whichever one you prefer. And then tell me why. Okay. Sounds good. Yeah. I got a whole 114 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:15,360 bunch. You ready? Yeah. Listen to that. Knit or pearl knit. Why? I don't know. I just comfort. I 115 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:22,480 just prefer to knit over pearl. Dana pearl. Why? Easier in Portuguese style knitting. That is fair. 116 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:28,800 Jess knit. Why? Cause I like color work and knitting is easier in color work. That is fair. 117 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:39,280 There's an echo in here. What about you? Knit. And it's mostly because when I am knitting in the round, 118 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:44,800 I can just go. Yeah. I can just let her rip. Yep. No, I'm with you there. I have to think a little 119 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:51,040 bit more when I, when I have to pearl. So yeah, I much prefer knitting. Stockinette or garter. 120 00:12:51,040 --> 00:13:00,560 Oh, stockinette. Why? I don't like the way garter looks. I'm so sorry. No, personally, not on other 121 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:04,720 people's stuff. Just like when I'm making stuff, I like the way stockinette looks over garter. 122 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:09,680 Okay. That's fair. I'm going to go with garter. Um, I like how squishy it is. It has a really nice 123 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:17,200 squish. Um, and, and I'm also not a huge fan of pearling. So just stockinette. Why? Because it 124 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:26,720 gets bigger faster. Oh, that's fair. Yeah. Garter kind of collapses in on itself. It does. I am 125 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:33,600 still going to go with garter myself though, for basically the same reason. Like I, pearling just 126 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:39,360 is not my favorite. It's not mine either. Um, and if I were honest, uh, this baby blanket that I just 127 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:48,000 finished is half garter, half stockinette with eyelets. And, um, man garter, those garter sections 128 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:53,920 were flying. Oh, they're so good. Yeah. I enjoyed it so much. It's going to get a little harder from 129 00:13:53,920 --> 00:14:02,960 here on out. Oh, okay. Okay. Moss stitch or seed stitch. Moss stitch alternates every other row. 130 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:10,160 Oh no. Seed stitch. Yeah. Um, I'm going to do seed just because I, I, again, I'm going to go by look. 131 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,360 I like see the way seed stitch looks over moss. I like to have the attention. I don't have the 132 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:20,560 attention span of like, I agree with that. I cannot like, at least with seed stitch, it's easy. You 133 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,800 just look at the one underneath it and you do the opposite. Exactly. No, that's how I, that's exactly 134 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:34,000 how I feel. Jess, I hate them both, but too bad you got to pick one. I kinda like the texture of 135 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:40,960 moss stitch better because there's a little bit of more space in between. So you get the squish, 136 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:47,280 but the soft at the same time. So I do like the look of moss stitch. I will never do it. 137 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:57,120 I appreciate you, but no, someone else did it for me. It is not for me. I like looking at it, 138 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:03,200 but I, again, I do not have the attention span to figure out where I'm at and what needs to come. 139 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:08,400 Next. I don't want to look at that. No, I don't want to think too hard. No, same. I think a lot 140 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:14,400 during the day. This is not what I want to think. I know. I just want to like relax and watch TV, 141 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:23,840 go and knit. Yeah. No, I'm with you there. Ribbing or brioche. I've never done brioche, 142 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:27,760 so I'm going to have to go with the ribbing. Brioche all day, every day. I'm doing ribbing 143 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:35,520 right now and I wish it was brioche. So I too actually have never done brioche. I have a couple 144 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:42,560 patterns saved that I want to try eventually with it, but I know I hate ribbing and I don't hate 145 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:48,400 brioche yet. So I'm going to go with brioche for now and my opinion may change if we do this game 146 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:57,600 again. I love the yet. Just throwing it out there. It's got to be qualified. As a disclaimer for 147 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,880 brioche, it's a pain in the butt to set up, but once you're rolling, you're rolling. I agree. 148 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:08,160 And I'm also going to go with brioche for that exact same reason. Ribbing is just terrible the 149 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:15,200 whole time. That's fair. There's no break. I'm just going with, I know what I don't like to do and I 150 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:25,280 don't yet not like brioche. I also just love how squishy brioche is. It is so squishy. I have made 151 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:30,480 so many hats with brioche and man, I need like 10 more. I know. I keep meaning to do projects with 152 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:36,960 it and then I get distracted by other ones and it's just still in that stasis loading. Maybe we 153 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:42,080 should try to do one project together so we can both decide if we hate it together. That's fair. 154 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:50,400 You could always do my high vis. It's a very simple brioche. Very simple brioche. It is. Basket 155 00:16:50,400 --> 00:17:00,720 weave or Entrelac. I've never done either to be perfectly honest. No? I mean, I know what basket 156 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:04,720 weave is. I've never done a pattern that has basket weave and I've definitely never done 157 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,480 Entrelac. All right. What about checkerboard? I don't think I've ever done that either. No? No. 158 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,800 I don't think so. I don't think so. I'm trying. I'm racking my brain. I know that I have definitely 159 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:22,000 done a scarf with checkerboard. I hated it. Yeah. It seems like the novelty would wear off after 160 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:29,440 about two sections. It was real fast. Yeah. Yeah. Just because basket weave and checkerboard and 161 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,800 all that nonsense is a pain in the butt. I'm going to go with Entrelac. I've never done Entrelac. 162 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:39,280 I had to double check because I thought I had done basket weave and I have. You know what project 163 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:46,160 was a basket weave? I remember. It was my sparkly blue cravat because I got sick of it after row 15 164 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:53,120 or something. Actually, it was longer than that. It was about the length of a forearm. I feel like 165 00:17:53,120 --> 00:18:01,200 Entrelac looks awesome. I feel like I will run into the same issue. But if I'm going pure looks 166 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:07,760 wise, I kind of like the Entrelac diagonal. I think that looks pretty cool. The basket weave, 167 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:15,200 I feel like depending on the project, it'll have a place. But the Entrelac to me just looks a little 168 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:22,480 cooler. So I would go with that. But going with the, I know if that's all that pattern is, I am 169 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:30,240 going to cry. Well, see, I have, I mean, one of the earliest projects that I have in my Ravelry is 170 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:39,200 an Entrelac project. Really? It is. I don't want to do that one anymore. Dude, that's from like 2008. 171 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:46,320 I know. It's a blanket. Do you still have it? Or did you frog it? No, no, no. No, it's just in my 172 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:52,640 Ravelry. I thought you meant you started it. No, no, no, no. I did not start anything. It's been in my 173 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,640 projects where you're like, yeah, that looks cool. How many times do you do that? Do you add stuff to 174 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,120 your queue or your favorites and then you look back, you're like, whoa, no, absolutely. I will 175 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:07,920 never do that. But as I was coming up with the this or that's for tonight, I did find a different 176 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:14,720 pattern on Ravelry and it's a hat that is Entrelac. There you go. And I really want to do it. That 177 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,520 might not be too bad because you got to think, yeah, it's shorter. It's got the decreases, so 178 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:27,200 it'll get smaller at some point. Yeah. And they had the way that it looked like each diagonal, 179 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:33,200 like each little square was a different color. Yeah. Yeah. And I loved that. Yeah. It's like 180 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:39,200 it looked patchwork. I loved it. So I might consider that. I'm not going to say that I'm 181 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,600 going to do it because that's fair. I say I'm going to do stuff all the time and then I don't. 182 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:49,680 Feather and fan or herringbone. I've never done herringbone, so I'm going to go with feather and 183 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:57,280 fan. Did you like it? You know, it's one of those things that I think that I liked it like for an 184 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:02,640 edging or something like that. If I had to do like a feather and fan scarf, I think that would do me 185 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:09,920 in like it's another one of those like it's only a couple of row repeats, but I think it'd be very 186 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:15,760 pretty for like an edge or like a small part of the project. I wouldn't want to do it for like a 187 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:24,000 whole thing. That is fair. I did. So Jess and I both got the same sparkly blue yarn and I started 188 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:33,920 a scarf in feather and fan and I didn't even make enough for a cravat. It gets tedious after a while. 189 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:40,240 It does. It looks really pretty. It does. It is a bit tedious. It's not my favorite. Yeah. Tina? 190 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,960 I honestly I had to look at feather and fan because I don't think I've done it before, 191 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:50,160 but that looks like a huge pain in my butt. So I'm going to go with the one I've actually done before, 192 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:54,640 which is the herringbone. See, I had to look it up because I heard feather and fan and I thought, 193 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,560 well, yeah, I do that in crochet all the time, but I'm like, it's a little bit different. People 194 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:03,840 are thinking about knitting and I had to see and I done it in knitting too. I have tried the herring 195 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:09,760 bone in knitting. I don't like the way it looks actually. I feel like there have been some patterns 196 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:16,400 where they use it and it does look cool, but do not like it personally. And feather and fan I can 197 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:23,200 do in two crafts. So I would go with feather and fan. See, I've never done herringbone and I feel 198 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,880 like that's one of those stitches where you have to have the exact right needle size for the yarn 199 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:35,280 that you're doing. The exact right gauge and needle size. It has to look right. Yeah, that's fair. 200 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:40,320 No, that is fair. I was going to say for me, it has to be the right project. You can't just slap 201 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:48,080 that on anything. It's got to be really thoughtful. Yeah. And I would want to use it right and I would 202 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:54,000 want it to look good because it looks like a tedious stitch and I don't want to put that much 203 00:21:54,000 --> 00:22:01,760 effort into something to have it not look good. Lace or color work? Color work. Color work. Oh, 204 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:08,960 wait. Now I'm talking about lace pattern knitting, not lace weight. I'm going to change it. Hold on. 205 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:14,720 My initial reaction was totally lace weight because I just completely blaked out. I just 206 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:22,080 heard lace and immediately went brr. The other one. Like as stitch patterning. Gotcha. Yes. 207 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:28,560 My reason I do not like knitting lace and it's mainly because I swear to God and Jess has seen 208 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:34,800 this live and it's awful. When I make mistakes, if I can't immediately understand how I made the 209 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,440 mistake, it is like I have a complete mental block and I cannot figure out what I did. You make a 210 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:45,120 mistake in color work, it's so easy to figure it out. It's also really easy to fix it. You just 211 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:52,720 literally drop down and change the color. Lace mistakes can be catastrophic. They can be. 212 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,800 And if I can't look at it and immediately figure out where I screwed up, 213 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,040 I just, it's like a complete mind blank. So I'll always pick color work. All right. 214 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:06,800 What do you think about it, Tina? All risk, all reward, go with the lace. 215 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,880 Because you know what? You're right. You do live on the edge the entire time. 216 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:16,240 Cause you know, you're like, ah, maybe it's been four rows. I could put like a, you know, 217 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:22,960 what's it called? A lifeline and stuff just in case. Or I could just go to row five and see what 218 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:28,240 happened. See where it takes us. I like the way that lace looks. So I'll go with lace. 219 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:40,000 Just, it's so hard because like most of my shawls are lace and most of my other stuff is color work, 220 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:48,880 but I did do a color work shawl. So if we're going by the amounts that we do it that way, 221 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:57,520 I guess I do color work more. But what you enjoy more. Yeah. It's hard because here's the thing too. 222 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:06,400 I usually prefer the look of lace and shawls, but I do like doing color work because it kind of flies. 223 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:11,760 I get multiple colors and usually I pick dragons. So dragons come out of it. I mean, 224 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:17,360 you can't go wrong with dragons coming out of it. That's fair. Um, personally, I would probably go 225 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:24,480 with the lace. I always liked the look of lace, the potential for tears. See, I love the look of 226 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:29,600 lace, but that's why I avoid it is the potential for tears. I don't know. Every once in a while, 227 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:37,760 a good cry is good. It's healing. Lace is one of those things that like, once you mess up and 228 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:43,120 you've had that horrific moment where you've had to tear back like so many sections, it's, 229 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:50,000 you can't touch it for a while. Yes. But you do go back to it. Yeah. And when it works out, 230 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:56,320 it's like, oh, yeah, that's a good feeling. Yeah. Like nothing beats a good finished lease project. 231 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:03,200 Yes. Yeah. Like the sense of accomplishment, eight plus bobbles or newps. 232 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,160 All of it sucks. I mean, it does all suck. I've only ever done bobbles though. So I guess I got 233 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:15,760 to go with that. What weight yarn? Doesn't matter. You choose, choose your own adventure. 234 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:22,560 If I am doing a new pit, better be light. And if I'm a bulky weight new, it's going to be like a 235 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:30,000 baseball. Can you imagine? I'm just. Preferencing. That's why I asked what weight and she said, 236 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:42,640 whatever. Seven dog. Seven top, super bulky. God, it better be light. No. And then for a bobble, 237 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:51,440 I really like, I actually like doing bobbles in, um, I would say fingering or less, but yeah, 238 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:56,560 I mean, a newp is a nope, right? I think that we've determined. I agree. Newps are no, 239 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:06,800 but have you tried it in bulky? I will, I will go bobble instead of a new, 240 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:14,960 but I'm glad I gave everyone that visual. Yeah. Cause I forgot. Cause, uh, a bobble is you 241 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:21,680 increase, right? And then you increase into the same stitch. And then the newp is just yarn overs 242 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:31,040 that you pull together. Yeah. Guys, this is awful. I'm going with newp. Well, most often newps are 243 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:38,320 done in fingering weight. Exactly. And, um, I kind of liked the look of the, of the lines rather than 244 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:45,760 the poofy knits. And I, you know, I, I use lace needles all the dang time. So they make the newps 245 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:52,080 a little bit easier if people are looking for hints on that. Um, I am also going to go with bobble. 246 00:26:52,080 --> 00:27:01,600 I'm in team newp is nope. Um, but I also have really fond memories of learning how to make bobbles on 247 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:08,560 the Dwarven battle bonnet. Oh man. Back in the day, back in the day, like, did you make like eight of those? 248 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:14,720 I did. You know, I made one and then there were so many people that I knew who were just like, yes, 249 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:20,400 that's, that is the hat. Make me one. I remember you had a whole Facebook album for your Dwarven 250 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:26,000 battle. And the pictures got funnier and funnier. They did because I started modeling them. Yes. 251 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:32,960 They were hilarious. That is also like, if you are looking for a really fun pattern just to do 252 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:39,280 the Dwarven battle bonnet to the second one, I really enjoyed the second one that that is a plus. 253 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,600 You cannot go wrong. All right. Now that we've done like stitch work, let's get into like hardware 254 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:50,640 and stuff. Okay. Okay. Circulars or straights. I know I already know the answer to this one. I know 255 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:58,000 we already have a sticker. Okay. Next question. Fine. Down with the straights. Circulars forever. 256 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:07,840 Hold on. I can make this harder. If you're doing like small circumference, circulars or double points. 257 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:16,480 Actually that is in my, that is on that is that is that is on my list. But it's, it's a good, 258 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:22,880 it's a good time to insert it in. I think I would much rather do the magic loop with two sets of 259 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:29,200 circulars. And I only say that because I have a lot of experience doing double points with all those 260 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:34,960 socks that I've made in the past. And the number of times that I have had stitches slide off one 261 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:43,120 side or the other. Like I would much rather do the extra circulars. I just, this is maybe judge worthy. 262 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:52,800 I don't, I just, I just do it on the big circular and I just keep pulling it and it's awful. But I 263 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,320 am sitting there on the couch going, Nope, I'm not going to go get the double points. I don't even 264 00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:00,560 know if I have double points in this size. So we're just going to make this as uncomfortable 265 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:06,960 as possible. And yeah. Okay. But we all do that. Do we, this is not just me. I do that. I'll be 266 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:13,280 completely honest for the longest time. I thought that was magic loop. Oh, okay. Was everybody being 267 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:19,840 lazy? No, I know it's not. I'm just saying back in the day, I used to think that was what magic loop 268 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:27,040 was. That's when you gave up and you just kept pulling the wire. You know what I feel, I feel 269 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:32,480 better about myself now. Cause I'm just sitting here like, I am not getting up. It's its own brand 270 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:41,040 of magic. It's the lazy loop is what it is. I love the lazy loop. If y'all use the lazy loop, fess up, 271 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:47,120 join us. Yeah, listen. And then, you know, but it's funny because at that point you have that 272 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:53,520 circular set where the wire is much more malleable because you've been literally, it's been clinging 273 00:29:53,520 --> 00:30:00,800 for dear life as you finish your hat. Yeah. Yup. Yup. No, that's a thing. That's a thing. Oh, 274 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:07,040 I love the lazy loop. The lazy loop. I do. It's so good. I see, I actually like using the smaller 275 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:13,280 circulars because if I use double points or even when I use the lazy loop or the magic loop, 276 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:21,680 wherever it kind of like meets, I cannot figure out how not to get like the seam looking part. 277 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:28,320 Yeah. You get like a, almost like a ladder of stuff. Yeah. And like a lot of times it does block 278 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:34,720 out, but not always, not to the, so I prefer as least amount of that as I can. So if I can get away 279 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:45,760 with just doing a circular, I will do it that way. And if I have to, if I do have to use double points, 280 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:53,600 I like the shorter ones, which I feel like I'm wrestling with a hedgehog and not a porcupine. 281 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:59,840 So it's less painful. That's fair. Less spiky. Knitting charts or written instructions. 282 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:09,440 Charts all the way. Depends on the pattern. Yeah. If it's a really basic pattern, don't give me a 283 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:15,520 chart. Come on. Oh yeah. If it's, if it's just like, you know, four different stitches repeat. 284 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:22,480 Yeah. No, I don't need a chart, but if it is like, I don't like it when it's like actually like a, 285 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:28,080 relatively complicated with lots of increases and everything. And you don't give me a chart. 286 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,680 Yeah. If I see something that looks complicated and then I say written instructions only, I'm 287 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:39,280 not going to do it. Yeah. I'm just not, I think it's more like use your, use your judgment wisely. 288 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:44,640 Yeah. You don't always need charted instructions, but if it's going to be more complicated than a 289 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:50,560 simple knit pattern and a couple of rows. If your instructions fit on more than one line for a 290 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:56,320 single row, you need a chart. Yeah. Oh, definitely. Definitely. That's kind of my, definitely my 291 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:04,480 advice. Yeah, definitely. Um, but yeah, so I'll go with, uh, I'll go with chart just because if 292 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:10,720 it's that complex situation, but again, if it's way too simple, please don't, don't, don't chart 293 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:17,600 that. That's a waste of paper. Yeah, no, I'm, I'm, I'm in the same boat. I mean, there were, 294 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:25,680 I want to say for the, um, what is it? The enchantment shawl that I did, most of it was 295 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:31,120 a chart, but then there were sections that were written and they were like four lines long. And 296 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:37,840 it was like, why would you do this to me? And so I get, it was in a book, so I printed it out the 297 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:44,080 page so I could go down and move. And it was like a repeated section and I had to keep moving. That, 298 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:48,000 that was kind of awful. I see why they did it. Cause I don't know how they could have put it 299 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:54,240 into the chart, like looking at it. But at the same time, I was like, this is so hard. Um, 300 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:59,360 other than that, yeah, I agree. If it's, if it's a super simple one, just, just write it out. It's 301 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:05,440 usually fine. Um, color work, please just do charts, do a chart for color work. Oh God. Yeah. No, 302 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:10,160 you have to. That gets tough to read. There's color work without charts. No, and it's just 303 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:14,960 be like CC, MC, CC, MC. And there's numbers. And if you lose, like if you look at your, 304 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:19,280 and then look over and then you lose your spot, it's like you can't panic. Yeah. I would not. 305 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,840 I am counting and recounting all the time, trying to make sure I'm on MC and not a CC. 306 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,520 I'm glad I'm not the only one that's horrified and didn't know this because I did not know this. 307 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:34,560 I have not done many color work, like anything, but like that sounds like a nightmare. Most people 308 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:40,960 will do chart only some do both. And I have run across a few that are like, here's the written. 309 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:48,800 And it's like, it would be so much easier just to color in a grid tech editing that you couldn't pay 310 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:54,400 me enough to tech edit that pattern. No way. I mean, if you want to do the written, that's fine. 311 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:58,880 But at the end of the day, like just do the chart, man, especially if it's color work, it's just, 312 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:04,080 I feel like it's so much easier to make a chart too with, with just colors, but okay. You do you 313 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:09,840 boo. I much prefer a chart for almost everything. Yeah. At least something even because a lot of 314 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,320 times it'll have a chart and a written and every once in a while, if I feel like I'm confused or 315 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:19,920 I want to make sure I'm doing it right, I'll go to the written just to make sure. So having both is 316 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:25,840 nice, but yeah, I feel like a lot of times I find the charts just a little bit easier for me. And 317 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:31,440 again, that's easier because I'm more visual that way anyway. So I have an easier time finding where 318 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:38,800 I am on a chart than in a written portion. I agree with that entirely. And for people who 319 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,960 haven't worked with charts yet, or you're nervous because you've only worked with written or you 320 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:49,200 don't really understand charts, uh, take the time to like learn the symbols. Cause also like charts 321 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:53,920 are not as scary as they initially look. No, always check the key though. Cause some people 322 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,520 use different things. So don't just automatically assume you know what they're talking about and 323 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:03,280 check which direction it's going. Sometimes they go different directions. Yep. Yeah. I know, 324 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:08,240 I know they all could be different. I'm just more saying like if just in general, like take a, 325 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:15,360 go find a simple color work or something that has a chart and just look at it and just like see if 326 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:21,120 you can see what they're trying to tell you to do. Um, color work's probably an easy one to do. 327 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:25,680 Cause there's not like it's, it's like, do that color or do this color. But like if you want, 328 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:30,160 and then if you want to like get into something more complex with like actual stitch differences, 329 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:37,120 you could do that. But I love cable charts. I will add though. Okay. I have to admit just, 330 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:43,520 just thinking about it. I prefer crochet written. Oh no. Crochet charts are the devil. 331 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:52,000 No. And the biggest issue is, is that sometimes it's just hard to tell what they're showing and 332 00:35:52,000 --> 00:36:00,160 where the stitch starts in the next row. Um, and so it can get really confusing. Um, once I already 333 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:04,400 know the pattern, the chart is fine. Cause I'm like, okay, I know where I'm at. But when I'm 334 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:10,320 first doing it, I'm like, do they want me to start with a double or a triple or does that sound 335 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:15,520 completely different? Because the things all look very similar and they're very close together, 336 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:22,400 especially the more intricate you get, it's, it gets a little scary. So crochet, please, 337 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,960 please add a written part to your crochets. Cause that's awesome. If not, that's fine too, 338 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:33,200 but I'll cry more metal needles or wooden needles. I'm a big fan of metal. What about plastic? 339 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,720 I can live with plastic. My, I have a lot of inherited plastic needles from my grandmother 340 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:45,520 and, um, even some circulars and I don't mind them. They're not my fave, but I don't mind them. 341 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,920 I don't really like wooden though. I'm always afraid that it, and it's happened, 342 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:57,360 like it's a real fear. It's based in fact, I sit on my needle sometimes and the wooden ones 343 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:06,000 do not survive. My, my, my rear is ample. Well, it will take those needles out. So definitely 344 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:11,840 metal all the way for me. Yeah. I'm stuck in limbo again because I have different reasons 345 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,480 for using wood and different reasons for using metal. Yeah. You do go back and forth. I do. 346 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:22,400 When I'm using something like this, that has a very little ply, you better not put this on wood 347 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:27,520 because that's going to be pain in the butt getting caught in everything. Um, but if I'm using like a 348 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:32,480 cotton that's going to fall off my metal needles, then yeah, I'm going to want to break out my wood 349 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:37,600 ones. That's fair. Also severely depends on the project I'm working on. Cause like, if it's like 350 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:43,280 a project where I'm having like a really long row, um, I actually prefer the wood over the 351 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:49,040 metal because it just helps, holds better for me. Like if I'm, if I'm having like, 352 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:54,560 I have a hundred stitches or something more on a row. Um, but if I have to pick, 353 00:37:54,560 --> 00:38:01,760 I don't like this one. Um, if you could only knit with one or the other for the rest of your life, 354 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:11,760 we'll go extreme. I'm going to, okay, then I will say wood. I'm not going to do metal. 355 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:16,000 If I absolutely had, I'd be grumpy about it. I'm going to be grumpy about it, but yeah, 356 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:22,640 I'll go wood. Well, don't let them around me. Our cats eat wooden ones. Yeah, they do. They chew them. 357 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:27,200 That's right out. Honestly, like depending on the plastic, I don't mind plastic, 358 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:37,440 but I have a tendency to warp my plastic ones after a while. You're laughing at me, but it's true. 359 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:44,000 Well, I think all plastic needles tend to like bend and warp after extensive use anyway. 360 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:50,800 Metal are probably the best here because I don't have to worry about jerks using them as floss and 361 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:57,760 then ruining the site. Also the plastic and the wood, like the wood is great if you're worried 362 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:04,400 about stuff, um, sliding at the same time. I've noticed with both plastic and wood, um, 363 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:13,200 if you're not careful, like it tends to get like, I can't explain it, but it, there gets like a film 364 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:19,600 on it almost. It doesn't matter if you wash them. It's like sticky. Also stores need to stop putting 365 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:26,800 stickers on like the needles. Oh my God. Yes. Yes. Oh, I hate that so much. Um, yeah. 366 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:32,160 Goo Gone is your friend, but even that, like it takes a while to scrub that off. Otherwise, 367 00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:38,320 you know, it works better. Um, hand sanitizer breaks down the sticky stuff, but yeah, 368 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,960 metals probably my go-to. And that's also because I have a bias with lace points. Um, 369 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:47,520 I was just going to say what you brought up with the wood. I see, I find that with the cheaper 370 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:54,400 needles, if you get like a nice wood set, uh, you're not going to have that problem. Yeah. 371 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,320 I know exactly what you're talking about. Cause when I, no offense to clovers, but when I use 372 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:04,320 clovers and I use them for like a longer project for a long time, it's like, yeah, you get that 373 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:10,640 weird, like, yeah. Do you know what I wonder that it is? I wonder if it's like the oils from your 374 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:16,960 skin absorbing into the wood. Probably. Yeah. But I could tell, I can tell you my nitpicks, 375 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,720 I don't have that problem. My nice, you know, they probably do a better finish or something. 376 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:28,080 Like the clovers. Yeah. They just kind of disintegrate. I just like, uh, no, but the, um, 377 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,800 and I can't speak on any other ones. I just, for me, the nitpick ones don't have that problem. 378 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:41,760 I have exactly one set of wooden needles and it was like, I ordered them not realizing 379 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:47,440 that they were wooden. I should have because they were ebony. I remember you got those. Yeah. 380 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:54,480 I know. But I'm, I'm happy with them. I probably will not use them as often as I would with my 381 00:40:54,480 --> 00:41:01,360 metal ones. Like I'm, I use them for the project that I was working on, but now I think, um, like 382 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:06,480 I do worry that I'm going to put them down and sit on it. That's fair. What a waste of money. 383 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:14,240 I enjoy them when I'm using them. Like having them is not the waste of money, but if I sit on them 384 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:22,240 and break them, that will be such a waste. Knitting with beads or knitting with sequins? Beads. 385 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:33,600 Because sequins are sticky and they bend if you don't do them right. And usually with sequin, 386 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:40,640 like unless you use a bead as well, they like go sideways and I don't like you get the yarn with 387 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,920 the sequins on them and they're all sideways and stuff. And I don't, they feel weird to me. I don't 388 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:54,240 like the feeling of them. They just feel scratchy. Um, beads, you know, yes, they're a texture, but 389 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:58,240 they're usually a smoother tag. I guess you could use the triangle beads, but I don't, so I can't 390 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:04,480 speak for that, but I agree with you on the texture thing. My mom used to buy me like 391 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:10,480 sweaters and stuff that had sequins, god awful sweaters. Yeah. Well, okay. It was the eighties. 392 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:20,080 It was the eighties and the nineties. And I hated wearing them. They had the worst texture. They're 393 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:26,240 also like scratchy. Like they, they, they are abrasive. It felt like a cheese grater, 394 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:31,600 like wearing a cheese grater. I did not like it. Yeah. No thanks. Yeah. Based on the yarn 395 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,840 that's come in with a sequence on it. I'm going to, I'm going to go with jazz. Jazz is correct. 396 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:45,840 Let's go beads. Yeah. Teen bead here. Teen bead. Knitting in the round or knitting flat. Do you 397 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,960 want to go back and forth or do you want to go round and round and round and round and round? 398 00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:54,160 Which one do you think I like? I wonder. Round and round. It's really tough to tell. I'm easy. I'll 399 00:42:54,160 --> 00:43:00,800 go round. It just goes faster. You just have to keep going. I really don't know on this one. I, 400 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:05,920 I like both. I don't think I could pick one or the other. Most of my projects last year were 401 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:12,800 back and forth, but if we're talking sweaters round. Yeah. Sweaters I'd go round because I 402 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,640 know I'm terrible at seaming and it's probably something I should work on, but I don't want to. 403 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,280 Eventually I'm going to have to work on it if I get back around to that blanket, but 404 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:26,400 that's on a pause right now. And again, cause I do tend to like color work and that is way better in 405 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:32,160 the round. Like, listen, I, I stick to things so I could do color work in the round and have it 406 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:36,880 flattened. But like if you're doing like those nice lace work shawls, like, yeah, go back and forth. 407 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:43,200 Yeah. You can't, you can't really knit lace in the round. It's just, it's just not quite the same. 408 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:49,840 No, it's not. So yeah, that one's a tough, uh, I guess if I had to, had to, had to choose, 409 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:59,360 to choose, I'd go round and figure out seeking better and how to make lace work the best I could, 410 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,120 I suppose. I think that's fair. And you can have like the best of everything. 411 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:10,000 I don't want to speak though. That's fair. You know what? Like I, I over Christmas, 412 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,320 we had a conversation about that. And I said, you know, I used to be like, I have to have like every 413 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:20,320 single one of these tricks in my wheelhouse. And now I'm just like, no, I don't want to do that. 414 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:25,440 I don't want to knit that. Like I don't need to be a complete knitter. I do not need all of these 415 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:30,480 things. And I feel like that's some growth there. Um, instead of being like, well, I really need to 416 00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:35,440 like learn that skill. Uh, you know what? There are some skills I just don't care to learn. 417 00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:42,160 Steaking just scares me. I do want to speak, but of putting in all of that work and then 418 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:47,760 losing it and not just losing it, but like cutting it. I steeped my swatch the other day. 419 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:53,360 Cause I didn't feel like knitting back and forth, but I still had to measure it as a flat. 420 00:44:54,800 --> 00:45:01,040 So I didn't around and then cut it. What's wrong with you? I'm just impressed that you swatched. 421 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:08,400 Like, I mean, I am too. Here comes the purists that are like, well, that is not testing your gauge 422 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:14,560 flat. That's testing your gauge. The route. No, no, it worked guys. Well, I tested it for the sweater 423 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:20,160 that was going to be in the round. So I did have to do it anyway. Um, and do you want to see it 424 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:26,720 though? Because I totally didn't follow the directions. This is my swatch. It's so little. 425 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:32,080 Yeah. I didn't need it to be that big. I didn't realize you steeped that. Oh yeah. I was wondering 426 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:38,880 where the stick was. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's, it's way smaller than I did half of the swatch. And then 427 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:44,000 I was like, yeah, that's enough. Um, and then I didn't do it right anyway, because I was supposed 428 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,960 to then do the color work in the size up and I didn't. And I just kept the color work on the same 429 00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:53,600 size. I like the sweater though, guys, don't do what I'm doing. I know I'm not following the 430 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:59,600 directions completely, but it's gauged for me. Jess has a way of making things work out even if 431 00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:06,640 you don't follow it the right way. It happened and the cats are cute and I didn't have the needles 432 00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:14,000 and I want to make the cats. So, but I made a swatch. Oh, it was for this. Yeah. So, cause I 433 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:19,280 hadn't done, um, sorcerer before in a sweater. So I was like, yeah, I probably should check on that 434 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:24,640 a little bit. Like ranger I got down, but yeah, so I did do it, but I know some people are so going 435 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:31,680 to be like, yeah, but did you actually do it? I'm like, yes and no. Okay. There is an actual swatch 436 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:40,160 This is all, this is like 140% right here for me. Okay. Like I, yeah, if it makes you feel any 437 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:46,560 better, Jess, I am currently making this pattern work for what I have done because I'm not going 438 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:55,360 back guys. So I feel like, what did you do? Um, I just, I skipped about, uh, five rows, Tina. It's 439 00:46:55,360 --> 00:47:01,520 not necessary. I'm gonna, I'm gonna put them in later. We don't need them right now. Those are 440 00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:06,400 rows for later. Okay. It's just going to look a little different on the bottom. They are arriving 441 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:13,680 late. Okay. We've moved from this or that into true confessions. It's they're fashionably late. 442 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:17,680 No, you know what? And then I thought to myself, you know what? No, I don't even like those five 443 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:22,560 rows there. I'm going to put them later. Yeah. So I did it on purpose. That's what I'm telling myself. 444 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:27,520 Oh my God. I want the cable to start at the ribbing, not this little thing. No, I'm doing 445 00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:31,040 Do you realize that if you said nothing, nobody would have known that you did something weird? 446 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:42,640 No, I'm just telling you, like I understand. I also wing my kids. Watch me. Oh God. When I got home today, 447 00:47:42,640 --> 00:47:47,520 I told Frank what I was going to be doing. Uh huh. And I told him we're going to play this or that 448 00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:54,800 for the podcast. Okay. And he was like, Oh, can I give you one? And I was like, yeah, absolutely. 449 00:47:54,800 --> 00:48:02,480 A Frank question. It's a Frank question, but it's not this or that. Oh, because he didn't understand 450 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:11,840 what this or that was. Okay. He needed the rules. I guess there are rules for this. All right. So 451 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:18,640 what did he have? I think he thought I was asking for a would you rather question. Ah, okay. That's 452 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:24,320 all right. Which is a little different, but it's okay. It counts. But he came up with a banger. 453 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:35,760 Okay. For a year, a whole year, 365 consecutive days. Okay. Would you rather knit Spider-Man onesies? 454 00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:46,560 Well, I wonder where the Frank part comes in. Or knit pants for Bruce Banner, knowing that they will 455 00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:51,520 be ruined every time he turns into the Hulk. And these are the only projects that you can work on 456 00:48:51,520 --> 00:49:00,080 for an entire year. Do the pants. Can there be some variety in the pants? I'll say yes. I'm going 457 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:03,920 to go with the pants then. At least I'll get to knit different things and I won't get bored. The 458 00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:07,840 Spider-Man onesie I think is going to get old. Oh, but think of all the color work that you can do. 459 00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:11,920 And there's so many variations. I could do variations in color work on Bruce Banner's pants. 460 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:17,120 Listen, are these adult onesies or baby onesies? This is also a really good question. They are 461 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:24,720 teenager onesies and he's like super skinny. Oh, for the Spider-Man. Or for the Spider-Man. 462 00:49:24,720 --> 00:49:31,200 Okay. How many does he need? A year's worth. What I can make in a year sounds like one. All right. 463 00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:35,280 I'm down for the onesie. Do you know what? That's what I told Frank too. I was saying, 464 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:40,400 are we going to take me a year to make it? We're not talking Peter Parker. We're talking like Miles, 465 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:48,480 right? He did not specify. Either way, it's a tiny man. No, dude. Peter Parker is bigger. Okay. 466 00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:54,800 That's what I mean. Miles is a wee thing. I don't even know who Miles is. So there's that. He's the 467 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:59,120 new Spider-Man. Oh, okay. I don't know. They're all tiny men. Whether you want to say Peter Parker 468 00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:03,040 is a big man or not. I'm telling you, Pat Gleason just walked in the room and he said he's small. 469 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:12,160 Yeah, I had no idea that was a person. Well, I don't know enough about Spider-Man. He did not specify 470 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:18,480 which Spider-Man, which I am taking to mean it leaves it open to interpretation for 471 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:31,520 whichever Spider-Man onesie you would want to make. Lego Spider-Man. Got it. There it is. 472 00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:42,000 And I'm only making one. With size like zero, zero, zero, zero needles. Okay. But here's, 473 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:48,960 I'm dead. I'm done. Here's the thing with the Hulk ones. Just to throw this one out here, 474 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:53,200 okay? Because you got to try and think about it. And when the Hulk and like all the shows, 475 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:59,680 he is not hulking out in knitted pants. Okay. Those are like polyester, whatever kind of 476 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:08,800 garbage. So one has to assume like knit things do grow pretty, pretty well if you use the right 477 00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:16,560 stitch. So if I made one with a whole ton of crazy ribbing in it, maybe he wouldn't split them. 478 00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:23,280 Yeah. That begs the question though. How does the pants get bigger in the first place? 479 00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:27,120 This is a good point. Everything else is splitting, but the pants tend to stay on. 480 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:32,560 And we're grateful for that. I'm based on the cartoon I watched. Looking at it, that leads me 481 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:41,520 to believe that his calves get really huge, but his thighs and like waist in comparison only get 482 00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:47,840 so big. It's true. It's true. Like he's skipping leg day a little bit. He does have a much smaller 483 00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:53,920 waist. Sure. He's a Dorito. Yeah. And then his calves are pretty, like his feet and calves are 484 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:58,480 pretty massive. This is the best question. Thank you, Frank. I'm not going to lie. When you said 485 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:04,320 you started with Spider-Man and I was like, how could this get better? No, I was, I was waiting 486 00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:10,800 for knitting something like a onesie for the Hulk, not the Hulk for Godzilla. I was waiting for the 487 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:17,200 Godzilla question because I, we all know Frank loves Godzilla. He does a lot. He does. 488 00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:23,920 That, that I was surprised by the Hulk. The Hulk threw me. He did not bring up Godzilla at all. 489 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:29,600 I was very impressed. That's different for Frank. Yeah. I'm still going to go with the onesie because 490 00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:35,520 I don't understand the physics of the Hulk. That's fair. That's fair. I don't understand. 491 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:40,880 I think I would also go with Spider-Man just because I do think that it does like open it up 492 00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:48,000 for like variation. Sure. There's, there's so many different incarnations of Spider-Man. Exactly. You 493 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:55,120 could do a whole bunch of different ones. Listen, if I could come up with pants that like Tony Stark 494 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:59,760 could not figure out how to make for the Hulk, I would feel accomplished is all I have to say. 495 00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:06,160 That's fair. Same. Same. Man, we should have Frank ask more questions. Like that was a good one. 496 00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:11,680 I mean, we have talked about doing an interview with Frank and Patrick. We should do that. 497 00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:15,440 I'm sure Patrick will have not great questions at all. I don't know. I think Pat will be a surprise. 498 00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:20,320 I'm waiting for him to crack out a good one. Like I feel like he might. Guys, I'm nervous. We can't 499 00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:30,640 put Pat on the air. My husband is, I love my husband. He is, his humor is dark and crude. 500 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:36,560 But we, but we are not live. We are not live. That's true. So you just might hear all these odd 501 00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:41,600 pauses in between all of his questions. And that's going like, okay, great question. 502 00:53:41,600 --> 00:53:46,400 That is next. Maybe one day I'll bring Frank. 503 00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:57,600 Thanks for tuning in this week for our game show night. We all won. Did we though, or did Frank win? 504 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:06,480 I think Frank is the like top winner. Well, anyway, for additional content and opportunities 505 00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:12,000 to connect with the four of us, check out our website at part of my stash.com and be sure to 506 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:40,160 tune in next time for more laughs, loves, llamas, and maybe some more game shows at part of my stash.