I'm Drea. I'm Meg. I'm Tina. And I'm Jess. And
this is Pardon My Stash. Welcome to Pardon My
Stash, a podcast about crafting inside the fiber
arts and how awesome it is. Before we get into
today's topics of things, what are we working
on at our little circle today? Meg? i am working
still on winter light by meg gadsby and um yep
haven't knit it since the last time we talked
so it hasn't moved oh how exciting all right
hey listen it's been a week man it has been it's
been a week it's really pretty though the fade
to like the pinkish purple i love it it's it's
keeping my interest and you know what sometimes
it's It's all you need. It is fiber optics cashmere
gradient in Texas blue bonnets. Nice. Jess? I
am still working on the catnip pullover by Andrea
Rangel. I got a row done. Yay! Good job. Look
at it. I'm like, I'm almost... to the bottom
of its feet like we're getting there i'm using
uh critical hit dies uh sorcerer in displacer
and embers um and you know this might be done
before fall we'll see what happens nice it's
going slow but it's slowly happening treya banana
peels i love how it's just like so aggressive
Still working on that Bananasaurus. Nice. By
Emerald Rose Crochet. Big twist. I bought it
from Joanne's Direct. Wow. No scalpers. If you
know, you know. If you know, you know. And I'm
using, I think it's called Sunshine. And I am
now doing the inside of the peels with vanilla
cake. Nice. It's like a cream color. They really
have nice names for their colorways. They do.
And you know what? I never thought that I was
going to use Chanel yarn again. But you know
what? Here we are. Here we are. Here we are.
I bet you didn't think you'd use bulky yarn ever
again either. It's a smaller yarn. It's a smaller
yarn. Yeah, because you don't have the bulky.
That's technically the worsted, isn't it? Is
that the worsted? Yeah. Oh, that looks big for
worsted. Because their bulky is called plush,
and that's what I have. Oh, wow. Yes, and this
is baby bear. Tina? I am working still on the
Frankenstein cocoa beanie by Judith Marie Nitz.
It's not actually called the Frankenstein cocoa
bean hat. It is just the cocoa bean, but I added
some rows just, you know, for flair. for flair
i'm using uh malabrigo rios in uh liquid amber
and i think i'm in the second repeat yeah i am
i don't know i keep starting hats and stopping
them before the decreases so maybe i'll have
a hat someday one day one day you could just
make them cowls too I could do that. But that
would require finishing the project. Apparently,
I'm adverse to that. That's fair. Yeah. As always,
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at part of my stash .com. All right, so I'm Bring
in the chaos again. We're going to pretend that
we all just graduated fiber arts high school.
I'm sorry that we're bringing us back to high
school, but I am. I'm in high school every day.
Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm putting you
back there. Just spent seven hours there. I thought
it would be fun if I threw out some superlatives
that are fiber arts realm. Are we voting on this?
You can vote or you can just declare or you can
demand it. I don't know. It's very loose. Loose
interpretation. I'm not going to start counting
hands. There's only four of us. But I have two
hands. Okay. I guess we're going to have six
votes then. Or no, I can't. Wow. Hold on. I guess
we're going to have eight votes then because
apparently I don't know how to count. No, that's
still not right, is it? Four? No. Two times.
Yeah, eight. Eight is right. I can math. I have
a computer science degree, a bachelor's, if you
will. I finished calculus one. Okay. Although
I did finish it with brownies given to the professor.
Thank you. Thank you, professor at Central. Anyway.
You an intellectual. I'm such an intellectual.
I know how to bribe with brownies. All right.
So I'm just going to get into it and you guys
give me your thoughts. I'm going to start with
most chaotic good with a skein of yarn. Jess.
Oh, Jess. It's not even a question. I agree.
Could have stopped with most chaotic, Jess. Okay.
I made a camel. Yeah, I feel like you can take
a skein of yarn and just basically it turns into
something and it's awesome every single time.
wait oh my god this is obnoxious okay so just
so you guys know i went and asked chad our friend
chad over at chad gbt some some of these some
of these are a little weird so most likely to
accuse yarn of lying is this implying someone
is like paranoid i feel like it's more like Assuming
that they did everything right and they're still
not getting what they expected. Oh, I see. So
clearly it's not a me problem. It is a yarn problem.
The yarn says it has like 400 yards and you did
a 300 yard project and ran out. And you ran out.
Oh, yeah. That is infuriating. Okay. But which
one of us would likely accuse the yarn for being
at fault? Not us. Oh, that's probably me. I was
going to say, Drea, because I just can envision
you being like, do you know? You said 360. This
is clearly 358. It's the yarn's fault. That would
definitely happen to me because I'm going to
forget that I swatched for that one time. And
that is clearly the yarn's fault because they
should have included enough yardage for the swatch
before they gave me the yardage. Yeah, and a
lot of them don't. I know. It's very unfortunate.
Always the yarn's fault. Not mine. I'm perfect.
Well, there you have it, friends. You can't even
keep a straight face while you're saying that.
Most likely to accuse yarn of lying, Drea. Thank
you. I accept. The nomination that you gave yourself.
I'd like to thank me for believing in me. Sincerely,
me. Most likely to roast you with love. Like
roast you without making you cry. Keeping it
lighthearted. I don't know. I'm taking that more
as like gentle bullying is the love language.
Well, I mean, if I had to call somebody out on
that, it's you, Dre, again. I'm sorry. You've
done that to me before. I accept that as well.
I can't help it. I didn't realize, but I was
like, wait a second. I'm just reading Drea's
superlatives. Hold on. Let me move on. I'm a
trash goblin, so. Okay. Who would most likely
knit you a sweater and never mention it? None
of us. None of us are that humble. There's not
a single person at this table. My ego is very
much in check. No, it's not. There is not a person
at this table that... A sweater? Maybe a hat.
Oh, yeah. Maybe a hat I could do in secret. But
there's no way I'm knitting a sweater and not
telling you I knitted it for you. Stop it. Would
that imply that I would, like, make a sweater
and then, like, leave it at your house? Yeah.
And no one's gonna do that. No one's gonna do
that. Honestly, first of all, if you are doing
that, can you tell us your ways? Because that
sounds like... like agonizing and you want to
make me a sweater like seriously you don't have
to mention it yeah yeah you can do it in secret
i want a mystery secret like oh my god like no
that that's that's no stop it most likely to
just eyeball it not me just yeah emphasis on
i eyeballs we're not talking about the eyes i'm
talking about the eyes but yeah no yeah that
yeah i'm like oh i'm sure i'm sure this will
work i can make this work it's like it needs
400 hours i'm like at 350 i'll make this work
okay but you know what i will i will say though
you accept like you will be like you know what
this didn't work out and it didn't work out because
i didn't try like i didn't actually like plan
this out it's true so i'll admit my mistake while
i'm adding in some weird other yarn to the end
of it i have done that she does most likely to
say trust the process and mean it meg i was gonna
say really i think that sounds like you a hundred
percent cool I like that. Because I feel like
you're the wise one coming to give us kind words.
Oh, that's really sweet. That's true. And you're
just like, yeah, guys, we could do this. And
then we're all just like, we're trash goblins.
like in the past you have to like I'm pretty
sure at one point at least one of us has been
like I don't like the way this like is looking
and you've been like no trust the process once
you block it it'll be fine yeah so this is killing
me because I do not do that like you said that
I'm like I don't do that I'm sitting there going
why is this working and screaming yeah but this
is saying who is most likely to say it and you
are nice to other people you should probably
be nice to yourself oh I try but it doesn't work
it's my biggest flaw who is most likely to turn
a tangent into a ted talk you you yeah oh yeah
really in the best way though in the best way
as in like we'll tangent off but then it'll become
a full actual like yeah topic you you may tangent
off but you bring it back around to relevance
Jess tangents off and God knows where we're going
to end up. Listen, it makes sense to me. I'm
sorry you guys can't follow my thought process.
I have to tell you, though, I would be similar
to Jess, but I think, honestly, my ADHD meds
bring me back round. I think that is what brings
me back. Because even my therapist has been like,
wow, you've brought it back to the point. And
I'm like, yeah, I can do that now. That's a skill.
It is, man. That's a skill. It is. Who is most
likely to bring snacks and forget their project?
You. You. What the heck? You bring snacks more
than anybody. Oh, I do. And half the time you
don't take out your project. You also have brought
snacks and not brought your project. Yes. Like,
that's literally you. Oh. To be fair, Jess and
I can't not bring a project. That's fair. That's
true. So, yeah. Literally, it could only have
been the two of you. I mean, I could try to pretend,
but. And you both bring snacks, but Drea usually
brings snacks and her project. You have forgotten
your project. You know what? I feel like this
is intact on my memory. No, it's not. And we're
really grateful for the snacks. Yeah, they're
good snacks. You always bring cheese, and I love
that for me. Listen, I just look out for everybody
else. I didn't get into this body by accident.
Okay. Most likely to accidentally join a fiber
cult. No. I love how the answer's just no. I
feel like all of us are too suspicious for that.
Yeah, we are very paranoid. You know what? I
think it's less that we're suspicious and more
that we don't. enjoy being around that many people
that is a lot of people oh i don't want to socialize
no yeah we're not into large groups of people
also cults require you to give up your money
and no we're too cheap for that i don't i don't
have any to give up so yeah they'll never take
me i think most likely to accidentally join a
fiber call is gonna be somebody else not here
sorry that's never gonna happen Okay. Most likely
to lose a needle in the couch forever. I think
that's all of us. I was going to say, I'm pretty
sure that has happened. Most likely. Do you know
how many times I have sent your children, your
children, Tina, under your sofa so that I could
get my stuff? My children are fantastic navigators
and finding things. They fit into small spaces.
Tina, I'm going to be so sad when your kids are...
They're going to grow up. Or grow. Listen, I'm
going to have an 11 -year -old this year. And
she is almost five feet tall. Yeah, man. Growing.
Yeah, I don't even know what to do with that.
Trust me. It is crazy. All right. Now, no one's
done this, I don't think. But if someone were
to, most likely to finish a sweater during the
podcast. Not like start to finish. Just finish
it. I know this is not me because I would be
too distracted. I cannot finish a sweater. No,
I'd be the same way. Like, no. I like to finish
my sweaters at like 1030 at night while cursing
that I have to be up at five and just getting
angrier and angrier. But knowing that there's
no way I'm putting that down for tomorrow. This
happens to me all the time. I feel like this
could be Jess because I feel like Jess has randomly
like been like. I'm done. And we're like, wait,
we were in the middle of a topic. No, hasn't
been a sweater. Hasn't been a sweater though.
But you have definitely finished things in the
middle of a topic. And we didn't realize you
were finishing something. She also finishes her
sweaters like at 1 a .m. I do. She absolutely
does. Most projects at 1 a .m. I'll be sitting
there weaving in my ends watching my YouTube.
Watching my shows. Watching her stories. Watching
my stories. Who has the best reaction to yarn
crimes? What's a yarn crime? I don't know. I
think we're going to define it right now. No.
What's a yarn crime? I don't know. I'm going
to go with Drea because I feel Drea has the best
reactions to a lot of things. I mean, she did
react to noobs, which is a crime. Noobs are a
crime. I feel like noobs themselves are a hate
crime. I feel like there we go. They're a crime
and I hate them. Oh, Lord. Anyway, my statement
stands. My statement stands. I mean, yeah, if
anyone's going to be visceral to something, it
would be you, Dre. It's true. All right. I can't
control my mouth. I really can't. I'm just going
to basically anything here that says roast or
say something. Surprise. I am the queen of roasting.
I've gotten better at. restraining myself who
is most likely to make me cry while editing the
podcast episode cry with laughter not cry like
ah sorry i forgot the laughter part wait who's
likely to make me cry while editing with laughter
while editing a podcast episode is it yourself
no You are funny. No, I don't laugh at myself.
Actually, I am mostly cringing when I hear myself
talk. You have no idea how many times I've cut
myself out because I'm like, absolutely not.
I sound like a... So who does make you laugh?
If it's not Jess, it's you. But Jess usually
makes me giggle the most because you guys don't
know how many times that Jess says something
and you don't even hear it. i hear it though
that's fair like all of a sudden like there'll
be like a conversation here and jess is just
like That I. I keep kind of talking to the mic
when I'm not paying attention. I don't know what
I'm saying. I thought I just had that stitch
marker right here. That's hilarious. Just aggressively
like angry at their stuff. And now our listeners
know something else. Yeah. Yeah. That is absolutely.
You may never know because. Secret talking. Almost
always when I'm editing, like even if it's definitely
like, it's like you, like Meg and Drea talking,
like I always have to look at Jess's track because
she's mostly even, it won't even come up. Yeah.
It won't even. come up on the thing but i have
to like play her just to hear the it's just quiet
enough that it doesn't alert you outright but
loud enough that if you don't take it out it'll
be in there well sometimes it's sometimes they're
funny and i like that's why if you ever hear
some of jess's lines and it's super distorted
it's because i'm bringing up the volume like
a thousand percent so you can hear what they're
saying oh my god the more you know all right
Most likely to have a spreadsheet for their yarn
stash. You. Come on. I don't like how quickly
you said that. Tina, nobody else at this table
is going to have a spreadsheet for their yarn
stash. Stop. You're the one that knows exactly
what you have. I mean, I have a spreadsheet for
the business, but not for the stash. So I don't
think that counts. But Tina. Like you literally
do yarn spread for yarn saver. Like you literally
do that. You know, it's true. I do. And you did
it before it was a business. I. This is a bad
thing. Honestly, I aspire to that level of type
A. I'm never going to be there, but I aspire
to it. I may have spreadsheets circling back
as far as 2017. So why are you looking at us
with this? Because I don't like being called
out for it. She didn't think we knew. I thought
it would have been like a little bit of a debate.
I didn't think it would just immediately be.
Okay, hang on a second. Hang on. The rest of
us, do we have yarn spreadsheets? No. All right,
end of discussion. Moving on to the next topic.
It had to be you. Thanks. I have a lot of spreadsheets
at work, but let me tell you. Don't we all? But
none of them are yarn. No, none of them are yarn.
Wow. Sorry, girl. You know, it's true. Thanks,
guys. I just really appreciate your call. There
are so many worse things that any of us could
have been called out on. That's a pretty good
thing. I wish I was that organized. How dare
you be organized? Such an insult. Who's most
likely to forget what they were talking about
mid -sentence? Either you or Jess. ADHD. I want
to go with Jess. Sometimes both. Sometimes both.
At the same time. Is it a joint award? Do we
get a joint award? Absolutely. Take it together.
Yeah. Sure. Most likely to say, this is Jess.
I'm already calling you out. This is you. Most
likely to say, this pattern's fine while actively
changing every row. I mean. With the fire. I
feel like you have done that. I have done that.
Most likely to design a pattern inspired by a
minor inconvenience. Jess. You know, I think
so too. That kind of goes off of this pattern's
fine while actively changing every row. Yeah,
that kind of does go in. It's the same thing.
The reason why you're changing it on every row
is because there's a minor inconvenience. This
is a minor inconvenience. I don't like the way
you do this year on over. God. Most likely to
have a crisis over sleeve length. Meg. Meg? You
were not there for the calliope. Yeah, that was
bad. I finished the calliope and I put it on
and I almost had a nervous breakdown because
the sleeves were like they weren't three quarter
and they weren't wrist. They were this weird
area in between that made me look bizarre. And
it was a week before Rhinebeck and I was like.
Cool. I worked so hard to get this done. And
Jess was like, it's going to be fine. We just
block it. And you guessed it. We blocked it aggressively.
And the sleeves were great. Most likely to create
lore for their yarn choices. Jess. What? Listen,
I don't know what Chad's up to, but... Chad's
got some weird questions. I'm kind of digging
it. I don't know what it means, but... It sounds
like something Jess would do. Well, it sounds
like giving like their yarn a backstory. Yeah.
That's a lot. I mean, to be fair, like a lot
of the names for our yarns have come from Jess.
So I guess that makes sense. Yeah. I can see
that. Okay. This is an easy one. Most likely
to yell at yarn for misbehaving. Is that easy?
That is easy. Who is it? It's either you or Drea.
That is true. That's fair. Honestly, it's really
you, but I just don't want to be like, I'm actually
going to go with Meg because I can't believe
you were like, is that really easy? Yeah, it
is. Because you are far more vocal when your
urine is misbehaving. No, I'm really mad about
it. And I will quietly get angry. I will quietly
huff, be really mad about it. Not say anything
and quietly put my project away and then wait
for somebody to ask me what's wrong. Look, I'm
going to get on with my life, but I'm going to
be real dramatic about it first. Oh, God. Yeah.
I don't know. I guess I just didn't think about
it. But you're right. I don't know. I don't know
the answer to this one. Who is most likely to
keep a yarn they hate just in case? Oh, my God.
That's true. It is true. No, I'll take that.
Oh, no. It absolutely is true. Sometimes I'll
get rid of it when she's not looking. No, I have.
Yeah. Just like this is enough. No, that is true.
I don't know why. Because sometimes she'll try
to use it again. Yeah. And then it will still
hate it and then pull the project out again and
put it away. And so sometimes if that's happened
a few times, I will quietly take it away. I didn't
know you did that. I did. Oh, look at that. So
this other one that says most likely to fall
in love with the wrong yarn again is Meg. I mean
most likely remember that one that fell apart
and the colors are really pretty but it fell
apart and you put it aside and tried it in a
different project because you still love the
yarn and then like like a Not even a quarter.
It was like a couple rows in. You're like, I
remember why I put this yarn away. Oh my God.
I forget what yarn that was. It was really pretty.
I forget. It was a yarn company that went under.
It was like white and blue. It was a yarn company
that went under. Oh, was that the one that you
were going to make that beret? I was. Yeah. And
because they actually mislabeled the yarn. They
said that there was, it had a fiber content that.
They did not have it. I can't even remember the
company. They ended up going under. Oh, God.
I got that from Hither and Yarn. And it was so
soft. I don't remember the company because by
the time I got rid of it, the label was gone.
And I just recognized it. It was literally like
I would knit like five stitches and then it would
just break. The yarn would just break. Oh, man.
And I'm not a, you know me, I'm not a tight knitter
at all. Yeah. And it would just snap. That sucks.
It did. yep and it was it was pretty it was soft
it was really nice i put it in a bag to throw
away i'm pretty sure i tossed it otherwise i'm
gonna come no it was probably a good thing because
you know what i'll probably pick it up again
it was really nice i know i felt bad I'm not
asking that one because that one, I know you
guys are going to say it's me. So I'm just going
to skip it. No. You know what it is. Absolutely
not. Most likely to finish a project and immediately
give it away. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. The rest of us
do that. A hundred percent. We may give things
away, but I literally have like no knitted items.
Not as much as you. I do now. I have that. I
have a couple of sweaters now, but like I did
not for a long time. I still don't have hats.
I still don't know where my other hat is. See,
I would maybe say Drea, but I feel like Drea
plans to give her things away. Like she makes
things to give them away and you make things
and they just end up being given away. See this.
There's a difference. Drea is most likely to
knit a baby blanket for a stranger's dog. Oh,
God, that is real. That's fair. See, I'm the
other one. I'm just like, I just randomly it's
gone. And Drea is like, wait, oh, there's a dog.
Drea knits things to give away on purpose. Or
most likely to make eye contact with someone
and gift them a hat. I will absolutely make something
with the intention of giving it to somebody.
But I am also that person where if you offend
me in any way while I am making that project
for you, it is no longer for you. And that's
why I don't tell people. I know, same. I do the
exact same thing. You would be the one making
eye contact while gifting hat and it would be
really weird and awkward and then you would walk
away because I can 100 % see you doing that.
Absolutely. I can see you're doing that with
the turtles. Yeah. We talked about that. I do
that when I give away mustaches. Right back.
Gotta make it weird or it's not worth it. Who
is most likely to buy yarn because it looked
lonely? I don't think any of us. I do that with
toys but not yarn. Okay. Wrong hobby. I wouldn't
buy yarn because it looked lonely like on the
shelf or on the display. I would buy yarn because
my bag looked lonely while it was empty. That.
And here's the thing with yarn like even if it's
a lone skein you can pair it with something else.
Yeah. It's not like a lone toy for lack of a
better descriptor. You can find it a friend.
Talking about yarn skein feelings. Who is most
likely to emotionally bond with a skein? Oh,
you and all your groovy hues. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. I feel like it's not all of them, and I
feel like it's not constant, but you've got your
faves. So there is a set of white and green skeins
that are in fingering weight that I have from
groovy hues that, to be honest, I did buy it
with a project in mind. I still have the pattern.
I probably bought it at this point. It's probably
like eight or nine years ago. And I don't know
why. I just have such a, I love those skates.
They're just so, I could see them in that pattern.
I could see it done. I just, it's not done. It's
not there yet. It's not done. What were they
supposed to be? It was this duo tone, like a
short sleeve top. And I can't remember. I bought
it from some it was a this was when I was in
North Carolina because it was my friend from
South Carolina who showed me the pattern I don't
remember if we were going to knit it together
or if she was like oh this pat this pattern maker
is really good I don't remember I just remember
having the conversation with her about that top
and she made hers I did not make mine because
you know a plus a plus you'll get there when
you're feeling it okay so um Chad says he's going
to get feral with it, and he's going to give
30 glorious, unhinged, deeply weird, and knitting
superlatives. So here we go. Great. It's going
to be weird. It's time to get weird, people.
It's already been weird. No, it's getting weirder.
Oh, great. Who is most likely to perform a yarn
seance to find a lost skein? Okay, stop. Come
on. Stop. Come on. I mean, not me. I mean, maybe.
Maybe me. I might. We'd be there with a self
-made yarn Ouija board. I could see you and Jess
doing that, actually. Together. Very much so.
Even for the sake, if we were doing YouTube for
some reason as an episode, I could totally see
you guys doing it. Even when you said that, it
didn't seem weird to me. Well, pet to Meg, it
was a blasphemous. No, it's really weird. No,
I would do that. It's weird. That doesn't mean
it's not weird. That's fair. Fine. I'll admit
that it is weird, but fine. Who is most likely
to knit a hex or curse into their project and
give it to someone? You. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Don't resent me. What? I would totally like in
the case like you were talking about how like
if somebody started to like get you angry and
you were making something for them. So like I
my answer is usually that I like to give it to
someone like close to them and make them watch
me give it to that person, even though they don't
know that I was going to give it to them. I know.
I'm anyways. But but if if if I had like if I
felt like I could like curse them because they
did this, you'd have to do something really,
really bad. Like you would have to really. Like
a curse is a serious business. Like you have
to really, really do something bad, bad, bad.
I understand. I'd think about it. I would help
you do it. As the doer of the group, I would
help you do it. All right. So who, let's see.
Oh boy. This stuff is so weird. Most likely.
Who's most likely to build a tiny yarn throne
and call it the council? Jess. Yeah. Talk about
hopping right on that one. But you're not wrong.
I'm not wrong. I could totally see you. I swear
to God, if I come home one day and she's sitting
in the den on a pile of yarn and she goes, welcome
to the council, I'm just going to walk out of
the room. I'm just going to walk away. Okay.
Who is most likely to knit a hat for a ghost
because they seem cold? Tina, what are these
questions? Okay, I'm going to skip that one.
These are weird. I'm going to go back with Drea
because she's doing the seance apparently. So
we're just going to keep all the supernatural
stuff on your side, okay? Yeah, Drea would totally
do that because she'd knit a weird hat and someone
would be like, well, who's that for? And she'd
be like, for the ghost. I mean, it wouldn't be
Casper. I mean, have you seen him? No. He's got
a really big head. He does have a really big
head. Yeah, it's too big of a head. I'd be working
on that forever. It's fair. That's like almost
half a sweater. Yeah. No, thank you. A regular
size ghost, maybe. I don't know where Chad pulled
these from because they are very oddly specific,
such as who is most likely to weep softly while
holding a skein named Seafoam. What? I just have
this visual. Honestly, I'm going to claim that
one. This is why I don't trust ChatGBT. No, but
honestly, I'm going to claim that one because
if anyone was going to cry over a skein of yarn,
it's going to be me. No, it is absolutely going
to be me. If somebody sent me yarn for Yarn Saver
that I knew was really rare and hard to get and
it had a massive cut at the bottom that just
cut through all the strands, I would be crying
over it. No, that's fair. I would absolutely.
I don't know about one named Seafoam, but. No.
Maybe that's the color way. You were laughing
so hard I thought that you said a yarn named
Steve and I was like this is just getting real
weird and I don't understand these questions.
That would be a color you enjoyed. I thought
it was Steve and I'm like why are we naming our
skeins of yarn? Can we stop? Okay I'm going to
create a color and name it Steve now just because.
Wow. Oh my god. And if that comes out and y 'all
see it. No other explanation. Who is most likely
to design a pattern based on a dream they had?
You. Yeah. Yeah. Why is this me? Because none
of us design things. I don't design things. I
did it once. If I did, the spite one worked,
but. But you know what? If I were to design a
pattern, it would be from a dream. Yeah, you'd
have to be like inspired somehow. Yeah. Yeah.
I'm not saying I'm gonna, but I'm just saying
if I were. It's not going to be an original idea
for me in a waking mind. It'll be from the ghost.
It's got to be deeply subconscious. It's got
to be deep in the subconscious. That's what's
going to happen. Listen, you're going to hold
a seance. A ghost is going to come in. It's going
to want a hat. It's going to tell you the hat
that it wants in your dream and you're going
to make the ghost the hat. I mean, maybe. This
might turn into a D &D campaign at this end.
Oh, Lord. Who is most likely to knit something
for their therapist? You know, I might. I could
see you guys doing it. I did this once a long
time ago. And I guess they have a thing where
they can't accept gifts. So I don't know. It's
happened in the past where I've tried to give
something and they're like, no, we can't take
gifts or whatever. So what I did was I said,
oops, I left a shawl on the chair. I guess you'll
have to give it to me. Back to me next time.
And I made it really awkward and she started
laughing really hard because I was making it
super awkward. I would love to make something
for my therapist, but we are all virtual. I was
going to say you're strictly virtual. That's
fair. Me too. I haven't been in the same room
as him in almost six years now. Seven years now.
Six years? I don't know. Some amount of time.
That's fair. In a long amount of time. I'm the
opposite. I see mine in person more than I do
telehealth. I like having the option of finishing
therapy and then just like falling over to the
side on the sofa and continuing to cry without
having to drive. I'm the psychopath that goes
at 9 a .m. in the morning and then continues
my entire day. Absolutely not. I make appointments
directly after it. Oh, so you can run from your
feelings? Yeah, it's pretty effective, actually.
Gotta go to that appointment. All right, now
that we've trauma dumped. Who is most likely
to knit a sweater that is also a bag, that is
also a blanket, that is also a hat? Jess. Soon
as you said that, it's also a bag. Does that
exist? I'd give that pattern a look. Yeah, that's
like, you know, I could see the sweater bag and
blanket. The hat is what's throwing me because
it's a big hat. That's going to be a big hat.
Maybe if you fold it. You got to fold it. It's
like origami or something. Yeah, that seems.
OK, but Jess would do that. Who who is most likely
to smuggle their yarn project into the dentist
chair just in case? All of us. Yeah. Every single
one of us. I think so. Who's most likely to record
an episode from inside a stash closet and call
it Yarnia? What? That is either me or Jess, though.
Hello, guys. Welcome to Yarnia. Today, we're
going to find a lamppost because I can't see.
click there we go all right since we did just
really really weird ones how about we do some
traditional ones so that we can end on a not
weird note so who has the best color work skills
who do you think um i say jess i would also say
jess either meg or jess yeah I don't do a lot
of color work, so. I don't do it as often either.
So yeah, definitely the mega dress. I'm going
to give it to Jess because I have a beast of
a time when there's like long rows of color work.
Like I'll do it, but I'm going to get dramatic
about it. Jess doesn't get dramatic about it.
She just does it. Point to Jess. Who is most
likely to finish a project early? Oh, not me.
Definitely not me. I don't think any of us. I
think the person who finishes the earliest or
at least on time would be Jess. Yeah. You're
the best at hitting deadlines that you set for
yourself, I think. I was going to say, if I do
have a deadline, I usually do somehow hit it.
The only time I ever hit a deadline is if I'm
doing a test. And I haven't done a test in like
two and a half years. So yeah, there's no deadline.
I just don't care. Who is most likely to teach
a new knitter? Meg. Meg. Meg. Not me. I don't
teach. I have taught a couple of people, but
not nearly as many as Meg has. I taught a lot
more people than I ever expected to just because
y 'all came and asked. You're welcome. Y 'all
came and asked at that very unhinged knitting
night. Show us your way. That was a great knitting
night. That was a good night. um who has the
most impressive finished object i think that's
tough to gauge yeah because we've all got pretty
i think i think if you're going by like items
it that would be hard to gauge because like i
feel like everybody like it's certain like this
would be almost like specific categories would
be specific things right I think everybody has
like an impressive. I think everybody's knit
something amazing. At least at one point. Yeah.
Who has the fastest needles in the group? Not
me. Probably me, actually. I do knit pretty quickly.
Yeah. If I sit down and do it. Yeah. There's
the catch. There's a catch to it. But yeah, I
would agree. I don't think we have anyone for
this one. who's the most zen about making a mistake
oh lord um i i would say jess yeah you don't
get upset you just figure out how to work around
it you know or or go back and fix it she's also
like i i know i do this tina i don't know if
you do this i know drea does this but she fixes
the mistake without putting it away and pretending
it doesn't exist for a while And I know we both
do that. I do, Jess. I don't put it away. You
do that too? Okay. Yeah, I go and fix it. Yeah,
I know. But after fixing it, I will put it away.
Like, I'll be like, okay, this is fit and I'm
done for the day. You and I have done it and
we're done. Like, I might take a break just after
fixing it just because you're like, ugh. See,
I will put it away for an indeterminate amount
of time. Years. It may never be seen again. I
got a few downstairs. And then I will fix it
and then I will put it back in time out because
just because i fixed you doesn't mean that i'm
ready we're not speaking still still mad at you
over it yeah i remember the branwyn shawl i put
that away for a long time oh my lord i do remember
that yeah i think the longest i ever put something
away for a mistake was the shawloween and i put
it away for two days because i had to go back
You had to rip out a whole section. Rip out a
whole section. A whole section. Because Mariel
jumped on her and tore out part of it. It was
a yarn over twice, knit twice, yarn over twice.
Just the whole thing was this honeycomb yarn
overs. And I tried for about an hour to figure
out if I could just somehow pick it up. And I
was like, you know what? It's going to take me
less time just to go back to the last section
and start over. So I put it down for two days
that time because I... unraveled it i put it
away and then two days later i'm like okay i'm
gonna pick up them stitches again but yeah yeah
that that was tough but yeah usually i'm yeah
you're right i'll usually either ignore it or
fix it all right who is most likely to try a
new technique first Jess. I was like, these are
all Jess. I'm going to try to find one that's
not Jess. Oh, who has the most whips but is still
thriving? You. You know, sometimes I can do good
things too. I'm not just a trash heap. It's okay.
I also have a lot of whips, but I'm not really
thriving. You know what? You know what? This
one is not me. Okay. it used to be me who has
the biggest yarn collection it is definitely
not me anymore I am literally regulated to you
know those like cubby bins I have you have actually
pared down quite a bit I have a three by seven
of those cubby bins that's all I have and like
a couple on the pegs that's about it having not
seen Drea's stash in a while I really have no
idea Ours has been pared down quite a bit too.
But if you're counting the critical hit stash,
then it's definitely us. Okay. If we're not counting
the critical hit stash. I don't think critical
hit just because you could sell it. Right. It's
not ours. It's not technically ours. Because
if you do that, well, then it's me again because
I have non -savers. Okay. I don't know. I have
not seen Drea's stash in a while. All right,
Drea. So I'm not sure. Time to fess up. You know
what? No, it's going to have to be Drea because
Jess and I, our stash is divided. Like the stash
downstairs is half and half. Yeah. So I think
it's going to be Drea. So if it's... Back on
top. For a while, you were consistently the biggest
stash. Tina unseated you in like 2020. Oh, God,
right? But you consistently had the biggest stash.
I did. For the longest time. Only because I did
a major de -stash. I have never really de -stashed.
I just... No, you haven't. You haven't. I just
keep all that. I might use it at some point.
And you know what? If you don't, it's there to
admire. Yeah, I really don't get rid of like
anything. So what, what are you, what is your
containers right now? Like, what are you, how
much do you think you're like, if you had to
describe it? So I have a long low cabinet with
a glass doors. Pretty sure it was an entertainment
center at one point, but you know, it's got,
it's better this way. It's better this way. And
then I have, then I have like the crap yarn that's
downstairs, you know, like the, the big box stuff.
Oh, okay. Not this big box stuff that I'm currently
using, but that other big box stuff that I just.
That you bought and you're probably not going
to use. Probably not, but I got it. Okay. It's
definitely dry. It's dry. It's definitely dry.
And then I have another bin of big box stuff
that is in my eyes, not crap. And I am actively
using that. So I've got the nice stuff in the
cabinet and then I've got. like two or three
bins we might be even then maybe i don't know
we'd be a close call we'd have to do a final
count that cabinet is like jam -packed though
like i cannot put more stuff in there are not
jam -packed I don't even know what's in there
anymore. I think we got to give it to Drea. Yeah.
Congratulations, Drea. I proceed to give you
the crown like they do in Miss Universe. God,
it's about time it came back to me. It's been
a while, man. There's no reason she's been hanging
on to those. I gotcha. One day. Maybe. One day.
You don't know me. All right. So we're getting
towards the end. So how about for the last four
superlatives? How about we go around and pick
what we think is each other's superlatives, like
most applicable. So let's start with Jess, just
for fun. What do you think Jess's superlative,
if you had to just choose any of them or anything?
Most likely to try anything. Oh, I like that.
Most likely to try anything. I accept that. Yeah,
I like that. I would say that. Very good. I can
agree with that. Yeah. I would accept that title.
Thank you. And what about Meg? Best? color theories
like working together. Really? Yeah. I like that.
You tend to choose the best colors for the projects
you're working on. Thanks. I was going to say
something to the effect of like best, like most
practically. and beautiful like finished objects
yeah like i always feel like everything you make
is like something that you can use like it's
not you know like sometimes sometimes i make
things and you're just like uh i don't know if
i would i'd wear that too but like all of the
things you make are practical yeah like you would
you wear and you wear them and you use them and
like i said the colors always make sense for
the project like listen i can make cool stuff
but i just use the colors i like and sometimes
they don't make sense but your stuff makes sense
thanks I'm going to go with most practically
pretty. How's that? There we go. And Drea. How
about Drea? Listen, most committed to single
projects. Oh, no, that's true. Like you definitely
start and finish. I do. I would even stop it
at most committed. Yeah. Like literally just
be like. And not even just the committing to
one project, but the like you are you are not
as much as you talk about like, oh, I make a
mistake and I get rid of the project. You usually
really don't like you usually do finish. I do
always go back to it. And you really do like
commit to I am terrible with making people stuff
and you commit to making people things and you
actually finish them. So good follow through.
Thank you. Always. I'm a true project monogamist.
Single -minded focus. You're very committed to
that relationship. All right, I guess me. Tina,
if you didn't know. I forgot your name for a
second. Oh, good. I'm glad I said it then. I
was glad you were there to clear that up. So
I know that we do a lot about Jess being like
the MacGyver. with knitting. But I really, and
I don't know if I want to say like most resourceful,
but I feel like you do a lot of follow through.
of i'm gonna do like even just getting this podcast
off the ground like the idea you you get an idea
you are the doer but that's the thing you get
an idea and you implement it almost immediately
yes and but you do that with your projects too
yeah you do that with your projects too which
is why you have so many whips We counted them
last time. Is this turning into a therapy session?
No. Listen, you cherish your whips, all of them.
I do. I have 15 right now. I know. And you know
what? And I know a bunch of listeners right now
are just going to go, wait a second. I thought
you paired that down. I thought we were doing
well. We were, guys. And then I don't know what
happened. Life finds a way. I don't know what
happened. Ideas, okay? Ideas. I don't know what
happened. But at the same token of always following
through, I do immediately do it and sometimes
without plans. Yes. And that's not good either.
But you've had like solid implementation of many
things. Not just this podcast, but look at Yarnsaver.
If you give me an idea and I think it has an
ounce of credibility, I will most likely be like,
all right, and we are doing this. Right. ASAP.
Right now. Wait, no, we have to go eat. Nope,
right now. We're doing this right now. Oh, God.
I know. It's bad. I know. Sometimes it's mildly
inconvenient. That's it for this week's episode.
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