1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,680 I'm Drea, I'm Meg, I'm Tina, and I'm Jess. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,160 And this is Pardon My Stash. 3 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,040 Welcome to Pardon My Stash, a podcast about knitting within the fiber arts and how awesome it is. 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:19,540 Yeah. 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,760 Before we get into today's topic, topics, topic. 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:26,960 We have a topic. 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Yeah. 8 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:28,560 And it's a good one too. 9 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:29,120 It's a good one. 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,360 We're going to talk about stuff. 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,160 Let's find out what everybody is working on. 12 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:36,880 Jess. 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:44,400 I am working on the I Am Dragon 2 Cowl by Alexandra Davidoff Studio. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:45,360 It looks boss. 15 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:45,840 Thank you. 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:52,400 I think I'm about halfway through it because I keep getting distracted from it, but that's okay. 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:52,960 It's important. 18 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,960 It is important. 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:04,160 And so I'm working on that, I'm doing it in Critical Hit Dyes Morgan on Ranger, 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,840 which is super soft and I love it. 21 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,040 I'm still working on Ocean Stones by Gretha Menson. 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,400 Ooh, that looks good. 23 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:12,880 Thank you. 24 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,400 I really kind of fell off this week. 25 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,160 I didn't knit that much on it, so it's not much further than it was last week. 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:26,000 But I'm knitting it out of Fiberspace Vivacious Decay in the Colorway Heavenly. 27 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:27,600 It feels nice. 28 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,640 I'm filling it up right now. 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:29,200 Thank you. 30 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:30,240 It's super squishy. 31 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,040 It is very squishy. 32 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,880 I really can't wait to see what it's going to be like when it's blocked. 33 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:35,760 When it's blocked, yeah. 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,240 Because it's still a little bit like, especially the end is kind of weird because I frogged it, 35 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:46,000 but I'm interested to see how it blocks out. 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:53,920 Dreya, I am working on the Akemi Shaw by Isabel Kramer, and I am using Silver Moon Fiber Arts 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,280 in fingering weight in the Colorway Faded Jeans. 38 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,280 I actually got a lot of this done today. 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,040 I did like two whole lace pattern repeats and pretty good. 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,640 The power of trash TV. 41 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:05,680 Yeah. 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,720 We've watched a lot of Love Island and we got a lot of knitting done. 43 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,720 Not Tina, but I did. 44 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:13,920 I did not. 45 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:17,440 I did not. I know Dreya helped me today. 46 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,040 I'm still recovering from surgery. 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,200 Yeah. Everybody's getting surgery by the way. 48 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,480 But yeah, no, Dreya helped me out. 49 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,680 She was doing some lifting stuff that I couldn't do today. 50 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:29,920 Yeah. 51 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:31,040 What are you working on, Tina? 52 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:31,520 Thank you. 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:33,360 I'm glad someone asked. 54 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,080 I'm interested. 55 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:35,520 I was about to. 56 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:37,520 So kidding. 57 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:43,360 I'm still working on my Engel Sweater by Caitlin Hunter, and I am using String Yarns NYC 58 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,480 Dolce Do Decay in red, dark gray and gray. 59 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,960 And I swear to God, those are the colors and. 60 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:50,960 Fetching names. 61 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:51,680 Fetching names. 62 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:52,800 Really, really straight to the point. 63 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,000 They're aptly named. 64 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:54,560 It could be worse. 65 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,760 They could be numbers. 66 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:56,000 Yeah. 67 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:56,960 No, they are numbers. 68 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,720 I'm giving them those colors. 69 00:02:58,720 --> 00:02:59,440 You gave them the names. 70 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,640 Okay. I guess it couldn't be. 71 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:02,960 I'm not going to be like one, two, seven, eight, five. 72 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:05,280 Because that's descriptive. 73 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:12,560 No, and actually I didn't get too far in it this week because I finished a baby cardigan 74 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,040 and a matching Very Vital Beanie Hat. 75 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,080 Which you gave to the recipient. 76 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:18,580 Yes. 77 00:03:18,580 --> 00:03:27,680 So my, my, yeah, my husband's friend at work was really excited about my knitting. 78 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,800 And I thought, wow, that's really cool. 79 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:36,480 So he had a granddaughter and really wanted something for her. 80 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,720 And so I made a little baby cardigan and a Very Vital Beanie Hat. 81 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:46,640 I am not going to shout out the cardigan pattern because I have determined that it is the worst 82 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,640 baby cardigan pattern ever. 83 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,480 It's a really cute cardigan. 84 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:51,600 It's super cute. 85 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,480 It's way too complicated for no reason. 86 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:55,680 Absolutely no reason. 87 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,120 It doesn't need to be this complicated. 88 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:05,760 I actually am of the mindset to actually rewrite it so that it is seamless and just like easy. 89 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,240 Like it doesn't need to be in eight different pieces. 90 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:10,880 Yeah, it had a lot of different seams. 91 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,800 Which I think it was because they probably did it in a straight needle set. 92 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,180 Probably. 93 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,400 Honestly, I think that's why. 94 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,880 Because it was like the sleeves are flat. 95 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,440 The body was flat and like done in three different pieces. 96 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,280 And I honestly think that's why. 97 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:28,880 But overcomplicating. 98 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,120 Yeah, overcomplicating it when it honestly could be a seamless top down. 99 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,440 It really doesn't need to be that complicated. 100 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:44,560 Anywho, be sure to check out our website partofmystache.com for more information as well as pictures regarding our current projects, patterns and yarns. 101 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,320 So this week we have a, I think a pretty fun topic. 102 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,080 This week we are talking about knitting with intention. 103 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,080 And what does that mean? 104 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,160 It means intently knitting. 105 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,800 Okay, let's wrap it up. 106 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:03,920 Alright, close it up guys. 107 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:04,960 Thanks for listening guys. 108 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:05,440 The music. 109 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:05,940 Alright, no. 110 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:16,800 No, what it means is consciously making choices about what you are knitting in terms of items for yourself or items that you want to produce. 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,480 One thing could be creating a closet of wearable items. 112 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:27,040 And what I mean by that is creating items for yourself that you'll actually wear. 113 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,120 Not just, oh, this pattern looks cool. 114 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,120 But wait, I hate wearing that type of stuff. 115 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,080 And then you never wear it. 116 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:43,520 Or if you are, say, really into making baby stuff that you find like a solid couple patterns that you really love making over and over and again. 117 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:51,920 Kind of finesse your techniques with that and focus on that and focus on the type of items you like to make too that bring you joy. 118 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,720 Or it could be something entirely differently. 119 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,240 Topic is up for discussion. 120 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:56,720 Go. 121 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:02,720 I would also look at knitting intentionally as whatever knitting means to you. 122 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,840 I mean, my sister only likes to do one by one rib scarves. 123 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,840 I personally would probably rather chew tinfoil. 124 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:10,640 I would die. 125 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,840 But she finds it extremely meditative. 126 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:14,640 She grabs her yarn. 127 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,600 She grabs her needles. 128 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:21,680 She puts something on the TV and she bangs out these hugely long scarves in like a week. 129 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:23,680 And that's her joy. 130 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,880 Like she likes to do that. 131 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,480 So some people like to knit for the meditativeness. 132 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:38,240 Honestly, my goal right now for this year was to try new stuff, like try new techniques. 133 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:44,880 So for me, like knitting intentionally is trying to find projects that I haven't done before. 134 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:45,760 A learning experience. 135 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:46,240 Right. 136 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,240 So one of the things I want to try this year is knitting a raglan sweater. 137 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,120 I've never done that before. 138 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:58,320 I've only done top down in the knitting seamlessly and I've done bottom up knitting seamlessly. 139 00:06:53,120 --> 00:07:15,120 I'm looking forward to it. 140 00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,680 But I want to try raglan. 141 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:05,440 So that would be a whole new technique, something else in my wheelhouse. 142 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,160 So that's knitting intentionally. 143 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,440 That's like my favorite type of sweater. 144 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:10,320 I've never done one. 145 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:10,800 That's fun. 146 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:11,760 I'm looking forward to it. 147 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:12,240 Yeah. 148 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:12,800 Good stuff. 149 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,560 The yoke always comes out super pretty. 150 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:16,800 I just like the way that raglan sweaters look on top. 151 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:15,620 Yeah. 152 00:07:15,620 --> 00:07:16,080 Good stuff. 153 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,840 The yoke always comes out super pretty. 154 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:17,920 Yeah, it looks very neat. 155 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,080 I just like the way that raglan sweaters look on top. 156 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,520 Yeah, it looks very neat and tidy. 157 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,320 Mm hmm. 158 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,400 And then you also kind of don't have that like round and round and round and round. 159 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,400 Oh my God, it just is getting bigger and getting bigger and getting bigger and getting bigger 160 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,200 and getting okay. 161 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:31,680 There we go. 162 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:32,640 Yeah. 163 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:40,800 So yeah, so that would be one definition of knitting intentionally. 164 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,520 What does knitting intentionally look like for you? 165 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,280 For me, I think it's going to be more along the lines of not just choosing projects for the sake 166 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:52,880 of making the project. 167 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,720 Like I want to make projects that I'm going to get use out of. 168 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,160 I want to make projects that somebody else is going to get use out of. 169 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,320 Like I don't just want to make a crazy pattern for the sake of making the crazy pattern. 170 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:11,200 I feel like I'm past the stage of doing the weirdness or let me try this. 171 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,680 If I find a pattern that I like that I want to do and it's something that I haven't done 172 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:16,720 before, then great. 173 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,880 And if it's not, then whatever. 174 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,480 Something that's practical to you. 175 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,680 Yeah. Yeah. 176 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:28,800 I want to make useful things, but I don't want to make like stuff. 177 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:30,720 Just random stuff. 178 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:31,040 Yeah. 179 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:38,480 Yeah. It kind of goes into that mindset of like how consumerism in general, you just end up with 180 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,320 stuff and you're like, wait, did I actually want this stuff? 181 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,240 I don't know if any of this stuff brings me joy. 182 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,520 Now I have too much stuff. 183 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:52,720 And I feel like knitting can turn into that too, to a degree because like you said, if you just knit 184 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:59,120 stuff, but you don't necessarily love what you're knitting or you're making stuff in your size, 185 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,240 but you'll never wear it. 186 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,560 Then why did you bother making it? 187 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:09,200 Yeah. It's like, okay, well now it's going to sit there in some bag or on some shelf. 188 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:10,800 So funny thing. 189 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:17,760 I did a lot of test nets last year, lots of hats, lots of cowls, and kind of like sitting there like, 190 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:18,880 okay, this is a lot. 191 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,400 Like, what am I going to do with all of these? 192 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,520 I like them all. 193 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:22,400 I love them all. 194 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,760 Like I picked really nice yarn and I love the patterns. 195 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,920 There isn't a single one that I did that I didn't like. 196 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:30,880 And the thing is I rarely wear them. 197 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:36,240 I always forget to wear a hat or grab a cowl, but guess who always needs a hat or a cowl? 198 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,840 And we can never find one when it's time to go to school. 199 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,040 To baby. 200 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:42,640 Every day. 201 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,520 That kid wears my hand knits to school almost every day. 202 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,720 The cowl wrapped twice around her neck, the hat falling off. 203 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,120 But she loves my stuff and she'll be like, this one's for Mariel. 204 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,640 And I'm like, that one won't fit you. 205 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,560 But she will still wear it. 206 00:09:56,560 --> 00:09:58,080 No, that's not a good idea. 207 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:58,880 It's not a good idea. 208 00:09:58,880 --> 00:09:59,600 This one's for me. 209 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:06,640 So it's really funny how it started as me kind of being like, you know, why am I making all of these? 210 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:11,520 I do enjoy making them, but now I'm also at the point where I'm like, someone in my house will 211 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,160 wear them even if I'm not making them. 212 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,680 And I don't, I never was the type of person that was like, I want to knit this crazy thing. 213 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:21,280 I know I'm never going to wear it. 214 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,640 I only knit things that I think are beautiful. 215 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:31,840 I don't knit stuff that is like, oh, that's hideous, but I want to learn the technique. 216 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,320 If I'm not going to wear it, I'm not going to knit it. 217 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:41,200 There's also like, it might not even necessarily be hideous, but like there are, so there's also 218 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:47,920 like the idea of maybe it's not necessarily hideous to you, but you don't have the patience for it. 219 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:54,960 So like a really good example of that to me is the stuff by, I think, I think his name's like 220 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:55,600 Steven West. 221 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:56,720 Steven West. 222 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,880 He makes these beautiful, like intricate shawls. 223 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:01,840 Geometric. 224 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,840 Just like with colors. 225 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:08,080 And like, I'm like looking at them and I'm like, wow, how pretty, I would feel so accomplished 226 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,040 if I made that. 227 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,120 And then knitter know thyself. 228 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,040 And I'm like, I will never finish that. 229 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:18,880 If I cast that on, I will never finish that because I won't have the patience to sit there 230 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,480 and go through each section. 231 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:24,480 And like, I feel like I would get frustrated with myself really fast. 232 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:30,080 And I find that my initial intention, I guess I'm talking about my intentions now, but my 233 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:35,360 initial intention with knitting was to be distressed. And if I'm going to stress you 234 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:36,640 out, it's going to stress me out. 235 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,360 I'm going to like be sitting there going like, oh my God, I don't know how to do this. 236 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,280 Now I'm like, oh, I got to figure this out and now I got to do this section. 237 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:48,400 So I am actually finding like things like my Ingalls sweater, where there's a straightforward 238 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:53,920 color work and it's a lot of stock net while quote unquote boring, de stresses me because I 239 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:54,960 don't have to think about it. 240 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:00,880 So I agree with that because I do a lot of knitting for stress relief as well. 241 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:11,120 Yeah. So I and and as much as I love, you know, I'm using his shawls as an example, as much as I 242 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,880 love those patterns and they are absolutely beautiful. 243 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,680 And when I see people with them, I'm like, wow, that's amazing. 244 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,800 I also have to say to myself, I actually, if that was a store bought item, I wouldn't have 245 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,960 bought it for myself. Like, that's not my style. 246 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,840 I'm pretty muted in terms of my style. 247 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:33,840 I'm not, which is funny because I have funky hair, but outside of my funky hair, I'm actually not 248 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:39,760 like, I'm not the type to, you know, be like with your clothing. 249 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:45,680 No, no, it's comforts the priority, not really the the, you know, fashion statement. 250 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,400 So what about you, Jess? 251 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,720 What does knitting with intention look like to you? 252 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:58,640 Um, so knitting with intention to me is basically does the mood hit? 253 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,480 And I'm going to do it. 254 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,200 Because that is how I operate. 255 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:11,040 Most of the time it is something either something I find looks interesting and I want to do it. 256 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:19,440 Um, it because it is once I started at some point, I, I at this point in life, I will finish it. 257 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:24,800 So it's, I won't do it if I don't think I can finish it or if I, if I look at it and I know 258 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,200 like right away, okay, this is good to hold my attention for all of seven rows and then I'm 259 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:34,400 going to be over it. Um, so I do try and, and choose stuff that I know at least will hold my 260 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,280 attention for, um, the entire time or most of the time. 261 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,200 I can't always promise the entire time. 262 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:47,840 I know myself this year, I'm also like going business wise, like using a lot of our yarns, 263 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:51,760 because if I make stuff in our yarns, we have stuff to display. 264 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,920 So I'll feel accomplished. 265 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:58,240 And even if I don't use it, it'll look nice on display. 266 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,640 So still productive. 267 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,320 Um, even if it's things like a set, cause I don't, I don't wear a lot of knits. 268 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,440 Um, I wear some. 269 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:10,640 So, so yeah, if, um, if it's not something, cause I don't wear a lot of knits, but I enjoy the 270 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:15,120 process of, of knitting and crocheting and creating things. 271 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:16,560 So that is my, my. 272 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:19,040 You also tend to lean toward more complicated. 273 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:23,200 I do then then say you don't, you're not a simple knit person. 274 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:29,760 Um, if I am, they're usually shorter, like I'll crank out some hats, um, hats and cowls. 275 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,160 Um, I like to do, mitts are actually kind of fun. 276 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,120 The only hard part about that is when I get to the second one. 277 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:36,560 Um, okay. 278 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,120 But who doesn't struggle with second mitts? 279 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,320 I usually don't. 280 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,200 I do. 281 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,160 I will admit it. 282 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:42,720 I don't care. 283 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,240 Second sleeve, second sleeve, second mitt, 284 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:47,840 second sock, any second. 285 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,520 I'm like, no, I've done this. 286 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,240 She do like asymmetrical patterns. 287 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:57,200 I mean, you probably could with a color work, especially for like a glove or something. 288 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,680 You could do like a different design on top. 289 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:00,320 That is true. 290 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,440 I could do that. 291 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,240 I used to say I was going to make her a set of odd socks. 292 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:04,640 Yeah. 293 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,320 No, I made you one set of socks. 294 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,280 I'm not making you any more. 295 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:08,640 Sorry. 296 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,200 One day destroyed in one day. 297 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:18,160 I think to, to go off that point of that you don't usually make for yourself, 298 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:23,920 just, I think it's harder to in general to like, I know for me, like I would love to 299 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:32,640 have like a full closet of knitted sweaters and stuff, like sweaters and capelets and 300 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,320 shawls and just stuff I could wear. 301 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:43,280 But like the time that I would have to put into to actually do that is insurmountable to me, 302 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:50,320 like to actually make a significant amount of items to replace a lot of the thrifted 303 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:52,800 or store bought sweaters that I have. 304 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,520 Like I am not a small lady that will take a long time. 305 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:03,840 Well, it's, it's a sweater is a big commitment and there are some people and I'm not one 306 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,400 of them that can knit a sweater really fast. 307 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:06,640 Yeah. 308 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,400 I really envy those people because I, you know, I could totally see knitting yourself 309 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:18,160 a whole wardrobe that way, but it took me an entire year last year to knit two sweaters. 310 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,320 Like I was knitting a sweater. 311 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:21,120 And you were cranking. 312 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,000 For a year. 313 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:22,320 Yeah. 314 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,240 Well, yes and no. 315 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:29,280 I knit a lot of stuff in between because those sweaters got to a point where they were 316 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,480 no longer portable. 317 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:37,520 So I threw other things in my bag, but it is, it's like, it's a great intention to be like, 318 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,200 I'm going to replace my whole wardrobe with hand knit stuff. 319 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,480 But that's a big job. 320 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:46,560 I feel like that's like a lifetime goal. 321 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:46,960 Yeah. 322 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:47,920 Oh yeah. 323 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:48,880 Like definitely. 324 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:52,720 And if you're the type of person that's like, I'm going to knit one, one sweater a year 325 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,880 for Rheinbeck or for whatever fiber festival you're going to, or just for fun. 326 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:03,280 It's, it's definitely an achievable goal, but I don't know that I would want a whole closet. 327 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:03,840 Yeah. 328 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,160 Yeah. 329 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:11,200 I don't know that I want like a full wardrobe of knits or makes, but I want the ones that 330 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,680 I make to be ones that I will use. 331 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:14,160 Right. 332 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:14,880 Yeah. 333 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,000 You don't want to knit a sweater and then be like, I'm never going to wear this thing. 334 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,040 Yeah. 335 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,680 I think it's back to your practicality point. 336 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,160 Yeah. 337 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,920 That you were making before. 338 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,480 I saw this and I posted it on my story too. 339 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:31,280 I saw this gorgeous reel of someone who just had all these different kinds of shawls. 340 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,320 And I was like, you know what? 341 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,040 That's what I want. 342 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:38,720 I want like five or six shawls to like pick from in different colors and techniques. 343 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:45,520 That would be fun, but I don't know if I necessarily want like five or six sweaters. 344 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,960 And we were talking about that on the way here too, about how you were saying, 345 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,200 you haven't really picked a Reinbeck sweater yet. 346 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:58,000 And I had mentioned like, maybe you don't, maybe you just wear the one you made last 347 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,200 year, because the one you made last year was so intense in itself. 348 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:03,360 Also, it looks different now. 349 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:04,320 Yeah, you did. 350 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:05,680 You changed the length. 351 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,440 So like it does look different. 352 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,040 So, but I don't know. 353 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:14,640 I don't know if like, you know, I think having like using Reinbeck as a goal to finish your 354 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,920 sweater, like at the start of the year, you give yourself essentially 10 months. 355 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:18,160 Yeah. 356 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,960 So it's a good goal setting procedure, but like, I don't know if like you need to do 357 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,240 it every single year. 358 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:24,560 I don't know. 359 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:25,760 I know some people do. 360 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:26,080 Yeah. 361 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:30,080 I don't think it, I mean, it's not, it's not definitely not necessary. 362 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:31,280 No, no, no. 363 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,000 Yeah. 364 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,480 I don't think I'll be one of those people. 365 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,520 I think Reinbeck is, or whatever fiberfest, it's like the idea is you wear what you're 366 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,840 proud of, what you want to show. 367 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,120 And maybe that's a hat. 368 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,040 Maybe it's socks and nobody sees them. 369 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,280 Maybe it's a sweater. 370 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,800 Maybe it's a shawl. 371 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,320 Like whatever you're proud of. 372 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,000 I think that's why I don't usually wear socks to fiberfest. 373 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:55,680 No one can see them. 374 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:56,880 Nobody can see them. 375 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:01,280 You just put the dishcloth on your chest and then walk around and everybody can see. 376 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,360 This is my, this is my work of art for the year. 377 00:19:03,360 --> 00:19:04,000 This is it. 378 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:04,960 No. 379 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,920 I'll pin them to my sweater. 380 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:08,800 Look at these socks. 381 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,920 No, I've actually within the last week, I did some major rethinking about, about, right. 382 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,200 I still want to make a sweater for Reinbeck, but it's not going to be the one that I picked. 383 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,480 Just with concerns about fit and everything. 384 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,000 So I'm going to, I'm going to knit a sweater. 385 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 If it's done for Reinbeck, I'll wear it to Reinbeck. 386 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,480 And if it's not, then I will wear something else. 387 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:29,760 Maybe I'll wear ocean stones. 388 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:30,560 Who knows? 389 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:31,360 Who knows? 390 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:31,600 Yeah. 391 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,200 I just don't, I don't know. 392 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,400 I'm still of our like kind of back to the, almost the new year's resolution. 393 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,600 Like my intention is to calm down. 394 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:43,040 Like I don't want to like. 395 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:43,840 Find you joy. 396 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:44,240 Yeah. 397 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,560 Like just no, no deadline. 398 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,600 No, like if I finished this Engel sweater for Reinbeck, cool. 399 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,040 I'll have a sweater to wear for Reinbeck. 400 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,400 Otherwise, I don't know. 401 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:53,600 Maybe I just won't wear a knit. 402 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,440 I feel like I just, you know, if it's one of those hot days too, like I just like, well, 403 00:19:59,440 --> 00:19:59,920 you know what? 404 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:04,480 I'll just like, I'll make like knitted earrings and like, call it. 405 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,160 I really wish it wasn't so like, there was that one year that it was freezing. 406 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:09,760 And I want that to come back. 407 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,280 It's been so hot. 408 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,600 And I'm like, could it not be 70 degrees on Reinbeck day? 409 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,600 But I think too, like, you know, intentions can definitely change. 410 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:28,240 And your intention can not necessarily, maybe the intention you had when you started is 411 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,800 not necessarily the intention you have 15 years later. 412 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,880 Oh, even like three months later, you can adjust that as you go. 413 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,040 I'm a day to day kind of gal. 414 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,560 If it's not making me happy, I'm not doing it. 415 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,120 15 years ago, you said, I'm just going to be a scarf knitter. 416 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:47,440 Yeah. 417 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,120 Talk about intentions changing. 418 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,560 Talk about intentions changing. 419 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,800 I did nothing but scarves for a very long time. 420 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:53,280 You did. 421 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:53,760 Me too. 422 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,880 She doesn't wear anything that I make her. 423 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,120 I make anything, but she loves everyone. 424 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:00,080 She loves them. 425 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,880 She wears them once I take a picture and she puts them on display. 426 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:05,760 Same with her jewelry. 427 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:06,640 That's cute. 428 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:11,120 Like she has all this jewelry that she does not wear and she does not. 429 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:12,240 It's not that she doesn't want it. 430 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,400 She wants it, but she hoards it like a dragon. 431 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,120 Like she doesn't. 432 00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:16,480 That makes sense. 433 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:22,240 I have to find a better word spot though, because our, you know, my dresser just doesn't 434 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:24,480 doesn't work anymore. 435 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,240 I'm not going to lie. 436 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:31,040 Like just even doing that sweater and hat for that guy that I don't even know his name. 437 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,240 I don't even know his name. 438 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,760 He's just a friend of my husband's. 439 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:38,480 I just, it brought me so much joy because like I called my husband on the way that we 440 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,360 got back here and I was, and he was just like, yeah, he was so happy. 441 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,160 He was so excited. 442 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,160 Especially when someone appreciates it. 443 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,880 And he said he was going to send me a picture of the baby wearing it. 444 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,480 And I was just like all excited. 445 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:54,400 And so now I feel like my intention now is to just like gift bomb people who are appreciative 446 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,560 of knit things that I don't even know. 447 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,680 It's supposed to be the year of finding your joy. 448 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,040 That's what makes you happy. 449 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:01,680 You should do it. 450 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:07,920 I think finding my joy right now is, um, I think I randomly found it, which was to 451 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,280 Dre and not to antagonize Francis. 452 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:11,840 Christ. 453 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:12,720 Nice. 454 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:13,280 I know. 455 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:13,920 Let it be. 456 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,080 You touched it like eight times. 457 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:16,640 It's so sad. 458 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:23,760 No, um, no, honestly, like the joy that I'm finding is just people who truly appreciate 459 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:24,240 it. 460 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,080 So I feel like I think that's, I think that's the joy that I'm finding. 461 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:31,840 People who truly appreciate it. So I feel like I think that's, I don't know. 462 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:33,680 I'm finding more joy. 463 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:38,160 I feel like I've given, except for my poor, sweet youngest daughter, I need to make her 464 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,200 a sweater. 465 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,600 My poor, poor little thing. 466 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,280 I just, I've made my, my older daughter stuff. 467 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,280 I've made my husband's stuff. 468 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:54,960 I've made you guys stuff or if I haven't made you stuff, I've given you yarn and I've made 469 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:55,840 like other people's stuff. 470 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,240 I have not made my youngest daughter something. 471 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,360 I have a bunch of whips for her that are not child. 472 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,840 I, I'm, you are going to give her a complex. 473 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:04,880 You should finish something. 474 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,160 I was saying she's got to be old enough to know how to, you know, wash it herself. 475 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:14,240 No, but she's like, she keeps like going like, is that mine mommy? 476 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:21,840 Like every time she comes by me and I'm like, no, Tina, that's so sad. 477 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:23,280 It is really, you know what? 478 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:24,880 Maybe I need to, okay. 479 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,560 My intention is to finish Jojo's sweater. 480 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:29,040 There you go. 481 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:34,480 And then once I finish it, cause I mean, she's only five, so I can finish her sweater and 482 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,160 then I'll go back to knitting random people gifts. 483 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:38,660 There you go. 484 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,000 There it's a good goal to have. 485 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,280 There's the intentions. 486 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:43,780 Yeah. 487 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,320 But yeah, I agree with Meg. 488 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,920 No rando. 489 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,760 It was like, was it Meg or you that said rando knits? 490 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:52,260 I did. 491 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:53,680 Did you say that to me? 492 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:54,880 I said something. 493 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,800 It was more like knitting for a reason. 494 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,760 Like, not just, I have a, I don't know if you guys do this. 495 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,200 I have a terrible problem, like right at the beginning of the year where I'm just like 496 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,160 new year, cast on everything. 497 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:08,640 Yes. 498 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,000 Cast on every project. 499 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:10,400 Cast on everything. 500 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,920 And then like a month later, I'm like, I don't want to knit any of this. 501 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,360 Like this is not the thing. 502 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,720 And I really did not want to do that this year. 503 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,760 Like I don't want to like just jump into stuff. 504 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,200 I want to think about it. 505 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,240 I want to plan it. 506 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,680 I want to look at the yarn. 507 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:31,600 And I want to know before I cast on, like, you know, this is, I really, I either really 508 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:37,120 want to knit this or I really want to learn this technique or something, or I really want 509 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:38,400 to knit this for somebody. 510 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,320 Like I have the person in mind. 511 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,480 I'm making this as a gift, something like there has to be a reason I don't. 512 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,520 Cause and, and that's not, I'm not saying that other people have to do that. 513 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:53,040 That's for me because I know me and I have way too many things on my Ravelry favorites. 514 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:59,120 And if I'm at a loss or I'm bored, I will just grab yarn and pull a pattern and be like, 515 00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,480 and I'm starting this and it goes nowhere. 516 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:08,080 So for me, it's important to, to know either why I'm knitting it or who I'm knitting it 517 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,000 for one of those things. 518 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:10,800 No, I agree. 519 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,480 So, but that's intentional. 520 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,320 You're like doing your intention. 521 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:14,640 Yes. 522 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:19,840 You are trying to make sure that every yarn and project that you're moving forward with 523 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:21,600 is this is for something. 524 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,200 I wish I could be the type of person that could just randomly start something and be 525 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:25,840 like, yup. 526 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,320 And now I'm finishing a million projects, but I'm not. 527 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:32,640 If I randomly start something odds are it's going to wind up in a whip bag somewhere in 528 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:37,920 my, my den and not knowing where it is for the next three years, because I just didn't, 529 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,200 I didn't think I didn't care enough when I was picking it out. 530 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:46,560 I got excited about the yarn or I got excited about the pattern, but I didn't really put 531 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:47,600 a lot of thought into it. 532 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:54,160 And now I've got like 10 whip bags everywhere with half done projects that I have no intention 533 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:54,880 of finishing. 534 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:00,800 You know, I actually found that I have the hardest time getting to 40% completion, but 535 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:06,800 once I get to 40% completion and I get past to 50% completion, I suddenly have the ambition 536 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:07,760 to finish it. 537 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,880 Because now, now yes, you're over the hump. 538 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,480 Because like, I don't know what it is. 539 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,960 I'll get to about 30% and I'm like, bored next. 540 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:17,760 Yep. Yep. 541 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:23,520 But if I can push myself to get to 40 and that happened with this sweater, like I did 542 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:33,440 the yoke and I, um, I, you know, made the sleeves, uh, the sleeve holes and, um, split 543 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:33,920 for sleeves. 544 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,080 Sorry. I know there was a right word to say that. 545 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:42,960 And, um, I did a couple of rounds of the body and then I went, okay, I'm done. 546 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,560 I was like, no, no, I'm at, I'm at the 30%. 547 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,400 I need to get to the 40% mark. 548 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,000 So then I just kept knitting. 549 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,280 I was like, no, I'm just going to keep it. 550 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,840 And now that the body is like a lot bigger, I'm like, oh, okay, I'll finish this. 551 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,680 But I have to get past that hump. 552 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,480 That's fair. 553 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:00,880 Yeah. 554 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,720 Well, I think that in the beginning and again, this, I'm not speaking for everybody. 555 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:05,600 I think it's just me. 556 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,320 It's like you start off and you're so enthusiastic. 557 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:08,720 Yeah. 558 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:08,960 Yeah. 559 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,840 And then especially if it's a project that is like repetitive, you get to that like 20, 560 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,480 30% and you're like, oh my God, I have so much to do. 561 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,000 So much more of this to go. 562 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,880 And you do, you just kind of fall off it. 563 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:22,720 You're like, I have figured this project out. 564 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,080 I'm not going to learn anything new. 565 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,520 I am bored. 566 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:27,840 I want to knit something else. 567 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,920 But then once you get past that, now you're like, I see where this is going. 568 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,200 I see the finished product. 569 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,320 It's like almost there. 570 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,640 It's not 8 million more repeats of whatever I've been doing. 571 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,080 It's I can see it. 572 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,000 It's close. 573 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,280 My goal is attainable. 574 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,320 So you can get lost in repetition. 575 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,240 I love repetition. 576 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:52,720 I think it really depends for me and it depends on what kind of mood I'm in. 577 00:27:53,680 --> 00:28:00,560 Like this, this whole lay section, it's eight rows and it's in groups of three. 578 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,200 So every there's sections, there's sections. 579 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:03,440 Yeah. 580 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:10,320 And it alternates like you do like the knit section and then you do the Pearl section. 581 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:12,800 And you just alternate. 582 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,840 Well, that's how I felt with, oh God, what was that shawl? 583 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:16,720 More simple lines. 584 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,440 I really loved more simple lines. 585 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,000 I don't know. 586 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:20,720 I knit it twice. 587 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,320 I don't know if I would knit it again because by that second time I was like, all right, 588 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,200 I have done this. 589 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:25,840 I am bored. 590 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,800 I think it's because more simple lines actually has a really good rhythm to it. 591 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:31,200 Right. 592 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,080 That makes any sense? 593 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:32,480 Yes, it does. 594 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:38,080 Because it like you do, you get to about that apex where you're about to say, 595 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,760 I am really bored of this stocknet. 596 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,160 And then all of a sudden you're like, oh, you're at the islands. 597 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:43,200 We get to do some islands. 598 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,080 All right. 599 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,960 And then you do the islands and then you're like, okay, I could do some stocknet. 600 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,000 And then do a little bit of stocknet. 601 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,440 I think you would probably really like this pattern because it's the same basic thing. 602 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,600 You've got the stocknet section and just when you're like, 603 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,440 I cannot manage to knit stocknet any longer, you get the nice cable section. 604 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,240 And then back to the stocknet. 605 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,120 That's how I felt about the back east wrap. 606 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:01,360 Right. 607 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:03,840 It's all stocknet. 608 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,240 It's just a little bit of a shake up. 609 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:10,720 A little spicy-s-tease every so often. 610 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:11,280 A little spicy. 611 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,560 A little spicy. 612 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:20,640 But yeah, in my head as I'm knitting this lace section, it's one, two, three, one, two, three, 613 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,880 one, two, three, one, two, three. 614 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,160 And I still have like 10 more repeats of this lace pattern to go. 615 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,560 So I'm chugging along. 616 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:28,800 Yeah. 617 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:31,280 More simple lines is killing me. 618 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,080 You did it though, Jess. 619 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:35,600 You did and it came out beautiful. 620 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,800 And I had an inch of yarn left to spare. 621 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,360 That was some yarn chicken right there. 622 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:41,840 It's great. 623 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,440 I thought I played yarn chicken. 624 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,520 You were like, I didn't think you were going to have enough to weave in your eggs. 625 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,040 It was real close. 626 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:53,440 I was cutting it real close and I was like, I'm not pulling back. 627 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,200 I'm not adjusting nothing. 628 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,640 This edge is getting done. 629 00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,080 And it did. 630 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,880 I even found my other one because it wasn't exactly your color way, but it was kind of close. 631 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:08,240 So we had like my little ball and we're like, okay, if we have to, we'll fudge the 632 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,080 bind off with, with that. 633 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:11,680 And we didn't have to, but it was close. 634 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:13,520 That was something. 635 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,880 That's it for this week's topics for additional content and opportunities to connect with the 636 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,680 cast. 637 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,760 Check out our Patreon or our website at pardonmystache.com. 638 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,520 Be sure to tune in next week for more laughs, tears, and drear. 639 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,400 It's me. 640 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:39,200 At pardon my stash.