1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,840 I'm Drea. I'm Meg. I'm Tina. And I'm Jess. And this is Pardon My Stash. 2 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:20,240 Welcome to Pardon My Stash, a podcast about knitting within the fiber arts and how awesome it is. 3 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:27,200 Before we get into today's topics, let's find out what everybody is working on, Drea. 4 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:33,280 I am still plugging away on the Kimmy Shaw by Isabel Cramer. 5 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,720 Very nice. I'm using... 6 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,840 Faded jeans. Faded jeans. 7 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,520 Silver moon fiber arts. Yeah. Probably. Of the jeans. 8 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:48,960 Of the jeans. Jeans. Faded jeans. 9 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Word jeans is going to lose all meaning. 10 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,080 I've actually gotten a fair amount done in the second lace section. 11 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,960 Oh, it looks... Oh, that's pretty. Yeah. 12 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,040 It actually looks like little... For people who need more visual, 13 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,920 it looks like little bobbles, but flat bobbles. 14 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,120 Yeah. And it has nice little lace in between. 15 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,000 Yeah. That'd be a good pineapple pattern. 16 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,960 Wouldn't it? Yeah. That's a good pineapple texture pattern. 17 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:21,200 So you could do this shawl in that golden yellow color, and then you can 18 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,480 do the border in a green and it can be a pineapple shawl. 19 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,160 There you go. Yeah. 20 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,320 I need pineapple everything. I mean, I might redo this shawl again. 21 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:31,760 I mean, I just want to... And we can be matchies. 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,720 Yeah. We can have a pineapple shawl and a pineapple hat. 23 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,880 Just pineapple everything. Pineapple gloves. 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:37,760 Pineapple socks. Anyways. 25 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,920 Pineapple underwear. Anyways. 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,320 Meg, what you working on? So I finished my Cellboom Modern 27 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,640 this past weekend. That came out so good. 28 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:49,680 Thank you. Thank you. 29 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:55,040 Sorry, the clapping's a little excessive on this one. 30 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,360 So I finished that and we still have a couple of weeks till the make-along. 31 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:10,960 And I was kind of bereft because Ocean Stones is in a timeout while I think about what I did. 32 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,880 No, it was bad. I almost cried during our last broadcast. 33 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,520 I made a huge mistake and I have to rip back a bunch of rows. 34 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,360 And it was one of those things where I'm like, it's going in a bag. I can't look at it. 35 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:27,280 You know what she did. 36 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:32,880 I do. I won't even blame it. It's not its fault. It's my fault. I know what I did. 37 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:41,200 I made a huge mistake. But anyway, so I pulled out a pattern that I wanted to knit for years, 38 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,520 but I'm pretty sure I can dash off before the make-along. 39 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:48,960 It is called Minted by Andrea Moory of Dreia Renee Knits. 40 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:55,360 I actually bought the yarn for this. We've talked about this before a few years ago. 41 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:01,360 And as I was rolling it realized that my incredibly intelligent self 42 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,920 purchased two skeins of alpaca blends. 43 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:06,720 I'm right. And now I have that. 44 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:07,920 Yeah, I'll bet you remember. 45 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:09,120 I bet you remember. 46 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,000 We're in it now with that alpaca. 47 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,320 So I had this beautiful pattern that I have wanted to make for so long. 48 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:23,040 And it's actually supposed to be like a sport weight held together with a lace weight, 49 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,760 like an alpaca. And I said, well, I'm going to try a mohair. 50 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,920 And it took me years to find the replacements. 51 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:31,440 And my replacement yarns are actually, it's Woolfolk. 52 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:36,480 It is a sport weight. It is incredibly soft and it's a number color-wise. 53 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,120 So I can't tell you what color it is, but I can just say that it's white. 54 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,360 And the partner yarn is one I'm super excited about. 55 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:51,040 It is from the Wandering Flock and it is a mohair silt in the colorway moonstone. 56 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:58,320 It is this really pretty, very, very, very pale, ethereal purple, blue, and pink. 57 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,600 And the first off, the fabric it makes is like probably my favorite thing. 58 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:09,040 I just want to roll in it because it's like, it almost looks like iridescent. 59 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,320 Because it looks kind of white in some lights and color and others. 60 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:18,960 But the most exciting thing about this guys is that I have found out that I can knit 61 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,040 with a silk mohair blend and I have no allergy problems. 62 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,160 So I am really enjoying this. 63 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,200 Anyway, that was my very long roundabout way of saying what I am. 64 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,400 That's so exciting. 65 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,520 It is so exciting. 66 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,680 I should make a hat with you with the yarn that you gave me. 67 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,520 Oh, you should. You should make this hat. 68 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,560 The hat that Meg can touch and the hat that Meg cannot touch. 69 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,440 The whole bidden hat. 70 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,800 With that one, the one that I had to give up, 71 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,440 and those of you that have touched this will understand my pain. 72 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,160 It was Farmer's Daughter Odang. 73 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,200 It was so luxurious. 74 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:07,920 It is. 75 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,640 And I'm so allergic to it, but I'm not allergic to this. 76 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,480 I am really looking forward to working with it. 77 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,480 Because goats are awesome. 78 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,760 Well, mohair and silk. 79 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,000 Straight mohair has also given me issues. 80 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,760 Well, straight mohair is a little bit scratchy. 81 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,520 But this is like, it's heaven. 82 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,120 Anyway, moving on. 83 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:29,620 Jess? 84 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:38,580 I am on the last five rows of my I Am Dragon 2 cowl. 85 00:05:38,580 --> 00:05:39,080 So long. 86 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:42,580 Yeah, wins all around tonight. 87 00:05:42,580 --> 00:05:43,540 Yeah, wins all around. 88 00:05:43,540 --> 00:05:44,340 Lot of wins. 89 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:45,380 Lot of wins. 90 00:05:45,380 --> 00:05:46,660 I was ahead of where I thought. 91 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:50,420 I thought I had an extra like 10 repeats on top of that. 92 00:05:50,420 --> 00:05:53,380 And I was like, oh man, I miscalculated my yarn 93 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:55,380 because I'm not going to have enough for this. 94 00:05:55,380 --> 00:05:57,460 I am going to be playing some yarn chicken. 95 00:05:57,460 --> 00:06:01,220 And I don't think I'm going to be playing yarn chicken anymore. 96 00:06:01,220 --> 00:06:03,540 So yeah, maybe a little bit of yarn chicken, 97 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:04,980 but not to the same extent. 98 00:06:04,980 --> 00:06:05,860 I don't think you're going to. 99 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:06,420 I don't know. 100 00:06:06,420 --> 00:06:09,060 Looking at the ball of yarn, I really don't think one's going to be yarn. 101 00:06:09,060 --> 00:06:09,380 I should be OK. 102 00:06:09,380 --> 00:06:10,260 Yeah, I really don't think so. 103 00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:11,060 Five rows? 104 00:06:11,940 --> 00:06:12,420 Yeah. 105 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:14,500 That's like a quarter of a skein. 106 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:17,140 So sweet. 107 00:06:17,140 --> 00:06:17,940 Like, you're going to be fine. 108 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:20,020 But yeah, so after that, then it's just, you know, 109 00:06:20,020 --> 00:06:23,620 it's got to sit there because I have to order a class piece. 110 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:27,460 And then I got to do the whole blocking thing and all that. 111 00:06:27,460 --> 00:06:29,620 But it looks good. 112 00:06:29,620 --> 00:06:30,420 I'm happy with it. 113 00:06:32,020 --> 00:06:34,500 And yeah, that's where that's where we're at. 114 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:38,500 And I don't know what I'm doing after getting ready to cast on for the make along. 115 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:39,940 Some teapots. 116 00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:41,460 Teapots. 117 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:42,660 Teacosies. 118 00:06:42,660 --> 00:06:44,660 Mine's going to be a basket of flowers. 119 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:47,460 Mine's going to be a snail. 120 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:50,020 Tina, what are you working on? 121 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:53,140 OK, so bear with me on this. 122 00:06:53,140 --> 00:07:00,900 So it's like I'm doing this like kind of I don't know if it's weird, but I'm basically 123 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:03,940 what I'm calling a master gauge sheet. 124 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:09,380 And it's because I have I have a couple of patterns that I've created. 125 00:07:10,660 --> 00:07:17,300 And I have gotten several requests to grade them into different weights and different 126 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:17,940 sizes. 127 00:07:17,940 --> 00:07:21,380 So the size is not a big deal. 128 00:07:21,380 --> 00:07:23,060 I got the sizes. 129 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:30,820 The weights of yarn is challenging, especially for things that you have in like bulky or 130 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:39,620 super bulky and trying to put that down into like even a decay because, say, for example, 131 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:45,060 like the seed dot beanie is in a bulky and an errand grading them into different yarn 132 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:50,340 weights has been a bit challenging because not only do you can't really do kind of the 133 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:56,660 same pattern to a degree because, say, for the seed dot beanie, it's you can't really 134 00:07:56,660 --> 00:07:59,940 see the dots as much in a smaller yarn. 135 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:06,180 Anywho, so before I could even do that, really, though, I need to understand what my gauge 136 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:08,580 would be in several weights of yarn. 137 00:08:08,580 --> 00:08:16,820 So I've decided that I'm going to basically pick six yarns that I'm going to use going 138 00:08:16,820 --> 00:08:18,500 forward as kind of like my base. 139 00:08:19,140 --> 00:08:24,900 So my lower weights, I'm doing critical hit dyes in fingering, decay and worsted. 140 00:08:25,540 --> 00:08:28,260 And I'm doing Malabrigo for the Aaron weight. 141 00:08:28,260 --> 00:08:34,340 And I'm doing Lion Brand for the super bulky and the bulky just because it's just easily 142 00:08:34,340 --> 00:08:34,820 available. 143 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:38,740 All of that is easily available for me. 144 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:46,660 So yeah, I've been right now I'm working on I have critical hits dyes rogue, which is 145 00:08:46,660 --> 00:08:48,180 their fingering weight. 146 00:08:48,180 --> 00:08:50,820 And I have it in grandma's egg. 147 00:08:50,820 --> 00:08:54,820 And I am creating a gauge swatch with that in a US size two. 148 00:08:55,700 --> 00:09:02,100 And I'm going to see where it goes and see if I can get it up to with my proportional 149 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:08,340 equation doing US three and four, just so I have options because like it kind of looks 150 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:11,940 a little different if you use like a heavier needle and whatever. 151 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:15,220 Anyway, lots of technical stuff, I guess, is what I'm working. 152 00:09:15,860 --> 00:09:19,540 So basically what you're doing is swatches. 153 00:09:19,540 --> 00:09:23,460 Yeah, I'm doing a whole bunch of swatches because I want I really want this sheet to 154 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:28,260 kind of like represent where I'm at, because if I have this sheet, I know that I can then 155 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:29,780 pretty much make whatever I want. 156 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:33,380 If I want to make a fingering weight shawl, I know what that weight is. 157 00:09:33,380 --> 00:09:35,940 I know what my gauges I can just go from there. 158 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:41,140 So yeah, it's a lot of gauge swatches, but I am really I'm going to be really satisfied 159 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:42,580 once this is done. 160 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:50,340 And then there is like I have this whole kind of theme that I would have pattern that I 161 00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:53,140 want to do for the upcoming fall season. 162 00:09:53,780 --> 00:09:56,340 I'd spent in my brain for like the last like month. 163 00:09:56,340 --> 00:10:02,740 I really, really, really want to make these patterns and I know I already told you about 164 00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:04,260 them, but I'm not going to say it on the podcast. 165 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:05,860 I'll tell you, Jess and Meg later. 166 00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:13,620 But like I have this really cute kind of thematic idea for the fall and it would be easier to 167 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:16,980 do it if I had this master gauge sheet because then I could kind of go. 168 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:18,180 Yeah. 169 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:20,180 And like do different weights and stuff. 170 00:10:20,180 --> 00:10:22,180 And I like to make it as accessible as possible. 171 00:10:22,180 --> 00:10:26,020 I love the idea of making patterns like really accessible. 172 00:10:26,020 --> 00:10:32,420 Accessible to like whatever you have and especially like classics like the one like the very vital 173 00:10:32,420 --> 00:10:34,660 beanie I have like this is the standard stock net. 174 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:35,700 It's nothing crazy. 175 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:38,420 So it'd be cool to like be able to put that in different weights. 176 00:10:39,380 --> 00:10:46,980 I really appreciate it when testers do the the take the time to grade their pattern in 177 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:50,900 different weights because sometimes that's what I'm feeling right now. 178 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:54,660 It's a Dutch girl creations does that with all of her patterns. 179 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:59,860 She goes from DK to super bulky and you know, sometimes I'm feeling a super bulky. 180 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:05,140 Sometimes I'm feeling a worsted and you know, having that option to make the hat in different 181 00:11:05,140 --> 00:11:06,820 sizes or the cowl or whatever. 182 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:07,940 It's really cool. 183 00:11:07,940 --> 00:11:10,660 And I really appreciate that when a designer does that. 184 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:13,940 So I think this is a it's a really awesome idea that you've got. 185 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:14,180 Yeah. 186 00:11:14,180 --> 00:11:17,860 And I think Dutch girl pretty much uses Malibrigo, right? 187 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:21,540 She does use a lot of Malibrigo for her for her tests. 188 00:11:21,540 --> 00:11:22,180 Yeah. 189 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:26,820 Because I find that people who are doing stuff that I'm talking about right now tend to kind 190 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:30,340 of stick with a brand so that it's consistent. 191 00:11:31,780 --> 00:11:38,340 But I just personally just because I already had the Malibrigo Mecca and the Woolspun from 192 00:11:38,340 --> 00:11:42,500 the Sea Dot Beanie, I already had that gauge and I have the hometown gauge with the super 193 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:42,980 bulky. 194 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:47,620 So I was like, all right, well, I'll just you know, maybe eventually I'll just be critical 195 00:11:47,620 --> 00:11:52,980 hit dies exclusive and just go from there and just go from there. 196 00:11:52,980 --> 00:11:56,980 Be sure to check out our website part of my stash dot com for more information as well 197 00:11:56,980 --> 00:12:00,500 as pictures regarding our current projects, patterns and yarns. 198 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:09,300 So for this week, we have an episode that is dear to my heart, a topic that will rain 199 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:09,940 in infamy. 200 00:12:11,780 --> 00:12:12,260 What do you got? 201 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:16,100 I would like to discuss irreplaceable yarns. 202 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,740 Oh, what the heck do you do with them? 203 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:27,540 We got a question in from our email form and someone had suggested this topic idea and 204 00:12:27,540 --> 00:12:30,180 I really, really resonated with it. 205 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:37,300 So I thought it would be appropriate that I was hosting this topic because I have a 206 00:12:37,300 --> 00:12:37,940 lot of those. 207 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:42,340 I have an entire lit pegboard of them. 208 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:51,940 And, you know, there's a lot of different kind of ways that people have like, oh, I'm 209 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:53,860 going to do it like this or I'm going to do it like that. 210 00:12:55,300 --> 00:13:01,060 But I would love to see before I put in my two cents, I would love to see what you guys 211 00:13:01,060 --> 00:13:05,780 think in terms of what how maybe we should talk about what is an irreplaceable yarn 212 00:13:05,780 --> 00:13:06,100 first. 213 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:11,460 Well, irreplaceable yarn for me is like a discontinued yarn. 214 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:14,020 You know, a dyer isn't making it anymore. 215 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:15,620 They don't make the color way. 216 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:19,380 Maybe they went out of business like you can't you cannot get this again. 217 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:20,580 Yeah, I would. 218 00:13:20,580 --> 00:13:21,940 I agree with that. 219 00:13:21,940 --> 00:13:29,380 I think I'd also add like maybe if you are traveling and you get a local yarn from a 220 00:13:29,380 --> 00:13:35,140 a place that you probably will not go to again, that maybe is probably isn't available 221 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:36,580 readily to you online. 222 00:13:36,580 --> 00:13:40,260 Also, maybe a skein that was a gift from somebody. 223 00:13:40,260 --> 00:13:46,980 If somebody picked something out specifically for you, those can be kind of hard to part 224 00:13:46,980 --> 00:13:52,660 not part with but decide what to make with them because nothing quite lives up to the 225 00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:53,140 skein. 226 00:13:53,140 --> 00:13:58,020 The skein is already so wonderful and you're like, if I use it, then I won't have it 227 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:58,660 anymore. 228 00:13:58,660 --> 00:13:59,140 Then what? 229 00:13:59,700 --> 00:14:01,300 Special color ways. 230 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:01,860 Oh, yeah. 231 00:14:01,860 --> 00:14:03,540 Limited edition color ways. 232 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:05,540 Yeah, can't be replicated. 233 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:07,460 Yeah, that's a good one. 234 00:14:07,460 --> 00:14:11,540 I'm using one of those right now for my secret knit that I'm doing. 235 00:14:11,540 --> 00:14:13,780 I love that color way so much too. 236 00:14:13,780 --> 00:14:18,020 Like I'm really sad because when you started using it, I'm like, oh my God, I love that. 237 00:14:18,020 --> 00:14:19,540 And then you're like, it's limited edition. 238 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:20,260 And I'm like, crap. 239 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:21,380 Yeah. 240 00:14:21,380 --> 00:14:28,100 And also, hilariously, I was sitting with Dre and there is a really good chance that 241 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:29,540 I am not going to have enough yarn. 242 00:14:29,540 --> 00:14:34,740 But we came up with a good game plan. 243 00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:36,660 I can't say it because they'll give away what it is. 244 00:14:36,660 --> 00:14:42,900 But we came up with a good game plan of substituting the contrast so that it looks good. 245 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:43,620 That works. 246 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:45,220 So it's fine. 247 00:14:45,220 --> 00:14:50,900 I was just cracking up because I was so excited to use that particular yarn. 248 00:14:50,900 --> 00:14:56,500 And then I just completely disregarded the whole make sure the yarn is enough. 249 00:14:56,500 --> 00:15:00,180 This is what happens when I use my irreplaceable skein. 250 00:15:00,180 --> 00:15:05,380 Yeah, I get too excited and I forget that there's rules to knitting. 251 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:08,340 You know, knitting. 252 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:09,060 Physics. 253 00:15:09,060 --> 00:15:10,500 There's physics limitations. 254 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,140 Did you know that? 255 00:15:13,620 --> 00:15:14,420 Science. 256 00:15:14,420 --> 00:15:16,820 Anyway, science. 257 00:15:16,820 --> 00:15:18,180 There's math involved. 258 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:21,380 There is a lot of math involved, actually. 259 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:22,100 There really is. 260 00:15:22,740 --> 00:15:24,180 What's even? 261 00:15:24,180 --> 00:15:24,680 Yeah. 262 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:26,980 But Jess, what about you? 263 00:15:26,980 --> 00:15:29,220 How do you feel about irreplaceable yarns? 264 00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:34,900 Like I said, mine are more like colorway based. 265 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:37,300 Like if it's a special colorway. 266 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:39,540 Although less traveled yarns now in general. 267 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:40,100 I'm like, oh. 268 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:42,900 Oh, I know that's so sad. 269 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:46,660 It's going to be real hard to use any of them now. 270 00:15:46,660 --> 00:15:47,160 Yeah. 271 00:15:48,020 --> 00:15:52,500 But yeah, so it's like those are the ones I tend to look at. 272 00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:58,660 There's also some too where it's like, and I don't think I've run into this often, 273 00:15:58,660 --> 00:16:02,740 but where it's like they change like a supplier. 274 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:03,780 Oh, yeah. 275 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:06,180 The supplier's no longer available. 276 00:16:06,180 --> 00:16:07,940 So the base is different. 277 00:16:07,940 --> 00:16:11,540 And a lot of times it's like it's not that huge of a difference or it's just as nice, 278 00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:15,860 but every once in a while you get that one you're like, oh, it's just not there. 279 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:17,620 It's just not the same. 280 00:16:17,620 --> 00:16:18,740 Yeah, I hate that. 281 00:16:18,740 --> 00:16:19,700 That sucks. 282 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:24,260 Also, if they change the recipe too, sometimes they'll change slightly the recipe of the color 283 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:28,820 because a specific dye is no longer available or something, so they have to modify it. 284 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:31,060 I've seen that happen too. 285 00:16:31,060 --> 00:16:31,860 Or dye locks in general. 286 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:35,700 Yeah. Yeah. Dye lots is a whole thing too. 287 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:39,540 If you get a whole bunch in one dye lot and it's like, oh man, I'm one off though from 288 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,900 that sort of quantity and that is never the same. 289 00:16:43,540 --> 00:16:46,420 Nope. And then you're gonna find a different project for that now. 290 00:16:47,860 --> 00:16:49,380 Or blend it really well. 291 00:16:49,380 --> 00:16:50,420 Yeah, that too. 292 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:50,980 While you're working on it. 293 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:52,500 Alternate schemes. 294 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:53,620 Yeah, pretty much. 295 00:16:53,620 --> 00:16:58,180 So as all of you know, I have a ton of irreplaceable yarn. 296 00:16:58,180 --> 00:17:01,140 I am a bit of a collector to say so myself. 297 00:17:01,140 --> 00:17:03,300 And most of it is... 298 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:09,220 Well, actually I would say, well, now that less, like you said, less traveled is also 299 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:14,340 going out of business, that actually made more yarn on my board. 300 00:17:14,340 --> 00:17:16,180 I have a bunch of less traveled on there too. 301 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:25,860 So between less traveled and Groovy Hughes, I have basically two defunct, not defunct, 302 00:17:25,860 --> 00:17:30,500 but like no longer selling dyers. 303 00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:32,100 Can't get it anymore. 304 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:36,420 No. And I don't know why I'm so obsessed with my Groovy Hughes. 305 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:41,860 I think it's just because out of every, besides like what Meg and Jess have been doing, 306 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:48,900 I haven't seen like, I just, her colorways were just so out of this world, like just so 307 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:49,300 different. 308 00:17:49,300 --> 00:17:50,580 It really, really works. 309 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:54,500 I've just never seen anyone do something similar to what she's done. 310 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:59,060 My friend Christine did introduce me to somebody else. 311 00:17:59,060 --> 00:18:05,700 I can't remember their name of the dyer, but they do also this kind of like out there galaxy, 312 00:18:05,700 --> 00:18:08,420 like very vibrant kind of colorways too. 313 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:09,380 So I'm following them. 314 00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:10,340 I'll see like how it is. 315 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:12,500 And if it's good, I'll like give a shout out. 316 00:18:12,500 --> 00:18:15,380 But she was actually the one who also introduced me to Groovy Hughes. 317 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:16,580 And so she's got good taste. 318 00:18:16,580 --> 00:18:17,860 Oh, she does have good taste. 319 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:19,300 Yes, absolutely. 320 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:26,420 Yeah. So I've been struggling with that a lot because I, you know, like, oh my God, 321 00:18:26,420 --> 00:18:29,220 if I use this, it's over, you know? 322 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:32,020 Yeah, we won't do it anymore unless I hang up the project. 323 00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:33,620 Right. 324 00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:40,820 So I've actually gotten to a point now, especially now that I haven't bought yarn in, 325 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:44,340 since September of 22, I have not bought any yarn. 326 00:18:44,340 --> 00:18:45,940 Six months. 327 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:48,020 You've made it six months now. 328 00:18:48,020 --> 00:18:48,900 Yeah. 329 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:52,740 Not even a single, not even a little, like I've bought tools. 330 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:54,820 I've definitely bought tools. 331 00:18:54,820 --> 00:18:58,260 I've bought like implements and notions, but I've not bought any yarn. 332 00:18:59,220 --> 00:19:04,340 And I feel like it has given me like a new appreciation for my stash because I know I, 333 00:19:04,340 --> 00:19:05,460 like that's my option. 334 00:19:06,660 --> 00:19:11,460 And because of that, I'm finding, I'm looking at those skeins in a new light. 335 00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:17,940 And with that, I am trying to take these irreplaceable yarns off the pedestal 336 00:19:17,940 --> 00:19:24,100 because at the end of the day, the people who created those yarns did not create them 337 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,300 to sit on a pegboard for literally 15 years. 338 00:19:28,980 --> 00:19:30,100 You know, so. 339 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:30,660 That's fair. 340 00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:32,820 They created them so that you would use them. 341 00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:33,300 Exactly. 342 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:34,100 And make things with them. 343 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:34,900 As a supply. 344 00:19:34,900 --> 00:19:35,460 Yeah. 345 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:42,180 So now that I'm looking at it in that direction, now it's like, okay, so what do I make with it? 346 00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:45,300 Like, what is good for it? 347 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:50,260 So what ideas do you guys have for what to, what kind of projects would be good for an 348 00:19:50,260 --> 00:19:54,900 irreplaceable, what you consider a special yarn, we'll say less irreplaceable, but more 349 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:56,740 of a special kind of yarn? 350 00:19:56,740 --> 00:20:02,020 Well, honestly, when I'm, when I'm kind of lost about what to do with a particular yarn, 351 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:07,460 especially if it's something that is a little out of my wheelhouse in the terms of color, 352 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:12,820 I like to go on Ravelry and look at what did other people make with that yarn. 353 00:20:12,820 --> 00:20:13,620 That's fair. 354 00:20:13,620 --> 00:20:20,340 When see how it looks knit up, and that gives me a little bit of an idea of, you know, how 355 00:20:20,340 --> 00:20:21,940 I want to use it. 356 00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:28,580 One of the reasons I really stopped knitting socks was that it made me so sad when they 357 00:20:28,580 --> 00:20:29,540 would wear out. 358 00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:36,180 Because I would, you know, have these beautiful socks that were made with beautiful yarns. 359 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:39,540 And then they would get holes in them. 360 00:20:39,540 --> 00:20:42,180 And I mean, I know that's the point of socks, but. 361 00:20:42,180 --> 00:20:45,780 It always made me so sad when they wore out. 362 00:20:45,780 --> 00:20:48,980 So that was part of the reason why I steered clear. 363 00:20:48,980 --> 00:20:55,540 That being said, if you are someone that loves to knit socks, and you want to make a very 364 00:20:55,540 --> 00:21:00,100 beautiful pair of socks out of your special yarn, like find your joy, do it. 365 00:21:00,100 --> 00:21:05,540 Yeah, I'm definitely not saying like don't knit socks out of special yarn because some 366 00:21:05,540 --> 00:21:07,060 people love to do that. 367 00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:09,060 I love to do that. 368 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,580 I know you do out of. 369 00:21:10,580 --> 00:21:13,460 I know you do out of out of special yarn. 370 00:21:13,460 --> 00:21:17,220 I would definitely not say steer clear of that, but I would say pick something, pick 371 00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:20,500 projects that you enjoy knitting. 372 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:23,700 Don't just pick a project because you're like, oh, I think this year would be good with that. 373 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:29,060 Like, especially if you've had that yarn on hold for a while, you want to enjoy the experience. 374 00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:34,500 You don't want to be like gritting your teeth with every stitch as you use your precious 375 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:35,300 yarn. 376 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:43,380 So if you're like an accessory person, look more towards accessories or towards sweaters. 377 00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:48,420 You know, find something that you really think you'll enjoy knitting so you get the full, 378 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:50,340 you know, joy out of the experience. 379 00:21:50,340 --> 00:21:51,460 Find your joy. 380 00:21:51,460 --> 00:21:52,340 Find your joy. 381 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:57,940 Well, I also feel to that point that you have to, it's almost like a 50-50 thing. 382 00:21:57,940 --> 00:22:00,500 You have to find something that you enjoy making. 383 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:05,060 And then if it's usually these type of yarns are delicate, so you have to, you can't machine 384 00:22:05,060 --> 00:22:06,020 wash them. 385 00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:08,020 You can't throw them in the dryer. 386 00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:11,380 You have to take care of them in a really special way. 387 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:19,300 So I also would say find something that you enjoy knitting and that you will be okay with 388 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,940 the care for process afterwards. 389 00:22:21,940 --> 00:22:28,100 Yeah, because you could like making sweaters, but you could absolutely hate steaming and 390 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:30,100 blocking sweaters afterwards. 391 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:30,600 Yeah. 392 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:39,220 So, you know, that goes back to kind of this idea, which you briefly mentioned, Meg, which 393 00:22:39,220 --> 00:22:45,380 is kind of pick a low-use delicately handled project. 394 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:51,940 So some that I think that are really good for this are shawls, cowls, or capelets, because 395 00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:58,340 cowls, unless you use a cowl in a, like if you're like sweating or something like that, 396 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:00,420 then you obviously need to like take care of it. 397 00:23:00,420 --> 00:23:04,740 But for the most part, shawls in particular are very versatile. 398 00:23:04,740 --> 00:23:09,540 You can wear them in a lot of different ways and typically don't sit right on your skin 399 00:23:09,540 --> 00:23:12,020 unless it's like summertime or something like that. 400 00:23:12,020 --> 00:23:17,300 So you can protect them from kind of getting that B.O. nastiness that tends to come. 401 00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:18,980 Well, the skin oils and... 402 00:23:18,980 --> 00:23:19,480 Yes. 403 00:23:20,020 --> 00:23:21,620 Doesn't need as much cleaning. 404 00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:27,540 Cowls to a degree, I feel, especially longer ones don't need as much either. 405 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:31,700 But I would suggest something in a heavier weight if you're going to do cowl. 406 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:36,980 And I put in capelets because it doesn't go under your pits. 407 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:37,780 It's cool. 408 00:23:37,780 --> 00:23:39,300 It is cool. 409 00:23:39,300 --> 00:23:45,460 You know, so like you have this like sweater feeling garment, but it's not under an area 410 00:23:45,460 --> 00:23:49,540 that's going to see a lot of action, so to speak. 411 00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:54,340 So you're not going to get as much wear and tear. 412 00:23:55,060 --> 00:24:01,300 I mean, if you could say hats too, if you're not going to wear them in like a very rough 413 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:04,740 kind of way, because there's some people that will treat their hats in that capacity, 414 00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:13,620 but gloves, socks, and I would say sweaters to a degree are a little bit more rough and tough. 415 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:15,940 Like you got there's more wear and tear there. 416 00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:19,460 But what else do you guys think in terms of that sweaters? 417 00:24:19,460 --> 00:24:25,060 You also have the possibility that you may not fit them forever. 418 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:32,980 And you may wind up in the same situation where the sweater becomes either too big or too small, 419 00:24:32,980 --> 00:24:37,380 where now instead of having a beautiful skein of yarn on your wall, you have a beautiful 420 00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:38,740 sweater in your drawer. 421 00:24:38,740 --> 00:24:42,660 And again, not the same problem. 422 00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:43,460 Yeah. 423 00:24:43,460 --> 00:24:46,180 It's just in a different spot. 424 00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:46,660 Yeah. 425 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:47,380 I don't know. 426 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:51,620 I kind of like the idea of like taking something special and sending it out into the world. 427 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:52,820 Yeah. 428 00:24:52,820 --> 00:24:54,340 Like giving it away? 429 00:24:54,340 --> 00:24:54,900 Yeah. 430 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,220 Like leaving it on the street for someone to find? 431 00:24:57,220 --> 00:24:57,700 Yeah. 432 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:05,620 Just so you guys know that where that came from is because everyone's going to go, what 433 00:25:05,620 --> 00:25:06,820 the hell did that come from? 434 00:25:06,820 --> 00:25:12,820 So we were playing around with the chat bot, that chat GPT bot, and we were talking about 435 00:25:12,820 --> 00:25:13,860 the chat GPT bot. 436 00:25:13,860 --> 00:25:15,380 I like to call him Chad. 437 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:17,700 Chad, apparently, according to Dre. 438 00:25:17,700 --> 00:25:24,260 And we tried to see what he would like come up with if we gave him a summary of one of 439 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:25,060 our episodes. 440 00:25:25,060 --> 00:25:35,700 And he insinuated that I, in particular, enjoy leaving projects on the street for random 441 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:36,820 people to find. 442 00:25:36,820 --> 00:25:39,380 I mean, stop acting like you don't. 443 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:40,820 Oh, yeah. 444 00:25:40,820 --> 00:25:47,620 Just cleaning your hats out your car window and sticking a cowl in someone's mailbox 445 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:48,660 randomly. 446 00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:49,220 Absolutely. 447 00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:49,860 Yeah, sure. 448 00:25:49,860 --> 00:25:50,580 That's exactly it. 449 00:25:50,580 --> 00:25:51,700 That's how we do. 450 00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:53,700 That's how it would be. 451 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:56,900 But yeah, I can understand what you mean by sent now that we've derailed. 452 00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:58,100 I can understand that. 453 00:25:58,100 --> 00:25:59,700 It's like it's special to me. 454 00:26:01,140 --> 00:26:05,060 As it's skeined up and as I'm working on it, I'm finding a lot of joy. 455 00:26:05,060 --> 00:26:08,980 And maybe the project is beautiful, but it's not for me. 456 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:12,900 I like the idea of giving something special to me to somebody else. 457 00:26:12,900 --> 00:26:17,460 And you know, on that capacity, if you're more of a process knitter, I feel like if 458 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:21,140 you really enjoy, I know this sounds kind of creepy, but you could kind of take little 459 00:26:21,140 --> 00:26:23,700 short videos of you knitting with the yarn. 460 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:28,340 So like if you ever wanted to like be nostalgic, you could revisit it. 461 00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:29,860 No, because like I have memory issues. 462 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:33,780 I will like forget like as soon as it is gone, it's gone. 463 00:26:33,780 --> 00:26:35,540 Like I don't think about it anymore. 464 00:26:35,540 --> 00:26:36,580 And I feel like. 465 00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:37,780 I'm out of sight out of mind. 466 00:26:37,780 --> 00:26:42,660 So yeah, and I feel like maybe you could just like take little, you know, I've seen 467 00:26:42,660 --> 00:26:46,900 people do little reels where they're just kind of knitting and just that's it. 468 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:48,980 So I feel like you could do little short videos. 469 00:26:48,980 --> 00:26:52,260 You don't have to necessarily post them anywhere, but that could be for you just to 470 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:57,460 revisit a special skein of yarn that you have. 471 00:26:57,460 --> 00:26:58,260 Or something. 472 00:26:58,820 --> 00:26:59,380 I don't know. 473 00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:01,940 Jess, did you want to chime in or? 474 00:27:01,940 --> 00:27:05,300 I mean, you guys covered most of it, but another thing you could do is like, 475 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:11,860 like knitted or crocheted or whatever fabric art, like art that you can do. 476 00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:13,300 I like that. 477 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,900 With it, there's a lot of patterns out there. 478 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:21,700 If you search right, that's like they make these like things that you can kind of like 479 00:27:21,700 --> 00:27:24,180 hang up as like not even color work. 480 00:27:24,180 --> 00:27:28,100 I mean, there are beautiful color works out there, but like just patterns that come 481 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:33,860 together that look really cool and you can hang them up as a piece in your house. 482 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:37,140 So you can actually just look at it whenever you want. 483 00:27:37,140 --> 00:27:38,260 And I thought those are cool. 484 00:27:38,260 --> 00:27:39,060 I like that. 485 00:27:39,060 --> 00:27:40,100 That is really cool. 486 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:43,060 Hold on to super special skeins. 487 00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:45,140 I kind of feel that way about my swatches. 488 00:27:45,140 --> 00:27:47,300 I almost want to keep them just to. 489 00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,220 I mean, we're going to use those as coasters, but. 490 00:27:50,180 --> 00:27:50,500 Yeah. 491 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:52,900 The ones that I've knit were like, oh, coasters. 492 00:27:52,900 --> 00:27:54,260 Yeah, there we go. 493 00:27:54,260 --> 00:27:55,140 Nice. 494 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,060 That's what we've been doing with them. 495 00:27:57,940 --> 00:28:00,180 But you could also turn them into a blanket or something. 496 00:28:00,180 --> 00:28:00,660 Yeah. 497 00:28:00,660 --> 00:28:08,420 That gets me into another idea that I had, which was to basically take, identify all 498 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:14,500 the different kind of irreplaceable yarn that you have and then group the ones that are 499 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:21,460 similar in base together and then determine ones that you can group together to work on 500 00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:24,980 a larger project, like a fade or a blend or color work project. 501 00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:31,060 Yeah. So if you have like, say you're a big fingering weight fan, you have a bunch of 502 00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:36,580 fingering weight yarn, you can put, find the ones that are similar, um, plies. 503 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:38,820 I was doing this. 504 00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:39,860 I was like, the spin. 505 00:28:40,580 --> 00:28:45,700 No, find ones that are similar plies and then put them with each other. 506 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:50,420 And then you can, if the colors kind of mesh together in some way or fashion. 507 00:28:50,420 --> 00:28:52,020 It's a complimentary. 508 00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:57,540 Yeah. Also, if you're doing it that way, look for like, um, patterns made for advent, 509 00:28:57,540 --> 00:28:58,500 yarn advent. 510 00:28:58,500 --> 00:28:58,740 Yeah. 511 00:28:58,740 --> 00:28:59,460 Yeah. 512 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:01,060 And then for multiple colors. 513 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:03,860 So a couple of years ago, I did the Ashen Bumble. 514 00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:08,660 Um, they did like a birds, bird of the month club and I like birds. 515 00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:10,340 So I did that. 516 00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:14,980 And so they were all limited edition skeins and I've, I've struggled, really struggled. 517 00:29:14,980 --> 00:29:16,340 Like, what am I going to do with these? 518 00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:20,020 I don't think I've used, I know I've used one, I used one in a shawl. 519 00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:22,900 Um, but all of the others, I'm just like, I don't know what to do. 520 00:29:22,900 --> 00:29:27,140 And I actually, um, at the beginning of the year, one of my, my resolutions was to use 521 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:32,340 more of my stash and I put a whole bunch of them together, um, into different. 522 00:29:33,140 --> 00:29:33,620 Yeah. 523 00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:37,540 I have two, two like up on deck. 524 00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:42,020 One's a fade and the other is a, is just a shawl that requires three colors. 525 00:29:42,820 --> 00:29:49,060 So I haven't gotten up the guts to start winding them yet, but you know, the intention 526 00:29:49,060 --> 00:29:50,100 is there. 527 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:50,980 What's going to happen. 528 00:29:50,980 --> 00:29:51,700 That's half the battle. 529 00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,060 Yeah, that was half the battle. 530 00:29:53,060 --> 00:29:56,660 See, I did a yarn, I did a yarn subscription for a while too. 531 00:29:57,140 --> 00:30:01,780 Uh, like years ago and I don't think I've, I don't think I've used any of the yarn. 532 00:30:01,780 --> 00:30:02,580 Really? 533 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,540 I don't think I've knit anything with any of the yarn that I got from that subscription. 534 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,060 I did that for like a year. 535 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:09,700 Wow. 536 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:10,340 I know. 537 00:30:10,340 --> 00:30:12,900 I remember it was always fun to go to your house and you'd have like the box on the 538 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:15,300 table and it's like, Ooh, what did Dre get this month? 539 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:16,260 What? 540 00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:17,540 It was like a surprise. 541 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:19,220 It was like a surprise. 542 00:30:19,220 --> 00:30:23,540 I mean, fairly speaking, it was more like retail therapy for me at the time. 543 00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:23,940 Yeah. 544 00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:28,420 I was, I was sad when I got my yarn boxes and the yarn boxes made me happy. 545 00:30:30,660 --> 00:30:33,700 I mean, because it's yarn, how could it not make you happy? 546 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,100 I think I have a lot of yarn that I used to consider as special or irreplaceable. 547 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:44,740 And I think that I've lost that attachment to a lot of these things because they've, 548 00:30:44,740 --> 00:30:48,420 they've just been sitting there for so long and I don't remember getting it. 549 00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,580 I don't remember wanting it. 550 00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:53,380 I don't remember where I got it. 551 00:30:53,940 --> 00:30:59,860 And I think that's actually going to help me in the upcoming months and years to just 552 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:03,860 use it because I'm losing that attachment to it. 553 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,100 That's got to be helpful. 554 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:06,740 Yeah. 555 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:07,220 Yeah. 556 00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:08,980 Chip away at the nostalgia. 557 00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:09,380 Yeah. 558 00:31:09,380 --> 00:31:10,340 It's not special. 559 00:31:10,340 --> 00:31:15,860 It's just, it's meant to be used. And I think that that's going to be my new mindset moving 560 00:31:15,860 --> 00:31:16,420 forward. 561 00:31:16,420 --> 00:31:17,140 I like that. 562 00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:22,500 There is, I think it is her name, her username is alabaster pearl. 563 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:28,980 She's doing a challenge where every day she has to make one thing, not a huge thing, 564 00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:30,660 just like a little thing. 565 00:31:30,660 --> 00:31:32,820 And she does a lot of machine knitting. 566 00:31:32,820 --> 00:31:39,780 So she's been like cranking out like a headband or a hat or like a scrunchie or like something 567 00:31:39,780 --> 00:31:40,580 like that. 568 00:31:40,580 --> 00:31:44,900 And she's able, and she's only using stash yarn. 569 00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:46,660 Nice. 570 00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:49,620 Which is like, I think is kind of cool. 571 00:31:49,620 --> 00:31:55,620 And so, and like the last video I watched from her, she had like a, she found like a 572 00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:57,860 section of her yarn that was just a bunch of barf. 573 00:31:58,740 --> 00:32:00,740 She's like, come here barf. 574 00:32:00,740 --> 00:32:05,060 And then like, she like showed the video of her like getting the barf and like rerolling 575 00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:08,660 it and then like putting it in the machine and making like a headband out of it. 576 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:13,060 And it's like kind of nice that you're like giving something that was otherwise an ugly 577 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:13,940 little barf ball. 578 00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:14,900 A chance. 579 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:16,740 A new life. 580 00:32:16,740 --> 00:32:17,780 New life. 581 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:19,940 Give it a chance to be something. 582 00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:20,980 That's so real, though. 583 00:32:20,980 --> 00:32:23,460 I mean, who doesn't have yarn barf somewhere in there? 584 00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:23,860 Yeah. 585 00:32:23,860 --> 00:32:25,700 Oh, I've got yarn barf in places. 586 00:32:26,580 --> 00:32:32,020 I actually have been using my Squirrel Swift to like wind up some of that because it, 587 00:32:32,020 --> 00:32:36,260 because you can like, if you can just get it into some kind of circular something, 588 00:32:36,260 --> 00:32:41,700 it doesn't have to be as a huge skein, you know, the wide circle. 589 00:32:41,700 --> 00:32:46,180 It can be like a little circle and you can pull the wheels together and it can hold that 590 00:32:46,180 --> 00:32:47,380 small little wind. 591 00:32:47,380 --> 00:32:51,860 So what I've been doing is winding it around my chair, like if it's barfed and then just 592 00:32:51,860 --> 00:32:55,220 winding it around the top of the chair and then sticking it on the Squirrel Swift and 593 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:56,740 I, the Swift and then I make it into a ball. 594 00:32:56,740 --> 00:33:02,020 But yeah, I think it's just, for me, it's like, it just needs to, it just needs to be 595 00:33:02,020 --> 00:33:03,220 something at this point. 596 00:33:03,220 --> 00:33:08,260 I think I'm leaving slowly this whole like, can't touch that, can't touch that, can't 597 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:08,980 touch that. 598 00:33:08,980 --> 00:33:15,940 I think I was more that way probably when I started because you have such a limited 599 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:16,580 stash. 600 00:33:16,580 --> 00:33:16,820 Yeah. 601 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:18,420 You know, it's all special. 602 00:33:18,420 --> 00:33:19,140 Right. 603 00:33:19,140 --> 00:33:24,980 And then once you get to the point that you don't remember where skeins came from, that 604 00:33:24,980 --> 00:33:29,460 is the point that you need to start using the yard. 605 00:33:29,460 --> 00:33:30,820 I have reached that point. 606 00:33:30,820 --> 00:33:37,140 Or you get to the point where you're like, yes, I love the Malabrigo. 607 00:33:37,140 --> 00:33:37,780 It's lovely. 608 00:33:37,780 --> 00:33:40,420 I can buy 10 more skeins of that if I need it. 609 00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:42,260 I can go down to the store. 610 00:33:42,260 --> 00:33:45,860 It is gorgeous and I love the color, but I can get more of the color. 611 00:33:45,860 --> 00:33:46,580 Right. 612 00:33:46,580 --> 00:33:47,140 Exactly. 613 00:33:47,140 --> 00:33:47,460 You do. 614 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:51,540 You get, you finally get that through your head that what you originally felt might be 615 00:33:51,540 --> 00:33:55,300 like your precious skeins are not, they're still precious. 616 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,900 They're still nice, but they're not impossible to find. 617 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:00,340 You can get more. 618 00:34:00,340 --> 00:34:00,820 Yeah. 619 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:08,660 So I feel like, too, besides like that fact of like, you know, if it's not necessarily 620 00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:14,100 irreplaceable, like it's something you actually can physically replace, if it's something 621 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:19,540 that's like that, I have, so my kids are starting to get into fiber arts. 622 00:34:19,540 --> 00:34:24,500 In particular, my youngest is starting to crochet and which, by the way, I'm like a 623 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:28,020 terrible crochet teacher and like somehow this kid is crocheting better than me. 624 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:29,940 I don't know how that happened, but like. 625 00:34:29,940 --> 00:34:31,220 She practices more than you. 626 00:34:31,220 --> 00:34:34,980 I know she does, but like I'm so confused because like she can actually make like a 627 00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:36,980 square and I don't even know how to do that. 628 00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:38,900 I don't know where she learned that from. 629 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:44,500 Anyway, I think she's just been playing with it, but what has been fun actually is I let 630 00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:48,980 her, I tell her, because I don't want her to feel like there is no, no yarns, like she 631 00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:50,020 can't touch anything. 632 00:34:50,020 --> 00:34:54,660 If she goes to my office and she can reach it and she wants to use it, she can use the 633 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:54,980 yarn. 634 00:34:54,980 --> 00:34:55,220 Wow. 635 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:56,980 So guess what she pulled the other day? 636 00:34:56,980 --> 00:34:58,740 Groovy Hughes. 637 00:34:58,740 --> 00:34:59,140 Yep. 638 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:01,380 She pulled out my, my pink speckled. 639 00:35:01,380 --> 00:35:04,500 My, I think it's called like unicorn barf or something like that. 640 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:08,580 And she pulled it out and she started crocheting with it and I was like, I'm, I'm okay with 641 00:35:08,580 --> 00:35:08,820 this. 642 00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:11,540 That is so much personal growth, Tina. 643 00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:12,820 I know, I really was. 644 00:35:12,820 --> 00:35:16,340 I was okay with it because I said to myself, I was like, for one, I'm not going to yell 645 00:35:16,340 --> 00:35:20,420 at my kid for something that she has no concept of what, why special. 646 00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:22,420 Yeah, I just, it's a pretty yarn. 647 00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:28,180 And two, I am happy that she also thinks that this is an awesome yarn. 648 00:35:28,180 --> 00:35:33,460 Like it's not just me, like that she appreciates the fact that this is also a cool yarn. 649 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:36,580 And you get to appreciate that it's getting used. 650 00:35:36,580 --> 00:35:37,060 Yeah. 651 00:35:37,060 --> 00:35:40,580 And the other good thing too is like she'll crochet something and then she won't even 652 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:41,940 like cut it off or anything like that. 653 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:43,620 She'll just undo it and like put it back. 654 00:35:43,620 --> 00:35:47,780 So it's just like these little barf balls on top of my cakes. 655 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:50,580 You have her like trying out projects. 656 00:35:51,220 --> 00:35:51,780 All right. 657 00:35:51,780 --> 00:35:52,260 Very good. 658 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:54,020 But again, like it's, I'm okay with it. 659 00:35:54,020 --> 00:36:00,100 Like it's, she's having fun and I think you just got to detach, detach, detach and just 660 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:01,380 use it, send it out. 661 00:36:01,380 --> 00:36:02,340 Like Dreya said, just. 662 00:36:03,460 --> 00:36:08,100 Well, I've also come to believe that you're never going to find the perfect pattern. 663 00:36:08,100 --> 00:36:12,740 If you, if you are of the mindset that you need to find the absolute perfect pattern 664 00:36:12,740 --> 00:36:17,060 to do your yarn justice, like that's why it's sitting on your shelf for so long. 665 00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:19,540 You're not, you're never going to find it. 666 00:36:19,540 --> 00:36:24,420 So I would find something that would make you happy, you know, instead of waiting for 667 00:36:24,420 --> 00:36:29,140 the mythical white whale of, I have another suggestion and this works for me. 668 00:36:29,140 --> 00:36:31,300 I don't know if it works for other people. 669 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:38,180 I have found that the biggest hump to using a yarn is that I just think they're so damn 670 00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:41,380 pretty in the hank on the wall. 671 00:36:41,380 --> 00:36:48,260 And I found at least for me that some of the like untouchable magic goes away when I cake 672 00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:51,460 it once it's caked. 673 00:36:51,460 --> 00:36:55,140 It's like, okay, it's no longer Christine. 674 00:36:55,140 --> 00:36:55,940 I'm ready to go. 675 00:36:55,940 --> 00:36:58,100 I probably got pissed at it at least once. 676 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:06,020 But yeah, it kind of, and I'm, I, I'm sure that doesn't work for everybody, but it 677 00:37:06,020 --> 00:37:07,060 definitely works for me. 678 00:37:07,060 --> 00:37:10,740 It kind of takes a little bit of the like pressure off that, you know what? 679 00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:11,460 Okay. 680 00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:17,620 Now it's caked now it's, it's never going to be back in its pristine little hank and 681 00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:20,420 it's in its ball band hanging up anymore. 682 00:37:20,420 --> 00:37:24,660 So you know what time to just use it takes the pressure off. 683 00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:26,260 The first step is always the hardest. 684 00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:28,340 It really is. 685 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:30,340 And I, I do, I know. 686 00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:32,980 The first cut is the deepest. 687 00:37:32,980 --> 00:37:35,140 It's like, baby, I know. 688 00:37:35,140 --> 00:37:35,380 Okay. 689 00:37:35,380 --> 00:37:35,940 I'm done. 690 00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:36,660 Sorry. 691 00:37:36,660 --> 00:37:37,220 I do. 692 00:37:37,220 --> 00:37:42,260 I do love how they look like when they're all like neatly wound and in the hank and 693 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,820 they've got the ball band and they just look so nice. 694 00:37:44,820 --> 00:37:48,420 But the cake also shows you what they're going to look a little more accurately, what 695 00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:50,580 they're going to look like mid up as well. 696 00:37:50,580 --> 00:37:55,300 So you, it can also make you more excited because it's like, Oh, look at that. 697 00:37:55,300 --> 00:38:01,060 That looks totally different and totally cool and get you really excited to knit with it. 698 00:38:01,060 --> 00:38:02,420 So it takes the edge off. 699 00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:09,540 That's it for this week's topics for additional content and opportunities to connect with 700 00:38:09,540 --> 00:38:10,100 the cast. 701 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:14,420 Check out our Patreon or our website at partonmystache.com. 702 00:38:14,420 --> 00:38:18,340 Be sure to tune in next week for more laughs, tears, and Dreya. 703 00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:19,220 Me. 704 00:38:19,220 --> 00:38:49,140 At parton my stash.