1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 I'm Drea. 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,000 I'm Meg. 3 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,000 I'm Tina. 4 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:04,660 And I'm Jess. 5 00:00:04,660 --> 00:00:13,920 And this is Pardon My Stash. 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,680 Welcome to Part in My Stash, a podcast about knitting within the fiber arts and how awesome 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,680 it is. 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:19,680 Yeah. 9 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,720 Before we get started on this week's topics, let's find out what everyone brought to knit 10 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:25,720 night. 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,720 Drea. 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:33,920 I am actually working on my Kimmy shell, but let me tell you, I finished the desk. 13 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:34,920 Yay. 14 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:35,920 Say whiz of applause. 15 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:36,920 Sorry. 16 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,560 I know that you guys were all like really interested in the desk. 17 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:46,560 It's not like I didn't shut up about it all weekend, but for you listening at home or 18 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,120 in your cars, yes, the desk is finished. 19 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:50,120 Yes. 20 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,120 It's gorgeous. 21 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,120 Yes. 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,200 I can't wait to use it. 23 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:54,420 It's still curing. 24 00:00:54,420 --> 00:01:01,280 We just put the second poly coat on it yesterday and I have seven days before I can use it. 25 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,280 You were going to paint a desk? 26 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:10,600 Jess, you never listen when I talk. 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,280 You picked up your Kennedy shawls. 28 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,280 Good. 29 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:14,280 I did. 30 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,280 And you know what? 31 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:21,320 Since I finished it last night, I did pick up my knitting last night for the first time 32 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:26,800 at home in like forever, but I finally got everything out of my system. 33 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,080 I got that project out. 34 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:29,080 Good. 35 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,080 Feels good. 36 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,080 Exactly what we talked about last time. 37 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,960 And what's the next hyper focus? 38 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:42,440 Well I think it's just going to be finishing this shawl and then, and then, I mean it's 39 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,800 not going to be refinishing furniture, let me tell you. 40 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,080 No, that's not your passion. 41 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,080 Adversity. 42 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:49,080 That's enough of that. 43 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,080 That's enough of that. 44 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,120 I had a really good time doing it, but I don't think that I'm going to do it again because 45 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,240 some of it was a little bit too labor intensive for me. 46 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Like I threw out my shoulder while I was sanding. 47 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,560 I know, I know. 48 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,200 Pat felt so bad because he wanted to give you his sander, his electrical one. 49 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,760 Well, I didn't think it was going to be that much sanding. 50 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:14,060 And by the time that I was like in the thick of it, like there was no going back. 51 00:02:14,060 --> 00:02:15,720 Like I was in it for the long haul. 52 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,720 Committed. 53 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,320 You got to at least finish that one. 54 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,320 I did. 55 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,320 And then you know what? 56 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,520 I stained some of it. 57 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,400 I painted all of it and polyurethane everything. 58 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,120 Like I felt so handy. 59 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,120 How about you, Meg? 60 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,120 Did you finish a desk? 61 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,720 Did not finish a desk. 62 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,720 Well, not everybody can be me. 63 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Wow. 64 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,720 That is extremely true. 65 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:39,720 You're right. 66 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:40,720 You're right. 67 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,540 It's very true. 68 00:02:42,540 --> 00:02:43,540 What did you work on? 69 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:44,540 What are you working on? 70 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:45,540 What you got? 71 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:50,000 I was just going to let her speak, but no, you go on, Dre. 72 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,160 Go on with your bad stuff. 73 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:56,400 So Sundrop suffered an incident. 74 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:57,400 Oh no. 75 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,400 What happened? 76 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,400 I made a mistake. 77 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Oh. 78 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:01,400 It's not. 79 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,840 It's definitely not an unfixable mistake. 80 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:05,840 That's fair. 81 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:13,400 But it was, it was, I was not in the best place to be fixing said mistake. 82 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,520 So it is, it is eminently fixable. 83 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,400 It requires me to tink back three rows. 84 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,360 And I just decided, you know what? 85 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:23,360 I'm all set. 86 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,680 I want to knit something. 87 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:30,800 So I, yup, it's in timeout and I cast on another sweater. 88 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:31,800 Well that's what you do. 89 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:32,800 That's what I do. 90 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:43,800 A lot of debating, but I am knitting the Calliope sweater by Melissa Clulow of a space treaco. 91 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:50,320 I'm pretty sure I am mispronouncing that because I don't speak French. 92 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:55,200 It is a top down seamless sweater. 93 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,200 It's in a DK. 94 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,080 I have never knitted DK sweater, so it's new ground for me. 95 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,080 Welcome. 96 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,080 Welcome to the DK sweater. 97 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:03,080 I love it. 98 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Me too. 99 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,120 And I am knitting it out of critical hit dies. 100 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,520 I forgot the name of our company for a second. 101 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,520 Wow. 102 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:19,120 I'm knitting it out of critical hit dies, wizard DK base. 103 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,360 And the other yarn is actually a new yarn we're going to debut this month or next month 104 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,040 being June. 105 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,040 It's going to be called Mystic. 106 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:28,040 You heard it here first. 107 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,360 We haven't actually talked about it yet. 108 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:34,240 And it is a silk mohair lace weight. 109 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,440 And they are both in the colorway etherealness, which is also going to be a new color we're 110 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:39,440 releasing next month. 111 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:41,880 It's a very, very pale purple. 112 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:47,120 So did you do all that this week? 113 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,120 Since Thursday. 114 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,120 Yes. 115 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,120 Somebody has a hyper fixation. 116 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:57,080 It's really been like, honest to God, like really pretty. 117 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:58,560 I think you've gotten so much done. 118 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:01,600 I didn't know that that was only like less than a week. 119 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,640 That's there's some rage knitting behind that. 120 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,640 That's like five days. 121 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:07,640 Well it's DK. 122 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:08,640 It goes really, really fast. 123 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:09,640 I know. 124 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,920 I've been there, but still. 125 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:16,000 Compared to a fingering weight, which my fingering weight took me forever. 126 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,360 But I also really like this combo of yarns. 127 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,360 Let me touch it. 128 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,360 Yeah, squeeze it. 129 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,520 It's really soft. 130 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:27,560 I touched it on Sunday when we were at Starz Hollow, but I'm definitely touching it again. 131 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:32,120 It's a good, it's so the, the, the wizard has a cashmere in it. 132 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,360 So it's got cashmere, it's got silk, it's got mohair. 133 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,480 Welcome to the cashmere club. 134 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,520 It's a pretty sexy combo. 135 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,000 And I'm liking it. 136 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,240 I probably won't be my Reinbeck sweater because you know, Reinbeck is usually 90 degrees. 137 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:48,240 Oh God, you'll die in there. 138 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,240 I know. 139 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,640 I'm like really hoping that this year Reinbeck is going to be like frigging freezing. 140 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:52,640 It never is. 141 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,080 It was the first year. 142 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:56,080 Well you keep holding on to that. 143 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,080 I do. 144 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:58,080 I do hold on. 145 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:59,080 Are you enjoying yourself? 146 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,040 I'm not done touching it. 147 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,040 She's just petting it like a cat. 148 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,040 It's just so nice. 149 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,640 Jess, do you have something to pet? 150 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,600 Um, no, not currently. 151 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:18,920 I mean it's a tea cozy, but the pattern on it is, I mean it's, it's, it's a feel. 152 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:19,920 Yeah. 153 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,520 So I'm doing your inspirations, a knit flower basket tea cozy. 154 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,040 I am back onto that because I did finish my sweater. 155 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:37,000 I need to block it, but um, so we, I posted it on, on critical hit and it has gotten more 156 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,480 likes than any post that I've ever posted. 157 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,160 That sweater is a legend. 158 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,720 I also posted it on the part of my stash. 159 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,840 Let me tell you. 160 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:54,720 I mean if anyone is wondering about the sweater, that was sweater of swords by dear Ingenieu 161 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,480 and the yarns were critical hit dies, uh, Vishka and Morganis. 162 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:04,880 Um, but what I'm working on now, I am back doing to the, um, the make along our, our 163 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,560 team, you know, team cozy make along. 164 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:13,560 Um, cause I had half of my tea cozy and I have to make another half and I hate doing 165 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:20,560 pairs so, um, I put that down for a while, but, uh, I am doing that in some, in some 166 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,760 critical hit scrap yarns actually like leftovers from when we were, we were experimenting 167 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:26,980 with color ways in the beginning. 168 00:07:26,980 --> 00:07:34,880 So I have, uh, uh, some of the earlier versions of Barrett and red tail. 169 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,920 And then I'm going to find some other, other colors when we get to the flower part, probably 170 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:45,160 the ones that I was using for potion bottles because that's what I do with our scrap yard. 171 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,200 Yeah, there's flowers on it. 172 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,520 It's like, it looks like a little flower basket and it's super cute. 173 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,080 Um, do you know, I think I've heard you say that it was going to be a flower basket, but 174 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,040 I think this is the first time it's ever occurred to. 175 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,160 Oh my God, that's so cute. 176 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,840 And I think this is the first time I've actually realized that it's going to be a flower basket. 177 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,520 I've heard her say it, but welcome to the podcast. 178 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,560 You were really fixated on that desk. 179 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,600 I listen real fixated on that desk. 180 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:17,340 Not recently, but I listen, but this is what I'm doing because right now I'm between other 181 00:08:17,340 --> 00:08:20,720 projects and you know, playing the legend of Zelda. 182 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:24,160 So this is my new project. 183 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,160 Yeah. 184 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Currently I'm so I'm working on switching the wire on my angle sweater because literally 185 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,000 the wire broke. 186 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 No, not the end. 187 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,400 On your tip didn't fall off. 188 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,680 The literal wire on my circular has a giant cut in it. 189 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:49,280 I could see the metal underneath and I'm really upset because this is the gratitude set and 190 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,080 from Knitter's pride and I've read. 191 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,080 Yeah. 192 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,040 I've like recommended it to people and now I'm like, well, now what the heck? 193 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,200 So we have stuff from that set and it's been pretty, they have these particular wires that 194 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,060 the end rotates. 195 00:09:04,060 --> 00:09:06,840 So it's like comfortable for larger projects. 196 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,840 Yeah. 197 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,120 Um, but yeah, that way the wire doesn't get all twisted. 198 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,120 Yeah. 199 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,000 I just, I think I'm going to contact them and be like, yeah, I wonder if there was just 200 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,160 like a sort of, I haven't had it long. 201 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:17,160 I haven't. 202 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Cause when you're showing it, it looks like there was a cut. 203 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,680 So I'm wondering if something when it was coming out, like it got overlooked, but it 204 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,680 like was weekend. 205 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:24,680 Yeah. 206 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:29,880 Once I get this on a new wire, I will keep working on my Engel sweater. 207 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,480 And um, yeah, I haven't done much work on it because it's been sitting in timeout with 208 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,920 its broken wire for a hot minute. 209 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:41,000 Um, but I did, I was working pretty furiously on it before. 210 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,960 Um, yeah, you were so close to the, to the home. 211 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:44,960 I am. 212 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:50,100 I honestly, I have like maybe half an inch or an inch left before I get to the flap. 213 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:51,100 So I'm kind of like, 214 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:52,100 Let's just do this. 215 00:09:52,100 --> 00:09:53,100 You got this. 216 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:57,920 Be sure to check out our website, part of my stash.com for more information, as well 217 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:03,280 as pictures regarding our current projects, patterns and yarns. 218 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:10,760 And now yakking about yarn with Tina. 219 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:17,040 For this yakking about yarn segment, we talked last time about affordable, nice yarns that 220 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,040 you can use for larger projects. 221 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,440 And what if you have a bunch of yarn, but your project calls for a different type of 222 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,440 yarn? 223 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,160 What do we do then? 224 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,440 It sounds like it's time to discuss yarn substitutions. 225 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,800 Finding one can be difficult because there are a lot of different yarns and plies and 226 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:38,120 weights and types of yarn that can make your decision complicated. 227 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,200 While you can go with old reliable and just put two together and call it a day, it might 228 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,200 not be the best decision to just randomly do that. 229 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:47,200 Sounds good to me. 230 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,680 I mean, that's what I do. 231 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:52,320 Tell me what I should be doing. 232 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:53,560 I will say this. 233 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:59,060 If you're doing that and you are very experienced, I think there's things that you do naturally 234 00:10:59,060 --> 00:11:04,120 that you can understand that like these two will definitely make this weight and I'll 235 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,120 be okay. 236 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,120 Results may vary. 237 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,120 Yeah. 238 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,120 Anyway, knitter's discretion is advised. 239 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:14,880 So I say a quick prayer for myself and hope for the best. 240 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:20,480 When it comes to substituting yarn for a project, here are a couple approaches to consider. 241 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,520 One is the fiber content and characteristics. 242 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,240 You have to consider these things of the original yarn when choosing a substitute. 243 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,760 If the pattern calls for a wool yarn, for example, look for other wool or wool blend 244 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:35,720 options, pay attention to the drape texture and stretch of the yarn as different fibers 245 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,440 can affect the final appearance and feel of your project. 246 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,240 Keep in mind any specific qualities required for the project, such as stitch definition, 247 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,900 warmth or durability, and try to find a substitute yarn that offers similar properties. 248 00:11:50,900 --> 00:11:53,160 So don't swap a merino for a linen. 249 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,160 Got it? 250 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,160 Fine. 251 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,160 Good job. 252 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,840 You are going to have a very different project. 253 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,400 Good job, Meg. 254 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,400 Can you imagine? 255 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:02,400 You did it. 256 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,960 You've done number one. 257 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,640 I have not done that. 258 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,600 No, I'm kidding. 259 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:13,960 The next one that would help you a lot, even though two people at this table disagree, 260 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,840 is a gauge swatch. 261 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:22,520 One of the most crucial aspects of yarn substitution is matching the gauge or tension of the original 262 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,300 yarn or what it calls for. 263 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:29,520 So if you look at your pattern and it says that the suggested gauge is this, then you 264 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,320 should probably take the yarn you're going to substitute with and see if you get the 265 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,680 same numbers or close to. 266 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:38,960 If it's like off by like 10 stitches, you're probably wrong and you got to do something 267 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:39,960 else. 268 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:46,880 Look, even I in the past, even in this podcast, I can admit that a gauge swatch is useful 269 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,600 at times. 270 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:50,600 She's knit one. 271 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,360 I have exactly one. 272 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,360 It is growth. 273 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:54,360 We do. 274 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,620 Jess has also knit exactly one. 275 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:57,620 So much growth. 276 00:12:57,620 --> 00:12:59,040 So much growth. 277 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:00,760 Let's see if we can shoot for two. 278 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,760 On my next sweater. 279 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,240 Ooh, yay. 280 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,480 Not before. 281 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,680 So this will ensure that your finished project has the correct dimensions and fit at the 282 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,160 end of the pattern that you're using. 283 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:16,320 Those are the two things that you really have to look out for when you're doing this. 284 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:23,040 That also has consideration for like ply and like the way it looks in general. 285 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:28,440 So guys, a two ply mixed with a four ply is going to look a little weird if you're just 286 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,920 holding that together. 287 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:30,920 Yeah. 288 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:32,720 It definitely will create... 289 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,720 It might be what you're going for. 290 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:39,920 It may be what you're going for, but it will create a texture that you're not expecting. 291 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:44,320 There will be a texture. 292 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,360 So say you're like, oh my God, Tina, I cannot do this. 293 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,600 This is so manual. 294 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,840 I'm going to gouge my eyes out with my gauge swatch. 295 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:53,840 Anyway, so... 296 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,720 It's got to be a sharp gauge swatch if it's gouging your eyes out. 297 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,760 I'm actually going to frame my gauge swatch. 298 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,760 So you could with the frame edge. 299 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:04,760 Yeah, there you go. 300 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,760 I use mine as coasters. 301 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,880 No, mine is going to be framed. 302 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:08,880 It's my first. 303 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:09,880 It's important. 304 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:10,880 On the first try. 305 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,880 That's what you should put underneath. 306 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,360 Actually, I did meet gauge on my first try. 307 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,040 So you should put that. 308 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:19,120 Anyways. 309 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,920 So say you don't want to figure that out manually or you just kind of want to... 310 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,680 You haven't even bought the yarn yet, but you know you want to substitute it. 311 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:33,120 There is a fantastic website called yarnsub.com and it is a valuable resource for people looking 312 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,160 for suitable yarn substitutions. 313 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,680 So when you use it, you enter the name of the original yarn that you want to substitute 314 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:45,040 with and then it provides you a list from the top being the closest match or an exact 315 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:49,880 match all the way down to like not good matches, but not as close. 316 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:50,880 Thank you. 317 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:51,880 Is that a website? 318 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:52,880 Yes. 319 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,120 I mean, I like that. 320 00:14:55,120 --> 00:15:00,200 It will provide you this list along with details on gauge, fiber content, suggested needle 321 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,760 or hook size. 322 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,640 And then you can explore the provided substitutes to find options that closely match the characteristics 323 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,980 of the original yarn, ensuring a successful substitution for your project. 324 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:16,900 So one thing that I don't know if this does is that the ply thing and the texture thing. 325 00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:23,180 So it might give you the same fiber content, but it might be a different ply. 326 00:15:23,180 --> 00:15:25,400 So you want to just look out for that. 327 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:26,400 I don't know. 328 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,400 I'm not entirely watch. 329 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:29,400 They're going to like messages and be like, yeah, we consider ply. 330 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:30,400 And I'm like, all right, fine. 331 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,400 I'm just like, do that. 332 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,400 You can either confirm or deny. 333 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,840 Yeah, I can neither confirm or deny that they consider that. 334 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,240 I would use that. 335 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Yeah. 336 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,560 Like I would use that site. 337 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,940 They also do reviews and ratings from their users of yarn. 338 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:50,560 So it'll give you helpful insights and experiences from other crafters who have used the suggested 339 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,560 yarns. 340 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:52,560 It has a user friendly interface. 341 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,560 I've used it on my phone. 342 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:54,560 I've used it on my desktop. 343 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,560 Both work great. 344 00:15:55,560 --> 00:16:00,800 And you can find those suitable substitutions and have a successful project. 345 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,720 If you're also looking for yarn substitutions, another thing you can do, and I've done this 346 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:08,800 before is you can go to Ravelry and under the project page, they will say like yarns 347 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:09,800 used. 348 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:10,800 Yes. 349 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,200 And it will tell you what yarns have been used, the most popular yarns that have been 350 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,600 used, but you can also click on them and see the project. 351 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,360 So if you see something, you're like, oh, I really want to make this out of Malabrigo 352 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,200 Rios, then you click on Malabrigo Rios and you look at the sweaters and you're like, 353 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,240 I don't like the way that hangs at all. 354 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,720 You can steer away from that. 355 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,560 You can look at the projects and be like, I don't like the way that that drapes. 356 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:34,920 It looks too different. 357 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,880 I am not a fan. 358 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,040 Or you can be kind of more sold on it and say, I actually do like the way that looks, 359 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,340 especially for popular patterns that works. 360 00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:47,840 But if you have, if you're pulling a pattern out from Timbuktu and you have no idea what 361 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,920 this is going to end up looking like, exactly. 362 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,920 It's a lot harder. 363 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,280 You yeah, you have to kind of source it out a little bit and you might be end up being 364 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,680 the project that other people look at and go, aha, that's what I can do with this. 365 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,880 I think that really does kind of push the point, sorry, home about a gauge swatch, because 366 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:11,040 you can really tell if you're going to like the fabric or not if you touch it. 367 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:18,480 For this week's topic, we are going to talk about yarn hiatuses or when you don't buy 368 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,440 yarn for a planned or unplanned amount of time. 369 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,280 Sometimes you don't buy yarn because you forget about it, which it does actually happen. 370 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,120 I know, pull your draws up. 371 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:29,400 It does actually happen. 372 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,220 You sometimes forget about buying yarn. 373 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:35,040 Or sometimes you actually say to yourself like, you know what, I need to take a break 374 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:39,680 from the spending and not buy any yarn for a hot minute. 375 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:47,720 So at least for myself, I am closing in this September, I will have a year of not buying 376 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,240 yarn, which is weird. 377 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,440 It doesn't, you know what though? 378 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,440 I don't feel deprived. 379 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,360 Like I don't, I really don't feel. 380 00:17:56,360 --> 00:18:02,040 Well, I mean, if anyone has seen the reels with my stash, like why would I? 381 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:07,040 But I don't, I never, I, there has been moments like when we went to Reinbeck, there was that 382 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:13,920 one stall that I was like, oh, no, I was a bumblebee. 383 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:14,920 Yeah. 384 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,160 I struggled real hard. 385 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,360 There was, I didn't even, it was like a Lord of the Rings thing, which you were cracking 386 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,360 on me about. 387 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,520 It had nothing to do with the fact that it was Lord of the Rings. 388 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,280 It was just the particular colorway was gorgeous. 389 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,020 Also I like turned off all my alerts. 390 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:33,340 So I'm just finding out about critical hit stuff. 391 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:36,680 And like, I wish I didn't look because now I'm mad. 392 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,560 Like I saw a post about like you guys, like we're closing a collection and I'm like, oh 393 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,560 my God, I want it all. 394 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,560 Like stop. 395 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,560 The Zelda collections. 396 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:44,560 Yeah. 397 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,560 That's funny. 398 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:46,560 You nerd. 399 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:47,560 It's not even about Zelda. 400 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,560 It's just the color. 401 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,560 Yes it is. 402 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,320 I appreciate the actual physical aspects of it. 403 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,840 It's not like the, I, I, I don't know. 404 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,680 No one's going to be doing like a Mori color line. 405 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:58,680 Okay. 406 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,680 You know, don't try me. 407 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:00,680 Just saying. 408 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,160 I didn't even know how the hell you would do that. 409 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:05,160 I don't know. 410 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,320 Like one says like you're not the father. 411 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 I have no idea. 412 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,680 What does a DNA test look like? 413 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:13,680 Anyways. 414 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:21,160 Um, but yeah, so I mean like it's just been kind of, I actually forgotten that I've taken 415 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,080 a break at this point because I just, yeah. 416 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,600 And then randomly I'll think of it and I'll be like, oh my God, it's June. 417 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:32,560 And in three months it will be, or two, yeah, three months it'll be September. 418 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:37,040 And I will have met the goal that I set last September of not buying yarn for a year. 419 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,040 It's weird. 420 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:39,040 What about you guys? 421 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:46,720 So I've been on a, like not an intentional like yarn hiatus, but I also have curbed my 422 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:55,600 spending and, um, really haven't bought yarn probably in the last like year or so. 423 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,080 Like I, I, I bought, that's not true. 424 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,880 I bought a couple skeins at Reinbeck this past year. 425 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,040 You bought the wolf oak, right? 426 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,800 I did, but that was it. 427 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,800 Yeah. 428 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,000 It's, it's nothing compared to years past. 429 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 No. 430 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,920 I remember last time that I actually like went on any kind of spending spree either. 431 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:17,920 I think the last one I did was either a critical hit or village wool. 432 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,600 It was one of the two. 433 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:24,840 And that was the last one I did where it was like a big, like I brought home bags of yarn. 434 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:25,840 Yeah. 435 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,640 Um, but, and that was, I want to say it was August. 436 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:34,640 But yeah, yeah, I haven't, haven't done that. 437 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,320 Like I remember peace, it was just like, we would look at each other and be like, what 438 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:40,320 was your damage? 439 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:41,320 What was your damage? 440 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,320 And like who? 441 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,840 Look, we wore, we wore those receipts like badge, badges of honor. 442 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,160 Um, Chris 300. 443 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:55,280 No, no worse. 444 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:00,720 It felt like that sometimes. 445 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:05,240 I actually bought yarn for the first time in a long time, uh, just this past weekend. 446 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,360 We were at stars hollow. 447 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:13,520 They had Earl gray fiber Co in DK, which I'm finding it very difficult to, to find their 448 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:14,520 yarn. 449 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,520 They've been closed for a while. 450 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:16,520 They haven't been posting. 451 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,840 I know their websites pretty much been, been closed. 452 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,560 And yeah, I'm, yeah. 453 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,720 I mean, just in general that stars hollow has a lot of good stuff. 454 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:29,200 Stars hollow does have a lot of good stuff, but I saw it. 455 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,240 I wanted it. 456 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,640 I know that it's, you like it. 457 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,640 I like it. 458 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,000 And it's, it's getting hard to find. 459 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 Yeah. 460 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Yeah. 461 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,840 And I want to do another hat and mitts set. 462 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:44,640 Like I did with the, with the last few skeins of Earl gray fiber coat that I got, I got 463 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:45,640 it. 464 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:46,640 I deserved it. 465 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,520 I did good. 466 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:56,000 And I don't feel bad about like spending money on yarn when, you know, I don't need it, but 467 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 I wanted it. 468 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,520 Well, you didn't get like a crazy amount either. 469 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,520 It was like three skeins. 470 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,160 You got enough for a project you already have in mind. 471 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,160 Yeah. 472 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,160 You know what you want to do with it. 473 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,160 I don't, I don't have a pattern. 474 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,160 No, but you know what you want to make. 475 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,160 Yeah. 476 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,160 I know what I'm doing with it. 477 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,160 So. 478 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:18,240 But what about Megan Jess now that you've are in D dyers and you have yarn strewn about 479 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,240 the house. 480 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:20,240 Oh my God. 481 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,800 Like doesn't even, do you even want to buy other yarn? 482 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:24,800 Yes. 483 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,800 You do? 484 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:26,800 Absolutely. 485 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:27,800 I mean, I'm not in a while. 486 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:35,560 Um, the last skein of yarn I bought for myself was around Christmas time and I bought it 487 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,320 to support another indie dyer. 488 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:45,720 Um, which really at this point I do feel strongly about because like on one hand, yes, we have 489 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:53,160 a pretty decent range of bases where most of what, if I want it, I can get it and I 490 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,600 don't need to pay for it because I already bought it. 491 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:56,600 So there's that. 492 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:57,880 I don't need to pay for it. 493 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,720 But I'm also very conscious and we are conscious. 494 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,240 I'll speak for Jess. 495 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:10,800 Um, if we don't buy from indie dyers, they closed down and I could just sit here and 496 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,320 I could just knit my own yarns forever. 497 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:18,460 But there are tons of other colorways that I can't make and I could never hope to replicate 498 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:20,920 and I wouldn't want to replicate because they're not my style. 499 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,160 There's somebody else's style and I still love them. 500 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:28,600 I think one of the things that, uh, Lisa of a stars hollow set on Sunday is that, you 501 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,440 know, the idea of competing in the fiber arts industry, it doesn't make sense when, when 502 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:36,480 stores all succeed, indie dyers all succeed, it shouldn't be a competition. 503 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,400 We lift each other up. 504 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:44,680 So I don't go haywire buying lots of yarn anymore. 505 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:53,360 I certainly don't buy sweater quantities, um, at webs or anywhere else like I used to, but 506 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:59,000 I do like to buy the odd skein every so often or a couple of skeins, especially from indie 507 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,800 dyers and also from, from yarn stores because I want them to stay in business. 508 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:04,800 That's a lie. 509 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:05,800 I didn't buy my last yarn. 510 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:12,080 I bought my last yarn when we were in New Hampshire at that tiny little yarn store and 511 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,800 there was, they were carrying this indie dire from Vermont and I can't remember her name. 512 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:22,920 Um, but I'll try to remember to put it on the blog, but her yarns are only carried in 513 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,640 like New Hampshire, Northern New Hampshire and in Vermont. 514 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:31,100 I could not find it anywhere south of there and they were beautiful. 515 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:34,040 So that was kind of like, I will never find these yarns again. 516 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,640 I want to support this indie dire. 517 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,840 She's very, very small business. 518 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,840 Um, and I want to support this little yarn store. 519 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,160 So I think I buy a little more mindfully at this point. 520 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:49,600 I don't haul off and buy huge quantities of yarn at places anymore, but I buy from places 521 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:55,080 that I want to support, like the yarn stores and the indie dyers and at the festivals too. 522 00:24:55,080 --> 00:25:00,920 Um, but I also am mindful to buy things that I know I'm going to knit with someday. 523 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,240 I don't buy yarn thinking, ah, this is pretty. 524 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,720 I'll find a use for it eventually. 525 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:10,920 It's all like, I can, I can visualize in my head exactly what I want to make with this 526 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:11,920 color. 527 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,280 I've been doing a lot of picture taking and that's something that Tina started doing, 528 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,600 uh, this past year. 529 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:23,400 Um, if I see something that I touch and something that I really like and something that I might 530 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,120 want in the future, I take a picture of it. 531 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:27,120 Yeah. 532 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,440 I think impulse buying is also, we, we have FOMO and we think if I don't buy it right 533 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,820 and maybe you won't, maybe you won't ever buy it again. 534 00:25:33,820 --> 00:25:38,720 Maybe it is like, like Tina, you pointed out that we're closing a collection. 535 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:45,480 Um, and maybe, maybe it is something that's for me. 536 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,760 Maybe you don't get it or maybe guess what? 537 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,680 We probably have more of it in the back. 538 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,040 So September you can get some if you want to. 539 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,040 VIP line. 540 00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,560 I didn't mean to speak entirely for you, Jess. 541 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,680 So you should, you should go ahead and, uh, no, I mean, 542 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,680 I feel like out of everybody I've, I've actually have always bought the least amount. 543 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,680 Yeah, that's definitely true. 544 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:19,440 Because mine is very, I know most of the time I will likely never get to using it as quickly 545 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:25,000 as I would want to, if at all I do tend to, when I do get it stuff that I find visually 546 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,720 appealing that I haven't seen before. 547 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:35,200 That's kind of where I go at, but I also base it on, you know, do I have the, should I get 548 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,160 it like, are there other things that need to take priority or do I just want to like, 549 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,960 you know, find my joy and get this yarn so I can squish it whenever I want to. 550 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,920 Um, and that's kind of how I've always looked at it. 551 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:54,560 Um, it, I started buying less when we started dying because, um, in many cases I could be 552 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,680 like, oh, I had this idea for this color and now I have this exact color I want. 553 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,840 And I don't need like, oh, that's close to a cool color that I would like. 554 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:07,880 And I want that now, but I still do agree with, I like to, um, especially when we find like 555 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:15,040 new smaller shops or, um, new like indie dyers, I do like to try and get something from there. 556 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:22,440 I find I, I tend to get a lot more notions than yarns in a lot of cases in, in that, 557 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:27,520 in that angle, or I'll get like, cause I know, again, I usually just do accessories or random 558 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:32,760 things like, you know, tiny crochet animals or potion bottles or God knows what. 559 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,480 So I don't need large amounts. 560 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:42,200 So sometimes too, if I get stuff, I will get like the smaller minis or one skein and, you 561 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,760 know, inevitably eventually when I'm like, oh, I know what to do with this game. 562 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,560 And I'm like, I do not have enough to do the thing I want to do with this game. 563 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,120 I will make a smaller one because that's how my brain goes. 564 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:59,960 But I'll just knit until I'm done and we'll either stop or tack something onto this, but 565 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:01,440 that's a nice cravat. 566 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:10,440 Listen, sometimes the yarns just go towards a hyper fixation that I was never going to 567 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,000 finish out anyway. 568 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:18,320 And they, they are the perfect amount for me to get to the end and be like, yeah, moving 569 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:19,320 on. 570 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,120 But yeah, that's, that's how I've always done it. 571 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:30,040 So I do, like I said, I never really kind of stashed it up, but there, there have been 572 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,280 times where it's like, I've gone in and I'm like, no hedge hug did that. 573 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,880 I was like, oh, this is a cool yarn. 574 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,040 I want like so many of them. 575 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,280 And I got a bunch of them. 576 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:41,280 You did. 577 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:42,280 I did. 578 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:48,880 And, and I still have some, I did knit with some, but, uh, but some of them I did just 579 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,880 get cause the colors were like awesome. 580 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,800 And I just look at them. 581 00:28:52,800 --> 00:29:00,280 We also have a massive benefit of, um, and, and I know you guys have done this before 582 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,640 too, but it's not her stash and my stash. 583 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:04,640 It's our stash. 584 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:10,360 So if I see something that would work for something that I want to do and it's her yarn 585 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,160 that she bought, she will be like, just take it. 586 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:18,560 But if I see a yarn or that I want to use for a project and it's like perfect, Jess 587 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:24,640 will just be like, take it off the wall and I'll, uh, if I'll protest and I'll say no. 588 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,000 And she's like, if I really, really need it someday, I'll buy another one. 589 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,000 It's fine. 590 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:35,000 Um, and I found that's also kind of tough too, because you buy them and you love them, 591 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,440 but then you get them home and you're like, what do I do with them? 592 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:45,120 You know, and a lot of times they end up just being art in and of themselves, which can 593 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,120 be fine. 594 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,120 Yeah. 595 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,680 Well, that's kind of why I like my pegboard for that reason, right? 596 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,480 It's art because it turns into an art piece. 597 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:54,480 Right. 598 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,440 Um, and you can change it around whenever you want to. 599 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:57,440 Yeah. 600 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,800 Whatever the mood, moving art. 601 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:05,960 Yeah, it is moving art, but that's why I got a, um, glass front, a glass front case for, 602 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:06,960 for my yarn. 603 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:07,960 Yeah. 604 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:08,960 So you can put them on display. 605 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:09,960 Yeah. 606 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,000 So everybody can see what good stuff I have. 607 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,480 It's mostly for me. 608 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,040 So I don't forget that I have stuff. 609 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:20,040 I can't forget about those 22 balls in auro. 610 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,960 We can't forget that if I cannot see it, it does not exist. 611 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,760 No, that's really, really true. 612 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:32,520 It is like ever since I put away a lot of my yarn into those like air tight, like sealed 613 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:33,520 Tupperware. 614 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:34,520 They don't exist. 615 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,640 I have forgotten what is in there. 616 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,680 I don't remember at all what I put in there. 617 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,040 And I'm like, Oh, Oh no. 618 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,400 And then I look, look at my stash and I'm like, I thought I had a sweater. 619 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,400 It's quantity. 620 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,400 Yeah, you do. 621 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,400 I do. 622 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,400 I just don't know where it is. 623 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:54,240 I know it's in one of four boxes and I don't know which one, but yeah, I think honestly, 624 00:30:54,240 --> 00:31:00,520 I'll probably, um, I'll probably get to September and then I'll probably go in the mindset of 625 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,720 where you, where you guys are pretty much at, which is basically like, no, I'm not going 626 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:11,920 to drop like $500 on yarn anymore, but I'll definitely like, if I see now, if I see something 627 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:18,280 and I'm having heavy, heavy hesitations, I'm probably going to just get a skein and like, 628 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:22,080 you know, honor the feeling that I'm having about the yard. 629 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,360 But you shouldn't do it all the time, but every once in a while, that's fine. 630 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:30,080 Well, yeah, I'm hoping that I can kind of break it at Reinbeck. 631 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:35,440 I thought, I thought that would be meaningful to kind of like break that, um, the non buying 632 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:40,320 at Reinbeck, but, um, I can help you with that. 633 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,320 It's either that or stars all. 634 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:42,320 It's going to be one of the two. 635 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:43,320 Both is good. 636 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,320 Both is good. 637 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:45,320 Both is good. 638 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:53,440 No, it's, I think it's, it's just more being a little more discerning of where the yarn's 639 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:58,360 going to go, but also who you're buying it from. 640 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,360 Yeah. 641 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,080 Like, and there's nothing wrong with buying commercial yarn. 642 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:09,120 Like nobody is saying that at all, but I do think it is important on a different level 643 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:16,000 to support your small businesses, your indie dyers, your indie makers in general. 644 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,720 Um, because you know, I was going to say it's one of those things. 645 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:25,680 If you need the yarn, get it from wherever you can get the yarn. 646 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:32,260 If you don't need the yarn, but you need to just, you know, get that fix, then you know, 647 00:32:32,260 --> 00:32:37,200 you can consider, okay, do I want to just, you know, throw it into a big store or do 648 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,720 I want to go to something smaller or something a little more interesting that I don't go 649 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:47,760 all the time to make a day of it and come back with some likes, fancy stuff that you 650 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,800 might not get in adventure. 651 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,800 Yeah. 652 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:51,800 I like that. 653 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:52,800 Like adventures. 654 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,400 I do too. 655 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,040 That's it for this week's topics for additional content and opportunities to connect with 656 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:01,040 the cast. 657 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,920 Check out our Patreon or our website at part of my stash.com. 658 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:15,360 Be sure to tune in next week for more laughs, tears, and Drea adventure. 659 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,280 I guess I've part of my, I don't know, a Drea stash at this point. 660 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,680 We're going at an adventure. 661 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,440 I mean, I will be organizing my stash. 662 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,440 So yeah, okay. 663 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:35,040 It could be my stash here at Drea stash.