Episode 098 (2021 in Review, #Head2ToeKAL)
Recorded Wednesday, December 29, 2021
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Announcements
With special guest Jesie Ostermiller! Check out my past interview with her in Episode 084.
New KAL coming next year - Head 2 Toe with Kino and Jo!
FOs
Toe-up handspun socks (Ravelry link) for my husband on US 2 (2.75 mm) needles in Into the Whirled November 2016 Classic: SW BFL/Nylon Bounty Hunter's Picnic (Ravelry link), 80/20 BFL/nylon.
Teeny Tiny Lobsters, but this time it's a crawfish (Ravelry link) by for my father-in-law by Maggie Menzel (free on Ravelry) on 2.5 mm hook in Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport (Ravelry link, 100% wool, 184 yards/50 g) in Red Fox colorway.
Starry Light 1 and 2 (Ravelry links) for my stepmom and mother by Laura Nelkin ($5 on Ravelry) on US 15 (10.0 mm) needles with 66-foot battery-powered Christmas lights. Calls for US 17 (12.0 mm) so had to extrapolate at the end.
The scraps that became the bottom-left purple-to-green hat.
Knitted Pinecone Ornament (Ravelry link) by Jesie Ostermiller ($4 on Ravelry) on US 5 (3.75 mm) in worsted stash for my son.
Leave Gnome Stone Unturned (Ravelry link) by Sarah Schira ($9.50 Canadian via Imagined Landscapes website) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Loops & Threads Woolike in Navy, Sun Valley Fibers MCS Fingering in Antler, madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Emerald City, and madelinetosh Twist Light in Candlewick. Also functions as a Tooth Fairy pillow!
WIPs
Vanilla Christmas Socks (Ravelry link) for me on US 1 (2.25 mm) needles in Mint Rain Hand Dyed Sport Sock (Ravelry link, 80/20 superwash merino/nylon, 328 yards/100 g) in Christmas in Whoville colorway. Whoops. Forgot this was sport.
Spectacular places you can knit!
Recalibrate (Ravelry link) by Shana Cohen ($8 on Ravelry or Payhip) on US 8 (5.0 mm) in Unwind Yarn Company Ramble BFL (discontinued) in colorway Friends, Fun, & Foliage (main color) and 20-g minis in Leading Men Fiber Arts Show Stopper (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon) in Fortune Teller and Suburban Stitcher Sock (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon) in Gold and HS Electric. #ChristmasDayCastOn2021 and my entry into the Imagined Landscapes podcast ImaginiKnitting KAL.
Crawfish Boil socks (Ravelry link) on US 1 (2.25 mm) in Desert Vista Dyeworks Viso (Ravelry link, 75/25 merino wool/nylon, 462 yards/100 g) in Crawfish Boil.
2021 Recap
Listed some goals in Episode 088:
Start out slloooowwww. Clean off the needles in January! - PROB A LITTLE TOO SLOW
Point/Counterpoint, Volume 6 is underway - aiming for June publication. Other designer is Megan Williams. Yarn support identified but not in hand yet. - NOW AIMING FOR 2022 PUBLICATION
Continue spinning streak (have spun daily since November 4, 2020). - KEPT IT GOING TILL JUNE 2021
More Finish or Frog. - NOPE
More knitting machine. - NOPE
Personal mystery sock club - 12 months, 13 pairs (about half for me and half as gifts). - KNIT 18+ PAIRS OF SOCKS - 10 PAIRS FROM 8 SKEINS IN PMSC.
Registered for Zombie Knitpocalypse 2021 in June. - A FUN TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!
Rhinebeck? Wear #sistersheepspin sweater. - CHECK AND CHECK.
Make more Snap hats for Christmas gifts. - CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK AND CHECK.
Sew another Matcha Top, but with sleeves. Fabric ordered. - NOPE
Do 12 things off my List of 100 Dreams (idea from Laura Vanderkam). - YEP! DID 14!
Run a half-marathon again
Turn a fleece into a handspun sweater
Rhinebeck 2021 in my #SisterSheepSpin sweater (Ravelry link)
Take kids apple-picking
Make macarons from scratch
Get silk PJs
Do a Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot
New dining room table
Ride bike around BWI loop
Old man cardigan for my son - Palette - Ravelry link
Knit a sweater out of Nightshades (Moto Jacket - Ravelry link - not marked as an FO in Rav because I still haven’t taken fancy photos)
Race the Bay Bridge
Run a race with my elder son
Met a work goal
Record episode 100 of this podcast. - SO CLOSE!
Stats:
I finished 46 items (vs 76 in 2020):
1 cowl (1 design)
11 hats (3 designs, 8 gifts)
1 pair of mitts (1 design)
6 ornaments/toys (2 Starry Lights, 2 Teeny Tiny Lobster/Crawfish, 1 Gnome, 1 Pinecone)
4 shawls (4 designs)
18 pairs of socks (3 designs, 7 gifts, 8 for me)
5 sweaters (1 design (vest - not published yet), 1 kid, 3 adult for me)
44 started in 2021
I published 9 new patterns (vs. 23 in 2020 and 15 each in 2018 and 2019). I have 3 designs done that haven’t been published yet - hoping for 2022!
Where to Find Me
Kino Knits patterns can be found on:
KinoKnits.com/shop (.pdf download) (adding more all the time!)
Ravelry (.pdf download)
LoveCrafts (.pdf download)
Deep South Fibers (wholesale hard copies with Ravelry .pdf download codes, for Local Yarn Store stockists)
Ravelry, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest
Email: kinoknits (at) gmail.com
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