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"All islands are like that. There are those who can not leave, and those who can not stay."

- Nurse Lucille Anderson in a Christmas special episode of Call The Midwife

A small seaside island, with a cute little town facing the mainland, on the beach the children play, inside the town there is a main street with a horse drawn trolley going up and down it. Every Saturday the ferry takes tourists across the bay to visit the island. Wild flowers grow in the windswept fields that cover the island outside the idealic village, the gulls fly high above

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Blocking my knits like

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Episode 62: Knitty News

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i feel like high school/middle school sitcoms set the unrealistic expectation of being able to have lunch time outside

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How to join in the round for a jogless edge 🧶

Don’t forget to cast on an extra stitch!

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Other

Say in the tags!

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Episode 61: Hanami of Yarn

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Sheep!

Boop!

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I do too. I make other people count for me.

Why am I getting into lace knitting. I've got dyscalculia

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Episode 60: Foreshadowing

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Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!

Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.

And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition

I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch

The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!

rsnstitchbank.org

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@lady-karasu

Nålhus aka needle houses aka needle keepers made with wool fabric, protected by a ceramic case. Stamped patterns with inspiration from plants and nature in general and the geometrical lines somewhat inspired by runes.

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One of these are still in the shop now at nymla.se

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Episode 59: Distractions! They're All in My Head!

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@reireithesmilefaerie @reireithefroggyfaerie

stacys mom turned me into a frog!

im eating flies and live inside a log!

stacy cant you see she has placed a spell on me!

now im in a bog and look just like a small green frog

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You Shawl Not Pass

Pattern by Carissa Browning

Knit in two skeins of Madelinetosh sock in onyx and one Wonderland Yarns blossom in Lantala, bought from Eat.Sleep.Knit

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Addition 29/2/2024:

Yall! We really need LGBTQIA+ fiber dyers, sewists, quilters, and spinners!

The 5 fiber podcasts that have signed on already use their platforms to highlight you and your work - all you have to do is let me know youd be interested in getting your name out there and provide me with a link to your wares.

If you want to put up a prize of some kind, that's great, but you don't have to.

I want to bring some love and highlight Rainbow fiber peoples Pride and Joy this June.

Please message me with your email if you're interested!

Hey Ya'll!!

Are you a LGBTQIA+ or otherwise Queer fiber Podcaster, Dyer, Designer?!?

Would you be interested in participating in a great big rainbow-themed, LGBTQIA+ Pride and Joy event this June?

I run a knitting podcast and I am trying to pull something together. My vision is the largest fiber related celebration of Queer identities, LGBTQIA Love and Rainbow Joy.

I'm talking prizes, give-aways, make-a-longs, All Of It! Therefore, I am putting this out there in the Gayest (affectionate) place I know to hopefully get some responses.

Ya'll, I need people. If you think that this is something you would like to be a part of, please contact me.