Welcome to the Relentless Knitting Podcast! We're so happy you've found us. We are two science teachers who knit based out of the beautiful Okanagan valley in British Columbia Canada.
The goal of this podcast is to share our love of the fibre arts and foster community. Our focus will be knitting with flares of other hobbies and interests. We are both recent first time moms and we'll be sharing some of our adventures in mommyhood. We own Relentless Knitting Company and are contracted by our local yarn store to teach knitting classes. Find us on facebook, twitter and the web at www.relentlessknitting.com and join our group on Ravelry - Relentless Knitting Company.
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Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at relentlessknitting@gmail.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - I have an Exploration Station on the needles. Rumplestiltskin socks and a musslebourgh hat in Gauge dye works 76. A pair of socks that I work on at work.
Karla -
Leah Cowl - crochet! In Lazy Hazy Summer Cotton DK
Toe Up Socks - two 16" circulars
Collette Test Knit by Olann Handmade - Pattern releases Oct 2nd!
FO's -
Emily - Vintersol by Jennifer Steinglass in Lettlopi. 2 musselbourgh hats. COLLETTE
Karla - Standard cuff down socks in patons kroy and west yorkshire spinners for retirement socks
Outline Tank by Jesse Maed in Mirasol Inka and Cosmos
Karla - Earlier in the summer I spun a 2 ply in Smith and Ewe merino in beautiful pink tonal
Currently working on spinning for the Shift Cowl by Andrea Mowry and I'm using my Akerworks 3D printed Bobbins and they're awesome! The three braids for fiber I chose are merino or merino blends with a green and purple theme
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily -The Critter
Karla - I had my sewing machine serviced this summer and I want to make a blanket jacket. I bought a pattern from La'Rae Handmade on instagram and am watching facebook marketplace for a wool blanket.
Also going to needle felt some acorns today I hope.
Stash Enhancement
By Emily- sweatshirt, yarn bowl, yarn for kids teacher hats
Karla - There's been a few things have come home with me this summer, the one that's stayed out are two balls of Shhhhh Double Knitting. A slow rainbow gradient that the boys picked out. I think I'll get my knitting machine out and make some scarves.
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, Peace Fleece shawl -Thales by Whitney Hayward, Dino Sweater
Karla - I'd like to get the 3-4 sweaters that are on the needles finished and figure out my sock knitting machine.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at relentlessknitting@gmail.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - I have an Exploration Station on the needles. Vintersol by Jennifer Steinglass in Lettlopi.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - I have an Exploration Station on the needles, and a Cumulus in mohair and gold glitter yarn. A pair of vanilla socks in Turtle purl purple stripes (not the actual colour way) and a pair of vanilla socks in hand spun from last episode.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - spiral socks in the Barn Owl Yarn by Rose Hill Yarns, and I have an Exploration Station on the needles.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Salo9979 From Seattle! New Grandma knitting for the babes!
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - spiral socks in the Barn Owl Yarn by Rose Hill Yarns, and I have an Exploration Station on the needles.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
What's knitting now
Emily - Sparkly hat for the girls (Magpie Darling) One is done, the second… I ran out of glitter. Socks x2 for me, and I have an Exploration Station on the needles.
Emily - EmGemKnits, EmilyTheTechEditor - Instagram, and EmilyTechEdits Ravelry.
Shout outs
Introduce yourself in the Ravelry group or leave us a review on itunes or google play music or send us an email with feedback at mail@relentlessknitting.com We'd also love to hear from you in our "Meet a Knitter" thread.
Where have we been since April 4th 2021?
HAPPY PODIVERSARY! Been working on this on/off since Jan 25th 2015
Karla - COVID and Family have been keeping me very busy, I'm on the JOHS committee at work and there's been lots of reading and needing to pay attention to restrictions and protocols in schools that it's taken up a lot of my time.
I've also had an addition to my job description where I run a hydroponic farm on our school property. I've been busy with creating programs within the school to educate students around farming and food security.
My kids are both in full-time school now and managing them and their adjustment to that has also taken a lot of bandwidth.
I've also been doing a lot of designing and learning around fibre arts, I've taken a few classes with Knit City Virtual around Coast Salish Weaving, Spinning and Designing. I hosted a couple knit alongs over zoom with the local fibre artists guild and I've been teaching classes at Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft since Sept 2021 and creating new classes for that.
Karla - yarn management with Aros, also worried about the size of the retirement socks
Spinning
Emily - Nope
Karla - Nope
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily -Darned all the socks
Karla - the loom is gone and I bought a chair and I'm knitting and watching the great british sewing bee. I hemmed the boys karate gis and am thinking about what I want to sew next. There's a cute cross body bag by noodlehead designs that I would like to make.
Stash Enhancement
By Emily- hand dyed hand spun
Karla - yup. Always. Yarn for Sadie's sweater. Caron Blossom Cakes from Michael's in Tropical Blooms
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, Peace Fleece shawl of somesort. Dino Sweater
Karla - Max's Funfetti shawl when it's released and Sadie's sweater will start today.
Emily- Forgot how many stitches I cast on for socks, but I'm sticking to it.
Karla - none
Spinning
Emily - spinning some yellow stuff Smith and Ewe Started to ply, but broke a single….
Karla - none
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Finished my frames - I think I said that last week.
Karla - pressed flowers
Stash Enhancement
Emily- Midknit cravings in a harvest colour way, and a beauty braid of Sweet Georgia BFL in farm to table, an enamel pin that says, "Knit fast, die warm."
Karla -Tossed the stash! Seaglass Sweater KAL with knitmore girls and lady dye yarns. finish the monster pants, write up the design and start another. Wip bins.
Talky Talk
Emily - I bought envelopes!!!! I'm making progress on this and I have everyone's address. I just need to stuff them, and pay for shipping.
Karla -
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Another plague. Books, bookmarks. Really, everyone has been good.
Karla - karate
Emily- Exploration Station gauge
Karla - saga of the bulky toque
Spinning
Emily - spinning some yellow stuff Smith and Ewe (?). Started my second singles
Karla - did some drop spindling and ordered spindles for the retreat!
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Embroidery progress
Karla - Abi needed a zipper
Stash Enhancement
Emily- Nothing, I've been so good.
Karla - Garage sale yarn and wips! All the mohair, knit picks shadow, lang yarns neon
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Cast on a set of socks for work.
Karla - finish the monster pants, write up the design and start another. Wip bins.
Talky Talk
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. I had the plague.
Karla - Funny story about Kelowna events
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- The plague.
Karla - sass & demands
Spinning
Emily - haven't touched it
Karla - Drop spinning!
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - paper mache pigs, finished the tables. Ains wants to learn to sew
Karla - not this time
Stash Enhancement
Emily- nada
Karla - Rimu for Edith
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Maybe cast on a Cumulus in white mohair and gold sparkle yarn?
Karla - Aros Sweater by Petit Knit, toss the stash for Seaglass
Talky Talk
Emily - I have 4 of 5 addresses.
Karla - Retreat registration
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Lizzy rides a bike
Karla - Bike to school
Design features -
Emily- Brioche blunder. Bugs
Karla - dropped stitch, design process
Spinning
Emily - spinning some yellow stuff. Almost done my first singles
Karla - nada, going to try out some drop spindles
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Fence, tables
Karla - Needle felting!
Stash Enhancement
Emily- 52 Weeks of socks
Karla - went back for the Rimu, also picked up at Loop Kensington in Calgary a new project bag and 3 half skeins of house dyed sock yarn.
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Finish the WIPS. Maybe cast on a Cumulus in white mohair and gold sparkle yarn?
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. I will package them TODAY.
Karla - Retreat registration
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Fuse beads
Karla - bike to school! Family Trip!
Design features -
Emily- Second spiral sock mind bender
Karla - at the same time...
Spinning
Emily - I finished a braid of Sweet Georgia. I can't find the tag but I think its BFL. Fractal spin fingering weight
Karla - nada, going to try out some drop spindles
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - puzzles
Karla - modeling clay
Stash Enhancement
Emily- gold sparkle yarn
Karla - might go back for some Rimu
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, prepped for the retreat, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Finish the WIPS. Maybe cast on a Cumulus in white mohair and gold sparkle yarn?
Karla - Chunky Magnolia is next on the to finish list, needle felted animals
Talky Talk
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. One day I will send out prizes. coming up. ← That. I'm going to put this on my spring break list.
Karla - heading out to do pruning this morning
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- sick kids this week The great toy organization of 2022
Emily- none really. My embroidery floss keeps knotting…
Karla - Fixed a student's sweater
Spinning
Emily - No, but I'm hoping this bi monthly reminder will get me started again. ← I did look at my wheel fondly yesterday
.Karla - nada
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Cooking/Baking/puzzles
Karla - made focaccia bread yesterday! 100 day t-shirt, Abi sewing skirts
Stash Enhancement
Emily- Sweet Georgia Tough Love Sock in Sage.
Karla - sale sock yarn
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, prepped for the retreat, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Finish the WIPS. Maybe cast on a Cumulus in white mohair and gold sparkle yarn?
Karla - Obsessed with the Yarnspiration Pretty Puzzle Points Blanket
Talky Talk
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. One day I will send out prizes. coming up. ← That. I'm going to put this on my spring break list.
Design features -maybe instead of going through everything in the last month, pick one thing we're really proud of that we were able to figure out?
Emily- I ran out of sparkle yarn. I did terrible travel knitting packing and ended up with no knitting.
Karla - stalling out on the Aeon Vest
Spinning
Emily - No, but I'm hoping this bi monthly reminder will get me started again.
.Karla - nada but Max is a naughty dog
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Cooking/Baking
Karla - Shashiko mended my jeans! Has me thinking about tons more projects, bought hats and shoes to embroider and pulled out a pair of jeans to decorate.
Stash Enhancement
Emily- Ancient Arts Yarn in Sunshine Coast colourway - Sock yarn - 437yds. Rose Hill yarns - Ice wine and Barn Owl colourways Sock yarn - 463yds each
Karla - Nada but ordered some things! Sock knitting machine part.
Best laid plans
Emily - Knit birthday socks in this pattern, prepped for the retreat, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol. Finish the WIPS
Karla - I love the Sea Glass sweater by Wool and Pine and have decided to toss the stash, destash by selling and donation and put together some odd skeins for the sweater.
Talky Talk
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. One day I will send out prizes. coming up. ← That. I'm going to put this on my spring break list.
Karla - Summer of Yarn and Fibre by Yarn Okanagan, Knitting Retreat
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Dance class… Other than that the Hoobs are good.
Karla - Tired two weeks
I'm currently in the process of designing two classes for the Okanagan Knitting Retreat in May and organizing Yarn Okanagan's Summer of Fibre and Yarn Tour.
Emily and I were able to visit each other early summer at her family's cabin and will be seeing each other at the retreat in May.
Emily - Life has been lifey. I've accepted 2 positions in my school district working in Learning Support and Inclusion Support. The girls have transitioned back to school and daycare and we continue to stay busy with life. I'm looking forward to teaching a sock class at the Okanagan Knitting Retreat in May.
I've waxed and waned in my knitting enthusiasm and picked up embroidery in the last few months, I LOVE it!
What's knitting now
Emily - Sparkly hat for the girls (Magpie Darling - , socks (always) for me, and I have an Exploration Station on the needles. Dishcloths.
Design features -maybe instead of going through everything in the last month, pick one thing we're really proud of that we were able to figure out?
Emily- I started my Blackwork Embroider SAL. I'm behind but I'm so proud of my progress.
Karla - Abi's Hufflepuff scarf, started out black with yellow stripes and had to restart, then right at the beginning had 1 stripe instead of two so without taking it off the machine I ripped out the
Spinning
Emily -I did do some spinning, and I love it it's just not my go to. I took an online course with Kim Mckenna about short backwards draw and learnt lots.
Karla - Finished some handspun for Jocelyn, Intro to spinning class coming up at retreat.
Crafternoon/Sew-what
Emily - Not much other than my standard fibre arts.
Karla - Trick or Treat Bags and Sleepover/carry all bags for the boys
Stash Enhancement
Emily- Sugar and Candy Large project bag, SQ of Lettlopi, skein of cascade heritage sock in raspberry. My embroidery kit and SAL
Karla - Too much to list but the amazing ones that come to mind are KZip Advent, Gauge Dyeworks socks and hat planet distance self-striping. A couple of amazing facebook marketplace scores of sweater quantities.
Best laid plans
Emily - Get my sample socks in this pattern prepped for the retreat, cast on my birthday sweater - Vintersol
Karla - Working through wips, planning classes, more designs
Talky Talk
Emily -Still have commit to knit prizes in the back of my head. One day I will send out prizes. coming up. ← That.
Karla - Steek This Cup Cozy by Rachel Molenaar I created an editable google sheets where you can format your own colours
Adventures in Mommyhood
Emily- Everyone is doing pretty good. Bedtime has been ok. I despise Dance class. Watching Movies
Karla - getting into a groove, screens is our biggest battle.
