The Lost Geek Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Off The Needles

1. Sallah Cowl: a bit too tight
2. Rose Window Beret by Anne Kuo Lukito from a past issue of Interweave Knits. Have always been tickled by her name bcoz it's my uncle's family name. I think she must have an Indonesian background somehow. Frogged this yesterday after reading a listener's comment, KatyKittyJay, abt reknitting. I won't like wearing the beret, so why not frog it. Wrong edge.
3. Giant pie's Pixie Hat. My third Stella Pixie Hat project. So easy and satisfying! Matches with Andrew's smaller one. Have leftover yarn 36 grams, 166 yards. Will make mitts for timo. About the name: giant pie, little pie, mini pie

  On The Needles

1. Hitofude: very clever construction!
2. Snapdragon Fliptop Mitts: Ysolda Teague pattern. Part of Loopy Academy last year.

Couldn't wind yarn using swift and ball wonder because there's no flat table surface in my parents house. 

Hello again everyone and welcome to the last month of 2014!

On The Needles

1. Ginkgo Shoulderette Shawl : do you have pattern suggestion for the leftover yarn? I might have 200+ yards of light fingering weight yarn.
2. Hitofude
3. Sallah Cowl by Bristol Ivy. First pattern by this designer. Wanted to knit Hanois Cowl. Designer notes on size and shaping.  Helpful notes by chromakate. Do you look for helpful notes before beginning a project?

I've received my November Yarnbox shipment (my second one): Outlaw Yarn's Bohemia Sport, a unique blend of 45% Polwarth, 45% Alpaca, and 10% Possum fiber.It comes with a set of fingerless mitts and beret with a knitted bow by Rhiannon McCulloch called So Boho. I'm still debating between the So Boho or the Mothed pattern by Mag Kandis, a pattern published on Knitty Deep Fall 2010.

 

Get Your Geek On!

December: Latin word decem.

Interesting name meanings of the months.

On The Needles

1. Timo's mittens using Ann Budd basic recipe. Leftover bijou basin ranch yarn. Unknown needle size (I think 2.5mm?)
2. Hills in Jamul hat. I talk about staple length and micron count
3. Knit your love: pattern suddenly turned up!!

  Theme Masterful and Mindful Mindful:

• Stash swap 
• Cold Sheep
• ideal stash size parameter
• Yarn Box
• Knit Crate

Masterful:

• Master Knitter Program
• Mastering Your Knits: new audio podcast

  Recalculating Route Knitters Almanac: my first EZ book! Eye-opening facts about Double Knitting, and how gauge affects amount of wool needed for adult garments.

On The Needles

• Rhonnie Rivulets
• Knit Your Love--pattern attack! Strickmich! Club. Copyright issues: please be mindful of your purchases and usage.
• Hills in Jamul hat. Feel of yarn = feltableness and droppableness?

http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_2600.jpgShortie Row(m)ney Hat   Get Your Geek On! Penguins needing sweaters, in Philips Island Australia. Boing Boing report of this recent hoax. Knitty blog suggestion.  How do we find out the truth behind something that went viral? Snopes.com Good Job Brain episode (Um, Actually...): a myth buster section about cooking alcohol out of a dish.   Recalculating Route http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fiesta-fatahillah-08_270x270.jpg

Off The Needles BFF Cocoon stitch cowl. Grafting in pattern:   http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_2590.jpg   When grafting, you process two stitches on each needle. The first stitch will be dropped, the second stitch will stay on the needle. The mantra for grafting plain stockinette sides together is: Knit-purl, purl-knit, which means knit the first stitch on the front needle and drop it, and purl the second stitch while leaving it on the needle. And then purl the first stitch on the back needle and drop it, then knit the second stitch while leaving it on. So each stitch, before being dropped off the needles, has been processed twice: either knitted or purled while letting it stay on the needle. The secret is that the second process, which is when you drop the stitch off the needles, has to coordinate with how the stitch presents itself to you. So a stitch on the front needle that's a knit stitch, you knit it to drop it. And for a stitch on the back needle that presents to you a purl bump (meaning the RS is knit), you purl it to drop it. Before you drop them off the needles, process them the opposite way--So a stitch on the front needle that's a knit stitch, you process it by purling while leaving it on. And for a stitch on the back needle that presents to you a purl bump (meaning the RS is knit), you process it by knitting while leaving it on.   In the picture above you can see where the width is wonky (because it's still unblocked), that's the graft location, but otherwise can't pinpoint where :)   A good tutorial article on Knitting Daily website includes step-by-step instructions for grafting stockinette, garter, 2x2 rib, and seed stitch.

Thank yous:

• jgailey4 for the iTunes review
• All of you who bought the Traipsing Vines pattern in January and February--the total sales is $302.50 and I will do a donation report once it's distributed.
• Forgot to say a big thank you to Audrey of OwlForU who sent me a thank you note and a gift: a drawstring project bag in matryoshka motif, with felt flower applique and fancy stitching. Also: a mini Yarnivore specially made for Timo! It is now officially renamed: Legovore.

http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/owlforu-matryoshka.jpgMatryoshka project bag and Legovore Off The Needles http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_2483.jpgCormo Cloud Cowl

• Billowy Cormo Cloud: Mom saw the cowl and complimented the stitch pattern, and said she'd like something longer (infinity scarf) with buttons. Suggestions?
• Thinking of knitting 

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! 

Thanks to lasknit2 for a new review on iTunes.

Off The Needles

Cirrus Mitts for Ravellenics 

 

http://www.thelostgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cirrus-mitts-WIP.jpgCirrus Mitts in its WIP stage

 

Apologies: no errata for mitt pattern, I simply didn't switch to other chart 

On The Needles

Billow Cloud Infinity Scarf

Provisional CO: what do you like to use?

Review

Issue 4 of Amirisu--Spring/Summer 2014 architecture issue

Love their template, so easy to use (on iPad) and with links to patterns, advertisers.

12 patterns including designs by: Stephen West, Gudrun Johnston, Leila Raabe, Michele Wang, Veera Valimaki, Melanie Berg, Bethany Hick, Yuki, nest-design Laboratory, Reiko Kuwamura, Kirsten Johnstone, Kristin Ford.

On The Needles

• Cirrus Mitts (aka Ravellenics #1), HO! Very fast. Forgot how quick it is to knit with heavier weight yarn. Wrong turn with the right mitt.
• BFF cowl: decided to keep it separate, so using yarn until very last bit. Got back seat due to Ravellenics.

First Strickmich Club shipment arrived! Pristine, no wrinkle on the pattern at all. Dye For Yarn merino-silk fingering, Knit Your Love pattern--Valentine-themed. Interview of Martina Behm on Subway Knits podcast.   The Whirligeek Bought PLY magazine woolen issue; loved!    Ravellenics Special Who watches the Olympics while knitting for Ravellenics? Still couldn't find a reliable channel that airs lots of Olympics coverage here. Tried BBC iPlayer, but not available for Indonesia. Cable sub doesn's include NBC or sports channel unfortunately.   Love the team Sasquatch, Coggie from High Fiber Diet has been holding up for the team and creating threads. I've been busy creating and editing the team roster. Can't imagine how mods in big groups cope...You can find me on Ravelry as thelostgeek, on twitter as lost_geek, and on Instagram as thelostgeek. Do join The Lost Geek Podcast group on Ravelry. You can subscribe to the show on iTunes, or through the RSS feed. iTunes star ratings and reviews are always welcome to help bump up the show and let other people know about it, and it would really help me get feedback about the show.Thank you for listening, and until next time... don't get too lost!

New review from hscruggs, Heather. Thank you :) New star ratings too. I heard from: Anne (sandinmysocks), Marianne (marianneH), Katie (archaeo), Kitty (KatyKittyJay), Janalee (knitsNhikes), CC (JavaPurl, host of Geeky Girls Knit with her 14 yo daughter), Susan (paintermom)   Just found out that my email cannot receive emails... if you have sent me emails in the past I apologize.   On The Needles Rushing Rivulets by Cat Bordhi from her New Pathways For Sock Knitters Book 1 BFF cocoon stitch cowl by Stephanie Dosen published in Knitty   Feel like I need to cast on for something new because the cowl is almost done, but tried to rein the urge in because first shipment of Strickmich! Club is coming.    Tips for weaving in ends.   The Whirligeek

Off The Needles Riverbed-Milo socks.  Sock classified on Stockinette Zombies group. My partner is in Norway not Sweden, sorry! On The Needles

1. BFF cowl cocoon stitch. 
   • Need to plan for project when one ends
   • Spare project OTN
   • Yarn: Becoming Art Helios DK. 
   • Pattern stitch: easily memorized. Reversible.
2. Rushing Rivulets socks
   • Second sock classified
   • Recipient has large feet, 10.5" circ, so used cat Bordhi's trusty master numbers again

The Whirligeek Took up my