49: Gift Knits

11/09/21 • 34 min

No pressure. NO PRESSURE. But maybe you want to make some things for people this holiday season, and we have a few ideas.

Some suggested patterns mentioned in this week's episode:

Hats

Porty Hat by Ysolda Teague
Garter Snake Hat by Lavanya Patricella
Rhett by Meghan Babin

Cowls

An Elastic Product by Karida Collins
Sunset Mesa Cowl by Jennifer Berg
Gabby Love Cowl by Louis Boria

Mittens & Socks

The World’s Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits
Green Mountain Mitts by Fatimah Hinds
For Joy and Comfort by Tif Neilan
DRK Everyday Socks by Andrea Mowry

What's on our needles this week:

Cinnabar Wrap by Andrea Mowry
Deliciosa by Norah Gaughan

Biotone Joint Relief Massage Creme

The stretches in this video are pretty great!

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No pressure. NO PRESSURE. But maybe you want to make some things for people this holiday season, and we have a few ideas.

Some suggested patterns mentioned in this week's episode:

Hats

Porty Hat by Ysolda Teague
Garter Snake Hat by Lavanya Patricella
Rhett by Meghan Babin

Cowls

An Elastic Product by Karida Collins
Sunset Mesa Cowl by Jennifer Berg
Gabby Love Cowl by Louis Boria

Mittens & Socks

The World’s Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits
Green Mountain Mitts by Fatimah Hinds
For Joy and Comfort by Tif Neilan
DRK Everyday Socks by Andrea Mowry

What's on our needles this week:

Cinnabar Wrap by Andrea Mowry
Deliciosa by Norah Gaughan

Biotone Joint Relief Massage Creme

The stretches in this video are pretty great!

Send us your letters! [email protected]

Support make good: a knitting podcast

Previous Episode

Episode 48: Knitting Styles

Lots of tutorials with different styles!

Continental Style (picking) (also called German, European): Video: How to Knit Continental

*Norwegian Purl *: Video: How to Norwegian Purl

English Style (throwing) (also called American): Video: How to Knit English Style

Flicking (lever knitting) (also called Peruvian, Catholic, Australian, Irish Cottage): Video: How to Lever Knit

Combination : Video: How to Combination Knit

Portuguese (Incan, Andean or Turkish - practiced all over the world): Video: How to Portuguese Knit (neck)

Shetland Knitting (also called: Pit knitting, Scottish, Shetland, From the Hip, Old Way) Video about Shetland Knitters who knit over 200 stitches per minute

CWA Knitting Competition 1971

To see great short videos of knitting different techniques, visit @dankfiber on instagram!

What's on our needles this week:

Cinnabar designed by Andrea Mowry
Gresham Wrap designed by Michael Vloedman

KNITTING CARTOON CHICKENS EXIST!

*Make Good Socks KAL * begins this Sunday, November 7. Join us on Instagram (@makegoodpod) or get the details here.

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Next Episode

50: Knitting Socks

It's a sock knitting vocabulary quiz (hint: 10 points for already knowing something, 10 points for learning something new. Everyone wins!) Our Dear Scratch letter this week is about choosing sweater patterns as a new sweater knitter.

Left-hand dominant Ravelry knit & crochet group: On the Other Hand

Vocabulary terms you might encounter when you're knitting socks!

Cuff - the very top of your socks that hugs your ankle or at some point on your leg
Leg - the “body” of your sock above your heel and below the cuff
Heel - this is the curved or L-shaped bend of your sock that accommodates your heel
- some kinds: short row heels, heel flap, afterthought heels, peasant heels
Gusset - shaping in the foot of the sock to accommodate movement
Toe Shaping
- some kinds: wedge toe, round toe, left & right toe
Graft - also called kitchener stitch
Extra Credit: Negative Ease - ease is the degree to which your finished garment is larger (positive) or smaller (negative) than your body; ideal negative ease for socks is about 10% negative ease in terms of circumference & length