Yarns at Yin Hoo

I’m knitting Brise cardigan no. 3 in beautiful lace weight yak yarn, thinking carefully about small modifications and sharing tips for picking up and knitting stitches on the collar — in ONE take! Also in this episode, finished socks, new socks, pattern drafting, wool dresses, clogs, farro salad, and a poem for Pride Month.

In this episode, I talk about projects I've been working on (and completing) this spring. There's knitting, sewing, cooking, and a poem in celebration of #memademay.

In this episode, Marybeth and I reflect on our 100 days of wearing a wool.and dress and pairing it with hand sewn and hand knit garments from our wardrobes. 

In this episode, I catch listeners up on  recent knitting projects, like my completed Baltian sweater. I'm contemplating patterns for summer tops.  Plus, sustainable options for buying and recycling and a poem by Amy Gerstler. Baltian designed by Caitlin Hunter socks knit with Knit Spin Farm "Hay Girl, by Spot the Sheep" Brise cardigan designed by Hannah Fetig knit in Spencer Hill Harriett wool.and #30daydresschallenge re-BRYR buy and sell pre-loved Bryr clogs re-Girlfriend recycle worn Girlfriend products TATTER Stitch Gathering for Ukraine "Night Herons" by Amy Gerstler

In this episode, I provide a quick update on December knitting projects. Then, I share a conversation I had with Kelly Vaughn (knitswag), who is working to update Virginia Woods Bellamy’s Number Knitting for the contemporary knitter. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-291/

Holiday gift making is complete and I celebrated by casting on a bunch of new projects. In this episode I talk about knitting gnomes, making carrot bacon, my dismissive attitude toward swatching, and I share a new poem by Amanda Gorman. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-290/

It’s the launch of a new pattern — this time for a colorwork cowl with a clever grafting technique called “stranded donut grafting.” You’ll hear all about it from expert knitter and tech editor Ellen Silva. Plus, progress on gift knitting and the #100daydresschallenge. See shownotes at https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-289/

My new cowl design is coming on November 22 — listen for details and enter to win a copy! I announce the winner of Pompom Quarterly Issue no. 39, and talk about holiday gift knitting, plus some projects in the planning stages and thoughts on collaboration. For complete show notes: https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-288/

It’s the Rhinebeck Review episode, in which I tell you all about my weekend at the New York Sheep & Wool Festival. There’s also a prize, so listen to find out how to enter and post a comment on IG or to my website. Plus, what’s on my needles and a poem by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, winner of the Audre Lorde Prize for Lesbian Poetry. For complete show notes: https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-287/

Fall is here! Sweater knitting is picking up and the NY Sheep & Wool Festival is just around the corner. In this episode, I’ll catch you up on the saga of my RB sweater and share chats with MJ Packer of Battenkill Fiber Mill and Carole Foster of Foster Sheep Farm. They are brimming with suggestions for your festival shopping. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-286/

You know how it is: complete one pair of self-striping socks . . . cast on another! In this episode, I provide an update on Rhinebeck sweater progress and share some very special things that happened as I worked on my first felted landscape. Plus, a poem for the season. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-285/

It’s a catch-up on two recently completed projects, plus the announcement of winners for EZ’S BSJ KAL, and share some thoughts about mending. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-284/

It’s been a month (almost), and I have lots of making news, including another Amy jumpsuit hack, an upcycled Anthopologie belt, Tour de Fleece yardage, summer recipes I’ve been loving, and a poem by Teri Ellen Cross Davis. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-283/

In Part 8 of our eight-part series, we discuss the situations that arise as knitters seek clarity about what constitutes an original design and how to negotiate issues of crediting design and technique. Dr. Lilly and I reminisce about the series and close by asking questions of each other. We have a few surprises and teasers about upcoming events — you will want to mark your calendar and scour your recipe book to plan for EZ’s birthday party! https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-281/  

In this episode, I talk about my completed KnitLoops socks, a shawl in progress, working on woodturning, and give a recommendation for a BBQ sauce made with rhubarb. Of course there are new socks already on the needles and I share a poem by Jameson Fitzpatrick titled “A Poem for Pulse.” https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-280/

This episode is focused on institutional responses to Elizabeth Zimmermann’s impact on knitters, knitting, and the industry. Dr. Lilly Marsh discusses evidence of the durability of EZ’s influence. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-279/

So far we’ve been talking about what Elizabeth was doing . . . what avenues she was pursuing and how she was developing the channels she had for communicating to her readers, listeners, and viewers. In this episode, we look at the other side of that conversation — the response of those knitters who were reading, watching and knitting along with Elizabeth. It’s the fan mail episode, full of delightful examples from Dr. Lilly’s several weeks spent combing through the archives of Schoolhouse Press. http://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-277/

I've completed a hack of the Amy jumpsuit and finished my Glynn sweater, plus a chat with Meghan of Distelfink Fibers.

This episode centers on discussion of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s newsletters — how they evolved over time from a sales list to the biennial publication Wool Gathering; how they became a means for EZ to share knitting designs and variations in template form; and most importantly,  how the newsletters helped to make a growing knitting community visible to itself.  Dr. Lilly Marsh, engaging and entertaining as ever, shares evidence and details from her research. http://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-275/

A stripe-y cowl for spring in Birch Hollow Fibers’ yarn, McCall’s M7969, seriously awesome sock yarn from KnitSpinFarm, and “Windchime” by Tony Hoagland. https://www.yarnsatyinhoo.com/episode-274/