All Gas, no Brakes- Episode 731- The Knitmore Girls

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On the Needles:(0:35)

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  Gigi: finished knitting Meadowlands blanket 6 in the colorway Gnome , crochet an edging 

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  Jasmin has FINISHED her Patons “Must Have Cardigan” in Malabrigo Rios “Bobby Blue”.

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  Gigi: cast on Meadowlands 7 :Electro: yellows , orange, to brown 

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  Jasmin’s Paton's Cabled Hoodie is working on sleeve 1, in Seismic Yarns “Citrine” Butter Sock Dk

• Gigi: cast 

  on a sock for drag along knitting, working on foot 

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  Jasmin has swatched for her Arachne pullover, in Seismic Yarns Butter Sport in a yellow to orange gradient

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  Jasmin picked up her Halloween stripe cardigan again, in the leftovers from her Halloween Hearts pullover (in Oink Pigments Sock)

• Knitting Club!

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Events :(17:55)

• Rhinebeck - Saturday with the family, October 

• Cognitive Fiber Retreat Nov 11, Jasmin is teaching a steeking workshop 

Mother Knows Best

• Keep learning! It makes your brain work better. (Brainstorm by Dan Siegel on audible) LINK!!

• Adult Education , Rosetta Stone , Duolingo, Library,

When knitting Attacks:(20:26)

• Gigi: Instead of joining edges after I finished the 4th triangle of the Meadowlands blanket, I picked up stitches on the side and knitted both pieces together. Hated it. Doesn’t look as smooth, there are short floats that I don’t like on baby blankets 

• Gigi: Also did the edging of Meadowlands in single crochet stitches. Not sure if I won or lost yarn chicken .

• Meadowlands 7 Electra Yarn squeaks , feels crunchy in my hands

• Jasmin: placed the steek on the shoulder seam of halloween stripe cardigan. Rrrrip.

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Knit more, know more :(34:14)

A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people.

Protests are ongoing. Still. Over a year.

Deutsche Schule Tehran will be closed to Iranian students

• NOBEL PRIZE WINNER!!!! Imprisoned Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi (her book is White Torture)

• Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi Until We Are Free 2003

And Sew On:(41:22)

Gigi: went to the Repair Cafe, and learned how to use a mending loom. Picked neon green and purple embroidery floss, couldn’t finish my project in class, checked out the loom to finish the weaving at home. 

Repair cafe: intro to embroidery 

Week 3: more embroidery, satin stitch, shading

Stick on interfacing that one can run through a printer 

J: Figured out a “hack” for the automatic button hole feature on Janome for extra large buttons

Jasmin mentions Emery Sand