I’ll Knit If I Want To: Episode 118

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In this week’s episode we cover:

1. So listening to you talk about spinning finally got me hooked and I recently added dyeing and spinning to my wool related activities ☺️ Of course I would love to join the attune shawl kal with my own handspun. Working on my plying seems a prerequisite for that for where I am at my spinning now. So here is my question ( one out of many 😅): what do you do when a single breaks while plying???

2. Hi Andrea! I love seeing all of your handspun FOs! As a fairly new spinner, I am struggling with what quantity of fiber I need to buy and spin in order to make full projects. For example, I love your handspun DRK Everyday cowl and Harlow hat that you showcased in episode 117- how much fiber would you recommend spinning for small to medium projects like those? Do yo have any tips for stretching a precious 4oz bump of hand-dyed fiber as a combo spin?
https://sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2013/10...
https://www.hjsstudio.com/howmuchspin...
https://jenjoycedesign.com/2019/08/23...

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3. I've been participating in Farmer Daughter's Fibers sock squad this year. I'm really enjoying it and now have a lot of partial skeins of fingering weight yarn and some unused mini skeins. Do you have any pattern recommendations for using up these or other scraps? They don't have to be socks! ;) Thanks!

Embrace Cowl: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
https://www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/e...

4. I was wondering how you do your yarn organization on the steeking stitch column when you're going across those stitches to the other side? Does the colorwork yarn stay on the side and get picked up later, does it follow the column down? Like with the Shifty, or Stone Crop.. do you take the colorwork yarn across even with the MC rows? Thank you so much!!!!! I got hung up on this on the Shifty Cardigan haha

5. Hi there!! I’m trying to learn quicker knitting techniques and wondered if you have tried a yarn tension ring? I think that’s what it’s called, it holds the yarn higher to pick it up? Thanks!! Love all you offer and i’ve learned soooo much watching your videos and tutorials.

Attune Shawl:
https://www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/a...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Attune Shawl SAL/KAL Ravelry forum: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/wool-...
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Rachel’s YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/jmYqOdGb...

I am wearing the DRK Everyday Cowl -
https://www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/d...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

DRK Spin It to Knit It…Along - Weekender Style - Ravelry Forum:
https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/drear...

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