She-Knits Podcast: The Knitting Circle
Listen to Sharon talk about balancing her constant hunger to knit and design more while keeping things afloat in her BIG family life.
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Thursday, Oct 25, 2007
#23 What balance? www.she-knitspodcast.blogspot.com
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Sharon,
I enjoy listening to your podcast when I am knitting. I do agree with your comments about the shawl and still want to knit one. But, as you said, I have never seen anyone wearing a shawl. I would wear one as a scarf with my leather coat or winter coat, either to work or for a more "dressed-up" occasion. Th
The other comment is in refernce to "BFL". BFL refers to Blue Faced Leicester, a breed of sheep that produces wool for yarn. Lots of hand spinners like it for spinning. It has a sort of sheen to it, but not quite as soft as a merino.
Thanks for all your hard work producing a podcast for us qwho listen as we knit. Especially those of us who have very few knitting friends.
Hello. I like your enthusiasm. You're enthusiastic even as you put down socks, expensive bulky yarn, etc. I enjoy your podcast. If you don't like tiny needles, why not knit socks on worsted weight yarn? I had to learn on my own. Lessons were expensive and unhelpful and confusing. Anyway, I found sockknitters 101 on the internet. You can do a knitalong project or print out their step-by-step lessons and do it at your own pace. I wanted to learn on cheap yarn, so I found a bell lace pattern using wool-ease. Fast and you can see your mistakes almost immediately, unlike on 0s or 1s. There are other worsted weight socks on line. If you'd like, I could send you some links. These are fast and, therefore, perfect for 5-year-olds or other little and not-so-little kids, who want it NOW. Also, wool-ease and cotton-ease is great for kids who poke through toes on socks quickly.
Hope this helps.
I think laceweight shawls are dressier and therefore less wearable for the average American woman who is usually in casual clothes. However, I made a Clementine Shawlette from the summer (spring?) issue of Interweave Knits and I have worn it quite a bit. It's done in DK weight, so it isn't as delicate. It's smaller in size, compared to most shawls, which also makes it more wearable, for some reason. I originally made it to go over a sleeveless summer dress but I've also just worn it with a t-shirt and jeans, like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldiegirl/623587169/
Enjoyed the podcast - thanks!!
I didn't mean to leave an anonymous comment!
Deborah
You really touched a nerve talking about financial independence... I haven't worked for 4 years now, since I got laid off from IBM. I know I wouldn't get hired back into a similar position since I don't have an MBA. I don't want to work at a corporate job anyway, not while I have kids at home. So, now my kids are both at school all day (they are 5 and 6) I work very part time as a preschool assistant! earning less than minimum wage (basically to reduce my kids' tuition.) What the hell would I do if my husband and I split up? I shudder to think. I feel unemployable. So I need to start a business like you, at least get used to the whole setup - and hopefully stumble on a profitable idea! at the very least it will look good on my resume when I apply for a job at Blockbuster :-)
Thanks for your podcast, so much. I love how you're a bit of a lurker, the very first one I listened to you were hiding in your car, not mingling with the other camp parents - hey I would do that too!
I don't have a blog or really any presence on Ravelry - one day I'll get organized. But I'm an enthusiastic knitter (I used to say obsessed but I like enthusiastic better) and listener to podcasts.
thank you thank you thank you.
PS I just listened to the part about the shawls! I knit a shawl, the one from Greetings From The Knit Cafe - it's a wide plain stockinette triangle shawl, knit on larger than usual needles, in a soft rust color out of Blue Sky 100% baby alpaca Melange, and I LOVE wearing it. I put it around my shoulders and wrap the ends around my middle and tie it under behind, or it's just long enough to bring the ends right round and tie in front. Toasty warm. I wear it with jeans and boots. As it gets colder here in NY I wear my black insulated vest or my dark brown down jacket under it, and wear it more like a scarf. Plus everybody gets shawl envy when they see it. Seriously. It rocks. It's my favorite garment that I have knit. Also it's quite common to see me around the house with my shawl/pj combo!