Hi friends! I have two co-hosts today: Belle the Bunny and Spencer! I’ll talk toy knitting first–especially Louise Crowther’s Knitted Animal Friends; then Spencer comes on to discuss process vs product making, giving away our makes, and re-homing the prison bus 🙂 I hope you can grab a cup and a few minutes to join us! ~Melissa
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SHOW NOTES
- Belle the Bunny is leaning on a Bags by Awesome Grannie bag 🙂
- Knitted Animal Friends by Louise Crowther
- Knit Your Own Zombie by Fiona Goble
- Spud and Chloe at the Farm by Susan B. Anderson
- Hopi by Linka Neumann
- Chubby Chirps by Rebecca Danger
- Old Crow ArtYarn
- Spencer (and the prison bus) can be found on Metaspencer.com
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Can’t wait to watch. A highlight of my queue. 💕
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aww, thanks! Hoping you’re well!
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I am. I am. 🤪
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Thanks to you, Spencer and Belle for keeping me company on my lunch break! So much fun 😊 I’m trying to decide whether I’m a product or process knitter… I think process juuust has the edge, but it’s close! For the unworn sweaters in your storage bin, have you thought about unravelling them & reusing the yarn? I’m doing that with some of my (questionable) early makes and I’m loving making them into things I’ll actually wear.
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aww, I feel like we were almost there with you, Helen! Great idea about some of the early sweaters . . . I might just need to do that–OR take the time to make the minor adjustments that would make the sweaters wearable!! lol. Hoping you and the Beasties are well!
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Oh yes thanks… We’re enjoying all the extra crafting time 😁 Speaking of, you want to get back into mittens? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/arched-gusset-mittens
You could make these in your sleep! I made mine with a double strand of DK (wool + alpaca blend, yum!) & maybe went down to a 3mm needle to make them extra thick and warm. They’re great for keeping Irish winters at bay, whether they’re enough for Illinois I’ll let you decide!
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