From visible mending to stashbuster projects, friendship bracelets to bunny nuggest, this week's episode is full of ideas for how to use up the little bits of yarn that survive a project. (Assuming you didn't lose yarn chicken, that is!) Aunt Bethany & her knitting * Punch needle * Colorwork! * Embroidery * Pom Poms * Stripes! No one can stop you. Stripes. * Shoelaces and icords and drawstrings - you'll need a [Lucet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucet) *Friendship bracelets * M...
Dec 07, 2021•29 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast This week we're answering questions! Picking out woven-in ends, the ethics of double-dipping in knitalongs (go for it!), does it count as handmade if you use a knitting machine?, and how to achieve a good fit as a new sweater knitter. Swanky Emu Knits What's on our needles this week: Ursa Canis designed by Jacqueline Cieslak Vanilla is the New Black designed by Anneh Fletcher The Make Good Socks knitalong is going until the end of December! Tag #makegoodsocks on instagram to enter. We...
Nov 30, 2021•20 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Picking up stitches allows you to knit multi-directional fabric, button bands, heel-flap socks, and so many more things! Here are a few helpful links to videos that will show you how to pick up your stitches. Vertical Stitches How to Pick Up Stitches for a Button Band or a Collar from Cocoknits Picking Up Stitches Along a Vertical Edge Tutorial from Purl Soho Horizontal Stitches Picking Up Sts Along a Finished Edge from Roxanne Richardson Picking Up Stitches Along a Horizontal Edge Tutorial from...
Nov 23, 2021•41 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast It's a sock knitting vocabulary quiz (hint: 10 points for already knowing something, 10 points for learning something new. Everyone wins!) Our Dear Scratch letter this week is about choosing sweater patterns as a new sweater knitter. Left-hand dominant Ravelry knit & crochet group: On the Other Hand Vocabulary terms you might encounter when you're knitting socks! Cuff - the very top of your socks that hugs your ankle or at some point on your leg Leg - the “body” of your sock above yo...
Nov 16, 2021•44 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast No pressure. NO PRESSURE. But maybe you want to make some things for people this holiday season, and we have a few ideas. Some suggested patterns mentioned in this week's episode: Hats Porty Hat by Ysolda Teague Garter Snake Hat by Lavanya Patricella Rhett by Meghan Babin Cowls An Elastic Product by Karida Collins Sunset Mesa Cowl by Jennifer Berg Gabby Love Cowl by Louis Boria Mittens & Socks The World’s Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits Green Mountain Mitts by Fatimah Hinds For Joy and...
Nov 09, 2021•35 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Lots of tutorials with different styles! Continental Style (picking) (also called German, European): Video: How to Knit Continental * Norwegian Purl * : Video: How to Norwegian Purl English Style (throwing) (also called American): Video: How to Knit English Style Flicking (lever knitting) (also called Peruvian, Catholic, Australian, Irish Cottage): Video: How to Lever Knit Combination : Video: How to Combination Knit Portuguese (Incan, Andean or Turkish - practiced all over the world): Video: Ho...
Nov 02, 2021•34 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Our shopping haul from the weeknd: Designs by Yasmen: store | Instagram Woodsy and Wild: store | Instagram Woolens and Nosh: store | Instagram Queen City Yarn: store | Instagram The Shetland Trader, Book Three by Gudrun Johnston Craeft by Alexander Langlands madder root: store | Instagram Sawkill Farm: store | Instagram Dutchess County Fairgrounds I lowkey think Jessica invented the dickey thing. I can't find it on Ravelry. Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Oh hey, we hav...
Oct 26, 2021•41 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Junction Fiber Mill website Instagram: @junctionfibermill Savage Hart Farm (Peggy's farm!) What's on our needles: Belfast Cardigan by Véronik Avery Zipper Sweate r by PetitKnit Upcoming: Indie Untangled Handmade Swap Check out the details here Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Oh hey, we have a Patreon now! Check it out ! Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Oct 12, 2021•44 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast A helpful YouTube video about the GOTS-certified organic process Non-toxic EXP finishing diagram What's on our needles this week: Cladonia designed by Catherine Clarke Upcoming: Indie Untangled Handmade Swap Check out the details here Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Oh hey, we have a Patreon now! Check it out ! Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Oct 05, 2021•44 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast This week is all about someday wishlists. Karen's dream projects: Celestarium by Audry Nicklin A brioche sweater Cinnabar by Andrea Mowry Something with the Roosimine technique (like these patterns by Aleks Byrd) Beekeepers Quilt by Tiny Owl Knits STEEKING. Here's the sweater I failed at Jessica's dream projects: Lara Jacket by Shiny Superhero A hap! The Book of Haps by Kate Davies One pair of socks every month What's on our needles this week: Cladonia designed by Catherine Clark...
Sep 28, 2021•34 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Tutorials that might help you fix a few specific mistakes: Dropped Stitch tutorial by Cocoknits Fixing a Miscrossed Cable video tutorial by Purl Hunter Dropping back & Duplicate Stitch tutorial by Stephanie McFee (aka the Yarn Harlot) What's on our needles this week: Julie Asselin Bouclé Cladonia designed by Catherine Clarke Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Oh hey, we have a Patreon now! Check it out ! Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Sep 21, 2021•36 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Here's the spinny colorwork thing I was talking about! From a painting by Ambrogio Lorenzetti of Siena, ca. 1345. Do you want to get your hands on your very own copy of A History of Hand Knitting by Richard Rutt? You can follow this link to Indiebound and source one from an independent bookseller! What's on our needles this week: Cladonia designed by Catherine Clarke Indie Untangled Scholarship Fill out the scholarship application for yourself, or you can nominate someone else! Applicati...
Sep 14, 2021•29 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Webbing Clothes Moths Some tools you might want to have on hand: Soak Eco Wash Bag Soak Wool Wash Cocoknits Sweater Care Kit Oxo Good Grips Folding Sweater Drying Rack Gleener What's on our needles this week: Jessica: Nothing! What even. Fake. Karen: Cladonia designed by Catherine Clarke Our Scratch Supply Co. 5th birthday will be happening September 17-19. Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Oh hey, we have a Patreon now! Check it out ! Support make good: a knitting podcas...
Sep 07, 2021•33 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Patterns we talked about in this episode: The Weekender designed by Andrea Mowry Tomás Pullover designed by Joji Locatelli Roosimine Knitting! That's the Estonian colorwork technique I couldn't remember the name of. Here's some more information from Alekx Byrd. It looks like this! What's on our needles this week: Everywhere Bags by Homebody Fibers @homebodyfibers Cladonia designed by Catherine Clarke make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! Keep an eye on our instagram - the ...
Aug 31, 2021•36 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast ### Indie Untangled Giveaway Details Support make good: a knitting podcast Links: Indie Untangled Ticket Giveaway — Indie Untangled 2021 will be taking place both virtually and in-person. We're really excited to be one of this year's sponsors. Of course we'll be very excited to be there, but it just wouldn't be the same without YOU, our fiber community. As part of our sponsorship, we have the chance to give away 5 tickets to the in-person event so we can share the experience!...
Aug 24, 2021•34 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast This week we chat about the knitting that happens when everything feels overwhelming. We've got suggestions for projects that will carry you through whatever is bringing you down. Patterns: Crystal Star Wrap by Jen Peck Cinnabar by Andrea Mowry Any sock pattern Dishcloths (and towels, etc!) Baby sweaters What's on our needles this week: Gresham Wrap designed by Michael Vloedman make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! There are only two weeks left, but that's plenty of time to jo...
Aug 17, 2021•27 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast One of the few types of knitting (along with hats, scarves, shawls, and mittens... I'm primarily a sweater knitter, okay?) you can do without a pattern! Great Sock Resource: The Knitter’s Book of Socks by Clara Parkes Patterns: Little Squirrel by TinCanKnits - worsted weight top down house - great house socks! Vanilla Is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher - top down ribbed increase heel Now and Next Sock by Marceline Smith - top down, unique toe closure with no Kitchener What's on our needl...
Aug 10, 2021•43 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast Where to find Swanky Emu Knits (Sarah Krentz) online: Swanky Emu Knits @swankyemuknits on Instagram What's on our needles this week: Outline tank by Jessie Mae make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! Make any Jessie Mae pattern that strikes your fancy! End date August 31 Participate by making something you love and tagging us #makegoodmaedalong Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Aug 03, 2021•33 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast It's the time of year when we start to think about apple cider donuts in the crisp fall air of upstate New York. @Squidney - Sydney Crabaugh @tentacularly - Jenzilla YarnSub.com The Rhinebeck Sweater Lookbook make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! Make any Jessie Mae pattern that strikes your fancy! End date August 31 Participate by making something you love and tagging us #makegoodmaedalong Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Jul 27, 2021•31 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast We're back! We missed you! Techniques we talked about this week: Backward loop cast on - tutorial by Cocoknits Knitted cast on - tutorial by Tin Can Knits Cable cast on - tutorial by Purl Soho Long Tail cast on - tutorial by Brooklyn Tweed Old Norwegian (aka German Twisted) cast on - tutorial by Very Pink Knits Provisional cast on - tutorial by Purl Soho Tubular cast on - tutorial by Andrea Mowry Jeny's surprisingly stretchy cast on - tutorial by Jeny Staiman I-cord cast on - tutorial by...
Jul 20, 2021•47 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Resources we mentioned this episode: Trello Workflowy Merchant and Mills Maker's Journal MyBodyModel Some designers you might want to follow who show you different ways to style your knits Annie Lupton - @bohochicfiberco Maxim Cyr - @maxtheknitter Andrea Mowry - @dreareneeknits Denise Bayron - @bayronhandmade Isabell Kraemer - @lilalu72 Romi Hill - @romidesigns make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! Make any Jessie Mae pattern that strikes your fancy! End date August 31 Participate by ...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Instagram accounts for dyers we talk about this week: Alwan Sultan Fiber - @alwansultan Ken Yan - @isthatkenyarn Urban Girl Yarn - @urbangirlyarns Whimzee Stitches - @whimzeestitches Neighborhood Fiber Co. - @neighborhoodfiberco Plied Yarn Co - @pliedyarnco Cabin Boy Knits - @cabinboyknits KnittinBro - @knittinbro Toil & Trouble - @toiltrouble Junkyarn - @wraybot Purl Scout Yarns - @purlscoutyarns M3 Yarn - @emtothethird A Verb for Keeping Warm - @avfkw A Hundred Ravens - @ahundredravens Sun...
Jun 29, 2021•37 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Instagram accounts for designers we talk about this week: Ana Campos - @circlestitches Malia Mae Joseph - @maliamaejoseph ash alberg - @sunflowerknit Michael Green - @mdgreen85 Fatimah Hinds - @disturbingthefleece Corrado Lark - @corradolark Francois Danoy - @arohaknits Maxim Cyr - @maxtheknitter Sarah K - @swankyemuknits Tommy Schafer - @edible_chrome Louis Boria - @brooklynboyknits James N. Watts - @jamesnwatts make good Summer KAL: The Jessie Maed-along! Make any Jessie Mae pattern that strik...
Jun 22, 2021•34 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast You know, all those on-purpose holes in your knitting! Patterns we mentioned in this episode: Drift Sweater by Kristen Finlay April Springtide by Angela Tong Celia and the Moon by Lavanya Patricella Snowfall by Francoise Danoy (side note - we just learned that we've been totally butchering the pronunciation of her name! We'll correct ourselves in next week's recording.) Open Edge Tee by Jessie Maed Designs Moon Link Cowl by Tif Neilan Mile Forward by Mara Licole What's on our nee...
Jun 15, 2021•37 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast We're reopening the shop for in-store shopping (hooray!), so we're doing a minisode this week! New yarn in the shop! SweetGeorgia Yarns Merino Silk Lace Shirley Brian Yarns Soko Sock Sets Festivals! Squam - Instagram @squamlove Rhinebeck (ie. New York Sheep and Wool) Vogue Knitting Live! - Instagram @vogueknitlive Support make good: a knitting podcast...
Jun 08, 2021•32 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast You need a project bag because otherwise your knitting gets out of control! Large Bags Artifact Bags - Knitters Totes Ritual Dyes - Knitter's Backpack Medium Bags Magner Co. - Knitty Gritty Project Bag Casey + his amazing dog Cocoknits - Kraft Caddy Cocoknits - Four Corners Bag Small Bags adKnits - Drawstring bags Shirley Brian Yarns - Kitchener-Saurus Rex Bag Blue Sky Fibers - Drawstring Bags Notions Pouches Ritual Dyes - Moon Pouch Cocoknit Accessory Roll - Kraft and Gray Uta Notions Clutc...
Jun 01, 2021•38 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Our blog post about Indie Spotlight designers is here . Single skein patterns we mentioned this episode: Provenance Mitts by Michael Green (this one is cheating a little because it's for two single skeins!) Sankofa Cowl by Michael Green Charlize shawl by Vanessa Smith Emberly hat by Vanessa Smith Kingdrape shawl by Corrado Lark Scrappy Plied Two-Night Stand hat by Corrado Lark Glass Ceiling Hat by Jennifer Lassonde Tan House Brook Shawl by Jennifer Lassonde Designer Instagrams Michael Green ...
May 25, 2021•38 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast RadioLab episode about color - Colors Stephen West on Instagram: @westknits Either way, great progress for bébé. What's on our needles this week? Barnhardt , designed by Norah Gaughan Sorrel soiree! Sunday, March 30, 10am-noon (if you're local) or all day on Instagram! makegoodsorrel Support make good: a knitting podcast...
May 18, 2021•36 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Marling is both a technique you can do in your knitting, and a type of yarn. Patterns we mentioned in this episode: Roy G. Biv , designed by by Park Williams Penguono , designed by Stephen West Magic Knot Tutorial Yarn we mentioned this week: Spincycle Yarns Dream State Spincycle Yarns Versus Brooklyn Tweed Shelter Brooklyn Tweed Loft Plied Support make good: a knitting podcast...
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