Episode 33: Paper Shorts and Bunny Kidnapping

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

Congratulations to our giveaway winner! Lou Nichol  has won a beautiful skein of Hula Hut Yarn in the Magic Unicorn colorway by telling us her ultimate dream knit/project. Please contact Queen Deborah via Ravelry with your contact info.

 

SHOW NOTES

Deborah’s Projects

Reyna Shawl by Noora Laivola

Tilting planet yarn in Cosmic colorway

Glam Shell Shawl by Marisa Hernandez

Yarnbrary Biography Sock in Eat Me.Drink Me. colorway

Deborah Norville Serenity in Surf colorway

Dragon Hoard Yarn in Captain Jack Sparrow colorway

Tennarisukka Socks 

Petals and Picots by Swift Yarns

Custom dyed yarn by Vintage Fairie LLC

Yarnbrary yarns in Romeo colorway

Knitterly Things in Sum-sum-summertime colorway

Turkish Cast On tutorial

China Rose Wrap by Sweet Georgia Yarns

OOAK colorway by Yarnbrary yarns

Yarn Cafe Creations in Barb colorway

 

Emily’s Projects

Reyna Shawl by Noora Laivola

Yarnbrary yarns in Knittin’ Pretty 2018 custom colorway

Chamomile Shawl by Julie Debruex

Hula Hut Maui Sock in Robin Egg, Huckleberry Trifle, and Huckleberry Chuckle

Flower Picot Doily with Aunt Lydia’s crochet thread #10 in White

Aria Socks by Emily Clawson – pattern coming in June.

Hedgehog Fibers Sock in Monarch colorway

Vintage Market Tote bag by The Lavender Chair

Bernat Maker Home Dec in Aqua and Cream colorways

Fat Quarter Fizz Quilt

Arbor Blossom fabric collection by Riley Blake

Yarnbrary yarns in L.M. Montgomery

Bluebird Cardi by Cecily Glowik MacDonald

Yarnbrary yarns Harriet Smith colorway

Elizabeth Shawl by Dee O’Keefe

Yarnbrary yarns in Charles Dickens colorway on Memoir Singles Lace

 

Other Mentions

Back to Eden Gardening Method

A Simpler Home Project Bag

Daisy Girl Designs project bag

Hole in the Wool Yarn 

Yarning Apart 

Yarn Cafe Creations

Friendly Gathering Fiber Arts

Dandelion and Dogwood

 

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Episode 32: Let Me Entertain You

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

Thanks to everyone who entered our MyFirstSocksKAL! Our winner of the giveaway is sissalou on Ravelry. D’vett! We are so excited to send out your yarn and a sock pattern of your choice! Please contact Queen Emily on Ravelry as saltcityknits.

And our winner of our Marly Bird Chic Sheep yarn and Queen Deborah’s Love Entwined Cowl pattern is AngelicEmbers. Nicole! We would love to get that out to you! Please get in contact with Queen Deborah on Ravelry as indigochicken.

NEW GIVEAWAY! Comment on this episode on YouTube with your fantasy project to enter to win our gorgeous giveaway from Hula Hut yarns! This beautiful colorway is called Magic Unicorn and every skein of this colorway sold helps support knitting and crocheting for charity! We’ll announce the winner on our next episode.

SHOW NOTES
Queen Deborah’s Projects

Little Tailoress Yarns in All the Christmas Candy colorway

Skedaddle Sock by Lena Gjerald

Candy Floss Socks by Emily Clawson

Teeny Baby Socks in Knit Picks Stroll Tweed

Reyna Shawl by Noora Laivola

Tilting Planet in Cosmic Cake colorway

Glam Shell Shawl by Marisa Hernandez

Yarnbrary Biography Sock in Eat Me.Drink Me. colorway

Petals and Picots by Swift Yarns

Custom dyed yarn by Vintage Fairie LLC

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Cheshire’s Grin by the Yarnbrary

Love Entwined Cowl by Deborah Raymond

Jane Austen Classic Sock by the Yarnbrary

Scrappy Bias Shawl by Emily Clawson

Chamomile Shawl by Julie Debruex

Hula Hut Maui Sock in Robin Egg, Huckleberry Trifle, and Huckleberry Chuckle

 

Other Mentions

Ami at Little Tailoress – beautiful Liberty print bags! So gorgeous and we love them!

Large, window project bag by Random Fandom Bags. So cute!

Local Yarn Shawl by Casapinka

Knittin’ Pretty Shop

Heart Bag by @youmeandmabel on Instagram

Sherry Iris podcast on YouTube

 

Snippets From the Past

Betty Crocker’s Guide to Easy Entertaining

Grandmother Gray’s Tutti Fruitti Ice Cream

Grandma Child’s Hot Fudge

 

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Grandma Childs’ Hot Fudge

The other recipe we talked about in our Snippets from the Past segment is Grandma Childs’ homemade hot fudge. It’s very simple and delicious, just like everything our Grandma made.

1/2 cup cocoa

1/2 cup butter

1 can evaporated milk

4 cups powdered sugar

Melt butter in saucepan and whisk in cocoa. Add evaporated milk and bring to a simmer. Stir in powdered sugar. Heat and stir until powdered sugar is completely dissolved. Hot Fudge will be quite runny and that’s how we always liked it!

Enjoy!

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Grandmother Gray’s Tutti Fruitti Ice Cream

We shared some of our favorite recipes from our grandmothers. Here is the recipe for Tutti Fruitti Ice Cream from our Grandmother Gray. This recipe assumes you have a large ice cream freezer. We always used the style that takes ice and salt, rather than the smaller self-freezing ice cream freezers.

2 1/2 cups Sugar

6 cups milk

3 teaspoons vanilla

Heat in a saucepan until just warm. Meanwhile, dissolve 4 tablets Junket in a little water. Add Junket to mixture and place in ice cream freezer to set with a little ice and salt around for about five minutes.

Add:

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 can evaporated milk

Juice of 1 lemon

1 can well-drained crushed pineapple

1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Add milk to reach 4 inches from top of freezer canister.

Seal canister and add more ice and layers of salt to create brine and freeze according to instructions of your freezer.

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Episode 31: Miracles Still Happen

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

Check out our Learn to Knit Socks video series. Use the hashtag #myfirstsockskal to share your photos on Instagram!

The winner of our gorgeous beads from Project Lydia as well as the stunning yarn bowl from The Pottery Smiths is Catherine, who is @drewbean on Ravelry. Congratulations!

Deborah is wearing her Scrappy Bias Shawl, pattern by Emily Clawson.

Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the announcement of another giveaway! Or you can find the details HERE in our Ravelry group.

 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

Queen Deborah’s Projects

Egg Swag, eggs crocheted by our lovely friend Marie. Pattern is Egg Swag by Susan Lowman

Pinwheel Scrap Blanket by Mina Phillip

Fond of You by Jenny Wiebe

Red Heart Chic Sheep by Marly Bird in Mimosa Mai Tai colorways.

Vintage hand towel embroidery pattern by Vogart.

Little Tailoress Yarns in All the Christmas Candy colorway

Skedaddle Sock by Lena Gjerald

Candy Floss Socks by Emily Clawson

Dragon Hoard Yarn in Captain Jack Sparrow colorway

Petals and Picots by Swift Yarns

Custom dyed yarn by Vintage Fairie LLC

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Alpha B: Basic Baby Cardigan by KnitPurl

 

Yarnbrary Classic Sock in Just Jane colorway (with extra purple)

Scrumptious Purl self-striping

Piratenwolle (pink yarn)

Yarnbrary Classic Sock in Eat Me. Drink Me.

Sockhead Slouch Hat by Kelly McClure

McMullin Fiber Co in Electric Rainbow colorway

In Threes Baby Cardigan by Kelly Herdrich

Red Heart Chic Sheep by Marly Bird in Sangria colorway

Scrappy Bias Shawl (link above)

Love Entwined Cowl test knit, pattern by Deborah!

Yarnbrary Classic Sock in Jane Austen

A Hundred Ravens Yarn in Pixie Surfer Madness colorway

Blissful Knits mini set

Yarnbrary Classic Sock in Cheshire’s Grin colorway

 

Other Mentions

Southern Sparrow Bags

Little Bitty Delights – Cadbury Creme Egg Charm

Bee Pin from Jooles at Sew Sweet Violet

The Candy Skein in Polar Pop colorway

Vintage Sheets Fat Quarter set by the Little Shabby Shack

 

 

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Episode 30: Holy Cowl!

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

 

 

Show Notes

Queen Deborah’s Projects

Deborah’s Love Entwined Cowl (pattern coming soon)

Sophitisock by MJ Yarns in the Dragons Blood colorway

Deborah Norville Serenity in Surf colorway

Petals and Picots by Swift Yarns

Hula Hut Yarns in  Zombie Cupcake colorway

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Primavera Capelet by Paulina Popiolek

Hooker’s Corner singe ply in Electric Slide colorway

French Toast sweater by Alicia Plummer

Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca in Blush colorway

Alpha B: Basic Baby Cardigan by KnitPurl

Yarnbrary Yarns in Just Jane (more purple version)

McMullin Fiber Co in Electric Rainbow colorway

 

Shared Project

Scrappy Bias Shawl by Emily

mini skeins from Farmer’s Daughter 

 

Other Mentions

Girls in the Yarn Cafe podcast

Dragon Hoard Yarn

Yarn Cafe Creations

Harry Potter project bag by Mini Castle Designs 

Susan B. Anderson String Along Toys

Barrett Wool Co.

Craftsy Cloudborn

Willamette Valley Wool Company

Night Owl Fibers

A Hundred Ravens Yarn

Nutmeg Fibers 

Project Lydia – beads, bags, baskets

Black Wolf Ranch and Fiber

 

Giveaway!

Enter in the Ravelry Group to win a yarn bowl by The Pottery Smiths and the bracelet/necklace set from Project Lydia! 

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Episode 29: Kickin’ up our Heels!

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

 

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Show Notes

Queen Deborah’s Projects

Dawland Hat by Becky Robbins

Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca Hand dyed color 144

Knit Song Yarns in Telegraph Ave colorway

High Hat Thumb Joint Heel in the Fork in the Road Socks pattern by Lara Neel

Yarnbrary Yarns in The Red Room colorway

 

MJ Yarns Sophistisock in Dragon’s Blood colorway

Little Tailoress Yarns in All the Christmas Candy colorway

Skedaddle Sock by Lena Gjerald

Candy Floss Socks by Emily Clawson

Mollie Makes Magazine Rose Cross-stitch pattern

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Fancy Cardi by Joji Locatelli

Malabrigo Sock in Light of Love colorway

French Toast sweater by Alicia Plummer

Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca in Blush colorway

Project bag by Daisy Girl and Co.

Alpha B: Basic Baby Cardigan by KnitPurl

Yarnbrary Yarns in Just Jane (more purple version)

 

Our Heels Selection

Fishlips Kiss Pattern

Short row heel from the Lartha Pattern (on the green socks)

Cat’s Sweet Tomato Heel

KirbyWirby afterthought heel with no waste yarn

 

Other Mentions

Claire Nyah’s YouTube channel

For more information about our First Socks Live Video series, click here to find out how to prepare and all other details. 

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Learn to Knit Socks Live Video Tutorial Series

Update: You can find the entire Learn to Knit Socks series here on YouTube.

Have you wanted to knit socks but never got around to it? Maybe you’re intimidated by knitting the heel. Or maybe you’re just overwhelmed by the sheer number of options out there. Queen Deborah and Queen Emily want to help you get started! While we don’t claim to know everything about knitting socks, we’d love to share our experience and ideas to make getting started easier. This live video series will begin on February 28th and instruct you in using either DPNs (double pointed needles) or magic loop. For more details, please read below and check out the videos on YouTube.

NOTE: this series assumes you already have a basic knowledge of knitting. You should know how to knit and purl and do a long tail cast on.

We will be referring to the How I Make My Socks pattern, by Susan B. Anderson. It is a free pattern.

Video #1: Beginning your sock. Sock fitting, cast on, join in the round, knit the cuff and instructions to knit the leg.

Video #2: How to knit a slip stitch heel flap

Video #3: How to turn the heel, pick up stitches along the heel flap, and knit the gusset decreases.

Video #4: How to determine foot length, and knit a wedge toe.

Video #5: The dreaded, but fun, Kitchener stitcher, weaving in ends, and blocking, vs. not blocking.

What to do before the live video series begins.

Get your fingering weight sock yarn, and needles, and print your pattern. Knit a swatch, making sure your gauge is 8 stitches per inch, before blocking. If you are unsure where to begin, both Emily and Deborah use a 2.25mm needle for their socks, try that first and see if your gauge matches. Then take take your foot measurements according to the chart below.

This is the formula we talk about in our first class to help you determine your cast on number for your socks. You can use this formula for any gauge to knit socks in any weight of yarn.

Here is a chart to help you remember the basic steps of the Kitchener Stitch.

Share your finished socks on Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #MYFIRSTSOCKSKAL, and head over to our Ravelry group to post your finished pair of socks in our finished objects thread to enter our giveaway.

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Episode 28: Beat the Winter Blues

 

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

 

Show Notes

Queen Deborah’s Projects

Knit Song Yarns in Telegraph Ave colorway

MJ Yarns Sophistisock in Dragon’s Blood colorway

High Hat Thumb Joint Heel in the Fork in the Road Socks pattern by Lara Neel

Yarnbrary Yarns in Romeo and Juliet colorways

Emmeline Tee by Little Tailoress

Yarnbrary Secret Garden collection in Clusters of Crocus

Artistic Lilly in Birthday Confetti colorway

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Misty Lily by Gabrielle Danskknit

Harvest by Tin Can Knits

Malabrigo Rios in Whales Road colorway

Scrumptious Purl self-striping

Piratenwolle (pink yarn)

Project bag by Daisy Girl and Co.

French Toast sweater by Alicia Plummer

Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca in Blush colorway

 

Other Mentions

Secret Garden Book by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The best movie version is here.

My favorite audible books is here. 

 

What We’re Wearing

Emily is wearing the Scrappy Bias Shawl by yours truly

Deborah is wearing the Good Vibes Shawl by  Nadia Crétin-Léchenne

Knit in Beach Bum Yarns in Hula Girl colorway

 

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Episode 27: The Yarnbrarian

Contact Us You can find Queen Deborah on Ravelry as IndigoChicken, on Instagram as IndigoChickenDolls, and on Etsy as Indigo Chicken or email her by clicking here.  Queen Emily can be found on Ravelry as SaltCityKnits (new user name!) and on Instagram as SaltCityKnits. Please join us on Ravelry in our group for more discussion, photo sharing, and prizes!

Find Queen Deborah’s gorgeous project bags on Etsy.

Find Queen Emily’s patterns on Ravelry. 

Find Queen Emily’s yarn at The Yarnbrary.

 

Show Notes

Queen Deborah’s Projects

MJ Yarns Sophistisock in Joseph colorway

Knit Song Yarns in Telegraph Ave colorway

Yarn Cafe Creations

Little Tailoress Yarn in All the Christmas Candy colorway

Skedaddle Sock Pattern by Lena Gjerald

Candy Floss Socks by Emily Clawson

MJ Yarns Sophistisock in Dragon’s Blood colorway

Tunic pattern – McCalls M7122

 

 

 

Queen Emily’s Projects

Scrumptious Purl self-striping

Schoppel Wool Jeans Ball in Mueller’s Esel

Scrap Blanket – I follow Dani’s method

Flax Light Sweater by Tin Can Knits (working it like a So Faded Sweater by Andrea Mowry)

Bea and Rose in Summer Breeze colorway

 

Other Mentions

Bea and Rose Podcast

Girls in the Yarn Cafe Podcast

Knit Song Podcast

Yarnhoarder Podcast

MiniCastle Designs – Harry Potter project bag

 

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