Episode 8 - Checks, Socks, and Fish Lips - a podcast by Greg Cohoon and Pam Maher

Episode 8: Checks, Socks, and Fish Lips

In Episode 8, Greg and Joey wonder if people still write checks, talk about socks, and review a book.

Notes

• Podcasts:
  
  
  
  • Knitting Pipeline
  
  
  • The Knitmore Girls
  
  
  • Teaching Your Brain To Knit
  
  
  • Yarn Thing With Marly Bird
  
  
  • Ewe University
  
  
  
  


• Projects:
  
  
  
  • Four-Stitch Ribbing Patterns by Charlene Schurch — Joey is done wit the first sock. (project page)
  
  
  • TINY tea leaves cardi by Melissa LaBarre — Greg finished this cardigan for Blueberry (project page)
  
  
  • Christmas Candy Socks by Lara Neel from her Sock Architecture (affiliate link) book — this is Greg’s “conference call knitting” project (project page)
  
  
  • Dyad Socks, Top Down by Lara Neel from her Sock Architecture (affiliate link) book — This is Greg’s #ChristmasDayCastOn project (project page)
  
  
  • Fireflies Rising Shawlette by Helen Stewart — Greg is halfway done with this project (project page)
  
  
  
  


•  Books:
  
  
  
  • Susan B. Anderson’s Kids’ Knitting Workshop: The Easiest and Most Effective Way to Learn to Knit! (affiliate link) — Greg loves this book and recently reviewed it on is KnittingDaddy.com blog.
  
  
  • Sock Architecture (affiliate link) by Lara Neel — Greg’s favorite sock book.
  
  
  
  


•  Misc:
  
  
  
  • Wachovia Is Now Wells Fargo — this news is so 8 years ago.
  
  
  • Lined Drawstring Bag Tutorial — this is the tutorial Greg used to make a stack of project bags, one of which he gave to Joey.
  
  
  • Red Heart Scrubby Yarn — Great for dishcloths!
  
  
  • Daily Haiku: 2010 (affiliate link) — Greg’s haiku book.
  
  
  • Fish Lips Kiss Heel by Patty-Joy White — Greg and Joey are giving away 10 copies of this pattern. See the thread in the Unraveling Podcast Ravelry group for details.
  
  
  • Knitting With Neko Curved Double Pointed Needles
  
  
  • ChiaoGoo Amish Design Wooden Yarn Swift (affiliate link)
  
  
  • Longmire — Joey recommends this TV show.
  
  
  • Sons of Anarchy — Greg is currently binge-watching this TV show.
  
  
  • Horizontal Herringbone Stitch on NewStitchADay.com: How to Knit the Horizontal Herringbone Stitch
  
  
  • Brioche: How to Knit Set Up Rows for 2 Color Brioche and Brioche Stitch in Two Colors
  
  
  • Waiting For Winter Mittens pattern by Susan B. Anderson
  
  
  • They Might Be Giants
  
  
  • The Health Benefits of Knitting piece from the New York Times — Greg wrote about the health benefits of knitting on his blog last year. In that blog post, he also pointed out a survey that the Craft Yarn Council was conducting. That survey’s still active, and you can go fill it out yourself if you have things to add.
  
  
  • Knit the Bridge – Lindley Park
  
  
  • Additional music for this episode, “The Elevator Bossa Nova,” was provided by bensound.com
  
  
  
  

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