• 15 minutes 4 seconds
    Minisode - Photograph Knits

    This is the first episode in a series of minisodes inspired by topic requests that come from our generous Patreon supporters! Ya'll are the best!

    Juliet asked us to talk about photographing our finished knits. While we're definitely not professional photographers, we've put together some tips that will help you get great shots of your projects so you can proudly share your knits with the fiber community!

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    23 August 2022, 8:00 am
  • 28 minutes 30 seconds
    Rhinebeck Sweaters 2.0

    We're in the depths of a brutal heatwave here in New Hampshire, so we're beating the heat by dreaming of autumn. You know what that means: Rhinebeck Sweaters! (If you're not familiar with Rhinebeck, that's the NY Sheep and Wool Festival.)

    What's on our needles this week:


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    16 August 2022, 8:00 am
  • 28 minutes 45 seconds
    Trust the Process

    Today we're talking about "trusting the process" - by request!

    In our letter we talk about how to adapt knitting techniques for one-handed knitting.

    One-handed knitting resources:


    9 August 2022, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 17 seconds
    Question Roundup

    This week we're answering questions from listeners:

    • Valerie: how to balance knitting gifts for others with knitting for yourself;
    • Sima: What to do when your swatch gauge and your FO gauge just don't line up;
    • Micah: How to organize supplies for lots of different types of crafts;
    • Jordan: What to do when you DON'T SWATCH and your row gauge is off; and
    • Michelle: What aspects of our lives have grown and changed as a result of our knitting

    What’s on your Needles? 


    #MAKEGOODCABLES KAL

    Running through July 31st (THIS SUNDAY!)

    26 July 2022, 8:00 am
  • 29 minutes 52 seconds
    79: Substitute Gauge

    We're talking about substituting yarn weights this week! Gauge, schmage. (You're going to need to swatch.)

    Resources:

    Tin Can Knits: Knitting a Garment at a Different Gauge

    Jacqueline Cieslak: Yarn Substitutions at Different Weights

    Jimmybeans Wool: Knitting Calculator (broad estimates)

    Sister Mountain - How to Estimate Yardage in Knitting Patterns

    What's on our needles this week:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable. We'll be finishing up July 31, but that doesn't mean you need to be done by then - there's still time to join!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

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    19 July 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 26 minutes 24 seconds
    78: Yarn Twist

    This week we're revisiting something that came up during our episode about ply week before last and talking about directional twist in yarn.

    What's on our needles this week:


    Podcasts we like to listen to!

    Jessica:


    Karen:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! We hope you'll join us!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected]

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    12 July 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 51 seconds
    77: Benefits of Knitting

    This week's episode is about the things (in addition to finished objects!) that we get from knitting.

    What's on our needles this week:

    • What’s on your Needles? Oakmoss by Alicia Plummer
    • Tied Knots by Justyna Lorkowska

    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! We hope you'll join us!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected] Please include your pronouns!

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    5 July 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 29 minutes 54 seconds
    76: Ply

    This week's episode is all about ply - it's a deep dive on the construction of yarn!

    Craft Yarn Council Standard Yarn Weight System

    Tutorials:


    What's on our needles this week:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! Casting on June 1. We hope you'll join us!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected]

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    28 June 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 18 seconds
    75: WIPs

    This week we're talking about Works in Progress (sometimes known as WIPs). Sometimes a WIP will become a UFO (UnFinished Object).

    What's on our needles this week:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! Casting on June 1. We hope you'll join us!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected]

    Support make good: a knitting podcast

    21 June 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 33 minutes 21 seconds
    74: Buttons!

    We feel a bit knitting-adjacent this week - we're talking about buttons, and answering a Dear Scratch letter about cozy mysteries!

    ** Alternatives to buttons:**


    Knitting themed cozy mysteries:

    • Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series
    • Sally Goldenbaum - Seaside Knitters Mystery Series
    • Seaside Knitters Society
    • Maggie Sefton: A Knitting Mystery series
    • Allie Pleiter: A Riverbank Knitting Mystery

    Other themes:

    • Alexander McCall Smith: No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
    • Karen Menuhin: Heathcliff Lennox Series
    • Alexia Gordon: Gethsemane Brown Mysteries
    • M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin series

    What's on our needles this week:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! We cast on June 1, and there's definitely still time to join us - we hope you will!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected]

    Support make good: a knitting podcast

    14 June 2022, 12:00 pm
  • 28 minutes 2 seconds
    73: Mosaic Knitting

    We'll be live on YouTube on June 6 at 6pm EST! Click here or go to makegoodpod.com/youtube.

    This week's episode is all about mosaic knitting! In our Dear Scratch letter, we talk about what to do if your gauge is way off only on one particular type of project.

    Tiny Tutorial on Mosaic Knitting from SweetGeorgia Yarns

    Barbara Walker's Mosaic Knitting (1976)

    A few patterns we love that feature mosaic knitting:


    What's on our needles this week:


    Summer Knitalong - CABLES!

    Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! Casting on June 1. We hope you'll join us!
    #makegoodcables (no year, please!)

    Send us your letters! [email protected]

    Merch!

    Support make good: a knitting podcast

    31 May 2022, 12:00 pm
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