Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week's Casual Friday podcast has tidbits, plus all the fun things I learned during our guild's annual knitting retreat.

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SHOWNOTES
TIDBIT #1 – HOT WEATHER GARMENTS
instagram.com/reel/DJA0h8cts0R

TIDBIT #2 BICYCLE POWERED SEWING
instagram.com/reel/DJTTG6PsiQP

TIDBIT #3 KNITTING SHEATHS OF THE DALES
youtube.com/watch?v=idgjp4JGP-Y

RETREAT
Technique Tuesday video on Double Pick up: youtu.be/F9uMiVDkuiA

Sock pattern for various types of variegated yarns
Flash Dance by Kerin Dimeler-Laurence ravelry.com/patterns/library/flash-dance

ASSIGNED POOLING
Pattern: Bellini Bubbles by Michele Bernstein aka pdxknitterati: ravelry.com/patterns/library/bellini-bubbles
Yarn: Wonderland Yarns "Mary Ann" yarn base sock/fingering weight 475 yds/4 oz, 85% superwash merino, 15% nylon
Colorway: Colorburst #28 Perfect Parking Spot in a Downpour (Colorburst yarns are available in all their yarn bases)
frabjousfibers.com/shop/hand-dyed-yarns/colorbursts

SHEPHERD'S HARVEST SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL
Mother's Day weekend: shepherdsharvestfestival.org

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Tidbit #1 Hot weather garments
1:06 Tidbit #2 Bicycle powered sewing
2:26 Tidbit #3 Knitting Sticks
4:06 Retreat – a box with a history
18:10 Retreat – swatching
19:45 Retreat – doorprize
25:28 Assigned pooling – finished project
34:20 Shepherd's Harvest

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