Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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In this week's Casual Friday podcast, it's the Minnesota State Fair and all the wondrous knitting; plus updates on two sweater WIPs.

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MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
STABILIZING THE BUTTON HOLE BAND
Sweater pattern: Brooklyn Tweed Bellows, by Michele Wang
Yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Quarry, which I dyed with Dharma Trading acid dye in the color Berry Crush

Other sweaters
Ausable (from Knitty) by Amy Chrisoffers ravelry.com/patterns/library/ausable-3
Yarn: Berocco Catena (a bulky weight chainette yarn)
Ravelry project page for that sweater: ravel.me/Rox/a1

Morning Ramble (gray cabled sweater) from Knit Picks, by Geoffrey Hunnicutt
Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes
Ravelry project page for that sweater: ravel.me/Rox/mrc

DANISH NIGHT SWEATER
Book: Traditional Danish Sweaters by Vivian Høxbro amzn.to/4e6N04X
Pattern is Annie's Sweater by Annie Hansen
Ravelry project page: ravel.me/Rox/as2

Playlist of videos about fixing knitting mistakes (including laddering down a span of stitches, and correcting colorwork with duplicate stitch): youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AZxTfSCe2e3jF5yO0FvcZGnvA-GoPC5

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0:00 Introduction
0:22 State Fair
15:38 Stabilizing Button Hole Band
23:48 Danish Night Sweater WIP

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