Knitting On The Run

Episode 51 – 11/8/18 – Craft Fair Season

FOs, Wips, Spinning, Out and About, On the Run and Be a Helper 3 – I need your feedback

FOs

3 Fun Fur Hats

2 Doll sweaters

5 doll hats – these are all knit on US 10 needles so they knit up very quickly

1 kippah, pattern by PAKnitWit, with all proceeds going to Tree of Life Synogogue which was attacked last week and 11 members were murdered by a white nationalist. On Ravelry, some folks are collecting hand-made kippot to give to the Tree of Life community, so that is where I will send mine.

Wips

2nd Kippah, same pattern

Another Fun Fur hat

Rhinebeck Shawl – the Changing Staircases made with the yarn I just bought at Rhinebeck

Spinning

I’ve actually spun recently! Not much, but a little. I’m working on a cotton sliver from Hipstrings in the Recurrent Theme colorway which is dark jewel tones of blue, aqua, green, purple and burgundy. It’ll be gorgeous!

Out and About

I worked the Nauset Craft Fair last weekend held at the Nauset Middle School in Orleans, Cape Cod, MA. It was my first time there and I had a good time. Despite a huge storm in the morning with biblical-type rain and wind, people came out to support the vendors. My shoes were soaked unloading my car in the morning, starting around 8am. I had spare clothes, but no spare shows with me, so my feet were soaked until I got home at 6:30 that night!

On The Run

I want to talk today about the myth that running is bad for your knees. Yes you heard me, the myth.

Multiple studies including one released in 2016 from Brigham Young University and published European Journal of Applied Physiology can help us understand this.

Be a Helper 3 – I need your feedback

Here are my thoughts – I can’t run a craft-along that ends in August, my family’s schedule is nuts and we’ll have family visiting from overseas next August so it’ll just be bonker balls. The first Be A Helper was during the winter. More people seem to knit in the winter anyways, so I’m thinking of moving it back to winter. What do you all think? Should we run it in conjunction with the holiday season so people who like to knit for charity during Hannukah and Christmas can participate? Or after the holiday season so gift knitters can participate? Or maybe start in December and end in February to give everyone more flexibility?

Let me know what you think.

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