Comment from Turtle
Time: April 16, 2008, 7:55 am

I love the feel of community while participating in a knit a long. I do not have any local friends who knit, to hang out and knit with. There are some local groups i belong to but their get togethers are usually when i am unable to attend, so the internew knit a longs are as close as i get to the real thing! I have a knit wish list so long it is incredible! I really want to knit a lopi/irish cable sweater someday. Either incorporate the two designs or knit each separate. The chance just has not come around nor has the ultimate pattern called to me yet! Yet being the key word. SOmeday soon i do plan to open my work schedule to be able to meet more ladies in our area to craft with, as well as spin with!

Comment from AllyB
Time: April 16, 2008, 10:20 am

Hey Jennifer! Thanks for this podcast it was really interesting. I’ve been fascinated with this book since I saw it on a blog a short while back.

I enjoy the Late Night Yarny Parties at City Knitting (there’s one this Friday btw) and Saturday afternoons there knitting with my new friends. I even had the pleasure of meeting you one Saturday. I’ve also had an opportunity to do a little instruction from time to time. It makes me feel not only creative but useful.

I’ve made socks, hats, scarves and clogs but my achievement of note thus far is my EZ ASJ I keep it in my office at work for when the a/c is too cool.

My short term goal is to learn two color knitting. I have my eye on a cap by the name of We Call Them Pirates that I’d like to make for a co-worker.

Have a great day!

Comment from Kim
Time: April 16, 2008, 5:46 pm

Great podcast! I am just a beginning knitter, but I would love to participate in a knit-along. I find knitting very calming and relaxing, too.

Thanks for the great show!
Kim

Comment from Libby
Time: April 16, 2008, 6:51 pm

I go to a knitting social once a month. It is my only opportunity to be with others who share a passion for knitting. For some reason nobody around me has an interest in learning to knit. (Even though they all want me to make them something.) Except my 3 yr old granddaughter who always has to “knit” when Nana does. I can’t wait until she grows older and we can have our own knit along.

Comment from Sarah
Time: April 16, 2008, 8:36 pm

While I’m no longer a knitter (repetitive stress injury from a computer mouse), I really appreciated this podcast because of the collaboration between Larissa and Martin. My husband and I sew and craft together, and it’s been a wonderful thing since he started over a year ago. I love that Martin learned to knit and understand a bit more about the crafting world for their book…

Comment from Deb
Time: April 16, 2008, 9:07 pm

This was a great Podcast–thank you, Jennifer, Larissa and Martin! My first Knitalong was the Knitting Olympics. I really enjoyed sitting down to watch the Olympics, with my pair of socks on the needles, and knowing that other knitters around the world were joining with me! I would have knit in front of the TV anyway…this just made it more of a fun, community experience.
Now I am awaiting a charity blanket that is being sent from knitter to knitter, also around the world, organized by Meghan of the StitchIt Podcast. This is another creative way to be a part of a “virtual” knitting group/knitalong.
I love the opportunity to join with other knitters via the Web–we are an incredible community!

Comment from Carol
Time: April 17, 2008, 4:48 am

Great show as always! We have an informal knitalong every noon hour at the hospital where I work. We lunch hour knitters look forward to that one hour in the middle of the day to de-stress and re-charge. We’ve knitted blocks for a gifted baby blanket of a co-worker. It is the best part of my day.

Comment from bunnysquirrel
Time: April 18, 2008, 1:53 am

the download link is pointing to episode 75. please fix – i really want to listen to this one!

Comment from Tara
Time: April 18, 2008, 8:23 am

Thank you so much for your timely interview of Larissa and Martin! I participated in the Meathead Hat knitalong while they were in the process of writing the book, and I had such a good time talking with other knitters while we all produced our individual, fun hats. I had no idea that they were going to credit the participants in the book until I heard the interview. How thoughtful! Thanks for the opportunity to hear from the authors! Great interview (as always!).

Comment from Kari
Time: April 18, 2008, 9:40 pm

Thanks for a fab podcast Jennifer. Good luck with your interview-you will have to keep us posted. I have complete faith that you will not only choose a lovely apron to wear, but will come across marvelously!
I am knitting the Last Minute Knitted Gifts baby blanket for myself-it is the biggest project I’ve done so far. It is fun but I think it would be so great to do it with friends. I need to meet more folks who knit. I look forward to checking out the book and wish Larissa and Martin the best in caring for their much loved dog.

Comment from Cindy
Time: April 19, 2008, 10:30 am

I have participated in many Knit-A-Longs virtually. I can’t seem to find the time to actual knit what everyone else is knitting at the same time. I love following the KALs and reading the comments. Hopefully someday, one will really inspire me to quit what I’m doing and join in. Loved the interview!

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Time: April 20, 2008, 7:29 pm

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Comment from Rhiannon
Time: April 20, 2008, 9:25 pm

I’ve never done a knit-a-long project, but I go to a couple stitch groups. I’m looking forward to this book though!

Comment from Rachel
Time: April 21, 2008, 4:10 am

This is a wonderful podcast! Knit-a-longs are the best way to get to know other knitters and make new friends. I’ve moved around several times in the last few years and it’s a great way to meet people in a new city.

Comment from Serenknitity
Time: April 21, 2008, 10:46 am

Hi there, Great episode.

I’ve just knitted 4 inches on a charity baby blanket for the ‘Stitch It!’ podcast group on Ravelry. It was begun in Norway and sent to me in the UK. I then forwarded it to the US. I sent it International Signed For, at a fairly hefty extra cost, because I didn’t want it to get lost. Then I had a week of thinking it had got lost, because I think they track it every step of the way and it slowed it down. The stress! When it finally arrived in Louisiana I was so relieved. I don’t know if I can bear participating in a charity knitalong again any time soon.

Comment from Janelle
Time: April 21, 2008, 11:04 am

My favorite knitalong memory is the one that’s being made right now… a friend and I decided to knit Rogue together at last year’s Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. She bought the yarn there; I acquired some later. We started knitting in January and are over halfway through now. I think we’re knitting it faster because we’re knitting it together, and it’s so great to have someone to ask questions of during the process.

Comment from Happygirl
Time: April 21, 2008, 12:11 pm

Hi Jennifer -

I am really enjoying your podcast – your questions are just exactly what I want to know about other craftpeople.

I’d like to enter to win the Knit Along book, so here goes:

I learned to knit with a group of lovely women who took me in hand and showed me how to knit, purl and most importantly, fix my mitakes. Over the last two years, they’ve continued to answer my questions, show me new techniques, and work on knit-alongs together. They are my knitting community and I feel so fortunate to have met them and to be able to call them my friends.

Thank you for your consideration,
Happygirl in Hesperus, Colorado

Comment from Muse
Time: April 22, 2008, 6:08 am

Hi Jennifer. I just discovered the CraftSanity site and podcasts a couple of weeks ago. (Geeeez – where have I been?…;) Great job! I’m currently addicted to listening to the podcasts as I work, do house chores, and craft. There is so much inspiration to be derived from each interview which I find very energizing. Thank you Jennifer for your dedication and hard work.

I’d also like to enter the draw for the Knit Along book.

I relearned to knit after a more than 20-year absence from the craft thanks to a friend (a very talented knitter and designer) who I first met through my husband back when he and I were dating. This knitter friend eventually started a knitting group where knitters of all levels could get together at her apartment for conversation and craft every fortnight.

Not only did I rediscover the joy and solace found in knitting, I also met many wonderful new friends. I’m an extremely shy person who usually finds even simple social interaction well beyond my comfort zone. However I DO like people and often crave company. Knitting (and crafting) in a group is magical for me because working with my hands helps me to relax, distracting me from my social anxiety. I am free to open up and make connections.

I have yet to work on a collaborative knit along project (I’d love to make some Meathead hats and other winter woollies for charity as group projects!), however my friend and I have extended the concept to other ‘craft along’ joint projects including making elaborate origami-style wedding invitations and mixed media shadow boxes featuring dioramic scenes made from paper cuttings, objects and paint. It’s so satisfying to bring an idea to life that has grown from a common group vision. I deeply value and am grateful for the friendships I have made along the way as I expand and develop my creativity.

Thanks!

Muse in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Comment from Emily
Time: April 22, 2008, 7:17 am

I’ve been excited about the Knitalong book since I saw a posting online for people to share their knitalong experiences a year or three ago. I have no knitalong experience, as I knit solitary and infrequently, but I am a vicarious knitalonger, and thoroughly enjoy seeing others’ knitalong activity on the web! One of my ’08 goals is to gather crafters for knit-etc-alonging; looking forward to it! Thanks for all you do to educate and entertain us crafters! Your podcasts take me through uninteresting work chores outside, and I love it!

Comment from Heather
Time: April 23, 2008, 9:55 am

Two coworkers and I worked on the Caps to the Capital Campaign and it was fun to see all of the different hats made by our little group. My competative nature came out as well but the real winners were all of the bitty babies receiving the hats. Our group sent off more than 50 hats!

Comment from Rose
Time: April 23, 2008, 10:02 am

I saw the book at Barnes and Noble and look forward to adding it to my knitting library. I like several of the projects and the history of the knitalong is really interesting reading.

Comment from Carol Kamin
Time: April 23, 2008, 12:16 pm

The most exciting knitalong I took part in was a lace shawl (which I never finished) and had over 6000 people around the world in the online knitalong. It was an incredible cultural experience with volunteers from several countries who translated the English version into their primary language.

Comment from anne
Time: April 25, 2008, 3:40 pm

During the summers many years ago my mother taught me to knit. These memories are the happiest and loveliest. We would sit together and talk, knit quietly side-by-side and discuss anything and everything. I miss knitting and I miss my mother very much. Those days were wonderful and n othing can ever take their place.

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Comment from breezily
Time: April 26, 2008, 12:15 pm

I very much enjoyed listening to that podcast.

I was going to say that I had never knitted with others. Then I thought about my blanket made from knitted squares. It will be over 40 years old now, and I still have it. I knitted some of the squares myself, I was quite young and am pretty sure that the knitting was done in the company of my mother and sister.

I think I might enjoy an online knitalong …

Comment from Sarah Doty
Time: April 26, 2008, 4:58 pm

For the last several years I have made a red scarf for the orphans group to give to college age orphans for Valentine’s. I guess that’s considered a knit along. http://orphan.org/index.php?id=40 I do enjoy making things for others to donate to others in need. I really enjoyed the podcast and wish I could work with my husband, too. We haven’t figured out anything we could do together. He’s in graphics and I teach elementary school. Any ideas would be welcome. lol

Comment from Joyce
Time: April 26, 2008, 6:13 pm

I enjoy listening to your podcasts, I feel I’ve learned a lot listening to them.

My mother & aunts used to knit when they got together when I was young, latter on I joined them making mittens, hats, & scarves for my younger sisters & brothers.

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Time: October 18, 2009, 12:12 am

[...] Oh, and on a crafty note, Abby got some very nice compliments on the “Meathead” hat she wore during the race. I LOVE this hat pattern and plan to whip up some more for Christmas. You can download the pattern (along with several other great projects) from Melanie Falick’s craft blog. The hat pattern is from the “Knitalong” book by Larrisa and Martin John Brown, my guests on podcast episode 76. [...]