Episodes
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
77- Total Lack of Focus
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Episode 77
Segments include WIPs, spinning, Learn Something New, On The Run
Hi everyone, how are you surviving? It’s starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day (the movie) at our house.
Wips
South Woods – I’m continuing to work on the body in stockinette. This has been my go-to knitting while the boys are home schooling. I’m about to 14 inches from the bottom of the folded hem. I need at least one more inch, maybe two.
Sassy Wrapitude – Part of the Wrapitude collection by Megan Williams, got the pattern free from attending Into the Wool. Cast on with yellow CoBaSi by Hikoo and bamboo/cotton blend from Great Adirondack Yarn that I bought at Rhinebeck. I’m on the 3rd section, which is garter ridges.
Ozone Sweater – still swatching for the Colorful Sweater Ozone by Concept Creative – more on this later.
Star Wars Scarf – doubleknit scarf that will be a Christmas gift for Thing 1, who will be 9 by that point. He’s going to love it! So far I’ve knit the rebel icon, a lightsaber, tauntauns, a large X-ray and just started to knit blasters.
Earth Rise – new design I’m working on, inspired by the famous photo the Apollo astronauts took the first time they came around the dark side of the room and saw the Earth rising up above the moon’s surface. For some reason, this one is bringing me a lot of peace right now.
Ear savers/mask buddies – I crocheted a few dozen ear savers for my friends who are doctors/nurses/essential personnel who now have to wear masks all day and the elastics are hurting their ears. You wear it on the back of your head and hook the mask elastic on the buttons instead of your ears. I’ve got about 10 left to sew buttons on.
Ankle Socks – socks I started in FL and worked on cruise. Working now in you hear needles
Laceweight Boxy – worked 3 rows this morning
Spinning
I did get a little spinning time in this last week. I’m probably 1/3 of the way through the 2nd malachite green portion.
Learn Something New
I am continuing to get better at crochet. I’ve been practicing the circles for the Ozone pattern.
On the Run
No running, knee isn’t that good yet, but I took a ballet class online earlier this week. And tweaked my back. Doh!
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
76 - Exercise in Isolation
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Episode 76 – 4/1/20
Segment this week include Happy Podiversary, Be A Helper Craftalong, Wips, Learn Something New, Exercise in Isolation
Happy anniversary to Knitting On The Run podcast! In all the recent craziness, I forgot that last week was my podiversary! Three years down, hopefully many more to go!
Be a Helper Craftalong
4th Be A Helper Craft-a-long is ongoing! We keep the rules simple.
- Anything you make for any charity counts, doesn’t have to be knit/crochet/woven or spun. ANYthing you make for ANY charity.
- One FO per photo in the FO thread
- Donating blood counts too - post a photo of your bandaid or of you drinking OJ afterwards, something like that.
- FO Thread closes when I wake up April 1st.
- Wips are welcome
Prizes Today:
- 1 skein of Sock Yarn from A Great Yarn in Chatham, MA dyed exclusively for them by Hauteknits in the Finest Hours colorway, 75% merino, 25% nylon
• 1 25g skein of Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock plus a mini skein of handspun
Posts 2-34 were up through March 31st
Wips
South Woods – I’m continuing to work on the body in stockinette. This has been my go-to knitting while the boys are home schooling. I think I’m up to 6 or 7 inches, haven’t measured officially.
Ankle socks – a few more rows, still getting close to the 1st heal
Sassy Wrapitude – cast on for the Sassy Wrap by Megan Williams, got the pattern free from attending Into the Wool. Cast on with yellow CoBaSi by Hikoo and bamboo/cotton blend from Great Adirondack Yarn that I bought at Rhinebeck.
Ozone – swatching for the Colorful Sweater Ozone by Concept Creative – more on this later.
New shawl, can’t say much yet. Yeah I have cast-on-it is
Learn Something New
About that ozone sweater I mentioned – it’s crochet not knitting!
Exercise in Isolation
I haven’t been great in terms of keeping up with exercise this week. I did something to my wrist so I’ve been taking it easy, but I wanted to go over what we’d been doing up until that point and what my kids are still doing.
Cosmic Kids Yoga – we started this the first day of school at home, even before we got official school work. I did Cosmic Kids with my oldest when Thing 2 was born and I was so excited to find that she has kept releasing videos these last 4 years.
Karate – my boys take karate and their dojo has been sending out videos for the kids to do at home. Our dojo hasn’t made them public but several have – if your kids want to try just search google or youtube and you’ll find some.
Running around – at recess I kick the boys outide and give them a time when they can come back in. That gives me a few minutes alone without them and also gives them exercise as they usually run around outside.
Gardening – I like to grow food and gardening is definitely exercise!
Dance – I’ve done a few dance videos I’ve found online. I love Broadway musicals and several cast members have been recording video at home, workouts set to the music of their shows, and some are a lot of fun! I’ve also taken a ballet class or two.
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
63 - All The Shawls
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
Saturday Jun 22, 2019
It’s good to be back! Thank you for your patience!
Pattern Release
My Only Goal Is Just To Be Shawl, inspired by the musical Rent. Rent came out when I was 15 and had a huge influence on me. It taught me the value of not just surviving but of truly living even through the most difficult times. Few of us control where our life takes us. Indeed, the threads of our lives often go in unexpected directions – ups and downs, maybe even sideways or along an unexpected diagonal. Inspired by lyrics from the song “No Day But Today” from the musical Rent, this shawl lets you show your story. The shawl is knit in the main color first using an easy-to-memorize lace pattern, then the thread of your life is wound through the lace in a contrasting color, showing your story.
Use code PODCAST19 to get 25% off at checkout on Ravelry.
Out Tonight Top
FOs
3 preemie hats in a variety of sizes. Working on the larger, almost full term ones mostly
New shawl, doesn’t have a name yet, inspired by the fog rolling in off the ocean in my grandmother’s village. It’s a 6-mile long thin peninsula, so the fog there is EPIC
WIPS
Preemie hat – full term size
Preemie hat – 36 weeks preemie size
New shawl pattern, based on being out in the open ocean.
Another Rent shawl, this one incorporating cables and garter stitch.
Hitchhiker Shawl by Martina Behm. This is my travel knitting for when we go somewhere and I’m not sure they’ll allow knitting needles. I use detachable wooden tips, which are far less scary than my normal steel-tipped Karbonz needles lol
Knitting Fail
Watched So You Think You Can Dance a bit too closely and screwed up my own pattern
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
59 - Monty Python Illness
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Thursday Feb 21, 2019
Episode 59 - Monty Python Illness - Knitting and running in 30 min or less
Hello! Yes, I am still alive! My house has been incredibly ill since Christmas. Nothing particularly serious, but at least one person in our house has been sick since Christmas – unfortunately, that counted me over the last 4 weeks. I’ve had 2 viruses and strep throat. Fun times! Thanks kids.
No pod-faded, I’m back
Be A Helper KAL
Extended to Feb 28
Racism in knitting
We have work to do. You are welcome here. My 1 rule is be kind to others.
FOs
3 preemie hats, 2 from CC Almon’s free pattern, 1 from Sarah Jordan’s Itty Bitty Kitty
Sample for new pattern, a sleeveless top in sizes 34”-52” currently at tech editor. Worked in DK, will be looking for test knitters soon
Wips
2 more preemie hats, 1 from each pattern mentioned earlier
Changing Staircases shawl
New socks for me
On the Run
Not much running, but some walking and a little swimming. Record in the pool is ½ mile, but after illness I dropped back to ¼ mile and swam 1/3 mile today. Slowly ans steadily getting back up there.
Fitness
Debating doing a local triathalon in June.
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
52-Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Episode 52 – 11/15/18 - Happy Thanksgiving
FOs
2 kippot, 1 from handspun –more on that in a minute
5 dishcloths
5 Christmas ornaments
1 kid’s hat
1st sock from Thing 2’s Christmas socks
Wips
1 handspun kippah, yarn from Hipstrings Cotton Club. This finally occurred to me after making 2 other kippot, that I had beautiful handspun yarn made with fiber dyed in Pittsburgh, so I knew I had to make some kippot with this yarn. I tweaked Sarah Jordan’s To Life pattern to work with sport-weight yarn and it works perfectly.
Changing Staircases shawl in 50/50 cotton/bamboo blend from Great Adirondack Yarn in the Hydrangea colorway blue, turquoise and purple
Mom’s Christmas socks, knit in Plymouth Yarn Diversity in the Stormy Sky colorway, medium blue with areas of grey, light blue and khaki
2 Christmas ornaments in progress
Knitting Talk
Current & upcoming knitalongs that I'm participating in
Down Cellar Studio Pigskin Party
Knitmore Girl’s Grinchalong
Indie Designer Gift-a-long sale starts Nov 23 at 8pm Eastern and ends Nov 29 at 11:59opm Eastern
Out and About
In Tyngsboro, MA for the annual Greater Lowell Technical School craft fair. If you happen to be north of Boston on Sunday the 17th come say hello!
On December 1st, craft fair at Norwood Adult Day Health Center
On December 8th, 31st Annual Framingham Auxiliary Police Craft Fair
No show next week - Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
49- Help Me Choose A Shawl
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Episode 49 – 10/17/18 - Knitting and running in 30 min or less
Wips
Thing 2’s Christmas Socks - in Plymouth Yarns DIversity in the Pizazz colorway
Mom’s Christmas Socks - in Plymouth Yarns DIversity in the Stormy Skies colorway
Pattern Stalking
Asked last week about a Gray Shawl, especially something that would work with gray gradients. Heard from several people
Influence Shawl by Kelene Kinnersly, off-center triangle, kind of thin, mostly garter st with an eyelet lace edging.
Tea House Brooke Shawl by Jennifer Lassonde, aka BostonJen, triangular shawl starting with stockinette and working through different simple textures to keep it interesting
Curious Collective 2014 by Curious Handmade, aka Helen Stewart, half-circle shawl alternative garter st and lace
Crossflower Shawl by Katinka Designs, new larger version for gradients. Garter st and lace columns, large off-center triangle
Ilumine by Num Teasdale – gorgeous lace, but not sure I have the brain power for it just now
Wearables
Mommy’s Tunic – I wore my sample out of Be Sweet Bamboo fibers and promptly spilled something down the front. I think I wore it for 2 hours total. Soaked and washed it, it’s fine. Still kicking myself.
Linen Butterflies – the ¾ sleeve version
Addition By Subtraction Shawl – an mkal pattern by TryStitchual Designs
Changing Staircases in FIber Lady's Mousou bamboo yarn
On the Run
I ran a 5k! All 4 of us ran a race :)
Out and About
Rhinebeck on Saturday! I'm on the Webs Bus.
Orleans, Cape Cod craft fair, Nov 3
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
37: The One With No Knitting
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
Episode 37 - 4/27/18 – The One With No Knitting
As you may have guessed from the title this week, I have no knitting to talk about! I went to the doctor just after the last recording and I got good news and bad news. The good news: I do NOT have arthritis. The bad news? No knitting for two weeks. It has been a rather frustrating few weeks but I have not cheated, not even once. I’ve done some spindling and I taught myself to drop-spindle ply with my other hand, which helped. I’ve also picked up some old cross stitch projects, and I’ll talk about all that in Wips. Also, I should add that knitting is my stress relief so Mama’s been a little on edge the last two weeks but by some miracle I have not throttled or defenestrated any family members. They are all still alive, lol.
No episode next week because I still cannot knit.
FOs
I finished spinning my very first 2oz braid! It’s a cotton sliver in the colorway Skies Over Pittsburgh from Hipstrings and to my great surprise I ended up with a whopping 654 yards! I was guestimating I’d end up with 300-400 yards. Boy was I wrong! The first half of the plied yarn is unfortunately chock full of knots. The first single I spun was not done well – it was alternatingly over spun and underspun, then that was one of the singles I used to learn to ply with my non-dominant hand and that was a bad combination. But the second half turned out well and definitely usable.
Wips
Today while getting the car worked on I started spinning another 2oz braid of cottom from Hipstrings in the A New Beginning colorway which is one of the first colors from their new Cotton Club (highly recommend!)
Lady and the Unicorm:
The Lady and the Unicorn is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries woven in Flanders from wool and silk circa 1500. The set of 6 tapestries is on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris
Five of the tapestries depict the five senses – taste, hearing, sight, smell, and touch. The sixth hasthe words "À mon seul désir" or "to my only desire" and the project I am working on is based on this last one.
The pattern is from Golden Kite and when it's done it will look like this:
Golden Kite is a husband and wife team from Europe who specialize in making cross stitch patterns out of works of art in the public domain. They have everything from Van Gogh to Kadinsky to Edmund Blair Leighton to the cieling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Episode 35 - Recording Without A Mic
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Episode 35 – 4/3/18 – Knitting and Running in 30 minutes or less
WindsweptMonique on Ravelry and Instagram, windsweptmonique@gmail.com. Show Notes at knittingontherun.podbean.com. Come join the Ravelry group!
Thanks so much for listening! There are 1000’s of podcasts for you to choose from and I am so honored you chose mine.
FOs, Wips, Knitting Fail, Wearables, Knitting Talk, Out and About and On The Run
FOs
Emerald Deep shawl –This shawl is a charity knit for AGC Scholarships, a group that raises money for families dealing with infertility or who are trying to adopt. Worked in Ito Yarn’s Kinu, 100% silk. Kinu has a colorway, Aqua, which is almost the exact color of AGC’s logo so it was too perfect not to use. The shawl will be auctioned off at AGC’s annual gala to raise money. If you or someone you love would like to learn more about AGC, visit agcscholarships.org The shawl will be auctioned off at their gala this weekend and I hope that AGC has a very successful auction on all their items and raises lots of money to help families who just want to have a family.
Star Wars Sweater – Thing 1 was sooooooo excited to get his sweater. I knit it in secret while he was asleep or at school and it was a surprise for him. He insisted on wearing it to school today which made this mama very happy!
Vanilla is the New Black – finished the 2nd sock last week but it’s too big! I have very narrow feet and have problem finding shoes that fit well, so I can’t say I’m surprised.
WIPS
Dancing Dragons Coat from Heike Campbell in Be Sweet’s Bamboo in the Sea Green colorway which is a tonal speckled green with blue undertones. It’s knit bottom up in pieces – I’m working on the back panel and I’m on my 3rd repeat of chart 2 and am nearly up to the underarms.
New Hitchhiker for me out of Makimo by Fiberlady in the Scrumptious Berries colorway – goes from raspberry pink to blackberry purple. 100% bamboo
Changing Staircases – pattern by Jenga Knits – Mousou by Fiberlady in the Plum colorway, light to mid-tone purples in laceweight bamboo base.
52-st sock in 2 shades of CoBaSi by Hikoo, a sock yarn made of cotton, bamboo, silk and nylon. 60sts on a US1(2.25mm) needle was too big so after some wonderful feedback from all of you on Instagram I’ve dropped down to a 52st version and I’m using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel. I’m almost to the arch of the foot and so far it’s fitting much better. Using leftovers of the raspberry colorway for heels/toes/cuffs and 1 200-yard skein of Slated, a variegated gray colorway, for the foot and ankle portions.
Knitting Fail
Thing 2 decided to sit, well, more like jump on one of my knitting bags when he climbed up next to me on the sofa and snapped my Lykke US size 2 circular needles. Boo!!
Wearables
It’s gotten cold again here so we’re wearing LOTS of knits.
I’ve worn my Frosted sweater twice and my Poema sweater. I’ve been wearing my Twist and Shout by Michele DuNaier almost every day. The kids have been sick almost the entire time since we’ve been home from FL and that hat is a machine washable cotton, so it’s my hat of choice until the viruses subside. I’ve also been wearing my Use Your Stash shawl and occasionally stealing my husband’s Hitchhiker Shawl. Thing 2 has grown so much he’s now wearing some of Thing 1’s old sweaters, like the red Monomoy sweater I made several years ago. Both boys have been wearing the socks I knit them for Christmas under their winter boots while playing in the snow. And Thing 1 has worn his new Star Wars sweater to school several times already.
Out and About
Stitches United was from March 23-25. I attended on Saturday, March 24th. Come on up and say “hi!”
On The Run
Training is still going and I’m making progress. I did 2.5 miles on Sunday and that’s the most I’ve done since summer 2016 and it felt sooooooo good to walk my old running routes. I still haven’t been able to get outside much with all the snow in March, but the sidewalks are now clear so I have hope.
I’ve been swimming once a week as cross training and I think it’s making a difference. I feel the swimming workouts in my whole body, not just my legs and it really gets my heart pumping. Next week I’m aiming to increase to 200 yards.
I have some topics I want to discuss over the next few weeks, including the myth that running ruins knees, yoga for runners, why runners need to do upper body and core workouts and incontinence in women which affects so many women, especially after childbirth, and keeps many from exercsising (spoiler alert on this last one – there is hope and help available!). But I also want to hear from you – what fitness topics would you like me to research? Come tell me in the Ravelry group or email me at WindsweptMonique@gmail.com
So now I want to ask you – what are YOU doing now that it’s officially Spring? I know those of you down south have gorgeous weather this time of year while we’re still wearing mittens in the morning.
Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Episode 34 - No Microphone
Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Saturday Mar 24, 2018
Ack! My microphone died! Here's a short message to assure you that I have not pod-faded. I'll be back with a regular episode once my new microphone arrives. In the meantime I'm off to Stitches United on March 24th, 2018
Saturday Jan 06, 2018
Be-A-Helper KAL Delay Notice
Saturday Jan 06, 2018
Saturday Jan 06, 2018
As you can probably tell from the sound of my voice, or if you've seen recent social media posts, you've probably realized I'm sick. The Be-A-Helper KAL was supposed to wrap up today but I just want to go back to bed, so I'm granting an extention. I'll lock the thread on Thursday, January 11th at 7pm EST when I board my train to Vogue NYC. Thank you so much for helping to make the world a little bit better!