A Political Old Lady- Episode 750- The Knitmore Girls

 

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Episode 750

 

Administrative stuff:

• And then Mom got Covid! Yay paxlovid! 

• Covid/Paxlovid Rebound

• Ads. Added the bumper ads back to the beginning and end of the podcast- pulling in income from other industries to help put income into ours. 

• Also! We’ve joined the Mood Affilliate program. No cost to you, but some cash from your purchases comes our way if you click one of our links.

• Ads: if you’re a small business (in our industry, related to this), and you’re struggling and could use some ads, message me and we’ll give you access to our audience, on the house. 

• If your politics include voting for someone who would have mom’s citizenship stripped, and block us from visiting our family in Iran, we will not be airing (or comping) ads for your business, of course.

On the Needles (:34)

 

• Gigi ;  Meadowlands blanket # 13 Color way: Satyrs fourth triangle finished waiting for crochet border 
• Jasmin: almost done with the back of the vintage dolman sleeve cabled cardigan in undyed Tencel from Wool2DyeFor

 

• Jasmin is 2ish inches from finishing Maxie’s top test knit for Ainur Berkambayeva in Lisa Souza's Sylvie Silk in “Ruby"

• Gigi: Meadowlands #15 Sasquatch 

• Jasmin: Need to put in my yardage so BostonJen knows how close I am to kicking her bootie #StashDash

 

Events:(:11:41)

 

• Jasmin: Cognitive Fiber Retreat X! I’m teaching a steeking class

• Jasmin: Visible Mending class for Sheepspot peeps/Sasha Torres’ spinning school

• Paris Oympics!

• TOUR DE FLEECE/TOUR DE FRANCE

Mother Knows Best:(15:22)

• VOTE. Talk to everyone. Have them check their voter registration status! Bookmark the voter registration website on your phone, and get people registered. Voting is a privilege! 

• Kamala Harris "We Choose Freedom" Knit-along with Knitrino

• We discuss NO Nukes, grape Boycott, Nestle Baby Formula disaster, Iceberg Lettuce boycott

• Democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh

• Professor Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky

 

When knitting attacks:(35:31)

• Started on 3rd triangle of Meadowlands blanket, messed up the sequence and had an extra row on the wrong side 

• Gigi: I am making a lot of mistakes in my garter stitch project.  Dropping stitches,adding yarn overs 

• Gigi: started another meadowlands blanket.  Messed up decreases, ripped most os it out, started again 

• Meadowlands ripped out 3x

• Also dropped stitches at the beginning of the row. Trying to fix it makes it worse. Will need to rip back a few rows 

 

Knit more, know more

A segment about Persian culture, history, or just generally cool stuff about Persian people.

• 2024 Iranian election

• Ja’at Khalee

And sew on: (44:31)

• Gigi: Wish I had taken history of this western fashion 

• Gigi: Great British Sewing Bee on Facebook.  Not on Netflix yet

Jasmin: 

• Jasmin: Lucille pants (by Gertie) done. Millicent skirt by Gertie done and attached to the top from last year’s pride dress. Lucy hostess gown , finished! LINK?

• Panties (RadPatterns), because Lisa Woolfork espoused how great they are. 

• Speaking of Lisa Woolfork: STITCH BETTA HAVE MY MONEY fundraiser! Goal is $50K. 

• https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bws

• Mood trip while in NYC!

• Sewing is on a roll! Adjustable sewing table

• Aaronica Cole from The Needle and the Belle

• Tracing! Muslins! Projector!L

• Vintage 3 piece dress (flamingo dress) needs bias tape sewn on and buttons/snaps attached

• 1 yard vintage top: finished!

 

Gigi:

    - Costuming: Bridgerton new season: enjoying the show and costumes in particular. Francesca, this season’s debutant is wearing a jacket that is not a Chanel cut, but it seems like a Chanel fabric