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Welcome to the Knit Picks Podcast! Below you'll find the show notes for each of Kelley's podcast episodes. Each post contains a description of the episode, links to books, websites, and products discussed in the podcast, and instructions on how to download the episodes. Thanks for listening!

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Podcast Episode 130: Remember When

Kelley chats with Stacey, Angela, and Alison about how they learned to knit and the tricks they learned along the way.

3 easy ways to listen...

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Posted on February 4, 2010 at 7:52am — 8 Comments

Podcast Episode 129: Color in Design

Kelley chats with Christina, the new Catalog Manager for Knit Picks, about selecting colors and projects for the print and online catalogs.

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Posted on January 28, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

Podcast Episode 128: Stretching Your Knitting Budget

Kelley and Kate chat about clever ways to stretch your knitting dollar.

Book Review

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Posted on January 21, 2010 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

Podcast Episode 127: Refresh Your Stash!

Ready for a new year of knitting? Kelley and Tina chat about different ways to reorganize the yarn and projects in their stashes.

Book Review

Cardigans by Louisa Harding

3 easy ways to listen...… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 1:20pm —

Podcast Episode 126: Independent Designer Parternship Program!

Kelley chats with Stacey about the new… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2010 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Podcast Episode 125: Knitted Gifts - Ideas and Care

Kelley shares some alternative ideas for knitted gifts, then chats with Nina and Kerin about how to help gift recipients take care of their new knitted treasures.

Knitting Superhero

Kelley talks with Lynne about how to fix a too-short sweater.

3 easy ways to listen...

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Posted on December 16, 2009 at 3:17pm — 6 Comments

Podcast Episode 124: Essential Knitting Tools

Kelley talks with Tina about the best tools to have in your knitting bag (or bags, if you're Tina!).

Tina's Tools

Notions bag

Folding scissors… Continue

Posted on December 9, 2009 at 12:30pm — 21 Comments

Podcast Episode 123: Learning to Love Blocking

Kelley gives a lesson on blocking, then chats with Nina and Kerin about the ways that knitwear designers use blocking to suit their needs.

3 easy ways to listen...

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Posted on December 2, 2009 at 12:01pm — 9 Comments

Podcast Episode 122: Comfort While Knitting

Kelley goes over some personal tips for keeping relaxed and avoiding discomfort while knitting up a storm. Regarding a different kind of comfort, Kelley also chats with Knitting Community friends Cheryl, Peggy, and Susan about how on… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:00am — 94 Comments

Podcast Episode 121: Felting Frenzy

Kelley chats with Knit Picks designer Kerin about felting your knitted items. She also chats with Patricia about a felting-related knitting problem.

Book Review
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Posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:03pm — 1 Comment

Podcast Episode 120: Interview with Mary Scott Huff

Melissa chats with designer Mary Scott Huff about her book, The New Stranded Colorwork.

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Posted on November 4, 2009 at 9:00am — 8 Comments

Podcast Episode 119: Hats, Hats, Hats!

Kelley chats with Nina about different types of hats, then Angela interviews new knitter Brett about his adventures in making his own hat.

Links mentioned in podcast… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Podcast Episode 118: Knitting 2.0

Kelley chats with Tina and Alison about websites, blogs, and tech gadgets available to knitters.

Links mentioned in podcast
Ravelry… Continue

Posted on October 21, 2009 at 9:00am — 6 Comments

Podcast Episode 117: Impractical Knits

Kelley chats with Stacey, Angela, and Marci about the delight they find in knitting impractical, whimsical projects.… Continue

Posted on October 14, 2009 at 12:39pm — 6 Comments

Podcast Episode 116: Double Knitting

Kelley and Kate discuss the double knitting technique, which creates a thick, reversible fabric that's great for a number of different projects.

Double Knitting Tutorial… Continue

Posted on October 7, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Podcast Episode 115: Hems for Sweaters

Ready to start a new fall sweater? Kelley chats with Nina about different hems that you can use.

Book Review… Continue

Posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

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At 6:26am on November 15, 2009, Janet Bock said…: I need to see how to purl 2 tog through back loop

At 8:06am on June 19, 2009, Fiddlehead Fernie said…: Bob wondered what you would talk about...LOL. Congrats on your 100th. Kelly's podcast was the very first one I found and it is still my favorite. I don't think I have a favorite. I save them all. When I'm starting a project with a new technique I go back and listen to the one that relates to my project. Your steek podcast saved me from looking for a very high place to jump. I really like the combination of techniques, family stories and review of your books. Thanks bunches for great listening.

At 4:26am on June 19, 2009, Barbie said…: My favorite "today" so far was #93 . It was very useful to me as I was contemplating getting Nonna's Garden but this put me over the edge and ordered it right after the podcast. I also tried the interchangeable needles here because it needed a 60 inch cord which I of course did not own. I was so pleased with it and the silver needle piece that screws on ! I enjoy whichever podcast I am listening to at the moment !

At 3:41pm on March 19, 2009, Redlover said…: The way I save podcasts is like this: I save it first to the hard drive under downloads in its own folder. Then I go into iTunes and File/add folder to library. Then I look for the exact folder (file) I want to upload and click on it. It always works like this.
I didn't have to do it though, the iTunes download worked fine.

At 2:54pm on March 19, 2009, evestarr said…: I have never had problems downloading podcasts. However, even through itunes I can't move the podcasts from itunes to my ipod. I'm trying to convert each episode to AAC to see if that makes a difference. (I have a very fast internet connection and the conversion is still taking forever). If anyone has had success I'd appreciate some help! Thanks!

At 1:03pm on March 12, 2009, Lorraine said…: I am excited about having podcasts available. I can't believe I even know what a podcast is. I never thought I would be able to follow anything on a computer. How some things in life just happen to open you up to new ideas and make you have the willingness to try something new. Thanks for bringing knowledge to us out here in the world. It is like being on a teleseminar and you get to be in your p.j's if you want.

At 12:10pm on March 9, 2009, Jude said…: My husband gave me a 16 G iPod for my birthday in Feb, as I had been casually sighing about not being able to put podcasts on my little 2G one. I've been trying all the different knitting podcasts on iTunes and by far, Kelley's podcasts are the absolute best. I'm greedily listening to them each morning and evening and just worried that I'll catch up and have to then wait for the new one every week! ;)

At 10:59am on March 4, 2009, debs@tele-net.net said…: I recently discovered your podcasts and am enjoying working my way through them from the beginning. Discovering them when I did really gave me a boost when I was going through a rough time in my personal life and it was helpful to find that there are people who love knitting as much as I do, maybe even more. They have also been educational and given me some good audio book ideas also.