Two scopes for you - No Name Yet shawlette and Criosanna cardi stories

You may or may not know this, but when you begin a Periscope broadcast you type in the title of the scope before you hit the broadcast button. The trouble with this system is that sometimes (and for me, it is most of the time) what you think you are going to talk about morphs a bit as viewers ask questions and make comments...which pleasantly sidetrack your original thoughts for the direction of scope.

I actually think this is fun and one of the benefits of live broadcasts.

So this that in mind,,,,here are two recent scopes.

During the first, we talked about my new website going live....

New Website Homepage

We also talked about the stranded shawlette I am working on for Mountain Meadow Wool. I'll post post pictures to Instagram (varianbrandon) when I'm a little further along.


During the second scope, we talked about the Criosanna cardi and the origins of the name of the pattern...which is not what you may think and definitely not what is listed on the pattern description. ;)

We also had a diversion to the podcasts of Brenda Dayne and meaning of a tail slate in the film industry.

What can I say....we have very diverse discussions.




So that's it for this post.

Join the ever wondering discussion live on Periscope! I'm vbknits.

Until then..I'm heading back to my knitting.

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Interviewed by Tara Swiger

That should be a label button...don't you think? Or a new t-shirt...
I was interviewed by Tara Swiger!!

Actually, we had a great time talking...about designing knitwear and overcoming the "how come (insert famous person here) gets so many followers and is doing so well? I'm here too" doldrums.

The answer, by the way, is...don't worry about it. Put your head down and get own with your own work Your day will come as well.

So if you are interested in listening to our conversation, click here.

..and if you are interested in Tara and all of the wonderful work she does for makers, check out her website.

Let me know what you think of the interview.

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100 Periscope Broadcasts!!

I certainly cannot believe it. 100 scopes! A sincere thank you to everyone who has joined me as we have talked about stranded knitting..and various other ramblings. :)

(Don't you just love it when Periscope catches you in the most flattering facial expressions!) 

The hat we talked about was Elfish. 

Elfish

This is a pattern I have used as a sampler of Fair Isle patterning for beginners or for anyone who has some DK stash busting to do.

 Missed a scope? Check out my other broadcasts here.

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