The Woolshit Podcast

Welcome to our latest chatter.

This week we talk about

our fabulous shorts #alterknitrebellion #stashbuster @annabauergbg

#funknit #fashionista #woolshitpodcast #knitwittery

Where to put short rows to get over your butt.

colourwork #doodlecards @pacificknitco

how to catch your floats (see example on our youtube of the episode)

Ladderback Jacquard @aleksbyrd

blingbling top @lanagrossa

Desserts and Divas @yarntrader

@fiddlesticksnits yarn

Presents from @emmalball @gumnutinspired @skeinmachine @folkloreandfibre

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

Knitted traffic officer to fool drivers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6x2weplkxg4o

NY Times features Petit Knits

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/style/petiteknit-knitting-mette-wendelboe-okkels.html

chapters

00:00 Casting On
00:56 Project - Knitted hotpants
13:24 Project - Crochet flower jacket
15:32 Knitting 3 colours at once
17:57 How to catch a float
19:07 Ladderback Jacquard
19:44 Knitting fonts
21:29 Knit for the girls - our night out
23:17 Purchases for our next projects
35:35 Knitted traffic officer (KITN)
39:28 Petite Knits business profile (KITN)
41:45 Listener's comments
43:38 Casting Off

Perfect listening while knitting.

join us for Episode 1 of season 4 as we launch into the video era while happily remaining a great listen. This is a table top chat about all things knitting. We start with our projects and digress into the knitting latest news and gossip.

This week we talk about:

• our Fluff tops the #galsweater and #boxycardi @notadaywithoutknitting
• @friday.knits
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• We discuss construction bottom up knitting, difficult charts and more.
• We have buttons galore @maviscastlemaine #opshop
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• A crochet project is started from a lovely 1976 magazine #vintage
• we join the Knitting for Olive debate
• Shetland Wool week has come and gone.
• Knit for the girls @threadandmaple @louielolayarns @grocerygirlsknit
• Yarn Traders Dessert and Divas gig @yarntrader

• KNITTING IN THE NEWS
• Maximalist knitwear
• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260305-the-surprising-health-benefits-of-knitting

Perfect listening while knitting.

join us for fun and knitting, dont expect the video straight away. reels will be available this week though. I know, I know, I'm working on it. The process will soon be perfected.

This week we talk about:

the Gal Sweater by @notadaywithoutknitting

Seachange sweater by @knit.love.wool

boxy cardigan @friday.knits

Knitting books
@annabauergbg @laerkebagger

Stitch Markers @emmaball pot for stitch markers

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

https://fashionunited.uk/news/fashion/the-knitwit-stable-aims-to-re-establish-dutch-wool-as-a-premium-raw-material/2026092390452

AI on Etsy

new email address woolshitpodcast@gmail.com

Perfect listening while knitting.

join the conversation as we deliver our chickens into quarentine. Hear their amazing back stories.

our knits for the week are:

Year of knits kid jumper with zip using scrap yarn. @witredesign #zips

Jennifer Steingass seachange @knit.love.wool #bottomup #colourwork #invisibleincrease

Discussions on 50g balls of yarn and @Westknits new MKAL prices and possibilities.

what it's like when 2 well known pattern designers from the same country put out virtually the same pattern. How would you chose which one?

Perfect listening while knitting.

join the conversation with Caroline and Lisa,

In this weeks episode.

• Shetland wool week second hat colours @shetlandwoolweek #hats
• summer top from #fieldnotes by @olgaputanodesigns yarn @adagiomills
• Jennifer Steingass @knit.love.wool #seachanges @bendigowoollenmills
• #millipedes #adelaidehills
• @eweknits new book designers and advertising
• Emotional support chicken competition @yarntrader

Everyone should get gifts delivered while podcasting

Knitting in the news

https://rangestrader.mailcommunity.com.au/news/2026-08-19/knitting-warmth-for-ukraine/

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us as we try and talk about knitting topics before we talk about our own knitting!!

• should designers create left handed patterns #diversity /comment by Sherrenscott started the conversation. Thanks Sherren
• Shetland wool week hat, colour combination issue. Do you think our hats are misapproprations or just the scrabble versions ?
• Emotional support chicken support group
• Exhibition of Liz Newman Knitting by
• @the_amanda_blair
• 'This knitwear obsession of mine started many years ago and has culminated in this exhibition which has been made possible by the skills and talents of the Handknitters Guild of which I’m proudly Patron. Liz Newman is an 80’s fashion icon and bringing these knits back to life and back to prominence has been a great joy . Please take a trip up to the hills sometime in August for SALA month and immerse yourself in some 80’s fashion knitwear.' AMANDA BLAIR
• Wearing holes in socks just in certain places/ The Art of knit Wear Repair by Mintu Wikberg @pawlymade
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• rafia pot and jeans tote. Caroline's never ending talents

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

Knitting machines to be given out to vulnerable women

https://www.siasat.com/telangana-to-distribute-1-19-lakh-knitting-machines-to-bc-women-3523980/

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us in our laughter and fun as we talk about.

• #alpineeverlasting @brianaarlene @circustonichandmade #Greatyokeconstruction
• sliding strands for knitting double
• Fire at Port Adelaide @yarntrader
• Estonian Workshop with @aleksbyrd #ladderbackjaquard
• @shetlandwoolweek hat
• #emotionalsupportchicken competition @yarntrader
• @sanna_and_co
• #Snowgum @lainemagazine
• Thumb disease management plan

Knitting in the news

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/02-08-2026/i-felt-sick-how-one-dunedin-knitting-group-fell-foul-of-the-law

COMMENT FROM MARGARET -Thanks Margaret, started a great discussion

Regarding selling patterns as kits, the designers doing that are trying to right a wrong which is that yarn manufacturers don't share any part of their profit with those who are driving their sales, knit designers. And knitters don't want to directly compensate designers by paying a fair price for all the work that goes into a pattern.

Perfect listening while knitting.

We're back from our break. Join us to catch up on all things knitting.

Show notes are a mystery this week!!

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us for this very jolly episode.

• talking about our latest knits. one too big the other too small.
• #vikingknits #3swords #ayearofknits @circustonichandmade
• making your garment/sleeves shorter after you've knitted them too long.
• swatching for the correct size.
• dog sweater #hiddenincreases
• knitters hand stablisers.
• knitting back instead of purling.
• purchasing a book and some @erikaknight yarn
• AI generated pictures plus comments
• Groups in knitting
• Swedish twine knitting
• Louise Tilbrook isms in knitting.

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/your-world/the-knitted-bible-exhibition-is-coming-to-town-8690376

COMMENTS doing a float of 10 stitches.

Perfect listening while knitting.

Starting today's episode with an uplifting Tony Story.

• the many sleeved story of the Viking knit #3swords.
• Fabulous #nordicbloom @boylandknitworks
• Knitting blook club #chapterandskeing @yarntrader @circustonichandmade #tenderfoot #aknittersyear
• Drapy garments, whats the secret of knitting with plant based yarn (don't listen for an answer it's just one of carolines bug bares ) @sanna_co
• getting more glow in the dark @Vikingyarn

COMMENTS

• using the q function on ravrly
• lots of idea's for dealing with twisting on bulky knits. #ideas #communityengagement

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

a designers starts to sell her designs in kit form only @lauradalgaard #nordicmix

Perfect listening while knitting.

Back to our regular time drop which means another episode in one week!!

You'd think we wouldn't have anything to chat about, how wrong can you be.

This week we chat about:

• @boylandknitworks #nordicbloom
• #Viking Knits #3swords
• Remebering where you've seen a good idea. How do you manage your knitting list
• Swedish workshop will have Cake!! #headband #sweden
• Doe Europeans Knit using english knitting words
• @yarntrader the Chapter and Skein Knitting book club #australianaccents
• KNITTING IN THE NEWS
• workshop at the library gives away patterns
• COMMENTS
• Margaret, MLaktin

Perfect listening while knitting.

This week we natter on about :

Wonderwool Wales:

finding the ideal wool at the begining of the show

stall holders helping to find the right yarn for a project

#nordicbloom @boylandknitworks

@riverknitsuk

@garthenor

@jarussell87 #fabuousbags

@needleandfeather #adventpattern #giftsforfriends

@muffincer

We talk about the anglesea top @sanna_and_co

@bonnies_daughter

raffia bowls @raffiaandtwine

Comments from Pippi, Margaret and Lisa Jones

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

@dotpebbles_knits and her frogs

influencers asking for free stuff
@restisentertainment @goalhangerhq

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us for all things knitting.

@petiteknit#sundaysweatermohairedition
@sanna_and_co

• Wraps per inch
• Wonderwool Wales
• Patterns in a book v single purchase patterns.
• We have a great discussion about copyright and contract. When is knitting general use and when is it art?
• Who owns the final knitted product.

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

a new way to hold your yarn.

Perfect listening while knitting.

Welcome to the podcast, I want to thank @nordicknittingpodcast for this weeks inspiration.

• Acts of kindness
• The speed we knitted our @petiteknit sweaters,
• knitting necklines, knitting sleevesv#twoinone or #single sleeve. Double yarn v Single Yarn
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• @needleandfeather inspirational blanket knit.
• WHAT MAKES A PATTERN POPULAR
• @laine_magazine how patterns get in front of purchasers. Before the internet and today.
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• @sanna_and_co #angleseatop
• KNITTING IN THE NEWS
• cut your screentime in half by learning to knit.
• https://10best.usatoday.com/lifestyle/knitting-for-beginners-guide/

JOKE

Today there's been another gruesome murder by the killer that police have nicknamed "The knitting needles killer"

Police fear he may be working to a pattern

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join our hilariously fun episode where we talk about:

• our experience at the two in one sock workshop. @yarntrader @jac1960 #magicloop #magiccircle
• the Shizen jumper by @eritml using @bonnies_daughter and doing the sleeves using the new technique.
• International Local Yarn shop day @circustonichandmade colour matching for a project.
• @nimble_knits #dianainthewoods mystery knit
• Buttons more expensive than petrol!
• When your mother DOES listen to the podcast.

COMMENTS

Please reply if we mention you in the comments. I didn't have any official titles this week.

• annoying adverts on other podcasts (not knitting podcasts of course)

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

• @knitmeshtechnologies - knit your own anti drone armoury
• https://www.knittingindustry.com/knitmesh-to-showcase-antidrone-mesh/
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-gosling-project-hail-mary-curling-cardigan-1236544487/
• The curse of the love jumper https://www.hemtrevligt.se/handarbete/skrock-stickning/1621036

Perfect listening while knitting.

Welcome to a new episode. Join us while we knitwit about knitting projects and yarn shows.

This week we talk about:

• Test knit for @sanna_and_co no secrets are revealed in the making of this podcast!!
• Steeking, good steeking yarn, button band before or after steek
• Tutorial by @purl_together
• tubular cast off.
• tubular cast on 2 different ways @ysoldaTeague
• #Shezen by @eritml yarn by bonnies_daughter

• Cables yarn by @olliesgirls SPOILER I can't do it!! pattern by @petiteknit
• YARN SHOW ROUND UP
• The things we loved and the things we didnt. Finding an amazing new yarn dyer.
• Seeing well loved stores.
• The Woolshit Podcast on a panel!
• Industry awards, who is the industry?
• @fibrefeast Thanks @auscroke for helping out.
• @chriscreations04
• @rafiaandtwine
• @knitproeu
• @kathysfibres
• @australianyarnshow
• @louielola @skein.machine
• @bonnies_daughter
• @yarntrader @knittingforolive
• @gemma747748

@australianwoolshop #australian

No time for knitting in the news

No time for comments but thanks everyone for chiming in.

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us to laugh about all things knitting.

This week we talk about:

• @knit.love.wool #goldernfernsweater #colourwork
• @louielolayarns We talk about her so much this week in multple sections I have to assure everyone it's not advertising and there are lots of other artisans out there. 😂
• @threadandmaple
• italian tubular cast on https://www.youtube.com/@ysoldateague/videos
• @ysoldateague
• @sanna_and_co enough said! undescribed test knit
• Short rows for arm capulet @marzena.kolaczek
• #sophiescarf @PetiteKnit @cambrian_wool
• @threadandmaple folder
• @sanna_and_co enough said! undescribed test knit
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• #sophiescarf @PetiteKnit @cambrian_wool
• #cosbysweater @hilltophoods
• Peter Kay misheard lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ukn2YT5jeM
• @katrinkles_knitting_jewelry
• @yarntrader #chapterandskein begging letter

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/10/ben-ogden-cross-country-skiing-olympics-knitting

COMMENTS
Thanks Maureen on facebook

JOKE Why did the knitter visit her guru? to get purls of wisdom.

louielolayarns

Perfect listening while knitting.

Join us this week as we talk all things knitting with friend of the Pod Hannah Ginn from @circustonichandmade

adding buttons and poppers.

#alpinebloom @boylandknitworks

#priscillacardigan @marzena.kolaczek

WIP on the go since 2017 Cutting armholes and neck

doodles @pacificknitco

#testknit @brianaarlene #Cirrusyarn

#testknit @sanna_and_co yarn by @louielolayarns

@yarntraders bookclub #chaptersandskeins

@saylittlehen stocks of @circustonichandmade

Knitting a flat pattern in the round

Thanks for all the Comments; mentions include

Diane Armstrong on Facebook about a @mariewallinknits @kattis7c

@daniellejstorey @made_by_kristie @blakkshepe @tandychick

Spotify comments

themagicneedle aleksa2233 Magaret

Weddingshawl @nimbleknits #fabulouscommunity

KNITTING IN THE NEWS - close knit community buy postbox to show toppers #knittingbanksy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5r1p2399o

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Perfect listening while knitting.

Laugh along with as as we talk about:

• Our blocking efforts for our @marzena.kolaczek cardigans, spoiler alert #notperfect
• preblocking
• Button bands and button attachment. #cuttingaholeinmyknitting #germanshortrows
• buttons from @maviscastlemaine
• getting your body size right.
• Swedish Knitting class preparations (samples) Connection with Katarina in Canberra If you have an instaname I'd love to link you.
• New comment section
• @nic on spotify
• @devonrexjo @emrita @em_knits05 @abeeinthebonnet @louie
• Toni and Maureen on facebook. If you have instanames I'd love to link you.
• https://kategrenville.com.au/books/a-room-made-of-leaves/
• KNITTING IN THE NEWS
• AI Post from @abeeinthebonnet
• and
• https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/melt-the-ice-red-hat-knitting-pattern
• @needleandskein

Perfect listening while knitting.

Lets talk all things knitting:

• Our @marzena.kolaczek cardigans the #priscilla and the #lyrebird are on the home stretch, we talk sleeves, straight and tapered. Yarn by #fibrespates @adagiomills @louielolayarns
• The difference in yarn weight and colour:).
• How many mistakes we made and how we dealt with them, including bobbles and cables. Getting a rhythmn.
• @marzena.kolaczek bobble video
• This year's yarn shows, which ones should we go to? How do you chose, should you go if you don't need yarn? Comments appreciated. Tell us what you do.
• The Swedish Clubs upcoming workshop Comment from Loraine Cotter on Spotify. Thanks Loraine, I couldn't find you on instagram but happy to add an @ if you message me.
• @louielolayarns delivery of notions pouch and needle holder for the knit with the girls bag @threadandmaple
• Yarn winding training.

KNITTING IN THE NEWS

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510842-knitted-satellite-launching-to-monitor-earths-surface-with-radar/

Perfect listening while knitting.