Beeee-utiful purchases. Looking forward to seeing your makes. Merry Christmas.

I love the candy cane bucket bag from Delightful Works! All of her bags are beautiful.

Hi Beth, thank you so much! I will send you an email with my info shortly. 😊

When you were describing what you are doing for your gut health, it occurred to me that a parasite cleanse may also help. What you are doing is good against parasites but a cleanse may compliment what you are doing for more health benefits. I use garlic and a tincture of black walnut hull and wormwood. For the last 11 months, I have been working to bring my WIP count from 23 to 5! (Please do not include me in the drawing as I already have a fantastic Sandy bag!)

Good to see you Beth and I’m glad you are making progress with your health. My husband makes yogurt from a gallon of milk every Saturday. You don’t need a yogurt maker. You just need to get the milk to a certain temperature (I forget exactly what, 180° I think, can ask hubby the details if you want), pours it into 2 half gallon jars, cools it down in the sink filled with cooler water to a certain temp, adds starter (he uses yogurt from the last batch), then keeps it in a warm place for 5 hours. He uses a small cooler that can hold 2 half gallon jars, adds warm water around the jars (he uses a candy thermometer to be precise with all the temperatures). We strain the whey out to make it like Greek yogurt, so we end up with 2 quarts. The whole process is done in 1 day. The yogurt maker would be less hands on time, but if you’re interested I’ll get all the details and email them to you. About wips… I have lots, mostly hibernating and I don’t want to count them. Realistically, 2 or 3 get regular attention at a time.

Three wips at the moment or ones that are getting attention shall we say loved your knits stunning colours too

Right now, surprisingly, I only have 3 WIPs (a Pinia pullover and 2 pairs of socks) and these are ones that I am working on regularly. I am hoping to get these 3 current WIPs done by end of December so then I can start a bunch of new stuff in the New Year.

I would love to try your yogurt. I make homemade yogurt in the instant pot, so yeah you’re yogurt sounds interesting

This is my first time finding you. I am so glad. I have four whips one is in hibernation. I’m getting ready to cast on one more vest. I know Devan from Knitty Mcpurly and I just got my Advent from her today. I’m excited so you’re my other person that I know that knows Devan also I wish that I could go to the retreat, but I’m not able to do that this year. Where do you live? Do you live close to her? I’m excited that you know her also. Yay. I really like your whips that you’re doing, they are very nice and I love the sweater you’re wearing

I have 7 wips.

Thanks so much for the gift. I love the bag and look forward to receiving it. ❤

I have 6 WIPS total with 3 that are hibernating. I am in the process of a WIP down until the end of the year :) My Hansel Hap will not be pulled out again until after the first of the year. I started it over 2 1/2 years ago LOL!!

I have 6 wips. 2 cardigans, 1 sweater, 2 pair of socks and 1 scarf. Also have a few ufos…. Lovely bag! 🤗

I have 4 WIPs; 3 of them are socks. I don’t really have anything “hibernating” right now, but I have two frogged projects patiently waiting for me to start over. I usually have one main project that I’m working on, plus a small portable project to take in the car and an additional mindless project if my main project requires a lot of focus.

I have 9 WIPs plus one I’m going to frog soon. This is NOT normal for me! I prefer 2 or 3 WIPs. I hope you get all the answers you need and feel better soon. I haven’t shared this much but I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July and am currently going through chemo. I should feel good in the spring so I hope you do too and maybe we can have that meet up I didn’t get to go to last year. Would love to meet you! Love all your sweaters! I can only do one at a time. I’m about 3/4 done with the Champagne Cardigan by PetiteKnit. I alternate that with several smaller projects.

Hi! I have 9 WIPS, 2 are in progress and 7 are hibernating. I will be circling back to 1 of them after these 2 in progress. I'm working on the Audrey Sweater by Knitty McPurly. I making it to wear at the retreat in January.

Thanks for the info about gut health. I, too, struggle with that issue and also am lactose intolerant. I make a 24 hour yogurt in my Instant Pot, that supposedly makes it almost lactose free. I also take Culturelle for Abdominal Support and Comfort daily which has helped. I will be watching the videos as you suggest. I have 2 active WIPs and 2 that are in hibernation. I get overwhelmed if I have many more than that. Your newest sweater is lovely. Thanks for taking he time to podcast as I so enjoy watching.

Praying for a specific diagnosis so it can be treated. Gorgeous projects.

For your health you should research animal based only food to help get your gut biome back in shape.

So, I have 15 WIPs. Some of them are kind of hibernating. But, I also have about 4 other categories of items I make for donation that I really don’t count as WIPs, but I actively work on all the time. Hats, Scarves, Knitted Knockers, Chemo Caps, etc. Then there’s the big project I just started that I won’t confess to until and unless I succeed to meet my own goal. Glad you’re feeling a little better at least some oof the time.

Hi Beth, I love all those sweaters. I like Kendra's question. Which is your most worn sweater?

Hi Beth - love the sweaters you showed! I’m always curious to ask people what their most worn knit is and why. (I am lucky enough to have Sandy bags, so will recuse myself from the giveaway)

Knitty McPurly Retreat is the *best* acquisition! I’m loving all your cardigans. I don’t think I can fit the Grapevine sweater in among all the other things I want to make, but it has been tempting me. I like the short sleeve version that Lisa made. Expanding on Cheryl’s question: Are the colors you gravitate toward colors that you often wear? (Please exclude me from Sandy bag drawing.)

Hey! I love the cardigan, it's gonna be gorgeous. As for the yarn color, I'd go for the lavendar for myself, but the blue/green is definitely you! Keep doing you! I love your podcast as it is. I feel like I'm hanging out with my friend. I'm so glad you're going to the retreat again, yay!

Hi Beth! So glad you will be at the Knitty McPurly retreat. I guess I thought you were already going! Here is the question: Do you always gravitate to the same color/colors?

It’s early morning so I can’t think of a question. 😃 I’ve already won a bag (love it!) so keep me out of the drawing. Love the sweaters!

Beth-yay, I’m so glad I’ll see you again at the retreat!

I think you should continue to just be you on your podcasts. I really enjoy spending virtual time with you, seeing all your beautiful projects, and thinking things through with you. Glad you reminded me I want to do the Scrapdigan.

I love my Sandy bag and am using it all the time. I took it to my LYS and the gals loved it...thanks so much!

I loved knitting the Garden cardigan. I used Silky Wool. Ask how many wips do you have?

It will be great to see you at the retreat!

I enjoyed knitting the Garden Cardigan

Seeing you on my iPad last night put a big smile on my face. 😁 I hope your nose bruise is healing. I am having gauge issues and probably need to frog 9” of knitting and start over. 😭 Pattern is for 19/4”, my pre-blocked gauge was 20/4” and I figured that would be fine. It was starting to look really big so I stopped to take some measurements. The total width of my top is off by 4” before blocking (and it’s superwash, so I know it will only get bigger.) My gauge is now 18-19 stitches over 4” everywhere I checked. My sanity is in danger. 😂

Love your sweater! Enjoyed this episode as usual. I love how upbeat you are.

I won the Sandy Bag! Yay! And thank you! What a blessing. I want to add that I had been subscribed...but this morning I was not. So glad I caught the video anyway!! Check your subscriptions everyone.

Just love your chevrons scarf/wrap thing. Can’t wait to see it finished. Noted to self,I should be starting something similar….because I don’t have enough WIPS 😅😅😅😂😂😂😅😅😅

You definitely like green, don’t you? I think it’s a good color for you. I love that cardigan and will look forward to seeing its progress. My trick for remembering needle size on a swatch is to put knots in the tail, 5 knots for size 5, etc.

I absolutely love the colour of your Garden Cardigan. I'm starting to think that that type of green is the new neutral 💚💚

It's so good to see you! Interstellar about that Alpaca yarn. I'm sure your traveler will be gorgeous once you have it figured out.

A lot of gauge swatchin' goin' on😂

I don't know how I missed this episode! I checked my notifications and it seems I wasn't subscribed anymore...odd! I did remedy that 😊 Your green sweater is beautiful....but the poncho is glorious. I've gone right over and purchased the pattern. I can't start yet...but I think I'll put it on my calendar as a New Year's Day cast-on ❤ I'm not entering the draw for the bag, as I am a previous winner (love my bag!) I also really like the Paulie Cardigan. I skimmed by it at first because I thought it looked like intarsia, which I'm not interested in...but when I saw it was mosaic knitting it caught my interest as I love knitting mosaic, and I love the texture

I've not yet knit with alpaca but would like to try it one day. Love your knits! Greetings from London UK

Amazing FO’s! They all look amazing!

🙌🥳👏 The poncho is done! 👏👏👏 The cables are gorgeous and your collar modification turned out great. Also love the Bird Song Shawl. Was the Zeoli yarn a purchase from the Knitty McPurly retreat?

Your finishes are beautiful! I love knitting with alpaca - just finished a hat in baby alpaca that’s so soft. I wondered if you blocked your swatch - mine definitely bloomed after blocking.

Your sweater and your poncho both look fabulous! I love that purple yarn set at the end.

I have some alpaca in my stash but haven’t knit with it yet. I do have a pair of alpaca fingerless mitts that I purchased from another knitter and absolutely love them! 😊

I like the subtle pop of color in your shawl

Poncho is beautiful yes a labor of love

Alpaca is very soft but can also be a bit prickly if the guard hairs aren’t removed. It is more drapey than wool and doesn’t have the springiness of wool, so will stretch. I think alpacas have cuter faces than llamas. I’m not sure which is on that bag. I think you will probably be happier with that sweater if you tone down or remove the waist shaping. The rest of the sweater seems to me to have more positive ease than what would work for a tailored look.