Ep. 24 - The Fruitful Hands Knitting Podcast

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Diana is wearing:
Badger & Bloom ~Anne Ventzel
Size XXL
Needles US #5 & #3
Biches & Buches Very Light Pink and Very Dark Grey
Diana FO's:
Elwood Cardigan ~Jenny Wiebe
Size 8 years 29 1/4 chest
Needles US #7 & #6
Malabrigo Rios ~ Ravelery Red and Bobby Blue
Superwash
Diana WIPs:
Mariechen ~Isabelle Kramer
Size L
Needles US #6, #4 & #3
Yarn: LITLG Highland DK
Pirouette
Morning Coffee Socks ~ Kay Lipton, Crazy Sock Lady
Copper Corgi ~Fiber Studio of Savannah, GA
Southern Town Series ~St. Augustine
Jason’s Cashmere Hat
Sweet Fiber Blog
Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted
Rich Red
Needle US #7
Anthology Throw ~Helen Stewart
Sweet Skein O’ Mine ~23 Christmas Advent
Needle US #6
Podcasts mentioned:
@MostlyKnitting
@TheKnittyKats
Kaity’s wearing:
Monday Sweater by Petiteknit
Olivia and Oliver Fibers cashmere dk “Pink Marble”
Kaity FO’s:
Rosa Little by Along Avec Anna
Caron Simply Soft “Neon Pink”
Thickmas Socks by Summer Lee Knits
Emma’s yarn “Christmas sprinkles
Explorer Knits and Fibers “Yosemite” sock set
Kaity WIPs:
Hibernal socks by Summer Lee Knits
Woolberry “Pig Patootie” sock set
Mellon by Sari Nordlund
Magpie fibers swanky sock “lil bit bougie”
Yarn Updates mentioned:
Olivia and Oliver Fibers (Instagram)
Woolberry Fiber Co. (instagram)

[@cynthiatennant9896]

Congratulations Kaity on your pregnancy, that’s wonderful news!!!! Happy belated birthday Diana!!! ❤

[@mostlyknitting]

I'm a bit behind on podcasts but it was so good to catch up with you both today. Congratulations Kaity on the pregnancy!! I hope you are feeling better and able to knit again soon. Being nauseous is so miserable. I hope it doesnt last long. I love both of your sweaters. Petite Knit patterns are such lovely classics. I have noticed a few of Anne Ventzel's designs recently. I am keen to knit something of hers soon. So glad you got your knitting back, Diana. That would have made my day. I'm glad you are enjoying my podcast. Thanks so much for mentioning it. Hope you are both keeping well and looking forward to seeing you soon. xx

[@susiepaunan7190]

Congratulations! So happy for your growing family. So much love. I just finished listening to the audio for the book Remarkably Bright Creatures and it was fantastic!

[@cwanlin128]

It is so good to see you both. I'm sorry you were sick, but glad you are feeling better. And, how exciting for you, Kaity!! Congratulations! I have ID tags that I attach to my knitting bags in case they ever get lost. Diana, I'm glad you were able to find a "fix" for the red Malabrigo. That is frustrating to have the yarn bleed like that!! I LOVE All the Light We Cannot See. For a light-hearted series to listen to, I enjoyed M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mystery series. Stay warm and well.

[@lanaparker293]

Yay! A new baby! Feel better.

[@alfredsalzmann3084]

Congratulations Katy.The best wishes from Germany AT Petra. ❤

[@sarahscott6565]

I was totally the same during my pregnancies, not wanting to knit. In fact, any time I felt like I lost my “knitting mojo”, I knew I better take a pregnancy test, and it always came out positive. I had four kids and it happened every time. Fortunately, my mojo came back pretty quickly, which is good because I needed to get knitting for the next baby!

[@tamibrown1871]

Hi Ladies! So happy to see you! Congratulations, Kaity! I'm so very happy for you and your "growing" family! I wanted to comment that I started using jojoba oil for my dry cuticles and then I just rub the rest into my hands and it's really helped the dryness! Thanks for sharing your knitting with us and hope to see you soon!

[@libbyanthony80]

Congratulations, Kaity! Glad you're both healthy and doing well (other than Kaity's morning sickness)!

[@alisonfoster7566]

So good to see you both. Congratulations Katie!! Hope you feel better soon. Enjoyed the podcast so much.

[@alisonfoster7566]

Kaity, so sorry I misspelled your name 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@CherylAM]

Kaity! You poor girl! I get it. When I had my daughter many many years ago I sewed everything . I was making a dress to fit me through my pregnancy. I bought the fabric and I loved it. When I went to sew it after cutting it out I looked at it and was so nauseous . I had to end up getting rid of that cut out pattern . For years after when I thought of it I got nauseous! I never experienced morning sickness with my children but that darn fabric almost did me in. Crazy what those babies can do to our brains;) I did go back to sewing but I started to knit at that time. So it all ended well. Keep the faith. Glad y'all are feeling better. Diana, don't forget the color catchers with the sweater. It will save that blue in the sweater. My MT red still bleeds but still looks strong in color.

[@59lauralou]

I put an index card in all my knitting bags with my name and phone # on it. I’ve heard other sad stories of lost knitting 😢. Glad you found yours!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Wow! Such a good idea! - Kaity

[@mindfulmelbournemaker]

Congratulations Kaity!! How exciting 🥰

[@siobhanmccarthy72608]

Congratulations, Kaity!! Praying for a healthy pregnancy! I started knitting after my fist baby, but yes, knitting during that first trimester for the subsequent 5 pregnancies was definitely a no-go for me. The repetitive motion made me so sick, and I was so tired that I just couldn't get my hands to knit. Usually, towards the end, I wanted to knit again! And then wanted to make EVERYTHING before the new little one made an appearance! 😊

[@judycarlsonlayton8458]

Congratulations such wonderful news.

[@Qashlee]

Hello! I am due next month and I experienced the same thing as you at the start of my pregnancy. I just started getting back into knitting and crochet again at the end of the 2nd trimester. Slowing down now and catching back with you two and my jaw dropped when you said this that I had to leave a comment! I thought I was the only one and was so scared I'd never get back into it again too. So big congratulations! So exciting and I hope you are feeling well now Kaity! ❤

[@Knitgirlmagic]

Congratulations! When I was pregnant with my last little one, I did not want to knit either. Not just during the 1st trimester, but the whole time. I feel ya!

[@EileenK64]

Congratulations Kaity!

[@thebooknitter]

Congratulations kaity ❤ my sister is also expecting and she also has been very sick but it seems to go better in the last few days. The beautiful sweaters you guys have ❤ i have never lost a knitting bag but so nice it was found

[@ruthannbull6515]

Congratulations Katie! So happy for you and sure hope you can get back to knitting. I think the bug has finally left this house. Tak3 care and glad you are back.

[@leitesta1725]

Well, congratulations Kaity!! So exciting ❤ and welcome back to the both of you - glad you’re all on the mend! And if y’all like Agatha Christie you may like a mystery series called “The Thursday Murder Club”. Set in an English Retirement Center, so well written and hysterically funny if you like British humor. The author is Richard Osman and there are four books so far. Hope you enjoy and hope you get your mojo back soon!!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you!! And thanks for the recommendation! I do love me some British humor! So those could be right up my alley! - Kaity

[@celiaflinn7737]

Great to see you both again and glad you have now build up your immunity and won’t get sick the rest of the winter🥳. How long does it take to knit a 1000+ stitch row? Doing a row a day would be an accomplishment.

[@margofey9402]

Congratulations!

[@alecsgirl]

Awww congratulations Kaity! I was hoping to hear that news 🥰 Lovely to see you both again.

[@alecsgirl]

Diana, you’re looking so much better! I’m glad you’re healing well. Also, your anthology throw is so impressive 😯🙂

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! We are so excited! :) - Kaity

[@trudydelich2920]

Enjoyed seeing you again. Katie still looks a little pale and not her usual self, but congratulations! We all had sickness too around Christmas. I hope your 60th bd party is a healthy success! A series of very nice uplifting books I have enjoyed is the MItford Series by Jan Karon. It is about a single pastor who marries for the first time at 60 and the adventures that begin in his small southern town life as a result. Best to read the first one first when he is still single and how he meets his artsy neighbor who becomes his wife.

[@ajborthwick7239]

Congratulations Kaitie! Glad to see you two back as I’ve been worrying about you

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you so much! Yes, it's been a while! So glad to be back. :) -Kaity

[@larryellenperry5713]

I love the needlepoint I have been thinking about it a lot lately… thought about a strap but not a belt. I will need to check here in Dallas. Congrats on a new baby and thank you for your podcast

[@Woldenburn]

Congratulations Kaity!! That is so exciting. I'm sorry you haven't felt too well. I am actually just a couple weeks ahead of you expecting our second baby and while I didn't have nearly as much nausea this time, I definitely felt a big slump in my desire to knit anything. Pretty much as soon as I finished my Christmas knitting I didn't knit hardly a stitch for probably 3+ weeks. But I did lots of reading too! It was really exciting to hear you were reading Agatha Christie because she is one of my favorite authors. If you enjoyed that sort of classic murder mystery style, I'd recommend trying one of the Miss Silver books by Patricia Wentworth. They were written around the same time as many of Agatha Christie's books, but the detective is an older retired governess who is constantly knitting. It is so cute and fun to read about that as a knitter! It'll talk about her trying to find good wool with her rationing coupons, or knitting school socks for her niece's three boys, or coming up with a baby cardigan pattern. I have read and re-read all the books in that series several times since I discovered it a couple years ago. Happy early birthday Diana!! I love how your Anthology throw is turning out. Those colors all look so happy together!

[@karenb136]

Hi. New subscriber here. Your channel just came up in my feed so I watched this and really enjoyed it. Congratulations Kaity. I think the Monday sweater you made is beautiful. I love knitting sweaters. I live in Florida so I don’t get to wear them very often. I hope you take this as a compliment but you look a lot like Ashley Judd to me. I think she is so pretty. Anyway, I’m working on my first Ranunculus and having a blast knitting it. You asked for a good book recommendation. I’m reading “Not A Sound” by Heather Gudenkauf. I love her books. Also Shalini Bolland, Rachel Abbott and K. L. Slater. 🧶

[@hannahjeanstitchery]

Kaity, Congratulations on your little one on the way!!! Im catching up on watching your podcast! and Yes I completely understand knitting and pregnancy is a no go! with my first I didn't have this problem, but with my second it made me sick to even think about touching yarn. and now with my third I couldn't knit until a couple weeks ago maybe around week 17 or 18. I couldn't even imagine watching knitting podcasts, it just made me so nauseous.

[@mindfulmelbournemaker]

When I made the anthology throw I folded it in half to block and dry it so it took up less space - it worked perfectly!

[@maryk8p]

Im so behind and catching up on your podcasts but congratulations Kaity! So excited for you!! I am the same when pregnant in that first trimester, knitting makes me nauseous as well. I’m able to pick it back up later on during my pregnancies though. I’m currently in my first trimester for baby #6 and knitting has been put on the back burner for the time being. 😅

[@jillortiz6459]

Another great podcast! I love seeing your beautiful projects. Congratulations Kaity - I hope you feel better soon! You mentioned the Mostly Knitting podcast - that's one of my favorites. I have an audible book recommendation that I just finished: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers.

[@PamKnitsToo]

I have missed you ladies but congratulations on the good news of another sweet baby! Also, Happy Birthday Diana 🎂🎂 Always beautiful knitting from both of you ❤

[@lydiasobocinski9651]

Use fabric paint on the bottom of the socks to prevent slipping :)

[@goldenknits2]

Congratulations Kaity! What a blessing! Happy birthday Diana!🎉 I really enjoy your podcasts and just love that the two of you are so close!😊

[@suebaughman2440]

All the Light We Cannot See is one of my favorite books. Glad you are both feeling better!

[@Proudmom9091]

Congratulations 🎉. We just was blessed with our third grandchild little girl.

[@TheKnittyKats]

Oh my Gosh.. I was cooking while watching your podcast and burst out when you found your knitting bag! That is the best. So glad you found it! Feel better Katie. The blessing growing inside you is sooooo worthy it. Give yourself some grace to just lay low.

[@marcybrown691]

To make those sweet little socks slip proof… try puff paint.

[@skhoyt6024]

It’s good to see you two again! Congratulations to Katie! I hope you feel better soon.

[@emilylee9441]

Congratulations Kaity! I hope you feel better very soon. I love watching you ladies. Thanks for another lovely podcast.

[@jayleendelrio2075]

Congrats Katy, I hope the morning sickness passes soon! Thank you both, you two are a joy to watch!

[@frunzid1]

Congratulations Kaity!!! So great to see you lovely ladies again!

[@susansmith3264]

So good to see you, Ladies! Katie, Congratulations on your new wee one!!!! So exciting! I’m like your mama…..I’m sorry you are feeling sick but I’m glad you are feeling sick…..I always felt like that was an affirmation that all was well. But I do hope you feel better soon!!!!!

[@melissabell1806]

When I was pregnant- I couldn’t knit my first trimester either! In fact I still have the yarn from that project I was working on (almost six years later) and every time I look at it I get nauseous. lol I should de stash it because I don’t know if I can ever knit it now. Also- I just got COVID for the first time and felt very tired and nauseous and lost my knitting mojo for about five days because of it too! Such a strange thing.

[@hollysweany4234]

It was so nice to watch another podcast. Congratulations to you both on the newest wee one. ❤

[@annmorris6732]

Kaity, Congratulations! Those socks are so cute!! Diana, Love the Elwood….lucky grandchildren! I knit the Flax for my grandson who lives in Nashville…..talk about snow…I think they got 10” last week with colder temps than we had here outside of Philadelphia….go figure! I just finished the Dustland shawl by Stephen West and my hands were SO dry. My friend sent me No-crack (unscented day use) Super Hand Cream. I have a 4oz and the price on it is 6.95. I see the same listed on Amazon for $12.95. It makes me think that she purchased it near Berlin, OH….Amish country. Regardless, this is THE BEST! Thank you for podcasting…It is so appreciated!❤

[@sallyidso182]

Good to see you Thankyou for your time. Be yourselves. What you share is perfect and enough. Congratulations Kaity and family. Happy birthday Diana.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you for your kind words! We enjoy getting to spend time with you all! - Kaity

[@labraknit]

Congratulations, Kaity. Hope you are feeling better soon! I love your Badger and Bloom, Diana. I am knitting Anne Ventzel’s Super Selene

[@cherylportsmouth5101]

Congratulations Kaitie so happy for you and your family. Hope the sickness passes quickly. I always enjoy watching you both interact.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you for your kind comment!❤- Kaity

[@OldeThymeKnits]

I just cast on and cast off the travelers cowl by Andrea Mowry. It is a great easy quick knit, you will enjoy it. Congratulations on the new addition.

[@amandaginter5683]

Congratulations! So thrilled for you. When I was pregnant with my second child, I could knit but crocheting made me feel so, so ill. I didn't get back to that craft for at least a year. All I could figure was that I was crocheting when morning sickness first hit me, so my brain associated crochet with nausea. Go figure!

[@beverleymatthews354]

Congratulations Kaity...so nice to have you ladies back again 🙂

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! - Kaity

[@8Gammie]

OH WOW.. congratulations on being pregnant. How exciting this is... !!!! Love the 2 child sweaters you have done, so beautiful. Great video, have missed you both. I am finishing Sandra Brown's 'OutFoxed' book. Very good. Now ready to start Agatha Christie's 'And, then there were None'. I keep picking up an Agatha Christie, now and then, to read the all. Sending love, hugs,prayers.

[@sabinebauerle7655]

Congratulations kaity. So excited for you and your family. Take good care, love from Germany

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! - Kaity

[@odalysmiranda125]

I'm pregnant with my second and I have not been able to focus enough to knit anything other than stockinette, if any knitting. Going on 12 weeks this week and my focus is getting a little better!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Congratulations!!! I feel like I'm finally coming out of the first trimester fog a bit! Hope you can get back in to knitting soon! :) -Kaity

[@carolroy5435]

Hi Ladies! And congratulations Katie!! 🎉 You can buy a product (Sock Stop?) that looks like white glue and you just put dots of it on the bottom of socks so they don't slip on hardwood floors. As for knitting with colors that might bleed, make a swatch with the yarn and stripe in some white. Wash and block it and see what happens. Small boo-boos are always better than big ones. 😉❤xo

[@alexisbriggs284]

Love your podcast , ladies. Kaity, congratulations and I hope you feel better soon. Here is a book series suggestion which you may enjoy if you like historical fiction with some mystery involved: the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd, a mother-son writing team. These are set during WWI. Very enjoyable reads.

[@lindaspencer6547]

Congratulations Kaite. So happy for you. It’s good to see you both again. Diana, you asked about winter hands when knitting with wool. My favorite it to use Lanolin cream (just pure lanolin). I rub it on my hands like lotion and knit away. I’ve not had any stickiness or any other problems on my sweaters from that, but I do only use it on pure wool, no superwash or blended fibers. Kaite I hope your desire to knit returns soon. Happy knitting and reading to you both.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you!! I will pass on the Lanolin tip! :) -Kaity

[@gabyknits7960]

Congratulations!!!! Love your podcast!! Stitched in Sweden is a lovely podcast and she is expecting her 3rd baby and talks about being to sick to knit.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you!! I will definitely have to check her out! Thanks for the recommendation! - Kaity

[@marthakimball4507]

So good to catch up with you two! Congratulations Kaity!! So exciting. I wasn't a knitter until after my third child, so with the my fourth and fifth pregnancies I completely lost any desire to knit until the nausea faded which for me is like 25 wks. It is such a bummer and I miss it but even looking at yarn makes me nauseous when in those early weeks. Like you said, it'll come back. It's so worth it though! My fifth baby is almost 11 months now, I miss those newborn days terribly already.

[@thefruitfulhands]

YES! Even looking at yarn!! Isn't that crazy!? I feel like I'm coming out of it a bit (11 weeks now). 25 weeks is quite a while! So sorry, but so worth it! Each phase is so precious. 🥰-Kaity

[@mendyelliott9495]

Congratulations 🎉 so good to see you gals again!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you!! - Kaity

[@kimplumer2122]

I like to read any of Ann Tyler and love all Pearl Buck, Betty MacDonald (The Egg & I and all the rest of her books. Love your podcast and congrats on the baby coming. You'll be knitting baby things soon.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thanks for the book recommendations! We will check them out! Yes, hopefully lots of baby knits coming soon! 🥰- Kaity

[@jacksheilaweber4322]

Hi ladies! Happy New Year. So happy for you Kaity! Love seeing all your makes. Blessings! Sheila

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! - Kaity

[@TheSablelou]

So good to see you both! Congratulations on the new addition! For your hands I swear by Tuft Hand and Body Balm. It is awesome and makes your knitting smell good to!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! We will check out Tuft Hand! :) - Kaity

[@TheSablelou]

@@thefruitfulhands Kaity, just a heads up so you’re not surprised . . .when you put it on at first it will feel really greasy but it’s truly not! Your hands will feel like butter when you are done! I had been using O’Keefe’s Working Hands but that left my hands feeling a little sticky where this Hand Balm just melts in!

[@Thehighfiberdiet]

Congratulations on the new little one. Ennui is normal at the beginning of pregnancy. You have a lot of “making” going on so that you feel listlessness or dissatisfaction from things you normally feel excitement from is normal. Relax and allow the process of your current work in progress.

[@thecreativeknitrovert]

Congratulations Kaity!! 💕

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! - Kaity

[@LifeasMrsCooks]

You two were missed, glad everyone is feeling better! Happy early birthday, Diana. And congratulations Kaity! I’ve been using Shea butter for my hands because the dryness has been real. I made the Jason Cashmere for my husband as a Christmas gift, he loves it. Agatha Christy has a murder mystery, Murder on Orient Express or something like that, anyway, it was pretty good. I hope you have a great rest of the month and enjoy the family. I enjoyed catching up with y’all.

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you!! I've heard shea butter is great for that! Oh yes, I've heard of that one! I'll add it to my list! - Kaity

[@kendram7511]

Congratulations Kaity, so happy for you! A book you might enjoy during your Agatha Christie era is The Mystery of Mrs. Christie - it’s a fictional account of a true event where she disappeared for several days from her regular life.

[@brookelucero3646]

Congrats to u!! I’m 7 weeks pregnant and can only knit in the round barely a few minutes a day. The thought of doing cables or any kind of new technique makes me even more sick to my stomach.

[@suzieqknitz3118]

So sorry to hear you were all sick, was it COVID?

[@thefruitfulhands]

No, I think mine was just a bad cold. Some of the out of town kiddos tested positive for Flu A after they got home. ~D

[@denicelovejoy9720]

I just watched your podcast for the first time and having a hard time catching the name of your projects. What is the name Of the light pink and black colorwork sweater in biche buche. I’d love to knit it. So beautiful!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Badger and Bloom by Anne Ventzel. ~D

[@annagreen3250]

My friend has issues with black or dark blue. There is something in the dye that is having a chemical reaction to her hands/skin.

[@colettemoolman4410]

I recently watched a knitting podcast in which the lady said she couldn't knit with any bright coloured, variegated or speckled yarns when she was pregnant. That made her nauseous.

[@deborahderden4860]

Why not just contact who you bought the red from and just get replacement yarn? Trying to “set” the red is way too much work and you didn’t pay to do a job they should have done correctly. Reflects badly on the company.

[@melissaemery8686]

Congratulations!

[@deniseengel1451]

Congratulations Kaity!

[@thefruitfulhands]

Thank you! - Kaity

[@rachelbonner-ed5ux]

So glad you are all recovering from your sicknesses and congratulations, Kaity! I am enjoying your watching your podcast and hearing about your knitting adventures while I knit on my Morning Coffee socks. I’ve been trying to choose a cardigan pattern for my granddaughter and am now going to do the Little Rosa because yours is so cute!