knittingthestash Episode 154: The Future of Knitting?

[@hollyscott8772]

You guys are hilarious! Thanks for improving my Sunday!

[@knittingthestash]

Thank you :)

[@karijames381]

What a great podcast! Spencer you should have Melissa on more often, she is a great guest😂 love to watch you two. It’s always a pleasure!

[@metaspencer]

What a great idea! I'll have to talk with her agent :)

[@knittingthestash]

hahah. love this!

[@cyndylee544]

You guys are both NUTS, but I love it! I always enjoy when Spencer comes on and hearing his take on things and the lively discussion that ensues!

[@debbieretzlaff2912]

You two are a blast! Thanks, I needed that 😊 Have a great holiday! ☃️🧶🌙❄️✨🎄

[@mywoolmitten]

Thank you for the smiles today (and also the beautiful yarn!)

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks, Cary! I hope you're doing ok!

[@eliwooltech]

I watched this episode while making a pair of worsted socks with yarn from one of your destashes, so I had a full circle moment. 😂 🙌🏻

[@knittingthestash]

oh man oh man! That's wild sci-fi stuff!

[@CrafticLand]

Skein-arios! 😂 This was a great episode. It's absolutely adorable how you guys are around each other after so many years together! In the future, what if yarn could read your body temp vs outside temp and magically adjust itself? No more neck sweat! lol. I hope you do make an episode with funny scenarios about futuristic knitting. :)

[@davidgarza7568]

You two cracked me up! Hugs from California, Stephanie

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks, Stephanie!

[@rochellehancock8120]

Love you guys! I look forward to your informative and funny episodes.

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks so much, Rochelle!

[@klaskelangford8324]

Thanks for the laughs: great episode!

[@knittingthestash]

Thank you!!

[@woolenbluebird]

Spencer always cracks me up.

[@catblues8645]

I love how invested Spencer is in your knitting 😁 you guys put a huge smile on my face. I also love the neon sign, but I have to say that it makes it a bit harder to see the colours of the wool. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend!

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks for letting me know! You're not alone! and yeah, the new light will have to remain unlit from here on out. . .

[@aroundtheworldfibers]

I have been looking for 3 ply yarn in worsted weight for a while now. Specifically Rambouillet mixed with Mohair, but mmm, I might give Romney a try. I'm looking for something quite soft, but sturdy. I've been trying to finish a sweater I started that's a 3 Ply worsted weight, but I don't have enough yarn. I thought I would use similar but in a different color, something like a heathered ebony if only I could find it. Ha, I've been looking for over a year. I can't spin yet, otherwise I would try to find the fiber and spin it myself. Intersting the colors in the studio give everything a bluish shade whereas the website give things what looks like a more nuetral, gray shade. Could be the studio lighting - but it looks really cool! The Jacob looks gorgeous - love the really dark color. I think it's a bit thin for what I'm looking for but I may even try that one too. Looks beautiful! They all do. ☺

[@knittingthestash]

You're not alone! and yeah, the new light will have to remain unlit from here on out. . . But yes, this yarn would be lovely for texture.

[@TikvahS87]

So excited to have a new mill in New England, I'll have to check them out! Jaggerspun is another worsted mill in the region that's got a good following.

[@knittingthestash]

oh you're totally right!!! How could I have forgotten about Jaggerspun. oh my oh my, my brain is not right at the end of the semester!

[@lizzieholland]

Nice episode! Its so weird I saw all the new yarn as shades of blue! Really appealing fibre though, love the shine of Masham and the fuzz of Jacobs.

[@knittingthestash]

You're not alone! and yeah, the new light will have to remain unlit from here on out. . .

[@RachelCunningham-ut9ks]

Ravel-me makes me laugh every time. Interesting scenario ideas!

[@knittingthestash]

heheh me too; always catches me off guard

[@beanaasz4069]

Finally was able to watch this podcast. Been serious stuff in my family this week and this just made my day. I know your "day job" is professor, but don't know what Spencer's is. You two are a hoot together.

[@knittingthestash]

thanks! Believe it or not, he was a prof too for many many years! Now, he runs a tree company!

[@lauriejarboe6087]

Love the podcast. Love the faux knit Troll!! I wonder if your fabulous new "faux" neon light is casting a blue glow on the items you are showing. As always the more blue around you, the bluer your eyes!!

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks, Laurie! You're not alone! and yeah, the new light will have to remain unlit from here on out. . .

[@fanciflower]

I saw and read the led sign immediately! Noice!!🤟🏻

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks!

[@Ramphastos333]

Totally fun episode, and your shawl is stunning!!! I haven't done a shawl in so long, as I have a ton and I generally prefer cowls (don't take as long!), but now you have me thinking about a shawl......

[@knittingthestash]

Oh do it!!

[@katiegallant9917]

Love watching you two interact. It's hilarious. If only I could come up with a future scenario for Spencer.... How about it's 2027 and people are adding metal hardware to sweaters. Hinges, I bolts, mini locks, corrugated metal straps, etc. How does that make him feel?

[@knittingthestash]

haha he'll love it! Thanks, Katie!

[@lorettafpol2006]

You are such good fun to watch.❤

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks, Loretta!

[@roselimke8736]

Knitty Buns as president. Can't wait!

[@knittingthestash]

hahah yes, Rose!!

[@wendysullivan5511]

I always add decreases to the long straight side of shawls like that-I agree that shape is hard to wear. Looks warm and pretty though! Love Spencer’s imagination of a totally new future that is only a year away😂

[@knittingthestash]

Oh great idea! I'm going to remember that mod, Wendy!

[@kristin.and.the.butterfly]

The difference between a carpenter and a mathematician talking about Pythagorean triples: a 5-4-3 triangle vs a 3-4-5 triangle. 😊 Thanks for the episode, it was a lot of fun!

[@knittingthestash]

LOVE this!!!

[@lilbruin]

Question: If you could 3D print knitted contact lenses, would there still be a need for printed-on knitting like Poppy's dress or would that be redundant now?

[@knittingthestash]

oh dear me, that's a good one . . .

[@KateMH_]

I saw a pattern description on Ravelry recently that said “only available in English so have chat GPT translate it for you.” Can’t remember which pattern this was so sadly I can’t link it and also hard to know the full impact of this statement since the description was also written in English…the designer evidently did not run it through chat GPT to translate it into various languages 🤷‍♀️😂

[@knittingthestash]

ooooOOooo yes, so interesting how google translate and ChatGPT are getting in on the knitting scene . . .

[@Janet-ov7zx]

I’d love to know how you made your new light. It looks very cool, and very much like neon. The scarf is delightful! And the new yarn is so tempting….. harpingJanet

[@knittingthestash]

Thanks, Janet. It was an Amazon deli-o. But, I've heard the light is distorting the yarn a bit, so it will have to remain in the off position next episode :)

[@lindaperron318]

😂😂😂😂 love this video

[@noreenlou]

I’ve also heard that crochet is only done by hand.

[@knittingthestash]

right? so interesting!

[@codelief9106]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJbGcoeIrK2Ehpo I do believe so! Alisha explains it nicely, there are some machines that can do crochet look-a-likes, but crochets items in store are made by (wo)man or child, for non to high gages.

[@genier7829]

I have heard the same thing about crochet. Also, it is not possible (currently) to mechanize basketry. Just watched a Botanical Age video on the Leakey Foundation channel, and they connected woven monkey/ape nests to the evolution of bipedalism and language.... there's a rabbit hole for Spencer to dive down. Just to keep him occupied during the snowy afternoon. Maybe Nieu wool is the new Soylent Green? Sorry, nothing is better than wool. Period.

[@knittingthestash]

heheheh this made me giggle.

[@KittenWAW]

1. Spencer: "In 2025 AI will take over Ravelry." Me: "Will it be so busy on Ravelry it will get out of politics?" 2. "In 2025 yarn will be synthetic." Melissa and Me: "Been there, done that, got the 1950s sweater." 3. Spencer: "If yarn were made of Mackerel, you could spend it in prison." Me: "Huh?" 4. Beautiful shawl! AND, most importantly of all - why are you more concerned about her printed sweater than her molded plastic bangs? Cuz that's the scam, man! That's the SCAM!

[@metaspencer]

And there I was thinking that molded plastic bangs were so normal. Mackerel yarn is flooding the yarn shops around here!

[@knittingthestash]

I just saw Mackerel and prison. That was all I could handle.

[@tonit.3308]

Thanks for the Hilarious content (from a AI generated chat bot viewer 😂😂).

[@knittingthestash]

hahah! Thanks. Love this comment

[@this_skipper_knits959]

💌

[@lindarogers3608]

The lovely blue light that your new sign gives off has the unfortunate effect of distorting the colors of the yarn you show. Just sayin.

[@knittingthestash]

You're not alone! and yeah, the new light will have to remain unlit from here on out. . .