YoungFolk Knits Podcast: Knit & Chat | Nightshift Shawl | Growing Up Arkansan | My Wedding Ring

[@mywonderfulknittinglife]

Keep that accent girlfriend. It makes me smile every time I hear it. Love the podcast!

[@paulavento7943]

You are the cutest thing! Just found this podcast...I will be here for them all.

[@tobytanktea]

Oh my goodness, we have some faverolles as well and they are just the biggest goofballs! I love them so much and nobody has ever heard of them.

[@theknittystew]

Oh Kaci I just love these knit & chats! Your chickens ❤❤ I looove them! You and my sister would get along like peas and carrots. Her hens are named after the classic country ladies: Loretta, Dolly, Reba, etc. Her rooster is Buck Owens. Thanks for the tip on the 2x2 bind off.

[@sharmanklinefelter508]

you are the most inspiring knit podcast

[@yaelschlick1496]

Thank you SO much for the link for the 2x2 tubular bindoff. I was just at the end of a sweater with 2/2 ribbing and this helped finish it off with style!

[@susanbruty4727]

Terrific! Thanks. X

[@denisewells6856]

I love your accent and pronunciations. It reminds me of my homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. I'm a pacific northwest gal now, living the rainy life!

[@annettebowersox1976]

I have had many chickens in my sweet life, And the French Salmon Faverolls are my favorite! ❤ I am just up the mountain from you, in the Ozark Mountains . 😊

[@marta_makes]

Loved to knit&chat with you!

[@angelahutcheson4436]

I love your shirt! I have my yarn for the Nightshift Shawl, but have not cast on just yet. Now I'm motivated to get started! Love your podcast and your chickens

[@QueensYarnBoutique]

Love your t-shirt. I also was in shop class. Elton John the chicken is my favorite. Love you farming story. I'm also a farm girl. I showed chickens for the FFA in high school. Sometimes people don't understand my southern accent either. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@katrinalevin4064]

I am watching you podcast on Wednesday the 18th of January. I am a high school teacher which really takes away from my knitting time but on Wednesdays, I help to teach student to knit during a break in the school days. Hooray for knitting time, I always bring some knitting with me.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

That is awesome!!! Yay for future knitters!

[@stitchesandstarlight]

Okay, now I really, really have to start spinning for a paler, low contrast Nightshift. Yours is lovely.

[@cindyg.8425]

Thank you for today. I so enjoyed as I made my Granola ( with my Dad’s /Brothers 2022 Almond crop). Yummy. Wish I could do the KAL; sadly too much going on. But… enjoy.

[@TheWilderKnits]

Obsessed with your chicken content 😍

[@NewstromJulianna]

You’re so fun! ❤

[@emilycasey5441]

I am from Arkansas and living in Arizona. I will say something and people will look at my like whaaaat? I just tell them it is my Southernize and keep on going. 😂

[@janetjroberson2581]

Hello from St. Louis Missouri!

[@iwoollylikethat]

My nightshift shawl also gives primary color vibes at the beginning… but you never see it!

[@jennifersmall8696]

I’m from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. I don’t have a country twang I don’t think, but as soon as I am around family from that area, it comes back quickly! I get teased sometimes about saying y’all. I work remotely for a company based out of NY. I enjoy watching and listening to your podcast!!!

[@christinegiroux8471]

You are a delight! We all mispronounce those German, Norwegian etc words no matter where we are from! I love your accent, your chickens and their names!

[@KnittingWithCatHair]

So fun catching up with you Kaci 🥰 I share your goal of making better-fitting garments this year. Loved the linguistic lesson 😂 Happy Making 💕

[@deboraharnold8587]

I always mispronounce Lykke! 😂 Thanks for another lovely video ❤

[@genier7829]

Keep speaking Arkansan, it reminds me of my mom's family. They were from N E Texas and were fixin' to do things and y'alling routinely. Mom turned 97 Monday and doesn't speak any longer due to dementia, so I love to hear that regional accent. She and her dad, Daddy Gene, often traveled to Arkansas and went fishing when she was a young girl.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Awwww

[@suzannefolsom7470]

Frogged yarn - steam it with a steamer or over a tea kettle. When you do soak a hank, squeeze the water out, then wrap it in a towel and stand on it before hanging it to get even more water out - speeds up drying so much! Custom fit sweaters - Amy Herzog has books and craftsy classes about that. Fat Squirrel Speaks also has a great video that goes through the math and discusses ease as well

[@SusanRitchie]

Your chicken's names are brilliant 😁 Thanks for talking about getting your sweaters to fit properly. I'm big busted and this is something I'm nervous about! It feels like a big investment of time and money to get wrong lol.

[@Sassycanuckknitter]

Thank you for a lovely knit and chat. And thank you for sharing the proper pronounciation for Lykke and Laine. I know both French and English. And Laine is spelled exactly the same way yarn is spelled in French so when I have heard podcasters pronouncing it not the French way it gave me pause…and now I know it’s because it’s not the French word at all. lol.

[@bethusala]

When I was knitting on more of a budget I would find woolens at the thrift stores and frog them. What I did was frog it using the winder and swift. Once I got that yarn stretched on the swift I would run my iron's steamer function and let it sit on the swift until it dried. But also before the swift came into my life I would use chair legs to make the hanks. I sometimes felt bad taking apart finished gaments, but I definitely saved money taking old sweaters apart and reknitting them into what I wanted :)

[@Serenity-fu8xz]

Wow girl your night shift shawl is gorgeous your colors. 0MG.❤

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thank you so much!

[@Serenity-fu8xz]

Oh, I love you so much I ride horses as well

[@YoungfolkKnits]

❤❤❤

[@jenniferbarrett3272]

Informative and fun, as always! Can’t wait to see your pink bouclé hat. The Andrea Mowry shawl is on my dream knits list- not sure I will ever be able to afford Dreamstate yarns with the Canadian $ sucking wind as it does. I am excited to be knitting away on my boogie sweater- a black Lento that has been in my queue for quite some time. Eek! Making something for ME! I am about three inches down the body already and realized I am likely going to run out of yarn, which I got on sale-argh- so I went on line EVERYWHERE. And found it ON SALE 40% off at the Knitting Loft in Toronto- so happy, as regular price with added alpaca is not very budget friendly. I love 💕 your Arkansas accent, so you just keep it - some words in other languages can be really tricky to enunciate-trust me, I tried to learn some Icelandic when my sis and I made a pilgrimage to our Granny’s homeland- it was not pretty- although the scenery certainly was! Highly recommend Iceland as a great place to visit (not cheap, but well worth the journey).

[@this_skipper_knits959]

OMG... Good luck with that boucle🙊 it's gorgeous but I really dislike knitting with it. I did a huge triangular shawl with it once in beautiful autumnal colours and gave it away I was so sick of looking at it 🙈

[@patiharville8210]

I would listen to you everyday! ❤

[@maikengundsoe]

I'm new. Your podcast just showed up on my feed yesterday.😊 Your pronunciation of Lykke Needles is the absolute best I've heard from a non-Scandinavian 🤩. This space feels so cozy (hyggelig ) and nice to be in. It felt nice to just sit and knit while working on a sleeve on an improvised raglan sweater.

[@RTsarahmmm]

Seriously, we may be long lost sisters. Both knitters, both respiratory therapists, both showed horses when we were little. I showed Appaloosas though. Love the podcast and thanks for a great knit and chat!

[@mindykannon4650]

You are adorable and feel free to say any word any way you like. Cool childhood and congrats to your dad. Sounds very cool!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Haha thank you

[@theresalucas776]

I was pronouncing the word mud they way you were ! I just had a good laugh. Thank you!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

😂

[@StitchesandPrayersVlog-cast]

my husband is a auto body mechanic and I bought him a silicone ring for that very reason, 25 years and still all 10 digits!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

They are pretty cool

[@knitstory]

Loved hearing about your chickens, they’re a good lookin’ bunch!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thank you

[@jillenastevens3713]

Oh my gosh, you crack me up! Hahahah Loved this one. 🫶

[@YoungfolkKnits]

👯‍♀️

[@knittingpossect]

Love your podcast. I thought it was MUD as well. I love hearing about our farm and Chickens. What do you do with all of your eggs? Kim Still plugging away at my bougie sweatshirt- 1031 Sweater by Ozetta.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Hello Kim!!!! I’m so excited to see your sweater! And we always have plenty of family that likes to take eggs off our hands haha

[@roxannetarjan1411]

Kaci! I love the phone call- thank you so much for making me smile. I love your podcast girl!! Bravo. ❤️❤️❤️

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thank you ❤

[@MicheleHutton]

Loved the Quarter Horse comment. My father Tom Hutton was a Quarter Horse breeder, trainer and judged Quarter Horses all over the country. He had a ranch in Tennessee and later in Mississippi. I love your podcast.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

That is awesome!

[@janet_Luv2_Knit]

As always a great episode. Love the story about your pronunciation!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thanks! 😃

[@tvvistedstitches5470]

So much life changing advice in this video!! First, can't believe I hadn't thought of frogging with my ball winder, that's going to save a lot of time! and second, I also have a similar build to what you described and the idea to start with a smaller size and increase when splitting for sleeves is just genius! Thanks for your video :)

[@katpraeuner9794]

I recently had to frog part of a sleeve of a cardi and had one strand on my ball winder and hand wound the other two. UGH!! lesson learned. Don't make mistakes when you are using 3 strands at a time. lol It did work out and I was really happy with the change I made. My big revelation was hand winding onto the swift!

[@hawthorngrove3629]

I knit the nightshift shawl recently. I love it but I think I needed more rows to fit me better.

[@dianabloomdesigns]

Lovely episode as always. ❤️ Also, I laughed so hard when you said the pronunciation of Muud. I am from Canada and also thought it was mud. 😂

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Glad I’m not alone 😂

[@maureengiorgione5851]

You're so adorable! I love your videos !

[@skeinsofdreamsknits]

You my dear friend, are a ray of sunshine

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Awww right back at you my sweet!

[@whitmakes]

Texas gal here who never thought I had an accent til I moved to colorado 😂 your accent sounds like home to me and I’m always scared to try and pronounce things so I appreciate you mentioning it!

[@mariaorticelli8031]

So much fun Kaci!!

[@magigs22]

Thank you SO much for the link to the 2x2 sewn bind off! All of my sweaters with 2x2 cuffs better watch out because I’m about to go wild re-doing them ✂️🤪

[@YoungfolkKnits]

You are so welcome!

[@itskrisrene]

Thanks for the shout out Kaci! I absolutely love the way your Nightshift shawl is turning out. You have me thinking about casting on a second Nightshift shawl now 😂

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Ooooo do it!!!

[@riittatammi1149]

Thanks for being the most entertaining company. And I sincerely mean this in a good way, like it’s so heartwarming and fun to watch your episodes, I feel like we’re chatting in the same room.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Glad you enjoy it!❤

[@emilyblack4679]

I’m so glad you said something about doing more CO stitches at the underarm to make the body of your sweater a little larger! I literally am in the same place with a sweater that I’m afraid is going to be too tight along the body (but the yoke is fine). This is a revaluation to me! Thank you!!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

I'm so glad!

[@rachelraye285]

I love your love for chickens and their names!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@knittingghost]

I have the Nightshift shawl in my project queue, and seeing yours made me even more excited to cast it on!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Yay 🎉

[@betseyfowler2625]

Your podcast is very easy to knit along to. I am a Kansan trans planted to Washington State. I got so much ribbing because of my accent coming out on certain words. I'm still not sure how to say oil. That accent will creep back in when I call home.

[@summermchalffey9469]

The colors in your Nightshiift shawl are beautiful ❤️

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thank you

[@glendabathgate4036]

You just speak lovely don’t change it ur chicken s are so cute

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Thank you ❤

[@theobsessivemaker]

You & your channel are just delightful to watch 💕 I hope you feel better soon 🌸

[@AHandKnitLetter]

I loved seeing the pic of baby Kaci in her western shirt. 💗

[@YoungfolkKnits]

🤠

[@foxandfleece]

As an Arkansan, I also thought it was a “mud” bag 😂

[@nancydavis4459]

Thanks for the chat. When it comes to English,keep your accent I love to hear it. My Grandpa was from Oklahoma and also had a Grandma from Arkansas.I am from New York. My parents were raised in Illinois so I have many words that sound funny to he people here. I also speak much more slowly than most of the Western Newyorkers. So interesting.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Very cool!

[@TaylorOwen]

Your chickens are iconic! I wonder if you’ve ever added bust darts? I don’t know much about them personally, but it sounds like something you may wish to try if you have not yet. ❤❤❤

[@YoungfolkKnits]

J P knits has a class on that soon! I’m looking into it!

[@StitchesandPrayersVlog-cast]

i would have called it mud too!

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Haha

[@elizabeecreates7100]

Your tips on frogging were right on time. My bougie sweater is ridiculously too big. Please send good vibes as I try to frog plotulopi held double 😢

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Oh no! 😢

[@sarahlovesdonuts9601]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make a video with the words that Inga corrected and give the “Kaci translation “. It would be fun to poke at our American mispronunciations😂.💗💗😊

[@YoungfolkKnits]

😂😂😂

[@brittschmiesing8960]

Owls got in and killed our chickens one year. We live near a woods so the whole chicken thing didn't work out for long but we tried for several years.

[@AHandKnitLetter]

Also, I love the shirt. When will you have your own shirts? 😉

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Soon!

[@sp20036]

Hi! Im loving your podcast :) Can I ask what is the great song in the intro? Greetings from the snowy Finland, Europe!

[@Vivcatkemp]

Love that Nightshift 🤩 I have that on my docket to get done. I had one going but had to frog it😢 LOVE your Arkansas accent ❤ I am a fan of regional accents. I am born and raised in NC and neither of my parents had any kind of accent but now when I read aloud to my kids I ALWAYS slip into my Southern accent that I acquired in school 😂 I am a big fan of Y’all

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Oh yes the Carolina’s have their own accent as well! Love it

[@kathymclaughlin2248]

I just bought the Night shift shawl pattern. I attempted a sample and made many errors. The pattern is taking some getting used to. I keep losing my place. Glad I didn't buy yarn yet. Maybe it is above my paid grade. :)

[@ruthswarthout1115]

Loved your podcast thank you for sharing your life with us i do have a question actually 2 where can I find the bis bis beret its not on ravelry and when is the harlow sweater going to be released happy knitting

[@YoungfolkKnits]

The bisbis beret is on Ravelry. Try searching it as one word ❤ and the Harlow sweater is released now ❤

[@kathyberry1808]

I just bought that HH fibres suri too!! Ugh and a whole sweaters worth 😢. I haven’t received it yet. I’m so curious how it will knit up now! Love your podcast, accent, chickens, it’s all a good time ❤ I live in northwest Ontario in Canada and would have pronounced that bag the same as you lol 😂

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Oh no! We will see

[@ihesharema]

Girl I was saying Mud too 😂

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Lots of us were 😂

[@marniwh]

is sorting the same as cutting horses? my uncle and cousin train cutting horses.

[@sharmanklinefelter508]

what is a moot bag used for

[@Selena9999]

Hello: I have a chicken question for you. We have been researching getting chickens for several years. We feel like we are building a predator proof run and coop but also live in AR and are worried about snakes. Any advice on detouring the wrong kind of snakes? Thank you.

[@YoungfolkKnits]

I don’t know! We have a lot of snakes but haven’t had that problem…yet! I think we try to keep the grass low all around the coop. That helps to deter them i think.

[@tricotmeringue]

Laine magazine is a french word wich mean Yarn, I can send you a voice message if you’d like hihi

[@YoungfolkKnits]

It’s also a finch word! I’ve heard both the French and finch pronunciation but I thought I’d go with the other since it’s made in Finland

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Finish 🤷‍♀️

[@katpraeuner9794]

I recently completed a pair of socks from a sock blank. I hated every minute of knitting on them but thought the kinks would come out after washing. I washed and blocked them and they were still kinky so I wore them and then put them in the washing machine and dryer. Nope still kinky. The leftover yarn I caked up, then wound on my tiny knitty knoddy. it's too small, but I thought it would work for soaking the yarn. The yarn is still kinky. I almost want to wind it on my swift and see if I can maybe soak it in hot water and let it cool, then hang it to dry to see if that would help. Otherwise, the other sock blank I have will never get used. Any advise? Love your channel and watch all you put up so keep them coming. I'm working on the vellichor right now and I hope it turns out. I have like 1000 stitch markers to mark the 5 stitch repeat because I know I won't keep track otherwise. (I ordered more just in case I need more later cause I used almost every marker I own)lol

[@YoungfolkKnits]

I have never used a sock blank!

[@katpraeuner9794]

@@YoungfolkKnits I won't buy another one for sure!

[@3Dhyana]

Do you have a dog, predator deterrent

[@ruthlovestoknitpodcast]

Please don’t change a thing about your accent or your pronunciation xx

[@YoungfolkKnits]

😅

[@apippin774]

Are you aware of the song you played for this podcast…”low, im feeling Low, got nothing to show” now that is positive energy for a conscious creator! Not!

[@catherinecunningham7126]

I love Inga! 😂 I wouldn’t have known how to pronounce the bags name either!!! I don’t think I could have chickens here, too many predators here in the Ozarks. 😳🦝🦅🦉🦊🐻🐍🐺🐗+++

[@YoungfolkKnits]

Yes lol lots of chicken eaters