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Episode 154

January 29, 2017January 29, 2017 by Sara

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This episode contains a personal narrative about my participation in the DC Women’s March on January 21st. Thank you to everyone who marched or supported the march through their words and actions. I continue to participate in the Women’s March Movement, which is advocating for everyone to take 10 actions in the first 100 days of the new administration. Other helpful resources for activism are the Take Action page of the ACLU website and 5calls.org, which provides action plans, contact info and scripts when you enter your US zip code. To find your elected officals, go to Common Cause.

Martha and I walked from the RFK Stadium parking lot to the rally. Here we are behind the Capitol Building.

And here we are on the Mall. You can see the Capitol in the background. Don't we have the most fabulous pussyhats? It was great to see the sea of pink in photographs and footage following the event. — And here we are on the Mall. You can see the Capitol in the background. Don’t we have the most fabulous pussyhats? It was great to see the sea of pink in photographs and footage following the event.

One of my favorite signs on our approach to the rally. “No [twitter] ’til you finish your history homework!”

Our words are the house we live in. - Hafiz — My poster: Our words are the house we live in. – Hafiz

I had 500 postcards printed upon returning from the march. I have mailed a lot to knitter friends, but still have about 100 to distribute. If you need some, let me know!

Did it Ever Occur to You that Maybe You’re Falling in Love? poem by Ailish Hopper

2 thoughts on “Episode 154”

admin says:

February 16, 2017 at 12:30 am

Thank you so much for the kind words. I can send you the mp3 if you like. Let me know.
Hinke says:

February 2, 2017 at 12:13 pm

It’s a beautiful poem, listened to it 3 times, and I would love to share you saying it. Is there a way to do so?

Thank you for your podcast, makes my day every time I listen to it.

Arrows and Doorways

The design for this super-cozy cowl was inspired by textiles in a hotel lobby. Concentric geometric shapes kept playing in my mind until finally I was able to chart the pattern and get it onto my needles. The interplay of this chevron-like patterning has a mesmerizing effect–while you’re knitting and when you wear the finished accessory.

Knit up a cowl with yarn from your stash, adding some magical new mini-skeins from your advent calendar, or exchange leftover yarn with a friend. The design invites frequent color changes, and makes an ideal knit for the advent season. It could be just as striking knit with two high-contrast colors.

While most cowls of this type are seamed within a band of a single color, this pattern incorporates a technique called stranded donut grafting, an incredibly clever and completely seamless graft that allows you to maintain colorwork patterning so that your starting and ending rounds are undetectable. Really! With many possibilities for color play and a new technique to add to your skill set, this cowl pattern is really an opportunity for knitters to level-up!

NEW PATTERN DESIGN!

ONE DARK BLUE NIGHT

This hat is the third in a series of patterns inspired by teachings in Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run with the Wolves. This time, I drew inspiration from Estés’ retelling of a Japanese tale, Tsukina Waguma or “The Crescent Moon Bear,” in which a young woman travels to the cave of an incredibly intimidating and ferocious bear. She makes several journeys to the cave, leaving food and quickly retreating, until “one dark blue night,” she musters the courage to stand her ground and ask for what she seeks--one hair from a moon-shaped patch on the bear’s chest--which she is granted. The young woman returns, triumphant, to the old healer who has sent her on this quest. She believes this single hair is the magic ingredient in solving the problem that plagues her. She holds it forth, but the healer tosses the hair into the flames. The young woman is in despair until she realizes the true lesson of her quest: that using her determination, courage, and patience, as she did with the crescent moon bear, will help her to confront the challenge at hand.

The moon phase motif of this colorwork hat is meant to capture the magic of a dark blue night--when the moon shines brightly overhead, the frosty air sparkles with possibility, and we succeed in summoning accumulated wisdom from deep within ourselves so that we can apply it to our own healing. Choose colors to conjure a wintery night sky, or select a palette of your signature colors.

Available on Ravelry December 20th.

Yarns at Yin Hoo

Episode 154

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