sitting here knitting alone, and i literally laughed out loud when kevin said the yarn smelled like oil and sheep; ray responded "sounds like an inappropriate movie". love the humor you two have, but also the kindness that shines thru 😊
Yes. Just come on to RU-vid feeling pretty rough after medical treatment today and what pops up? 2.11 hours of one of my favourite channels. Feeling better already and snuggled down ready to watch 👍
I love the long episodes but the problem is as you’re going along I have so many little comments and by the end I can’t remember any of them. I can say I always enjoy the time spent catching up and seeing what you’re working on. This is Star btw. 😂❤❤❤
Guys if you have bees upstairs, check directly under your window sills in the room where you found bees. I had this a few years ago. They got in under the shingles and built a nest in the wall and came right through the plaster walls under the window sill. Good luck!!!
Thank you both for another wonderful podcast. I savor watching you two! Life’s thrown me a few bumps and you bring my spirits up. Love all your knits. Beautiful sweater Kevin! Ray love your blanket and hat. You both are inspiring ❤. I appreciate your kindness and creativity.
Hi guys, thank you and MyYak for the discount code - some silk yarn fell into the cart and is headed to South Africa - talk about you both being my enablers !!!! Have an amazing week and I am definitely going to be on the Zoom as Joji is one of my favourite designers.
Loved the cardigan and the hat. The colors in your dyed yarn are beautiful. I dye my own floss for cross stitching and keeping notes has helped in keeping the color waves.
Hi, guys it’s me, Mary, in Oregon. Got home Saturday night from a 2week road trip to Missouri, for a grandson’s wedding and finally getting to meet my 18 month old great grandson! We had a great time. Then on to Colorado to visit my sister whom I hadn’t seen since the beginning of the pandemic; also a great time! Took some knitting with me, a top-down-cardi, and made good progress. Couldn’t knit in the car because I’m the co-pilot/map reader. Watching you today, Sunday, feels like a Welcome Home from you two guys. 🎉Love and (((hugs)))🧶🥰🧶 So glad to be home!!
So many good things! Kevin, your new sweater and the yarn you've dyed! Beautiful. Ray, that Bare Naked Wools shawl is to die for. I want to drop everything and make it. Also absolutely LOVE the colors you chose for your new sweater. Looking forward to watching you eat a new batch of snacks. Thanks so much for the joy you bring.
Brilliant episode guys and what fun to have another treat night with you. Kevin, that cardi is something else - just love it and it looks brilliant on you and Ray your hat is perfecto. Such fun catching g up on what you have been doing and knitting. Your tie dye t. Shirts are fabulous. Reminds me of my youth - and that was many years ago🤭. Have a good two weeks and see you soon. Jill 🧁
It is always so nice to see you guys😊 Kevin has become so much relaxed since he left the company world. I'm so happy that he made it❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Sometimes you don't realise how much tension have in you until it's gone. Hope it makes sense to you😊 Love you both🥰
About 17 years ago I went into my supervisor’s office (at a very busy Library) and said, “ I know this is selfish but I want to start a knitting/crochet group here.” She said, “ you are correct that is selfish but go ahead.” The group still meets on the 2nd and 4th Fridays and we average around 12 to 20 people. I retired last year and still go up to that library to knit and enjoy the conversations. Kevin thank you for the book recommendation, The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Fantastic read and I suggested it to my husband and he loved it as well. November is going to be a long wait. 😃
The library knitting group has been great, such a great way to knit with people in person and to get the community together. So happy to hear you both liked the book, so excited that there will be 5 books in the series.
You guys are so good about replying to all of these comments…I don’t mind that they aren’t personalized, but it is a bummer that RU-vid is making it harder for you! Ray, your Wool Along Hap is gorgeous! I was part of Barenaked Wool’s Barn Box for awhile. Their yarn is so beautiful and the scent when you open up that package cannot be beat! Looking forward to watching your progress!
Here’s a hint for the tye dye, if you lay the item down on a painter’s cleaning grate so the dye run off doesn’t pool and get muddy your colors come out more brilliant. I use the disposable paint tray liners and lay painters grate inside the liner makes clean up a snap 😊
Kevin, you did an outstanding job on your cardigan! Ray, the Oslo hat looks like a perfect fit and that color is awesome! You guys are so inspiring to me…a newbie knitter😊
Hi Kevin and Ray, I have ordered my yarn for The Scope sweater for the MYAK summer KAL. I have chosen the baby camel yarn in Gobi and Morning glory. I love the cable cast on and have been using this cast on method since I started knitting many, many, many years ago LOL!! Loving the gorgeous FO's and WIP's, beautiful bags and thank you for sharing your yarn too. I will also be taking part in "Let's hear it for the Boys" MAL, I will be using Yarn by the Yarn Whisperer, Pattern by Max Cyr and making the So Basic Sweater for my hubby! So excited to let you know we got ourselves a new addition to the family, a sweet French Bulldog puppy who we have named Spice. Have an awesome week. xxx
Hello Kevin and Ray from Mounds Illinois. I just crocheted four baby blankets and used Caron Baby Cakes yarn. I knitted a pair of thrummed mittens they are so warm.
I’m so thrilled you are both knitting your Anne Hanson sweaters. You will love your Stone Soup finished sweaters. The hap MWAL is chock full of information on the sheep and wool yarns. I hope you’re enjoying it Ray.
Hi guys! I love your tie dyes. Mine always come out a mess, so I'm super impressed. Ray, my dad has orthostatic hypotension so when Kevin climbed up in the chair, I could not relax until he got down! I also would have been spotting him the whole time, lol. Also Ray's face when Kevin just threw that random us3 back into the bag... priceless.
Ray, your hap is stunning! I can't wait to see what comes next! Kevin, I love your colors! I'm not a big fan of blue, but that bright one made me gasp! And your sweater is beautiful. It fits perfectly And I think all four of your tie-dye shirts are great! I remember making one in Girl Scouts in the 1960s and I wore it until it was in pieces. The kits that you got for giveaways are fabulous! The wools for the Ambah O'Brien one are to die for! And the Advent calendar one - just wow!
Great full episode. I was able to finish the Italian bind off on a vest. Lots happening with NATR and very exciting and well deserved. Looking forward to the next tasting as they are so much fun. Take care and have a great couple of weeks.
"Whoopshh" 😂😂😂I love your WIP sound effects! Ray your mystery wool-along is beautiful and I love how you said, "I did it!" Much to be proud of. Kevin, awesome sweater and the I-cord work, yep that's work!
Genuinely amazed that you managed to read 3 books AND craft! What does a day-in-the-life of Kevin look like? Do you sleep and eat? 😂 Share your secrets!
Hi guys!!! I'm so glad you updated the KAL!! (So excited that I wove ends & added a charm to the "wrong" side of my beanie. 🙄...I carefully got THAT out). I posted yarn by a male dyer & actually got "dislikes" 😢 Not many "guys" in my life & the "guys" I used to knit for, well, aren't "guys" anymore, kinda. (Wellllllll one is confusing, "they" got married & having a baby with "their" partner, but......). I love the bumpy cardigan , I want one!! I don't know why someone would be concerned that the baby blanket being too big, I make ALL my baby blankets oversized, babies grow!!! 🤣😂🤣 I think all those gifted kits are Jimmy Bean's wools!! I love them SO much!! Still need to go there! Rebecca from chemknits always makes me laugh.... I think my greatest accomplishment that I learned from her was my sweetarts yarn... SO much fun! Have a great fortnight!!
Hi Kevin and Ray. Love your yarn you have dyed Kevin. Your jumper is beautiful Ray. So involved with watching you while knitting a sock I knitted the gusset wrong 🤣All ok now😅🧶👍🏻
Hi! Lesley from Australia here. Why does YT need to change our names - very weird. I loved the episode and all the goss from your part of the world. You have had a very productive couple of weeks and everything you showed is lovely. Thanks for sharing xx
I also knit the Oslo hat but I did one fingering and one strand of mohair! It is my go-to for the cold Canadian winters up here in Alberta! I’m glad you knit it!
As long as I’ve been watching you I’m so excited for your popularity and so glad Kevin is dying yarn. I love you guys so much and always enjoy your podcasts. ❤
So JC chocolate almond cake, and you had purchased the JC cookbook a while back. Still watching Anti-Chef? I'm hopelessly addicted now. Thank you for showing all your beautiful projects. Such a pleasure.
OMG So 17:54. I'm happy to hear that you are knitting a Shetland Hap. I just got back from a Knitting Tour of Scotland and Shetland. If you can ever take that tour Irish Knitting Tours, you will be over the moon! Sending you this message from Mtl, 2 Kisses, love you 😍
There are 2 tours of Ireland, North & South. I did Northern Ireland, Scotland and this June Scotland and Shetland. All 3 were above expectations. Slainte!
Hi Kevin and Ray As usual you both crack me up Kevin your dyes are gorgeous colours …continue to do well in it .. I know you’ll go a long way !!! Both if your knits are beautiful 🎉 They are censoring all we do right now I’m from Canada and it’s getting deep But love you guys and have a great week !! 😊💝🇨🇦🇨🇦
The difference between tubular bind off and Italian bind off is the tubular bind off has some set up rows similar to the cast one set up rows. Kevin that cardigan looks stunning and Ray the lace on your wool-a-long looks awesome.
Wow, love the t-shirts. Should not watch you when not very mobile as you make me laugh. Still in a plaster cast so when you make me laugh it's hard to dash to the bathroom! Love your relationship with each other .... have lost my knit and crochet mojo but hopefully it will come back post cast. Love you guys .
Beautiful sweaters guys!!! Lovely yarn stash. Ray, Lucy of Attic 24 has a blog (no youtube) where she gives a very detailed pictorial tutorial on the granny stripe. Along with other crochet blanket tutorials. I have the Jan Eaton book 200 Crochet Blocks where I learned how to do the Granny Stripe. Once you start crocheting blankets, its very hard to go back to knitting them. Have fun.
Tie dyed shirts are so cute...flash back! Love all of your projects. You inspire me with your enthusiasm!! What do you do with all of the leftover yarns from your projects. I don't remember ever hearing you mention any scrappy projects!! Hope your goodie box arrives soon...I'm ready for some good laughs! 😅
We have all the left over yarn stored in a rubber container, we go in there and use them for heels and toes for socks, sometimes use them for hats. We should try and use the left over yarn more.
Today I had jury duty so I took an Oslo hat to knit, just round and round and round…. Got a few inches done I’m doing the medium based on your experience! Thanks for podding
@@NeedlesattheReadyPodcast I realized after closing the brim that I have ‘sealed’ the cast on tail inside…and it was knotted because it was so long 😂 😂 I’m not undoing it. It’ll be for my son and I won’t even tell him, he may never notice the lumpy bit 😂 😝 Thanks guys for being so entertaining. Have a great day! 💜
I found a video of a woman talking about rating her 14 kinds of crochet hooks. I didn't know there were so many. I was brought up on Susan Bates, the only ones our stores sold. Her number one crochet hook was your Clover ones!!! I had bought some when I saw them on sale and I am so glad that I bought them even though I needed them like another hole in my head! The tie dye is great. Brings me back to Girl Scout leader days at camp! I always love seeing your projects and yarns. I am making a lacy shawl and I do find I need to concentrate and also hope not to drop a stitch. Hey, what happened to not buying yarn and using your stash....🤣😁😂? I keep telling myself to stop buying yarn but I can't, I just can't! Who knows what will happen after I hit that "more" button. Can't wait to try some more international food and "drink"! Those shows are hilariousas the time
I say this honestly and from my ♥️. I appreciate and trust what you share. That is why I tried the crochet hooks. It didn't hurt either that they were on sale when I got the urge! Yay Ray!
Wow….love the pickle color way yarn, went immediately to order and 😢 none left! I will try to keep a lookout for you to dye up some more…..yes, please, DK if possible 😮. Thanks for another great podcast, I love Joji and have many of her patterns so I may join in.
Loved everything you finished and are working on!! Wish I had been better at logging on to Ravelry. Would have loved to moderate for you! Feel free to reach out if you need anyone else! Thanks for doing this video and you can be certain I’ll be tuning in to “After Dark”! ❤
Absolutely love the tie dye. Now I want to get a kit. Love the cardigan. Looks so good on you. When I was a kid, everytime we went to a county or state fair we would do a shirt in that spinning thing. What fun that was.
Donna here, I watch the Bakery Bears and Kay is(was?) working on a granny stripe blanket. You might like hers since she has issues with her hands hurting and she tries to make it easier on herself.
It's a happy Saturday when I see a new NATR podcast uploaded. Kevin, your cardigan came out sooo good. It looks so comfy. I've been crocheting a lot of blankets lately (in between all the sock knitting). Every time I want to try a new pattern it never works out for the yarn I have so I end up making my 'old reliable' Project Linus Crocheted Blanket by Cindy Adams (free pattern on Ravelry). It's a super easy 3 stitch pattern that works for any weight yarn. And Kevin I love all the new colors you dyed up. I WANT ALL THE YARN !!!! 🥰~ see you in a fortnight. Mary Beth (MommaBethKnits)
My iPad froze and I didn't get to edit and finish the last sentence. It should read....Those shows are hilarious especially as the time goes on or to the last drop! 🥂
I tried to enter the woolens and nosh , but I went to the web site then to yours and couldn’t remember what I picked. Tough getting old , I do like her yarn and have bought some thanks to you.
I just got back from Ireland. It was beautiful. I was a bit disappointed in the lack of yarn stores. I did find a great store in Dublin that was open like 4 days a week. Some of the sweater store had a small amount of yarn. I got to feel LITLG and it is a beautiful yarn.
Awesome another beautiful podcast of the boys. Thanks for sharing everything. Would love to be in the myak knit along but unfortunately I have to work.😅
I love barely there skeins for colorwork, when you need a good contrast. Some dyers just have colorways that are saturated and having just a nice light colorways gives me more options.
I like all the things you showed and your projects. Would like to see a bit mor of your yarns. Now, I saw yesterday a show, full of blood, but really funny….cocaine bear….prime. Keep at it, love it, love you.
Ray, just a tip for knitting bottom up, to start with a provisional cast on (hem and sleeves) cause you can add length when everything is done or just knit the ribbing…maybe for the next project. 🤷🏻♀️ thought you guys would be ‘twinning’ your Rhinebeck sweaters like the Posse tried to do last year 😂
Sorry for the late comment, but I'm several weeks behind on my podcasts. Love the tie-dye shirts, guys! (P.S. if you go to Ireland, please take me with you. 😜)
I only ever knew the cable cast on and didn’t realise as a young knitter that were other cast ons 🤣🤣🤣. I do go back to it all the time as it looks great.
Fun episode, guys!! Loved all the stuff. I especially love the Thrummed Mittens kits!! You def should try to make them. I made some for Christmas gifts this year. ❤ They are quick and come out so cool!!!
Would you consider doing a give away for a crochet project I crochet more than I knit I am just learning to knit at this time. Thanks so much for considering this! Love watching you guys you make my week.
I’ve got my coffee! Good morning, guys. Always feels like sitting down with friends when you have a new episode. Also, would either of you happen to know if the bag from the mystery podcaster box is available for purchase/if there’s any extras? It’s just so darn cute but I didn’t get the chance to snag a box!
Ooh, I'd love to join the Summer KAL. I've been wanting to knit Pure Joy for so long. If I look like I haven't been to bed on the zoom it's because it will be 3.30am Saturday morning for me but I'd love to join in.
