Episode 258 - An Option Is Gone And I Want It Back

In Episode 258, Greg and Pam discuss album releases, nuclear safety, and management tips.

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NOTES Greg's Projects

• Greg is knitting a pair of Fish Lips Kiss Heel socks for himself using String Theory Colorworks yarn in the Gottlebei colorway.
• Greg continues working on the Cirith Ungol shawl using The Fiber Faerie yarn.
• Greg is thinking about casting on the Sturbridge Fingerless Mitts pattern.
• Greg is talking about assembling a circular sock machine.

Pam's Projects

• Pam worked on Recalibrate by Shana S. Cohen. She used PAKnitWit, Sarah Jordan's, blog post about Recalibrate math. She is using Robin's Promise, Madeleine Tosh, Twist Fiber Studio (no longer dyeing).
• Pam started another pair of Fish Lips Kiss Heel Socks. She is using String Theory Colorworks yarn in the displacement base and the colorway Black Body Radiation.

Miscellaneous

• Greg talked about Alpha Phi Omega, the service fraternity he joined when he was in college.
• We shared an article about how knitters are affected by the tariffs. We also talked about Clara Parkes' newsletter, The Wool Wire, where she talks about that article and names a number of US based yarn companies.
• Pam shared an update on her shoulder after having Softwave Treatment.
• We talked about SciShow apologizing for their knitting video.
• Pam went to see the movie The Nuclear Frontier.
• Pam mentioned the book Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. Her instagram can be found here.
• Some of our Denver area listeners are meeting to knit monthly. If you are in the area and want to join in, reach out to MartaSchmarta.
• Pam and Greg mentioned a fiber festivals in NC that is coming up: SAFF on October 24-26.
• Greg can also be found talking about knitting and playing Dungeons & Dragons at Crits and Knits.

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