{"id":3308,"date":"2026-01-09T09:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:37:32","slug":"ep725-lets-not-make-things-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/ep725-lets-not-make-things-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep725 &#8211; Let&#8217;s Not Make Things Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TheKnitGirllls Ep725 - Let&#039;s Not Make Things Worse\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FILU2sZwOPY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie is working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/advent-2020-sweater\">Advent 2020 sweater by Heleen\u2019s Knithouse<\/a> using a Suburban Stitcher Advent kit. She also picked up her&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/men-brial\">Men Brial <\/a>out of Why Knot in the Spunky base and is working on the left front.&nbsp; She cast on a pair of socks out of Woolens &amp; Nosh using US 1.5 needles and 72 stitches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura has knit on a pair of socks using opal yarn and size 00 needles. She is working over 60 stitches. She has also cast on the G8t Gingham hat by Jessie Maed out of some stash yarn and handspun. Laura has swatched for the Carbeth Cardigan out of Germantown Bulky.&nbsp; She is having to go down to a size 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura has finished th<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/color-block-beanie-4\">e color block beanie<\/a> out of Ewetopia BFF BFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie finished the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/jethro-2\">Jethro Cardigan by Tanis Lavalle<\/a> out of Sun Valley Fibers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie finished spinning the singles of Hipstrings \u201cFarmer\u2019s Market\u201d colorway&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura is spinning some inglenook silk\/flax for the Ply Spinners Guild along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leslie finished listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/There-Is-No-Antimemetics-Division-Audiobook\/B0DWC5SRXV?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&amp;share_location=pdp\">There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm<\/a> (horror, technothriller, sci-fi) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Bury-Your-Gays-Audiobook\/B0CKM2K68T?ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&amp;pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&amp;pf_rd_r=X50XR1JTRZC2MEY8B0S1&amp;plink=XWiSFAKK158bk9nc&amp;pageLoadId=n4i5BVHMNxbRXyDS&amp;creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225&amp;ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_B0CKM2K68T_6\">Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle <\/a>(fantasy horror).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura has been fixated on hockey.&nbsp; She\u2019s been watching the Penguins play and reading Time to Shine by Rachel Reid (adult m\/m sports romance)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lalaknitsandspins.com\">Laura\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite Things<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sheepandwool.org\/winterfest-2026\/\">Winterfest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/826891015372800021\/1432361588618166282\">Hipstringsalong<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discord link: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/RpRRzfsbhM\">knit girllls discord<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie is working on Advent 2020 sweater by Heleen\u2019s Knithouse using a Suburban Stitcher Advent kit. She also picked up her&nbsp; Men Brial out of Why Knot in the Spunky base and is working on the left front.&nbsp; She cast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/ep725-lets-not-make-things-worse\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3309,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions\/3309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theknitgirllls.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}