Kelley chats with designer Sally Melville, author of The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, The Knitting Experience Book 2: The Purl Stitch, The Knitting Experience Book 3: Color, and Mother-Daughter Knits.

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Don’t want stretch? Need drape? Thinking of substituting wool for cotton, or alpaca for linen? Kelley gives advice on how to match fiber type to project.
Fiber Tutorials
Alpaca
Cotton
Linen
Modal
Silk
Wool
Yarn Substitution

Books in Book Review
Knitter’s Yarn Palette by Claire Montgomerie
Knitting to Share by Gerard Allt
101 Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant
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Kelley chats with Alison about favorite podcast episodes, tried-and-true favorite books, and upcoming surprises for the podcast.
Edit 6/24/09: The 100th Knit Picks Podcast Contest is now closed – thanks for everyone who shared a comment with us!
We’re celebrating the 100th Knit Picks Podcast with a contest! To enter for a chance to win a set of Harmony or Nickel Interchangeable Needles (you get to choose!), post a comment below about your favorite podcast moment or lesson. You have until 6/24/2009 to enter, and we’ll pick a winner at random. We’ll announce the winner in Podcast #102, and we’ll also send them an email notification so they can pick out which needle set they’d like. Oh, and you’ll need a US or Canadian shipping address so we can send you your prize!
Kelley’s Favorite Podcast Episodes
02: Desert Island Knitting
15: To Knit or Not to Knit, That is the Question
24: How Do We …

Knitting Lesson
Take a deep breath and gather your courage! Kelley talks you through fixing mistakes and missteps in your knitting. You can do it! She also chats with Knit Picks employees Kerin and Kate about their own knitting disasters.
New Podcast Segments
Kelley and Alison introduce two new segments for the podcast, “Knitting Superheroes” and “Cry on Kelley’s Shoulder.” If you’re a Knitting Superhero, tell us about a knitting challenge that you overcame. If things aren’t going so well on your project, email us about it so that you can “Cry on Kelley’s Shoulder” and get a little help on how to move your knitting forward.
To submit your story and possibly be interviewed for a future podcast, email your story to podcast@knitpicks.com. Remember, not every story will be chosen. Thanks for participating!
Out and About with Kelley
Kelley rolled a little bit of tape at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, OR this past …

Knitting Lesson
Kelley gives tips and tricks for taking your knitting with you to summertime events.
Interview with Star Athena
Kelley interviews designer Star Athena about running the Tour de Fleece spinning event that runs throughout the month of July. They also discuss the sock design class that Star will be teaching at Sock Summit 2009.
Star Athena’s blog
Tour de Fleece website
Tour de Fleece Ravelry Group
Star’s entrelac Quant Headband pattern on Knitty.com
Winner of Episode 100 Podcast Contest
Our winner was Redeemed – congratulations! We’ll be contacting you so you can choose either Nickel or Harmony Wood for your prize, an Interchangeable Needle set.

New Podcast Contest
Listen to this week’s podcast, then submit your answer to Kelley’s trivia question to podcast@knitpicks.com. We’ll select a winner from the correct answers and they’ll receive a sampling of our organic Simply Cotton yarn. You have until 7/15/09 to enter, and the winner must have a US or Canadian shipping address …

Kelley talks with Tina about the new yarn lines coming in Fall 2009. She also interviews Melissa about the process of designing hand painted yarns, talks with Nina about her Mr. Foster pattern modifications, and discussions the development of the Palette yarn colors with Kerin.

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Kelley chats with designer Lorna Miser about her new book, “Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting.”

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All skill levels welcome! Kelley talks through lace basics, reviews a delicious new lace book, and chats with Nina about designing lace shawls.

Nina’s Chinook Shawl pattern in the Lace Sampler kit

Book Review

Knits from the North Sea by Carol Rasmussen Noble & Margaret Leask Peterson
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Time for a (knitting) pool party! Kelley gives tips on working with multicolor yarn and talks with KP employees about the phenomenon known as “pooling.”

Books in Book Review
The Little Box of Socks by Charlene Schurch & Beth Parrott
Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch

More Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch
The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook by Lynne Vogel
Baby Surprise Jacket DVD

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