This is the first episode in a series of minisodes inspired by topic requests that come from our generous Patreon supporters! Ya'll are the best! Juliet asked us to talk about photographing our finished knits. While we're definitely not professional photographers, we've put together some tips that will help you get great shots of your projects so you can proudly share your knits with the fiber community! Want more Make Good? Follow us on Instagram @makegoodpod Join our Patreon! We're so grateful to our Patreon supporters, who help us do this every week without ever taking on advertisers ..read more

We're in the depths of a brutal heatwave here in New Hampshire, so we're beating the heat by dreaming of autumn. You know what that means: Rhinebeck Sweaters! (If you're not familiar with Rhinebeck, that's the NY Sheep and Wool Festival.) What's on our needles this week: Jessica: Easy V by Caitlin Hunter Karen: Sunshine on my Shoulders by Lissy Jane Want more Make Good? Follow us on Instagram @makegoodpod Join our Patreon! We're so grateful to our Patreon supporters, who help us do this every week without ever taking on advertisers. Visit our website Send a question to dearscratch@scr ..read more

Today we're talking about "trusting the process" - by request! In our letter we talk about how to adapt knitting techniques for one-handed knitting. One-handed knitting resources: Elisabeth Ward's Youtube Channel Mary OneHandKnitter's YouTube Channel One-handed knitting aid Healing Fibers ..read more

This week we're answering questions from listeners: Valerie: how to balance knitting gifts for others with knitting for yourself; Sima: What to do when your swatch gauge and your FO gauge just don't line up; Micah: How to organize supplies for lots of different types of crafts; Jordan: What to do when you DON'T SWATCH and your row gauge is off; and Michelle: What aspects of our lives have grown and changed as a result of our knitting What’s on your Needles?  Oakmoss by Alicia Plummer Easy V by Caitlin Hunter #MAKEGOODCABLES KAL Running through July 31st (THIS SUNDAY ..read more

We're talking about substituting yarn weights this week! Gauge, schmage. (You're going to need to swatch.) Resources: Tin Can Knits: Knitting a Garment at a Different Gauge Jacqueline Cieslak: Yarn Substitutions at Different Weights Jimmybeans Wool: Knitting Calculator (broad estimates) Sister Mountain - How to Estimate Yardage in Knitting Patterns What's on our needles this week: Oakmoss by Alicia Plummer Easy V by Caitlin Hunter Summer Knitalong - CABLES! Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable. We'll be finishing up July 31, but that doesn't mean you need to be done by t ..read more

This week we're revisiting something that came up during our episode about ply week before last and talking about directional twist in yarn. What's on our needles this week: Oakmoss by Alicia Plummer Easy V by Caitlin Hunter Podcasts we like to listen to! Jessica: Love to Sew Sounds Like a Cult Spooked Karen: I Don’t Even Own a Television Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet The Opportunist Wild Thing Summer Knitalong - CABLES! Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! We hope you'll join us! #makegoodcables (no year, please!) Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyc ..read more

This week's episode is about the things (in addition to finished objects!) that we get from knitting. What's on our needles this week: What’s on your Needles? Oakmoss by Alicia Plummer Tied Knots by Justyna Lorkowska Summer Knitalong - CABLES! Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! We hope you'll join us! #makegoodcables (no year, please!) Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Please include your pronouns! Support make good: a knitting podcast ..read more

This week's episode is all about ply - it's a deep dive on the construction of yarn! Craft Yarn Council Standard Yarn Weight System Tutorials: Avoid twisting your stitches by Arne and Carlos How to join in the round without twisting from Cocoknits What's on our needles this week: Sunshine on My Shoulders by Lissy Jane Tied Knots by Justin Lorkowska Summer Knitalong - CABLES! Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! Casting on June 1. We hope you'll join us! #makegoodcables (no year, please!) Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Support make good: a knitt ..read more

This week we're talking about Works in Progress (sometimes known as WIPs). Sometimes a WIP will become a UFO (UnFinished Object). What's on our needles this week: Sunshine on My Shoulders by Lissy Jane Tied Knots by Justyna Lorkowska Summer Knitalong - CABLES! Anything you want... but make it with at least one cable! Casting on June 1. We hope you'll join us! #makegoodcables (no year, please!) Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com Support make good: a knitting podcast ..read more

We feel a bit knitting-adjacent this week - we're talking about buttons, and answering a Dear Scratch letter about cozy mysteries! ** Alternatives to buttons:** Shawl pins - https://www.etsy.com/search?q=shawl%20pins Screw in closures - https://juldesigns.com/screw-in-closures/ Holeless Buttons - https://www.purlandhank.com/shop-online/hole-less-buttons Sweater clips - https://www.etsy.com/search?q=sweater+clips Knitting themed cozy mysteries: Peggy Ehrhart: Knit & Nibble Mystery Series Sally Goldenbaum - Seaside Knitters Mystery Series Seaside Knitters Society Maggie Sefton: A Knittin ..read more