Pardon My Stash

Drea takes us to a fantasy land where all different kinds of professions that could exist if reality would allow it. These professions are all well-paid, full of benefits, and takes care of any financial needs you may have. This eventually turns into a really large commercial building to house all of the different professions that the group comes up with. Tina wants on-site daycare so she can do yarn things in peace. Meg wants someone to inspect her hanks for knots before she winds them. Jess suggests a needle repair place, like a cobbler. Meg suggests a pattern librarian (Drea mentions a Fiber Archivist) who can maintain patterns and provide recommendations based on the types of patterns you like.Learn all about how we meld our ideas into something absolutely out of this world that could never exist in real life unless we make friends with some very friendly investors during this imaginative episode! :DFind out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Our blog has information regarding our current patterns and yarns being used for projects. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!

Jess starts the episode about the crazy weather changes and not having the desire to knit with cotton during the summer even though it's popular to do so. Meg brings up her mohair sweater, and the discussion turns to making and wearing sweaters in general. This delves into having time to knit but dealing with different kinds of fatigue issues like choice or physical types. Jess talks about getting distracted by cinematic video game playthroughs when they try to knit. Tina realizes she might finish her beanie during the episode recording, and everyone else talks about what they have or have not finished this year. They briefly go over motivation to do so and how difficult it has been with lack of time on everyone's schedules. Tina talks about dealing with chronic illness/pain, free time, and motivation to work on knitting never seeming to coincide.Honesty abounds during this episode, so grab your favorite drink and/or snack, a project if you are feeling it, and hang out with us as we get through.Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Our blog has information regarding our current patterns and yarns being used for projects. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!

Drea hosts an extra special episode of Nailed It! Yarn Edition with people who know nothing about the fiber arts. A frequent request, Frank and Patrick join for this episode and go through three rounds of ultimate tests - How Well Do You Know Your Partner, Guess That Acronym, and Price is Right: Fiber Edition! Meg and Jess have the answer cards and keep everyone honest during the contest. Drea and Tina learn a lot about their significant others and how well (or not so well) they know about their interests in the fiber arts and the fiber arts as a whole. This episode is extra long and full of fun factoids and tons of laughs. Feel free to try this game at home with your friends and family to see how well they do. You can also play along with us while listening to the episode.Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Our blog has information regarding our current patterns and yarns being used for projects. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Jess wants to know what's in everybody's notion bags! First, there's an enamel pin check, and then Jess dumps their bag out to compare to what everyone else has. Jess and Tina realize they are the only ones with random yarn scraps in their bags. How many scissors does Tina have? Drea has a plethora of row counters. Meg has adorable bird stitch markers Drea gave her as a holiday gift recently. Tina may have an entire needle store in her bags. For some reason the cast keeps thinking of different ways to use their notions as impromptu weapons. Jess continues to go through their bag and ask who has what. You'll find out a lot about each cast member and their preferences when it comes to notions and tools! Wait until the end for a surprise item in Drea's bag!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Our blog has information regarding our current patterns and yarns being used for projects. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Welcome to Season 5! For 2025, Drea asks our fiber loving crew for updates from when we were gone during our annual break in January. Drea announces she has a "banger" for an episode, and starts a game of This or That. After being confused about the only rule of the game for a moment, Drea starts with easy questions like knit or purl, and progressively gets harder and harder for everyone to answer. Jess keeps their answers to what they don't hate just yet - keyword, yet! Tina goes brioche "all day every day". Drea considers enterlac for a hat project. Meg likes to use feather and fan for the edges of projects over herringbone, and dislikes lacework because a mistake is catastrophic and not easy to fix. There are much more choices made! See if your choice aligns with some of the cast members! Stay until the end to hear a fun Frank-provided "this or that".Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Our blog has information regarding our current patterns and yarns being used for projects. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Meg helps us get some experience points for our old lady level grinding. Tina starts out with something that happened that very evening before they started recording! Drea talks about her experience with her year-end work party. Meg has bursitis. Jess and their co-workers were talking about taxes. Then, they take a positive spin on the conversation and talk about awesome positives to getting older. Also, can someone PLEASE make brunch karaoke silent disco a thing? Yarn stores, this is your moment!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Drea leads the episode going over how New York Sheep & Wool in Rhinebeck, NY went for the cast. They discuss about the changes done to improve crowd flow and layout, as well as a general note to folks to be more mindful when walking around the festival for those using mobility devices. The meetup was a blast, and everyone talks about who they met and what stories really touched their hearts as well as the free swag they handed out! It was awesome to be able to meet everyone on a Saturday, but the conclusion was that the group is more of a Sunday crowd fan due to the large number of people that show up on Saturday. Drea reminds everyone to find their joy! They go over what they ended up bringing back from the festival and provide vendor highlights.We are proud to support the #SocksForSam initiative, a 501(3)(C) charity! Drea gives all the details on supporting a local CT student for his love for mismatched socks and to bring awareness to his terminal illness, Vanishing White Matter Disease, Beginning in December, they will start collecting knitted single socks for a chance to win prizes! Visit their instagram @knitsocksforsam or their website socksforsam.org for more information.Jess also brings up the upcoming makealong from Pardon My Stash - the Treat Yourself Makealong - you have to make something FOR YOURSELF! No gifts, no presents, no giveaways. Visit our website pardonmystash.com/get-involved to enter!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

HAPPY 100 EPISODES! Jess prompts the cast to think about what we have gained from being on the podcast. From new found confidence in certain knitting or crochet techniques to finally feeling like editing an audio file is not voodoo magic, Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess talk about the things they have learned along the way. Also, the 100th episode giveaway winners are announced!We want to take the time to let our listeners know how humbled and honored we are to have you as a listener come visit us during our episodes to sit, relax, laugh, cry, and enjoy each other's company during our craft nights. We read each and every email we get, and have heard beautiful stories of kindship and community as well as learned new things from you. It is a blessing to be able to record, edit, and publish these episodes. We hope we can continue being your virtual friends that you can take a seat with whenever you are in need of a craft night. Your hooks and needles are always welcome with us. We love and appreciate you! Thank you!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Drea leads the episode about taking the victory lap to the end - binding off your project when you're about to finish! She particularly likes two bind off styles, the traditional or the "old reliable" and a bind off she doesn't remember the name for, but creates a nice, finished look. Tina says her preferred bind off depends on the type of project she is working on, as each project has a bind off that makes more sense for what needs to be stretchy or taut. Drea talks about socks and the kitchener stitch. Meg prefers Jenny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, and also loves to do an i-cord bind off as she likes how it looks. If Jess could get away with it, they would use the traditional bind off for everything. They also have a love hate relationship with tubular bind offs.We want to remind our listeners that this is a casual knit night format; we are by no means knitting or crochet experts. These are our opinions and preferences only - if you want to learn more about bind off techniques, there are great YouTube channels that discuss and teach these bind offs very well and more in depth.Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Jess starts this episode with letting us know about the Q&A section on our website for listeners to ask questions they may have for us to answer on our episodes. This leads into our topic about sweater construction. Jess brings up seamless sweaters, while Meg brings up comparisons with seamless and seamed sweaters. Drea provides her first cardigan story that ended up with a really heavily cabled sweater. Tina compares her experience with seamed and seamless sweaters. They chat about german short rows, raglan, and more!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Drea leads the episode while the cast discuss different habits they have adopted since becoming a part of the fiber arts community. Tina has confessions. Jess has borbs. Drea has CROCHET blankets, not knit blankets. Meg has a sweater on a coworker she would love to take a picture of (and it's NOT creepy!). Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!This episode was sponsored by Jimmy Beans Wool found at jimmybeanswool.com.

Jess leads the episode talking about different various sad times during their yarn experiences, starting with when the pins gave up on life on their older yarn swift, retiring dramatically, as put by Meg. Tina talks about the swift that Drea now has inherited, and how the yarn swift completely dropped off the table with the yarn skein, throwing the swift and yarn on the ground. Drea talks about a time that the umbrella holding piece in the middle needs a binder butterfly clip to hold it up, and it decided to not do its job anymore becoming a tangled mess. The episode in general features a lot of sad trombone noises from Tina's soundboard.Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!

Drea leads the episode to talk about making pattern designs in terms of when it's inspiration or when it's blatant theft. Meg starts the discussion with what you might be able or not be able to copyright, considering stitches can be thousands of years old. Jess makes an analogy comparing piano keys & notes with stitches & designs. Tina makes comparisons and thoughts based on her own pattern designs, like the Seed Dot Beanie, how she put a copyright on her patterns as a copyright of the arrangement of the pattern itself, rather than the stitches themselves. Jess and Tina discuss the idea of direct, word for word copying of the pattern versus coincidentally put together similar stitches to create a design. It definitely gets murky, and the topic is controversial; join the cast for this topic and then be sure to voice your opinion!Find out more about the podcast as well as our cast Meg, Drea, Tina, and Jess at our website pardonmystash.com. Leave us a comment on your thoughts on our episode blog posts, or through our social media accounts!