Episode 88: PalKal2018 Begins!

Knitting Segments

Knits in Rehearsal

Mezzo Cardigan by Alexis Winslow

Knitting News, Notes and Events

PalKal 2018

Basic Rules

• Official cast on/bind off dates: June 15-August 15
• One part of your project must be from a podcaster. The podcaster has to have produced an episode within the last year, so no retired podcasts, sorry.
• No yardage requirement.
• Your finished object can be entered more than once if more than one element is from a podcaster.
• You cannot reuse a project bag for multiple entries. The same applies for patterns, stitch markers, etc.
• Entries must be put into the finished object threads. Each element of the project that qualifies gets it's own entry.
• When you post an FO, please tell us what element qualifies for the PALKAL and which podcast you are supporting.
• Feel free to ask me questions on the Ravelry group forum for PALKAL Chatter.

Check out all of the information and links to our sponsors in the Ravelry group! 

For all PalKal related discounts, the code is the same: Palkal2018 

Top Billing Sponsors:

Janis Ficker, Carolina Fiber Girls
CC and Dami Almon/JavaPurl Designs, Geeky Girls
Suzanne, Two Tangled Skeins
Knitting Daddy Greg, Unraveling Podcast
Sarah Schira, Imagined Landscapes
Jennifer Lassonde, Down Cellar Studio
Monique Leonard/Windswept Designs, Knitting on the Run
Vivian and Alysin/Pearl and Plum, Keep Calm and Carry Yarn
Kristi, In a Sknit Podcast

Cameo Sponsors

Susie White/Prairie Girls Designs/Prairie Girls Knit and Spin

Melinda, Yarnderwoman Podcast

Producing Sponsors: 

Bijou Basin Ranch 
Queen City Yarn 
Never Not Knitting 
Daizie Knits 
Love Knitting

This episode of Actually Knitting is brought to you by Bijou Basin Ranch.

Bijou Basin Ranch is a family-owned ranch in western Colorado. In addition to fiber from our own herd of full blooded Tibetan yak, we work with other yak ranchers in the US as well as Asia to source top quality yak fiber for our luxury yarns. We also work with various indie dyers who create beautiful can't-get-anywhere-else colorways for yarn lovers! Use the coupon code on their website for 15% off in their online store (excluding qiviut or paco-vicuna) and free shipping! This generous offer will be good through September 6, 2018.

Knitting Podcast Spotlight

This episode I put the spotlight on Knitting Myself Together, hosted by TheVioletPie. 

Non-Knitting Segments

Instant Success

Instant Pot Egg Roll Bowls

Love it or Leave it

Love: I'm on Summer Vacation, Baby!
Leave: Body/food issues

Other News and Notes

My reading has hit a little slump lately, but I did finish and enjoy 

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. 

I'm still working out a running a bit.