My So-Called Handmade Life's video: Episode 16 How we connect

This is where I record the eleventy billionth knitting podcast. On my blog: www.myso-calledhandmadelife.com On Instagram as @mysocalledhandmadelife: https://www.instagram.com/mysocalledhandmadelife/ On Ravelry as mamatronic: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/mamatronic?set=&columns=&view=thumbnail&page=&sort=status%20completed_%20status_changed_&search= My question for you: Have you ever used knitting, or crafting, to cross cultural or social barriers in order to connect with another person? Stuff I mention in Episode 16: Intuition shawl by Stacy Elstone: https://www.stressknits.com in her Stress Knits Squishy base, Eliza colorway: https://www.stressknits.com/?category=Squishy Your wool blend recommendations for summer: Woolbu: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/blue-moon-fiber-arts-woobu Samite: https://www.blackeryarns.co.uk/yarn/samite-silk-blend BambooPop: http://www.universalyarn.com/quality_color.php?quality=325 Knit One Crochet Too Elfin Tweed: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/knit-one-crochet-too-elfin-tweed Elsebeth Lavold Silky Tweed: https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/elsebeth-lavold-silky-tweed Tegna by Caitlyn Hunter: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tegna Floozy Cardigan by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/floozy-2 Kit in FloozyYarn: https://yarnfloozy.co.nz There's a FloozyKAL: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/truly-myrtle/3813810/1-25 Summer Sweater KAL: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/very-shannon/3813773/101-125 Our combined "Next sweaters" list: Guthrie by Caitlyn Hunter: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/guthrie Meg by Junko Okamoto: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meg-9 Jelly Donuts by Teresa Gregorio: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jelly-donuts My Annie Lupton Driftwood and Seaglass Test knit: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl_x3xbFC9N/?taken-by=bohochicfiberco in Knit Picks Hawthorne Multi in Nob Hill (discontinued color): https://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Hawthorne_Fingering_Multi_Yarn__D5420251.html and Stroll Tonal Pearlescent: https://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Stroll_Tonal_Sock_Yarn__D5420134.html Ready for Fall by Isabell Kraemer: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ready-for-fall-2 Mix and Match by the Knitting Expat: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mix--match-cardigan O' Keeffe by Bristol Ivy: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/okeeffe-2 Piper by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/piper-12 Wool and Honey by Andrea Mowry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wool--honey Timely by Libby Jonson: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/timely and something... anything... Junko: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/junko-okamoto Melanie of Braid and tinker Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfKhtTdIw20lQY0AuKjLgOQ and Melanie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melanie_knits/ Just one of many articles about social media protest: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-25/activism-is-broken-heres-how-we-fix-it/9077372 People skills by Robert Bolton: https://www.amazon.com/dp/067162248X/?coliid=I16WNKYLQOMRR&colid=2NJ2XYEEGK0QJ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg: https://www.amazon.com/dp/189200528X/?coliid=INUOCAEKBWJJ8&colid=2NJ2XYEEGK0QJ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it Katinka of Aknitak Creations Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61E1yCsPEe21ZoaS0ZEBrg and Katinka on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aknitak1katinka/ Day One Journal App: http://dayoneapp.com Emilie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilie_idea/ and her plastics graphic: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/256564510007702813/ What the heck are soap nuts?: https://econutssoap.com/what-are-soap-nuts/ Lovebird Lane Yarns: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LovebirdLaneYarns Our Junko Patterns: Plum: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/plum-7 The Twigs: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-twigs Lee Beret: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lee-beret Rug: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rug-11 Igawa: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/igawa Acorn: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/acorn-16