"Who are we to be included...." Raymond (insert middle name) stop it right now! I think you VERY much undervalue what you mean to this community. There are 20 THOUSAND of us whose spirits are brightened every fortnight thanks to the two of you and your antics. You have this way of entertaining and getting others excited about knitting (felting, crocheting, etc) and I hope that another 20K find their way to you quickly. Write out your affirmation and tape it on your mirror "we have a special place in this community and we have earned that place by being who we are day after day!"

Ray - thank you for sharing a resource for nurses and the comments about holding someone’s life in your hands. My husband had a heart attack in 2017, our local hospital stabilized him and life flighted him to OHSU in Portland, OR. He was hooked up to ECMO for 3 days until he had open heart surgery to replace a ruptured mitral valve. During the entire time he was in the hospital, he had the best care you can imagine. Nurses ARE what makes it happen and I can’t imagine how stressful your job is.

Kevin, it's the tub scene, when she's sitting behind him telling him how long her legs are wrapped around him. I can just hear her voice!

Quick input for now.....check out the Crazy Sock Lady's Ravelry page for the Jellyroll blanket! She does something different for picking up the stitches!

As a retired nurse, you are making me cry thinking back on my career. I would have loved to have had this when I started out. I think this is a great gift to share with anyone I know who is starting their nursing career. Thank you for sharing!

I vote all salmon, no stripe-- that color is so beautiful-- deserves to stand alone!😍

Kevin and Ray, great FOs and Ray, keep going with your granny stripe blanket and at the end, just crochet a border around it catching all of the ends in the border. Congrats on 20K and thank you for another great podcast.

When my wrists ache from too much yarning, i wear compression gloves. The kind i use is called thergonomic hand aids. Ive used them for years. I can still knit and crochet while wearing them. Also, the pioneer gloves by kelly mcclure can be made with 23 grams of fingering weight yarn. I made 6 pairs this Christmas. I'm glad yall are feeling better. ❤

Ray that nursing journal information was great. I am an OT (for 20 yrs 😲, hard to believe!) and your explanation, and the example thought provoking questions you described brought back so many memories in that brief segment. I can appreciate Cynthias' journal purpose and development!!!!! Thankful for all of the nurses of the world ❤‍🩹❤

Ray, your sweater looks awesome too and looks great with your chocolate brown eyes!

Hi Ray! I am a nurse too! Thank you for sharing the journal...I wish I had that back when I started! I could have written a book during COVID. Anyway...LOVE you guys!! You have a wonderful podcast!

Hi Kevin and Ray, Thank you, Ray for sharing about the Nursing Journal! I Truly believe that Nurses are the backbone to every doctor !!! Truly enjoy all your podcasts !! Congratulations on reaching 20,000+ subscribers🎉!!!! You both are so talented, generous and inspiring!! Kevin, great color for your sweater... like the idea of the stripe on the sleeve. Can not wait to see it knitted up! Happy Kniting!🧶 Hugs!🫶

Ray! Your “Love is Love” sock looks like a Neapolitan Ice Cream sundae with chocolate sauce! Love the colors! ❤

So glad that you have discovered TOFT. We love it here in the UK. Especially because Martyn from Knit 365 has championed them so well- you should check out his behind the scenes at TOFT. Also if you think your obsessed now Ray wait until you see their Advent! You will be a lifelong addict! 😊

Congratulations on your 20K ! Lovely knits and acquisitions. Thank you for sharing Vogue Knitting Live with us all. Take Care.

Great visit, as always. Kevin, the crazy sock lady has a different way of attaching her jelly rolls. It on her Ravelry projects.x

I’ve been a nurse in Surgery for 45 years. I don’t remember my impressions when I started but I still love it and am not ready to retire. I’m currently the charge nurse on nightshift in a level one trauma center. I wish I had started a journal many years ago. All the stories! I hope the newer nurses purchase those journals. Trust me, you all will thank yourselves! [no affiliation]

I am so thrilled to hear about the nursing journal, thank you for mentioning it. When I began my medical career in the 80’s, I was surprised by how many nurses smoked and drank heavily. I discovered that as medical providers, we take terrible care of ourselves. I am so glad that self care is being embraced by the nursing community - I am sure that the pandemic was a wakeup call for many. I currently work in a non-clinical position, but so many of my fellow physicians are still type A workaholics. I have learned the hard way to “work to live” not “live to work”. And after two docs dying within the last few months, hopefully my colleagues will wake up. I can’t wait to retire to knit more😊❤

Embrace the pink! I was so hesitant and now my pink sweater is my absolute favorite sweater that I’ve knit for myself.

This nursing journal is awesome!! I will share with my daughter Katie- she is Asst. Nurse Manager at Shady Grove Adventist hospital. Her department t is Forensic.Nursing. This is an awesome vehicle for all nurses- thank you so much for sharing !♥️

Ray, If you don't want to weave in all those ends on the granny stripe blanket, you could try doing an envelope boarder to hide all those ends. The blanket is beautiful. I agree with Kevin, keep going on it.

Gorgeous Oisin hat, Ray. Love it ❤ and just bought the pattern. Thanks for the share!

Thanks again for coming to Darn Knit Anyway’s Sweater Camp yesterday! I’m a super fan, too, and you were the highlight of the weekend for me! Have a great fortnight, boys! 😊

I'm not a nurse but that nursing journal sounds really useful. It's got me thinking about an emotional 'temperature' blanket for nurses who knit. Each of the emotions could be color coded and a nurse could knit a row or more each day for each of the emotions that apply.

You guys should not be surprised to be asked to be interviewed, or that you gave 20K subscribers. Your chat is always entertaining, and informative, (especially some of the asides and facial expressions).You are both stirrers! .Your enjoyment of crafting has resonated with a lot of people and it is like you welcome us into your lives. That sweater really suits you Kevin,I wish my husband felt the cold a bit more, but more knitting for me I s’pose. The salmon colour will look fabulous and the small grey cast on too. The hat, oh my Ray, lovely. Again, my husband doesn’t wear hats!

Y'all!!!! That highland cow and sheep are so frigging cute! I loved every second of your video. You made my day!

Congratulations on 20K subscribers! You totally deserve it. Ray I LOVE NURSES. On Monday I had total knee replacement surgery and the ENTIRE nursing staff were (to use your term) absolutely lovely. So caring, professional and wonderful. From my initial intake before surgery thru my overnight stay, all the nurses were just fabulous. As a single mom who is used to doing everything for everyone else, it felt so nice to be totally cared for. I'll be doing this again in April on my other knee. Kevin, Kay of The Crazy Sock Lady is making a DK Jelly Roll blanket and her Ravelry project page has notes on how she joins each row. It's definitely worth a peek. After seeing the emotional support chickens on Episode 103, I'm seeing them EVERYWHERE.

Hey Guys, congrats on reaching 20k. Kevin, in regards to your blanket try picking up just the left leg of the stitch and then knit it in the back loop. You won't have a ridge then. I do that when I pick up my stitches from the heel flap of my socks. It stops that thick ridge and it leaves a pretty twisted pattern for that first round. Good luck. 😘

I love my Thread and Maple binder. I went all out a couple years ago and use it all the time. I have six pages. The quality is the best.

I have to say not only is the emotional support chicken the best thing but knitting it was a JOY! Love you guys! My mom and mother in law were both nurses and both of my daughters are in health care (cardiology). I think this resource is a wonderful tool for such a stressful field!

😂😂🤭🙈 not peeing or eating …….. so funny. Love it guys and loved his. Your breaking the bank makes me feel better so thank you.❤

Congratssss, I'm so happy to see you both THRIVING!!

A few podcasts ago, Kevin introduced the Harris Hood, which I fell in love with and knitted up immediately after a trip to my LYS. I got it done in 3 days, wore it to the shop, and everyone had to make it. In addition to the Emotional Support Chicken, another huge hit, your knitting suggestions won a bunch of us over. In addition, here in Missouri, I wish I lived closer VKL to be able to travel on a train and be at an amazing knitting show so quickly 1:29:06 . Love your podcasts and look forward to every single one. Please don't stop. I get a lot of ideas from you.

As a nurse who retired a few years ago after 44 years that journal would have been such a great thing to have. I still have thank you notes that families wrote me and I treasure them.

Aw, you just made my day! Thank you for the shout out about my Emotional Support Chicken, EGGatha Christie! She makes me ridiculously happy. And big congratulations on the 20k followers! Your podcast is a delight: joyful and authentic.

Keep that beautiful granny stripe blanket going ALSO the granny squares. You can do it all. You are still young. I am a new slow knitter, improving I but I have yarn to make a gorgeous granny square Halloween blanket, but I never made a granny square. I am a quilter and a cross stitch repro sampler lover. No time to work on all of it but I NEED TO. Love, love, love all of it. Just started a February appliqué and flying geese table topper kit. I am pushing on to get it partially done this month. My KIT of the month. JUST DO IT!

Kevin, on your jelly roll blanket, I think you need to remember two features in order to get that join smoother. First, hold the yarn in back when you pick up, and be sure to pick up both parts of the v. Then you need to turn and slip the first stitch with yarn in front before you knit / garter stitch back on the back / wrong side. Good luck and let me know how it went!🎉

There are videos on KZfaq that shows how to crochet squares together that are stunning. Crochet the sqares made with Kevin's yarn, crochet them together with an undyed yarn which will always match no matter how long it takes to finish. When crocheting together, do it as you finish a square. Then you will not have to touch it again. 💚💚💚

Congratulations on 20k subscribers! I am sure you'll have many more soon! You guys are great!

Congratulations on 20,000 guys. Great episode. Keep up the good work

I used to quilt, when I couldn't knit due to a hand issue, I had a quilt store 5 blocks from where I lived....lol, my best friend "helped" me sort my quilt kits and thus I was informed I was not allowed to buy any more kits until I finished at least half of the kits I already had...it was over 20 kits.....lol. Might I add, I'm back to knitting and she has almost all of the kits. Last October we made a quilt for my adult son from one of the kits I had, it was just shy of a king sized bed quilt, we got it on her long arm before I left at the end of my vacation week. Now I have more yarn than I can probably use in my lifetime...trade 1 expensive hobby for another. I understand the kit craze.

Aren’t Jay’s bags gorgeous? I have a couple already!!! 🎉

Kevin, for the jelly roll blanket, you could do the stripes and then take a crochet hook and slip stitch join the pieces. :)

I have the utmost respect for nurses, having two major surgeries last year and being taken care of so well by nurses. As a retired teacher, the journal seems like a great idea for new teachers, as well, because many of the same things would apply to them (today I wore bodily fluids that were not my own, today my faith in humanity was restored, I cried on the way home today, etc.)

Hey guys! It was a balmy 37 and sunny here in Buffalo today! Knitting a cozy blanket and reading Crescent City

As I have mentioned, before, I know, you must remember me, I am a retired, RN, ICU-CPU & PACU. In 1970’s, if we didn’t have hypodermic needles in our hands, on our breaks we had knitting needles or some other type of needle arts doing counted cross stitch, needlepoint on canvas, Bargello, knitting, etc. even crochet. I was crafty person, sewing my clothes, and making all of my gifts. I don’t believe I would use plastic, although that might eliminate the need to block the piece after it ws finished. We did Bargello for piano, bench covers, dining room chairs, and for wall pieces. It is beautiful, very Italian esque. Usually the canvas is made of cotton or in some cases linen. To keep it from becoming misshapen we put it on a stretcher. The plastic is just so un Eco. I suspect there may be a place for plastic somewhere but as an heirloom piece I recommend cotton. It comes in all sizes. If you like it next time, try it. Often there are special shops with canvas by the yard, kits and yarn , needles, etc. etc. whatever you need. Maybe even JoAnn’s….

Hey Ray!! I did not know you are a nurse!! Fantastic! I just had ankle replacement surgery at Duke (NC where I live) and my nurse was CJ. He’s a traveling nurse, and was great! I was sorry he was my nurse for only the first 24 hours I was there. I have great appreciation for nurses!! Thank you for your dedication! 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

Love your videos. You are both very talented 👍🏻🧶🥰🥰

thanks for this episod, it's very nice of you to share your vkl experience. i'd love to go once 🤞. your purchase are great and thread and Maple, it's such a great purchase you've made, i'm looking at it for so loooong. i love their product.

I’m so happy to open my app and your lovely faces filled my screen! I recently found you two and I have binge watched every episode! You two are just the most beautiful couple and amazing knitters. I love watching your podcast as I crochet along. Keep being your amazing selves. Love from Australia ❤❤

Hi! This is about Ray’s comment that the ends of each row on his granny stripe blanket are not coming out right. I’m not sure if anyone else mentioned this but Kay, The Crazy Sock Lady, is making a granny stripe blanket. On her Ravelry project page she has linked a video on how to make granny stripes. I followed that video and my ends of each row are coming out great. I really enjoy your podcast!

Lovely knits. You should get whatever tools you need to make your knitting easier or more enjoyable. You will be knitting for a long time and your older self will thank you.

Cheers to 20K!! 🥂

Ray, I teach at the university of Alberta nursing program and we value self care. We have a course the students take in 1st year which teaches them about mindfulness and relaxation-they even bring in yoga mats and use different techniques to help them manage stress. I’m proud to say this university is no. 1 in Canada(2023) and I think 4th in the world…but I do not know based on what rating. I teach 2nd year and encourage self care every week! I knit ❤

Always love watching you guys! Did you see Kay of Crazy Sock Lady has a detailed fix about how she does the join in the blanket? Your hat is beautiful, Ray! I knit two of those musselbrugh hats and they came out short/ small. Nurses are awesome. I appreciate them so much! - Kimberly

Your sweater is beautiful! The crazy sock lady has notes in her project about page about joining the strips together. It does have a front seam though, I guess just part of the look of this blanket. I had knitted a whole strip then just didn’t love connecting them so now just have a 5 foot strip lol The Granny stripe blanket is super fun, I just make a magic knot when adding in the next color which is working out super well

Congrats Kevin and Ray on 20k subscribers! I am from Litchfield, CT

Congrats on 20K followers!!! I so look forward to sitting down and watching you all with each podcast! This episode was so fun! Thank you for all the effort that goes into creating this for all of us every two weeks! You guys are the best!!! I’m off to learn that German Twisted Cast On for my socks!

I cast on my emotional support chicken while watching tonight, I just bought the pattern as I had a BUNCH of scraps and small amount of yarn to use up. Loving the pattern so far. And about the snow, I am currently in Cape Breton Nova Scotia where there is now a state of emergency because of the snow this weekend - over 150cm over two days and it’s still coming down! 😂😂❄️☃️

Congratulations on reaching 20K subscribers…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤩. You are so right Kevin…VKL NYC classes are incredible!!! The best teachers, amazing content…so much to learn. You need to come for the education as well as the fantastic market place. Loved hearing about your projects and purchases…thank you 😄🧶💗

The tubular cast-on method used in the Cozy Classic Raglan is my preferred way to do that cast-on. Congratulations on 20K subscribers! Thanks for sharing your knitting, I love watching every fortnight.

I think it is great you are out spending money you can afford to spend. All these small makers need us to keep them in business - no one is buying knitting needle holders if we aren't. no need to justify anything. I loved your content and frankly if you want to start one of those 24 hour shopping channels - im in! :)

I have been following Hello Bargello for quite sometime. The kits look so beautiful. I've made earrings from their patterns. I can't wait to see your finished objects!!!

Kevin the salmon yarn is gorgeous. You need to come to Minnesota ... we have a ton of yarn shops and a fiber festival plus a lot of classes.

Woohoo! 20k! Congrats! I love seeing your Musselburgh, Kevin. I hope you're able to find your perfect fit. Ray, I'm obsessed with your gorgeous cabled beanie! It looks so squishy. I've got my handspun drying, waiting to become an Emotional Support Chicken. I'm so excited! Thanks for another great podcast. Y'all are the bestest. Have a great fortnight!

I wish they had the emotional support chickens in crochet. I would get some for sure.

Both your sweater colors are FABULOUS!!! You'll look SO GOOD in those when they're done.

I made my daughter a Granny Square Wave blanket. I started with Granny squares, turned so points are up/diamond shape then you just crochet in the granny stitch across and it makes a chevron pattern. Still quick and rather easy but much more interesting.

Congratulations 🎉 on 20k!!!! What a fantastic episode. Both of your sweaters look amazing. Happy knitting 💚🧶💚

I'm knitting on one of my two Jelly Roll blankets as I watch your podcast. remember as you do the second row you only pick up one leg of the V stitch in between the garter ridges. (See page 4, Main Body, Row 1 of pattern). this will keep the color you are attaching the new color to from showing on the front of your work.

Kevin, the salmon is gorgeous, I think a Maxim Cyr style pocket in the blue would be perfect, plus, whichever side the pocket is on put one stripe on the opposite sleeve just before the cuff in the blue to match the pocket (and your eyes😂😂❤). Loved the podcast boys, all great projects. Ray's advice on the heel sizing was so timely as my hubby was just trying on a ho sock and the instep was a tad tight, so, thanks to Ray the second sock's gonna get modified. Xx

Yes - do classes at VKL! I did two classes and two lectures this year. Provisional cast ons with Romi Hill and the Hap Shawl with Gudrun Johnston. Lectures were with Deborah Newton on fit, and Andrea Lui (the knitting pt on Insta). All such great information, taught by knitting rockstars in their own right....just adds a whole other dimension to VKL.Love you guys 💕

Y'all really need to do more lives cause I'm sitting here yelling all of the answers to you! The bubble bath Julia Robert's scene, the ridge on the Jelly Roll Blanket, I'm yelling about the lip and hand balm!

Congratulations on 20K

Congrats on 20,000. Love your podcast...it just gets better and better.

Another enjoyable episode, as always. Kevin, I have been knitting for years. I really appreciated your method of changing cords on interchangable needles. I had never thought of that. I love learning new techniques and tips from my fiber friends. Thank you xox

Kevin, That salmon color... I have a shirt that color, I have your same coloring (blue eyes, pink complexion w/blue undertones and graying hair), and, every time I wear that shirt, I get compliments and, a lot of love, all day long! Don't introduce the blue unless you're making a second sweater in stripes. I am making a Summer Tee using salmon and electric lime stripes--I'm purposely not choosing blue because I get equally great comments when I'm in lime. Ray, I love the sweater you're wearing. I've been looking for a pattern that has those shoulders and it really looks good on you. So much today! I'm gonna have to come back to catch the parts I missed. I just got called into work.😢 Thanks, too, for the nurse's book reference. I used to work in our local health clinic; I'm going to pass this onto the administrators there. I love them so much, anything to help them, I want them to know about. The nurses there are my favorite people; they always go above and beyond. Love you guys! ❤❤❤

Congratulation on the 20 K milestone 🥳🥂🍾 thank you both for amazing inspiration every time i Watch an episode ❤️ you guys are fantastic 🤩🤩🤩 beautiful knits - beautiful Wips ❤️ i hope you have a wonderful 2 weeks until next episode ❤️

I made the peace and joy advent as well. I love the finished product as well. ❤️❤️👍🏼 I did find all of the “make one’s” a little challenging with the small sock needles.

Your podcast is a highlight of each fortnight! Some day I'll get to an east-coast fiber fest and I will go total fangirl over meeting you. So yeah, that may happen some day. I'm on the side of YES to adding the blue/grey leftover yarn to the gorgeous salmon/bright pink for the next sweater. I think it would be an interesting wide stripe on one arm, it might take on kind of a sports-jersey look if you're into that. I think the coral color is great on its own, I think adding that touch of the other color will elevate the overall sweater. Gotta finish my Navelli then I'm jumping in on the Cozy Classic Raglan.

Oh. Wow I’m a nurse TOO! ER for 29yrs! Met you guys at VKL!

As a nurse viewer this resource was really lovely, thanks for sharing. I’ve just subscribed to the podcast and have a kit I’ve not touched in over a year so I may get involved ! Thx is for the episode 😊

Enjoyed the episode and vkny news. I loved knitting the Fall River vest for my husband and he loves wearing it. Can’t go wrong with mj mucklestone designs!

I love my THREAD & MAPLE needle binder…. I have all my Chiagoo , (complete- 4”, the red and blue shortie sets.. as well as the yellow one I put it in the pouch of one of blue shortie -the small cables in the other pouch with the red set.. ) so it’s all together, as well as I have the 4” bamboo interchangeable…. All my cables for mini,,small and large in all lengths 14, 22 30 & 44. I use my jimmy bean, Della Q portfolio each folder is labeled with mini,small & large and each page with 14”, 22”, 30” and 40”… and the back side I hold my crochet Chiagoo Tunisian crochet set.. and I keep a pouch from one of the sets, the zippered black one, I keep all my extenders, cable stoppers and tightening in the other side, ( between the both I have my whole set of Chiagoo set together), I as well have knitters pride DPN and all sizes interchangeable are kept together in a different kind of organizer. Love my maple and thread & Chiagoo needles mostly.. I also bought a project page insert,,, so if I’m travelling I can gather what I need and only take the one sleeve.brilliant product. While in the case, I keep all my sock needles together dpn, 9” all together, thinking of getting another since I use 2.25 and 2.5 sizes usually. And have the extra one for the travelling. I mixed my colour between the whiskey and chocolate the actual binder, the 4” bamboo and the project page are chocolate and all others are whiskey… love my combo and the personalization of it…😊

Hi Kevin and Ray, loving your sweaters and socks. That hat is stunning. Kevin, I have done a quick tutorial on my channel on joining the jelly roll stripes, hope it helps. Loving your purchases, thank you for sharing. Hugs ❤❤❤

Sock tubes are my train knitting. Uneek self striping yarn, love it.

Ray, I’ve made fingerless mitts out of fingering yarn and I love them. They are my go to on cooler autumn like days! Blue brick (shireen) has some great patterns. I used Cove which was such a fun knit but she has some newer patterns too!

Teachers could use that kind of journal too!

Hey Ray and Kevin love your podcast you guys make my day from Maynardville Tennessee

Cynthia’s journal sounded so cool. My daughter just started nursing school so I purchased the journal for her. I know she will love it. Kevin what about a stripe on both sleeves but off set🤷🏻‍♀️ Ray love the loops yarn. I am going to look for some yarn to make a sweater. The three colors that go together 😍! Thank guys for another fun episode.

Ray, look at Toni's (TL Yarncraft) tassel video. She had lots of ends on this year's temperature blanket that she didn't want to weave in. It may be a solution for your granny stripe which looks great; beautiful colors, Kevin😊

thank you, Ray, for your mindful journal info. This is a good option for first responders especially during covid. I'm a retired teacher and that journal would have work for me also

It was great hanging out with both of you at VKL. So excited you guys are coming to Skein! It’s going to be so much fun! Yay! ❤

I saw the book about knitting the state parks at Charlotte Yarn when I was passing through North Carolina. They even had a sample knit up of a hat from the cover . It was very tempting, but I left it on the shelf. 😢

Ray, both the tonal crochet squares and the jelly roll strips look great! Great seeing you guys! Wonderful happy ending for the Oisin hat!

I am knitting the Men’s Classic Raglan for my husband and I love the way Jane does her “fill in the blank” pattern. Wonderful knitting adventure so far.

Kevin I made the jelly roll blanket. Look at the crazy sock lady’s modification on joining your strips it is so much nicer looking. More even. Good luck Lia.

I used to do a lot of cross stitch and needlepoint but then sort of put it aside for knitting and crocheting. But lately I’ve gotten back into both cross stitch and np along with my knitting and crocheting. Love all of these crafts! Enjoy your new kit!

Hi Kevin, I think the addition of a little grey with the salmon yarn would be lovely. That's a beautiful shade of salmon as a lot of them tend to be too bright and orangey. Hi Ray, you made some really creative and beautiful socks and your cables hat is wow ! You both knit so beautifully. 🥂🍾 Cheers to your 20k 😎

Ray do the crochet envelop boarder. Then your not weaving in ends. Ends are hidden in the envelop. Just tie each end do two chains slide them together for a sturdy knot. Then hide the ends in the envelop boarder. It takes a while to do but not as long as weaving ends. Who wants to do that!😂