Feb 15, 2023
This week on the Knit Picks Podcast, we’re delighted to
introduce Isabel Underwood, a new team member who handles social
media for Knit Picks.Our hosts ask her the classic questions about
her creative background, favorite yarns, and best and worst
projects. Isabel also shares her favorite things about working in
the Knit Picks office as well as giving insight into her approach
to social media and her plans to expand our presence on different
types of social media.
Plus, today is the day we launch two brand new yarns, dozens
of new colors of old favorites, and a surprise return of a
discontinued classic! Stacey and Lee also discuss the most recent
pattern collection, Happy Hours: Knits for Out and
About.
Static
yarn
Felici Worsted yarn
Felici Fingering yarn
Lee's Felici-held-double socks
project (ravelry link)
Bagel recipe Lee used
Isabel!
Knit Picks on Instagram
Knit Picks on Facebook
Knit Picks on Twitter
Southern Oregon University
Unraveling sweaters for yarn concept
(ebook by Lee)
Regan!
Eldfell office knit-a-long
Game Day office knit-a-long
Instagram reel about yarn
substitutions
Palette yarn
Bow-back sweater (Auri
Shirt)
Chroma yarns
New IDP Chroma sweater pattern
(Cinema Raglan)
Andean Treasure yarn
Isabel's yarn ball Halloween costume
with Liz the moth (swipe to end)
Samia yarn
Voliere yarn
Comfy Sport yarn
All Comfy yarns
Wool of the Andes Bulky yarn
Stroll yarn
Podcast interview with
Alexis
Hawthorne yarns
Happy Hours ebook
All ebooks
00:05 Welcome to the Knit Picks Podcast
00:26 Our hosts discuss their current WIPs, sore hands, and some
frustrating frogging.
07:51 Next up is an interview with Isabel, a new team member
who handles our social media!
08:51 Isabel sits down with Lee and Stacey and shares how she got
started with creative hobbies and work.
13:52 Isabel shares her best and worst projects, birthday sweater
tradition, and the temptations of new patterns that come with this
job.
19:55 As a member of our office DEI committee, Isabel explains how
that influences how she approaches social media.
23:42 We can’t interview a new staff member without talking
about favorite yarns!
29:42 Isabel gets inspiration from seeing everyone else’s projects
in the office.
31:55 Our hosts finish off their interview with Isabel by
discussing her plans for Knit Picks social media.
35:55 We’ve got oodles of new yarn and new yarn colors launching
today. Learn more about them and our naming process.
44:20 We’ve also got a new garment pattern collection called
Happy Hours!
48:20 Credits