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Ep 18: Just a Girl, Her Yarn, and Some Dice -- 2026 Podcast Series -- Evan Knits Things

Evan Knits ThingsUnited States
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In this episode of her 2026 podcast series, Evan shares her crafting progress from July 16 to July 23, 2026. She has no finished objects but presents five works in progress, starting with her Wartortle cross stitch, which she is stitching in her handspun yarn and hopes to finish during a family visit. She also discusses her knitting projects, including the Best Dressed Vest and the Honeysuckle Top, a new test knit using Terrapin Fiber Works Chesapeake DK in the Basalt colorway, and her crochet project, Plod the African Flower Triceratops by Heidi Bears Designs.

  • Evan has no finished objects but shares five works in progress, including a Wartortle cross stitch and a new Honeysuckle Top cast on.
  • She is participating in Tour de Fleece, having finished the singles for a silver merino fiber from Jacquira Farms.
  • Evan shows off a small acquisition of dice-themed stitch markers and earrings from Heyday (formerly Twin Veiled Artificer).
  • She finished nine books this week, including short stories and manga, and discusses her reading goals.
  • The episode includes a book chat segment, with recent reads like 'The Wednesday Witches Book Club' and 'Book of Night'.
Chat / life updateFinishes / FFOsGoals / plansHand-dyed threadsHaulNew startsStitch-along (SAL)WIPs
Description from YouTube
This week we’re talking about my crafting from July 16, 2026 until the day of filming, July 23, 2026.   

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Contact Me:  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanknitsthings/  

Email: evanknitsthings@gmail.com  

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Links:  

Ravelry Projects: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EvanKnitsThings  

Want to Support the Podcast? Buy me a pattern on my Ravelry wishlist or a book on my Barnes and Noble Wishlist:  

https://www.ravelry.com/bundles/evanknitsthings-wishlist 

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/account/wishlist.jsp?giftlistId=gl20547912333 

Fable: https://fable.co/evanknitsthings-543060957899?referralID=jMsZ916uYw 

EvanKnitsThings Bookclub: 

https://fable.co/club/evanknitsthings-bookclub-with-evanknitsthings-562624720752 

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Projects:  

Wartortle Cross Stitch 

Jaunty by Andrea Mowry: 
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EvanKnitsThings/jaunty 

Best Dressed Vest by Ashley R Adams: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EvanKnitsThings/best-dressed-vest 

Honeysuckle Top by Andrea Gaughan: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EvanKnitsThings/honeysuckle-top 

Plod the African Flower Triceratops by Heidi Bears Designs: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/EvanKnitsThings/plod-the-african-flower-triceratops-2 

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Other Knits Mentioned:  

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Spinning: 

Jakira Farms Silver Merino 

All spun on my Dreaming Robots 6.1 electric spinning wheel 

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What Am I Wearing:  
 
none 

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Acquisitions:   

2 Stitch Marker Sets from HAYDAY 
1 Set of Dice Earrings from HAYDAY 

https://thehayday.com/collections/shop-all 

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Book Chat:  

Recent Finishes:  

The Wednesday Witches Book Club by Sarah Beth Durst—4* 
Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk by Travis Baldree—4* 
Dreamland by Olivie Blake—3.5* 
Uprooted by Kennedy Rhodes—4.5* 
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst—5* 
Witch Hat Atelier Vol 6 by Kamome Shirahama—4* 
Witch Hat Atelier Vol 7 by Kamome Shirahama—4* 
A Labyrinth of Honeybees by Heather Faucett—4* 
Battle of the Round House by Tananarive Due—3.5* 

Currently Reading:  

This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman 
Book of Night by Holly Black 
Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth Durst 

Evan Knits Things Bookclub current read: 
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark 


Currently 123 books read for the year  

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Timestamps:  

0:00 Intro 
1:07 WIPs 
1:18 Wartortle Cross Stitch 
2:03 Jaunty 
3:58 Best Dressed Vest 
6:13 Honeysuckle Top 
9:04 Plod 
11:42 Spinning 
13:45 Acquisitions 
16:55 Book Chat 
24:11 Outro 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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