Look! I'm in Two Videos & My Feet Aren't Moving!

We're in the final week of 2023's Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long!

Where has December, and really 2023, gone?!

Of course, this could be just me lol I swear clocks are flying passed like barometers in Muppet Family Christmas *insert cry-laughing emoji here*

Ok, enough bad similes, let's get to the purpose of my post. 

In my last post I gave you the information about the Fasten Off Yarn Along Designer Ask Me Anythings and Video Panels, as well as a Twitch stream I was going to be doing with fellow FOYAL designer Yvonne Becker of Red and the Wolf Designs. 

The Twitch stream with Yvonne, and the Zoom Panel with Lori of Aklori Designs, Natalia of Natalia Yarncraft, and Shana of Shanalines Designs are both up on Youtube! (Both of the other FOYAL Video Panels that have happened are also posted to Youtube; the fourth and final Video Panel is live on Friday via Zoom so scroll to my last post to get the particulars) Here's the link to the Video Panel: https://youtu.be/79OPqaYph64🔗

And here's the link to the Twitch video:

https://youtu.be/ZCXIgj4u3A8🔗

There you have them, fiber friends, both chats I participated in about designing this December.

I have to admit I may stick to text communications from now on though. There is something very disconcerting about hearing oneself, especially when you have the voice of a cartoon animal. I'm as surprised by that as everyone else most likely was. It does explain my affinity for Alvin and the Chipmunks recordings though.

That's all I have for you today! After the New Year has been rung in (PSST!! Join us in the Fasten Off YAL Discord server for our New Year's Eve Boonanza! There will be games, prizes, and a whole lot of Síle posting in an overtired and hilariously semi-coherent state from her living room couch!), I'll have a post featuring the patterns I've acquired (with photos & links!!) during this year's FOYAL, and a look at KDRD's 2023, and what I hope to bring to you in 2024.

Yours in yarn, and an almost completely checked off 2023 calendar,

Síle

Tune In with the Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long

In last year's Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long, Ask Me Anythings (or AMAs) with participating designers were introduced, as were Video Panels which featured 2 or more designers at a time. These went over really well with both the designers and the audience, so FOYAL organizers decided to do them again this year. 

In a change from last year, most AMAs are happening on the FOYAL Discord server. There was one earlier today with Jessica of Snickerdoodle Knits🔗 (link goes to her website SnickerdoodleKnits.com), which you can find, and read, on the FOYAL Discord server🔗.

Knit Dance Repeat Designs, aka me Síle, will be on the first Video Panel on Saturday. I'll be one of four featured designers with Aklori Designs🔗, Natalia Yarncraft🔗, and Shanalines Designs🔗 . If you're here you don't need to know how to find me ;) (All links are to the designers' own websites.) The Video Panel is taking place via Zoom on Saturday, December 16th from 2 to 3 pm Eastern Time (UTC -5). This chat will be hosted, and monitored, by Kimianak. If you're interested in the talk but unable to attend, it will be uploaded to the Fasten Off Youtube channel later. You can check out last year's Video Panels there too: https://youtube.com/@fastenoffyal🔗

The meeting information to join the Zoom session (and have the opportunity to ask the designers any questions you might have about their designs or designing knitting, crochet, or Tunisian crochet patterns) is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87377170933?pwd=TTF0Um5sZTdqSmtZRTJLQUZ2WEl0dz09🔗

Meeting ID: 873 7717 0933
Passcode: 363514

I'm putting the other AMAs and Video Panels here in a kind of mini schedule. I'll include links to the designers' sites as well. You can also find this information on the Fasten Off website: https://www.fastenoffyal.com/schedule.html🔗

and in the Events Calendar at the top of the Discord server.

Tomorrow, December 15th 5:30 - 6pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Nicole of Common Thread Fiber🔗 This will take place on Discord.

Saturday, December 16th 2 - 3pm Eastern (UTC -5) Zoom Video Panel with Aklori Designs, Síle of Knit Dance Repeat Designs, Natalia Yarncraft, and Shana of Shanalines Designs. All links and other information for this event is above.

Sunday, December 17th 9:30 - 10am Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Aoibhe Ni🔗. This will take place on Discord.

Sunday, December 17th 4:30 - 5pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Kerry Bullock-Ozkan of Bullock-Ozkan Designs🔗. This will take place on Discord.

Monday, December 18th 4 - 5am Eastern (UTC -5) Zoom Video Panel with Kath Andrews Designs🔗, Leela Mary Knits🔗, Sage of Little Seal Designs🔗, & Woolly Wormhead🔗. Meeting information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83223316027?pwd=cG8yQmkvZWFhYmd2c2JNdGNKamdwQT09🔗

Meeting ID: 832 2331 6027
Passcode: 288240

Tuesday, December 19th 5:15 - 6:15pm Eastern (UTC -5) Zoom Video Panel CrochEt Cetera by Connie Lee🔗, Joanne of Made with Love and Fibres🔗, Sarah Dawn 🔗, & Rachel of Stitches and String Theory 🔗. Meeting information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86915024196?pwd=N2Y0dW1WeVpqRE5LditSTVVHYUM4UT09🔗
Meeting ID: 869 1502 4196
Passcode: 545767

Thursday, December 21st 2 - 2:30pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Teresa of Classical Songbird Designs🔗. This will take place on Discord.

Wednesday, December 22nd 2:30 - 3pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Emily Wood Designs🔗. This will take place on Discord.

Thursday, December 28th 1 - 1:30pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Yvonne of Red and the Wolf Designs🔗. This will take place on Discord.

Friday, December 29th 1 - 2pm Eastern (UTC -5) Zoom Video Panel with Bronwyn of Bronwyn the Brave🔗, Sandra Conway🔗, Cori of IrocKnits, & Mary W. Martin🔗. Meeting information:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87983462155?pwd=MFY1S0ltMzh5VUZ0U2JLSkp4V2N0Zz09🔗
Meeting ID: 879 8346 2155
Passcode: 635232

Friday, December 29th 8 - 8:30pm Eastern (UTC -5) AMA with Kathleen Sperling🔗. This will take place on Discord.

So there you have it, the schedule of designers taking part in the AMAs, and Video Panels for this year's Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long :) I hope you can join us for some of the fun.

That's all from me this evening!

Yours in yarn,

Síle

A Quick Note

December 8th already!

Time flies when you're having fun, and we've already been having loads of fun over at the Fasten Off Yarn-A-Long. The Discord server is lively with chatter and games, and we're hitting our stride on Instagram (who knew Story games and reels of our Prize Wheel would be so popular?), and Mastodon. (Unfortunately Twitter wasn't the best last year what with the massive exodus of so many people. And more have left this year so the hard decision had to be made)

The sale period ends in just under an hour and a half; midnight in the Eastern (North American) timezone! 

Of course you're more than welcome to shop after that, the sales code just won't work anymore. 

And the games and fun go through December 31st, and well into January 1st. So join in, post a photo of your FOYAL Bingo card on Insta (#FOYALBingo), or one of your pet sleeping on your WIP in the furry-friends thread on Discord. 

As a sidebar to FOYAL, German designer Yvonne Becker of Red and the Wolf Designs (link to her website 🔗) will be welcoming other participating designers to join her on Twitch for chats on designs, yarn, and whatever else comes up. She hosts her Twitch stream 3 days a week: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Shameless plug moment: I will be her guest on Tuesday December 12th :) 

And there will be at least one other chance to ask me questions or otherwise get answers from me! FOYAL plans on running their popular Designer Ask Me Anythings and Designer Video Panels again this year. With 96 designers, in some very different time zones, the schedule for these events isn't out just yet. I'll fill you in on anything I'll specifically be participating in. You can also find the official schedule for everything on the Fasten Off website (link to FastenOffYAL.com🔗) Please note the FastenOff YAL schedule times are presented in Eastern (North American) time.

Designer AMAs will be held on Discord for half an hour, and the Designer Video panels will be held on Zoom, with the chance to watch them after on FOYAL's Youtube channel. (If you want to see some and/or all of last year's Video Panels you can find them here (link to FOYAL's Youtube channel 🔗))

That's everything for tonight!

Yours in yarn and Fastening Off,

Síle