The Knit Picks team has grown a lot during our long hiatus, and in this episode, we’re excited to introduce you to two new staff members: Alena Ruman, the IDP Program Administrator, and Jen Burt, our Content and Outreach Coordinator.   Lee interviews Alena about her experiences starting at the Knit Picks warehouse in Ohio and then moving to the Pacific Northwest to work as the IDP Program Administrator. Alena is an experienced yarn dyer and shares with Lee some of her tips for dyeing using acid dyes.   Later, Stacey interviews Jen about joining the Knit Picks team as well as her regular participation in Olive Knits Annual 4-Day KAL. Jen talks about her speedy knitting of our sample of this year’s pattern Sailaway in High Desert Worsted and the color selection process for our Sailaway curated color kits.    Game Day Cardigan Knit Along  High Desert Yarn  Tubular Cast On with Waste Yarn  Long Tail Tubular Cast On (alternative method) Square-tip Needles  Hawthorne Yarn  Natural Dyeing Podcast Episode  How to Dye Yarn Learning Center Homepage  Lee's Kool-Aid Dyeing Tutorial  Yarn Dyes Bare Yarns  Independent Designer Patterns  Bare Stroll  Bare Wool of the Andes  Bare Mini Hanks  We Crochet  Brava Yarns  Heatherly Yarn  Stroll Yarns  Olive Knits 4 day KAL  Beekeeper Cardigan  Foxtrot Cardigan  Soundtrack Pullover  Fireworks Pullover  Sailaway Cardigan KAL Knit Picks Yarn Kits  Comfy Colormist Yarn    0:03 Welcome to the Knit Picks Podcast 1:45 Swatching for the Game Day Cardigan and casting on  10:19 Summer crafting plans 7:15 Meet Alena, the IDP Program Administrator 20:33 Alena’s dyeing experience 32:40 Meet Jen, the Content and Outreach Coordinator. 35:46 The Olive Knits 6th Annual 4-day KAL 40:40 Choosing colors for the Sailaway color kits 44:58 Sailaway’s construction and Marie Greene’s writing style 48:55 Credits