Happy New Year! It always feels like I'm sitting down with a friend chatting about cozy knitting when I watch these videos - I love them. You knit so many fantastic things, but the pheasant socks really stuck out to me - the yarn and pattern are beautiful!
I'm not a yellow person either but those socks are incredibly cute. They remind me of the vanilla fairy cakes with 100 & 1000s that mum used to make when it was out birthday so how could I not smile at them.
I loved Home Fires ❤ I was SO disappointed when they didn't continue the series. They left it in a cliff hanger....Ahhh!!! I wanted more 😫 Please Please Please finish the Laura Sweater and knit some of the other jumpers and waistcoat from the series. I bought the DVD's of Home Fires. What a great cast of actors. I know the author wrote the next installment in book/novel form of Jambusters. I was so involved with the characters lines and then to keep us hanging....ahhhh😣
Totally forgot, the sweater you've made with the embroidery is AMAZING. If you're tired of the embroidery, you've definitely reached a good stopping point.
I want to knit. I get frustrated even trying to attempt it. Same with crochet. I have no hand eye coordination and I’m clumsy. I don’t usually watch long videos but I started watching this before I looked at the time stamps. When you said that the video was long already I looked at hadn’t even realized I’ve been laying here watching you for so long. I was so sucked in and enjoying listening to you talk about all your knitting projects, I had no idea the video had been so long. Long story short…I enjoyed this video very much.
Fantastic! I love listening to you talk about knitting, and seeing what you have made/are making. I'm simply a novice knitter without much ambition to progress. I love using LARGE needles...but I enjoy watching real knitters and I enjoy what I do.
That shawl is to die for! I get the "paying for irresponsible choices" thing. Ah me, pay off and cost! I am amazed at how much you get done. When do you fit in all your knitting? And 1930s crochet? Yes please!!
I knit every evening from about 7pm-10pm in front of the telly. It's amazing what a few hours a day can produce! I think being a left hand yarn holder I also knit faster which helps!
I do love your shawl. I've spent the last month making up cushions and rugs. I crocheted the triangles and squares for them out of scraps up to 20+ years ago and got too distracted by life to finish. They are made from scraps and it seems I used a USA size K hook. So everything from rug yarn , double knitting and fine mohair with up to 4 strands in diferent shades . So the red triangles are now all stitched together into a large triangle shaped cushion like a great flame. I'm still making squares for the rug as i watch you and yes all the yarn came from charity shops. Serendipity is a wonderful thing. When i've used it all up I'll ask the woman who spins, dyes and sells wool yarn on our local market to make me some new project inspiration. I am old enough to remember when post war yarn only came in services colours plus baby blue ,pink , white and for adults bottle green , brown and berry red. The shock of seeing jumpers in shops and not home made first time when I was about 10 !
This is quite a bit after the fact but thanks for introducing the Bird related sock yarn! My sister is a birdwatcher and their yarns are just perfect. I can't wait to make her "Kingfisher" socks.
Oh wow, seriously, how do you manage to knit that many garments? I can whip up one jumper max per year and maybe 10-15 pairs of socks but that's really it. With working full time, having to attend to my flat, do the shopping, entertaining friends, spending time with my boyfriend and general life happening, I just don't have the headspace nor the time to do this much knitting. I can mindlessly knit socks in front of the TV anytime but right now I am trying to recreate the white vintage jumper you did some time ago and so far, it took me 3 months to do the back piece and it's not even fully finished yet. I am mighty impressed by your speed.
Happy New Year! I can't knit. I've tried over the years but I never get anywhere. However, back in the 1970s and 80s I used to pick up vintage sewing and knitting patterns in charity shops. My partner's grandmother knitted some up for me. I made some great dresses and tops from the vintage sewing patterns. The weirdest knitting pattern was in a booklet of clothes and household items. It was for a stair carpet! My 6 year old grandson would love socks in the pink yarn. Pink is his favourite colour. 😀
Happy New Year Claude! Really enjoyed seeing everything that you’ve made, super interesting and you are very very clever with your knitting. I am about to embark on my very first garment and I’m going to be knitting a 1940s simple (patriotic, is what it’s called on the pattern ) Red white and blue puff sleeved jumper. I am extremely daunted, and have put off starting it… But now with the new year upon me I’m going to have to get on with it. I’ll let you know how I get on ...let’s hope we all have a better year next year X 🥳 🎉🥳🎉
I also love the 1940s styles. Enjoyed listening to your knitting plans. As for those pink socks if your not wearing them, gift them to a young family member. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Happy New Year to you, also! I really love your yellow socks. I’m with you on disliking baby pink…but the pattern is definitely lovely, and the pink is fantastic for the hexi-puffs. That quilt is going to be incredible, and loaded with memories! I’m still working on a chunky knit blanket for my son, and am about 2/3 done. I’ve injured my shoulder, so it’s slow going, but I’m going to get it done. I’ve taken a page from Noelle of Costuming Drama and given myself compassionate deadlines. Wishing you love, light, blessings, and good health for the coming year!
I got foam mats from the supermarket in the summer (from the summer toys section) to use as blocking mats - though I don't have anywhere big enough to put more than 1 at a time really. So when I blocked a cotton scarf I made for my brother, I folded the scarf in half (not ideal) and blocked it across 2 of the mats, and propped it up on the kitchen radiator. I would love the pattern for the golf socks - I'm wondering if they became so popular as people realised how warm & practical they were? I do not play golf! But need socks that will keep me warm.
I could not agree with you more.. that Gilmore girls cliff hanger still rages me 😂 I have watched so many Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers movies and I always want to recreate Gingers wardrobe... I am nervous to watch the WI show because I have no doubt I'll love every knit! I am incredibly tempted to check out your crazy vintage colourwork pattern.. it's weirdly beautiful 😍 I'm so happy I came across your podcast... I look forward to seeing more 1940s knitwear inspiration 😊😊 Happy new year 🎉
I love how clearly your dance background comes through in your sock modeling. I never danced, but I am a former figure skater and that muscle memory still comes out every now and then. Also i really like the pattern of those pink socks, it looks so cool!
everything is so so beautiful! I really want to learn to knit, but I have absolutely no experience. Does anyone have any advice on where to start and learn?
My advice is to start small. Practice knitting squares until you're really confident with casting on and casting off. Also look up different ways to hold the yarn as there are lots of different ways to get the same result and depending on if you're right or left handed, how strong your hands are etc the one tutorial you watch may not be the best way to do it for you. My knitting got so much better and more enjoyable when I changed the way I hold my yarn. Good luck and happy knitting!
For what it's worth, 10rowsaday and sheepandstitch channels have been the most helpful to me for relearning knitting after about a 10 years long gap (not that I was particularly good then). 3mm or 4mm circular needles and DK (8ply) yarn would be my beginning recommendation for first scarves, square hats and such. Thick enough to see progress after a few rows, but often cheaper than very chunky or very fine yarns. Then You can level up to knitting in the round with double-pointed needles if You wish, and probably will already know of You would like to try chunky, fluffy knitting or finer, lacier things. Multi-coloured yarn can also hide a lot of small mistakes ;) Best of luck and hope You enjoy knitting :)
I am in love either the pheasant socks, they're so gorgeous, if I could knit myself I'd definitely be making them! You've now got me considering learning to knit again though! (I made a very lumpy scarf as a teenager I think and don't think I enjoyed it much) 😂
Happy New Year! I hope it is a happy and healthy new year for you! I love everything you’ve knitted up and I am so *here* for more Home Fires jumpers! Loved that show. I’d love the pattern for the golf socks too if you’ve a mind to make it available. Hard agree that GG cliffhanger was aggravatingly ridiculous but the Home Fires cliffhanger was just… WHAT 😱 That said, I’m overdue for a rewatch 😂 ❤️
I'd completely forgotten about the Home Fires cliffhanger!! I was so annoyed I bought the books which the writer published after the show got cancelled. I really recommend them 😊
You make knitting socks sound so easy and those you've made look great (and the pink look like a good color for you). You mention that you don't like knitting in the round. Does that mean that the socks get knit flat and then seamed? I'd love to see the pattern for the bed jacket that's in your new vintage book. Can't wait to see the knitted robe. Your shawl is beautiful. I look forward to seeing the progress of your Home Fires sweaters, especially the one you've started on!
No the golf stockings are knitted in the round. Strangely I don't mind knitting socks in the round but garments infuriate me! I have found some patterns for vintage socks on two needles though... now I have another thing I need to try ...
@@RetroClaude That's funny. It seems as though socks would be so much harder, but then I'm intimidated by socks. Think I'll try the golf socks though. We'll see how it goes....
Have you ever overdyed yarn? I think if you look at a colour wheel and choose a colour like purple, red, or blue then you can keep the pink socks instead of giving them away.
I've never dyed yarn but it's on my list of things to do this year. I'm just trying to get together suitable equipment because I don't want to ruin any of my pans 😂
This video contains so much information and inspiration that I have already viewed it twice. Will most likely watch it again. I never ever feel like making the same as anyone else, but I feel like you are giving me the patterns I have been looking for all my life. Even if I have allready seen them before in writing or on others. Can't wait for your next knitting video! :)
As a rule, when making a jumper/sweater/cardigan/top of any kind, if the pattern says "left shoulder" I think of it as the sweater's left shoulder. That way, the front will be the front when you put it on. I hope that made sense 😸
Happy new year to you Claude🥳loved all the knits , I think I need to knit the Rizzo 🤔🧶thank you so much,it’s always such a treat when you vlog and ‘home fires’ sounds great 😊
You popped into my feed with something disability, second video am watching. Am in the US where wool is crazy expensive and thrift store yarn is always acrylic. NMD went full on 5yrs ago so no income, living off saving one doesn't buy yarn. I bought raw alpaca fleece, linen tow, corriedale roving and spun hoping the blurred vision and jittery vision would clear soon... didn't so have had reknit times wondering how I got a third armhole and WTF happened to this lace... Drops patterns are not easy when impaired. I have my grandmother's patterns packed away but haven't easily found them and no desire to do the pattern of the week and look like every other knitter except in handspun alpaca. Now that you have done 2 Rizzo, do you think it will play nicely with alpaca?? I do appreciate your energy saving tips for sewing, I had been trying to sew but foot is unreliable on speed and blurred vision meant too much ripping, since buttons, zippers are harder now and can get trapped in a tshirt it is getting challenging. "Thanks again.
Sorry to hear about your struggles 💚 as for Rizzo, I think alpaca might work. It's very fitted and designed to be worn next to the skin so the instructions suggest picking something that you'd be happy wearing comfortably. I know alpaca can have a bit of a halo but I think that would look nice with this pattern 💚
The 1940s book you recently got is part of a series of ?6 written by the same two ladies which were published in consecutive years in the 1940s. Roxanne Richardson has managed to get hold of all of them and has featured them in several of her RUclips casual Friday vlogs. She has also knitted the tricorn hat you showed.
No need to call yourself "cheapskate" for going for free patterns, I see no point whatsoever in ever paying for a pattern, while there are so many free ones available!! :D
I totally agree…also some new knit”designers” over charge for a pattern that is not unique but a modification of an old pattern…nothing new under the sun.
I think it is so unique that you clap your hands at the beginning of your videos! I would miss it enormously if you stop doing it! 😄🥰 I have to get back at knitting (and knit more than just back and forth or round and round). The 1940s knits look so lovely!! Happy New year to you 😉
I have a copy of the vintage knitting book you showed, but very well used!!!!!! The sizes are a bit small for busty me so I will have to adjust. Also fine yarn is a problem for me ( fumble fingers!).
Oh wow you're productive!! My favourite is the willow jumper, it'll be BEAUTIFUL 😄 and FUN!! I don't knit,( I'm more into crochet ) but sewing and doing things with fabric is mainly my thing. Now I feel inspired to print a fabric with a willow print and sew a blouse.
Happy New Year! I love these videos so much. I do love that lace shawl very much. It's so pretty and looks so nice to wear. Those socks looks very pretty, and so cozy too. As much as you hated the yarn and pattern for the sock thing the event sounds so dang cool though, I would love to do that.
I am blown away by how talented and prolific you are! Just to make you laugh, I started a pair of socks with 5 double pointed needles 16 years ago, then quit knitting completely. So now I have one sock finished and one on needles with about 5 cm of the toe left to do, and no clue about how I did it! I love all your projects! Quite amazing. Happy 2022 to you.
I adore these knitting videos! Your way of speaking is so relaxing and enjoyable. Personally I hate knitting socks, but in theory I think they are a perfect medium for experimenting with colours you wouldn’t normally wear - for me at least, if the colour isn’t going near my face I’m less fussy about it! Can’t wait to see more wacky 1940s jumpers :)
Absolutely wonderful video. In awe of your talent in changing up and creating something unique. Where to start....the shawl is so intricate and shows your advanced skill....socks: love the color yellow and it does make me happy to wear it just like your duck socks....home fires jumper (sad they didn't continue the series) with the embroidery just lovely. Lot of inspiration in this video and thank you for bleeping out the few frustrating words (personally sad to hear it around me every where I go, even from young children).....the beautiful Chinese jumper: are you kidding: what incredible concentration you have, it is stunning!! I have knit for over 65 years but have not reached your level. Feel if I watch you enough, I will push myself more. Thank you, thank you for sharing. Going back to watch your older videos!!!
Happy New year to you. I'm not a knitter myself, I did a jumper once and it did not go well. Love the yellow socks they are really funky. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2022.
I'm watching this a long time after you posted it but how very talented you are at your knitting!! My goodness, the sweater you are wearing is amazing!
That shawl is gorgeous! And the yarn choice is great, very witchy and homespun. I also look forward to your Home Fires cardigan. I was so disappointed when the show wasn't renewed for another season. Can you give us the name of the pattern you used? Thanks!
What a fun video! I’m so excited to watch your hexipuffs or Bee Keepers Quit grow and progress. And the Home Fires knits, I’m so excited to see more of these. It was such a wonderful show, I wish there had been more seasons made. Take care!
I can't wait for more 1940's (knitting) content! I'm very new to knitting and I'm definately not confident enough yet to knit a vintage pattern, but that's really my style... So I love seeing what you make, learning bit by bit, and clicking through all the patterns you've found floating around online. Thank you for making the effort and sharing your work, and thanks for digitizing the sock pattern!
Happy new year! I love your knitting round-ups. You've made so many beautiful pieces, thank you for sharing them. Also, I am very excited to hear and learn more about 1940s knitting from you!
I enjoyed this so much. I had to wait to watch it until I finished a stressful project but it was worth the wait. I made sure I had tea and bikkies prepped and a crochet project. Thank you! May you have a fulfilling new year. Also, YES to corporations being the ones who must change.
I just recently found your channel and I’m so glad I did! Besides sharing the very niche interest that is vintage knitting, I also feel very seen as someone who also cannot afford massive splurges on heftily priced luxury yarn (at least they’re a luxury for me). It feels lonely and isolating most of the time when I see knitters around me both online and offline spending hundreds on a single garment project without a dent on their savings, and when I do lament about my inability to afford these things often I get responses that are quite tone deaf about people’s different economic capabilities (“just ask some yarn for Christmas!” My friends and family aren’t well off either hello), so again it just feels so validating to see you create beautiful work within the very same niche while still being economical with your yarn spendings. I’m very excited to tune into your future knitting endeavors ❤️
Thank you for your comment! I'm always nervous about talking about my financial situation but as I like to knit A LOT I have to buy cheap yarn. I made peace with that a long time ago. Don't let the yarn snobs get to you 💚
??? do you knit your socks in the round, I have only ever knitted in the flat but husband wants some war time socks which would be new to me. He does WW2 re enactment. Great Video, really interesting. Hope your New Year has started well, Take Care x Debbie
I’m obsessed with that witchy shawl you made! So cozy 💖 and your happy duckling socks!!!! Everything came out so lovely and cozy. Happy new year Claude!
Your stinginess, broke-ness and frugal approach to things is a big reason why I love watching your videos because RELATABLE. I looked at your hexie puffs and went through the exact same thought process about their construction that you did. 🤣 P.S. Plus I think it will be the perfect use for my own sock oddments, too. I'm not fond of the puffed look, plus I _don't_ have crates of filling lying around, but easily knit two-layer hexies sound like just the thing! Also, thank you for the golf socks pattern. They really do look great worn over tights and I think that's very much my style... I downloaded it, looked at the dimensions, and found out that for my short legs I'll have to make them a good four inches shorter in the calf. In comparison, the foot I'll only have to chop down by half an inch. 😁
I will definitely be making that shawl sometime! How do you embroider on knitting? I am learning to sew and I do embroider, so I thought it would be fun to combine those hobbies!
It's very similar to embroidering on fabric but because you're using yarn you use a tapestry or darning needle. You also have to be careful not to distort the stretch of the knitted fabric but essentially the stitches themselves are the same. I used back stitch and lazy daisy for the cardigan here.
You probably already know about this but I seem to remember there was a programme about a group of women who knit all the knitwear for a series and it was put into a book with the patterns? Not sure if it was Homefires but I'm sure you'd be able to get the book from your local library (or through the inter loan system). I've just finished my second go at a cardigan pattern from an early 50s magazine and am now knitting a vintage pattern capelet to wear over my very swooshy 1950s pattern dressing gown. I've been sewing for decades but only picked up knitting a couple of years ago - my local wool shop lady has given me fab tutorials.
I for one am looking forward to the delft pattern! That's probably my fave out of all your current makes/wips And also thank you for being so frank/real on yarn cost and affordability and no-shame on just using yarn that is within one's budget ❤
Hello, I liked looking through everything you knit, very good motivator for my own project wips(finish-it feburary yay!). May I ask if the orange/goldish top you're wearing here is a hand knit? If so do you know what the pattern is? Have a good one and keep knitting~
Hello! I'm wearing 2 hand knits the cardigan is Yell by Marie Wallin and the orange/brown one was a kit from We Are Knitters called Thread Sweater, but it didn't really work out how I was expecting so I don't really recommend it. I hope that helps
@@RetroClaude Yes it does, thank you! I thought it might be the vintage pattern "Twinkle Sweater" because the image for that is quite low-res. It looks lovely with the collar shirt at least. Although I know my own wonky knits never usually leave their no-no box even when they do have redeemable qualities. Thank you for the response. =)
Watching the rest of your videos after finding you via stashbusting compilation, and oh!!! Is this the start of the Hexipuff blanket!! What a moment in history!! I also wanted to say you really transformed the yarns in the striped Zandra Rhodes socks. The combination looks so incredible my jaw dropped when you brought it on screen. Wishing you well, and thank you for the videos!
Currently attempting to knit a pair of socks using some alpaca wool I got in the gift shop of an alpaca farm I visited. Marvelling at how much you've made in a year while I debate if I need to restart this sock for the second time 🤦🏻♀️
One cannot have to many knitted socks 🥰 My mother knits, and she gives me and my siblings a pair of socks every christmas. I live in northen sweden, and nothing beats knitted socks for warmth and general winter cosyness
Happy New Year! I really enjoyed seeing your 2021 knits. I’m also knitting the beekeepers hexie puff quilt. It’s going to take an age to make but will be totally worth it!
Happy new year from Zagreb! Hope you have a happy, healthy, & productive 2022. The secret for joining the hexipuffs is to only sew them at the corners. That way the blanket/quilt stays relatively fluid. If you stitch all the sides together it's (apparently, I've not made one myself!) too rigid to be comfortable. Looking forward to being inspired by your new projects!
There are WI branches in London now. I remember looking it up a few years ago as I was curious! I adore the navy you’ve chosen for your home fires jumper. Beautiful work!
Would love to see a technique on putting in the button band! I've come from sewing and am now trying to learn to knit from all my favourite RUclipsrs so any more knitting videos you want to sprinkle in, I'll eagerly watch!
All the best to you and everyone here! Love your knitting (and sowing and your channel in general). Everything you said about Homefires resonates with my heart. I hope someday I will be able to knitt something too.
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Happy New Year! It always feels like I'm sitting down with a friend chatting about cozy knitting when I watch these videos - I love them. You knit so many fantastic things, but the pheasant socks really stuck out to me - the yarn and pattern are beautiful!
I'm not a yellow person either but those socks are incredibly cute. They remind me of the vanilla fairy cakes with 100 & 1000s that mum used to make when it was out birthday so how could I not smile at them.
💛 Yellow is so cheerful!
I loved Home Fires ❤ I was SO disappointed when they didn't continue the series. They left it in a cliff hanger....Ahhh!!! I wanted more 😫 Please Please Please finish the Laura Sweater and knit some of the other jumpers and waistcoat from the series. I bought the DVD's of Home Fires. What a great cast of actors. I know the author wrote the next installment in book/novel form of Jambusters. I was so involved with the characters lines and then to keep us hanging....ahhhh😣
Totally forgot, the sweater you've made with the embroidery is AMAZING. If you're tired of the embroidery, you've definitely reached a good stopping point.
I want to knit. I get frustrated even trying to attempt it. Same with crochet. I have no hand eye coordination and I’m clumsy.
I don’t usually watch long videos but I started watching this before I looked at the time stamps. When you said that the video was long already I looked at hadn’t even realized I’ve been laying here watching you for so long. I was so sucked in and enjoying listening to you talk about all your knitting projects, I had no idea the video had been so long.
Long story short…I enjoyed this video very much.
Fantastic! I love listening to you talk about knitting, and seeing what you have made/are making. I'm simply a novice knitter without much ambition to progress. I love using LARGE needles...but I enjoy watching real knitters and I enjoy what I do.
Please can we have the video for adding the grosgrain ribbon? I would love to know how to do this.
You knitting is lovely.
Your wish is my command!
@@RetroClaude thanks. I will keep my eyes peeled
That shawl is to die for!
I get the "paying for irresponsible choices" thing. Ah me, pay off and cost!
I am amazed at how much you get done. When do you fit in all your knitting?
And 1930s crochet? Yes please!!
I knit every evening from about 7pm-10pm in front of the telly. It's amazing what a few hours a day can produce! I think being a left hand yarn holder I also knit faster which helps!
You should watch the new version of all creatures great & small for 30's knitting patterns
I do love your shawl.
I've spent the last month making up cushions and rugs. I crocheted the triangles and squares for them out of scraps up to 20+ years ago and got too distracted by life to finish. They are made from scraps and it seems I used a USA size K hook. So everything from rug yarn , double knitting and fine mohair with up to 4 strands in diferent shades . So the red triangles are now all stitched together into a large triangle shaped cushion like a great flame. I'm still making squares for the rug as i watch you and yes all the yarn came from charity shops. Serendipity is a wonderful thing. When i've used it all up I'll ask the woman who spins, dyes and sells wool yarn on our local market to make me some new project inspiration.
I am old enough to remember when post war yarn only came in services colours plus baby blue ,pink , white and for adults bottle green , brown and berry red. The shock of seeing jumpers in shops and not home made first time when I was about 10 !
This is quite a bit after the fact but thanks for introducing the Bird related sock yarn! My sister is a birdwatcher and their yarns are just perfect. I can't wait to make her "Kingfisher" socks.
You always make me want to knit more!
Oh wow, seriously, how do you manage to knit that many garments? I can whip up one jumper max per year and maybe 10-15 pairs of socks but that's really it. With working full time, having to attend to my flat, do the shopping, entertaining friends, spending time with my boyfriend and general life happening, I just don't have the headspace nor the time to do this much knitting. I can mindlessly knit socks in front of the TV anytime but right now I am trying to recreate the white vintage jumper you did some time ago and so far, it took me 3 months to do the back piece and it's not even fully finished yet. I am mighty impressed by your speed.
I manage because I don't have a full time job so don't compare yourself to me 🥳
Rizzo blouse is sooo cute :) good job!
Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉
Happy New Year! I can't knit. I've tried over the years but I never get anywhere. However, back in the 1970s and 80s I used to pick up vintage sewing and knitting patterns in charity shops. My partner's grandmother knitted some up for me. I made some great dresses and tops from the vintage sewing patterns. The weirdest knitting pattern was in a booklet of clothes and household items. It was for a stair carpet!
My 6 year old grandson would love socks in the pink yarn. Pink is his favourite colour. 😀
grading up knitting patterns sounds really interesting!!
Happy New Year Claude! Really enjoyed seeing everything that you’ve made, super interesting and you are very very clever with your knitting. I am about to embark on my very first garment and I’m going to be knitting a 1940s simple (patriotic, is what it’s called on the pattern ) Red white and blue puff sleeved jumper. I am extremely daunted, and have put off starting it… But now with the new year upon me I’m going to have to get on with it. I’ll let you know how I get on ...let’s hope we all have a better year next year X 🥳 🎉🥳🎉
I also love the 1940s styles. Enjoyed listening to your knitting plans. As for those pink socks if your not wearing them, gift them to a young family member. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Happy New Year to you, also! I really love your yellow socks. I’m with you on disliking baby pink…but the pattern is definitely lovely, and the pink is fantastic for the hexi-puffs. That quilt is going to be incredible, and loaded with memories!
I’m still working on a chunky knit blanket for my son, and am about 2/3 done. I’ve injured my shoulder, so it’s slow going, but I’m going to get it done. I’ve taken a page from Noelle of Costuming Drama and given myself compassionate deadlines.
Wishing you love, light, blessings, and good health for the coming year!
Thank you and the chunky blanket sounds wonderful. Happy New Year 💚
I got foam mats from the supermarket in the summer (from the summer toys section) to use as blocking mats - though I don't have anywhere big enough to put more than 1 at a time really. So when I blocked a cotton scarf I made for my brother, I folded the scarf in half (not ideal) and blocked it across 2 of the mats, and propped it up on the kitchen radiator.
I would love the pattern for the golf socks - I'm wondering if they became so popular as people realised how warm & practical they were? I do not play golf! But need socks that will keep me warm.
I could not agree with you more.. that Gilmore girls cliff hanger still rages me 😂
I have watched so many Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers movies and I always want to recreate Gingers wardrobe... I am nervous to watch the WI show because I have no doubt I'll love every knit! I am incredibly tempted to check out your crazy vintage colourwork pattern.. it's weirdly beautiful 😍
I'm so happy I came across your podcast... I look forward to seeing more 1940s knitwear inspiration 😊😊
Happy new year 🎉
Happy New Year, Claude. Thanks for all the fun vintage sewing and knitting inspiration 🥰
I love wys sock yarn, I want to make a pair in all their self striping birds
I love how clearly your dance background comes through in your sock modeling. I never danced, but I am a former figure skater and that muscle memory still comes out every now and then.
Also i really like the pattern of those pink socks, it looks so cool!
So many lovely knit projects 😍
everything is so so beautiful! I really want to learn to knit, but I have absolutely no experience. Does anyone have any advice on where to start and learn?
My advice is to start small. Practice knitting squares until you're really confident with casting on and casting off. Also look up different ways to hold the yarn as there are lots of different ways to get the same result and depending on if you're right or left handed, how strong your hands are etc the one tutorial you watch may not be the best way to do it for you. My knitting got so much better and more enjoyable when I changed the way I hold my yarn. Good luck and happy knitting!
For what it's worth, 10rowsaday and sheepandstitch channels have been the most helpful to me for relearning knitting after about a 10 years long gap (not that I was particularly good then). 3mm or 4mm circular needles and DK (8ply) yarn would be my beginning recommendation for first scarves, square hats and such. Thick enough to see progress after a few rows, but often cheaper than very chunky or very fine yarns. Then You can level up to knitting in the round with double-pointed needles if You wish, and probably will already know of You would like to try chunky, fluffy knitting or finer, lacier things. Multi-coloured yarn can also hide a lot of small mistakes ;) Best of luck and hope You enjoy knitting :)
I am in love either the pheasant socks, they're so gorgeous, if I could knit myself I'd definitely be making them! You've now got me considering learning to knit again though! (I made a very lumpy scarf as a teenager I think and don't think I enjoyed it much) 😂
Happy New Year! I hope it is a happy and healthy new year for you!
I love everything you’ve knitted up and I am so *here* for more Home Fires jumpers! Loved that show. I’d love the pattern for the golf socks too if you’ve a mind to make it available.
Hard agree that GG cliffhanger was aggravatingly ridiculous but the Home Fires cliffhanger was just… WHAT 😱 That said, I’m overdue for a rewatch 😂
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I'd completely forgotten about the Home Fires cliffhanger!! I was so annoyed I bought the books which the writer published after the show got cancelled. I really recommend them 😊
Hi, happy New year to you too, you have done so much knitting it's amazing,I've not even finished one,but it's getting closer, 💖
I’m here for the 1940s so good news! Great podcast lovely. Happy new year 😊 ..and socks of course x
You make knitting socks sound so easy and those you've made look great (and the pink look like a good color for you). You mention that you don't like knitting in the round. Does that mean that the socks get knit flat and then seamed? I'd love to see the pattern for the bed jacket that's in your new vintage book. Can't wait to see the knitted robe. Your shawl is beautiful. I look forward to seeing the progress of your Home Fires sweaters, especially the one you've started on!
No the golf stockings are knitted in the round. Strangely I don't mind knitting socks in the round but garments infuriate me! I have found some patterns for vintage socks on two needles though... now I have another thing I need to try ...
@@RetroClaude That's funny. It seems as though socks would be so much harder, but then I'm intimidated by socks. Think I'll try the golf socks though. We'll see how it goes....
Have you ever overdyed yarn? I think if you look at a colour wheel and choose a colour like purple, red, or blue then you can keep the pink socks instead of giving them away.
I've never dyed yarn but it's on my list of things to do this year. I'm just trying to get together suitable equipment because I don't want to ruin any of my pans 😂
@@RetroClaude I used to use an electric slow cooker. You can find them really cheap in charity shops sometimes :)
This video contains so much information and inspiration that I have already viewed it twice. Will most likely watch it again. I never ever feel like making the same as anyone else, but I feel like you are giving me the patterns I have been looking for all my life. Even if I have allready seen them before in writing or on others. Can't wait for your next knitting video! :)
As a rule, when making a jumper/sweater/cardigan/top of any kind, if the pattern says "left shoulder" I think of it as the sweater's left shoulder. That way, the front will be the front when you put it on. I hope that made sense 😸
Happy new year to you Claude🥳loved all the knits , I think I need to knit the Rizzo 🤔🧶thank you so much,it’s always such a treat when you vlog and ‘home fires’ sounds great 😊
Beautiful accomplishments! Thanks for the information about the Women's Institute...a lot of Agatha Christie novels mention them. Happy New Year!!
You popped into my feed with something disability, second video am watching. Am in the US where wool is crazy expensive and thrift store yarn is always acrylic. NMD went full on 5yrs ago so no income, living off saving one doesn't buy yarn. I bought raw alpaca fleece, linen tow, corriedale roving and spun hoping the blurred vision and jittery vision would clear soon... didn't so have had reknit times wondering how I got a third armhole and WTF happened to this lace... Drops patterns are not easy when impaired. I have my grandmother's patterns packed away but haven't easily found them and no desire to do the pattern of the week and look like every other knitter except in handspun alpaca. Now that you have done 2 Rizzo, do you think it will play nicely with alpaca??
I do appreciate your energy saving tips for sewing, I had been trying to sew but foot is unreliable on speed and blurred vision meant too much ripping, since buttons, zippers are harder now and can get trapped in a tshirt it is getting challenging. "Thanks again.
Sorry to hear about your struggles 💚 as for Rizzo, I think alpaca might work. It's very fitted and designed to be worn next to the skin so the instructions suggest picking something that you'd be happy wearing comfortably. I know alpaca can have a bit of a halo but I think that would look nice with this pattern 💚
I love this series of videos Claude! It’s really fun to see what you choose to knit and how things turn out 😊 Happy New Year & happy knitting!
The 1940s book you recently got is part of a series of ?6 written by the same two ladies which were published in consecutive years in the 1940s. Roxanne Richardson has managed to get hold of all of them and has featured them in several of her RUclips casual Friday vlogs. She has also knitted the tricorn hat you showed.
Thank you! I love Roxanne's channel so I must go and look through her old videos to find these now 😊
No need to call yourself "cheapskate" for going for free patterns, I see no point whatsoever in ever paying for a pattern, while there are so many free ones available!! :D
I don’t think it’s cheap to opt for free patterns, nor pointless to support pattern designers! 💗
I totally agree…also some new knit”designers” over charge for a pattern that is not unique but a modification of an old pattern…nothing new under the sun.
I think it is so unique that you clap your hands at the beginning of your videos! I would miss it enormously if you stop doing it! 😄🥰
I have to get back at knitting (and knit more than just back and forth or round and round). The 1940s knits look so lovely!!
Happy New year to you 😉
As an old bloke, I have been knitting about 60ish years. I hate charts but remember the pattern really fast while knitting it.
Especially loved your witchy shawl and golf socks. Happy New Year!
Happy New year. Love your knitting. And for how many waky jumpers i say 1 for evry day🤩😊
I have a copy of the vintage knitting book you showed, but very well used!!!!!! The sizes are a bit small for busty me so I will have to adjust. Also fine yarn is a problem for me ( fumble fingers!).
Look forward to the day when the honeycomb blanket is finished.
Oh wow you're productive!! My favourite is the willow jumper, it'll be BEAUTIFUL 😄 and FUN!! I don't knit,( I'm more into crochet ) but sewing and doing things with fabric is mainly my thing. Now I feel inspired to print a fabric with a willow print and sew a blouse.
Happy New Year! I love these videos so much. I do love that lace shawl very much. It's so pretty and looks so nice to wear. Those socks looks very pretty, and so cozy too. As much as you hated the yarn and pattern for the sock thing the event sounds so dang cool though, I would love to do that.
I am still waiting for the 1940’s stockings video! Instructions are weird to me.
wishing you the strength to do a few hexipuffs during your recovery if you are so inclined.
I am blown away by how talented and prolific you are! Just to make you laugh,
I started a pair of socks with 5 double pointed needles 16 years ago, then quit knitting completely. So now I have one sock finished and one on needles with about 5 cm of the toe left to do, and no clue about how I did it!
I love all your projects! Quite amazing.
Happy 2022 to you.
I adore these knitting videos! Your way of speaking is so relaxing and enjoyable. Personally I hate knitting socks, but in theory I think they are a perfect medium for experimenting with colours you wouldn’t normally wear - for me at least, if the colour isn’t going near my face I’m less fussy about it! Can’t wait to see more wacky 1940s jumpers :)
Absolutely wonderful video. In awe of your talent in changing up and creating something unique. Where to start....the shawl is so intricate and shows your advanced skill....socks: love the color yellow and it does make me happy to wear it just like your duck socks....home fires jumper (sad they didn't continue the series) with the embroidery just lovely. Lot of inspiration in this video and thank you for bleeping out the few frustrating words (personally sad to hear it around me every where I go, even from young children).....the beautiful Chinese jumper: are you kidding: what incredible concentration you have, it is stunning!! I have knit for over 65 years but have not reached your level. Feel if I watch you enough, I will push myself more. Thank you, thank you for sharing. Going back to watch your older videos!!!
Happy New year to you. I'm not a knitter myself, I did a jumper once and it did not go well. Love the yellow socks they are really funky. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2022.
There is no stopping Zandra! I can't knit for crap and it makes me sad because I love socks.
I'm watching this a long time after you posted it but how very talented you are at your knitting!! My goodness, the sweater you are wearing is amazing!
That shawl is gorgeous! And the yarn choice is great, very witchy and homespun. I also look forward to your Home Fires cardigan. I was so disappointed when the show wasn't renewed for another season. Can you give us the name of the pattern you used? Thanks!
What a fun video! I’m so excited to watch your hexipuffs or Bee Keepers Quit grow and progress. And the Home Fires knits, I’m so excited to see more of these. It was such a wonderful show, I wish there had been more seasons made. Take care!
I can't wait for more 1940's (knitting) content! I'm very new to knitting and I'm definately not confident enough yet to knit a vintage pattern, but that's really my style... So I love seeing what you make, learning bit by bit, and clicking through all the patterns you've found floating around online. Thank you for making the effort and sharing your work, and thanks for digitizing the sock pattern!
Happy new year! I love your knitting round-ups. You've made so many beautiful pieces, thank you for sharing them. Also, I am very excited to hear and learn more about 1940s knitting from you!
I enjoyed this so much. I had to wait to watch it until I finished a stressful project but it was worth the wait. I made sure I had tea and bikkies prepped and a crochet project. Thank you! May you have a fulfilling new year.
Also, YES to corporations being the ones who must change.
I just recently found your channel and I’m so glad I did! Besides sharing the very niche interest that is vintage knitting, I also feel very seen as someone who also cannot afford massive splurges on heftily priced luxury yarn (at least they’re a luxury for me). It feels lonely and isolating most of the time when I see knitters around me both online and offline spending hundreds on a single garment project without a dent on their savings, and when I do lament about my inability to afford these things often I get responses that are quite tone deaf about people’s different economic capabilities (“just ask some yarn for Christmas!” My friends and family aren’t well off either hello), so again it just feels so validating to see you create beautiful work within the very same niche while still being economical with your yarn spendings.
I’m very excited to tune into your future knitting endeavors ❤️
Thank you for your comment! I'm always nervous about talking about my financial situation but as I like to knit A LOT I have to buy cheap yarn. I made peace with that a long time ago. Don't let the yarn snobs get to you 💚
??? do you knit your socks in the round, I have only ever knitted in the flat but husband wants some war time socks which would be new to me. He does WW2 re enactment. Great Video, really interesting. Hope your New Year has started well, Take Care x Debbie
Yes I knit my socks in the round but I have found some WW2 era patterns knitted flat but have never tried them 💚
I’m obsessed with that witchy shawl you made! So cozy 💖 and your happy duckling socks!!!! Everything came out so lovely and cozy. Happy new year Claude!
Also the knitting club sounds bloody adorable ❤️
Your stinginess, broke-ness and frugal approach to things is a big reason why I love watching your videos because RELATABLE.
I looked at your hexie puffs and went through the exact same thought process about their construction that you did. 🤣
P.S. Plus I think it will be the perfect use for my own sock oddments, too. I'm not fond of the puffed look, plus I _don't_ have crates of filling lying around, but easily knit two-layer hexies sound like just the thing!
Also, thank you for the golf socks pattern. They really do look great worn over tights and I think that's very much my style... I downloaded it, looked at the dimensions, and found out that for my short legs I'll have to make them a good four inches shorter in the calf. In comparison, the foot I'll only have to chop down by half an inch. 😁
I will definitely be making that shawl sometime! How do you embroider on knitting? I am learning to sew and I do embroider, so I thought it would be fun to combine those hobbies!
It's very similar to embroidering on fabric but because you're using yarn you use a tapestry or darning needle. You also have to be careful not to distort the stretch of the knitted fabric but essentially the stitches themselves are the same. I used back stitch and lazy daisy for the cardigan here.
I love these knitting episodes from you!! I too have been bitten by the sock bug 🧦 you're inspiring me to make more vintage knits in 2022!
You probably already know about this but I seem to remember there was a programme about a group of women who knit all the knitwear for a series and it was put into a book with the patterns? Not sure if it was Homefires but I'm sure you'd be able to get the book from your local library (or through the inter loan system). I've just finished my second go at a cardigan pattern from an early 50s magazine and am now knitting a vintage pattern capelet to wear over my very swooshy 1950s pattern dressing gown. I've been sewing for decades but only picked up knitting a couple of years ago - my local wool shop lady has given me fab tutorials.
I think the book you’re referring to is called something along the lines of Centenary Stitches and I know there’s a digital copy available on Ravelry.
I've never heard of this so thank you for letting me know I must look into it 😄
I know this is a couple years old but these makes are all so beautiful and cozy looking. so inspiring 🤎🧶
I would love to have the sock pattern!
Beautiful work! I made a beekeepers quilt - so fun! Four years and 525 hexipuffs. It’s like a weighted blanket and I love it.
Oh wow! 525! Do you have any idea how much yarn you needed? Did you buy yarn especially or just use up scraps?
I for one am looking forward to the delft pattern! That's probably my fave out of all your current makes/wips
And also thank you for being so frank/real on yarn cost and affordability and no-shame on just using yarn that is within one's budget ❤
It’s nice to know that I am not the only one who has fallen in love with the knits on that show.
Hello, I liked looking through everything you knit, very good motivator for my own project wips(finish-it feburary yay!).
May I ask if the orange/goldish top you're wearing here is a hand knit? If so do you know what the pattern is?
Have a good one and keep knitting~
Hello! I'm wearing 2 hand knits the cardigan is Yell by Marie Wallin and the orange/brown one was a kit from We Are Knitters called Thread Sweater, but it didn't really work out how I was expecting so I don't really recommend it. I hope that helps
@@RetroClaude Yes it does, thank you! I thought it might be the vintage pattern "Twinkle Sweater" because the image for that is quite low-res. It looks lovely with the collar shirt at least. Although I know my own wonky knits never usually leave their no-no box even when they do have redeemable qualities. Thank you for the response. =)
Watching the rest of your videos after finding you via stashbusting compilation, and oh!!! Is this the start of the Hexipuff blanket!! What a moment in history!!
I also wanted to say you really transformed the yarns in the striped Zandra Rhodes socks. The combination looks so incredible my jaw dropped when you brought it on screen.
Wishing you well, and thank you for the videos!
Currently attempting to knit a pair of socks using some alpaca wool I got in the gift shop of an alpaca farm I visited. Marvelling at how much you've made in a year while I debate if I need to restart this sock for the second time 🤦🏻♀️
Don't worry! Just remember I don't have a full time job!
@@RetroClaude me either (can't work), I'm just a slow knitter lol 😆
As requested the Golf Stockings pattern is now available for free on my website 🥳follow the link or check the description box ko-fi.com/s/6cbd606a18
Is this pattern still available for free?
when i click on the link it just says i can buy your website... :(
I had to move the pattern. It's now free in my Ko-Fi shop ko-fi.com/s/6cbd606a18
@@RetroClaude thank you!
Thank you for inspiring me to knit vintage!
Oh, the witchy shawl is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
One cannot have to many knitted socks 🥰 My mother knits, and she gives me and my siblings a pair of socks every christmas. I live in northen sweden, and nothing beats knitted socks for warmth and general winter cosyness
lol you thought the jab was going to protect you. That ruined this video for me.
I GASPED at the grey Rizzo jumper. It’s stunning!
I embroided it .. and it took ages ... and I was f*.. bored ... Thank you! You put a smile on my face again .. I love you!
I have just discovered you and you are so interesting, I could listen for hours. I am excited to watch your videos. Car crashes are getting old.
My socks!!
is there a video of the witch costume? :)
Alas, it is still a WIP. One day. One day.
Happy New Year!
I really enjoyed seeing your 2021 knits.
I’m also knitting the beekeepers hexie puff quilt. It’s going to take an age to make but will be totally worth it!
I would love to see grading up patterns....pretty please
maybe it would be possible to block your shawl in two halves?
What about call the midwife on bbc iPlayer
Happy new year from Zagreb! Hope you have a happy, healthy, & productive 2022.
The secret for joining the hexipuffs is to only sew them at the corners. That way the blanket/quilt stays relatively fluid. If you stitch all the sides together it's (apparently, I've not made one myself!) too rigid to be comfortable. Looking forward to being inspired by your new projects!
That was a LOT of knitting. I'm surprised. I, too, am not a yellow person, but that particular shade is Fabulous. Happy New Year!
So many cute things. Thanks for sharing.
There are WI branches in London now. I remember looking it up a few years ago as I was curious! I adore the navy you’ve chosen for your home fires jumper. Beautiful work!
Would love to see a technique on putting in the button band! I've come from sewing and am now trying to learn to knit from all my favourite RUclipsrs so any more knitting videos you want to sprinkle in, I'll eagerly watch!
All the best to you and everyone here!
Love your knitting (and sowing and your channel in general). Everything you said about Homefires resonates with my heart. I hope someday I will be able to knitt something too.
The brown shawl from August.. could you Reblock it but folded in half…resetting those edges? Misting the edges only?
That's a great idea I must try that. Thank you for the suggestion 😊
the rant about the Home Fires embroidered cardigan is such a mood