YoungFolk Knits Podcast: Winter Knitting Update | Cabled Sweaters, Pressed Flowers Shawl
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Kaci, keep the sweater long and call it done! It looks great. You have so many other projects to look forward to 🥰
Yes! Thank you!
In the late 80's-early 90's ALL sweaters we wore were long & oversized (basically we shopped in men's section). That oversized look is coming back & I am glad. It's cozy & relaxed. I think the under 40 set has been raised on the tiny, tight, cropped looks of the 2000's. Trust me, leave it long -you won't regret the comfort & you'll be the first one on-trend! #KeepItLong #90sTrend
Thanks for sharing!! 😘
@YoungfolkKnits Thank YOU for the videos. You're very calming & pleasant to listen to~in a very crazy world, nice to have some homespun goodness (literally & figuratively). Keep up the great work. 🧶🤗
A good trick for doing a sewn bind off with a delicate yarn (unspun, loose spun singles, etc) is to move the stitches to a needle that's several sizes small than the working needle just for the BO. That opens up a big gap between the stitches on the needle and the needle itself, so there is almost no friction on the sewing yarn from pulling it through the stitches.
Great tip!
I think your idea about the sweater is just perfect. I would wear it like this for a while and you might want to just keep it long as you don’t have other ones that long and if you get tired of it you can always shorten and feel like you have a new sweater. I do love that look on you, but you look great in every look and style of course ❤❤❤
Awww thanks
I love hearing you giddy over snow and freezing temperatures. I live in Alaska so it’s hard to keep that sense of wonder 😂 but I am thankful for all of the woolwear opportunities!
Oh wow! Yes you get your fill of snow don’t you?!
LOL! Right?!, 33 years in mostly central Alaska, born and raised, and now Wyoming, I am totally over snow and cold. 😊
I am also up here in Alaska and thinking the same thing. We have to love the show or else why do we live here right? I was born and raised here and it is almost hard to imagine not having snow from oct/nov - march/april lol. It was so precious seeing your kids get to sled. I am so glad you guys are soaking up the glorious snow while you have it!! :)))
Here in coastal NC we get an occasional snow….not 2-3 per year like in Arkansas. We get snow maybe every five years. Last snow for us was 2018. In my lifetime (70 yo), I remember three large snowfalls (14 + inches). One in 1972, 1980, 1989. I love snow and everything comes to a standstill.
I think your Noro sweater looks great long with tight pants. You should keep it to have variety in your wardrobe and then knit a another one cropped if you want it. JMHO❤ Also, your cabled sweater looks stunning! I'm a new knitter and haven't tried cables yet but that one is definitely making me want to bite the bullet and try. If you have a beginner cable knit pattern you would recommend, I would love you to share it!
I think a sweater with a single cable would be a great way to jump into it. One like the lagom by Samantha guerin ir the busan by aeygo knits
I love your long brown sweater just the way it is! For times when you want it shorter you could do the hack of belting it near the ribbing and letting the rest of the fabric hang over the belt. For your new cast-on, I like the rust with the homespun because it's not brown like the sweater you just made. Do a swatch with both colors in it and see what you like best. You're so fun to watch and love all the knitting you get done. I have worked on 1 sweater since December. I must be really slow!
Thank you for your kind words! And not slow at all! I pretty much knit for a living lol
Kaci, I love this sweater. The colour is gorgeous on you. I’m feeling the same about the “dryer” - will probably shrink all over. I think your idea to wear for a while “as is” is a good move. Listen to what you said at the beginning of this podcast and it will tell you something. You talked about the really limited days you get to wear all the knits. Clearly you love this sweater and it looks great on you so it would be for these kind of days. If you want to wear it more then maybe shorten. Listen to me!!! Kaci, you do you. Hoping all is going well with your Dad. Keep smiling that beautiful smile. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! ❤
“This is my time to shine,” says every sweater in your closet! 😂😂😂
Ooooh that Sake colorway, yeeee!!
Knit a swatch with the two colors and your handspun to really see which you prefer. I like the red but I’m not a brown/tan lover so I’m biased!!
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Hi can you share the tubular bind off method you spoke about in your video? Thanks!
Do a google search. There is a ton of video tutorials online
Oh no! I forgot! Adding now
@@CandyKlaeysen-my8ro I know that, I was just curious which method she chose to use because she said it was better than other methods. That’s why I’m asking :)
Great episode as always! I really like your version of the snowy forest sweater. I love the oversized sweater. I always end up cropping my knits because I get tired of knitting on them so I would take the happy accident of the sweater growing more than you thought as a win! Now you have a super oversized sweater that you can style with leggings or some thinner jeans- or potentially over a long skirt- and you’ve filled that gap in your wardrobe and don’t need to do miles of stockinette again! You could also get some elastic to tie around your waist under the sweater and tuck the bottom of the sweater into the elastic to wear it cropped if you’d ever want to.
Cropping due to impatience, that’s a funny comment about your styling! 😂😂😂
It’s very comfy!!
Oh my goodness I think you will have to knit TWO PRESSED FLOWERS CARDIGANS! Both combinations are GORGEOUS!!! I would go with the brown first just so I could wear it with more things.
I think you’re right ❤
Yes!! Team Smartwool here too. They are the only socks I’ve worn all week! To be clear… I have more than one pair. 😆
Yesssss lol
Think of it as being a convertible sweater - beautiful this length for the winter (looks great on you, you just have to accept the dressness of it), and then shorten it if/when you feel like it. That's the beauty of being a maker!
Yes! Thank you!
Kaci, I think the long sweater looks great on you!
Kaci, you are delightful to watch. Thank you for keeping me company on my “rest” day!
Love love love the snow footage!
Thank you!
Thank you. Lovely projects and winter weather footage.
Many thanks!
So cool! Tell him I’m very impressed!
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I agree with others that the combination of comfort and the trending status of '80s length sweaters is a good reason to wear your sweater, as is, for as long as that works for you. You knit so many sweaters that you can afford to have one that's dramatically different from the others. Rather than seeing the length as limited in styling possibilities, I imagine it a way to break open some possibilities in your wardrobe. Whatever you decide to do, I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you!
So cosy and lovely, thank you Kaci 🖤
Thank you! 😊
Your Sari Nordlund KAL is so exciting! That pattern is stunning! I will say, for your Pressed Flowers Cardi, I can't get over the red, its just a show-stopper. I can see how the brown would be more wearable, but something about the red keeps me thinking about it! Can't wait to see what you decide to do.
Thank you friend ❤❤❤
thank you for this episode: now I want Heirloom Quilt Cardigan, I love that shape of cardigan, and I imagined immediately my all outlook in that. Thank you this:)
I would leave the length of Noro sweater, I think it's a great addition for your wardrobe and I think it's looks very nice on you, and even if you wish, I imagine super light fabric fulls skirts under it, light because fabric will not made bulky look under sweater, but out of it it will beautifully fluttering skirt at the step.
Thank you!
I agree with the positive comments about the brown sweater. Looks great
Thank you!
I love the look of your Noro sweater! It looks like the comfiest sweater to cozy up in
It’s so comfy ❤❤❤
Your doggo is amazing ^.^ So cute!
Furthermore I love seeing the nature : )
Thank you very much!
I love it long! Inspiring me to make my next sweater extra long. :)
Go for it!
I just love the long sweater! It is stunning! 😊
Thank you! 😊
Hey, I live in North West Arkansas. So good to find your channel. I love to spin and weave and now learning too knit.
That is awesome! Welcome!
Keep it as is. It’s lovely and everyone needs at least one sweater like that!
Thank you ❤
Just what I needed to start my work day! I work from home at a desk job that can be a bit monotonous at times, so I love to listen/watch to my fav. knitters. I also love the intro music!
Thank you ❤
Beautiful handspun yarn!!! Forge yarn: wow! Porter sweater: ❤❤❤
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Keep it long Kaci! I love the look on you 🤩
Ok thanks!
Kaci, when I saw the picture of you with the sweater tucked into those cute pants I thought the whole style lifted you. It just seems happier shorter. Of course it looks great long too. If it were mine I would take it back to a shorter length. I think it would be more wearable and versatile. You’re so pretty!
Thank you!!
The Noro sweater looks so cute on you just the way it is. Loved it with the leggings and boots on you. The color looks great too.
The cabled sweater is gorgeous, can't wait to see it finished. the color is so pretty.
Great episode. Thank you
Oh thank you!
If you decide to shorten your sweater, here is a suggestion. Rather than picking the binding apart the binding and ripping back, you could consider stringing a ravel cord through a row of stitches to hold them, rip back the number of rows you want to eliminate and then graft the sweater to the bottom section and ribbing. Just an idea. Lovely to see your work.
Yessss! Spoiler! I did this ❤❤❤
The sweater looks great long. Stay safe and warm in the brutal cold.
Thank you, I will
omg, woolly knit cones discount! I've always wanted to use that yarn. Thank you!
Yay!!!
So I hear from the news that US is going through unprecedented cold weather! Stay warm~
I guess winter gets exciting for knitters and kids(or adults like me) who love snow 😅
We got lots of snow!
I say keep the lenght of the sweater and call it a tunic :) Thanks för a lovely episode!
Ok thanks!
I lovvvvve the look of the long sweater. I think it's super cute.
Thank you ❤
I'm at the 21:30 point in your podcast and I paused, found the Wandering Flock yarn in Driftwood and ordered it! It's so perfect for the Snowy Forest, which I've been eyeing since it came out. Yours is gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration Kaci : )
Wonderful! I hope you love it 😍
Enjoyed your footage of the countryside and snow Kaci! Your snowy forest sweater cables look like Texas longhorns!!
Yes they do 🤣🤣
I really like the yarn color for your husbands Porter Cardigan!
Me too!! Thank you 😊
Loooooved the episode - as always! Kaci the snowday and drone footage was truly stunning. Speaking of stunning: your Noro sweater. Inspired!
Thank you so much my sweet Leanne
I’m definitely doing both knitalongs, I love Woolyknit yarn and I’ve wanted them to do a DK for ages, plus I’ve been admiring the Sari pattern recently and thinking about knitting it so the timing couldn’t be more perfect! Plus I get to knit with company!
Please do! I’m so excited
Hi Kaci, thanks for using less music in the parts of the video where you are talking. It really helps, now I can listen to and enjoy your videos 🙂
I’m trying to cut it off sooner after transitions 😬
Love, love, love the oversized sweater.....don't rip it back, it looks amazing, and super stylish. 😊
Oh thank you!
Love your Snowy Forest! I'm currently working on the third one in dark navy. My first one ended up in the washing machine and felted into a tiny little thing. One of my favourite patterns.
Ooooo that’s why I’m scared to put my current sweater in the dryer 😳
@@YoungfolkKnits i think if you check every minute it should be safe. I didn't see mine in a pile of other clothes and it ended up in a two hour wash cycle 😮
Hello from Swansea, Illinois. Keep it as it is, I love it that length.
Awesome! Thank you!
I love the pressed flowers! The colors are coming together so beautifully!! I’m also team red for the cardigan; it really would be the most special combo ❤
Thank you so much! 😊
Keep the long sweater. Love love love it.
Thank you ❤❤❤
Wow it’s colder in Arkansas than it is in Connecticut! We’re having a cold week too! Loved all your snow footage!! Your dog looks so happy!
Betsy is living her best life this week 😂
Kaci, you have the most beautiful smile! I love your podcast and your discussions of the patterns and the yarns that you use. I find that so helpful. In regards to the pressed flowers sweater, I think the brown is a better choice. The color tone is that yarn is much more cohesive with the multi colored yarn.
Oh thank you!
I love your madara sweater long. If you don't have sweaters that length, it might be nice to have one that you can throw on and just relax. You could always make another :)
Great idea!!
I vote keeping it long. It's so stunning on you and great vibes with the leggings!
Yay! Thank you!
I would leave the sweater as it is now! I basically live in leggings and oversized sweaters so I might be biased, I find it sooo cozy!
It IS so cozy!!
I think you look lovely in the longer length with leggings. It’s good to have a variety of lengths of sweater in your wardrobe to give you options. However, if you eventually decide to shorten it maybe try cutting the ribbed hem off, removing the excess and grafting the pieces back together again, especially as you have done a sewn bind off which will be a bit of a pain to unpick. Thanks for another fabulous podcast jxx
Yes! And Thank you!
So many beautiful sweaters!! Leave the one long and if you find you don’t wear it much or enjoy it, then shorten it. I think it looks lovely and snuggly!! We didn’t get enough snow down here in Hot Springs to go sledding do I am so over this extreme cold. My little birdies are struggling!
Great idea!! Oooo I’m sorry you didn’t get snow!
I have a sweater in the Forge that I LOVE! It does pill but it's a beautiful, soft yarn. I hope you enjoy!
Oh thank you!
I personally love the length. You have lots of shorter sweaters. It looks so cozy !!
Oh thank you!
I also finished my Noro Test knit, I’ll show it on my next video next week. I vote for keeping it long ❤
Yay!!
Love that sweater long. :D You look great in it both ways though! Also, you should knit the brown for the pressed flower cardigan! It is more you. I feel like that red would be amazing in a scarf/shawl!
Great idea!!
The Noro sweater looks great the way it is. I say keep it. You’ve got enough cropped ones. It’ll be nice to have at least one different and I love the color on you.😊
Thanks!
Love the sweater tucked in. Very flattering on you ☺ I wouldn’t put it in the dryer. Once felted, you won’t be ripping it back to try and shorten it. Love your podcast !
Exactly
I just found your channel and I have no idea how I haven't found you before! lol I'm from central Arkansas. I love this weather, but now it's just turning into slush and muck here.
I love an oversized sweater. I think your idea is best...keep it as is for now and see what you think first. Might as well finish the season out with it and then you can change it up next winter.
Awesome! Thank you!
Well, for what it’s worth, I would rip the sweater back to a shorter length. I think it’s more flattering on you. And I would go with your gut with the pressed flower cardigan. I think the brown would be beautiful. You’re color choices are always fabulous.
Thanks for sharing!!
At its current length, the sweater looks good and its def a vibe. Maybe not what you want to wear when you want to look super put together with your tuck, but it looks so comfy and cozy, I imagine it being nice to wear around the house and for errands with leggings. Don't felt it, its so pretty as is. Either keep it as is or tear back.
Thanks for the tips!
Hi Kaci, the Moro sweater looks fab on you! Not too long at all with leggings!
Oh thank you!
I love the oversized sweater! I live in Bentonville and am wishing I had a cozy oversized wool sweater right now in our abnormally frigid weather!
Yes it’s been so cold!
I vote you keep the sweater long… it’s beautiful on you and (since I’m 4” shorter than you) I could borrow it to wear as a sweater dress with a big leather belt and some matching boots 😊🥳
Great idea!!
I think the longer length looks fabulous.
Thanks!
I love the brown sweater long!! So cozy looking and would be cute with some blundstones and cozy socks 😍🧶
Great idea!!
@@YoungfolkKnits you always look so cute in those styles 🙌
What a lovely podcast, thank you. So nice to get up early in the morning, make the coffee, pick up my knitting and watch your podcast. Everything you do is so beautiful. I think shortening the Noro sweater a bit would work for me, not french tuck short because it is so over sized, But like a long sweatshirt length. Some of the granola girl pics were that length.
Yes good point
I love the sweater with the leggings. You look amazing
Thank you so much!!
Thursdays have become one of my favorite days of the week! Today it was chicken stew, knitting and you!
Mmmmm making me hungry! ❤❤❤
Loved the snowy scenes and your orange hat!!! It pops so well against the grey-brown background… I would shorten the sweater. I wonder if you could cut off the ribbing, rip back and then graft it back on??
I like the Noro sweater at the current length. It’s super cutw
Thanks!
I’m knitting a Noro madara sake cardigan as I watched this! I’m a tight knitter and have hand no issues with the yarn breaking. I’m am holding it with mohair though so that might help
I really like the length of the new sweater! Especially if you don’t have a lot of garments that are that length I say leave it, at least for now.
Thanks
Leave it to hubby to choose a challenging, classic sweater! Agree with you on how to have fun with cable knitting.
One month is really short for a KAL where we need to order yarn besides. 🤷🏼♀️
I know I’m sorry for this but the good thing is you don’t need to finish your wip! I’ll be continuing to work on mine after so the kal will sort of keep on running. But to enter all you need to do is post a pic of your cast on!
regarding cabling without a cable needle and needed grippy yarn, I thought it was just me! I hate having to keep up with that cable needle or even a dpn. So I'm powering through the Arctic Light Sweater right now. Some of the cables absolutely need the cable needle because of the order that you work the stitches, so it's been challenging but fun for sure.
That pattern looks lovely ❤
I love it long and oversized! It looks great as is but you could always go back in and do a split hem to open it up a bit at the bottom :)
Great idea!!
I think your sweater looks exactly like the inspiration pics you showed :) it looks lovely- and maybe a bit of a different shape to what you already have? I'd love a big cosy sweater but can't be bothered to knit something bigger than I have to ha!
Haha! Thanks yes I’m always in a hurry to bind off 😂
It's really cute at the length it is, but I'd add square pockets though. It has to bring you as much joy or more, to wear, than it was to knit, so if you don't like the way it grew, definitely shorten it, the beauty of being a knitter, it's not difficult to modify/tailor our knits, time consuming sometimes, but can be done without too much difficulty. 😉
Great idea!!
I vote keep the sweater long. I think it looks great on you!
Yay! Thank you!
I would keep it long for now. Let’s see how much it keeps growing (I bet it’s because of the alpaca), I really like the length though. If it gets too long and you notice you don’t wear it, you can always frog it back a bit!
Good idea
Noro Haunui, Haunui Cotton, Haunui Silk, Uchiwa, Asaginu, Haruito, Ito, Kakigori, Kashirukuru, Kureyon, Malvinas, Rikka, Sonata, Tsubame, Tsuido, Viola and Yukata are all bases without Mohair, which I also pay attention to because I find it so freakin itchy! I LOVE Noro yarns, I get that they're $$, but they have so many options that don't contain mohair that I can highly recommend!
Great to know! Thank you ❤❤❤❤
That sweater looks amazing on you! If it was me, I would leave it as is. Maybe look at it as a "you got the sweater you needed, even if you didn't want it" kind of situation. It's very beautiful.
Thanks! ❤
I think you should keep the madara as a sweater dress it looks super comfortable and squishy ❤
Thanks!!
It looks cute long. Keep it long😊
Ok thanks!
I like the brown over the red. I like the red but for something else.
Thanks!
I really liked the noro sweater with the yellow pants but not if it means frogging! And I reckon if you'll get more wear out of low contrast, do that. Especially after all your spinning work. :) Hoping your Dad is on the improve.
Good to know! Thanks!
Hi Kaci! I am loving your podcast episodes. I was wondering if you either have or could make a video with pattern recommendations for people new to mosaic/stranded knitting and fair isle knitting. My dream is to cast on the Mosaic Sweater by Knitting For Olive, however I have never done fair isle or mosaic knitting and imagine it would be best to start with something a bit more simple. I would love any recommendations! Thank you
Great idea!
I like the oversized sweater as is.
Thank you!
I like smart wool too. I do wear my hand knit socks in my ryka boots. They are faux furlined. I had foot surgery and ever since my foot hates cotton rtw socks. They just deel bunched up no matter what. Rtw is default size 7 and I have a size 6 foot.
I love my Smartwool socks haha
Am I seeing drone footage? I loved seeing the snowy landscape. We were supposed to get snow but mostly got ice and freezing rain 🥶
Yes! My husband is my drone pilot lol
Keep the sweater long!!!! It looks great with leggings! ❤
I will!
Hi, new viewer here from the UK, loving your projects and podcast. Agree that you should wear the Noro sweater for a while to see how you feel, but, if you want it shorter and think you’d wear it more - frog back! To me, it felt like you really wanted to frog back so if you think you’d wear it more that way….maybe get your DH to do it so its less painful for you?! The silk content might be the reason its stretched so much and maybe it would have stayed put if knit on smaller needles? I’ve knit with DeRerum Natura Gilliat and Shelter and they both have amazing yardage for worsted weight but also have stability and don’t stretch at all. Also, I knit the Snowy Forest sweater when the pattern was released - I love the cables but gave it to my daughter because I knit it a bit shorter than I should (opposite to your madara!) and felt it rode up when I wore it because of the long yoke. I also should have done the neckline like you have because it felt a bit too wide to me. Your pressed flowers shawl is gorgeous!
Great tips!
Your Noro sweater looks great, perfect color and so cozy ! But I got a maybe strange idea for it, I think what I would do is steek onto the ribbing on each sides to make it a split hem, maybe that would help with feeling better about wearing it long ? I guess it depends if you like that look or not and it's a bit risky. But in any case, there is no risk in leaving it long and see if you wear it.
Great idea!!