totally enjoyed this vlog. also i think you are insane!!!!!!! this is so incredibly impressive that you can pretty much self drafted this monster of a project that combines new construction, color work, design, steeking,... and the final project is beautiful! this is really a project of a lifetime.
it came out perfect!! and i feel like i dont see overwhelmingly pink knits often enough, so im obsessed! fair isle colorwork is what made me want to start knitting, but it seems so daunting. Thank you for inspiring me!!
Mili, that sweater is TO DIE FOR! What a genius piece of craftsmanship and also what a great video documenting your process! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! ❤❤❤
Honestly speechless at the time and dedication this must've taken. I'm not a novice knitter but my mind still can't comprehend the sheer amount of work you put into this. Truly a masterpiece and very inspiring!
I love how you documented this journey, truly SO inspiring that you were able to modify so much & recreate the charts. my jaw was on the floor seeing what you were able to create. this video was so cozy!! 🥰🤎
I love a project vlog of a complicated project with lots of problem solving and pattern mods, and this is great! I would love to see similar videos in the future if you decide to go that direction with your channel.
Thank you for the feedback! I definitely want to tackle some more complex projects and try my hand at project vlogging again. Idk how frequent they will be (as the projects take some time), but they'll eventually come 👍
Thank u for this video! Loved every minute of it. It is so refreshing to see someone so honestly talk about their knitting process. Otherwise all u see is the finished project and think it all happened over night. U are amazing and the cardigan is out of this world!
Very very interesting and I learned much about balance, contrast, repeats and then your sticktoitiveness is amazing! Brilliant - thanks!! And the result? A stunning masterpiece 💯
This is just gorgeous!! I would not have considered knitting the original cardigan, but I would definitely knit it like this!! I love the modern look of the striped sleeves. Yet another pattern into the queue!!
Thank you!! Looking at the ready to wear designs helped me realize that fair isle can have a totally different look based on the color palette. I'm so happy that my final piece translated as modern 😌🥰
Wowee zowee - GORGEOUS work and accomplishment. Hats all the way off to you, kudos kudos kudos for your patience, focus, and commitment to this project. Your hard work definitely paid off - amazing! 👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Wow this cardigan is just such a masterpiece😍 I am so impressed, and also it looks so much like your inspiration sweater! And most of it came from your brain, respect sistah🙇🏻♀️
Insane!!! This is super inspiring. I'm so glad you made a project vlog for it, I'm obsessed with the colors. You did a great job picking them and I loved seeing the thought process and lessons learned!! 🥰
This gave me the fair isle knitting bug!! I just ordered yarn for a two-colour fair isle cardigan, but next I really want to attempt a Marie Wallin style garment. I think the colours you chose were so key to updating the knit and making it feel modern - I love Marie Wallin charts but I’m not always in love with her colour palettes for me personally (even though they are objectively stunning). Your tips on choosing colours were super helpful!
Can totally relate-- I love the way her designs look, but I don't think the colors always work with my personal style and existing wardrobe. Personalizing the palette makes all the difference! A two-color fair isle project sounds so timeless ❤️ Hope you enjoy making it!
I LOVE this sweater! I also so appreciated your commentary on how you developed your color scheme, that is probably the most intimidating part of the process to me! I honestly like your sweater better than the one you were inspired by 🩷🩷🩷
i've loved watching your process! i've mostly only ever seen really muted color palettes for fair isle so its been something i admired, but never thought of doing myself. seeing your bright pinks knit up though makes me wanna dabble in fair isle
Making up your own color palette is a bit more work but sooo worth it! Also, finding color inspiration from ready to wear sweaters might be the move. I think they're often more colorful than the palettes used in hand knit fair isle patterns 🌈
Such a stunning project, very inspiring. I’m an old knitter ( knitting for 50+ years!!) so am used to knitting flat, seaming and have made lots of Marie Wallin designs but you’ve done such a great job to adapt it to you and your methods. I’ve just bought Susan Crawfords ‘ A Stitch in Time Volume 3’ and have cast on the Flora vest and also have yarn for Cloud Busting! Thank you for sharing and happy knitting 🤗
Absolutely gorgeous cardigan ❤ I'm not surprised you've already worn it loads. You must be so proud. Looking forward to your new fairisle creations 😊. I'm just casting o the Wild Rose Vest by Mary Ann Stephens. It's My first fairisle garment, yes I'm nervous and excited. I want to wear it on Christmas Day 😮. I've made a fairisle hat before 😬🤣
Wow! I’m so impressed with how you recharged, modified and knit this gorgeous sweater! If you haven’t thought about it before, you should seriously consider becoming a knit designer (you are pretty much half way there!). Love your style. ❤❤❤
With Pacific Knit Co releasing their doodle book and sweater pattern.I think I'm getting ready to make an all over color work cardigan.Watching your instagram stories has definitely inspired me to attempt steeking. Time to start charting
So insanely complex but bravo!! Love the colour choices. I made a Marie Wallin knit (Chestnut) but did it with her kit so all the colour choices were made for me. I also chose to steek the front opening for the cardi and worked a way to steek the armholes too (going bottom up). I'm with you that once you figure out the charts and do the math, fair isle knitting it is quite enjoyable and quick to do! Great process vid!
Ooh the chestnut is a beautiful cardigan! Bravo for also adding in those armhole steeks too 👏 Yes, you get it, fair isle actually isn't that scary at all! Thanks for watching 😊
The FO is absolutely stunning! Now i want to start a colourwork/fair isle jumper too.... but it is starting to get into summer now in Aus :< but honestly so so inspiring, hats off to you for completing the project!!
Your sweater turned out amazing! 🤩 Thank you for sharing all of the things you learned along the way. 💖 Coincidentally, I’m working on color work while watching this video, lol. I am making a scarf for my father in law using the color work chart from the Alaska Hat pattern to coordinate with the Alaska hat I gave him. 😊
Stunning! Your version is incredibly beautiful and even better than the original. This is one of the most beautiful colorwork garments I've seen - and what a fun color choice. You are right - this is definitely very wearable and can be worn with so many garments and colors. I don't even want to say this is your magnum opus because I can't imagine what else you will create. The red sweater you have on is also beautiful; could you share the pattern/yarn color?
Thank you so much! The ways to wear it are totally endless. I can't wait to style it more as it continues to get cooler ❄️ The red sweater I am wearing is sweater no 23 by my favorite things knitwear. I knit it with a strand of nutiden and a strand of isager mohair. I don't remember the colorway names off the top of my head, but I do have a ravelry project page which has them linked ❤️
I really enjoyed this. Your cardigan is amazing. very inspiring.Have just subscribed to your channel, I have been working on my Polina sweater while watching you, c heers !
WOW…. Your cardigan is beautiful!!. Reworking the whole thing and reverse it to top down, I am speechless. Please consider pattern writing in the future you have a vision to modernize the pattern.
Wow it turned out amazing!! How did you figure out the sleeve cap shaping for this cardigan? It looks like it fits perfectly into the armscye of the cardigan, but I know you said you didn't follow the pattern for it. You've definitely inspired me to knit a colorwork cardigan one day. Yours is so dreamy!!
Why not 😝 I've seen people on reddit make complex projects for their first sweaters! I assume it takes a lot of frogging and re-knitting, but is def not impossible 😉
Because this is a paid pattern, I didn't want to publicly share the charts 😬 However, if you email me (whatsmilimaking@gmail.com) proof of purchase of the pattern (screenshot of the digital pattern or picture of the pattern in a book, etc.), I can send you the pdf of my charts!
If it's a vintage pattern then I'm guessing that it was designed to be knit flat because knitters in the vintage times didn't have circular needles. My grandmother churned out sweaters her whole life. All flat. Because straight needles was what she had.
I know that this is dated opinion, but no that cardigans that are knitted in pieces do have better structure and give a more tailored look. Love your colour combinations though
That is a good point! I do think I was being a bit liberal with the word "vintage" in this video lol-- the pattern is from 2012 so I think circulars were around then
Girl I’m speechless. This is one of the most beautiful garments I’ve seen in a long time. The pattern, the colours.. amazing work I’m obsessed ❤
Thank you so much! I am so happy with the end result 🥰
"Because I have no chill I have recharted the whole pattern" Respect. 🙇♀
Sometimes the hyperfixation wins 😝
totally enjoyed this vlog. also i think you are insane!!!!!!! this is so incredibly impressive that you can pretty much self drafted this monster of a project that combines new construction, color work, design, steeking,... and the final project is beautiful! this is really a project of a lifetime.
Thank you! I think it was pure stubbornness that helped me power through all the modifications to get the sweater I was envisioning 😆
it came out perfect!! and i feel like i dont see overwhelmingly pink knits often enough, so im obsessed! fair isle colorwork is what made me want to start knitting, but it seems so daunting. Thank you for inspiring me!!
Mili, that sweater is TO DIE FOR! What a genius piece of craftsmanship and also what a great video documenting your process! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing! ❤❤❤
Honestly speechless at the time and dedication this must've taken. I'm not a novice knitter but my mind still can't comprehend the sheer amount of work you put into this. Truly a masterpiece and very inspiring!
Thank you!! I had so much fun making it 🤭
I love how you documented this journey, truly SO inspiring that you were able to modify so much & recreate the charts. my jaw was on the floor seeing what you were able to create. this video was so cozy!! 🥰🤎
also for steeking!! I think when you sew reinforcement it’s a bit more secure to do a zigzag stitch!! 🥰
Thank you! I have had bad experiences trying to zig-zag raw hems so I was too afraid to try it this time around 🫣 maybe next time
@@whatsmilimaking I think you were right about making the stitch length short, I think you’ll be good and secure :)
I’m watching this on election night to avoid losing my mind 😅 I think this might be the most beautiful sweater ANYONE has ever knit!
I don’t know what to say except that you are soooooo talented. Immediately subscribed. It’s a gorgeous cardigan.
I love a project vlog of a complicated project with lots of problem solving and pattern mods, and this is great! I would love to see similar videos in the future if you decide to go that direction with your channel.
Thank you for the feedback! I definitely want to tackle some more complex projects and try my hand at project vlogging again. Idk how frequent they will be (as the projects take some time), but they'll eventually come 👍
Your sweater looks incredible ! Something you're gonna have for years to come !
Thank you-- I really hope so!
I was so intrigued by this project the whole time you were knitting it, so I'm so glad you made this dedicated video!
It was fun to try documenting it! Thanks for watching ☺️
Thank u for this video! Loved every minute of it. It is so refreshing to see someone so honestly talk about their knitting process. Otherwise all u see is the finished project and think it all happened over night. U are amazing and the cardigan is out of this world!
Very very interesting and I learned much about balance, contrast, repeats and then your sticktoitiveness is amazing! Brilliant - thanks!! And the result? A stunning masterpiece 💯
This is just gorgeous!! I would not have considered knitting the original cardigan, but I would definitely knit it like this!! I love the modern look of the striped sleeves. Yet another pattern into the queue!!
Thank you!! Looking at the ready to wear designs helped me realize that fair isle can have a totally different look based on the color palette. I'm so happy that my final piece translated as modern 😌🥰
Wowee zowee - GORGEOUS work and accomplishment. Hats all the way off to you, kudos kudos kudos for your patience, focus, and commitment to this project. Your hard work definitely paid off - amazing! 👏👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Wow this cardigan is just such a masterpiece😍 I am so impressed, and also it looks so much like your inspiration sweater! And most of it came from your brain, respect sistah🙇🏻♀️
Congrats!! Your Orkney turned out beautiful. Love your color palette choice❤
Insane!!! This is super inspiring. I'm so glad you made a project vlog for it, I'm obsessed with the colors. You did a great job picking them and I loved seeing the thought process and lessons learned!! 🥰
Thank you! This was definitely a piece where the journey and destination were both important 😅
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 WOW. I am seriously impressed. You are so talented Mili. It’s such a unique and beautiful cardigan.
Thank you so much ☺️
This gave me the fair isle knitting bug!! I just ordered yarn for a two-colour fair isle cardigan, but next I really want to attempt a Marie Wallin style garment. I think the colours you chose were so key to updating the knit and making it feel modern - I love Marie Wallin charts but I’m not always in love with her colour palettes for me personally (even though they are objectively stunning). Your tips on choosing colours were super helpful!
Can totally relate-- I love the way her designs look, but I don't think the colors always work with my personal style and existing wardrobe. Personalizing the palette makes all the difference! A two-color fair isle project sounds so timeless ❤️ Hope you enjoy making it!
AMAZING! It looks so good, you can be so incredibly proud of yourself. I just started crocheting a beanie as a Christmas gift ♥️
Beautiful work! I was crocheting a nice moss stitch scarf while watching!
I LOVE this sweater! I also so appreciated your commentary on how you developed your color scheme, that is probably the most intimidating part of the process to me! I honestly like your sweater better than the one you were inspired by 🩷🩷🩷
Aww thank you so much 🥹 It was a learning process, and I can't wait to do it again lol
i've loved watching your process! i've mostly only ever seen really muted color palettes for fair isle so its been something i admired, but never thought of doing myself. seeing your bright pinks knit up though makes me wanna dabble in fair isle
Making up your own color palette is a bit more work but sooo worth it! Also, finding color inspiration from ready to wear sweaters might be the move. I think they're often more colorful than the palettes used in hand knit fair isle patterns 🌈
Such a stunning project, very inspiring. I’m an old knitter ( knitting for 50+ years!!) so am used to knitting flat, seaming and have made lots of Marie Wallin designs but you’ve done such a great job to adapt it to you and your methods. I’ve just bought Susan Crawfords ‘ A Stitch in Time Volume 3’ and have cast on the Flora vest and also have yarn for Cloud Busting! Thank you for sharing and happy knitting 🤗
NO TARIFFS ON YARN💪🏽
I love this style of video for you 😍
I love how it came out!!!
Working on a Musselburgh hat for my brother for Christmas
🙅🏾♀️ no tariffs on my yarn, please! The musselburgh is such a good pattern for a gift knit-- hope he loves his hat ☺️
Wow!!! Absolutely gorgeous. Your process is very inspiring, especially talking about the modifications you made
You're a brave knitter! I love your ambitions in your knitting and the way you've tackled the obstacles that came your way during this project!
Thank you! It was like a game trying to overcome each obstacle to reach the finish line 😝
Absolutely gorgeous cardigan ❤ I'm not surprised you've already worn it loads. You must be so proud. Looking forward to your new fairisle creations 😊. I'm just casting o the Wild Rose Vest by Mary Ann Stephens. It's My first fairisle garment, yes I'm nervous and excited. I want to wear it on Christmas Day 😮. I've made a fairisle hat before 😬🤣
Your sweater is absolutely beautiful! 🤩
Thank you 🫶🫶🫶
Wow! I’m so impressed with how you recharged, modified and knit this gorgeous sweater! If you haven’t thought about it before, you should seriously consider becoming a knit designer (you are pretty much half way there!). Love your style. ❤❤❤
Thank you 🥰 Idk about designing but I do wanna try to draft a colorwork sweater for myself this fall/ winter!
I loved this so much! You’re inspiring me to scheme up something with fair isle colorwork and hopefully work on busting my stash of scraps 🥵
This is such an incredible project. Your sweater is stunning and you are so clever. Congrats on such a beautiful finished object.
Thank you so much 🥰
With Pacific Knit Co releasing their doodle book and sweater pattern.I think I'm getting ready to make an all over color work cardigan.Watching your instagram stories has definitely inspired me to attempt steeking.
Time to start charting
So insanely complex but bravo!! Love the colour choices. I made a Marie Wallin knit (Chestnut) but did it with her kit so all the colour choices were made for me. I also chose to steek the front opening for the cardi and worked a way to steek the armholes too (going bottom up). I'm with you that once you figure out the charts and do the math, fair isle knitting it is quite enjoyable and quick to do! Great process vid!
Ooh the chestnut is a beautiful cardigan! Bravo for also adding in those armhole steeks too 👏 Yes, you get it, fair isle actually isn't that scary at all! Thanks for watching 😊
The FO is absolutely stunning! Now i want to start a colourwork/fair isle jumper too.... but it is starting to get into summer now in Aus :< but honestly so so inspiring, hats off to you for completing the project!!
great video. I agree I wish Marie would up her software for charting. Also it reflects an English style of pattern. Brilliant!
Wow!!!!! All the comments are on point. I was so intrigued. I really enjoyed your blog
Aww thank you 😌
So looking forward to watching this whilst I knit this evening ! What an amazing feat to create this 👏🏻
awww yay! Hope you have a relaxing evening watching and knitting 😌
This turned out so pretty! i'm currently crocheting a snowflake granny square bonnet and an african flower granny square tote bag :3
Love that you did this. It turned out so well.
Thank you!
Good job! Reverse engineering and knitting from flat to in the round. You made a really beautiful cardigan.
Such an epic project! Thank you sharing the details 😊
Thank you! I love yapping about my knits so thank you for watching ☺️
This is stunning I'm so inspired
I live for these videos. You are my favorite knitter🎉
Aw, I am honored 😇
This video was very calming, but also informative
Happy to hear that 😌
Beautiful! Amazing work!
Thank you ☺️❤️
Your sweater turned out amazing! 🤩 Thank you for sharing all of the things you learned along the way. 💖 Coincidentally, I’m working on color work while watching this video, lol. I am making a scarf for my father in law using the color work chart from the Alaska Hat pattern to coordinate with the Alaska hat I gave him. 😊
Aww that's such a cute present! Hope he enjoys his cozy, coordinated knitwear set 🎁
Stunning! Your version is incredibly beautiful and even better than the original. This is one of the most beautiful colorwork garments I've seen - and what a fun color choice. You are right - this is definitely very wearable and can be worn with so many garments and colors. I don't even want to say this is your magnum opus because I can't imagine what else you will create. The red sweater you have on is also beautiful; could you share the pattern/yarn color?
Thank you so much! The ways to wear it are totally endless. I can't wait to style it more as it continues to get cooler ❄️ The red sweater I am wearing is sweater no 23 by my favorite things knitwear. I knit it with a strand of nutiden and a strand of isager mohair. I don't remember the colorway names off the top of my head, but I do have a ravelry project page which has them linked ❤️
Stunning!
you did so amazing and have incredible skills!
Aw thanks! 😊
I really enjoyed this. Your cardigan is amazing. very inspiring.Have just subscribed to your channel, I have been working on my Polina sweater while watching you, c heers !
WOW…. Your cardigan is beautiful!!. Reworking the whole thing and reverse it to top down, I am speechless. Please consider pattern writing in the future you have a vision to modernize the pattern.
Very, very nice! ❤
Wow it turned out amazing!! How did you figure out the sleeve cap shaping for this cardigan? It looks like it fits perfectly into the armscye of the cardigan, but I know you said you didn't follow the pattern for it. You've definitely inspired me to knit a colorwork cardigan one day. Yours is so dreamy!!
Brilliant! I love your interpretation..
Thank you 🥰
Your sweater is beyond gorgeous
Thank you 🥰
Spectacular!!!
Thank you ☺️
I'm casting on the Laulu Shawl from Sari Nordlund!
The cables in that are so pretty-- enjoy 😍
Great job
I know you don’t mean to but you 1000% should brag!! It’s so good!
Thank you-- I can't help but brag about it 🤭
Amazing!!
Thanks ☺️
Mad respect!!!
Ty 🤭
Incredible!
thank you ☺️
Wow!🎉
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Beautiful
Wow🤩
Omg I want to make this so bad how did you Rechart it to suit it’s literally so gorgeous show me your ways
Thank you! I used stitch fiddle to re-chart it, and for the shaping I used the schematics from the Sunshine Tee pattern ☀️
I've only just gotten into knitting and just finished my first beanie- tell me why my God complex tells me I could make this right now!😆😆
Why not 😝 I've seen people on reddit make complex projects for their first sweaters! I assume it takes a lot of frogging and re-knitting, but is def not impossible 😉
Sorry if you mentioned it but can you share your recharged chart for this cardigan
Because this is a paid pattern, I didn't want to publicly share the charts 😬 However, if you email me (whatsmilimaking@gmail.com) proof of purchase of the pattern (screenshot of the digital pattern or picture of the pattern in a book, etc.), I can send you the pdf of my charts!
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ugh i need to learn how to knit. i crochet and don’t think this kind of look is achievable. if it is i cant find anything like it 😭
There probably are fair isle crochet patterns out there! However, I think it is definitely more common in knitting. Come over and join us knitters 🧶 🤭
If it's a vintage pattern then I'm guessing that it was designed to be knit flat because knitters in the vintage times didn't have circular needles. My grandmother churned out sweaters her whole life. All flat. Because straight needles was what she had.
I know that this is dated opinion, but no that cardigans that are knitted in pieces do have better structure and give a more tailored look. Love your colour combinations though
How old was the pattern , when I learned to knit there was no such thing as circulars
I also thought circular needles were a new thing, but they've been around for over a century. I think they were more popular in Europe.
That is a good point! I do think I was being a bit liberal with the word "vintage" in this video lol-- the pattern is from 2012 so I think circulars were around then
$ 700.00 ?!! oh my god
Don't Tariff my yarn 🧶!
Exactly 👏