Fellow left-handed English style knitter here! Love your videos, and you've given me the confidence to tackle more complicated charts. Looking at charts can be intimidating, and then as a lefty it can be straight 🤯. Your gorgeous FO's and advice about just mirroring the chart have inspired me. I'm also jumping in to drop spindle spinning, so super fun to see your first spins!
I started teaching myself how to knit in January 2024 and Paloma was one of the first jumpers I saved (really appreciate the fact that the patterns are free!) but since then I have knit 4 jumpers, with plans to knit another 3 in the next few months but Paloma was removed from the queue because of the neckline. Thanks for giving me the confidence to start thinking about modifications! The details on Paloma are so nice that I’m either going to try changing the neckline, or incorporating the sleeve detail and cuff into another.
I love how productive and informative you are. Thank you also for mentioning the neck shaping info. I never got started on Boyland knits Zweig because that neck is so messed up in everyone’s pictures.
I hold my yarn in my dominant hand, but I learned to "flick" the yarn instead of throw it. I watched continental knitters and figured out how to swap the motion to the other hand. Additionally I changed to combination knitting - the yarn wraps clockwise when I purl and counter clockwise when I knit. A lot smoother and easier on my wrist and shoulders.
Learning continental knitting was a game changer for me. With English I knit hardly anything in 10 years, once I switched I now knit constantly with barely any pain. I hope you love it!
Welcome to the club!! I was so excited when she announced the Maggie cardigan, I have never purchased a pattern so quick in my LIFE haha, can't wait to see it!!
I made a Louvre Sweater out of Peer Gynt last year and at first I was a little irritated by the yarn on my neck, but it really gets softer with wear and I wore this sweater so much in the winter at home, it is really warm and feels nice! I don't think I would knit a rolled neck sweater with it though. But that's just a personal preference😊
I have made the Chestnut Sweater by Petite Knit in Peer Gynt and it doesn't bother me at all! I love the structure and squishiness the Peer Gynt has. I hope you love it!
I made a Paloma last year in an electric blue and it’s surprisingly one of my most reached for garments. I used purl soho linen quill and it wears so beautifully!
Knitpicks has Peruvian roving that is dyed in beautiful colors and bare fiber in 3 different fiber choices. Very affordable in my opinion. Peruvian has a long staple too. Keep practicing and you'll reach your goal!
Yay I'm not the only left handed English knitter!! I am learning to spin as well and I ordered Wool of the Andes roving from knit picks to learn with since it is more cost effective!
When I first started spinning (and I am definitely still a beginner), I used my very first yarn I made to make a little toy for my cat. He is always obsessed with wool when I use it so it has become one of his favorite toys (along with the ones I make from the leftover wool of most of my projects).
I’ve made the Louvre Sweater by Petite Knit in PeerGynt about two years ago and it holds up soooo well. Its my most worn handmade sweater and I’ve maximally depilled it twice because of minimal pilling. And for me I feel that it softens up with wear.
at the risk of encouraging yet another craft, you could use your extra fiber from spinning to needle or wet felt! I have needle felted earrings that I love a lot!
Congratulations on your first hand spun yarn! It looks beautiful 🥰 I could get to flick even though it's just down the road, but maybe I will be there the next time you're out here. Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡
New to your channel and I'm thoroughly enjoying knitting to your videos. Just a friendly note since you're so Petitknit focused (which is great for content) there are several great Scandinavian designers, Hagenhuset and Knitflitter are spectacular, Refined knitwear has beautiful designs but the English versions of the patterns are a challenging read.
For the Ingrid sweater I just skipped the decreases in the diamonds pattern on the sleeves to avoid the weird things that were happening on other people’s sweaters where the repeat gets messed up. I’m really happy with how it turned out!
Hii! I'm from Spain and I am so excited with this episode! I'm making the ingrid sweater too and I'm going to make the same modification you will make. Also, the paloma sweater is one of my favorite sweaters I've made! This is amazing! 🥰🥰
There’s always a great selection of fiber for spinning at the NE Fiber Festival. Maybe going with undyed to practice, then if you like the spin finish you could try to hand dye it after for a more affordable practice yarn.
Regarding spinning, congratulations on your first skeins! First thing first, I'm also a beginner but I don't use a drop spindle, mine is a spindle I (mostly) hold in my hand, so the process is different. What came to mind when you mentioned the thinner overspun parts: the main thing is to have a consistent thickness (I've been told and never mastered), otherwise the spin is going mostly to the thinner parts (which I can confirm from personal experience). The other thing is, so far I've used some extremely cheap wool meant for felting, and some of it was partially felted to begin with, which made consistent drafting quite challenging (if not impossible). My reasoning was, I will use this extremely cheap fiber to practice until I manage even thickness. What I was later told is, this extremely cheap fiber I was using was not suitable for spinning and I would never achieve even thickness with it, and that I would need better quality fiber. When I was told this I was, like, facepalm, this should have been obvious - but it wasn't when I was making my decisions. So yeah, no need to practice with hand dyed fiber but do stick to fiber that is prepared for spinning. (I have some fiber now, gearing up the courage to start with it.) Best of luck and I'm quite sure you'll master it :) Regarding your Paloma sweater. I don't know the pattern but there is one thing I would check for and potentially adjust for if I'm modifying the short rows stretch. Do ALL the short rows in both patterns engage the same number of raglan seams and have the same rate of increases? If yes, nothing to be worried about. If not, you might need to do some recalculations in your initial position of the raglans in order to end up with the intended numbers of stitches for front, back and sleeves.
The spinning section is so exciting! I have a Siberian Husky and I've been keeping all his shed fur, in the hopes of washing and spinning it one day (may take me a few more years). I saw Knitpicks has roving that is a lot more affordable, but I have zero experience with spinning so no idea if it's any good. Looking forward to the Autumn planning and colour analysis vids!
I knitted the Ingrid sweater in a bright pink, in a kind of defiant moment... It looked lovely, but the colour didn't suit me at all 😂 I ended up giving it away. I have been considering the Paloma for about a year now, and I must say I feel a bit inspired by your project. Good to know about modifying the short rows for a better neckline fit. Sally in Sweden xx
Peer gynt is on my mind for a long time but I am so afraid to try it because of its itchy reputation! I think I should risk it first for a cardigan. Amazing podcast overall, I am excited to see the Amy sweater in cocoa beans color, it will be so beautiful on you!
Check out the podcast Fleece and Harmony. One of the three ladies, Simone, is an experienced spinner. She uses a wheel but also a drop spindle and she has recommended a type of spindle in the podcasts. I have seen her use one that is handcrafted by a local artisan and she loves it.
Hi Amy! For spinning a real cool resource is Roxanne Richardson,, I think you could watch some of her casual friday podcasts because she's kind of new-ish to spinning as well. She used a kit of LOTS of different fibers that you could spin up and then knit a sampler blanket with her resulting yarn (-: hope it helps!
I'm not sure on the price point, but Long Way Homestead has a breed of the month subscription for fiber. They are in Canada. It may be fun to learn spinning with! I really enjoyed their breed of the month yarn subscription, it was a great way to learn about different kinds of wool!
I love Peer Gynt, I knitted the Storm Sweater with it. But I don’t know, if it’s a me-problem, but it took not that many wears to felt under the armpits. Its not bad, it doesn’t prevent me from wearing the sweater, but it definitely annoys me a bit. My next sweater with tynn peer gynt will be held with a silk mihair, I’m hoping, that will help
Have you ever knit with wool from the Doulton Flock? All their sheep are allowed to live to the end of their natural lives. I’m planning to make a huge purchase because of that and would love to know about the yarn from your perspective.
Please keep us updated on the drop spindle trials! I still have some raw wool from former pets, also bought hand carders... so spinning is in my cards! And spinning with a drop spindle (or Turkish spindle?) seems to be the easiest and most affordable starting point.
I didn't become a "good" knitter till I tried knitting continental, the throwing just never really clicked for me especially coming from mostly crocheting. BUT the point of this comment is that I found that I had significantly less wrist pain knitting continental style, if any at all!
I have 2 different colours of Peer Gynt. The lighter neutral heather works up pretty well to suggested gauge. However the light blue heather is very different. Knits up to a much tighter gauge on same 4 mm needle . Much denser more course feel. Need at least 1 size larger needle. Very disappointed with the difference in gauge with same yarn in 2 different colours. Just beware colour can made a huge difference in gauge and fabric feel
Have you heard of art yarn? Consider your first spinning attempts as art yarn and put them on display. Go with spinning fibers that make you happy or that you may like seeing how they spin up. Inexpensive fibers usually frustrate beginners. Have fun spinning!
I wonder why a lot of people are saying that knitting continental is a faster. It's not. the fastest knitter in the world is knitting english style. And I believe that fastest way is the way you are the most confortable. It may be better for your wrist ? I'm not sure if I'm convinced about that though... Why so many english style knitter then ? and I've heard continental knitter complaining about wrist pain too.
Continental is faster because there's less movement required for each stich. People knit using the style they were taught to knit. So, in certain areas one style is more common than the other. Very often people don't even know there are options. Any style hurts the wrists if you knit a lot, your tension is very tight, or there are other issues with the technique. Anyway, it's not about the speed. We knit because we love to knit 😊
@@anjamoilanen I don't think knitting continental is faster, I think it's more "move efficient". But I agree with everything else you said. Especially about the wrist hurting. I heard a lot of continental knitters complaining about painful wrists so we are all in the same boat 🥲. I just wish people wouldn't try to knit continental "because it's faster". Just knit the way you feel at ease. I feel like we, English style knitter, are pressured but some (a very loud minority) continental knitters to go continental "because it's faster". It just bothers me. And we don't need to get fast at knitting either.
Peer Gynt is light but will keep you WARM. One of my favorite yarns ever. I hope you enjoy knitting with it and wearing it, too!
This is helpful to know.
The yarn is warm warm!
I knitted the Eva Cardigan. When it’s hotter than 12 Celsius it’s to hot to walk😅
I love it, I live in a cool climate 😊
Also one of my favorites!! And it gets softer and cozier with every wear 😊😊
Fellow left-handed English style knitter here! Love your videos, and you've given me the confidence to tackle more complicated charts. Looking at charts can be intimidating, and then as a lefty it can be straight 🤯. Your gorgeous FO's and advice about just mirroring the chart have inspired me. I'm also jumping in to drop spindle spinning, so super fun to see your first spins!
I started teaching myself how to knit in January 2024 and Paloma was one of the first jumpers I saved (really appreciate the fact that the patterns are free!) but since then I have knit 4 jumpers, with plans to knit another 3 in the next few months but Paloma was removed from the queue because of the neckline. Thanks for giving me the confidence to start thinking about modifications! The details on Paloma are so nice that I’m either going to try changing the neckline, or incorporating the sleeve detail and cuff into another.
The stars have aligned for your Amy sweater - you have had the right yarn in stash for a year and it's named after you!
I love how productive and informative you are. Thank you also for mentioning the neck shaping info. I never got started on Boyland knits Zweig because that neck is so messed up in everyone’s pictures.
Your Tee No. 1 looks so good on you! You did such a great job, it looks so polished and professional. I love the neckline!
I hold my yarn in my dominant hand, but I learned to "flick" the yarn instead of throw it. I watched continental knitters and figured out how to swap the motion to the other hand. Additionally I changed to combination knitting - the yarn wraps clockwise when I purl and counter clockwise when I knit. A lot smoother and easier on my wrist and shoulders.
The peer Gynt softens up quite a bit after blocking on my experience. Thank you for sharing all your goodies with us! ❤
Learning continental knitting was a game changer for me. With English I knit hardly anything in 10 years, once I switched I now knit constantly with barely any pain. I hope you love it!
Welcome to the club!! I was so excited when she announced the Maggie cardigan, I have never purchased a pattern so quick in my LIFE haha, can't wait to see it!!
I'm so impressed with your spinning - GO Amy!
Thanks for the Paloma tips, planned it for a long time, now you encourage me to start it.
Get your fiber from the Woollery! Good prices and you can get whatever you want basically
Congratulations on your first handspun yarn! Spinning is a wonderful hobby and I love knitting with yarn that I’ve created. ❤
It's so cute seeing you being so happy about spinning! Good luck with that, I see you are a fast learner.
I made a Louvre Sweater out of Peer Gynt last year and at first I was a little irritated by the yarn on my neck, but it really gets softer with wear and I wore this sweater so much in the winter at home, it is really warm and feels nice! I don't think I would knit a rolled neck sweater with it though. But that's just a personal preference😊
I have made the Chestnut Sweater by Petite Knit in Peer Gynt and it doesn't bother me at all! I love the structure and squishiness the Peer Gynt has. I hope you love it!
I am also making an Ingrid sweater and I'm at the same point you are! I love how yours is turning out, the blue is STUNNING with the texture pattern!
That valley yarns yarn is amazing! I'm sold on it after seeing it knit up ❤
that colour of the Paloma sweater looks scrumptious! you're gonna look so good in it!
I’m looking forward to the spinning content! It’s something I’ve been gaining interest in and want to try at some point.
I made a Paloma last year in an electric blue and it’s surprisingly one of my most reached for garments. I used purl soho linen quill and it wears so beautifully!
Knitpicks has Peruvian roving that is dyed in beautiful colors and bare fiber in 3 different fiber choices. Very affordable in my opinion. Peruvian has a long staple too. Keep practicing and you'll reach your goal!
Yay I'm not the only left handed English knitter!! I am learning to spin as well and I ordered Wool of the Andes roving from knit picks to learn with since it is more cost effective!
When I first started spinning (and I am definitely still a beginner), I used my very first yarn I made to make a little toy for my cat. He is always obsessed with wool when I use it so it has become one of his favorite toys (along with the ones I make from the leftover wool of most of my projects).
Such a good job with your first attempts at spinning! Can't wait for your plans for autumn to be revealed to steal ideas from them😁
The blue Ingrid sweater looks so good.
I’ve made the Louvre Sweater by Petite Knit in PeerGynt about two years ago and it holds up soooo well. Its my most worn handmade sweater and I’ve maximally depilled it twice because of minimal pilling. And for me I feel that it softens up with wear.
I love the color of the Ingrid Sweater! I’m not a spinner, but I enjoy watching what people create.
I have to say, you look so fabulous in that Tee No 1! The colour 💙
Your Tee No. 1 is divine!
Love the color of your Ingrid Sweater. 💙 Your drop spindle is so pretty. 💟
at the risk of encouraging yet another craft, you could use your extra fiber from spinning to needle or wet felt! I have needle felted earrings that I love a lot!
Congratulations on your first hand spun yarn! It looks beautiful 🥰 I could get to flick even though it's just down the road, but maybe I will be there the next time you're out here. Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡
Using that Sewrella yarn I bought at Flock in a pale aqua. I am knitting Hi Bandana by Ozetta - will go more repeats.
New to your channel and I'm thoroughly enjoying knitting to your videos. Just a friendly note since you're so Petitknit focused (which is great for content) there are several great Scandinavian designers, Hagenhuset and Knitflitter are spectacular, Refined knitwear has beautiful designs but the English versions of the patterns are a challenging read.
For help with the sleeve decreases on the Ingrid Sweater, Knits by K has a good tutorial to help decrease through the mock cables.
For the Ingrid sweater I just skipped the decreases in the diamonds pattern on the sleeves to avoid the weird things that were happening on other people’s sweaters where the repeat gets messed up. I’m really happy with how it turned out!
Hii! I'm from Spain and I am so excited with this episode! I'm making the ingrid sweater too and I'm going to make the same modification you will make. Also, the paloma sweater is one of my favorite sweaters I've made! This is amazing! 🥰🥰
I also recommend you the Luymou's patterns. It's a wonderfully Spanish knitwear designer ❤
There’s always a great selection of fiber for spinning at the NE Fiber Festival. Maybe going with undyed to practice, then if you like the spin finish you could try to hand dye it after for a more affordable practice yarn.
Thanks Amy for a love podcast.
You look great all the the time but you look really pretty in that color sweater you wore in this video 😊
Regarding spinning, congratulations on your first skeins! First thing first, I'm also a beginner but I don't use a drop spindle, mine is a spindle I (mostly) hold in my hand, so the process is different. What came to mind when you mentioned the thinner overspun parts: the main thing is to have a consistent thickness (I've been told and never mastered), otherwise the spin is going mostly to the thinner parts (which I can confirm from personal experience).
The other thing is, so far I've used some extremely cheap wool meant for felting, and some of it was partially felted to begin with, which made consistent drafting quite challenging (if not impossible). My reasoning was, I will use this extremely cheap fiber to practice until I manage even thickness. What I was later told is, this extremely cheap fiber I was using was not suitable for spinning and I would never achieve even thickness with it, and that I would need better quality fiber. When I was told this I was, like, facepalm, this should have been obvious - but it wasn't when I was making my decisions. So yeah, no need to practice with hand dyed fiber but do stick to fiber that is prepared for spinning. (I have some fiber now, gearing up the courage to start with it.) Best of luck and I'm quite sure you'll master it :)
Regarding your Paloma sweater. I don't know the pattern but there is one thing I would check for and potentially adjust for if I'm modifying the short rows stretch. Do ALL the short rows in both patterns engage the same number of raglan seams and have the same rate of increases? If yes, nothing to be worried about. If not, you might need to do some recalculations in your initial position of the raglans in order to end up with the intended numbers of stitches for front, back and sleeves.
The spinning section is so exciting! I have a Siberian Husky and I've been keeping all his shed fur, in the hopes of washing and spinning it one day (may take me a few more years). I saw Knitpicks has roving that is a lot more affordable, but I have zero experience with spinning so no idea if it's any good. Looking forward to the Autumn planning and colour analysis vids!
I knitted the Ingrid sweater in a bright pink, in a kind of defiant moment... It looked lovely, but the colour didn't suit me at all 😂
I ended up giving it away.
I have been considering the Paloma for about a year now, and I must say I feel a bit inspired by your project. Good to know about modifying the short rows for a better neckline fit.
Sally in Sweden xx
Peer gynt is on my mind for a long time but I am so afraid to try it because of its itchy reputation! I think I should risk it first for a cardigan. Amazing podcast overall, I am excited to see the Amy sweater in cocoa beans color, it will be so beautiful on you!
Check out the podcast Fleece and Harmony. One of the three ladies, Simone, is an experienced spinner. She uses a wheel but also a drop spindle and she has recommended a type of spindle in the podcasts. I have seen her use one that is handcrafted by a local artisan and she loves it.
Hi Amy! For spinning a real cool resource is Roxanne Richardson,, I think you could watch some of her casual friday podcasts because she's kind of new-ish to spinning as well. She used a kit of LOTS of different fibers that you could spin up and then knit a sampler blanket with her resulting yarn (-: hope it helps!
I'm not sure on the price point, but Long Way Homestead has a breed of the month subscription for fiber. They are in Canada. It may be fun to learn spinning with! I really enjoyed their breed of the month yarn subscription, it was a great way to learn about different kinds of wool!
I just checked at Fossil Fibers and they have practice fiber you can buy inexpensively if you buy one regular price.
I love Peer Gynt, I knitted the Storm Sweater with it. But I don’t know, if it’s a me-problem, but it took not that many wears to felt under the armpits. Its not bad, it doesn’t prevent me from wearing the sweater, but it definitely annoys me a bit. My next sweater with tynn peer gynt will be held with a silk mihair, I’m hoping, that will help
Have you ever knit with wool from the Doulton Flock? All their sheep are allowed to live to the end of their natural lives. I’m planning to make a huge purchase because of that and would love to know about the yarn from your perspective.
Amy Sweater…Peer Gynt Cocoa Nibs…perfect!
Please keep us updated on the drop spindle trials! I still have some raw wool from former pets, also bought hand carders... so spinning is in my cards!
And spinning with a drop spindle (or Turkish spindle?) seems to be the easiest and most affordable starting point.
Any chance of an Amy Sweater KAL? Kinda feels appropriate… I would use it as an excuse to buy more Plein Air. 😊
I didn't become a "good" knitter till I tried knitting continental, the throwing just never really clicked for me especially coming from mostly crocheting. BUT the point of this comment is that I found that I had significantly less wrist pain knitting continental style, if any at all!
Paradise fibers is one to check out online.
Where did you get the tag that you put in the back of your blouse? That’s such a great idea!
It came with a zipper I ordered from the petiteknit website, I think they're also sold individually!
I have 2 different colours of Peer Gynt. The lighter neutral heather works up pretty well to suggested gauge. However the light blue heather is very different. Knits up to a much tighter gauge on same 4 mm needle . Much denser more course feel. Need at least 1 size larger needle. Very disappointed with the difference in gauge with same yarn in 2 different colours. Just beware colour can made a huge difference in gauge and fabric feel
My Paloma sweater has the bulge at the front. I knit it several years ago and it was one of my first sweaters so I didn’t know any better
How do you find knitting with superwash sock and mohair? Does it stretch out a lot? I had a disaster making a sweater with just superwash DK!
I knit the October Sweater last year with SW and mohair and I didn't have issues with it stretching!
Peer gynt turns softer with wear.
Have you heard of art yarn? Consider your first spinning attempts as art yarn and put them on display. Go with spinning fibers that make you happy or that you may like seeing how they spin up. Inexpensive fibers usually frustrate beginners. Have fun spinning!
I wonder why a lot of people are saying that knitting continental is a faster. It's not. the fastest knitter in the world is knitting english style. And I believe that fastest way is the way you are the most confortable. It may be better for your wrist ? I'm not sure if I'm convinced about that though... Why so many english style knitter then ? and I've heard continental knitter complaining about wrist pain too.
Continental is faster because there's less movement required for each stich. People knit using the style they were taught to knit. So, in certain areas one style is more common than the other. Very often people don't even know there are options. Any style hurts the wrists if you knit a lot, your tension is very tight, or there are other issues with the technique. Anyway, it's not about the speed. We knit because we love to knit 😊
@@anjamoilanen I don't think knitting continental is faster, I think it's more "move efficient". But I agree with everything else you said. Especially about the wrist hurting. I heard a lot of continental knitters complaining about painful wrists so we are all in the same boat 🥲.
I just wish people wouldn't try to knit continental "because it's faster". Just knit the way you feel at ease. I feel like we, English style knitter, are pressured but some (a very loud minority) continental knitters to go continental "because it's faster". It just bothers me. And we don't need to get fast at knitting either.
can you unravel your fibers to be used again
If you want to invest a little more- an e-spinner let’s you just focus on drafting in the way you would with a wheel
Did you end up flipping the charts for the Ingrid sweater to make it left handed friendly??
No, I'm just reading them from left to right. They're symmetrical charts so I didn't need to flip!