The thought that you put into all topics, whether knitting techniques or organizational techniques, is just wonderful. Although your organization system wouldn't work for me, I really enjoyed hearing about your process for determining what works for you and I appreciate the links you provide to help others figure out what will work for them! As for a discussion of short rows, I would love it if you would include how and why to use short rows for full bust adjustments in your discussion. Finally, thank you so much for just being who you are, and for the incredible amount of time and effort you must put into developing all of your videos. Whenever I need to understand a technique your videos are the first place I look!
Yes please to the short row livestream and any livestreams in general! It would be great to see you discuss German short rows in particular if possible :)
Re the knitting pegs you found in your basement. They are used when doing intarsia knitting on a knitting machine. I last used the same item over 40 years ago when intarsia ‘picture knits’ was a thing. They are used to add both a little weight on the ends of yarn dangling on the work and to help accessing the ends when knitting the next row.
Another great video! I love, love, love what you said about your organization style! You helped me see why I’m always surrounded by clutter! I’ve already ordered a pair of wool shoes! As to the live stream...I’m in the minority of people with limited internet & probably won’t take advantage. An overview technique video may be better for me. I’m in awe of your knitting skills!
I would love to see a live stream on short rows. I would love to see one for entrelac knitting. Also intarsia. Pretty much anything you would want to do, I would love to see. I like your close up filming and detailed explanations. I was so excited for you finding that red yarn for your sweater. That’s wonderful. I love the way you have your room organized. That is my dream. To be able to have a room just for all my yarn and knitting supplies. I live in a one bedroom apartment with my dog so the living room is where most of my stuff is except my yarn. That is in clear plastic bins with lids. Stacked in the corner of my bedroom. I love hearing all the Tidbits on Casual Fridays. Thank you so much. So glad I found your channel.
Wow, as you were describing yourself I kept thinking- yup, that’s me, yes, yes, yes... I’ll have to have another try at clearing off more of the 20% on my desk that keeps getting buried. If I could upvote this 100 times I would!! Thanks, Roxanne!!!
I love when someone finds and forwards an item that excites me. Congratulations that your husband does this for not only you but for all of us. Your organization tips will take me back to this video.
YES, YES, YES, PLEASE 🙏I'd love it if you could do a livestream about short rows, as it brings me out in a sweat everytime I see it mentioned on a pattern,. I know , some of them, but i just don't understand them, if that makes sense. Thank you. 😊💕
Yes to the short rows live-stream or any other live-streams that you will offer. I am also the type of person that has to see where everything is. Thank you for sharing your space, it looks great!😊
Congratulations on the great organization of your working space! It looks great. It reminds me of my Great Organization of my quilting /sewing/ and now Knitting room several years ago when I was teaching both quilting and knitting. It has de-volved as the years have gone by. You are inspiring me to do a major over haul of this area again. Thanks for allowing us to tour your area with you.
Two comments: 1. I’d love a live stream on short rows, especially if you demonstrate a pattern instruction with wrap and turn and then do the same instruction substituting other short rows like German and Japanese. I have never dared tackle a pattern that involves short rows and I would really like to overcome that hurdle. 2. THANK YOU! Six years ago - 6 years!! - I jotted down a note with a valuable tip on working with wide bias binding. That note has never been put away because I did not know where to put it so that I’d remember that I had it and could find it when and if I needed it. That note has accumulated some brothers and sisters over the years and they all live in a stack that gets moved from needing corner to sewing table to weaving nook ... You get the picture. I now know exactly how I will put them away. That note on wide bias binding? It’ll get stored with my sewing books. Its siblings will likewise find homes on appropriate parts of my book shelves. Context! That’s the force that I had failed to discern. My craft room should be far less cluttered very shortly.
I definitely would love to know all the uses for short rows the reason they are needed and how to work them in as well as how many for what need... Love your room it is perfect!!!
I think it's amazing how we can keep learning important things about ourselves and then accept it so we can do what you've done and be excited about it.
Thank you for taking the time to show your organizing results and to describe how you like to organize and why. It is so freeing to know one's creative space can be designed to fit one's method and style of creating.
Yes, i would enjoy watching your live on short rows as beginner knitter. Watching your videos has taught me so much about knitting. Thank you for all your content.
Yes, I would enjoy a livestream about short rows! Your explanation comparing the different short rows was how I initially found your podcasts and started following you. At the time I was redoing short rows on a sweater for the fourth time because the stitch count wouldn't come out right. I still have trouble with the w&t looking right when I pick up the stitches. So, yes, I would love to learn more. Thanks for all your great content. It is so well thought out and expertly explained!
What a great idea for circ storage! As soon as I saw that, I realized that I too need to see everything. Thank you for your detailed and informative videos. Also, a short row tutorial would be welcome.
I just wanted to how much I love your videos and to vote for a short row live stream. I had short rows in a project I was working on not too long ago and was totally confused. I think I got it done correctly (I'm still working on it) because it looks like the back is laying down the way it should (a sweater vest for my husband) but a live stream on it would be great. And I loved the discussion of figuring out what's important for you in organization and the tour of your incorporation of sewing into your space. I was sitting here working on my file cabinets that have been chaotic dumping boxes for far too long, so boy oh boy that was relevant today!
Loved seeing your new room and how you organized it. I, too, have been redoing my sewing/knitting space this last week. You motivated me! It's a lot of work but well worth the effort. Just gotta get rid of a bunch of stuff now. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Another interesting espisode! I think you and I are similar in how we organize. Your new set-up makes all sorts of sense to me. Its a much more versatile space for you than the littler room. Well done.
Casual Friday my favourite time of the week 🥰. Your office is looking absolutely amazing 😍 I would be very interested to watch a live about short rows,
Rox- you had me at Livestream! Any topic or subject. Thank you for sharing your organization style, I have struggled with creating and maintaining organization in my studios, and understanding that it is not a one-size-fits-all answer is shifting my focus to see the way my brain works as a strength, not a weakness.
It really helps to understand what you need, rather than to beat yourself up for not being able to use a system that doesn't work for your brain! I am a changed woman! :-)
Yes please short rows! You read my mind. I tackled beginners cables last week and will need a new knitting learning project once I'm done yelling at my cable charts in frustration.
Staples has what they call three ring sheet protectors which are like pockets to put 8 1/2 by 11 sheets of paper in, clear plastic and go in a three ring binder. I found them very helpful for putting my hand-outs from Craftsy Classes, printed free knitting patterns, etc. to keep them organized and at my finger tips. I can easily page through to find socks, sweaters, shawls, or notes and tips. Saves me from needing to three hole punch all the papers just so I can put them in a binder.
I loved the description of and identify with your organization style; it was quite helpful! I'll be reorganizing this summer and will look forward to rewatching this episode. I need to learn how to sell/trade yarn on Ravelry. My stash consists mainly of leftover skeins or bits not used for projects. I like your categories of organization! Thank you!
I think a better explanation of how they shape fabric would be helpful. Trying to visualize how they do is hard. But how to do that...... hoping u just know this and can pass that along to us. You explain things so well.
I totally agree. Though I've done many diff forms of shaping with short rows, they're one of the things that doesn't come naturally to me and I'd love to have an awareness of when to use each type optimally.
I was surprised that this was a UK Portrait because the basket automatically made me think of the New England Nantucket basket style, which began on the whaling ships in the 1800s. Since England and United States share a close colonial history it would be interesting to find out how Native American woven basketry techniques might have traveled across the ocean.
This was exactly what I thought of, the Nantucket Lightship Baskets. I looked up artists, but did not see anything on this painting or wife, only on children. Since baskets were originally made by men at sea, there could always be a connection between a Scottish artist’s wife and the sea trade. I suspect someone needs to do further research on the wife and where they were living at the time the portrait was made. (I looked on Instagram and did not see portrait.)
Yes! I am test knitting a sweater right now with a new to me short row technique and am struggling a little. I'll push through and finish soon, but am always interested in learning more.
I an very interested in help with Short Rows. I have been looking at videos on these recently as I have a sweater project that requires Wrap and Turns and I don’t feel at all confident. Thank you for another great video.
The short row livestream sounds like a really good idea. I’ve worked my way through every type, and tried to see what works best where, but almost inevitably end up with German Short Rows in any project that calls for SRs. It would be interesting to find out where other types (W&T, Japanese etc) might have specific uses. Thanks Roxanne.
Thanks for the tour. I really enjoy organizing stuff. I want things to be located near where they are used, easy to find, easy to put away and as attractive as is reasonable. Function is my top priority.
Thanks for the tour! I’d love to have a space like that one day (I’m a cricket, so it would look slightly different 😆) Another live on short rows would be fantastic. Personally, I’d like to know how to go about using short rows to add bust shaping in a garment. For example, What is the formula for determining how many short rows and the rate of increase to get the correct cup size. Also any info(formula) on adding short row shaping to the back of the neck or the hem of a sweater would be super helpful. Love your channel!
Hi, Rox. I got a pair of Allbirds a couple of years ago and love them. They're pretty much the only casual closed-toe shoe I wear now (always without socks). So comfortable.
Re: curtain tie backs. Long ago, I got a beginner knitting book with stitch guage, some knitting needle, darning/tapestry needles, stitch markers, and large metal stitch holders. They were the metal safety pin style of stitch holders to use to hold sleeves stitches, etc. which I dislike, preferring waste yarn. Anyway, 2 were 6" long and I use those for my curtains. They are easy to attach and take off, they don't come untied or need to be put some where when not in use. I poked each one through the curtain near the outside edge and they hang on the outside when not in use. When I want to open the curtains, I open the hook end, gather up the curtain fabric and hook the stitch holder around the fabric and close the hook.
What a great idea -- I have a bunch of those old stitch holders. I think you're idea would work for my closet curtains, but not the ones I use for preventing echo when I'm recording. They're furniture blankets made from recycled denim jeans, so they're a thick felt. I did figure out a solution, though, which I will share this Friday. :-)
Yes... it sounds interesting. Will you be including wraps-and-turns as well? Or any short row that could be used as a decorative element? Thanks... great (as usual) podcast.
Ahhh Rox 😊 I so enjoyed this~ clutterbug is what I need! Oh ? Was it by design or... the bright red underarm on your sweater? I do think it draws attention to what you are showing us! Thank You so much for showing us your craft room it’s awesome! I would be interested in learning about short rows yes! I miss my knitting I had to put it aside for orders: a c2c dog blanket and a baby quilt that has applicae (Mommy and Me). Off I go to re-pin and quilt some more. Determined Delma 😀🧶🌷
Hi Roxanne, I just saw your video, and as I am from Germany, I read on the gray shetland yarn tag "Kammgarnspinnerei". That means, this yarn is probably worsted, as it is a mill specialized in spinning worsted yarns. If it was to be a woolen mill, the name in german would have been "Streichgarnspinnerei". Maybe that is of some help too. It makes me happy, that "clutterbugs" bugs have made more "sense" for organizing strategys of different persons!! Greetings.
Great episode (as always!). Interested in seeing before and after Shetland floss swatches, short row demo, and your other investigations. Kudos to your spouse for the “share” of something new to you- love when that happens🥰 take care, be well and enjoy those wool kicks (shoes)-very tempting, they look so cozy and Comfy
I just love your "hide and seek" treasure yarn. Glad you found a ball of red yarn to repair your lovely sweater. I sure would be interested in a live stream on short rows, although I might have to catch up later because of time difference. Thanks for your studio tour, I just love all that great organisation. Congratulations for all this hard work ! It gives me motivation to do the same at home.
I love the new office and your organization philosophy. I am the same, if I can't see something it's just lost forever. I need to go through my bedroom with a label maker and start to put things where they make sense
Thank you, Roxanne, for showing your office. This tour was inspiring, I want to do some tidying up myself now! I know I am a different type, I don't need to have everything visible (or even I don't want it to be all visible, I like to have it in bags, bins, drawers, etc.), but I do want to have some order. If I remember well I am a 'cricket' type (or was it a grasshopper?)
I love craft room tours, and I'm like you in that I don't really notice clutter until it gets in my way, and also 'out of sight out of mind'! I'll be looking at the recommended videos because that was interesting. I have a question about your yarn storage though...how do you deal with keeping moths/bugs out of the yarn? I had a small bucket of yarn that had a couple of moths in years ago and ever since I've been paranoid about that, but don't want to keep everything in plastic bags.
I've never had a problem with moths in my wool clothing in my entire life, so I don't tend to worry about it in the yarn stored in my office. The containers are open to the light, just as in a yarn shop, where they don't seem to worry about moths, either. My understanding is that moths look for a quiet, dark location, so perhaps that is why I don't have an issue.
Yes I would love to watch a live stream on anything you do, but short rows would be great. It would be helpful to see how to incorporate short rows into my shaping. If it’s part of a pattern I get it, but I don’t know how to put them into my own designs. Knowing when it will be would also help so much. I feel like I always miss them.
It was interesting to see your organization process. I think I’m similar to you in style. I’m on a break now and have a few things on my list to organize. Thanks for all the ideas!
Your knitting room looks great and organized. That’s gotta be a good feeling. Please let us know in the future how you like it, if the flow or vibe is better, is it a matter of efficiency and what adjustments you make to have the clear visibility you prefer. Sorry to be so curious, Mari Kondo hasn’t made her second Netflix season yet and I miss her encouraging people to find and do what matters. If its alright to share ideas, I would see if the swatches could be vacuumed pack in individual baggies, placed in plastic sleeves for paper, and then placed in a large three ring binder to be shelved with reference books maybe. Also, if the closet corner doesn’t have a light, I would install an overhead one to make items easier to see. Best wishes! I have a long way to organize myself.
Roxanne, we went to high school together (we were in the same Advanced Biology class). From time to time, I often wonder and think about people I knew and what has become of them. I found your You Tube channel and have been fascinated with your videos. I really appreciate your knitting expertise and in-depth presentations. I totally enjoy the personal commentary and history you have woven into your videos. So pleased you are doing well.
Indeed it was! Did you remember the spelling or take a trip down yearbook memory lane? ;) I dabbled with knitting a little as a child/young adult. I was introduced to it in school (5th grade I believe). I would not qualify as a knitter; there is always hope, right? I really enjoy listening to creative people who know their craft well.
@@annettebuck8167 I remembered the name, but I had to look up the spelling in the yearbook. It's been a while...:-) I have lots of viewers who have taken up or returned to knitting in this past year. I didn't learn to knit myself until I was in my 20s, and didn't work through the master hand knitting program until I was in my 40s. It's never too late to learn/learn more. I'm still learning new things about knitting every single day. :-)
So much great information! Yes, please to short rows!!! Your craft room looks great. My first thought when you mentioned you wanted a tieback for your curtain was to get a magnetic one. They come in all shapes and sizes and are easily used. I discovered Allbirds years ago from Clara Parkes too. I was able to snag a lavender and a purple pair; they sometimes have a specialty color available. So comfortable. Thanks so much for another great episode.
Another great podcast. I always learn something. Thank you. I would love to see short row knitting, and maybe proper sweater sizing with contrasting raglan sleeves vs set in sleeves. It’s hard to decide. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing.
Don’t recognise your bits and pieces as serger related so would guess knitting machine related, but it is a guess. Think your office space is great. Thanks for showing us around.Would like the short row live stream very much.
Your style of organization is fascinating - and I welcomed hearing about the whys, for you. Organization really is half self-awareness and you are certainly applying that quality to your new set up! In terms of organizing your swatch bin, what might work is turning the ziplocs on their sides (all same size) and putting them in the bin "filing cabinet" style. You could label at the top right corner of each bag so that you would know what's inside.
Yep, I've thought about filing cabinet style. The main issue is how deep the drawer is. I might have to create a tray to divide the depth in half, and keep one or two categories in the bottom half, and the other one or two in the top half. I have one bin devoted just to sock swatches, and there's still plenty of room in that one, so getting some of those ziplocs out of the one bin and have them share the sock swatch bin is an additional possibility.
Yes to short rows...I tried short rows on the neck of a top down sweater and it worked but then I needed a bit more as I progressed down and tried to add a few more and it was a total fail.
Yes Roxanne to the short rows, would be a great help to me. Also when I knit stocking knit it really doesn’t look even.....Wondering if soaking or steaming help this look right when finishing a garment? Love all your tips, they are always useful and current also your organisation of your sewing room is fantastic!
Are you saying when you knit in stockinette with short rows, the fabric isn't even, or that in general, your stockinette fabric isn't even? Washing and blocking is always key to evening out the fabric.
Hi Roxanne, just in general stockinette that it isn’t even. I was thinking that knitting it in the round would be better as then I would only have to knit...maybe it’s the purl that has a slightly different tension?
@@dawnbrowne1702 Make a swatch of knit garter, then one of purl garter, and see if there is a size difference. Also, knit a flat stockinette swatch and an in-the-round swatch and compare the appearance of the fabrics.
I like the new organization, my fav circular needle holder makes a comeback! I’m personally a lot more like your husband in terms of organization, I guess (except for the silverware thing, silverware needs to be divided and I’m sticking to that, lol). I remember what I have, and I just don’t want to look at it constantly. I blend it a little and though and put things in plastic see-through tubs. That can help if I know something is in a tub but I don’t want to pull out everything in there, just the one thing. I do like your visual “being able to see everything”, and I’m glad you found that that is the way that works and makes you happy. (Organizing and cleaning can be frustrating.) I would love live-streams if you want to do them. I have been going through your short row playlist in prep for making a sweater, but updating videos or answering viewers questions is helpful (I’ll probably have a question, I’m sure, though I try to puzzle stuff out and try different things to see what happens before asking.)
I would love to see a video on short rows, as I just did the Wooly Wormhead Azula hat, and it was quite a challenge. And, if you haven't already done this, I'd love to see some sort of video on storing yarn and some information on whether or not yarn changes with age. Thanks Rox!
I have a couple of those curved sewing needles. They were in a packet of assorted needles and they were labeled upholstery needles. I think if you are upholstering by sewing fabric right on to the chair a curvy needle facilitates the process of inserting and being able to pull the needle through. This would be different than sewing a slipcover which is sewn separately and slipped on the furniture.
Inserting first - I can relate when it comes to the way you organize, see similarities . Enough said. :P As far as a stream covering short rows, excellent idea. At the moment it is topic I am exploring. I am someone that has to do it to totally understand a technique and have been picking projects that will leave me with more knowledge than when I started. Once I understand this shaping concept, I can use it in other projects . Sock heels, I understand , making a cupped area. I recently have printed out a small pattern, wanting to explore this topic further, the "lizard ridge dishcloth", thinking it is something small and quick enough for me to perhaps understand how to create shaping with short rows. This particular pattern uses wrap and turn which is not a bad thing to revisit so I refresh my knowledge of doing those. :D
Wow, we are brothers of another mother! As you were talking about not knowing how to store the twined knitting course notes, I was shouting, “In a binder!” I was introduced to this method (for recipes) at least 30 years ago, and it has been a godsend. And I, like you, always make a spine label. Then, I felt such glee when you showed the closet with doors removed, curtains substituted. When we moved to our current house, it was the 1st time in my life having my own “garage”, ie a small bedroom for my stuff. The 6-ft wide closet had (horrors!) BIFOLD DOORS. Those are probably the worst for accessing items at either side. I took those down and repurposed some lovely curtains from my previous home. There were enough panels to make side panels for the window, so it looks very coordinated. I’m like you-need to see things or at least have everything labeled. Enjoy your new space!
Yes to short row live stream. For example: what is difference using them at base of neck of yoke sweater versus using them in a bottom row of yoke or towards end of yoke pattern. Your room looks great and its nice that you have space to actually move around. I'd like to suggest you keep your cutting mat flat as it may bend a little and make it challenging to cut straight later on. Perhaps you can lay it flat on one of your tables!
I really enjoy live streams videos, if I know when they are coming so I can plan to participate. i never seem to catch you during one of yours. I think that the different time zone may contribute. I am in the eastern daylight zone. Most often I spend time early each morning catching up on RUclips and Instagram from the previous day. Along with a general discussion of short rows, I would love to see how to approach adding short rows to the back yoke of sweaters that have a pattern stitch. I have been struggling with how to calculate incorporating the pattern without distorting the stitches.
I’m like you in needing to see what I have. But I don’t like clutter. I can’t concentrate if it’s messy around me. Thank you for showing what your office space looks like. I so enjoyed this video.
Love your office. It's so up my alley. Personally, I'd use a few more clear plastic boxes for easy dusting. Otherwise we could share a working area...provided we had twice the space, of course!
I really enjoy your podcasts. I love the reference to Clutterbug. I realized in the past few years that we spend the first 50 years of our lives accumulating all the stuff we think we need and the remaining 50 years trying to get rid of all the stuff we accumulated. since I am in the 2nd 50 years of my life, I just read the Mario Condo Tidying Up book and had good success with that re: organizing my clothing, our billing and paper records, and came to a grinding halt as I am intimidated by organizing my kitchen and garage. I will give the Clutterbug podcasts a go. I would enjoy a live stream re: short rows. Also, I am intrigued by your completing the Master Knitting series. It is something I considered a few years back and did not pursue because I was very busy between a full time job, a house to run and an aging mother who needed attention. I will be retiring soon. I would be interested in your take on the Master Knitting program. Would you do it again? What did you learn or achieve from completing the program? Anyway, thank you for your podcasts!
This works really well for me as I'm in my 20s and terrible at buying things mostly from feeling overwhelmed by choice, but my mum is in her fifties and desperate to give away half her belongings. Last week she gave me some oven gloves, a specific brand I was asking her about because I wanted to buy some myself, and she was like, just take them.
Hi Thanks for all the great content. I think a live stream on short rows is a great idea. Here is a suggestion for a topic. Could you explain how to do a short row shawl collar, and how to calculate how many you need. I saw an episode where you talked about wanting to fix a sweater, because it didn't fold over enough, but I can't find the episode with the result.
The thought that you put into all topics, whether knitting techniques or organizational techniques, is just wonderful. Although your organization system wouldn't work for me, I really enjoyed hearing about your process for determining what works for you and I appreciate the links you provide to help others figure out what will work for them!
As for a discussion of short rows, I would love it if you would include how and why to use short rows for full bust adjustments in your discussion.
Finally, thank you so much for just being who you are, and for the incredible amount of time and effort you must put into developing all of your videos. Whenever I need to understand a technique your videos are the first place I look!
Yes please to the short row livestream and any livestreams in general! It would be great to see you discuss German short rows in particular if possible :)
Yes please short rows live sounds wonderful!
I would love to see a short rows live stream! BTW, Rox, if I pulled my foot up like you did, I'd be in real trouble!!! 🤣
Re the knitting pegs you found in your basement. They are used when doing intarsia knitting on a knitting machine. I last used the same item over 40 years ago when intarsia ‘picture knits’ was a thing. They are used to add both a little weight on the ends of yarn dangling on the work and to help accessing the ends when knitting the next row.
I had a feeling that was going to be for the knitting machine. I didn't recognize it for the serger.
So happy to know someone else who alphabetizes her spice drawer! I love to organize - great tips about our differing styles!
Yes, for live stream for short rows.
Nice job on your craft room!
Another great video! I love, love, love what you said about your organization style! You helped me see why I’m always surrounded by clutter!
I’ve already ordered a pair of wool shoes! As to the live stream...I’m in the minority of people with limited internet & probably won’t take advantage.
An overview technique video may be better for me.
I’m in awe of your knitting skills!
I would love to see a live stream on short rows. I would love to see one for entrelac knitting. Also intarsia. Pretty much anything you would want to do, I would love to see. I like your close up filming and detailed explanations. I was so excited for you finding that red yarn for your sweater. That’s wonderful. I love the way you have your room organized. That is my dream. To be able to have a room just for all my yarn and knitting supplies. I live in a one bedroom apartment with my dog so the living room is where most of my stuff is except my yarn. That is in clear plastic bins with lids. Stacked in the corner of my bedroom. I love hearing all the Tidbits on Casual Fridays. Thank you so much. So glad I found your channel.
Wow, as you were describing yourself I kept thinking- yup, that’s me, yes, yes, yes... I’ll have to have another try at clearing off more of the 20% on my desk that keeps getting buried. If I could upvote this 100 times I would!! Thanks, Roxanne!!!
As always... a fun , interesting, and informative video... I love Casual Friday!
The best was that you found your red yarn... Such a great story..
Yes I would love a live stream on short rows. Thank you!
I love when someone finds and forwards an item that excites me. Congratulations that your husband does this for not only you but for all of us.
Your organization tips will take me back to this video.
YES, YES, YES, PLEASE 🙏I'd love it if you could do a livestream about short rows, as it brings me out in a sweat everytime I see it mentioned on a pattern,. I know , some of them, but i just don't understand them, if that makes sense. Thank you. 😊💕
A short row livestream sounds great, Roxanne. Although, any topic you decide to chat about would interest me!
Yes to the short rows live-stream or any other live-streams that you will offer. I am also the type of person that has to see where everything is. Thank you for sharing your space, it looks great!😊
Congratulations on the great organization of your working space! It looks great. It reminds me of my Great Organization of my quilting /sewing/ and now Knitting room several years ago when I was teaching both quilting and knitting. It has de-volved as the years have gone by. You are inspiring me to do a major over haul of this area again. Thanks for allowing us to tour your area with you.
I love how organize your studio is! I really like that circular needle holder! Thank you for sharing! You are my favorite knitting teacher! 🥰
Two comments: 1. I’d love a live stream on short rows, especially if you demonstrate a pattern instruction with wrap and turn and then do the same instruction substituting other short rows like German and Japanese. I have never dared tackle a pattern that involves short rows and I would really like to overcome that hurdle. 2. THANK YOU! Six years ago - 6 years!! - I jotted down a note with a valuable tip on working with wide bias binding. That note has never been put away because I did not know where to put it so that I’d remember that I had it and could find it when and if I needed it. That note has accumulated some brothers and sisters over the years and they all live in a stack that gets moved from needing corner to sewing table to weaving nook ... You get the picture. I now know exactly how I will put them away. That note on wide bias binding? It’ll get stored with my sewing books. Its siblings will likewise find homes on appropriate parts of my book shelves. Context! That’s the force that I had failed to discern. My craft room should be far less cluttered very shortly.
I definitely would love to know all the uses for short rows the reason they are needed and how to work them in as well as how many for what need... Love your room it is perfect!!!
I think it's amazing how we can keep learning important things about ourselves and then accept it so we can do what you've done and be excited about it.
Thank you for taking the time to show your organizing results and to describe how you like to organize and why. It is so freeing to know one's creative space can be designed to fit one's method and style of creating.
Can I just tell you how much I appreciate you?,?. Thank you for everything you share with us. Yes to short rows please.
Yes, i would enjoy watching your live on short rows as beginner knitter.
Watching your videos has taught me so much about knitting. Thank you for all your content.
Yes, I would enjoy a livestream about short rows! Your explanation comparing the different short rows was how I initially found your podcasts and started following you. At the time I was redoing short rows on a sweater for the fourth time because the stitch count wouldn't come out right. I still have trouble with the w&t looking right when I pick up the stitches. So, yes, I would love to learn more.
Thanks for all your great content. It is so well thought out and expertly explained!
This was so very helpful to me with my failure to make the progress I need toward better organization. Thank you!
Thanks for another great Casual Friday podcast. Yes for short rows.
What a great idea for circ storage! As soon as I saw that, I realized that I too need to see everything. Thank you for your detailed and informative videos. Also, a short row tutorial would be welcome.
I am so glad that Cas from Clutterbug has helped you! It’s so great when the RUclipsrs I love to watch find each other😆🥰🥰🥰
I just wanted to how much I love your videos and to vote for a short row live stream. I had short rows in a project I was working on not too long ago and was totally confused. I think I got it done correctly (I'm still working on it) because it looks like the back is laying down the way it should (a sweater vest for my husband) but a live stream on it would be great. And I loved the discussion of figuring out what's important for you in organization and the tour of your incorporation of sewing into your space. I was sitting here working on my file cabinets that have been chaotic dumping boxes for far too long, so boy oh boy that was relevant today!
Loved seeing your new room and how you organized it. I, too, have been redoing my sewing/knitting space this last week. You motivated me! It's a lot of work but well worth the effort. Just gotta get rid of a bunch of stuff now. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Yes please to short row live stream. Love the way you have organised your space, I would feel right at home there.
Yes! For short row livestream.
Another interesting espisode!
I think you and I are similar in how we organize. Your new set-up makes all sorts of sense to me. Its a much more versatile space for you than the littler room. Well done.
Casual Friday my favourite time of the week 🥰. Your office is looking absolutely amazing 😍
I would be very interested to watch a live about short rows,
Rox- you had me at Livestream! Any topic or subject. Thank you for sharing your organization style, I have struggled with creating and maintaining organization in my studios, and understanding that it is not a one-size-fits-all answer is shifting my focus to see the way my brain works as a strength, not a weakness.
It really helps to understand what you need, rather than to beat yourself up for not being able to use a system that doesn't work for your brain! I am a changed woman! :-)
Yes please short rows! You read my mind. I tackled beginners cables last week and will need a new knitting learning project once I'm done yelling at my cable charts in frustration.
Yes please! Short rows in a seed stitch project have been giving me a headache lately.
I would be interested in anything you put out. Short rows would be fantastic!
Yes please to short row Livestream. Love the new office.😍 Based on that red rug the old office was a closet. Thanks for the clutter bug tip.
It was pretty tiny! The rug filled the open floor space, with the desk and IKEA storage surrounding it.
Staples has what they call three ring sheet protectors which are like pockets to put 8 1/2 by 11 sheets of paper in, clear plastic and go in a three ring binder. I found them very helpful for putting my hand-outs from Craftsy Classes, printed free knitting patterns, etc. to keep them organized and at my finger tips. I can easily page through to find socks, sweaters, shawls, or notes and tips. Saves me from needing to three hole punch all the papers just so I can put them in a binder.
I loved the description of and identify with your organization style; it was quite helpful! I'll be reorganizing this summer and will look forward to rewatching this episode. I need to learn how to sell/trade yarn on Ravelry. My stash consists mainly of leftover skeins or bits not used for projects. I like your categories of organization! Thank you!
Loved 🥰 seeing your studio and paraphernalia awesome 🤩
I think a better explanation of how they shape fabric would be helpful. Trying to visualize how they do is hard. But how to do that...... hoping u just know this and can pass that along to us. You explain things so well.
I totally agree. Though I've done many diff forms of shaping with short rows, they're one of the things that doesn't come naturally to me and I'd love to have an awareness of when to use each type optimally.
I was surprised that this was a UK Portrait because the basket automatically made me think of the New England Nantucket basket style, which began on the whaling ships in the 1800s. Since England and United States share a close colonial history it would be interesting to find out how Native American woven basketry techniques might have traveled across the ocean.
This was exactly what I thought of, the Nantucket Lightship Baskets. I looked up artists, but did not see anything on this painting or wife, only on children. Since baskets were originally made by men at sea, there could always be a connection between a Scottish artist’s wife and the sea trade. I suspect someone needs to do further research on the wife and where they were living at the time the portrait was made. (I looked on Instagram and did not see portrait.)
Yes! I am test knitting a sweater right now with a new to me short row technique and am struggling a little. I'll push through and finish soon, but am always interested in learning more.
Short row video, yes please!!!!
I an very interested in help with Short Rows. I have been looking at videos on these recently as I have a sweater project that requires Wrap and Turns and I don’t feel at all confident. Thank you for another great video.
The short row livestream sounds like a really good idea. I’ve worked my way through every type, and tried to see what works best where, but almost inevitably end up with German Short Rows in any project that calls for SRs. It would be interesting to find out where other types (W&T, Japanese etc) might have specific uses. Thanks Roxanne.
Thanks for sharing about organizing. Totally relate to the "need to find".
Thanks for the tour. I really enjoy organizing stuff. I want things to be located near where they are used, easy to find, easy to put away and as attractive as is reasonable. Function is my top priority.
Thanks for the tour! I’d love to have a space like that one day (I’m a cricket, so it would look slightly different 😆) Another live on short rows would be fantastic. Personally, I’d like to know how to go about using short rows to add bust shaping in a garment. For example, What is the formula for determining how many short rows and the rate of increase to get the correct cup size. Also any info(formula) on adding short row shaping to the back of the neck or the hem of a sweater would be super helpful.
Love your channel!
Hi, Rox. I got a pair of Allbirds a couple of years ago and love them. They're pretty much the only casual closed-toe shoe I wear now (always without socks). So comfortable.
Yes, short rows, please!
Brilliant office plan! Inspires me to look at my space, too. Thanks!
Re: curtain tie backs. Long ago, I got a beginner knitting book with stitch guage, some knitting needle, darning/tapestry needles, stitch markers, and large metal stitch holders. They were the metal safety pin style of stitch holders to use to hold sleeves stitches, etc. which I dislike, preferring waste yarn. Anyway, 2 were 6" long and I use those for my curtains. They are easy to attach and take off, they don't come untied or need to be put some where when not in use. I poked each one through the curtain near the outside edge and they hang on the outside when not in use. When I want to open the curtains, I open the hook end, gather up the curtain fabric and hook the stitch holder around the fabric and close the hook.
What a great idea -- I have a bunch of those old stitch holders. I think you're idea would work for my closet curtains, but not the ones I use for preventing echo when I'm recording. They're furniture blankets made from recycled denim jeans, so they're a thick felt. I did figure out a solution, though, which I will share this Friday. :-)
I would be interested in a short row video
Yes... it sounds interesting. Will you be including wraps-and-turns as well? Or any short row that could be used as a decorative element? Thanks... great (as usual) podcast.
Ahhh Rox 😊 I so enjoyed this~ clutterbug is what I need! Oh ? Was it by design or... the bright red underarm on your sweater? I do think it draws attention to what you are showing us! Thank You so much for showing us your craft room it’s awesome! I would be interested in learning about short rows yes! I miss my knitting I had to put it aside for orders: a c2c dog blanket and a baby quilt that has applicae (Mommy and Me). Off I go to re-pin and quilt some more. Determined Delma 😀🧶🌷
Hi Roxanne, I just saw your video, and as I am from Germany, I read on the gray shetland yarn tag "Kammgarnspinnerei". That means, this yarn is probably worsted, as it is a mill specialized in spinning worsted yarns. If it was to be a woolen mill, the name in german would have been "Streichgarnspinnerei". Maybe that is of some help too. It makes me happy, that "clutterbugs" bugs have made more "sense" for organizing strategys of different persons!! Greetings.
Great episode (as always!). Interested in seeing before and after Shetland floss swatches, short row demo, and your other investigations. Kudos to your spouse for the “share” of something new to you- love when that happens🥰 take care, be well and enjoy those wool kicks (shoes)-very tempting, they look so cozy and Comfy
I just love your "hide and seek" treasure yarn. Glad you found a ball of red yarn to repair your lovely sweater. I sure would be interested in a live stream on short rows, although I might have to catch up later because of time difference. Thanks for your studio tour, I just love all that great organisation. Congratulations for all this hard work ! It gives me motivation to do the same at home.
Yes please, short rows!
I love the new office and your organization philosophy. I am the same, if I can't see something it's just lost forever. I need to go through my bedroom with a label maker and start to put things where they make sense
We're going to tackle our garage when the weather warms up! I can't wait. :-)
Thank you, Roxanne, for showing your office. This tour was inspiring, I want to do some tidying up myself now! I know I am a different type, I don't need to have everything visible (or even I don't want it to be all visible, I like to have it in bags, bins, drawers, etc.), but I do want to have some order. If I remember well I am a 'cricket' type (or was it a grasshopper?)
Yes, to the short row love video!
I love craft room tours, and I'm like you in that I don't really notice clutter until it gets in my way, and also 'out of sight out of mind'! I'll be looking at the recommended videos because that was interesting.
I have a question about your yarn storage though...how do you deal with keeping moths/bugs out of the yarn? I had a small bucket of yarn that had a couple of moths in years ago and ever since I've been paranoid about that, but don't want to keep everything in plastic bags.
I've never had a problem with moths in my wool clothing in my entire life, so I don't tend to worry about it in the yarn stored in my office. The containers are open to the light, just as in a yarn shop, where they don't seem to worry about moths, either. My understanding is that moths look for a quiet, dark location, so perhaps that is why I don't have an issue.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thanks for your reply. I guess I'll just try and keep the yarn in the open, rather than in a cupboard, and hope for the best :)
Yes I would love to watch a live stream on anything you do, but short rows would be great. It would be helpful to see how to incorporate short rows into my shaping. If it’s part of a pattern I get it, but I don’t know how to put them into my own designs. Knowing when it will be would also help so much. I feel like I always miss them.
I found your organizing section Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
It was interesting to see your organization process. I think I’m similar to you in style. I’m on a break now and have a few things on my list to organize. Thanks for all the ideas!
Your knitting room looks great and organized. That’s gotta be a good feeling. Please let us know in the future how you like it, if the flow or vibe is better, is it a matter of efficiency and what adjustments you make to have the clear visibility you prefer. Sorry to be so curious, Mari Kondo hasn’t made her second Netflix season yet and I miss her encouraging people to find and do what matters. If its alright to share ideas, I would see if the swatches could be vacuumed pack in individual baggies, placed in plastic sleeves for paper, and then placed in a large three ring binder to be shelved with reference books maybe. Also, if the closet corner doesn’t have a light, I would install an overhead one to make items easier to see. Best wishes! I have a long way to organize myself.
Please use red suede elbow patches. There are plenty available on Amazon, including a Prym pack
Interesting idea. I took a look and they seem to be iron-on, fake suede. The ones I have are real leather, and are sewn on, which I prefer.
Great organisation! It’s inspiring me to get organised however it’s a beautiful day here in England so I’m going out to photograph butterflies 🦋!!
Roxanne, we went to high school together (we were in the same Advanced Biology class). From time to time, I often wonder and think about people I knew and what has become of them. I found your You Tube channel and have been fascinated with your videos. I really appreciate your knitting expertise and in-depth presentations. I totally enjoy the personal commentary and history you have woven into your videos. So pleased you are doing well.
Cool!
Was your surname Maciejewski? I definitely remember you! Are you a knitter?
Indeed it was! Did you remember the spelling or take a trip down yearbook memory lane? ;) I dabbled with knitting a little as a child/young adult. I was introduced to it in school (5th grade I believe). I would not qualify as a knitter; there is always hope, right? I really enjoy listening to creative people who know their craft well.
@@annettebuck8167 I remembered the name, but I had to look up the spelling in the yearbook. It's been a while...:-) I have lots of viewers who have taken up or returned to knitting in this past year. I didn't learn to knit myself until I was in my 20s, and didn't work through the master hand knitting program until I was in my 40s. It's never too late to learn/learn more. I'm still learning new things about knitting every single day. :-)
So much great information! Yes, please to short rows!!! Your craft room looks great. My first thought when you mentioned you wanted a tieback for your curtain was to get a magnetic one. They come in all shapes and sizes and are easily used. I discovered Allbirds years ago from Clara Parkes too. I was able to snag a lavender and a purple pair; they sometimes have a specialty color available. So comfortable. Thanks so much for another great episode.
Another great podcast. I always learn something. Thank you. I would love to see short row knitting, and maybe proper sweater sizing with contrasting raglan sleeves vs set in sleeves. It’s hard to decide. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing.
What a cozy studio; I would be quite comfortable in there as I’m sure you are! 🥰
Don’t recognise your bits and pieces as serger related so would guess knitting machine related, but it is a guess. Think your office space is great. Thanks for showing us around.Would like the short row live stream very much.
Your style of organization is fascinating - and I welcomed hearing about the whys, for you. Organization really is half self-awareness and you are certainly applying that quality to your new set up! In terms of organizing your swatch bin, what might work is turning the ziplocs on their sides (all same size) and putting them in the bin "filing cabinet" style. You could label at the top right corner of each bag so that you would know what's inside.
Yep, I've thought about filing cabinet style. The main issue is how deep the drawer is. I might have to create a tray to divide the depth in half, and keep one or two categories in the bottom half, and the other one or two in the top half. I have one bin devoted just to sock swatches, and there's still plenty of room in that one, so getting some of those ziplocs out of the one bin and have them share the sock swatch bin is an additional possibility.
Yes to short rows...I tried short rows on the neck of a top down sweater and it worked but then I needed a bit more as I progressed down and tried to add a few more and it was a total fail.
I bought my son those sneakers a few years ago. Love your office!!
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing the link to clutterbug. This is really a game changer, I had no idea I was a "butterfly"... ;-)
I thought I was a butterfly, at first, but realized that I'm actually a bee. Now it seems obvious, but it didn't at first!
Yes Roxanne to the short rows, would be a great help to me. Also when I knit stocking knit it really doesn’t look even.....Wondering if soaking or steaming help this look right when finishing a garment? Love all your tips, they are always useful and current also your organisation of your sewing room is fantastic!
Are you saying when you knit in stockinette with short rows, the fabric isn't even, or that in general, your stockinette fabric isn't even? Washing and blocking is always key to evening out the fabric.
Hi Roxanne, just in general stockinette that it isn’t even. I was thinking that knitting it in the round would be better as then I would only have to knit...maybe it’s the purl that has a slightly different tension?
@@dawnbrowne1702 Make a swatch of knit garter, then one of purl garter, and see if there is a size difference. Also, knit a flat stockinette swatch and an in-the-round swatch and compare the appearance of the fabrics.
Thanks so much for your help. I will do exactly what you have said and let you know. Thanks again.
Yes, short rows!!!!
love your space. We are building a new house, and organization in my office is my number 1 priority (after the kitchen).
I like the new organization, my fav circular needle holder makes a comeback! I’m personally a lot more like your husband in terms of organization, I guess (except for the silverware thing, silverware needs to be divided and I’m sticking to that, lol). I remember what I have, and I just don’t want to look at it constantly. I blend it a little and though and put things in plastic see-through tubs. That can help if I know something is in a tub but I don’t want to pull out everything in there, just the one thing. I do like your visual “being able to see everything”, and I’m glad you found that that is the way that works and makes you happy. (Organizing and cleaning can be frustrating.)
I would love live-streams if you want to do them. I have been going through your short row playlist in prep for making a sweater, but updating videos or answering viewers questions is helpful (I’ll probably have a question, I’m sure, though I try to puzzle stuff out and try different things to see what happens before asking.)
Thank you! Great insight to organization individualization!
Love my All birds
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I would love to see a video on short rows, as I just did the Wooly Wormhead Azula hat, and it was quite a challenge. And, if you haven't already done this, I'd love to see some sort of video on storing yarn and some information on whether or not yarn changes with age. Thanks Rox!
I have a couple of those curved sewing needles. They were in a packet of assorted needles and they were labeled upholstery needles. I think if you are upholstering by sewing fabric right on to the chair a curvy needle facilitates the process of inserting and being able to pull the needle through. This would be different than sewing a slipcover which is sewn separately and slipped on the furniture.
Thank you for another great podcast! I would love to see you do a live stream on short rows.
Inserting first - I can relate when it comes to the way you organize, see similarities . Enough said. :P
As far as a stream covering short rows, excellent idea. At the moment it is topic I am exploring. I am someone that has to do it to totally understand a technique and have been picking projects that will leave me with more knowledge than when I started. Once I understand this shaping concept, I can use it in other projects . Sock heels, I understand , making a cupped area. I recently have printed out a small pattern, wanting to explore this topic further, the "lizard ridge dishcloth", thinking it is something small and quick enough for me to perhaps understand how to create shaping with short rows. This particular pattern uses wrap and turn which is not a bad thing to revisit so I refresh my knowledge of doing those. :D
Wow, we are brothers of another mother! As you were talking about not knowing how to store the twined knitting course notes, I was shouting, “In a binder!” I was introduced to this method (for recipes) at least 30 years ago, and it has been a godsend. And I, like you, always make a spine label. Then, I felt such glee when you showed the closet with doors removed, curtains substituted. When we moved to our current house, it was the 1st time in my life having my own “garage”, ie a small bedroom for my stuff. The 6-ft wide closet had (horrors!) BIFOLD DOORS. Those are probably the worst for accessing items at either side. I took those down and repurposed some lovely curtains from my previous home. There were enough panels to make side panels for the window, so it looks very coordinated. I’m like you-need to see things or at least have everything labeled. Enjoy your new space!
This closet used to have SLIDING doors, so that you couldn't get at anything in the center. I hated them!
Yes to short row live stream. For example: what is difference using them at base of neck of yoke sweater versus using them in a bottom row of yoke or towards end of yoke pattern. Your room looks great and its nice that you have space to actually move around. I'd like to suggest you keep your cutting mat flat as it may bend a little and make it challenging to cut straight later on. Perhaps you can lay it flat on one of your tables!
I really enjoy live streams videos, if I know when they are coming so I can plan to participate. i never seem to catch you during one of yours. I think that the different time zone may contribute. I am in the eastern daylight zone. Most often I spend time early each morning catching up on RUclips and Instagram from the previous day. Along with a general discussion of short rows, I would love to see how to approach adding short rows to the back yoke of sweaters that have a pattern stitch. I have been struggling with how to calculate incorporating the pattern without distorting the stitches.
I’m like you in needing to see what I have. But I don’t like clutter. I can’t concentrate if it’s messy around me. Thank you for showing what your office space looks like. I so enjoyed this video.
It's a gift and a curse to be able to filter out the distraction of clutter. :-)
Love your office. It's so up my alley. Personally, I'd use a few more clear plastic boxes for easy dusting. Otherwise we could share a working area...provided we had twice the space, of course!
I really enjoy your podcasts. I love the reference to Clutterbug. I realized in the past few years that we spend the first 50 years of our lives accumulating all the stuff we think we need and the remaining 50 years trying to get rid of all the stuff we accumulated. since I am in the 2nd 50 years of my life, I just read the Mario Condo Tidying Up book and had good success with that re: organizing my clothing, our billing and paper records, and came to a grinding halt as I am intimidated by organizing my kitchen and garage. I will give the Clutterbug podcasts a go. I would enjoy a live stream re: short rows. Also, I am intrigued by your completing the Master Knitting series. It is something I considered a few years back and did not pursue because I was very busy between a full time job, a house to run and an aging mother who needed attention. I will be retiring soon. I would be interested in your take on the Master Knitting program. Would you do it again? What did you learn or achieve from completing the program? Anyway, thank you for your podcasts!
This works really well for me as I'm in my 20s and terrible at buying things mostly from feeling overwhelmed by choice, but my mum is in her fifties and desperate to give away half her belongings. Last week she gave me some oven gloves, a specific brand I was asking her about because I wanted to buy some myself, and she was like, just take them.
Would love to know more about short rows.
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Thanks for all the great content. I think a live stream on short rows is a great idea. Here is a suggestion for a topic. Could you explain how to do a short row shawl collar, and how to calculate how many you need. I saw an episode where you talked about wanting to fix a sweater, because it didn't fold over enough, but I can't find the episode with the result.