You are such an inspiration. Both with your knitting (which is superb) and your general philosophy of life. Your videos are calming and inspiring. Thank you so much for doing this.
I was so excited to see that you've made the Snow Crocus in that amazing color! (And I've been binge watching your videos ever since!) I've made two of the same sweater (in an off white yarn), one in L and one in S for my two teenagers. They really like it. This pattern is long and detailed but also a fun one to make. I simply loves the resulting garments. Now I'm really tempting to make one in this Sugar Fairy color!
The Snow Crocus looks beautiful on you, and I love the hazy look of the blended yarns. You have a lovely relaxed presenting style - so addictive to watch. Thank you for sharing!
Oh, Helle! Thank you so much for your friendship; I feel the same way! Thank you for spending time with me today on this rainy, grey day. I am so inspired by your process and love hearing you share your thoughts on your knits and life in general. xoxo
Jonna, lovely to hear from you 🌸 it’s been unusually grey here today, and after a sunny and warm September, I fear we’re in for a muggy, heavy October. Oh well - good thing one can buy yarn then, which I’ve just done (to go with the LBA yarn). Hope we might be able to sit and knit together some day, that would be fun 🥰 All the best ❤️🥂
I so look forward to your podcasts! I did not know the underarm trick hole, so please continue to point out tricks like that one, which may be obvious to you, but not to those of us who have not made many sweaters. The colors you combine are unique and stunning. I would never attempt a multi page pattern sweater like the crocus, but I am glad you made it. This is the year I intend to graduate from the permanent "beginner status" I seem to have been stuck in for years, and move to "Intermediate" so I would appreciate all the help and tips you provide. Thank you for your wonderful podcasts.
Another lovely episode. I always love your quotes and trip clips but it’s your voice and kind demeanor that makes me feel quite at home. Of course your knittings are always gorgeous so that is so much fun to watch. Thank you 🥰💕
I just wanted to stop by and thank you for spending my morning with you! I love your makes and your podcast. It still seems crazy to me how connected you can feel to someone you have never met and an ocean away. Keep creating and know I’ll be watching. By happenstance my friend and I are going to cast on the Weekender in Oct. Be well- till next time
Hi Helles, I love your podcasts! It was wonderful to see Versailles again, I haven't been there since 1983, but I remember it well. I really enjoy that you podcast alone, sometimes I find more than one person a bit too chatty for me, but you have a very soothing and calming manner that I really appreciate.
I love your podcasts…your love of knitting as well as your incredible skill make each and every episode enjoyable! And the travel, what a bonus! I look Forward to the notification you have posted and appreciate their varying schedules…it suits my life!😊
Your talk came at a much needed time. It is nice to find someone who shares a lovely craft and travel. Thank you for giving calm and pleasure to many of us.
I agree with all the people who are making lovely comments. There are so many podcast out there why would someone bother to criticize, just move on to another you can enjoy. As always, I am inspired by your knits and appreciate hearing your thoughts on the yarns you try.
You just make my day when you put out a new podcast! Love the sweaters, your garden, the room where you sit and knit, your travels, the kitty and your quotes!!
I’ve never commented before, but couldn’t help myself while viewing this episode. You have created such a lovely space filled with mindfulness, beauty, knitting, and travel. I enjoy watching each and every episode. Listening as you shared about your time in the Versailles gardens brought memories of a trip my husband and I enjoyed a few years ago. It, too, was filled with a relaxing time in the gardens, knitting and munching on macarons and taking in the beauty around us as I watched my husband feed the swans. Such a beautiful day that I treasure as my husband died a few years ago. Thank you for transporting me back to that special day and for sharing the beautiful person you are with the world.❤
I always enjoy and learn something from your discussions of choosing patterns, yarns, sizes and swatching. Knitting has so many facets (which is why I think I love to do it.) I'm currently wondering what size needle to use for swatching a pattern that uses 3 sizes of needles. I especially appreciate your discussions of alterations you've made to patterns.
Your new sweater is gorgeous. It was worth all the ripping back to get the fit right. And the colour is amazing. Your La Bien Aimee yarn from Paris is beautiful. If you hold with mohair, I agree - you dont want to dull or overshadow those beautiful colours, so would have to swatch. A lot of beautiful tops could be knit with 2 skeins of fingering weight. Many jumpers could be turned into tops. For example Corrina by Ann McCauley. It has some beautiful lace details that I think you would like. Another lovely podcast. I think making them to your own schedule is entirely sensible. It can then be content-driven and not date-driven. I have been making weekly podcasts since January this year but my schedule is going to become very busy for the next term of teaching. So i may have to switch to a "when I have content worth sharing" schedule for a period. It has to work with the rest of your life. I will watch your podcasts whenever you release them as i enjoy your makes, your travel videos and your personal nature. Thanks for sharing and the work you put into the podcast.
Other people are knitting with the fall land colors, you are knitting with the fall sky colors. So many times I wake up and watch the sun rise but instead of blue sky, the sky has a blanket of clouds in the soft blue-greys you are using. I also totally agree the colors you are using now inspire introspection and contemplation. Which should be honored as much as sunshine and activity.
Thank you so much, Helle, for making my day! After watching your video a lot of inspiration occur, and I write down all the useful tricks and ideas. I also like your comments on yarn and sweater models, how you ajust sleeves and so on. And in between all the beautiful garments you give us quotes that in a clever way tell us important things in life. My daughter, after living in Brisbane for a year, brought some yarn for me which reminds me about one you showed today.
Your sweater is beautiful! I have purchased alot of patterns on a whim and now appreciate details regarding sizing. I need to see the finished size, positive or negative ease suggestions and as many details regarding arm length/width etc. Thanks for keeping me company as I knit some fingerless mitts on a rainy cool day in Canada.
Congratulations on such an inspirational episode! Your knitting and choices of colors are beautiful. I just wish I lived in a cooler climate. Florida is not a wool friendly place, but I can’t stop, knitting. I knit lots of socks. Those are great in winter and make great gifts. Are portable in any situation for knitting. I live Denmark❤
Lovely episode as always Helle ! Thank you for sharing clips of Versailles, the music you chose was perfect. I could totally relate to what you said at the end, as a podcaster, it changed my way of viewing podcasts a little as I can't help but compare myself to them ! Something to think about. Also that discontinued colour of Borsket Alpakka is amazing !! You always have an eye for the most gorgeous shades !
Thanks so much, Vanissia 🥰 Just watched your podcast on all your plans and wow, I bow to your planning and commitment. My plans are all over the place 😅 but I guess these things reflect our personalities - and (apropos the thoughts on putting ourselves out there), we each have to go with what feels authentic to us, right? Best of luck - with all of it 🖤💛❤️
Thank you for sharing the process of making your beautiful Snow Crocus. It has inspired me to knit one and I look forward to the challenge! I find your comments very helpful and your colour choices resonate with me. I found your channel very recently and I am pleased to meet you🙂
I also knit a Witcher-infused project- Andrea Mowry’s Tessellated Vest. Was rewatching the whole Witcher series savouring Henry Cavill’s Geralt using a combo of black, silver mohair and Spincycle Ghost Ranch which had the Witcher vibe and it absolutely reminds me of the show when I wear it. And I also am a big LBA fan - I vote for the Ranunculus to really show off that yarn and it will be cooler to wear and lovely next to skin
I loved your description of choosing your travel knit. I'm out traveling in Europe (from California) for six weeks. I took an entire Sunday looking through patterns and yarn stash, winding balls, swatching, pulling out WIPS. I thought it would be a quick process but it was serious business! I started my travels out in sunny Spain and France and am ending up in Denmark in late October so I packed a wool sweater project to have finished by the time I need the warmth! (and also a couple of small, mindless projects for the mental break). Hoping to buy yarn along the way, too. Enjoyable video as usual. Thanks!
Thank you for in insights of the Snow Crocus sweaters. I bought the pattern when it was first published and then set it aside after seeing all the pages. For me, I need vacation time to grasp all the instructions. I’m so excited to start my journey of the Snow Crocus. Yours turned out beautifully
This was enlightening for me to hear you say regarding sizing of the Midori pattern .. as I just completed the White Mountain Raglan and I was never able to get gauge of 14 STS = 4”.. and knit w DK + baby suri alpaca on required #10 US needles at XL where my daughter would normally be a M2 while still being oversized. I absolutely love the pattern fit after all the guesswork as to what size to carry on with.
Thank you for a lovely episode! I am a Swede living in the UK. I love your podcast when I want to wind down. They are always so calm and your voice is very relaxing to listen to. We also think much alike when we chose our knits and the planning that goes into that. When I started knitting I used to just cast on anything I saw but now I am much more thoughtful about what I knit. I am also, like you, not afraid to rip things back to make them perfect for me.
I really do enjoy your podcast even though you are alone. I feel your story telling has the right dynamic to captivate us. This energy is not always there even in podcast with two hosts. ❤❤❤
What a wonderful episode! Your Snow Crocus is stunning! I’m amazed with the the magic that happened combining your yarn with the mohair. I will have to experiment with different shades and see what colours it creates. The Grocery Girls are in my area and I was pleasantly surprised to find them in You Tube two years ago. They are very authentic and fun. Thank you for your podcasts. I know how much work it is to put together. I was a papercrafting designer for eight years and burned out. It is a huge time commitment coming up with new designs and sharing them on social media as well as interacting either fellow papercrafters. My advice is podcast if you feel like it and only if it brings you joy, but if it starts to become another chore, I would back off and reevaluate why you are podcasting. Your joy of knitting is priority. I haven’t done any papercrafting for three years because of burnout and trying to people please. Actually, that’s when I started knitting and now I do it for me. I love it and appreciate anyone that puts themselves out there to fellow knitters.
I adore your podcast. I like that they don’t follow a pattern but just pop up organically. You’re one of the first knitters I ever followed and now I’m obsessed. I also really enjoy your quotes and the way you describe colors. I’m not trying to be overly complimentary but I fully believe we need more kindness in your world. 💚🧶💚
Helle, so interesting to see color effects when two entirely different yarns are blended! I tend to gravitate toward grey. I find it helpful to shop with my husband. He sees colors that my eyes pass by.
I love the surprise of your podcasts , that is a joy! So are you , I so enjoy how you share your knits, explain your experience. You are a marvelous instructor. I can only imagine being a guest on one of your tours, it would be so very informative . I too went to Paris on my own at 18 and have those wonderful memories and I've never forgotten the feeling of Paris! Thank you for these moments with you, I so appreciate them.
Helle, your podcasts are pure quality and it has become a joy to see when you have another podcast ready to watch. You do beautiful knitting and speak so intelligently it is just lovely to watch you. Loving the gentle colour theme!
Omgoodness That sweater and colour you are wearing is stunningly gorgeous WOW!!! All your knits are fabulous Love going on small trips with you We see lots 😊 😊💝🇨🇦
I am currently knitting the Ilha Sweater. It is has a really pretty yoke design. And, after knitting 6 Ranunuculus' I felt I needed a different look. It is with fingering weight yarn, and I'm holding it with a mohair. I am also crocheting a hood on a knit poncho. So, lots of different looks. It is hot here in Florida, but we went all day today and didn't hit 90 degrees. Yes, fall is coming. Thanks for your inspiring knits and videos.
Thank You! You have such a restful voice, so I really appreciate Your podcast. I used to listen to podcasts, my favourite was Stickpodden, but now .... I skip around. Those skeins look very pretty ... My Nordic Knitting is doing my first, almost PetiteKnit pattern as AntiScandi as possible, I am using up leftover variegated sockyarn for a Poppy Tee, oth that is very Nordic, using what there is, and colour is actually very Nordic ... My great grandmother was a passionate dyer and weaver, my grandmother embroidered in lots of colours, and my aunts did colourful crochet and weaving ... Greetings!
♥I am not a knitter I crochet but I just love your voice, your travels and how into the whole knitting process and your experiences. I find that with my craft it is the process and I enjoy it all and I feel the same from you and how you get into each project.....I just enjoy your podcast.....never stop♥from Alberta Canada♥
Your sweater is Beautiful!!! Perfect fit and it looks lovely on you. I think I can just make out the faint glow of the mohair used and it is magic! Also, Thank you for the hint in closing the hole in the underarm- I am the one person out there that has never tried that; I certainly will now! Love that you give us newer knitters such great information and the details of your projects and that you show us about when you are outside your lovely home and gardens and when you travel. Thank you for including us. C
I really enjoy your podcast. I got stuck on a sweater and it’s instructions and set it aside. You have inspired me to pull it out and try again. Thank you.
I am in absolute awe of the colorway from the purple and green. Some patterns require so much of us but the result of yours is just breathtaking. Thank you fir sharing about Paris with us.
Wonderful as always! ❤ You were saying that maybe you need more light sweaters. I am knitting the "Desert Spring" sweater by a designer named Jessica McDonald, it's a beautiful fingering project with some easy lace motif on the yoke. I am using Sandnes Garn Sunday. Quite intense knitting because of my size, I am making size 6, but at the same time really enjoying the process. Regards from Norway, Maria.
Your Snow Crocus is a triumph! I love your watercolor phase....those colors are beautiful to me too. I'm working on Hanne Falkenberg's Ballerina jacket, which has an interesting construction, starting at the left front and knitting all around to the right front, including the sleeves. Thanks for your authenticity and warmth and creativity and lovely knitting company!
Thank you Helle. I always enjoy spending an hour or so with you ….. so calm and inspiring. Also to acknowledge the time and effort you put into your podcast!!!
I dock my hat to you having knit the Snow Crocus . That must've taken grit, determination and a love of the pattern itself. Super detail. I envied your knitting spot outside of the Castle in Paris. Idyllic setting. Great detail. Greetings from 🇬🇧
Hi from Paris, thank you to share these beautiful views of my city ! I see your podcast for the very first time and absolutly by random ! And it makes me practise my english and take time to knit during it ! Have a wonderful quiet and sunny eday ! Aure-Catherine
Well done for persisting with your Snow Crocus. It’s an absolute stunner! I also made the M2 size and had to fudge the cuff decreases because it was too tight on me! I decreased to 42 instead of 26sts because I wanted the cuff to start at the 3/4 length point but still keep the slight balloon shape.
Thank you for sharing your Paris trip and your beautiful knits!! I have only been to Paris once but fell in love with the city!!! I would love to go again...so glad you bought the yarn!!!
I have bought in my beginning of picking up knitting again also 2 skeins of fingering, they are still waiting to be knit up. . Just 2 weeks ago I wound them up, to see the colours and immediately I looked at them from a different angle. So 2 skeins are going to be knit up with mohair. The other two skeins are going to be a summertop. And I am waiting for the release of the summertop by Ankestrick, I tthink would look very pretty in my yarn. I am making the Crocus too, the yarn for that is waiting patiently too. Due to the same struggle I had with the pattern, so much detail. But I knitted the Tulip Guernsey and I must say if you follow the pattern digitally, it is much easier.because you can click to get you to your next to do.
When you were talking about the brushed alpaca, the light from behind really showed up the beautiful texture of the Snow Crocus sweater. I would love to visit the palace of Versailles, I was driven through Paris 23 years ago, whilst on the verge of sepsis and remember catching a glimpse of that wonderful building and not really being able to appreciate its splendour as I was so poorly and just wanted to get home and see a doctor. Fabulous podcast, thank you
I enjoy your vlogging. The details are so pertinent and they are yours alone. I trust what you say about your knits because of your passion and in-depth knowledge of the yarn, sizing, etc. 🇬🇧
You might check out the Marettimo by Caitlin Hunter. You could use all three skeins of your Paris yarns. The two you bought and the gifted one. On camera they looked as they might blend well. 😊
Thank you for the wonderful podcast, your sweater turned out so amazing, who knew those 2 colors would turn into that one magical sweater. Love the speckled la bien Aimee yarn, I just knitted the Tif Neilan wildflowers tee using 2 skeins of yarns which were so similar you yours and I absolutely love it, i even had some yarn leftover. Thank you for the clips of Paris, it makes me want to go back to visit. 😊
I don’t have words….your sweater, the bluish one, is as everything you knit, gorgeous. I am getting ready to start….BTW, you probably are familiar with Loris twisted bind of, but I like it a lot. thank you for the info about the shop in Paris, I am going in November, it was on my list, but after your video…so inspire. I am very old, knitted old my life….never use markers, but I am planning to buy those with the Eiffel Tower….you are sooo inspiring. I look forward to your videos…..and I learn a great deal. THANK YOU.
Always such a pleasure to listen to your relaxing podcast. Absolutely gorgeous Snow Crocus. Wow the water lilies yarn is beautiful. I am sure you will find something to match it !. I just asked one of our wonderful city dyers if she made black mohair for a pattern and voila .. they will by next week! Have a glorious end of summer. Our end of winter has also startled us with some hot days... thankfully we have returned to a much milder spring so far. Wow to be at Versailles knitting looked like such a treat. Enjoy your autumn..
I love your color choices I just adore blue in all shades and your two blue gray proyects I just love 💕 I always have a good time seeing your life moments and knitting proyects Helle. I am working on a cabled sweater right now and I do share the sentiment of having your podcasts to keep you company
I knit the Hazel dress from the Sandnes Garn Mykt Til Dame magazine you spoke of. It is quite cozy and since it's knit in alpaca it did grow (my first experience w/ brushed alpaca). I am currently knitting the Honey Cardigan from the Knit This! book by Kutovakika. Thank you for your presence here: I enjoy you podcasts as I knit.
I love the Witcher! And Monet. And Paris. And your Snow Crocus! Those two colours in your Snow Crocus have inspired me as well. I've ordered some similar colours to see if I can get a similar effect for a different project. I'm always so happy to see when you have posted and I savour watching them. When my family starts talking or making noise I always pause and went until it's quiet again to finish watching.. : )
Thank you for another lovely episode Helle. ❤ Congratulations on finishing the beautiful Snow Crocus sweater. It certainly makes me wonder what other combinations of yarn and mohair would bring. Happy knitting! 😊
The Snow. Focus is amazing- so-beautiful-the colour is luminous and still amazes me that you can combine lavender and green and get that silver colour. I am knitting a weekender too, with a bit of added mohair to make it more bulky- it is kind of in hold as I had some projects that needed finishing. I just made some Lotis Lake socks (Nordick designer), a baby sweater and almost finished the Pure Joy shawl by Joji Locatelli. Joji has a new colourwork sweater in double mohair that might be very cool in the fuzzy yarn you have. I am about to cast on 2 little Flax sweaters in an indie dyed self striping yarn designed for this pattern for my youngest grandchildren’s 3rd and 5th birthdays in November. It has been a very hot and smokey here in BC Canada- it seems summers are warming or chilling depending on where you live, but definitely different than usual. I loved footage of Paris and the aka Bien Aimée yarn is lovely. Thanks for another beautiful podcast. I so appreciate your esthetic! ❤
Dear Hellen I love you podcasts, your knitting, your color choice and the very calm way you speak! I always look forward for you podcasts! Thank you so much. Love from Italy!❤
Oh wow, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the jumper and the odd colour combination that mixing both yarns resulted in. We are heading into summer here and I started knitting a summer top but I’m not “feeling it” that I’ll have to frog it later today. I much prefer to knit winter knits and I love this pattern. Thank you for your videos. I love the quotes, the chat, the footage of various places, your serene garden, your projects. I watch the videos with a cup of coffee and my knitting too.
Thank you Helle for another lovely podcast, I am cstching up on your episodes, I too am amazed at how you arrived at the colour of the snowcrocus sweater, its beautiful, the yarn thst you got in Paris is just devine, looking forward to seeing the garment that you decide to make, thank you for all the time andhardwork that goes into making and editing the episodes. Wishimg you well xx ☘☘☘
You are such an inspiration. Both with your knitting (which is superb) and your general philosophy of life. Your videos are calming and inspiring. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you for your words, which are much appreciated 😘❤️
I was so excited to see that you've made the Snow Crocus in that amazing color! (And I've been binge watching your videos ever since!) I've made two of the same sweater (in an off white yarn), one in L and one in S for my two teenagers. They really like it. This pattern is long and detailed but also a fun one to make. I simply loves the resulting garments. Now I'm really tempting to make one in this Sugar Fairy color!
We don’t need systematic - it’s always so lovely to see what you have made and what you’ve been up to!
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Oh my STILL amazed by how those Snow Crocus yarns blend together! How did you ever know that would happen so beautifully??????
By going down the rabbit hole of searching for the yarn of the ‘original’ bluish version that I saw (the red-headed model) ☺️💜💚
Aren’t they fantastic?!? The blend of the two fibers is delightful !!!
It’s like color mixing when painting.
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Another beautiful episode. Thank you! ❤
Also, I will cast on today and watch you sharing the palace of Versailles! This will be my memory 💖💖💖
The Snow Crocus looks beautiful on you, and I love the hazy look of the blended yarns. You have a lovely relaxed presenting style - so addictive to watch. Thank you for sharing!
I appreciate your comment so much, thank you 🥰🩵
Oh, Helle! Thank you so much for your friendship; I feel the same way! Thank you for spending time with me today on this rainy, grey day. I am so inspired by your process and love hearing you share your thoughts on your knits and life in general. xoxo
Jonna, lovely to hear from you 🌸 it’s been unusually grey here today, and after a sunny and warm September, I fear we’re in for a muggy, heavy October. Oh well - good thing one can buy yarn then, which I’ve just done (to go with the LBA yarn). Hope we might be able to sit and knit together some day, that would be fun 🥰 All the best ❤️🥂
I so look forward to your podcasts! I did not know the underarm trick hole, so please continue to point out tricks like that one, which may be obvious to you, but not to those of us who have not made many sweaters. The colors you combine are unique and stunning. I would never attempt a multi page pattern sweater like the crocus, but I am glad you made it. This is the year I intend to graduate from the permanent "beginner status" I seem to have been stuck in for years, and move to "Intermediate" so I would appreciate all the help and tips you provide. Thank you for your wonderful podcasts.
Go for it 💪😍 and thanks so much ❤️
Another lovely episode. I always love your quotes and trip clips but it’s your voice and kind demeanor that makes me feel quite at home. Of course your knittings are always gorgeous so that is so much fun to watch. Thank you 🥰💕
I just wanted to stop by and thank you for spending my morning with you! I love your makes and your podcast. It still seems crazy to me how connected you can feel to someone you have never met and an ocean away. Keep creating and know I’ll be watching. By happenstance my friend and I are going to cast on the Weekender in Oct. Be well- till next time
Thanks so much for this - love that we are connected 🥰❤️
Hi Helles, I love your podcasts! It was wonderful to see Versailles again, I haven't been there since 1983, but I remember it well. I really enjoy that you podcast alone, sometimes I find more than one person a bit too chatty for me, but you have a very soothing and calming manner that I really appreciate.
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I love your podcasts…your love of knitting as well as your incredible skill make each and every episode enjoyable! And the travel, what a bonus! I look Forward to the notification you have posted and appreciate their varying schedules…it suits my life!😊
Your talk came at a much needed time. It is nice to find someone who shares a lovely craft and travel. Thank you for giving calm and pleasure to many of us.
Thank you thank you! Watching your podcasts brings me joy!
I agree with all the people who are making lovely comments. There are so many podcast out there why would someone bother to criticize, just move on to another you can enjoy. As always, I am inspired by your knits and appreciate hearing your thoughts on the yarns you try.
Such a rainy day here today, this is a welcome surprise!
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Such a delightful bear! I love him.
You just make my day when you put out a new podcast! Love the sweaters, your garden, the room where you sit and knit, your travels, the kitty and your quotes!!
Thank you so much! Your words are appreciated ❤️🥰🙏🏻
I’ve never commented before, but couldn’t help myself while viewing this episode. You have created such a lovely space filled with mindfulness, beauty, knitting, and travel. I enjoy watching each and every episode. Listening as you shared about your time in the Versailles gardens brought memories of a trip my husband and I enjoyed a few years ago. It, too, was filled with a relaxing time in the gardens, knitting and munching on macarons and taking in the beauty around us as I watched my husband feed the swans. Such a beautiful day that I treasure as my husband died a few years ago. Thank you for transporting me back to that special day and for sharing the beautiful person you are with the world.❤
So sorry for your loss ❤️ and thank you for your lovely comment 🙏🏻💙
This channel is a gem💕
Thank you so much. I am amazed at the color
I always enjoy and learn something from your discussions of choosing patterns, yarns, sizes and swatching. Knitting has so many facets (which is why I think I love to do it.) I'm currently wondering what size needle to use for swatching a pattern that uses 3 sizes of needles. I especially appreciate your discussions of alterations you've made to patterns.
Your new sweater is gorgeous. It was worth all the ripping back to get the fit right. And the colour is amazing.
Your La Bien Aimee yarn from Paris is beautiful. If you hold with mohair, I agree - you dont want to dull or overshadow those beautiful colours, so would have to swatch. A lot of beautiful tops could be knit with 2 skeins of fingering weight. Many jumpers could be turned into tops. For example Corrina by Ann McCauley. It has some beautiful lace details that I think you would like.
Another lovely podcast. I think making them to your own schedule is entirely sensible. It can then be content-driven and not date-driven. I have been making weekly podcasts since January this year but my schedule is going to become very busy for the next term of teaching. So i may have to switch to a "when I have content worth sharing" schedule for a period. It has to work with the rest of your life.
I will watch your podcasts whenever you release them as i enjoy your makes, your travel videos and your personal nature. Thanks for sharing and the work you put into the podcast.
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Helle, you do not need to podcast on a schedule. I am so happy when a new vlog appears in my feed! and I've been watching your older videos
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I went to Versailles in 1992 as a graduation. It is my favorite place anywhere.
I’m sorry for all the spelling mistakes.
Other people are knitting with the fall land colors, you are knitting with the fall sky colors. So many times I wake up and watch the sun rise but instead of blue sky, the sky has a blanket of clouds in the soft blue-greys you are using. I also totally agree the colors you are using now inspire introspection and contemplation. Which should be honored as much as sunshine and activity.
Love this perspective - the fall sky colours 🙏🏻🌫️🩵🍂
Keeper! Great info on blending colors. If I ever run into color issue I hope I remember this process u did. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much, Helle, for making my day! After watching your video a lot of inspiration occur, and I write down all the useful tricks and ideas. I also like your comments on yarn and sweater models, how you ajust sleeves and so on. And in between all the beautiful garments you give us quotes that in a clever way tell us important things in life. My daughter, after living in Brisbane for a year, brought some yarn for me which reminds me about one you showed today.
Aw, thanks so much for your sense of curiosity and openness. I appreciate your comment so much 🌸🥰🤍
I so enjoy your podcast. You inspire with your projects and your knitting and your podcast is a combination of calm and and informative.
Enjoyed your podcast. Thanks for sharing!😊
Your sweater is beautiful!
I have purchased alot of patterns on a whim and now appreciate details regarding sizing. I need to see the finished size, positive or negative ease suggestions and as many details regarding arm length/width etc.
Thanks for keeping me company as I knit some fingerless mitts on a rainy cool day in Canada.
Congratulations on such an inspirational episode! Your knitting and choices of colors are beautiful. I just wish I lived in a cooler climate. Florida is not a wool friendly place, but I can’t stop, knitting. I knit lots of socks. Those are great in winter and make great gifts. Are portable in any situation for knitting. I live Denmark❤
My mind is blown by the purple/green combo. It’s amazing and I’m inspired!
Lovely episode as always Helle ! Thank you for sharing clips of Versailles, the music you chose was perfect. I could totally relate to what you said at the end, as a podcaster, it changed my way of viewing podcasts a little as I can't help but compare myself to them ! Something to think about. Also that discontinued colour of Borsket Alpakka is amazing !! You always have an eye for the most gorgeous shades !
Thanks so much, Vanissia 🥰 Just watched your podcast on all your plans and wow, I bow to your planning and commitment. My plans are all over the place 😅 but I guess these things reflect our personalities - and (apropos the thoughts on putting ourselves out there), we each have to go with what feels authentic to us, right? Best of luck - with all of it 🖤💛❤️
Your Snow Crocus is a Masterpiece 💙 love all your yarn colors choices💙🩶🤍
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I too am blown Away what the blended colors did
Thank you for sharing the process of making your beautiful Snow Crocus. It has inspired me to knit one and I look forward to the challenge! I find your comments very helpful and your colour choices resonate with me. I found your channel very recently and I am pleased to meet you🙂
So glad to hear it, thank you, and pleased to ‘meet’ you, too 🥰
I knit the Soirée with La Bien Aimee in the Nymeria color way. I held it with the off white mohair. I love it!
I think your podcasts are perfect as they are. It is a bit different and I like it. Do not change, okay.
I also knit a Witcher-infused project- Andrea Mowry’s Tessellated Vest. Was rewatching the whole Witcher series savouring Henry Cavill’s Geralt using a combo of black, silver mohair and Spincycle Ghost Ranch which had the Witcher vibe and it absolutely reminds me of the show when I wear it. And I also am a big LBA fan - I vote for the Ranunculus to really show off that yarn and it will be cooler to wear and lovely next to skin
Lovely 😍 and those yarns sound amazing! ❤️
I loved your description of choosing your travel knit. I'm out traveling in Europe (from California) for six weeks. I took an entire Sunday looking through patterns and yarn stash, winding balls, swatching, pulling out WIPS. I thought it would be a quick process but it was serious business! I started my travels out in sunny Spain and France and am ending up in Denmark in late October so I packed a wool sweater project to have finished by the time I need the warmth! (and also a couple of small, mindless projects for the mental break). Hoping to buy yarn along the way, too. Enjoyable video as usual. Thanks!
Oh - that sounds just amazing! You’ll find some really good yarn shops in Copenhagen. Have a wonderful trip❣️🍂
Thank you for in insights of the Snow Crocus sweaters. I bought the pattern when it was first published and then set it aside after seeing all the pages. For me, I need vacation time to grasp all the instructions. I’m so excited to start my journey of the Snow Crocus. Yours turned out beautifully
This was enlightening for me to hear you say regarding sizing of the Midori pattern .. as I just completed the White Mountain Raglan and I was never able to get gauge of 14 STS = 4”.. and knit w DK + baby suri alpaca on required #10 US needles at XL where my daughter would normally be a M2 while still being oversized.
I absolutely love the pattern fit after all the guesswork as to what size to carry on with.
Thank you for a lovely episode! I am a Swede living in the UK. I love your podcast when I want to wind down. They are always so calm and your voice is very relaxing to listen to. We also think much alike when we chose our knits and the planning that goes into that. When I started knitting I used to just cast on anything I saw but now I am much more thoughtful about what I knit. I am also, like you, not afraid to rip things back to make them perfect for me.
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I really do enjoy your podcast even though you are alone. I feel your story telling has the right dynamic to captivate us. This energy is not always there even in podcast with two hosts. ❤❤❤
What a wonderful episode! Your Snow Crocus is stunning! I’m amazed with the the magic that happened combining your yarn with the mohair. I will have to experiment with different shades and see what colours it creates. The Grocery Girls are in my area and I was pleasantly surprised to find them in You Tube two years ago. They are very authentic and fun. Thank you for your podcasts. I know how much work it is to put together. I was a papercrafting designer for eight years and burned out. It is a huge time commitment coming up with new designs and sharing them on social media as well as interacting either fellow papercrafters. My advice is podcast if you feel like it and only if it brings you joy, but if it starts to become another chore, I would back off and reevaluate why you are podcasting. Your joy of knitting is priority. I haven’t done any papercrafting for three years because of burnout and trying to people please. Actually, that’s when I started knitting and now I do it for me. I love it and appreciate anyone that puts themselves out there to fellow knitters.
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Where I live in Canada we've had unusually warm weather. The first day of school was 32C, its still very warm now and its almost October
I adore your podcast. I like that they don’t follow a pattern but just pop up organically. You’re one of the first knitters I ever followed and now I’m obsessed.
I also really enjoy your quotes and the way you describe colors.
I’m not trying to be overly complimentary but I fully believe we need more kindness in your world. 💚🧶💚
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@@danishmusings you’re welcome. And I was that one person who didn’t know the trick 😀
Thanks, Helle! It’ s been a delight! Your projects are stunning. Thanks also for including your French adventures 💌
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Helle, so interesting to see color effects when two entirely different yarns are blended! I tend to gravitate toward grey. I find it helpful to shop with my husband. He sees colors that my eyes pass by.
I love the surprise of your podcasts , that is a joy! So are you , I so enjoy how you share your knits, explain your experience. You are a marvelous instructor. I can only imagine being a guest on one of your tours, it would be so very informative . I too went to Paris on my own at 18 and have those wonderful memories and I've never forgotten the feeling of Paris! Thank you for these moments with you, I so appreciate them.
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thank you for sharing your knits and parts of your life - really appreciate spending some of my knitting time with you!
Helle, your podcasts are pure quality and it has become a joy to see when you have another podcast ready to watch. You do beautiful knitting and speak so intelligently it is just lovely to watch you. Loving the gentle colour theme!
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That sweater and colour you are wearing is stunningly gorgeous WOW!!!
All your knits are fabulous
Love going on small trips with you
We see lots 😊
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I am currently knitting the Ilha Sweater. It is has a really pretty yoke design. And, after knitting 6 Ranunuculus' I felt I needed a different look. It is with fingering weight yarn, and I'm holding it with a mohair. I am also crocheting a hood on a knit poncho. So, lots of different looks. It is hot here in Florida, but we went all day today and didn't hit 90 degrees. Yes, fall is coming. Thanks for your inspiring knits and videos.
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You have such a restful voice, so I really appreciate Your podcast.
I used to listen to podcasts, my favourite was Stickpodden, but now .... I skip around.
Those skeins look very pretty ... My Nordic Knitting is doing my first, almost PetiteKnit pattern as AntiScandi as possible, I am using up leftover variegated sockyarn for a Poppy Tee, oth that is very Nordic, using what there is, and colour is actually very Nordic ... My great grandmother was a passionate dyer and weaver, my grandmother embroidered in lots of colours, and my aunts did colourful crochet and weaving ...
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♥I am not a knitter I crochet but I just love your voice, your travels and how into the whole knitting process and your experiences. I find that with my craft it is the process and I enjoy it all and I feel the same from you and how you get into each project.....I just enjoy your podcast.....never stop♥from Alberta Canada♥
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Your sweater is Beautiful!!! Perfect fit and it looks lovely on you. I think I can just make out the faint glow of the mohair used and it is magic!
Also, Thank you for the hint in closing the hole in the underarm- I am the one person out there that has never tried that; I certainly will now! Love that you give us newer knitters such great information and the details of your projects and that you show us about when you are outside your lovely home and gardens and when you travel. Thank you for including us. C
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I really enjoy your podcast. I got stuck on a sweater and it’s instructions and set it aside. You have inspired me to pull it out and try again. Thank you.
I am in absolute awe of the colorway from the purple and green. Some patterns require so much of us but the result of yours is just breathtaking. Thank you fir sharing about Paris with us.
Wonderful as always! ❤
You were saying that maybe you need more light sweaters. I am knitting the "Desert Spring" sweater by a designer named Jessica McDonald, it's a beautiful fingering project with some easy lace motif on the yoke. I am using Sandnes Garn Sunday. Quite intense knitting because of my size, I am making size 6, but at the same time really enjoying the process.
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Enjoyed your video this morning. Such beautiful yarn and scenery. Keep doing what your are doing.
You owe us nothing. I appreciate whatever you put out whenever you do. Relax and enjoy your knitting and life. You are delightfully refreshing!
Your Snow Crocus is a triumph! I love your watercolor phase....those colors are beautiful to me too. I'm working on Hanne Falkenberg's Ballerina jacket, which has an interesting construction, starting at the left front and knitting all around to the right front, including the sleeves. Thanks for your authenticity and warmth and creativity and lovely knitting company!
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You show your amazing skill and perseverance!! I admire you so much and wish we were neighbors. Thank you for all you share!
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What you’re doing is just right! Interested, enjoyable and a pleasure to follow. Thank you for all you’re giving us.
Thank you Helle. I always enjoy spending an hour or so with you ….. so calm and inspiring. Also to acknowledge the time and effort you put into your podcast!!!
I so agree with you , you want the all over look!
I dock my hat to you having knit the Snow Crocus . That must've taken grit, determination and a love of the pattern itself.
Super detail. I envied your knitting spot outside of the Castle in Paris. Idyllic setting.
Great detail. Greetings from 🇬🇧
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Hi from Paris, thank you to share these beautiful views of my city ! I see your podcast for the very first time and absolutly by random ! And it makes me practise my english and take time to knit during it ! Have a wonderful quiet and sunny eday ! Aure-Catherine
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Well done for persisting with your Snow Crocus. It’s an absolute stunner! I also made the M2 size and had to fudge the cuff decreases because it was too tight on me! I decreased to 42 instead of 26sts because I wanted the cuff to start at the 3/4 length point but still keep the slight balloon shape.
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Thank you for sharing your Paris trip and your beautiful knits!! I have only been to Paris once but fell in love with the city!!! I would love to go again...so glad you bought the yarn!!!
I have bought in my beginning of picking up knitting again also 2 skeins of fingering, they are still waiting to be knit up.
. Just 2 weeks ago I wound them up, to see the colours and immediately I looked at them from a different angle. So 2 skeins are going to be knit up with mohair. The other two skeins are going to be a summertop. And I am waiting for the release of the summertop by Ankestrick, I tthink would look very pretty in my yarn.
I am making the Crocus too, the yarn for that is waiting patiently too. Due to the same struggle I had with the pattern, so much detail. But I knitted the Tulip Guernsey and I must say if you follow the pattern digitally, it is much easier.because you can click to get you to your next to do.
You are so inspiring, calm thank you for a awesome podcast.❤
Another fabulous vlog! Thank you Helle for your continuing generosity and inspiration! Hugs from western Canada.
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When you were talking about the brushed alpaca, the light from behind really showed up the beautiful texture of the Snow Crocus sweater.
I would love to visit the palace of Versailles, I was driven through Paris 23 years ago, whilst on the verge of sepsis and remember catching a glimpse of that wonderful building and not really being able to appreciate its splendour as I was so poorly and just wanted to get home and see a doctor.
Fabulous podcast, thank you
I enjoy your vlogging. The details are so pertinent and they are yours alone. I trust what you say about your knits because of your passion and in-depth knowledge of the yarn, sizing, etc. 🇬🇧
You might check out the Marettimo by Caitlin Hunter. You could use all three skeins of your Paris yarns. The two you bought and the gifted one. On camera they looked as they might blend well. 😊
Thank you for the wonderful podcast, your sweater turned out so amazing, who knew those 2 colors would turn into that one magical sweater. Love the speckled la bien Aimee yarn, I just knitted the Tif Neilan wildflowers tee using 2 skeins of yarns which were so similar you yours and I absolutely love it, i even had some yarn leftover. Thank you for the clips of Paris, it makes me want to go back to visit. 😊
Love your podcast with your calm gentle style. , I am knitting the Burra cowl and the Dolly cardigan. While switching for the Stephen west mkal.
always enjoy your aesthetic. Thank you!
Your Snow Crocus sweater looked gorgeous on you! Beautiful job.
I don’t have words….your sweater, the bluish one, is as everything you knit, gorgeous. I am getting ready to start….BTW, you probably are familiar with Loris twisted bind of, but I like it a lot. thank you for the info about the shop in Paris, I am going in November, it was on my list, but after your video…so inspire. I am very old, knitted old my life….never use markers, but I am planning to buy those with the Eiffel Tower….you are sooo inspiring. I look forward to your videos…..and I learn a great deal. THANK YOU.
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Always such a pleasure to listen to your relaxing podcast. Absolutely gorgeous Snow Crocus. Wow the water lilies yarn is beautiful. I am sure you will find something to match it !. I just asked one of our wonderful city dyers if she made black mohair for a pattern and voila .. they will by next week! Have a glorious end of summer. Our end of winter has also startled us with some hot days... thankfully we have returned to a much milder spring so far. Wow to be at Versailles knitting looked like such a treat. Enjoy your autumn..
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I was so inspired about your colour theme, Paris, Versailles, Monet, the Weekender, the lovely flowers behind you... absolutely all. Thank you Helle.
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So peaceful. Love the glimpses of Paris. 🇬🇧
I love your color choices I just adore blue in all shades and your two blue gray proyects I just love 💕 I always have a good time seeing your life moments and knitting proyects Helle. I am working on a cabled sweater right now and I do share the sentiment of having your podcasts to keep you company
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I knit the Hazel dress from the Sandnes Garn Mykt Til Dame magazine you spoke of. It is quite cozy and since it's knit in alpaca it did grow (my first experience w/ brushed alpaca). I am currently knitting the Honey Cardigan from the Knit This! book by Kutovakika. Thank you for your presence here: I enjoy you podcasts as I knit.
You a gifted knitter 🤩!!!!
And your explanation are so easy to understand 🙏
This was so interesting! The combination of colors making blue and the trip to Paris, what a wonderful gift this was to watch!
I love the Witcher! And Monet. And Paris. And your Snow Crocus! Those two colours in your Snow Crocus have inspired me as well. I've ordered some similar colours to see if I can get a similar effect for a different project. I'm always so happy to see when you have posted and I savour watching them. When my family starts talking or making noise I always pause and went until it's quiet again to finish watching.. : )
Hahaha, love this - thank you so much; you put a smile on my face 🥰😽❤️
What a beautiful podcast. Thank tot so much for sharing your trip to Paris with us. An absolute Delight ♥️
Thank you for another lovely episode Helle. ❤ Congratulations on finishing the beautiful Snow Crocus sweater. It certainly makes me wonder what other combinations of yarn and mohair would bring. Happy knitting! 😊
Thank you for the video, very enjoyable. I’m about to start the Weekender Sweater too!
The Snow. Focus is amazing- so-beautiful-the colour is luminous and still amazes me that you can combine lavender and green and get that silver colour. I am knitting a weekender too, with a bit of added mohair to make it more bulky- it is kind of in hold as I had some projects that needed finishing. I just made some Lotis Lake socks (Nordick designer), a baby sweater and almost finished the Pure Joy shawl by Joji Locatelli. Joji has a new colourwork sweater in double mohair that might be very cool in the fuzzy yarn you have. I am about to cast on 2 little Flax sweaters in an indie dyed self striping yarn designed for this pattern for my youngest grandchildren’s 3rd and 5th birthdays in November. It has been a very hot and smokey here in BC Canada- it seems summers are warming or chilling depending on where you live, but definitely different than usual. I loved footage of Paris and the aka Bien Aimée yarn is lovely. Thanks for another beautiful podcast. I so appreciate your esthetic! ❤
Gorgeous Paris yarn thank you xxx
The sweater is stunning and I still can’t get over what that combination of yarns does!
Dear Hellen I love you podcasts, your knitting, your color choice and the very calm way you speak! I always look forward for you podcasts! Thank you so much. Love from Italy!❤
Oh wow, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the jumper and the odd colour combination that mixing both yarns resulted in. We are heading into summer here and I started knitting a summer top but I’m not “feeling it” that I’ll have to frog it later today. I much prefer to knit winter knits and I love this pattern. Thank you for your videos. I love the quotes, the chat, the footage of various places, your serene garden, your projects. I watch the videos with a cup of coffee and my knitting too.
Thanks for your altogether lovely comment; sounds like we’re in sync 🥰❤️
Thank you for such great details. I did NOT know that trick about the hole in the armpit! I'm so excited to try this now. :)
Thank you Helle for another lovely podcast, I am cstching up on your episodes, I too am amazed at how you arrived at the colour of the snowcrocus sweater, its beautiful, the yarn thst you got in Paris is just devine, looking forward to seeing the garment that you decide to make, thank you for all the time andhardwork that goes into making and editing the episodes. Wishimg you well xx ☘☘☘