On your Whitmoor cardigan, I think the lace pattern is definitely adding to the bumps you are seeing from the short rows. Another factor could be if your sleeve gauge is slightly smaller than the gauge you got in the lace section. I've realized that I tend to knit more tightly on smaller circumferences than I do with larger, in part because I use magic loop for smaller circumferences. So I generally go up a needle size on the sleeves compared to the body. Not sure if that is what happens for you, but you might want to check and see if that's a factor as well. These sorts of situations are how we learn and become more adept at producing FOs that fit us perfectly.
I agree. I made the whitmoor pullover and I have the bump too. I re-knit a whole sleeve to make it less tight and to get rid of the bump. I think the bump is from the lace but really blocking that part of the sleeve to sit more flat has helped. I wear mine all of the time and have stopped looking at that detail.
I always appreciate what you like or dislike from patterns . I'm tired of buying patterns not knowing if there's a problem with the pattern or if it needs to be modified.... ex. sleeves. I write down the ones I like along with your suggestions!
Hello, I’m a first time viewer . Your projects are looking beautiful, the shawl is going to be a fabulous piece for the holidays. I don’t know what you’re doing right with your camera set up that other’s can’t figure out but you’re showing yarn and projects close up and it’s not blurry! Yay you!
For the short rows in the cardigan, I would do the short rows after splitting for sleeves! I saw it done on the Lumme Pullover by Sari Nordlund, and i think it would fix the bubbling of the sleeves! (i mean if you decide to try it on another cardigan because I can’t imagine you ripping all of it just to correct a barely visible bump ahahaha)
I Second this. I knit the Lumme sweater first and now knitting on the Super Selene sweater and with this, the short rows are worked before splitting for sleeves. I do not love the short row curve in the sleeves and don’t have that problem with the Lumme sweater at all.
Oh, the agony of sleeves that are too long! As I watch this episode, I am redoing the bottom of the sleeves on my Champagne Cardi. They looked perfect before blocking and then grew about 4" too long. I would never have thought they'd grow so much, but I don't have the experience to know such things! I am just getting into garment knitting after many years of blankets and accessories, and I am definitely learning a lot! It's encouraging to see that more experienced knitters like you are still learning and experimenting along with me! :) I have watched most of your episodes and really appreciate your thoughtful commentary. Thanks! PS I remember you mentioning you used some online tool that predicted good colors for you. Can you share what website you used? I think the jewel tones you're going with on some of your recent projects really do look great on you.
Hi Emily, on your cardigan, have you tried maybe steam blocking that one area? Maybe you can stretch the lace pattern a bit to decrease the look of the bubble. Or even re-block it and pinning above and below. I didn’t even notice it until you pointed it out so people probably wouldn’t see it. But I know if I have an area that looks wrong to me, then it will bug my\e until I fix it. I just finished a colorwork sweater, the Lumme and I jotted down how many rows the ribbed cuff was on the sleeve, so that I could match it with the other. We;l I never looked at the other sleeve, which I always do! I did an Icelandic bind off, and tried it on just to see that one cuff was shorter than the other. And there is a colorwork wrist above it. I couldn’t get the bond off undone very well so I finally took scissors to it. 🫣Then it unraveled all the way beck to the colorwork! I was freaking out. But I got it together and fixed it. And now it is blocking. It would’ve drove me nuts even though it was maybe 1-2 rows different. So I fixed it. But if I had to go all the way back….. ugh! 😩 I hope you get some good suggestions and can get around that somehow.
If you decide to rip back the sleeves on your cardigan, I would suggest going up a needle size. Andrea Mowry suggests doing this in her patterns as some people knit tighter in a smaller circumference
The fun thing about brioche is, once you understand it, it's pretty easy. And I totally agree about the squishiness! I'm now knitting Petite Knit's September sweater, and I regularly stop to squish 😆
The Badger and Bloom sweater by Anne Ventzel is a circular yoke with short rows after the colour work before the split for sleeves and I really like the fit of that sweater!
Super thanks for sharing about the Weekend Hat! I have purchased 100g of DK yarn while on my travels and was highly debating making the Weekend. Your hat is beautiful, but know now that this pattern may not be the best option (e.g., not enough wool, the fit of the tip when the hat is pulled down to cover the ears). I will continue to be in search of the perfect hat pattern for this yarn. Love your review!
I would just block the bottom portion on those sleeves hardcore. Below the lace, stretch it out really intensely to make the sleeve wider. It will help with length and the bump and with super wash I bet it would make a big difference
I loved the Manhattan Hat, by Tori Yu, from last year. It’s similar to the one that you just made, but different enough on the top that you might like it. 😉🧶
About the whitmoor cardigan, I wonder, if it being a circular yoke mattered too. I have made two circular yoke sweaters (without short rows) and both of them have the same effect as yours (and I never seen this effect in any other construction). I think it's because the way we increase in this construction. If you have a tighter gauge in the sleeves it may have exagerated it a bit. It still looks lovely! The hat is beautiful too, I love the colour!
I think I had done short rows in the same place as yours in the Ankers Pullover (original pattern has no short rows) and it did not make any bubbles. To me it seems that sleeve bubbles come from switching from lace pattern to the stockinette. I would try to steam press it gently perhaps inserting like a “pressing ham”, and leave it to dry in that position. I love your podcast
Agree with you about shawls, i wear scarfs.more because they stay in place. I did not know about the Andrea Mowry….will look it up, seems my cup of tea as well. About the sleeve shaping🤔 it happens….and sometimes the sleeves are great. I think it has to do with the placement of increases and short rows are a kind of increases too. Got me thinking too. As I am thinking why the frontneck is sometimes bolding up when people move. I do not like that either. All comes down to shaping and good designers and learning I guess
For the cardigan: I think you do the short rows after you split for sleeves. I’ve knitted a sweater before that had some short rows on the body instead of the yoke and you knit them after splitting for sleeves. There’s the free tincan knits sweater pattern that has some explanation about this I think
Perhaps next time I'll try the short rows after the sleeve split! When researching methods on round yokes prior to this, I found a mix of suggestions for both doing it before and after the split.
Thanks for the podcast it was great! I love that you share all of these beautiful yarns that we don't have in the US. The red yarn for the vest with cables and great texture is gorgeous. I can't wait to see it finished.
Hi Amy, love your podcast! Re your question about cable needle: I have several cable needles, but right now I’m using an interchangeable needle tip. Has its pros and cons, but works pretty well!
I love your projects! With the Witmoor Cardigan, a way to not have that extra amount of fabric in the sleeves is to just split for sleeves as soon as possible and make the short rows after that with the turn points in the underarms
I have the exact same issue with my weekend hat! I was trying to point out how tight it molds around the crown of my head and I felt crazy describing it to some of my friends 🫠 Glad to know I'm not alone - I found I didn't have this same problem with the hipster hat
Noooooo way I turned this on to work on the finishing touches of my lana vest! I love this pattern so much though it’s my first time working with cabling
Really interesting about the short row result in your cardigan…thanks for sharing about that. Hopefully it will relax a bit with wear! I *love* the colour of your Lana vest (that one is in my queue!) And good decision with your woolberry yarn…the new fabric does look much nicer 😊
I made the Lana vest last fall . I love it. I hate charts and used the written instructions only and it went very well. I made a more fitted version. I love your colour.❤️🇨🇦❤️good podcast.
Hey Amy the weekend hat turned out really beautiful love the color and also I totally see what you are saying when you pull the hat down but it still looks really great on you. I love the color of your Lana Vest so much. I have to share with you pics of mine. Haha been forgetting. Also omg I also saved that gorgeous 2x2 rib sweater from second knit on instagram. I’m so in love with 2x2. I love the yarn you are using for it. I’m going to order that yarn she used. I want that beautiful speckle as well. Your swatch is so pretty. Really enjoyed the podcast.
I still really really love the look of your zipper sweater. The color combo is just amazing. And it suits you so well. I am definitely inspired to make one in the same colors (although I will swap the Mohair for something else because I can‘t stand the fuzzyness of Mohair 😅).
Superwash is not my favorite and now I only use it for socks, mittens and occasionally hats. I have used some that had that rubbery feel as well as some that did not. The "rubbery" yarn was the worst.
Hi, I like the vest by Irene Lynn, I really like her patterns, I heard you say you like larger vests, and I have one I bought on a whim, you might like it’s the Athens vest by soop knits, I have not even thought about getting going on it, but one day.ctske care, really enjoy your podcast😊
Whitmor--🙂yay! but i've seen that little sleeve bubble on top-down round swtrs quite a few times, including on some of mine :-/ . can this be ameliorated in blocking? might jsut be s/thing only you notice, not other ppl? ...oooo that vest looks warm 🙂
Love your hat, the color is stunning ! I have to say I'm struggling a lot with my weekend hat, already up to a 4mm needle and I feel like I'm gonna end up with a baby size hat instead of the Medium one I'm aiming for ... I never knitted a hat before to be honest so this might turn out ok in the end but if anyone has any tip for me I would gladly appreciate it !
The ribbing will definitely look small before it's stretched out! I definitely recommend trying it on as soon as you have enough length to put it on your head to confirm if it'll fit
❤ your channel eventhough i havent knit in years, thanks to carpal tunnel. You knit so fast & evenly! Curious if the pattern for your lovely cardigan called for the button band on the non-standard side or your choice as a lefty?
I like your knitting and appreciate your reviews of the patterns. Very informative. However, you do wave your knitting around like you're doing the floss dance or waving a flag and for people with dyspraxia or similar it can be quite distracting. I want to see your beautiful knitting clearly, especially your cable jumper and I found it really difficult. Sorry. I am a subscriber and look forward to your episodes and I'm excited to see your new knits. X
On your Whitmoor cardigan, I think the lace pattern is definitely adding to the bumps you are seeing from the short rows. Another factor could be if your sleeve gauge is slightly smaller than the gauge you got in the lace section. I've realized that I tend to knit more tightly on smaller circumferences than I do with larger, in part because I use magic loop for smaller circumferences. So I generally go up a needle size on the sleeves compared to the body. Not sure if that is what happens for you, but you might want to check and see if that's a factor as well. These sorts of situations are how we learn and become more adept at producing FOs that fit us perfectly.
I agree. I made the whitmoor pullover and I have the bump too. I re-knit a whole sleeve to make it less tight and to get rid of the bump. I think the bump is from the lace but really blocking that part of the sleeve to sit more flat has helped. I wear mine all of the time and have stopped looking at that detail.
I always appreciate what you like or dislike from patterns . I'm tired of buying patterns not knowing if there's a problem with the pattern or if it needs to be modified.... ex. sleeves. I write down the ones I like along with your suggestions!
Hello, I’m a first time viewer . Your projects are looking beautiful, the shawl is going to be a fabulous piece for the holidays. I don’t know what you’re doing right with your camera set up that other’s can’t figure out but you’re showing yarn and projects close up and it’s not blurry! Yay you!
For the short rows in the cardigan, I would do the short rows after splitting for sleeves! I saw it done on the Lumme Pullover by Sari Nordlund, and i think it would fix the bubbling of the sleeves! (i mean if you decide to try it on another cardigan because I can’t imagine you ripping all of it just to correct a barely visible bump ahahaha)
I Second this. I knit the Lumme sweater first and now knitting on the Super Selene sweater and with this, the short rows are worked before splitting for sleeves. I do not love the short row curve in the sleeves and don’t have that problem with the Lumme sweater at all.
Ditto that! I think the cardigan looks great as is, but for future reference…
Noted for next time! Thank you!
The pink hat color looks AMAZING on you! Love watching your podcast 🫶🏻
Oh, the agony of sleeves that are too long! As I watch this episode, I am redoing the bottom of the sleeves on my Champagne Cardi. They looked perfect before blocking and then grew about 4" too long. I would never have thought they'd grow so much, but I don't have the experience to know such things! I am just getting into garment knitting after many years of blankets and accessories, and I am definitely learning a lot! It's encouraging to see that more experienced knitters like you are still learning and experimenting along with me! :) I have watched most of your episodes and really appreciate your thoughtful commentary. Thanks! PS I remember you mentioning you used some online tool that predicted good colors for you. Can you share what website you used? I think the jewel tones you're going with on some of your recent projects really do look great on you.
I used colorwise.me/ as well as blog posts from The Concept Wardrobe!
Hi Emily, on your cardigan, have you tried maybe steam blocking that one area? Maybe you can stretch the lace pattern a bit to decrease the look of the bubble. Or even re-block it and pinning above and below. I didn’t even notice it until you pointed it out so people probably wouldn’t see it. But I know if I have an area that looks wrong to me, then it will bug my\e until I fix it. I just finished a colorwork sweater, the Lumme and I jotted down how many rows the ribbed cuff was on the sleeve, so that I could match it with the other. We;l I never looked at the other sleeve, which I always do! I did an Icelandic bind off, and tried it on just to see that one cuff was shorter than the other. And there is a colorwork wrist above it. I couldn’t get the bond off undone very well so I finally took scissors to it. 🫣Then it unraveled all the way beck to the colorwork! I was freaking out. But I got it together and fixed it. And now it is blocking. It would’ve drove me nuts even though it was maybe 1-2 rows different. So I fixed it. But if I had to go all the way back….. ugh! 😩 I hope you get some good suggestions and can get around that somehow.
If you decide to rip back the sleeves on your cardigan, I would suggest going up a needle size. Andrea Mowry suggests doing this in her patterns as some people knit tighter in a smaller circumference
love your channel. Cable-needle is not needed. Use a dnp needle in any size. A smaller size usually makes it easier.
The fun thing about brioche is, once you understand it, it's pretty easy. And I totally agree about the squishiness! I'm now knitting Petite Knit's September sweater, and I regularly stop to squish 😆
The Badger and Bloom sweater by Anne Ventzel is a circular yoke with short rows after the colour work before the split for sleeves and I really like the fit of that sweater!
Super thanks for sharing about the Weekend Hat! I have purchased 100g of DK yarn while on my travels and was highly debating making the Weekend. Your hat is beautiful, but know now that this pattern may not be the best option (e.g., not enough wool, the fit of the tip when the hat is pulled down to cover the ears). I will continue to be in search of the perfect hat pattern for this yarn. Love your review!
I would just block the bottom portion on those sleeves hardcore. Below the lace, stretch it out really intensely to make the sleeve wider. It will help with length and the bump and with super wash I bet it would make a big difference
I loved the Manhattan Hat, by Tori Yu, from last year. It’s similar to the one that you just made, but different enough on the top that you might like it. 😉🧶
About the whitmoor cardigan, I wonder, if it being a circular yoke mattered too. I have made two circular yoke sweaters (without short rows) and both of them have the same effect as yours (and I never seen this effect in any other construction). I think it's because the way we increase in this construction. If you have a tighter gauge in the sleeves it may have exagerated it a bit. It still looks lovely! The hat is beautiful too, I love the colour!
I think I had done short rows in the same place as yours in the Ankers Pullover (original pattern has no short rows) and it did not make any bubbles. To me it seems that sleeve bubbles come from switching from lace pattern to the stockinette. I would try to steam press it gently perhaps inserting like a “pressing ham”, and leave it to dry in that position. I love your podcast
Such a lovely episode🥰
Thank you for sharing your beautiful work!
Agree with you about shawls, i wear scarfs.more because they stay in place.
I did not know about the Andrea Mowry….will look it up, seems my cup of tea as well.
About the sleeve shaping🤔 it happens….and sometimes the sleeves are great. I think it has to do with the placement of increases and short rows are a kind of increases too. Got me thinking too. As I am thinking why the frontneck is sometimes bolding up when people move. I do not like that either. All comes down to shaping and good designers and learning I guess
For the cardigan: I think you do the short rows after you split for sleeves. I’ve knitted a sweater before that had some short rows on the body instead of the yoke and you knit them after splitting for sleeves. There’s the free tincan knits sweater pattern that has some explanation about this I think
The flax sweater, I’m knitting it right now and I remember the instructions and didn’t do it cuz I thought it was weird but maybe not lol
Perhaps next time I'll try the short rows after the sleeve split! When researching methods on round yokes prior to this, I found a mix of suggestions for both doing it before and after the split.
I am so glad you finally tried brioche! The look of brioche knitting is what had me start knitting to begin with. It is so fun!
Thanks for the podcast it was great! I love that you share all of these beautiful yarns that we don't have in the US. The red yarn for the vest with cables and great texture is gorgeous. I can't wait to see it finished.
I use a double pointed needle in the same size or one size smaller for cabling. Try and see? 🤷🏻♀️
I use Chiaogoo shorties. Just another idea.. 🙂
Hi Amy, love your podcast!
Re your question about cable needle: I have several cable needles, but right now I’m using an interchangeable needle tip. Has its pros and cons, but works pretty well!
Your Boho Blush Shawl is so gorgeous! Crescent shawls are my absolute #1 choice!
im OBSESSED with rabbit rump, the color and the name
That shawl is already so beautiful! Such a gorgeous yarn too!
I love your projects! With the Witmoor Cardigan, a way to not have that extra amount of fabric in the sleeves is to just split for sleeves as soon as possible and make the short rows after that with the turn points in the underarms
Those deep reds look so striking with your coloring! Love it
I have the exact same issue with my weekend hat! I was trying to point out how tight it molds around the crown of my head and I felt crazy describing it to some of my friends 🫠 Glad to know I'm not alone - I found I didn't have this same problem with the hipster hat
Ah, your knits are divine, Amy! Loving the dark reds….
Noooooo way I turned this on to work on the finishing touches of my lana vest! I love this pattern so much though it’s my first time working with cabling
Your Weekend Hat so pretty. 💕 Love the lace detail of your Whitmoor Cardigan and the color of your Lana Vest.
i moved to the boston area a couple months ago and totally missed the boston fiber fest and i’m so sad about it!
Really interesting about the short row result in your cardigan…thanks for sharing about that. Hopefully it will relax a bit with wear! I *love* the colour of your Lana vest (that one is in my queue!) And good decision with your woolberry yarn…the new fabric does look much nicer 😊
Your projects are lovely. Red is a great color for you. Love it!
I made the Lana vest last fall . I love it. I hate charts and used the written instructions only and it went very well. I made a more fitted version. I love your colour.❤️🇨🇦❤️good podcast.
The Zipper Sweater looks so perfect on you. You've inspired me to make a similar fabric with the Nature's Cardigan! :)
I really appreciate how honest you are about what you do and don't like about patterns. Also, I may need to buy some red yarn now... 😅
The Lana Vest looks gorgeous, love the colour! Thanks for another great episode :)
For the hat. I would re-block it on a balloon. It would stretch out the pointy top. Maybe!😂😂
Hey Amy the weekend hat turned out really beautiful love the color and also I totally see what you are saying when you pull the hat down but it still looks really great on you. I love the color of your Lana Vest so much. I have to share with you pics of mine. Haha been forgetting. Also omg I also saved that gorgeous 2x2 rib sweater from second knit on instagram. I’m so in love with 2x2. I love the yarn you are using for it. I’m going to order that yarn she used. I want that beautiful speckle as well. Your swatch is so pretty. Really enjoyed the podcast.
Wow your vst is so impressive! Can’t wait to see that again…
Super episode as always. Thank you, I really enjoy watching.
I loveeeee Sewrella yarn! I made a cardigan with yarn from their TS collection last year!
I still really really love the look of your zipper sweater. The color combo is just amazing. And it suits you so well. I am definitely inspired to make one in the same colors (although I will swap the Mohair for something else because I can‘t stand the fuzzyness of Mohair 😅).
I highly recommend the Rikke hat. Sending support, love, and kindness from Lexington, Michigan, USA
Superwash is not my favorite and now I only use it for socks, mittens and occasionally hats. I have used some that had that rubbery feel as well as some that did not. The "rubbery" yarn was the worst.
Love the dark red vest! Gorgeous
Love your projects 👌💝👍
So so fun! I love all your projects!
This vest is exactly what I need right now so thanks a lot for an inspiration 🤩
was just thinking about your podcast and here it is just posted! Love it
Love your hat !!! Gorgeous colour !!!
Hi, I like the vest by Irene Lynn, I really like her patterns, I heard you say you like larger vests, and I have one I bought on a whim, you might like it’s the Athens vest by soop knits, I have not even thought about getting going on it, but one day.ctske care, really enjoy your podcast😊
The Weekend hat looks so good on you
Your vest is looking absolutely gorgeous 🧶🌹
Yay can’t wait for the vest
Whitmor--🙂yay! but i've seen that little sleeve bubble on top-down round swtrs quite a few times, including on some of mine :-/ . can this be ameliorated in blocking? might jsut be s/thing only you notice, not other ppl? ...oooo that vest looks warm 🙂
Love your hat, the color is stunning ! I have to say I'm struggling a lot with my weekend hat, already up to a 4mm needle and I feel like I'm gonna end up with a baby size hat instead of the Medium one I'm aiming for ... I never knitted a hat before to be honest so this might turn out ok in the end but if anyone has any tip for me I would gladly appreciate it !
The ribbing will definitely look small before it's stretched out! I definitely recommend trying it on as soon as you have enough length to put it on your head to confirm if it'll fit
I wonder if you put something like a pompom on the hat, would that help it to look better at the peak?
❤ your channel eventhough i havent knit in years, thanks to carpal tunnel. You knit so fast & evenly!
Curious if the pattern for your lovely cardigan called for the button band on the non-standard side or your choice as a lefty?
That was a result of me lefty knitting and following the pattern as written! Things like buttons get mirrored
Do you have a DPN that you could use as a cable needle? Cable needles are often just short DPNs anyway 🤷🏼♀️
Just do the short rows on the back piece and leave the sleeves alone
How do you finish knits so fast when you work full time? It seems to take me forever!
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Yay!
are you playing the guitars in the background? or your boyfriend? :)
Those are all my husband's!
I like your knitting and appreciate your reviews of the patterns. Very informative. However, you do wave your knitting around like you're doing the floss dance or waving a flag and for people with dyspraxia or similar it can be quite distracting. I want to see your beautiful knitting clearly, especially your cable jumper and I found it really difficult. Sorry. I am a subscriber and look forward to your episodes and I'm excited to see your new knits. X
Noted! I agree the movement can be distracting, I'll do my best to hold things more still.