Hi Gals! GREAT episode, as always. I love the blanket block designs! FYI- In 1993 I took a few knitting classes in NY with Beth Brown Reinsel. Beth told me "A good knitter is a good ripper." That piece of knitting wisdom has stayed with me. Ripping helps a knitter to "read" and understand the process. I was very happy to hear your group discussion discussion on the topic.😊
Two main mottos I try to remember when knitting “ If you don’t like it now, you won’t like it 10 inches from now, and no scissors after midnight”. Another very enjoyable podcast.
Great episode as always. I do a lot of Colorwork with multiple colors at the same time. Long ago I started using plastic sandwich bags with a hole made with a hole punch. you can seal the yarn ball inside and feed the yarn out the hole. I have cats too and this prevents them getting a ball and decorating the room. Also when you are finished you can store the remains of the ball and the ball band inside the baggie. I know the bags are not the best for the environment but when a yarn is used down to its last bit, you can reuse the bag for the next yarn. I have to come back and just say how amazing the moon photographs are. Like part of an art film. Such talent!
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am that you have added spinning to the podcast and some items in the shop. And the Harmony part in this podcast was wonderful. All of them are good but this one was exceptional. Thank you!
Love the podcast Ladies. With reference to always learning, I recently learnt to do combination knitting when doing ribbing to stop my stitches looking loopy! I have been knitting 60 years and didn’t know to do this….glad I know now. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Your episodes are never too long. I Enjoy watching the three of you discuss everything! The knitting Gems was a nice addition with some great advice. Keep up the great podcasts
Thanks for the great podcast. The harmony part was wonderful as well. The music “ Claire de lune” was my parents favorite piece and both have passed so listening and seeing the beautiful moon pictures was a comforting and reminiscing moment. Thank you❤
Thanks again Ladies, for a great episode. I liked that you were all together for the whole show - it's more cohesive, and also more fun. Lovely harmony part, and the Debussy was an inspired choice of accompaniment. Cheers!
Great episode. It is very important to correct your mistakes as you feel so much better when you do. I am amazed at how much I have learned from making mistakes and correcting them.
Thank you Ken for that wonderful moon Harmony section. I shut off the lights and positioned my phone o the screen would show the reflected image of my IPad. It was a bit like watching the moon rise over water. Deb from Massachsetts, USA.
You said you all wanted a name for your new segment and Kim, you named it yourself talking about it when you were at the end of the segment, “Words of Wisdom”! That is the perfect description of what you all were doing. Giving us all your Words of Wisdom. Love you all
Your episodes are always so much fun to watch: I am just sorry they only post every second week. I agree that being able to read your knitting so you can fix your mistakes is a game changer. Great episode and thank you for taking the time to do it.
Loved your Words of Wisdom segment. I recently learned to do brioche. It was very frustrating and got ripped back (not in a friendly manner after the umpteenth time). I finally put it aside for a week, got over being mad at it, and was able to do the stitches mostly correctly. Decided it was my first project using that technique and I would just forgive the mistakes. Finished it two days ago. The pattern was free on Ravelry, Beginner Brioche Beanie, and I will wear it proudly. Love to y'all.
Lovely episode as usual! Enjoyed the conversation about what helps you become a better knitter and couldn’t agree more with your comments about reading your knitting. It makes things so much less stressful and you can catch mistakes early. Doesn’t help you not make them (😂) just catch them quicker.
Every podcast (and I NEVER miss one!), I intend to comment about how much I love them! I really enjoy the Harmony Reads too and wasn’t sure I would. I love to read and it’s fun to hear about your choices. I recently read a thrifted book and donated it back with a sticky note inside. I thank you for that idea! So…I like your new segment. Maybe it could be called “Purls of Wisdom”? I just purchased the baby bear hat pattern. It’s adorable and I have a toddler granddaughter and another on the way. A perfect start for next Christmas’ gifting.
I loved your weather update. We get Juneuary here on the west coast as well! For the "improve your knitting" segment, I like "Knitting Knowledge" as a title. I agree that having the courage to rip back is important, but I have also found lifelines invaluable.
Haha! Clare the Moon! PERFECT!!! Loved the whole episode. Never too long! Such good comments and suggestions. Oh how I wish I could visit your shop. ❤😊🎉
I love long podcasts ❤ Its Saturday morning and I am enjoying your projects and my coffee. Thank you for another enjoyable and informative show. I’m inspired to break out my cotton yarn and think about spring & summer knitting. 🧶
Have to thank Simone for inspiring me with her Winter Light pattern. I have made my own cowls using Fleece and Harmony left over yarn and the Selbu Patterns book by Anne Bardsgard. The pictures do not do the colours justice as you know. I will post on the Fleece and Harmony Ravelry page under made with F&H wool. Thank you Simone! 🇨🇦🥰Sharon.
I just love every episode. So many topics and love all the things you all are making ❤ And the moon! Rarely see such a beautiful moon here in Southern California. Thank you
What a great podcast thanks so much. I’ve booked my room for the Fiber festival looking forward to visiting the shop and mill. I have a sweater that I had to redo the sleeves and I’ve tried twice to redo them there were to tight in under arms. I forgot to switch my needles to larger size 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. I think I will bite the bullet and rip it back all the way to the yoke 😢😢😢 Ranunculus sweater. I’m hoping the shop will be open over the Fiber festival weekend. Thanks again happy knitting.
Great episode ladies. Yes, you learn so much from making mistakes. I cringe when I hear people say they messed up a project and then they threw it away!
I am working away on the January blocks for the mystery blanket and now looking forward to the February ones too. The next colours are on the way from PEI, Selkirk Worsted is lovely yarn. Another enjoyable podcast, full of fun and info and knits and spinning and oh! The moon Harmony show was fabulous!
Kim, there are ways to even out the twist in your yarn. Which do not actually have to do with the spinning but with rewinding the singles back to the beginning BUT from as long a distance as your room can accommodate. I take the brake off the bobbin and set up my bobbin winder which holds sectional weaving bobbins and some of my wheel bobbins and load the bobbin as evenly as possible. This allows the twist to drop down and even out along the singles. Plying from a distance by putting the kate far behind you helps the excess twist to drop out along the length as well.
Wonderful episode, lots to think about. Thank you for the February pattern - love it! I like the idea of knitting tips and always thought I was supposed to sit right down and knit a perfect piece every time. I thought I was abnormal in my un-doing. A note in re glasses: I have a pair of glasses and a pair of scissors in every room. That means I never have to go far to see or to snip. I am waiting for a package from you today and am excited. Xx
I enjoyed your segment about knitting and talking about knit topics, etc. I think that would be helpful to knitters out there. Maybe you could call it Knitting Wisdom, or Knitting Tidbits of Wisdom, etc. The fun thing about knitting is you never stop learning!
I've been showing the January blocks on some of my Facebook groups and I've been sending them to your channel and promoting your P.E.I. Mystery blanket. LOL Love making them.
Maybe you could call the section answering questions Technique or light bulb or cues. I usually take a daily progress picture because somehow pictures reveal mistakes more than just looking at the knits. Take pauses and stop to "admire" your work, this also hepls catching mistakes quickly. One recommendation for lace knitters : LIFE LINES !!! I totally agree with Betsy, Rowan prints the color and lot number very small on the label. 😉I use Simone's trick a lot. Kim, I love your hand spun yarn, it looks great !!! I don't spin but I love hand spun. I was so lucky I met Vicki, a spinner who doesn't knit, at the dinner during the fiber festival last year, so I bought a lot of her handspun and we exchange her yarn for my knitting, we are both so happy !!! Great harmony part, I love these photos of the moon.
I have sent an email for the fibre and we will see. I have started my first summer knit while watching your podcast. I picked up a ball of Tropical by Lang Yarns. Really colorful, and it will be a summer asymmetrical stall in a scarf size. Love all the colors in this ball.
Great episode ladies. Witches brew! I did not know anyone else made that in elementary school, hearing Betsy talk about the witches brew and using berries in it was nostalgic for me.
My go to cast on is cable cast on and I don't understand why long-tail is favoured by so many as I often have too little or too much yarn leftover - even when writing it down and using the same measurement.
Great episode, as always! Informative and fun. I groaned, though, when you showed the little slide show from the new Rowan Magazine. The blue and white striped sweater had such ugly jogs along the right side of the sweater. There are so many ways to minimize, if not eliminate, that jog. I would have expected to NOT see that.
THE YELLOW SWEATER!!! I've been hunting for yarn for that sweater for a month! What yarn did you use? Do you talk about knitting it on the podcast! Any idea which one it was? oh my!
Regarding adding the sleeves and body on the same needle have you thought of placing them on a smaller needle and knitting them from a larger needle. I know that using two needles might be a little much but think that would work
I just found you and am so happy to have done so! Do you have any recommended tutorials for flat stranded knitting techniques that can help with those gorgeous blanket squares?
I personally learned Fair Isle purling from Knitting with Hannah and I love that method. You use Traditional English Lever knitting for the right hand and thumb knitting for the left hand.
I am enjoying watching the podcast today. I have a question regarding the tips . You mentioned how you used Patti Lyons’ book which I purchased last year from you and I agree it is an excellent resource. You also mentioned another resource and even though I replayed the section several times I couldn’t catch the name . I think the first name was Lucy and it may be a you tube reference but I didn’t catch the last name. Would you kind,y let me know the full name. Thank you for your help,
I have to ask, perhaps I'm missing something, your Selkirk worsted, is a partial worsted spun (method of wool preperation) that in most patterns it is called for it is listed as a worsted weight yarn, (9 wpi) but on your shop page descriptions it is described as 14 wpi, which is actually lighter than a dk weight and is between fingering and sport weight. Is it possible to perhaps clarify?
There are 2 different things in your question. the mill we use is a semi-worsted process. True worsted spun yarn is spun from combed top and creates a very smooth yarn with not a lot of air in it and parallel, organized fibre position. the other end of that spectrum is woollen spun where the fibre is not "combed" and is left somewhat disorganized. tis creates a "fuzzier" yarn with lots of air pockets in it. Our equipment has a machine that slightly combs the fibre so it is not completely disorganized when it goes to the spinner but is not as smooth as a worsted preparation either - in other words semi-worsted. As for the weight of the yarn, it is a light worsted. I think I will remove the WPIs from all of the descriptions. There is a variance on how they are described depending on what chart you look at. Some charts group worsted and aran together and say the WPI is 9 - 11 and DK and Light Worsted is 12 - 14 (grouped together). When we were doing the descriptions way back when, I don't think we came across the "light Worsted" description - which seems quite common now. And, our yarn has become slightly finer now because of the wool we are sourcing it from. It's a single source mostly now and the flock sheep have quite a consistently finer, smooth wool that means the actual strands of yarn are a bit thinner. This is exactly why for my own knitting, I don't look at any of those things when I am substituting yarns. I figure out the weight per yard of the yarn used in the pattern and choose a yarn that has a similar weight per yard and similar fibre content. For example - I don't substitute a 100% wool yarn for a silk blend and expect that same fabric. Finally - I always swatch! Sorry for the long answer, but the question was complicated.
I understood the semi worsted part but was unsure if the name was referring to the prep or the weight class, I'm so sorry for the confusion. I was curious of the wpi consideration as a hand spinner I tend to look for the wpi as it gives me a better description than the yards per gram, because the grams per skein can vary with amount of loft twist and draft. (and prep) I apologize for being difficult, honestly I don't mean to be, it's just how my brain clicks. Hahaha thank you so much for taking time. I appreciate it very much. I'll just have to order a skein 😉 oh what a hardship for me 😉, " oh no,, more yarn" hahahahaha😁
Enablers, the whole lot. 😂 I went and ordered cupcake and crow wing and purchased Symones winter light pattern ❤...... I guess my project list bumps down to squeeze another one in. 😊
I have some Selkirk worsted wound and sitting on my coffee table ready to start the Winter Lights Cowl. What was your tip for only using one skein of each? Was it just to make the top and bottom ribbing shorter?
The next time you are tempted to refer flippantly to snowmageddon, maybe you should just bite your tongue. Talk about tempting fate! Sending you good wishes from balmy, sunny London Ontario, where the high is predicted to be 7 or 8 degrees tomorrow, but I was born in London at the end of March in a raging snowstorm, so I am definitely not gloating. Just waiting for the inevitable to hit us, too.
Ha! I know! We should have kept our mouths shut tight. It was really something! (And still is.) Nothing like shoveling the same 15 ft snow bank three days in a row to get the animals fed and watered.
love all your WIPS especially Simone's Chestnut. Is it just me but Rowan seems to fall down with their Spring/Summer looks. Only 1 looked nice and it was fluffy and pretty. But then I guess I fell in love with Rowan's Autumn Collections way back and find that nothing else adds up to that now. The moon shots are amazing!!!
(Comment #2): I remembered something else that I wanted to tell you: my cat positively ATTACKS kidsilk haze. He gets FURIOUS at it. There must be something inimical to cats in that stuff.
Learning to read one's knitting is by far the most important thing to learn in knitting. I think I will spend a lifetime getting better at it. You mentioned a number of teachers who are good resources. I would add this video by Norman of Nimble Needles. Of all the resources I have seen his video has been the most helpful. ruclips.net/video/ddbwjw9R6sU/видео.html&ab_channel=NimbleNeedles I also find knitting swatches from stitch dictionaries a good exercise. And I want to learn to graft lace and all the things so that I understand how the yarn travels.
Sheepy smells! Every breed smells different. No, honest. I prefer the smell of Teeswater, Romney and Jacob over other breeds and even commercial, single breed skeins smell like their breed. A friend has Jacob sheep. The WYS breed specific Jacob skeins smell like her barn.
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Call it the Purls of Wisdom segment 😊
Hi Gals! GREAT episode, as always. I love the blanket block designs! FYI- In 1993 I took a few knitting classes in NY with Beth Brown Reinsel. Beth told me "A good knitter is a good ripper." That piece of knitting wisdom has stayed with me. Ripping helps a knitter to "read" and understand the process. I was very happy to hear your group discussion discussion on the topic.😊
Two main mottos I try to remember when knitting “ If you don’t like it now, you won’t like it 10 inches from now, and no scissors after midnight”. Another very enjoyable podcast.
Great episode as always. I do a lot of Colorwork with multiple colors at the same time. Long ago I started using plastic sandwich bags with a hole made with a hole punch. you can seal the yarn ball inside and feed the yarn out the hole. I have cats too and this prevents them getting a ball and decorating the room. Also when you are finished you can store the remains of the ball and the ball band inside the baggie. I know the bags are not the best for the environment but when a yarn is used down to its last bit, you can reuse the bag for the next yarn. I have to come back and just say how amazing the moon photographs are. Like part of an art film. Such talent!
Always look forward to my Fridays with the three of you knitting 🧶 and 📚 ❤
Thank you for the Harmony "Clare de Lune".
That piece of music I chose for our wedding ceremony.
You have outdone yourselves in every segment.
Thank you for alovely podcast
Thank you for sharing today. You are such an inspiration and blessing.
I cannot tell you how thrilled I am that you have added spinning to the podcast and some items in the shop. And the Harmony part in this podcast was wonderful. All of them are good but this one was exceptional. Thank you!
We are glad you are enjoying the show Eileen! Thanks for watching.
Love the podcast Ladies. With reference to always learning, I recently learnt to do combination knitting when doing ribbing to stop my stitches looking loopy! I have been knitting 60 years and didn’t know to do this….glad I know now. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!
You ladies are so good together and funny.
Your episodes are never too long. I Enjoy watching the three of you discuss everything! The knitting Gems was a nice addition with some great advice. Keep up the great podcasts
Thank you so much Debbie!
Thanks for the great podcast. The harmony part was wonderful as well. The music “ Claire de lune” was my parents favorite piece and both have passed so listening and seeing the beautiful moon pictures was a comforting and reminiscing moment. Thank you❤
You guys are great. I love watching this and the Harmony reads every week.
Thanks again Ladies, for a great episode. I liked that you were all together for the whole show - it's more cohesive, and also more fun. Lovely harmony part, and the Debussy was an inspired choice of accompaniment. Cheers!
We are happy you are enjoying the new format Liz. Thanks for watching!
Great episode. It is very important to correct your mistakes as you feel so much better when you do. I am amazed at how much I have learned from making mistakes and correcting them.
It is so true!
Ladies, you have exceptionally beautiful sweaters on today!❤
Thank you so much
Thank you Ken for that wonderful moon Harmony section. I shut off the lights and positioned my phone o the screen would show the reflected image of my IPad. It was a bit like watching the moon rise over water. Deb from Massachsetts, USA.
Hello Ladies from Swansea, Illinois.
Hello from Belfast PEI!
You said you all wanted a name for your new segment and Kim, you named it yourself talking about it when you were at the end of the segment, “Words of Wisdom”! That is the perfect description of what you all were doing. Giving us all your Words of Wisdom. Love you all
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
Kim I love your skein! I think it's beautiful
Oh thanks!
The harmony part was SO relaxing,the music was perfect. I enjoyed the entire podcast. 👍🏻
Betsy, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the yellow sweater on you!!! It's gorgeous! Listened and thoroughly enjoyed the entire podcast!
YAY!
Your episodes are always so much fun to watch: I am just sorry they only post every second week. I agree that being able to read your knitting so you can fix your mistakes is a game changer. Great episode and thank you for taking the time to do it.
Wonderful episode and so enjoy the beautiful farm pictures and the snow. Coyotes are loud around my place too. Creepy.
Very interesting as usual ❤
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Lovely podcast from start to finish! Enjoyed every minute. Thank you!❤
Glad you enjoyed it, Janet!
Lovely podcast & great inspiring projects. Harmony was amazing.🏴
Loved your Words of Wisdom segment. I recently learned to do brioche. It was very frustrating and got ripped back (not in a friendly manner after the umpteenth time). I finally put it aside for a week, got over being mad at it, and was able to do the stitches mostly correctly. Decided it was my first project using that technique and I would just forgive the mistakes. Finished it two days ago. The pattern was free on Ravelry, Beginner Brioche Beanie, and I will wear it proudly. Love to y'all.
Lovely episode as usual! Enjoyed the conversation about what helps you become a better knitter and couldn’t agree more with your comments about reading your knitting. It makes things so much less stressful and you can catch mistakes early. Doesn’t help you not make them (😂) just catch them quicker.
great podcast. I bought a skein of hand spun from the Paisley Defender at the PEI fibre fest. I love it!
That is awesome!
Just gound your channel and have really enjoyed this podcast. I will definitly be following you
Great, fun episode! learned a lot- thank you!! love the words of wisdom and well actually, everything! Gotta start my blanket!
Thank you! ❤️
Every podcast (and I NEVER miss one!), I intend to comment about how much I love them! I really enjoy the Harmony Reads too and wasn’t sure I would. I love to read and it’s fun to hear about your choices. I recently read a thrifted book and donated it back with a sticky note inside. I thank you for that idea! So…I like your new segment. Maybe it could be called “Purls of Wisdom”? I just purchased the baby bear hat pattern. It’s adorable and I have a toddler granddaughter and another on the way. A perfect start for next Christmas’ gifting.
Thanks Heather!
Super episode. Loved every minute. The blanket is going to be a great memento of your podcasts. 🇬🇧
My method is to knit with practice yarn so if I make a mistake “I” don’t get sooo emotional ❤️❤️you guys
I loved your weather update. We get Juneuary here on the west coast as well! For the "improve your knitting" segment, I like "Knitting Knowledge" as a title. I agree that having the courage to rip back is important, but I have also found lifelines invaluable.
Haha! Clare the Moon! PERFECT!!! Loved the whole episode. Never too long! Such good comments and suggestions. Oh how I wish I could visit your shop. ❤😊🎉
Well you have to come sometime!
Clair de Lune is still pretty on the nose 😁 Lovely song choice and lovely Harmony Part!
And I make Rowan Berry jelly every year, great accompaniment to cheese or chicken/turkey.
Oh... we will have to look that up. It sounds intriguing.
The section could be called Continuous Learning
Great episode. Simone, love the layers on your new hair cut
New Segment: Fleece and harmony AND (to me anyway) my three wise mice. You bring me joy, useful tipps and knowledge 😊
Yay, thank you!
I really enjoyed the knitting tips and the new blanket square. Thank you.
I love long podcasts ❤ Its Saturday morning and I am enjoying your projects and my coffee. Thank you for another enjoyable and informative show. I’m inspired to break out my cotton yarn and think about spring & summer knitting. 🧶
Whenever I hear Kim’s intro I always hum “and a bog down in the valley-o” 😂
Have to thank Simone for inspiring me with her Winter Light pattern. I have made my own cowls using Fleece and Harmony left over yarn and the Selbu Patterns book by Anne Bardsgard. The pictures do not do the colours justice as you know. I will post on the Fleece and Harmony Ravelry page under made with F&H wool. Thank you Simone! 🇨🇦🥰Sharon.
I just love every episode. So many topics and love all the things you all are making ❤
And the moon! Rarely see such a beautiful moon here in Southern California. Thank you
What a great podcast thanks so much. I’ve booked my room for the Fiber festival looking forward to visiting the shop and mill. I have a sweater that I had to redo the sleeves and I’ve tried twice to redo them there were to tight in under arms. I forgot to switch my needles to larger size 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️. I think I will bite the bullet and rip it back all the way to the yoke 😢😢😢 Ranunculus sweater. I’m hoping the shop will be open over the Fiber festival weekend. Thanks again happy knitting.
Hi there - yes we keep the shop open on the weekend of the festival. See you in October!
Another fun podcast! Your knitting is awesome. I worked on my Weekender while watching. Have a great week.
I love Moonlight Sonata. I guess you ran out of inspiration. LOL. I love watching you guys!
Great episode ladies. Yes, you learn so much from making mistakes. I cringe when I hear people say they messed up a project and then they threw it away!
I am working away on the January blocks for the mystery blanket and now looking forward to the February ones too. The next colours are on the way from PEI, Selkirk Worsted is lovely yarn. Another enjoyable podcast, full of fun and info and knits and spinning and oh! The moon Harmony show was fabulous!
Just bought Simones cowl amazing pattern Thank you so much!
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You are a dream team!
Kim, there are ways to even out the twist in your yarn. Which do not actually have to do with the spinning but with rewinding the singles back to the beginning BUT from as long a distance as your room can accommodate. I take the brake off the bobbin and set up my bobbin winder which holds sectional weaving bobbins and some of my wheel bobbins and load the bobbin as evenly as possible. This allows the twist to drop down and even out along the singles. Plying from a distance by putting the kate far behind you helps the excess twist to drop out along the length as well.
Wonderful episode, lots to think about. Thank you for the February pattern - love it! I like the idea of knitting tips and always thought I was supposed to sit right down and knit a perfect piece every time. I thought I was abnormal in my un-doing.
A note in re glasses: I have a pair of glasses and a pair of scissors in every room. That means I never have to go far to see or to snip.
I am waiting for a package from you today and am excited. Xx
Lovely new blanket blocks!! Thank you. How about the new section of the podcast: Tangles
I enjoyed your segment about knitting and talking about knit topics, etc. I think that would be helpful to knitters out there. Maybe you could call it Knitting Wisdom, or Knitting Tidbits of Wisdom, etc. The fun thing about knitting is you never stop learning!
I've been showing the January blocks on some of my Facebook groups and I've been sending them to your channel and promoting your P.E.I. Mystery blanket. LOL Love making them.
Awesome thank you!
Beautiful blocks
Maybe you could call the section answering questions Technique or light bulb or cues. I usually take a daily progress picture because somehow pictures reveal mistakes more than just looking at the knits. Take pauses and stop to "admire" your work, this also hepls catching mistakes quickly. One recommendation for lace knitters : LIFE LINES !!! I totally agree with Betsy, Rowan prints the color and lot number very small on the label. 😉I use Simone's trick a lot. Kim, I love your hand spun yarn, it looks great !!! I don't spin but I love hand spun. I was so lucky I met Vicki, a spinner who doesn't knit, at the dinner during the fiber festival last year, so I bought a lot of her handspun and we exchange her yarn for my knitting, we are both so happy !!! Great harmony part, I love these photos of the moon.
I have sent an email for the fibre and we will see. I have started my first summer knit while watching your podcast. I picked up a ball of Tropical by Lang Yarns. Really colorful, and it will be a summer asymmetrical stall in a scarf size. Love all the colors in this ball.
Great episode ladies.
Witches brew! I did not know anyone else made that in elementary school, hearing Betsy talk about the witches brew and using berries in it was nostalgic for me.
Am I the only one that didn't make Witch's Brew???
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast Probably not Kim.
Maybe? We did it as kiddos too 😆
We made witches brew too
My go to cast on is cable cast on and I don't understand why long-tail is favoured by so many as I often have too little or too much yarn leftover - even when writing it down and using the same measurement.
I didnt know that rowan tree and mountain ash were the same thing. Mountain ash gfows like weeds here - Bella, Coola, BC.
We are an endless source of knowledge! LOL
Great episode, as always! Informative and fun. I groaned, though, when you showed the little slide show from the new Rowan Magazine. The blue and white striped sweater had such ugly jogs along the right side of the sweater. There are so many ways to minimize, if not eliminate, that jog. I would have expected to NOT see that.
THE YELLOW SWEATER!!! I've been hunting for yarn for that sweater for a month! What yarn did you use? Do you talk about knitting it on the podcast! Any idea which one it was? oh my!
The yarn is from a kit. the sweater pattern and yarn are from the designer Sidsel Høivik. Here website is here: www.sidselhoivik.no/
Regarding adding the sleeves and body on the same needle have you thought of placing them on a smaller needle and knitting them from a larger needle. I know that using two needles might be a little much but think that would work
I just found you and am so happy to have done so! Do you have any recommended tutorials for flat stranded knitting techniques that can help with those gorgeous blanket squares?
My go to for knitting help is Very Pink Knits. Here website is well organized and you can find tutorials on almost anything knitting related.
I personally learned Fair Isle purling from Knitting with Hannah and I love that method. You use Traditional English Lever knitting for the right hand and thumb knitting for the left hand.
Techie tips?
I am enjoying watching the podcast today. I have a question regarding the tips . You mentioned how you used Patti Lyons’ book which I purchased last year from you and I agree it is an excellent resource. You also mentioned another resource and even though I replayed the section several times I couldn’t catch the name . I think the first name was Lucy and it may be a you tube reference but I didn’t catch the last name. Would you kind,y let me know the full name. Thank you for your help,
Lucy Neatby. She is a well known instructor on Craftsy and teaches at many festivals and retreats.
I have to ask, perhaps I'm missing something, your Selkirk worsted, is a partial worsted spun (method of wool preperation) that in most patterns it is called for it is listed as a worsted weight yarn, (9 wpi) but on your shop page descriptions it is described as 14 wpi, which is actually lighter than a dk weight and is between fingering and sport weight. Is it possible to perhaps clarify?
There are 2 different things in your question. the mill we use is a semi-worsted process. True worsted spun yarn is spun from combed top and creates a very smooth yarn with not a lot of air in it and parallel, organized fibre position. the other end of that spectrum is woollen spun where the fibre is not "combed" and is left somewhat disorganized. tis creates a "fuzzier" yarn with lots of air pockets in it. Our equipment has a machine that slightly combs the fibre so it is not completely disorganized when it goes to the spinner but is not as smooth as a worsted preparation either - in other words semi-worsted.
As for the weight of the yarn, it is a light worsted. I think I will remove the WPIs from all of the descriptions. There is a variance on how they are described depending on what chart you look at. Some charts group worsted and aran together and say the WPI is 9 - 11 and DK and Light Worsted is 12 - 14 (grouped together). When we were doing the descriptions way back when, I don't think we came across the "light Worsted" description - which seems quite common now. And, our yarn has become slightly finer now because of the wool we are sourcing it from. It's a single source mostly now and the flock sheep have quite a consistently finer, smooth wool that means the actual strands of yarn are a bit thinner.
This is exactly why for my own knitting, I don't look at any of those things when I am substituting yarns. I figure out the weight per yard of the yarn used in the pattern and choose a yarn that has a similar weight per yard and similar fibre content. For example - I don't substitute a 100% wool yarn for a silk blend and expect that same fabric.
Finally - I always swatch!
Sorry for the long answer, but the question was complicated.
I understood the semi worsted part but was unsure if the name was referring to the prep or the weight class, I'm so sorry for the confusion. I was curious of the wpi consideration as a hand spinner I tend to look for the wpi as it gives me a better description than the yards per gram, because the grams per skein can vary with amount of loft twist and draft. (and prep) I apologize for being difficult, honestly I don't mean to be, it's just how my brain clicks. Hahaha thank you so much for taking time. I appreciate it very much. I'll just have to order a skein 😉 oh what a hardship for me 😉, " oh no,, more yarn" hahahahaha😁
Enablers, the whole lot. 😂 I went and ordered cupcake and crow wing and purchased Symones winter light pattern ❤...... I guess my project list bumps down to squeeze another one in. 😊
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I have some Selkirk worsted wound and sitting on my coffee table ready to start the Winter Lights Cowl. What was your tip for only using one skein of each? Was it just to make the top and bottom ribbing shorter?
Yup - that was it!
What are the names of the sweaters you ladies are wearing in the video?
NAME for your new Segment KNITTY GRITTY
Love it! I will reserve a final decision until we see what others have to say, but that name is just quirky enough for us. It made me smile!
@@FleeceHarmonyPodcast I totally agree!!
The next time you are tempted to refer flippantly to snowmageddon, maybe you should just bite your tongue. Talk about tempting fate! Sending you good wishes from balmy, sunny London Ontario, where the high is predicted to be 7 or 8 degrees tomorrow, but I was born in London at the end of March in a raging snowstorm, so I am definitely not gloating. Just waiting for the inevitable to hit us, too.
Ha! I know! We should have kept our mouths shut tight. It was really something! (And still is.) Nothing like shoveling the same 15 ft snow bank three days in a row to get the animals fed and watered.
love all your WIPS especially Simone's Chestnut. Is it just me but Rowan seems to fall down with their Spring/Summer looks. Only 1 looked nice and it was fluffy and pretty. But then I guess I fell in love with Rowan's Autumn Collections way back and find that nothing else adds up to that now. The moon shots are amazing!!!
Correction, not the Baby Surprise, but the Second Baby Surprise.
What about calling that section “Tips and Tricks”?
(Comment #2): I remembered something else that I wanted to tell you: my cat positively ATTACKS kidsilk haze. He gets FURIOUS at it. There must be something inimical to cats in that stuff.
Learning to read one's knitting is by far the most important thing to learn in knitting. I think I will spend a lifetime getting better at it. You mentioned a number of teachers who are good resources. I would add this video by Norman of Nimble Needles. Of all the resources I have seen his video has been the most helpful.
ruclips.net/video/ddbwjw9R6sU/видео.html&ab_channel=NimbleNeedles
I also find knitting swatches from stitch dictionaries a good exercise. And I want to learn to graft lace and all the things so that I understand how the yarn travels.
The problem is not that you need glasses your arms are to short😊
As Knitting with Suzanne Bryan always tells knitters, even Master knitters make a lot of mistakes. They just better understand how to fix them.
That's true!
Betsy you’re lucky your spell didn’t backfire. Rowan berries protect against witchcraft. Phew! Lucky escape.
Sheepy smells! Every breed smells different. No, honest. I prefer the smell of Teeswater, Romney and Jacob over other breeds and even commercial, single breed skeins smell like their breed. A friend has Jacob sheep. The WYS breed specific Jacob skeins smell like her barn.