Great tips on tension, Andrea. I'm trying something with 2 strands which is new to me and I was just doing the same thing- sliding stitches thinking "hmmm, it's a little tight. " you see I have 100% wool in lace weight for socks but I'm trying the hat heel so that I can knit it held with lace weight silk for a stronger heel. I just wanted to try a nylon free sock. I plan to keep the silk marled bit on the heel, sole, and back of the ankle to prevent blisters. I only plan use the wool on the top of the foot and leg. I figured starting at the heel would make this more doable. I do plan on lace on those parts so the tension change shouldn't be too noticable I think. T's ny first time starting with the heel. I've done top down and toe up. I like top down the best but my elastic cast on needs work. I like toe up because the cuff is easier but I have only mastered 1 toe up cast on. The orthers (judy's and figure 8) are tough for me. For toe up I do crochet chain (not a provisional, I struggle to remove those without knots). For the heel I used a crochet magic loop and 1 round of sc which I picked up stitches with the dpns. This is my favorite way to knit hats top down also. I'm not sure that I've seen this anywhere else but I'm sure I'm not the first to do this. I just use crochet hook closest to the size dpns I'm using.
I agree with Veronik;. You can get so much more quality by taking the time with small details in your knitting or sewing. It's true, maybe only you know some of these details are there. But you can feel the difference in the fit and I actually think people do notice how elegant the garment is. Often times they don't realize why. You can just smile and say thank you, being satisfied with a job well done.
With the pandemic I spend some time with Fruity Knitting every day. I just watched episode 104 and revisited this interview with Veronik Avery. I will be starting on Wake by August. It will be my most challenging project to date. I love Veronik’s talk about what it is like working on the BT design team. All of us should have environments like that in which to discuss our creative projects. BT’s newly published document on Diversity and Inclusion is an amazing read. My consciousness was raised as I read the section on pattern writing and the changes that are being made by Jared and the team. Thank you Andrew and Andrea. You never fail to broaden my horizons, and with my constant delving in to previous episodes I am finding lots of new guests to get excited about: ones that may not have grabbed my attention first time round. You two are very special with your commitment to bringing so much to us every episode. I love hanging out with you and seeing what you are up to.
Doreen was an intrepid extreme knitter with her one month old. And as always, I learn something(s) new like the information about Hildegard von Bingen and the abbey in Rüdesheim. I‘ll have to visit there and drink a wine and think of the lovely Doigs. I love the way Andrea has turned her injury (tennis/golf elbow) into a new creative avenue => garment sewing! Awesome and talented.
Glad to see you knitting again. Love your t-shirt Andrew. Looked like VW bus which my kids just bought a vintage one. I appreciate all your efforts. No need to reply.
Hi Kimberly. I do think it's a VW bus - we have some ideas about doing a "mobile home" holiday, and I love the t-shirt. It is wool by the way. Thanks for your support. Andrew.
Thank you for the Hildegard of Bingen tour!!!! She's been appreciated of inspiration to me for years, it was a pleasure seeing where she practiced. Thanks again.
I have been knitting for years, I am knitting Love Ewe Baby shawl. I don't normally use a life line. With Brioche I am using a life line. I told my my mom it's two steps forward and one step back. Much easier to pull back to the life line then fixing a mistake and wasting time.
Hi Gertrude. We haven't had to rip back to the lifeline yet - although as we said, there are a few small mistakes on the inside of the hat. The hat is going to be great, but I think two color brioche will be really fun. The patterns that you can create are so individual. Thanks for watching. A + A.
I am so happy to hear Veronik talk about the need for knowledge of pattern drafting. One of the biggest mistakes I see in kniitng patterns, and even in some retail clothing is that the designers or pattern drafters don't understand how the armscye and rise in sleeve cap works. Often with the larger sizes will have huge armscyes and sleeve caps that are so flat that you can't raise your arms.
I loved this one for sure. Veronik is amazing so glad you were able to get her. I always wanted to hear her views on her designs and background. Thank you. Loved your footage of your foray as always. Beautiful.
I wish I had my very own Andrea! You’re so lucky, Andrew lol! I’m so impressed with all the knitting you’ve done, Andrew and on the flip side, I’m so impressed with Andrea’s knitting and knowledge! Over all, having a great time binging on your episodes and learning so much!!!
At this particular moment, my copy of the Big Book of Knitting is misplaced, but in it I learned a number of years ago to do Shaker knitting, named for the Shaker religious sect in the USA known for their simple but elegant furniture, basketry and music, among everything else. I used Shaker knitting in several sweaters I made for my Italian Greyhound, Bisou (now sadly passed on), who needed sweaters almost all the time when it wasn't summer. Shaker knitting, I think, is basically the same as the most basic type of brioche knitting, but I'm not absolutely sure. And as I cannot find my book, I can't really check it out at the moment. But Shaker knitting does use a yarnover across a stitch, and is very, very stretchy and deep -- thus being warmer while providing a more accommodating fit for an extreme figure like that of an Italian Greyhound's large chest and tiny waist. (I miss my Bisou every day.) PS: I knit in those three ways as well, also because of my arthritis. It's odd, my arthritis, which goes away for years at a time, but which is being very nasty at the moment, makes my joints more tender to touch than to move. So it isn't the movement that hurts my hands, it is the needles resting against my fingers, when they touch my joints. It is absolutely astonishing to me how much that can hurt! So usually (I normally throw with my right forefinger) when it is bothering me I switch to Portuguese style. And that DOES change my gauge, but primarily my row gauge. I think the angle that you pull the yarn away from the knitting places more of the yarn in a different part of the stitch, and shortens the row gauge considerably, while the stitches look more even (to me, anyway) and well-formed. And it definitely hurts less. But I wouldn't choose to change row gauge that much if I could help it.
I should know that opera piece as background to the #extremeKnitting travel portion! Can someone please tell me? I wasn’t able to locate the name in the notes etc.
Oh how wonderful!.... The brioche KAL. I haven't yet attempted brioche, but I think I'll muster up the courage to try now. I think you said entry date was 8/1. I only hope the cutoff date won't' be too soon after that.. I have so many projects on needles. I hope to hear how you like the Fibre Co. Road to China as I'm swatching with Rowan Felted Tweed as sub for it for a sweater that I want to make. Please do follow up with how you like it. Thank you again for all your work in putting together this program. Yours is my favorite!
Hi Monica. We are looking forward to the Brioche Kal too, and we will be kicking it off in good style - stay tuned!! We love people to take on big projects so we will allow plenty of time. I know Andrea loves the Rowan Felted Tweed - I'm sure she has done a few projects with it. I would have thought it was quite a different yarn to the Fibre Co yarn though. Thanks for watching and your feedback.
Being fairly new to knitting, I'm finding Andrew's advancement in knitting astounding and I'm thinking perhaps I could try some Brioche. I love the idea of the dental floss lifeline. Watching your podcast gives me a feeling of inspiration to knit coupled with being rather daunted at how many incredibly talented knitters there are out there. Thank you for your quality podcast @knittingpoppy
I love what Nancy Marchant brought to knitting but there are ways to fix brioche - check this out: m.ruclips.net/video/UBOVRb_qAzI/видео.html&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
I enjoyed this episode, as I do them all. It is so much fun to see these beautiful knits. Andrew your hat is wonderful! I have never tried brioche. Andrea your blouses/tops are so cute. I see the list of music. What songs are the ones playing at the end where the credits or patreon list is? I can't tell lol. It is such beautiful music. I look forward to your podcasts so very much. :) Have a lovely few weeks until I see you again :) Sharon / Elvensknits on Ravelry xx
Hi Sharon. I'm behind on the program notes for this Episode, but I will include the details and you should be able to find what you're looking for. fruityknitting.com. Thanks for watching. A + A.
Hi Sonia. Jump in and try. My tip is to have someone around who can help if you get into trouble... Maybe try magic loop with some plain socks first. It's not that hard. Cheers, Andrew.
Hi Gillian. First of all - thank you for trying! Could you try going to fruityknitting.com? There you will see a button "Become a Patron" - on the right hand side. If you click that, it should take you to the point where you can select what level of Patron you would like to become. If that doesn't get you through, then please either message fruityknitting on Ravelry or here on RUclips so that we can go through it in detail. Thanks again. A + A.
Hi Andrea. I am trying to sign up and become a Parton. I really enjoy your work. But I am having some challenge with the sign up process. Do I need to have a Facebook account?
Hi Jacqueline. It's lovely that you want to support the program. You don't need a Facebook account to sign up to Patreon. When you get to the signup page, it gives you the option of signing up with Facebook, but then it says "or sign up with e-mail". Enter your name, e-mail address and the password that you would like to use with Patreon. Then check the Terms of Use, confirm that you're not a robot (!), and click "SIGN UP". Hope that helps you and that you soon join us as a Patron. Thanks for watching. Andrea and Andrew
Hi, since your extreme knitting section always makes me smile I was wondering if you'd like to see some from your viewers. If so I would be happy to send you mine from a rather extraordinary place.....Julia
Great tips on tension, Andrea. I'm trying something with 2 strands which is new to me and I was just doing the same thing- sliding stitches thinking "hmmm, it's a little tight. " you see I have 100% wool in lace weight for socks but I'm trying the hat heel so that I can knit it held with lace weight silk for a stronger heel. I just wanted to try a nylon free sock. I plan to keep the silk marled bit on the heel, sole, and back of the ankle to prevent blisters. I only plan use the wool on the top of the foot and leg. I figured starting at the heel would make this more doable. I do plan on lace on those parts so the tension change shouldn't be too noticable I think. T's ny first time starting with the heel. I've done top down and toe up. I like top down the best but my elastic cast on needs work. I like toe up because the cuff is easier but I have only mastered 1 toe up cast on. The orthers (judy's and figure 8) are tough for me. For toe up I do crochet chain (not a provisional, I struggle to remove those without knots). For the heel I used a crochet magic loop and 1 round of sc which I picked up stitches with the dpns. This is my favorite way to knit hats top down also. I'm not sure that I've seen this anywhere else but I'm sure I'm not the first to do this. I just use crochet hook closest to the size dpns I'm using.
I agree with Veronik;. You can get so much more quality by taking the time with small details in your knitting or sewing. It's true, maybe only you know some of these details are there. But you can feel the difference in the fit and I actually think people do notice how elegant the garment is. Often times they don't realize why. You can just smile and say thank you, being satisfied with a job well done.
Well said, Joyce!
With the pandemic I spend some time with Fruity Knitting every day. I just watched episode 104 and revisited this interview with Veronik Avery. I will be starting on Wake by August. It will be my most challenging project to date. I love Veronik’s talk about what it is like working on the BT design team. All of us should have environments like that in which to discuss our creative projects. BT’s newly published document on Diversity and Inclusion is an amazing read. My consciousness was raised as I read the section on pattern writing and the changes that are being made by Jared and the team. Thank you Andrew and Andrea. You never fail to broaden my horizons, and with my constant delving in to previous episodes I am finding lots of new guests to get excited about: ones that may not have grabbed my attention first time round. You two are very special with your commitment to bringing so much to us every episode. I love hanging out with you and seeing what you are up to.
Doreen was an intrepid extreme knitter with her one month old. And as always, I learn something(s) new like the information about Hildegard von Bingen and the abbey in Rüdesheim. I‘ll have to visit there and drink a wine and think of the lovely Doigs. I love the way Andrea has turned her injury (tennis/golf elbow) into a new creative avenue => garment sewing! Awesome and talented.
Glad to see you knitting again. Love your t-shirt Andrew. Looked like VW bus which my kids just bought a vintage one. I appreciate all your efforts. No need to reply.
Hi Kimberly. I do think it's a VW bus - we have some ideas about doing a "mobile home" holiday, and I love the t-shirt. It is wool by the way. Thanks for your support. Andrew.
Thank you!
Thank you for the Hildegard of Bingen tour!!!! She's been appreciated of inspiration to me for years, it was a pleasure seeing where she practiced. Thanks again.
Andrea has been a fan of Hildegard of Bingen for years, she was a very influential woman, and we have visited this area several times. A + A.
We like their podcast. We will follow you from our knitting festival in Norway.
I have been knitting for years, I am knitting Love Ewe Baby shawl. I don't normally use a life line. With Brioche I am using a life line. I told my my mom it's two steps forward and one step back. Much easier to pull back to the life line then fixing a mistake and wasting time.
Hi Gertrude. We haven't had to rip back to the lifeline yet - although as we said, there are a few small mistakes on the inside of the hat. The hat is going to be great, but I think two color brioche will be really fun. The patterns that you can create are so individual. Thanks for watching. A + A.
I am so happy to hear Veronik talk about the need for knowledge of pattern drafting. One of the biggest mistakes I see in kniitng patterns, and even in some retail clothing is that the designers or pattern drafters don't understand how the armscye and rise in sleeve cap works. Often with the larger sizes will have huge armscyes and sleeve caps that are so flat that you can't raise your arms.
I loved this one for sure. Veronik is amazing so glad you were able to get her. I always wanted to hear her views on her designs and background. Thank you. Loved your footage of your foray as always. Beautiful.
Thanks, Anderea. Véronik has a great depth of experience in garment design. It was great to have her share this with us.
What a fascinating interview with Veronika Avery!! Thank you! I knit a couple of earlier designs and now I am itching to make a more recent one!
THANK FOR TRAVEL..........GREETINGS FROM CHILE
Greetings to Chile from Offenbach! Thanks for watching.
Fruity Knitting jn
Wonderful content, and I enjoy the travel sections with your family and dog.
How funny is that: just been to Rüdesheim last weekend with my company with a boat only for us to celebrate 40 years of the company!
Thanks for showing brioche - haven’t don’t it yet but it doesnt look quite so scary now!
I wish I had my very own Andrea! You’re so lucky, Andrew lol! I’m so impressed with all the knitting you’ve done, Andrew and on the flip side, I’m so impressed with Andrea’s knitting and knowledge! Over all, having a great time binging on your episodes and learning so much!!!
At this particular moment, my copy of the Big Book of Knitting is misplaced, but in it I learned a number of years ago to do Shaker knitting, named for the Shaker religious sect in the USA known for their simple but elegant furniture, basketry and music, among everything else. I used Shaker knitting in several sweaters I made for my Italian Greyhound, Bisou (now sadly passed on), who needed sweaters almost all the time when it wasn't summer. Shaker knitting, I think, is basically the same as the most basic type of brioche knitting, but I'm not absolutely sure. And as I cannot find my book, I can't really check it out at the moment. But Shaker knitting does use a yarnover across a stitch, and is very, very stretchy and deep -- thus being warmer while providing a more accommodating fit for an extreme figure like that of an Italian Greyhound's large chest and tiny waist. (I miss my Bisou every day.)
PS: I knit in those three ways as well, also because of my arthritis. It's odd, my arthritis, which goes away for years at a time, but which is being very nasty at the moment, makes my joints more tender to touch than to move. So it isn't the movement that hurts my hands, it is the needles resting against my fingers, when they touch my joints. It is absolutely astonishing to me how much that can hurt! So usually (I normally throw with my right forefinger) when it is bothering me I switch to Portuguese style. And that DOES change my gauge, but primarily my row gauge. I think the angle that you pull the yarn away from the knitting places more of the yarn in a different part of the stitch, and shortens the row gauge considerably, while the stitches look more even (to me, anyway) and well-formed. And it definitely hurts less. But I wouldn't choose to change row gauge that much if I could help it.
I should know that opera piece as background to the #extremeKnitting travel portion! Can someone please tell me? I wasn’t able to locate the name in the notes etc.
It's called "Brindisi" and it's from "La Traviata" :-)
I would love to knit ALL of Veronik ‘s designs, thank you for introducing her. I also loved her interesting details; I am looking for new challenges.
Veronik is a quiet talent - certainly worth doing some of her designs. Thanks for watching, Anna.
Oh how wonderful!.... The brioche KAL. I haven't yet attempted brioche, but I think I'll muster up the courage to try now. I think you said entry date was 8/1. I only hope the cutoff date won't' be too soon after that.. I have so many projects on needles. I hope to hear how you like the Fibre Co. Road to China as I'm swatching with Rowan Felted Tweed as sub for it for a sweater that I want to make. Please do follow up with how you like it. Thank you again for all your work in putting together this program. Yours is my favorite!
Hi Monica. We are looking forward to the Brioche Kal too, and we will be kicking it off in good style - stay tuned!! We love people to take on big projects so we will allow plenty of time. I know Andrea loves the Rowan Felted Tweed - I'm sure she has done a few projects with it. I would have thought it was quite a different yarn to the Fibre Co yarn though. Thanks for watching and your feedback.
The work you put in clearly shows! I'm so proud to be a Patreon!
Thanks, Michelle.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047c312 if you're interested in Hildegard, this great BBC podcast discussed her life.
Thanks for providing that link. Hildegard was an amazing woman and it will be great for others who are interest, to find out more about her.
I love your content. It is calmly presented, and full or delicious details. Every podcast is something new. Thank you for your heartfelt work!
Thank you!
Being fairly new to knitting, I'm finding Andrew's advancement in knitting astounding and I'm thinking perhaps I could try some Brioche. I love the idea of the dental floss lifeline. Watching your podcast gives me a feeling of inspiration to knit coupled with being rather daunted at how many incredibly talented knitters there are out there. Thank you for your quality podcast @knittingpoppy
Veronik Avery has some stunning design features on her garments.
Beautiful!
Thanks, Pamela!
I love what Nancy Marchant brought to knitting but there are ways to fix brioche - check this out:
m.ruclips.net/video/UBOVRb_qAzI/видео.html&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
a wonderful episode again, thank you so much
The Fuse cardigan is gorgeous, I had to pause so I could add it to my Rav queue. Great episode.
These videos are like the perfect box of chocolates 🍫💞💥 Andrea you are a very generous interviewer, I have a great deal of respect for that💐🐑
my favorite extreme knitting in this video, gorgeous!
Fantastic episode once again! Veronik .... WOW! Inspired!
I enjoyed this episode, as I do them all. It is so much fun to see these beautiful knits. Andrew your hat is wonderful! I have never tried brioche. Andrea your blouses/tops are so cute. I see the list of music. What songs are the ones playing at the end where the credits or patreon list is? I can't tell lol. It is such beautiful music. I look forward to your podcasts so very much. :)
Have a lovely few weeks until I see you again :)
Sharon / Elvensknits on Ravelry xx
Hi Sharon. I'm behind on the program notes for this Episode, but I will include the details and you should be able to find what you're looking for. fruityknitting.com. Thanks for watching. A + A.
Thank you! :)
loved learning about brioche thank you :)
I have never did brioche, and I am very intimidated about magic loop. One day I probably would lol
Hi Sonia. Jump in and try. My tip is to have someone around who can help if you get into trouble... Maybe try magic loop with some plain socks first. It's not that hard. Cheers, Andrew.
Fruity Knitting ❤
A & A - Nathan (Sockmatician) has some great videos on brioche, including increase and decrease and his "one-pass" technique
TheLifeofTMT yes this is very true
The silk and cashmere might make it more high maintenance. Not sure about camel though.
Madeline has become such a lovely young lady! She's very natural and charming on camera, you've done a wonderful job of raising a terriffic daughter!
Thank you, that is a kind thing to say! She is a great girl and we will miss her when she goes to Australia.
Lol give poor Andrew a 16" circular needle! :D
Sarah Bailey or 14 inch
I keep trying to sign up to become a patron with no luck! I've set up an account but can't go any further. Very frustrating. Thoughts?
Hi Gillian. First of all - thank you for trying! Could you try going to fruityknitting.com? There you will see a button "Become a Patron" - on the right hand side. If you click that, it should take you to the point where you can select what level of Patron you would like to become. If that doesn't get you through, then please either message fruityknitting on Ravelry or here on RUclips so that we can go through it in detail. Thanks again. A + A.
Hi Andrea. I am trying to sign up and become a Parton. I really enjoy your work. But I am having some challenge with the sign up process. Do I need to have a Facebook account?
Hi Jacqueline. It's lovely that you want to support the program. You don't need a Facebook account to sign up to Patreon. When you get to the signup page, it gives you the option of signing up with Facebook, but then it says "or sign up with e-mail". Enter your name, e-mail address and the password that you would like to use with Patreon. Then check the Terms of Use, confirm that you're not a robot (!), and click "SIGN UP".
Hope that helps you and that you soon join us as a Patron. Thanks for watching.
Andrea and Andrew
Hi, since your extreme knitting section always makes me smile I was wondering if you'd like to see some from your viewers. If so I would be happy to send you mine from a rather extraordinary place.....Julia
Sure Julia, that would be interesting. You can personal message me on Ravelry and send me a photo.
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