EYF Founders & Custom Sock Knitting - Ep. 51 - Fruity Knitting Podcast
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Episode 51 features two special interviews. The first interview is with Edinburgh Yarn Festival founders, Jo Kelly and Mica Koehlmos. After catching up on all the footage from the Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2018, it is great to meet the people behind it and to hear the story of how the Festival got started. Our second interview guest is technical editor, designer, author and instructor Kate Atherley. Kate talks about her passion for teaching people how to really custom fit their socks as well as helping knit designers create high quality knitting patterns.
Andrea also takes us through her latest projects and we take a closer look at Fair Isle patterning, comparing traditional and modern designs and colors. We've got updates on the Vintage Shetland Kal and the Modify Your Garment Kal, we visit a mountain castle and hear some beautiful music, and lots more! We would love to have your company.
Full program notes at: fruityknitting....
Very interesting. And so true, not only for kniiting, but for a lot of subjects. Experienced teachers often forget the basic steps because they have become automatisms. This lady is spot on. I will get her book.
Andrew his scarf is gorgeous. Well done!
Happy birthday, Andrea!
I stumbled upon one of your podcasts by chance three weeks ago, loved it and have viewed several more (starting from #1).
My mother taught me to knit when I was 5 years old. She would be knitting when I came home from school. Her father used to say that he had not married a women but a moth (my grand mother knitted a lot). So I am lucky to come from a knitter family. I have taught my son to knit when he was maybe 5, using "male world vocabulary" (the needle being like a sword or arrow) and telling him the best knitters are fishermen in Ireland... and to knit on his fingers also (which he enjoyed very much). My daughter, now 20, has never wanted to learn to knit, maybe because she did not see me knit, but maybe this will change, you never know.
Over the years I have knitted a hat, knee warmers for an old lady (neighbourg) with knee pains, gloves and socks, several sweaters... but I stopped in my mid 20's (lack of time as I was a researcher, but also because I lost confidence since then). You have given me the enthusiasm to knit a garnment again (after three decades), and I am learning so much from your podcasts (isn't the internet wonderful) which I enjoy very much. I have become a patron to encourage you to continue this wonderful work of yours. Your podcasts are wonderful !
Happy knitting,
Pascale (from France)
Thank you SO much for having Kate Atherley on. I can't wait to get my hands on all three of her books.
Thanks, Mary. Enjoy the books!
Again, who would thumbs down this?! Love it, every episode
Do not understand this either. If you don't like it, don't watch it. If there some kind of critic, tell everyone your decision for discussion.
It doesn't necessarily come from a place of mean-spiritedness. It could be happening that RUclips is suggesting this video to non-knitters who are not interested in the content. A down vote tells the RUclips algorithm that the video is not for you and to not suggest these types of videos anymore.
Braid And Tinker i get that, its just too bad for Fruity Knitting. If something isnt my bag i just type in something that is and thumbs up that instead
LivSpicyKnitco D Me too ☺️
Perhaps people who get upset by andrea continually declaring that knitting patterns have motives :D
You two are so good! Thanks for all the information and assistance you bring to all of us who are trying so hard to learn knitting techniques to improved our projects. My hats off to you!
Thanks, Laura. It's great to have you along learning with us.
Andrea, I am totally envious of your sweater. It is stunning.
Wonderful episode as usual!! Love that you guys are so enthusiastic and bright and cheerful every time! Also love the music you choose so calming ...so thank you both !!
Thank you so much for the Kate Atherley interview. So informative. I stopped knitting socks for the very reasons she mentioned. I will definitely purchase her book hopefully. Thank you for explaining the fair isle set up and the Edinburgh organisers.
Fabulous... and awesome drone footage
Knitting socks as I watch your podcast. Thanks for your technical advice as well as introduction to knitters. Will be ordering Kate Atherly’s book!!
Thanks, Pati.
Thank you for this wonderful episode. I really liked the interview at the end as I am a passionated sock knitter (knitted hundreds of pairs).
And I absolutely enjoyed the part with the breuberg castle. As I am a piper too, I spent a lot of educational time there. The bag (bagpipe association of germany) has a summerschool -week there every year which I participated many times (before I had children...) It felt so good to see breuberg surprisingly at your podcast. Just want to go there right now!:-):-):-) (if it only not was too far away for as spontanous trip...). Last, but not least I was surprised to see my knitting friend Tamara's Cardigan at the podcast! Wow! This episode really is one of my favourite by now! Thumbs up!:-):-)
Andrea who is your lovely red cardigan’s designer. Love it. I enjoyed Episode 102 today and now I have to wait until 103 shows up. So I have slowed up on watching your previous podcasts so I can survive until 103!
Your sweater is beautiful, and Andrew’s scarf is awesome! Loved this whole podcast ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love the interview with Kate. - Andrea, your Samphry looks gorgeous!!!❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎
I was thrilled to see the interview with Kate Atherley. I'm new to sock knitting and have yet to find a vanilla pattern I'm happy with so I purchased Kate's book only last week, what great timing 😊
Just found these podcasts I have watched 1 1/2 so far and wow they are awesome. Love the explanation of the Fair Isle.
puzzled by your over head shot at EYF podcast and again the castle then I thought aha they are using a drone and then I saw the shadow of the drone. Very good flying. I am on a fixed income and have to count my pennies, but your quality podcast is worth giving up a cup of coffee.
Hi Sandra. Yes, the shadow - beginner's error! Didn't pick it up at the time, but saw it during editing. (-; And thank you for the coffee. We appreciate your generosity. A + A.
Finally saw the drones shadow at the end of the extreme knitting clip.
Love all these podcasts
Thank you for showing us beautiful parts of Germany and so much detail on your sweater. Andrews’s scarf 🧣 is beautiful.
Love you guys 💐💐👏
THANK YOU for sharing the Fair Isle information!!! This will help me So very much!
Good luck with your projects, Denise!
Wonderful episode. Once again thank you.
Oh that info on sock fitting makes so much sense! Thank you
Hats off to you both for another excellent episode. I've updated my pledge through Patreon because I so appreciate the content.
Thank you, Janet. You're keeping the show going!
I'd love to be able to go to the EYF and spend time exploring but these days I have limited moblity. Isuffered a head injury at work in 2007 and ended up with fibromyalgia.
You are doing a great job with the podcast, it's very enjoyable, I am late to the party but have gone back to the beginning this last two weeks and am on episode 51, so I decided to become a Patron. Much love, Bernie xx
Another fantastic episode! I loved the interview with Kate Atherley, and had purchased her pattern writing book some time ago.
Thanks, Tori. Kate has a heap of experience in editing and writing patterns, and has a real attention to detail, so her pattern writing book must be great.
Love your new sweater!! Looks so beautiful on you and I’m so amazed by your skill in knitting it and with such a great fit😀
Your discussion of Fair Isle patterning sounded like a lecture on sonata-allegro form, lol. Great episode!
Thank you for the background information on fair isle knitting. I enjoy knitting socks, I will seek out Kate Atherly’s book.
What a blend of fun and fright # 51 was for me. I'll start with fright = Fair Isle and the most horrid of Gaelic words....STEEK. Too intimidating but I'm in awe of Andrea's expertise. Fun = 51 in general and I'm besotted with Kate Atherley because I'm about to do my first socks. I'll be doing cuff down on dpns so I'll watch her bit again as she came along at just the right time. Thanks A & A for another beautifully produced episode.
Hi James. Good luck with your socks. Check out Kate's patterns - I'm pretty sure you'd pick up some good tips just from one of the patterns. And my tip would be to stick close to your yarn shop, or some other knitting experts, just in case... Cheers, A + A.
Oh I won't be far from the LYS trust me. I'm either trying an A. Budd, or an E. Zimmerman sock patt if I don't buy K.A.'s book before hand.
So clever and beautiful, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skill.
Thanks, Marta!
Another great episode! Thank you so much, I enjoyed it!
wonderful fair isle discussion, thank you!
Beautiful episode. Love your dog as he walks with you, he is so cheerful! I bought the book vintage shetland knitting and I am want to start on the tam that Andrea showed, it is lovely!
Hi Milda. For Jack, a trip to the woods is like going to heaven - with the pack. Make sure you get your tam in the Kal! Cheers, A + A
OH my goodness, the description of the confusion surrounding SSK really resonated with me. I have done SSK "wrong" for years (I discuss this in my latest podcast). I guess the best way to learn is to teach. Only by seeing how a beginner reads instructions can we see how the instructions are not instructive enough.
Braid And Tinker /;;
Ooh Andrea, that tam is absolutely gorgeous. I must make one for next winter! 💕
And i love the technique you used for that gorgeous hat, i just used it for a hat project!
Love your podcasts,thank you .
I totally agree about the pattern as a beginner knitter is very difficult sometimes to understand and follow the pattern and many times that put off in a lot of the proyect I wanted to do
Love the Fairisle jumper. I'm curious; was there no ease between the band and the body in the picture that came with the pattern? You are amazing with the pattern adjustments.
Your sweater is amazing. I would take lessons from you because you always make alterations and your results are so beautiful. It would have hurt to rip the sweater back, having knit all that fairisle, but you know how to get the exact fit you're after. Beautiful. Are you teaching on craftsy?
Hello from Argentina, Buenos Aires, I love seeing you, Andrea and Andrew, it shows a beautiful couple. Andrea is beautiful and Andrew (Andrew in Spanish) is very good looking. I love seeing them, I learn a lot with your indications, I am trying to knit fair isle, something quite difficult, but I will do it and I will show them to you. While I drink a glass of Malbec wine, I look at his program. Excellent program, a big hug from South America.
You are an incredible knitter !
Thank you so much for another wonderful and informative podcast. I really wish I could donate on Patreon, but I'm not getting any income at the moment due to ill health, so don't have any spare money. I do really appreciate all your work in producing this podcast. Thank you so much again xx
Thank you, and "Gute Besserung" (good bettering) from Germany.
I recognize the throw on the couch that the EYF founders are sitting on. I'm sure it's the Hourglass Throw by Anne Hanson. I've made it, exciting to see it in an interview!
Just bought Customs Socks 🧦 book 📖
I thought author ✍🏽 Kate Atherley was a Brit by her accent not Canadian.
Lovely Podcast as always. Love the images of the Yarn Festival. I do enjoy your clips of "Extreme Knitting" a lot. They always make me smile. There are quite a few extreme knitters out there I dare say and it is so inspiring, humorous and fun to watch. I will bring my knitting to this years KungFu retreat in Kaiserslautern at the Shaolin Temple Europe and do some "Extreme Knitting" myself, haha. I guess I can put a little kick into my knitting, mixed up with some loving TaiChi and a dash of Qigong. :-) Love from Adelberg, Germany.
Thank you. 🌻
Would the reason for having the purl side facing on the inside of the tam be that it would cling more to the head and keep the hat from sliding off? Otherwise, I can't see why it would be done that way. Purl bumps would connect with the forehead more than the smooth stocking stitch.
SSK left slanting decrease.... 58:34.... Not a decrease? So what is a left slanting decrease? I always knitted as a decrease....
A properly worked SSK is a decrease. I think she meant that if someone had never done an SSK and the only instruction they got was "slip slip knit", they would probably do "sl1 sl1 k1" and _that_ is not a decrease.
I think the Marie Wallen sweater was the Whalsay not the Muckle Row pattern. So beautiful! I may want to knit it!
The combination of color, design, and ribbing on that Marie Wallin sweater makes it one of the most beautiful I've ever seen! You didn't mention what you think about the Jamieson & Smith yarn used in the tam?
Thanks
as always, i appreciate the detail you put into your episodes, especially when you conduct any colorwork discussion! also, if MICA is watching this, what vest are you wearing in that post-interview photo??????? love it!!!
What is the name of the fair isle hat you showed? It’s lovely!
Your sweater is beautiful.
Thank you, Ryan.
Thank you!
Drone camera.... cool!
Lovely podcast as usual. What is the sweater pattern that you are wearing Andrea
Perfect music for a doggie to run about to🐶
Great episode! What type of dog do you have?
Thank you! Jack is a poodle, very energetic, very silly. They say the apricot poodles are particularly attached to their families, and you will often see that he is very concerned about keeping us together.
Another excellent podcast...thank you so much! Any idea what the name of the green sweater Jo was wearing in your interview? It is stunning!
Hi Peggy. I think a few people have asked this, so we added to our Program Notes: fruityknitting.com/2018/04/10/eyf-founders-custom-sock-knitting/ Cheers, A + A.
Any ideas as to what pattern Jo was wearing? So pretty! It was great to have some insight into behind the scenes EYF.
Hi Amy. I added a picture and reference to the Program Notes. fruityknitting.com/2018/04/10/eyf-founders-custom-sock-knitting/
Cheers, Andrew.
Fruity Knitting Thank you!!
A question about modifying other peoples patterns. I understand the need to knit something a little longer, or to alter a neckline, or put thumbholes in a sweater sleeve (and still call it the designers pattern) but I am curious about other peoples thoughts on something. At what point, or how many alterations does one have to do before it's really not the original designers pattern at all? I ask this after watching the first sweater alteration that you showed, where the knitter turned it from a sweater to a cardi, and also changed the motifs, and also knit it in the opposite direction as the original. Also, she changed the yarn and gauge, and the sweater no longer even resembled the original design. It was a lovely design, but it appeared to have been changed enough to be considered a new original design. Is this fair to say?
Another terrific episode. What is the sweater Andrea is wearing in the interview with Kate Atherley? It’s lovely. (And surprise, surprise - it’s green)
Love the show and wonder if there is a one-time-only type of donation that can be made? Financially I can not commit to an ongoing payment. 😍
How interesting--I purchased Kate Atherly's book for my daughter several weeks ago, before seeing her on your podcast! I had the same experience with the first pair of socks I knit--the pattern said women who wore size 8-9 shoes should chose size large. I did, and they fall off even my husband's feet. The second pair was a little better, but after that I did several KALs with KnitPurlHunter teaching me how to knit socks and other acessories. Much better! Thanks for your podcast. I love your tam!
I just found this, and- I knit my very first sock a year ago. It was my first completed knitting project ever, the first thing I ever cast on with intention to finish. I never knit a second. Why? #1 didn't fit. I wear a EU37, a fairly small foot, and have an even smaller ankle. It never occured to me until watching this (while knitting a sock for a sister, with larger feet, that I've carefully gauged to fit her feet based on reviews from other projects on Ravelry) that my sock may have not fit because it was written large, but I recall having 72 stitches, and my feet are tiny! Of course it didn't fit! As soon as I finish this pair for my sister, I will now go back, frog that sock, check that book out at my library and return to knitting socks for myself, like I originally dreamed of. Odd, that I thought to check size for my sister, because her feet are 41, but not myself, a 37. Thank you for seeking out, interviewing, and sharing with us these master knitters. Sometimes it makes all the difference.
What's on Andrew's shirt? 😀
Flamingos , so fun
That's right. So cool. Andrea keeps me well dressed!
What is in your fruit bowl?? Looks like a leprechaun? Thanks again for a wonderful episode!
Hi Shelly. He is one of the scallywags of our household. And a gift from a dear departed friend. Thanks for watching. A + A
Nice to see in real life the teachers from Craftsy.
This was a very good episode I have taken Kate sock class and a lot she change me from being a toe up knitter to a top down knitter a world of different I still knit them 2@a time 😍. My question is why do you and husband started podcast was it so eventually you could make living do it or was to share with other what you are knitting and how you are do makings each item, just need some understanding because now you seeking donations for your podcast just wondering? Thank you for answering my questions.
That's a long story but very briefly; We love to produce the show but the investment of time and money is far beyond a hobby and actually more than a normal job. We can only do this with financial support.
I would also surmise that you found to produce high quality requires more time and expense than hobby craft podcasting. Bravo on always having fabulous interviews, techniques, intriguing music, a travel blog, all featuring the art of knitting at the highest form. This is by far the best podcast I have ever seen when you look at all the elements. I noticed from the very first episode that you were going to put 100% into what you produce. Good work to you all. P.S. my daughter is a classical harpist and appreciates your music choices.
Twageos is pronounced twy-gos ☺️ Another great episode.
Thank you, Esther. We did do a search for a pronunciation but were not successful. Thanks for watching. A + A.
Fruity Knitting I live up here in Shetland and I only know one Twageos and it's a small road in Lerwick so not particularly well known! ☺️
I'm absolutely made for the green cardi that Jo from EYF is wearing! Any chance of an idea where to get the pattern?
Added to the Program Notes: fruityknitting.com/2018/04/10/eyf-founders-custom-sock-knitting/
In the EYF Founder interview, Andrea, your shots look very yellow.
Yep. White balance can be tricky...
Motif is pronounced "moh-teef" . My motive for pointing out this error is that it drives me nuts .