This knitting project travelled across Europe: knit the Starnkeeker Vest with me

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  • Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025

Комментарии • 126

  • @MijnWolden
    @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +21

    Friends! Starting from 14:46 the audio gets really bad. If you have auditory sensory issues I advice you to turn off the sound, maybe rely on the captions if you want to continue watching, but I will also still love you if you decide to stop watching. There was no time to rerecord and the video wouldn't be whole without some of the thoughts at the end... So my apologies and listen with care ❤

    • @VultureSkins
      @VultureSkins Месяц назад

      I appreciate the warning! Thank you for being considerate :)

    • @cadileigh9948
      @cadileigh9948 Месяц назад

      It's just wind noise which is perfectly apt for the location Thanks for the atmospherics

  • @CrownedLadybug
    @CrownedLadybug Месяц назад +12

    I just came in from the kitchen with my dinner in hand and thinking I would pull up a fiber video to watch while I ate. Lo and behold, new Jente video uploaded two minutes ago! Aren't I lucky :D

    • @palustrine
      @palustrine Месяц назад

      Literally was about to comment the same!!

    • @CrownedLadybug
      @CrownedLadybug Месяц назад +1

      Such a lovely project! The colours work together beautifully, very good contrast on all of them! Also, congrats on being brave and trying out a Scary Thing, glad it worked out so well
      I'm not a vacation person so I don't have much experience with Vacation Yarn, but before I moved in with my partner, we both always got yarn during our visits to each other! Less as Vacation Yarn and more because of course we had to go to a yarn store together every time! If I travelled elsewhere though, I absolutely would seek out local yarn to bring home

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Always lucky on Wednesdays 18:30 CET ;)

  • @cherylcarlson3315
    @cherylcarlson3315 Месяц назад +4

    Today is holiday in US that I opt out of.start the day watching you and thinking in 39 yrs of working had 7 vacations including driving in blizzard to adopt a baby. Never have steeked anything. Thanks for boosting the economy.hope the flood recovery is going well

  • @MsGg43
    @MsGg43 Месяц назад +2

    Love the vest and I do think you were brave to steek!

  • @mfg2324
    @mfg2324 Месяц назад +2

    The vest is stunning and your trip looked like lots of fun :) Thanks for taking us along!

  • @ClaireOttman
    @ClaireOttman Месяц назад +3

    Awesome vest. It looks fabulous on you. Your 4-color choice is perfect.

  • @Twilightwitchery
    @Twilightwitchery Месяц назад +3

    Turned out gorgeous! It’s a really nice pattern. I’m very impressed you got it done so quickly on such small needles!

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Wouldn't be able to do it so quickly if I wasn't on a holiday though :-)

  • @Suzco123
    @Suzco123 Месяц назад +3

    Beautiful vest.. the colour combo is perfection! 😍

  • @MoonyMcMoonykins
    @MoonyMcMoonykins Месяц назад +2

    I knit a whole sweater for myself in the malabrigo sock "primavera" colorway and it's 👌

  • @MurkwoodFibre
    @MurkwoodFibre Месяц назад +2

    Making breakfast for myself and my toddler in the west coast of BC while watching. ❤️

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      The Klee Pullover is gorgeous, yet I think I'm searching for something that uses the four colours in more equal amounts. Right now I'm thinking the Warp Vest by Sarah Ottosson

  • @elizabethstreeter2145
    @elizabethstreeter2145 Месяц назад +2

    Love travel knitting every time you wear it it reminds you of where you were when you knitted it

  • @raevynwoods9403
    @raevynwoods9403 Месяц назад +1

    I love the vest! It's so cute!
    My first steek was also in a vest, only I had to write it in myself... The pattern split for the fronts and back, but I was using a gradient yarn and I didn't want to mess up the colour change... so after someone on a forum suggested a steek I figured out how to do that. Still pretty proud of that, especially since the yarn isn't even 100% wool so according to all the sources I should have machine reinforced the steek, but my crochet lines are holding up fine!
    On my last holiday I didn't get souvenir yarn, but I did get souvenir D&D dice. I think of the little shop and all my poor friends who I dragged halfway across Madrid to find it every time I use them :P

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +2

      Hahaha yes, not me dragging my husband through all of Valencia for the yarn shops... :D

  • @countbaldwiniv
    @countbaldwiniv Месяц назад +1

    A castle ruin is the perfect location for a finished item reveal ❤

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Except that it was pretty windy haha

  • @ShanaH414
    @ShanaH414 Месяц назад +1

    The vest is so cute. Also I’m so impressed that you did the steek alone. The first time I cut my knitting I needed the moral support of other knitters!

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      I had my husband as moral support nearby :)

  • @ahafiapatootie
    @ahafiapatootie Месяц назад +1

    i’ve been wanting to knit this for months!!!! you are only intensifying that desire, it turned out SO beautiful

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      This is your sign to cast on then!!

  • @CrumbleMcRumble
    @CrumbleMcRumble Месяц назад +1

    I love everything about this!!!! You did such a wonderful job, and the colors are perfect. You’ve inspired me to knit one…maybe with some Handspun, onion dyed targhee? Another inspiration from you.
    For those leftovers - what about the Klee pullover by Midori Hirose? That’s in my queue… thanks again for the wonderful content ❤

  • @hannenielsen6205
    @hannenielsen6205 Месяц назад +2

    Always lovely to see what you are up to . Amazing waistcoat 😊

  • @Tinas_Workshop
    @Tinas_Workshop Месяц назад +1

    That came out beautiful and what a beautiful holiday too.

  • @bnhietala
    @bnhietala Месяц назад +1

    This is so cute! I love the vintage vibe it gives! And your love for cables and color work is very relatable. I go between stranded knitting and cables, and have been terrified to try steeking! Maybe it's time I try it myself? Probably on something with a much large gauge first, because my go-to is worsted weight yarn. Thanks for taking us on your trip!

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      It wasn't as scary as it looked, honestly, and greatly to be preferred over flat knit colourwork

  • @emilylouise9705
    @emilylouise9705 Месяц назад

    I was watching this while caking up a few skeins that I bought while on vacation in Berlin a couple of days ago! 😁 I love buying yarn as a memento of places I visit (particularly locally produced yarn). It feels like a more tangible way to remember a place, which is much nicer than buying something that just gathers dust. I bought some gorgeous mohair and silk blend yarns - I don't know what they will become yet, but I'm excited to knit with them over the coming Christmas holidays. And if you're ever in Berlin, I can recommend the shops Yarn Over Berlin (ooh it was like a candy store of beautiful colours) and Wollschlößchen - the owner of the shop was the loveliest lady - I had such a nice conversation with her. It made feel so grateful to share this craft that so many people the world over take joy and pride in ❤

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      I'll try and remember them if we're ever in Berlin! :D

  • @betsyjames1520
    @betsyjames1520 Месяц назад +1

    You make such beautiful things 🎉❤

  • @moonbasket
    @moonbasket Месяц назад +2

    What a lovely vest!! I am also working on a fingering weight project with only four colors: The Falasteen Scarf. It's a pattern inspired by the motifs of Palestine and the proceeds go to charity. I'm really enjoying it and I'm actually using it to stash bust and not following the four color recommendation.😅

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragon Месяц назад +1

    I love buying wool when I'm on holiday if I can find a nice wool shop.

  • @bagladysendtheferalspinner3761
    @bagladysendtheferalspinner3761 Месяц назад +1

    You picked beautiful colours for your vacation yarns and your colour-work is amazing. Congratulations on your first steek!

  • @lesliesmith6586
    @lesliesmith6586 Месяц назад +1

    I hhave an idea, make the vest again but sub out either the brown or yellow for your original green. that would look pretty I think. xxxxx

  • @nblmqst1167
    @nblmqst1167 Месяц назад +1

    Turned out perfectly. \(^-^)/ Congratulations on conquering steeks!

  • @lauratittensor2691
    @lauratittensor2691 Месяц назад +1

    I always leave room in suitcase to buy yarn from places I visit

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Necessary travel arrangements I say. I also prepare a list of fiber shops before I go :D

  • @kristinafabianova7139
    @kristinafabianova7139 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful work, if I could knit this, I would make it christmasy red-green and white "snowflakes". Still can't wrap my head around, how somethink like this can be handmade.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      A christmas version would look really cute indeed!

  • @redaleta
    @redaleta Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful vest.

  • @RythmnStitches
    @RythmnStitches 27 дней назад

    Love your fairisle vest. You are very proficient in processing colour work. Beautiful 💕

  • @Anna-tc4eu
    @Anna-tc4eu Месяц назад +1

    Gorgeous vest! 🎉

  • @AndreaAlexander
    @AndreaAlexander Месяц назад

    I love the colors you picked out, and it must be so nice to have a garment that holds so many memories; your past trips, this current trip, steeking for the first time (go you!!) 🤩 I can't believe you made that in 10 days!!

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Just like your Scotland projects :D

  • @Sunburntghost
    @Sunburntghost Месяц назад +1

    Wow, that is a lovely vest and it screams chaos goblincore! 🥰 I hope you enjoyed your vacation.

  • @kristalburns3490
    @kristalburns3490 Месяц назад +1

    I know it as Mauve. It is a color that changes depending on what it is partnered with. Teal lis another color like that. Great vest. Wonderful bravery on the steeks.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Propably also related to Taupe, another such changing colour.

  • @stephanielaakson8960
    @stephanielaakson8960 Месяц назад +1

    Good Morning! I know very little about knitting and you are So much more advanced and adventurous than I!!! Holy Cats, this is just lovely😁. Recently started studying color theory in conjunction with spinning shenanigans and here you are making new combinations... Have a fabulous today, Steph 😁

  • @roxannbannach4920
    @roxannbannach4920 Месяц назад +1

    Beautifully done! And you and your husband are so cute together.

  • @jenibylsma9845
    @jenibylsma9845 Месяц назад

    Love, love, love your vest Jente! ❤ Great job with the steeking too - you truly are a fearless wool warrior! 😁 Honestly tho, steeking is a game changer once you get the hang of it. It’s a fabulous technique. 😜 Glad you got to have a nice holiday, and it was super nice you supported local businesses in a time of crisis. It goes a long way to boost morale. Looking forward to your next episode … hugs from Darwin, Down Under 🤗🌴🌴🌴

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Steeking opens up a world of patterns now :D

  • @genier7829
    @genier7829 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks for the scenery and the company. I am grafting a very dark brown fingering weight sweater body where I cut out an extra 4 cm of length. If I realized how difficult this would be, I would have kept the less than ideal fit! It will take several more videos before I am done. Your vest looks spectacular, congratulations on the steeking.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Good luck with the sweater!

  • @jenniferbrighty5120
    @jenniferbrighty5120 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Jente and Dries, I hope you're both well xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️
    Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast.
    I guess you could call it a 2in1.
    Can't get any better than sharing your Holiday Knitting 🧶🧶🏞and the
    "History Hikers ".🥾🥾
    Love the Vest,👕 you did an amazing job on the Steeking.
    I've never done Steeking.
    Happy Knitting and Hiking🎡🎡 🧶🐑🥰🥰🧶🥾🥾
    Take care and stay safe
    Lots of love and Big Hugs to you both..Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🧶🧶🎡🎡🐑🐑🥰

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Although it may be a while before you see these locations on the History Hikers ;)

    • @jenniferbrighty5120
      @jenniferbrighty5120 Месяц назад

      @MijnWolden Hi Jente, I hope you and Dries enjoyed your holiday.
      Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥
      Sending Heart ♥ back to you both ❤️❤️💞💞
      I don't mind waiting for your History Hiking video podcasts. A lot of hard work goes into your making of them.🌞🌟✨️
      Thankyou for making and sharing them🌟🌞🥰😊
      Both of you are very much appreciated. 🌟✨️🎉🎉
      Happy Spinning and Knitting Fibre Friend 🎡🧶🥰🐑🥰
      Take care and stay safe
      Lots of love and Big Hugs to you both Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🥾🥾

  • @marcipippin3426
    @marcipippin3426 Месяц назад +1

    Love how the vest turned out 🤩

  • @uterick-seleck2541
    @uterick-seleck2541 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful knit work and cool color combination, this pattern is on my list now.

  • @ZimVader-0017
    @ZimVader-0017 Месяц назад +1

    Seeing you with the scissors gave me so much stress, and I wasn't even the one who knitted the vest in the first place 😂
    It's very cute, by the way.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Don't worry, me and my scissors can't hurt you :D

  • @afoxgloveshandiwork
    @afoxgloveshandiwork Месяц назад

    It is amazing! I have never heard of steeking and I was so nervous when you started cutting the garment. Loved the mindset of learning a new thing! Yeah!

  • @dawnmrodgers
    @dawnmrodgers Месяц назад

    That Rowan yarn was possibly made in the village I grew up in, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire! ❤

  • @jokeklein7879
    @jokeklein7879 Месяц назад +1

    What a lovely vest! and so quickly knitted. It looks perfect on you! I always look for sockyarn on vacation, nice to think back when you are knitting and wearing the socks.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Exactly :D and you never have too much socks, right?

  • @Anna-or6jn
    @Anna-or6jn Месяц назад +1

    Lovely job ! It made me laugh ironically. Ive just started knitting Kaffe Fassetts carpet pattern pullover/vest with my handspun mix of Gotland, English Leicester and a small amount of a mystery fleece which is probably Romney. My yarn guage is out and i really do need to start again with smaller needles or my vest will be huge but kei te pai (all ok) as we say in NZ.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Gauge is a tricky thing :D

  • @rmlrhonda
    @rmlrhonda Месяц назад +1

    That came out so beautifully! Kudos!

  • @Janet-ov7zx
    @Janet-ov7zx Месяц назад +1

    Great vest! Congrats on your first steek, as well. I love finding local yarns and fiber on vacation. I usually buy sock yarn, and then knit socks or mitts that remind me of the trip. harpingJanet

  • @saraht855
    @saraht855 Месяц назад +1

    that vest is so beautiful

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      I can read a book while sitting backwards in a bus. I'm blessed with having everything but car sickness.

    • @saraht855
      @saraht855 Месяц назад

      @MijnWolden reading a book on the bus is ok if it covers my whole field of view.
      I get motion sick watching 3D movies :(

  • @paadoxal
    @paadoxal Месяц назад +1

    ah a new video, how great:+)! so excited to see what you make

  • @colettemoolman4410
    @colettemoolman4410 Месяц назад +1

    Success! The vest is beautiful

  • @TJtheBee
    @TJtheBee Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful project as always! No worries about the sound - my sensory disorder wasnt set off very badly. Thank you for the warning!

  • @Naturetails417
    @Naturetails417 Месяц назад +1

    Very nice. The colours are perfect!😊

  • @Sarahgetsdressed
    @Sarahgetsdressed Месяц назад +1

    Looks lavender to me! I love it very much.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Lavender would be fitting for a yarn bought in France too :D

  • @spunNstitched
    @spunNstitched Месяц назад

    Beautiful vest! Great job on the steeking 🎉

  • @armuver1
    @armuver1 Месяц назад

    Great knitting,well done. Loved the video, from Scotland.

  • @brandondolguin
    @brandondolguin Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful work❤❤

  • @eddavanleemputten9232
    @eddavanleemputten9232 Месяц назад +1

    Congratulations on your first steek! I’ve never attempted it.
    About that ‘pink’ yarn… perhaps that’s what they mean with ‘vieux rose’…?
    To me, colour, unless it’s digitalised into little ones and zeros by a spectrophotometer and analysed by the proper software, is a very relative thing. Depending on the light frequency and the surrounding colours our brains interpret it so differently. Then again, I’ve spent a few years at an art academy, have worked in textile and after a detour in an entirely non colour related sector, now work for a company that produces and sells… colour measurement equipment and software.
    My poor SO who without his glasses and contact lenses, is clinically blind, doesn’t get it.
    SO: “That’s a pretty green. Why don’t you buy it and knit yourself something out of it?”
    Me: “Because it has too much yellow in it.”
    SO: “???”
    Me: “The shade doesn’t suit me. It’ll make me look like death warmed over.”
    SO: “Such a pretty green? You love green!”
    Me: “Trust me. And yes, it’s a very pretty green. It’s just the wrong green for me.”
    SO: “???… If you say so…?”
    Same SO who was certain he’d perfectly matched the colour of his wallpaper by painting over a tear his cat had made into it. By painting it over at night. By lamp light. The next day natural light showed it didn’t. Bless him. I love him so much. But there’s one area I’ll never trust him and that’s colour.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, my husband isn't great at it either. "Why don't you wear these black stockings?" -because they're blue, Dries, that's blue.

  • @alekfelis
    @alekfelis Месяц назад +2

    Such a beautiful and interesting vest!
    I'm trying to spin jumbo yarn as here aren't available many supplies for spinning, but I just can figure out the hand spinning process yet 😬.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      You'll figure it out, I'm sure :D

    • @alekfelis
      @alekfelis Месяц назад

      @@MijnWolden You're too kind! However I'm so excited for that upcoming video. Who know when and what will click at the right way and I'll figure it out 😄

  • @alexvanderpol1
    @alexvanderpol1 Месяц назад +1

    Oh!! It turned out soooo cute!

  • @leaf2576
    @leaf2576 Месяц назад

    If you have enough remaining yarn for it, there must be a cardigan pattern that would match the vest or complement it! Then you could wear them both as a coordinating set!

  • @Dollcan
    @Dollcan Месяц назад

    So beautiful!

  • @RicaKramer
    @RicaKramer Месяц назад

    Haha half of my stash is travel souvenir yarn and half my projects are. What obviously is caused by being a nomad and always traveling.
    I am just knitting on a beach shirt for next week while freezing in my bed. And now I need to plan holiday knitting for 2 month with only hand luggage.have a great day. Lovely vest

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      But if the entire world is your home... is it still holiday yarn? ;)

    • @RicaKramer
      @RicaKramer Месяц назад

      @MijnWolden that is a good question. I should discuss it in my new debate course.

  • @amelia13131
    @amelia13131 Месяц назад

    fabulous!

  • @tattercandy
    @tattercandy 26 дней назад

    looks great

  • @traudelenhof3487
    @traudelenhof3487 Месяц назад

    I've been at Iceland last year and bought wonderful skeins of Icelandic yarn. Naturally I've knitted an Iceland-pattern-pullover.
    I'm always searching local yarn on holidays.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      That sounds amazing, I would love to visit Scandinavia one day

  • @djh1775
    @djh1775 Месяц назад

    Love it!

  • @Ambymarieknits
    @Ambymarieknits Месяц назад

    That made my day! But now that song is stuck in my head lol

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад

      Which one? Swedish Pagans or Ratattouille's Kitchen? ;)

    • @Ambymarieknits
      @Ambymarieknits Месяц назад

      @@MijnWoldenit was the psychostick 😂

  • @etienne6916
    @etienne6916 Месяц назад +1

    such a pretty vest! :) steaking terryfies me so much but I will have to try it at some point hehe :P
    also! you mentionned you were learning to edit your audio and wanted to say there is a noticeable improvement on this video :)

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Tip: use wool that felts easily, and is very grabby (I used Shetland and alpaca, and that seemed to have been a great choice)

    • @etienne6916
      @etienne6916 Месяц назад

      @MijnWolden ohhh good to know! :)

  • @lauraleecreations3217
    @lauraleecreations3217 Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @eleonoramarree
    @eleonoramarree Месяц назад

    heel mooi

  • @charlot-temisery
    @charlot-temisery Месяц назад +1

    still too scared to try steeking. one day... one day...

    • @resourcedragon
      @resourcedragon Месяц назад +1

      You can increase or decrease the fear factor depending upon the wool you use. If you use a really "sticky" wool, like Shetland, your stitches won't go anywhere and there's very little to worry about. If you use a slithery yarn, hmm, well, that definitely will get your adrenaline going. I'd avoid doing that - unless you do something like using a sewing machine to zig zag over the bits that will become edges before you actually cut them.

    • @charlot-temisery
      @charlot-temisery Месяц назад

      Nah that's not it. I have a list of skills to get through and it's alphabetical (jk)

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      Coincidentally I did pick Shetland without even thinking about its qualities for steeking.

    • @MijnWolden
      @MijnWolden  Месяц назад +1

      One day, courage will find you! Or the pattern might be too magnetic...

    • @charlot-temisery
      @charlot-temisery Месяц назад

      @@MijnWolden honestly most of my stash is pretty viable for steeking. But I am a coward. Anxiety and whatnot is the killer of many of my endeavours.

  • @barbaramagri4209
    @barbaramagri4209 Месяц назад

    💪🐏 é bellissimo 🐏

  • @LualaDy
    @LualaDy Месяц назад

    NOOOOOOOOOO! Not the ..
    I CAN ONLY COUNT TO FOUR!!!!!!
    =D AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

  • @LATHEANDLOOMPODCAST
    @LATHEANDLOOMPODCAST Месяц назад

    Congratulations it’s beautiful! And what a great wardrobe piece. 🧶 Cher