The “I’m not just a shitty person?!” revelation was just world changing for me! Late diagnosed ADHD in 2022 as well! Getting the official diagnosis was a real relief for me.
I’m 74 yrs old and you are helping me understand myself. I wish I had therapy yrs ago. It wasn’t accepted in the USA. I love how you have progressed. It gives me hope.
Laura, I didn't realize how much you were struggling when I was watching your vlogmas at the end of 2022. Looking back, it's probably because I thought that it was normal to feel constantly overwhelmed and/or sad. But seeing your growth over the past 2 years has helped me recognize how messed up my own mental state has been, and that's why I appreciate your willingness to be vulnerable and honest in all your videos ❤ I can't believe it's the penultimate vlogmas episode! What a lovely series it's been this year. I want to wish you a happy and peaceful holiday season 🎄 and a joyful new year 🎉
Yeah I’ve watched 2022 back and it was difficult! I had to remove so much footage because I kept breaking down and abandoning vlogs but I was still in complete denial about how unwell I was, it wasn’t even denial really, I just didn’t know it wasn’t normal! It is fascinating though and I’m lucky that I can reference that time and never forgot how far I’ve come!! Wishing you well on your own journey, things can be different and you’ve got so much to look forward to!!! Xxx
I always struggled with cleaning motivation and wanted to share what helped me in case it helps someone else. I clean the house in the same two hours every week - Sunday 2-4pm is cleaning time. I don't allow myself to do anything else. Do I hate it? Yes? Does that matter? Nope. Having a very strict routine is the only way I can do it. At first it was really hard but now it's easier because I cannot avoid it (though I hate it still!) For me, it's all about discipline and routine, not motivation. 😬
🎄 My daughter was diagnosed with Autism and a few other things. She has a lot of sensory issues that make everyday life difficult. During the process if getting her diagnosed, it vecame clear to me that she and I are very much alike. It opened my eyes to things that ny family never understood about me and why it wasn't wrong just different.
I saw your video of your grandmother with the cat. I immediately thought of my mother, she had been petting the cat just like your grandmother. Unfortunately my mother passed away 2 years ago, but she also thought this was a great gift. Enjoy your grandma while you can.
I made her little penguin for my Mom last year and she loved it. She's gone 3 months now so this season is very hard, but I'm glad I was able to do that for her. 💜
I always enjoy spending the advent season with you. I'm glad you were able to be gentler with yourself this year. The biggest takeaway for me this year was , "If it needs doing, do it." I have some pretty big issues with demand avoidance, myself, so this has been a big help to me lately. Happy New year and birthday to you! 💖
🎄😁I have anxiety and my husband does not. The worst thing is when he says “just relax” or “ calm down “ when I’m overwhelmed and freaking out 😅. He’s slowly learning but we’ve been married for 31 years and it’s a sloooowwww process.
I’m watching late but I hope your Christmas was peaceful and relaxing 🎄 I got my ADHD diagnosis 2,5 years ago and I so feel the revelation of ”wow, I’m not stupid and flawed after all”. For me even just the diagnostic process was life changing. During the interviews I learned soooo many new ways of expressing and describing the inner chaos to other people. Before I would get so frustrated trying to explain how I felt and why I couldn’t just get up and do the thing, because obviously it was impossible as I didn’t know what was going on. The diagnosis was just an added bonus, the important part for me was getting the words to tell my safe people how I really felt.
🎄thank you for sharing all your insights into life, coping with your mental health & parenting. I’m 62 & only discovered I’m adhd etc 4 years ago. It’s been a challenging journey but you’ve helped me understand several more layers! Thank you. It’s wonderful to hear you verbalise things that I couldn’t find words for! Now I’m better equipped for 2025! All the best for the festive holiday season & a Happy New Year to you & yours!
Laura, thank you so much for being real and showing that everyday isn’t perfect but that there is something perfect in everyday. I’m am so excited to see all the incredible things that you will create this year. Wishing you and your family the very best Christmas.
Hi Laura, thanks for sharing so much of your life with us. I have a Family Member in a similar situation. Her life so far has been a real struggle. Her health has also been compromised, we nearly lost her two weeks ago. So Christmas for us has been one of rest and recuperation. My Christmas Eve cast on is the Emilie vest by Rowan, a really simple pattern, and I'm using Rowan Cotton Wool. It's so soft and comforting, it's just what's needed now. I wish you and your Family lots of health and goodluck for 2025 and beyond 🎉❤
I just loooove watching your vlogmas! I think that’s how I found you last year and I literally binge watched all your episodes, vlogs, etc throughout the year. This time I’ve been watching while knitting on my Stella quilt blanket ❤️. Thanks for sharing as much as you do. I think I also suffer from anxiety (since I was a kid) and specially social anxiety, so the way you felt last year and this year about the Christmas party is exactly how I feel about every social activity and seeing you helps me understand myself more. Thanks again 🎄
Thank you for sharing your mental health. I have an adult daughter diagnosed now with autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder. We struggle to communicate. I really appreciate what you have to say about it all. It helps me learn to talk and hopefully be there to help her when she is ready to let me. Thank you again! Merry Christmas Laura!
I like to have fresh herbs in my windowsill. If nothing else I always have a bunch of green onions or chives regrowing in a glass of water after I've used them.
The advent yarns are stunning! Thank you for sharing them! I especially loved the green one in the last video! I'm currently making the Sweet Shop blanket and LOVING it and I also plan to start a Stella Quilt next year, too... I LOVE your sock and sweater patterns, but making blankets is more my go to because it's less stressful for me than knitting something fitted. I enjoyed the Q&A.. very enlightening! The tiramisu looks YUMMY!
I’m late to this, but I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your experience! It’s so amazing to hear about other neurodivergent people’s experiences because it’s validating and encouraging. I’m going to take your advice to heart and keep trying!
I think you speak to things beautifully and it can be heard. I agree whole heartedly on color coding, or, haha, the word escaped me. And you say it completely right about not negating what people say and feel- that's 1000% correct. Your granola is such a gorgeous gift. All the best, Kimberly 🎄
Thinking about what I look for in selecting patterns.. I am always looking to learn something new so I look at the techniques involved and LOVE when a pattern has tips/tricks for ‘Special’ technique especially if its a design that gives a ‘Finishing touch” or professional look.
🎄Thank you for a beautiful episode. You are a wonderful mother and you are teaching your children some valuable lessons. You deserve every happiness and I wish you JOY this holiday season, 🥰
Well, that tiramisu at the end looks amazing. Thank you for answering the many many questions - and especially from another autistic, disabled person, it really does matter seeing others share about their experience with it all in this space! Merry Christmas Eve Eve to you! 🎄
Thank you for sharing your journey into understanding yourself. I work with autistic children and find it so valuable to listen to experiences of neurodiverse individuals, diagnosed or not.
🎄thank you Laura, I have loved watching vlogmas 2024. It has been the soundtrack to me working on my crochet advent calendar in the dark December mornings before the rest of the house wakes up.
Such a wonderful vlogmas ❤ I love that you share to help so many of us; but I also love that you set boundaries on what you will share. I hope that makes sense I just think it shows people it’s ok to say no I don’t want to share that. Have a beautiful Christmas with your family 🎄 🥰
Merry Christmas to you and your family. What a wonderful vlogmas this has been. Thank you so much! You’ve brightened my December. Wishing you a joyful and relaxed holiday season.
Soooooo many juicy questions! Thank you for sharing your answers with us -- I was getting emotional during the mental health questions because I've seen how much you've grown in the past few years and I'm SO incredibly proud of you ❤ I'm a neurotypical partner of someone with AuDHD and it can absolutely be challenging, but I love my husband more than anyone else in the world. We've been navigating how our relationship works with our different brains and the most important thing for us is to never judge. I cannot stress enough how much it means to my husband that I never judge how he acts or reacts and I completely accept him and his neurodivergent brain ❤ Neurodivergence is so beautiful and I think it's so impressive how his AuDHD works and all the incredible things he can do that my neurotypical brain can't do ☺️ 🎄
Your job as a stay at home Mum is invaluable. You are so blessed having a small business bringing some income in. Enjoy and appreciate it every moment.
🎄🎄🎄I can only echo everyone else’s heartfelt thanks for your sharing. You are so inspiring. And to learn you were a composition major!!! I’ve thought you have a lovely voice when singing along to your music in other vlogs so of course! I was a voice major in undergrad and grad school. Still in my (later) 20s and figuring things out (as in, teaching private lessons and singing a church job but not really performing much regularly like I had thought I might, despite not having a solid plan to get there 🥴), I’ve been diagnosed with OCD (and anxiety and depression) by a gp but suspect there might be some other undiagnosed neurodivergence going on. Your mental health discussions and sharing of your occupations and work-life balance is so encouraging, and I also appreciate your tips on boundary setting with others (kids and adults alike)! Thank you for sharing and being so genuine. ❤ merry Christmas to you and yours, and I hope you get lots of chill time!
I am, also, a late diagnosed 40yr old with Autism and ADHD. I agree with you 100% about the colors 😂. I spent too long trying to fit into a box that now I just do what I like because I want to be authentic
🎄 definitely some thought provoking questions and answers sounds like you've worked hard to find what works for you and your family, thank you for sharing 😊❤
I'll watch this when my husband goes back to work. Loved watching you clean and decorate. What a lovely idea for the window. You amaze me. So talented!
Thank you for sharing this Laura with us! You are a beautiful soul! I found myself in all you talk about! I think your vlogmas was the only I was waiting everyday!😂 I wish you and your family a happy new year ,lots of love and accomplishments !🎉🥂🍾🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
the whole conversation about being autistic/adhd made me giggle but also was SO relatable! you're such a source of light and validation for me as a fellow autist/adhder, thank you for all you do
Thank you so very much for sharing your experience and your thoughts they are so insightful and helpful in so many ways. May your Christmas be everything you want it to be 🎄💜
I have so enjoyed watching all your videos running up to Christmas, each one was just so nice to watch. I hope your Christmas was really lovely for you 💗
Oh Laura, You are such a sweet, authentic, warmhearted person, a really great mom and an awesome creator in many ways! Totally adore you! Oh and so many things to reproduce- like the label on your granola- ths is such a cool thing! Oh and the calligraphy on the gifts was so beautiful too! Singing as part of your self care sounds amazing! So please take good care of yourself and have a very merry Christmas!!
🎄 Merry Christmas Laura...one thing you said that hit me was that empathizing (saying, we all feel like that sometimes) wasn't helpful....That's something I would say, truly trying to help the other person feel like it's ok, you're not alone, we all feel that way sometimes...I would have never thought that would be not helpful....I'm going to try to remember that for future.
Its a tricky one because its always said with good intention and I never want someone to think I don’t appreciate there empathy, but when I was first coming to terms with my adhd it was really difficult to hear so any I would advice swerving that one and instead try, ‘that must be really difficult to deal with all the time’. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Xx
I haven't gotten very far in this yet but I just wanted to say I have loved having these vlogmas videos this year! Your presence is comforting and calming and the videos have really helped me get into the Christmas spirit this year 💖
Oh yes, till the very 🎄 and enjoyed every bit of your vlogmas. Thank you for being you, for sharing your journey with us , watching and listening you it's like having a therapy session. 😊
🎄Thanks so much for sharing your mental health experiences and journey. You help me understand my 13yo neurodivergent kiddo better and we both appreciate that. 🫶🎄
Thanks for answering so many questions and being so authentic and open. 🎄 This series has brought me so much joy and calm throughout this busy season. Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas!
🎄Laura , thank you so much for all these lovely vlogs running up to Christmas, I have so enjoyed everyone of them, and I also have to say your tirimisu looked Amazing!!! Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, lots of love ❤️ xx
Thank you for the big Q and A and sharing your autism “journey”! I have autism too and I find myself nodding along to your struggles - sarcasm just goes over my head! 😂 I don’t have family around me and really feel isolated often. My parents both died (2021 and 2023) and that has hit me harder than anything else. Have a lovely Christmas with your family x
Oh Laura I absolutely loved your vlogmas. Thank you so much for being so open and honest. My daughter has recently been diagnosed (she is 24) with autism and ADD. It helps me enormously to understand what she is struggling with. Your vlogmas has been my nice private moments of enjoyment. It has meant a lot to me…❤
Thank you, I wish I had the words that my heart feels but after watching every vlogmas I cannot figure out how to express the depth of my appreciation. So today, thank you is what I have. But not the thank you for a stranger opening the door for me but the most heartfelt thank you I can offer. ❤
Cleaning or completing a project other than knitting or crocheting when other people are home is very difficult for me, and I'll just procrastinate. Now, when they are out and I am home alone (which is almost never), it's like a flip is switched, and I want to do absolutely everything. And I can completely relate to forgetting what you're saying in the middle of saying it! I am also dyslexic and when trying to say or write something, I tend to mix up or combine words, but it's particularly embarrassing when I get my left and right mixed up and walk straight into a wall 😂.🎄
Thank you so much for being so open with your journey. I have enjoyed all of your vlogmas episodes and appreciate how much work it is. I have been watching knitting podcasts for about 8 years but was always too shy to comment. This year I was determined to start. It seemed like a mountain to surpass but I’m happy to say I have managed a few. ❤
Thank you for the section on boundaries. I appreciate that very much. I live by myself. Some parts are disastrous while others work just fine. I hope your 24th is lovely. I'll be doing normal stuff, including working for all the holidays. I get my birthday off Sunday and hope to give myself some knitting time. Happy Christmas to all of you
Love your videos! Your children are so sweet! What a great idea to have them write down activities and then pull them out of a hat. Love it!! That granola also looks amazing. Would it be possible to share the recipe? What a beautiful reflection on your journey of self. Thank you for sharing ♥
🎄 Made it to the end! Thank you for the wonderful blogmas episodes. I love your podcasts; your creativity and your candidness. Have a wonderful Christmas!
🎄🎄🎄 thank you for sharing your journey and for all the fun yarn chat as well! You are definitely doing something right with p and Jeff, “Christmas clean-up” has my heart, so precious 🤎🥂✨ I will now be taking that inspiration and clean my house as well 💪🏼☃️🎄
The “I’m not just a shitty person?!” revelation was just world changing for me! Late diagnosed ADHD in 2022 as well! Getting the official diagnosis was a real relief for me.
I’m 74 yrs old and you are helping me understand myself. I wish I had therapy yrs ago. It wasn’t accepted in the USA. I love how you have progressed. It gives me hope.
Laura, I didn't realize how much you were struggling when I was watching your vlogmas at the end of 2022. Looking back, it's probably because I thought that it was normal to feel constantly overwhelmed and/or sad. But seeing your growth over the past 2 years has helped me recognize how messed up my own mental state has been, and that's why I appreciate your willingness to be vulnerable and honest in all your videos ❤ I can't believe it's the penultimate vlogmas episode! What a lovely series it's been this year. I want to wish you a happy and peaceful holiday season 🎄 and a joyful new year 🎉
Yeah I’ve watched 2022 back and it was difficult! I had to remove so much footage because I kept breaking down and abandoning vlogs but I was still in complete denial about how unwell I was, it wasn’t even denial really, I just didn’t know it wasn’t normal! It is fascinating though and I’m lucky that I can reference that time and never forgot how far I’ve come!! Wishing you well on your own journey, things can be different and you’ve got so much to look forward to!!! Xxx
I always struggled with cleaning motivation and wanted to share what helped me in case it helps someone else. I clean the house in the same two hours every week - Sunday 2-4pm is cleaning time. I don't allow myself to do anything else. Do I hate it? Yes? Does that matter? Nope. Having a very strict routine is the only way I can do it. At first it was really hard but now it's easier because I cannot avoid it (though I hate it still!) For me, it's all about discipline and routine, not motivation. 😬
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My daughter was diagnosed with Autism and a few other things. She has a lot of sensory issues that make everyday life difficult. During the process if getting her diagnosed, it vecame clear to me that she and I are very much alike. It opened my eyes to things that ny family never understood about me and why it wasn't wrong just different.
I saw your video of your grandmother with the cat. I immediately thought of my mother, she had been petting the cat just like your grandmother. Unfortunately my mother passed away 2 years ago, but she also thought this was a great gift. Enjoy your grandma while you can.
Your grandma looked delighted with Biscuits…such a lovely thing for you to share with us ❤
I made Claire Garland’s cat for my father-in-law who had dementia. He named it Buster and enjoyed it immensely.😊❤
I made her little penguin for my Mom last year and she loved it. She's gone 3 months now so this season is very hard, but I'm glad I was able to do that for her. 💜
I always enjoy spending the advent season with you. I'm glad you were able to be gentler with yourself this year. The biggest takeaway for me this year was , "If it needs doing, do it." I have some pretty big issues with demand avoidance, myself, so this has been a big help to me lately. Happy New year and birthday to you! 💖
If you end up making another kitten you could call it crumbs. Biscuits, nibbles and crumbs 😂 🎄
🎄😁I have anxiety and my husband does not. The worst thing is when he says “just relax” or “ calm down “ when I’m overwhelmed and freaking out 😅. He’s slowly learning but we’ve been married for 31 years and it’s a sloooowwww process.
I’m watching late but I hope your Christmas was peaceful and relaxing 🎄 I got my ADHD diagnosis 2,5 years ago and I so feel the revelation of ”wow, I’m not stupid and flawed after all”. For me even just the diagnostic process was life changing. During the interviews I learned soooo many new ways of expressing and describing the inner chaos to other people. Before I would get so frustrated trying to explain how I felt and why I couldn’t just get up and do the thing, because obviously it was impossible as I didn’t know what was going on. The diagnosis was just an added bonus, the important part for me was getting the words to tell my safe people how I really felt.
🎄thank you for sharing all your insights into life, coping with your mental health & parenting. I’m 62 & only discovered I’m adhd etc 4 years ago. It’s been a challenging journey but you’ve helped me understand several more layers! Thank you. It’s wonderful to hear you verbalise things that I couldn’t find words for! Now I’m better equipped for 2025! All the best for the festive holiday season & a Happy New Year to you & yours!
Laura, thank you so much for being real and showing that everyday isn’t perfect but that there is something perfect in everyday. I’m am so excited to see all the incredible things that you will create this year. Wishing you and your family the very best Christmas.
Hi Laura, thanks for sharing so much of your life with us. I have a Family Member in a similar situation. Her life so far has been a real struggle. Her health has also been compromised, we nearly lost her two weeks ago. So Christmas for us has been one of rest and recuperation. My Christmas Eve cast on is the Emilie vest by Rowan, a really simple pattern, and I'm using Rowan Cotton Wool. It's so soft and comforting, it's just what's needed now. I wish you and your Family lots of health and goodluck for 2025 and beyond 🎉❤
I just loooove watching your vlogmas! I think that’s how I found you last year and I literally binge watched all your episodes, vlogs, etc throughout the year. This time I’ve been watching while knitting on my Stella quilt blanket ❤️. Thanks for sharing as much as you do. I think I also suffer from anxiety (since I was a kid) and specially social anxiety, so the way you felt last year and this year about the Christmas party is exactly how I feel about every social activity and seeing you helps me understand myself more. Thanks again 🎄
This was the perfect post-present opening, Christmas morning chaos, take a moment to myself podcast to watch. Thank you 🎄
Thank you for sharing your mental health. I have an adult daughter diagnosed now with autism, ADHD and bipolar disorder. We struggle to communicate. I really appreciate what you have to say about it all. It helps me learn to talk and hopefully be there to help her when she is ready to let me. Thank you again! Merry Christmas Laura!
What a treat! ❤ An HOUR of Penrose festivity for Christmas! 🥰
I like to have fresh herbs in my windowsill. If nothing else I always have a bunch of green onions or chives regrowing in a glass of water after I've used them.
The advent yarns are stunning! Thank you for sharing them! I especially loved the green one in the last video! I'm currently making the Sweet Shop blanket and LOVING it and I also plan to start a Stella Quilt next year, too... I LOVE your sock and sweater patterns, but making blankets is more my go to because it's less stressful for me than knitting something fitted. I enjoyed the Q&A.. very enlightening! The tiramisu looks YUMMY!
I’m late to this, but I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your experience! It’s so amazing to hear about other neurodivergent people’s experiences because it’s validating and encouraging. I’m going to take your advice to heart and keep trying!
I think you speak to things beautifully and it can be heard. I agree whole heartedly on color coding, or, haha, the word escaped me. And you say it completely right about not negating what people say and feel- that's 1000% correct. Your granola is such a gorgeous gift. All the best, Kimberly 🎄
Thinking about what I look for in selecting patterns.. I am always looking to learn something new so I look at the techniques involved and LOVE when a pattern has tips/tricks for ‘Special’ technique especially if its a design that gives a ‘Finishing touch” or professional look.
🎄Thank you for a beautiful episode. You are a wonderful mother and you are teaching your children some valuable lessons. You deserve every happiness and I wish you JOY this holiday season, 🥰
Thank you Laura for your vlogmas series, the ‘look behind the scene’ into your life and showing your vulnerability ❤
What an AMAZING Mom and person you are!!!🎄
Well, that tiramisu at the end looks amazing. Thank you for answering the many many questions - and especially from another autistic, disabled person, it really does matter seeing others share about their experience with it all in this space! Merry Christmas Eve Eve to you! 🎄
Thank you for sharing your journey into understanding yourself. I work with autistic children and find it so valuable to listen to experiences of neurodiverse individuals, diagnosed or not.
🎄every time I listen to you I learn something new about myself. I think that’s why I enjoy your videos so much ❤ thank you
🎄thank you Laura, I have loved watching vlogmas 2024. It has been the soundtrack to me working on my crochet advent calendar in the dark December mornings before the rest of the house wakes up.
Such a wonderful vlogmas ❤ I love that you share to help so many of us; but I also love that you set boundaries on what you will share. I hope that makes sense I just think it shows people it’s ok to say no I don’t want to share that. Have a beautiful Christmas with your family 🎄 🥰
I am a plants in the windowsills kind of girlie. Makes me so happy to look at them while hating every minute of doing the dishes 🥹
A little late but still heartfelt: Happy birthday to you!! May your new year be glorious.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. What a wonderful vlogmas this has been. Thank you so much! You’ve brightened my December. Wishing you a joyful and relaxed holiday season.
Soooooo many juicy questions! Thank you for sharing your answers with us -- I was getting emotional during the mental health questions because I've seen how much you've grown in the past few years and I'm SO incredibly proud of you ❤ I'm a neurotypical partner of someone with AuDHD and it can absolutely be challenging, but I love my husband more than anyone else in the world. We've been navigating how our relationship works with our different brains and the most important thing for us is to never judge. I cannot stress enough how much it means to my husband that I never judge how he acts or reacts and I completely accept him and his neurodivergent brain ❤ Neurodivergence is so beautiful and I think it's so impressive how his AuDHD works and all the incredible things he can do that my neurotypical brain can't do ☺️ 🎄
Your job as a stay at home Mum is invaluable. You are so blessed having a small business bringing some income in. Enjoy and appreciate it every moment.
🎄🎄🎄I can only echo everyone else’s heartfelt thanks for your sharing. You are so inspiring. And to learn you were a composition major!!! I’ve thought you have a lovely voice when singing along to your music in other vlogs so of course! I was a voice major in undergrad and grad school. Still in my (later) 20s and figuring things out (as in, teaching private lessons and singing a church job but not really performing much regularly like I had thought I might, despite not having a solid plan to get there 🥴), I’ve been diagnosed with OCD (and anxiety and depression) by a gp but suspect there might be some other undiagnosed neurodivergence going on. Your mental health discussions and sharing of your occupations and work-life balance is so encouraging, and I also appreciate your tips on boundary setting with others (kids and adults alike)! Thank you for sharing and being so genuine. ❤ merry Christmas to you and yours, and I hope you get lots of chill time!
I am, also, a late diagnosed 40yr old with Autism and ADHD. I agree with you 100% about the colors 😂. I spent too long trying to fit into a box that now I just do what I like because I want to be authentic
🎄 definitely some thought provoking questions and answers sounds like you've worked hard to find what works for you and your family, thank you for sharing 😊❤
I'll watch this when my husband goes back to work. Loved watching you clean and decorate. What a lovely idea for the window. You amaze me. So talented!
🎄🎄🎄 Thank you so much for all this great episodes. Wishing you and your family a joyful christmas and a loving new year. ✨️💕🥰
Thank you for sharing this Laura with us! You are a beautiful soul! I found myself in all you talk about! I think your vlogmas was the only I was waiting everyday!😂 I wish you and your family a happy new year ,lots of love and accomplishments !🎉🥂🍾🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
the whole conversation about being autistic/adhd made me giggle but also was SO relatable! you're such a source of light and validation for me as a fellow autist/adhder, thank you for all you do
Thank you so very much for sharing your experience and your thoughts they are so insightful and helpful in so many ways. May your Christmas be everything you want it to be 🎄💜
Bravo on your grandmother's kitty. Your children want to make you happy, too.
This has been the best vlogmas. Can’t thank you enough! 🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas, Laura 🎄Thanks for sharing and take good care of yourself. You are such a wonderful person and mother ❤
I always love your vlogs but this one resonated with me soo much! Thank you for a welcoming watch! Merry Christmas! 🌲
I have so enjoyed watching all your videos running up to Christmas, each one was just so nice to watch. I hope your Christmas was really lovely for you 💗
🎄well done and valuable to hear for those of us who don’t deal with neurodivergence. Thank you and a very Merry Christmas Christmas!
I am finally reading goldfinch! I love the plated prisoner series! It’s one of my favs.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us and being so honest ❤
Oh Laura, You are such a sweet, authentic, warmhearted person, a really great mom and an awesome creator in many ways! Totally adore you!
Oh and so many things to reproduce- like the label on your granola- ths is such a cool thing! Oh and the calligraphy on the gifts was so beautiful too!
Singing as part of your self care sounds amazing!
So please take good care of yourself and have a very merry Christmas!!
🌲 Love the Q&A Laura! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the family 🥰
🎄 Merry Christmas Laura...one thing you said that hit me was that empathizing (saying, we all feel like that sometimes) wasn't helpful....That's something I would say, truly trying to help the other person feel like it's ok, you're not alone, we all feel that way sometimes...I would have never thought that would be not helpful....I'm going to try to remember that for future.
Its a tricky one because its always said with good intention and I never want someone to think I don’t appreciate there empathy, but when I was first coming to terms with my adhd it was really difficult to hear so any I would advice swerving that one and instead try, ‘that must be really difficult to deal with all the time’. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Xx
Hi Laura, You're Sibling Sweater My Size is one of my favourite sweaters - the fit and design are just perfect.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing the Q&A. The tiramisu looked delicious. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day! 🎄
I haven't gotten very far in this yet but I just wanted to say I have loved having these vlogmas videos this year! Your presence is comforting and calming and the videos have really helped me get into the Christmas spirit this year 💖
Oh yes, till the very 🎄 and enjoyed every bit of your vlogmas. Thank you for being you, for sharing your journey with us , watching and listening you it's like having a therapy session. 😊
🎄Thanks so much for sharing your mental health experiences and journey. You help me understand my 13yo neurodivergent kiddo better and we both appreciate that. 🫶🎄
Love watching you. Your just a breath of fresh air for me. Hearing about your struggles helps me see them in me. Merry Christmas
🎄🎋. Happy Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for this treasured holiday gift of your Vlogmass (which is the best of all !!!
Till the lovely end. 🎄 And what a lovely, soul-nourishing, reflective, open video it was. Thank you.
Thanks for answering so many questions and being so authentic and open. 🎄 This series has brought me so much joy and calm throughout this busy season. Wishing you and your family a lovely Christmas!
🎄Laura , thank you so much for all these lovely vlogs running up to Christmas, I have so enjoyed everyone of them, and I also have to say your tirimisu looked Amazing!!! Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas, lots of love ❤️ xx
Thank you for everything 🎄
Thank you for the big Q and A and sharing your autism “journey”! I have autism too and I find myself nodding along to your struggles - sarcasm just goes over my head! 😂
I don’t have family around me and really feel isolated often. My parents both died (2021 and 2023) and that has hit me harder than anything else.
Have a lovely Christmas with your family x
Oh Laura I absolutely loved your vlogmas. Thank you so much for being so open and honest. My daughter has recently been diagnosed (she is 24) with autism and ADD. It helps me enormously to understand what she is struggling with. Your vlogmas has been my nice private moments of enjoyment. It has meant a lot to me…❤
Thank you, I wish I had the words that my heart feels but after watching every vlogmas I cannot figure out how to express the depth of my appreciation. So today, thank you is what I have. But not the thank you for a stranger opening the door for me but the most heartfelt thank you I can offer. ❤
🎄 Thanks, Laura!
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Thank you for being so open with us! ❤
Cleaning or completing a project other than knitting or crocheting when other people are home is very difficult for me, and I'll just procrastinate. Now, when they are out and I am home alone (which is almost never), it's like a flip is switched, and I want to do absolutely everything.
And I can completely relate to forgetting what you're saying in the middle of saying it!
I am also dyslexic and when trying to say or write something, I tend to mix up or combine words, but it's particularly embarrassing when I get my left and right mixed up and walk straight into a wall 😂.🎄
Laura, you are just so talented in soooo many ways! Your calligraphy on the packages is so awesome and the label for your granola is so professional!
🎄hope you and the family had a wonderful Christmas ❤
🎄I’ve really loved getting to know more about your journey to help me with my own life and parenting. Continue being you.❤ Happy Christmas
Thank you so much for being so open with your journey. I have enjoyed all of your vlogmas episodes and appreciate how much work it is. I have been watching knitting podcasts for about 8 years but was always too shy to comment. This year I was determined to start. It seemed like a mountain to surpass but I’m happy to say I have managed a few. ❤
Thank you for the section on boundaries. I appreciate that very much. I live by myself. Some parts are disastrous while others work just fine. I hope your 24th is lovely. I'll be doing normal stuff, including working for all the holidays. I get my birthday off Sunday and hope to give myself some knitting time. Happy Christmas to all of you
🎄 Thank you for being your wonderful self! Have a lovely Christmas. ❤️✨
🎄 Merry Christmas, dear Laura!
Merry Christmas to the Penrose family 🎄
🎄 merry Christmas and thank you for sharing your story,
I can’t sleep and it’s so lovely to see you have just posted a new vlog….that’s cheered me up. 😘
Merry Christmas Laura! It's been wonderful hearing about your journey of self discovery and how far you've come. Thank you for sharing with us ❤
🎄 Enjoy Christmas with your family! ❤
Merry Christmas! Always love watching your Vlogmas 🎄❤
I really enjoy your vlogs. Penny’s sweet voice is too precious. Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎄 🎄
Love the names on the gifts in pen - absolutely stealing that for next year 😊
🎄 wonderful podcast. Thank you.
🎄I have learnt so much about myself by watching your videos, thank you Laura. Hope you have a lovely Christmas
Love your videos! Your children are so sweet! What a great idea to have them write down activities and then pull them out of a hat. Love it!! That granola also looks amazing. Would it be possible to share the recipe? What a beautiful reflection on your journey of self. Thank you for sharing ♥
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Made it to the end!
Thank you for the wonderful blogmas episodes. I love your podcasts; your creativity and your candidness.
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Merry Christmas, thank you for the Q&A! 🎄
🌲Oh wow, what an episode, so much to think about - thank you Laura. A very Merry Christmas and happy holiday season to you and your beautiful family.
🎄Love listening to your podcasts, speaking out about mental health and hopefully helping others in their journey to happiness😄
I can't wait till your sweater design for John Arbon comes out! I have yarn ready for when the pattern drops 🎉
Good job mum, your little elves are precious and a delight.
Merry Christmas ⛄🌲
🎄🎄🎄 thank you for sharing your journey and for all the fun yarn chat as well! You are definitely doing something right with p and Jeff, “Christmas clean-up” has my heart, so precious 🤎🥂✨ I will now be taking that inspiration and clean my house as well 💪🏼☃️🎄
I'm planning on starting a kitchen garden this year, inspired by you!
🌲 thanks for answering all these Qs. Many resonate!