Really pleased to see more British knitting podcasters, and really enjoyed your first episode. Love your project and colour choices - I'm also a huge fan of colourwork and all the blues, turquoises and teals! Look forward to seeing more from you next month!
I thoroughly enjoyed your podcast . Loved all your projects . I’m from the North East, Sunderland but married a Mancunian and now live south of Manchester . I too have far too many WIPs . Looking forward to your next podcast .
Hi. Nice podcasr. I just subscribed. I am thinking of knitting the Katherin Howard cardigan. You've done it. Could you share your experince with knitting it. I am not as experienced knitter as you are, so a bit more detailed presentation of the knitting proces would help a lot. I am sure, not only to me. Keep going in such positive way. I already love your work and your smile.
Hi, I might go into more detail on this in another episode. I think the main thing to remember is the pattern is detailed and clear so just go one step at a time. And most importantly, remember that with this yarn, fudging a little afterwards via some embroidery is totally possible 😉🤫
I’m recovering from surgery and find it hard to sleep through the night yet, so at 3 AM I was casting about for something to watch. Up you popped, or rather, up popped Katherine Howard, and I was drawn in immediately. I’m going to knit my first Starmore project (Henry VIII) in the fall, and I recently completed my first Marie Wallin garment (Aisling), so your taste in projects is right up my street. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, hope you feel better soon. Knitting is a good way to rest and recuperate :) Enjoy the Henry VIII, that must be the ultimate Starmore pattern ❤️
Hallo from Germany, i like your Podcast. Because i don‘t speak englisch, need Google help me. Sorry! My question! Is the pattern for the jacket you are wearing also on ravelry? Thanks LG Christine
Hi Christine, it is in the Tudor Roses book by Alice Starmore, and I think that is the only way to purchase this pattern as she does not sell digital or single patterns. It’s on the virtual yarns website and Amazon too :)
You're not purling wrong! You're purling Eastern :^))! (Perhaps you already know this!) Completely valid and much faster than purling Western. Do this all the time. Learned to knit when I was a little, little kid from my Slovak aunties, hence the Eastern knitting. So, just recently I forced myself to learn to knit Western so that I didn't need to translate EVERY lace knitting pattern to Eastern mount. (So, now I knit a hybrid when to do so won't confuse me later in the pattern, but I digress...) You are very smart!! And...go you for sticking with that white floaty make for your friend. Would have given up myself LOL!! I gave up this summer on a crochet pattern from a fave designer that was soooo poorly written. I'm STILL annoyed!🤣
What a great first podcast and what honesty about your knitting look forward to the next episode no problem for me with the sound that a viewer commented on
Fantastic first episode Mel!!! It's so lovely seeing all your gorgeous makes and hearing you talk about them. I very much admire your ability to design the rest of that complicated pattern to finish it! I'm sure your friend will love it 😊 Loved hearing about your combination knitting style. Thank-you ever so much for the kind mention and I can't wait to see your next episode 🤗💕
Hi! I enjoyed your podcast so much that I had to comment. (By the way, it is the first time I’ve ever been prompted to do so….I’m a bit shy) ☺️ I live in the US & I also LOVE Marie Wallin’s patterns. I’ve just started the Hawthorne from Wildwood however it is knitted in the round. I have been reluctant to try knitting flat due to people’s comments about the pearl side being complicated but, now I’m very enthused because… I two knit my pearl stitches “wrong” and correct them when I knit by knitting in the back of the loop🤣 I was taught by my Grandmother, at age 8 and that’s the way she knit as well only, I am a continental knitter, so, I don’t know if I’ll still fall into trouble. I guess now with your encouragement, I’m going to “give it a go” Thanks for your comments regarding your stitch history, and I’ll look forward to more of your Podcasts in the future. Best, Katherine
Thank you Katherine, that is so lovely to hear. The only problem I have with purling on the wrong side of fairisle is I don’t always notice as fast any mistakes I make compared to when working on the right side, but with a bit of checking it usually goes ok. The Hawthorne is beautiful, happy knitting :)
Hello from Germany 😊 Thank you so much for this great first episode. I really enjoyed your relaxed and also funny presentation of the projects. Hope to see you again soon. Take care, Christiane
I am watching your podcast and enjoying it so much. I wonder if you have seen any episodes of Outlander. I can’t get past how much you resemble Claire.
This first episode already feels like you've been doing it for years. I love your calming voice and it feels like I'm just settling in for a knitting chat with a friend. So excited to see how it grows ♥
Hi Mel, enjoyed your podcast and seeing your projects. Have also knitted the Alaska using wool from a jumper I found in a charity shop which was knitted with beautiful New Zealand yarn but didn't really suit anyone so I undid it and knitted the Alaska. I knitted the trees in a bottle green boucle wool which looks great and makes the trees pop BUT I didn't realise that I needed to go down a needle size for the ribbing at the waist. Long story short it is not terrible and I don't think I want to rip back boucle wool. It is a great pattern and I will definitely knit it again. There is a hat pattern as well. I look forward to seeing your knitting adventures again next time. Cheers Lore B. (Australia).
Really enjoyed your first podcast. You are a natural. It was so nice to see some different projects. Only downside of that is I now have several new things I want to make! I understand what you mean when you say you have no one to ask about your projects when having a problem. I am the same and always hope that someone has made a tutorial on RUclips that will help otherwise I am stuffed!
Love your first podcast. And I love how you shared your not so good projects. I think for me, it's good to know other people get stuck as well as rip projects out, which is what happens to me soo often. Good on you, Knitting in the round is the bomb isn't it, I love it too and am trying to figure out how to convert my old patterns to in the round.
Thank you, yes it’s good for things not to be perfect all the time (well that’s what I tell myself haha). I am more likely to convert things to knit in the flat as I love the structure seaming gives but I do enjoy the simplicity of some of the in the round patterns :)
Lovely knits! Funny, I also talked about my Lovage as art (hopefully no one thinks that I'm referring to MY knitting in particular! 😀) because I agree that fairisle is #paintingwithyarn!
Well done on your first podcast episode. I enjoyed seeing all your projects, the successes and those in the naughty corner. You tackle the most complicated patterns and do a great job.
Lovely first podcast. Your patterns are way beyond my level of expertise and they are glorious. Good luck with your future podcasts. Do you do shawls? They are what I concentrate on because I get bored so quickly. I live in Tasmania,Australia and we are in the midst of a very cold winter. I hear your summer is very hot. Hope it doesn’t stop you from knitting.
Thank you Johanna. I have never tried a shawl, I was thinking they would take a long time, but your comment suggests not :) I will maybe give one a try over the winter
I purl wrong too!!! For about 60 years… started when I was 7. I always knit in the back of the stitch, except in the round. I was redeemed when I learned about continental combination knitting which may have originated in Romania (???). My grandmother who taught me was from Romania.
Ah wow that’s fantastic. I would like to say I have a heritage like that but I just made it up as I went along haha. It works though doesn’t it, and purling is a breeze! Wouldn’t have it any other way :)
Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 😊. I very much enjoyed your first episode, and I look forward to more. I've just started my first Alice Starmore and I am a bit intimidated 🙂
Thank you Sandra, I felt the same when doing my first Alice Starmore but the patterns are so detailed and clear that they are more do-able than they initially seem. Enjoy! :)
I really enjoyed your podcast Mel, great to find one from a fellow Brit! Your Katherine Howard is amazing, it looks so complicated, I am in awe. Love your Unst too. I didn’t see any ends when you showed your blocked back, do you weave them in as you go or did you sew them all in before or after blocking? I’m currently in the middle of a different Unst cardigan by Lisa Richardson for my daughter which often has 3 or 4 colours in a row, knitted flat, and I have so many ends. I can’t decide whether to sew them in before or after seaming, I’d be interested to hear how you tackle your ends. By the way, I could hear you perfectly well, I saw another comment that said they couldn’t hear you so I thought I’d let you know that wasn’t the case for everyone. Good luck with your lacy cardigan for your friend, I think you’re brave.
Wow, 3 or 4 colours in a row! That’s complicated but get it looks beautiful. With fairisle, I weave my ends in as I go, as I get frustrated with doing it afterwards. Thanks for your feedback on the sound, I was thinking I might need to shout a bit next time haha.
@@melmade13 There is only one now that I know of and it's the other side of Darlington from you in Northallerton. I am an internet shopper now - but am going to this years Yarndale....
New subscriber here! Really enjoyed your first podcast. I’m a tentative intermediate knitter I suppose. Re the purl issue, I too scoffed at the anti-purl brigade until I taught myself Fairisle knitting. Strangely I can knit better with my non dominant hand as I naturally began using the second colour using a continental style technique though my right hand knitting is very clumsy and slow- a thrower, of course. Well the left hand is great knitting. Fairisle in the round, but OMG if you have to knit flat, the purling while doing colourwork is a real pain! A REAL pain! So I try to only knit in the round. Anyway, lovely podcast, good luck with the future ones!
Congratulations on your first podcast which I thoroughly enjoyed. Your garments are beautiful. I have the jumper with the trees around the bottom on my queue. 😊🧶
Thanks so much Mel for such a fun podcast, love your projects, well beyond me, but a joy to see and aspire to one day! Love your lively approach and willingness to share the ups and downs of knitting, will look forward to more, thanks again, kind regards, Zillah x
Oh lordy, Your garments are amazing! I think the sweater with the trees at the bottom was a near perfect fit!! If I made a sweater that fit so well, I would wear it every chance I got, but of course you knit superb garments!
Thank you for a wonderful video ! Very nice meeting you! Best regards from Morristown USA. Your color work is absolutely stunning ! I would love to knit more color work but selecting the yarn always stops me . To buy a kit sometimes to expensive.... Could you please share how are you buying yarn for color work projects ? You do exact math how much pattern requires ? You buy a larger quantity and just keep until you need ??? Thank you !
Hi, thank you very much. I usually buy what the designer suggests but if I am unsure I e-mail the stockist and ask for a little advice. I save up for the kits I really want. I think Jamiesons of Shetland are very good value
I'm a wierd twisty combination knitter too! I've never met anyone who knitted llike me before. I'm a self taught left handed knitter & I must have gotten the wrong end of the stick when learning (from books, not just pre You Tube but pre internet!) & knitted stitches tbl, getting utterly confused by tbl instructions because that was what I did for every knit stitch! I just ignored tbl's & happly knitted on. When the instructions said I was knitting the left front of something it ended up being the right & half my decrease stitches faced the wrong way, but I was still over the moon finishing garments, being completely self taught, it felt really special - until decades later I decided to have a go at sock knitting on dpns, I had the same issue as you showed with leaning stitches. By then I'd learned I knit in a way more intuitive for a lefty (apparently!) & most folk formed their stitches going through the front. Once I learned how everyone else formed stitches my socks stopped leaning.... If only I could get my head around turning & decreasing for the foot?!
Nice to meet a fellow combination knitter! Haha yes I learned pre internet and lace patterns still blow my mind 😂 still it’s all worth it for that lovely easy purl 🤍
Nikki from Knitting with cat hair recommended you and now I get to binge watch your videos whilst I am recovering from covid. I am also a Mel whose favorite number ever is 13. I have that tree sweater on my list to make. I just love it. Your knitting is stunning.
I really enjoyed your podcast because you are so honest about the difficulties that you encounter with the different projects. Your four month perseverance to complete your beautiful Alice Starmore cardigan was inspiring. Your reaffirm that even those of us, who are quite experienced knitters, still encounter challenges to be overcome. I look forward to your next podcast, and any more to come. Lynda
Greetings from Sydney Australia. Im Barbara Radzevicius Bondi Crafter on youtube. Love your first podcast. Sound is good for me (just red previous comment re sound). Love that you layer knits. I'm a left handed mirror image, English Cottage knitter, so when it comes to purling, my purls began as a twisted purl but I didn't like the look of the effect. It wasn't until I tried putting the left needle through the back of the stitches that the whole thing straightened up. I knit from left to right. I'm self taught although my right handed father taught me the basics at age 5, with me sitting in front of him. I love English patterns as they are the most readable for me. I don't mind if your podcast are a bit longer, eg. 45 mins as I was so interested in what you were saying and it stopped. Best wishes , waiting to see you soon.
Hi Barbara, that is very interesting re you knitting in mirror image and being left handed. Do you have any trouble following patterns or does it all just work out? It’s great that knitting is so versatile and there are so many different ways of going about it :)
@@melmade13 💗 I havent mastered the graph only patterns (for cables) as they're all in reverse and back to front. Also having a problem with top down patterns. I do love 'English' patterns though. Bottom up, written out graphs.
Enjoyed the podcast very much, and it’s all about knitting only, which I love. I knit and purl exactly the same way too, fairly recent to knitting this way also. Beautiful projects, will be looking forward to the next episode 😊
I am in awe of your splendidly beautiful knits, especially the colorwork Alice Starmore pattern and the blue sweater you are wearing. Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast so thank you for sharing. You are an ambitious and accomplished knitter with enviable patience otherwise you wouldn't attempt such detailed knitting. I look forward to your next installment on your podcast journey.
I enjoyed seeing all your projects and it's nice to know I'm not the only one that gets the fit wrong. I found your knitting style interesting. My grandma taught me to knit and before I discovered RUclips I assumed everyone knit like me. I love this knitting community, with so many wonderful patterns to choose from and beautiful yarns too. X
Delightful podcast. You remind me of Lizzie Dashwood when you spoke and I knitted. Love your knitting, all of it. Purely delightful. I too love colourworks. Taught to knit flat with one needle under my arm (Dutch mother). Funny how we take on our own styles and everything is a learning curb. Please more content. Very enjoyable. Greetings from Canada.
Hello! So nice to discover you today. What a lovely first episode (I’m still watching but wanted to comment before one of my kids grabbed me… it’s bound to happen lol)! I love your Katherine Howard. Tudor Roses is one of my favorite books, as I love both Tudor history and colorwork. It’s always wonderful to find another colorwork enthusiast (and yours is gorgeous!). Have you seen the Nightbook by Unwind Knitwear? That’s my favorite and I think you might love it. Are you also on Instagram? 🖤
Hi, yes the Tudor roses is perfect if you love both knitting and history! :) I have not seen the Nightbook but will definitely check it out. Thank you for taking the time to comment
Lovely podcast. You are a very talented Knitter. How lucky to have learned how to knit from your grandparents. Looking forward to more beautiful episodes❤️
I enjoyed your podcast very much, Mel. Thank you for taking the time to film. such attention to detail! Exquisite work! Looking forward to the next one! 🎉🙏
Hi Mel. Great 1st podcast and lovely makes. Can’t wait for more. I’m watching from South West coast in Dorset. I love colourwork and have just swatched for The Yell by Marie Wallin from her Shetland book and have just finished the Elsk dress by Gudrun Johnston from The Shetland Trader book 3. Prior to that I made the Braveheart wrap by Lisa Richardson from the Rowan Magazine number 60. Hope to see you with another podcast soon best wishes Sharon
Ah the Yell is so beautiful, I am not sure it would suit my body shape but I love the design. The Elsk dress is amazing, it’s going straight onto my Ravelry queue, thank you! :)
So nice to get to know you ☺️ I am a Norwegian knitter without a podcast - but love to follow others. It is interesting to learn from each other how to knit, and how we traditionally end up to knit different ways 👍 I look forward to new episodes from you 🙏
Lol I was going through the same thing trying to block a project to stretch to fit me just last night. Was way too short. It finished drying today and seems like it should fit now.
So . . . When is your next video coming out? You are a fabulous knitter!! And as another Melanie, I can say that you represent our name very well!
Thanks so much, fellow Melanie! It’s out now if you would like to watch! 😀
Really pleased to see more British knitting podcasters, and really enjoyed your first episode. Love your project and colour choices - I'm also a huge fan of colourwork and all the blues, turquoises and teals! Look forward to seeing more from you next month!
Blues, turquoises and teals make my heart sing, they are the best 💙 Thank you for your kind comment :)
I thoroughly enjoyed your podcast . Loved all your projects . I’m from the North East, Sunderland but married a Mancunian and now live south of Manchester . I too have far too many WIPs . Looking forward to your next podcast .
Thank you, the WIPs stress on is real! 😆
Really enjoyed your podcast. Greetings from New Zealand. Originally from Sweden.
It’s amazing to see people here from all over the world! 🌍
Hi. Nice podcasr. I just subscribed.
I am thinking of knitting the Katherin Howard cardigan. You've done it. Could you share your experince with knitting it. I am not as experienced knitter as you are, so a bit more detailed presentation of the knitting proces would help a lot. I am sure, not only to me.
Keep going in such positive way. I already love your work and your smile.
Hi, I might go into more detail on this in another episode. I think the main thing to remember is the pattern is detailed and clear so just go one step at a time. And most importantly, remember that with this yarn, fudging a little afterwards via some embroidery is totally possible 😉🤫
I’m recovering from surgery and find it hard to sleep through the night yet, so at 3 AM I was casting about for something to watch. Up you popped, or rather, up popped Katherine Howard, and I was drawn in immediately. I’m going to knit my first Starmore project (Henry VIII) in the fall, and I recently completed my first Marie Wallin garment (Aisling), so your taste in projects is right up my street. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, hope you feel better soon. Knitting is a good way to rest and recuperate :) Enjoy the Henry VIII, that must be the ultimate Starmore pattern ❤️
Hallo from Germany, i like your Podcast. Because i don‘t speak englisch, need Google help me. Sorry! My question! Is the pattern for the jacket you are wearing also on ravelry? Thanks LG Christine
Hi Christine, it is in the Tudor Roses book by Alice Starmore, and I think that is the only way to purchase this pattern as she does not sell digital or single patterns. It’s on the virtual yarns website and Amazon too :)
@@melmade13 Hi from NRW, i thank you for the Information. Will go looking for it. LG Christine
Thanks for this lovely video! I really enjoyed it, you have a nice and spontaneous way of addressing us which I really appreciate. Keep going, please!
Thank you Sylvia 💖
You're not purling wrong! You're purling Eastern :^))! (Perhaps you already know this!) Completely valid and much faster than purling Western. Do this all the time. Learned to knit when I was a little, little kid from my Slovak aunties, hence the Eastern knitting. So, just recently I forced myself to learn to knit Western so that I didn't need to translate EVERY lace knitting pattern to Eastern mount. (So, now I knit a hybrid when to do so won't confuse me later in the pattern, but I digress...) You are very smart!! And...go you for sticking with that white floaty make for your friend. Would have given up myself LOL!! I gave up this summer on a crochet pattern from a fave designer that was soooo poorly written. I'm STILL annoyed!🤣
Thank you Carol, glad to hear it is a real technique! And yes it is so much quicker than Western purling 😀
What a great first podcast and what honesty about your knitting look forward to the next episode no problem for me with the sound that a viewer commented on
Thanks Judith that’s great to hear! :)
Fantastic first episode Mel!!! It's so lovely seeing all your gorgeous makes and hearing you talk about them. I very much admire your ability to design the rest of that complicated pattern to finish it! I'm sure your friend will love it 😊
Loved hearing about your combination knitting style. Thank-you ever so much for the kind mention and I can't wait to see your next episode 🤗💕
Thank you Nikki, love your podcast :) x
Hi! I enjoyed your podcast so much that I had to comment. (By the way, it is the first time I’ve ever been prompted to do so….I’m a bit shy) ☺️
I live in the US & I also LOVE Marie Wallin’s patterns. I’ve just started the Hawthorne from Wildwood however it is knitted in the round. I have been reluctant to try knitting flat due to people’s comments about the pearl side being complicated but, now I’m very enthused because… I two knit my pearl stitches “wrong” and correct them when I knit by knitting in the back of the loop🤣
I was taught by my Grandmother, at age 8 and that’s the way she knit as well only, I am a continental knitter, so, I don’t know if I’ll still fall into trouble.
I guess now with your encouragement, I’m going to “give it a go” Thanks for your comments regarding your stitch history, and I’ll look forward to more of your Podcasts in the future. Best, Katherine
Thank you Katherine, that is so lovely to hear. The only problem I have with purling on the wrong side of fairisle is I don’t always notice as fast any mistakes I make compared to when working on the right side, but with a bit of checking it usually goes ok. The Hawthorne is beautiful, happy knitting :)
Very nice video. I am looking forward to see the next episode.
Thanks so much, it’s out now if you’d like to watch! ☺️
Hello from Germany 😊
Thank you so much for this great first episode. I really enjoyed your relaxed and also funny presentation of the projects. Hope to see you again soon.
Take care, Christiane
Thank you Christiane, that is lovely to hear 😊
I am watching your podcast and enjoying it so much. I wonder if you have seen any episodes of Outlander. I can’t get past how much you resemble Claire.
I watched #Outlander the other day too with Mel and I knew exactly who you were talking about! 🤩😱🙌🏼
I absolutely love Outlander, I even have the Outlander knitting pattern book haha! I will take that as a huge compliment, thank you 😉
This first episode already feels like you've been doing it for years. I love your calming voice and it feels like I'm just settling in for a knitting chat with a friend. So excited to see how it grows ♥
Ah thank you so much Jessica 💙
Great first podcast. I absolutely love the patterns you’ve been making, looking forward to your next one.
Thank you Michelle 😊
Hi Mel, enjoyed your podcast and seeing your projects. Have also knitted the Alaska using wool from a jumper I found in a charity shop which was knitted with beautiful New Zealand yarn but didn't really suit anyone so I undid it and knitted the Alaska. I knitted the trees in a bottle green boucle wool which looks great and makes the trees pop BUT I didn't realise that I needed to go down a needle size for the ribbing at the waist. Long story short it is not terrible and I don't think I want to rip back boucle wool. It is a great pattern and I will definitely knit it again. There is a hat pattern as well. I look forward to seeing your knitting adventures again next time. Cheers Lore B. (Australia).
Yes I do have my eye on the hat pattern! Very cool re your using reclaimed wool, I am reading Loved Clothes Last and that’s the way to do it! :)
Really enjoyed your first podcast. You are a natural. It was so nice to see some different projects. Only downside of that is I now have several new things I want to make! I understand what you mean when you say you have no one to ask about your projects when having a problem. I am the same and always hope that someone has made a tutorial on RUclips that will help otherwise I am stuffed!
Thanks Angela! Yes RUclips tutorials are such a lifesaver haha
Love your first podcast. And I love how you shared your not so good projects. I think for me, it's good to know other people get stuck as well as rip projects out, which is what happens to me soo often. Good on you,
Knitting in the round is the bomb isn't it, I love it too and am trying to figure out how to convert my old patterns to in the round.
Thank you, yes it’s good for things not to be perfect all the time (well that’s what I tell myself haha). I am more likely to convert things to knit in the flat as I love the structure seaming gives but I do enjoy the simplicity of some of the in the round patterns :)
Wonderful first podcast. Love all the projects you showed finally someone who is not only knitting something different.
Thank you that’s lovely to hear :)
Lovely knits! Funny, I also talked about my Lovage as art (hopefully no one thinks that I'm referring to MY knitting in particular! 😀) because I agree that fairisle is #paintingwithyarn!
Definitely! Kudos on the lovage too, a beautiful pattern :)
Thank you for the lovely first episode! I'm already looking forward to the next one! 😊
Thank you that’s very kind
What a delight to watch Mel. You're knits are super! Would love to see more. Watching from New Zealand
Thank you very much and hello to New Zealand! Love how international knitting is :D
Well done on your first podcast episode. I enjoyed seeing all your projects, the successes and those in the naughty corner. You tackle the most complicated patterns and do a great job.
Thank you that’s very kind :)
Lovely first podcast. Your patterns are way beyond my level of expertise and they are glorious. Good luck with your future podcasts. Do you do shawls? They are what I concentrate on because I get bored so quickly. I live in Tasmania,Australia and we are in the midst of a very cold winter. I hear your summer is very hot. Hope it doesn’t stop you from knitting.
Thank you Johanna. I have never tried a shawl, I was thinking they would take a long time, but your comment suggests not :) I will maybe give one a try over the winter
I purl wrong too!!! For about 60 years… started when I was 7. I always knit in the back of the stitch, except in the round. I was redeemed when I learned about continental combination knitting which may have originated in Romania (???). My grandmother who taught me was from Romania.
Ah wow that’s fantastic. I would like to say I have a heritage like that but I just made it up as I went along haha. It works though doesn’t it, and purling is a breeze! Wouldn’t have it any other way :)
@@melmade13 also…. It works perfectly with brioche knitting!! So simple.
Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 😊. I very much enjoyed your first episode, and I look forward to more. I've just started my first Alice Starmore and I am a bit intimidated 🙂
Thank you Sandra, I felt the same when doing my first Alice Starmore but the patterns are so detailed and clear that they are more do-able than they initially seem. Enjoy! :)
I really enjoyed your podcast Mel, great to find one from a fellow Brit! Your Katherine Howard is amazing, it looks so complicated, I am in awe. Love your Unst too. I didn’t see any ends when you showed your blocked back, do you weave them in as you go or did you sew them all in before or after blocking? I’m currently in the middle of a different Unst cardigan by Lisa Richardson for my daughter which often has 3 or 4 colours in a row, knitted flat, and I have so many ends. I can’t decide whether to sew them in before or after seaming, I’d be interested to hear how you tackle your ends.
By the way, I could hear you perfectly well, I saw another comment that said they couldn’t hear you so I thought I’d let you know that wasn’t the case for everyone. Good luck with your lacy cardigan for your friend, I think you’re brave.
Wow, 3 or 4 colours in a row! That’s complicated but get it looks beautiful. With fairisle, I weave my ends in as I go, as I get frustrated with doing it afterwards. Thanks for your feedback on the sound, I was thinking I might need to shout a bit next time haha.
5:01 I love how excited you are. That is my favorite sweater in this video. Colorwork is my favorite also.🙂
So excited all the time about knitting! Hahaha thank you!
oh wow - lol - I live in Co Durham too - about halfway between Durham and Darlington - your knitting is amazing
ps - I throw too and I purl better than I knit lol
Ooh not far away from me, although I am closer to Newcastle! Do you know of any good local wool shops?
@@melmade13 There is only one now that I know of and it's the other side of Darlington from you in Northallerton. I am an internet shopper now - but am going to this years Yarndale....
Lovely talented knits greetings from Edinburgh
Thank you very much :)
New subscriber here! Really enjoyed your first podcast. I’m a tentative intermediate knitter I suppose. Re the purl issue, I too scoffed at the anti-purl brigade until I taught myself Fairisle knitting. Strangely I can knit better with my non dominant hand as I naturally began using the second colour using a continental style technique though my right hand knitting is very clumsy and slow- a thrower, of course. Well the left hand is great knitting. Fairisle in the round, but OMG if you have to knit flat, the purling while doing colourwork is a real pain! A REAL pain! So I try to only knit in the round. Anyway, lovely podcast, good luck with the future ones!
Thank you, I still struggle to knit continental but I think it I definitely faster once you get the hang of it :)
WOW beautiful podcast, love your projects well done you xx Look forward to seeing your next podcast xxx
Thank you very much that’s very kind :)
Congratulations on your first podcast which I thoroughly enjoyed. Your garments are beautiful. I have the jumper with the trees around the bottom on my queue. 😊🧶
Thank you, it’s a beautiful pattern isn’t it
Thanks so much Mel for such a fun podcast, love your projects, well beyond me, but a joy to see and aspire to one day! Love your lively approach and willingness to share the ups and downs of knitting, will look forward to more, thanks again, kind regards, Zillah x
Thank you Zillah, and I bet it’s not beyond you really, just give it a go ;)
What fun! It seems we follow a lot of the same people! Your knitting is beautiful!
Haha it is so much fun isn’t it! Thank you very much :)
Oh lordy, Your garments are amazing! I think the sweater with the trees at the bottom was a near perfect fit!! If I made a sweater that fit so well, I would wear it every chance I got, but of course you knit superb garments!
That’s very kind, thank you :)
Hi Mel, i came across your podcast today. I am watching you from India :). You have some beautiful makes
Wow that is amazing to hear. Thank you very much, lovely to link in with knitters from other countries!
It’s amazing to see this video going WORLDWIDE! 🌎
It’s amazing to see this video going WORLDWIDE! 🌎
Thank you for a wonderful video ! Very nice meeting you! Best regards from Morristown USA.
Your color work is absolutely stunning !
I would love to knit more color work but selecting the yarn always stops me . To buy a kit sometimes to expensive.... Could you please share how are you buying yarn for color work projects ? You do exact math how much pattern requires ? You buy a larger quantity and just keep until you need ??? Thank you !
Hi, thank you very much. I usually buy what the designer suggests but if I am unsure I e-mail the stockist and ask for a little advice. I save up for the kits I really want. I think Jamiesons of Shetland are very good value
beautiful work!
Thank you ☺️
I'm a wierd twisty combination knitter too! I've never met anyone who knitted llike me before. I'm a self taught left handed knitter & I must have gotten the wrong end of the stick when learning (from books, not just pre You Tube but pre internet!) & knitted stitches tbl, getting utterly confused by tbl instructions because that was what I did for every knit stitch! I just ignored tbl's & happly knitted on. When the instructions said I was knitting the left front of something it ended up being the right & half my decrease stitches faced the wrong way, but I was still over the moon finishing garments, being completely self taught, it felt really special - until decades later I decided to have a go at sock knitting on dpns, I had the same issue as you showed with leaning stitches. By then I'd learned I knit in a way more intuitive for a lefty (apparently!) & most folk formed their stitches going through the front. Once I learned how everyone else formed stitches my socks stopped leaning.... If only I could get my head around turning & decreasing for the foot?!
Nice to meet a fellow combination knitter! Haha yes I learned pre internet and lace patterns still blow my mind 😂 still it’s all worth it for that lovely easy purl 🤍
Nikki from Knitting with cat hair recommended you and now I get to binge watch your videos whilst I am recovering from covid. I am also a Mel whose favorite number ever is 13. I have that tree sweater on my list to make. I just love it. Your knitting is stunning.
Ah hello fellow Mel who likes knitting, 13 and Knitting with Cat Hair Podcast 😂🤗 thank you for your kind comments! I hope you feel better soon 😊
Great podcast! Loved all your works and your positive attitude about having to frog a whole sweater!
Thanks Janet :)
I really enjoyed your podcast because you are so honest about the difficulties that you encounter with the different projects. Your four month perseverance to complete your beautiful Alice Starmore cardigan was inspiring. Your reaffirm that even those of us, who are quite experienced knitters, still encounter challenges to be overcome. I look forward to your next podcast, and any more to come. Lynda
Thank you Lynda, I think one of the best things about knitting is that there are always new things to try and to learn :)
Greetings from Sydney Australia. Im Barbara Radzevicius Bondi Crafter on youtube. Love your first podcast. Sound is good for me (just red previous comment re sound). Love that you layer knits. I'm a left handed mirror image, English Cottage knitter, so when it comes to purling, my purls began as a twisted purl but I didn't like the look of the effect. It wasn't until I tried putting the left needle through the back of the stitches that the whole thing straightened up. I knit from left to right. I'm self taught although my right handed father taught me the basics at age 5, with me sitting in front of him. I love English patterns as they are the most readable for me. I don't mind if your podcast are a bit longer, eg. 45 mins as I was so interested in what you were saying and it stopped. Best wishes , waiting to see you soon.
Hi Barbara, that is very interesting re you knitting in mirror image and being left handed. Do you have any trouble following patterns or does it all just work out? It’s great that knitting is so versatile and there are so many different ways of going about it :)
@@melmade13 💗 I havent mastered the graph only patterns (for cables) as they're all in reverse and back to front. Also having a problem with top down patterns. I do love 'English' patterns though. Bottom up, written out graphs.
Enjoyed the podcast very much, and it’s all about knitting only, which I love. I knit and purl exactly the same way too, fairly recent to knitting this way also. Beautiful projects, will be looking forward to the next episode 😊
Thank you Heather :)
I love the Ranunculus too
Thanks very much 😁
Thanks for deciding to podcast,I am really enjoying it. Your sweaters are beautiful. Happy knitting!
Thank you, happy knitting to you too!
Your projects are gorgeous Mel! Can’t wait for episode 2 and I think I’m going to swatch for a Daffodil!
Thank you, yes the daffodil pattern is such good fun!
Nice job-enjoyed spending a few minutes with you!
Thanks Patti
I am in awe of your splendidly beautiful knits, especially the colorwork Alice Starmore pattern and the blue sweater you are wearing. Thoroughly enjoyed your first podcast so thank you for sharing. You are an ambitious and accomplished knitter with enviable patience otherwise you wouldn't attempt such detailed knitting. I look forward to your next installment on your podcast journey.
Possibly more stubborn than patient haha!…but thank you for your kind comments :)
I enjoyed your video!
Glad to hear it ☺️
this was fucking brilliant 🤩
relatable
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Thank you very much Matthew, nice to hear such enthusiasm from younger viewers 😉
Lovely podcast really liked seeing all your lovely knits. Your Alice Starmore jacket is so nice. Thank you from Scotland 🏴
Thank you for the kind comments
I enjoyed seeing all your projects and it's nice to know I'm not the only one that gets the fit wrong. I found your knitting style interesting. My grandma taught me to knit and before I discovered RUclips I assumed everyone knit like me. I love this knitting community, with so many wonderful patterns to choose from and beautiful yarns too. X
Thank you, yes this is such a lovely community, I love the way crafts bring people together :)
Mel made, You are delightful. You are now on my must watch list.
Thank you Sharon that’s lovely to hear. Happy knitting! :)
Delightful podcast. You remind me of Lizzie Dashwood when you spoke and I knitted. Love your knitting, all of it. Purely delightful. I too love colourworks. Taught to knit flat with one needle under my arm (Dutch mother). Funny how we take on our own styles and everything is a learning curb. Please more content. Very enjoyable. Greetings from Canada.
Thank you ☺️ and hello to Canada!
Hello! So nice to discover you today. What a lovely first episode (I’m still watching but wanted to comment before one of my kids grabbed me… it’s bound to happen lol)! I love your Katherine Howard. Tudor Roses is one of my favorite books, as I love both Tudor history and colorwork. It’s always wonderful to find another colorwork enthusiast (and yours is gorgeous!). Have you seen the Nightbook by Unwind Knitwear? That’s my favorite and I think you might love it. Are you also on Instagram? 🖤
Hi, yes the Tudor roses is perfect if you love both knitting and history! :) I have not seen the Nightbook but will definitely check it out. Thank you for taking the time to comment
Hello from Cumbria 👋. Great first episode. You’re a natural in front of the camera. Looking forward to seeing more.
Absolutely! Looking forward to another episode! 🧶
Thank you and hello from Durham :D
Lovely podcast. You are a very talented Knitter. How lucky to have learned how to knit from your grandparents. Looking forward to more beautiful episodes❤️
Thank you that’s great to hear 😊
I enjoyed your podcast very much, Mel. Thank you for taking the time to film. such attention to detail! Exquisite work! Looking forward to the next one! 🎉🙏
Thank you that’s very kind :)
Hi Mel. Great 1st podcast and lovely makes. Can’t wait for more. I’m watching from South West coast in Dorset. I love colourwork and have just swatched for The Yell by Marie Wallin from her Shetland book and have just finished the Elsk dress by Gudrun Johnston from The Shetland Trader book 3. Prior to that I made the Braveheart wrap by Lisa Richardson from the Rowan Magazine number 60. Hope to see you with another podcast soon best wishes Sharon
Ah the Yell is so beautiful, I am not sure it would suit my body shape but I love the design. The Elsk dress is amazing, it’s going straight onto my Ravelry queue, thank you! :)
Hi from Sweden! Thanks for deciding to start a podcast, I am really enjoying it. Well done!
Thank you very much :)
So nice to get to know you ☺️ I am a Norwegian knitter without a podcast - but love to follow others. It is interesting to learn from each other how to knit, and how we traditionally end up to knit different ways 👍 I look forward to new episodes from you 🙏
Ah thank you, Norway has its own wonderful knitting ways too, the variety is fantastic :) happy knitting!
Love your first podcast, lovely gentle lady.
Thank you :)
Keep going!
Thanks 🙌🏻
Well done for a first episode! Looking forward to more from you.
Me too’ I can’t wait ! 😃 🧶
Thank you Darci :)
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Really enjoyed this, thank you! Look forward to the next one x
Thanks that’s nice to hear :)
Very enjoyable. Looking forward to more.
Thank you :)
GREAT podcast! The Alice Starmore sweater is a piece of art.
Thank you very much. It is the hardest thing I ever did and I love it 💙
Delightful!
Thank you Janet :)
Nice work!
Thank you :)
Go on Mel, this is fab! 🧶
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Lol I was going through the same thing trying to block a project to stretch to fit me just last night. Was way too short. It finished drying today and seems like it should fit now.
Oo did it work out ok?