When the doorbell rang and the dogs went nuts, I was thinking “oh they will definitely edit this out” and then you didn’t! 🤣 I was mortified for a second and then I realized after how awesome it kinda was. Like that’s life… doorbells ring and dogs freak. We can still prioritize yarn over it. Love it!
Oh please don't ever edit! You made me laugh so often this morning, you create such a fun, and informative, podcast - it's always a joy to watch and listen to, please don't change the way you do this, it's real time life and it's great 😄👏🏻👏🏻
Oh Susan! Thank you for the feedback and it really helps us with our decision to just be 100% authentic! Haha although maybe you all didn't need three barking dogs suddenly flooding your eardrums unannounced!!
Carmen, I ❤ your sweater too, I think the low contrast is super classy, and looks great on you, you have almost sold me on it, where as looking at the Sample, I was not inspired! So , I can’t wait to see the green and mauve one,as those are colours that have been calling me this spring!take care both of you, Melissa.
Aw thank you Melissa and I’m so glad! It’s such a great sweater to knit and wear and I can’t wait to get started on the green/mauve version, especially since I’m giving Jackie my green/grey one!
I’ve never seen you before Carmen, and thought the soft green and grey colourwork was your natural colour home. You looked very beautiful and harmonious in it. Bringing out a vibe of a gentle, lively, playful Irish lass, to me. When I saw you in the strong colours I found it very jarring! I also thought the green and grey top did not suit Jackie nearly as well, it made her disappear a bit, though she looked amazing in everything else she wore! However - once Jackie put on that Woolfolk design, which she popped in & was incredible on her, your colourful yoke sweater suddenly looked a lot more right on you. You both told a harmonious colour story. And at the beginning, she in her natural colours yoke and you in the green and grey colourwork, were also perfectly gorgeous in tandem and told a unified colour/fibre tale. It is very interesting seeing how people perceive what suits them, as I have similar strict limits for myself (strong jewel colours) as Carmen does. My safe colour is red - always get compliments in it & feel I look my best - and I have bought a lot of red yarn, but I’m in a phase where I don’t feel like knitting it or wearing it. I’m drawn to colours that don’t flatter me. Hmmm after watching this maybe I should go with that a little more 🤔 Anyway I rarely find anyone who considers colour as deeply as I do and I LOVED the deep yet free form exploration! Also I know Sweet Paprika from virtual knitting together but don’t know her yarn (I’m Australian) so I loved seeing this! I shared it with her with the timestamp and it made her really happy! 🥰
Aw I just responded to most of this on the earlier video comment but wanted to add that I’m so glad you found us and that you’re enjoying the podcast and I hope you stick around because your ideas are so great and get us really reflecting!! And that is also so sweet that you shared the video with the sweet paprika sisters!! They are so lovely!!
I agree Silvia!! I knit the spark cardigan in Gilliatt and it is one of my favorites. Just talked my sister in to buying some for her husbands sweater. I’m addicted to Gilliatt and Nutiden 😂
Silvia, Tori, and Mary, I could not agree more! I knit my Balan cardi in it and it is glorious! I actually have a bunch of skeins both Gilliatt and Ulysse on one of my shelves and they stare at me every day saying "when are you going to knit us???" haha soon soon (I hope!)
Ladies, you are superb!! I enjoy each and every minute and when you ask a question regarding colour, patterns or anything else, i almost just speak it out, your style is so conversational. You are also very, very inspiring and i always add at least one more project to my queue after watching you. Looking forward to seeing your mohair sweater, Jackie, it will look great on you. Love your dogs and it was very funny when all of them barked because my dog perked up his ears and started barking too. xoxo.
Haha I think dogs of the world have been uniting over this podcast! Even my own dogs started barking again when I reached that part when I was rewatching it! And Navneet, you always have the most beautiful responses and now I wish I could know what your answers to our questions in the episode would be if you did speak them out! I'm sure they would be brilliant and insightful as always!
I’m always inspired by what you are knitting! I am currently knitting a Cargill Sweater, a Rural Symphony Pullover, a Half & Half triangles wrap and some baby gifts.
What a great podcast again! Loved every minute of it and of course the ending! Thank you so much for the KAL and I am so incredibly happy, stunned and humbled for winning when there sooo many incredibly beautiful projects by so many beautiful knitters! This was hands down my best KAL ever! There were so many fantastic aspects to it: the creativity, the inspiration, the getting together on Zoom, and last but not least, really feeling part of a community, a family even… I love that you have evolved your podcasts to talking about all things knitting beyond the KAL! I appreciate every minute of your sharing. I am too much of an introvert to ever think of making a podcast and I think there is a magic happening when two passionate knitters like yourselves get together to discuss and challenge one another. And the fact that you approach knitting differently makes it all the more interesting. Jackie you are so analytical and thoughtful! What a great conversation you gals had about colours around us, on finding them in nature vs on screen, and getting out of our comfort zones to find what fits us rather than what we think fits us better in our mind. Carmen, I think the Clair de Lune looks amazing but if you feel unsure, I would pair it with colourful earrings and a bright colour dress or skirt. And welcome to the Saturday Shrug Club - how amazing that Jackie knit you one! You asked so I actually think the one you knit for Carmen looks better on you Jackie and the other one on Carmen… Ahhhh, the Eurus sweater is just absolutely fabulous and Jackie, your sample in OMGE is perfect; your sweater will be out of this world! I have note decided what yarn to make it with so will wait to see your experience with it is, and anyway it will probably be a late summer, early Fall knit… And Spring! Yes, I am finishing up a couple of colder weather garments (a second and third Fridags Vest for my daughters that I will be visiting in Europe in a couple of weeks, and my pressed flowers shawl in Nutiden). But starting April 1st it is all about spring and summer! I have a bit of a list ready to go! A summer version of the Ranunculus in linen and silk, also waiting patiently for Moonstruck’s release of the Joni Top, and I will try a dress!! Probably a sleeveless version of the Lunch at Tiffany dress by Ann-Kathrin Bush. As for Fiber festivals, we have an awesome one right next door here in St André Avelin - Festival Twist - and I can’t wait for it again this year around mid-August. I think Carmen mentioned to me neither of you can make it but if things change, please, please let me know!!!
Monik!!! Where do I start? We are so happy you enjoyed the KAL so much and it was just so sweet to find out you were the winner as you have been such a wonderful and supportive and lovely part of our community! And we can't wait to see what you make (haha no pressure to get going on that though)! Also thank you for the always kind words about our podcast and conversations! I agree, Jackie is one of the most contemplative people I've ever met and I feel so lucky she's in my life! She really gets me thinking! Btw, I think you would be amazing if you ever decided to start a podcast! Jackie and I both have introvert tendencies and we still have so much fun. Way more fun than we thought we would have before we tried it! And thank you for all your wonderful summer knit suggestions! I love them all but I've had that lunch and tiffany's dress on the docket for so long and your comment is making me want to finally pull the trigger and get it cast on! And I wish I could go to festival twist but it's literally a couple days before we leave for the Netherlands so I know I won't be able to get away! I'll have to live vicariously through you!
The discussion on colour is so interesting. I recently had a colour analysis done and she identified a lot of colours that I naturally gravitated to but there are other colours I wear that are just me even if they don’t fall in my palette.
I could not agree more Crystal! When I first got my analysis done, I felt I had to only wear colours in my palette but that didn’t include a bunch of colours that I really love! So now I wear what I want, even if I know some don’t work as well on me. But, as we’ve been musing on, what we think looks good and doesn’t is really affected by a lot of things so it’s very complicated!!!
Carmen, both sweaters are gorgeous. The difference, for me, is that when you wear the green one, I notice the sweater and thought IT looked gorgeous on YOU (beautiful knitting, fab colour choice, great patterning, superb fit). With the quilting sweater, I notice YOU as a whole picture and I think YOU look great in IT. I absolutely understand your hesitation, if you're not used to wearing those colours; I'm always surprised when (on the rare occasion I wear it) people tell me I look good in brown, because (as Jackie says) brown is not part of my residual self-image (to get all Matrix-y). I'm just swatching for a Pressed Flowers Cardigan. Unlike you, Jackie, I want All The Colour, and my contrast colour for the cardigan is Zauberball Starke 6 in 2334. :D
Wendy! First, I had to look up your contrast colour for your pressed floaters and that is amazing and I can’t wait to see it!! Second, thank you so much for your thoughts on the two sweaters! It is absolutely fascinating to me how different colours look on different people and how with some the person is wearing the colour and with others, the colour is wearing the person! But even more intriguing is how different we all can feel about which way around it is! Also, I love the idea of a residual self-image!! Thank you so much for contributing your wise and important ideas!!
Love spending time with you two ladies, you are such fun and have so much enthusiasm , which is contagious. You share a lovely friendship which is super special as you share the same hobby ❤️🧶🐑💕x keep the podcasts coming please 😊
Lorraine!!! Thank you so much for these beautiful words! They mean so much to us! Haha and yes, we definitely plan to keep making more! They're so fun and we get to connect with such lovely people like you!
Always such a treat when I get my notification for your podcast. I simply love that you are each sharing a slice of your knitting life with us.....totally unedited. It's so refreshing!! I've just finished the Dark Moss Pullover by Teti Lutsak. I love her patterns so much. I'm on a bit of a small projects bender right now with a brioche bundle by Jennifer Shiels Toland which includes the Skogur hat, Skreppa cowl and Hanski mitts. I'm on my 2nd Skogur....one low contrast and one high contrast. I call them Jackie and Carmen, hehehe!!!
Omg Lynn!! Haha you have "Jackie" and "Carmen" skogurs!!! I cannot even tell you how warm that makes me feel! Also, I just looked up that bundle and WOW!!! Those are all showstoppers!! And the Dark Moss....(swoon)...I have had that favourited for years but you are inspiring me to actually cast it on. It's so beautiful and her patterns are so well-written! Finally, it's so nice to hear that you like our unedited style of podcasting and helps us to press forward doing it, despite the potential hazards that can result (like dogs barking)!!
Oh, I loved your entire discussion on how we assess “our colours”. For a (quite long) time in my life I have struggled with colours because I was constantly trying to control painstakingly how outfits and objects in my life matched. It was a coping mechanism for something else and for preventing other things from unraveling, but it was really stressful. Mismatching colours made me feel dizzy and unable to even leave the house. Embracing crafting (first with jewellery and then with knitting) opened a new world to me, where I could control colours in a different, personal process. Now I am doing a bit better. I don’t think I will ever be able to wear a rainbow but I use colour more freely. Sorry for the deep comment, but I just agree that we overlook the values we attach to colour. And by the way, Carmen, you looked fabulous in your Claire de Lune! For spring I am also going to knit wit mohair as I plan to cast on “Dusking” very soon. Thanks for another great episode!
Carmen, your Yokelore is amazing! It looks wonderful on you. Regarding the Clair de Lune sweater, I agree with you on the colour thing, I’m a pale skinned blonde person and I’ve always been told and agreed with that I should wear darker and more saturated colours to suit my skin tone. But I really like lighter colours sometimes and I feel like I can’t wear them. I am kind of leaving that behind because I don’t care as much as I used to (it’s an age advantage ) 😂 I agree with Jackie, it is like a different version of you. It’s a quiet, beautiful sweater. It looks really good on you. I like the confusion and chaos that ensued when the doorbell rang and the dogs barked because that’s life, right? 🤪 I do enjoy you not editing. I think that putting out the perfect everything to the world isn’t always the best thing. It makes some of us think that we have to be perfect all the time and of course none of us are perfect and then we have a secret imperfection that we must hide. Love your podcast! I tend not to be a neutral user but you’re inspiring me! 😂❤🎉
Oh Jill, I enjoyed reading every word of your lovely comment. Thank you so much! And I love the description of the Clair de Lune being a "quiet, beautiful sweater". It really is that! All of this really has me thinking about colour and wondering if while we each probably have colours that pretty much always look good on us, there may be others that are not "supposed" to look good but do because of other factors. And I also used to stick solely to the palette that was "good" for me but over the past couple of years have decided that sometimes I want to wear a colour just because I like it, even if (I think) it makes me look sickly! And thank you also for your supportive feedback about the realness of our podcast! Honestly, it's so nice to hear that others appreciate this kind of authenticity, even if it means their eardrums are blown out suddenly by dogs freaking out!!
Great episode, ladies! I am heading to Iceland in a few months. Looking forward to visiting many yarn shops, especially the one you mentioned where you purchased yarn for the beautiful sweater you’re wearing! ❤
I’m soooo jealous Jeannette!! I want to go to Iceland and check out that yarn shop too!! Have an amazing time!! And also thank you for the kind words on the podcast!!
Love spending time with you two. I love all the Nutiden items. I have quite a stash but am kind of afraid to use up my colors. It’s like maybe later I would want it for something else. I know crazy, right. You are inspiring me to knit with it. I am knitting the Eye Dazzler by Jennifer Berg, the Corran by Rebecca Clow, some vanilla socks in Opal, the Silverlake shawl By Jessica McDonald I cast on yesterday and during the podcast I cast on another shawl. The Celtic Myths by Asita Krebs in Devonia in the colorway Ocean Rain. Yes, I have 2 many projects going.
Kate! First, totally totally understand how precious nutiden can feel. Thank goodness Caroline keeps making beautiful new colourways or we might never knit with it! Second, omg, I want to knit everything in your queue here!! Such good choices!! 🙌🙌🙌
Such a fun episode! Great catching up! I truly enjoy how in tune you both are with each other. Not many people think about things as deeply as you both do. Don’t change! I love it! ❤❤❤
I have a recommendation for low mileage Canadian wool for you. Revolution Wool Co is located in Wallenstein just outside of Elmira. They have lots of sheep and they have their wool milled and sell it either undyed or naturally dyed. Their DK is lovely and plump and would be perfect for cables!
I always get excited when there's a new episode from you two! So, Carmen, with the question of "do I look healthier in Sweater 2 (Yokelore) vs 1 (Clairedilune?)" - I think both look awesome on you and you look healthy in both :), you certainly don't look "sickly" in Sweater 1 haha. When I saw it on you, I immediately thought those are great colors on her and really flattering. But when you put on Sweater 2, the Yokelore, I was instantly Wowed - like Damn those are her colors and she looks amazing - I think that might be because the dark tones and high contrast really are striking against your hair? I wouldn't say the first sweater washes you out at all, I think it actually works really well with your eyes and skin, it just is a softer look, whereas the Yokelore is very bold/striking and I can see why you feel especially "you" in it. But both are fantastic looks on you. I have a similar situation where I knit two Alpenglows (Andrea Mowry pattern). The one color combo was very naturally "me" (cream main color with blue and rust contrast colors) and the other is a bit out of my comfort zone (dark plum main color and golds/oranges and pink contrast colors). I think I look slightly better in the cream combo - it just feels very me - but the other sweater gets a lot more compliments because it's a more striking color combo. I wear and love them both, but feel especially "me" in the cream one. I don't regret knitting the plum one tho! I kind of enjoy stretching myself by wearing that color palette as well, and the more I wear it the more it feels a bit more like me! One thing also that can help a lot is accessories, which connects with the conversation about "backdrops" - if you love the softness of a certain color but wish your face was framed by something a bit more striking, try seeing what happens when you add a cowl or headband or the perfect earrings; with the right accessory combo, you can sometimes get the best of both worlds! (This was a long comment!)
MONICA!!! Thank you sooo much for this insightful, thoughtful, and super kind comment! I loved reading every word and it really validated how I was feeling while also stretching my thoughts about the whole situation! I'm feeling inspired to knit more colours I don't wear often and see how that changes how I feel about how I look in them. It will be an experiment! And if it doesn't change, I like the accessories idea. Also, I NEED to see both of your alpenglows!! They BOTH sound amazing! I tried to find you on Ravelry but there were too many "Monica"s! Are you on IG? If so, can you tag me if you posted there?
I think the warm red colour looks fantastic on you. I think if you had the warm red near your face that would look fantastic. That being said, I love the grey/green low contrast and I don't think you look washed out in it, I do feel like it might be just outside of your usual comfort zone and that's why you feel off about it.
Thank you so much for your input Courteney! Comments like yours really have made me second guess what I've just taken for granted about what looks good and what doesn't! I'm actually really excited to try more colours that I would usually reject and see if I can develop a sense of attraction to them (in terms of my colouring)!!! Thank you!!
You get into serious and meaningful topics, and I enjoy your discussions when you do that. It´s interesting that you begin with knitting or yarn or color and that evolves into something far more profound, ideas that really matter in life. I love your interaction and the mutual support and admiration. You two are lovely.
Noelle! This just warmed my heart so much! Thank you! I'm so glad you resonate with our style of interacting and just seeing what emerges from our energies uniting. It's a beautiful co-creation, and we have no idea what will unfurl when we press record but we love watching it back after and enjoying the product! And I think we are attracting similar souls like you to us who share the same energy. It's just extraordinary! Thank you for adding to that co-creation with your own important and well-met contribution!
For the red sweater, could you try Jaquard float knitting? I've found it very helpful for both, long floats & non-stretchy yarn. I've even used it w 70%Merino 30%silk yarn on a colorwork yoke sweater. Merino bloomed & kept yarn in place & the netting formed by jaquard knitting/float management gave it the stretch needed .
Hi Nina! I looked into this, was totally overwhelmed, and went back to what I was doing before! Haha But it’s a great idea and maybe I will give it a shot next time! Thank you!!
I’m planning on making the eurus sweater in grey! my plan is to use knit picks simply wool worsted - I worked with it for another cable sweater (in the aran weight) and it’s super bouncy, and surprisingly soft for being 100% non-super wash wool!
Emily, yes!!! I'm also planning to make it in grey as I am just soooo taken by it! That is an awesome substitution rec too, especially since I don't think it's very easy to get the original yarn in North America! I happen to be going to Copenhagen in May so will pick some up then but for future projects, this is a great second option!
Your sweaters are glorious! Carmen I think your Clairdelune suits Jackie a little better, sorry. Wow, thx for the heads up on the “quilt “ sweater, a real challenge, good for you for persevering.
No offence taken at all Susan, I agree completely! I think that sweater is meant to live with Jackie!! Haha and you're welcome in terms of me talking about the saga of knitting the Yokelore! It is absolutely worth it in the end but I definitely struggled! But that also could have just been me and I know other testers had no trouble at all so who knows!?!
Felt great to share this time with you. ❤ your closing reflection on the concept of “should” my sense of your sharing comes to me as a sense of being in the world with my fiber. It’s an embodied opening - of the union among mind, hands, eyes, and even sheepy scents (not so much taste 😂) - but this full opening that brings new perspectives and helps me to grow by considering new adventures in making that I may not have envisioned. So love this about engaging with you both! Ok, two other comments…. First, agree completely on the grey variability and the eyes-on, hands-on experience of being with fiber. I would add it’s also a “lights-on” need - all sorts of light - sun, clouds, indoor light - make a difference. I take skeins and plates all over to get a deep sense of what happens with colors. Finally, the Clairdelune discussion brought me to a place where I thought about “design forward” knits vs a knit that forms a union with the wearer when in combination becomes something new and elevates both.
Julie, I literally had to seek out the 🤯🤯🤯 emoji after reading your comment!! Your words are just so beautiful and evocative and thought-provoking. Thank you! And you are so right about lighting and all the other factors that play a role in the colour that we actually see. I am always especially amazed when I see the way nutiden looks in different countries. Like there is actually a different colour of daylight that different places have and that influences what we see! I'm going to have to bring some of my nutiden with me when I go to sweden in may (haha I mean, of course I always was going to anyway) so I can see if I can perceive a difference in real life! And your last comment was like an amuse bouche that set in motion my whole appetite to think about this more! Isn't it wonderful how complex life on Earth can be if we actually look for the complexity and don't just believe that things are arranged with linear rules?
Sooo many good and beautiful things in this video, and just nice to hang out with you both. And Jackie, you do not look ‘wide’ in horizontal stripes - at all! Have ‘saved’ the last 15 min for tomorrow 🥰 Love from Denmark (Ps. Lærke (Fibertales) means lark, just fyi ☺️) 💜
Aw thank you Helle!! And I completely agree with you about Jackie and stripes! Also I love learning words from other languages and Lærke meaning "Lark" actually makes me love it even more...if that is even possible!
First of all, when the doorbell rang and you guy looked at each other "what do we do?" 😂 you gave me do many giggles. Carmen, you AND your sweaters are so beautiful, you look perfect in both. I feel like we wear colours differently depending on our moods. Even watching my own video, I felt I looked so much better in the Nutiden sweater than the Knit Collage cardigan. Jackie, your hands are magic, I marvel at all your modifications. Love you guys ❤
Haha Tracey! Honestly, that part with the dogs going crazy was my favourite part! Haha we literally had no idea what to do! #reallife for sure!! And thank you for all the kind words. It is so intriguing to me to consider all these aspects about colour. It's definitely more complex than I was realizing!
yay lopi! icelandic wool really is amazing (although pronunciation tip, the Þ letter is a soft-th sound, not a p-sound -- so it sounds like Thingborg). and yes, because léttlopi is spun, it's much scratchier than any of the icelandic unspun -- it's really best for outerwear. and FYI there is a knitting festival here in Iceland in June, in case Jackie's travel plans coincide -- i'm planning on going, myself, and very excited about it. and re: colors, i'm a green-blue-silver-brown-black fan (Carmen's Clairedelune is heaven for me -- and looks fabulous on you, by the way! you look perfectly healthy in both), although i also love a good red but only rarely wear red -- and while i think objectively purples look good on me, they have too strong of associations with the hippie scene in Berkeley from my college days & i simply can. not. wear. (edit: oh, and just started making a second Versal pullover, in Omge held with a strand of black alpaca-silk to darken the color down even more...)
LAURA!! Where do I even start? First, I love how we always get the best inside scoops about Iceland from you!! And I hope Jackie IS going in June because I'm sure the festival is awesome! Second, yes, my Clair de Lune sounds like it's your perfect knit colour wise! And that is very kind that you think the colours suit me! I'm still getting used to it but hearing comments like this from people I trust really does help! Third, I laughed out loud about the purple association! Haha I love that even though you know it objectively looks good, you're still like, "not worth it!" That is so fantastic. Actually my mother was dressed in red all the time as a child and now she refuses to wear it, despite the fact that it looks amazing on her. Finally, I MUST see this Versal in a darkened Omge!!!! Are you on IG? Can you tag me if you post a pic there????
❤ Thank you for all the inspiration and fun!!! I seriously love it all! Carmen - I think the green/ grey is amazing on you and lights up your eyes! Jackie - enjoy your mohair knit! I knit the single strand Cloudbow last year (in a light grey) and I love how nice it layers! The colors you picked are stunning! I just started on my first spring knit - it is the Rota Jumper by Irene Lin. I saw it a few weeks ago and couldn’t get it out of my mind 😅 knitting it in Retrosaria Mungo which seems like a great transitional yarn! Can’t wait for the next episode!
Thank you so much for your always encouraging and inspiring comments Janine! And it's really helpful to hear that others like the grey/green on me. It's definitely making me start to rethink things! Also, I have had that Cloudbow on my radar since it came out and I NEED to cast it on!! Haha I even have that issue of pompom mag! And I just looked up the Rota Jumper and WOWZA!! It's so beautiful but also feels like it would be so versatile too. Like you could make it warmer or cooler by changing what you wear underneath it. Plus it is going to FLY off the needles, which is something that is always appealing to me! Thank you for the recs!!!
Love watching you two (over the course of several days😂)! For summer knits, I was just staring at my Sol tank in a silk/linen blend. It’s so lovely!! And I’m looking forward to knitting the salty air tee and the Misurina this summer!!
Haha yes, multiple sittings is definitely required with our podcasts!! And THANK YOU for the reminder about the Sol tank as that is one I wanted to knit when it was released but then it got buried in all the new things that came out after it! It would be amazing in silk/linen! And I actually tested the Salty Air Tee and can testify that it is a WONDERFUL knit! Finally, I had kind of ruled out Caitlin Hunter patterns because I don't think the fit is right for me but I think I might have to give Misurina a try!! It's so pretty and I love the cable/colourwork combo!
Such a lovely podcast yet again girls.. and it was such a surprise when you mentioned knitting the Oxford Circus sweater by Julie. I was one of the testers and it was such a nice pattern. I gave the original to my son's girl, who has since put about 10 holes in it 🙁 but I plan to make another. Also love the Sunday shrugs.. lucky girl Carmen! I do think that the colours used for Carmen's version look just stunning on Jackie 💕
Oh that is so fun Tea!! Julie was wearing her version at the fibre show we attended and we both fell in love! I cannot wait to see Jackie's version and hope that I get to steal it! haha
Oh dear such a fun episode. And here my ravelry notes on swatching Omge, holding it double for my nostalgic sweater coat: "14-15 st with needle 3,5 in wood, 16 in 3mm in wood, 17-18 in 2,5 steel...thats it, cannot go down further in needle size for ;-) mental sanity yeah, im a loose continental knitter, baby..."
I was inspired to knit the Aegyo sweater by Jackie's in episode 4. Seeing it on you both and hearing you talk about how fun it was to knit gave me the courage to try it! I used Nutiden yarn in the color Favor. It's my favorite knit so far! I absolutely loved every minute of it. I have been eyeing the Eurus sweater as well and thinking of using Omge. Did you decide not to make it after making the swatch? It seemed in the podcast that you had decided to use another pattern but I wasn't sure. If so, I was curious why. Thanks for all the inspiring knitting talk!
Hello Terumi!! Thank you so much for your comment and so sorry about the delay responding!! That is so amazing that you made the aegyo and it would be amazing in Favor!! And at first we thought omge wouldn’t work with cables but then saw a gorgeous cabled sweater made by an amazing knitter named Matilda and we were completely changed! I (Carmen) actually have omge on my needles for a cabled cardi by Thea Coleman, but I’m blanking at the moment on what Jackie is planning!!
You can also check out the Promenade Blouse by Caidree for the mohair you bought. I love watching you two. So supportive of each other and loving each others company. I totally understand the feeling that your complexion doesn't always go with a lovely colour. I've been watching videos of seasonal colour analysis and it's a real thing that our skin's undertones work better with some colours over others.
Yes Laura!! I had my colours done a few years ago (I'm a true winter) and it was mind-blowing how different my skin looked from one colour to the next! But I have to say that this discussion has really made me think that colour is more complex than I was making it and some might actually look better on me than I might realize, according to other factors. So intriguing and definitely to be continued! And yes, a previous poster talked about the promenade blouse and it's beautiful! I had never seen that before! Thank you for the suggestion!! And also thank you so much for the kind words about our podcast and our dynamic. We're so happy to have you with us!!
Oh god such beautiful knits 😮 Thank you for the podcast! I cannot believe how beautiful the Risle is. But double stranded with size 3 needles? I need to understand how your wrist survived and how you could hit gage?
Thank you Josée!! So so glad you enjoyed it! haha and I can't speak for Jackie in terms of how it felt to knit the Risle but it will say that Nutiden always has a magical ability to feel good regardless of the circumstance you're knitting it under! Haha that sounds ridiculous but it really is true!!
In answer to your question about colour, I’d never really considered if something was “my colour” until I started knitting and watching knitting podcasts. As an artist I’ve always seen colour as part of the equation and the reason for this is because adding another colour to a painting (or even a different tone of the same colour) can change the balance of the picture. So for clothing, certain types of colours suit me rather than a particular colour. I’m probably not making any sense at all but hopefully this offers a different perspective.
Yes you are making sense and what you are saying is so intriguing! So any particular colour that you might wear could be "good" or "not so good" depending on the balance it creates with the other colour you are wearing??
You amaze me with how many sweaters you guys complete! I’m a sweater gal at heart and it’s so inspiring to me! How do I get my hands on this Nutiden yarn??
Thanks for a always so nice and inspiring episode! I think you both fit best and glow in the first striped cowl you wore, dont change😍 Love from sweden
1000% your coloring is healthier in the vibrant jewel colors, Carmen! Granted, the video format affects our perception, but the low volume greens/browns made your complexion look more sallow in my eyes. I am SUPER late to the party, but I just discovered the whole 'season color palette' and it has really opened my eyes and added a lens on how I look at color, especially ON people. I've always loved the colbalt blues and orangey-reds and hot pinks and I used to wear them a lot (and have kept some of my favorite pieces in those colors), but I didn't necessarily feel *beautiful* in them, which was confusing to me because I *love* them (so how could I not love them on me?). I also have a lot of greens and dusty colors in my wardrobe, and subconsciously prefer small-scale/low-volume patterns to large-scale/high-contrast ones.... turns out this all aligns with the "fact" that I'm a 'soft autumn'! once I had that realization, I reassessed/Konmaried my wardrobe and now and am more careful with curating it through a 'soft autumn' lens and it really has changed how I feel in my clothes. Even though I "can't" wear many of my favorite colors, I have found a whole new appreciation for other colors (i've always really 'liked', but maybe not 'loved') because of their transformative powers: they make me look better/more beautiful, so in turn I feel better/more beautiful.
Aw Kaitlin thank you! haha yes, that is EXACTLY how I feel! Although I have been so intrigued by the other opinions I have been receiving and it's really making me question whether the colour can be good or not so good depending on many other factors, including context and my own belief systems. Haha but it is definitely validating to read your comment say exactly the things I think! I had my colours assessed four or five years ago and I'm a True Winter and it was a game changer with my wardrobe as well. But I also have sometimes still worn colours I love even though they aren't ideal for me and this sweater was one of those times. And now that I hear that some people really like it, it's made me wonder if colours can really be as simple as particular seasonal palettes or whether there's more to it? Basically, we all may have colours that look great on us no matter what (our seasons), but maybe there are others that "shouldn't" look good, but do in the right context? I'm kind of thinking as I go here so not sure how clear it is but I'm really really intrigued! Thank you!
Hey, Jacky, why not using Sonder yarn sunday morning Dk for the Hadaknits cable sweater... it could still have some drape in addition to stitch definition
I LOOOOVE that yarn Carolin and actually it's what I used in my yoke lore sweater (the dark teal and the purple). I think it's a great suggestion for Jackie!
Well, you’re just wall to wall inspiration (queue exploded) and I love all the bonus doggo content. #matzopizzasuperfan I’ll be haunting the comments for warm weather knit ideas, because it’s all cables and colorwork over here.
Omg, #matsopizzasuperfan has got to be my favourite hashtag in the whole world!! Love it! And we're so glad we could inspire you! I've been finally responding to comments and there are some amazing suggestions for summer knits that have extended my queue even farther! Haha and I obviously completely understand the cables and colourwork draw!!
Jackie I knit the Autumn Vibes shawl too - I used Myak Baby Yak medium and knit to pattern and I also ended up with that funny bit in the middle It's not you!
I have a silly question. I keep hearing knitters complain about doing purling. Why does no-one like purling? I don't find it any slower or more difficult than knitting. So this confuses me. By the way, I'm from southwestern Ontario, near London. Are we almost neighbours? I like to find vloggers and podcasters to listen to who are from my general geographical area.
Omg, first, yay yes we are super close! We're in Burlington, so about two hours away, depending on which side of London you live! Second, can you please do a video demo of how you purl so that we can learn? If your purling is just as fast as your knitting, I want to emulate you!!!
Oh so interesting! Thank you!! Well I’ve decided to give Jackie the grey/green one but I am very excited about the green/mauve as I mentioned in my other comment! Haha sorry I’m so behind in responding!
All of the colours in both your rust and teal colourwork sweater and the green one are in the autumn pallet. Only the bright pink in the colourwork isn't in the autumn pallet. I think you look good in the autumn colours as long as they are deep and rich, and I'm sorry, this is the first time I've watched your channel (not the last though), so I can't remember your names, but your friend looks better in that bright pink, and as others had said, in a cool tone red and burgundy. That's just my opinion though.
Linda! Thank you for your insightful comment and for joining in our podcast community! It is just so amazing to find out what others see and to learn that what we might think is just a standard way to see things can vary so much from individual to individual! Thank you for adding to the picture!!
I think you are brighter and more Alive in the brighter second sweater. However when u were wearing the first sweater I thought u looked great but then when u changed I could see the brightness in your face, skin and eyes. So the first sweater that is muted also made u look muted. It’s so wild to see the difference. But both sweaters are for sure gorgeous ❤
Thank you so much Joyce and it's so amazing to hear that some people (like us) have one reaction, and then others have a completely different take! It's just got the wheels turning in my head about so many things: colour, colour balance, factors like background/other colours in the outfit, our own feelings about the colour possibly projected through the energy we emit while wearing it...the list is endless! But at this point, I have exactly the same reaction: when I watch myself with the green sweater I don't think I look brutally sickly but it's kind of "meh". Then when I see myself with the colourful sweater on, I just think it changes my skin tone and I look healthier! I'm not even sure what healthier means but that's the best word I can use! Anyway, it really feels nice to hear that others see things the same as I do! Thank you!!!
Great episode! I’ve been thinking about the Aegyo Sweater since you first showed it on a podcast. Do you know why that pattern isn’t on Ravelry, even though some of their other patterns are?
Hi Carol! Haha I can definitely answer this question as I do so many! There are actually a bunch of ways to find out about upcoming test knits. If you have a designer you really like, you can follow them on instagram as test knits are often advertised there. Or they might have a Ravelry group as well, or a newsletter that you can sign up for. You also can follow a hashtag on instagram like #testknitterswanted or #testknittersneeded. There is also a group on Ravelry called The Testing Pool where designers advertise tests that are coming up. And then when you test, sometimes designers will contact their previous testers about upcoming designs in case they're interested in doing another. In terms of how people are chosen, I'm sure that really depends on the designer but it's almost never about knitting mastery. Designers usually want a range of knitters, from beginners to experts to make sure their patterns are understandable to all knitters. I think what is most important is your ability to get the test completed on time and to offer your feedback and suggestions about the pattern. I think a public instagram account is also important to most, so that others can see what your sample looks like. And finally, this isn't a requirement, but I think many appreciate pictures that actually have the design being modelled on a person (rather than it laying flat) so that potential knitters can see what it might look like. Hope this helps!
The color of your sweater is lovely on you it would look better if you wore dark green or rust with it. Your blue jeans take away from the green sweater. No difference in health for the jewel colored sweater the jeans go with it.
Now THAT is another interesting proposition! Yes! The colour of my jeans probably plays a role! It reminds me of the comments other posters who are artists have been making about balance and colours interacting with each other. I'm going to have to go try it on with some different bottoms!! Thank you Lois-Marie!!
The jewel tones are correct for you so the second sweater really brings life. The cool gray tones in your beautiful colorwork sweater took away from you. Not trying to be mean, just trying to be helpful. It is so hard to see how colors look on ourself, and having and honest voice is important. PS, I laughed at the unedited part where your awesome rescue was “bathing” his private parts. 😂😂😂
Bahahahaha first, I had no idea he was having a personal bath on camera and so glad it wasn’t offensive!! Second, no offense taken at all! In fact, I’m so grateful to have honest opinions and in this case, I completely agree with you! Haha it’s part of the reason I’m giving that sweater to Jackie (the other reason is the fact that it looks absolutely amazing on her!!)! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and give your feedback!!!
I think you wear want you like but yes the second sweater look better - color on you. Love the first one but can understand why you feel the way you do. Color does make us look and feel a specific way....sorry yellow - love you but i look like crap in it!!!!!
Here’s the thing: I’m looking at your faces. I have to force myself to look down to the sweater. So you sure wearing the colour, it’s not wearing you! Great choice for you!
Linda, that is such an interesting point and not one that I had considered. A louder colour/print would definitely draw the eye away from the fact. haha so even if the colour may be "better" it wouldn't really matter if the person looking at you isn't actually looking at you! Thank you for your insight!!
@@knittingagoodyarnpodcast5765 when I worked, I would wear red for energy (it was p/is also a good colour for me). When I didn’t want to be kotived, I wore beige or brown!
When the doorbell rang and the dogs went nuts, I was thinking “oh they will definitely edit this out” and then you didn’t! 🤣 I was mortified for a second and then I realized after how awesome it kinda was. Like that’s life… doorbells ring and dogs freak. We can still prioritize yarn over it. Love it!
Hahaha yes!! Thank you so much for feeling the same way we do! This is us, this is life, these are our knits! Nothing extra, nothing contrived!
Oh please don't ever edit! You made me laugh so often this morning, you create such a fun, and informative, podcast - it's always a joy to watch and listen to, please don't change the way you do this, it's real time life and it's great 😄👏🏻👏🏻
Oh Susan! Thank you for the feedback and it really helps us with our decision to just be 100% authentic! Haha although maybe you all didn't need three barking dogs suddenly flooding your eardrums unannounced!!
Hi everyone, I have a stash of Nutiden yarn to destash. Can anyone please suggest where I may be able to do so? Thank you!
Love the Vest ! Beautiful tulips. Beautiful lace top. The piano❤
Thank you Carina!
Carmen, I ❤ your sweater too, I think the low contrast is super classy, and looks great on you, you have almost sold me on it, where as looking at the Sample, I was not inspired! So , I can’t wait to see the green and mauve one,as those are colours that have been calling me this spring!take care both of you, Melissa.
Aw thank you Melissa and I’m so glad! It’s such a great sweater to knit and wear and I can’t wait to get started on the green/mauve version, especially since I’m giving Jackie my green/grey one!
What an interesting take on the "Clair". Totally different look - more refined...love it!
Thank you Mindy! I really love how it turned out and it makes me want to knit more low contrast knits in the future!!
I’ve never seen you before Carmen, and thought the soft green and grey colourwork was your natural colour home. You looked very beautiful and harmonious in it. Bringing out a vibe of a gentle, lively, playful Irish lass, to me. When I saw you in the strong colours I found it very jarring! I also thought the green and grey top did not suit Jackie nearly as well, it made her disappear a bit, though she looked amazing in everything else she wore! However - once Jackie put on that Woolfolk design, which she popped in & was incredible on her, your colourful yoke sweater suddenly looked a lot more right on you. You both told a harmonious colour story. And at the beginning, she in her natural colours yoke and you in the green and grey colourwork, were also perfectly gorgeous in tandem and told a unified colour/fibre tale. It is very interesting seeing how people perceive what suits them, as I have similar strict limits for myself (strong jewel colours) as Carmen does. My safe colour is red - always get compliments in it & feel I look my best - and I have bought a lot of red yarn, but I’m in a phase where I don’t feel like knitting it or wearing it. I’m drawn to colours that don’t flatter me. Hmmm after watching this maybe I should go with that a little more 🤔
Anyway I rarely find anyone who considers colour as deeply as I do and I LOVED the deep yet free form exploration!
Also I know Sweet Paprika from virtual knitting together but don’t know her yarn (I’m Australian) so I loved seeing this! I shared it with her with the timestamp and it made her really happy! 🥰
Aw I just responded to most of this on the earlier video comment but wanted to add that I’m so glad you found us and that you’re enjoying the podcast and I hope you stick around because your ideas are so great and get us really reflecting!! And that is also so sweet that you shared the video with the sweet paprika sisters!! They are so lovely!!
You should try Gilliatt by de rerum natura . That yarn is beautiful for cables
so true! And their sportweight Ulysse.
I agree Silvia!! I knit the spark cardigan in Gilliatt and it is one of my favorites. Just talked my sister in to buying some for her husbands sweater. I’m addicted to Gilliatt and Nutiden 😂
@@maryschuldt1981 me too.
Silvia, Tori, and Mary, I could not agree more! I knit my Balan cardi in it and it is glorious! I actually have a bunch of skeins both Gilliatt and Ulysse on one of my shelves and they stare at me every day saying "when are you going to knit us???" haha soon soon (I hope!)
Ladies, you are superb!! I enjoy each and every minute and when you ask a question regarding colour, patterns or anything else, i almost just speak it out, your style is so conversational. You are also very, very inspiring and i always add at least one more project to my queue after watching you. Looking forward to seeing your mohair sweater, Jackie, it will look great on you. Love your dogs and it was very funny when all of them barked because my dog perked up his ears and started barking too. xoxo.
Haha I think dogs of the world have been uniting over this podcast! Even my own dogs started barking again when I reached that part when I was rewatching it! And Navneet, you always have the most beautiful responses and now I wish I could know what your answers to our questions in the episode would be if you did speak them out! I'm sure they would be brilliant and insightful as always!
I’m always inspired by what you are knitting! I am currently knitting a Cargill Sweater, a Rural Symphony Pullover, a Half & Half triangles wrap and some baby gifts.
Agggh those are all awesome knits!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌
What a great podcast again! Loved every minute of it and of course the ending! Thank you so much for the KAL and I am so incredibly happy, stunned and humbled for winning when there sooo many incredibly beautiful projects by so many beautiful knitters! This was hands down my best KAL ever! There were so many fantastic aspects to it: the creativity, the inspiration, the getting together on Zoom, and last but not least, really feeling part of a community, a family even…
I love that you have evolved your podcasts to talking about all things knitting beyond the KAL! I appreciate every minute of your sharing. I am too much of an introvert to ever think of making a podcast and I think there is a magic happening when two passionate knitters like yourselves get together to discuss and challenge one another. And the fact that you approach knitting differently makes it all the more interesting.
Jackie you are so analytical and thoughtful! What a great conversation you gals had about colours around us, on finding them in nature vs on screen, and getting out of our comfort zones to find what fits us rather than what we think fits us better in our mind. Carmen, I think the Clair de Lune looks amazing but if you feel unsure, I would pair it with colourful earrings and a bright colour dress or skirt. And welcome to the Saturday Shrug Club - how amazing that Jackie knit you one! You asked so I actually think the one you knit for Carmen looks better on you Jackie and the other one on Carmen…
Ahhhh, the Eurus sweater is just absolutely fabulous and Jackie, your sample in OMGE is perfect; your sweater will be out of this world! I have note decided what yarn to make it with so will wait to see your experience with it is, and anyway it will probably be a late summer, early Fall knit…
And Spring! Yes, I am finishing up a couple of colder weather garments (a second and third Fridags Vest for my daughters that I will be visiting in Europe in a couple of weeks, and my pressed flowers shawl in Nutiden). But starting April 1st it is all about spring and summer! I have a bit of a list ready to go! A summer version of the Ranunculus in linen and silk, also waiting patiently for Moonstruck’s release of the Joni Top, and I will try a dress!! Probably a sleeveless version of the Lunch at Tiffany dress by Ann-Kathrin Bush.
As for Fiber festivals, we have an awesome one right next door here in St André Avelin - Festival Twist - and I can’t wait for it again this year around mid-August. I think Carmen mentioned to me neither of you can make it but if things change, please, please let me know!!!
PS also check out the Promenade Blouse by Caidree
Monik!!! Where do I start? We are so happy you enjoyed the KAL so much and it was just so sweet to find out you were the winner as you have been such a wonderful and supportive and lovely part of our community! And we can't wait to see what you make (haha no pressure to get going on that though)! Also thank you for the always kind words about our podcast and conversations! I agree, Jackie is one of the most contemplative people I've ever met and I feel so lucky she's in my life! She really gets me thinking! Btw, I think you would be amazing if you ever decided to start a podcast! Jackie and I both have introvert tendencies and we still have so much fun. Way more fun than we thought we would have before we tried it! And thank you for all your wonderful summer knit suggestions! I love them all but I've had that lunch and tiffany's dress on the docket for so long and your comment is making me want to finally pull the trigger and get it cast on! And I wish I could go to festival twist but it's literally a couple days before we leave for the Netherlands so I know I won't be able to get away! I'll have to live vicariously through you!
Oh it's gorgeous! Thank you!!
The discussion on colour is so interesting. I recently had a colour analysis done and she identified a lot of colours that I naturally gravitated to but there are other colours I wear that are just me even if they don’t fall in my palette.
I could not agree more Crystal! When I first got my analysis done, I felt I had to only wear colours in my palette but that didn’t include a bunch of colours that I really love! So now I wear what I want, even if I know some don’t work as well on me. But, as we’ve been musing on, what we think looks good and doesn’t is really affected by a lot of things so it’s very complicated!!!
I test knit the Javelin shawl in a gorgeous tonal red...My favorite shawl every....love it!!!!!!
I HAVE to knit that one!! And in red??? Swooooon!!!
Carmen, both sweaters are gorgeous. The difference, for me, is that when you wear the green one, I notice the sweater and thought IT looked gorgeous on YOU (beautiful knitting, fab colour choice, great patterning, superb fit). With the quilting sweater, I notice YOU as a whole picture and I think YOU look great in IT. I absolutely understand your hesitation, if you're not used to wearing those colours; I'm always surprised when (on the rare occasion I wear it) people tell me I look good in brown, because (as Jackie says) brown is not part of my residual self-image (to get all Matrix-y).
I'm just swatching for a Pressed Flowers Cardigan. Unlike you, Jackie, I want All The Colour, and my contrast colour for the cardigan is Zauberball Starke 6 in 2334. :D
Wendy! First, I had to look up your contrast colour for your pressed floaters and that is amazing and I can’t wait to see it!! Second, thank you so much for your thoughts on the two sweaters! It is absolutely fascinating to me how different colours look on different people and how with some the person is wearing the colour and with others, the colour is wearing the person! But even more intriguing is how different we all can feel about which way around it is! Also, I love the idea of a residual self-image!! Thank you so much for contributing your wise and important ideas!!
Everything you ladies knit looks great on you ! I love listening to how you analyze things! 😊
Thank you!!!
Love spending time with you two ladies, you are such fun and have so much enthusiasm , which is contagious. You share a lovely friendship which is super special as you share the same hobby ❤️🧶🐑💕x keep the podcasts coming please 😊
Lorraine!!! Thank you so much for these beautiful words! They mean so much to us! Haha and yes, we definitely plan to keep making more! They're so fun and we get to connect with such lovely people like you!
Always such a treat when I get my notification for your podcast. I simply love that you are each sharing a slice of your knitting life with us.....totally unedited. It's so refreshing!! I've just finished the Dark Moss Pullover by Teti Lutsak. I love her patterns so much. I'm on a bit of a small projects bender right now with a brioche bundle by Jennifer Shiels Toland which includes the Skogur hat, Skreppa cowl and Hanski mitts. I'm on my 2nd Skogur....one low contrast and one high contrast. I call them Jackie and Carmen, hehehe!!!
Omg Lynn!! Haha you have "Jackie" and "Carmen" skogurs!!! I cannot even tell you how warm that makes me feel! Also, I just looked up that bundle and WOW!!! Those are all showstoppers!! And the Dark Moss....(swoon)...I have had that favourited for years but you are inspiring me to actually cast it on. It's so beautiful and her patterns are so well-written! Finally, it's so nice to hear that you like our unedited style of podcasting and helps us to press forward doing it, despite the potential hazards that can result (like dogs barking)!!
Oh, I loved your entire discussion on how we assess “our colours”. For a (quite long) time in my life I have struggled with colours because I was constantly trying to control painstakingly how outfits and objects in my life matched. It was a coping mechanism for something else and for preventing other things from unraveling, but it was really stressful. Mismatching colours made me feel dizzy and unable to even leave the house. Embracing crafting (first with jewellery and then with knitting) opened a new world to me, where I could control colours in a different, personal process. Now I am doing a bit better. I don’t think I will ever be able to wear a rainbow but I use colour more freely. Sorry for the deep comment, but I just agree that we overlook the values we attach to colour.
And by the way, Carmen, you looked fabulous in your Claire de Lune!
For spring I am also going to knit wit mohair as I plan to cast on “Dusking” very soon. Thanks for another great episode!
Carmen, your Yokelore is amazing! It looks wonderful on you. Regarding the Clair de Lune sweater, I agree with you on the colour thing, I’m a pale skinned blonde person and I’ve always been told and agreed with that I should wear darker and more saturated colours to suit my skin tone. But I really like lighter colours sometimes and I feel like I can’t wear them. I am kind of leaving that behind because I don’t care as much as I used to (it’s an age advantage ) 😂 I agree with Jackie, it is like a different version of you. It’s a quiet, beautiful sweater. It looks really good on you.
I like the confusion and chaos that ensued when the doorbell rang and the dogs barked because that’s life, right? 🤪 I do enjoy you not editing. I think that putting out the perfect everything to the world isn’t always the best thing. It makes some of us think that we have to be perfect all the time and of course none of us are perfect and then we have a secret imperfection that we must hide.
Love your podcast! I tend not to be a neutral user but you’re inspiring me! 😂❤🎉
Oh Jill, I enjoyed reading every word of your lovely comment. Thank you so much! And I love the description of the Clair de Lune being a "quiet, beautiful sweater". It really is that! All of this really has me thinking about colour and wondering if while we each probably have colours that pretty much always look good on us, there may be others that are not "supposed" to look good but do because of other factors. And I also used to stick solely to the palette that was "good" for me but over the past couple of years have decided that sometimes I want to wear a colour just because I like it, even if (I think) it makes me look sickly!
And thank you also for your supportive feedback about the realness of our podcast! Honestly, it's so nice to hear that others appreciate this kind of authenticity, even if it means their eardrums are blown out suddenly by dogs freaking out!!
Great episode, ladies! I am heading to Iceland in a few months. Looking forward to visiting many yarn shops, especially the one you mentioned where you purchased yarn for the beautiful sweater you’re wearing! ❤
I’m soooo jealous Jeannette!! I want to go to Iceland and check out that yarn shop too!! Have an amazing time!! And also thank you for the kind words on the podcast!!
Love spending time with you two. I love all the Nutiden items. I have quite a stash but am kind of afraid to use up my colors. It’s like maybe later I would want it for something else. I know crazy, right. You are inspiring me to knit with it. I am knitting the Eye Dazzler by Jennifer Berg, the Corran by Rebecca Clow, some vanilla socks in Opal, the Silverlake shawl
By Jessica McDonald I cast on yesterday and during the podcast I cast on another shawl. The Celtic Myths by Asita Krebs in Devonia in the colorway Ocean Rain. Yes, I have 2 many projects going.
Kate! First, totally totally understand how precious nutiden can feel. Thank goodness Caroline keeps making beautiful new colourways or we might never knit with it! Second, omg, I want to knit everything in your queue here!! Such good choices!! 🙌🙌🙌
Such a fun episode! Great catching up! I truly enjoy how in tune you both are with each other. Not many people think about things as deeply as you both do. Don’t change! I love it! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!! Haha sorry for the delay responding but it’s so nice to have your encouragement!! ♥️♥️♥️
The Saturday shrug skirt how fun! Love your beautiful knits!
Thank you so much!!!!
You guys are the best salespeople😂 I bought the Clairdelune. You sold me and my Nutiden is calling me.
Hahah we're only good at selling what we are absolutely thrilled with! And this will be AMAZING in Nutiden!! What colour ways will you do???
I have a recommendation for low mileage Canadian wool for you. Revolution Wool Co is located in Wallenstein just outside of Elmira. They have lots of sheep and they have their wool milled and sell it either undyed or naturally dyed. Their DK is lovely and plump and would be perfect for cables!
Omg!! Thank you!!! We will totally check this out!!!
I always get excited when there's a new episode from you two! So, Carmen, with the question of "do I look healthier in Sweater 2 (Yokelore) vs 1 (Clairedilune?)" - I think both look awesome on you and you look healthy in both :), you certainly don't look "sickly" in Sweater 1 haha. When I saw it on you, I immediately thought those are great colors on her and really flattering. But when you put on Sweater 2, the Yokelore, I was instantly Wowed - like Damn those are her colors and she looks amazing - I think that might be because the dark tones and high contrast really are striking against your hair? I wouldn't say the first sweater washes you out at all, I think it actually works really well with your eyes and skin, it just is a softer look, whereas the Yokelore is very bold/striking and I can see why you feel especially "you" in it. But both are fantastic looks on you. I have a similar situation where I knit two Alpenglows (Andrea Mowry pattern). The one color combo was very naturally "me" (cream main color with blue and rust contrast colors) and the other is a bit out of my comfort zone (dark plum main color and golds/oranges and pink contrast colors). I think I look slightly better in the cream combo - it just feels very me - but the other sweater gets a lot more compliments because it's a more striking color combo. I wear and love them both, but feel especially "me" in the cream one. I don't regret knitting the plum one tho! I kind of enjoy stretching myself by wearing that color palette as well, and the more I wear it the more it feels a bit more like me! One thing also that can help a lot is accessories, which connects with the conversation about "backdrops" - if you love the softness of a certain color but wish your face was framed by something a bit more striking, try seeing what happens when you add a cowl or headband or the perfect earrings; with the right accessory combo, you can sometimes get the best of both worlds! (This was a long comment!)
MONICA!!! Thank you sooo much for this insightful, thoughtful, and super kind comment! I loved reading every word and it really validated how I was feeling while also stretching my thoughts about the whole situation! I'm feeling inspired to knit more colours I don't wear often and see how that changes how I feel about how I look in them. It will be an experiment! And if it doesn't change, I like the accessories idea. Also, I NEED to see both of your alpenglows!! They BOTH sound amazing! I tried to find you on Ravelry but there were too many "Monica"s! Are you on IG? If so, can you tag me if you posted there?
I think the warm red colour looks fantastic on you. I think if you had the warm red near your face that would look fantastic. That being said, I love the grey/green low contrast and I don't think you look washed out in it, I do feel like it might be just outside of your usual comfort zone and that's why you feel off about it.
Thank you so much for your input Courteney! Comments like yours really have made me second guess what I've just taken for granted about what looks good and what doesn't! I'm actually really excited to try more colours that I would usually reject and see if I can develop a sense of attraction to them (in terms of my colouring)!!! Thank you!!
You get into serious and meaningful topics, and I enjoy your discussions when you do that. It´s interesting that you begin with knitting or yarn or color and that evolves into something far more profound, ideas that really matter in life. I love your interaction and the mutual support and admiration. You two are lovely.
Noelle! This just warmed my heart so much! Thank you! I'm so glad you resonate with our style of interacting and just seeing what emerges from our energies uniting. It's a beautiful co-creation, and we have no idea what will unfurl when we press record but we love watching it back after and enjoying the product! And I think we are attracting similar souls like you to us who share the same energy. It's just extraordinary! Thank you for adding to that co-creation with your own important and well-met contribution!
Ugh I HAVE to knit the Clairdelune 😩❤️
Yes you doooo! Haha I need to knit another one!!!
Love watching you both 😍
Aw Barbara thank you so much for your supportive and lovely comments! So so glad you're enjoying the podcast!!
For the red sweater, could you try Jaquard float knitting?
I've found it very helpful for both, long floats & non-stretchy yarn. I've even used it w 70%Merino 30%silk yarn on a colorwork yoke sweater. Merino bloomed & kept yarn in place & the netting formed by jaquard knitting/float management gave it the stretch needed .
Hi Nina! I looked into this, was totally overwhelmed, and went back to what I was doing before! Haha But it’s a great idea and maybe I will give it a shot next time! Thank you!!
I’m planning on making the eurus sweater in grey! my plan is to use knit picks simply wool worsted - I worked with it for another cable sweater (in the aran weight) and it’s super bouncy, and surprisingly soft for being 100% non-super wash wool!
Emily, yes!!! I'm also planning to make it in grey as I am just soooo taken by it! That is an awesome substitution rec too, especially since I don't think it's very easy to get the original yarn in North America! I happen to be going to Copenhagen in May so will pick some up then but for future projects, this is a great second option!
Your sweaters are glorious! Carmen I think your Clairdelune suits Jackie a little better, sorry. Wow, thx for the heads up on the “quilt “ sweater, a real challenge, good for you for persevering.
No offence taken at all Susan, I agree completely! I think that sweater is meant to live with Jackie!! Haha and you're welcome in terms of me talking about the saga of knitting the Yokelore! It is absolutely worth it in the end but I definitely struggled! But that also could have just been me and I know other testers had no trouble at all so who knows!?!
Felt great to share this time with you. ❤ your closing reflection on the concept of “should” my sense of your sharing comes to me as a sense of being in the world with my fiber. It’s an embodied opening - of the union among mind, hands, eyes, and even sheepy scents (not so much taste 😂) - but this full opening that brings new perspectives and helps me to grow by considering new adventures in making that I may not have envisioned. So love this about engaging with you both! Ok, two other comments…. First, agree completely on the grey variability and the eyes-on, hands-on experience of being with fiber. I would add it’s also a “lights-on” need - all sorts of light - sun, clouds, indoor light - make a difference. I take skeins and plates all over to get a deep sense of what happens with colors. Finally, the Clairdelune discussion brought me to a place where I thought about “design forward” knits vs a knit that forms a union with the wearer when in combination becomes something new and elevates both.
Julie, I literally had to seek out the 🤯🤯🤯 emoji after reading your comment!! Your words are just so beautiful and evocative and thought-provoking. Thank you! And you are so right about lighting and all the other factors that play a role in the colour that we actually see. I am always especially amazed when I see the way nutiden looks in different countries. Like there is actually a different colour of daylight that different places have and that influences what we see! I'm going to have to bring some of my nutiden with me when I go to sweden in may (haha I mean, of course I always was going to anyway) so I can see if I can perceive a difference in real life! And your last comment was like an amuse bouche that set in motion my whole appetite to think about this more! Isn't it wonderful how complex life on Earth can be if we actually look for the complexity and don't just believe that things are arranged with linear rules?
Sooo many good and beautiful things in this video, and just nice to hang out with you both. And Jackie, you do not look ‘wide’ in horizontal stripes - at all! Have ‘saved’ the last 15 min for tomorrow 🥰 Love from Denmark (Ps. Lærke (Fibertales) means lark, just fyi ☺️) 💜
Aw thank you Helle!! And I completely agree with you about Jackie and stripes! Also I love learning words from other languages and Lærke meaning "Lark" actually makes me love it even more...if that is even possible!
First of all, when the doorbell rang and you guy looked at each other "what do we do?" 😂 you gave me do many giggles. Carmen, you AND your sweaters are so beautiful, you look perfect in both. I feel like we wear colours differently depending on our moods. Even watching my own video, I felt I looked so much better in the Nutiden sweater than the Knit Collage cardigan. Jackie, your hands are magic, I marvel at all your modifications. Love you guys ❤
Haha Tracey! Honestly, that part with the dogs going crazy was my favourite part! Haha we literally had no idea what to do! #reallife for sure!! And thank you for all the kind words. It is so intriguing to me to consider all these aspects about colour. It's definitely more complex than I was realizing!
yay lopi! icelandic wool really is amazing (although pronunciation tip, the Þ letter is a soft-th sound, not a p-sound -- so it sounds like Thingborg). and yes, because léttlopi is spun, it's much scratchier than any of the icelandic unspun -- it's really best for outerwear. and FYI there is a knitting festival here in Iceland in June, in case Jackie's travel plans coincide -- i'm planning on going, myself, and very excited about it.
and re: colors, i'm a green-blue-silver-brown-black fan (Carmen's Clairedelune is heaven for me -- and looks fabulous on you, by the way! you look perfectly healthy in both), although i also love a good red but only rarely wear red -- and while i think objectively purples look good on me, they have too strong of associations with the hippie scene in Berkeley from my college days & i simply can. not. wear. (edit: oh, and just started making a second Versal pullover, in Omge held with a strand of black alpaca-silk to darken the color down even more...)
LAURA!! Where do I even start? First, I love how we always get the best inside scoops about Iceland from you!! And I hope Jackie IS going in June because I'm sure the festival is awesome! Second, yes, my Clair de Lune sounds like it's your perfect knit colour wise! And that is very kind that you think the colours suit me! I'm still getting used to it but hearing comments like this from people I trust really does help! Third, I laughed out loud about the purple association! Haha I love that even though you know it objectively looks good, you're still like, "not worth it!" That is so fantastic. Actually my mother was dressed in red all the time as a child and now she refuses to wear it, despite the fact that it looks amazing on her. Finally, I MUST see this Versal in a darkened Omge!!!! Are you on IG? Can you tag me if you post a pic there????
❤ Thank you for all the inspiration and fun!!! I seriously love it all! Carmen - I think the green/ grey is amazing on you and lights up your eyes! Jackie - enjoy your mohair knit! I knit the single strand Cloudbow last year (in a light grey) and I love how nice it layers! The colors you picked are stunning! I just started on my first spring knit - it is the Rota Jumper by Irene Lin. I saw it a few weeks ago and couldn’t get it out of my mind 😅 knitting it in Retrosaria Mungo which seems like a great transitional yarn! Can’t wait for the next episode!
Thank you so much for your always encouraging and inspiring comments Janine! And it's really helpful to hear that others like the grey/green on me. It's definitely making me start to rethink things! Also, I have had that Cloudbow on my radar since it came out and I NEED to cast it on!! Haha I even have that issue of pompom mag! And I just looked up the Rota Jumper and WOWZA!! It's so beautiful but also feels like it would be so versatile too. Like you could make it warmer or cooler by changing what you wear underneath it. Plus it is going to FLY off the needles, which is something that is always appealing to me! Thank you for the recs!!!
Love watching you two (over the course of several days😂)! For summer knits, I was just staring at my Sol tank in a silk/linen blend. It’s so lovely!! And I’m looking forward to knitting the salty air tee and the Misurina this summer!!
Haha yes, multiple sittings is definitely required with our podcasts!! And THANK YOU for the reminder about the Sol tank as that is one I wanted to knit when it was released but then it got buried in all the new things that came out after it! It would be amazing in silk/linen! And I actually tested the Salty Air Tee and can testify that it is a WONDERFUL knit! Finally, I had kind of ruled out Caitlin Hunter patterns because I don't think the fit is right for me but I think I might have to give Misurina a try!! It's so pretty and I love the cable/colourwork combo!
Such a lovely podcast yet again girls.. and it was such a surprise when you mentioned knitting the Oxford Circus sweater by Julie. I was one of the testers and it was such a nice pattern. I gave the original to my son's girl, who has since put about 10 holes in it 🙁 but I plan to make another. Also love the Sunday shrugs.. lucky girl Carmen! I do think that the colours used for Carmen's version look just stunning on Jackie 💕
Oh that is so fun Tea!! Julie was wearing her version at the fibre show we attended and we both fell in love! I cannot wait to see Jackie's version and hope that I get to steal it! haha
Thanks Ladies! Went to The Petite Knitter Ravelry Page. Purchased sweater pattern Turku.
Love to you both and the pups! 🎶🎶🎶🎶♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎶🎶🎶🎶
Omg I just looked up Tuku and I'm going to have to make that one too!! Thank you!!
Oh dear such a fun episode. And here my ravelry notes on swatching Omge, holding it double for my nostalgic sweater coat:
"14-15 st with needle 3,5 in wood, 16 in 3mm in wood, 17-18 in 2,5 steel...thats it, cannot go down further in needle size for ;-) mental sanity
yeah, im a loose continental knitter, baby..."
Wowza Carolin!!! Haha you and Jackie are kindred spirits for sure!! And we're sooo happy to hear you enjoyed the episode!!
Btw, that nostalgic sweater coat in Omge is going to be EPIC!!!!!
I was inspired to knit the Aegyo sweater by Jackie's in episode 4. Seeing it on you both and hearing you talk about how fun it was to knit gave me the courage to try it! I used Nutiden yarn in the color Favor. It's my favorite knit so far! I absolutely loved every minute of it. I have been eyeing the Eurus sweater as well and thinking of using Omge. Did you decide not to make it after making the swatch? It seemed in the podcast that you had decided to use another pattern but I wasn't sure. If so, I was curious why. Thanks for all the inspiring knitting talk!
Hello Terumi!! Thank you so much for your comment and so sorry about the delay responding!! That is so amazing that you made the aegyo and it would be amazing in Favor!! And at first we thought omge wouldn’t work with cables but then saw a gorgeous cabled sweater made by an amazing knitter named Matilda and we were completely changed! I (Carmen) actually have omge on my needles for a cabled cardi by Thea Coleman, but I’m blanking at the moment on what Jackie is planning!!
You can also check out the Promenade Blouse by Caidree for the mohair you bought. I love watching you two. So supportive of each other and loving each others company. I totally understand the feeling that your complexion doesn't always go with a lovely colour. I've been watching videos of seasonal colour analysis and it's a real thing that our skin's undertones work better with some colours over others.
Yes Laura!! I had my colours done a few years ago (I'm a true winter) and it was mind-blowing how different my skin looked from one colour to the next! But I have to say that this discussion has really made me think that colour is more complex than I was making it and some might actually look better on me than I might realize, according to other factors. So intriguing and definitely to be continued! And yes, a previous poster talked about the promenade blouse and it's beautiful! I had never seen that before! Thank you for the suggestion!! And also thank you so much for the kind words about our podcast and our dynamic. We're so happy to have you with us!!
Oh god such beautiful knits 😮 Thank you for the podcast! I cannot believe how beautiful the Risle is. But double stranded with size 3 needles? I need to understand how your wrist survived and how you could hit gage?
Thank you Josée!! So so glad you enjoyed it! haha and I can't speak for Jackie in terms of how it felt to knit the Risle but it will say that Nutiden always has a magical ability to feel good regardless of the circumstance you're knitting it under! Haha that sounds ridiculous but it really is true!!
In answer to your question about colour, I’d never really considered if something was “my colour” until I started knitting and watching knitting podcasts. As an artist I’ve always seen colour as part of the equation and the reason for this is because adding another colour to a painting (or even a different tone of the same colour) can change the balance of the picture. So for clothing, certain types of colours suit me rather than a particular colour. I’m probably not making any sense at all but hopefully this offers a different perspective.
Yes you are making sense and what you are saying is so intriguing! So any particular colour that you might wear could be "good" or "not so good" depending on the balance it creates with the other colour you are wearing??
You amaze me with how many sweaters you guys complete! I’m a sweater gal at heart and it’s so inspiring to me! How do I get my hands on this Nutiden yarn??
Hi Mallory!! There are 8 releases each year and you can find out what they are at @honerocheir on instagram!!
Thanks for a always so nice and inspiring episode! I think you both fit best and glow in the first striped cowl you wore, dont change😍 Love from sweden
Thank you so much Emma!!
With the 2nd colour work sweater, I’m having a hard time seeing you. But it is stunning and if you like it, wear it!
1000% your coloring is healthier in the vibrant jewel colors, Carmen! Granted, the video format affects our perception, but the low volume greens/browns made your complexion look more sallow in my eyes. I am SUPER late to the party, but I just discovered the whole 'season color palette' and it has really opened my eyes and added a lens on how I look at color, especially ON people. I've always loved the colbalt blues and orangey-reds and hot pinks and I used to wear them a lot (and have kept some of my favorite pieces in those colors), but I didn't necessarily feel *beautiful* in them, which was confusing to me because I *love* them (so how could I not love them on me?). I also have a lot of greens and dusty colors in my wardrobe, and subconsciously prefer small-scale/low-volume patterns to large-scale/high-contrast ones.... turns out this all aligns with the "fact" that I'm a 'soft autumn'! once I had that realization, I reassessed/Konmaried my wardrobe and now and am more careful with curating it through a 'soft autumn' lens and it really has changed how I feel in my clothes. Even though I "can't" wear many of my favorite colors, I have found a whole new appreciation for other colors (i've always really 'liked', but maybe not 'loved') because of their transformative powers: they make me look better/more beautiful, so in turn I feel better/more beautiful.
Aw Kaitlin thank you! haha yes, that is EXACTLY how I feel! Although I have been so intrigued by the other opinions I have been receiving and it's really making me question whether the colour can be good or not so good depending on many other factors, including context and my own belief systems. Haha but it is definitely validating to read your comment say exactly the things I think! I had my colours assessed four or five years ago and I'm a True Winter and it was a game changer with my wardrobe as well. But I also have sometimes still worn colours I love even though they aren't ideal for me and this sweater was one of those times. And now that I hear that some people really like it, it's made me wonder if colours can really be as simple as particular seasonal palettes or whether there's more to it? Basically, we all may have colours that look great on us no matter what (our seasons), but maybe there are others that "shouldn't" look good, but do in the right context? I'm kind of thinking as I go here so not sure how clear it is but I'm really really intrigued! Thank you!
Hey, Jacky, why not using Sonder yarn sunday morning Dk for the Hadaknits cable sweater... it could still have some drape in addition to stitch definition
I LOOOOVE that yarn Carolin and actually it's what I used in my yoke lore sweater (the dark teal and the purple). I think it's a great suggestion for Jackie!
Woolfolk TOV is AMAZING for cables. It’s beautiful and round and perfect. They make it in DK and Aran.
Thank you! We'll have to check it out!!
I like the coloring of the Yokelore Sweater on you better than the green and gray one.
Thank you Pam!! I do too! I’ve decided to give Jackie the Clair de Lune. It just looked so good on her!!
Well, you’re just wall to wall inspiration (queue exploded) and I love all the bonus doggo content. #matzopizzasuperfan
I’ll be haunting the comments for warm weather knit ideas, because it’s all cables and colorwork over here.
Omg, #matsopizzasuperfan has got to be my favourite hashtag in the whole world!! Love it! And we're so glad we could inspire you! I've been finally responding to comments and there are some amazing suggestions for summer knits that have extended my queue even farther!
Haha and I obviously completely understand the cables and colourwork draw!!
Jackie I knit the Autumn Vibes shawl too - I used Myak Baby Yak medium and knit to pattern and I also ended up with that funny bit in the middle
It's not you!
Oh that's so interesting!!! Thank you for letting us know!
I have a silly question. I keep hearing knitters complain about doing purling. Why does no-one like purling? I don't find it any slower or more difficult than knitting. So this confuses me.
By the way, I'm from southwestern Ontario, near London. Are we almost neighbours? I like to find vloggers and podcasters to listen to who are from my general geographical area.
Omg, first, yay yes we are super close! We're in Burlington, so about two hours away, depending on which side of London you live! Second, can you please do a video demo of how you purl so that we can learn? If your purling is just as fast as your knitting, I want to emulate you!!!
Carmen, I think the low contrast looked better, the “quilt” sweater is beautiful on you as well, but I think you look paler in the quilt sweater.
Oh so interesting! Thank you!! Well I’ve decided to give Jackie the grey/green one but I am very excited about the green/mauve as I mentioned in my other comment! Haha sorry I’m so behind in responding!
All of the colours in both your rust and teal colourwork sweater and the green one are in the autumn pallet. Only the bright pink in the colourwork isn't in the autumn pallet. I think you look good in the autumn colours as long as they are deep and rich, and I'm sorry, this is the first time I've watched your channel (not the last though), so I can't remember your names, but your friend looks better in that bright pink, and as others had said, in a cool tone red and burgundy. That's just my opinion though.
Linda! Thank you for your insightful comment and for joining in our podcast community! It is just so amazing to find out what others see and to learn that what we might think is just a standard way to see things can vary so much from individual to individual! Thank you for adding to the picture!!
I think you are brighter and more Alive in the brighter second sweater. However when u were wearing the first sweater I thought u looked great but then when u changed I could see the brightness in your face, skin and eyes. So the first sweater that is muted also made u look muted. It’s so wild to see the difference. But both sweaters are for sure gorgeous ❤
Thank you so much Joyce and it's so amazing to hear that some people (like us) have one reaction, and then others have a completely different take! It's just got the wheels turning in my head about so many things: colour, colour balance, factors like background/other colours in the outfit, our own feelings about the colour possibly projected through the energy we emit while wearing it...the list is endless! But at this point, I have exactly the same reaction: when I watch myself with the green sweater I don't think I look brutally sickly but it's kind of "meh". Then when I see myself with the colourful sweater on, I just think it changes my skin tone and I look healthier! I'm not even sure what healthier means but that's the best word I can use! Anyway, it really feels nice to hear that others see things the same as I do! Thank you!!!
Jackie, how many strands of Nutiden do you hold together to make a bulky knit?
She actually still only used two for this knit!
Great episode! I’ve been thinking about the Aegyo Sweater since you first showed it on a podcast. Do you know why that pattern isn’t on Ravelry, even though some of their other patterns are?
Thank you Tracy and that is a great question that I don't have an answer to! @danishmusings do you have any idea since you've got the inside scoop?
I keep hearing knitting podcasters talk about test knits... where do you find out about test knits? How do designers choose test knitters?
Hi Carol! Haha I can definitely answer this question as I do so many! There are actually a bunch of ways to find out about upcoming test knits. If you have a designer you really like, you can follow them on instagram as test knits are often advertised there. Or they might have a Ravelry group as well, or a newsletter that you can sign up for. You also can follow a hashtag on instagram like #testknitterswanted or #testknittersneeded. There is also a group on Ravelry called The Testing Pool where designers advertise tests that are coming up. And then when you test, sometimes designers will contact their previous testers about upcoming designs in case they're interested in doing another. In terms of how people are chosen, I'm sure that really depends on the designer but it's almost never about knitting mastery. Designers usually want a range of knitters, from beginners to experts to make sure their patterns are understandable to all knitters. I think what is most important is your ability to get the test completed on time and to offer your feedback and suggestions about the pattern. I think a public instagram account is also important to most, so that others can see what your sample looks like. And finally, this isn't a requirement, but I think many appreciate pictures that actually have the design being modelled on a person (rather than it laying flat) so that potential knitters can see what it might look like. Hope this helps!
@@knittingagoodyarnpodcast5765 Thank you! Very informative and helpful!
The color of your sweater is lovely on you it would look better if you wore dark green or rust with it. Your blue jeans take away from the green sweater.
No difference in health for the jewel colored sweater the jeans go with it.
Now THAT is another interesting proposition! Yes! The colour of my jeans probably plays a role! It reminds me of the comments other posters who are artists have been making about balance and colours interacting with each other. I'm going to have to go try it on with some different bottoms!! Thank you Lois-Marie!!
The jewel tones are correct for you so the second sweater really brings life.
The cool gray tones in your beautiful colorwork sweater took away from you. Not trying to be mean, just trying to be helpful. It is so hard to see how colors look on ourself, and having and honest voice is important.
PS, I laughed at the unedited part where your awesome rescue was “bathing” his private parts. 😂😂😂
Bahahahaha first, I had no idea he was having a personal bath on camera and so glad it wasn’t offensive!! Second, no offense taken at all! In fact, I’m so grateful to have honest opinions and in this case, I completely agree with you! Haha it’s part of the reason I’m giving that sweater to Jackie (the other reason is the fact that it looks absolutely amazing on her!!)! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and give your feedback!!!
I think you wear want you like but yes the second sweater look better - color on you. Love the first one but can understand why you feel the way you do. Color does make us look and feel a specific way....sorry yellow - love you but i look like crap in it!!!!!
Haha Mindy yes!! I feel exactly the same way!! Thank you!!
Here’s the thing: I’m looking at your faces. I have to force myself to look down to the sweater. So you sure wearing the colour, it’s not wearing you! Great choice for you!
Linda, that is such an interesting point and not one that I had considered. A louder colour/print would definitely draw the eye away from the fact. haha so even if the colour may be "better" it wouldn't really matter if the person looking at you isn't actually looking at you! Thank you for your insight!!
@@knittingagoodyarnpodcast5765 when I worked, I would wear red for energy (it was p/is also a good colour for me). When I didn’t want to be kotived, I wore beige or brown!