Making a Custom Sweater - Ep. 148 Fleece & Harmony Knitting and Crochet Podcast

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @marywalton6900
    @marywalton6900 8 месяцев назад

    Excellent as always. Especially the “You can do it” part.

  • @EvieO1950
    @EvieO1950 8 месяцев назад

    Oh driving a standard!! My car was always a standard until I was in my 50s. I still love driving one!!
    Very interesting!! Enjoyed y’all so much!!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад +1

      I don't have one anymore either, but I do enjoy driving one.

  • @andreat1752
    @andreat1752 8 месяцев назад

    You ladies know how to bring joy and happyness into a crafter's life. ❤ Thank you so much for that.
    You really have the yarn shop of my dreams. It's just all across the big pond. I'd really love to travel to PEI or maybe even Canadas East Coast one day. Just have to make sure to leave enough space for your yarn in the luggage.😉

  • @elaineenstone6834
    @elaineenstone6834 8 месяцев назад

    Loved the episode today. The custom fit sweaters look really interesting and inspiring. Love the mittens. 🇬🇧

  • @marywalton6900
    @marywalton6900 7 месяцев назад

    Excellent episode. Loved the humming bird cowl.

  • @ellenhealey5147
    @ellenhealey5147 8 месяцев назад

    I always enjoy your podcasts. I learn and laugh 😊

  • @alicehoyle4198
    @alicehoyle4198 8 месяцев назад +7

    I really enjoy these episodes; look forward to seeing the 3 of you again: but, sorry - I really stay to the end to see the sheep. They are so very adorable, and they bring me peace in my life. Thank you.

  • @deniseengel1451
    @deniseengel1451 8 месяцев назад

    Guilty pants 😂 I am experiencing guilty pants at this moment! Great episode Kim, Betsy and Simone. I love how you are designing your own sweaters. Simone, your hummingbird design is beautiful! So talented.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      LOL - seems the guilty pants were a big hit!

    • @deniseengel1451
      @deniseengel1451 8 месяцев назад

      @@FleeceHarmonyPodcast I'm using the phrase from now on! But hopefully not experiencing it!

  • @veldalacoste8186
    @veldalacoste8186 8 месяцев назад

    Perfect music to accompany the munching😊😊

  • @robinjohanson4916
    @robinjohanson4916 8 месяцев назад +3

    Loved the show Ladies….. I’m so enjoying Amy Herzog’s book, as up to now, i have viewd patterns as “inspirations”. My favorite way to knit was to see a garment and know how I’d modify it; find a yarn; swatch, and then use my measurements to knit and create. I suppose because I’ve been “crafting” my own clothes all my life, I have the confidence to do the same with knitting. I would encourage any newer knitters to utilize their sewing skills to understand and make their own patterns.
    Like Betsy and Kim said, it’s not necessary to become a pattern designer, but allows one to modify designs, as well as “make it your own” on a commercial favorite garment. My personal advice on all of this is that the swatch and stitches per inch (cm) is one of the most important parts of the process. Otherwise, just stay in the flow and enjoy!
    Thanks for all the great ideas! Looking forward to meeting “in person” all of you at the PEI yarn festival.

  • @janethogan8387
    @janethogan8387 8 месяцев назад

    Lovely podcast! I learned so much about knitting pattern structures. There was lots of great laughs and this was a very uplifting episode. Thank you so much!!❤

  • @lsdev4229
    @lsdev4229 8 месяцев назад

    Another full episode Ladies...and Ken. I need to get that book before I re-knit my wedding sweater from Amos and Andes. I love your sweater Betsy...really like your stripes on sleeves. I am a knit top down in the round knitter so the piecing is overwhelming to me. Love the hummingbird cowl Simone! Thank you for all the inspiration! 🥰🇨🇦Sharon.

  • @maryruthshanks3742
    @maryruthshanks3742 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hope Simone publishes the hummingbird cowl!!! Lovely show today. 💗💗🧶🧶

  • @sunidollfun
    @sunidollfun 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for such a fun, inspirational and educational episode.

  • @crec78900
    @crec78900 7 месяцев назад

    I thoroughly enjoyed the episode! I love watching y'all! It is wonderful to watch your enthusiastic banter and I always learn something new. Today it was the tip about the ribbing technique. I prefer ribbing that does not decrease the girth of the sweater. I love it when it just falls straight. I usually go up a needle size, but some yarns look messy using this technique. I have used twisted rib before to help with this, but I never thought about an increase in stitches for the ribbing! Now I can have a neat robust ribbing and have it lay flat. Yay! I loved seeing your projects. You are giving me confidence to customize a sweater! Thank you for the wonderful videos and I also love seeing the sheep!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for your comments and for watching our channel!

  • @bags-by-carol
    @bags-by-carol 8 месяцев назад +1

    You just keep upping your game. SOOO many beautiful and inspiring yarns and patterns - OMG Simone your hummingbird pattern with the gorgeous Wildwinds yarns. Every week I keep rethinking what I want to purchase and make - and it just keeps growing…my commitment to stash knitting is crumbling! Thanks for another wonderful Friday podcasts present.❤ The three of you are magic together.

  • @lyndaannibal8990
    @lyndaannibal8990 8 месяцев назад

    Another great episode, I really love the way you three are with each other. And I love the, Ewe can do it section.

  • @catnapper3923
    @catnapper3923 8 месяцев назад +1

    The exercise I do for sweater construction is more arithmetic than math (I’d say) but I do agree with you about the practical application being much more fun.
    It wasn’t until I went to college that I learned that a-squared (I can’t write it as an exponent here) WAS AN ACTUAL SQUARE. Euclid’s proofs and the steady logical accumulated construction of truths were astonishing! Why don’t they teach that in kindergarten?
    Then I went to work at Laura Ashley, calculating how much fabric you’d need for a round tablecloth and how much more you’d need for a ruffle (pi x diameter times 2 for a double ruffle).
    That’s why, I think, when I decided to make up my own sweater, I didn’t know it was a hard thing to do. I started with the gauge I liked instead of trying to fit inside someone else’s idea of what I should be creating. So much easier.
    And for the record, Arne HATES sizing out patterns. He gets the Rowan people to do it for him, I think. It takes all the fun out of creating for him.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Yes, both Arne and Carlos made it very clear when they were here that creating a design and pattern writing and technical editing were all different jobs (skills).

  • @MikiCrespo
    @MikiCrespo 8 месяцев назад

    Like the mittens 🐦‍⬛love harmony part🐑

  • @emmabutcher
    @emmabutcher 8 месяцев назад +2

    The fiddle tune in the harmony part was exquisite Kim❤️🎶❤️

  • @judycleland9087
    @judycleland9087 8 месяцев назад

    Loved the hummingbird mittens

  • @barbarawiltz9453
    @barbarawiltz9453 8 месяцев назад

    I love the music and watching the sheep munch. Can't wait for the smoothie recipe(lol). It's so fun listening to you gals! I think I can apply the build your own sweater ideas to crochet. May try it out. I always look forward to our shows.

  • @annependergraft7380
    @annependergraft7380 8 месяцев назад +1

    When you played the Harmony Part on last Podcast I fell in love with Richard Wood’s “Celtic Touch!” I had to buy the sheet music to it so I could play it on my flute.
    I so enjoy your Podcasts!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Did you play it? It is a beautiful tune!

    • @annependergraft7380
      @annependergraft7380 8 месяцев назад

      @@FleeceHarmonyPodcast Yes, I have played this beautiful melody. Right along with Richard’s RUclips 🎶

  • @NedaMay
    @NedaMay 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great podcast. Interesting tip on the rib for Kim’s sweater. Love the music in the Harmony part.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Yes - I can hardly wait to make the rib - not something I say often! LOL

  • @malmorris7838
    @malmorris7838 8 месяцев назад +2

    The blanket panels are stunning, can't wait to see the next six. Thank you, and stars to you all😮❤

  • @suzannethedreamer
    @suzannethedreamer 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love that you guys are self patterning your sweaters! It's sooo much fun! I also find getting the raglan spacing to where I want on my sweaters to be the trickiest part, rip, knit, rip, knit...but so satisfying when it works out. Love the sheep in the yellow meadow of dandelions.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад +1

      I am hoping that I can get it in a few tries. I'll rip if I have to, but I prefer not to! LOL

  • @misschiversstitches5887
    @misschiversstitches5887 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for a great chat girls. I am continuing to love the format with the three of you chatting. The sweater talk was so interesting. Thank you so much. Christine, Australia.

  • @SarahSEWS2
    @SarahSEWS2 8 месяцев назад +1

    You three ladies are such a joy! You bring joy with every podcast! 🙂

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      It makes us happy that is what is coming through to our audience. Thanks for watching!

  • @dawntorpe5100
    @dawntorpe5100 7 месяцев назад

    Another great afternoon with an amazing trio of women - you guys bring it every time! Loved the discussion in the “You Can Do It” segment and can’t wait to see your color selections Kim.

  • @cynthiabroadbent3836
    @cynthiabroadbent3836 8 месяцев назад

    Loved the blanket recap :). I hope to make it one day! Simone's hummingbird and flower pattern is lovely :). I had to really laugh at you all talking about "guilty pants." LOL! And, KUDOS on the projects you're all making in the EWE Can Do It segment!

  • @jilljupen2936
    @jilljupen2936 8 месяцев назад

    I came from Derby Line, VT but we moved to Martha’s Vineyard 24 years ago and dread the tourist season!! We are trying to find a place back in VT because I belong there. I am sitting here knitting and watching you ladies. My grandfather, who, was a blacksmith, came from Charlottetown
    and my other grandfather, who was a lumberjack,
    came from Summerside,
    PEI so I feel very connected to you all. I haven’t been back in a very long time. We always went to the Anne of Green Gables house. OMG! I was a tourist!!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      A tourist with roots. You should come to the Fibre Festival in October - sort of out of tourist season.

  • @lynntimmer1620
    @lynntimmer1620 8 месяцев назад

    All good! All interesting! All the best! 😊

  • @judithmurdoch2549
    @judithmurdoch2549 8 месяцев назад

    The conversation about practical math really resonates with me. I hated the subject in school. But happy to work with fabric and yarn no problem.

  • @tammihackley4349
    @tammihackley4349 8 месяцев назад +2

    Will there be kits for Simone’s hummingbird pattern?

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      We will have to see how much yarn it takes first. We only do kits when just a small amount of a new skein needs to be used. For example, if the cowl requires 250 yards and the skeins are 200 yards. Both colours will be always available - they are not limited editions.

  • @astridermanis7534
    @astridermanis7534 8 месяцев назад +3

    Were your ears burning? I live in Charlotte North Carolina, inland USA. Last night at dinner when I order oysters for an appetizer, I chose 4 from PEI. So yummy. And I proceeded to tell my non-knitter friend all about your podcast. I’m not sure she understood my thinking of you when eating my oysters. Thinking of you always makes me smile.

  • @judithmuscroft8177
    @judithmuscroft8177 8 месяцев назад +1

    Oh so nice to see all of you!

  • @ruthlee2752
    @ruthlee2752 8 месяцев назад +1

    It is really amazing when you learn to deign sweaters for yourself. I took Amy’s design to fit class on craftsy years ago and now I do my own pattern sizing. I have Amy’s book you mentioned and I have great information in strange brew as well. Ann Budd has lots of design charts as well. It’s all a game changer. The one thing I learned about myself is that my gauge loosens while I knit the sweater compared to my swatch.
    Great show. 🧶🇨🇦

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      I have Strange Brew and really haven't had a good look at it. I must pull it out. It is a shame it is out of print now.

  • @bernadetteg-t535
    @bernadetteg-t535 8 месяцев назад

    The three of you are all so amazing and inspiring with your fibre art designing and knitting/ crocheting

  • @denisevettraino7916
    @denisevettraino7916 8 месяцев назад

    So idyllic and peaceful watching the sheep graze...with such happy faces too ! What a beautiful and creative space Fleece & Harmony has carved out in the world ! Your laughter and conversation is a tonic at the end of a busy week...and your ideas and projects are truly unique...I Love the new segment and your "Can Do" attitude ! I must get Amy's Ultimate Sweater Book and and the songbird kit to try out that creamy new yarn...Love ya's ❣

  • @betternpopcorn
    @betternpopcorn 8 месяцев назад +1

    So excited to see the two of you tackling your own sweaters. I would never want to be a designer, but I find a lot of joy in making a custom-fit garment. This is definitely my favorite special segment. All 3 of you are creative, talented women

  • @malmorris7838
    @malmorris7838 8 месяцев назад +1

    Oh loving the hummingbird, its beautiful

  • @nicolelafontaine1720
    @nicolelafontaine1720 8 месяцев назад

    It is always a pleasure to see the three of you together, so much laughters. Tanks. Betsy your jewelry, earrigns and necklace are wonderful !!! The Fiddlehead mittens could be used in double knitting as Adventure Mittens by Lucy Neatby, she has tuto videos, and these are the warmest mittens ever, at least that's what my recipient friends say. I made 2 pairs in your Belle River DK, I swear they are very well loved. Loved the harmony part with the sheep grazing on dandelions !!! The dandelions sure look delicious and sheep look so so happy.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      The sheep are very happy these days. They love the dandelions and are getting pretty round on them!

  • @sheryleclute836
    @sheryleclute836 8 месяцев назад

    Ty for the podcast.. I remember you knitting the Cornwallis. I did not realize it was that long ago. The cowl with the hummingbirds is georgious. If she rights the pattern I want it. Ty again

  • @bettystine8724
    @bettystine8724 8 месяцев назад +1

    The "guilty" pants comments. So funny. Great episode with lots of information.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      I am back on my eating plan this week! Already feeling better!

  • @karenmacdonald8970
    @karenmacdonald8970 8 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed this podcast! Thank you for the inspiring conversation. I really want to knit a garment using wild winds yarn!

  • @peggyisme
    @peggyisme 8 месяцев назад +1

    We are coming to visit in July!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Yay! See you then. Can you bring the hat in your avatar picture? I need to see it person. For the longest time I thought it was a picture of fish! LOL

    • @peggyisme
      @peggyisme 8 месяцев назад

      @@FleeceHarmonyPodcast ruclips.net/video/AQko9L0q0fY/видео.html

  • @loriflaglor5686
    @loriflaglor5686 8 месяцев назад

    My yarn arrived today!! It’s beautiful. Extra fun show. Thank you!

  • @kathylea6770
    @kathylea6770 7 месяцев назад

    Hi Kim, Betsy and Simone. I was at the Arne and Carlos event and had a colourful felted tweed scarf, not sure if that is the one you are referring to in the podcast. It was a Carol Sunday pattern - the Sonoma Shawl, but I made it in felted tweed because I already had about 8 colours, so just needed to buy a few more to add to it. Although working with that many colours was great, what I didn't think about is that the shawl only uses a bit of each colour, so after the shawl is done you are left with a sh*&t load of leftover felted tweed. So I made a sweater out of the rest to use it up, and I still have enough for a second sweater. I have it up on ravelry, my user name is alpaca.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  7 месяцев назад

      Hi Kathy - yours was great too! It was another one we were thinking about because she used 24 colours (as we found out last week). She had a lot of bits from a lot of Felted Tweed projects!

  • @tammyk4599
    @tammyk4599 8 месяцев назад

    Love your mittens. There is a very similar design with birds in the yoke called Birdsong by Maschenwunder Manja Vogelsang on Ravelry

  • @jo-annefalconer6280
    @jo-annefalconer6280 8 месяцев назад

    wonderful for start to finish ❤

  • @cyndikaley1592
    @cyndikaley1592 8 месяцев назад

    I absolutely enjoy my time with you 3 :) each episode is a trip down the rabbit hole. I'm trying to knit up my stash in socks and sweaters but it's a challenge not to order order order lol and I am wondering about Kim's choice in yarn for the brume pullover

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      The sweater I am going to make is not the Brume. I am copying a store bought sweater. We do LOVE the Brume design though! and come to thing of it, it is the same shape as the sweater I am making.

  • @kimmargittai5287
    @kimmargittai5287 8 месяцев назад +1

    Actually, Betsy, with the front and back different sizes the side seams should fit perfectly on the sides. When they are knit the SAME size, then the side seam will pull towards the larger part of your body.
    The guilty pants - what a great idea!

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      That's what I was thinking too, Kim. But I wasn't sure so I didn't want to say anything that I might have to edit out! LOL

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      That's what I was thinking too, Kim. I wasn't sure though so I didn't want to say anything that I would have to edit out after! LOL

  • @maryannestoner4065
    @maryannestoner4065 8 месяцев назад

    Wahoo May 24th is my birthday. too It’s not as big a deal here in Maryland USA as you say it is in Canada 😊

  • @glendabathgate4036
    @glendabathgate4036 8 месяцев назад

    Just a wee note I usually always knit in pieces in straight needles and most printed patterns always do that rib decreasing last row in rib and always work out perfect for me anyway so good luck x

  • @MultiKnitter
    @MultiKnitter 8 месяцев назад

    I used to be terrified of the math involved in designing a sweater but took a course many yrs ago with Rowan's Sharon Brant when she came to Ottawa. She broke the math into small bits...do a gauge swatch(it's a small box), draw your sweater idea and put in the basic height & width you want, then choose armholes & necklines, then figure out how many of those little square swatches fit into the picture you've drawn. The height is the rows and the width is the stitches. There of course were many more finite details but that was really the basics.
    Have to say that is still the ONLY math I don't mind... and fractions for baking amounts when you increase or decrease a recipe...other than those two things I still hate math...lol. Glad Betsy shared that many designers outsource grading though...that's still just waaaaay toooo much math....LOL
    Thanks for another woolly delicious episode.

  • @sunidollfun
    @sunidollfun 8 месяцев назад

    In Australia, we have a Queen's birthday long weekend in June. Apparently that wasn't for Queen Elizabeth's birthday either. I think the authorities just decided we needed a little mini break in the middle of the year 😆

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Yes better to call it just the Queens birthday. Not sure how Charles will like it. I guess it will be the King's birthday from now on.

  • @janicewale4384
    @janicewale4384 8 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve knit a Jennifer Beale sweater (Voy Beach) it took me awhile to start, because the charts seemed intimidating, but they are not once you start, her instructions are very clear as well as the charts. But make sure you swatch. I love my finished sweater and it was because of you guys that I found out about Jennifer. Thanks

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      All good news! That's great. It is so much easier when you can trust the designer to make even more challenging things easy to understand.

  • @lindanoseworthy8594
    @lindanoseworthy8594 8 месяцев назад

    I love those colors of your sweater Kim what is the pattern and wool?

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      It is the Cornwallis by Martin Storey. It's kint in Rowan Summerlite DK in the colours White, Sailor Blue and Rouge.

  • @karlalintzenich2376
    @karlalintzenich2376 8 месяцев назад

    Can we see the back of some of the blanket squares?

  • @peggyisme
    @peggyisme 8 месяцев назад

    Same amount of time ferry or bridge

  • @mongrain8934
    @mongrain8934 8 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @peggyisme
    @peggyisme 8 месяцев назад

    Betsy it will be in your RUclips history

  • @judycleland9087
    @judycleland9087 8 месяцев назад

    Sorry maybe they were just birds and the hummingbird was on Simone’s cowl which was also beautiful.

    • @FleeceHarmonyPodcast
      @FleeceHarmonyPodcast  8 месяцев назад

      Don't worry... I kept calling them Birdsong Mittens when it is Songbird!

  • @PaulineCoady-dd9hz
    @PaulineCoady-dd9hz 8 месяцев назад

    40 minutes to Ferry from Hillsboro bridge. At least 50 minutes from there to bridge

  • @triplesss7229
    @triplesss7229 8 месяцев назад

    Betsy-what you have watched on RUclips shows up in your History, or in You.

  • @annettechaney2594
    @annettechaney2594 8 месяцев назад

    I always say that I don't believe in Math. Also, I always say, 24% of all statistics are made up. Then I change the % number every time I say it. I amuse myself. Lol