Hi Addi/Serento knitters, just to let you know, as I also calculated out her numbers as per her diagram, their is a slight math error. Down the right side, she shows you where the row counter should be after every 14 row colour,( first part/section of blanket, top going down)after knitting blue, then off white, the counter should say 58, not 68 like it is written, also at bottom number should be 258, not 268 after knitting red, then off white. All other numbers down the side are correct. I check calculator 3x. Sorry but I thought you should all know. 💐
I love the thought of making blankets with the Addi. I'm not going to use this color pattern but I'm going to go look at my stash and grab everything that's the same weight and just make a scrap/yarn stash busting blanket 😄
Completed a Hudson Bay Inspired Blanket with pillow for a military charitable auction. Also included with the blanket and pillow set a book on the history of the Hudson Bay Blanket was included. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
CANADIAN HERE:.......The “point” system was invented by French weavers in the mid-18th century as a means of indicating the finished overall size (area) of a blanket. The word point derives from the French empointer, meaning “to make threaded stitches on cloth.” Each blanket was graded using a point system. Points were identified by the indigo lines woven into the side of each blanket. A full point measured 4-5.5 inches (10-14 centimetres); a half point measured half that length. The standard measurements for a pair of 1-point blankets was: 2 feet, 8 inches (81 centimetres) wide by 8 feet (2.4 metres) in length; with a weight of 3 pounds, 1 ounce (1.4 kilograms) each. Points ranged from 1 to 6, increasing by halves depending upon the size and weight of the blanket. The number of points on a blanket represents the overall finished size of the blanket, not its value in terms of beaver pelts as is sometimes believed.
Gorgeous blanket! Your tutorial is so well-made, valuable and inspiring, thank you for making it. New sub. I watched the entire thing & saved. I’m a crocheter just getting started on my knitting machine journey, but want to make flat panel or tube blankets soon. I will return to this when I am ready to make a blanket. I love the way you do your seaming, and the way you show the techniques and explain the purpose. I’m going to watch your beanie tutorial next 🤩
Thanks so much for your hard work. It’s really appreciated. Absolutely beautiful blanket and GREAT JOB!!! Great instructions, I could go on and on. Thanks again! Have a great day!!!
Thanks Denise! I am always concerned about my tutorials getting too long, but I figure that people can use the chapters to jump around... And I would rather be through in my explanation than accidentally leave something out.
Thank you so much for showing how to make a blanket. I ordered the addi knitting machine today. Can't wait for it to get here. You explained things so clearly. It was easy for me to understand. Going to subscribe to your channel. And check out all the back videos you have.
Yay!! I am so glad you found me! It has been a while since I have Posted anything, but I have been editing videos today and I have a lot of things in the works for 2023! 😊
Love this video. Went out to buy the yarn, however Indigo colour a bit difficult, but DENIM colour yarn is the closest to the blue in the blanket. The 4 points stripes on the sides, represent the size of blanket, NOT the payment in pellets. The more points strips the bigger the blanket-4points =Twin size. Happy Serento Knitting 😊
From Harold Tichenor book on the "Collector's Guide to Point Blankets of the Hudson Bay Company and other Companies Trading in North America": What do the points mean ? The points always indicated the size of the blanket, with less points used for smaller blankets and more for larger ones. In a sense they are a kind of code or a label indicating the blanket's size. Do the points have anything to do with the blanket's value or price? Naturally, larger blankets cost more to make and therefore sell for higher prices than smaller ones. The Hudson's Bay Company used a unit of currency called the "Made Beaver" that equaled the value of one fully dressed beaver pelt. Most of the Company's goods were valued in their equivalency to the Made Beaver. A fine Arctic Fox fur might be worth five Made Beaver, a gun thirty. So too the blankets were valued in their equivalency to Made Beaver as that value changed from time to time. There have been times when a blanket commanded a price in beaver pelts closely equal to one pelt per point, but over the long period during which these blankets were traded this was rarely the case. The points originally indicated the blanket's size and not its price in beaver pelts and the points continue to indicate size today. What is the origin of the point markings? It is believed that the use of points started with French weavers perhaps as early as the 16th century. It has been suggested that the term derives from the French word empointer, meaning to make stitches in cloth. By the 18th century, blankets and clothing made from blankets appearing in old illustrations and paintings show that the use of points on blankets had become quite common by that time. There appears to have never been an original standard to point markings. But during the 19th century Hudson's Bay Company did establish standard sizes that they would accept from their suppliers and as a result most British mills adopted them. American mills generally made their blankets slightly smaller and lighter than equivalently marked English-made point blankets. While a larger point blanket will naturally weigh more than a smaller one, the actual weight per square yard of blanket cloth would be the same for each blanket size as long as they are from the same mill and of the same grade. From time to time various grades of blankets were available and blankets of the same dimensions and thus the same number of points were produced in both heavy and light grades. For instance during World War I HBC marketed lighter weight point blankets in grey and brown colours along with their standard line of colours in the traditional weight cloth" The four point blanket size: 90: wide x 72" long - weight was 6 lbs. The 3 1/2 point blanket size: 81" wide x 63" long - weight 5 lbs The 2 1/2 point blanket size: 66" wide x 60: long - weight 3.5 lbs. The 2 point blanket size: 58" wide x 42" long - weight 2 lbs. 35 oz The 1.5 point blanket: 51" wide x 36" long - weight 1 lb 12 oz. The 1 point blanket: 46" wide x 32" long - weight 1 lb. 8 oz
Amazing and great tutorial as always, however These blankets first appeared in Canadian trading posts in the 1700s, and aside from bedding, they also served as a form of currency, (which I find most fascinating) and were fashioned into robes. But these blankets took on a darker history, with rumours swirling that they were used to spread smallpox among First Nations in the 1700s and 1800s. There’s a great ton of history to these blankets and historians have several points of view on it Thank you for sharing your amazing skills
Definitely a LOT of history surrounding these blankets (good and bad). My heart is always with the First Nations community. So much of their first hand experiences has shaped my views on social justice and what it means to be an Ally of BIPOC. ❤️ Thanks for bringing this point out!
Superb video! I love your perfectionism!😊 I like how you do your color changes *and* how you did the mattress stitch joining, especially with the possible need to make adjustments. I just bought the pattern and it is also superb...extremely well-written (and I'm a retired tech editor).👍
Thanks so much for your feedback Ada! I am always worried that I missed something or didn't communicate well. I am glad that it was a beneficial tutorial!
HI, I can't see it anywhere but can you tell me what the finished size of this project is? I am wanting to make a queen/king size so trying to work out your measurements! Thanks!
Your blanket turned out so beautiful ! I know you’re mom is so tickled with her replica blanket she’s always wanted. It’s gotta be even more special her lovely caring daughter made it 💓
I dont have an addi machine , I have a sentro knitting machine is there a difference between the two? Am I still able to make blankets with the sentro knitting machine like the addi? Also how do I keep my machine from losing its stitches, I even use waste yarn and I still have it losing its stitches
I just found you.... WOW!!!! this is so fantastic. If I did this with a light wool, and washed it till it felted enough for that slight fuzzy look, it would be awesome. Do you think it would do a light felt fairly well? I don't even have one of these machines, I do hand knit, but now I will get one of these machines, just to make this!
Sorry for the LATE response!! I am not sure how a more felted look would go. I would suggest making a swatch and washing it to see how it would turn out. Sounds like a cool idea though!!
Is this more like an afghan or a blanket? 330 rows reminds me of an afghan. I am making this Hudson Bay Inspired for a Ft. Campbell charitable event at the end of March. When I knit blankets on my flatbed knitting machine I usually knit 450 rows for blanket length.
Waste yarn allows your end stitches to remain the proper loop size - the waste yarn will be ruffly or tight, depending on how much it's handled. When you finish off the ends of the blanket, you ignore the waste yarn and remove it when the end is finished. Use a color that doesn't occur in your work. Solids are the easiest, in my opinion. Use a waste yarn that's the same weight as the yarn for your piece of work. Avoid fuzzy yarn or yarn that splits easily. Watch her step when she finishes the ends. Note how unkempt the ends of the waste yarn appears. Picture trying to find the proper stitches when the loops are tight/loose/tight. You can reuse waste yarn many times. It not only saves you time, but it greatly reduces frustration! 😅😅
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Hi Addi/Serento knitters, just to let you know, as I also calculated out her numbers as per her diagram, their is a slight math error. Down the right side, she shows you where the row counter should be after every 14 row colour,( first part/section of blanket, top going down)after knitting blue, then off white, the counter should say 58, not 68 like it is written, also at bottom number should be 258, not 268 after knitting red, then off white. All other numbers down the side are correct. I check calculator 3x. Sorry but I thought you should all know. 💐
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Clever girl! Thank you 😊
Might you also do a Capote also. would love to see how to make it into the winter coat ❤
My favorite blanket thank you!❤
You are soooo perfect!!!!! Thanks a lot
I love the thought of making blankets with the Addi. I'm not going to use this color pattern but I'm going to go look at my stash and grab everything that's the same weight and just make a scrap/yarn stash busting blanket 😄
Great idea! Have fun!
Do you make eeyore on addi knitting machine needle 46❤🎉
I just ordered a sentro for the purpose of busting through a massive stash of acrylic yarn. This blanket is on the top of the list of to do now!
Lovely ❤
Completed a Hudson Bay Inspired Blanket with pillow for a military charitable auction. Also included with the blanket
and pillow set a book on the history of the Hudson Bay Blanket was included. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Whoo hoo i finished this, I made only 1 panel or a scarf version. Beauriful. Thank you so much for this pattern. Much appreciated 💐
Fantastic! Now I want a knitting machine! 😂 But I don't have one, I just like watching.
You can always come over and play on my machines if you want to. 😊
Found the "baby" you sent into the world and I will cherish her 😍 Oh my gosh, wonderful tutorial!!! Picking up pattern now. Thank you 😍
Yay! I am glad you love the blanket as much as I do!
Beautiful blanket. Great tutorial. I’m looking forward to watch more Addi videos.
You can always embroider or duplicate stitch for the 4 short navy stripes
CANADIAN HERE:.......The “point” system was invented by French weavers in the mid-18th century as a means of indicating the finished overall size (area) of a blanket. The word point derives from the French empointer, meaning “to make threaded stitches on cloth.”
Each blanket was graded using a point system. Points were identified by the indigo lines woven into the side of each blanket. A full point measured 4-5.5 inches (10-14 centimetres); a half point measured half that length. The standard measurements for a pair of 1-point blankets was: 2 feet, 8 inches (81 centimetres) wide by 8 feet (2.4 metres) in length; with a weight of 3 pounds, 1 ounce (1.4 kilograms) each. Points ranged from 1 to 6, increasing by halves depending upon the size and weight of the blanket.
The number of points on a blanket represents the overall finished size of the blanket, not its value in terms of beaver pelts as is sometimes believed.
Excellent! Precise!! Thanks 🎉
Omg yeaaa! I love this blanket it’s so beautiful
I’ll play this in full but come back to it as needed. It’s beautiful!
Thanks so much Verna! ❤
@@YarnatPlay done!
Gorgeous blanket! Your tutorial is so well-made, valuable and inspiring, thank you for making it. New sub. I watched the entire thing & saved. I’m a crocheter just getting started on my knitting machine journey, but want to make flat panel or tube blankets soon. I will return to this when I am ready to make a blanket. I love the way you do your seaming, and the way you show the techniques and explain the purpose. I’m going to watch your beanie tutorial next 🤩
Welcome Marina!! 😁 I am glad you liked the tutorial!
Thanks so much for your hard work. It’s really appreciated. Absolutely beautiful blanket and GREAT JOB!!! Great instructions, I could go on and on. Thanks again! Have a great day!!!
Aw, thanks so much Traci! This one was more work than I anticipated, but I couldn't be happier with the result. 😊
Your Welcome
I was really impressed by your video. I admired your patience and hard work you must have put into this project.
Thank you very much Janice! It was a labor of love for sure. 😊
I appreciate the way you explained everything.
Thanks Denise! I am always concerned about my tutorials getting too long, but I figure that people can use the chapters to jump around... And I would rather be through in my explanation than accidentally leave something out.
Thank you so much for showing how to make a blanket. I ordered the addi knitting machine today. Can't wait for it to get here. You explained things so clearly. It was easy for me to understand. Going to subscribe to your channel. And check out all the back videos you have.
Yay!! I am so glad you found me! It has been a while since I have Posted anything, but I have been editing videos today and I have a lot of things in the works for 2023! 😊
@@YarnatPlay Fantastic, looking forward to see more videos.
💗👍 I live watching your tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much 😊
Your work is so professional and beautiful
Thank you so much! 😊❤️
YESSSS now I can make THIS blanket! You're awesome!
Yay!!! Happy stitching! ❤
@@YarnatPlay how do you get the correct roe count on the 22 needle without a row counter??
I’m totally gonna buy this pattern ❤️ waiting for the hubby get home I need the card lol 😂
Great video and can't wait to start on my own. And what a cutie pie you have there ! Thanks for sharing!
Yay!! I am excited for you to create your own! And yes, I am blessed to have the 4 sweetest little girls in the world. 😊❤️
Your handwritten chart is impressive!! So logical! Do you have a tutorial on how you create your patterns and charts? Nicely done!
I don't... But that would be a good idea for a video!
@@YarnatPlayi agree!!
Love this video. Went out to buy the yarn, however Indigo colour a bit difficult, but DENIM colour yarn is the closest to the blue in the blanket. The 4 points stripes on the sides, represent the size of blanket, NOT the payment in pellets. The more points strips the bigger the blanket-4points =Twin size. Happy Serento Knitting 😊
From Harold Tichenor book on the "Collector's Guide to Point Blankets of the Hudson Bay Company and
other Companies Trading in North America":
What do the points mean ?
The points always indicated the size of the blanket, with less points used for smaller blankets and
more for larger ones. In a sense they are a kind of code or a label indicating the blanket's size.
Do the points have anything to do with the blanket's value or price?
Naturally, larger blankets cost more to make and therefore sell for higher prices than smaller ones.
The Hudson's Bay Company used a unit of currency called the "Made Beaver" that equaled the value
of one fully dressed beaver pelt. Most of the Company's goods were valued in their equivalency to
the Made Beaver. A fine Arctic Fox fur might be worth five Made Beaver, a gun thirty. So too the
blankets were valued in their equivalency to Made Beaver as that value changed from time to time.
There have been times when a blanket commanded a price in beaver pelts closely equal to one pelt
per point, but over the long period during which these blankets were traded this was rarely the case.
The points originally indicated the blanket's size and not its price in beaver pelts and the points
continue to indicate size today.
What is the origin of the point markings?
It is believed that the use of points started with French weavers perhaps as early as the 16th
century. It has been suggested that the term derives from the French word empointer, meaning
to make stitches in cloth. By the 18th century, blankets and clothing made from blankets appearing
in old illustrations and paintings show that the use of points on blankets had become quite common
by that time.
There appears to have never been an original standard to point markings. But during the 19th century Hudson's Bay Company did establish standard sizes that they would accept from their suppliers and as a result most British mills adopted them. American mills generally made their blankets slightly smaller and lighter than equivalently marked English-made point blankets.
While a larger point blanket will naturally weigh more than a smaller one, the actual weight per square
yard of blanket cloth would be the same for each blanket size as long as they are from the same mill
and of the same grade. From time to time various grades of blankets were available and blankets of
the same dimensions and thus the same number of points were produced in both heavy and light grades.
For instance during World War I HBC marketed lighter weight point blankets in grey and brown colours
along with their standard line of colours in the traditional weight cloth"
The four point blanket size: 90: wide x 72" long - weight was 6 lbs.
The 3 1/2 point blanket size: 81" wide x 63" long - weight 5 lbs
The 2 1/2 point blanket size: 66" wide x 60: long - weight 3.5 lbs.
The 2 point blanket size: 58" wide x 42" long - weight 2 lbs. 35 oz
The 1.5 point blanket: 51" wide x 36" long - weight 1 lb 12 oz.
The 1 point blanket: 46" wide x 32" long - weight 1 lb. 8 oz
I want this mechanic from where we can get it
This is so pretty! Thank you for sharing! Take care and stay safe!
Thanks so much Laurajo!! 😊
You amaze me. Absolutely love this blanket. I'll try to do a plain blanket first then attempt something fancy 😅
lol, probably not a bad Idea, but once you have the basic techniques down it really not as complicated as it may seem. 😊
Amei seu trabalho, eu não sabia que poderia fazer um trabalho tão lindo com uma maquina tão simples, parabéns! 🇧🇷🇧🇷
absolutely brilliant thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for the pattern!
Thank you for watching!
Amazing and great tutorial as always, however These blankets first appeared in Canadian trading posts in the 1700s, and aside from bedding, they also served as a form of currency, (which I find most fascinating) and were fashioned into robes. But these blankets took on a darker history, with rumours swirling that they were used to spread smallpox among First Nations in the 1700s and 1800s. There’s a great ton of history to these blankets and historians have several points of view on it
Thank you for sharing your amazing skills
Definitely a LOT of history surrounding these blankets (good and bad). My heart is always with the First Nations community. So much of their first hand experiences has shaped my views on social justice and what it means to be an Ally of BIPOC. ❤️ Thanks for bringing this point out!
Omg I love this 😮
Thanks so much!! ❤️😊
Love it 😍 I really need those addi’s😁
Oh my... It is addicting. For SURE!!
Superb video! I love your perfectionism!😊 I like how you do your color changes *and* how you did the mattress stitch joining, especially with the possible need to make adjustments. I just bought the pattern and it is also superb...extremely well-written (and I'm a retired tech editor).👍
Thanks so much for your feedback Ada! I am always worried that I missed something or didn't communicate well. I am glad that it was a beneficial tutorial!
Great video thank you. What other color were you looking to use in place of linen?
This is lovely. How wide are each of the stripes?
HI,
I can't see it anywhere but can you tell me what the finished size of this project is? I am wanting to make a queen/king size so trying to work out your measurements!
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing! I love it! Well worth the wait! Can’t wait to get started in my own blanket! 💕z
Thanks so much for your patience Kathy!! ❤️
Your blanket turned out so beautiful ! I know you’re mom is so tickled with her replica blanket she’s always wanted. It’s gotta be even more special her lovely caring daughter made it 💓
I dont have an addi machine , I have a sentro knitting machine is there a difference between the two? Am I still able to make blankets with the sentro knitting machine like the addi? Also how do I keep my machine from losing its stitches, I even use waste yarn and I still have it losing its stitches
Awesome very nice love it
Thank you so much Kim!!
I’m definitely going to try it
Yay!! Happy stitching!
I want this mechanic from where we can get it
I always thought that the 4 point markers were done in black, or is that not correct?
I just found you.... WOW!!!! this is so fantastic. If I did this with a light wool, and washed it till it felted enough for that slight fuzzy look, it would be awesome. Do you think it would do a light felt fairly well? I don't even have one of these machines, I do hand knit, but now I will get one of these machines, just to make this!
Sorry for the LATE response!! I am not sure how a more felted look would go. I would suggest making a swatch and washing it to see how it would turn out. Sounds like a cool idea though!!
Was there a reason you didn't use all yarn bee?
Why the jogs? Is there a purpose for that? I'm new in this knitting machine thing
Hi, great video. Does the pattern state how many of each skein to purchase? Or and estimate?
thx!
Yes it does! 😊
Is this more like an afghan or a blanket? 330 rows reminds me of an afghan. I am making
this Hudson Bay Inspired for a Ft. Campbell charitable event at the end of March. When I
knit blankets on my flatbed knitting machine I usually knit 450 rows for blanket length.
Afghan size
What is the size of the finished blanket?
How big is your blanket ?
Could this be felted to have a more accurate look to the real blankets??
I wouldn't think so, but I hadn't ever thought to try it. 🤷
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lovely baby daughter..
Can I make this with 48 tooth? :0
Yep!!
How much is the price of machine?
The Addi machine is $199 at www.makersmercantile.com but there are other brands. Sentro is another well known machine. It sells for under $50.
Wow, that blanket cost over 75 dollars to make if the yarn cost was only 5 dollars a skein.
Why do you need waste yarn
Waste yarn allows your end stitches to remain the proper loop size - the waste yarn will be ruffly or tight, depending on how much it's handled. When you finish off the ends of the blanket, you ignore the waste yarn and remove it when the end is finished. Use a color that doesn't occur in your work. Solids are the easiest, in my opinion. Use a waste yarn that's the same weight as the yarn for your piece of work. Avoid fuzzy yarn or yarn that splits easily. Watch her step when she finishes the ends. Note how unkempt the ends of the waste yarn appears. Picture trying to find the proper stitches when the loops are tight/loose/tight. You can reuse waste yarn many times. It not only saves you time, but it greatly reduces frustration! 😅😅
Wish your lighting was a little better.
I am working on that for future videos. 😊
❤️
The green is the wrong colour
Talk too much
Talk too much