You're so fortunate to be a great sweater knitter and to have people who want to wear your FOs! I knit for people but few really appreciate the items...and they are nice pieces made of nice wool! Knit 4 Devin!
Ok - I just had to pause you to go join the Purl Soho KAL and purchase the yarn for the hat. Laura, you are dangerous to watch 😂! Now back to enjoy the rest of the podcast…. You are always so full of great knits!!
I believe there is a Manchego sheep from which the cheese and the wool comes from. :D Also, with those stitches Kate picked up. Kate, are you willing to go around again with a needle? Cause basically you've picked up some stitches from the wrong row. So go around again. Keep the stitches that don't have any on top of them. Any that have some on top, try to figure out which stitch goes in the same row as the kept stitches -- those should line up. If you don't do that, you'll have a round that goes from one row to the next and not a straight row of stitches! After you go around again, you should be good. Most likely, you'll just be picking up those stitches that are on top. THEN you can start knitting. :D. Good luck!
Wooldreamers are down the road from me (same province), and LaMancha is a big cheese-making area ("manchega" are sheep from LaMancha, and "queso manchego" is the cheese - LaMancha is also famous for Don Quixote and our windmills ). Laura, I was test-knitting a pattern for Thea Colman in Saona before the summer, using the same color as you. It was a project that I was working on while I accompanied my mum in the hospital, but since she died I just haven't had the heart to pick it up again. It's a great yarn, though.
Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss. Maybe when you are ready to pick it up again, you can see it as a way to connect with your memories of her. Wishing you the best. (Laura)
Catching the podcast late, but Kate, it looks like you picked up stitches from different rows when you went to fix your collar. I recommend trying to get all on the row (although to be honest I've never tried to knit in the other direction when I haven't been all on the same row). I go to a place where I have a stitch directly on the needle, and then worked left and right from there. Then I used a mix of other cables and dpns as I worked around.
Kate, I'm also wondering if you are dealing with any short rows. I would place a life line with what you have, use a barber cord, pull your needle out. Pick a stitch that you know is maybe the lowest, pick up the right leg of each stitch so they are oriented correctly on your needle. If it's only a round or 2 you should be able to pick the stitches out. It's dark, I would do it with good light and go slowly. It will work! Do a few stitches at a time, take breaks.
Thank you for not being unpleasant about petiteknits sizes. In Europe it is rare to get sizing anything like in America. Even in men's stores it tends to only go up to 2 xl. And Scandinavia even more so.
I cut the bottom rib of my son’s Brooklyn tweed Fort sweater to add length and had the same problem. I had to rip back many more rows because of the unevenly cut stitches. It was in the cast iron Colorway so dark, it took forever stitch by stitch but it worked. Good luck Also the wooldreamers yarn is made from the fleece of the manchego sheep. The fleeces were often wasted.
Great episode. Sooo wish I could make it to NY…I am apparently on the wrong continent-lol. Petite knit patterns are a lovely knit and love both of yours! Kate.. your neckline will work out perfectly- go for it👍. Can’t wait to hear about you Rhinebeck weekend- safe travel.❣️Linda.
Ohhh, I'm also knitting Aphra and I absolutely get your 'I just want to knit a sweater'. Isabell is running the TYP KAL and before I joined in the round I posted there that it was a little like solving a puzzle 😄. But I loved picking up stitches for the front, it was so satisfying! And after joining in the round it's so much fun, because you know the lace pattern by then and you're zipping through stockinette; absolute joy 🥰 Have fun at PUES and Rhinebeck, I'm looking forward to you talking about it afterwards so I can live vicariously here in Berlin. Thank you for an absolutely lovely episode! Uta
Kate - I found myself in the same nightmare with my husband’s Gib II sweater (Andrea Mowry.) I ran a needle through what I thought was the bottom of the loose, sloppy collar and then cut the collar off with scissors. What resulted was a HOT MESS. While I had the right number of stitches on the needles, the stitches were all from different rows and I had random bits of yarn poking out here and there. Here’s what I did after screaming in horror at what I had done. I ripped back all the short pieces of yarn so that I could be sure all stitches were on a yarn that was connected to the rest of the sweater even if there were loose yarns above a stitch. That mean that some stitches were not represented on the top row. Then I began knitting slowly with a crochet hook in hand to pull up any skipped stitches to the topmost row (I hope that makes sense.). It was painstaking but it totally worked. The collar is much better now! It was a horror show at first but I’m really glad I did it. Best of luck to you in fixing that collar! Have fun at Rhinebeck!!
Gosh. While I was watching you this morning, Kim, I am knitting on the Stay Soft Shawl too. Working in the edging finally. It’s a fin knit. Your colors are beautiful.
I met you all at Wool and Folk last year and you all are so delightful! I am noy attending the festivals this year but I am looking forward to seeing your all of your purchases 🧶
What I would do from this point is tink back a couple of rounds until all your stitches are at the same level…then you can go forward again! You can definitely fix this!
Kate, I'm glad you are so smartly fearless with your too-wide collar solution. I think it will work, and I would suggest trying it on a re-created swatch first to see which pick up/knit tecnique you like the best. Good luck and please let us know the result! P.S. I did the same thing as you did with lifeline and cutting the toe off a toe-up sock to reknit the toe. It's still on the needle and you have inspired me to try fixing it the same way now. How hard can it be??? P.S. Yes, another sweater for Devin!!!
I hope to run into you on Sunday. I’m not going to Wool and Folk this year and can’t make it on Saturday. I failed at the pocket along😂 I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll be like the people who wear sweaters with the needles still in it but it will by my little pocket 😂 I still have a few more days. Safe travels, have fun, and see you soon!
A special Rhinebeck sweater is over-rated. 🤣 Welcome to the posse! 🤣🤣 Wear what you have!! (but I bet you can finish the pocket...note**safety pins work to attach it to whatever you like.)
So looking forward to seeing you this weekend! Hope we can visit at 'A Woolen Affair" - Wish I could get to Pick Up Every Stitch - but I have to work 😔 Jenn (Knitdarling)
I did the same thing with the Painted Pullover. It has a short standing rib collar which I hated and I cut it off. I ended up knitting an extra row and did a 4 row rib and a rolled collar
I did exactly the same thing as Laura described, namely picking up another line of stitches in front of the original collar, that was too wide. I turned mine into a turtleneck and just love it now. I got the idea from Sophia from The Knitters' League.
I dont think you will have stitches running as an issue. I would go each stitch around and try to pick stitches at a consistent row. Not up some and down. There will be one end from where you cut. That could drop. Otherwise just tidy it and start knitting. It will be off a half a stitch when you start knitting. It doesn't perfectly match, but if you go straight to ribbing i dont think it will be noticeable. If your super anxious about stitches dropping you could machine or hand sew a line row of sewing. Almost like when you steak. Best of luck!
Have a great time at Rhinebeck! It sounds like you will have a house full of laughter. I am wondering if any of you would recommend a non- superwash yarn that you consider next to skin soft. I want to try some to see if I can wear it but I don't like to layer for my sweatshirty knits.
Right off of the top of my head, Woolfolk and mYak are both next to skin soft and cozy. There are lots more out there but these are the two that I have used and love with only a tank under them. 💕-Kate
You just cast on the same number of stitches as for the ribbing and start knitting from the first row after the ribbing. Then you can go back and pick up the stitches for the ribbing and knit as many rows as called for (or customize it for your preference). This method gives you some flexibility to create the tightness/looseness of the ribbing.
Another podcaster commented that the Sandnes Garn Pyr gent bled in the wash and it took her several rinses to get rid of the bleeding , did you experienced this too ?
Hello Kate - can I suggest you look up / contact Tash of Mostly Knitting podcast. She's an Australian knitter, very experienced and knowledgeable, who has done stuff around cutting into jumpers and grafting new bits on. I think she will be able to help you - lovely lady. Good luck!
You guys are nuts. Love it.
I agree, 60’s is warm! I’d be wearing a tee instead of a sweater 😄
You're so fortunate to be a great sweater knitter and to have people who want to wear your FOs! I knit for people but few really appreciate the items...and they are nice pieces made of nice wool! Knit 4 Devin!
Ok - I just had to pause you to go join the Purl Soho KAL and purchase the yarn for the hat. Laura, you are dangerous to watch 😂! Now back to enjoy the rest of the podcast…. You are always so full of great knits!!
🤣 you are welcome!
I believe there is a Manchego sheep from which the cheese and the wool comes from. :D Also, with those stitches Kate picked up. Kate, are you willing to go around again with a needle? Cause basically you've picked up some stitches from the wrong row. So go around again. Keep the stitches that don't have any on top of them. Any that have some on top, try to figure out which stitch goes in the same row as the kept stitches -- those should line up. If you don't do that, you'll have a round that goes from one row to the next and not a straight row of stitches! After you go around again, you should be good. Most likely, you'll just be picking up those stitches that are on top. THEN you can start knitting. :D. Good luck!
It is in time out until after the weekend but thank you for pointing this out!! I will keep you all posted on the next podcast. 🤞🏻
I've done it myself. That's why I know. lol! @@knittingpossect
Thanks! This was fun!
Wooldreamers are down the road from me (same province), and LaMancha is a big cheese-making area ("manchega" are sheep from LaMancha, and "queso manchego" is the cheese - LaMancha is also famous for Don Quixote and our windmills ). Laura, I was test-knitting a pattern for Thea Colman in Saona before the summer, using the same color as you. It was a project that I was working on while I accompanied my mum in the hospital, but since she died I just haven't had the heart to pick it up again. It's a great yarn, though.
Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss. Maybe when you are ready to pick it up again, you can see it as a way to connect with your memories of her. Wishing you the best. (Laura)
Catching the podcast late, but Kate, it looks like you picked up stitches from different rows when you went to fix your collar. I recommend trying to get all on the row (although to be honest I've never tried to knit in the other direction when I haven't been all on the same row). I go to a place where I have a stitch directly on the needle, and then worked left and right from there. Then I used a mix of other cables and dpns as I worked around.
Kate, I'm also wondering if you are dealing with any short rows. I would place a life line with what you have, use a barber cord, pull your needle out. Pick a stitch that you know is maybe the lowest, pick up the right leg of each stitch so they are oriented correctly on your needle. If it's only a round or 2 you should be able to pick the stitches out. It's dark, I would do it with good light and go slowly. It will work! Do a few stitches at a time, take breaks.
Thank you! Good thinking! It will be my project for after I get back from Rhinebeck…🫣
Have a good time at Rhinebeck.
Thank you!
Thank you for not being unpleasant about petiteknits sizes. In Europe it is rare to get sizing anything like in America. Even in men's stores it tends to only go up to 2 xl. And Scandinavia even more so.
I cut the bottom rib of my son’s Brooklyn tweed Fort sweater to add length and had the same problem. I had to rip back many more rows because of the unevenly cut stitches. It was in the cast iron Colorway so dark, it took forever stitch by stitch but it worked. Good luck
Also the wooldreamers yarn is
made from the fleece of the manchego sheep. The fleeces were often wasted.
There’s hope for me! 🤣
Looking forward to seeing you this weekend 🥰🧶
I died 😂 when you talked about peeing! I feel ya😅 and before you said it …I KNEW that’s what you were about to talk about 😂. Have a great weekend !
🤣🤣
I tested the Aphra and it’s one of my best fitting and most worn sweaters.
Great episode. Sooo wish I could make it to NY…I am apparently on the wrong continent-lol. Petite knit patterns are a lovely knit and love both of yours! Kate.. your neckline will work out perfectly- go for it👍. Can’t wait to hear about you Rhinebeck weekend- safe travel.❣️Linda.
Bummer, wrong continent-🤣🤣 Thank you for your enthusiam about my poor sweater...It's in time out but I will let everyone know how it all goes! -Kate
Kim I love your hair that length 😊
Ohhh, I'm also knitting Aphra and I absolutely get your 'I just want to knit a sweater'. Isabell is running the TYP KAL and before I joined in the round I posted there that it was a little like solving a puzzle 😄. But I loved picking up stitches for the front, it was so satisfying! And after joining in the round it's so much fun, because you know the lace pattern by then and you're zipping through stockinette; absolute joy 🥰
Have fun at PUES and Rhinebeck, I'm looking forward to you talking about it afterwards so I can live vicariously here in Berlin.
Thank you for an absolutely lovely episode!
Uta
It’s thank you for your encouraging words about the aphra. I know it will be worth it. Kim
Devin needs a sweater ! 😂😂
You are his new favorite person! 🤣😊
Have a blast at Rhineback! FOMO. From this Canadian hanging out in the interior of BC.
Thank you Jennifer, we are truly looking forward to it. We will bring you along on our wrap up episode after the event. 😊
Can’t wait to spot you at Rhinebeck! It will be my first trip there. Love when I see an episode posted as there is always something I am inspired by.
Kate - I found myself in the same nightmare with my husband’s Gib II sweater (Andrea Mowry.) I ran a needle through what I thought was the bottom of the loose, sloppy collar and then cut the collar off with scissors. What resulted was a HOT MESS. While I had the right number of stitches on the needles, the stitches were all from different rows and I had random bits of yarn poking out here and there. Here’s what I did after screaming in horror at what I had done. I ripped back all the short pieces of yarn so that I could be sure all stitches were on a yarn that was connected to the rest of the sweater even if there were loose yarns above a stitch. That mean that some stitches were not represented on the top row. Then I began knitting slowly with a crochet hook in hand to pull up any skipped stitches to the topmost row (I hope that makes sense.). It was painstaking but it totally worked. The collar is much better now! It was a horror show at first but I’m really glad I did it. Best of luck to you in fixing that collar! Have fun at Rhinebeck!!
So helpful and gives me hope of a resolution...thank you!! (But mine is truly in the "hot mess" stage right now. 😳 -Kate
Gosh. While I was watching you this morning, Kim, I am knitting on the Stay Soft Shawl too. Working in the edging finally. It’s a fin knit. Your colors are beautiful.
Thx you.
I met you all at Wool and Folk last year and you all are so delightful! I am noy attending the festivals this year but I am looking forward to seeing your all of your purchases 🧶
I wonder if crocheting a round before picking up your stitches for the neckband would help. It would provide strength to it like when you steek.
Good thought! It’s in timeout until after the weekend. I will let everyone know!
Wooldreamers is my new favorite yarn!!! I am knitting my 2nd sweater with it. Love all your knits!
Thank you!! It is beautiful yarn.
Yes! the Manchega sheep gave the name to the cheese, and as sheep do, they also have wool 🐑
Lol we don’t know what we are saying most of the time! 🤣 Thank you!
What I would do from this point is tink back a couple of rounds until all your stitches are at the same level…then you can go forward again! You can definitely fix this!
🤞🏼🤞🏼 thank you!!
This is exactly what I have done several times. You just have to have all,of the live stitches on the same row!
Kate, I'm glad you are so smartly fearless with your too-wide collar solution. I think it will work, and I would suggest trying it on a re-created swatch first to see which pick up/knit tecnique you like the best. Good luck and please let us know the result!
P.S. I did the same thing as you did with lifeline and cutting the toe off a toe-up sock to reknit the toe. It's still on the needle and you have inspired me to try fixing it the same way now. How hard can it be???
P.S. Yes, another sweater for Devin!!!
Thank you for you confidence! I will keep you all posted! PS You are now Devin’s new favorite person! 🤣
I hope to run into you on Sunday. I’m not going to Wool and Folk this year and can’t make it on Saturday. I failed at the pocket along😂 I haven’t finished it yet. I’ll be like the people who wear sweaters with the needles still in it but it will by my little pocket 😂 I still have a few more days. Safe travels, have fun, and see you soon!
A special Rhinebeck sweater is over-rated. 🤣 Welcome to the posse! 🤣🤣 Wear what you have!! (but I bet you can finish the pocket...note**safety pins work to attach it to whatever you like.)
So looking forward to seeing you this weekend! Hope we can visit at 'A Woolen Affair" - Wish I could get to Pick Up Every Stitch - but I have to work 😔 Jenn (Knitdarling)
Yay! Please come find us at A Woolen Affair!! 💕
Kate, I did the same thing. I did rescue it. Go where you have one or two rows above a good row.
Thank you for the tip!
60 is pretty warm for sweaters...50 would work well 😉😁
Thank you for the Rhinebeck tips and can you please share your favorite comfortable boots to wear there.
Mine are the classic LLBean boot (8"). With warm socks my feet are happy, dry, and comfortable all day! (Laura)
I love my Redback boots and Kim has Blundstones.
Thank you!
I did the same thing with the Painted Pullover. It has a short standing rib collar which I hated and I cut it off. I ended up knitting an extra row and did a 4 row rib and a rolled collar
Thank you!
I did exactly the same thing as Laura described, namely picking up another line of stitches in front of the original collar, that was too wide. I turned mine into a turtleneck and just love it now. I got the idea from Sophia from The Knitters' League.
I wish I had talked to you, Laura or Sophia before cutting! 🤣 Lesson learned…we will see what I can salvage.
I dont think you will have stitches running as an issue. I would go each stitch around and try to pick stitches at a consistent row. Not up some and down. There will be one end from where you cut. That could drop. Otherwise just tidy it and start knitting. It will be off a half a stitch when you start knitting. It doesn't perfectly match, but if you go straight to ribbing i dont think it will be noticeable. If your super anxious about stitches dropping you could machine or hand sew a line row of sewing. Almost like when you steak. Best of luck!
Thank you...I have hope that I can fix my mess!! This is very helpful!
-Kate
Have a great time at Rhinebeck! It sounds like you will have a house full of laughter.
I am wondering if any of you would recommend a non- superwash yarn that you consider next to skin soft. I want to try some to see if I can wear it but I don't like to layer for my sweatshirty knits.
Right off of the top of my head, Woolfolk and mYak are both next to skin soft and cozy. There are lots more out there but these are the two that I have used and love with only a tank under them. 💕-Kate
@@knittingpossect thank you
The Bankhead hat is named after Bankhead in Banff
On Ravelry, if you click on full screen at the top, will it let you enlarge the photo?
YES!!! Thank you!!!! 💕
Laura mentioned knitting the neckline for top down sweaters afterwards. How is that done? TIA
You just cast on the same number of stitches as for the ribbing and start knitting from the first row after the ribbing. Then you can go back and pick up the stitches for the ribbing and knit as many rows as called for (or customize it for your preference). This method gives you some flexibility to create the tightness/looseness of the ribbing.
@@knittingpossect Thank you!
Another podcaster commented that the Sandnes Garn Pyr gent bled in the wash and it took her several rinses to get rid of the bleeding , did you experienced this too ?
I had no bleeding at all. I gave it a very long soak before blocking.
Hello Kate - can I suggest you look up / contact Tash of Mostly Knitting podcast. She's an Australian knitter, very experienced and knowledgeable, who has done stuff around cutting into jumpers and grafting new bits on. I think she will be able to help you - lovely lady. Good luck!
Thank you. I’ll look her up. 😊
I don't think Seven needs another sweater.
Have fun girls!
Suza5
Thank you!! 💕