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they look too good to eat!

@@thetreasurehuntingboomer she dyes lovely colours so I’m looking forward to seeing what each day brings 💜

Thanks so much. I love seeing kids enjoying crafting - I think the first week was difficult but by week 2 they were so inspired and really enjoying themselves. Maybe your girls will get interested when they're older.

@yarnaboutyarn 30s 20s and 18 still not interested lol maybe miss nearly 1 will be

@@NellyBGoodcreations much quicker and neater than doing it by hand

thanks Nelly. Have you started your mitts?

@yarnaboutyarn new video just landed over there :)

@@thetreasurehuntingboomer yay! I'll watch tonight

It took me a while to get the hang of this section too - lots of slow counting. I love that it got quicker and quicker as the number of stitches decreased.

Thank you so much.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it. The beauty of his shawls are that they are usually quite large so even if yours is smaller it should be all good. What colours have you chosen?

Thanks - I'm so happy I went with these colours

Woven piececis gorgeous too

@@thetreasurehuntingboomer thanks so much Nelly xx Are you coming back to TH-cam? I miss your videos

Hi Amanda. Are you knitting the MKAL too?

@@yarnaboutyarn hi , no im not doing the MKAL im really busy with work and wouldn’t keep up and that would stress me out 🫣 but i love seeing others doing it ☺️

@@amandab8838 It's all part of the fun & community of the MKAL to see what others are doing - what colours they've chosen and how they decide to knit each part.

I'm winding 4 groups clockwise, then putting 2 of those groups together and winding anti clockwise and tying a knot at the end. It's an Ashford fringe twister

@@yarnaboutyarn ah ok very cool

Hi Judy, thank you & thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. What colours have you chosen?

Thanks Nelly, hope you're doing ok

Hello Maike & welcome. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I'll have a look at your channel. I'm enjoying this MKAL as well and looking forward to seeing where he takes us.

Like Stephen says "embrace your pace" I'm looking forward to seeing clue 2

Hi Glenda & welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Are you also doing the MKAL?

Hello! How is your MKAL knitting going Simone?

It's lovely! Very striking. How are you finding knitting with black?

@@yarnaboutyarn Not having problems but I do have progressive lenses, is that cheating? ;)

I found joining the semi circles the trickiest part so far. My advice would be to make sure you have plenty of time when you won't be disturbed and go slow, follow each step. Good luck!

Happy Birthday! Birthday celebrations are more important than MKAL. Your colours are lovely - I think this will be a beautiful shawl.

@@yarnaboutyarn thank you

Thanks Madeleine

Hi Simone, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! What colours have you chosen for the MKAL?

Thank you. I'm really happy with them

Thank you, me too! It's knitting up beautifully - although I'm not sure black was a good idea (I need my extra strong light on!)

Hello! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I'm assuming a fellow Aussie if you're shopping at Skein Sisters - what colours are you using?

I had a couple of fail MKALs in the past but after seeing the 2020 one (Slipstravaganza?) and being disappointed in not having joined in, I think FOMO gets the better of me now. And it's always fun

I know what you mean about knowing what it looks like first. This is the only MKAL I'll do because I know it will have something totally unexpected in it and I always learn something.

Can't go wrong with purple 💜 and sparkle sounds lovely!

Nice! What colours have you chosen?

@@yarnaboutyarn I’m using Patonyle artistry in Verdue mix, Araucania Huasco sock in Villasol and DHG Fluffy in olive green. So a variegated green with a paler speckled green/gold/grey.

@@jenniferbaker5903 sounds lovely!

It's certainly a pressure knit if I'm trying to keep up. I know some people don't finish until just before the next year's MKAL starts but I think if I don't keep up I may never get it done 🤣

Oh yay! What colours are you using?

Hi Julie thanks for hanging in there. I think that's the best part of the MKAL - seeing all the different projects and colour combinations.

Obsession Yarns advent looks amazing so far. I looked at Radvent but not sure about the sleeve shape, so maybe Ambah's new one - the Twist Cardigan??

Hi Marsha and welcome. Which part of the US are you in? I wish I had a local knitting group (that's fantastic that you are in your 14th year, it must be like a family) but I am hoping to join a local spinners and weavers group in the new year

@@yarnaboutyarn Hello again! I am in the southwest corner of Washington -- the Evergreen state. The climate here tends to be mild and wet, although the last several years have confirmed climate change is moving north. This is a great location for LYS within a couple of hours, so the knitters and I occasionally make a day trip of yarn crawling. Any chance there is a knitters' group connected to your local library? That was the original nexus of our group here.

@@marshawoods2634 thanks Marsha, my US geography is slowly improving thanks to online connections (you guys have soo many states to remember and how they all fit together). Great idea about the library - I'll look into it.

Thanks Ash. Do you think you’ll do the Peace by Piece blanket too?

@@yarnaboutyarn I would love to but I have no patience for colour work haha

Yeah let’s see how much patience I have 🤣🤣

Hello thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. It’s amazing just how many people around the world are knitting on the same project at the same time during the MKAL isn’t it. I guess the most well known Aussie designer I can think of at the moment would be Ambah O’Brien - I don’t knit much of her stuff anymore as she does a lot of shawls. Oge designs does baby and children’s wear. I’ll have to do a list of Aussie podcasters - thanks for the idea

I hadn't heard of Two Purls in a Pod so thank you for mentioning them

Are you going with traditional red, white and green? I’m wondering whether to mix it up a bit

@@yarnaboutyarn if I can get the colours they suggest I'll go traditional, otherwise will have to mix it up a bit, which could be fun. There's a really nice dark blue in that yarn.

@@illiamw so you'll be using the recommended yarn?

@@yarnaboutyarn I'd like to if possible

I hope you still find the content enjoyable? Is it starting to feel like winter where you are? Will you get snow?

Yes, I did. The leaves are just about all off the trees and it is starting to get pretty cold. We are still lacking the rain we should be getting. We generally get a little snow every year and a few silver thaws. @@yarnaboutyarn

Thanks Anna! Nice to have you here, hope you enjoy what I do

@@yarnaboutyarn always a pleasure seeing your projects. The peace for piece Blanket will one day be on my to do list. It looks amazing.

Let me know if/when you start it. I'm hoping I can get a block or two done every week to keep the momentum going.

Hi Tamantha, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm thinking I should join the Spinners and Weavers to get some help with spinning. Probably not much point this late in the year do you think? - when do you start in the new year?

@@yarnaboutyarn We'd love to have you join us! But you're right, this Friday is our Xmas party, then we're not back until the 3rd Friday in January. I think it's the 19th if memory serves.

Sounds good! I'll get in touch closer to the date for some details.

Thanks. I'm glad you haven't felt pressured to continue the MKAL. Congrats on using most of your stash - I don't know if I'll ever get to that stage

@@yarnaboutyarn Well, Christine, it took me over 3 years of ruthless inventorying and didn't buy yarn for a while. That's one reason I started weaving - to use a lot of my knitting yarns and incorporate them into my pieces. I also gave away, a lot of it that no longer fit my knitting goals. I still have a lot of fiber though in stash - gah!!!! Now to start whittling that down.

Love it! What kind of wheel do you have? Do you spin much?

I have a Spinolution Pollywag, which I love. I generally spin every day for between 30mins to 90mis, though during Geogradient there were a lot of days skipped in order to try to stay on schedule. @@yarnaboutyarn

Those Spinolution wheels are so lovely. I need to get into a daily routine, I have a small fibre advent coming that will help with that.

Thank you! 😊