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I've just bought myself one of those mini looms as I have so many hand knitted socks that need repair. You have inspired me!! Love your self-striping yarn. Fabulous colourway!

Oh, I so enjoyed hearing about your 3D printing … as you know from my insta posts, my husband is big into 3D printing and has designed and made loads of stuff…all the way from handy things like an insert for the cutlery drawer (!) a door stop, brackets to hold the patio doors open etc - but also loads of Fibre tools for me! He has made me 3 looms and endless shuttles, as well as little boxes for my whorls and needles, also wool combs and blending board feet to tilt my home made blending board!! I could go on (even more). We found the shuttles he made fitted together better with a kind of puzzle piece shape (my idea amazingly😂) and also I like my shuttles curved in the ends and thinner, to manipulate warp threads etc! It’s a whole new exciting world!! (Sorry I went on!!). Oh, and I’m pleased you are bringing your loom into the house…weaving is wonderful especially in the winter! I’ve just finished my experimental gift weave - just have to choose my moment to take it off the loom - always exciting!!

3D printing is such an amazing tool! I remember when my little brother started learning to us a 3D printer. We were giddy over the littlest things he made. That Christmas he made me a yarn bowl, and I also have a 3D printed Turkish spindle now too.

the small drum is called the licker-in. the large drum is called the breast

1st i gasped when i saw your necklace :D and then of course all your creations and your 3d adventures are awesome ;) well done dear <3

Would love to see you demo the darning loom!!! Thanks for a great video.

Great episode. So happy to hear you have met your nephew. Lucky teddy bear. Sounds like an 18 month sweater for him at one year old is a good plan. Your socks with that detail, the Officer Sweater and the blanket, all look wonderful. Love your gorgeous dyed yarns! And excited for your 3D printing adventures. Best wishes for more October!

Love the socks. Happy knitting

Thank you for the video ai love the fabric

Hi Marcus, I am knitting with your DK yarn whilst watching your Q&A. It is absolutely delightful and I am making quick progress on my Manzanilla sweater, even though it is 27 C, because summer wants to be autumn ;-) It sounds like Juno might benefit from learning to run alongside a bike. Lieuwe is much more high energy than Boele, and I can't imagine what he would have been like as a puppy.... Oh my... Good luck with that. He runs very well next to my e-bike (yes I cheat), but it can't be warm when we do that, and Boele doesn't like being left alone. Taking two dogs with me on the bike, is a bit scary though... I did manage it once, but I think I shouldn't push my luck any further than that one time. I love your little loom and I am going to look for one for myself! Ronald's socks wear quite quickly and I want to try weaving patches to reinforce/mend them. Happy autumn and see you soon.

Thank you for your video. Happy spinning.

Thank you for this great video, Marcus. It was lovely to sit and spin with you, while I watched! I enjoyed hearing your experiences - thank you for sharing. I thought your experiences of being a guy knittjng and engaging in the fibrearts, was interesting. Also your perspective about our wonderful community (here, and on Insta) being so loving and supportive being largely due to being female dominated, was real food for thought. Thank you for that. We have a lovely, caring community and I’ve always found Insta to be a great space to share my creative endeavours and learn from others. Btw, I need one of the little darning looms - it looks amazing!

🎉love video and you are hot

Awesome Q&A

Very nice Q&A! I am new here, so served as a nice means of introduction. Have an awesome week ahead!! 🖤🖤

Being seen as a novelty is never fun! It devalues your work, reduces your depth of character, and makes you wonder if you're standing on your own merit, yes? I hope you are able to push past that and one day the fiber arts and many other communities can have enough diversity to not think twice about your 'novelty'!

oh dear "the shawl of shame" i was pretty sure i knew your "worse" project :P it does look good on you though ;) that was a fun Q&A session!

Your skeins are beautiful... you did a great job!

Your alpaca yarn is beautiful. It looks so soft and even. For the peacock socks, as the yarn is so busy I would do vanilla or a 3x1 rib 🧶

Hi this is the first time I have watched your vlogs and I really enjoyed it. The fabric is stunning. I have only started weaving in the past 6 months and I think a variable heddle will be on my Christmas list. 🧶

Immediate subscription! I have angora goats and just learned how to spin the fiber and could never find a good project for the art yarn I’ve been spinning. Love this! Do you have a recommendation for how to get into weaving ?

Oh hi Marcus! Im Bruce from Canada. Discovering your channel :)

You did a lot better (got more done) for your tour de fleece than I did. I am really impressed with your hanks, they look beautiful.

Aww really glad I came across your channel! I LOVE the northeasterly blanket! Its on my to do list ... along with about a 150 other things ... eventually I'll get to it :D Love the yarn your spun, its a lovely colour xx

I recommend the pattern Solar by Gillywizz, its free and simple enough but keeps things interesting.

First time viewer here. I love all of your projects…so far. 😜. But I’m only 10 min in. 🧶. I’m watching you talk about your ornamental yarn. I get it. I have a non yarn related question. I have two passions, knitting and plants. I love both ❤. Could you mention in your next vid the name of that gorgeous polka dotted beauty beside you? Cheers and nice sweater!😉

Oh! and your sweater looks wonderful!!

I am so glad I found your video! I enjoyed you sharing your "ornamental" yarn story. I also have a bit of ornamental yarn, that will some day be in a project, but not yet. I also have a hard time remembering M1L and M1R. I have to use the mnemonic: "be right back" to remind myself that an M1R is picking up the yarn between the stitches from the back (so my left needle comes under that yarn from the back). Thank you for sharing your making!

HELLO DEAR! I have a channel as well, and I have a few friends im gonna tell about you!

Your accent is so beautiful ❤I could listen to you all day 🎉many hugs Adrien

Hi Marcus. Great to see your projects. I am so impressed with your spinning. I don't spin so seeing how much you have done is really impressive. Life always eats into good crafting time sadly. Congratulations on the 500+ subscribers :)

Wow! you got quite a bit of the Alpaca done. Yay!!!

I really like the Crunkled Socks by Kay F Jones for easy, mindless knitting. They have a nice texture, but it's easy to see where you are in the pattern, and easy to work on without paying much attention. :)

Interesting technique. Have you tried Tunisian Crochet?

Was nice seeing your WIPs! For the QnA, I was originally thinking of asking about what fiber craft you got into first, but I'm guessing it's probably knitting, so now I have to think of a different question... and I think I've just thought of a two more interesting ones. 1. What was your LEAST favorite pattern/project/yarn(for whichever craft you want to talk about) to work on/with? Or if there isn't anything you can count as your least favorite, I guess you can just try for your most favorite instead. 2. Have you ever made anything for your dog, or do you plan to? Because although she's already adorable, I think a collar with a little bow on it would up her cuteness factor considerably. Also saw other people mention this, but it's always nice to see another openly queer fiber artist! Hello from Texas, USA, where the nosier little old ladies in the craft shops have an at least 50% chance of looking at you sideways if you talk about "the gays and transgenders" while they're nearby XD (^ this is said in good humor by the way; it happens, but there are also a whole lot of queer people in Texas too, and many of them are drawn to the arts, including the fiber variety. None of the judgemental people matter to me when I also notice someone pausing at the purples and asking their friend if they think it would be a good match for their pride flag!)

Fellow Weegie here. I live in Germany though. Anyway what about a 3x1 rib. After the heel, I normally carry the 3x1 over the top part of the foot and have stockinette for the underside of the foot. Makes is slightly more interesting than plain stockinette but not too difficult.

Hi , nice to see another UK knitter. How about an all over simple rib as the wool is so busy as to detract from a lovely pattern and it would still be mindless bus knitting.😁

I love the man of Aran sock pattern but it is kinda complex. It has a nice honey comb cable

No way, I’m visiting Scotland soon. What is your favorite knitting store?

Bring your eel wheel to your grandmas so she can see you do the process. You can chat while you’re plying :-)

The small drum is the licker in.

If you haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend watching GillianEve’s (pretty sure I spelled that wrong) video about how much will blended into alpaca keeps it feeling like alpaca, but behaving A little bit more like wool. It might change your plans for the Spinning And carding. Otherwise happy Spinning and Spinning prep.

Enjoyed your video

Your yarn is too busy for a pattern design enjoy the colour variation. Love the crochet. Ornamental yarn is good for the mind and brings happiness. Happy knitting

What a lovely podcast! I am also a bus sock knitter! I like to throw in a simple slip stich pattern, or maybe a line of fancy rib down the back of the sock for interest. Just enough to keep the brain going without being a chore!

The way I remember it is "left through the front door" (make one left, insert needle from the front) and "be right back" (make one right, insert needle from the back). I think I learned it from a Stephen West video.

That rainbow bag is gorgeous 😮🎉. From Phoenix, AZ, USA

I really enjoyed spending my Sunday morning "with" you. (I'm working on my duster.) I've been missing IVKN and it was absolutely delightful to hear your story about Liorah, yarn swapping and the bison yarn. I absolutely adore you, Marcus!

Oh I can empathise, SYMPATHISE with your situation!!!!!!! I get gifted alpaca fleeces too 😱 They can be extremely dusty (I find that I’m more allergic to this dust than anything that’s in sheep’s wool). There are some consolations: 1) you don’t need hot water to wash… but, you’re going to need a LOT of water (as you’ll need to rinse twice as much as sheep’s wool) 2) having not paid $ for them, you can be very heavy on your skirting. Good luck! (Btw… garments made with 100% alpaca won’t have any “memory”… that is they will stretch and not go back into shape, so I always get my alpaca blended with sheep’s wool)

Could you move the plant? Love the projects and so pleased to see that you are making yourself a garment!