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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2021
An Evening of Combing and Spinning
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Here's a snippet of combing and spinning singles of Romney.
Combing, dizzing, predrafting, and spinning unsupported long draw. I am making the Timberline Cardigan and am very close to finishing. I'll have another update soon.
Here's a snippet of combing and spinning singles of Romney.
Combing, dizzing, predrafting, and spinning unsupported long draw. I am making the Timberline Cardigan and am very close to finishing. I'll have another update soon.
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Fixing Dropped SSK or K2tog Decreases
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Whatever direction you want to go - pull that stitch to the back. Want to go left? Pull the left stitch back. Same for leaning right; pull the right stitch to the back. And it's the same rule for cabling! Watch the video in high quality 1080p instead of just auto. 00:00 Intro 01:21 Fix SSK 03:48 Fix K2tog
Starting the Bind Off - Avoid this Counting Mistake
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To keep the stitch count correct, you need to start the bind off correctly. When the pattern reads "work 8 sts, then bind off the next 12 sts", after completing the 8 sts, start binding off by working 2 sts before you pass one over. It is important to start the sequence with working 2.
Shortcut SSK - Tidy Finish and How to TINK SSK
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00:00 Medium speed 01:29 Slow speed 02:15 Finishing the stitch 02:58 How to TINK SSK
Contrast Heel Flap - Joining Yarn and Key Differences from One Color
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Tip 1: Start the heel flap on a wrongside purling row with the contrast color. You will have just completed a regular full round. Leave the main color attached at the end of round and do not break, and begin working on the back needle with the new color on a WS row. Tip 2: Break contrast color after completing Heel Flap AND TURN, then jump to your regular beginning of round and continue on with...
Double Thick Heel Turn - Picking up Stitches into Garter Edge
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I am starting to get holes in my socks at the heel turn. So now I will make that part a double thick fabric. Make sure the quality is set to 1080p. My new favorite heel turn. Enjoy! 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Setup Row 1 (WS) 01:56 - Setup Row 2 (RS) 03:27 - Two Row repeat 05:49 - Knitting 11:55 - Picking up Stitches 14:14 - Extra Corner Stitch 15:58 - Extra Corner Stitch 2 19:27 - Gusset Decreases ...
One Heel Flap to Rule Them All - Garter Edge Heel Flap Tutorial
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I walk you through from start to finish on how to knit the Garter Edge Heel Flap with the eye of the partridge texture. 00:00 -Heel Flap 6:27 -Heel Turn 13:59 -Picking up Stitches 22:57 -Gusset Decreases Instagram: fiddlespun?hl=de or @fiddlespun Fiddle tunes: @derekstallman
German Twisted Cast On - straight to the point
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I get to the stitching right away and then sit back and enjoy a sock cast on at the end. Thanks for watching and happy knitting! The German twisted cast on is my go-to stretchy cast on, especially for socks. It can be done in pattern with knits and purls, making an ultra elastic border. I cast on over two needles so i can get the stitches neat and taut, or else they don't want to stay put and s...
Loved this video. So meditative and peaceful with the background music (sadly not your fiddling though). You’ve taken your knitting to a whole different plane of being. Very inspiring. Thanks.
Thank you Michele I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I can't wait to see you in a few weeks. There's a fiber festival in Quilcene the same day as the dance on Oct 12th, and that's the deadline I've put to finish this cardigan once and for all so I can wear it. Would you like to go with my mom and me? It'd be great too if you want to join me for my music set!
Truly awesome how make your yarn.
This whole hobby has enriched my life. Thanks for watching!
Well demonstrated, but you should check out the Sockmatician's Zorro method which avoid twisting the lower stitch (which this method creates)
@samgrant83 I tried his zorro method and found it way harder to get the yarn through. I can live with the back stitch being twisted. If I remember, I heard someone say this way was invented by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Great video - there are so few people who show the important steps. There's a Shetland knitting way to deal with the "extra" stitch to pick uip, which picks up the same two legs that you are doing, but then passes one of the legs over the other (which way depends on the side you are working on and the lean of the decreases you wish to follow on the relevant side of the sock) to create a new "stitch", which you then knit into. They use this for closing up stitches around fingers/thumbs in gloves etc, but it works the same for socks. It amounts pretty much to the same thing in the end. I've learnt the Shetland method but I'd recommend yours as perhaps a little easier for anyone who has been struggling with closing up the potential gap.
Thank you so much for this video! it is super helpful, and I will apply it starting in my second sock. I just have 2 questions I'm dying to know the answers to: 1) what is your pattern / the stitch pattern of the sock called? 2) What type of yarn are you using? They both look gorgeous and so comfortable!
The pattern is a free one, the Hermione socks. The yarn is called Distracted by Yarn and it's from my local yarn store, but I think they sell it online. They're called Cabled Fiber and Yarn. The yarn is actually really nice, its 380 yards and has 8 plies in the yarn. It makes super squishy socks that last a long time, without them being too thick like a dk sock.
@@fiddlespun thank you very much for the answers!
What about the garter edge do you like? Why is this your “go-to”? I have only done shadow wrap until this pair that I am on. I was told to slip the first stitch in each flap row.
Mostly to keep track of how many rows I have done. It's super easy to count the garter ridges, and know when I've made 16. It's especially handy for the partridge slip stitch pattern where you have to keep track of even or odd rows. I like the look too, it adds a little detail on a vanilla sock. And if your yarn is variegated, it's fun to see it worked into a different texture stitch.
I needed this video today. Thank you, your videos are so helpful.
Thank you very much for this clear explanation!
Thanks! Any tips for getting the yarn back on needles after they've fallen off?
I try to be real gentle and not stretch the work horizontally, or else the stitches can ladder down farther. A spare dpn is also especially helpful if there are many dropped stitches.
Thrilled to see you making more vids ☺️
Thanks for that very simply fix. I've used it many a times.
What a calm relaxing voice you have 🙏 I do love this pattern too, just finishing a pair in this pattern. Could I ask which yarn you are using? Gorgeous shade of red.
The brand is called Distracted by Yarn. It's the shop yarn sold at my lys called Cabled Fiber and Yarn (you can find them online). It's expensive but has held up well and has these really nice colors. Thank you I'm glad the video is tolerable and you like the pattern! Thanks to the Hermione sock pattern for incorporating the nice heel too.
Love the design.
Brilliant! Thank you!
I just happened upon your videos. This is the second one I've viewed, and I have to tell you, you're good! It's easy and comfortable to follow what you're doing. Your pace is good, and your explanations as you go are just right. Your camera angle and focus is spot on. The topics have been just what I needed to know, too. Thank you very much!
It's a pleasure to help, and what an awesome compliment. Thank you! I am explaining it to my mom in my head, and so I feel like I'm nagging sometimes so your comment made me laugh. With more light from the windows, I have a couple videos I'm going to film about picking up dropped ssk and k2tog stitches.
Sorry, late to the game here. What makes this double thick, did you just transition to 1x1 rib, or go to double knit? I appreciate your work on the heel flap gusset. Watched the garter edge video also. I am on the verge of my first pair of socks, and you helped me pinpoint the heel style I want. 🥳🦶
I use the same slip stitch pattern as on the heel flap (knit 1, slip 1) and continue using it to make the heel turn stronger. The floats running behind the slipped stitches are what makes the fabric thicker.
@@fiddlespun I love a rebel. Thank you for helping to improve our skills.
Wow this is alot but going to try it while watching and re watching you 😂. 🤞
I was watching and couldn’t decide what was different about the way you handled the needles. I then realized that your left needle moves almost like the Shetland knitters use theirs. Will give that a try as it just seems so smooth.
Hi new to channel. Enjoy you very much. I'm a gusset girl but going to try short rows and see how it fits. Thanks ❤
I feel this need to branch out just to learn all the techniques, and I feel a little guilty, but there's no upside that is convincing me to try a short row heel or toe up socks. I'm a gold star gusset guy im ok with that.
@@fiddlespun can you tell me your favorite stretchy cast on and when you cast on do you use a slip knot to start. Thanks
@@yvonnevigil7489 german twisted in a 2x2 pattern. And I hold two needles together double. I have a video about it here! I do not use a slip knot I just start by wrapping the yarn around the needles.
@@fiddlespun another question when you wrap do you get a dip on the cuff connection
@yvonnevigil7489 yes a tiny bit but it's not noticeable after weaving the tail in. I'll have to make a demo video on that
Love your tutorials. So helpful. ❤Thank you!!
Thank you, a neater looking ssk that’s easier to execute. Love it❤
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
Love your tutorials, absolutely the best! Thank you❤
Great trick for picking up the slack from the stretched corner stitch …never thought of it 😊
It's my remedy for anything weird looking, it works almost every time! Learnt it from a kitchener video
Hello from Arizona. Thanks for this . I learned from your video 2 years ago how to do the heel flap and gusset in a way that I finally understood. Glad you’re back. You’re still doing that SSK in a way that It looks like sleight-of-hand😆 I have to slow down the video to see if I can duplicate it
I'm so happy to hear, it's such a wonderful hassle-free technique. For the ssk: 1st stitch front loop, and 2nd stitch back loop, wrap the yarn and pull through both. I'll make a demonstration, perfect video idea!
Thank you Derek for a great tutorial! You are so very good at explaining perfectly what you are demonstrating with all your little tricks to make the finish sublime. Your music choice is wonderful. Please do more!
Que lindo tejes saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
Love this tutorial, wish you had more videos like this
I feel like I just found a cheat code. 🙌💥
please, no music....distracting imho!
You provide such clear and precise instructions with no extraneous added! Well done, excellent! Thank you for sharing!
On the setup rows, and the two row repeat, there is an error in the written direction. We are doing SSK decreases on the Right Side (RS), not k2tog! I say ssk but have written it incorrectly as k2tog.
Thank you for this great tutorial. Will definitely be trying it. A couple of suggestions - please lower the music volume so we can better hear what you're saying or have no music. The written directions did not match what you were actually knitting so it was a bit confusing. Overall great tutorial. Again thank you!
Thank you for the ideas I can use moving forward!
Wow this is a game-changer! I’ve always hated picking up the stitches along the gusset but this way is so much easier to see. I can’t wait to try this on my next pair of socks!
The lesson I didn't know I needed! I've gotten holes right in the heel turn of my socks so I'm definitely trying this. On the setup row 1, how many stitches altogether? Does the slip stitch count towards working half of the total?
And counting the edge stitches after completing right side rows was really helpful
On the set up, the first slip stitch does NOT count toward the "work half of total amount". So for my 30 stitch heel flap, the setup row is slip 1, purl 15, p2tog, p1. So the slip stitch plus my work half actually equals 16, and then I do the decrease.
Have you tried doing this with an eye of partridge heel?
@TheCripeCrew Yes you will start every right side row the same to get an eye of partridge pattern. Here we are alternating starting the row with (knit, slip) and (slip, knit) to get straight lines. It's kind of weird how it's opposite of how we would work these patterns on the heel flap.
I hope this is not the only video you will do. Can you do this for toe up socks also?
I plan to make another soon about continuing the slip stitch pattern onto the heel turn for a double thick fabric. Then fingerless gloves. I have no experience with toe up socks yet, but maybe in the future. I would think that you can add a garter edge on the toe up heel flap.
Make more tuition videos please.
This is outstanding and you’re the only one I’ve seen do this on an actual sock with fingering weight yarn!!!! Everyone else uses worsted. I wanted to see the method on the tiny little stitches we get with fine yarn. Absolutely superb!! I’ve subscribed and liked and will be looking for patterns. ❤❤❤
That's great, thank you! I enjoy working with fine yarns too. I am going to make some more videos soon and also write up these fingering weight gloves I keep making pairs of.
That was a great demo! Just wondering if this technique works the same for toe up socks?
I haven't tried toe up socks yet. I'm sure you can include the garter edge on the heel flap. I'm not sure about the "picking up stitches" or the equivalent on toe up socks.
@@fiddlespun thanks for response. I'll have to find time to try this out.
This was great but would love to see more...
What an amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing. I wish i was skilled with knitting as you. I'm going to try your technique. Look fab. Bravissimo. Grazie! ❤
Saw this first on the Bearded Purl tutorial and never looked back! Clean, easy to see, easy to count!
ME TOO! I'm not sure if I said it in the video but I learned it from his tutorial. The easy counting is key.
I’ve watched this several times and love the calm n soothing affect your vid has… wondering what sock pattern it is? Can you let me know?
It's the Hermione sock free pattern. I think it even has the garter edge heel in it. I'm very happy the video was helpful, and I am honored by your comment! Mom needs a new tutorial so I think I'm going to try and make a few more.
Please post more. I really enjoyed this video.
Roger that. My mom needs another video so I plan to make more. Your compliment has fueled me further, thanks for it!
Great instructions and video, many thanks x
I'm glad to help, thanks for watching and the nice comment!
Great video thank you
Thanks for watching, I hope to share more tips soon. I appreciate the comment very much.
Great explanation presented in a calm way. Really appreciated!
Thank you, I appreciate your praise. I made this for my mom, and she's needing another tutorial so it was nice to pop back in and see it helped other people!
I’ve searched dozens of videos to clarify the process of picking up gusset stitches and I’ve FINALLY found the only one I’ll need going forward 🎉
Thank you! Dope, its so clean I am obsessed now that I can do it. My mom mentioned she still has trouble picking up sometimes, so I'm gonna make another short video in some really light variegated yarn where it's easy to see. I'm so happy the demo helped, cheers to knitting!
Awesome tutorial!! Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching, that means alot!
I keep coming back in the hope that you have created more videos. Where are you? ♥️
I am here! Mom needs a new tutorial, so to pop back in and see this wonderful feedback, I am beside myself. You are so sweet.