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Uuhhh I love the shrug thing! But I think I perceive it as more casual 😅 i vision it with a hood and some slouchie pants

The green tulip sweater is very green 😅 but I kinda like it. i feel like the "classic" beige cable sweater is just not oomph enough and we‘ve seen enough of that, so I appreciate your colour choice and the back looks so stunning! Almost better than the front, do you think you could were it reversible?

Your soul blouse turned out so pretty and it looks luxurious and expensive, so I feel like you can really see that it is a high quality linnen knit 🧶💖

Your earrings are 🔥 🔥🔥

Thank you Toks! I love your podcasts ❤❤❤

Thank you Toks! I love your podcasts ❤❤❤

Love the electric green tulip loop sweater 😍 I recently purchased some cobalt blue yarn to knit the tulip loop as well. Seeing your version makes me excited to cast on!

I love all of your videos, I also have a channel about knitting (in French), and you give me so much inspiration. I'm hesitant to cast on a cabled sweater, between the Moby and the Tulip Loop... still haven't made up my mind. Which did you prefer?

Always enjoy your podcasts

Apple green

Sharing in such an honest way is brave and generous, Joyin. The work we do with our hands can lead to so much happiness. You are a wonderful human. Thank you.

Подкаст замечательный! У тебя много друзей! Зеленый любимый цвет. Я смотрю тебя с переводом. Удачи тебе🤩🌼🌺💮🏵🌼

Wonderful podcast, as usually! I want to knit tulip sweater so much! Korean and Japanese designs are wonderful, I m im love with them! The basic sweaters I can reccomend from them are Need More Sweater and also Minna No Sweater, very well fitted designs :)

Was fun to watch this 'really long' video! I knitted on my project all the way through while you chatted away - I loved it! See you next time xx

All your projects suit you so well! Thanks for thorough description of the projects)

Thank you once again for taking the time to share you passion. Your an inspiration

This was a fun vlog. I love your enthusiasm for your projects. I love the Lulu slippover! Great colors as always! 🧶

I call it bright green and its stunning! All greens are my favorite!

Fabulous

Thank you for sharing, that was interesting and informative❤thank you for this, I am going to gift some yarn and needles to a friend that will hopefully benefit from trying knitting, I will suggest a plain scarf, and hopefully she gets hooked😊

Thank you for opening your heart and sharing 🙏❤️

I had a friend in high school who was initially misdiagnosed as ADHD in middle school, but later correctly diagnosed as Bipolar. And apparently that's a somewhat common experience. And just listening to your struggles and the coping mechanisms that help, really helped me see how that can happen. I have ADHD and I can relate to a lot of what you said. Especially the being seen as a "problem child" or struggling with routines while desperately needing routines. IDK that knitting has helped my anxiety (my triggers are more social and "my body doing weird things" focused), but it's versatility has helped because it can both be the busy work I do with my hands to help focus on other tasks, or the thing I'm hyperfocused on, depending on the project and situation.

Hi. New subscriber here. I use knitting and crocheting as a way to cope with my anxiety and depression.

Thank you so much, you and knitting got me through another day. Knitting is like meditation for me as it truly takes me outside my bad thoughts. I think you are so right about more people trying it as therapy.

I stumbled upon this podcast. Thank you for sharing about your life and the salvation knitting, and crafting in general, can bring. When I had my mental collapse, I returned to knitting, one of the oldest crafts I knew how to do. It became a life-line back to my new normal. BTW, I am Bipolar II with Depression. I was diagnosed at 55½ yrs when I could no longer cope with a disease I was born with. I do not want anyone's pity, just an acceptance that it is part of who I am. Speak the truth boldly.

You pronounced hyeja correctly. It’s actually an old style name maybe of our grandmothers or mothers generation. Since you knit a lot of aegyoknit, do you have any plan on making Haraboji cardigan? I’m knitting one now and I was thinking the design would suit you very well.

Wow you look really great with all the bright colors. I feel so inspired by your color choices. I had no idea that Lima is same as Nepal even though I have used both yarns 😂 that shows drops just randomly choose their yarn name not related to the origin or the wool..

Thanks so much for sharing this Joyin, and congrats on all of the progress you’ve made with your mental health - it sounds like you’ve made some great strides ❤️

Thank you for sharing your struggles and being truthful.

Thank you for this video, I admire you so much for speaking out ❤ I've been suffering for depression and anxiety for half of my life, and every year my SAD is pretty bad. Knitting is a massive help, it helps me focus on the moment and on the things I can do, and it even makes the SAD less bad because I can romanticise the dark & cold season due to woolly projects lol!

Thank you so much for making this video and talking openly about mental health. You are an inspiration

❤ Thank you so much for sharing your story. I too have Depression, anxiety,and am hsp( only just found this out) I've been crafting since 8years old and I feel that knitting and sewing as definitely saved me over the years! I too have had childhood trauma and many losses. You are amazing and I love watching you videos. This video will defintely help so many people. Well Done girl !!! ❤❤❤

Thank you for sharing your experience. It is meditative and mindfull. And it does help me with my mental health.

I love knit and chat videos. Thank you for such an interesting and thoughtful one. I had to laugh when you stopped and realized you weren't knitting and said, "How do people do this?" I feel this is a real case-in-point how knitting can help! It allows us to just stop and focus which, with over-active and over-thinking minds, many of us have with mental illness. Knitting helps the mind switch off, to the exclusion of everything else, as you say, like meditation. What I also love about knitting, which I think you might have touched on, is that it provides a sense of certainty when all else feels uncertain. A (yo, k2tog) always makes a lace stitch, no matter what else in happening in my life! Thanks for your time, and thanks for adjusting the ads 🙂

Thank you for sharing, I love everything about this video ❤ Knitting is definitely a form of active meditation in my life.

Thank you

Thank you so much for being vulnerable and sharing your story with us, it is much appreciated!

I also have Bipolar Disorder (type 1)! It's funny because, like you said, whenever I'm manic I would always want to start new hobbies and knitting is the only one of those that I've actually stuck with long term. I think it definitely helps with my anxiety. Also it's really nice to have something to concentrate on and do with your hands instead of just sitting and ruminating all the time.

Joyin, I love this and love your videos. Thank you ❤ Unfortunately I wasn't able to get through to the end of this video due to so many adds. I'm currently up to 20 mins in, and for some reason there are adds popping up much more frequently - every few minutes 🙁it breaks the continuity and is hard to follow what you're saying - I will try to come back to watch the other half another time. (Just letting you know in case you see the video wasn't watched through to the end fyi xx)

Thank you for sharing this incredible piece of information on mental health and your story. You explain so clearly your long journey with bipolar which will help so many people including me. I learnt how to knit during lockdown and also have not stopped, it has saved me in so many ways! Thank you again for sharing this video, you and your knits are so inspiring ❤

Amazing talk. I started knitting also when I was suffering dépression. Helped me a lot and still help me to feel less anxious. Thanks for sharring your Journey. Take care.

Ты великолепна! Продолжай вязать и не сдаваться! Показывай мк для новичков. Им это нужно! Я вяжу и вязание помогло мне в тяжелых жизненных ситуациях. Вещи своими руками-это круто!☺🦋🌺

Thank you for this video ❤

You are lovely! I totally agree that knitting helps with anxiety. ❤

thank you so much for sharing

Thank you for being so sincere and thinking of others)

This is such an inspirational vlog. I picked up knitting out of curiosity. But then I realized how it relaxed my mind. My body is so tense because I am always managing pain from lupus, Sjögren’s and peripheral neuropathy. Sometimes I am so mentally exhausted trying to take care of myself. Knitting makes me feel happy and challenged artistically. I knit something every day. It makes me feel normal. I feel so different from everyone I know. Picking up my needles just gives me peace even when what I am working on is hard and challenging. 🧶

Thank you for sharing! I have depression and anxiety, I started medication for depression last year and it is definitely helping. I had already been dealing with depression for at least the last 10 years without medication or really seeking help because I felt like I didn't need it/I didn't want to feel judged by my family for seeking help. But it was so hard everyday trying to deal with life stuff plus depression. I was over it and finally talking to my PCP. They do depression screenings all the time, and I would usually just lie and say everything was fine, but that day I just answered truthfully. Knitting and crocheting help me as well. Knitting I learned last year (thanks TH-cam), and I learned how to crochet in high school. Crafting is such a great outlet. I'm always advocating for my friends and family to find some type of crafty hobby, but they never listen lol. Sometimes I feel like I can't do anything, but I know I can knit some socks or crochet a blanket or stuffed animal :) . And the repetitive motions and movements are soothing. Knitting has brought a great deal of joy in my life, and has been the source of a lot of inspiration. Like looking at all the projects and different yarns sparks so much happiness. I've also found a great knitting community locally and that's been a great plus, it's just nice to have people around who are just as excited about yarn and patterns as you.

Thank you for sharing and being honest. I had a lot of anxiety with perimenopause that intersected with the pandemic. I became a self taught knitter by following TH-cam videos. Knitting calms me and just gives a sense of accomplishment and it’s very relaxing with the rhythm of it.

Thank you for sharing your story. I suffer from PTSD and knitting , sewing and crafting is my happy place. It’s calming and extremely meditative. You are an amazing knitter and an inspiration.