I absolutely love Woolyknit cone yarn and Holst Garn cone yarn. They are incredibly versatile and as you just demonstrated, you can use them double strand to get a thicker yarn if needed. You can also knit double strand with two different colors for a heathered color or with a strand of alpaca or mohair for a fuzzier sweater.
I love how you styled your Sophie Scarf as a hair accessory. The colors in your Soldotna Crop are amazing and vibrant. Your craft room looks wonderful!
Hey Rochelle! Thank you so much! I have just finished watching your video as well! I will jump on and leave a comment. I have a similar Ghana basket! ❤️
I love the color choices you made for your sweater! I love bright colors and they look amazing on you. The little embroidered heart on the cashmere sweater vest is so cute. I love visible mends. There are lots of tutorials for visible mending. The best way I have found to learn is actually learning different mending and embroidery techniques and then combining them to meet your needs. For me, mending is all about creativity. If you have a Tumblr. The visible mending tag on there is pretty active with people sharing their finished mends and helping each other out.
Thank you moonbasket, such a thoughtful response! I am enjoying bright colours at the moment! I don’t have Tumblr but yes I think I need to get onto some tutorials for visible mends! Happy crafting!
Can't wait to see your Heirloom - it will be stunning. The lace is less complicated than it looks - just be sure that the first 5-6 rows of the lace is correct - then the rest will follow nicely. And don't worry about running out of yarn - 500 g of will be enough (I used around 300 g of a DK weight yarn for a size 2XL).
@@AllHomesteading I am really making an effort to build my knitting skills. Three are way too many beautiful patterns out there that I need to try! ☺️ Happy Knitting 🧶
Wow - I love the colour choices in your Soldotna, I would never have put those colours together and the work wonderfully, and the pattern and your work is amazing and beautiful. (I'm trying to destash and now I'm off browsing yarn on Woolyknit!)
hi nat!! i love your finished soldotna! i also am a big fan of the green and pink combo. the hot pink gave it such a nice pop. your office space also looks awesome. maybe your should make a little intro song with your piano skills down the line, that would be so fun. lotsa luv
I love your sweater and the color combinations. Another tip for lace knitting, I find that patterns that have the lace on one side are easier to knit than ones with YOs on both sides.
love the pink details 😍 and i also hate casting on - in a slightly different way though. only realised it while watching a very lengthy video about historic knitting, which mentioned that many traditional patterns and techniques avoid casting on (and off) quite elaborately. this seemed odd and made me think and i guess for me the reason is because it's so hard to get the tension right (i do like making the stitches, so what you said is not the same with me 😅). and the counting and having too long or short of a tail 😊 sadly they didn't give many examples of how to avoid it but one i've been trying quite successfully is using borders. the ones that are knitted as bands or ribbons at a 90 degree angle first and used to pick up the actual stitches at the side.
Hi there! Nice to see you again! Thank you! Love a touch of pink! And yeah I do agree as well that for the most part, my CO tension doesn’t quite match up tension-wise to the rest of my in-pattern stitches so I always get that “frilly” looking cast on edge. That doesn’t really bother me per se. I think the few times I didn’t mind casting on were to do a Turkish cast on in place of Judy’s Magic cast on as I found the former so much easier, or when I’ve knitted a shawl and needed to cast on 3 or something 😁 I wonder why traditional patterns avoided elaborate Co and off
@@stephaniewilliams8687 ah yes! I have seen that Rochelle from Queen Yarn Boutique made hers in purple and loves it a lot. It's a great pattern, reminds me of a prettier version of the rannunculus! Happy Knitting!
You did knit that Soldotna up quickly! Have fun with the keyboard. I have played piano most of my life and still play today. The sweater pattern for your black history make-a-long is amazing. Do you have a link for it?
Yes the soldotna is a very quick knit so it’s gratifying! I am enjoying my mini keys, yes! What kind of music do you play? And yep, I have the sweater link here www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/modern-mudcloth-sweater
@@AllHomesteading Thanks for the sweater link. I usually play for church, so lots of hymns and arrangements of Christian music both traditional and contemporary.
The circular needle binder is GENIUS! Really enjoying your podcast so far, thank you for sharing!
aww, thank you! Yeah, Im still loving the binder action, so easy to find what I'm looking for and to store. Glad to have you here!
I absolutely love Woolyknit cone yarn and Holst Garn cone yarn. They are incredibly versatile and as you just demonstrated, you can use them double strand to get a thicker yarn if needed. You can also knit double strand with two different colors for a heathered color or with a strand of alpaca or mohair for a fuzzier sweater.
Hi! Yes, it’s definitely a stash staple of mine! 😁
I love how you styled your Sophie Scarf as a hair accessory. The colors in your Soldotna Crop are amazing and vibrant. Your craft room looks wonderful!
Hey Rochelle! Thank you so much! I have just finished watching your video as well! I will jump on and leave a comment. I have a similar Ghana basket! ❤️
I love the color choices you made for your sweater! I love bright colors and they look amazing on you.
The little embroidered heart on the cashmere sweater vest is so cute. I love visible mends.
There are lots of tutorials for visible mending. The best way I have found to learn is actually learning different mending and embroidery techniques and then combining them to meet your needs. For me, mending is all about creativity. If you have a Tumblr. The visible mending tag on there is pretty active with people sharing their finished mends and helping each other out.
Thank you moonbasket, such a thoughtful response! I am enjoying bright colours at the moment! I don’t have Tumblr but yes I think I need to get onto some tutorials for visible mends! Happy crafting!
Can't wait to see your Heirloom - it will be stunning. The lace is less complicated than it looks - just be sure that the first 5-6 rows of the lace is correct - then the rest will follow nicely. And don't worry about running out of yarn - 500 g of will be enough (I used around 300 g of a DK weight yarn for a size 2XL).
Thank you so much for the advice and encouragement! I haven’t started it yet but it is definitely “up next” in the queue! ❤️
The sweater is beautiful. I have only been knitting for 1.5 years but I really want to start color work.
Go for it! There are some beautiful patterns out there!
@@AllHomesteading I am really making an effort to build my knitting skills. Three are way too many beautiful patterns out there that I need to try! ☺️ Happy Knitting 🧶
Wow - I love the colour choices in your Soldotna, I would never have put those colours together and the work wonderfully, and the pattern and your work is amazing and beautiful. (I'm trying to destash and now I'm off browsing yarn on Woolyknit!)
hi nat!! i love your finished soldotna! i also am a big fan of the green and pink combo. the hot pink gave it such a nice pop. your office space also looks awesome. maybe your should make a little intro song with your piano skills down the line, that would be so fun. lotsa luv
Haha! Thank you, lovely! And lol at piano intro…I don’t think the world is ready for my compositions 😭😆 💓
But since when have I let that stop me! Lol
@@AllHomesteading haha just a simple little ditty
I love your sweater and the color combinations. Another tip for lace knitting, I find that patterns that have the lace on one side are easier to knit than ones with YOs on both sides.
Hi Meri! Thanks for the tip! I will bear that in mind. Thankfully the lace panel on the Heirloom is small so hopefully I won’t mess it up! 🥴😅🌈
@@AllHomesteading 🤭 also remember that wool yarn is the most forgiving yarn so you can tink over and over
I'll cast on your projects if you bind off mine. I slow down towards the end of projects because I dread it so much!
Haha, DEAL! I’ll even block and weave in your ends if you cast on for me! 😆
love the pink details 😍
and i also hate casting on - in a slightly different way though. only realised it while watching a very lengthy video about historic knitting, which mentioned that many traditional patterns and techniques avoid casting on (and off) quite elaborately. this seemed odd and made me think and i guess for me the reason is because it's so hard to get the tension right (i do like making the stitches, so what you said is not the same with me 😅). and the counting and having too long or short of a tail 😊 sadly they didn't give many examples of how to avoid it but one i've been trying quite successfully is using borders. the ones that are knitted as bands or ribbons at a 90 degree angle first and used to pick up the actual stitches at the side.
Hi there! Nice to see you again! Thank you! Love a touch of pink! And yeah I do agree as well that for the most part, my CO tension doesn’t quite match up tension-wise to the rest of my in-pattern stitches so I always get that “frilly” looking cast on edge. That doesn’t really bother me per se. I think the few times I didn’t mind casting on were to do a Turkish cast on in place of Judy’s Magic cast on as I found the former so much easier, or when I’ve knitted a shawl and needed to cast on 3 or something 😁 I wonder why traditional patterns avoided elaborate Co and off
I am doing the 2024 BLM MAL tops I’m looking forward to seeing your project.
Ahh cool, what are you knitting for it?
I’m doing the Year Round Popover by Melissa Georges. Can’t wait to cast it on this weekend.
@@stephaniewilliams8687 ah yes! I have seen that Rochelle from Queen Yarn Boutique made hers in purple and loves it a lot. It's a great pattern, reminds me of a prettier version of the rannunculus! Happy Knitting!
You did knit that Soldotna up quickly! Have fun with the keyboard. I have played piano most of my life and still play today. The sweater pattern for your black history make-a-long is amazing. Do you have a link for it?
Yes the soldotna is a very quick knit so it’s gratifying! I am enjoying my mini keys, yes! What kind of music do you play? And yep, I have the sweater link here www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/modern-mudcloth-sweater
@@AllHomesteading Thanks for the sweater link. I usually play for church, so lots of hymns and arrangements of Christian music both traditional and contemporary.
@@AllHomesteading oh, lol, I just clicked on the Ravelry link and I already have that sweater in my favorites!