I say “others’ opinions are not my business.” Truly, each person can only express themselves. If I feel bad in some way, I look into myself to see why, then I can decide to apologize, change or let it go and move on. Life got so simple when I learned this! 🎉
The person who gave you the advise if they say words against you … poor them !!! You are a great host, beautiful knitter etc So carry on we all love you Your gardens look gorgeous and knits are also Have a great week and look forward to your next pod 😊💝🇨🇦🇨🇦
Love the casual elegance of the top you are wearing. It was lovely to watch your Podcast with such a breathtaking background. Your roses and peonies for sure bring you joy and brought me joy, as well, from afar. My peonies bloomed already over a month ago, and they are my most favorite flower, too, along with our roses. I don't know what kind we have but they are red, yellow, orange and pink. Thank you for making the podcasts for us. They are filled with inspiration.
I'm 19 and I just wanted to say that your videos help me so much with relaxation while knitting after a busy day of work. I enjoy your non-knitting related videos just as much as well, you have an energy that makes me feel that everything is okay if that makes sense lol. I'm looking forward to joining the nordic kal!
I too love quotes. I find them and write them down on any available surface. They’re everywhere! 😄 When I was young and still living with my parents, we had a chalk board in the kitchen where my dad and I would share our favorite quotes. We also enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure out the author.
My goodness it took me three sessions to watch this. Life has been interrupting me big time. I just adore your episodes, they are so lovely, even better when I can watch the whole thing in one sitting 🤭🤣 lovely as always Helle. I have turned into a squirrel a bit myself this year, not usual for me and quite amusing to experience. I’m pretty OK about the yarn I buy as I can purchase some through my business so I’m very lucky that way. I don’t have any yarn stores near me so I’m not tempted very often. My downfall is patterns 🫤 so now I know that I can only buy right when I’m ready to cast it on. Its not as sale if I change my mind a few months later - so no more for me. It’s been an interesting exercise in learning about myself. Im not really a shopper at all so this has been fun to find out new things about myself. Your garden is just glorious and those flowers just brought me so much joy 🌸💕 thanks for sharing, Karen
Thanks for sharing, Karen 🌸 I’m definitely learning a lot about myself, too. I never had yarn for more than 1-2 sweaters in my past knitting life; I ‘blame’ social media 😅🩵
@@danishmusings Oh yes, social media “the influencer”, it’s why I try to limit time on Instagram! I only joined to participate in a KAL and it’s been interesting to watch how I interact with it 🫣🤭🤣
Ahhh, beautiful flowers, yarn, philosophy 😊. What pleasure to sit and listen while I happily knit away (Kutaar top). A treat all around, thank you! I‘ve developed a similar strategy for managing my yarn. I do one project which i planned (and purchased for) a while ago, then I might let myself spontaneously buy a new yarn, which I immediately cast on. That way I balance my „guilt“ and my indulgence. I‘ve definitely found that if I don’t soon cast on after buying, the yarn may languish for quite a while and meanwhile, my interest is on to a newer pattern. Happy knitting!
Thanks for all the inspiration! Here are some ideas I think about after watching your podcast: I liked how you stressed being mindful..... I, too, am attracted to Japanese designs. The designs completely avoid any staid look and have a touch of sophistication and playfulness. ....I like how you speak to your audience as if they are friends in your living room!....Your tops looked divine and the fit was perfect. Modelling them for us is very helpful.......Loved the snood and learned a new term too.....Your roses are very pretty and a perfect backdrop. I am looking forward to watching some of your podcasts I missed and catcing up with your Kuutar Top in the future. Until then thanks again!
I love the idea of a "Nordic" KAL. I live just east of Seattle, WA (USA). I greatly appreciate the "Nordic" patterns. So many wonderful designers. I don't need any prizes to participate. Thank you for sharing your knitting journey!
I am on the same page as you about accumulating yarn. It’s so fun to be able to ‘treat’ myself with this yarn that I find beautiful today. In the end it ends up making me feel guilty about it as the stash grows. It’s really a exercise in self control. No one is hurt if I buy it, but it starts to make me uncomfortable the more I acquire. I love your idea of trying to make every other project from the stash. Your work is beautiful btw. You inspire me.
Thank you for taking the time to share with us all. Your topics are always interesting. From your travels to your knitting projects. I am knitting a pair of socks, and have a lace pullover top on the needles. And also, I like to sew small projects. Currently, recovering to refresh old throw pillows for the sofas. But your tops and sweaters are all so very lovely. I’m ready to expand my knitting projects into more sweaters, cardigans and summer tops. Thank you again!
Another lovely episode, Helle; I could listen to you for a long time, you have such a soothing voice and beautifu presence! I'd love to join a Nordic kal, and I like your approach without too many rules; I am right now knitting a pattern by Anne Ventzel 😊. A Joni top is next - your version is gorgeous, as is the other top you made! Finally, I loved seeing the flowers in your garden, and meeting your cat! I hope you are both still able to enjoy being oudoors. Be yourself no matter what they say - thanks to you and Sting for the reminder 🤍warm greetings from an Italian kntter in Scotland!
Thank you for the quote and the reminder that it’s okay if someone doesn’t like you. I agree that it’s something women worry about more than men. I so enjoy your chats, and perspective, and your knitting updates. Thank you for being here.
When I knitted first sweater for my husband, he wasn't sure if he gonna wear it at all. It was so upsetting to hear, especially as it was a secret knit for one Christmas, I had to find place and time to knit when he couldn't see, and that was hard, and he is a broad shoulders tall man, size XXL for a sweater. But one day he had all his clothes in laundry and only had this sweater to wear, didn't have much choice 😄 when he came back home he was so happy, apparently he got a lot of compliments about his sweater 😄 and since then he loves when I knit for him 😊 knitting one for him right now, pattern of his choice this time 😊
Loved seeing your summer knits. I’m from Australia and most of the year we are able to enjoy our outdoor spaces. There’s only a few weeks in the winter where I get to wear my warm woolies. So I really appreciate seeing the summer knits as I can make and wear them for up to 6 months of the year around here. Thank you and take care 💚
Hi Helle, catching up on your videos. Always such a pleasure to follow your knitting adventures, your selections of patterns and yarns are beautiful as usual 🙏 I’m happy you tried Eri Shimizu patterns. I love her work and knitted numerous patterns from her. I love her spirit, the delicacy of her patterns. In the extremely soft yarn I would add: Walk Collection Luxe Fingering. It’s 10% cashmere, 20% silk, 70% alpaca. It’s a beautiful yarn. They have a DK one too that should be very soft. It’s a German company so it should be easy to order for you ☺️ Well that said it won’t help with your stash dilemma 😅 I feel very very bad about mine that is way too big. I agree with everything you said but I love yarn, colors, textures so much. I can’t help it 🙈😝
Barcelona, Spain, has a beautiful yarn festival I think in autumn, I am not sure. As always I enjoy knitting on one of my projects while listening you.
I wish I knew about being more mindful, of choosing nice yarns, and patterns , that you enjoy, and will wear forever, when I started knitting . Looking back, I feel like my time was wasted...and I don’t want life to slip away without getting my projects done. I’ve never held two yarns, regular and mohair, your projects look so soft and comfy . You’re very inspiring 💕☮️💫
I really appreciate your thoughtful comments about stash. I am one with a store-appearing stash. I was not so mindful early on in my knitting life, and definitely purchased many things because they were pretty, not necessarily because of how they would fit into my wardrobe and life. I do try to be more careful now, but that is a lot out of necessity - I lack space for too much more yarn! As for a lace summer cardigan - maybe you would consider Multnomah Falls by Kay Hopkins. It’s a beautiful cable and lace cardigan using a 100% Suri alpaca yarn that is so very soft. It’s named after a local very famous waterfall (I live in the same region as the designer). I hope you are someday able to attend some of the retreats and events based in the US! I would love to go to a FDF retreat, and went to Rhinebeck last year (as amazing as it looks). I love your podcast! 😊
You are the second TH-camr who has mentioned nutiden(sp?). Daki from Wool and the Forest uses it quite a bit. I don't remember if she has any videos containing information about your specific concern. About knitting/yarn festivals, Linda Simpsom from England just had a video about one in Manchester I think and Albanach Knitter recently had one from the Edinburgh yarn festival in Scotland. Those are both certainly closer to you than Rhinebeck 😅 Maybe not quite as large is all, but they both had such beautiful things. I have put myself on a yarn freeze after what I ordered the past few weeks, not to mention what I already have in stash. I'll be 78 next week and want to enjoy using what I have instead of seeing it end up in thrift shops!!!!!!! Thank you for a lovely, peaceful video and for sharing your beautiful blooms, makes and wisdom.
Love your projects. I love sitting outside also. I live on a farm and I love to sit outside in the morning and stitch or read while listening to the birds, sheep, chickens, goats and cows. It is so relaxing. Your flowers are beautiful. And I have always loved Sting.
Your lace tops are both lovely! Summer elegant tops are just beautiful. There will be Knit City in Vancouver in Sept, and Knit City in Toronto next May, one in the West and one in the East. I hope to go to Knit City in Toronto next May. I love your quotes. So relaxing. I have peonies too and lilacs, they dont last long
I am smiling listening to you talk about your stash and your Ravelry favourites because i had the exact same issue, except I was gifted lots of very expensive yarn. it made me feel bad I wasn't using it. So yesterday I used the Ravelry function of searching within my favourites and then inputting the yarn weight and yardage, and then i went "shopping" in my Favourites. Now, all the gifted yarn is assigned to a favourite item and is sitting in my Ravelry queue.
There is a theory that our knitting tension depends on our mood, mental state, are we tired or full of energy, and our thoughts about wool and tools we work with. Definitely true in my case 😄
Hi Helle! Thank you for your lovely musings! I love your knitting universe and your approach to the craft and to life in general. I've never been to Rhinebeck and I guess it's a huge event; I live in the French Alps and not too far from here we've got the 'Kniteat' in Lyon on September 23&24 - so quite close to our birthday - we've got the same ;)(3h from Paris by train). This year it's going to be even bigger as it will be dedicated to both sewing and knitting. Lots of yarn makers and indie dyers, gorgeous fibres! A few years ago I went to Odense to take part in a conference and the flights (from Lyon airport to Paris then to Copenhagen) were not too long. Hope it helps!
I love your summer knits. Its so hot here in summer not sure if it will be worth giving a summer knit a go but your pieces are gorgeous.Thank you so much for the talk on how much wool to have in your stash. I love having new projects going but also believe in recycling, so making sure to use the yarn I already have. I have loved using two yarns to work a beautiful jumper or cardigan but find the use of two different yarns and the expenditure a bit excessive for me personally. In Australia, though we grow a lot of the merino used all over the world - its very expensive and generally imported yarns are close to $30 per skein , making holding two yarns a project that would be close to $ 200 per jumper. So my stash is mostly limited to a couple of future projects and will buy when on sale.
I really enjoyed your podcast, lovely knitting! You had me confused when you said you were knitting a snood. A snood to me is a tight fitting cover for your hair pulled into a bun. Here in North America what you are knitting is called a cowl. I envy your lovely garden setting and your beautiful roses❤
Aha, maybe it’s the British term. She used it herself in the pattern. What you describe to me is a scrunchie, whereas a cowl to me is a tube and cannot be wrapped like this - ah, the delights of language 🥰
Upon hearing those pigeons, I had to pause your video and go listen to one of my favorite pieces of music. It features wood pigeon calls. I had a lovely time relaxing with that and then coming back to your video. Love all of your lacy summer knits 🥰
Hi Cee, I found you recently and I so much enjoy the workouts for the upper body. All your videos are so well structured!!! I also enjoy your calm and nice presence on the screen....Please, share more with us...Wish you wonderful weekend and enjoy life🥰
I, like you, become overwhelmed if I have too much in stash. Since I have been knitting 20+ years, I have a lot of leftovers and a few skeins that appealed to me at one point but don't anymore. My friend works at a women's prison, and she will take anything I don't want to the inmates. Knitting is wonderful therapy for them.
Enjoyable as always. As regards patterns nowadays that have a large number of sizes. When I am doing a new pattern, I copy the original, put it into word document, edit out all the other sizes and end up with a pattern just in my size and I highlight where I want, make notes etc. I know it is an additional piece of work but I find it quicker in the long run. Happy knitting.
Hello from Cardiff in South Wales! I know Lynne Seymour of Calon Yarns fame! She used to own a yarn shop close to where I live and I would often go there. I am also a spinner (of some 40 years!) It seems I follow nearly all the same podcasters as you do. If you don't already I can also recommend watching The Meaningful Stitch, Finish Knitting Stories and Knitting Traditions. Have you heard of Janie Crow? She also designs fantastic crochet blankets using Stylecraft Yarns. I really enjoyed your podcasts and I wish you great success with them. I'm looking forward to the next ones, especially the spinning ones.
I am happy I have discovered your videos! ❤ Some of them I watched more than ones! You brought a different wave of knitting, and I can not wait to knit some of the patterns you shared!❤ Thank you so much!
I think achieving perfect fit might be your super power. Both of your white sweaters fit you so perfectly and are very flattering on you. I appreciate your calm and settling podcasts. It is “self care” for me to watch them.
Hej Helle! Your videos always are a treat for the eyes and soul. I adore your beautiful knits and love listening to your deep thoughts about life…. In just a week I will be a guest in your country, love being there! Thank you! 🌟
Hi Helle, Thanks for your beautiful videos. I appreciate the esthetics and of course the knitting. There is the Jyväskylä knitting festival taking place this weekend in Finland. If Rhinebeck is too far. Jana from @FinnishKnittingStories usually goes there to sell her yarn and make videos. I´m looking forward to that content. Greetings from Estonia.
I recently found you and am enjoying watching previous videos of yours. Love your aesthetic and all of your knits/yarn selections. I've recently been looking for a summer knit and now I can't decide which of these 2 to make, love them both! Looking forward to seeing more of your content. (PS: Hello from Canada)
Hi Helle - love your PC, garden (birds) & cat (looks just like my Alfie).... re summer Cardi, was recently in The Lake District (UK) & saw one evening a very elegantly dressed lady wearing pretty pink jeans, white T-shirt & a gorgeous white lace cardigan which looked like a sport weight, linen hand knit..... wish I’d asked her what it was but, whatever, it was so inspiring & I’m now also on the hunt to do similar...... greetings from Sydney!!
Hello Helle from the U.K. So enjoyed catching up with you especially as it was in your beautiful garden with the sounds of nature accompanying you. I also have added some of the summer tops that you shared. I don’t usually bother with summer knitting as always worried about the warmth factor….even here in U.K! You mentioned knitting festivals in Europe. I think you have one very close to you in Fanø in September. We have a few here, and I love ‘Yarndale’ a decent sized knitting show in Skipton Yorkshire and ‘Wonderwool’ that is held here in Wales where I live. Best wishes to you❤️
Your videos make my day. So relaxing and enjoyable! Love your gorgeous knitting and your quotes. I am so motivated to knit so many items in all seasons!!!
I love your style, the garden, the colours you have chosen for the flowers, so closed to mine! Your videos are like being on holiday! Thank you for that, Helle! Looking forward to the next happy hour ... All the best, Ruth
I just found your channel and am very excited to see all your projects. I am going to be knitting the Joni this week so seeing you modeling it caught my eye. I have definitely subscribed to your channel as I tend to love to knit sweaters and I cannot wear wool as I have very sensitive skin and itch with wool. I am very excited to journey along with you. ❤
Know what? That dainty little classic looking top is the example of a item I would have bought if I would have been lucky enough to find one in “close” to my size… just to work towards getting into it one fine day! I so enjoyed your videos of your pleasure trip to New York, I cried some of course but that’s because my mother was born and raised in Brooklyn in 1920 ,met my dad in 42’ while he was stationed at the Brooklyn NavyYard. They married two weeks later and he moved her out to a little town in Michigan and big time culture shock The reason I was attracted to your video was of your nationality, mom’s parent’s came over to New York from Finland, and my Grandmother and Grandfather were both just slightly over five foot tall, and my mom and Uncle Henry were six feet and over. I ask mom how she and her brother managed to get to see their heights from my stubby G’parents, and she told me she was the runt of her family as all her sisters were well over six foot tall. She grew up on Coney Island doing acrobatics with the guys from the gym and the smaller girls were always on the very top. She was able to buy her wedding dress from the models samples. She had walk thru Grand Central everyday on the her way to work and she would pass by Joe Lewis and he would have a bevy of beauties on each arm, but he never slighted her,or a few of his other favorites. In the late eighties I started doing nails, and became very busy at it for close to fifteen years, one of my close client /friends was a gal who lived out in the six in Ortonville, and was VP of a Insurance Co. in the WTC. The summer of 2010 I spent a weekend with her in NY, and did we have a ball!! I got to see her bosses office in the WTC , unbelievable to look down out
I’m sorry I went on and on,I have never done this before and I don’t know if I should finish, you may be able to guess the rest but I’d like to tell you if I don’t get writers cramp.
Helle your garden and flowers are so beautiful, as is all your knitting. The summer tops are gorgeous. Your sweater that was purchased sort of reminds me of Carbeth Swan Dance by Kate Davies, all her patterns are lovely. Take care. 🤗
First time watching your podcast. I really enjoyed it! I could not agree more that we worry too much what people think! I have had Joni by Natasja Hornbyand saved in my queue for weeks but seeing it on you has convinced me to move it to the top! It looks beautiful on you! ❤
Thank you for sharing your knitting and Danish life. I am really enjoying your content. I think that Heidi Kirrmaier"s sweater, Avalanche, is similar to the one you are wearing in your house video. The center front lace panel is very similar. The rest of the body and sleeves are stockinette but same look. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Lovely podcast and really enjoyed your thoughts. I started a channel that in the end got almost no views and honestly I think that was as it was meant to be. I realize that it let me express in that moment and also never face unkind or critical comments so such is life! Stash - I love your process and your thoughts. I have worked on this too. I got a little swept up in buying when spending time with others who seem to have both unlimited budgets and really like an enormous stash. I learned in time I feel some kind of “pressure” when that much yarn is weighing down my creative space. I could share for hours about how I resolved that but I’ll say this: as my skills improved and my understanding of the craft deepened, my discipline followed and now when I see a designers pattern I’m wanting to recreate it as intended. Which means in that same yarn as well. I’m good enough to sub and stash dive and redo the math but that’s not what I want anymore. I’ve got my own stash almost resolved and now I buy when I find the pattern. Not the other way around. To each their own though! Thanks for the thought provoking episode!
I understand the way you feel about having an abundance of yarn on hand. I did buy yarn ahead of time and then found I changed my criteria for the yarn that I want to knit with. So now I’m very careful, buy what I want to use now and wait for the next idea and then buy the yarn. I enjoy your videos very much, thank you for doing them.
Some people just feel like friends, or kindred spirits, even when you don‘t know them personally! You are lucky in Scandinavia that your short summers mean a lot of flowers bloom at the same time - in central Europe they tend to bloom one after the other, so we don‘t usually get that really bloomy look. I‘ve so been enjoying all the roses while I‘ve been up north because mine at home all finished blooming weeks ago… silver lining for you, I guess. And Jacques Cartier also grows in my garden 💕 Your summer tops are so pretty; our weather gets too hot for any knits but when I‘m in the north or on the Atlantic coast, I can wear them, so I do make some - guess what, I started a Kuutar top last year, also in pale blue, but autumn came too soon. I really need to finish the body when I get home 🤣 Greetings, currently from the Netherlands but soon back in Switzerland! 🧶🧶🧶
Hello to you, my European friend, and thanks for your lovely comment. The downside of all our flowers blooming now is that the show is over so soon - so likely not many flowers in my next video 😽🌸
Lovely setting for your video. I live in Santa Fe NM and don't have such beautiful lush gardens. It is so refreshing. I'm working on the Joni right now and thanks for the inspiration for my next project, it will be the Yoreum top.
Helle, thank you for doing this podcast. I so enjoy listening to what you have to say and your knits and style are lovely. I am happy to say I am glad you talked about stash and cue. I have been knitting a long time and I have a modest stash of yarn, not a yarn store amount by any means, mostly leftovers and 4 sweaters worth. In the past few years I have tried to only buy yarn for a specific project. I get overwhelmed when I have too much of anything.I have recently gone through my stash and made the decision to give away some yarns. We have a local craft supply re sale shop. Regarding the cue or favorites in Ravelry I just started using the bundles option. It is really helping me with slimming down the favs. I am trying to be much more mindful around my choices regarding what I am making and also how much I go down the rabbit hole of wanting to knit the hot patterns or the patterns that I fall in love with from all sources. Recently I was on a vacation to Cape Breaton, Canada and I had no phone service, it was great, and made me realize how much I am influenced by social media and what others are knitting. I think it is about finding the balance and setting up some boundaries for ourselves. It’s an interesting conversation. Thy
Thanks so much for another wonderful episode. I so much enjoy seeing your videos. I tire easily of most of the other channels I watch, but I feel I can watch yours endlessly. The topics are interesting (this one is a ++ in this regard!), and the way you deliver your speech is so quiet and soothing. I have the same issue with tugging my purls, except that I do it with the left hand and it tends to give me tendinitis in the elbow. And it has the same effect as you on my gauge!
Your reflections seem wise to me. We are each on our own knitting journey and it simply shouldn’t be a race nor contest! Thank you for another lovely episode!
I loved your podcast and I love the idea of a Nordic KAL. I am game and will look for a nordic design that I might tackle. Thank you for your Danish Musings!
Helle, your esthetic is so similar to my own. So far I have purchased three knitting patterns from your most recent knitting videos, and cannot wait to make them. The Gal sweater was the first. And now I have also purchased the Joni top and the yoreum. You inspire me every single time I watch you. You are so authentic and it resonates with me. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the world. ☺️
I have to say I simply love your videos and I am looking forward to each new sequel! As a German teacher of English I love listening to you and as a keen knitter, always being tempted by new yarn, too, and daily new wonderful projects published in Instagram I enjoy what you are pointing out because I feel just the same about it. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences!
Another wonderful episode. Further to your tip on doing a provisional cast over the silicone barber cord, I do my cast on over either a fixed circular needle cord or over just the cable cord of my interchangeable needle ( that way you can just attach the needle size that you are need later and go from there Always love watching whatever you post to TH-cam. Your flowers were spectacular! Peonies are one of my favourites
Hello from France ! I also tripped over the "living in a yarn store" images from TH-cam videos and overbought. I now have a no-buy project for yarn and patterns, unless I visit in person or am ready to cast on. I started this project a year and a half ago, I still have enough to knit for another two years, if not more.. Yarn comes our ways and finds the little spaces to reach you. At least that is what I learned so far. I do feel uncomfortable hoarding stuff even when I have a good reason 😺☀
Apologies for the multiple comments, reviewing your podcast. I live in South Australia, not Europe. A knit along for warmer climate is OK. But I have to use up my covid stash. Us down-under folk can plan and knit in readiness for next time. Its so cold here. No snow. Im getting weak in my old age. Andrea from "Fruity Knitting" podcasts is an ex-pat Australian living in Germany, attended the Swiss Yarn Festival in a podcast earlier in the year. I found Knitpro symfonie post covid production started breaking. And as you say the sizing rubs off. So changed to Chiagoo.
I would guess the reason your gauge in the round was different on the two white shells, would be the different yarns affecting your purl stitches differently. They both look elegant and summery, and I’m glad today you highlighted for me three patterns that have nice underarm coverage! 😂😂😂
As always a great and informative video, you have such a nice personality. I also learned about the new, for me videos, tutorial videos….one tiny problem…..the lady speaks in what I assume is danish….however, still watch her bc, knitting can be visual….thank you again.
Yes, I know, but you know, I’ve found that sometimes the words under and over can be confusing to me because I think ‘back’ and ‘front’ in stead so I mainly watch the visuals and then take notes ☺️ Oh and thanks so much 💕
@@danishmusings well, thank you fir taking the time to respond….and yes, you are right if you think under and over are confusing…..try the japonés instructions…..at least, this are in video, so we can see the hands work. Again, thank you and please keep them coming…I love everything you make and the designers. As well as the yarns…they are beautiful….
I love your attitude towards life. Live and let live. Be yourself and be accepting of others for who they are. As for the tube you use to extend your needles to try things on, they come in different thickness. The one you have is quite large. Try to find a thinner one in either 2 or 3mm
Hi Helle, lovely summer tops. I live in NYC and gets very hot and humid o the summer months. So definitely I am not knitting woolly sweaters for the next 3 months. Part of my dream knits was to have a "collection" of tees that I could just put on but that I know they are nicer because I made them myself. Hence I am doing my 2nd Kumulus Tee by Petite Knit. Simple and straight forward sometimes is best. I am totally on the same page with you about accumulating stress with yarns that "want to be knitting" and not just accumulating :-D Except for sock yarn. I buy any time sock yarns because I like to do socks as a in between projects. Thank you for a great podcast with lovely knits
Tusen takk for koselig episode. Det er så gøy å se alt du lager. Herlig stil med sarte farger. Har en Joni på pinnene etter inspirasjon fra deg 😉 En nordic knittalong høres ut som en god ide. Riktig god sommer
I swear I already commented with a long comment, but I don't see it so maybe I closed the tab before I hit the button 🤣 Anyway, to sum up my earlier wall of text, I have several stash issues: 1. Ordering yarn online and hating it when it gets here, 2. Buying yarn on impulse or because it's a "good deal" and then not using it, and 3. Falling out of love with a yarn and/or pattern once I begin and then relegating it to the UFO graveyard in my closet. Those are the biggest three reasons why I have a stash at all. I think I need to go through it and get rid of the things I know I will never use, and then try to attach a project to everything else. I will also say that I am *obsessed* with Woolfolk yarn. I've used Fleck, Far, and Tynd, and they've all been equally delightful. 😍 They're local to me (I'm in Oregon in the US), and I found out that the gal who owns it named it after her grandmother (who taught her to knit), and the yarn names are to honor her Danish heritage. I want to try Tov next, but I'm forcing myself to knit something from my stash first, so I found a cute pattern for the Jupiter Moon Cumulus I bought on impulse last year. 😆 All that being said, I would love to join a Nordic KAL. Oh! I think I'll find a pattern that I can knit with Tov, and have that be my project! I follow a ton of Nordic designers on IG, so I'll go through their pages and find something awesome😄
I feel the same way you do about having a stash. It starts to stress me out when it gets too big. I think knitting then becomes more like a “To-Do List” instead of something enjoyable. I also don’t like the feeling of accumulating so much “stuff” (even if it’s stuff I love). I really enjoy your podcasts! Thank you for putting yourself out there. 🙂
Thank you for a nice time together with you. I enjoy listening to your thoughts on big and small things. You have a very beautiful environment. It gives peace and harmony. Greetings from Ann and southern Sweden.
I really enjoy your videos, Helle. I have only recently discovered your channel so have been watching a lot of back episodes. I’m a knitter and also a yoga and mindfulness practitioner so your channel has a great deal of relevance to me. I find watching your videos (often while I’m knitting) very peaceful but also inspiring. I usually stick to safe, easy knits but watching your videos has inspired me to try something new. I’ve never knitted anything from the top down so that will be the first new thing I try.
Hallo from South Africa! Love your calm voice and knowledge. Finally someone who remember us in the Southern Hemisphere 😅. I went to Bergen Strikkefestival in 2019 just before the world changed. Loved every moment and Bergen is a beautiful place!
I'm an English "flicker" and I also tug on my purl stitches, but mainly when ribbing. As I'm inserting the needle to knit after a purl I give the yarn a little tug to pull out the extra slack that's created when you move the yarn forward for the purl stitch. It's a trick I learned a long time ago, I think from a male podcaster, but unfortunately I can't remember who it was. Great tip though, it improved my ribbing immensely : )
Thank you for the pleasant time in your garden with the beautiful flowers and birdsong. So lovely! I love your summer tops. I think I will be making the Kuutar Top with my KFO yarn. I also do the tug on my purl stitch. In my first years of knitting, my purl was so loose I had to do something and a tug was the solution. It comes natural and I don’t notice that I do it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I am also very sensitive for wool. There is this wool from Holst, Supersoft, which is really supersoft. Holst also has a mix of wool and cotton, named Coast. Also the Coast is very, very soft. I don’t have problems with either of them. Maybe worth trying
Your Natasja Hornby sweater is gorgeous. I plan on knitting one of her sweaters in the future. Thank you for your lovely podcast. It is very inspiring, as is your garden.
I just love all your episodes. Your thoughts and knits are refreshing. I feel the same way with having a big stash. I do have a lot that was given to me after 2 lovely knitters past away. I have bought yarn but I try to have a pattern in mind. Then I knit a swatch and don’t get gauge and don’t end up using the yarn. Since getting older I’m trying to be mindful of what I bring into my home. Take care and thank you for letting me spend some time and be inspired by you.
Such lovely peonies and of course, summer tops! Yarn stash - blessing and curse? Yes, I too, at times feel overwhelmed by mine after 10 years of pretty constant knitting. I'm still excited to knit much of it, especially sweater quantities. Some single skeins that have found their way into my collection may not be as likely to turn into something. So much fun to take yarn home as souvenir though and a great memory-keeper. Thumbs up to designer, Eri Shimuzu - I adore her "Shelly" - I knit this in 1 strand of Sonderyarn's alpaca silk blend.
I say “others’ opinions are not my business.” Truly, each person can only express themselves. If I feel bad in some way, I look into myself to see why, then I can decide to apologize, change or let it go and move on. Life got so simple when I learned this! 🎉
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The person who gave you the advise if they say words against you … poor them !!!
You are a great host, beautiful knitter etc
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Your gardens look gorgeous and knits are also
Have a great week and look forward to your next pod
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Thank you for a wonderful experience. Your garden is so beautiful and your knitting inspiration. I love sitting and knitting with you.
Love the casual elegance of the top you are wearing. It was lovely to watch your Podcast with such a breathtaking background. Your roses and peonies for sure bring you joy and brought me joy, as well, from afar. My peonies bloomed already over a month ago, and they are my most favorite flower, too, along with our roses. I don't know what kind we have but they are red, yellow, orange and pink. Thank you for making the podcasts for us. They are filled with inspiration.
Aw thanks so much, Yessy. I appreciate it. Some of our roses are still in bloom here, and it’s so lovely. Enjoy yours, too 🌺🌸
I'm 19 and I just wanted to say that your videos help me so much with relaxation while knitting after a busy day of work. I enjoy your non-knitting related videos just as much as well, you have an energy that makes me feel that everything is okay if that makes sense lol. I'm looking forward to joining the nordic kal!
Aw, that means a lot to me. Thank you for that 😘 (and yes, everything will be okay 😽)
I too love quotes. I find them and write them down on any available surface. They’re everywhere! 😄 When I was young and still living with my parents, we had a chalk board in the kitchen where my dad and I would share our favorite quotes. We also enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure out the author.
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My goodness it took me three sessions to watch this. Life has been interrupting me big time. I just adore your episodes, they are so lovely, even better when I can watch the whole thing in one sitting 🤭🤣 lovely as always Helle. I have turned into a squirrel a bit myself this year, not usual for me and quite amusing to experience. I’m pretty OK about the yarn I buy as I can purchase some through my business so I’m very lucky that way. I don’t have any yarn stores near me so I’m not tempted very often. My downfall is patterns 🫤 so now I know that I can only buy right when I’m ready to cast it on. Its not as sale if I change my mind a few months later - so no more for me. It’s been an interesting exercise in learning about myself. Im not really a shopper at all so this has been fun to find out new things about myself. Your garden is just glorious and those flowers just brought me so much joy 🌸💕 thanks for sharing, Karen
Thanks for sharing, Karen 🌸 I’m definitely learning a lot about myself, too. I never had yarn for more than 1-2 sweaters in my past knitting life; I ‘blame’ social media 😅🩵
@@danishmusings Oh yes, social media “the influencer”, it’s why I try to limit time on Instagram! I only joined to participate in a KAL and it’s been interesting to watch how I interact with it 🫣🤭🤣
Ahhh, beautiful flowers, yarn, philosophy 😊. What pleasure to sit and listen while I happily knit away (Kutaar top). A treat all around, thank you! I‘ve developed a similar strategy for managing my yarn. I do one project which i planned (and purchased for) a while ago, then I might let myself spontaneously buy a new yarn, which I immediately cast on. That way I balance my „guilt“ and my indulgence. I‘ve definitely found that if I don’t soon cast on after buying, the yarn may languish for quite a while and meanwhile, my interest is on to a newer pattern. Happy knitting!
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Your finish tops are absolutely beautiful 🤍 love your podcast 🩶🖤💙
Your garden is absolutely beautiful....you are a very calming joy to watch...I never miss your vlogs....Best wishes from Rhode Island USA....
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Thanks for all the inspiration! Here are some ideas I think about after watching your podcast: I liked how you stressed being mindful..... I, too, am attracted to Japanese designs. The designs completely avoid any staid look and have a touch of sophistication and playfulness. ....I like how you speak to your audience as if they are friends in your living room!....Your tops looked divine and the fit was perfect. Modelling them for us is very helpful.......Loved the snood and learned a new term too.....Your roses are very pretty and a perfect backdrop. I am looking forward to watching some of your podcasts I missed and catcing up with your Kuutar Top in the future. Until then thanks again!
What a splendid comment - thank you 🩷🌸
I love the idea of a "Nordic" KAL. I live just east of Seattle, WA (USA). I greatly appreciate the "Nordic" patterns. So many wonderful designers. I don't need any prizes to participate. Thank you for sharing your knitting journey!
So nice to hang out with you in your beautiful garden - thank you!
I am on the same page as you about accumulating yarn. It’s so fun to be able to ‘treat’ myself with this yarn that I find beautiful today. In the end it ends up making me feel guilty about it as the stash grows. It’s really a exercise in self control. No one is hurt if I buy it, but it starts to make me uncomfortable the more I acquire. I love your idea of trying to make every other project from the stash. Your work is beautiful btw. You inspire me.
Thank you for taking the time to share with us all. Your topics are always interesting. From your travels to your knitting projects. I am knitting a pair of socks, and have a lace pullover top on the needles. And also, I like to sew small projects. Currently, recovering to refresh old throw pillows for the sofas. But your tops and sweaters are all so very lovely. I’m ready to expand my knitting projects into more sweaters, cardigans and summer tops. Thank you again!
I love the summer top patterns you chose! So classic and elegant. They are both in my favorites now...
Another lovely episode, Helle; I could listen to you for a long time, you have such a soothing voice and beautifu presence! I'd love to join a Nordic kal, and I like your approach without too many rules; I am right now knitting a pattern by Anne Ventzel 😊. A Joni top is next - your version is gorgeous, as is the other top you made! Finally, I loved seeing the flowers in your garden, and meeting your cat! I hope you are both still able to enjoy being oudoors.
Be yourself no matter what they say - thanks to you and Sting for the reminder 🤍warm greetings from an Italian kntter in Scotland!
Looking beautiful in your MIDSUMMER knitted dress. Those pastel colours with the pop of neon, perfect 😍
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Thank you for the quote and the reminder that it’s okay if someone doesn’t like you. I agree that it’s something women worry about more than men. I so enjoy your chats, and perspective, and your knitting updates. Thank you for being here.
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What a treasure your videos are. Thank you! ❤
A relaxing hour listening to knitting ideas in a beautiful garden.. bliss 🌸🌺🌸🌺
When I knitted first sweater for my husband, he wasn't sure if he gonna wear it at all. It was so upsetting to hear, especially as it was a secret knit for one Christmas, I had to find place and time to knit when he couldn't see, and that was hard, and he is a broad shoulders tall man, size XXL for a sweater. But one day he had all his clothes in laundry and only had this sweater to wear, didn't have much choice 😄 when he came back home he was so happy, apparently he got a lot of compliments about his sweater 😄 and since then he loves when I knit for him 😊 knitting one for him right now, pattern of his choice this time 😊
Loved seeing your summer knits. I’m from Australia and most of the year we are able to enjoy our outdoor spaces. There’s only a few weeks in the winter where I get to wear my warm woolies. So I really appreciate seeing the summer knits as I can make and wear them for up to 6 months of the year around here. Thank you and take care 💚
Love all your beautiful knits and delightful garden.
Be yourself❤ empowering ethos. Looking forward to the KAL
Hi Helle, catching up on your videos. Always such a pleasure to follow your knitting adventures, your selections of patterns and yarns are beautiful as usual 🙏 I’m happy you tried Eri Shimizu patterns. I love her work and knitted numerous patterns from her. I love her spirit, the delicacy of her patterns.
In the extremely soft yarn I would add: Walk Collection Luxe Fingering. It’s 10% cashmere, 20% silk, 70% alpaca. It’s a beautiful yarn. They have a DK one too that should be very soft. It’s a German company so it should be easy to order for you ☺️ Well that said it won’t help with your stash dilemma 😅 I feel very very bad about mine that is way too big. I agree with everything you said but I love yarn, colors, textures so much. I can’t help it 🙈😝
Haha, I know, Pérrine, and thanks for the tip 😘❤️🇫🇷
Barcelona, Spain, has a beautiful yarn festival I think in autumn, I am not sure.
As always I enjoy knitting on one of my projects while listening you.
I wish I knew about being more mindful, of choosing nice yarns, and patterns , that you enjoy, and will wear forever, when I started knitting . Looking back, I feel like my time was wasted...and I don’t want life to slip away without getting my projects done. I’ve never held two yarns, regular and mohair, your projects look so soft and comfy . You’re very inspiring 💕☮️💫
I really appreciate your thoughtful comments about stash. I am one with a store-appearing stash. I was not so mindful early on in my knitting life, and definitely purchased many things because they were pretty, not necessarily because of how they would fit into my wardrobe and life. I do try to be more careful now, but that is a lot out of necessity - I lack space for too much more yarn!
As for a lace summer cardigan - maybe you would consider Multnomah Falls by Kay Hopkins. It’s a beautiful cable and lace cardigan using a 100% Suri alpaca yarn that is so very soft. It’s named after a local very famous waterfall (I live in the same region as the designer).
I hope you are someday able to attend some of the retreats and events based in the US! I would love to go to a FDF retreat, and went to Rhinebeck last year (as amazing as it looks).
I love your podcast! 😊
You are the second TH-camr who has mentioned nutiden(sp?). Daki from Wool and the Forest uses it quite a bit. I don't remember if she has any videos containing information about your specific concern. About knitting/yarn festivals, Linda Simpsom from England just had a video about one in Manchester I think and Albanach Knitter recently had one from the Edinburgh yarn festival in Scotland. Those are both certainly closer to you than Rhinebeck 😅 Maybe not quite as large is all, but they both had such beautiful things. I have put myself on a yarn freeze after what I ordered the past few weeks, not to mention what I already have in stash. I'll be 78 next week and want to enjoy using what I have instead of seeing it end up in thrift shops!!!!!!! Thank you for a lovely, peaceful video and for sharing your beautiful blooms, makes and wisdom.
Thanks so much for your comment; I have made a note of all of it. Happy knitting 😘🩷🌸
Love your projects. I love sitting outside also. I live on a farm and I love to sit outside in the morning and stitch or read while listening to the birds, sheep, chickens, goats and cows. It is so relaxing. Your flowers are beautiful. And I have always loved Sting.
Your lace tops are both lovely! Summer elegant tops are just beautiful. There will be Knit City in Vancouver in Sept, and Knit City in Toronto next May, one in the West and one in the East. I hope to go to Knit City in Toronto next May. I love your quotes. So relaxing. I have peonies too and lilacs, they dont last long
I am smiling listening to you talk about your stash and your Ravelry favourites because i had the exact same issue, except I was gifted lots of very expensive yarn. it made me feel bad I wasn't using it. So yesterday I used the Ravelry function of searching within my favourites and then inputting the yarn weight and yardage, and then i went "shopping" in my Favourites. Now, all the gifted yarn is assigned to a favourite item and is sitting in my Ravelry queue.
There is a theory that our knitting tension depends on our mood, mental state, are we tired or full of energy, and our thoughts about wool and tools we work with. Definitely true in my case 😄
Hi Helle! Thank you for your lovely musings! I love your knitting universe and your approach to the craft and to life in general. I've never been to Rhinebeck and I guess it's a huge event; I live in the French Alps and not too far from here we've got the 'Kniteat' in Lyon on September 23&24 - so quite close to our birthday - we've got the same ;)(3h from Paris by train). This year it's going to be even bigger as it will be dedicated to both sewing and knitting. Lots of yarn makers and indie dyers, gorgeous fibres! A few years ago I went to Odense to take part in a conference and the flights (from Lyon airport to Paris then to Copenhagen) were not too long. Hope it helps!
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I love your summer knits. Its so hot here in summer not sure if it will be worth giving a summer knit a go but your pieces are gorgeous.Thank you so much for the talk on how much wool to have in your stash. I love having new projects going but also believe in recycling, so making sure to use the yarn I already have. I have loved using two yarns to work a beautiful jumper or cardigan but find the use of two different yarns and the expenditure a bit excessive for me personally. In Australia, though we grow a lot of the merino used all over the world - its very expensive and generally imported yarns are close to $30 per skein , making holding two yarns a project that would be close to $ 200 per jumper. So my stash is mostly limited to a couple of future projects and will buy when on sale.
Lovely podcast - you do a great job and I look forward to watching and listening.
I really enjoyed your podcast, lovely knitting! You had me confused when you said you were knitting a snood. A snood to me is a tight fitting cover for your hair pulled into a bun. Here in North America what you are knitting is called a cowl. I envy your lovely garden setting and your beautiful roses❤
Aha, maybe it’s the British term. She used it herself in the pattern. What you describe to me is a scrunchie, whereas a cowl to me is a tube and cannot be wrapped like this - ah, the delights of language 🥰
Upon hearing those pigeons, I had to pause your video and go listen to one of my favorite pieces of music. It features wood pigeon calls. I had a lovely time relaxing with that and then coming back to your video. Love all of your lacy summer knits 🥰
Hi Cee, I found you recently and I so much enjoy the workouts for the upper body. All your videos are so well structured!!! I also enjoy your calm and nice presence on the screen....Please, share more with us...Wish you wonderful weekend and enjoy life🥰
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Your roses are gorgeous! Also, I really enjoy hearing the birds in the background. Your knits are inspiring as always.
I, like you, become overwhelmed if I have too much in stash. Since I have been knitting 20+ years, I have a lot of leftovers and a few skeins that appealed to me at one point but don't anymore. My friend works at a women's prison, and she will take anything I don't want to the inmates. Knitting is wonderful therapy for them.
Enjoyable as always. As regards patterns nowadays that have a large number of sizes. When I am doing a new pattern, I copy the original, put it into word document, edit out all the other sizes and end up with a pattern just in my size and I highlight where I want, make notes etc. I know it is an additional piece of work but I find it quicker in the long run. Happy knitting.
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Wauuu, what a beautiful top. You look absolutely wonderful. Thanks for inspiration and hygge! 🇩🇰
Hello from Cardiff in South Wales! I know Lynne Seymour of Calon Yarns fame! She used to own a yarn shop close to where I live and I would often go there. I am also a spinner (of some 40 years!) It seems I follow nearly all the same podcasters as you do. If you don't already I can also recommend watching The Meaningful Stitch, Finish Knitting Stories and Knitting Traditions. Have you heard of Janie Crow? She also designs fantastic crochet blankets using Stylecraft Yarns. I really enjoyed your podcasts and I wish you great success with them. I'm looking forward to the next ones, especially the spinning ones.
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I must say your flowers in your yard are as beautiful as your knitting. Yes!! always be true to yourself!
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Oh and yes, Woolfolk has a Danish connection for sure! There was something else you mentioned as well, but I can't remember what it was. lol!
Thank you for a wonderful “visit” as always! You are beyond talented and a lovely gal! You inspire me! My best to you! (Your garden-Wow!!!)
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I am happy I have discovered your videos! ❤ Some of them I watched more than ones! You brought a different wave of knitting, and I can not wait to knit some of the patterns you shared!❤ Thank you so much!
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I think achieving perfect fit might be your super power. Both of your white sweaters fit you so perfectly and are very flattering on you. I appreciate your calm and settling podcasts. It is “self care” for me to watch them.
Aw thanks for your lovely comment 😚🩷
Hej Helle! Your videos always are a treat for the eyes and soul. I adore your beautiful knits and love listening to your deep thoughts about life….
In just a week I will be a guest in your country, love being there! Thank you! 🌟
Hi Helle,
Thanks for your beautiful videos. I appreciate the esthetics and of course the knitting.
There is the Jyväskylä knitting festival taking place this weekend in Finland. If Rhinebeck is too far. Jana from @FinnishKnittingStories usually goes there to sell her yarn and make videos. I´m looking forward to that content.
Greetings from Estonia.
I recently found you and am enjoying watching previous videos of yours. Love your aesthetic and all of your knits/yarn selections. I've recently been looking for a summer knit and now I can't decide which of these 2 to make, love them both! Looking forward to seeing more of your content. (PS: Hello from Canada)
Hi Helle - love your PC, garden (birds) & cat (looks just like my Alfie).... re summer Cardi, was recently in The Lake District (UK) & saw one evening a very elegantly dressed lady wearing pretty pink jeans, white T-shirt & a gorgeous white lace cardigan which looked like a sport weight, linen hand knit..... wish I’d asked her what it was but, whatever, it was so inspiring & I’m now also on the hunt to do similar...... greetings from Sydney!!
Haha, let me know if you find out 🩷 Also: Love the Lake District! 💚
Absolutely loved this podcast 💛👏 you have such a beautiful way with you and are so talented.
Hello Helle from the U.K. So enjoyed catching up with you especially as it was in your beautiful garden with the sounds of nature accompanying you. I also have added some of the summer tops that you shared. I don’t usually bother with summer knitting as always worried about the warmth factor….even here in U.K! You mentioned knitting festivals in Europe. I think you have one very close to you in Fanø in September. We have a few here, and I love ‘Yarndale’ a decent sized knitting show in Skipton Yorkshire and ‘Wonderwool’ that is held here in Wales where I live. Best wishes to you❤️
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Your videos make my day. So relaxing and enjoyable! Love your gorgeous knitting and your quotes. I am so motivated to knit so many items in all seasons!!!
What a beautiful setting for your peaceful, calm episode. Thank you. 🇬🇧
I love your style, the garden, the colours you have chosen for the flowers, so closed to mine! Your videos are like being on holiday! Thank you for that, Helle! Looking forward to the next happy hour ... All the best, Ruth
I just found your channel and am very excited to see all your projects. I am going to be knitting the Joni this week so seeing you modeling it caught my eye. I have definitely subscribed to your channel as I tend to love to knit sweaters and I cannot wear wool as I have very sensitive skin and itch with wool. I am very excited to journey along with you. ❤
Know what? That dainty little classic looking top is the example of a item I would have bought if I would have been lucky enough to find one in “close” to my size… just to work towards getting into it one fine day! I so enjoyed your videos of your pleasure trip to New York, I cried some of course but that’s because my mother was born and raised in Brooklyn in 1920 ,met my dad in 42’ while he was stationed at the Brooklyn NavyYard. They married two weeks later and he moved her out to a little town in Michigan and big time culture shock
The reason I was attracted to your video was of your nationality, mom’s parent’s came over to New York from Finland, and my Grandmother and Grandfather were both just slightly over five foot tall, and my mom and Uncle Henry were six feet and over. I ask mom how she and her brother managed to get to see their heights from my stubby G’parents, and she told me she was the runt of her family as all her sisters were well over six foot tall. She grew up on Coney Island doing acrobatics with the guys from the gym and the smaller girls were always on the very top. She was able to buy her wedding dress from the models samples. She had walk thru Grand Central everyday on the
her way to work and she would pass by Joe Lewis and he would have a bevy of beauties on each arm, but he never slighted her,or a few of his other favorites. In the late eighties I started doing nails, and became very busy at it for close to fifteen years, one of my close client /friends was a gal who lived out in the six in Ortonville, and was VP of a Insurance Co. in the WTC. The summer of 2010 I spent a weekend with her in NY, and did we have a ball!! I got to see her bosses office in the WTC , unbelievable to look down out
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Helle your garden and flowers are so beautiful, as is all your knitting. The summer tops are gorgeous. Your sweater that was purchased sort of reminds me of Carbeth Swan Dance by Kate Davies, all her patterns are lovely. Take care. 🤗
Ah - thanks, yes, I have several of her patterns in my favorites list 😍
First time watching your podcast. I really enjoyed it! I could not agree more that we worry too much what people think! I have had Joni by Natasja Hornbyand saved in my queue for weeks but seeing it on you has convinced me to move it to the top! It looks beautiful on you! ❤
Thank you for sharing your knitting and Danish life. I am really enjoying your content. I think that Heidi Kirrmaier"s sweater, Avalanche, is similar to the one you are wearing in your house video. The center front lace panel is very similar. The rest of the body and sleeves are stockinette but same look. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Thanks so much for this - yes, it’s a gorgeous sweater 😘❤️
I absolutely love your podcasts, they are so calming and inspirational and just wanted to say THANK YOU for taking the time to make them for us all.
My pleasure - and thank you 🌸💕😽
Lovely podcast and really enjoyed your thoughts. I started a channel that in the end got almost no views and honestly I think that was as it was meant to be. I realize that it let me express in that moment and also never face unkind or critical comments so such is life!
Stash - I love your process and your thoughts. I have worked on this too. I got a little swept up in buying when spending time with others who seem to have both unlimited budgets and really like an enormous stash. I learned in time I feel some kind of “pressure” when that much yarn is weighing down my creative space. I could share for hours about how I resolved that but I’ll say this: as my skills improved and my understanding of the craft deepened, my discipline followed and now when I see a designers pattern I’m wanting to recreate it as intended. Which means in that same yarn as well. I’m good enough to sub and stash dive and redo the math but that’s not what I want anymore. I’ve got my own stash almost resolved and now I buy when I find the pattern. Not the other way around. To each their own though! Thanks for the thought provoking episode!
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Love everything about your podcasts. Thank you for sharing. :)
I understand the way you feel about having an abundance of yarn on hand. I did buy yarn ahead of time and then found I changed my criteria for the yarn that I want to knit with. So now I’m very careful, buy what I want to use now and wait for the next idea and then buy the yarn. I enjoy your videos very much, thank you for doing them.
Some people just feel like friends, or kindred spirits, even when you don‘t know them personally!
You are lucky in Scandinavia that your short summers mean a lot of flowers bloom at the same time - in central Europe they tend to bloom one after the other, so we don‘t usually get that really bloomy look. I‘ve so been enjoying all the roses while I‘ve been up north because mine at home all finished blooming weeks ago… silver lining for you, I guess. And Jacques Cartier also grows in my garden 💕
Your summer tops are so pretty; our weather gets too hot for any knits but when I‘m in the north or on the Atlantic coast, I can wear them, so I do make some - guess what, I started a Kuutar top last year, also in pale blue, but autumn came too soon. I really need to finish the body when I get home 🤣
Greetings, currently from the Netherlands but soon back in Switzerland! 🧶🧶🧶
Hello to you, my European friend, and thanks for your lovely comment. The downside of all our flowers blooming now is that the show is over so soon - so likely not many flowers in my next video 😽🌸
Hi from New Zealand, amazing work your garments look awesome on you 😍😍😍
I just happened to see your video. I enjoyed it. I was watching from Nova Scotia Canada
Lovely setting for your video. I live in Santa Fe NM and don't have such beautiful lush gardens. It is so refreshing. I'm working on the Joni right now and thanks for the inspiration for my next project, it will be the Yoreum top.
Helle, thank you for doing this podcast. I so enjoy listening to what you have to say and your knits and style are lovely. I am happy to say I am glad you talked about stash and cue. I have been knitting a long time and I have a modest stash of yarn, not a yarn store amount by any means, mostly leftovers and 4 sweaters worth. In the past few years I have tried to only buy yarn for a specific project. I get overwhelmed when I have too much of anything.I have recently gone through my stash and made the decision to give away some yarns. We have a local craft supply re sale shop. Regarding the cue or favorites in Ravelry I just started using the bundles option. It is really helping me with slimming down the favs. I am trying to be much more mindful around my choices regarding what I am making and also how much I go down the rabbit hole of wanting to knit the hot patterns or the patterns that I fall in love with from all sources. Recently I was on a vacation to Cape Breaton, Canada and I had
no phone service, it was great, and made me realize how much I am influenced by social media and what others are knitting. I think it is about finding the balance and setting up some boundaries for ourselves. It’s an interesting conversation. Thy
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Thanks so much for another wonderful episode. I so much enjoy seeing your videos. I tire easily of most of the other channels I watch, but I feel I can watch yours endlessly. The topics are interesting (this one is a ++ in this regard!), and the way you deliver your speech is so quiet and soothing.
I have the same issue with tugging my purls, except that I do it with the left hand and it tends to give me tendinitis in the elbow. And it has the same effect as you on my gauge!
Your reflections seem wise to me. We are each on our own knitting journey and it simply shouldn’t be a race nor contest! Thank you for another lovely episode!
I loved your podcast and I love the idea of a Nordic KAL. I am game and will look for a nordic design that I might tackle. Thank you for your Danish Musings!
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Helle, your esthetic is so similar to my own. So far I have purchased three knitting patterns from your most recent knitting videos, and cannot wait to make them. The Gal sweater was the first. And now I have also purchased the Joni top and the yoreum. You inspire me every single time I watch you. You are so authentic and it resonates with me. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the world. ☺️
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I have to say I simply love your videos and I am looking forward to each new sequel!
As a German teacher of English I love listening to you and as a keen knitter, always being tempted by new yarn, too, and daily new wonderful projects published in Instagram I enjoy what you are pointing out because I feel just the same about it.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences!
Love your comment - thanks so much 🙏🏻💙🥰
Another wonderful episode. Further to your tip on doing a provisional cast over the silicone barber cord, I do my cast on over either a fixed circular needle cord or over just the cable cord of my interchangeable needle ( that way you can just attach the needle size that you are need later and go from there Always love watching whatever you post to TH-cam. Your flowers were spectacular! Peonies are one of my favourites
Great tip. Thanks for the whole comment 🥰
I know nothing about knitting but this top looks amazing. And I really like your voice :)
Hello from France ! I also tripped over the "living in a yarn store" images from TH-cam videos and overbought. I now have a no-buy project for yarn and patterns, unless I visit in person or am ready to cast on. I started this project a year and a half ago, I still have enough to knit for another two years, if not more.. Yarn comes our ways and finds the little spaces to reach you. At least that is what I learned so far. I do feel uncomfortable hoarding stuff even when I have a good reason 😺☀
Thank you Helle for your wonderful video’s and for sharing ❤
Kuutar is one of my favourite designs, I have knitted it 4 times and love it every time. You have a beautiful podcast!!
Again, you have produced divine and beautiful tops. I am truly in awe with your projects.
Apologies for the multiple comments, reviewing your podcast. I live in South Australia, not Europe. A knit along for warmer climate is OK. But I have to use up my covid stash. Us down-under folk can plan and knit in readiness for next time. Its so cold here. No snow. Im getting weak in my old age. Andrea from "Fruity Knitting" podcasts is an ex-pat Australian living in Germany, attended the Swiss Yarn Festival in a podcast earlier in the year. I found Knitpro symfonie post covid production started breaking. And as you say the sizing rubs off. So changed to Chiagoo.
I would guess the reason your gauge in the round was different on the two white shells, would be the different yarns affecting your purl stitches differently. They both look elegant and summery, and I’m glad today you highlighted for me three patterns that have nice underarm coverage! 😂😂😂
Love your finished tops the lace work is beautiful.
As always a great and informative video, you have such a nice personality. I also learned about the new, for me videos, tutorial videos….one tiny problem…..the lady speaks in what I assume is danish….however, still watch her bc, knitting can be visual….thank you again.
Yes, I know, but you know, I’ve found that sometimes the words under and over can be confusing to me because I think ‘back’ and ‘front’ in stead so I mainly watch the visuals and then take notes ☺️ Oh and thanks so much 💕
@@danishmusings well, thank you fir taking the time to respond….and yes, you are right if you think under and over are confusing…..try the japonés instructions…..at least, this are in video, so we can see the hands work. Again, thank you and please keep them coming…I love everything you make and the designers. As well as the yarns…they are beautiful….
I love your attitude towards life. Live and let live. Be yourself and be accepting of others for who they are. As for the tube you use to extend your needles to try things on, they come in different thickness. The one you have is quite large. Try to find a thinner one in either 2 or 3mm
Thank you - and oh, of course 🤦🏼♀️ must get hold of thinner ones 🥰
Hi Helle, lovely summer tops. I live in NYC and gets very hot and humid o the summer months. So definitely I am not knitting woolly sweaters for the next 3 months.
Part of my dream knits was to have a "collection" of tees that I could just put on but that I know they are nicer because I made them myself. Hence I am doing my 2nd Kumulus Tee by Petite Knit. Simple and straight forward sometimes is best.
I am totally on the same page with you about accumulating stress with yarns that "want to be knitting" and not just accumulating :-D Except for sock yarn. I buy any time sock yarns because I like to do socks as a in between projects. Thank you for a great podcast with lovely knits
Tusen takk for koselig episode. Det er så gøy å se alt du lager. Herlig stil med sarte farger. Har en Joni på pinnene etter inspirasjon fra deg 😉 En nordic knittalong høres ut som en god ide. Riktig god sommer
Hvor er dejligt at høre fra en nordisk nabo - tak 😚💕 Og god sommer til dig også.
I swear I already commented with a long comment, but I don't see it so maybe I closed the tab before I hit the button 🤣 Anyway, to sum up my earlier wall of text, I have several stash issues: 1. Ordering yarn online and hating it when it gets here, 2. Buying yarn on impulse or because it's a "good deal" and then not using it, and 3. Falling out of love with a yarn and/or pattern once I begin and then relegating it to the UFO graveyard in my closet. Those are the biggest three reasons why I have a stash at all. I think I need to go through it and get rid of the things I know I will never use, and then try to attach a project to everything else.
I will also say that I am *obsessed* with Woolfolk yarn. I've used Fleck, Far, and Tynd, and they've all been equally delightful. 😍 They're local to me (I'm in Oregon in the US), and I found out that the gal who owns it named it after her grandmother (who taught her to knit), and the yarn names are to honor her Danish heritage. I want to try Tov next, but I'm forcing myself to knit something from my stash first, so I found a cute pattern for the Jupiter Moon Cumulus I bought on impulse last year. 😆
All that being said, I would love to join a Nordic KAL. Oh! I think I'll find a pattern that I can knit with Tov, and have that be my project! I follow a ton of Nordic designers on IG, so I'll go through their pages and find something awesome😄
So many informative things in this comment - excellent ☺️🤍
@@danishmusings I can be a bit verbose sometimes 🤦♀😂🤍
I feel the same way you do about having a stash. It starts to stress me out when it gets too big. I think knitting then becomes more like a “To-Do List” instead of something enjoyable. I also don’t like the feeling of accumulating so much “stuff” (even if it’s stuff I love). I really enjoy your podcasts! Thank you for putting yourself out there. 🙂
Thank you for a nice time together with you. I enjoy listening to your thoughts on big and small things. You have a very beautiful environment. It gives peace and harmony. Greetings from Ann and southern Sweden.
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I really enjoy your videos, Helle. I have only recently discovered your channel so have been watching a lot of back episodes. I’m a knitter and also a yoga and mindfulness practitioner so your channel has a great deal of relevance to me. I find watching your videos (often while I’m knitting) very peaceful but also inspiring. I usually stick to safe, easy knits but watching your videos has inspired me to try something new. I’ve never knitted anything from the top down so that will be the first new thing I try.
That is so good to hear, all of it 🙏🏻🧘🏼♀️🩷 Thank you.
Hallo from South Africa! Love your calm voice and knowledge. Finally someone who remember us in the Southern Hemisphere 😅. I went to Bergen Strikkefestival in 2019 just before the world changed. Loved every moment and Bergen is a beautiful place!
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I'm an English "flicker" and I also tug on my purl stitches, but mainly when ribbing. As I'm inserting the needle to knit after a purl I give the yarn a little tug to pull out the extra slack that's created when you move the yarn forward for the purl stitch. It's a trick I learned a long time ago, I think from a male podcaster, but unfortunately I can't remember who it was. Great tip though, it improved my ribbing immensely : )
Thank you for the pleasant time in your garden with the beautiful flowers and birdsong. So lovely! I love your summer tops. I think I will be making the Kuutar Top with my KFO yarn. I also do the tug on my purl stitch. In my first years of knitting, my purl was so loose I had to do something and a tug was the solution. It comes natural and I don’t notice that I do it.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I am also very sensitive for wool. There is this wool from Holst, Supersoft, which is really supersoft. Holst also has a mix of wool and cotton, named Coast. Also the Coast is very, very soft. I don’t have problems with either of them. Maybe worth trying
Your Natasja Hornby sweater is gorgeous. I plan on knitting one of her sweaters in the future. Thank you for your lovely podcast. It is very inspiring, as is your garden.
I just love all your episodes. Your thoughts and knits are refreshing. I feel the same way with having a big stash. I do have a lot that was given to me after 2 lovely knitters past away. I have bought yarn but I try to have a pattern in mind. Then I knit a swatch and don’t get gauge and don’t end up using the yarn. Since getting older I’m trying to be mindful of what I bring into my home. Take care and thank you for letting me spend some time and be inspired by you.
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Such lovely peonies and of course, summer tops! Yarn stash - blessing and curse? Yes, I too, at times feel overwhelmed by mine after 10 years of pretty constant knitting. I'm still excited to knit much of it, especially sweater quantities. Some single skeins that have found their way into my collection may not be as likely to turn into something. So much fun to take yarn home as souvenir though and a great memory-keeper. Thumbs up to designer, Eri Shimuzu - I adore her "Shelly" - I knit this in 1 strand of Sonderyarn's alpaca silk blend.