It's lovely to hang out with you Sheila❣️ Archie has gone home and we have our house back. It's a good thing he's cute because he's a pain in the ass 😆😆
Thanks for the great visit again. I always rewind my leftovers, they are easier to store. You have so many generous gifts for the KAL, I have supported Gingersnap, Creative Knitter and Turtle Purls because of you showcasing their yarn. I will be at Knit City Toronto on the Sunday so I will definitely be looking for you, just not in a stalker way 😉 Archie is a cutie. My daughter has two cats and when they come for 'sleep overs' I end up finding fur balls for weeks afterwards. We are great moms when we take in the grand pets! Looking forward to the Tittygaga release!
Looking forward to meeting you Wendy...not in a stalker way 😆😆 Archie has headed home and we have our house back. It's a good thing he's cute because he's a needy little bugger 🤓 I definitely need to start rewinding my leftovers and tidy things up a little.
Always so fun to watch your podcasts, Nancy. You are such a hoot and I love all the shenanigans 😊 Your projects are amazing and all that "pink" is making me want to yarn shop. Archie is such a cutie and I can just imagine how busy he must be, lol. Have a lovely Easter weekend and happy knitting until next time 🐰🐣🧶
Hi Jane 👋 Thank you 🥰 Archie went home yesterday so its a lot quieter around the house. Now we just need to clean, but that's a tomorrow problem 😆 I'm definitely in a pink phase 💗
Like you Nancy, I'm a inside puller and I rewind the leftover cakes so they don't fall a part in my stash. I write the remaining grams on the then either tape it back around the cake or run a piece of yarn through the band and loop it through the top of the cake with a crochet hook. Thank you for keeping us all company while we knit truly enjoy your podcasts.
All of you lovelies are inspiring me to be more organized. I centre pull, but I just chuck my floppy cakes into a ziploc bag and back into my stash 🤓 Thanks for spending some time with me 💕
It’s such a joy to watch your podcast Nancy. Your Tittygaga design and the colourwork for Gingersnap look amazing. Archie is definitely a lot like my daughter’s Springer Spaniel, so happy and cute 🐶
Thanks so much for being here❣️ Archie went home on Tuesday, so we are cleaning today together rid of all the fur balls, crumbs and footprints 🤓 He is very cute, but I was happy to see him go home, so we could get back to normal
Thanks Donna❣️ I'm really hoping I can get it done before the festival next week 🤞 If not it will be on a hanger with the yarn attached to display it in Deborah's booth 😆
Hi Nancy, it was lovely to sit and knit with you this morning. I am an inside yarn puller and I rewind my leftover yarn when I am done my project, then weigh it and put the amount on the ball band before I store it! It makes it so much easier when you are going through your stash and only need a certain amount of grams for a project. Great catching up with you and I love the new sock designs!! Hugs & Happy Easter!
Thanks for keeping me company Marie❣️ I need to get more organized with my leftovers and do this. It would definitely make life a lot easier to store them and know what I've got 🤓
Loooove your Knitter Sweater!!! ❤ and all the acquisitions!! And omg your Salty Air is looking fabulous in that yarn!! ❤ cant wait to spend time with you at Fiddlehead! Its going to be Epic!! Cheers!! 😘💖
Less than 1 week 🥳🥳 Can't wait to spend lots of time knitting and chatting with everyone. Fingers and toes crossed I will be wearing that Salty Air Tee, as long as it stops snowing 😬
Loved sitting, watching, knitting and having my coffee with you this Easter morning. Love the new sock pattern and gad a laugh to hear you're an April girl too, should've known that!
Hi Nancy All your knits are beautiful!!! Such a beautiful thing you send for the cancer society!! You will be truly blessed for this work you are doing ! 🥰 I am planning to be Knit Toronto as I live in Ontario and daughter is in Toronto I hope to see you there to meet Until then take care and a happy Easter 🐥🐣🐤✝️😊
Can't wait to say hello Debbie ☺️ I am very fortunate to have this little sock business for the joy that it brings me as well as being able to donate to charities that are important to me 🥰
❤ happy easter🎉 Lovely to spend time with you this morning ehile i knot on njord socks!!!! Not quite done!!!!have alot of your patterns started !!! I use yarn from outside of ball!!! I usually wind into two balls so i can start two pairs at once!!! You will be busy!!!! Love all ur works going 💖 Take care! Elaine 🏠 💕 ❤
Thanks for visiting Ally❣️ I loved the winery footage on your last episode. I was a terrible lurker and was watching on the TV while I was working and forgot to go back to comment 🙃 I just tried a Pinot Noir Rosé from California and YUM!
Thanks for taking the time to share another episode Nancy despite being so busy. You really make me laugh sometimes...I heard my hubby chuckling along too while he did the dishes. A huge appreciative hug to you! 💕
Sipping along with you...I swing both ways when it comes to being an inside or outside puller. 😀 But if my cakes are messy I will rewind them before tucking them away too. As always, I enjoyed seeing what you have been making. Until next time...cheers!
Unless the cake completely barfs, I always centre pull, but I haven't ever rewound them to tidy them. I normally grab both of the ends and just wrap them around the floppy cake 🤓
Lovely intro. The sweater is looking amazing. Great color! Looking forward to supporting your next pattern release. Finishing up my Dune Grass socks while I watch!! I’m going to have a FO for the #KSPKAL2024!!! Can you believe it - I can’t! 🧦♥️🧶♥️🧦
Good for you 🙌 I'm glad i could keep you company while you were doing that. I'm itching to wind up Bee Bomb, so I can see how it knits up. I might do that and take it to Fiddlehead next weekend as my chatty knitting 🤔
What a lovely visit I had with you while I’m finishing up a pair of Blooming Lovely socks. really looking forward to the release of the Tittigaga Socks. Until the next time. Salam wa sa’aadah
What a fun episode. Love the Tittygaga pattern and looking forward to its release. I have the yarn wound and pattern ready to start the Salty Air Tee but first trying to finish the Sunday Tee and Varma (another tee). Your upcoming knitty events sound so fun. Have a great 3 weeks.
Thanks for visiting with me Sharon 💕 It's so hard to not cast on all the things. After the festival next weekend, I'm having a cast on party 🥳 I don't have a lot on my needles right now 🤓
Send you greetings from Germany, I Love youre Potcast ❤ i just made me a yarn cozy ,that helps a lot when you knit from the inside of the yarn Ball. It took about 11 gramm of fingering weight yarn and is a fast knit. Can not wait til youre new pattern comes out 🧶😍. Wish you happy Easter 🐣🐓
So organized 👌 I just chuck the floppy cake in a ziploc bag and put it back in my stash....usually after it has lived in the project bag for a few weeks 😆😆 Thanks for spending some time with me Andrea 💕
Nancy, I always enjoy your podcasts, even though socks are not my favorite. I love your Thegither cowl!! I may have to make one of those!! As for leftovers, I have a dear friend I gift them to. She is a whiz with colors and appreciates my bits. I usually pull from the center of the ball so I don't have too much yarn barf at the end. I also love your Salty Air Tee. I purchased La Bien Aimee yarn from Flock Fiber Festival last August to make one, but haven't started yet. I kind of lost my sweater mojo. I am making gifts with stash yarn getting ahead. Do you only alternate skeins on the body of a sweater? I find I do it throughout, but it is a pain! I sure wish I lived closer to attend Fiddlehead and/or Knit City Toronto!! Have fun!!
We just got back today and we had a great time at Fiddlehead! I got to wear my Salty Air this weekend and I love it. I do alternate skeins on both the sleeves and the body...it's what we have to do with indie dyed yarn 🤓 That's so great to be able to share your leftovers, so they live another life❣️ Thanks for visiting with me again 💕
Woo hoo 🎉 It's coming so fast! I've booked Les Miz and I'm just trying to decide if I can get to the Hadestown matinee on Thursday or wait until Sunday night. Sunday night means another night in a hotel 🤔
The knitters are so generous with their time and giveaways. I saw Ruth's last episode where she showed the lovely liquorice allsorts yarn you gifted her.. My daughter in law is going through Chemo treatment. Thank you for all you do, Nancy Great episode ❤
Another lovely visit Thankyou Nancy !!! Enjoyed seeing all of your wips fos acquisitions and “Archie” !!!! So much fun … looking forward to seeing you soon at FFF !! Happy Easter🐣💕
Always love your podcasts. I entered one on your sock patterns (Ravishing) in the drawing. I did make Njord with a double held Patons Kroy thinking it was way too tight but they have become my favorite socks! I will of course get your Tittygaga sock pattern also.
I saw your Ravishing Socks Kim 🤓 Love them...it is such a joy for me to see people knitting my patterns. I love the squishy Njord Socks as well I can see more of them in my future. The double Kroy would be so warm and a great boot sock
Archie is adorable and almost certainly related to my dirty, furball-shedding, love of a pup, Snickett the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. April will be such a delightful month for you! Looking forward to hearing all about it next time. Enjoy!
Oh! I love King Charles spaniels...my aunt had one when I was very young ❤️ Snickett sounds lovely ❤️ Archie went home yesterday and we need to clean, but that's a tomorrow problem 😆
Gorgeous yarns and hearing Archie at the door ... 😂. I started knitting as a center-pull gal but a few years ago tried from the outside and I liked my stitch definition a bit better and....no yarn barf (I'm too impatient for that). Happy Easter 🍷🍫
Interesting about the stitch definition 🤔 I wonder if it is over or under twisting the yarn ?? Archie went home yesterday and we are enjoying the quiet...now we just need to clean, but that is a tomorrow problem 😆
Archie is adorable!!! I always pull from the center and then rewind the leftover bits. Have a great time at the festival and enjoy your birthday month. I'm not sure when it happened but the last few years I've indulged in birthday month shopping!! 🤭
Archie just went home yesterday and I'm soooo enjoying having a quieter house. Now we just need to clean, but that is a tomorrow problem 🙃 I need to start rewinding my cakes to make my stash tidier. With a yarn festival this month and a big one next month, I will be getting lots of Birthday treats 😆
Lol I have the same problem! I need four more huge man socks and have run out of manly commercial yarn. So this weekend we had Fibres West by me and I came home with six pretty sweater quantities and not a man sock yarn in sight!!😢😂😂
Hi Nancy! Love catching up on your podcast! Your tee colour is gorgeous. Love testing your socks, I'm a podcaster as well here in Manitoba almost at 1K Take care ❤ Cheers xoxo
Happy Easter if you celebrate. Thanks so much for keeping me company for my morning knitting. I am definitely an inside puller and when I have leftovers, I rewind and weight the skein, put the remaining weight and estimated yardage on the ball band (or a piece of paper if I lost it!) so that I have a rough estimate of how much is left in case I need a specific amount for a future project. Archie is just adorable!
Thank you for hanging out❣️ Archie has gone home, so now we have to clean up all the fur balls he left behind 😆 I definitely need to start doing this with my leftovers to be a little more organized and the small cakes should be easier to store as well 🤓
As I'm watching, I'm knitting the Lotus Lake pattern (a pattern I think I won from your podcast!). I'm in the final inch of the body before getting to the lace. Such a nice pattern I really like the Alternating Cable Cast-On. For binding off, please give the Hiyahiya Grandma's Stretchy Bind-off a try...it's my new favourite ❤
Yay Sandra❣️ I think I want another one of those this year as well. I wore mine a lot last summer. Thanks for the bind off recommendation...I'm going to head to TH-cam to have a look 🤓
beautiful projects! I hope I get the opportunity to take your heel class if you ever offer it again...or an online class. And Hadestown is amazing! I've seen in three times on Broadway. and have a great birthday!!
We missed out in Hadestown when we were in NYC last year and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll let you know about the heel class 🤓 Thanks for being here 🥰
Of course I want to see what you bought 😆 oh my goodness, that Bee Bomb is gorgeous! Looking forward the the Tittygaga release :) I will keep an eye on instagram. Have a lovely easter weekend! 🥰
Thanks Kathryn...I love a good stash enhancement section. I want to be inspired and enabled in equal measure 😆😆 I need to get a new pair of socks on the needles asap, because all I have is 2 design socks left to knit and that's just not good enough 😉
So glad you showed the info regarding your Salty Air Tee. If you remember I got the same yarn (and color) from Yarn indulgences and was curious as to how the yarn knit up, drap etc, as i have never used that combination of fibres. I will be following the notes on Ravelry for other tips . Your sock classsounds like it will be full of info. Too bad I am on the opposite side of the country! have a fun time at the festival.
Hi Paige 👋 I'll be doing a full round up and wearing it on the next episode, so I'll share all the details. I think I'm up to date on my Ravelry notes as well. I did forget to mention that I had adjusted the sleeve positioning. I've talked about it before, but I made the front bigger and the back smaller by moving the sleeves back. I've put my numbers on my project page for that. Hope it all helps 🤓
I hand wind everything and haven’t learned how to do a middle pull, but imagine I would prefer that as well. I have heard about the alternating cable cast on and will try on my next project. I, just this moment whilst watching you, have done the Icelandic cast off and I am in love! I, against popular opinion, have not appreciated the tubular bind off as I find it turns out rather loosey goosey. There are so many techniques to learn and try!
And I've never done the Icelandic, Carolyn 🤓 I like the sewn Italian bind off, that mimics a Tubular bind of, but less floppy. Because I agree with you that a traditional tubular is too loose for me. I'm sure there is a way to improve my technique, but I'm enjoying the sewn version right now. So many ways to make it our own 💖
Hi Nancy! Love your podcasts! I am, unfortunately in the same boat as Cass with size 5.5 feet but wear 6 to get the width. I do size 2.0 needles with 2 x 2 ribbing all the way to the toe (except the footbed) which works for the most part except with a thicker fingering with 80 st cast on.
Great podcast Nancy and I definitely want some of the Titi Gaga yarn at Knit City Toronto. Yarn Indulgences is on my must see list. And I did watch Ruth Loves to Knit earlier this week and saw your "All sorts" yarn gift to her for her birthday. You are so sweet. Wait... you have family in Kitchener!!! I am in Kitchener-Waterloo. I hope that you enjoy your visit with your family.
Another great podcast Nancy. Your FO's & WIPs are inspiring as usual. I was wearing my Gingersnap sweater while I sat watching your podcast & knit my latest socks.
A really enjoyable video. Hard to pick out the highlights. Love the piece with Archie at the end. Do Yarn Indulgences shop to the UK as I would love to purchase the Tittygaga yarn if the postage is not too high. Looking forward to the pattern. 🇬🇧
Hi Elaine 👋 Thanks for visiting with me again 💕 Archie has gone home now and it's lovely to have our house back, but he is so flipping cute 😍 I am pretty sure that Deborah ships world wide, but you're right about the cost of shipping for sure 😬
so much stuff coming up! I managed (I hope) to sneak my sock entry in at the 11th hour - was away over easter and totally forgot! Then today realised I didn't even mention what the pattern was 🤦♀️ one of yours of course! 😂 We have knit and gather coming up next weekend where I'll get to catch up with Libby from Truely Myrtle in person so excited for that and of course, yarn and fibre squishing! Best of luck with your heel teachings, I would love to take that class if I wasn't on the other side of the world ❤
Hope your feeling better Amanda and enjoyed your time away. That would have been very exciting to meet in person 🤓🤓 Your socks were totally in time because aren't you like 3 days ahead 😆 Take care 🥰
Love catching up with you and your podcast ,I always have so much jealousy over your lovely knits 😅 , it's taken me a while to watch this one as it's Easter holidays over here so the kids are off for 2 weeks ,and 6 year olds are brutal 😂
Another great episode! Well… I might not have made the sock deadline, but I did finish a pair of garden fence socks and I love them! Great pattern btw. I’m looking forward to making the Swiss dots and smoke gets in your eyes (just need other socks off my needles lol)
I recently purchased the Upcycle Alpaca yarn too. After receiving it, I was looking at it and I was like "Wow! How beaautiful! Wow!" I love it. Isn't the Space colorway gorgeous?
The colours have so much depth with all of the heathering...very happy with that purchase 🤓 Do you have plans for it? That's always a tricky question isn't it 😆 I'm being nosy, not judgy 🙃
@@knitsiphappy Haha of course! I first ordered grays + colors for a Douglas cardigan and I found them so beautiful that I ordered more for a Vertices Unite shawl, which will have browns as neutrals. My Ravelry is usually up to date so it will be possible to find the projects associated with the yarn when I start them 🤓
Hi Nancy. Enjoyed catching up tonight on your busy life while working on my Milton. I'm probably going to make it hip length. I'm mostly an insider puller (yarn cake stays in one place) & have recently started recaking the leftovers. Unfortunately my plan to take part in your sock KAL fell apart due to commitments to test knitting for Libby. Her new Anna's Dance shawl is stunning. I've knitted both Gingerbread & Gingersnap & looking forward to the soon to be designed Gingerbliss sport weight cardigan. Please tell me where you bought your big project bag with the sheep head on. It's gorgeous. Barbara xx
Can't wait to see pictures of your Milton 🤓 I keep seeing the test knit calls from Libby and really want to take part, but it hasnt worked out lately...maybe Gingerbliss 🤞 The sheep bag is from Eldenwood Crafts in the UK. I love it so much ❣️❣️
@@knitsiphappy will definitely send you pics of Milton after our busy weekend of Knit & Gather is over. Yes Yes Gingerbliss! Thanks for info about your sheep bag. Barbara x
Hi Nancy, a new follower here in the Uk! So I have just started to binge watch your podcasts from the beginning! I love that you share the same hobbies as me, ie sipping on a glass of wine or two while knitting on a project during the evenings! I was just wondering about your accent, as i know that you grew up into your teens in the UK but you do seem to have a American/canadian twang to you accent! So I was wondering if you had an original English accent which has changed over the years since you moved? And is you husband also from the UK? Or did you meet him abroad? Thank you x
Hi again 👋 I hope you're not sick of me yet 🤓 Wine and knitting make for the most lovely evenings don't they? So my Dad is Canadian and my Mum is English. They met in England and we.lived in Hampshire until I was 13 and then we moved to Canada. Kids are mean and I was teased for my accent, so I learned to speak without it quite quickly. I wish I hadn't, but it does come back when I speak in public and spend time with the family across the pond. What part of the UK are you from Tracy?
@@knitsiphappy Hi, thanks for the info! No, I am not sick of you, I am loving your podcasts! You come across as so friendly and down to earth. I am so glad to have found you! I by the seaside on the NE coast of England - I can walk to the beach in less than 5 minutes! Oh and Happy Birthday! I am just watching your latest podcast that you posted today! My birthday was 6 days ago on the 18th April!
That's very kind of you!! That's a dream to be walking distance to the beach ⛱️ Thank you...it's a quiet day and got a bonus of not having to go into work this morning, so I'm knitting and watching podcasts. No wine yet...it's just coming on to 9am 🤓
Hey Nancy can I borrow your DeLorian? I’m watching on March 30 and saw at the beginning of your video that is supposedly from tomorrow, so if you have a time machine, I’d LOVE to borrow it please please please 😅
LOL!!! I noticed that after I had edited and uploaded to TH-cam , which took about 6 hours, so I wasn't fixing it. Man...if I had a DeLorean, I would totally let you borrow it 🤣🤣
Love the Tittygaga yarn and socks, stunning. The Salty Air is gorgeous. You've having a lovely pink phase. Archie is one good looking dude (hopeless dog person here). Thank you for showing all the pretties (and titties). :)
Lmao...pretties and titties!!! I appreciated that laugh today 🤣 Archie is adorable which is why he has survived to be 3 years old 😉 Thanks for spending some time with me 💕
Thank you for my lunchtime entertainment. Archie is a sweetie.
It's lovely to hang out with you Sheila❣️ Archie has gone home and we have our house back. It's a good thing he's cute because he's a pain in the ass 😆😆
Nancy, I love the shortie socks... two pairs of hand knit socks... what a lucky girl to receive such a lovely, thoughtful gift 😊
I agree...I need more Shorties in my sock wardrobe. I have very sock worthy family members...except for Brad. He hates socks 🤓
Your podcast always makes me smile and feel happy. I love to hear you chat about your beautiful and skillful knitting 💛
Thank you 💕 I love coming to have a chat 🤓 Happy knitting Dianna 🧶
Thanks for the great visit again. I always rewind my leftovers, they are easier to store. You have so many generous gifts for the KAL, I have supported Gingersnap, Creative Knitter and Turtle Purls because of you showcasing their yarn. I will be at Knit City Toronto on the Sunday so I will definitely be looking for you, just not in a stalker way 😉 Archie is a cutie. My daughter has two cats and when they come for 'sleep overs' I end up finding fur balls for weeks afterwards. We are great moms when we take in the grand pets! Looking forward to the Tittygaga release!
Looking forward to meeting you Wendy...not in a stalker way 😆😆 Archie has headed home and we have our house back. It's a good thing he's cute because he's a needy little bugger 🤓 I definitely need to start rewinding my leftovers and tidy things up a little.
Love your podcast and shenanigans 😂 thank you for being you❤️
Thank you Hanne...I absolutely love coming to have a chat 🥰
Always so fun to watch your podcasts, Nancy. You are such a hoot and I love all the shenanigans 😊 Your projects are amazing and all that "pink" is making me want to yarn shop. Archie is such a cutie and I can just imagine how busy he must be, lol. Have a lovely Easter weekend and happy knitting until next time 🐰🐣🧶
Hi Jane 👋 Thank you 🥰 Archie went home yesterday so its a lot quieter around the house. Now we just need to clean, but that's a tomorrow problem 😆 I'm definitely in a pink phase 💗
Another fun episode Nancy! What exciting news you shared with lots of amazing adventures and designs coming up! You are a rockstar! Hugs from Ottawa 🥰
Ahhh...thank you 🥰 I'm looking forward to seeing all if your top secret projects over the next few months 🤓
Like you Nancy, I'm a inside puller and I rewind the leftover cakes so they don't fall a part in my stash. I write the remaining grams on the then either tape it back around the cake or run a piece of yarn through the band and loop it through the top of the cake with a crochet hook. Thank you for keeping us all company while we knit truly enjoy your podcasts.
All of you lovelies are inspiring me to be more organized. I centre pull, but I just chuck my floppy cakes into a ziploc bag and back into my stash 🤓 Thanks for spending some time with me 💕
Thanks for always being genuine! Great episode!
Its a pleasure Jennifer 🥰 I just love coming to have a chat 🤓
Greetings from Norway 😊 I love your podcast, and all of your knitting. Most of all the socks you're making 😊❤
Hello Grethe 👋 Thanks for spending some time with me 💕 Happy knitting 🧶
It’s such a joy to watch your podcast Nancy. Your Tittygaga design and the colourwork for Gingersnap look amazing. Archie is definitely a lot like my daughter’s Springer Spaniel, so happy and cute 🐶
Thanks so much for being here❣️ Archie went home on Tuesday, so we are cleaning today together rid of all the fur balls, crumbs and footprints 🤓 He is very cute, but I was happy to see him go home, so we could get back to normal
Coral yarn colour of your sweater looks great on you. Lovely socks. Enjoy the festival. Take Care.
Thanks Donna❣️ I'm really hoping I can get it done before the festival next week 🤞 If not it will be on a hanger with the yarn attached to display it in Deborah's booth 😆
Inside puller for sure….after I sort out the yarn barf that sometimes comes with yarn. I always enjoy your videos. 🧶
Haha...yes! Yarn barf is definitely a rick with inside pulling. Thanks for spending some time with me 💕
Hi Nancy, it was lovely to sit and knit with you this morning. I am an inside yarn puller and I rewind my leftover yarn when I am done my project, then weigh it and put the amount on the ball band before I store it! It makes it so much easier when you are going through your stash and only need a certain amount of grams for a project. Great catching up with you and I love the new sock designs!! Hugs & Happy Easter!
Thanks for keeping me company Marie❣️ I need to get more organized with my leftovers and do this. It would definitely make life a lot easier to store them and know what I've got 🤓
Loooove your Knitter Sweater!!! ❤ and all the acquisitions!! And omg your Salty Air is looking fabulous in that yarn!! ❤ cant wait to spend time with you at Fiddlehead! Its going to be Epic!! Cheers!! 😘💖
Less than 1 week 🥳🥳 Can't wait to spend lots of time knitting and chatting with everyone. Fingers and toes crossed I will be wearing that Salty Air Tee, as long as it stops snowing 😬
Loved sitting, watching, knitting and having my coffee with you this Easter morning. Love the new sock pattern and gad a laugh to hear you're an April girl too, should've known that!
Taurus baby!!!! Hope you had a lovely Easter Diane 🐣🐰
Happy Easter, Nancy; enjoy a bit of down/knitting time. The prizes are stunning! Can't wait for the new sock pattern to come out!
Thanks Klaske 🌸 I hope you had a lovely weekend 🐣🐰 I'm just putting the finishing touches on the pattern, so I'm on track for Friday 🎉
Hi Nancy
All your knits are beautiful!!!
Such a beautiful thing you send for the cancer society!!
You will be truly blessed for this work you are doing ! 🥰
I am planning to be Knit Toronto as I live in Ontario and daughter is in Toronto
I hope to see you there to meet
Until then take care and a happy Easter 🐥🐣🐤✝️😊
Can't wait to say hello Debbie ☺️ I am very fortunate to have this little sock business for the joy that it brings me as well as being able to donate to charities that are important to me 🥰
❤ happy easter🎉
Lovely to spend time with you this morning ehile i knot on njord socks!!!!
Not quite done!!!!have alot of your patterns started !!!
I use yarn from outside of ball!!! I usually wind into two balls so i can start two pairs at once!!!
You will be busy!!!!
Love all ur works going 💖
Take care!
Elaine 🏠 💕 ❤
Thanks Elaine❣️ I hope you had a lovely weekend 🐣🐰 I can definitely see more Njord Socks coming this year for gift socks...quickly and squishy 😊
Happy Easter Nancy, another enjoyable podcast. Loving the new socks for breast cancer. Hugs from 🇬🇧 ❤❤❤
Thank you Linda 💕 Hope you had a lovely weekend 🐣🐰
So good to see you Nancy! I love the colour of your salty air tee 💗💗💗 also, yay for Rosé! It’s all I purchased at a wine tour earlier this month!
Thanks for visiting Ally❣️ I loved the winery footage on your last episode. I was a terrible lurker and was watching on the TV while I was working and forgot to go back to comment 🙃 I just tried a Pinot Noir Rosé from California and YUM!
Thanks for taking the time to share another episode Nancy despite being so busy. You really make me laugh sometimes...I heard my hubby chuckling along too while he did the dishes. A huge appreciative hug to you! 💕
Thanks for being here Jeanette 💗 There will be real hugs next weekend...can't wait❣️
Sipping along with you...I swing both ways when it comes to being an inside or outside puller. 😀 But if my cakes are messy I will rewind them before tucking them away too. As always, I enjoyed seeing what you have been making. Until next time...cheers!
Unless the cake completely barfs, I always centre pull, but I haven't ever rewound them to tidy them. I normally grab both of the ends and just wrap them around the floppy cake 🤓
Lovely intro. The sweater is looking amazing. Great color! Looking forward to supporting your next pattern release.
Finishing up my Dune Grass socks while I watch!! I’m going to have a FO for the #KSPKAL2024!!! Can you believe it - I can’t! 🧦♥️🧶♥️🧦
Woo hoo!!!! Always a good feeling to have a new pair of socks 🧦 Tittygaga day is tomorrow 🙃 Thanks for spending some time with me again 💖
love all your sock yarn acquisitions, i think bee bomb was my favourite. i'm watching while cleaning my craft room.
Good for you 🙌 I'm glad i could keep you company while you were doing that. I'm itching to wind up Bee Bomb, so I can see how it knits up. I might do that and take it to Fiddlehead next weekend as my chatty knitting 🤔
What a lovely visit I had with you while I’m finishing up a pair of Blooming Lovely socks. really looking forward to the release of the Tittigaga Socks. Until the next time. Salam wa sa’aadah
Thanks for coming to hang out Linda 🥰 Tomorrow is Tittygaga day 💖💖 Can't wait 🤓
Hi Nancy. I pull from the middle of my yarn cake too
What a fun episode. Love the Tittygaga pattern and looking forward to its release. I have the yarn wound and pattern ready to start the Salty Air Tee but first trying to finish the Sunday Tee and Varma (another tee). Your upcoming knitty events sound so fun. Have a great 3 weeks.
Thanks for visiting with me Sharon 💕 It's so hard to not cast on all the things. After the festival next weekend, I'm having a cast on party 🥳 I don't have a lot on my needles right now 🤓
Had hoped to be in Toronto but not going to happen. 😢 As always, fun, inspiring and exciting giveaways for the KAL.
Thanks for spending some time with me Anne❣️ Sorry to hear about Toronto and congratulations on the sock kal win 🥳
Send you greetings from Germany, I Love youre Potcast ❤ i just made me a yarn cozy ,that helps a lot when you knit from the inside of the yarn Ball. It took about 11 gramm of fingering weight yarn and is a fast knit. Can not wait til youre new pattern comes out 🧶😍. Wish you happy Easter 🐣🐓
Thanks so much Silke! We are planning a trip to German in 2025. I haven't visited since 1986. Happy Easter to you as well 🐣🐰
I always pull from the inside, and always rewind my leftovers. winding is one of my favorite non-knitting yarn activities. :)
So organized 👌 I just chuck the floppy cake in a ziploc bag and put it back in my stash....usually after it has lived in the project bag for a few weeks 😆😆 Thanks for spending some time with me Andrea 💕
@@knitsiphappy oh I'm not THAT organized. I absolutely let the floppy cake live in a project bag for a while too. 🤣🤣
Phew!!! I was feeling the pressure 😆
Nancy, I always enjoy your podcasts, even though socks are not my favorite. I love your Thegither cowl!! I may have to make one of those!! As for leftovers, I have a dear friend I gift them to. She is a whiz with colors and appreciates my bits. I usually pull from the center of the ball so I don't have too much yarn barf at the end. I also love your Salty Air Tee. I purchased La Bien Aimee yarn from Flock Fiber Festival last August to make one, but haven't started yet. I kind of lost my sweater mojo. I am making gifts with stash yarn getting ahead. Do you only alternate skeins on the body of a sweater? I find I do it throughout, but it is a pain! I sure wish I lived closer to attend Fiddlehead and/or Knit City Toronto!! Have fun!!
We just got back today and we had a great time at Fiddlehead! I got to wear my Salty Air this weekend and I love it.
I do alternate skeins on both the sleeves and the body...it's what we have to do with indie dyed yarn 🤓
That's so great to be able to share your leftovers, so they live another life❣️
Thanks for visiting with me again 💕
Hey! I look forward to seeing you at KnitCity Toronto! HadesTown was excellent. And for sure, center pull is where it’s at!
Woo hoo 🎉 It's coming so fast! I've booked Les Miz and I'm just trying to decide if I can get to the Hadestown matinee on Thursday or wait until Sunday night. Sunday night means another night in a hotel 🤔
The knitters are so generous with their time and giveaways. I saw Ruth's last episode where she showed the lovely liquorice allsorts yarn you gifted her.. My daughter in law is going through Chemo treatment. Thank you for all you do, Nancy
Great episode ❤
I wish your daughter in law strength and resilience as she goes through her treatment 💗
Thanks for spending some time with me again 🥰
Another lovely visit Thankyou Nancy !!! Enjoyed seeing all of your wips fos acquisitions and “Archie” !!!! So much fun … looking forward to seeing you soon at FFF !! Happy Easter🐣💕
Less than a week Chrystal...can't wait!! Thanks for spending some time with me 💕 Archie has gone home and it's so nice to have our house back 🤓
Always love your podcasts. I entered one on your sock patterns (Ravishing) in the drawing. I did make Njord with a double held Patons Kroy thinking it was way too tight but they have become my favorite socks! I will of course get your Tittygaga sock pattern also.
I saw your Ravishing Socks Kim 🤓 Love them...it is such a joy for me to see people knitting my patterns. I love the squishy Njord Socks as well I can see more of them in my future. The double Kroy would be so warm and a great boot sock
Archie is adorable and almost certainly related to my dirty, furball-shedding, love of a pup, Snickett the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. April will be such a delightful month for you! Looking forward to hearing all about it next time. Enjoy!
Oh! I love King Charles spaniels...my aunt had one when I was very young ❤️ Snickett sounds lovely ❤️ Archie went home yesterday and we need to clean, but that's a tomorrow problem 😆
Gorgeous yarns and hearing Archie at the door ... 😂. I started knitting as a center-pull gal but a few years ago tried from the outside and I liked my stitch definition a bit better and....no yarn barf (I'm too impatient for that). Happy Easter 🍷🍫
Interesting about the stitch definition 🤔 I wonder if it is over or under twisting the yarn ?? Archie went home yesterday and we are enjoying the quiet...now we just need to clean, but that is a tomorrow problem 😆
Archie is adorable!!! I always pull from the center and then rewind the leftover bits. Have a great time at the festival and enjoy your birthday month. I'm not sure when it happened but the last few years I've indulged in birthday month shopping!! 🤭
Archie just went home yesterday and I'm soooo enjoying having a quieter house. Now we just need to clean, but that is a tomorrow problem 🙃 I need to start rewinding my cakes to make my stash tidier. With a yarn festival this month and a big one next month, I will be getting lots of Birthday treats 😆
Lol I have the same problem! I need four more huge man socks and have run out of manly commercial yarn. So this weekend we had Fibres West by me and I came home with six pretty sweater quantities and not a man sock yarn in sight!!😢😂😂
Bahaha...why do we do this to ourselves?!?! Oh wait...I know! Pretty sweater quantities are pretty and manly commercial sock yarn is less so 😆😆
Can’t wait to visit Yarn Indulgences at Knit City Toronto. A funny musical to see is Six
I will see you there Lisa 💕 I really want to see Six as well, but Hadestown, just beat it out for which I wanted to see more 🤓
Hi Nancy! Love catching up on your podcast! Your tee colour is gorgeous. Love testing your socks, I'm a podcaster as well here in Manitoba almost at 1K Take care ❤ Cheers xoxo
Thanks Alice 💕
Happy Easter if you celebrate. Thanks so much for keeping me company for my morning knitting. I am definitely an inside puller and when I have leftovers, I rewind and weight the skein, put the remaining weight and estimated yardage on the ball band (or a piece of paper if I lost it!) so that I have a rough estimate of how much is left in case I need a specific amount for a future project. Archie is just adorable!
Thank you for hanging out❣️ Archie has gone home, so now we have to clean up all the fur balls he left behind 😆 I definitely need to start doing this with my leftovers to be a little more organized and the small cakes should be easier to store as well 🤓
Hope to see you at Fiddlehead (I think I will go on Saturday) and in Toronto. Thanks for reminding me to look into a musical again.
Yay!!! Can't wait for Fiddlehead...I just need to get my "knitwork" done 🤓
As I'm watching, I'm knitting the Lotus Lake pattern (a pattern I think I won from your podcast!). I'm in the final inch of the body before getting to the lace. Such a nice pattern
I really like the Alternating Cable Cast-On. For binding off, please give the Hiyahiya Grandma's Stretchy Bind-off a try...it's my new favourite ❤
Yay Sandra❣️ I think I want another one of those this year as well. I wore mine a lot last summer. Thanks for the bind off recommendation...I'm going to head to TH-cam to have a look 🤓
beautiful projects! I hope I get the opportunity to take your heel class if you ever offer it again...or an online class. And Hadestown is amazing! I've seen in three times on Broadway. and have a great birthday!!
We missed out in Hadestown when we were in NYC last year and I'm really looking forward to it. I'll let you know about the heel class 🤓 Thanks for being here 🥰
Of course I want to see what you bought 😆 oh my goodness, that Bee Bomb is gorgeous! Looking forward the the Tittygaga release :) I will keep an eye on instagram. Have a lovely easter weekend! 🥰
Thanks Kathryn...I love a good stash enhancement section. I want to be inspired and enabled in equal measure 😆😆
I need to get a new pair of socks on the needles asap, because all I have is 2 design socks left to knit and that's just not good enough 😉
Only 2! The horrors 😂 It’s almost like you’re a prolific sock designer 🤔 😂
So glad you showed the info regarding your Salty Air Tee. If you remember I got the same yarn (and color) from Yarn indulgences and was curious as to how the yarn knit up, drap etc, as i have never used that combination of fibres. I will be following the notes on Ravelry for other tips . Your sock classsounds like it will be full of info. Too bad I am on the opposite side of the country! have a fun time at the festival.
Hi Paige 👋 I'll be doing a full round up and wearing it on the next episode, so I'll share all the details. I think I'm up to date on my Ravelry notes as well. I did forget to mention that I had adjusted the sleeve positioning. I've talked about it before, but I made the front bigger and the back smaller by moving the sleeves back. I've put my numbers on my project page for that. Hope it all helps 🤓
I hand wind everything and haven’t learned how to do a middle pull, but imagine I would prefer that as well. I have heard about the alternating cable cast on and will try on my next project. I, just this moment whilst watching you, have done the Icelandic cast off and I am in love! I, against popular opinion, have not appreciated the tubular bind off as I find it turns out rather loosey goosey. There are so many techniques to learn and try!
And I've never done the Icelandic, Carolyn 🤓 I like the sewn Italian bind off, that mimics a Tubular bind of, but less floppy. Because I agree with you that a traditional tubular is too loose for me. I'm sure there is a way to improve my technique, but I'm enjoying the sewn version right now. So many ways to make it our own 💖
Hi Nancy! Love your podcasts! I am, unfortunately in the same boat as Cass with size 5.5 feet but wear 6 to get the width. I do size 2.0 needles with 2 x 2 ribbing all the way to the toe (except the footbed) which works for the most part except with a thicker fingering with 80 st cast on.
Thanks Lena❣️❣️ I love hearing about the personalized way that we can make our socks fit 🧦
Great podcast Nancy and I definitely want some of the Titi Gaga yarn at Knit City Toronto. Yarn Indulgences is on my must see list.
And I did watch Ruth Loves to Knit earlier this week and saw your "All sorts" yarn gift to her for her birthday. You are so sweet.
Wait... you have family in Kitchener!!! I am in Kitchener-Waterloo. I hope that you enjoy your visit with your family.
Another great podcast Nancy. Your FO's & WIPs are inspiring as usual. I was wearing my Gingersnap sweater while I sat watching your podcast & knit my latest socks.
Thank you Janice 💕 I'm really looking forward to the new cardigan in the same line! 🤓
@@knitsiphappy I agree. I'm hoping to do test knit when call goes out. 🥰❤
A really enjoyable video. Hard to pick out the highlights. Love the piece with Archie at the end. Do Yarn Indulgences shop to the UK as I would love to purchase the Tittygaga yarn if the postage is not too high. Looking forward to the pattern. 🇬🇧
Hi Elaine 👋 Thanks for visiting with me again 💕 Archie has gone home now and it's lovely to have our house back, but he is so flipping cute 😍 I am pretty sure that Deborah ships world wide, but you're right about the cost of shipping for sure 😬
Hopefully we can meet in person in Knit City Toronto. Great podcast Nancy.
We will definitely meet up in Toronto Wendy! Like I said, you'll know where to find me 🤓
so much stuff coming up!
I managed (I hope) to sneak my sock entry in at the 11th hour - was away over easter and totally forgot! Then today realised I didn't even mention what the pattern was 🤦♀️ one of yours of course! 😂
We have knit and gather coming up next weekend where I'll get to catch up with Libby from Truely Myrtle in person so excited for that and of course, yarn and fibre squishing!
Best of luck with your heel teachings, I would love to take that class if I wasn't on the other side of the world ❤
Hope your feeling better Amanda and enjoyed your time away. That would have been very exciting to meet in person 🤓🤓 Your socks were totally in time because aren't you like 3 days ahead 😆 Take care 🥰
Great podcast,I’m a inside puller plus I use yarn bras ☺️
Thanks Joan 💕 I only have one of the bras and I keep forgetting to use it 🙄
Love catching up with you and your podcast ,I always have so much jealousy over your lovely knits 😅 , it's taken me a while to watch this one as it's Easter holidays over here so the kids are off for 2 weeks ,and 6 year olds are brutal 😂
LOL!!! Yes they are....I remember those busy, busy days. But time flies 🤓 Happy knitting 🧶
Another great episode! Well… I might not have made the sock deadline, but I did finish a pair of garden fence socks and I love them! Great pattern btw. I’m looking forward to making the Swiss dots and smoke gets in your eyes (just need other socks off my needles lol)
Thank you 🥰 I'm so glad that you enjoyed knitting your Garden Fence Socks. #neverenoughsocks 🤓 Happy knitting 🧶
@@knitsiphappythanks! He told me yesterday it’s his favourite fitting sock now lol.
Great podcast ❤️
Thank you Barbara 🥰
Lovely
Thanks Glenda 💕
I recently purchased the Upcycle Alpaca yarn too. After receiving it, I was looking at it and I was like "Wow! How beaautiful! Wow!" I love it. Isn't the Space colorway gorgeous?
The colours have so much depth with all of the heathering...very happy with that purchase 🤓 Do you have plans for it? That's always a tricky question isn't it 😆 I'm being nosy, not judgy 🙃
@@knitsiphappy Haha of course! I first ordered grays + colors for a Douglas cardigan and I found them so beautiful that I ordered more for a Vertices Unite shawl, which will have browns as neutrals. My Ravelry is usually up to date so it will be possible to find the projects associated with the yarn when I start them 🤓
Hi Nancy. Enjoyed catching up tonight on your busy life while working on my Milton. I'm probably going to make it hip length. I'm mostly an insider puller (yarn cake stays in one place) & have recently started recaking the leftovers. Unfortunately my plan to take part in your sock KAL fell apart due to commitments to test knitting for Libby. Her new Anna's Dance shawl is stunning. I've knitted both Gingerbread & Gingersnap & looking forward to the soon to be designed Gingerbliss sport weight cardigan. Please tell me where you bought your big project bag with the sheep head on. It's gorgeous. Barbara xx
Can't wait to see pictures of your Milton 🤓 I keep seeing the test knit calls from Libby and really want to take part, but it hasnt worked out lately...maybe Gingerbliss 🤞
The sheep bag is from Eldenwood Crafts in the UK. I love it so much ❣️❣️
@@knitsiphappy will definitely send you pics of Milton after our busy weekend of Knit & Gather is over. Yes Yes Gingerbliss! Thanks for info about your sheep bag. Barbara x
I also pull from the middle!
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I pull from the inside and rewind the leftovers to make them less messy
I always centre pull, but rarely rewind them...I think I need to start doing that to tidy up my stash 🤔 Thanks Lois
I like knitting with the Alpaca Blend, but don’t particularly like their choice of colors.
They are definitely muted colours which generally isn't my palette, but I can't always wear bright obnoxious colours 😆😆
Hi Nancy, a new follower here in the Uk! So I have just started to binge watch your podcasts from the beginning! I love that you share the same hobbies as me, ie sipping on a glass of wine or two while knitting on a project during the evenings! I was just wondering about your accent, as i know that you grew up into your teens in the UK but you do seem to have a American/canadian twang to you accent! So I was wondering if you had an original English accent which has changed over the years since you moved? And is you husband also from the UK? Or did you meet him abroad? Thank you x
Hi again 👋 I hope you're not sick of me yet 🤓 Wine and knitting make for the most lovely evenings don't they?
So my Dad is Canadian and my Mum is English. They met in England and we.lived in Hampshire until I was 13 and then we moved to Canada. Kids are mean and I was teased for my accent, so I learned to speak without it quite quickly. I wish I hadn't, but it does come back when I speak in public and spend time with the family across the pond.
What part of the UK are you from Tracy?
@@knitsiphappy Hi, thanks for the info! No, I am not sick of you, I am loving your podcasts! You come across as so friendly and down to earth. I am so glad to have found you! I by the seaside on the NE coast of England - I can walk to the beach in less than 5 minutes! Oh and Happy Birthday! I am just watching your latest podcast that you posted today! My birthday was 6 days ago on the 18th April!
That's very kind of you!!
That's a dream to be walking distance to the beach ⛱️
Thank you...it's a quiet day and got a bonus of not having to go into work this morning, so I'm knitting and watching podcasts. No wine yet...it's just coming on to 9am 🤓
I hope you had a lovely day last week 🎉🎂
Hey Nancy can I borrow your DeLorian? I’m watching on March 30 and saw at the beginning of your video that is supposedly from tomorrow, so if you have a time machine, I’d LOVE to borrow it please please please 😅
LOL!!! I noticed that after I had edited and uploaded to TH-cam , which took about 6 hours, so I wasn't fixing it. Man...if I had a DeLorean, I would totally let you borrow it 🤣🤣
I keep forgetting to post my socks.
Did you get them in Noreen? 🧦🧦
Love the Tittygaga yarn and socks, stunning. The Salty Air is gorgeous. You've having a lovely pink phase. Archie is one good looking dude (hopeless dog person here). Thank you for showing all the pretties (and titties). :)
Lmao...pretties and titties!!! I appreciated that laugh today 🤣 Archie is adorable which is why he has survived to be 3 years old 😉
Thanks for spending some time with me 💕
Liked “a very dirty toddler”. Heh
So true!!! He has gone home and our house is tidy again 🤓
This is interesting… I am a breast cancer survivor and my nickname is Gaga and have had this nickname for 34 years.
Those are some interesting coincidences Gaga!!! I'd love to send you the pattern when it releases. And I'm so glad that you have survived the beast 🥰
@@knitsiphappy Oh, thank you so much!
I used to knit and donate knitted knockers.
Fabulous! Can you message me on Ravelry and when the pattern releases, I can pop it in your library. KnitSipHappy