In today’s episode, I’m sharing some updates on my knitting projects. Let's talk about it! ☕ Find the Milanote for this episode over on Patreon (available to everyone): www.patreon.com/posts/cozy-knits-and-q-111439660?Link&
Google the "weavin' Stephen" for a way to weave in all those yarn ends as you go. It may be a game changer for you, especially while you're in your color era!
Your video made my day today! I had a rough day at work and you always make my day. 😊 My husband asked me the other day, "Does she know you two are friends?" 😂
I always end up saving so many patterns in my Ravelry favorites after/during one of your videos. And now saving videos in TH-cam Watch Later. You are addictive. 😂
It’s super pretty! Mosaic Ravelry Roulette for the win! If you’re new to colour work you can’t go wrong with Tin Can Knits. When adding a new yarn (same or different colour) I work the first stitch with the new yarn, then lay the old yarn over the new working yarn and it’s end and continue knitting trapping the yarn. Gently pull and tighten up the old yarn as needed.
Love the mexican blanket idea.... has me thinking of doing one that is inspired by the Cowichan sweaters from the Coast Salish peoples (BC/pacific northwest)
GM Taylor Always makes my morning when you pop up on my screen girl .. love all your pods and my many thanks I ❤️❤️❤️ your new color work sweater and I also think it will look great with those new pants you’re wearing .. great colours Until next pod have a beautiful weekend coming !!! 😊🥰
Hi Debbie! So good to see you in the comments. Thank you so much for watching and I’m so glad you love the colors here. It will look good with these pants, won’t it? I didn’t even think of that. Have a great day! ❤️❤️
Watching you at 6 a.m. with my coffee and knitting Tayler. What a cheerful way to start my day, thanks! My daughter made the Mexican Blanket as one of her first knitting projects and it's gorgeous! Another great suggestion for a first colorwork pattern as the yarn is so much easier to manage in mosaic knitting.
We’re having coffee together! It’s 6:11 here and I’m catching up on comments and this one is so nice to read. What a great firstish project for your daughter and I didn’t even consider this one when I was talking about first colorwork projects, but yes. You’re absolutely right! So much less intimidating. Have a wonderful day. ❤️
Beautiful blanket. And yeah, mosaic knitting is awesome. I have a couple of great mosaic sock patterns for socks and they are perfect because you can get the color work without the floats that can change the diameter of a sock. So I don’t have to worry about resizing a sock, but still get the gorgeous patterns.
Okay you got me absolutely hyped for mosaic knitting! I tried mosaic crochet once and I think I did it wrong bc it was complicated and scary as hell (even though I'm a fairly experienced crocheter), but mosaic knitting sounds HEAVENLY. Definitely giving this pattern or some other mosaic stuff a try! 😍
Thank you for the Q and A. I am working on the sea glass cardigan and I was just trying to figure out how to prevent the gap on the sleeves when I changed colors at the beginning of the round. Your solution was so simple lol. I am also going to watch the weave as you go.
I’m so glad to see your enthusiasm for knitting is back. It is contagious, happily. I love your blanket and also that you feature affordable yarns to knit with. Plus it will be easier to wash when the time comes (someday)😊 Thank you also for the tips and links on weaving in ends.
That blanket is gorgeous! I am knitting a log cabin blanket for my bed using Wool Ease Thick and Quick, and it so quick. I am working hard to finish it up before the cold New England winter sets in.
Tayler, I love this video! I love all the colors. But I especially love your warmth and genuineness. The blanket pattern shopping on Patreon was fun. Seeing your blanket take shape has me itching to make another blanket myself. Maybe that flea sweater, too. 😉 Anyway, thanks for being you! 🥰
LOL! "Holy blanket bingo, Batman!" Love it! Your WIPs are amazing! Love the blanket! Good colorwork starter is also knitted Christmas ornaments. Arne & Carlos have a bunch of them, some easier than others. Girl, same about end weaving. I try to weave in where I can, but I'm doing my DIL's colorwork Christmas stocking and the ends are a thing! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm Poland-bound this afternoon! Seeing my granddaughter finally!!
Thanks for making my day. Those are gorgeous colours in the blanket. That yellow has really grown on me in the sweater too. I think you're correct. The yellow really balances things out. I'm currently winding balls of wool to knit 4 more pairs of your fire pit mitts. They have become such a great go to for gift giving. Thank you!!!!!! As a recently retired traditional karate instructor, I'm thrilled that you have put your boys into martial arts. I hope you find the experience beneficial for your family. Congratulations to your boys on earning their first black stripes! And congratulations to both of you, Mom and Dad! Your kids do awesome because of your love, hard work and support. My husband and I work next to each other, so he is enjoying your blogs with me too - especially your "Hello Hello Hello". He would like to know how you get into the mindset, in front of the camera, to speak like you are speaking to a person, rather than to a camera. He is wondering, if you have a teddy bear or something to talk to, behind the camera.
Ok, I saw the picture of the blanket and looked it up and was contemplating buying the yarn for it. Then I watched your video with the yarn suggestion and paused it bought the yarn and of course finished watching it! So excited to get this on the needles!
That blanket is really nice - good color combination, I love it! I use the Stephen West method - the Weavin Stephen - for weaving in ends as I go. He has an easy to follow video tutorial for it too. Congratulations to your kiddos! ❤🧶❤️🪡
Love that Flea sweater! The colours are just gorgeous! Enjoy this time of life with your littles...our son just started HS and is in marching band program that is really rigorous and also running x-country... so we hardly ever see him during the week it seems... and we're a family that actually sits down to dinner together every night - so him not getting home until after 8 some nights is SO strange!! So I completely get that you're 'figuring out' what's going to work for your schedule - but am thankful for content creators such as you bringing information, encouragement, and inspiration to us all :)
I'm definitely cheking out Dianna Walla! Thanks for the tip. Also, when you were talking about your first colorwork project, it reminded me of my first one too: I chose the Color My Cowl by Very Pink Knits. The motifs are purposely selected so that there won't be big floats and are easier to knit and control yarn tension. Use whatever weight yarn you have or like, make it a cowl or a scarf and you don't have to worry about gauge being off and the item not fitting. She also gives a chart for you to play with crayons and choose your colors.
In the past week, I finished the Walk in the Woods Shawl, my first ever mosaic knitting project, and I have never had so much fun knitting. I loved every single second of it, and I'm just as in love with the finished project. I've since purchased several mosaic projects and purchased yarn for two of them, and I'm officially a mosaic knitting girlie. Your blanket looks amazing!
That blanket 🤩 I have so many blankets already but I might need to make this one at some point. It’s beautiful! And that yellow was a perfect addition to the color scheme.
Thank you! So I got them at Nordstrom. I actually found the link. They’re super lightweight denim and somewhat stretchy. So comfy. And not expensive! www.nordstromrack.com/s/whetherly-brooklyn-high-waist-wide-leg-jeans/7862010
I agree with other’s comments that you are like hanging with a friend 🎉. I so enjoy all your content, including book channel. After I did a mosaic knit hat, I thought go scratch stranded colorwork, mosaic is my bestie now 😂
My first stranded colourwork pattern was the Paul Klee sweater by Midori Hirose, I would definitely recommend it for a first project if you want to make a sweater. You're only ever working with 2 colours at a time and it's just squares with occasional increases, so you can focus on managing your yarn instead of the pattern! It's also a great way to use leftover yarn and play with colour and textures. I absolutely love my Paul Klee and I can't wait until it's cold enough to wear it again :)
For beginner colour work knitters, I would highly recommend Jessica McDonald's sweater patterns. They're so easy and quite a few are just using the main colour and then the contrasting for the colourwork design. So, yarn management is really easy. Also the Leftover City cowl by Kacey Herlihy. That's what I used to teach myself colourwork.
You just taught me something about color. The yellow is incredible. What a difference. Also, I asked a question about the slip stitching as it pertained to the Flea sweater. But I realize it was actually for the blanket.
One of the first big projects I did was the Emiliana Shawl by Maliha Designs, it is a mosaic knit shawl and it was so much fun, I highly recommend it. I just enjoy your channel so much. Congrats to the boys on their black stripes, what a big accomplishment!
Hello you, love your version of the Mexican Blanket. Thanks for the Hoopla hat idea, it looks lovely, as did your version. Great to catch up. Go well and take care.
If you knit the edge on the long side of your blanket (which is amazing!) then only the sides of the gardener border will be flattened or holded by it. Not the middle part. But I think blocking can help.
Love these chatty Q&A videos! I know you did a Ravelry Roulette video on it, but if you havent already I'd love a video of your exploring sweater patterns for men. Your pattern lists are always so unique and insightful and i think you'd do a great job of it!
You can knot the ends together, snip off the excess yarn, not too much though. Block inside out and “scrumble” the ends together with your fingers until they’re fuzzy. Dry and trim ends gently, not too close.
For your Flea Sweater ends you could try the braiding technique. Basically you French braid all the ends together, and then just secure at the bottom. It can add a little bit of bulk, but usually not noticeable when worn!
Oh my goodness I love your flea sweater. I’ve been looking forward to watching your progress so much that a couple of nights ago I actually had a dream that you’d finished it & you were talking about it in a video - I literally thought that was real, until just now when I watched this video 😂🤣😂😂 any way, I probably sound like a mad woman 🤪😂 but you really inspired me to swatch for my own flea sweater & I can’t wait to start it. But first I have to finish my floor length petite knit ‘no frills cardigan’ (which I am loving too) Thanks for your podcast - loving the Mexican blanket too, looks so cool 👏🏻👏🏻 😊
Oh I love his! I have dreams about people I watch and people I know from a distance-often actually. It’s interesting how we become invested in things remotely. I think it’s cool. It’s a meaningful connection, so I don’t think you’re mad. I think it’s lovely. 😊
HaHA. I just discovered mosaic colorwork this summer when I decided to knit the Pressed Flowers Cardigan. Unfortunately I did not know it was mosaic and tried to knit the swatch as colorwork and got frustrated. Once I found out it was mosaic and more importantly what that meant, OMG. Loving it.
I am mosaic knitting right now (Totally Tessellated socks by Andrea Mowry) and wow I’m so blown away with how fun and easy it is! So satisfying to watch the pattern grow and only have to use one yarn at a time! 🎉 I learned the Weavin’ Stephen technique from Stephen West to weave in ends as you go. Couldn’t recommend weaving in ends more! 👏👏👏
Ooooo I love these socks (just looked them up)! Isn’t it so fun?? It’s my kind of colorwork. 😂. And I need to try this Weavin’ Stephen technique. Is it the same as the one here?
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS Got so excited about the mosaic that I forgot to mention the weave in. 😂 I actually think the Weavin’ Stephen is easier but essentially they accomplish the same thing. Stephen has a short that goes through his technique if you want to check that out.
Yes! I need to try that. We went on a hike last weekend and I was sort of obsessed with this app that identifies the plants. I felt like a wandering cunning woman foraging for healing herbs (I didn’t actually pick anything 😅) because I saw lots of elderberry (rather toxic right off the stem, interestingly) and yarrow and even hemlock. So when I was at Whole Foods after our hike, grocery shopping, I saw the assortment of Rishi tea and the elderberry kind and thought, this is way easier. 😂😂
I am actually considering abandoning a hat pattern that i really love because of the ends to weave. I’ll watch the VPK video and give it a thought! I love the Mexican Blanket and I’ve been toying with a blanket from Mama in a Stitch…. I’m actually going to unravel a piece I don’t love to make it into a blanket.
Have you seen the braiding technique for weaving in ends? You have inspired me to make a flea sweater- I’m so keen. I think I saw it done by Wool and Pine designs? Although I was a crocheter initially, the kitting over the ends makes total sense to me- as that’s how I deal with the ends when I’m crocheting- but it might be a different option.
I have a friend who knit the Seaglass Sweater, and at the end, she would do a small braid of the ends every few rows to secure them instead of weaving them in the usual way. She swore by that method, FWIW.
My husband is a Tae Kwon Do instructor. He has his 5th dan aka black belt with World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Their club doesn't let kids test for their black belt until they are at least 15 years old. Wow, things are different where you are! I've made several mosaic crochet blankets with tons of ends. Rather than tassles on the ends or weaving in the ends, there is a great technique called double crochet envelope border which sandwiches all the ends between 2 layers of crochet. BEST BORDER EVER!🎉🎉 Perhaps there is a knit equivalent?
Hi Valerie! So it’s the same here with black belt testing. My boys are receiving their first black stripe on their white belts. It the first rank up from basic white belt. lol. They’re nowhere near black belt status! However, that’s the goal for both of them and I’ve not seen them more motivated to earn something for themselves than with this. It’s so exciting.
@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS now that makes so much more sense. My husband's club uses yellow stripes on white belts with black stripes on the red belt, just before the black one. I was worried because my niece was in a martial arts club where she accelerated thru the levels very quickly. The club was for profit, charged alot for each test level, and wasn't associated with any regulatory body. The owner arranged for tournaments in other countries and charged even more money. He liked to travel 🤔. TKD is so much fun and there are so many positive gains from it on top of the activity. Enjoy their first test!
The Slipstravaganza shawl from Stephen West is one that is entirely mosaic or slip stitch and literally no one believes me when I say it is stupid easy! It just is a lot of stitches 🤣
Your videos and chats are so enjoyable, very relaxing. Love the blanket, would a blanket ravelry roulette be fun? Just a thought. I consider myself a crocheter who knits lol. Love both crafts and would love to find a throw blanket to knit. Take care, and thank you
there is some new method i saw the other day where they french braided their ends instead of weaving them in individually. if interested i am sure i can find it again.
I've made 2 mosaic CROCHET blankets before and love the technique. I think that in crochet, it may be a bit thicker. There is a TH-cam channel, Tinna Thorudottir Thorvaldar. She is awesome in mosaic crochet and has a way to hide all the ends and no need to weave them in. It's like a double crochet border, and then you just seam them together.
For the ends in the flea sweater ... Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I recently saw someone BRAID them. It was basically a French braid inside the garment and I think she only wove in the last ends at the bottom. Maybe try that and see if you can felt them a little??
An additional color work question for you as I’m currently knitting the halibut sweater; how do you deal with float spots that look like they might be cinched on the front of the work? I do intentionally leave floats relatively long as every colorwork video on TH-cam recommends but they still seem fairly tight. Is this something to deal with as it happens, or will those block out in your experience? Great video as always ❤
This is a great question. Usually if you leave wiggle room with your floats, those little puckering spots will block out. Sometimes the yarn is sticky and doesn’t give, despite the slack you’ve allowed with your floats. You could certainly block what you have to see if it will fix the issue. If it does, great. If not, perhaps loosen things up a bit. ❤️👍
If you do a double border on your mosaic blanket, you don't have to weave in any ends. You hide them in the middle. I haven't looked at that blanket, but if you are adding a border anyway....
Ok I LOVE that cardigan and have been somewhat hesitant because of the colorwork and because I was ignorant to just how AMAZING mosaic knitting is. What an eye opener! 😀🌸
Regarding the end weaving, someone was plaiting them from top to bottom, all the way down, a bit like a Dutch braid adding ends as you go down so I will investigate that
I think I know which Rack you made your purchase. I have got some great shoe deals there when I'm in LV. I think they need to be tax right off for the biz since you need to show off the socks😅
For weaving in those endless ends, check out @EarthtonesGirl Denise's video from her No Fear Sock Knitting class "Changing colors Pt1 - cuffs, rounds & knitting in as you go". She uses a brilliant little trick and it works well, I've tried it. I love your channel, thanks for letting us into your knitting studio.
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In today’s episode, I’m sharing some updates on my knitting projects. Let's talk about it! ☕
Find the Milanote for this episode over on Patreon (available to everyone): www.patreon.com/posts/cozy-knits-and-q-111439660?Link&
Google the "weavin' Stephen" for a way to weave in all those yarn ends as you go. It may be a game changer for you, especially while you're in your color era!
The mosaic sweater in the Knitting for Olive book is a stunner.
Your video made my day today! I had a rough day at work and you always make my day. 😊 My husband asked me the other day, "Does she know you two are friends?" 😂
Ah I’m glad Trish! Sorry to hear about your crummy day. I know what it’s like, my friend. 😘😘
I always end up saving so many patterns in my Ravelry favorites after/during one of your videos. And now saving videos in TH-cam Watch Later. You are addictive. 😂
Ah thank you Dory! If only we had enough time in the day, right? 😘
i cleaned up my youtube channel so I have playlists for specific crochet and knitting things XD
Your blanket is gorgeous- that yellow is the perfect edition. I'm loving your color era!!
It pops, right?? Thank you so much!
The yellow added to your blanket is perfect!!! 🌸🌼🌻🌵
Thank you Catherine!
It’s super pretty! Mosaic Ravelry Roulette for the win! If you’re new to colour work you can’t go wrong with Tin Can Knits. When adding a new yarn (same or different colour) I work the first stitch with the new yarn, then lay the old yarn over the new working yarn and it’s end and continue knitting trapping the yarn. Gently pull and tighten up the old yarn as needed.
OMG my nervousness when your basket was against your tea! Your projects are amazing!
Mine too, while I was editing...even though I knew the outcome! 😂 Holy moly.
LOVE THIS BLANKET!!!!! A must future make for me!!! and....LOVE the yellow in your blanket and sweater !
Like the Q&A and knitting tutorials generally. Keep it up!
I really like the Q&A. I'd love to watch more Q&A sections in future podcasts
So glad you enjoyed that. I love it too and will definitely be keeping that going. ❤️
Love the mexican blanket idea.... has me thinking of doing one that is inspired by the Cowichan sweaters from the Coast Salish peoples (BC/pacific northwest)
GM Taylor
Always makes my morning when you pop up on my screen girl .. love all your pods and my many thanks
I ❤️❤️❤️ your new color work sweater and I also think it will look great with those new pants you’re wearing .. great colours
Until next pod have a beautiful weekend coming !!!
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Hi Debbie! So good to see you in the comments. Thank you so much for watching and I’m so glad you love the colors here. It will look good with these pants, won’t it? I didn’t even think of that. Have a great day! ❤️❤️
Watching you at 6 a.m. with my coffee and knitting Tayler. What a cheerful way to start my day, thanks! My daughter made the Mexican Blanket as one of her first knitting projects and it's gorgeous! Another great suggestion for a first colorwork pattern as the yarn is so much easier to manage in mosaic knitting.
We’re having coffee together! It’s 6:11 here and I’m catching up on comments and this one is so nice to read. What a great firstish project for your daughter and I didn’t even consider this one when I was talking about first colorwork projects, but yes. You’re absolutely right! So much less intimidating. Have a wonderful day. ❤️
Beautiful blanket. And yeah, mosaic knitting is awesome. I have a couple of great mosaic sock patterns for socks and they are perfect because you can get the color work without the floats that can change the diameter of a sock. So I don’t have to worry about resizing a sock, but still get the gorgeous patterns.
The blanket is amazing and I LOVE your colors for the Flea Sweater!! I have an old fashioned pencil sharpener and it is awesome!
Okay you got me absolutely hyped for mosaic knitting! I tried mosaic crochet once and I think I did it wrong bc it was complicated and scary as hell (even though I'm a fairly experienced crocheter), but mosaic knitting sounds HEAVENLY. Definitely giving this pattern or some other mosaic stuff a try! 😍
Jay it’s so fun. I mean, I’ve only done it here, but if it’s like this everywhere, I’m crazy about it. Let me know how it goes for you. ❤️
Beautiful blanket! And congratulations to the boys!
Thank you so much for the pattern suggestion! It will make a great Christmas gift 🎁 ❤
You are so welcome!❤️
Love the blanket! I think I will have to add it to my list of future knits.
It’s such a fun and cozy project. I hope you do. ❤️
Thank you for the Q and A. I am working on the sea glass cardigan and I was just trying to figure out how to prevent the gap on the sleeves when I changed colors at the beginning of the round. Your solution was so simple lol. I am also going to watch the weave as you go.
Oh I’m so glad Hollie. Enjoy your cardigan. That’s such a pretty design. ❤️
I’m so glad to see your enthusiasm for knitting is back. It is contagious, happily. I love your blanket and also that you feature affordable yarns to knit with. Plus it will be easier to wash when the time comes (someday)😊 Thank you also for the tips and links on weaving in ends.
That blanket is gorgeous! I am knitting a log cabin blanket for my bed using Wool Ease Thick and Quick, and it so quick. I am working hard to finish it up before the cold New England winter sets in.
oh man as soon as I saw your shirt in the thumbnail I was so hyped to hear you say hello hello hello! always love your vibe in your videos
Thank you Grace! 😘😘
It's mosaic technique! Fun and quick! Beautiful colors 😍
Oh that blanket is GORGEOUS!!!!! Adding that pattern to my favorites in Ravelry right now
Tayler, I love this video! I love all the colors. But I especially love your warmth and genuineness. The blanket pattern shopping on Patreon was fun. Seeing your blanket take shape has me itching to make another blanket myself. Maybe that flea sweater, too. 😉 Anyway, thanks for being you! 🥰
LOL! "Holy blanket bingo, Batman!" Love it! Your WIPs are amazing! Love the blanket! Good colorwork starter is also knitted Christmas ornaments. Arne & Carlos have a bunch of them, some easier than others. Girl, same about end weaving. I try to weave in where I can, but I'm doing my DIL's colorwork Christmas stocking and the ends are a thing! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm Poland-bound this afternoon! Seeing my granddaughter finally!!
Thanks for making my day.
Those are gorgeous colours in the blanket. That yellow has really grown on me in the sweater too. I think you're correct. The yellow really balances things out.
I'm currently winding balls of wool to knit 4 more pairs of your fire pit mitts. They have become such a great go to for gift giving. Thank you!!!!!!
As a recently retired traditional karate instructor, I'm thrilled that you have put your boys into martial arts. I hope you find the experience beneficial for your family. Congratulations to your boys on earning their first black stripes! And congratulations to both of you, Mom and Dad! Your kids do awesome because of your love, hard work and support.
My husband and I work next to each other, so he is enjoying your blogs with me too - especially your "Hello Hello Hello". He would like to know how you get into the mindset, in front of the camera, to speak like you are speaking to a person, rather than to a camera. He is wondering, if you have a teddy bear or something to talk to, behind the camera.
Ok, I saw the picture of the blanket and looked it up and was contemplating buying the yarn for it. Then I watched your video with the yarn suggestion and paused it bought the yarn and of course finished watching it! So excited to get this on the needles!
Yay! So happy you’re inspired to knit this. It’s so much fun April. ❤️
That blanket is really nice - good color combination, I love it! I use the Stephen West method - the Weavin Stephen - for weaving in ends as I go. He has an easy to follow video tutorial for it too. Congratulations to your kiddos! ❤🧶❤️🪡
Love that Flea sweater! The colours are just gorgeous! Enjoy this time of life with your littles...our son just started HS and is in marching band program that is really rigorous and also running x-country... so we hardly ever see him during the week it seems... and we're a family that actually sits down to dinner together every night - so him not getting home until after 8 some nights is SO strange!! So I completely get that you're 'figuring out' what's going to work for your schedule - but am thankful for content creators such as you bringing information, encouragement, and inspiration to us all :)
Welcome to the world of mosaic knitting! I love that blanket! I look forward to all your videos!
I'm definitely cheking out Dianna Walla! Thanks for the tip. Also, when you were talking about your first colorwork project, it reminded me of my first one too: I chose the Color My Cowl by Very Pink Knits. The motifs are purposely selected so that there won't be big floats and are easier to knit and control yarn tension. Use whatever weight yarn you have or like, make it a cowl or a scarf and you don't have to worry about gauge being off and the item not fitting. She also gives a chart for you to play with crayons and choose your colors.
In the past week, I finished the Walk in the Woods Shawl, my first ever mosaic knitting project, and I have never had so much fun knitting. I loved every single second of it, and I'm just as in love with the finished project. I've since purchased several mosaic projects and purchased yarn for two of them, and I'm officially a mosaic knitting girlie.
Your blanket looks amazing!
That blanket 🤩 I have so many blankets already but I might need to make this one at some point. It’s beautiful! And that yellow was a perfect addition to the color scheme.
Gonna need to know the details on those pants! Love the fit, as per usual.
Thank you! So I got them at Nordstrom. I actually found the link. They’re super lightweight denim and somewhat stretchy. So comfy. And not expensive!
www.nordstromrack.com/s/whetherly-brooklyn-high-waist-wide-leg-jeans/7862010
Congratulations, Taylor, on being featured in the month issue of ‘The Knitter’ magazine in their ‘Stitches on Screen’ section. Well done!
I agree with other’s comments that you are like hanging with a friend 🎉. I so enjoy all your content, including book channel. After I did a mosaic knit hat, I thought go scratch stranded colorwork, mosaic is my bestie now 😂
AHHHH!!! I've got those Birks in purple. But I misplaced them (smirk) thus enabling me to get them in the navy! THEY ARE AWESOME!
I saw your video Friday night, got my yarn on Saturday, and getting ready to do the first mosaic chart. I'm obsessed with mosaic now!
Isn’t it so much fun?! So glad you’re enjoying it. ❤️
Just bought the Mexican blanket pattern! I absolutely love the colours you chose. Thank you for the inspiration.❤
Absolutely wonderful video, great vibes!
Thank you!!🙏
Your projects are gorgeous. I’m scared to death of color work. Maybe some day.
My first stranded colourwork pattern was the Paul Klee sweater by Midori Hirose, I would definitely recommend it for a first project if you want to make a sweater. You're only ever working with 2 colours at a time and it's just squares with occasional increases, so you can focus on managing your yarn instead of the pattern! It's also a great way to use leftover yarn and play with colour and textures. I absolutely love my Paul Klee and I can't wait until it's cold enough to wear it again :)
For beginner colour work knitters, I would highly recommend Jessica McDonald's sweater patterns. They're so easy and quite a few are just using the main colour and then the contrasting for the colourwork design. So, yarn management is really easy. Also the Leftover City cowl by Kacey Herlihy. That's what I used to teach myself colourwork.
Your blanket is beautiful 😍I’m getting super inspired by your knits lately I just want to copy them all 😂
You just taught me something about color. The yellow is incredible. What a difference. Also, I asked a question about the slip stitching as it pertained to the Flea sweater. But I realize it was actually for the blanket.
Isn’t that cool? Sometimes a little sunshine is just the ticket (corniest thing I’ve said all day). 😅🌞
Mosaic is the shizzz I love it. ❤️ your blanket if fab. I might have to look at this pattern
Yes! It so is! And thank you. ❤️
One of the first big projects I did was the Emiliana Shawl by Maliha Designs, it is a mosaic knit shawl and it was so much fun, I highly recommend it. I just enjoy your channel so much. Congrats to the boys on their black stripes, what a big accomplishment!
Love the blanket😂
Love Love Love the blanket!!!!!
Thank you!! 😘
The colors on your African market basket would also make a lovely combination for your blanket…..
13:35 “but I didn’t, so whatever” I feel that 😂
Let’s go forth with that energy, you know? 😘❤️💪
Melanie Berg has some of the most relaxing mosaic knitting shawls. Would highly recommend!
Young Folk Knits is doing a Mosaic Mayhem KAL. Your blanket would be perfect for it ❤
Hello you, love your version of the Mexican Blanket. Thanks for the Hoopla hat idea, it looks lovely, as did your version. Great to catch up. Go well and take care.
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching Marie. ❤️
If you knit the edge on the long side of your blanket (which is amazing!) then only the sides of the gardener border will be flattened or holded by it. Not the middle part. But I think blocking can help.
A great fun video! I’m here for it.
Yay! Thank you!
Hello happy knitting.
Love these chatty Q&A videos! I know you did a Ravelry Roulette video on it, but if you havent already I'd love a video of your exploring sweater patterns for men. Your pattern lists are always so unique and insightful and i think you'd do a great job of it!
love it
You can knot the ends together, snip off the excess yarn, not too much though. Block inside out and “scrumble” the ends together with your fingers until they’re fuzzy. Dry and trim ends gently, not too close.
Weaving ends is not a problem for me. It is very cathartic and fulfilling!
Summer Lee also has a tip for weaving in ends as you go! I don’t remember which video it was in, but that’s the technique I currently use.
For your Flea Sweater ends you could try the braiding technique. Basically you French braid all the ends together, and then just secure at the bottom. It can add a little bit of bulk, but usually not noticeable when worn!
Oh my goodness I love your flea sweater. I’ve been looking forward to watching your progress so much that a couple of nights ago I actually had a dream that you’d finished it & you were talking about it in a video - I literally thought that was real, until just now when I watched this video 😂🤣😂😂 any way, I probably sound like a mad woman 🤪😂 but you really inspired me to swatch for my own flea sweater & I can’t wait to start it. But first I have to finish my floor length petite knit ‘no frills cardigan’ (which I am loving too)
Thanks for your podcast - loving the Mexican blanket too, looks so cool 👏🏻👏🏻 😊
Oh I love his! I have dreams about people I watch and people I know from a distance-often actually. It’s interesting how we become invested in things remotely. I think it’s cool. It’s a meaningful connection, so I don’t think you’re mad. I think it’s lovely. 😊
HaHA. I just discovered mosaic colorwork this summer when I decided to knit the Pressed Flowers Cardigan. Unfortunately I did not know it was mosaic and tried to knit the swatch as colorwork and got frustrated. Once I found out it was mosaic and more importantly what that meant, OMG. Loving it.
I am mosaic knitting right now (Totally Tessellated socks by Andrea Mowry) and wow I’m so blown away with how fun and easy it is! So satisfying to watch the pattern grow and only have to use one yarn at a time! 🎉 I learned the Weavin’ Stephen technique from Stephen West to weave in ends as you go. Couldn’t recommend weaving in ends more! 👏👏👏
Ooooo I love these socks (just looked them up)! Isn’t it so fun?? It’s my kind of colorwork. 😂. And I need to try this Weavin’ Stephen technique. Is it the same as the one here?
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS I’m so with you on the excitement of mosaic knitting! So hyped and want to mosaic knit all the things! 🤩
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS Got so excited about the mosaic that I forgot to mention the weave in. 😂 I actually think the Weavin’ Stephen is easier but essentially they accomplish the same thing. Stephen has a short that goes through his technique if you want to check that out.
I always love these glasses! Any chance you could share what they are?
I was about to shear weaving ends as you go but I just got to the time you said you’re going start that 😂
OMG I just started watching and when you put the basket on your desk the tea keeps looking like it’s going to tip over 😮😮😮 LOL
Omg I know!!!
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS lol
I love Rishi tea too. Elderberry Healer is awesomely delicious.
Yes! I need to try that. We went on a hike last weekend and I was sort of obsessed with this app that identifies the plants. I felt like a wandering cunning woman foraging for healing herbs (I didn’t actually pick anything 😅) because I saw lots of elderberry (rather toxic right off the stem, interestingly) and yarrow and even hemlock. So when I was at Whole Foods after our hike, grocery shopping, I saw the assortment of Rishi tea and the elderberry kind and thought, this is way easier. 😂😂
I am actually considering abandoning a hat pattern that i really love because of the ends to weave. I’ll watch the VPK video and give it a thought! I love the Mexican Blanket and I’ve been toying with a blanket from Mama in a Stitch…. I’m actually going to unravel a piece I don’t love to make it into a blanket.
Have you seen the braiding technique for weaving in ends? You have inspired me to make a flea sweater- I’m so keen. I think I saw it done by Wool and Pine designs? Although I was a crocheter initially, the kitting over the ends makes total sense to me- as that’s how I deal with the ends when I’m crocheting- but it might be a different option.
I have a friend who knit the Seaglass Sweater, and at the end, she would do a small braid of the ends every few rows to secure them instead of weaving them in the usual way. She swore by that method, FWIW.
Freaking out about your cup of tea. I can't stop watching it while you're talking about your Mexican blanket 😅
Omg I know! And it almost spilled! Perilous!
My husband is a Tae Kwon Do instructor. He has his 5th dan aka black belt with World Tae Kwon Do Federation. Their club doesn't let kids test for their black belt until they are at least 15 years old. Wow, things are different where you are!
I've made several mosaic crochet blankets with tons of ends. Rather than tassles on the ends or weaving in the ends, there is a great technique called double crochet envelope border which sandwiches all the ends between 2 layers of crochet. BEST BORDER EVER!🎉🎉 Perhaps there is a knit equivalent?
Hi Valerie! So it’s the same here with black belt testing. My boys are receiving their first black stripe on their white belts. It the first rank up from basic white belt. lol. They’re nowhere near black belt status! However, that’s the goal for both of them and I’ve not seen them more motivated to earn something for themselves than with this. It’s so exciting.
@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS now that makes so much more sense. My husband's club uses yellow stripes on white belts with black stripes on the red belt, just before the black one. I was worried because my niece was in a martial arts club where she accelerated thru the levels very quickly. The club was for profit, charged alot for each test level, and wasn't associated with any regulatory body. The owner arranged for tournaments in other countries and charged even more money. He liked to travel 🤔. TKD is so much fun and there are so many positive gains from it on top of the activity. Enjoy their first test!
I took a class with Sally Melville. When asked how she wove in ends, she turned her sweater inside out. She needed no words… no ends were woven in.
I did see someone on Tiktok doing a super colorwork sweater, and when they finished they braided the ends together down the seam.
The Slipstravaganza shawl from Stephen West is one that is entirely mosaic or slip stitch and literally no one believes me when I say it is stupid easy! It just is a lot of stitches 🤣
Now I have to make that blanket 😂
It's such a fun knit!
Your videos and chats are so enjoyable, very relaxing. Love the blanket, would a blanket ravelry roulette be fun? Just a thought. I consider myself a crocheter who knits lol. Love both crafts and would love to find a throw blanket to knit. Take care, and thank you
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoy watching. And I think a blanket Ravelry Roulette would be wonderful!
there is some new method i saw the other day where they french braided their ends instead of weaving them in individually. if interested i am sure i can find it again.
Could you please link the pattern for the blanket. It is gorgeous
I've made 2 mosaic CROCHET blankets before and love the technique. I think that in crochet, it may be a bit thicker. There is a TH-cam channel, Tinna Thorudottir Thorvaldar. She is awesome in mosaic crochet and has a way to hide all the ends and no need to weave them in. It's like a double crochet border, and then you just seam them together.
You could do a folded edge then no weaving in ends on the blanket.
Check out tutorial by Andrea Gaughan and weaving in ends on the Funfetti Raglan. I am just starting a gauge swatch for this, yay!
I’ve made a similar blanket in crochet as crochet mosaic. It’s the same concept. One color per row. 9:39
For the ends in the flea sweater ... Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I recently saw someone BRAID them. It was basically a French braid inside the garment and I think she only wove in the last ends at the bottom. Maybe try that and see if you can felt them a little??
Hello from Swansea, Illinois.
Hi there Janet!!
An additional color work question for you as I’m currently knitting the halibut sweater; how do you deal with float spots that look like they might be cinched on the front of the work? I do intentionally leave floats relatively long as every colorwork video on TH-cam recommends but they still seem fairly tight. Is this something to deal with as it happens, or will those block out in your experience? Great video as always ❤
This is a great question. Usually if you leave wiggle room with your floats, those little puckering spots will block out. Sometimes the yarn is sticky and doesn’t give, despite the slack you’ve allowed with your floats. You could certainly block what you have to see if it will fix the issue. If it does, great. If not, perhaps loosen things up a bit. ❤️👍
Guess I have to make this blanket now 🙄.
All of Barbara G. Walker's Treasury of Knitting Patterns books, from the 1960sand1970s, have mosaic knitting patterns in them.
Regarding helix knitting, NimbleNeedles uploaded very good video explaining it recently, highly recommend!
If you do a double border on your mosaic blanket, you don't have to weave in any ends. You hide them in the middle. I haven't looked at that blanket, but if you are adding a border anyway....
The pressed flower patterns are also mosaic knitting.
I was also going to recommend the pressed flowers pattern by Amy Christoffers (savory knitting). I've knit the shawl and it's beautiful!
Ok I LOVE that cardigan and have been somewhat hesitant because of the colorwork and because I was ignorant to just how AMAZING mosaic knitting is. What an eye opener! 😀🌸
26:45 posted an IG tip on Patreon (again) about weaving ends by braiding them !? No clue if it would work but 🤞🤷♀️
Regarding the end weaving, someone was plaiting them from top to bottom, all the way down, a bit like a Dutch braid adding ends as you go down so I will investigate that
This sounds so cool! I need to look into this more.
I think I know which Rack you made your purchase. I have got some great shoe deals there when I'm in LV. I think they need to be tax right off for the biz since you need to show off the socks😅
Can we have a dark only mix?
For weaving in those endless ends, check out @EarthtonesGirl Denise's video from her No Fear Sock Knitting class "Changing colors Pt1 - cuffs, rounds & knitting in as you go". She uses a brilliant little trick and it works well, I've tried it. I love your channel, thanks for letting us into your knitting studio.