Melissa, I could hear your heart singing as you spoke of the German yarn. 🙂 Also, as many of your podcasts as I've listened to, this is the first I've heard about protecting a project bag with an outer bag. I love that idea.
The natural colors of wool have a richness that dying just can't replicate. Just like our own hair, the subtle variations of tone in a fleece blend into a shade that pulls the eye in. Those are lovely yarns, it will be interesting to hear how feel as you work them up, how much tooth they have, how much they bloom, do they play well with colorwork?
The richness of the dark color of the Jura yarn is gorgeous. Love the Henley sweater, and the color of course is great. I remember the painful process of frogging mohair. The only positive - I had used much larger needles to knit the v-neck sweater than I normally use, forcing me to knit with a looser tension. The memory of that process, at least for me, makes me knit carefully and more thoughtfully any time I use mohair and/or knit lace designs. 😁
Your new yarn from Germany is way cool! I’m looking forward to your reports on knitting with it. I wonder if /how it differs from British breeds (or sheep derived from British breeds). Are there yarn qualities that are connected to the different climates and landscapes in which the German sheep came to be over all the years of their development? You are a brave woman knitting the mohair/silk sweater. You will toasty warm this coming winter wearing it. It looks gorgeous. harpingJanet
Thanks, Janet! I'll keep you all posted about the yarn and how it behaves. Once I finish at least *one* of the sweaters on my needles, I'll be casting on something with these yarns. As for the British breeds, I bet there are some commonalities among them.
Hi Melissa. It’s good to hear that you still have gray Shorn V since I haven’t gotten any of that. 😂 That mohair sweater is amazing, it will be very warm.
Thank you for showing us the yarn from Germany! As I am IN Germany, I will totally go to their etsy shop 🥰 I'm thinking about knitting a traditional bavarian jacket for my dad, and this might just be the perfect wool for it. Also, if you need a bilingual German/English speaker for any interview with them, let me know. (I'm not a professional interpreter, though!)
listening to you chat about rare breeds while watching my neighbor rounding up the stragglers of his flock (round-ups started here in Iceland about three weeks ago) on a sunshiny day by the fjord... fabulous sheep everywhere! and your mohair sweater looks amazing! i test-knitted Lív Ulven's Moss Haven sweater earlier this summer which is also all mohair -- three strands held together -- and i'm in love with the result, light but oh-so-warm, and fits more easily under winter coats than some of my thicker warm sweaters. and the color is amazing -- i used three strands of very different greens & blues, but they've blended so completely, you'd think it was a single-color yarn.
oh, and lastly, i've started doing provisional cast-ons for underarms etc. by just attaching a barber cord to the end of the needle, then folding it back along the needle & casting on over both -- then the stitches are easy to slip on to the needle along with the saved arm stitches where you're ready to knit the sleeve. works brilliantly, and so much less fuss than picking up stitches! (esp. in mohair)
A tip for you, If you are interested in learning more about the Pommersches Landschaft. Go to Nordwolle Rügen. They sell beautiful clothing made out of the wool from this sheep. There are also some very interesting films on TH-cam about the Shop and the developing of that business. Sadly all the films are in German, but you can See the sheeps in their natural Environment on the Isle of Rügen. Thanks for showing us so many interesting things, Melissa!
Thanks, Laura--I'm thinking the same things about this sweater: super light weight, but super warm, so the perfect layering piece under coats! Your sweater sounds gorgeous; don't you just love how the mohair behaves once you wear it :) And thanks for the sheep imagery--what a nice thing to see out one's window!
Thanks for a fun episode, I've been missing the zooms due to family stuff, fun to see your progress! I love the foxen yarn on the Etsy site but could not figure out meterage on the skeins- any inside info? They have it in both 2 and 3 ply, and I would love to get some 3 ply for one of the MANY cabled patterns in my queue. I tried to message via Etsy but failed x 3........
Hi Gene! Sending hugs for the family stuff. I don't know about yardage, so I went by weight. It reads like a heavy DK-->worsted, so maybe look at other patterns with that description and see how many grams are recommended for your approx size. Otherwise, I hope they message you back on Etsy!
Hi there! On etsy it says the Coburger Fuchs has 300 m per 100 g for the 2-ply (recommended needle size 2-3 mm) and 200 m per 100 g for the 3-ply (recommended needle size 3-4 mm). You can see the details when you change the language to german. Hope this helps. :)
Melissa, I could hear your heart singing as you spoke of the German yarn. 🙂 Also, as many of your podcasts as I've listened to, this is the first I've heard about protecting a project bag with an outer bag. I love that idea.
awesome! And yes, I do love a good small batch yarn :)
I immediately went to etsy and ordered 4 sweater qualities of yarn!!
Oh my--that's wonderful! Thanks for supporting small-batch yarns everywhere :) I hope you love the yarn!
The natural colors of wool have a richness that dying just can't replicate. Just like our own hair, the subtle variations of tone in a fleece blend into a shade that pulls the eye in. Those are lovely yarns, it will be interesting to hear how feel as you work them up, how much tooth they have, how much they bloom, do they play well with colorwork?
I'll keep you posted! I have my eye on the golden Coburg Fox yarn first . . . or a colorwork yoke? Oh man, I can't decide.
The richness of the dark color of the Jura yarn is gorgeous. Love the Henley sweater, and the color of course is great. I remember the painful process of frogging mohair. The only positive - I had used much larger needles to knit the v-neck sweater than I normally use, forcing me to knit with a looser tension. The memory of that process, at least for me, makes me knit carefully and more thoughtfully any time I use mohair and/or knit lace designs. 😁
Oh your mohair sweater story made me cringe, just a bit :) Thanks for your kind comment!
Your new yarn from Germany is way cool! I’m looking forward to your reports on knitting with it. I wonder if /how it differs from British breeds (or sheep derived from British breeds). Are there yarn qualities that are connected to the different climates and landscapes in which the German sheep came to be over all the years of their development? You are a brave woman knitting the mohair/silk sweater. You will toasty warm this coming winter wearing it. It looks gorgeous. harpingJanet
Thanks, Janet! I'll keep you all posted about the yarn and how it behaves. Once I finish at least *one* of the sweaters on my needles, I'll be casting on something with these yarns. As for the British breeds, I bet there are some commonalities among them.
Hi Melissa. It’s good to hear that you still have gray Shorn V since I haven’t gotten any of that. 😂 That mohair sweater is amazing, it will be very warm.
Oh, Michelle, you have been such a wonderful supporter of Shorn--thank you! I hope you're doing well!!
I agree it would be really cool if you could stock some of the yarn you've shown us today. Especially the brown.
Oh yes, I know! Love that stuff!
Thank you for showing us the yarn from Germany! As I am IN Germany, I will totally go to their etsy shop 🥰 I'm thinking about knitting a traditional bavarian jacket for my dad, and this might just be the perfect wool for it.
Also, if you need a bilingual German/English speaker for any interview with them, let me know. (I'm not a professional interpreter, though!)
Oh wonderful--and so much easier than shipping it across the ocean!! Thanks for the translation offer. I'll keep that in mind :)
listening to you chat about rare breeds while watching my neighbor rounding up the stragglers of his flock (round-ups started here in Iceland about three weeks ago) on a sunshiny day by the fjord... fabulous sheep everywhere! and your mohair sweater looks amazing! i test-knitted Lív Ulven's Moss Haven sweater earlier this summer which is also all mohair -- three strands held together -- and i'm in love with the result, light but oh-so-warm, and fits more easily under winter coats than some of my thicker warm sweaters. and the color is amazing -- i used three strands of very different greens & blues, but they've blended so completely, you'd think it was a single-color yarn.
oh, and lastly, i've started doing provisional cast-ons for underarms etc. by just attaching a barber cord to the end of the needle, then folding it back along the needle & casting on over both -- then the stitches are easy to slip on to the needle along with the saved arm stitches where you're ready to knit the sleeve. works brilliantly, and so much less fuss than picking up stitches! (esp. in mohair)
A tip for you, If you are interested in learning more about the Pommersches Landschaft. Go to Nordwolle Rügen. They sell beautiful clothing made out of the wool from this sheep. There are also some very interesting films on TH-cam about the Shop and the developing of that business. Sadly all the films are in German, but you can See the sheeps in their natural Environment on the Isle of Rügen. Thanks for showing us so many interesting things, Melissa!
Thanks, Laura--I'm thinking the same things about this sweater: super light weight, but super warm, so the perfect layering piece under coats! Your sweater sounds gorgeous; don't you just love how the mohair behaves once you wear it :) And thanks for the sheep imagery--what a nice thing to see out one's window!
@@lauraalicewatt Nice! I'll try that!
@@maschame3697 oh cool! Thanks for the tip!
Always love hearing about rare breeds. Thank you for researching and sharing.
Thanks for tuning in, Sunny :)
Thanks for a fun episode, I've been missing the zooms due to family stuff, fun to see your progress! I love the foxen yarn on the Etsy site but could not figure out meterage on the skeins- any inside info? They have it in both 2 and 3 ply, and I would love to get some 3 ply for one of the MANY cabled patterns in my queue. I tried to message via Etsy but failed x 3........
Hi Gene! Sending hugs for the family stuff. I don't know about yardage, so I went by weight. It reads like a heavy DK-->worsted, so maybe look at other patterns with that description and see how many grams are recommended for your approx size. Otherwise, I hope they message you back on Etsy!
Hi there! On etsy it says the Coburger Fuchs has 300 m per 100 g for the 2-ply (recommended needle size 2-3 mm) and 200 m per 100 g for the 3-ply (recommended needle size 3-4 mm). You can see the details when you change the language to german. Hope this helps. :)
@@CalciferFan It absolutely helps, thanks🙂
@@CalciferFan OooOo thanks so much!!