Episode 23: Felix Pullover and Still Light Tunic - Mostly Knitting Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- FO:
Felix Pullover by Amy Christoffers in Sundara Aran Silky Merino in Somewhere Out There and Knit Picks Aloft in Labyrinth
ravel.me/tashbalaz/fp
WIPS:
Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague in Skein Sisters Fabulous Sock in As You Wish
ravel.me/tashbalaz/m2
Mitts for Mia using Myak Yarns in Black and Rowan Kidsilk Haze in Wicked
Ranunculus in Berroco Remix
ravel.me/tashbalaz/r32
Skimmer Socks Revisited by Shelia Toy Stromberg
ravel.me/tashbalaz/ssr
Sorrel by Wool & Pine in Rowan Kidsilk Haze in Nectar and some leftover Life in the Long Grass Linen Merino and other small balls of leftovers
Exploration Station by Stephen West - was using Skein Classy in In the Navy and Tosh Merino Light in Neon Peach, Well Water and Antler. Changing the Skein Classy to TML in Graphite and the Well Water to Antique Lace
ravel.me/tashbalaz/es
Cumulus Tee by PetiteKnit using Knitting for Olive Pure Silk in Ballerina
ravel.me/tashbalaz/ct
FO from the vault:
Still Light Tunic by Veera Välimäki
Version 1 - Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca in 501 Gray ravel.me/tashbalaz/slt
Version 2 - Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Malachite ravel.me/tashbalaz/slt2 ,
Version 3 - Wollmeise Lace Garn in Petit Poison ravel.me/tashbalaz/slt3
Version 4 - Garnstudio DROPS Alpaca again in 2020 Beige ravel.me/tashbalaz/slt4
PURCHASES
Tosh Merino Light in Barbara Deserved Better x 1 and Scout x 3
SOONISH PLANS
- Mini Mock Neck Tank by Jessie Maed Designs (knit longer) using Madelinetosh MCN Fingering in Bloomsbury
ravel.me/mini-mock-neck-tank
- Another Musselburgh with the yarn that didnt work for Sorrel - Hedgehog Fibers Skinny Singles
SEWING PLANS
Town Bag and Field Bag by Grainline Studio
grainlinestudio.com/collectio...
grainlinestudio.com/collectio...
Lola Top by Fibre Mood
www.fibremood.com/en/patterns...
Frances Shirtby Fibre Mood
www.fibremood.com/en/patterns...
Imby Top by Karmme Apparel
www.karmme.com.au/products/ka...
LATER ON PLANS
Felix Pullover by Amy Christoffers - another one with Shepherd Supreme 8ply and Knit Picks Aloft in Oat
ravel.me/felix-pullover
Cosy Classic Light by Jessie Maed Designs - not sure about the yarn
ravel.me/cozy-classic-light
Camisole No. 2 by My Favorite Things using Knitting for Olive Pure Silk in Raspberry Pink
ravel.me/camisole-no-2
Moon Set Tee by Ozetta using Knitting for Olive Cotton Merino in Soft Aqua
ravel.me/moon-set-tee
Sorrels in Purple
ravel.me/sorrel-15
Climb Socks by Jane Richmond
ravel.me/climb-2
Endcard sweater:
Sorrel by Wool & Pine
ravel.me/tashbalaz/s1
Thanks for watching:
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I love Danish Musings as well….so graceful and delicate and beautiful knitting.
Absolutely. And a really thoughtful person. :)
Oh my gosh that dress you made is gorgeous. I love the pockets too. Stunning!
Thank you so much! :)
I love that color of yarn!
Thank you so much. :)
Love the green sweater it looks so good on you really brings the color of your eyes out. Lovely color. Take care 😊 ❤ Linda W.
Thank you so much Linda. x
Have a lovely break!
Thanks Melissa. X
I always look forward to your videos and tutorials. (No yelling, giggling, etc.😊 just great content). If you’re looking for a “teaching moment “, could you explain pooling, how to recognize it, then when and how to alternate skeins? Thanks so much, Diedra
Thanks so much Diedra for the lovely comments. That is such a good topic with pooling. I might have to do a bit research and open that up to discussion as it isn’t something I have expert knowledge in. But it is a good topic of discussion and I can certainly share from my experience. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. :)
Thanks oodles for another fabulous episode Tash and happy holidays! As an ex teacher I know how much you push to get to end of term after P/T interviews and reports!!!
Oh no - The swamp dilemma!!! Such a bummer, but it will be gorgeous once you’ve remedied the brown situation. The yoke is so worth it!
Your dress with pockets is amazing! 👏❤️🧶
Thanks so much Susie. I am really happy i decided to rip back the Sorrel. It will be much better with the brighter and cleaner colour. :)
I can see the struggle with the Sorrel - great new yarn colour to fix the problem. Thank goodness you have help to frog some of it- the mohair can be tricky to unwind. Love you wool dress, so versatile. Also what a beautiful yarn you purchased... take the last skein, it will give you more options in the future. I just ordered from Convent and church Hand Maiden Superkid silk mohair ( amethyst) to spruce up a purple with this amazing colour. Happy crafty adventures for your holidays...
Thank you so much. I think i will get the extra skein if it is still available. I love the colour and it will definitely find its way into a project. :)
So lovely to see your next episode,Tash.That grey dress is👌and love seeing how your wips are going.Your tweaks are useful to know and adapting as you go for a good fit is great.. especially when we put in all that work- pleasurable as it is.Have a wonderful term break.x🙏
Thanks so much Annette. :)
Loved catching up with your WIPs, I expect you have already unpicked your sorrel but if you haven’t I have heard that people put mohair in the freezer and unpicking is so much easier, love the new colour you are adding, it did make me laugh when you described it as swampy. I would not mend all the holes you found in the socks, there are just too many, but agree not just to throw them but to find a use for them, the boot holders sound really good, whilst sitting here thinking about my boots folded in half in my wardrobe lol. Have a good week relaxing a bit and getting some knitting done ❤
Thanks so much Carol. I actually havent unpicked the Sorrel yet as I decided to finish the first sleeve before unraveling so i didnt have 6 balls hanging off the project. I'll get this sleeve done as quickly as i can so that the yarn hopefully doesnt settle in for too long. Thank you for the freezer tip. I will definitely do that before i unravel. Have a great week. :)
@@mostlyknitting Never tried the freezer trick, but have read that others have with success ❤️
You are too funny. Watching you explain about the “swamp thing.” Wasn’t that a scary movie way back when I was kid? I’m glad you are marching forward, I would probably have frogged and then put away - for good!
Thanks so much Laurie. I am definitely persisitent. :)
Xxxxxx love your podcasts
Thanks so much Orlagh x
Your sorrel 🫣😩 ugh!! You made the right call and it will be worth the effort. I’m like you I’m happy to put the extra effort in to have it look the way I like.
Your grey tunic 🥰 it is absolutely sublime. Such a chic timeless piece.
Thanks for the fun, happy holidays. I love school holidays, my kids are grown and gone a long time ago but the traffic for me going to work goes from stop start on the highway back to flow 🤣🤭 have fun and happy making, Karen 🥰
Thanks Karen. Yes, lots of winners during school holidays. Have a great week. :)
Hi Tash, thanks for another informative, inspiring video. I had to laugh at the way you described what was going on with your Sorrell and the swampy colour, not that Im in any way laughing at your misfortunate, but, your delivery was really funny 😄. I hope the next colour works for you, the first 2 thirds is soft and gorgeous! Your Grey dress is just beautiful!! It looks so efforlessly classic and edgy with your boots. You've got me 3/4 convinced to make a Felix, I love the holes in the raglan sleeve. Im about 1/3 of the way through the second colour on my Half and half wrap...Im concentrating on it only, but seeing all your wips is making me long for "something else" on my needles, that said the H & H wrap is such a HUGE project I think the only way to finish it is to stay faithful to it. How good is Alone!!! I wont give you any spoilers, but, it just gets better and better. I love the glimpse into our humanity that it exposes. Have a great week!
Thanks so much Kazwah. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by too many things on the needles. I like always having something to knit on but today i just looked at all the things i genuinely wanted to work on and almost didnt know where to start. You are being very good with the Half and Half. I hope to see it soon. Enjoy the week. :)
@@mostlyknitting Hi Tash, I forgot to ask.... at one point in the video you held up a gorgeous, what looked like a knitted or felted bowl with all you off cuts in it...I LOVED that, its so beautiful, is it knitted? Thanks, Kaz
@@kazwahmelbourne9271 - Hi Kaz - It is a felted knitted bowl. I have made a few. This is the pattern i used ravel.me/felted-nesting-bowls-4. I found it a nice pattern for using some odd leftovers of feltable yarn that i knew i couldnt see myself knitting up into any other project. They are quite fun to make, actually. x
I stopped mending socks (mostly). Even though it takes longer to knit a new pair, it’s just more enjoyable. You look so good in your lovely knitted dresses. I really like having multiple wips. My Soho Top grows so slowly (garter stitch) that I have to cast on another top to switch to.That will make only 5 wips.
Hi Hilda, I understand. I dont mind the mending process, but this just does feel a bit too much effort for the reward. 5 WIPs is pretty good. I am really trying to get my active WIP number down. :)
Enjoy your school break. We are now done (in Ontario, Canada) our school year and off for our summer break. ☀️
Happy knitting!
It's a good feeling, have an extended break. Enjoy your summer. :)
Hope you had a good day Tash! Great podcast!
Thanks Kerry :)
Oh BTW I would buy that 4th skein of pink if it is still there when you go next time. If you don’t make it into another dress you can always knit another Musselburgh 🤭🤣💪🏻
It is still in the online shop. 4 skeins does give me more options. And it would make for a very pretty Musselburgh... ;)
I love your podcast and was waiting for it to come out this week. I hope the cumulus blouse will work out for you; that color of pink really suits you. I have ordered yarn to make my first mussellborough. :) Enjoy your break!
Thanks so much Kay. I had hoped to get it up earlier but late recording and then troubles with the upload.... Oh well. I am just glad i finally got it up onto TH-cam. Lookiung forward to seeing your Musselburgh. Have a great week. :)
Love your chat on short rows, back of neck I did according to pattern, it’s puckering a bit keep have to pull it down, haven’t blocked it yet. Sure it will be grand
Hi Orlagh, if it is only happening a little, blocking should help with that. Let me know if it does. :)
Oh too bad about the Sorrel!I get what you are saying but on the upside the new wool is going to look beautiful! It’s always a surprise when you have variegated yarn as to how it’s going to turn out! Many times it’s not how I envisioned. But frustrating for sure!
Yes - and I was so sure it would look a certain way that I was in denial as I was knitting it.... So more to rip out. Should have swatched. Hope I learn my lesson this time. ;)
I love the dress 👗 added it to my favourites on Ravelry !
Thanks so much Sylvia. It really is such a great, wearable knit. :)
Hallo Tash! I’m in love with your Sorrel! Forgive me but I missed the fact that the kal is more about Petiteknits patterns and projects you make or mentioned😄. Thanks for sharing though! I’m a little stuck with my dotted rays anyway… Did not expect it to use so much more yarn for the growing wedges🤷🏻♀️
Hi Adele, The KAL is really meant to be inclusive and for people to share what they are making. I felt like it might be helpful to create some structure to it but really, there are no hard and fast rules. I mostly want to see what others are making. That is a shame about your Dotted Rays. I find it really frustrating to stall in a knitting project. Hope you can find a way through.
@@mostlyknitting 💕💕
I couldn't help but laugh a little when you expressed your disappointment on project Sorrel, I had a similar experience this week and was 😢 sad after knitting the body only to have to rip back when I discovered an error. Luckily it was only 1 strand knitting. 😂
It’s a real bummer, isn’t it? But I would rather fix it than knit more and not wear it… Looking forward to seeing yours. :)
Hi Tash. I’ve been watching your videos for a couple of months now and have enjoyed listening to you talk about all your projects while I knit. 😊 I’m also knitting the Cummulus T. While you are concerned that yours is too big, I’m concerned that mine may be a little snug at the under arm so I thought I would block it before I rip it back and extend the raglan. I’ve never done this before so I’m intrigued to know how you block your items while you’re still knitting them - a quick tutorial on the best way/your preferred method would be hugely appreciated.
Hi there. Thanks for commenting and saying hi. I actually just blocked a project that was on the needles today. I definitely do it regularly so I will make sure i record what i do next time. Which will probably be in a day or two. ;)
Fab 🤩 Thank you!
I really enjoy your "rambling" which often makes me smile. Still catching up in the past, but now that you have decided to change the yarn from the Sorrel I am so glad you did, you were totally right about the pooling of the color being a bit of a downer for your lovely knit...Cute dress, so you knit it with drops alpaca and it held well all this time? I always wonder, since I do not like to knit with non natural fibers if i can help it, if long things where there is a lot of knitting, and sitting on it, it will not stretch out and loose its shape if there is not nylon or such? I still hear conflicting things about this and am trying to figure it out, some say that for a big project it's best to have a little of a fiber that avoids the stretching out...really interested in knowing your take on how the drops alpaca held as I have some in my stash to use at some point. take care Barbara
Thanks so much Barbara. Yes, i am also glad i changed the colour for the Sorrel. It deserved a better colour to finish on. I absolutely love the Drops Alpaca. It has held up amazingly well and this is probably my most worn knit. It hasnt stretched out or bagged out at all which is a relief as it was a lot of knitting and i love the FO. :)
@@mostlyknitting thanks! I am slowly learning more about what to do what with what. I made some beanies for gifts with some drops merino and I think they stretched out a little, even knitting them on a much tighter gauge (which was a bit of a pain).
What cast on for the neck did you use on the sweater your wearing. Felix pullover ? ❤
Hi Paula,. I did a tubular cast on on 3.75mm needles, then switched to 5mm needles for the ribbing. :)
I just love the faux from the Vault the one you are wearing and the others. It is fitted and would not suit me. Maybe if I lost 5 kilos. I am peased you are changing the pink garment to a more suitable pink
Thanks so much Rosemary. :)
What is the name of your dress pattern?
The dress is Still Light Tunic by Veera Välimäki.
I know what you mean about ripping out and winding two strands of yarn. It’s not fun.
You definitely have to psyche yourself up for it. ;)