These videos always get me excited about reexamining my stash and working with it. I've made huge progress this year on using up and giving away so much yarn! Here's to more stashbusting
I think a white or neutral border in between the hexipuff flowers would be very nice, to tone down the intense colours like you mentioned. And very nice to see another stash busting episode! I always find it very interesting and entertaining to see what you are working on.
Lol, I was going to suggest you block what you had on the needles to see how things change, when I heard you say my name. Blocked gauge is always what is meant in a pattern, because you can't count on different knitters having both the same pre-block and post-block gauges. That's why you measure your gauge swatch before and after you block it, so that you can see what the discrepancy is between pre- and post-blocking. Those "squares" that those old patterns talk about can be really ambiguous. When they say to knit something square, often what they mean is that however many sts you're working with, that's how many rows you should work. The resulting fabric isn't square shaped! Also, when they talk about the "width" matching the length, the width is sometimes the width, but sometimes the circumference. Often, they'll include an example so you can understand what that particular pattern means by "square." Loved seeing everything you've been working on. 🙂
Thank you for this! I never knew that about gauge. I'm a pretty standard knitter so I rarely end up with a swatch that doesn't match the gauge. Now I know if I don't I can try blocking it to see if it will grow!
The flower pattern is used in English Paper Piecing'.. Quilt making - I think it's called Granny's Garden.. One of the few things learnt from my sewing club last year xx
I got so excited when you started talking about knitting knee supports and ballerinas!!! This past winter, I had a knee injury after performing in the nutcracker, and I used leftover wool from knitting christmas balls as gifts to make a "knee warmer" to wear under my legwarmers and add extra protection to my injured knee. You really do feel less pain! I believe it was Paton's wool worsted. A little itchy over nylon dance tights, but oh boy was it helpful.
Maybe the Victorian knee caps if they were meant to be thinner when knitted with whatever the "appropriate" yarn was would offer some amount of compression that could also be helpful for pain
Honestly one of your best episodes, ever!! And they're all fantastic!! I don't know how you fit so much into one 25 minute segment! All the show-and-tell, the history, what you've learned through your experiments, WIPS, etc. I can't wait to see what happens to your Maywick sweater! Will it block out to the correct size?? Or will you have to work some magic??! But my favorite part was when you pulled out your hexies and explained you'd be making a grandmother's flower garden quilt with them! Genius! I love love love grandmother's flower garden quilts. The possibilities for the background are endless....white or green are the most common, but I've seen them done with light blue, gray, yellow, pink, etc.! Now I have to dig out that crocheted flower garden pattern I bought a hundred years ago.. Thanks for the fun update!!!
I love watching these stash busting videos - thank you! Makes me excited to go through my own stash! I'd love to hear more about the dress reform movement you mentioned, and it's clearly something you are passionate and knowledgeable about, would you be willing to film a sit down video (tea and chat type video) and discuss this more? xx
Yes please. Looking at what Poiret, Fortuny, Chanel and Vionnet subsequently came up with, this experimental period would be great. I could do my own research but - at 61 I have a yarn stash almost the size of yours, plus an equivalent in fabric, professional art supplies to dwarf them, along with reference books, patterns - you get the picture. Hard as we try we can't look at Everything. We can turn to knowledgeable folks like yourself on specific topics. For the past 3 years I've been deliberately using up all of my stashed stuff. My wardrobe is developing nicely. My stash piles have only decreased slightly in volume. Use 4 add 7 seems to be a common formula for our magic fairy assistants. Lol
I had no idea the victorian knee pads were a thing, but as an ex ballet dancer with bad knees who is also a human icicle, they make a lot of sense 😂 Not just for warmth, but also because for a lot of women their bad knees would be from scrubbing floors and similar, and having the extra padding would help cushion the patella when kneeling (which always tends to push mine wonky)
As a quilter who has been hand sewing a grandmother's garden quilt (that's the name for a quilt made with the hexis when put into flowers) since 2019... 😮💨 I absolutely love that you've chosen that design for your hexi puff quilt! The best thing about yours is that you absolutely can start in the center and add to it as you can, so you can start using it much sooner.
My friend gave me a kit to sew them a while ago and I've been nervous to start! This winter I'm going to tackle it. Which stitch do you use to hold it together?
Yay updates. The hexipuff quilt will be awesome! I'm excited for it when you get it finished. I'm glad you've found a way to make it more sustainable for you.
In the 1950s i remember my great aunt made herself little knee warmers that were generaly in pink to wear indoors with directoire knickers that finished just above and worn over lisle stockings ,with garters not suspenders . I doubt she ever wore them out as she was very stylish in her youth and did not give up despite creaks and pains when older. Hers were much smaller than yours and just covered the knee cap
I must say: your knitting videos are my favourites 🤩 I have plans on making videos about crafts in a near future and your channel is a huge inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing this journey!
To do your two at a time sleeves, I would put the regular size needle on your right needle and a size smaller on your left needle. Switch from magic loop to traveling loop so you’re never knitting with the left hand needle. Hope the sleeves blocked out!
I really appreciate you giving us your honest experience, given that I am struggling with my stash. I love that you explain what's going on and revisit projects. Happy to see the hat in particular! Thank you!
I moused over the chapter titles. Not knowing that 'Kneecaps' is the proper name for the garment, my brain decided to make a dissertation/thesis title out of it: "Victorian Knee Caps : Were they knobblier than their modern day counterparts?". It's Friday. It's the last day of a very long school year. I'm so sorry.
This was so incredibly satisfying and inspirational to watch! Ive been enjoying your short form content for a while - so glad I've ventured to your main channel!!!
just refreshed youtube to see you uploaded!!! i finished my tea rose slip on yesterday and i'm in LOVE with it!!! this is gonna be my gateway drug into other vintage patterns. thank u!!!!
Loved this as always, especially the segment about the kneecaps! I moved to Sweden in 2017 and where I am isn't much colder than the UK in terms of actual temperatures...but the wind chill is brutal on my bad knee. I wish I'd known about Victorian knee caps when I made my attempt, I might have had something wearable now instead of a super bulky tube that it buried somewhere to hide my shame! Loved watching this as always. It's very inspiring to watch you plug along and see the progress you've made, and also lovely to knit along with you while you talk about your projects :)
I only thinking yesterday that we haven't had an update on this for a while so I'm excited to see this video! I barely crochet (and knitting hurts my hands so I don't) but I just loove watching people stash bust
Since you’re making the blouse again anyway could you pretty please do a video on the flower stitch. You inspired me to give it a go again and I absolutely can’t wrap my mind around it. 😂 I’m just so confused by the long stitches and how to resolve them
Great video! For colour work, I often find that I have to add some stitches or use another needle size for the sleeves because they are too tight. If they are still tight after blocking, I would suggest to add length and some stitches to fit your arms better. And I have to add length constantly ( I guess I am a long person! 😂) so don't worry about that! 😊
I have the same set of interchangeable needles you do and I use 3.5mm needles more than anything so I have to do that same interchangeable-needle-tango you were doing here. Very annoying lol. But at least where I live circular needles are expensive so needle-tango it is!
Yessssss I love the stash busting series and I’ve missed it so much! I was so excited when the notification came up and couldnt wait to get home and watch 😂
I'm sewing a hexi quilt, using a red as the paths. It looks amazing, instead of the white, cream or 1930's green. Choose a different color for your paths, maybe a different shade of color of one you like best. Very adventurous projects you choose.
I just finished March.. but when knitting in the round you can use a smaller needle on the left (when the stitch you just worked is going on the right side) that way you only need one extra needletipset.. if you are knitting on a 3mm needle you can use a 2,75mm or a 2.5 mm for the feeding needle.
Love your stashbusting videos! As always, your knowledge and thoroughness make them interesting as well as vicariously satisfying (which is; i guess, why people watch stashbusting videos in the first place, even if things don't always go according to plan)! But then again, all your videos are just the kind of infodump that make my heart sing - thanks! Knitted kneecaps... Well, I'm intrigued. I don't know if my sensory processing issues would allow me to wear them, but as someone who doesn't have the strongest joints either, knee support is always appreciated! Your stashbusting is still going better than mine, btw. I need to be watched and supervised... You're inspiring me to stay creative with my scraps though!
Ive just come upon your channel and loving it! Ive watched a couple of sewing vids and appreciate your thoughtful precise way of sewing which i must say i do as well. Thank you so much for sharing. I love your style also.
I dont know if you read all of your comments, but the two shetland zig zaggy patterns you've shown so far are lovely! I cannot seem to pick colors that go together, and you've done it with odds and ends! Thank you for your videos!
As someone who rides pillion on a motorbike in colder weather the knee caps are a perfect idea. I'm currently crocheting a set but they're nowhere near as well fitted or suited as yours.
My body is not a size that allows for single size vintage pattern knitting (without quite a lot of modification), but I definitely remember the challenge of wading through a pattern that has several sizes for the first time, once I started knitting things that had sizes (Eg not cozies and scarves and such). It *does* get easier and if it helps, you can always make a copy and black out the parts of the pattern that don't apply to your size.
Hooray, knitting! If you need it, I have Lara Neel's Sock Architecture which has generalised instructions for the common heel, shaped common heel, and modified shaped common heel (along with about a dozen others). Given the work you were doing for the ball, you've done really well, go you! I'm zooming along on my upsized sock pattern. I made a me-sized, me-shaped toe-up sock pattern years ago, back when toe-up flap and gusset patterns didn't really exist. Been using it since then, but wanted some thicker socks for dog walking in wellies, so I converted to Regia 6-ply (which fit beautifully), and this last couple of months I've converted it to Regia 8-ply and I'm testing it out. Holy crap, 8-ply goes so much quicker than 4-ply! I'm just starting the first leg round now, a week after I cast on. That would usually take me 2-3 times longer, especially with all the lifelines I installed in case of fit problems. It fits (so far 🤞) and it's pretty and I'm super happy 🤩 Next up, a dive into heel turns and their shaping, so I can tweak my fit 🧶🧮📝🧦
I loved the video. I love leg warmers. With my chronic pain, heat is my friend. So that was really cool to see the historical take on it. Thank you! - Kimberly
Always nice to see a new upload of you. Keep it coming. I haven't knitted for years but got myself some different seized needles a while ago and I'm now looking for the right colour of yarn.
Excited to see the knits you've been working on over the spring. I had never heard of knee caps before and I am in love with the idea! I get lots of join pain during thunderstorms and such due to my chronic illnesses and I know that warmth helps. This video inspired me, so I found a free (modern) pattern for a knee cap on ravelry that I've started working on. About halfway through the first one now and very excited to see how well it works. I'm using some stash sock yarn and funnily enough the kneecap pattern I'm using was written up by someone who based it on a Victorian German knee cap pattern. So far so good. Lots of German Short Rows. haha.
Love those knee caps! I had a pair of knee warmers when I was a teen and they are excellent for horse riding. Having bent knees in the saddle, they are quite exposed to wind and weather, so I wonder if those vintage knee caps might have helped rheumatic people to continue riding for longer? I have wanted for a long time to make another pair of knee warmers to wear out to the horses. I dont ride much now due to illness and injury but I still find my knees are one area not quite covered by tall boots and a long jacket. I will search for knee caps and see what I find! Also I really liked the shrunken top, it looked v cuwte! Reminds me of some of the kids jumpers my friend and I used to get from op shops as teens and wear around showing our midriffs 😅 we thought we were kool so that's the main thing 😁
So nice to have an RC video! Thanks for catching us up. I have a 3/4 completed sweater I was trying to finish before hand surgery last week, but failed. I am sitting here with plaster and bandages on my right hand watching you knitting away and occasionally glancing sadly at my lonely little sweater 😞. I am so jealous of all the items you’re working on, especially the sweater! And the hexagon quilt looks so fun.
I’ve used a fair bit from my stash after watching these videos, I gave my sister about 13 balls that I knew I would use. So I rewarded myself by buy new vintage knitting patterns lol.
Once you decide on the size you make, you just first go through the whole pattern and highlight that size everywhere while striking through all sections with "-" or "0" for your size. This way you're not confused when you follow it later.
I feel you on the pom pom patterns. The couple I've done have notes in the margins clarifying overly condensed instructions. Tho, i tend to end up with the sizing being a bit larger...
Just beautiful. I’m sure anything you do will be lovely. That simultaneous method will definitely help in terms of keeping the color way cohesive. There is always the oversized scrunching to fall back on for the single skeins.
You spoke about pain and other problems with your body and lims. Because of that, I want to remind you to take good care of your hands and fingers... every part from the elbow down to your fingertips.
I knit some wwII era knee caps for my mother. Since she has fibromyalgia that often gets worse in the cold, she finds that they help with pain while sleeping during winter.
Thank you for a lovley video! So fun to catch up on the stash busting. I’ve never heard of the knee cap thing, very interesting! I would love to hear about other things they wore that we (mostly) don’t anymore!
Yay, thank you for the video! I like your approach for the hexipuff quilt. The shetland sweater (jumper) is looking really nice! Since the sleeves are knitted cuff up, wouldn't there be increases after the elbow for the bicep? Might be worth checking out the pattern on Ravelry to see what notes people have in their projects. Maybe someone will have their pre-blocked gauge noted too! 💜
10:18 maybe some victorian pincusions? Or egg holder like one made by Engineering Knits? Or tea cozy
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Just watched the february video, thinking how much I've missed you and here you are! Really like how you explained your new approach to the hex quilt. i have found myself doing the same on the project I'm currently working on. Small wins!
🤔 I was taught in colour theory that pink, red, orange, yellow, brown are warm colours, and green, blue, purple, black are cool colours. Also interested to know whether the blocking helped the slight twist in the Maywick jumper. I noticed that knitting in the round also made a slight twist but since I am making knitted foods for my nephew's present I didn't block them. So I just have a slightly twisty carrot and cucumber 🤷♀
Results of the blocking next month! As for the colours it depends on the shade of red and pink. A very 'blue' toned red is cooler than an orangey red. Basically the shades of red and pink I chose just didn't go with the yellowy cream of the shawl 💚
I love your knitting videos! I The buddleia is gorgeous even when shrunken, hopefully the replacement will fly off the needles. Also, not sure if you know or not, but the video is unlisted on your playlist, so I think the only people who see it have to go directly to the knitting playlist to find it - unless YT has glitched and it's not supposed to be visible at all?
I know in china in the 17th and 18th century they would sew kneepads too for when it was cold. So maybe look for historical costuming in china and you might get some ideas for the kneepads!❤
What a great name for a hand dyed business Dye Candy! I love it. The yarn and the beanie both are fabulous. I've given up stash busting I just seem to accumulate more and more, when you said you bought 5 balls, I though what only 5, that's allot of boarder. did the wonky donkey seams straighten out with blocking in the end, did it meet gauge? Cheers Claude for the content that I'm knitting to, always fun.
@@RetroClaude I'm very naughty I never ever never gauge swatch, so far I've only had some Drops yarn shrink lengthwise in the arms and not by much. I believe in a wing and a prayer, measuring against something else that fits well, not even with a tape measure. I know I'm a philistine!
Could you add a bit of a puff to the tops of the sleeves? The snug parts would be further down your arms then. Or totally disregard me, I don’t knit at all. ❤
Hi Claude, loving your podcasts and your sometimes stash busting results😂. Can I suggest a 'jumper board's might be useful to block pure wool sweaters/jumpers on? Xxx
I have been learning quilting in the last year. One of the tips that helped me the most when trying to layout it out and get the colors right before i sewed it to together is to take a black and white photograph so you can check your darks and lights balance in the quilts. It keeps me from getting my colors wonky during the layout. I don't know if this wil help but I thought it might help you make a decision about the white boards verse all colorful.
@@RetroClaude oh that is awesome! I also have a few favorite fast fashion pieces which are still going on strong, love them and refuse to let them go to landfill😁😂
Thanks for the update! It’s always so cool to see what you’ve been making. I have a question, if you don’t mind - do you know what sort of terms I should use to try and find picture or video descriptions of the stitch for the flowers in the Buddleia Blouse? I started making one and got terribly confused at that part, and wasn’t sure how to find more information. Thank you!
I've seen it called a long stitch or try a daisy or flower stitch. It frustratingly doesn't have an official name that I've ever seen but I have sometimes seen something similar when making bobbles so that might also help! I will try to make one myself too ☺️
@@RetroClaude thank you for the response! That gives me a great place to start with searches. Don’t feel any pressure to do anything yourself - I definitely don’t want to make any extra work for you
I thought stash busting was to reduce the amount of wool you have?!! But at least you have got some work done, I really like the red for the other project you have started.
I’m so entertained to “know” someone who knit kneecaps. But beware! You may find yourself knitting one of those incredibly strange WWI balaclavas. The Maywick project is exactly the sort of insanity I would indulge in. I really, really hope that your sleeves block to a useable size, because I’d not, you’re going to have to figure out what you want to do about the color stripes. (Not that I ran short of one color of hand-dyed-with-invasive-plants-and-this-not-reproducible yarn on s remarkably similar project. That one is currently sitting on the Pile of Denial, until I decide what to do.) Finally, I think a light colored border around your hexipuffs would look wonderful. I fear that omitting the border might negate the pattern. In quilting, it’s common to use a variety of almost-whites, for visual interest. So I’d you’ve got random white yarn, you could use all of that in your project.
As someone who unfortunately has gotten the moth menace into my apartment... I can relate, I fortunately had quite a small stash before. I am curious though, have you gotten rid of the problem? The hexipuff flowers were so cute!
Unfortunately not. Because they're in the carpet underneath all the furniture despite a deep clean last year they're back 😔 thankfully my yarn and hand knits can now fit in plastic boxes
@@RetroClaude Oh no! It really is a menace. Great job on getting your stash down to this level though! I've had some good results with steam cleaning things such as furniture, but the moths are unfortunately living their best life between our floor boards and I am also not able to get rid of them.
These videos always get me excited about reexamining my stash and working with it. I've made huge progress this year on using up and giving away so much yarn! Here's to more stashbusting
Yay! Well done!
Congratulations 🎉
They're also a good opportunity for me to sit back and knit a couple of rows, which also works. 😊
I'm a beginner knitter and don't really have a stash but love these videos and the entire journey 😍
I think a white or neutral border in between the hexipuff flowers would be very nice, to tone down the intense colours like you mentioned.
And very nice to see another stash busting episode! I always find it very interesting and entertaining to see what you are working on.
Lol, I was going to suggest you block what you had on the needles to see how things change, when I heard you say my name. Blocked gauge is always what is meant in a pattern, because you can't count on different knitters having both the same pre-block and post-block gauges. That's why you measure your gauge swatch before and after you block it, so that you can see what the discrepancy is between pre- and post-blocking.
Those "squares" that those old patterns talk about can be really ambiguous. When they say to knit something square, often what they mean is that however many sts you're working with, that's how many rows you should work. The resulting fabric isn't square shaped! Also, when they talk about the "width" matching the length, the width is sometimes the width, but sometimes the circumference. Often, they'll include an example so you can understand what that particular pattern means by "square."
Loved seeing everything you've been working on. 🙂
Thank you for this! I never knew that about gauge. I'm a pretty standard knitter so I rarely end up with a swatch that doesn't match the gauge. Now I know if I don't I can try blocking it to see if it will grow!
I just started binging this series yesterday and here is the newest episode !! that’s so exciting
Yay! Perfect timing!
The hexie puff flowers are just the cutest thing and will make such a beautiful quilt 🌼🌺 Great idea!
The flower pattern is used in English Paper Piecing'.. Quilt making - I think it's called Granny's Garden.. One of the few things learnt from my sewing club last year xx
Did the Maywick block to the correct length? I cannot live with the suspense!
Woolly cliffhangers are just evil!! 😂
I thought it appropriate that your hexiepuffs are going to be in a Grandmother's Flower Garden design!
Is that what it's called? I didn't know that! So cute!
I got so excited when you started talking about knitting knee supports and ballerinas!!! This past winter, I had a knee injury after performing in the nutcracker, and I used leftover wool from knitting christmas balls as gifts to make a "knee warmer" to wear under my legwarmers and add extra protection to my injured knee. You really do feel less pain! I believe it was Paton's wool worsted. A little itchy over nylon dance tights, but oh boy was it helpful.
Maybe the Victorian knee caps if they were meant to be thinner when knitted with whatever the "appropriate" yarn was would offer some amount of compression that could also be helpful for pain
Honestly one of your best episodes, ever!! And they're all fantastic!! I don't know how you fit so much into one 25 minute segment! All the show-and-tell, the history, what you've learned through your experiments, WIPS, etc. I can't wait to see what happens to your Maywick sweater! Will it block out to the correct size?? Or will you have to work some magic??! But my favorite part was when you pulled out your hexies and explained you'd be making a grandmother's flower garden quilt with them! Genius! I love love love grandmother's flower garden quilts. The possibilities for the background are endless....white or green are the most common, but I've seen them done with light blue, gray, yellow, pink, etc.! Now I have to dig out that crocheted flower garden pattern I bought a hundred years ago.. Thanks for the fun update!!!
I love watching these stash busting videos - thank you! Makes me excited to go through my own stash! I'd love to hear more about the dress reform movement you mentioned, and it's clearly something you are passionate and knowledgeable about, would you be willing to film a sit down video (tea and chat type video) and discuss this more? xx
Yes please. Looking at what Poiret, Fortuny, Chanel and Vionnet subsequently came up with, this experimental period would be great. I could do my own research but - at 61 I have a yarn stash almost the size of yours, plus an equivalent in fabric, professional art supplies to dwarf them, along with reference books, patterns - you get the picture. Hard as we try we can't look at Everything. We can turn to knowledgeable folks like yourself on specific topics.
For the past 3 years I've been deliberately using up all of my stashed stuff. My wardrobe is developing nicely. My stash piles have only decreased slightly in volume. Use 4 add 7 seems to be a common formula for our magic fairy assistants. Lol
Yes please!
I am so excited for this I absolutely love this series
Ditto 😂
Me too! I love these videos!!
"if it takes me ten years to finish it, it takes me ten years to finish it" words to live by! the time will pass regardless!
I had no idea the victorian knee pads were a thing, but as an ex ballet dancer with bad knees who is also a human icicle, they make a lot of sense 😂
Not just for warmth, but also because for a lot of women their bad knees would be from scrubbing floors and similar, and having the extra padding would help cushion the patella when kneeling (which always tends to push mine wonky)
Very good point!
I'm always so excited when you bring out a new stash busting video! It motivates me to see what I can make with all my yarn. Keep up the good work!
I LOVE the colours on the zig-zag sweater!
As a quilter who has been hand sewing a grandmother's garden quilt (that's the name for a quilt made with the hexis when put into flowers) since 2019... 😮💨 I absolutely love that you've chosen that design for your hexi puff quilt! The best thing about yours is that you absolutely can start in the center and add to it as you can, so you can start using it much sooner.
My friend gave me a kit to sew them a while ago and I've been nervous to start! This winter I'm going to tackle it.
Which stitch do you use to hold it together?
Yay updates. The hexipuff quilt will be awesome! I'm excited for it when you get it finished. I'm glad you've found a way to make it more sustainable for you.
In the 1950s i remember my great aunt made herself little knee warmers that were generaly in pink to wear indoors with directoire knickers that finished just above and worn over lisle stockings ,with garters not suspenders . I doubt she ever wore them out as she was very stylish in her youth and did not give up despite creaks and pains when older. Hers were much smaller than yours and just covered the knee cap
I must say: your knitting videos are my favourites 🤩
I have plans on making videos about crafts in a near future and your channel is a huge inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing this journey!
To do your two at a time sleeves, I would put the regular size needle on your right needle and a size smaller on your left needle. Switch from magic loop to traveling loop so you’re never knitting with the left hand needle. Hope the sleeves blocked out!
I really appreciate you giving us your honest experience, given that I am struggling with my stash. I love that you explain what's going on and revisit projects. Happy to see the hat in particular! Thank you!
Woohoo return of the stashbusting!!!
I moused over the chapter titles. Not knowing that 'Kneecaps' is the proper name for the garment, my brain decided to make a dissertation/thesis title out of it:
"Victorian Knee Caps : Were they knobblier than their modern day counterparts?".
It's Friday. It's the last day of a very long school year. I'm so sorry.
😂😂😂
Hilarious!
This was so incredibly satisfying and inspirational to watch! Ive been enjoying your short form content for a while - so glad I've ventured to your main channel!!!
just refreshed youtube to see you uploaded!!! i finished my tea rose slip on yesterday and i'm in LOVE with it!!! this is gonna be my gateway drug into other vintage patterns. thank u!!!!
I'm so pleased!! Yay! They're so squishy ☺️
Cliffhanger!😮
You know what they say... Always leave them wanting more!
@@RetroClaude And you did, dagnammit!
Also this is my favorite series on TH-cam, please never stop 😂❤
I guess I'd better keep buying yarn then 😂
@@RetroClaude 😂😂 when you eventually run out, I’m sure we can problem solve
Loved this as always, especially the segment about the kneecaps! I moved to Sweden in 2017 and where I am isn't much colder than the UK in terms of actual temperatures...but the wind chill is brutal on my bad knee. I wish I'd known about Victorian knee caps when I made my attempt, I might have had something wearable now instead of a super bulky tube that it buried somewhere to hide my shame!
Loved watching this as always. It's very inspiring to watch you plug along and see the progress you've made, and also lovely to knit along with you while you talk about your projects :)
I only thinking yesterday that we haven't had an update on this for a while so I'm excited to see this video! I barely crochet (and knitting hurts my hands so I don't) but I just loove watching people stash bust
I did a little happy dance when I saw this video! I love this series
Since you’re making the blouse again anyway could you pretty please do a video on the flower stitch. You inspired me to give it a go again and I absolutely can’t wrap my mind around it. 😂 I’m just so confused by the long stitches and how to resolve them
Great video! For colour work, I often find that I have to add some stitches or use another needle size for the sleeves because they are too tight. If they are still tight after blocking, I would suggest to add length and some stitches to fit your arms better. And I have to add length constantly ( I guess I am a long person! 😂) so don't worry about that! 😊
I have the same set of interchangeable needles you do and I use 3.5mm needles more than anything so I have to do that same interchangeable-needle-tango you were doing here. Very annoying lol. But at least where I live circular needles are expensive so needle-tango it is!
Thanks for the update! It's been a bad fatigue week/day for me so this was lovely to watch while crocheting in bed.
Yessssss I love the stash busting series and I’ve missed it so much! I was so excited when the notification came up and couldnt wait to get home and watch 😂
I'm sewing a hexi quilt, using a red as the paths. It looks amazing, instead of the white, cream or 1930's green. Choose a different color for your paths, maybe a different shade of color of one you like best. Very adventurous projects you choose.
I just finished March.. but when knitting in the round you can use a smaller needle on the left (when the stitch you just worked is going on the right side) that way you only need one extra needletipset.. if you are knitting on a 3mm needle you can use a 2,75mm or a 2.5 mm for the feeding needle.
Thanks for the tip!
Ooh knee caps! Those would be really handy on those cold mornings at highland games! I usually roll up my socks to meet my kilt but it looks goofy.
Love your stashbusting videos! As always, your knowledge and thoroughness make them interesting as well as vicariously satisfying (which is; i guess, why people watch stashbusting videos in the first place, even if things don't always go according to plan)! But then again, all your videos are just the kind of infodump that make my heart sing - thanks! Knitted kneecaps... Well, I'm intrigued. I don't know if my sensory processing issues would allow me to wear them, but as someone who doesn't have the strongest joints either, knee support is always appreciated!
Your stashbusting is still going better than mine, btw. I need to be watched and supervised... You're inspiring me to stay creative with my scraps though!
I love the stash busting series!
Ive just come upon your channel and loving it! Ive watched a couple of sewing vids and appreciate your thoughtful precise way of sewing which i must say i do as well. Thank you so much for sharing. I love your style also.
Glad you are doing well! The Maywick looks lovely, I hope it works out.
I dont know if you read all of your comments, but the two shetland zig zaggy patterns you've shown so far are lovely! I cannot seem to pick colors that go together, and you've done it with odds and ends! Thank you for your videos!
As someone who rides pillion on a motorbike in colder weather the knee caps are a perfect idea. I'm currently crocheting a set but they're nowhere near as well fitted or suited as yours.
My body is not a size that allows for single size vintage pattern knitting (without quite a lot of modification), but I definitely remember the challenge of wading through a pattern that has several sizes for the first time, once I started knitting things that had sizes (Eg not cozies and scarves and such). It *does* get easier and if it helps, you can always make a copy and black out the parts of the pattern that don't apply to your size.
Hooray, knitting! If you need it, I have Lara Neel's Sock Architecture which has generalised instructions for the common heel, shaped common heel, and modified shaped common heel (along with about a dozen others). Given the work you were doing for the ball, you've done really well, go you!
I'm zooming along on my upsized sock pattern. I made a me-sized, me-shaped toe-up sock pattern years ago, back when toe-up flap and gusset patterns didn't really exist. Been using it since then, but wanted some thicker socks for dog walking in wellies, so I converted to Regia 6-ply (which fit beautifully), and this last couple of months I've converted it to Regia 8-ply and I'm testing it out. Holy crap, 8-ply goes so much quicker than 4-ply! I'm just starting the first leg round now, a week after I cast on. That would usually take me 2-3 times longer, especially with all the lifelines I installed in case of fit problems. It fits (so far 🤞) and it's pretty and I'm super happy 🤩
Next up, a dive into heel turns and their shaping, so I can tweak my fit 🧶🧮📝🧦
Just a thought.... Is it possible to dye your shawl a cool tone so you could finish it with your cool border tones?
Your dungarees at the start are adorable 😊
I loved the video. I love leg warmers. With my chronic pain, heat is my friend. So that was really cool to see the historical take on it. Thank you! - Kimberly
Starting both sleeves and the body at the same time is so so clever. Very well done. I hope it will turn out alright. Greetings from Belgium
Thanks for the fun!
Always nice to see a new upload of you. Keep it coming. I haven't knitted for years but got myself some different seized needles a while ago and I'm now looking for the right colour of yarn.
The hexipuff flowers are sooo nice!
Excited to see the knits you've been working on over the spring. I had never heard of knee caps before and I am in love with the idea! I get lots of join pain during thunderstorms and such due to my chronic illnesses and I know that warmth helps. This video inspired me, so I found a free (modern) pattern for a knee cap on ravelry that I've started working on. About halfway through the first one now and very excited to see how well it works. I'm using some stash sock yarn and funnily enough the kneecap pattern I'm using was written up by someone who based it on a Victorian German knee cap pattern. So far so good. Lots of German Short Rows. haha.
Yayy! So excited for a new video 😊
Love those knee caps! I had a pair of knee warmers when I was a teen and they are excellent for horse riding. Having bent knees in the saddle, they are quite exposed to wind and weather, so I wonder if those vintage knee caps might have helped rheumatic people to continue riding for longer? I have wanted for a long time to make another pair of knee warmers to wear out to the horses. I dont ride much now due to illness and injury but I still find my knees are one area not quite covered by tall boots and a long jacket. I will search for knee caps and see what I find!
Also I really liked the shrunken top, it looked v cuwte! Reminds me of some of the kids jumpers my friend and I used to get from op shops as teens and wear around showing our midriffs 😅 we thought we were kool so that's the main thing 😁
So nice to have an RC video! Thanks for catching us up. I have a 3/4 completed sweater I was trying to finish before hand surgery last week, but failed. I am sitting here with plaster and bandages on my right hand watching you knitting away and occasionally glancing sadly at my lonely little sweater 😞. I am so jealous of all the items you’re working on, especially the sweater! And the hexagon quilt looks so fun.
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Great to see you having a lively few moments Claude.
And what a cliffhanger to end on.
Hopefully your Maywick is a success! I made that design a few months ago and loved it! It did look like a toddler size jumper until it was blocked
I’ve used a fair bit from my stash after watching these videos, I gave my sister about 13 balls that I knew I would use. So I rewarded myself by buy new vintage knitting patterns lol.
Once you decide on the size you make, you just first go through the whole pattern and highlight that size everywhere while striking through all sections with "-" or "0" for your size. This way you're not confused when you follow it later.
My mom photocopies the pattern and does that. :)
Yey, I've missed your videos!
I have a knee injury and my mum knit me a kneecap! It works really well to prevent the cold pains
I feel you on the pom pom patterns. The couple I've done have notes in the margins clarifying overly condensed instructions. Tho, i tend to end up with the sizing being a bit larger...
you are just pumping out the projects and content. thank you
looking forward to seeing how the maywick turns out! And yay for the number going down!
Just beautiful. I’m sure anything you do will be lovely. That simultaneous method will definitely help in terms of keeping the color way cohesive. There is always the oversized scrunching to fall back on for the single skeins.
I love your stash busting vids ❤
I really love these videos! They make me excited to use up my stash
You spoke about pain and other problems with your body and lims. Because of that, I want to remind you to take good care of your hands and fingers... every part from the elbow down to your fingertips.
I knit some wwII era knee caps for my mother. Since she has fibromyalgia that often gets worse in the cold, she finds that they help with pain while sleeping during winter.
I love all your videos, but stash busting is my absolute fave! Thank youuuuuu!
i'm so happy to see you back! i love your stash busting videos and it keeps me motivated to work on my own as well!
Thank you for a lovley video! So fun to catch up on the stash busting. I’ve never heard of the knee cap thing, very interesting! I would love to hear about other things they wore that we (mostly) don’t anymore!
I LOVE this series Claude! 🌺🌸
Yay, thank you for the video! I like your approach for the hexipuff quilt. The shetland sweater (jumper) is looking really nice! Since the sleeves are knitted cuff up, wouldn't there be increases after the elbow for the bicep? Might be worth checking out the pattern on Ravelry to see what notes people have in their projects. Maybe someone will have their pre-blocked gauge noted too!
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10:18 maybe some victorian pincusions? Or egg holder like one made by Engineering Knits? Or tea cozy
Just watched the february video, thinking how much I've missed you and here you are! Really like how you explained your new approach to the hex quilt. i have found myself doing the same on the project I'm currently working on. Small wins!
🤔 I was taught in colour theory that pink, red, orange, yellow, brown are warm colours, and green, blue, purple, black are cool colours.
Also interested to know whether the blocking helped the slight twist in the Maywick jumper. I noticed that knitting in the round also made a slight twist but since I am making knitted foods for my nephew's present I didn't block them. So I just have a slightly twisty carrot and cucumber 🤷♀
Results of the blocking next month!
As for the colours it depends on the shade of red and pink. A very 'blue' toned red is cooler than an orangey red. Basically the shades of red and pink I chose just didn't go with the yellowy cream of the shawl 💚
I love your knitting videos! I The buddleia is gorgeous even when shrunken, hopefully the replacement will fly off the needles. Also, not sure if you know or not, but the video is unlisted on your playlist, so I think the only people who see it have to go directly to the knitting playlist to find it - unless YT has glitched and it's not supposed to be visible at all?
Ah! Yes it got added to the playlist before it went live. Lucky you for finding it early!
I know in china in the 17th and 18th century they would sew kneepads too for when it was cold. So maybe look for historical costuming in china and you might get some ideas for the kneepads!❤
Hello Claude, and algorithm.
What a great name for a hand dyed business Dye Candy! I love it. The yarn and the beanie both are fabulous. I've given up stash busting I just seem to accumulate more and more, when you said you bought 5 balls, I though what only 5, that's allot of boarder. did the wonky donkey seams straighten out with blocking in the end, did it meet gauge?
Cheers Claude for the content that I'm knitting to, always fun.
Yep 5 is a lot for a border but I needed it for the stripes! And the blocking took so long you'll have to wait until next month 😂
@@RetroClaude I'm very naughty I never ever never gauge swatch, so far I've only had some Drops yarn shrink lengthwise in the arms and not by much. I believe in a wing and a prayer, measuring against something else that fits well, not even with a tape measure. I know I'm a philistine!
Could you add a bit of a puff to the tops of the sleeves? The snug parts would be further down your arms then. Or totally disregard me, I don’t knit at all. ❤
Hi Claude, loving your podcasts and your sometimes stash busting results😂. Can I suggest a 'jumper board's might be useful to block pure wool sweaters/jumpers on? Xxx
I really like these videos
You could make something barbie inspired with the pink.
I have been learning quilting in the last year. One of the tips that helped me the most when trying to layout it out and get the colors right before i sewed it to together is to take a black and white photograph so you can check your darks and lights balance in the quilts. It keeps me from getting my colors wonky during the layout. I don't know if this wil help but I thought it might help you make a decision about the white boards verse all colorful.
A brilliant idea! Thank you!
Claude -- I have a very hard time getting knit picks yarn where I live! If there are any colors you'd like to get rid of, please let me know!
You know, Perhaps you can sell, donate, or gift to patreons the red and pink? (maybe except that lovely raspberry shade.)
I am considering donating some things but I have plans for a few of the reds now 😁
Love the stripes top(?) you are wearing 😍
Thank you! An old fast fashion purchase that's still going strong after 8 years 😊
@@RetroClaude oh that is awesome! I also have a few favorite fast fashion pieces which are still going on strong, love them and refuse to let them go to landfill😁😂
Thanks for the update! It’s always so cool to see what you’ve been making.
I have a question, if you don’t mind - do you know what sort of terms I should use to try and find picture or video descriptions of the stitch for the flowers in the Buddleia Blouse? I started making one and got terribly confused at that part, and wasn’t sure how to find more information. Thank you!
I've seen it called a long stitch or try a daisy or flower stitch. It frustratingly doesn't have an official name that I've ever seen but I have sometimes seen something similar when making bobbles so that might also help! I will try to make one myself too ☺️
@@RetroClaude thank you for the response! That gives me a great place to start with searches. Don’t feel any pressure to do anything yourself - I definitely don’t want to make any extra work for you
I thought stash busting was to reduce the amount of wool you have?!! But at least you have got some work done, I really like the red for the other project you have started.
It was supposed to be 😅 I'm back on the straight and narrow now!
Thank goodness someone besides me doesn't like pink and red together. 😂
Don't leave us in suspense,,,did the blocking work?.😅
I’m so entertained to “know” someone who knit kneecaps. But beware! You may find yourself knitting one of those incredibly strange WWI balaclavas.
The Maywick project is exactly the sort of insanity I would indulge in. I really, really hope that your sleeves block to a useable size, because I’d not, you’re going to have to figure out what you want to do about the color stripes. (Not that I ran short of one color of hand-dyed-with-invasive-plants-and-this-not-reproducible yarn on s remarkably similar project. That one is currently sitting on the Pile of Denial, until I decide what to do.)
Finally, I think a light colored border around your hexipuffs would look wonderful. I fear that omitting the border might negate the pattern. In quilting, it’s common to use a variety of almost-whites, for visual interest. So I’d you’ve got random white yarn, you could use all of that in your project.
That's a brilliant tip! Thanks for that!
Cliffhanger…!!! How did it block out???! So curious, now, I‘m invested lol
I know! You'll have to come back next month to find out!
That zig-zag pattern is what I "see when I have a migraine 😮
Oh no! It's definitely got that fuzzy blurry look!
As someone who unfortunately has gotten the moth menace into my apartment... I can relate, I fortunately had quite a small stash before. I am curious though, have you gotten rid of the problem?
The hexipuff flowers were so cute!
Unfortunately not. Because they're in the carpet underneath all the furniture despite a deep clean last year they're back 😔 thankfully my yarn and hand knits can now fit in plastic boxes
@@RetroClaude Oh no! It really is a menace. Great job on getting your stash down to this level though! I've had some good results with steam cleaning things such as furniture, but the moths are unfortunately living their best life between our floor boards and I am also not able to get rid of them.