"A stitch in time saves nine. Just a cotton picking minute. Hanging by a thread. Hearts knit together. Wool gathering. Tied up in knots. Pulling the wool over ones eyes. Close knit. Spin a yarn. Oh what a tangled web we weave."... threads, warps loops and colorways and oh so many turns of phrase!
My copy of a geometric knit Blankets arrived today I knew any book that could change your mind on garter stitch blankets with such exuberance had to be something on my shelf . I can't stop reading it ! Super GENIUS 👍🏻👍🏻♥️
Roxanne, I like the way your hand-spun yarn turned out and how it looks knitted up! I immediately thought of a cardigan 'coat' with long, loose sleeves__similar look to a comfy robe! 😹💖🙌🙌🙌😺
I am thoroughly stunned by the visual beauty of the color play of the garter stitch blankets and this weds the best of quilting with a craft I can (and want to) do - I will order this book as a present to myself and I hope to be able to let Margaret Holzmann know what the source is of the rush of orders she is receiving. I am excited for your upcoming video on how you will compare the plain heel you just worked with the one you will work that shows how you prefer to close the gap at the gusset. This past week I was fortunate enough to take part in the guild Zoom where you gave your talk on your historic sweaters. It was spellbinding - you are a gifted speaker as well as gifted knitter. Soon to be a gifted spinner if you continue!
I am a new subscriber, Roxanne and I'm embarrassed that I've just found you. You are my kindred spirit, I am certain of it. Love your podcast and look forward to going back and watching all of your past videos as well as I look forward to watching you weekly.
That row counting machine was a very cool. It wouldn't take a lot of time but perhaps it would also save a lot of time and tears. Thanks for showing it.
Thanks for the book review. I've had this book on my wish list for a while and appreciated you delving into it a little. I think it's now a 'must have'.
Thank you for sharing Margaret’s work. I look forward to seeing what you do. The Hudson Bay Co. inspired blanket is what, I think, I would knit first. All her blanket designs are lovely.
I dislike blankets but love Margaret's book. I had to stop the video and order the book. I have a friend who is a quilter and I can see myself making her one of the blankets for her new house. I am glad that you figured out the button band. Plus, I chuckled when I saw your tee shirt.
I just MUST order that book. I’m grateful to the friend who showed it to you. Also, I use the same method for counting rows on socks, I love your “previously” segment (just like real tv😆), and your hand spun is just wonderful. I know what you mean by starting out with only “hard” yarns. I just wove those into mug rugs. My first soft springy yarn was so rewarding! I knitted it into a pair of mitts and no one notices the thick bumps🥰
I've been in a premie blanket knitting mode, grabbing various stitch patterns to keep things interesting but at the same time experience them in a smaller project. I think of it as a large swatch :)
Really liked the old counter! Never dreamed they had anything like that. The geometric blankets look interesting. I feel the same as you about making blankets. Thanks for all the info.
I'm always drawn to the use of garter design in sweaters and such, but I like it to look good too. Not all garter designs are eye catching. However, I LOVE the book you just referenced and I think it is awesome as well! I could see me knitting something that because it is interesting and would be fun to watch it take shape with the construction or use of colors too. Thanks for letting us know about this wonderful book!
Talking about terms from textiles. We have a Dublin Irish festival every Aug. and a guy named 'Timothy the Weaver' always comes to demonstrate spinning and weaving on a hundreds year old loom. He talks about the nursery rhyme that has the phrase Pop goes the weasel. It is a way of counting the length of yarn that is being spun because that is how the spinner gets paid. He had other things like that too, but that is the only one I can remember.
😂 I always thought the saying was “tender hooks” meaning something fragile. Thanks for clarifying that it is “tenter hooks”. Which makes much more sense.
Thanks for the book recommendation as I too don’t like garter stitch or blankets so I just ordered the book which looks fascinating, I just said to myself in the last couple of days “Why hasn’t someone figured out how to design quilting patterns for knitting?” After watching the podcast “Last homely house” which is totally enjoyable but not about knitting at all.
Hi Rox, I feel the same way about blanket knitting ( even crocheting a blanket sounds über boring…and that’s faster)…curious to see how it goes when you get around to it..
A couple of pre-modern country sayings in Swedish spring to mind. There's a proverb that means "Much ado about nothing" which goes "Lots of screams and little wool, said the old woman when she sheared the pig ". You can just picture it in your mind, right? The other one is actually a two for one situation, as it relates to the pre-modern distance measure "näverskomil", which is the mileage one might expect to get out of a pair of birch bark shoes before wearing through the soles. (Ten imperial miles, give or take.) And what do you do after your birch shoes give out and there are no convenient trees? Why, you "go on in your wool stockings". People still use this phrase to express determined and energetic perseverance, though as far as I can tell, the birch shoe background has become largely forgotten.
Thank You for all your great tidbits (& and where did that come from?) I learn so much from your videos. I always look forward to my free time to be able binge watch Tuesday & Friday!
I am impressed by your fexibility! I certainly can't turn my foot over as you did to show off the peasant heel without major contortions and even then the outside of my foot will not lay flat as yours did.
re tenter, for a long time (my mother was a costume and textile historian and linguist, so I must have this from her) I thought (and to some extent still think) that the word came into English from latin through old French either after the Norman invasion in 1066, or later, when the Huguenots - many of whom were weavers - fled France in the early 16th century. However, brief googling is very vague and doesn't give a definitive answer. I would have to do a lot more research than I have time for to find out what the Saxons and earlier called their tanning and cloth stretching hooks. On another note, every week you ask for suggestions for tutorials and subjects. Could you - pretty please because I cannot get my head round this and it's frustrating - baby step us through turning a hank into a cake? My main problem is identifying then end to start from and the way up to place the yarn so it unfurls smoothly. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't and it's putting me off getting and using the pretty painted and hand dyed sock yarns. I'm fine with using a nostepinne, but others may not be.
Are you asking where to purchase the Geometric Knit Blankets book, or my tutorial for custom fit socks? There are links in the video show notes for both of those.
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"A stitch in time saves nine. Just a cotton picking minute. Hanging by a thread. Hearts knit together. Wool gathering. Tied up in knots. Pulling the wool over ones eyes. Close knit. Spin a yarn. Oh what a tangled web we weave."... threads, warps loops and colorways and oh so many turns of phrase!
Your hand spun yarn is beautiful 🥰. Thank you for another great casual Friday
My copy of a geometric knit Blankets arrived today I knew any book that could change your mind on garter stitch blankets with such exuberance had to be something on my shelf . I can't stop reading it ! Super GENIUS 👍🏻👍🏻♥️
Your handspun looks wonderful, squishy and wooly! And the book OMG! I hope my library has it.
Roxanne,
I like the way your hand-spun yarn turned out and how it looks knitted up! I immediately thought of a cardigan 'coat' with long, loose sleeves__similar look to a comfy robe! 😹💖🙌🙌🙌😺
I am thoroughly stunned by the visual beauty of the color play of the garter stitch blankets and this weds the best of quilting with a craft I can (and want to) do - I will order this book as a present to myself and I hope to be able to let Margaret Holzmann know what the source is of the rush of orders she is receiving. I am excited for your upcoming video on how you will compare the plain heel you just worked with the one you will work that shows how you prefer to close the gap at the gusset. This past week I was fortunate enough to take part in the guild Zoom where you gave your talk on your historic sweaters. It was spellbinding - you are a gifted speaker as well as gifted knitter. Soon to be a gifted spinner if you continue!
I am a new subscriber, Roxanne and I'm embarrassed that I've just found you. You are my kindred spirit, I am certain of it. Love your podcast and look forward to going back and watching all of your past videos as well as I look forward to watching you weekly.
What an amazing book!!! I wanted to skip this part of the podcast, but it was really fascinating. Thank you for introducing this book!
That row counting machine was a very cool. It wouldn't take a lot of time but perhaps it would also save a lot of time and tears. Thanks for showing it.
Thanks for the book review. I've had this book on my wish list for a while and appreciated you delving into it a little. I think it's now a 'must have'.
Thank you for sharing Margaret’s work. I look forward to seeing what you do. The Hudson Bay Co. inspired blanket is what, I think, I would knit first. All her blanket designs are lovely.
I dislike blankets but love Margaret's book. I had to stop the video and order the book. I have a friend who is a quilter and I can see myself making her one of the blankets for her new house. I am glad that you figured out the button band. Plus, I chuckled when I saw your tee shirt.
I just MUST order that book. I’m grateful to the friend who showed it to you. Also, I use the same method for counting rows on socks, I love your “previously” segment (just like real tv😆), and your hand spun is just wonderful. I know what you mean by starting out with only “hard” yarns. I just wove those into mug rugs. My first soft springy yarn was so rewarding! I knitted it into a pair of mitts and no one notices the thick bumps🥰
Blankets needn’t be boring. Have a look at the designs of Debbie Abrahams. Impressed by the geometric blanket book.
I've been in a premie blanket knitting mode, grabbing various stitch patterns to keep things interesting but at the same time experience them in a smaller project. I think of it as a large swatch
:)
Really liked the old counter! Never dreamed they had anything like that. The geometric blankets look interesting. I feel the same as you about making blankets. Thanks for all the info.
Hooray! Great to see your spinning! 🐑🧶 It looks so soft and squishy!
Thank you for sharing the book, I love quilts and this is a lot of fun. Your sweater “repair” looks great.
I'm always drawn to the use of garter design in sweaters and such, but I like it to look good too. Not all garter designs are eye catching. However, I LOVE the book you just referenced and I think it is awesome as well! I could see me knitting something that because it is interesting and would be fun to watch it take shape with the construction or use of colors too. Thanks for letting us know about this wonderful book!
Talking about terms from textiles. We have a Dublin Irish festival every Aug. and a guy named 'Timothy the Weaver' always comes to demonstrate spinning and weaving on a hundreds year old loom. He talks about the nursery rhyme that has the phrase Pop goes the weasel. It is a way of counting the length of yarn that is being spun because that is how the spinner gets paid. He had other things like that too, but that is the only one I can remember.
Connie! Please go again & record him or see if he would be willing to be on TH-cam- I would love to see this!
😂 I always thought the saying was “tender hooks” meaning something fragile. Thanks for clarifying that it is “tenter hooks”. Which makes much more sense.
Me too!
I was just about to write the same- too funny!
Love that book. I ordered the digital copy. Wish I would have gotten a hard copy
It is amazing how many words we use without realising their origins. Thank you for an informed video and a book to add to my birthday list.
Love the book. I am a quilter also and will order it - what fun!
Thanks for the book recommendation as I too don’t like garter stitch or blankets so I just ordered the book which looks fascinating, I just said to myself in the last couple of days “Why hasn’t someone figured out how to design quilting patterns for knitting?” After watching the podcast “Last homely house” which is totally enjoyable but not about knitting at all.
Hi Rox, I feel the same way about blanket knitting ( even crocheting a blanket sounds über boring…and that’s faster)…curious to see how it goes when you get around to it..
A couple of pre-modern country sayings in Swedish spring to mind. There's a proverb that means "Much ado about nothing" which goes "Lots of screams and little wool, said the old woman when she sheared the pig ". You can just picture it in your mind, right? The other one is actually a two for one situation, as it relates to the pre-modern distance measure "näverskomil", which is the mileage one might expect to get out of a pair of birch bark shoes before wearing through the soles. (Ten imperial miles, give or take.) And what do you do after your birch shoes give out and there are no convenient trees? Why, you "go on in your wool stockings". People still use this phrase to express determined and energetic perseverance, though as far as I can tell, the birch shoe background has become largely forgotten.
Thanks for featuring the Geometric Knitting book. I also purchased it immediately.
Hope you enjoy it!
Thank You for all your great tidbits (& and where did that come from?) I learn so much from your videos. I always look forward to my free time to be able binge watch Tuesday & Friday!
P.S. Just bought the book too! I’m with you - blankets get so boring & this looks fun!
Are you asking where did the idea for including Tidbits in my podcast come from?
I count rows with stuff on the fabric itself, and lots of hand written notes, which I always write in English (not my native language) somehow
I don't even live in an English language country
Thank you for the recommendation! I'm not a big fan of - almost a hater of - garter stitch but that book really impressed me!!! Ordered right away.
I had the same reaction!
Garter stitch is an acquired taste
a friend from Australia had a row counter that was similar to a Cribbage board
Your sock videos are great!
OMG! I have to buy that book!
I think the cover design and colors would make a great children’s blanket.
I am impressed by your fexibility! I certainly can't turn my foot over as you did to show off the peasant heel without major contortions and even then the outside of my foot will not lay flat as yours did.
I’m very bendy!
Hi, Rox…Planning to try a CDD for my next heel. On an even number of stitches, where do you begin? BOR? Other? Thx…
I have a video on that here: th-cam.com/video/_cXbWhTBb0s/w-d-xo.html
You would like the book “This Golden Fleece” where she, among other things, explores how knitting words evolved.
re tenter, for a long time (my mother was a costume and textile historian and linguist, so I must have this from her) I thought (and to some extent still think) that the word came into English from latin through old French either after the Norman invasion in 1066, or later, when the Huguenots - many of whom were weavers - fled France in the early 16th century. However, brief googling is very vague and doesn't give a definitive answer. I would have to do a lot more research than I have time for to find out what the Saxons and earlier called their tanning and cloth stretching hooks.
On another note, every week you ask for suggestions for tutorials and subjects. Could you - pretty please because I cannot get my head round this and it's frustrating - baby step us through turning a hank into a cake? My main problem is identifying then end to start from and the way up to place the yarn so it unfurls smoothly. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't and it's putting me off getting and using the pretty painted and hand dyed sock yarns. I'm fine with using a nostepinne, but others may not be.
One textile phrase that comes to mind is "dressed to the nines."
I am wondering where your book would be able to be purchased.
Are you asking where to purchase the Geometric Knit Blankets book, or my tutorial for custom fit socks? There are links in the video show notes for both of those.
What sheep breed is the yarn you spun (sorry if I missed you saying that)?
I wish I knew! That was some combed top I had in my stash, but I don't remember where I got it or what breed it was.
If you make a longer chain you're more likely to even out your finished product. And that yarn looks good. Drafting is hard to learn for everone.
Same for me. I love learning where words come from. You seam so casual with you leg up on the table. Do you do Yoga?
I don’t do any exercise, sadly. I’m just very bendy!
@@RoxanneRichardson Shall we start calling you Phoebe?😊
Well, if she’s a freaking genius, I’d better check out Geometric Knit Blankets. 😉
interesting book, I hope it will be translated in Dutch ...
Bias?
Lazy Kate- who was Kate? And why was she lazy?
And niddy noddy!
Good question! Maybe she was the sister of Lazy Susan. :-)