I knitted a perfectly fitted custom pair of gloves following Nimble Needles’ glove tutorial. It was phenomenal! Super detailed with clear explanations, and he knits you through every stitch based on your own stitch gauge and hand measurements. HIGHLY recommend! I had previously knitted gloves but didn’t realize you can make different thumbs (a right and a left) with decrease at the tip, etc. Thank you for this interesting episode.
I always enjoy the back stories to your projects. I get stressed if I don’t have my next knitting project ready to go as I come to the end of a project. In fact, I usually have 2 projects on the go: one that is portable and one that is less portable. I also like to have one of the projects on smaller needles and the other on larger needles to give my hands variation in the size of needles I am using to help with my various hand/wrist maladies! I found I was going from project to project based on “oh, that looks interesting” as my project selection process. I also found I wanted more hand knit sweaters and realized I needed to focus on that goal and not fall for the “oh, that looks interesting” project selection process. For the first time, I wrote down my knitting project goals at the beginning of 2023 and have stuck to them. I am pleased with what I have finished this year and will use this process for project selection in 2024. I find it easier to not fall into “oh, that looks interesting” when I have written goals and see progress on those goals. I do have to report, that as of last night, when I tried on a top down sweater, having just cast off the body, that I see this sweater moving into time out. I really don’t like the body (too short, should have faded the yarn changes in…) I will try your time out method to see if that works, hoping that when I see it again, I can see the solution(s) for fixing it.. Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I call the lead up to Christmas!
Another fantastic episode! A series on glove knitting would be great. I'm newly dealing with east coast winters up in Canada, and your comment on knitting for self defence certainly resonated with me! Watching you do that bind-off surgery live was really fun -- slightly nerve wracking, but very interesting. I love seeing all these new techniques for how to fix issues. I've learned so much from you in that regard. For the knitting projects and planning question, I used to be more of a monogamous knitter. I liked to have a crochet and sewing project on the go at the same time, but I preferred having only one of each. However, I've moved away from that to have several projects on the go of a giving craft. I prefer to have options now, too. However, I can also get stressed when I don't have something on the horizon or in the works to carry me forward when one project is finished. My strategy has generally been to strike while the iron it hot, as it were, and start a project when I feel inspired to do so rather than waiting until I have fewer projects. Even if that might mean putting it on the back burner for a bit as I finish other things, I at least know that I have it there. Plus, if I'm super inspired to focus on only it, I'll know that I have those previous projects to come back to when I finish that new one. So far, that's kept me mostly clear from the valley of decision, especially if I'm not feeling particularly inspired at the time I'd be walking through it. I suppose I also benefit from the fact that I picked up knitting again after a long hiatus (and at that, having a very limited level of experience), so there are a lot of new things I want to try out. Leaves me with no shortage of inspiration generally.
Seeing how you clipped the underarm bind off in real time was interesting. I glean a lot from watching and listening to other people do things off the cuff, so to speak, because you can learn just as much from the mistakes as well as the successes.
OK. That was the best maneuver I've ever seen on a knitting podcast! Thank you for letting us watch! I usually know what the next sweater I'm going to knit is because I spin my own yarn, but during and in between sweaters I knit hats and socks and mittens as the ideas come to me. And I'm slow, maybe two sweaters a year. This way I don't really have UFOs, except for one big one. I have a colorwork (two colors) sweater that's been waiting for its sleeves for thirty years. This summer I finally found and spun the right color brown for the sleeves and that will be my "Finish it February" project.
Same. I have a sense of anxiety/urgency if I have nothing on the needles. Actually, It’s never true that I have *nothing to knit, but out of things I *want to knit or I have a gap in my WIPs. I like to have a variety of projects - something uncomplicated for TV or social knitting and something more challenging that is more interesting. Also, sometimes everything I’m knitting is too big to be portable and then I need another portable project. (I’ve recently started sock knitting, so at least that’s addressing the portability factor.) Sometimes I just want a new project because I’m bored or (most likely) so intrigued by a new project that I Just Can’t Wait!
I really enjoyed watching your sleeve surgery and I hope you continue to put segments like that in your videos. Your videos are the first place I go when I've had a knitting disaster, so I genuinely appreciate your expertise and helpful tutorials. But, I also think that the most important thing you've taught me about knitting is being willing to mess up and try again. I was doing some shawl surgery while I watched. I'm officially confident in fixing dropped garter stitches, yay!
I call it "Empty Needle Syndrome." I tend to keep an idea file. They are not in a que but they are things I want to do, at some point. When I get close to finishing something I go through my idea file and usually something will kind of jump out and yell, "It's my turn."
Roxanne, I really enjoyed hearing you talk about having all these WIPs on hand. I've always got several sitting in baskets around the house, and have finally made peace with the fact that it just makes me feel more secure to have all these things at hand. Also, I'm glad to hear someone else say that knitted mittens are not as warm as needed or hoped for. I tried to solve this problem for a grandson who had asked for mittens to wear when walking from the parking lot to his office building. I thought of liner gloves, but cringed at the idea of knitting all those fingers. I also tried thrummed mittens and again, I'm glad someone else found that the wool clumped up. I thought it was just poor knitting on my part. I hope to find a glove pattern that won't be too intimidating. Thanks, as always, for interesting and informative Friday chats!
I’m the same way if I don’t have a project going at all times, it can make me feel anxious. Ever since I started sock knitting, having a pair on my needles at all times is what I’ve been doing.
Loved watching you undo the underarm and listening to your thought processes while you work through your possible solution. Thank you. I would like to see more of these techniques.....
I'm in the same situation re: needing a variety of back up projects on hand. If I'm going out and want to have a knitting project to pick up and work on it needs to be something that doesn't require too much attention. Today I'm working on a swatch for a cabled vest I'm planning for my daughter...I keep the swatch going throughout the project so that I can work out any new ideas that occur to me. I'm not working from a pattern except the idea in my head so I like to check out what the underarm bind off, the v-neck, and armhole decreases look like. I also have kid's mittens and hats on needles most of the time...these are great for using up stash. As always I love and appreciate your planning and spontaneous presentation, it is a virtual conversation...you know we are all chatting with you in our heads even if we don't always make an actual comment on line. Your description of the pending Minnesota winter and the increasing layers of winter-wear is right on...always motivation for the next knitting project.
Hello, my strategy is that I have several wips that I work on in parallel. Usually there is 8 to 10 projects, which display variety in size, in complexity and in progress. There's at least one gift too. This way when I'm tired and I need an easy win I choose the easy almost done one. Or when I'm in a playful mindset I would choose the fun one. Saturday morning I usually work on the most complex or start a new project. I crochet a little bit especially to rest my hands. I'm a PhD student so in the evening I'm often intellectually tired and have decision fatigue, I have a repetitive and easy go to project for that situation. Thanks you so much for your content..
I always have something small on the needles to break up big projects. I loved watching your surgery on the sweater sleeve. It will be interesting to see the end result when finishing the understand. The pattern for this sweater is beautiful and the color will be gorgeous on you.
I agree about the empty needles. It feels very strange to have nothing on the go. But like you I love sock knitting so I've been knitting Christmas socks for my friends since August! West Yorkshire Spinners brings out a Christmas sock yarn every year, often with an accompanying pattern so I've made 3 pairs of Gretel socks with a 4th currently on my needles. I'm really enjoying them because they have the interest of colourwork combined with the speed of vanilla socks. I live on my own and have no family so Christmas hasn't always been a good time for me. Having Christmas Projects helps a lot as they keep me busy with something to do over the holiday period. This year I will be making an outfit with a sleeveless cotton dress, some tee shirts to wear under it and a nice simple cardigan to wear with it. I like to do Finish It February too. It's nice to finally finish projects that were put to one side and never picked up again. I also do "Mend It March". I like to repair my clothes to keep them going for longer and save them from going to landfill.
You have so many wonderful videos, so when one pops up I assume it’s been there for years. Imagine my surprise when I noticed that this one was released within the last hour. I’m so excited to be “caught up”! (Okay, not really. There are many more that I haven’t seen yet.)
I am definitely in the same boat when it comes to new projects. I actually kind of panic when I come to the end of a project because I don’t know what to knit next. I think it takes me longer to plan a project than to actually knit it. I have started to put aside a project and start the next then go back and finish the other project. I do have ufo’s but they’re in time out because I ran into an issue that needs a bit of time to think out what I need to do. I am very interested in gloves. I have wanted to try them but am intimidated by knitting the fingers. Thanks for everything you do for all of us in the knitting world. I recommend your videos to everyone.
I always need to have at least one of each of these project types on the go: 1) a project that is portable / needs no thinking 2) a project that is a puzzle 3) a project that is going to take forstinkinever. #3 is important because it bridges any gaps if I haven't thought of something new while I blast through #1 or #2. But - context - I'm on the extreme side of 'process knitter' so returning episodically to a project that will take me years works for me.
The warmest mittens I have are from my handspun alpaca. I live in Minnesota and these are my snow shoveling mittens. The yarn was spun with lots of twist and the mittens knit at a dense tight gauge. They have felted over time with use and friction making them windproof. I can be out in below zero weather with snow and frost crusted on the outside of the mittens but my hands are warm and dry on the inside. Try it.
Very interested in glove knitting. I've only made one pair for my husband, which he wears all winter. Yes, I also need to have multiple projects going on, mostly sicks, but now knitting hats and mittens for our asylum seekers in a nearby shelter. LOVED watching the sweater surgery!!!!! Can't wait to see how that turns out and what you decide for the underarm. I hope the health issues have stabilized. You look great! Thanks for another wondeful episode.❤
I’m kind of similar, in that I always need some project available to knit on! My strategy is to have a simple very long term project as a back up - typically for me, a large textured stitch blanket. I don’t feel any pressure to make it an interesting process, because I generally only pick it up when I’m not knitting anything else anyway. And as a fairly mindless project, it gives me space to think about other knitting projects I want to start while still providing something to do with my hands. Then, if/when I eventually finish that, I’ll just make another design - again, no pressure to do anything particularly fun, because I don’t expect to be working on it for long periods of time anyway. And I’ll often (but not always) have a few WIPs that I can bring out for variety, I’m not sure if that sounds appealing to you, but it works really well for me! Thank you so much for the videos!
I have two go-to mitten patterns that are free. One is the Basic Pattern for Children’s Mittens on the Afghans for Afghans website. There are 3 sizes and the large will also fit a women’s small. In addition to the pattern there is a 4-part blog post linked at the top of the pattern; it has photos detailing how to make them to help first timers succeed. The other is the Vasama convertible mitts by Anna Johanna (on Ravelry). They have a fun slipped stitched pattern on the back of the hand that keeps them interesting without being too difficult for a beginner. I’ve made a couple of these for me and a pair for my mom, so I’ve modified it to be fingerless under the mitten cap and long enough that it covers my fingers all the way to the tips. I use them for biking year-round in rainy Portland, Oregon, and I love them.
Hi Roxanne. Well this was very interesting to watch! Successful surgery! The pattern and yarn are both gorgeous. You pick out the loveliest yarn colors for your projects. Henry and Rosie’s sweaters are beautiful as well. All of these patterns are so interesting! Kudos to you for modifying your diet and exercising. Tweaks in our diets can really help with a lot of issues. Your gloves are great. I’ve never had the confidence to try making gloves but that’s ok, lol. Looking forward to seeing the mittens you make. I really admire you for not having a big yarn stash. I have way too much. Time to give some away. I’m like you were before Finish it February. Tomorrow I start cleaning out my yarn room, go through projects and decide if I really want to finish them or not. Have a great week and thank you.🤗🤗
Add me to the list of viewers who would love to see more about gloves. Your tutorials are always so full of good information, and I would love to see your take on gloves.
Hi Roxanne, I haven't watched you for awhile as I stopped knitting for awhile due to personal issues, but I've recently got a new grandbaby and have taken up knitting again. It is such a great way of dealing with stresses, I'm enjoying knitting again. I loved the idea of starting with the sleeve first and I think I'll do that with my next project, also I think I'll be watching more videos in the future. 😊
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your viewers. I know that it was on the 24th but it's only the 25th today and a whole month to Christmas, this year has flown by, I cannot believe how fast. Thank you for sharing your tutorial live and without practicing first. I have now knit 3 top down Sweaters and absolutely cannot believe why it has taken me so long to do this. One was a yolk type and 2 have been Raglan Sleeves. I am now doing Shawls and Socks for Family. Thank you for your visit today, I look forward to seeing you again soon. Take care.
I too can get a bit of panic when I realize a projekt is nearing its end, and I don't feel like plantning for a new project, I just want to continue to knit. Good to know I'm not the only one who slows down on a projekt because I don't know what to do after.
We don't have the low temperatures that you do but because of the high humidity, we feel it. My fingers hurt when I walk the dog early in the morning for a half hour. I have yet to find gloves/mittens that keep them from hurting. The only thing I have found that helps are electric hand warmers that I bought on Amazon. They fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and charge up overnight via a USB plug. I put one inside each of my gloves and my hands stay warm.
I’d like to hear about making gloves. I haven’t felt comfortable to try making a pair so having you talk about it would help. I also love the s’mores color way.
I’m still learning what my preference is but I notice that I am happy if I can just pick something up and knit without having to focus on the stitches, when I am in company. I have a friend who likes to have video calls but doesn’t like me to knit during those calls. Eventually I had to say that I like to have something in my hands to work on while I’m thinking about the things we are discussing. We came to an agreement to have some video calls and some just sound which is knitting time for me. I really like the sleeve you are knitting and it would take quite a bit of concentration for me so yes, great to have other projects on the go.
I loved the section on making your liner gloves. I am from Northern Massachusetts. Compared to you warm, but warm is relative to the rest of the country… We still have moments well below zero and I walk 2 miles every day at a minimum.
Love you and love your podcasts . I am on a reprieve right now as I have been working on mastering my circular sock machine with my own bunny grown handspun projects. (This has been a loooong project!) It is quite different when growing your own fiber and spinning it than buying it because I can create the yarn and there is a lot of fiber left from my adventure with raising the large fiber animals. So the process is quite different whether for hand or machine knitting . However my own style is to start and work on it till it is finished - otherwise if it sits for any time it just doesn't get finished!. I do have have smaller things I like to do in between but to leave it for long kind of breaks my concentration especially if I am learning to do something new. When I am hand knitting with handspin I like to spin a littl, ply a little and knit a little so that breaks it up a bit on the same project. But on the csm I need vollumes on a cone so that is its own challenge. I sure do understand your need for different winter accessories as it gets colder especially warm ones as I live north of you in Mb Canada with much the same weather. This is when angora really comes to the fore since nothing is warmer than this fiber . Right now I am working on a mitt on the csm that starts at the fingers rather than the wrist with a 3 wedge 'toe' . It has been a little challenge to get the right weight of angora spun for maximum warmth and thickness for the climate changes but I have accomplished this and have the pattern worked out, and the beginning worked out, but then had a little halt on transfering to the ribber after the thumb and gusset are made in reverse of a normal pattern. But I just love how this 3 wedge fits so it has been something I wanted to accomplish . Next will be gloves so will see how that goes lol. The challenges and problem solving on the sock machine are a little different though when I think it through there is always something in hand knitting that makes it work . But I don't much of a broad extensive background in hand knitting. So I always fall back on many of your videos and others other you tube for techniques. You are such a wonderful full range experienced knitter I wish you would tackle a circular sock machine just to see how you would transfer all your wonderful skills to this venture and then share with us your process. Thank you for all your sharing .
For extra warmth from mitts, try having a longer cuff that bunches (or that you can wear bunched) around your wrist. Or, use alternating ridges of stocking stitch and reverse stocking st to create/assist the bunching. Ice hands is a pattern like that😁
I absolutely have WIPs and UFOs. I also have 12 cast ons planned for the new year. I’m busy trying to finish my WIPs! I have an idea for you. You could do a Musselburgh hat. Double layered, and you can use the variegated yarn for it.
I totally have "trough" moments when there are no projects on the needles and I can't say I love it. 🙂 At those moments, I just chill out and spend a ton of time looking at Ravelry in terms of stash yarn I have or things I'm interested in. And I'm pretty obsessive about knitting so I see a lot of new projects that appeal on TH-cam / Insta / Ravelry Pattern Highlights. What I prefer - and what tends to happen most of the time - is that I have about 5 - 10 "realistic" projects lined up (in my queue). That means I like the pattern (I've bought and reviewed it), I have the yarn and I feel that the project will work for my current state of mind. Sure, sometimes these options never come to be but they are there for me. Alas, sometimes, I'm not really inspired at that moment by any of them, but that's pretty rare. I tend to pay attention at all times to the kinds of project I would like to knit next. Also, I generally have 3 things on the needles at any given time (a sock (portable), something non taxing and something more complicated). So it's rare that everything is done at the exact same time. Worst case scenario I knit some socks. I do realize that's your general go-to and perhaps it just gets boring? I find them boring after I've knitted 10 pairs in a year 🙂 Mind you, I'm not enthralled by sock knitting. I like it but it's not my mainstay. And I hate doing complex stitch patterns in small-diameter knitting. That means, I'm knitting some version of striped (to use up sock scraps) vanilla sock with a fish lips kiss heel.
Fun: while you were doing this 'surgery' on the bind-off, I was doing knit-surgery too 😃 Only I have a lot more stitches to put back on the needle, so now you're finished I need to go on.
I tend to have a few things on the go at a time, maybe one sweater and a couple of smaller accessories, usually one thing will be an easy to carry everywhere with me project that doesn't require a lot of brain power and another may be colourwork, lace or textured for the enjoyment of trying those techniques. I also have a knitting machine no and I recently finished a cardigan, which needs the ends finished and a suitable button. The sweater you have chosen is lovely, it is a style that will work with so many different things and will be wearable for many years to come. I started last year with about 15, or 16 UFOs and got down to about 9, or 10 before breaking my right elbow in November. It took a while before I was able to knit for more than about an hour at a time. I have about 4-5 of those UFOs that have maybe around 100-150 yards of knitting left to do, so if I can work a little on each of them over the next few weeks, it may be possible to check them off the list.
Like you I start many projects and set them aside if I have a problem and work on something else . I am lucky to still be able to knit at"85 and always have something to work on when I need to sit down.
I have a few projects on the needles at a time. I also weave I project at a time and I'm learning to spin. I'm trying to juggle between the different projects types and it's a challenge. I keep a journal of projects in process and to be projects with pattern and or pictures of the yarn/fiber intended for the project to help me keep organized. But it's not easy. Good luck with your system.😊
Oooooo, a video on glove formulas would be lovely. I started knitting gloves this year because my husband and i can never get commercial gloves to fit the way we want. And then i found that glove patterns, even the more formula based don't fit us well either. So, I went to sewing sources and looked at how patterns are drafting for sewn gloves. Ive got a nice, workable formula, but it still chokes a little for my husband (at least on the laceweight liner gloves for under commercial work gloves for our cold wyoming winters).
I find I need projects at all different levels of difficulty. If I only have easy ones running, I can get bored. If all of them are hard, I get irritated and crave something easy. That’s probably my version of the 3 week approach you take.
Roxanne Thank you. This episode is so confirming. First, YES would love to see more regarding gloves. 2nd, am about intermediate knitter. It can be confusing when a pattern just doesn't seem to work right/logical. So often i hear others tell me trust the pattern, but its not trustworthy. So, the project set aside, or it back and figure the mod. I lrearnec, its not always me & inexperience. Sometimes, its a design 'over sight' after all we are all human.
A very energetic episode! Oh so many things.... It was wonderful to see you fix your bind off. Truly. In an armpit though, will it ever be visible if you have bound off "not in pattern?" I have always wanted to knit gloves but have been intimidated, even by Ann Budd's clear description. And i am all about the liners under mittens! I am knitting my second pair of colourwork Latvian mittens, so it makes sense to try a liner glove for them first. Conceptually, i like the idea of knitting a liner glove in variegated. Thanks for your comment about thrumbs. I know they are age-old, but don't trust em! The new Royal pullover reminds me of the heathered teal-ish cable-y one you wear. Will have to look back in your former posts to see!
I’m definitely a finish each project before starting the next one. I always have yarn to make a hat while planning what to do next. I have made a few pairs of gloves but I’m not happy with the fit of any of them. I’d love a series on fitting gloves. My particular fit issues are thick hand that’s not especially wide and short thick fingers.
What a great sweater pattern the Royale is and I love your color choice. I think it's going to look great on you too. I had to laugh when I saw the glove liners. I'm back in the Pacific Northwest after being in Southern CA for 11 years. Although it doesn't get as cold as Minnesota, I have titanium pins in a few fingers and feel them in the cold. It's miserable, thought I should knit some nice warm silk/wool glove liners.
Yes, I’m very much like you. I tend to have at least 4 projects and a pair of socks or gloves the same time. Each garment has a different exciting feature. I rotate projects so I don’t get bored. Additionally I don’t have any deadlines. I decide to knit on the project I feel like knitting at that moment. Otherwise after 3 weeks of knitting one single garment I become bored with it and feel miserable forcing myself to finish thus, I don’t do this.
Not sure I’m able to “help” re WIPs. I have a few “Must Concentrate” patterns, more “Easy” (usually Garter st something). Usually I knit xxx when I’m in the mood, bouncing around between various quick or long/er term projects. Those (above) fall in the Category: Project knits. Then I get into “Let’s use up zzz” yarn. Which leads me to looking at appropriate patterns. Which leads to Rabbit Holes. Which leads to MORE project ideas. Took me years to realize I work in this cycle. Thank you for reminding me of Finish It February! The last time I went thru WIPs & stash, I pulled out specific bags…ummm, there they sit….still….waiting….lol I really DO finish things. “Must take a pic & post in my project pages” is a thing I try to do more of. Proof that I can & do finish more than I think. Textured sweater is Gorgeous! Pattern & yarn is perfect!
I am about to experiment with a gusset in a top-down sweater; a Scandinavian-design drop-shouldered affair with a lovely texture which otherwise would leave me with a lot of sleeve fabric in the underarm. I plan to pick up the required number of sts for the sleeve and then decrease every round, or every other round, block on barber cords, try on; rip back if necessary. If you are so inclined you could rip back the sleeve cap to a point where you can rapidly increase stitches to make a comfortable circumference for the underarm join with the body. The other half of the gusset would have to be repeated on the body. Sounds like you have only a two-stitch repeat in that area. .Hope I’m making sense. Loved the liner gloves! Great idea! And you look wonderful!
Sure, I'm familiar with using underarm gussets for close-fitting drop shoulder sweaters (it's classically used in Ganseys). The armhole of this sweater plenty big, it was just the bind off that was the issue. The set-in sleeve construction of this sweater provides plenty of room, provided the UA BO isn't so tight and rigid. :-)
The pattern of your new sweater is awesome! Love it. I'm terrified of doing surgery cuz I usually don't know what I have to do to fix it 😂 Whew, well done!!! Looking forward to seeing more progress 😀. And yes, Happy Thanksgiving!
When I'm working on a sweater, I take breaks by knitting a sock, knitting on my sweater, knitting the other sock. I have to take breaks from long projects sometimes 😊
Maybe if you didn’t twist the stitches in the bind-off it would have been okay. You could also unravel back the sleeve cap plus maybe 2 inches and put in a gusset like how that problem was solved with the close fitting gansey.
If I'm ever down to one project my brain gets a bit paralysed and I can't make any progress on it. I need to always have multiple wips or at least a 4 year old UFO that can kind of just stare me down from the corner of the room. Sometimes I realise I'm coming uncomfortably close to ending up with a single project so I panic cast on a sock just to settle my brain
OK, I have officially fallen down the fiber abyss, because how else does one explain that a sweater surgery cliffhanger has one on tenterhooks (pun intended) for the outcome?!? 🤣🤣 LOVE that you did that in real-time, unscripted! Thank you! 😍
And thanks for another interesting episode! I have knit myself gloves; I like to use short rows in the hand to separate the little finger off early. And WIPs! I think I keep WIPs like stash, and I keep stash tkk on make sure my supply of WIPs doesn’t dwindle 😂
I start with the sleeves whenever possible as, no matter what my swatch says, my actual gauge always turns out different. Usually looser as I think I’m not paying as much attention as when I swatch. So rather than swatch multiple times I swatch to see the “rough” gauge and then knit the sleeve. If it turns out to be too far out I don’t mind ripping and restarting. For some reason that doesn’t frustrate me as much as knitting countless swatches 😀.
I usually have 3 to 4 projects going at a time. A sweater, a pair of socks, and a scarf. Oh, and a blanket that was started 4 years ago from sock yarn with a half linen stitch that is halfway done, lol. I tend to have mindless ones for paying attention to tv, as well as challenging ones that I need to pay attention to knitting. I tend to get bored and like to change it up. And I am constantly seeing patterns that I want to start right away. I tend to push myself to get at least one done before adding another so that I don't end up with ufos. Thanks for your videos! 😊
I almost always have several projects going at once, but lately i've been trying to balance not having to many and not having too many similar projects. This isn't just to maintain my interest and motivation, but also to save my hands! I somehow ended up having three 2XL fingering weight sweaters in the works all at once (2 knit, 1 crochet), and while I love all of them and they're all turning out great, it's SO taxing on my hands. I knit one and need to take a break and work on something else, but all I have is more fingering weight sweater knits. I recently cast on a cowl in Aran weight yarn and i'm planning some lace crochet projects and some sewing. Both will work up quicker and have enough variety in needle size and type of hand motion that I won't be taxing my hands too much knitting for hours just to make an inch of progress.
Happy Thanksgiving Roxanne, I am knitting the Reverb and I need one more skein of yarn to finish the button bands. The yarn color is not available! So it is on time out. I have knit this sweater a couple of times and enjoy the pattern. It is sock weather so I will be ordering sock yarn and looking for a yarn sub. I want to knit gloves, but never have. I love your children's sweaters, all of my grandchildren are teen or older.
Me too😂one sweater has been on pins for over 20yrs if I ever get back into it, it’ll probably take me a whole day to find out where I left it, it’s rather complicated because it’s a tartan pattern, black, red, emerald and royal blue lol so wish me luck 😅Carol from Scotland 🏴 xx
I'm one who would like some glove tutorials. They're easy.. until I get to the four fingers! Gaps between fingers, and customizing finger length would be most helpful to me. 🧤
Ooh very bold move undoing the bind off. Grafting would be my thought but would you need to do it in pattern? Who is going to be inspecting your arm pit 😂😂😂 Love the gloves. Never heard of gloves under mittens but it makes sense to double layer and have some dexterity Great vlog as always. Thanks Roxanne. 🙋🏼🏴
I always have a queue of future projects in mind, yarn waiting to be knitted. Now, it is Christmas gifts, it seems everyone wants socks this year, they do take a long time to knit, but I like to make my loved ones happy. Although I am usually monogamous, I find sock knitting a bit hard on my eyes especially with dark colors so I tend to knit a few easier projects in between. Baby hat and mittens, Sophie's scarf, colorowork slipper/socks in Aran weight. I love to knit gloves, although here, in Montreal, we use them mainly in fall and spring, for winter we use thick reversed sheep skin mittens. I even use big sky mittens when It gets below -20 or -30 degrees Celsius. I loved to see you perform this surgery on your sleeve, great save !!!
It is not like that all winter long, mainly in January and February. We have good heating systems and dress very warmly, but I must admit I do not take long walks when it is under -25. Montreal is an island, so humid too ... @@carol29carnegie
Yeah, when you're in the middle of a continental landmass, the temperatures are much more extreme than in places at the same latitude that are surrounded by water, like the UK. Minneapolis is similar to Montreal (maybe even a bit colder). We usually have a few weeks where the temps dip to below -20 F (close to -30 C). Every few years we may get a day or two at -40 (which is the same for F and C). When it's that cold, it's nice and sunny, though!
Happy Thanksgiving to you. I do like to have a hat or sock on the needles it gives me something to do. I love your gloves and the idea of mittens over the top, is something we do in Alberta or Saskatchewan to. But I have never knit either. I am interested to try the mittens . Your sweater will be so lovely and a great color. It looks like a hard pattern to me and I want to see it done. Another interesting video. Thanks
Knitted gloves, even with knitted mittens worn over them, are not going to be very wind proof. Even my spring ski gloves are warmer than knitted gloves and mittens; especially if I wear thin glove liners inside. Thin layers with more air space would be warmer than thick layers that don't have much air space; and wind-proof outer fabric is essential.
I've knitted two pairs of gloves and ended up losing one a few years ago. I'm interested in how you make adjustments for fit. I want to make myself a new pair. I dyed up some dk weight knitpicks Hawthorne earlier this year and would like to use it
Hi Roxanne, Im a bit behind in your videos at the moment so youre getting this feedback a little late but I would be interested in watching your videos on glove making.
My knitting group wants me to do a special series of meetings wherein I teach them how to knit socks. Some have a little experience already, but most do not. I am not an expert knitter by any means, though I have knitted a lot of socks. How would you go about teaching a group of intermediate knitters how to knit socks?
I haven't knit them, but they basically looks like regular socks, without the heels and toes. If anything, they'll be easier to knit than a standard sock.
I was gifted a vintage knitting book that I think you’d like to see. How can I share some images? “Complete Guide to Modern Knitting and Crocheting”, by Alice Carroll, 1942.
You can always include photos in emails (my address is in the About page on my channel) or in a Ravelry DM or post in my group. I'm always on the lookout for vintage knitting manuals, so just knowing the name of the book caused me to find a used copy on AbeBooks. I'd still be interested in seeing what you found of interest, though! :-)
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A recipe series on gloves, kind of like your sock recipes would make a great Technique Tuesday series. Please.
I knitted a perfectly fitted custom pair of gloves following Nimble Needles’ glove tutorial. It was phenomenal! Super detailed with clear explanations, and he knits you through every stitch based on your own stitch gauge and hand measurements. HIGHLY recommend! I had previously knitted gloves but didn’t realize you can make different thumbs (a right and a left) with decrease at the tip, etc. Thank you for this interesting episode.
Thanks for sharing . I will have a look at this .
I always enjoy the back stories to your projects. I get stressed if I don’t have my next knitting project ready to go as I come to the end of a project. In fact, I usually have 2 projects on the go: one that is portable and one that is less portable. I also like to have one of the projects on smaller needles and the other on larger needles to give my hands variation in the size of needles I am using to help with my various hand/wrist maladies! I found I was going from project to project based on “oh, that looks interesting” as my project selection process. I also found I wanted more hand knit sweaters and realized I needed to focus on that goal and not fall for the “oh, that looks interesting” project selection process. For the first time, I wrote down my knitting project goals at the beginning of 2023 and have stuck to them. I am pleased with what I have finished this year and will use this process for project selection in 2024. I find it easier to not fall into “oh, that looks interesting” when I have written goals and see progress on those goals. I do have to report, that as of last night, when I tried on a top down sweater, having just cast off the body, that I see this sweater moving into time out. I really don’t like the body (too short, should have faded the yarn changes in…) I will try your time out method to see if that works, hoping that when I see it again, I can see the solution(s) for fixing it.. Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I call the lead up to Christmas!
Your casual Friday podcasts are always an inspiration. Thank you for your work! Have a great weekend!
Another fantastic episode! A series on glove knitting would be great. I'm newly dealing with east coast winters up in Canada, and your comment on knitting for self defence certainly resonated with me! Watching you do that bind-off surgery live was really fun -- slightly nerve wracking, but very interesting. I love seeing all these new techniques for how to fix issues. I've learned so much from you in that regard.
For the knitting projects and planning question, I used to be more of a monogamous knitter. I liked to have a crochet and sewing project on the go at the same time, but I preferred having only one of each. However, I've moved away from that to have several projects on the go of a giving craft. I prefer to have options now, too. However, I can also get stressed when I don't have something on the horizon or in the works to carry me forward when one project is finished. My strategy has generally been to strike while the iron it hot, as it were, and start a project when I feel inspired to do so rather than waiting until I have fewer projects. Even if that might mean putting it on the back burner for a bit as I finish other things, I at least know that I have it there. Plus, if I'm super inspired to focus on only it, I'll know that I have those previous projects to come back to when I finish that new one. So far, that's kept me mostly clear from the valley of decision, especially if I'm not feeling particularly inspired at the time I'd be walking through it. I suppose I also benefit from the fact that I picked up knitting again after a long hiatus (and at that, having a very limited level of experience), so there are a lot of new things I want to try out. Leaves me with no shortage of inspiration generally.
Seeing how you clipped the underarm bind off in real time was interesting. I glean a lot from watching and listening to other people do things off the cuff, so to speak, because you can learn just as much from the mistakes as well as the successes.
OK. That was the best maneuver I've ever seen on a knitting podcast! Thank you for letting us watch! I usually know what the next sweater I'm going to knit is because I spin my own yarn, but during and in between sweaters I knit hats and socks and mittens as the ideas come to me. And I'm slow, maybe two sweaters a year. This way I don't really have UFOs, except for one big one. I have a colorwork (two colors) sweater that's been waiting for its sleeves for thirty years. This summer I finally found and spun the right color brown for the sleeves and that will be my "Finish it February" project.
I'm a new knitter and very slow. I love your knitting channel,it inspires me to try more. Keep on knitting!😊
Great solution for the bind off. Live knit surgery: wow! ❤❤❤
What fun watching you undo that bit of bindoff on your sleeve; I look forward to seeing how you will connect those live stitches in the future!
Rox, I would be riveted to hear you speak about glove fit considerations!
Same. I have a sense of anxiety/urgency if I have nothing on the needles. Actually, It’s never true that I have *nothing to knit, but out of things I *want to knit or I have a gap in my WIPs. I like to have a variety of projects - something uncomplicated for TV or social knitting and something more challenging that is more interesting. Also, sometimes everything I’m knitting is too big to be portable and then I need another portable project. (I’ve recently started sock knitting, so at least that’s addressing the portability factor.) Sometimes I just want a new project because I’m bored or (most likely) so intrigued by a new project that I Just Can’t Wait!
I really enjoyed watching your sleeve surgery and I hope you continue to put segments like that in your videos. Your videos are the first place I go when I've had a knitting disaster, so I genuinely appreciate your expertise and helpful tutorials. But, I also think that the most important thing you've taught me about knitting is being willing to mess up and try again. I was doing some shawl surgery while I watched. I'm officially confident in fixing dropped garter stitches, yay!
I call it "Empty Needle Syndrome." I tend to keep an idea file. They are not in a que but they are things I want to do, at some point. When I get close to finishing something I go through my idea file and usually something will kind of jump out and yell, "It's my turn."
Roxanne, I really enjoyed hearing you talk about having all these WIPs on hand. I've always got several sitting in baskets around the house, and have finally made peace with the fact that it just makes me feel more secure to have all these things at hand.
Also, I'm glad to hear someone else say that knitted mittens are not as warm as needed or hoped for. I tried to solve this problem for a grandson who had asked for mittens to wear when walking from the parking lot to his office building. I thought of liner gloves, but cringed at the idea of knitting all those fingers. I also tried thrummed mittens and again, I'm glad someone else found that the wool clumped up. I thought it was just poor knitting on my part.
I hope to find a glove pattern that won't be too intimidating.
Thanks, as always, for interesting and informative Friday chats!
I’m the same way if I don’t have a project going at all times, it can make me feel anxious. Ever since I started sock knitting, having a pair on my needles at all times is what I’ve been doing.
Loved watching you undo the underarm and listening to your thought processes while you work through your possible solution. Thank you. I would like to see more of these techniques.....
I'm in the same situation re: needing a variety of back up projects on hand. If I'm going out and want to have a knitting project to pick up and work on it needs to be something that doesn't require too much attention.
Today I'm working on a swatch for a cabled vest I'm planning for my daughter...I keep the swatch going throughout the project so that I can work out any new ideas that occur to me. I'm not working from a pattern except the idea in my head so I like to check out what the underarm bind off, the v-neck, and armhole decreases look like. I also have kid's mittens and hats on needles most of the time...these are great for using up stash.
As always I love and appreciate your planning and spontaneous presentation, it is a virtual conversation...you know we are all chatting with you in our heads even if we don't always make an actual comment on line.
Your description of the pending Minnesota winter and the increasing layers of winter-wear is right on...always motivation for the next knitting project.
Hello, my strategy is that I have several wips that I work on in parallel. Usually there is 8 to 10 projects, which display variety in size, in complexity and in progress. There's at least one gift too. This way when I'm tired and I need an easy win I choose the easy almost done one. Or when I'm in a playful mindset I would choose the fun one. Saturday morning I usually work on the most complex or start a new project. I crochet a little bit especially to rest my hands. I'm a PhD student so in the evening I'm often intellectually tired and have decision fatigue, I have a repetitive and easy go to project for that situation. Thanks you so much for your content..
I always have something small on the needles to break up big projects. I loved watching your surgery on the sweater sleeve. It will be interesting to see the end result when finishing the understand. The pattern for this sweater is beautiful and the color will be gorgeous on you.
Thanks for showing your sleeve correction as you were deciding to us! I’m always interested in how the more experienced knitters resolve issues.
I agree about the empty needles. It feels very strange to have nothing on the go. But like you I love sock knitting so I've been knitting Christmas socks for my friends since August!
West Yorkshire Spinners brings out a Christmas sock yarn every year, often with an accompanying pattern so I've made 3 pairs of Gretel socks with a 4th currently on my needles. I'm really enjoying them because they have the interest of colourwork combined with the speed of vanilla socks.
I live on my own and have no family so Christmas hasn't always been a good time for me. Having Christmas Projects helps a lot as they keep me busy with something to do over the holiday period. This year I will be making an outfit with a sleeveless cotton dress, some tee shirts to wear under it and a nice simple cardigan to wear with it.
I like to do Finish It February too. It's nice to finally finish projects that were put to one side and never picked up again.
I also do "Mend It March". I like to repair my clothes to keep them going for longer and save them from going to landfill.
Really interesting! I love this sort of video, with problem solving included. Thank you!
You have so many wonderful videos, so when one pops up I assume it’s been there for years. Imagine my surprise when I noticed that this one was released within the last hour. I’m so excited to be “caught up”! (Okay, not really. There are many more that I haven’t seen yet.)
I am definitely in the same boat when it comes to new projects. I actually kind of panic when I come to the end of a project because I don’t know what to knit next. I think it takes me longer to plan a project than to actually knit it. I have started to put aside a project and start the next then go back and finish the other project. I do have ufo’s but they’re in time out because I ran into an issue that needs a bit of time to think out what I need to do.
I am very interested in gloves. I have wanted to try them but am intimidated by knitting the fingers.
Thanks for everything you do for all of us in the knitting world. I recommend your videos to everyone.
I always need to have at least one of each of these project types on the go: 1) a project that is portable / needs no thinking 2) a project that is a puzzle 3) a project that is going to take forstinkinever. #3 is important because it bridges any gaps if I haven't thought of something new while I blast through #1 or #2. But - context - I'm on the extreme side of 'process knitter' so returning episodically to a project that will take me years works for me.
The warmest mittens I have are from my handspun alpaca. I live in Minnesota and these are my snow shoveling mittens. The yarn was spun with lots of twist and the mittens knit at a dense tight gauge. They have felted over time with use and friction making them windproof. I can be out in below zero weather with snow and frost crusted on the outside of the mittens but my hands are warm and dry on the inside. Try it.
Very interested in glove knitting. I've only made one pair for my husband, which he wears all winter. Yes, I also need to have multiple projects going on, mostly sicks, but now knitting hats and mittens for our asylum seekers in a nearby shelter. LOVED watching the sweater surgery!!!!! Can't wait to see how that turns out and what you decide for the underarm. I hope the health issues have stabilized. You look great! Thanks for another wondeful episode.❤
I’m kind of similar, in that I always need some project available to knit on!
My strategy is to have a simple very long term project as a back up - typically for me, a large textured stitch blanket. I don’t feel any pressure to make it an interesting process, because I generally only pick it up when I’m not knitting anything else anyway. And as a fairly mindless project, it gives me space to think about other knitting projects I want to start while still providing something to do with my hands. Then, if/when I eventually finish that, I’ll just make another design - again, no pressure to do anything particularly fun, because I don’t expect to be working on it for long periods of time anyway. And I’ll often (but not always) have a few WIPs that I can bring out for variety,
I’m not sure if that sounds appealing to you, but it works really well for me!
Thank you so much for the videos!
I have two go-to mitten patterns that are free.
One is the Basic Pattern for Children’s Mittens on the Afghans for Afghans website. There are 3 sizes and the large will also fit a women’s small. In addition to the pattern there is a 4-part blog post linked at the top of the pattern; it has photos detailing how to make them to help first timers succeed.
The other is the Vasama convertible mitts by Anna Johanna (on Ravelry). They have a fun slipped stitched pattern on the back of the hand that keeps them interesting without being too difficult for a beginner. I’ve made a couple of these for me and a pair for my mom, so I’ve modified it to be fingerless under the mitten cap and long enough that it covers my fingers all the way to the tips. I use them for biking year-round in rainy Portland, Oregon, and I love them.
Hi Roxanne. Well this was very interesting to watch! Successful surgery! The pattern and yarn are both gorgeous. You pick out the loveliest yarn colors for your projects. Henry and Rosie’s sweaters are beautiful as well. All of these patterns are so interesting! Kudos to you for modifying your diet and exercising. Tweaks in our diets can really help with a lot of issues. Your gloves are great. I’ve never had the confidence to try making gloves but that’s ok, lol. Looking forward to seeing the mittens you make. I really admire you for not having a big yarn stash. I have way too much. Time to give some away. I’m like you were before Finish it February. Tomorrow I start cleaning out my yarn room, go through projects and decide if I really want to finish them or not. Have a great week and thank you.🤗🤗
Add me to the list of viewers who would love to see more about gloves. Your tutorials are always so full of good information, and I would love to see your take on gloves.
Hi Roxanne, I haven't watched you for awhile as I stopped knitting for awhile due to personal issues, but I've recently got a new grandbaby and have taken up knitting again.
It is such a great way of dealing with stresses, I'm enjoying knitting again. I loved the idea of starting with the sleeve first and I think I'll do that with my next project, also I think I'll be watching more videos in the future. 😊
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your viewers. I know that it was on the 24th but it's only the 25th today and a whole month to Christmas, this year has flown by, I cannot believe how fast.
Thank you for sharing your tutorial live and without practicing first.
I have now knit 3 top down Sweaters and absolutely cannot believe why it has taken me so long to do this. One was a yolk type and 2 have been Raglan Sleeves. I am now doing Shawls and Socks for Family. Thank you for your visit today, I look forward to seeing you again soon. Take care.
I too can get a bit of panic when I realize a projekt is nearing its end, and I don't feel like plantning for a new project, I just want to continue to knit. Good to know I'm not the only one who slows down on a projekt because I don't know what to do after.
I enjoy listening to how you process issues on your knitting, how you work through the possibilities.
Living dangerously these days. Thanks for showing your surgery and items In progress.
We don't have the low temperatures that you do but because of the high humidity, we feel it. My fingers hurt when I walk the dog early in the morning for a half hour. I have yet to find gloves/mittens that keep them from hurting. The only thing I have found that helps are electric hand warmers that I bought on Amazon. They fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and charge up overnight via a USB plug. I put one inside each of my gloves and my hands stay warm.
I’d like to hear about making gloves. I haven’t felt comfortable to try making a pair so having you talk about it would help. I also love the s’mores color way.
I’m still learning what my preference is but I notice that I am happy if I can just pick something up and knit without having to focus on the stitches, when I am in company. I have a friend who likes to have video calls but doesn’t like me to knit during those calls. Eventually I had to say that I like to have something in my hands to work on while I’m thinking about the things we are discussing. We came to an agreement to have some video calls and some just sound which is knitting time for me. I really like the sleeve you are knitting and it would take quite a bit of concentration for me so yes, great to have other projects on the go.
I loved the section on making your liner gloves. I am from Northern Massachusetts. Compared to you warm,
but warm is relative to the rest of the country… We still have moments well below zero and I walk 2 miles every day at a minimum.
Love you and love your podcasts . I am on a reprieve right now as I have been working on mastering my circular sock machine with my own bunny grown handspun projects. (This has been a loooong project!) It is quite different when growing your own fiber and spinning it than buying it because I can create the yarn and there is a lot of fiber left from my adventure with raising the large fiber animals. So the process is quite different whether for hand or machine knitting . However my own style is to start and work on it till it is finished - otherwise if it sits for any time it just doesn't get finished!. I do have have smaller things I like to do in between but to leave it for long kind of breaks my concentration especially if I am learning to do something new. When I am hand knitting with handspin I like to spin a littl, ply a little and knit a little so that breaks it up a bit on the same project. But on the csm I need vollumes on a cone so that is its own challenge. I sure do understand your need for different winter accessories as it gets colder especially warm ones as I live north of you in Mb Canada with much the same weather. This is when angora really comes to the fore since nothing is warmer than this fiber . Right now I am working on a mitt on the csm that starts at the fingers rather than the wrist with a 3 wedge 'toe' . It has been a little challenge to get the right weight of angora spun for maximum warmth and thickness for the climate changes but I have accomplished this and have the pattern worked out, and the beginning worked out, but then had a little halt on transfering to the ribber after the thumb and gusset are made in reverse of a normal pattern. But I just love how this 3 wedge fits so it has been something I wanted to accomplish . Next will be gloves so will see how that goes lol. The challenges and problem solving on the sock machine are a little different though when I think it through there is always something in hand knitting that makes it work . But I don't much of a broad extensive background in hand knitting. So I always fall back on many of your videos and others other you tube for techniques. You are such a wonderful full range experienced knitter I wish you would tackle a circular sock machine just to see how you would transfer all your wonderful skills to this venture and then share with us your process. Thank you for all your sharing .
For extra warmth from mitts, try having a longer cuff that bunches (or that you can wear bunched) around your wrist. Or, use alternating ridges of stocking stitch and reverse stocking st to create/assist the bunching. Ice hands is a pattern like that😁
Thanks for another thought-provoking episode, Roxanne. The Royale sweater pattern is still available on Ravelry for $7.
I absolutely have WIPs and UFOs. I also have 12 cast ons planned for the new year. I’m busy trying to finish my WIPs! I have an idea for you. You could do a Musselburgh hat. Double layered, and you can use the variegated yarn for it.
I totally have "trough" moments when there are no projects on the needles and I can't say I love it. 🙂 At those moments, I just chill out and spend a ton of time looking at Ravelry in terms of stash yarn I have or things I'm interested in. And I'm pretty obsessive about knitting so I see a lot of new projects that appeal on TH-cam / Insta / Ravelry Pattern Highlights. What I prefer - and what tends to happen most of the time - is that I have about 5 - 10 "realistic" projects lined up (in my queue). That means I like the pattern (I've bought and reviewed it), I have the yarn and I feel that the project will work for my current state of mind. Sure, sometimes these options never come to be but they are there for me. Alas, sometimes, I'm not really inspired at that moment by any of them, but that's pretty rare. I tend to pay attention at all times to the kinds of project I would like to knit next. Also, I generally have 3 things on the needles at any given time (a sock (portable), something non taxing and something more complicated). So it's rare that everything is done at the exact same time. Worst case scenario I knit some socks. I do realize that's your general go-to and perhaps it just gets boring? I find them boring after I've knitted 10 pairs in a year 🙂 Mind you, I'm not enthralled by sock knitting. I like it but it's not my mainstay. And I hate doing complex stitch patterns in small-diameter knitting. That means, I'm knitting some version of striped (to use up sock scraps) vanilla sock with a fish lips kiss heel.
Fun: while you were doing this 'surgery' on the bind-off, I was doing knit-surgery too 😃 Only I have a lot more stitches to put back on the needle, so now you're finished I need to go on.
I tend to have a few things on the go at a time, maybe one sweater and a couple of smaller accessories, usually one thing will be an easy to carry everywhere with me project that doesn't require a lot of brain power and another may be colourwork, lace or textured for the enjoyment of trying those techniques. I also have a knitting machine no and I recently finished a cardigan, which needs the ends finished and a suitable button. The sweater you have chosen is lovely, it is a style that will work with so many different things and will be wearable for many years to come.
I started last year with about 15, or 16 UFOs and got down to about 9, or 10 before breaking my right elbow in November. It took a while before I was able to knit for more than about an hour at a time. I have about 4-5 of those UFOs that have maybe around 100-150 yards of knitting left to do, so if I can work a little on each of them over the next few weeks, it may be possible to check them off the list.
Like you I start many projects and set them aside if I have a problem and work on something else . I am lucky to still be able to knit at"85 and always have something to work on when I need to sit down.
Thank you for sharing your sweater surgery. I really love how you work through issues. You are a pleasure to watch. Happy holidays.
I have a few projects on the needles at a time. I also weave I project at a time and I'm learning to spin. I'm trying to juggle between the different projects types and it's a challenge. I keep a journal of projects in process and to be projects with pattern and or pictures of the yarn/fiber intended for the project to help me keep organized. But it's not easy. Good luck with your system.😊
Oooooo, a video on glove formulas would be lovely. I started knitting gloves this year because my husband and i can never get commercial gloves to fit the way we want. And then i found that glove patterns, even the more formula based don't fit us well either. So, I went to sewing sources and looked at how patterns are drafting for sewn gloves. Ive got a nice, workable formula, but it still chokes a little for my husband (at least on the laceweight liner gloves for under commercial work gloves for our cold wyoming winters).
I find I need projects at all different levels of difficulty. If I only have easy ones running, I can get bored. If all of them are hard, I get irritated and crave something easy. That’s probably my version of the 3 week approach you take.
Roxanne Thank you. This episode is so confirming. First, YES would love to see more regarding gloves.
2nd, am about intermediate knitter. It can be confusing when a pattern just doesn't seem to work right/logical. So often i hear others tell me trust the pattern, but its not trustworthy. So, the project set aside, or it back and figure the mod. I lrearnec, its not always me & inexperience. Sometimes, its a design 'over sight' after all we are all human.
A very energetic episode! Oh so many things.... It was wonderful to see you fix your bind off. Truly. In an armpit though, will it ever be visible if you have bound off "not in pattern?"
I have always wanted to knit gloves but have been intimidated, even by Ann Budd's clear description. And i am all about the liners under mittens! I am knitting my second pair of colourwork Latvian mittens, so it makes sense to try a liner glove for them first. Conceptually, i like the idea of knitting a liner glove in variegated.
Thanks for your comment about thrumbs. I know they are age-old, but don't trust em!
The new Royal pullover reminds me of the heathered teal-ish cable-y one you wear. Will have to look back in your former posts to see!
I’m definitely a finish each project before starting the next one. I always have yarn to make a hat while planning what to do next.
I have made a few pairs of gloves but I’m not happy with the fit of any of them. I’d love a series on fitting gloves. My particular fit issues are thick hand that’s not especially wide and short thick fingers.
I have several (3+) WIP from LOW boredom threshold. I very much would like to learn to knit gloves from you. have tried multiple times.
What a great sweater pattern the Royale is and I love your color choice. I think it's going to look great on you too. I had to laugh when I saw the glove liners. I'm back in the Pacific Northwest after being in Southern CA for 11 years. Although it doesn't get as cold as Minnesota, I have titanium pins in a few fingers and feel them in the cold. It's miserable, thought I should knit some nice warm silk/wool glove liners.
Yes, I’m very much like you. I tend to have at least 4 projects and a pair of socks or gloves the same time. Each garment has a different exciting feature. I rotate projects so I don’t get bored. Additionally I don’t have any deadlines. I decide to knit on the project I feel like knitting at that moment. Otherwise after 3 weeks of knitting one single garment I become bored with it and feel miserable forcing myself to finish thus, I don’t do this.
Not sure I’m able to “help” re WIPs. I have a few “Must Concentrate” patterns, more “Easy” (usually Garter st something). Usually I knit xxx when I’m in the mood, bouncing around between various quick or long/er term projects. Those (above) fall in the Category: Project knits. Then I get into “Let’s use up zzz” yarn. Which leads me to looking at appropriate patterns. Which leads to Rabbit Holes. Which leads to MORE project ideas. Took me years to realize I work in this cycle.
Thank you for reminding me of Finish It February! The last time I went thru WIPs & stash, I pulled out specific bags…ummm, there they sit….still….waiting….lol
I really DO finish things. “Must take a pic & post in my project pages” is a thing I try to do more of. Proof that I can & do finish more than I think.
Textured sweater is Gorgeous! Pattern & yarn is perfect!
I am about to experiment with a gusset in a top-down sweater; a Scandinavian-design drop-shouldered affair with a lovely texture which otherwise would leave me with a lot of sleeve fabric in the underarm. I plan to pick up the required number of sts for the sleeve and then decrease every round, or every other round, block on barber cords, try on; rip back if necessary. If you are so inclined you could rip back the sleeve cap to a point where you can rapidly increase stitches to make a comfortable circumference for the underarm join with the body. The other half of the gusset would have to be repeated on the body. Sounds like you have only a two-stitch repeat in that area. .Hope I’m making sense.
Loved the liner gloves! Great idea! And you look wonderful!
Sure, I'm familiar with using underarm gussets for close-fitting drop shoulder sweaters (it's classically used in Ganseys). The armhole of this sweater plenty big, it was just the bind off that was the issue. The set-in sleeve construction of this sweater provides plenty of room, provided the UA BO isn't so tight and rigid. :-)
The pattern of your new sweater is awesome! Love it. I'm terrified of doing surgery cuz I usually don't know what I have to do to fix it 😂 Whew, well done!!! Looking forward to seeing more progress 😀. And yes, Happy Thanksgiving!
When I'm working on a sweater, I take breaks by knitting a sock, knitting on my sweater, knitting the other sock. I have to take breaks from long projects sometimes 😊
Maybe if you didn’t twist the stitches in the bind-off it would have been okay. You could also unravel back the sleeve cap plus maybe 2 inches and put in a gusset like how that problem was solved with the close fitting gansey.
If I'm ever down to one project my brain gets a bit paralysed and I can't make any progress on it. I need to always have multiple wips or at least a 4 year old UFO that can kind of just stare me down from the corner of the room. Sometimes I realise I'm coming uncomfortably close to ending up with a single project so I panic cast on a sock just to settle my brain
OK, I have officially fallen down the fiber abyss, because how else does one explain that a sweater surgery cliffhanger has one on tenterhooks (pun intended) for the outcome?!? 🤣🤣 LOVE that you did that in real-time, unscripted! Thank you! 😍
And thanks for another interesting episode! I have knit myself gloves; I like to use short rows in the hand to separate the little finger off early.
And WIPs! I think I keep WIPs like stash, and I keep stash tkk on make sure my supply of WIPs doesn’t dwindle 😂
I start with the sleeves whenever possible as, no matter what my swatch says, my actual gauge always turns out different. Usually looser as I think I’m not paying as much attention as when I swatch. So rather than swatch multiple times I swatch to see the “rough” gauge and then knit the sleeve. If it turns out to be too far out I don’t mind ripping and restarting. For some reason that doesn’t frustrate me as much as knitting countless swatches 😀.
I usually have 3 to 4 projects going at a time. A sweater, a pair of socks, and a scarf. Oh, and a blanket that was started 4 years ago from sock yarn with a half linen stitch that is halfway done, lol. I tend to have mindless ones for paying attention to tv, as well as challenging ones that I need to pay attention to knitting. I tend to get bored and like to change it up. And I am constantly seeing patterns that I want to start right away. I tend to push myself to get at least one done before adding another so that I don't end up with ufos. Thanks for your videos! 😊
A whole skein of worsted weight qiviut?! That sound you hear is me fainting. What a treasure!
It's only 2 ounces, though, (just over 100 yds) which is why it's taken me a while to figure out what to do with it!
Great episode!
Still waiting to hear you say you’re organizing your Decades project into a book! 😉
I almost always have several projects going at once, but lately i've been trying to balance not having to many and not having too many similar projects. This isn't just to maintain my interest and motivation, but also to save my hands! I somehow ended up having three 2XL fingering weight sweaters in the works all at once (2 knit, 1 crochet), and while I love all of them and they're all turning out great, it's SO taxing on my hands. I knit one and need to take a break and work on something else, but all I have is more fingering weight sweater knits. I recently cast on a cowl in Aran weight yarn and i'm planning some lace crochet projects and some sewing. Both will work up quicker and have enough variety in needle size and type of hand motion that I won't be taxing my hands too much knitting for hours just to make an inch of progress.
Happy Thanksgiving Roxanne, I am knitting the Reverb and I need one more skein of yarn to finish the button bands. The yarn color is not available! So it is on time out. I have knit this sweater a couple of times and enjoy the pattern. It is sock weather so I will be ordering sock yarn and looking for a yarn sub. I want to knit gloves, but never have. I love your children's sweaters, all of my grandchildren are teen or older.
I would love to see more on gloves. I've knit a couple of pairs, but even with picking up stitches, I always end up with holes between the fingers. 😮
I look forward to your videos every few days. Very informative and interesting. I'm very interested in a glove class.
Me too😂one sweater has been on pins for over 20yrs if I ever get back into it, it’ll probably take me a whole day to find out where I left it, it’s rather complicated because it’s a tartan pattern, black, red, emerald and royal blue lol so wish me luck 😅Carol from Scotland 🏴 xx
Sounds like a great challenge for Finish it February! :-)
I'm one who would like some glove tutorials. They're easy.. until I get to the four fingers! Gaps between fingers, and customizing finger length would be most helpful to me. 🧤
Ooh very bold move undoing the bind off. Grafting would be my thought but would you need to do it in pattern? Who is going to be inspecting your arm pit 😂😂😂
Love the gloves. Never heard of gloves under mittens but it makes sense to double layer and have some dexterity
Great vlog as always. Thanks Roxanne. 🙋🏼🏴
Walking a dog in subzero temps and having to pick up the poop taught me the importance of liner gloves! My husband uses them for skiing, too.
I enjoyed watching you undo. What a beautiful sweater!!
I always have a queue of future projects in mind, yarn waiting to be knitted. Now, it is Christmas gifts, it seems everyone wants socks this year, they do take a long time to knit, but I like to make my loved ones happy. Although I am usually monogamous, I find sock knitting a bit hard on my eyes especially with dark colors so I tend to knit a few easier projects in between. Baby hat and mittens, Sophie's scarf, colorowork slipper/socks in Aran weight. I love to knit gloves, although here, in Montreal, we use them mainly in fall and spring, for winter we use thick reversed sheep skin mittens. I even use big sky mittens when It gets below -20 or -30 degrees Celsius. I loved to see you perform this surgery on your sleeve, great save !!!
Brrrr and I thought winters in Scotland were cold, but we don’t get anything near as cold as you get, just stay by the fire 🔥 and keep cosy xx
It is not like that all winter long, mainly in January and February. We have good heating systems and dress very warmly, but I must admit I do not take long walks when it is under -25. Montreal is an island, so humid too ... @@carol29carnegie
Yeah, when you're in the middle of a continental landmass, the temperatures are much more extreme than in places at the same latitude that are surrounded by water, like the UK. Minneapolis is similar to Montreal (maybe even a bit colder). We usually have a few weeks where the temps dip to below -20 F (close to -30 C). Every few years we may get a day or two at -40 (which is the same for F and C). When it's that cold, it's nice and sunny, though!
Yes for gloves…I do mittens but have been fearful of gloves.
Happy Thanksgiving to you. I do like to have a hat or sock on the needles it gives me something to do. I love your gloves and the idea of mittens over the top, is something we do in Alberta or Saskatchewan to. But I have never knit either. I am interested to try the mittens . Your sweater will be so lovely and a great color. It looks like a hard pattern to me and I want to see it done. Another interesting video. Thanks
Love knitting gloves…actually…❤
I try to repair mistakes before I put them away
Knitted gloves, even with knitted mittens worn over them, are not going to be very wind proof. Even my spring ski gloves are warmer than knitted gloves and mittens; especially if I wear thin glove liners inside. Thin layers with more air space would be warmer than thick layers that don't have much air space; and wind-proof outer fabric is essential.
Congratulations on your health improvements. Have you heard from Suzanne lately?
I've knitted two pairs of gloves and ended up losing one a few years ago. I'm interested in how you make adjustments for fit. I want to make myself a new pair. I dyed up some dk weight knitpicks Hawthorne earlier this year and would like to use it
Sweater sleeves. If you can graft it why not! It would be the stretchiest and look great. I see a great topic for Technique Tuesday!
It's essentially the same technique I demonstrated in last week's TechTues. :-)
@@RoxanneRichardson oh! 😊🧶❤️
Great, more videos re knitting gloves please
Hi Roxanne, Im a bit behind in your videos at the moment so youre getting this feedback a little late but I would be interested in watching your videos on glove making.
My knitting group wants me to do a special series of meetings wherein I teach them how to knit socks. Some have a little experience already, but most do not. I am not an expert knitter by any means, though I have knitted a lot of socks. How would you go about teaching a group of intermediate knitters how to knit socks?
Hi Roxanne, have you ever knitted yoga socks and know if there’s anything that would confuse the average knitter? Thanks
I haven't knit them, but they basically looks like regular socks, without the heels and toes. If anything, they'll be easier to knit than a standard sock.
@@RoxanneRichardson thank you, Roxanne, for your thoughts. I am encouraged to proceed with knitting a pair of yoga socks.
I have many ufo's!
I was gifted a vintage knitting book that I think you’d like to see. How can I share some images? “Complete Guide to Modern Knitting and Crocheting”, by Alice Carroll, 1942.
You can always include photos in emails (my address is in the About page on my channel) or in a Ravelry DM or post in my group. I'm always on the lookout for vintage knitting manuals, so just knowing the name of the book caused me to find a used copy on AbeBooks. I'd still be interested in seeing what you found of interest, though! :-)