I just watched a video from Cloknits yesterday, and she says you can handwash wool in hot water (like temp of a bath). So long as there is no agitation, it won’t felt. She says the wool will bloom more. I did one yesterday, and sure enough it was fine, and I did like the idea that it was “cleaner”. And it did bloom really beautifully! So, can attest it’s fine to use some heat in the handwash.
this was the most validating & REAL “tutorial” out there 😂 I love that you didn’t share how blocking “should” be but rather how YOU realistically do it. it makes it seem so much more achievable to see your process! 💛
My way of washing my knits is either A) tossing it in the washing machine or B) not washing:'D Option A is for socks, beanies and mittens that touch bare skin and floor, handles etc. and start to feel like they could use a good cleaning. I use a wool cycle and detergent that's okay to use for wool and then just hang them to dry. Option B is for sweaters. I pretty much always use a shirt underneath so only skin it's touching is my forearms and those are not very sweaty. I do hang them on my balcony to air dry and might also spot clean if there's something to take out. This summer I washed a sweater my mom made me in like 2013 or something for the first time. And that's only because I used it a lot while skiing and hiking in the winter so it was actually so sweaty that airing out didn't help enough:D As for depiling and darning.. I'm still learning:) I haven't had that many holes in my knits, but my partner destroys his socks so I gotta start learning!
As someone who also doesn't own a darning egg and has recently used the lid of a cookie tin to stretch a pair of trousers over to fix them I applaud the chocolate chip jar xD. That being said a darning egg is super helpful and I really want one.
This is one of the most real takes on washing and blocking, I personally just throw everything I've finished in the washer sometimes on gentle in a pillow case with cold water (if it can't survive washing it won't survive in my house) As I finish larger more delicate projects I may hand wash but that time will come later. The washing out soap is completely reasonable and I would do the same even if it says you don't have to that idea of soap staying on it just feels wrong to me
YESSSS! I was nervous I was going to get hard-core judged for this video but it's an insane breath of fresh air that so many people are like "yea, I do the exact same!"
I love watching your videos while I work on my own projects. I used to knit when I was really young, but I got back into it about a year ago. You are actually one of the TH-camrs who got me back into knitting. ❤
This is the video i needed in my life right now. I have so many crochet wearable and am so lazy with caring for them. I havent used nice yarn for any of the projects and will probably care more when i start bigger projects with better yarns
I wear hand knit socks everyday in Texas because I can't find commercial socks in the store for a men's size 13 (toe up until you run out of yarn). When I get a load of socks to wash, I'm all about the Eucalan (eye-ball measurement, also), and either I use the Presoak setting on my washer or just throw them all in the kitchen sink until I get back to them. In both instances, after draining, I have an Ocedar mop bucket that has a "salad spinner" on the side that I use to stomp the water out of my socks. Onto the wooden drying rack on the patio or the garage until dry!
I rinse everything! I also use Color Grabber by Carbona from the grocery store. I use the Color Grabber sheets when I soak something that has white, red and/or blue or black. It works amazingly well. The colors don't bleed.
As someone who's new to actually caring about my yarn makes, this video was super helpful! Also, my mom bought me a gorgeous sweater from Ireland, and it's piled and dirty and needs a wash and some TLC. I can't wait to get it looking like new again!! I subbed this time because you asked, so keep asking. It really does help people to remember to do so if they haven't already ❤
I don't think you're doing the darning wrong and I do a *ton* of darning! I used a juggling ball for nearly five years before I got a darning loom, and honestly I think the juggling ball made for better patches some of the time. The benefit of a darning egg or mushroom is that the patch ends up curved, but that only helps for some kinds of darning! If you tend to get holes on the heels of your socks then a 3D curved surface can be really helpful, but if you tend to get holes at the mid foot (which is what I think this one is?) then darning flat makes perfect sense. I am a great lover of duplicate stitch/swiss darning, but on socks I generally tend to avoid it, my reasoning is that if one type of stitch already wore through in that spot trying something that wears a little differently might help it last longer the second time around. Another option you have for darning is to go with something with a little extra nylon content or some silk content (if you're feeling fancy) can help the patch last longer than the original knitting did in high wear areas.
I feel like we're about the same level of precious about washing our knits. I usually chuck everything in the washing machine on the hand-wash/wool programme with wool detergent (also a big bottle I got ages ago from the supermarket). Then I use my normal drying rack and lay them out horizontally on top to dry. Socks I usually just wash with my normal laundry, I use superwash wool anyway. For darning I like duplicate stitch. I have one pair of stripy socks that I've made over 10 years ago and darned multiple times now. The first times I still had leftover original yarn, so the mending isn't visible at all, which is pretty neat. But the last time I had to do extensive mending and just used a different colour - so visible mending with duplicate stitch! I'm kind of waiting for a big hole to appear in one of my clothes so I can justify buying one of these mini looms! Someone else here on youtube used it with colour changing rainbow yarn for mending and it looked so good! As I'm a colour girlie that's exactly my jam
Fun video! I wash my sweaters with woolite, coolish water and let them soak until I remember (!) to rinse then lay them flat on a drying rack. This is a white mesh netting material that attaches to plastic rods and it’s about 30x30 inches and 4 inches from the floor. I put it in a corner of my bedroom. It has to be disassembled to wash the netting as it picks up colour bleeding. I had to learn darning in high school and the way I do it is very similar to your technique. You did a great job!
I have a different technique for fixing holes, which is definitely NOT the recommended way. But I REALLY LIKE your. woven patch. SUPER cute and that should last you a long time.
I absolutely love your videos! You are so laid back, don't take everything too seriously and have fun! You always brighten my day. Thank you for sharing yourself with us and for just being your cute self 💙
The puppet show! 😂🥄🧶 I usually dry my knits on yoga mats, I also use them for blocking. 😁 My mother also has a washing machine which can do only centrifugation which is magic for drying/evening out stitches without felting, but I have to use the towel trick since my washer won't do that (she also bought a playmat for kids to dry and block on).
I do a knitted patch for holes in my socks…I’ve fixed many holes with this technique and I think it’s easier than the weaving technique. I also have never blocked my socks. I knit them and then put them on my feet or in my sock drawer; they go thru the washer and dryer.
I'm just on to your channel and I love your whole thing it's it's you're just great! I'm going to subscribe so I can I can see when you come up with stuff, and then I'll go back and look at the rest. Your cats are beautiful. I had an all grey cat with similar fur, when I saw your gorgeous cat it brought back such memories. I had him convinced that he had the softest fur in the whole world all the way to the point that he would show off but he was very picky about who touched him😅. Thanks for coloring outside the lines!
This Must have been the cutest call for „please Like and Subscribe“ with your cat‘s feet up in the air. 😂🖤 I wash my knitted socks in a laundry net with my regular clothes in the washing machine and then hang them to dry. 😅
Ha! Loved the sock puppet show! My husband’s name is Gary, and Gary’s sock mate sounds like me! 🤪 I saw you giving your striped sweater a haircut, which is something I do all the time, as long as my hands aren’t shaky from too much coffee. ☕️ Nice job on the darning. I love darning socks, but I’m trying to find the right balance of dense enough to be useful, but not so dense that it’s pulling at the original fabric. Looks like you found a sweet spot there. ~Brenda
The puppet show skit caught me so off-guard in a good way! 😂. You're so creative! Thank you for showing your process. I have a pair of socks that recently got holes and I have been wondering whether to repurpose them or fix them. Lovely video ❤
My first step of maintenance is a knit brush, so I just brush the fabric gently which readjusts the stitches and kinda freshens up the garment. Second step is airing outside, freezing weather is optimal but as long as it's not super humid any weather is fine. Third step is when they get the wash. I wash my knits about once or twice a year. Handwash garments, socks go in the machine on wool cycle.
i loveeee darning socks!! i have darned all of my gfs store bought socks that have holes in them. it’s such a little dopamine hit to fix something quickly and know it’s good to go again!!
The wanting to darn socks: my brother in law walked a hole in his sock. I was so excited. Was planning the entire darning experience. Complete with tea flavour and a petit four. And then my sister decided I was to busy knitting new socks to darn that one. And it's not like I can force them to give me the sock. To this day, I have no idea what happened with it.....
I usually do the duplicate stitch darning on my socks, though I have done some basket weave, but I always do it in a contrasting color to get that visible mending look.
Thank you for this video! I love seeing older knits instead of just always fresh off the needle or off the hook knits. I always wonder how things are gonna hold up if I make something I really spend a lot of time on and end up loving but is it gonna look like trash after I wash it so this is really cool from that perspective.
Visible mending/ darning: FYI a woven patch on a knit garment will not hold up over time as well as swiss darning/ duplicate stitch. Though it is cute. My usual rule of thumb is mend woven with woven and knit with knit, if I want it to be a *quality* mend. (If you just want it to look cute, then meh, doesn't matter.) BUT I have also done some cute mends on a thrifted sweater with contrasting yarn where I swiss darned the hole and then extended the embroidery into cute shapes. :) Just some ideas to think about, I guess.
It's a Japanese form called sashiko, and I am glad that you used it to darn a project because they go perfectly together check out a few videos, it's very exciting!
Just leaving a comment to win the algorithm. 😂 loved this video. I choose to use mostly plant fibers just because I can’t be arsed to air dry clothing 😅
Your socks are so dark. LOL I love Swiss darning. I've done it on my jeans instead of putting on a patch. I have a darning mushroom that is really old which use the most. I also have one shaped like the toe of a sock which is even older (it has a date on it) that is really useful. I also have these weaver things which I believe are too difficult to set up. I bought three in different sizes. I wish I hadn't. Love the kitties.
That’s exactly how I wash my knits, unless the yarn label says they can go in the washer. I dry all my knits on a metal airer like your wooden one. Fan is a good idea. I might add that to my routine. I also bought a salad spinner to act as the spin cycle of my washing machine. See if that will save me using a billions towels to dry everything.
Your videos always put me in a good mood and also my cats love them! (I have also two girl cats: Carmela and Adriana❤). I like your method for caring for your knits, and I think your sock looks adorable with that little patch! You did a good job! Also, please tell me if it was Pippin or Merry at the end of the video doing that silly pose, and if they do that often?! I just have to know.
Watched several of your videos and love your style and communication style, but the sock drawer spooning was an instant thumbs up lmao. Warm water dissolves stuff (like body oils and other stuff that gets on your clothes) better than cold. Dont know the practical difference for your use case but thats the reason a lot of detergents don't work with cold water.
I SO want some wool wash that doesn't have to be rinsed out! But of cause I'd have too see the result.. if it feels soapy then I probably would rinse it, or if I didn't feel like it cleaned the knit properly 🤷 But to be honest I wash most if not all of my wools in the washing machine, and so far 🤞nothing bad has happened. I do use loundry bags though! It's just too much effort having to wash it by hand. It's too much effort to wash at all for me sometimes (I don't have a machine in my apartment).
I'm super bad at hand washing my knits so I wash my socks in with my washing machine. I use only cold setting and so far nothing bad has happened. When it comes to my other knits I do hand wash them but if I can skip it, I will 😅 I prefer darning socks with duplicate stitch but I don't think it really matters how you do it as long as it works. I have a darning mushroom but for some reason I usually use this metal lid I got from a jar instead. 😂
I've been hesitant to darn any socks (not homemade) because I think the foot-feel would bother me, but love visible mending in theory. When I do have wearable knits - still working on a sweater for myself - I will probably be lazy and stick it in the wash on a gentle setting 😅. I might try the towel drying to speed the air drying up, especially if I want to avoid a spin cycle.
I wash them when they start to smell 😂 they usually sit in a basket for a month before I get around to it. Usually I wear a knit 3-6 times before washing it (unless I get particularly sweaty lol)
Darn your socks anyway that will get the job done. What you did was running the stitches which is perfect for that level of hole. I am a lot more "cruel" in my washing of the knits. I use my machine to spin out the things I don't wash in my washer. I hang socks and lay my sweaters flat to dry. I have some advise on floats in your stranded color work. They shouldn't be that long. I knew this when I first started and I struggled hard with knowing my floats needed to be shorter. My solutions for this was eh at best. I finally did some research on it and came across a video called Catching Floats As You Go by Aurora Talks Knit. She has a very nice technique that doesn't feel like trying to summon a knitting demon to keep my floats short and not choke my knitting. Please do not think you have to go back and reknit anything you have already done because you did it "wrong". You didn't do a thing wrong . Knitting , like sewing is a journey and we are out here learning as we go.
Woah i have been loving visible mending lately but i dont think i have seen ones done the way you did and i would love to know more about how you winged it haha
I made the mistake of not checking if the colours bleed in a red&white knit. It did. So I essentially made a red&cream sweater. I also have a dark green&white sweater.... Never washed it 😂
The puppet show 🤣 Do you have to do anything to keep the cats out of your knits while they dry? My cats (especially my black one) LOVE wool. If I lay a sweater out they will be all over it and even destroyed one once. I now have to dry everything in the garage or on top of the washing machine which takes forever in the winter.
Can I ask what the pattern is of the first sweater you placed on the drying rack? The cream one with the rainbow stripe. It's REALLY cute! And I love the colours you chose
I self drafted that one. If you want to recreate it, I'd recommend following a simple pattern like "The Cinema Sweater" by Veronika Lindberg and adding in your own stripes. I used drops alpaca yarn, but I know any yarn that is sold in multiple colors would do just fine!
I started crocheting recently and am only now getting to the point where I feel like venturing into animal fibers (so far cotton has been my favourite) - and the biggest reason for the delay has been taking care of animal fiber clothing. But in your video it doesn't seem that difficult of bad. XD What about superwash stuff? If you have superwash wool, do you still hand wash it?
LOL, no shame here. I firmly believe that if it is yours, you get to do whatever you want with it (and maybe giggle in the corner when others freak out)
Oh, I was wondering if you didn't get stitches pulled by your kitties' claws, but apparently you do. But then why aren't you worried when your cats go and 'knead' (spelling? 🤔) your knits in work (seen your videos! 😉)? I sure don't want my parrot's claws anywhere near my precious knits! 😁
They’ve luckily never cut the yarn on my sweaters, they just pull the yarn out sometimes and I don’t mind fixing that. It’s only about once a month I notice a loose threat
The puppet show killed me 😂😂
The puppet show was Oscar worthy! 🎬👏🏾 Hello Mary. 😺
I couldn’t stop laughing when I was filming/editing the socks
The cut away to the sock drawer had me laughing out loud. This was really fun to watch.
😂 I’m so glad I left it in
I just watched a video from Cloknits yesterday, and she says you can handwash wool in hot water (like temp of a bath). So long as there is no agitation, it won’t felt. She says the wool will bloom more. I did one yesterday, and sure enough it was fine, and I did like the idea that it was “cleaner”. And it did bloom really beautifully! So, can attest it’s fine to use some heat in the handwash.
this was the most validating & REAL “tutorial” out there 😂 I love that you didn’t share how blocking “should” be but rather how YOU realistically do it. it makes it seem so much more achievable to see your process! 💛
My way of washing my knits is either A) tossing it in the washing machine or B) not washing:'D
Option A is for socks, beanies and mittens that touch bare skin and floor, handles etc. and start to feel like they could use a good cleaning. I use a wool cycle and detergent that's okay to use for wool and then just hang them to dry.
Option B is for sweaters. I pretty much always use a shirt underneath so only skin it's touching is my forearms and those are not very sweaty. I do hang them on my balcony to air dry and might also spot clean if there's something to take out. This summer I washed a sweater my mom made me in like 2013 or something for the first time. And that's only because I used it a lot while skiing and hiking in the winter so it was actually so sweaty that airing out didn't help enough:D
As for depiling and darning.. I'm still learning:) I haven't had that many holes in my knits, but my partner destroys his socks so I gotta start learning!
I was not expecting that sock puppet show at all. Thank you for the surprise show :3
As someone who also doesn't own a darning egg and has recently used the lid of a cookie tin to stretch a pair of trousers over to fix them I applaud the chocolate chip jar xD. That being said a darning egg is super helpful and I really want one.
This is one of the most real takes on washing and blocking, I personally just throw everything I've finished in the washer sometimes on gentle in a pillow case with cold water (if it can't survive washing it won't survive in my house) As I finish larger more delicate projects I may hand wash but that time will come later. The washing out soap is completely reasonable and I would do the same even if it says you don't have to that idea of soap staying on it just feels wrong to me
YESSSS! I was nervous I was going to get hard-core judged for this video but it's an insane breath of fresh air that so many people are like "yea, I do the exact same!"
I love watching your videos while I work on my own projects. I used to knit when I was really young, but I got back into it about a year ago. You are actually one of the TH-camrs who got me back into knitting. ❤
Aweee, that’s so sweet! I hope you’re having a good time driving back into knitting 🧶
@@BreathingYarn Oh my goodness!!! I am and I have learnt so much! 😁
This is the video i needed in my life right now. I have so many crochet wearable and am so lazy with caring for them. I havent used nice yarn for any of the projects and will probably care more when i start bigger projects with better yarns
I wear hand knit socks everyday in Texas because I can't find commercial socks in the store for a men's size 13 (toe up until you run out of yarn). When I get a load of socks to wash, I'm all about the Eucalan (eye-ball measurement, also), and either I use the Presoak setting on my washer or just throw them all in the kitchen sink until I get back to them. In both instances, after draining, I have an Ocedar mop bucket that has a "salad spinner" on the side that I use to stomp the water out of my socks. Onto the wooden drying rack on the patio or the garage until dry!
I rinse everything! I also use Color Grabber by Carbona from the grocery store. I use the Color Grabber sheets when I soak something that has white, red and/or blue or black. It works amazingly well. The colors don't bleed.
As someone who's new to actually caring about my yarn makes, this video was super helpful! Also, my mom bought me a gorgeous sweater from Ireland, and it's piled and dirty and needs a wash and some TLC. I can't wait to get it looking like new again!!
I subbed this time because you asked, so keep asking. It really does help people to remember to do so if they haven't already ❤
Aweee 🥰
I always forget to like, so please keep reminding me😂😂
I don't think you're doing the darning wrong and I do a *ton* of darning! I used a juggling ball for nearly five years before I got a darning loom, and honestly I think the juggling ball made for better patches some of the time. The benefit of a darning egg or mushroom is that the patch ends up curved, but that only helps for some kinds of darning! If you tend to get holes on the heels of your socks then a 3D curved surface can be really helpful, but if you tend to get holes at the mid foot (which is what I think this one is?) then darning flat makes perfect sense. I am a great lover of duplicate stitch/swiss darning, but on socks I generally tend to avoid it, my reasoning is that if one type of stitch already wore through in that spot trying something that wears a little differently might help it last longer the second time around. Another option you have for darning is to go with something with a little extra nylon content or some silk content (if you're feeling fancy) can help the patch last longer than the original knitting did in high wear areas.
juggling balls as in those soft ones? 🤔
I feel like we're about the same level of precious about washing our knits. I usually chuck everything in the washing machine on the hand-wash/wool programme with wool detergent (also a big bottle I got ages ago from the supermarket). Then I use my normal drying rack and lay them out horizontally on top to dry. Socks I usually just wash with my normal laundry, I use superwash wool anyway.
For darning I like duplicate stitch. I have one pair of stripy socks that I've made over 10 years ago and darned multiple times now. The first times I still had leftover original yarn, so the mending isn't visible at all, which is pretty neat. But the last time I had to do extensive mending and just used a different colour - so visible mending with duplicate stitch!
I'm kind of waiting for a big hole to appear in one of my clothes so I can justify buying one of these mini looms! Someone else here on youtube used it with colour changing rainbow yarn for mending and it looked so good! As I'm a colour girlie that's exactly my jam
I am also team Visible Darning! The socks I've fixed that way are some of my favourite now.
Great job done in the sock mending! Looks professional!❤
Yayyy! Thanks
This is why your my favorite knitting channel ❤
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You have the best videos!! Love the vibes, I'm always excited when you post.
Thank you 🥰
I'm with you on rinsing the wool wash. Not rinsing, to me, would be like doing dishes and putting a soapy pot into the drying rack
Same, if I didn't rinse the wool wash it would be sensory overload at least psychologically whether that makes any sense or not lol
Yay! I’m not alone
Fun video! I wash my sweaters with woolite, coolish water and let them soak until I remember (!) to rinse then lay them flat on a drying rack. This is a white mesh netting material that attaches to plastic rods and it’s about 30x30 inches and 4 inches from the floor. I put it in a corner of my bedroom. It has to be disassembled to wash the netting as it picks up colour bleeding.
I had to learn darning in high school and the way I do it is very similar to your technique. You did a great job!
I have a different technique for fixing holes, which is definitely NOT the recommended way. But I REALLY LIKE your. woven patch. SUPER cute and that should last you a long time.
So fun!! And as always a great episode.
I absolutely love your videos! You are so laid back, don't take everything too seriously and have fun! You always brighten my day. Thank you for sharing yourself with us and for just being your cute self 💙
Aweee thank you!
I'm drying my handknit sweaters (usually pure wool) on hangers outside. Just do what you feel good with!
Oh heck yea!!!
The puppet show! 😂🥄🧶
I usually dry my knits on yoga mats, I also use them for blocking. 😁
My mother also has a washing machine which can do only centrifugation which is magic for drying/evening out stitches without felting, but I have to use the towel trick since my washer won't do that (she also bought a playmat for kids to dry and block on).
I do a knitted patch for holes in my socks…I’ve fixed many holes with this technique and I think it’s easier than the weaving technique. I also have never blocked my socks. I knit them and then put them on my feet or in my sock drawer; they go thru the washer and dryer.
I'm just on to your channel and I love your whole thing it's it's you're just great! I'm going to subscribe so I can I can see when you come up with stuff, and then I'll go back and look at the rest. Your cats are beautiful. I had an all grey cat with similar fur, when I saw your gorgeous cat it brought back such memories. I had him convinced that he had the softest fur in the whole world all the way to the point that he would show off but he was very picky about who touched him😅. Thanks for coloring outside the lines!
Aweee gray cats are beautiful! There’s one in my neighborhood and I want so badly to be my friend
This Must have been the cutest call for „please Like and Subscribe“ with your cat‘s feet up in the air. 😂🖤
I wash my knitted socks in a laundry net with my regular clothes in the washing machine and then hang them to dry. 😅
I love the way your patch turned out! Now I want one of my projects to get a hole so I can mend it!!! haha
I need more holes in my knits!
Ha! Loved the sock puppet show! My husband’s name is Gary, and Gary’s sock mate sounds like me! 🤪 I saw you giving your striped sweater a haircut, which is something I do all the time, as long as my hands aren’t shaky from too much coffee. ☕️ Nice job on the darning. I love darning socks, but I’m trying to find the right balance of dense enough to be useful, but not so dense that it’s pulling at the original fabric. Looks like you found a sweet spot there. ~Brenda
😂 thanks Brenda!
This inspired me to finally start the mending I've been putting off for so long
Awee, good luck!!!
The puppet show skit caught me so off-guard in a good way! 😂. You're so creative!
Thank you for showing your process. I have a pair of socks that recently got holes and I have been wondering whether to repurpose them or fix them. Lovely video ❤
My first step of maintenance is a knit brush, so I just brush the fabric gently which readjusts the stitches and kinda freshens up the garment.
Second step is airing outside, freezing weather is optimal but as long as it's not super humid any weather is fine.
Third step is when they get the wash. I wash my knits about once or twice a year. Handwash garments, socks go in the machine on wool cycle.
I only miss living in Minnesota because I love airing out fabrics in the freezing winters!
Omg the sock puppets. Instant like 😂
i loveeee darning socks!! i have darned all of my gfs store bought socks that have holes in them. it’s such a little dopamine hit to fix something quickly and know it’s good to go again!!
i have a darning loom and i love it! i normally use fun colour changing yarn for the patches. i love the visible mending! ❤
That’s awesome 😄
I love - love - your honesty. The darning looks amazing ! Ciao
I love seeing all the comments here talking about what we've all used in place of a darning egg/loom. I for one use a decorative obsidian orb :D
That’s an awesome choice!!!
The wanting to darn socks: my brother in law walked a hole in his sock. I was so excited. Was planning the entire darning experience. Complete with tea flavour and a petit four.
And then my sister decided I was to busy knitting new socks to darn that one. And it's not like I can force them to give me the sock. To this day, I have no idea what happened with it.....
The sock lore is real! (you have great taste btw - tea & petit four)
@@BreathingYarn thank you
I usually do the duplicate stitch darning on my socks, though I have done some basket weave, but I always do it in a contrasting color to get that visible mending look.
Hahaa this made me soo happy!😂 Thank you! You're awesome.
Thank you for this video! I love seeing older knits instead of just always fresh off the needle or off the hook knits. I always wonder how things are gonna hold up if I make something I really spend a lot of time on and end up loving but is it gonna look like trash after I wash it so this is really cool from that perspective.
Liked and subscribed!! 🎉❤ I’m not a knitter but I do like watching your videos.
That’s so sweet 🥹
Liked and commenting because black toe beans spread out is the best toe beans I have seen today.
Pippin is very proud of her toe beans! (As she should be)
oh my god the jar.... you're a genius
Where do you come up with this stuff!!!!!? I love every single one of your videos. Girl! You've got the stuff!
OMG thank you 😂 I’m definitely channeling my childhood energy with this video
The way I gasped when you first put that sweater on the top 😂 your reason makes sense but my instant reaction was “oh my god nooo”
I’m crazy like that 🤪
Visible mending/ darning: FYI a woven patch on a knit garment will not hold up over time as well as swiss darning/ duplicate stitch. Though it is cute. My usual rule of thumb is mend woven with woven and knit with knit, if I want it to be a *quality* mend. (If you just want it to look cute, then meh, doesn't matter.) BUT I have also done some cute mends on a thrifted sweater with contrasting yarn where I swiss darned the hole and then extended the embroidery into cute shapes. :) Just some ideas to think about, I guess.
It's a Japanese form called sashiko, and I am glad that you used it to darn a project because they go perfectly together check out a few videos, it's very exciting!
Just leaving a comment to win the algorithm. 😂 loved this video. I choose to use mostly plant fibers just because I can’t be arsed to air dry clothing 😅
Your socks are so dark. LOL I love Swiss darning. I've done it on my jeans instead of putting on a patch. I have a darning mushroom that is really old which use the most. I also have one shaped like the toe of a sock which is even older (it has a date on it) that is really useful. I also have these weaver things which I believe are too difficult to set up. I bought three in different sizes. I wish I hadn't. Love the kitties.
Ouuu, good to know about those small weaver things. I’ve had my eye on em.
That’s exactly how I wash my knits, unless the yarn label says they can go in the washer. I dry all my knits on a metal airer like your wooden one. Fan is a good idea. I might add that to my routine. I also bought a salad spinner to act as the spin cycle of my washing machine. See if that will save me using a billions towels to dry everything.
Salad spinner was genius!
Your videos always put me in a good mood and also my cats love them! (I have also two girl cats: Carmela and Adriana❤). I like your method for caring for your knits, and I think your sock looks adorable with that little patch! You did a good job! Also, please tell me if it was Pippin or Merry at the end of the video doing that silly pose, and if they do that often?! I just have to know.
That’s my big baby Pippin 😂
Watched several of your videos and love your style and communication style, but the sock drawer spooning was an instant thumbs up lmao.
Warm water dissolves stuff (like body oils and other stuff that gets on your clothes) better than cold. Dont know the practical difference for your use case but thats the reason a lot of detergents don't work with cold water.
I'm subbing for that Dopamine hit🥰
It worked!
I SO want some wool wash that doesn't have to be rinsed out! But of cause I'd have too see the result.. if it feels soapy then I probably would rinse it, or if I didn't feel like it cleaned the knit properly 🤷
But to be honest I wash most if not all of my wools in the washing machine, and so far 🤞nothing bad has happened. I do use loundry bags though! It's just too much effort having to wash it by hand. It's too much effort to wash at all for me sometimes (I don't have a machine in my apartment).
I'm super bad at hand washing my knits so I wash my socks in with my washing machine. I use only cold setting and so far nothing bad has happened. When it comes to my other knits I do hand wash them but if I can skip it, I will 😅 I prefer darning socks with duplicate stitch but I don't think it really matters how you do it as long as it works. I have a darning mushroom but for some reason I usually use this metal lid I got from a jar instead. 😂
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I've been hesitant to darn any socks (not homemade) because I think the foot-feel would bother me, but love visible mending in theory. When I do have wearable knits - still working on a sweater for myself - I will probably be lazy and stick it in the wash on a gentle setting 😅. I might try the towel drying to speed the air drying up, especially if I want to avoid a spin cycle.
maybe you could go for a more light fluffy yarn for mending? I guess that would be less annoying than walking around on hard wounded thread! 😊
I love your videos! Realy loved the puppet show. I was wondering how often you wash your knits?
I wash them when they start to smell 😂 they usually sit in a basket for a month before I get around to it. Usually I wear a knit 3-6 times before washing it (unless I get particularly sweaty lol)
Darn your socks anyway that will get the job done. What you did was running the stitches which is perfect for that level of hole. I am a lot more "cruel" in my washing of the knits. I use my machine to spin out the things I don't wash in my washer. I hang socks and lay my sweaters flat to dry. I have some advise on floats in your stranded color work. They shouldn't be that long. I knew this when I first started and I struggled hard with knowing my floats needed to be shorter. My solutions for this was eh at best. I finally did some research on it and came across a video called Catching Floats As You Go by Aurora Talks Knit. She has a very nice technique that doesn't feel like trying to summon a knitting demon to keep my floats short and not choke my knitting. Please do not think you have to go back and reknit anything you have already done because you did it "wrong". You didn't do a thing wrong . Knitting , like sewing is a journey and we are out here learning as we go.
I really appreciate the puppet skit lol
LOL - I'm not sure what to think of your very violent socks - True crime in the sock drawer 🤣
Woah i have been loving visible mending lately but i dont think i have seen ones done the way you did and i would love to know more about how you winged it haha
Someone in the comments mentioned it’s called “running stitch darning”. I feel like I need to look up a video for how to do it correctly 😂
I made the mistake of not checking if the colours bleed in a red&white knit. It did. So I essentially made a red&cream sweater. I also have a dark green&white sweater.... Never washed it 😂
The puppet show 🤣 Do you have to do anything to keep the cats out of your knits while they dry? My cats (especially my black one) LOVE wool. If I lay a sweater out they will be all over it and even destroyed one once. I now have to dry everything in the garage or on top of the washing machine which takes forever in the winter.
I’m so lucky my cats leave the knits alone because they hate wet things
Can I ask what the pattern is of the first sweater you placed on the drying rack? The cream one with the rainbow stripe. It's REALLY cute! And I love the colours you chose
I self drafted that one. If you want to recreate it, I'd recommend following a simple pattern like "The Cinema Sweater" by Veronika Lindberg and adding in your own stripes. I used drops alpaca yarn, but I know any yarn that is sold in multiple colors would do just fine!
I started crocheting recently and am only now getting to the point where I feel like venturing into animal fibers (so far cotton has been my favourite) - and the biggest reason for the delay has been taking care of animal fiber clothing. But in your video it doesn't seem that difficult of bad. XD
What about superwash stuff? If you have superwash wool, do you still hand wash it?
I do still hand wash only because the washing machine gives me anxiety after I lost a hat to felting in the cold cycle
@@BreathingYarn Thanks for answering! I think I'll stick to that as well.
the cat peets at the end lol
Im CACKLING at the puppet show omfg
If I would show you how I hang my crochet you would go for the spoon 😅❤
LOL, no shame here. I firmly believe that if it is yours, you get to do whatever you want with it (and maybe giggle in the corner when others freak out)
Oh, I was wondering if you didn't get stitches pulled by your kitties' claws, but apparently you do. But then why aren't you worried when your cats go and 'knead' (spelling? 🤔) your knits in work (seen your videos! 😉)?
I sure don't want my parrot's claws anywhere near my precious knits! 😁
They’ve luckily never cut the yarn on my sweaters, they just pull the yarn out sometimes and I don’t mind fixing that. It’s only about once a month I notice a loose threat