Just finished watching all your videos. I am excited to see your Penta Pillar Pullover. The one you referenced is from Sarah Seams. She is also on TH-cam if you haven't seen her videos yet, she's a delightful person. :)
So that's a funny thing, what is called "French seams" in English is called "couture anglaises" aka "English seams" in French. 😂 Love the pyjama shorts, they indeed look very professional! It's such a good idea to unsew an existing garment to make a pattern out of it, I'll keep that in mind.
I'd also heard that the French idiom "Filer à l'anglaise," which can be translated to "Run the English way" and means "To run away from danger without being noticed" can be translated to "Take French leave," "Filer à la française." I love this kind of trivia 😂
Love the pyjama shorts! And you are absolutely right to remind yourself that you do not need to apologize for not fast producing items or for knitting popular patterns. It’s your making journey. 🧡
For your 16 patch duvet, you could back them with a lightweight fusible interfacing. There are multiple options, but just choose one that is flexible so that your duvet is still soft.
hey! i recently discovered your channel and im an architecture student so i often listen videos while studying through endless nights and your videos have been such a blessing to listen to (and partly watch). they brought me great comfort while i was dealing with a lot of anxiety and stress. i don’t knit, but my mom does, and I guess because of that your videos made me feel very peaceful and cozy. thank you so much for sharing your wonderful videos on the internet, and i hope you continue creating them!💞🌸
I'm curious as to how the knitting community decided that youtube videos (where you show your work and yarn on video) are considered podcasts. As always, lovely video! I love it when people include multiple crafts:)
I’m also knitting a granny square garment and didn’t think to assemble them in place temporarily with stitch markers. Brilliant! This idea just made my day… I’m excited to start crocheting squares again.
Thanks for the video! I loved your Halloween pattern round up-I’m knitting the nocturnal sweater right now. My very first sweater and my first color work project. It’ll be a Christmas sweater by the time I’m done lol-I would love to see your round up of holiday knit patterns!
I found your channel last week and binge it in its entirety, so excited to see new video to listen to while I sew 🥰 love your works and wibe, thank you for putting the work into creating these videos!!
Omg I have the same bozzolo yarn and I have been thinking of making the same pattern James has released!! The yarn is so squishy, I'm so excited to see yours work up!
Such a relaxing video 🥰 Regarding the acquisitions part, I feel like what I enjoy in that part of whatever video I watch is not the "new and shiny" aspect, but rather the "planning" aspect. So I don't know if it's what you wanna do, but if you wanted to invoke that kind of feeling, maybe you could instead talk about yarn in your stash and potential plans for it? Doesn't have to come to fruition, but discussing yarn qualities and potential projects is just like, my favourite part of any yarn talk ever. So yeah. I dunno, I wanted to throw the idea out there!
Love your videos! Congratulations on your fabulous pajama shorts and I love that you will match your duvet cover. You are amazingly creative and full of wonderful ideas and inspiration.❤🧶
Those shorts are so cute! I think that same pattern would make awesome pants too! Like if you just lengthen the legs, maybe add some patch pockets on the front, make them out of a nice cotton or linen, they’d be such cute pants too. A two-fer 😊. Love your videos, love your kitties, love your knits ❤
Yay, a great chatty project video! I've also been wanting to make the Arctic Light Sweater without a mohair held with, so yours gives me great inspiration. Also, so glad that you could find the fade that you wanted! If you ever need more fade recommendations, I've really liked using Scheepjes Whirl (cotton/acrylic) and Valley Yarns Easthampton (merino/nylon).
Your beautiful big hug sweater! I can just imagine how comforting it would be to wear. I first thought it was Maria Isaeva’s Aspen Sweater especially when you posted that Pinterest pic. (Have a look - it’s a lovely oversized thing of beauty) Anyway, looking forward to seeing the finished piece!
In Kutovakikas book the yellow sweater-jacket is made from melody. When I knit with this yarn I pair it with a strand of a better quality moher, it helps with the itchiness.
I bought 2 special balls of yarn to make a couple of Sophie scarves when I get a chance (too many projects on the go). I really want to learn to sew garments this winter, starting with skirts. Omg I love the boxers you made, now I want to sew some too🥰!
Haha… so here is what I’ve discovered with crochet… it is faster than knitting. UNLESS you are doing granny squares or something more tedious. Basic stitches/projects move very quickly.
I usually make three granny squares a day. It takes me about 15 minutes to make a 5 inch dk 3 mm square. But I don't like knitting, and I am desperately slow at it. Actually, I will insist on trying to Tunisian crochet anything first before picking up those pinty needles that I dread.😂😂😂😅 I think it depends on your craft preference. I am a crocheter who hates to knit. So, I am slower at knitting. Crochet my medium of choice. It fits how I think, design and how I work best. Consequently, I am much faster than a knitter who dabbles in crochet.
You are inspiring me to sew! I have a machine but haven’t used it in years, and it will be a while until I can pull it out and make something. We are in the midst of packing up our house in Silicon Valley and prepping to move back to Canada - sewing will have to wait, I think. 😅 ~Brenda
I just finished a different kutovakika sweater in drops cotton merino and I loooove it. I had some concerns about my yarn choice at first but I have no regrets and I hope you end up loving yours as well!
The sewing is coming along great! Your concern about the squares not lasting is valad. I would suggest once you get the blocks together to back the whole thing with a couple sheets. Skip the batting. You can then quilt the two layers together on your domestic machine. The very minimum you would need to do is a big x through your blocks. That will be enough to protect your seams.
I'm trying to get back into the "process over project" mindset myself, emphasizing having fun doing it rather than producing a lot of stuff. I think we could do with more people promoting that instead of dozens of finished wips each month. Long story short, no you don't need to produce massive amounts of knit things all the time. :)
For what it's worth, I made the arctic light in DK cotton from drops (I think it was Paris?), Hell yeah it's dense and heavy but I don't overheat in it. Wore it on chilly summer days during a Norway summer vacation and it was great.
Everything looks amazing! The Arctic Lights sweater is working up so well - I always love seeing the updates of that one! What stitch did you use on the pajama shorts to make the elastic still stretch under the stitches? It might be a simple answer but it's somehow not processing for me how that works. Either way, they look so great!!
I just used a normal straight stitch but I stretched out the elastic all the way while sewing it. That way the thread is just as stretchy as the waistband elastic.
If you don’t want to do any quilting maybe try a lightweight iron on interfacing? I’m not an expert in the sewing department though so maybe it wouldn’t be great? Im not sure.
Isabella, I wonder if I should go into some kind of crafter's rehab programme? Until now I have been only knitting and re-upholstering. You have made me interested in drawing, quilting and crochet. I think I must win the lottery, so that I can quit my day job and just create. I have now bought yarn for a crochet project, lovely. But what's worse... I bought art supplies without thinking if I had any talent. Now I don't know how to get started! Any podcasts for people who would like to draw monochrome pictures with pencils?
I often dream of winning the lottery so I can do all the crafts I love. I don’t know of any specific pencil drawing channels, but I do follow a lot of general art channels that I love (Cheyenne Barton, Fran Meneses, Furry Little Peach, Leigh Ellexson, Little Tiny Egg, Make Art Not Content, Megan Wong, and Valerie Lin)
You know what, after all those years of knowing that quilting exists I just now realised that it might be really good thing for practicing straight seams after I saw your squares, like it wasn't the most obvious thing ever 😂 I'm definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed. And I would definitely use even just some backing fabric on it, it would be a shame if so much of your hard work would get frayed and destroyed. Or maybe would use pinking shears, they should help, but I don't know if they'll be less work.
I absolutely love the shirt you are wearing in this video! Can you tell me what pattern it is please?? I searched through your ravelry favorites and even my own favorites because it feels so familiar to me but I wasn't able to find the pattern...
I will say that experience is a big factor in crochet being faster than knitting, but 45 minutes to an hour is a very long time for one square. And that’s ok we all have our own pace, but I wouldn’t expect one of those to take more than 15-30 minutes for myself. It’s no wonder you’re getting frustrated with them.
You may know this at this point, but berroco is actually an American brand and has many widely available yarns!! Just in case you were nervous about not being able to find more :)
Hey!! Love your videos. Just wondering do you do any mods for the halibut sweater? I’m currently knitting it and struggling a bit 😤 did you split for sleeves before finishing the chart or did you split for sleeves after, as said in the pattern? 😊
I did split early for mine I think but not for my husband’s halibut sweater. If I remember right, I split for sleeves, added a couple stitches in the underarm and then just continued the chart as I finished the body and sleeves.
I feel like a long projects breed because we're looking for the satisfaction of a new project being finished. Plus when you do shorts, you have less time to dwell on whatever you want to make next. Long projects and more creative ideas can become real chicken and egg scenarios. What works for me is a rule that no more then 3 long term projects are in the works at once. Anymore and I will drop them in to that land of "oh, yeah, I gotta finish that" and don't finish it for like 4 years or more- or more likely I won't finish them at all cause I have lost interest and gained guilt. What's your long term project rules?
That’s so funny, I’m very similar. I have a 2 long-project maximum and they have to be different crafts (ex: sewing and crochet). I also give myself full permission to give up and that freedom of choice makes it feel better.
Just finished watching all your videos. I am excited to see your Penta Pillar Pullover. The one you referenced is from Sarah Seams. She is also on TH-cam if you haven't seen her videos yet, she's a delightful person. :)
Thank you! I had no idea. She was so sweet to reply to me and tell me what yarn she used.
So that's a funny thing, what is called "French seams" in English is called "couture anglaises" aka "English seams" in French. 😂
Love the pyjama shorts, they indeed look very professional! It's such a good idea to unsew an existing garment to make a pattern out of it, I'll keep that in mind.
I'd also heard that the French idiom "Filer à l'anglaise," which can be translated to "Run the English way" and means "To run away from danger without being noticed" can be translated to "Take French leave," "Filer à la française." I love this kind of trivia 😂
I admire your patience with the innumerable granny squares and quilt cover. Wow! 🙏
I mean, you, your knitting projects, your cats, it's an incredible cozy place
Love the pyjama shorts! And you are absolutely right to remind yourself that you do not need to apologize for not fast producing items or for knitting popular patterns. It’s your making journey. 🧡
For your 16 patch duvet, you could back them with a lightweight fusible interfacing. There are multiple options, but just choose one that is flexible so that your duvet is still soft.
Pippin looking all loving up at you while you talk about where Merry likes to nap. They are the stars of this show, absolutely.
hey! i recently discovered your channel and im an architecture student so i often listen videos while studying through endless nights and your videos have been such a blessing to listen to (and partly watch). they brought me great comfort while i was dealing with a lot of anxiety and stress. i don’t knit, but my mom does, and I guess because of that your videos made me feel very peaceful and cozy. thank you so much for sharing your wonderful videos on the internet, and i hope you continue creating them!💞🌸
Wishing you all the luck with your architectural studies! I hope you enjoy it 😊
I'm curious as to how the knitting community decided that youtube videos (where you show your work and yarn on video) are considered podcasts.
As always, lovely video! I love it when people include multiple crafts:)
That’s been bugging me for years! Who decided it was called a podcast!?!?
Omg, so it's not only me who's not getting it? I thought that it's some kind of inside knowledge I'm yet to understand 😂
I’ve been wondering this too! I sort of love it, so maverick! 😂
I’m also knitting a granny square garment and didn’t think to assemble them in place temporarily with stitch markers. Brilliant! This idea just made my day… I’m excited to start crocheting squares again.
question: does it take you an hour a square too? 😊
@@flagerdevilI’m making a granny square cardigan and each square takes me 10-12 minutes, depending on cat interference.
Thanks for the video! I loved your Halloween pattern round up-I’m knitting the nocturnal sweater right now. My very first sweater and my first color work project. It’ll be a Christmas sweater by the time I’m done lol-I would love to see your round up of holiday knit patterns!
That’s so awesome to hear about the Nocturnal Jumper! I just finished editing my holiday round up so that will be coming soon :)
You brighten my day! Great podcast!
I found your channel last week and binge it in its entirety, so excited to see new video to listen to while I sew 🥰 love your works and wibe, thank you for putting the work into creating these videos!!
Omg I have the same bozzolo yarn and I have been thinking of making the same pattern James has released!! The yarn is so squishy, I'm so excited to see yours work up!
This was fun! You’re a delight. I love all of your WIPS!!
Such a relaxing video 🥰 Regarding the acquisitions part, I feel like what I enjoy in that part of whatever video I watch is not the "new and shiny" aspect, but rather the "planning" aspect. So I don't know if it's what you wanna do, but if you wanted to invoke that kind of feeling, maybe you could instead talk about yarn in your stash and potential plans for it? Doesn't have to come to fruition, but discussing yarn qualities and potential projects is just like, my favourite part of any yarn talk ever. So yeah. I dunno, I wanted to throw the idea out there!
Love your videos! Congratulations on your fabulous pajama shorts and I love that you will match your duvet cover. You are amazingly creative and full of wonderful ideas and inspiration.❤🧶
Your videos are such a pleasure to sit and craft to and OMG that byeeeeeeee at the end 😂
Hi, new viewer here. I'm loving that cable sweater.
Your cats are adorable!
I've been rewatching your videos all weekend to cope with copious amounts of school work. At last, new content!!
Good luck with the school work! I’m also binging TH-cam to deal with a busy few weeks of work 😆
Those shorts are so cute! I think that same pattern would make awesome pants too! Like if you just lengthen the legs, maybe add some patch pockets on the front, make them out of a nice cotton or linen, they’d be such cute pants too. A two-fer 😊. Love your videos, love your kitties, love your knits ❤
I’ve been thinking the same thing. Add some pockets, a better fabric, and make them longer!
Yay, a great chatty project video! I've also been wanting to make the Arctic Light Sweater without a mohair held with, so yours gives me great inspiration. Also, so glad that you could find the fade that you wanted! If you ever need more fade recommendations, I've really liked using Scheepjes Whirl (cotton/acrylic) and Valley Yarns Easthampton (merino/nylon).
Ouuuu, thanks for the recommendations!!
Your beautiful big hug sweater! I can just imagine how comforting it would be to wear. I first thought it was Maria Isaeva’s Aspen Sweater especially when you posted that Pinterest pic. (Have a look - it’s a lovely oversized thing of beauty)
Anyway, looking forward to seeing the finished piece!
The Aspen Sweater looks so cute!!! I finished the sweater a week ago and I’ve been wearing it non-stop!
In Kutovakikas book the yellow sweater-jacket is made from melody. When I knit with this yarn I pair it with a strand of a better quality moher, it helps with the itchiness.
For the Drops Melody, maybe a vintage inspired Jeep Jacket? It’s like a bomber
I bought 2 special balls of yarn to make a couple of Sophie scarves when I get a chance (too many projects on the go). I really want to learn to sew garments this winter, starting with skirts. Omg I love the boxers you made, now I want to sew some too🥰!
I’ve never made a skirt, I hope you love it!! They always look so cool
Haha… so here is what I’ve discovered with crochet… it is faster than knitting. UNLESS you are doing granny squares or something more tedious. Basic stitches/projects move very quickly.
I usually make three granny squares a day. It takes me about 15 minutes to make a 5 inch dk 3 mm square.
But I don't like knitting, and I am desperately slow at it. Actually, I will insist on trying to Tunisian crochet anything first before picking up those pinty needles that I dread.😂😂😂😅
I think it depends on your craft preference. I am a crocheter who hates to knit. So, I am slower at knitting. Crochet my medium of choice. It fits how I think, design and how I work best. Consequently, I am much faster than a knitter who dabbles in crochet.
I loved this pod cast! 👍 👍 👍
I am literally in the process of making a quilt that has a bunch of that cute bug fabric!
You are inspiring me to sew! I have a machine but haven’t used it in years, and it will be a while until I can pull it out and make something. We are in the midst of packing up our house in Silicon Valley and prepping to move back to Canada - sewing will have to wait, I think. 😅 ~Brenda
That’s a big move! Good luck ☺️ Moving is such a headache and I can’t imagine coordinating an international move!
I just finished a different kutovakika sweater in drops cotton merino and I loooove it. I had some concerns about my yarn choice at first but I have no regrets and I hope you end up loving yours as well!
Omg! I was just watching your Goth Knitting video, I loved it 🖤
@BreathingYarn Aaaaa no way! Thank you for watching! I love your channel :)
The sewing is coming along great! Your concern about the squares not lasting is valad. I would suggest once you get the blocks together to back the whole thing with a couple sheets. Skip the batting. You can then quilt the two layers together on your domestic machine. The very minimum you would need to do is a big x through your blocks. That will be enough to protect your seams.
Thank you!!
Another option on the block backs is adhesive lining . Then top stitch an X to keep it all together.😊
Great tip!
Make the big hug into a VEST!!
Pippen, make good choices. 😅
Pretty sure the garment that inspired your 'The Big Hug' sweater is the GRANNY by Aylin Koenig and she is the person in the photo. Love your version!
Thank you!!! I did a reverse image search and Google only pulled up other people who had used the image. It was so frustrating!
I’m gonna add her insta page to the description to make sure she gets credit. Thank you!!
I'm trying to get back into the "process over project" mindset myself, emphasizing having fun doing it rather than producing a lot of stuff. I think we could do with more people promoting that instead of dozens of finished wips each month. Long story short, no you don't need to produce massive amounts of knit things all the time. :)
Justice for Pippin!
Oh, do acquisitions! It's not so much recommending us to buy it, but we are interesting in learning what you bought!
For what it's worth, I made the arctic light in DK cotton from drops (I think it was Paris?), Hell yeah it's dense and heavy but I don't overheat in it. Wore it on chilly summer days during a Norway summer vacation and it was great.
Everything looks amazing! The Arctic Lights sweater is working up so well - I always love seeing the updates of that one! What stitch did you use on the pajama shorts to make the elastic still stretch under the stitches? It might be a simple answer but it's somehow not processing for me how that works. Either way, they look so great!!
I just used a normal straight stitch but I stretched out the elastic all the way while sewing it. That way the thread is just as stretchy as the waistband elastic.
If you don’t want to do any quilting maybe try a lightweight iron on interfacing? I’m not an expert in the sewing department though so maybe it wouldn’t be great? Im not sure.
Isabella, I wonder if I should go into some kind of crafter's rehab programme? Until now I have been only knitting and re-upholstering. You have made me interested in drawing, quilting and crochet. I think I must win the lottery, so that I can quit my day job and just create. I have now bought yarn for a crochet project, lovely. But what's worse... I bought art supplies without thinking if I had any talent. Now I don't know how to get started! Any podcasts for people who would like to draw monochrome pictures with pencils?
I often dream of winning the lottery so I can do all the crafts I love. I don’t know of any specific pencil drawing channels, but I do follow a lot of general art channels that I love (Cheyenne Barton, Fran Meneses, Furry Little Peach, Leigh Ellexson, Little Tiny Egg, Make Art Not Content, Megan Wong, and Valerie Lin)
You know what, after all those years of knowing that quilting exists I just now realised that it might be really good thing for practicing straight seams after I saw your squares, like it wasn't the most obvious thing ever 😂 I'm definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed.
And I would definitely use even just some backing fabric on it, it would be a shame if so much of your hard work would get frayed and destroyed. Or maybe would use pinking shears, they should help, but I don't know if they'll be less work.
I absolutely love the shirt you are wearing in this video! Can you tell me what pattern it is please?? I searched through your ravelry favorites and even my own favorites because it feels so familiar to me but I wasn't able to find the pattern...
Absolutely! It’s the Adventitious Sweater/Top by Olga Putano 😊
@@BreathingYarn Thank you so much! Yet another pattern in my Spring queue
I will say that experience is a big factor in crochet being faster than knitting, but 45 minutes to an hour is a very long time for one square. And that’s ok we all have our own pace, but I wouldn’t expect one of those to take more than 15-30 minutes for myself. It’s no wonder you’re getting frustrated with them.
What shirt are you wearing in this video???? It's gorgeous and I must make it!!!
The Adventitious Top by Olga Putano. I really like it!
😊
You may know this at this point, but berroco is actually an American brand and has many widely available yarns!! Just in case you were nervous about not being able to find more :)
I had no idea! That’s really good to know
On the bandana did you just knit icords on both ends after you finished knitting it to the size you wanted? Thanks!
Yes I did :)
All great stuff :) Did you think anymore on the '12 colorwork knitting patterns i cant stop thinking about'?
I still can’t stop thinking about them
@BreathingYarn 😂
Hey!! Love your videos. Just wondering do you do any mods for the halibut sweater? I’m currently knitting it and struggling a bit 😤 did you split for sleeves before finishing the chart or did you split for sleeves after, as said in the pattern? 😊
I did split early for mine I think but not for my husband’s halibut sweater. If I remember right, I split for sleeves, added a couple stitches in the underarm and then just continued the chart as I finished the body and sleeves.
What's the pattern for the top you're wearing in this? I neeeeed to make one
Nevermind I found it in the comments !!
I feel like a long projects breed because we're looking for the satisfaction of a new project being finished.
Plus when you do shorts, you have less time to dwell on whatever you want to make next.
Long projects and more creative ideas can become real chicken and egg scenarios.
What works for me is a rule that no more then 3 long term projects are in the works at once. Anymore and I will drop them in to that land of "oh, yeah, I gotta finish that" and don't finish it for like 4 years or more- or more likely I won't finish them at all cause I have lost interest and gained guilt.
What's your long term project rules?
That’s so funny, I’m very similar. I have a 2 long-project maximum and they have to be different crafts (ex: sewing and crochet). I also give myself full permission to give up and that freedom of choice makes it feel better.