First episode? You're a natural! 3,000 subscribers right out of the gate? You're going to be HUGE! Great personality, great aesthetic, great vibe, great hair. I can't wait for episode 2. 😍
You have the perfect podcast personality 🥹 I so often get bored or rubbed the wrong way as a beginner knitter and you truly are so special. So excited to see more of you and your projects ❤️
I am a new knitter and believe me when i tell you, i have been watching ALOT of knitting podcasts. And YOURS is wonderful. Can’t wait for your next episode!
Please keep making videos! I feel so lucky to have stumbled across your very first episode. Tonight I finished a sweater and realized it's awful. I needed a little knitting pick me up, and you brought it. Much gratitude!
Loved spending time with you. You are a complete natural. Wash your mouth out …… “ I have to stop knitting shawls”…..WHAT!?! Never. Knit what makes you happy. #itsmyknittingillcastonifiwantto xxxx
Ruth! I was so happy to have a new podcast from you this week! You're always a delight even when you aren't feeling well. 🙏🏿 Thank you so much for your kind words ☺️ Not to worry and no soap in the mouth needes as I can't stop knitting shawls until I've at least finished the next 4 plus the 2 on the needles 🙈🤣
This was so hilarious about the cabled sweater! I laughed and laughed. Please do this more often, you are so funny! I am a knitter too and it was so recognizable!
Oh just unravel…... You totally don’t need to cut that it’s top down. Maybe a brief time out would help and then tackle that sweater! Your MKL is great! Love the way it looks on.
Love your podcast! I so appreciate your sense of humor and pleeeeease pleeeease talk about all your yarn acquisitions. I could watch and listen to you discuss all the yarn, I’m a yarn nerd myself. It’ll never be boring! Also I can feel in good company as I’m also a keen collector of fibre 😂
Greetings from Scotland…Thank you so much Sarah for this delightful and inspiring video… so nice to have a new knitting friend to spend time with 🥃🥃🏴💐
I wish I was in your local knitting circle!!! Continue to knit what you love - you can never have enough shawls!!!! If you do find that you have too many - give them to someone struggling in life. It is your ability to be with them and give them a hug when they need it!!!
Oh my gosh, I’m so delighted I found your podcast! Your first podcast?? You are so comfortable in front of the camera! I love your enthusiasm, candor, and humor! Your backdrop and lighting are so great! You are the whole package! I can’t wait for the next episode!!
I get the Stephen's obsession, his patterns are honestly some of the best I've ever worked with. Not only the finished pieces are gorgeous and unique, but the patterns are SUPER engaging and you learn a tonne of new techniques every time (at least I do, i've only been knitting for three years). And they are so easy to follow? Just straight up follow what he says even if in your head it doesn't make sense and it comes out perfectly. Great first podcast!
Great to see a hometown girl doing a podcast. I love that that the eastside has been blessed with Fiddlesticks! For 2022 I had a goal of learning sweater construction for my body. I ended up cutting 2 sweaters and reknitting. It's what we do. I love all your color choices. If you don't wish to wear your Steven West shawl, hang it on the wall and call it art. We spend too much time and money on our knits not to display them.
You are a talented lady. Lovely to see a black lady showing her love of the fibre arts. Enjoying your podcasts from Kettering in England.. I am an other black knitter who share your love of creative arts. So enjoyable watching you
Rip it Girl! If you love the yarn and the cables, imagine how great it will be when you get the pattern right. I knitted Andrea Mowery's Shifty sweater from the neck to waist, and ripped the whole thing back to the neck line, and re-knit it. Now it is my favorite sweater! It was worth all the ripping and redoing.
I'm always so impressed when knitters on TH-cam make videos talking straight to camera for more than half hr. I would run out of things to say in 10 mins.
Anyone who knows me knows I never run out of things to say... It's part of why I started this channel. To spare my local knitting friends ceaseless chatter 🤣
Thoroughly enjoyed your sharing your knitting knowledge and experiences with. Please keep sharing your knit, crochet, and fiber life as you are a pleasure to share time with. 🏵
@@theblacksheepknitter Have you swatched and blocked it? That's the beginning of the love! I've only crocheted and Tunisian crocheted with it, but it's so loverly ❤️❤️ I have made a few videos about Holst.
I am an Texas girl living in Iowa. I totally agree with the weather.. I've been ready for colder weather, and we have not gotten much snow... I'd love to get a good snow! Love your Slipstravanga! It was so much fun to do! The bigger border is totally worth it!
Hi Sarah. Knitting is not one of my favorite hobbies. 😢 I learned to knit American style 50 plus years ago. I'm now 64 and trying to knit continental style. Only knitting now, purl looks hard. I have a bad tremor is a deterrent for me. I love crocheting, weaving, sewing...making quilts and using my embroidery machines!! I'm glad I found you too!! If only you lived closer to me!!❤️
So delighted to have stumbled on your podcast! How refreshing to have found someone with a sense of humor, taste (no bunnies or pink ruffles), self-acceptance, great attitude……..I could go on. Are you a full-time knitter? And you solve my major pet peeve with most stash busters: yes, pets. Why do so many of them think I want to see their puppies and kitties?
Thank you so much for making me giggle and laugh! It's been a bit of a rough winter so far, but you rocked my world! Thank Ruth Lives To Knit for tuning many of us in to your podcasts. Keep them coming!
I love your energy, you send out so much joy, thank you! Your lovely cowl has the color of your lips, that is why it suits you so well. Your cable sweater deserves to be frogged and reknit from the middle of the yoke, it will be such a delight for you and you will be so proud of it. I suggest you do it in 3 steps: 1) write down the stitch numbers and changes you want to make. Then put it away. 2) another day frogg it to the middle of the yoke and put it away. 3) One month later, schedule to reknitt using your notes. Looking forward to see you next podcast… love from pat in Switzerland
For sure...you are right. Those stashed absolutely do not count! Omg....that is a lovely sweater! So sharp...until you move your arm. Oh snap. That is so frustrating! Maybe you could give it to a friend??? It is beautiful. Give it a year to rest in your mind and fix the pattern to make. Iove that purple Steven West shawl. Your color choice is the best yet!
Oh dear. The sweater fit. I feel your pain, from one who has “reknit” three sweaters this year due to size issues. But now I can wear them😉. The sweater is gorgeous and you will be so happy when it is fixed. Great first podcast.
Yeah... I'm definitely gonna be happier once it's wearable. I think I'll try one more time. After that it's frog city and a yarn timeout 🤣 Thanks for watching ☺️
Thank you for speaking to my inner knitting, fiber, fashionista. My heart reached out to you when you lifted both arms, and the sweater sat on your chest. The angst, the pride, the crazy of what to do then, the end product doesn’t work, but is beautiful. How to explain the passion and puzzle of knitting for your body. Hmmmm. Just thank you. Really, thank you for speaking so very clearly to my inner fiber demon.
What a joy to listen to you as I knit before going to work this today! What am I knitting? A Stephen West sweater. And I have the Spectra kit sitting in a basket . And his Hiberknitting book is in my office (luckily, I only have to go to work in the next room). No shame in being obsessed. Seriously, he is presenting us with instructions on creating modular wearable sculpture. EMBRACE IT !!! Also, I am a native Wisconsinite and YES where is the wool worthy cold? It will come. It always does. And did you say Brioche? I too have decided to teach myself brioche this winter. It was great being able to relate to your journey. I admire the volume of your work. Suggestion...if the stiff gray cone yarn is not to your knitting pleasure, perhaps make some yardage into a hank and rinse it. I do that with all my yarn. (obviously, with the yarn I spin, but also commercial or indy dyed stuff). You may love it more. I have no idea how when you will find time to make another video, but I will be so happy when you do! Thank you. Also...thanks for the heads up on GalPaca. I ordered a pound of roving! So exciting. Never mind that I have 4 bags of raw fleece in the closet...and you think you ramble. Sister you have no idea. Many thanks for putting your vision out here for us all to enjoy.
What a lovely message! Thank you so much and that roving must be heavenly!! I haven't spun in a minute but... Maybe I'll get the wheel out and practice before the next Sheep and Wool!
Thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and seeing all of your projects. Good luck altering your cabled sweater. It is so beautiful and definitely worth the extra effort to make it comfortable to wear. Love all of your shawls, and the color schemes you’ve chosen. Future you will be so happy you made all of them.
My recommendation for holst is to block it in the temperature of water you would consider a scalding bath, like you could stick your hand in there for a couple seconds but after that it would be too hot. I do two blocks for holst with somewhat generous woolwash for the lanolin. I know two blocks will require patience and extra effort, but because the first wash basically just clears out the spinning oil I find the second block really lets it bloom.
Interesting! I would think scalding water would cause it to felt. Do you do both blocks with the same temperature water? I had planned to soak it twice but in cool water... 🤔
This was great. I love your natural humour. I'm glad you decided to share your yarn journey with us through youtube videos and look forward to many more. By 18 minutes in I found myself chuckling out loud. You hit my pet peeve with the sleeve drama. I find myself constantly checking the under arm of pictures of (particularly) top down patterns to see if there is any chance the finished object is going to ride up with a raised arm. So many do. Your example is such a good one. Kind of like an exaggeration to make a point lol. Lately I've taken to adding short rows under arms to "replace" fabric that would be there if the sweater was a flat knit construction with a straight body and set in sleeves. I too am a recent discoverer of Stephen West. I saw people doing last year's MKAL here on TH-cam after returning to my knitting journey mid last year. After making progress with my knitting skills and debating about my capacity I decided to join this year's MKAL. My first MKAL of anything. I made my decision, after a lot of umming and uhhing, early in September. The thing is, apart from not being one to like doing nothing while waiting, I decided to have a go at a Stephen West shawl while I was waiting. To see how I might go before the event, right? We have time right? I could easily have done many other things taking not nearly so much time. I did not get it finished by the time of the MKAL. Nearly finished but one section to go, and a long one. So I found myself with 2 shawls on the go in October and I've never been a shawl maker or wearer. I did not expect to keep up with the MKAL but I did. On finding myself with time after clue 3, which I completed quickly with some kind of binge mode knitting, I got back to the first shawl and managed to finish it just before the last clue came out for the MKAL. I was pretty burned out from knitting by this time but plugged though and finished my shawl by the last day of the month. Strangely, I was so high on managing to finish 2 SW shawls in 2 months that I started a Vertices Unite to see why everyone seemed to make a fuss over it being enjoyable. It was, and I finished that shawl in November. I've got yarn hitting the needles now for a Doodler and some waiting to be an Exploration Station. I just bought the Winter Lights pattern and the Starflake. What is happening to me????
Okay, I am SOOO happy to have found you today. I loved your humor and how you really called out the reality of things. We take more time trying to save time..... EXACTLY that! I am so looking forward to seeing more from you. I did anticipate your sweater problem when you talked about your torso length and the yoke depth, but I laughed out loud when you did show and tell. We have ALL been there.
Love your first podcast! I enjoy how Kevin & Ray of Needles at the Ready refer to their stash - the pantry. Most of us probably have a well-stocked pantry!
You are such a delight! So happy I found you. Your knits are inspiring and its nice to see that even a seasoned knitter can have projects that don't quite turn out like planned. I can't wait to see all your shawls. Be safe in your travels and Happy Birthday. I look forward to all your future podcasts.
delightful! You seem so relaxed and comfortable doing this. Keep going. Confessions of a shawl knitter... nothing wrong with shawls, they're easy to wear, fun to knit and play with different colors/fibers/techniques. Love shawls. Look forward to 2nd episode.
I have never seen a first potcast, who is so very good. You make me smile. I love your personality, amazing. Please go for more. I am waiting. Greetings from germany. My twin says to me, you must look that girl, she was so wright. We both send you hugs💜🧡💛💚💙💗❤
HI! So happy to have found your podcast. I am so happy to hear that you love all fiber as well. I love Knitting, cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting and sewing! Lol! Looking forward to following you! Welcome!!
I am so very happy Ray and Kevin, at @needlesattheready mentioned your podcast. I enjoyed every minute of this first episode and can't believe it's just the first one! I'm looking forward to following your creative adventures and admiring your projects.
You’re so natural, smart and warm, I felt like we were having a sit-and-knit together! Glad I found you. Good luck! 🎉. (I agree, acquisitions talk is boring unless linked to choice of a pattern.)
You are my new favorite crafting podcast!😊 I feel like I’m in the room with you chatting, I looking forward to more episodes. Congrats on getting started.
Hi Sarah. Love your podcast and your enthusiasm. Greetings from Sydney Australia. Im Barbara Radzevicius Bondi Crafter. We are now in Summer and temps in low 40 ° C. Love the colours you choose too. We are COLLECTORS💗🧶🧶🧵🧵 that's for sure. Best wishes
Hi Sarah. No dry heat on the coast. We drip with 100% humidity too. In the centre of Oz its dry heat with temps in high 40°C. This really isn't a climate for thick wool knits either..Winter is only for 6 weeks. So I knit vests, a shawl which is really a scarf and scarves for gifts. I live in Bondi near the beach and Pacific Ocean. Come and visit. Its a long haul flight flight from LAX but worth it.
You made me laugh so hard when you raised your arms!!! You are very entertaining. I will be back for more. I have learned from many knitters that we will make mistakes but we keep on going. We do not give up.
Hi!! I also got the Holst Super Soft to make a Stephen West shawl, Twists and Turns to be exact. I picked it bc it was the colors I wanted, Stephen recommends it, and the label says super soft. I have washed and blocked my shawl. But I'm telling you it is not super soft. Let me know if you get yours to be super soft. I prefer Linen Quill so much more. But I do love the colors.
Yeah... That's my worry. I think it's considered super soft by rustic wool standards. I have a sweater I knit years ago out of this beautiful but incredibly scratchy Norwegian wool. I never wear it because it makes my neck itch horribly. Hopeful that this Holst softens up enough to wear it... 🙏🏿 The price tag on linen quill gives me pause, but I hear sooooooo many great things about it. Maybe I'll pick some up late spring after my Shawl Fest or the next time they have a sale 💸💸💸
So very happy to see another Black knitter here on TH-cam and immediately subscribed; beautiful makes and great podcast!
Same!! I hit subscribe & then pressed play, and was loving every minute of it!!
Yes!! Thank you ☺️
Yay! Glad the TH-cam algorithm recommended you.
We all did the same thing!! 😂 I love the support and love ❤️
Same sentiments! I’m so glad to see you and really enjoyed the podcast. I hit like & subscribed immediately and hope to see you soon.
Please, please, please do this regularly… no pressure 😂😂😂. I love your story telling style and your dry humor. 💗💗💗
Thank you so much! I'm usually so random so I'm you enjoyed it 🤣🙌🏿
Agreed!
“And then I raised my arm” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ...you are a breath of fresh air....can’t wait for next episode 🏴🌟🏴🇬🇧
Thank you ☺️
ME TOO!! 😊
“As knitters we make more work for ourselves, trying to do less work. That’s what we do.” That spoke to me.
I was actually nodding my agreement!
"I see the pattern. I buy the yarn and don't cast it on." You are speaking my language. Loved this!!
First episode? You're a natural! 3,000 subscribers right out of the gate? You're going to be HUGE!
Great personality, great aesthetic, great vibe, great hair. I can't wait for episode 2. 😍
You had me laughing how you explain the sweater/hem problem! Love your humor despite to deal with frustration.😄
Really a first time podcaster??? Wow, you're so relaxed and natural at it. Loved it!
You have the perfect podcast personality 🥹 I so often get bored or rubbed the wrong way as a beginner knitter and you truly are so special. So excited to see more of you and your projects ❤️
I already commented, but agree here. Not a new knitter. I run through many postings, this is SO enjoyable! Subscribing now!! Thank you!!
Laughing out loud 🤣🤣🤣 You are like a breath of fresh air 😄Congratulations to this wonderful first episode 👏👏👏
Gosh, I loved this episode. Your humor & conversation = pure joy.
I am a new knitter and believe me when i tell you, i have been watching ALOT of knitting podcasts. And YOURS is wonderful. Can’t wait for your next episode!
So happy to have discovered you today! What a delightful podcast. I was smiling all the while.
Thank you so much ☺️
Please keep making videos! I feel so lucky to have stumbled across your very first episode. Tonight I finished a sweater and realized it's awful. I needed a little knitting pick me up, and you brought it. Much gratitude!
Loved spending time with you. You are a complete natural. Wash your mouth out …… “ I have to stop knitting shawls”…..WHAT!?! Never. Knit what makes you happy. #itsmyknittingillcastonifiwantto xxxx
Ruth! I was so happy to have a new podcast from you this week! You're always a delight even when you aren't feeling well. 🙏🏿
Thank you so much for your kind words ☺️ Not to worry and no soap in the mouth needes as I can't stop knitting shawls until I've at least finished the next 4 plus the 2 on the needles 🙈🤣
This was so hilarious about the cabled sweater! I laughed and laughed. Please do this more often, you are so funny! I am a knitter too and it was so recognizable!
You’re really really really good 💖💖💖💖💖 seriously really good
Thank you so much ☺️
Oh just unravel…... You totally don’t need to cut that it’s top down. Maybe a brief time out would help and then tackle that sweater! Your MKL is great! Love the way it looks on.
That's looking more and more likely 😬🙈 It is in time out as I furiously knit my Slipstravaganza border. We'll see how I feel on Sunday 🤣
Love your podcast! I so appreciate your sense of humor and pleeeeease pleeeease talk about all your yarn acquisitions. I could watch and listen to you discuss all the yarn, I’m a yarn nerd myself. It’ll never be boring! Also I can feel in good company as I’m also a keen collector of fibre 😂
Hahahhaha ! We'll see... The sheer volume of my acquisitions gives me pause. But us collectors do need to support each other 🤣🙈
Lmao! "I am not a hoarder. We do not use that word in this craft house..." That hit my soul! 😂
Welcome to podcasting and I love the curls.
Thanks so much!
Greetings from Scotland…Thank you so much Sarah for this delightful and inspiring video… so nice to have a new knitting friend to spend time with 🥃🥃🏴💐
I wish I was in your local knitting circle!!! Continue to knit what you love - you can never have enough shawls!!!! If you do find that you have too many - give them to someone struggling in life. It is your ability to be with them and give them a hug when they need it!!!
Oh my gosh, I’m so delighted I found your podcast! Your first podcast?? You are so comfortable in front of the camera! I love your enthusiasm, candor, and humor! Your backdrop and lighting are so great! You are the whole package! I can’t wait for the next episode!!
I wanted to add that I thoroughly enjoyed this introduction, and look forward to more episodes in the future.
I get the Stephen's obsession, his patterns are honestly some of the best I've ever worked with. Not only the finished pieces are gorgeous and unique, but the patterns are SUPER engaging and you learn a tonne of new techniques every time (at least I do, i've only been knitting for three years). And they are so easy to follow? Just straight up follow what he says even if in your head it doesn't make sense and it comes out perfectly. Great first podcast!
I normally am bored by podcasts, but because of your personality, I love watching this. Thanks for the smiles 😊
Thank you so much 🙏🏿
Great to see a hometown girl doing a podcast. I love that that the eastside has been blessed with Fiddlesticks! For 2022 I had a goal of learning sweater construction for my body. I ended up cutting 2 sweaters and reknitting. It's what we do. I love all your color choices. If you don't wish to wear your Steven West shawl, hang it on the wall and call it art. We spend too much time and money on our knits not to display them.
You are a talented lady. Lovely to see a black lady showing her love of the fibre arts. Enjoying your podcasts from Kettering in England.. I am an other black knitter who share your love of creative arts. So enjoyable watching you
Rip it Girl! If you love the yarn and the cables, imagine how great it will be when you get the pattern right. I knitted Andrea Mowery's Shifty sweater from the neck to waist, and ripped the whole thing back to the neck line, and re-knit it. Now it is my favorite sweater! It was worth all the ripping and redoing.
I'm always so impressed when knitters on TH-cam make videos talking straight to camera for more than half hr. I would run out of things to say in 10 mins.
Anyone who knows me knows I never run out of things to say... It's part of why I started this channel. To spare my local knitting friends ceaseless chatter 🤣
Thoroughly enjoyed your sharing your knitting knowledge and experiences with. Please keep sharing your knit, crochet, and fiber life as you are a pleasure to share time with. 🏵
Just wanted to say hi! I love Holst yarns... Like a lot! ❤️❤️😆😆😆
I want to love it! Teach me its ways 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
@@theblacksheepknitter Have you swatched and blocked it? That's the beginning of the love! I've only crocheted and Tunisian crocheted with it, but it's so loverly ❤️❤️ I have made a few videos about Holst.
FANTASTIC first podcast. Thank you for sharing. Love ALL your projects! That Pink- fabulous 🤓
Thanks for watching!
Greetings from Australia. I love your podcast, I can’t believe it’s your first one. What a natural. I have subscribed and can’t wait for the next one.
Thank you so much for watching!
I am an Texas girl living in Iowa. I totally agree with the weather.. I've been ready for colder weather, and we have not gotten much snow... I'd love to get a good snow!
Love your Slipstravanga! It was so much fun to do! The bigger border is totally worth it!
Hi Sarah. Knitting is not one of my favorite hobbies. 😢 I learned to knit American style 50 plus years ago. I'm now 64 and trying to knit continental style. Only knitting now, purl looks hard. I have a bad tremor is a deterrent for me.
I love crocheting, weaving, sewing...making quilts and using my embroidery machines!! I'm glad I found you too!! If only you lived closer to me!!❤️
So delighted to have stumbled on your podcast! How refreshing to have found someone with a sense of humor, taste (no bunnies or pink ruffles), self-acceptance, great attitude……..I could go on. Are you a full-time knitter? And you solve my major pet peeve with most stash busters: yes, pets. Why do so many of them think I want to see their puppies and kitties?
Thank you so much for making me giggle and laugh! It's been a bit of a rough winter so far, but you rocked my world! Thank Ruth Lives To Knit for tuning many of us in to your podcasts. Keep them coming!
Loved your podcast. Thanks for sharing your knitting with me😊
Thanks for watching!
I love your energy, you send out so much joy, thank you!
Your lovely cowl has the color of your lips, that is why it suits you so well.
Your cable sweater deserves to be frogged and reknit from the middle of the yoke, it will be such a delight for you and you will be so proud of it.
I suggest you do it in 3 steps:
1) write down the stitch numbers and changes you want to make. Then put it away.
2) another day frogg it to the middle of the yoke and put it away.
3) One month later, schedule to reknitt using your notes.
Looking forward to see you next podcast… love from pat in Switzerland
Needles At The Ready sent me-and I’m so glad! Very enjoyable!
I👏 LOVE 👏 YOUR 👏 ENERGY!
Keep it comin’! 😁
Woohoo! Thanks for watching!
For sure...you are right. Those stashed absolutely do not count!
Omg....that is a lovely sweater! So sharp...until you move your arm. Oh snap. That is so frustrating!
Maybe you could give it to a friend??? It is beautiful. Give it a year to rest in your mind and fix the pattern to make.
Iove that purple Steven West shawl. Your color choice is the best yet!
My dear, you've have just created yourself a hit!
Aww, thank you so much ☺️
I love your twists and turns color choices.
Thank you !
Oh dear. The sweater fit. I feel your pain, from one who has “reknit” three sweaters this year due to size issues. But now I can wear them😉. The sweater is gorgeous and you will be so happy when it is fixed. Great first podcast.
Yeah... I'm definitely gonna be happier once it's wearable. I think I'll try one more time. After that it's frog city and a yarn timeout 🤣 Thanks for watching ☺️
Love your first episode… so happy you’re in this space 🧶🐑🧶🐑🧶👍🏾
Thanks for the warm welcome 🙏🏿
I love your personality. We knitters make more work for ourselves while trying to make less work.....so true. Ha ha.
Right? Why are we like this?? 🤣 Thanks for watching!
Fantastic first podcast and looking forward to the next one!
Thank you!
Yay❤. Loving your podcast, presentation, everything!
Happy Fiber Joy! 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Wisconsin in the house 😊
Loved your episode!! Eagerly anticipating Episode 2!!❤❤
Love the colors. Love malabrigo yarns. ❤
So much fun to watch this! I love your stories and your passion for yarn and knitting!
Yes!! I'm a knitter and there is not many out there thank you !!
Beautiful podcast! I love your energy! I look forward to seeing the yarn you buy! I love to buy yarn, too…and it makes me very happy! 🐑♥️🐑♥️🐑
That cowl is absolutely gorgeous!
YEESS, very happy to see a black knitter. Please keep going!
Thank you for speaking to my inner knitting, fiber, fashionista. My heart reached out to you when you lifted both arms, and the sweater sat on your chest. The angst, the pride, the crazy of what to do then, the end product doesn’t work, but is beautiful. How to explain the passion and puzzle of knitting for your body. Hmmmm. Just thank you. Really, thank you for speaking so very clearly to my inner fiber demon.
Love your colors on the slipstravaganza. gorgeous!!!!
What a joy to listen to you as I knit before going to work this today! What am I knitting? A Stephen West sweater. And I have the Spectra kit sitting in a basket . And his Hiberknitting book is in my office (luckily, I only have to go to work in the next room). No shame in being obsessed. Seriously, he is presenting us with instructions on creating modular wearable sculpture. EMBRACE IT !!! Also, I am a native Wisconsinite and YES where is the wool worthy cold? It will come. It always does. And did you say Brioche? I too have decided to teach myself brioche this winter. It was great being able to relate to your journey. I admire the volume of your work. Suggestion...if the stiff gray cone yarn is not to your knitting pleasure, perhaps make some yardage into a hank and rinse it. I do that with all my yarn. (obviously, with the yarn I spin, but also commercial or indy dyed stuff). You may love it more.
I have no idea how when you will find time to make another video, but I will be so happy when you do! Thank you.
Also...thanks for the heads up on GalPaca. I ordered a pound of roving! So exciting. Never mind that I have 4 bags of raw fleece in the closet...and you think you ramble. Sister you have no idea. Many thanks for putting your vision out here for us all to enjoy.
What a lovely message! Thank you so much and that roving must be heavenly!! I haven't spun in a minute but... Maybe I'll get the wheel out and practice before the next Sheep and Wool!
Wow, that is one deep yoke! Good for you for reworking it so you'll end up with a beautiful sweater you love to wear! Really enjoying your podcast!
Wow! great job for your first podcast! I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Thanks so much!
Fabulous, you are loads of fun and gave some great knits! Looking forward to the next episode 😀
Thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and seeing all of your projects. Good luck altering your cabled sweater. It is so beautiful and definitely worth the extra effort to make it comfortable to wear. Love all of your shawls, and the color schemes you’ve chosen. Future you will be so happy you made all of them.
So happy to have found your podcast! Very enjoyable. And the Rios colorway looks great on you. ❤
Gah! I adore your podcast!! Thank you so much for watching ☺️
@@theblacksheepknitter thank you Sarah! ❤❤
My recommendation for holst is to block it in the temperature of water you would consider a scalding bath, like you could stick your hand in there for a couple seconds but after that it would be too hot. I do two blocks for holst with somewhat generous woolwash for the lanolin. I know two blocks will require patience and extra effort, but because the first wash basically just clears out the spinning oil I find the second block really lets it bloom.
Interesting! I would think scalding water would cause it to felt. Do you do both blocks with the same temperature water? I had planned to soak it twice but in cool water... 🤔
This was great. I love your natural humour. I'm glad you decided to share your yarn journey with us through youtube videos and look forward to many more.
By 18 minutes in I found myself chuckling out loud. You hit my pet peeve with the sleeve drama. I find myself constantly checking the under arm of pictures of (particularly) top down patterns to see if there is any chance the finished object is going to ride up with a raised arm. So many do. Your example is such a good one. Kind of like an exaggeration to make a point lol. Lately I've taken to adding short rows under arms to "replace" fabric that would be there if the sweater was a flat knit construction with a straight body and set in sleeves.
I too am a recent discoverer of Stephen West. I saw people doing last year's MKAL here on TH-cam after returning to my knitting journey mid last year. After making progress with my knitting skills and debating about my capacity I decided to join this year's MKAL. My first MKAL of anything. I made my decision, after a lot of umming and uhhing, early in September. The thing is, apart from not being one to like doing nothing while waiting, I decided to have a go at a Stephen West shawl while I was waiting. To see how I might go before the event, right? We have time right?
I could easily have done many other things taking not nearly so much time. I did not get it finished by the time of the MKAL. Nearly finished but one section to go, and a long one. So I found myself with 2 shawls on the go in October and I've never been a shawl maker or wearer. I did not expect to keep up with the MKAL but I did. On finding myself with time after clue 3, which I completed quickly with some kind of binge mode knitting, I got back to the first shawl and managed to finish it just before the last clue came out for the MKAL. I was pretty burned out from knitting by this time but plugged though and finished my shawl by the last day of the month.
Strangely, I was so high on managing to finish 2 SW shawls in 2 months that I started a Vertices Unite to see why everyone seemed to make a fuss over it being enjoyable. It was, and I finished that shawl in November. I've got yarn hitting the needles now for a Doodler and some waiting to be an Exploration Station. I just bought the Winter Lights pattern and the Starflake.
What is happening to me????
Okay, I am SOOO happy to have found you today. I loved your humor and how you really called out the reality of things. We take more time trying to save time..... EXACTLY that! I am so looking forward to seeing more from you. I did anticipate your sweater problem when you talked about your torso length and the yoke depth, but I laughed out loud when you did show and tell. We have ALL been there.
Oh my goodness that sweater is gorgeous,so yes please finish it.This is the year that I am determined to make wearable sweater .
Love your podcast 💕
Fabulous podcast! I can’t wait for the next episode.
I just love your podcast! You are a joy to watch and just a natural talker. Please keep going as I love your knits and everything you share.❤
Enjoyed spending time with you so much! Looking forward to episode2!
I love the way you talk about what you are knitting and not the stuff on the closet 🤣. So many times I had chuckle because I could so relate.
Love your first podcast! I enjoy how Kevin & Ray of Needles at the Ready refer to their stash - the pantry. Most of us probably have a well-stocked pantry!
You are such a delight! So happy I found you. Your knits are inspiring and its nice to see that even a seasoned knitter can have projects that don't quite turn out like planned. I can't wait to see all your shawls. Be safe in your travels and Happy Birthday. I look forward to all your future podcasts.
delightful! You seem so relaxed and comfortable doing this. Keep going. Confessions of a shawl knitter... nothing wrong with shawls, they're easy to wear, fun to knit and play with different colors/fibers/techniques. Love shawls. Look forward to 2nd episode.
I'm looking forward to seeing all your Stephen West knitting and any other knitting in the new year! Great new podcast.
I have never seen a first potcast, who is so very good. You make me smile. I love your personality, amazing. Please go for more. I am waiting. Greetings from germany. My twin says to me, you must look that girl, she was so wright. We both send you hugs💜🧡💛💚💙💗❤
Thank you for sharing your podcast with us. Such lovely knits and you are so entertaining, such a delight!
Omg lolol the sweater is killing me. That being said it would look lovely over a dress!
Isn't it absurd? 🤣 I am sewing some dresses this winter so that might be a good option. Still gotta fix the length issue though 😬
HI! So happy to have found your podcast. I am so happy to hear that you love all fiber as well. I love Knitting, cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting and sewing! Lol! Looking forward to following you! Welcome!!
I am so very happy Ray and Kevin, at @needlesattheready mentioned your podcast. I enjoyed every minute of this first episode and can't believe it's just the first one! I'm looking forward to following your creative adventures and admiring your projects.
You’re so natural, smart and warm, I felt like we were having a sit-and-knit together! Glad I found you. Good luck! 🎉. (I agree, acquisitions talk is boring unless linked to choice of a pattern.)
You are too funny re alpacas. Katie was definitely jealous of your hair!
I enjoyed your first episode. Yay for more Black knitting TH-camrs!
Thanks so much! We're out here!
Such a fun podcast Sara/Sarah. Wow can you knit. It was such a pleasure to watch. Happy shopping 🛍
Your snowy forest sweater is glorious!
You are my new favorite crafting podcast!😊 I feel like I’m in the room with you chatting, I looking forward to more episodes. Congrats on getting started.
Hi Sarah. Love your podcast and your enthusiasm. Greetings from Sydney Australia. Im Barbara Radzevicius Bondi Crafter. We are now in Summer and temps in low 40 ° C. Love the colours you choose too. We are COLLECTORS💗🧶🧶🧵🧵 that's for sure. Best wishes
Hello Barbara! Thanks so much for watching!
Low 40s has me sweating over here just reading that 🥵 I haven't been to Australia though. Is it dry heat?
Hi Sarah. No dry heat on the coast. We drip with 100% humidity too. In the centre of Oz its dry heat with temps in high 40°C. This really isn't a climate for thick wool knits either..Winter is only for 6 weeks. So I knit vests, a shawl which is really a scarf and scarves for gifts. I live in Bondi near the beach and Pacific Ocean. Come and visit. Its a long haul flight flight from LAX but worth it.
Absolutely gorgeous cowl!!
So happy to have found your channel looking forward to seeing more.
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Thank you! I kinda want to make another one but I'd need another set of hands... 🤔😂
Great podcast. Just love your stories. Keep up the great work!
What a fun podcast! Thanks Sarah, love it💜💜🇦🇺
Love your podcast! Refreshing and inspiring!
You made me laugh so hard when you raised your arms!!! You are very entertaining. I will be back for more. I have learned from many knitters that we will make mistakes but we keep on going. We do not give up.
Love you and your podcast and your hair and your stories and your knitting and your colors. What more can I say. Keep it coming!😜😍
Hi!! I also got the Holst Super Soft to make a Stephen West shawl, Twists and Turns to be exact. I picked it bc it was the colors I wanted, Stephen recommends it, and the label says super soft. I have washed and blocked my shawl. But I'm telling you it is not super soft. Let me know if you get yours to be super soft. I prefer Linen Quill so much more. But I do love the colors.
Yeah... That's my worry. I think it's considered super soft by rustic wool standards. I have a sweater I knit years ago out of this beautiful but incredibly scratchy Norwegian wool. I never wear it because it makes my neck itch horribly. Hopeful that this Holst softens up enough to wear it... 🙏🏿
The price tag on linen quill gives me pause, but I hear sooooooo many great things about it. Maybe I'll pick some up late spring after my Shawl Fest or the next time they have a sale 💸💸💸
What an amazing first podcast. I am hooked.
Brilliant. Keep them coming. 😊