How exciting to be with your daughter when your granddaughter was born! Congratulations! That little coming home home outfit will be perfect as the weather cools over the coming month. I have done the same mix up forgetting to change needles- so frustrating. I made MONSTER BUM. Pants for one of my granddaughters and they were fun to make- I think you will enjoy making the rest of the baby set. I find most young parents are asking for earthy colours and gender neutral items for their babes. Love your Lento. Mine is already to go but I need to finish my Elton (Joji Locatelli) and The Stephen West MKAL is coming up- yikes! Also knitting the Bean and Olive sweaters (Andrea Mowry) for granddaughters turning 6 and 8 in the next few months. Never enough time. Your shawl will be lovely! Thanks for the discussion about weight and knitting above gauge- so interesting!
Thanks, Jennifer! I really wanted to make an Elton this summer and then never got around to it. It took me a little bit to get going on the lace portion of the shawl, but I'm rolling along now.
@@northwestknitting5993 The Elton is taking forever and I am doing it in black mohair and stained glass yarn which is charcoal based- yikes! I had to get light coloured needles to be able to see the stitches and sunny knitting in the day time. However it is very pretty.
Congratulations on the new granddaughter! I read The Uncommon Reader this year and loved it. It was a quick and fun read. I have a sweater's worth and more of Jamieson and Smith and you are so right about the candy. I enjoyed your podcast having just found you. Also enjoying the fall weather here in southern New England after a terribly hot and humid summer.
Hello! Congratulations on your new granddaughter. You will have lots of happy hours knitting baby gifts. I have watched your podcast from the beginning and look forward to every podcast. Your knitting journey mirrors my own and it's so fun to see all your yarn finds and knitted garments. You do such a nice job with yarn subbing and fitting your sweaters. They all look so nice on you. Have you ever thought of doing a split hem on your pullovers? I prefer my sweaters to give me a long look instead of a wide look. I don't need to add bulk. :D Enjoy your book recommendations too and will look for a copy of today's recommendation. Have you read The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss? I've read it 3x. I also enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry this summer by Bonnie Garmus. It was so good. I also enjoy reading anything by Wallace Stegner and Jane Smiley. Right now I'm knitting some pumpkins using the Simple Rib Pumpkin pattern by Mandy Pertroski. It's a free pattern on Ravelry. I love Fall. I live in the Inland NW, so it's fun to hear you talk about where you live. It's familiar. Take care!
Thanks for all your kind words. I'll enjoy taking a look at your book recommendations. I have done some split hems and want to revisit that style again. Some turn out better than others and I can't say I've figured it out yet.
Ah! I am so happy I found your podcast! I live north of you - way up in Bellingham WA. You are delightful and I think we have a similar aesthetic- woolly wools. 😉 I’m looking forward to going back and watching older episodes.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby 😊. I also enjoyed that blog post of Albiona. I've ordered some Nutiden to try her Nostalgic Sweater Coat, but I plan on maybe mid-thigh length. As for shawls...a few of my superwash ones just keep stretching and stretching, so I recently tried one using Holst Supersoft. It's so light, and I love the texture....I'm a rustic girl at heart, that's for sure. I will be knitting the Stephen West MKAL using a rustic Canadian wool...looking so forward to it 😀
I love hearing your plans, Sandra. I want to try another of Ailbionna's sweaters soon. She has a nice v-neck cardigan. And that coat! And this year I hope to finally get my hands on some Nutiden.
Like you I’ve had children and never seen a birth but I was present at my grandson’s birth on Christmas Day and it was incredible, I wanted to fall on the floor because I felt like it was a Holy moment; life entering the world that was not there 2 minutes ago. It is the same when someone passes, a Holy moment when they depart.
Kathy I would enjoy reading again but there are so many darn knitting podcasts and projects on the needles that i have to force myself to go to bed at night. Love ya,great podcast!
Congratulations. I shared the birth with my daughter and son-in-law. They brought a wonderful grandson to our family. My goodness it was incredible and fascinating. My daughter wanted me there because she felt I could help her perhaps more than her husband. Her husband went over to the other side of the room it was hard for him while I was right there encouraging her insuring her everything was going well. Thanks for your podcast.
Congratulations on you new Granddaughter! I hope you enjoyed your time in the BayArea. I live in San Jose. Funny I was in Portland area Labor Day weekend. Visiting my Mom and family. I had a wonderful visit as well. Your Lento looks amazing. It’s on my knit list. I have some beautiful yarn from The Farmers Daughter fibers. It’s apart of her Indigenous collection. I want to put it with a Woolen spun yarn. Maybe Brooklyn tweed. Or something from the Wooly Thistle. Would love a recommendation if you have a favorite fingering from The WT
Teresa, I think woolen spun might work a lot better than worsted. The difference between Loft (fingering weight and woolen spun) and the Jaggerspun Heather (also fingering, but worsted spun) is significant to me. I'd like to try more of Farmer's Daughter fibers. So far I've used Pushkin and it is nice and plump. I'll think about what's my favorite fingering yarn and get back to you!
You are so captivating...that's why you have more then 1000 subscribers, and one is me here in Lisbon...so thank you for sharing everything and the picture of your beautiful granddaughter that just came in to this world. Lots of love from Lisbon!!🥰
A sustainable woolen mill in Wyoming is one that I highly recommend. They are Mountain Meadow Wool Mill. They use only locally sourced wool. Even tell you which sheep ranch the wool came from
Linda, thanks for the recommendation. I just had time to glance at some of their offerings, which are mostly merino with beautiful colors. Quite a selection. They must be huge. Then noticed that they also have a yarn made from the Lincoln breed of wool which is the same breed as some of the yarn I got from my son's mother-in-law. I'll definitely look into this mill. It looks like they do everything on site, which is so unusual in the States.
I love Mountain Meadow! I was in their yarn club. It’s a great way to get to know their beautiful yarn. I joined right before 2020,their yarns are processed in their mill, so cool! They spin yarns for local wool, and I’m sure some yarn companies contract with them. I found out about an awesome knit designer who does amazing colorwork, Varian Brandon, who was a guest on their vlog.
Absolutely beautiful color on you! Congrats on your sweet grand baby❤. I’d love to hear more about the sources for your decision to go to environmentally friendly yarns…. books, articles, podcasts. I’m trying to develop and define my own choices in yarn, clothing and everything I use toward caring consumption. Thank you for taking the time to do this wonderful podcast.
Kat, I'm exploring this question and trying to put together a cohesive piece outlining my views, which I think will take me awhile, but in the meantime you might want to look the Making Stories blog entries, starting here: making-stories.com/blogs/blog/2020-11-4-when-im-yarn-shopping-how-can-i-decide-which-yarn-is-sustainable
Thank you, Kathy! I’ll listen to this soon. I read Raw Material: Working with Wool in the West by Stephany Wilkes a few years ago and there was a section on the ecology of sheep/wool ranching in southeast Oregon that was fascinating. Very detailed in the science of it, and I remember that part of the book more than any other. I didn’t know until one of your comments that superwash merino uses excess water in processing.
@@kat6671 I feel like a beginner at all of this myself. I have been finding the names of more superwash yarns that are GOTS certified, meaning they are using environmentally sound methods of processing, and want to explore those. I just ordered Raw Material. Thanks for the recommendation.
Love your Lento! I found the sleeves and body length also crept up on a pullover I knit a while ago. I've knit other cardis and pullovers with fingering and mohair with no issues. So I think it was a tension issue for me. Remember, mohair/silk has no stretch.
That's so interesting. I'm curious to see what happens after I block it. In one of my other mohair sweaters I held it double with alpaca, and I think the mohair has kept the alpaca from stretching out too much, but it has been wonderfully drapey.
Congrats again on your granddaughter! Great to see you when you were down here in CA. And thanks for sharing the piece about knitting above gauge -- I've been eyeing the ranunculus and although I don't think I'd go with fingering, I've been wondering what kind of DK/worsted yarn to choose because the gauge is still so loose! I think reading that will be helpful.
I found the link to your podcast while looking at Lento sweater. I love yours in Loft. I’m trying to knit it from stash and what mohair I have is only one or two balls in each color. I have some felted tweed Aran and might swatch with this I also have some old maiden aunt yarn that might replicate the fuzzy as well. I will definitely look at A Mclochlin blog. Thank you so much for your thoughts and input.
Thanks for watching, Sally! Really, it seems the options are endless for the yarns you can use for these looser gauge sweater. I was just looking at my yarns, trying to decide what's next, and finding it so hard to choose.
The yarn store in Ashland, OR is called The Websters, you mentioned the name as Webbs, might be a bit confusing to someone looking for the establishment
I enjoyed your episode, and you mentioned a podcast by Ailbionia Mclochlainn. Knitting above gauge. I just would really like to read or hear this but cannot find it. Thanks, ClaudiaSJI
I've got it listed in my show notes under the Lento sweater, but now edited it to have it set apart. The link is: www.ailbiona.com/knitnotes/knitting-above-gauge
Congratulations on your new grand babe. I am all set to cast on the Lento and do not want the doubled knit neck. What cast on did you do and then did you just half the number of initial ribbed stitches? It has been a while since I have watched your vlogs and you are doing great!
Hi, Lisa! Thank you so much! I'm pretty sure I did the Old Norwegian cast on, which I believe is the same as the German Twisted cast on. And then I did just knit about half the rows the designer has for the collar. The neck is quite loose with that cast on, which is okay because of combination of a rustic wool with mohair. With superwash, this cast on might be way too loose.
So frustrating! I wonder if you have the correct number of stitches on the needle. Maybe re-check that or (I hate to say it) maybe re-do the short rows. I hope you can resolve the problem!
How nice to have 4 generations presently! Congratulations on the birth of the little girl ❤
Thanks so much, Anjali! it is a blessing.
Congratulations on your having a new granddaughter. She will be a very worthy addition to help you stash bust.
Congratulations on your granddaughter!
Congratulations on your granddaughter, such an exciting time! Thanks for an enjoyable and thought provoking episode regarding knitting sustainably.
“they're just like candy!” yarn is like that 😄. congratulations on the new little one in your family!
How exciting to be with your daughter when your granddaughter was born! Congratulations! That little coming home home outfit will be perfect as the weather cools over the coming month. I have done the same mix up forgetting to change needles- so frustrating. I made MONSTER BUM. Pants for one of my granddaughters and they were fun to make- I think you will enjoy making the rest of the baby set. I find most young parents are asking for earthy colours and gender neutral items for their babes. Love your Lento. Mine is already to go but I need to finish my Elton (Joji Locatelli) and The Stephen West MKAL is coming up- yikes! Also knitting the Bean and Olive sweaters (Andrea Mowry) for granddaughters turning 6 and 8 in the next few months. Never enough time. Your shawl will be lovely! Thanks for the discussion about weight and knitting above gauge- so interesting!
Thanks, Jennifer! I really wanted to make an Elton this summer and then never got around to it. It took me a little bit to get going on the lace portion of the shawl, but I'm rolling along now.
@@northwestknitting5993 The Elton is taking forever and I am doing it in black mohair and stained glass yarn which is charcoal based- yikes! I had to get light coloured needles to be able to see the stitches and sunny knitting in the day time. However it is very pretty.
I just love your podcast!!!! Congratulations on your new granddaughter!!! My mom is going to be 97 in November 🎉Thank you for sharing your beautiful 🧶
Thanks so much! Your podcast looks so interesting and I'll be sure to check it out.
@@northwestknitting5993 Thank you!!!
How lovely to have a baby about! Your comment about being on the other side did make me smile. Love the pink shawl....a lot.
Congratulations, being a grand mother is a amazing blessing.
Congratulations on the new granddaughter! I read The Uncommon Reader this year and loved it. It was a quick and fun read. I have a sweater's worth and more of Jamieson and Smith and you are so right about the candy. I enjoyed your podcast having just found you. Also enjoying the fall weather here in southern New England after a terribly hot and humid summer.
Thanks, Carol!
Hello! Congratulations on your new granddaughter. You will have lots of happy hours knitting baby gifts. I have watched your podcast from the beginning and look forward to every podcast. Your knitting journey mirrors my own and it's so fun to see all your yarn finds and knitted garments. You do such a nice job with yarn subbing and fitting your sweaters. They all look so nice on you. Have you ever thought of doing a split hem on your pullovers? I prefer my sweaters to give me a long look instead of a wide look. I don't need to add bulk. :D Enjoy your book recommendations too and will look for a copy of today's recommendation. Have you read The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss? I've read it 3x. I also enjoyed Lessons in Chemistry this summer by Bonnie Garmus. It was so good. I also enjoy reading anything by Wallace Stegner and Jane Smiley. Right now I'm knitting some pumpkins using the Simple Rib Pumpkin pattern by Mandy Pertroski. It's a free pattern on Ravelry. I love Fall. I live in the Inland NW, so it's fun to hear you talk about where you live. It's familiar. Take care!
Thanks for all your kind words. I'll enjoy taking a look at your book recommendations. I have done some split hems and want to revisit that style again. Some turn out better than others and I can't say I've figured it out yet.
Ah! I am so happy I found your podcast! I live north of you - way up in Bellingham WA. You are delightful and I think we have a similar aesthetic- woolly wools. 😉 I’m looking forward to going back and watching older episodes.
I do love Bellingham, Beth. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Congratulations on the new grandbaby 😊. I also enjoyed that blog post of Albiona. I've ordered some Nutiden to try her Nostalgic Sweater Coat, but I plan on maybe mid-thigh length. As for shawls...a few of my superwash ones just keep stretching and stretching, so I recently tried one using Holst Supersoft. It's so light, and I love the texture....I'm a rustic girl at heart, that's for sure. I will be knitting the Stephen West MKAL using a rustic Canadian wool...looking so forward to it 😀
I love hearing your plans, Sandra. I want to try another of Ailbionna's sweaters soon. She has a nice v-neck cardigan. And that coat! And this year I hope to finally get my hands on some Nutiden.
It's Ailbionna's Timepiece Cardigan that I'm looking at.
Like you I’ve had children and never seen a birth but I was present at my grandson’s birth on Christmas Day and it was incredible, I wanted to fall on the floor because I felt like it was a Holy moment; life entering the world that was not there 2 minutes ago. It is the same when someone passes, a Holy moment when they depart.
Kathy I would enjoy reading again but there are so many darn knitting podcasts and projects on the needles that i have to force myself to go to bed at night. Love ya,great podcast!
Claire, my reading of novels has certainly been curtailed by knitting and podcasts in recent years. I have a hard time giving up for the night, too.
Congrats on the grandbaby! Very exciting and baby knits are so fun.
love your knits. Congratulations on your new granddaughter!
I want that mug! So cool!
It was spendy but I love it. The light bright colors are so good
Congratulations. I shared the birth with my daughter and son-in-law. They brought a wonderful grandson to our family. My goodness it was incredible and fascinating. My daughter wanted me there because she felt I could help her perhaps more than her husband. Her husband went over to the other side of the room it was hard for him while I was right there encouraging her insuring her everything was going well.
Thanks for your podcast.
It's just a wonderful experience, isn't it? Sounds like you have some baby knits in your future, too!
Congratulations on you new Granddaughter! I hope you enjoyed your time in the BayArea. I live in San Jose. Funny I was in Portland area Labor Day weekend. Visiting my Mom and family. I had a wonderful visit as well. Your Lento looks amazing. It’s on my knit list. I have some beautiful yarn from The Farmers Daughter fibers. It’s apart of her Indigenous collection. I want to put it with a Woolen spun yarn. Maybe Brooklyn tweed. Or something from the Wooly Thistle. Would love a recommendation if you have a favorite fingering from The WT
Teresa, I think woolen spun might work a lot better than worsted. The difference between Loft (fingering weight and woolen spun) and the Jaggerspun Heather (also fingering, but worsted spun) is significant to me. I'd like to try more of Farmer's Daughter fibers. So far I've used Pushkin and it is nice and plump.
I'll think about what's my favorite fingering yarn and get back to you!
You're welcome!
I love the Websters! Luckily I live nearby in Medford. You've had a busy week! Congratulations on the new baby
Congratulations on your new baby Granddaughter!! What fun!
Thanks, Kathy!
You are so captivating...that's why you have more then 1000 subscribers, and one is me here in Lisbon...so thank you for sharing everything and the picture of your beautiful granddaughter that just came in to this world. Lots of love from Lisbon!!🥰
And you are also very beautifull...those earings look very good on you!
Very kind of you to say, Paula
A sustainable woolen mill in Wyoming is one that I highly recommend. They are Mountain Meadow Wool Mill. They use only locally sourced wool. Even tell you which sheep ranch the wool came from
Linda, thanks for the recommendation. I just had time to glance at some of their offerings, which are mostly merino with beautiful colors. Quite a selection. They must be huge. Then noticed that they also have a yarn made from the Lincoln breed of wool which is the same breed as some of the yarn I got from my son's mother-in-law. I'll definitely look into this mill. It looks like they do everything on site, which is so unusual in the States.
I love Mountain Meadow! I was in their yarn club. It’s a great way to get to know their beautiful yarn. I joined right before 2020,their yarns are processed in their mill, so cool! They spin yarns for local wool, and I’m sure some yarn companies contract with them. I found out about an awesome knit designer who does amazing colorwork, Varian Brandon, who was a guest on their vlog.
@@aggierowe9574 i joined too. Have you seen their Facebook page? They post videos about how they mill the yarn, etc. It is fascinating
@@Litknits yes! A visit to Meadow Mill is on my bucket list!
@@northwestknitting5993 I think that some of the Farmer's Daughter yarn might be milled there.
Absolutely beautiful color on you! Congrats on your sweet grand baby❤. I’d love to hear more about the sources for your decision to go to environmentally friendly yarns…. books, articles, podcasts. I’m trying to develop and define my own choices in yarn, clothing and everything I use toward caring consumption. Thank you for taking the time to do this wonderful podcast.
Thank you, Kat! I'm going to think about your question and put some information together.
Kat, I'm exploring this question and trying to put together a cohesive piece outlining my views, which I think will take me awhile, but in the meantime you might want to look the Making Stories blog entries, starting here: making-stories.com/blogs/blog/2020-11-4-when-im-yarn-shopping-how-can-i-decide-which-yarn-is-sustainable
Thank you, Kathy! I’ll listen to this soon. I read Raw Material: Working with Wool in the West by Stephany Wilkes a few years ago and there was a section on the ecology of sheep/wool ranching in southeast Oregon that was
fascinating. Very detailed in the science of it, and I remember that part of the book more than any other. I didn’t know until one of your comments that superwash merino uses excess water in processing.
@@kat6671 I feel like a beginner at all of this myself. I have been finding the names of more superwash yarns that are GOTS certified, meaning they are using environmentally sound methods of processing, and want to explore those. I just ordered Raw Material. Thanks for the recommendation.
Love your Lento! I found the sleeves and body length also crept up on a pullover I knit a while ago. I've knit other cardis and pullovers with fingering and mohair with no issues. So I think it was a tension issue for me. Remember, mohair/silk has no stretch.
That's so interesting. I'm curious to see what happens after I block it. In one of my other mohair sweaters I held it double with alpaca, and I think the mohair has kept the alpaca from stretching out too much, but it has been wonderfully drapey.
Congrats again on your granddaughter! Great to see you when you were down here in CA. And thanks for sharing the piece about knitting above gauge -- I've been eyeing the ranunculus and although I don't think I'd go with fingering, I've been wondering what kind of DK/worsted yarn to choose because the gauge is still so loose! I think reading that will be helpful.
Thanks, Molly! I'm still pondering what makes a yarn work well for knitting above gauge.
I found the link to your podcast while looking at Lento sweater. I love yours in Loft. I’m trying to knit it from stash and what mohair I have is only one or two balls in each color. I have some felted tweed Aran and might swatch with this I also have some old maiden aunt yarn that might replicate the fuzzy as well. I will definitely look at A Mclochlin blog. Thank you so much for your thoughts and input.
Thanks for watching, Sally! Really, it seems the options are endless for the yarns you can use for these looser gauge sweater. I was just looking at my yarns, trying to decide what's next, and finding it so hard to choose.
Check out the split hem tutorial by Melissa L. with Knitting the Stash. Have a good day!
Thanks for the reminder. I've seen it, but wasn't actually doing a split hem at the time, so need to revisit it.
The yarn store in Ashland, OR is called The Websters, you mentioned the name as Webbs, might be a bit confusing to someone looking for the establishment
You are right! I was mumbling and have a bad habit of trailing off...inherited from my father.
Sleeves often grow when blocked.
I enjoyed your episode, and you mentioned a podcast by Ailbionia Mclochlainn. Knitting above gauge. I just would really like to read or hear this but cannot find it. Thanks, ClaudiaSJI
I've got it listed in my show notes under the Lento sweater, but now edited it to have it set apart. The link is: www.ailbiona.com/knitnotes/knitting-above-gauge
@@northwestknitting5993 thanks for this! Really,nice! ClaudiaSJI
Thank you again, that was a super informative very interesting read! ClaudiaSJI
Congratulations on your new grand babe. I am all set to cast on the Lento and do not want the doubled knit neck. What cast on did you do and then did you just half the number of initial ribbed stitches? It has been a while since I have watched your vlogs and you are doing great!
Hi, Lisa! Thank you so much! I'm pretty sure I did the Old Norwegian cast on, which I believe is the same as the German Twisted cast on. And then I did just knit about half the rows the designer has for the collar.
The neck is quite loose with that cast on, which is okay because of combination of a rustic wool with mohair. With superwash, this cast on might be way too loose.
cannot for the life of me get the increases to line up after the short rows on lento sweater! No idea what I am doing wrong!
So frustrating! I wonder if you have the correct number of stitches on the needle. Maybe re-check that or (I hate to say it) maybe re-do the short rows. I hope you can resolve the problem!