I'm 73 years old and a Dorset girl. I remember making these with brass rings in the school playground. I'm not sure that we actually finished them but they were fun to do!
You put out another wonderful episode! Now I’m going to have to make buttons (so fun!) and Carol’s top is so stunning I don’t think I can *not* get the pattern. Andrew’s sweater is perfection. Wow. Beautiful work Andrea. Peruvian knitting is fascinating! I’m happy to be a patron. Everyone, and I mean everyone, should be one. Your show is the most valuable one on the internet. Thanks once again!
The Dorset buttons are absolutely gorgeous. The colours are so vibrant. Such a fascinating history. The button brooches on those beautiful shawls are just exquisite.
I meant to comment on this one earlier. I have been to Peru, and it was interesting to learn about these techniques. I saw the hats there, but I didn't learn anything about the special knitting techniques. One thing that was amazing was to see the mountain women spinning yarn on drop spindles while just walking along. We also got to meet llamas and alpacas, even in the city streets of Cuzco. They also roam loose at Macchu Pichu. Also everywhere you go they do play that type of local music with the pipes.
Great to see how my fellow Peruvians are showing the world such a beautiful technique. Peruvian knits are unique and beautiful. Fiber arts are such an important part of our culture.
I so loved the interview with Frankie Owens!!!! I always loved peruvian textiles and craftsmenship. I hold seminars in elementary schools myself on the subject "sheep and their wool". One particular project is called "Weaving in the Andes" :-)Thank you Andrew and Andrea for another wonderful podcast.
Australian Queen, I hope I can fudge and play with numbers in knitting as you do. You do alot of custom work to patterns. And it is so nice that all members of the family knits. Blessings to your aspiring princess and blessings to you and your King man. I admire the repore bt you and Andrew, one of the things that keeps me coming back to your podcast.Thank you.
What a fantastic episode! I loved the Dorset Buttons and the Peruvian knitting- it's so interesting to see how other cultures use fiber to create such beautifully crafted items. Thanks for broadening our horizons!
On my husbands acct :) I’m Lisa . - Every one of your podcasts has been a joy. Your content , projects , finished garments conversations with each other , guest interviews, videography -ALL IS CONSISTENTLY IMPECCABLE .Youve truly created a superior and unique experience for all. You’re very generous with your knowledge gained with each project ,sharing in clear detail how you solved any bumps along the way . I’ve been knitting for 30 plus years ,yet your podcast always holds something new or unusually beautiful that keeps me inspired .All that praise said ,Thank you . Very much ! Today I feel it’s time for me to give back .GOING TO PATREON to back up the words said with a bit of support to the best of the best 👍🏻👍🏻
My ancestors from Shaftesbury worked piecemeal making the Dorset Buttons. There is a lovely collection in the museum up the road from me in Shaftesbury.
Wow!! Handsome Andrew!! Andrea-you are amazing!! I need to step up my game!! You are a master of the "Fitting a Garment " to the wearer and design adjustment!! Truly skilled!! BRAVO!! Thanks for another great episode. Almost 30 years ago I saw these buttons on a hand-knit garment made by one of my colleagues and they really added that final icing to her garment!!
The pullover/jumper is quite lovely. I really appreciate your dedication to getting it right for his torso/body type. Can’t tell you how many times I gave up making something for my husband because of it not looking or fitting him, (in my eyes) just right. While he’s a real sport and wanting to wear the sweaters I’ve attempted, Im just not happy with the items. Thanks for sharing your expertise and drawings. When I finish my current wips, I will make an attempt to try this with your modifications.
I visited Skye way back in the 80s, but I was not able to discover all the beautiful island. So sad. One day, I hope to come back again. The beautiful autumnal colours of Scotland will stay in my mind forever and I hope to recreate the colours in the buttons that I want to make.
If someone is interested in the Peruvian knitting style, I recently watched a workshop on Craftsy teaching Portuguese knitting, which is basically the same.
I love the optical illusion on Andrew's new jumper. At first glance it looks like he is wearing a short sleeve T over a striped shirt. Then you think, " Hey wait a minute. That's a lot of shirt showing below a cut off T." That's when the perspective part of my brain corrects itself and I see the jumper as a whole garment. It's a reaction that only lasts a second, but really cool. The way the pattern matches exactly between the sleeves and body is really cool, too. Bravo, Andrea! It's gorgeous!
I love this series and especially the information about Dorset buttons. I have been collecting images of them for a long while. I want to add, too, that I was in Australia last month on a knitting cruise. I was delighted to discover that I was on a farm you had featured about Polwarth sheep...it was purely by coincidence. Tarndie Thank for all your fabulous information on the many facets of knitting.
Dorset buttons have inspired me! I am going to put buttons on all of my shawls. I had no idea about the history of Dorset buttons. I learned to make crocheted buttons from my mother, but just thought everybody made them, at least everybody who sewed, knitted, embroidered, and crocheted. Hmm? When you are a child, you think crafting is just normal. It's true, a lot more people did make clothes back in the 1950s, but not everybody. There were lots of people that didn't make things. Afterall, it was the beginning of our consumer culture and many people thought store bought was something special.
Loved the Dorset buttons! Going to have to make me some of these!!! I also knit Peruvian or Portuguese style. I have just started to learn to knit and was shocked at how hard it is for me when all the other needlework styles are not! Tried continental style because I crochet and thought it would be easier. It wasnt because of my tensioning muscle memory from crochet. Worked at it 3 days and my hands hurt so much and I was ready to give up until I took Andrea Wong's craftsy classes on Portuguese style knitting and found it is definitely the knitting style for me!!! I have a long way to go but just couldn't let knitting beat me!!! LOL
What a beautiful double feature! I have always wondered about those little buttons I've seen on old clothing. I've only seen the built-up white ones with the horn base, and they are so fine and shiny like little pearls. I never would have guessed that they were made by hand.
I can't believe it, I was actually at the Dorset Buttons stand on Saturday at Yarnporium. Lovely people. I used to make Dorset buttons when I was a child - even though I come from the Midlands. When I moved to Dorset for college I couldn't believe that the skill had almost disappeared in Dorset itself.
I get my bi-monthly giggle with you guys 😁 Checking him out indeed. Good work “Dolls” 🤗 You and Andrew never disappoint. I know he feels exposed sometimes but truly, that’s the kind of marriage your daughter will want for herself and therefore you are her best role models in what to look for and expect in her life. It’s “knitting deconstructed” for the “fitted” garment. Perhaps that’s why I knit for myself alone most of the time because I tailor the knitted piece to my fit. And now I think I will finally adopt a Colourwork method, Peruvian, Wow! I love that over the neck, thumbs, method. I can’t imagine why the style diminished in Europe. The method is a no-brainer really because it allows for a greater control of the yarn and is less of a strain on your forearms. I can’t wait to make Dorset buttons because I have wanted to make them for a long time now. I knew of their existence for years as I saw museum photos somewhere that I can’t remember. That’s one of the parts where getting older is no fun. The memory thing. Thanks again for a lovely informative podcast Andrea and Andrew. And yes, I’m up at two in the morning watching it. I woke up and could not sleep and thought “Why don’t I watch the new podcast with Andrew and Andrea?” Good show guys 👍😀
Was unable to access my Patreon last night - rainstorm /high winds always puts our internet down . So sorry ! Going now to add your podcast . I saw a slight look of intrigue from my husband when he saw Andrew knitting 🤞🏻 If he asks to learn ,I’ll be one very happy lady 😊
Another fabulous episode. I now have a strange question in my mind. My mother z"l made Dorset buttons. I can't imagine how she came on the technique. She was born in Danzig (Gdansk) before WWI, and lived in Poland. We came to the USA in the early 50s. Where could she have picked up the craft? Seeing Tanya work on her buttons brought back the memory of my mother making all size buttons, only in white thread.
Maybe I missed it, but in the button segment I did not see or hear anything about hardware for button backs. Are they always sewed on, or are any of them made with pinbacks or other removable fasteners?
Hi Grete. We try to list the garments we are wearing in our Program Notes - under "What are we wearing?" or something similar. You'll find a link to them in the Description. Thank you too!!! A + A.
If you are here for Dorset buttons then jump to 14:33, because the first 6 minutes made me cringe while she fawned all over him like he was a pet poodle.
Andrea recommended a book called "the knitter's handbook" a few years back and, apparently, it shows how to knit garments and has useful tips. Does anyone know who it is by.? I can't find the clip.
Loved today's episode, so wonderful! Forgive but I'm just so curious about what room is the deep lavender colored room that shows to the right behind you. Is that the kitchen?
This is wonderful! My knitting guild just did a little workshop on making Dorset Buttons. I was looking for more information on it and found this. How did I miss it?
Hello! Sorry maybe i missed it but did you knot to the gauge of the pattern?! I find it hard to find patterns that has a tight gauge....if that makes sense! Thanks!
I was a bit disappointed, the buttons look to lovely. I could not see them very clearly though. It would have been nice if she had shown us how to lay the spokes, to do the center knot...She was quite a lovely person, however I really couldn’t see enough to be able to do it on my own. So what is the purpose of the video.
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I'm 73 years old and a Dorset girl. I remember making these with brass rings in the school playground. I'm not sure that we actually finished them but they were fun to do!
Brilliant, Daphne. Always good to hear stories like that. A + A.
Thanks again, Andrea, for the maths on how to construct a gentleman's jumper!
You put out another wonderful episode! Now I’m going to have to make buttons (so fun!) and Carol’s top is so stunning I don’t think I can *not* get the pattern. Andrew’s sweater is perfection. Wow. Beautiful work Andrea. Peruvian knitting is fascinating! I’m happy to be a patron. Everyone, and I mean everyone, should be one. Your show is the most valuable one on the internet. Thanks once again!
Thanks so much Jane!
The Dorset buttons are absolutely gorgeous. The colours are so vibrant. Such a fascinating history. The button brooches on those beautiful shawls are just exquisite.
I meant to comment on this one earlier. I have been to Peru, and it was interesting to learn about these techniques. I saw the hats there, but I didn't learn anything about the special knitting techniques. One thing that was amazing was to see the mountain women spinning yarn on drop spindles while just walking along. We also got to meet llamas and alpacas, even in the city streets of Cuzco. They also roam loose at Macchu Pichu. Also everywhere you go they do play that type of local music with the pipes.
I absolutely love the dorset buttons segment. I am addicted to knitting and to learning anything new related to it! Thank you!
Great to see how my fellow Peruvians are showing the world such a beautiful technique. Peruvian knits are unique and beautiful. Fiber arts are such an important part of our culture.
I so loved the interview with Frankie Owens!!!! I always loved peruvian textiles and craftsmenship. I hold seminars in elementary schools myself on the subject "sheep and their wool". One particular project is called "Weaving in the Andes" :-)Thank you Andrew and Andrea for another wonderful podcast.
I love this channel! I hope that you continue to make these interesting videos for many more years.
I hope so too! I love Andrew & Andrea
I love Andrew's jumper. It looks gorgeous on him. It is my favorite so far. Beautiful work Andrea.
Australian Queen, I hope I can fudge and play with numbers in knitting as you do. You do alot of custom work to patterns. And it is so nice that all members of the family knits. Blessings to your aspiring princess and blessings to you and your King man. I admire the repore bt you and Andrew, one of the things that keeps me coming back to your podcast.Thank you.
What a fantastic episode! I loved the Dorset Buttons and the Peruvian knitting- it's so interesting to see how other cultures use fiber to create such beautifully crafted items. Thanks for broadening our horizons!
by next christmas i will have enough buttons to decorate a tree.... i love it...
The blue sweater is so gorgeous! You did an amazing job! I think I want to try making some Dorset buttons now.
On my husbands acct :) I’m Lisa . - Every one of your podcasts has been a joy. Your content , projects , finished garments conversations with each other , guest interviews, videography -ALL IS CONSISTENTLY IMPECCABLE .Youve truly created a superior and unique experience for all. You’re very generous with your knowledge gained with each project ,sharing in clear detail how you solved any bumps along the way . I’ve been knitting for 30 plus years ,yet your podcast always holds something new or unusually beautiful that keeps me inspired .All that praise said ,Thank you . Very much ! Today I feel it’s time for me to give back .GOING TO PATREON to back up the words said with a bit of support to the best of the best 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Lisa, thank you so much for your encouragement and support. It's nice to hear that you are enjoying all the segments.
My ancestors from Shaftesbury worked piecemeal making the Dorset Buttons. There is a lovely collection in the museum up the road from me in Shaftesbury.
Wow!! Handsome Andrew!! Andrea-you are amazing!! I need to step up my game!! You are a master of the "Fitting a Garment " to the wearer and design adjustment!! Truly skilled!! BRAVO!! Thanks for another great episode. Almost 30 years ago I saw these buttons on a hand-knit garment made by one of my colleagues and they really added that final icing to her garment!!
The pullover/jumper is quite lovely. I really appreciate your dedication to getting it right for his torso/body type. Can’t tell you how many times I gave up making something for my husband because of it not looking or fitting him, (in my eyes) just right. While he’s a real sport and wanting to wear the sweaters I’ve attempted, Im just not happy with the items. Thanks for sharing your expertise and drawings. When I finish my current wips, I will make an attempt to try this with your modifications.
Love, love, love Carole Sunday and Sunday Knits!
Very interesting topics this week! I always recomnend these podcasts to my fellow knitters!!
I visited Skye way back in the 80s, but I was not able to discover all the beautiful island. So sad. One day, I hope to come back again. The beautiful autumnal colours of Scotland will stay in my mind forever and I hope to recreate the colours in the buttons that I want to make.
If someone is interested in the Peruvian knitting style, I recently watched a workshop on Craftsy teaching Portuguese knitting, which is basically the same.
I really love your podcast. You are both wonderful people who always put a smile on my face. Bach's piano music in between makes it even more special.
Thank you. Loved the Peruvian knitting especially would love to learn this
I love the optical illusion on Andrew's new jumper. At first glance it looks like he is wearing a short sleeve T over a striped shirt. Then you think, " Hey wait a minute. That's a lot of shirt showing below a cut off T." That's when the perspective part of my brain corrects itself and I see the jumper as a whole garment. It's a reaction that only lasts a second, but really cool. The way the pattern matches exactly between the sleeves and body is really cool, too. Bravo, Andrea! It's gorgeous!
I love this series and especially the information about Dorset buttons. I have been collecting images of them for a long while. I want to add, too, that I was in Australia last month on a knitting cruise. I was delighted to discover that I was on a farm you had featured about Polwarth sheep...it was purely by coincidence. Tarndie Thank for all your fabulous information on the many facets of knitting.
Thank you so much A&A for this lovely episode, it's much appreciated! Hugs & sunshine 🌞 N
Dorset buttons have inspired me! I am going to put buttons on all of my shawls. I had no idea about the history of Dorset buttons. I learned to make crocheted buttons from my mother, but just thought everybody made them, at least everybody who sewed, knitted, embroidered, and crocheted. Hmm? When you are a child, you think crafting is just normal. It's true, a lot more people did make clothes back in the 1950s, but not everybody. There were lots of people that didn't make things. Afterall, it was the beginning of our consumer culture and many people thought store bought was something special.
Loved the Dorset buttons! Going to have to make me some of these!!!
I also knit Peruvian or Portuguese style. I have just started to learn to knit and was shocked at how hard it is for me when all the other needlework styles are not! Tried continental style because I crochet and thought it would be easier. It wasnt because of my tensioning muscle memory from crochet. Worked at it 3 days and my hands hurt so much and I was ready to give up until I took Andrea Wong's craftsy classes on Portuguese style knitting and found it is definitely the knitting style for me!!! I have a long way to go but just couldn't let knitting beat me!!! LOL
Thank you for the beautiful "walk". I replayed that section twice...I loved it so much. How amazing is God's creation!
Wow, great episode! Loved the Peruvian knitting.
A lot less swearing on the socks ha ha!! That jumper is fab on Andrew. Great job Andrea!
thanks Lisa
Really enjoying watching your back episodes, thank you 😊
What a beautiful double feature! I have always wondered about those little buttons I've seen on old clothing. I've only seen the built-up white ones with the horn base, and they are so fine and shiny like little pearls. I never would have guessed that they were made by hand.
Great collection of guests. Thanks.
Tracy Chevalier's novel, 'Burning Bright' is a great book which includes a lot of reference to Dorset Button making.
O.K. that sounds very interesting, I'll have to read it.
I can't believe it, I was actually at the Dorset Buttons stand on Saturday at Yarnporium. Lovely people. I used to make Dorset buttons when I was a child - even though I come from the Midlands. When I moved to Dorset for college I couldn't believe that the skill had almost disappeared in Dorset itself.
Another great podcast. Thankyou.
I love your sweater. you are an amazing knitter.
I get my bi-monthly giggle with you guys 😁 Checking him out indeed. Good work “Dolls” 🤗 You and Andrew never disappoint. I know he feels exposed sometimes but truly, that’s the kind of marriage your daughter will want for herself and therefore you are her best role models in what to look for and expect in her life.
It’s “knitting deconstructed” for the “fitted” garment. Perhaps that’s why I knit for myself alone most of the time because I tailor the knitted piece to my fit. And now I think I will finally adopt a Colourwork method, Peruvian, Wow! I love that over the neck, thumbs, method. I can’t imagine why the style diminished in Europe. The method is a no-brainer really because it allows for a greater control of the yarn and is less of a strain on your forearms. I can’t wait to make Dorset buttons because I have wanted to make them for a long time now. I knew of their existence for years as I saw museum photos somewhere that I can’t remember. That’s one of the parts where getting older is no fun. The memory thing. Thanks again for a lovely informative podcast Andrea and Andrew. And yes, I’m up at two in the morning watching it. I woke up and could not sleep and thought “Why don’t I watch the new podcast with Andrew and Andrea?” Good show guys 👍😀
Thank you!
Was unable to access my Patreon last night - rainstorm /high winds always puts our internet down . So sorry ! Going now to add your podcast . I saw a slight look of intrigue from my husband when he saw Andrew knitting 🤞🏻 If he asks to learn ,I’ll be one very happy lady 😊
So very interesting and diverse. Thank you so much!
Another fabulous episode. I now have a strange question in my mind. My mother z"l made Dorset buttons. I can't imagine how she came on the technique. She was born in Danzig (Gdansk) before WWI, and lived in Poland. We came to the USA in the early 50s. Where could she have picked up the craft? Seeing Tanya work on her buttons brought back the memory of my mother making all size buttons, only in white thread.
A great episode, thank you!
I think its fantastic men are knitting, so many, I love knitting.
Oh my another craft for me to learn!
Wonderful! Thank you
I sometimes use Peruvian tensioning, but I use a pin, as the yarn rubs on my neck. I would have liked to see the hooked needles actually being used.
Frankie said that she finds them hard to use herself but it was wonderful that she bought them along for us to see.
Maybe I missed it, but in the button segment I did not see or hear anything about hardware for button backs. Are they always sewed on, or are any of them made with pinbacks or other removable fasteners?
What is the pattern in that beautiful sweater Andrea is wearing in the Dorset Button interview? It must be an Alice Strathmore?? It is fabulous!
Wonderful thankyou
Just love the video of Forrest button but the cameradoesnt get right close
I love this show and today I could not take my eyes off your sweater. Where can I find that pattern? Thanks you. Grete
Hi Grete. We try to list the garments we are wearing in our Program Notes - under "What are we wearing?" or something similar. You'll find a link to them in the Description. Thank you too!!! A + A.
Could you please send a link to the marvelous music played at the end of video? Thanks a lot! 🌹
Thank you!
1:12:20 спасибо!!!! Интересная техника!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
Loved the peruvian knitting interview.Please, coul you make a podcast segmento about bohus knitting?thank you very much.
Yes, I think that's a great idea
Absolutely love the Dorset Buttons. But where do I find the rings?
Those buttons!!
If you are here for Dorset buttons then jump to 14:33, because the first 6 minutes made me cringe while she fawned all over him like he was a pet poodle.
Andrea recommended a book called "the knitter's handbook" a few years back and, apparently, it shows how to knit garments and has useful tips. Does anyone know who it is by.? I can't find the clip.
Loved today's episode, so wonderful! Forgive but I'm just so curious about what room is the deep lavender colored room that shows to the right behind you. Is that the kitchen?
Yes, that's our kitchen.
@@FruityKnitting Love that color!
This is wonderful! My knitting guild just did a little workshop on making Dorset Buttons. I was looking for more information on it and found this. How did I miss it?
Hello! Sorry maybe i missed it but did you knot to the gauge of the pattern?! I find it hard to find patterns that has a tight gauge....if that makes sense! Thanks!
Yes, I knitted at the patterns gauge but I still needed to change all the measurements to make it fit Andrew.
Could you put a link to order the button kit?💕fruity knitting.
You will find all of those details in the show notes at fruityknitting.com
I was a bit disappointed, the buttons look to lovely. I could not see them very clearly though. It would have been nice if she had shown us how to lay the spokes, to do the center knot...She was quite a lovely person, however I really couldn’t see enough to be able to do it on my own. So what is the purpose of the video.
🧡
Please adapt a pattern to a man with a big belly, I volunteer my husband.
Omg shut the music off!
Intro too long. I’m out.
Can you tell me what the Dorset button book is called please and is it available yet?