Finnish Knitting Stories - Episode 94: Sheep Camp Sweater, Advent Wrap, new cast-on and more
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- Finnish Knitting Stories - Episode 94: Sheep Camp Sweater, Advent Wrap, new cast-on and more
I have two new finished object today! Yaaay! And a new shiny cast-on. Come take a look!
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Finished Objects:
Advent Wrap: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Sheep Camp Sweater: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
WIPs:
Polesden Scarf: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Half + Half Triangles Wrap: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Gan: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Other Mentions:
A Homespun House Advent: ahomespunhouse.com
Bertie and Poppet: www.etsy.com/shop/BertieAndPo...
A Knitter's Suitcase: www.etsy.com/shop/AKnittersSu...
Nutiden: honer-och-eir.myshopify.com
00:00 Intro
01:30 FOs - Advent Wrap
07:24 FOs - Sheep Camp Sweater
12:46 WIPs - Fox Tail Scarf
16:01 WIPs - Polesden Scarf
19:20 WIPs - Half + Half Triangles Wrap
21:43 WIPs - Gan Vest
25:43 WIPs - White Boucle Coat
28:43 Well Loved Knits - Hot Water Bottle Covers
33:13 Word of the Day
34:27 Knit & Chat
For those of us whom have never tried borscht, maybe u could show us how u make yours :) it would be nice to try something authentic for sure :) great sweater and wrap! I cannot afford spin cycle, so I use feederbrook farms which is a whole skein of bouncy BFL for the same price as a half skein of spin cycle. Plus the non superwash BFL is so lovely! Stay nice and toasty warm!
Agree! Feederbrook Farms is just as nice and so much more affordable!
Thank you! Cooking the borsch would require a whole episode. There are so many regional variations out there that someone will definitely come to tell me that I'm doing it wrong. 😄
I really like Schoppel Edition 3 instead of the Spincycle. It's very affordable over here and has lots of great colours.
That Sheep Camp Sweater is so beautiful.🤩 It really suits you.
Aww, that's a beautiful scene at the end when you're knitting next to Jackie. I hope you both feel the love from across the world. xxx
Thank you, we do! 😊❤️
Seeing you a Kacie and this beautiful finished objects ❤ I am having a knitting slump but well it helps me to watch you
I love that you make these amazing projects and put them to use right away. 😍
The well-loved knits segment is always a treat. It gives us an idea of whether or not we can live with the pill-iness of an item that took a long time to complete. Sophia's water bottle cover's condition was quite shocking, but easily fixed. 😉
Word of the Day is a great segment. I like to compare languages, but the words in these 2 languages are mostly so different each week and I appreciate hearing them.
Thank you for sharing, Jana. ❤
Lovely knits and fun episode! Thank you, Jana :)
Hi, I love all of your cast ons. Old or new. I admire all you can do to knit your pretty sweater that you are knitting. Your snow is so deep. Here in the USA, I am from Minnesota. It gets very cold and the winds that blow freezing snow in my face. Please stay safe. I love your post and beautiful stories. I look forward to seeing you again soon. I hope you are well. Take care. Happy knitting and new cast ons. ☺💞
Thank you so much! We have so much snow that the bird feeder is almost on the ground. The squirrels just jump in now, no need to climb the pole. 😄
We got snow in Texas. My sidewalk was covered to look white, at least until noon. And it's been cold and rainy. I love the finished wrap so much.
Whenever I hear the jingle bell, I assume it is my dogs somewhere in the house. They both wear giant brass jingle bells so that 1. I can find them when they run off into the woods. 2. Hunters will understand that they aren't bears if they happen to catch a glimpse of them. Your little bells on your knits sound like my dogs off in the distance. :)
They are all gorgeous especially the one your wearing. Happy Valentines 🌹🌹🌹from Canada. We have a wild week of snow last week also.
45:34 Oh, I was planning to make a borshch today aswell. But then I opened the fridge and I saw a jar of sour cabbage, and here it is, skābju kāpostu zupa is ready. All my family loves it ❤
Hey Jana 👋🏼 , your advent wrap is gorgeous! but I also really like the sweater. This has motivated me to look into knitting another sweater for myself 😂
Love love love your advent sweater-so lovely!
Aww. Jackie is precious.
As always, a beautiful and enjoyable pod, you are a very clever girl
Thank you! 😊❤️
You were right that you were wrong, it is recurring, although one would expect it to be reoccuring. Your excellent vocabulary and grasp of idiomatic English is amazing, much better than some of my native speaking students.
I totally enjoy your weather report!! We finally had snow, yay!! Loved all your knits!! You are a ray of sunshine!! Stay warm!!❤
Thank you! 😊 And yay to the snow! ❄️
Jana your wrap is just Beautiful! It look so nice on you...nice and bright!!!
Thank you! ❤️
Oh Jackie’s sweet face at the end 😍 As ever, you made my weekend knitting so enjoyable!
I AM grom Poland and I like barszcz too❤❤❤❤❤ I like yours films cery much👋💗
Your camp sweater is stunning Jana!
That’s simply a gorgeous coat!
I feel the same way about snow and winter, we don‘t get enough these days; I‘m in lowland Switzerland, maybe I should move to a higher altitude! Most houses have some sort of shelter over the main door (there is a covered balcony above ours) to stop the snow being too high - also our doors open inwards. I‘ve noticed that doors in northern Europe usually open outwards, like English windows - that is so odd to me! I can easily clean both the inside and outside of our windows because they open inwards.
Please keep telling us the interesting words in Latvian and Finnish as well as cultural things. We are so ignorant about the Baltic states, well anywhere that wasn‘t a big player in European history, I love to know more about those things that were really just as important and influenced history as much as anywhere else.
Love watching you
Hai Jana, what a speed knitter you are! I love love your knits always❤, you are so inspiering... thank you for your weekly episodes i see all never skip one, if i see finish knitting stories i always think schould i watch inmidialtly or save it, because i don 't want it to end ❤
Thank you greetings Ivonne😘🧶🐔
Awww, thank you, Ivonne! 😊❤️❤️❤️
Hello Jana, you make beautiful knits!!! ❤we barely got an inch of snow. Hello Family Hey Jackie ❤ you're so adorable❤
Thank you! ❤️ Jackie says Hi! 🐾
I have been iced in for a week here in Alabama in the USA. Ice and snow are very rare here so I have been knitting away since travel has been impossible. Any little bit of snow or ice starts a major panic because we are just not used to it here. You would probably laugh at how crazy everyone gets when you deal with it everyday. I love your podcast your so funny and talented. You knit so fast it’s just incredible. If you do write up your wrap pattern I would buy it it’s very cute. I don’t get advents but I could use some other yarn I have and it would even be nice as a solid color. Thanks for sharing your knitting and your lovely family.
You are so funny 😄 I enjoy your episodes very much. Good luck with all the snow!
The finished sweater looks very good on you. Thanks for your update.
Thank you! ❤️
So enjoyed this visit with you! Yes, yarn fumes, gets us all happy! 😄❤️
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Jana. If your Advent Wrap is too long - send it on. I’ll accept it graciously. 😀
The advent wrap looks so cute, all those colors come together beautiful.
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Yay so glad you love the advent wrap!! Those colours are such a great fade 😍
Thank you, Iris, for creating this beautiful pattern! It was a fun knit (except all those yarn ends). 😆 But I kinda knew what I'm getting myself into. 😃
Oh yes I remember all those ends!!!@@FinnishKnittingStories
What a lovely episode 💕 I can’t stop thinking about that gorgeous Sheepcamp sweater in muted tones of grey… thanks for all the inspiration 🙏
Your dog is so sweet❤
Hi Jana. Lovely podcast. I am from South Africa and it is the middle of our summer. I don’t’ think I will able to live in so much snow. I like the sun of Africa.
What about knitting Snow Crocus. It seems a challenging project.
I would love to see you Seela after 1year of wearing it. Thanks Amanda
Dear Jana, thank you for showing us so much beautiful things. I love all them 👍🧶🤩
I wish your a nice knitting time und keep warm ❄️🧶🧤🧣⛄☕
Well I thought we were having some bad winter weather here in Pennsylvania USA, brutally cold, with wind chills in single digits, drifting snow etc, but it’s nothing compared to what you are dealing with 🤦♀️🤦♀️. I think a lot of us get cast onitis this time of year. My head is spinning with all the things I want to make but I’m forcing myself to finish my WIPs. Otherwise I get overwhelmed! Thanks for the laughs… 😂😂
It's pretty much the regular winter over here. 😄
Castonitins might be contagious. I always see other people casting on and I catch it, too. 😄 I'm allowing myself one new cast-on at the moment. I need to get my WIP count a bit down, some of them have been waiting forever. 😄
Borscht-team here, definitely! Favourite soup of my dad, and one of my favourites too. Slava to Borscht!
Jana, is Jackie secretly a cat? Like, undercover She is such a cutsie, such a good knitting buddy!
Hello dear Jana. Your sheep sweater - oh my God...... I love it.🥰❤❤❤❤ I must make one immediately. And most of all because of the way you put the pattern colors and and....it is so lovely and fine - a work of art.
😋Castonitis ...ha ha ha You are not alone - but it is like medicine to the soul - always exploring a new knit. Then you feel so much alive!!! And later you get stressed, that you have started so many things.....
I am danish. #Pellemor9 - Word of the Day: Yarn: Dzija in Latvian - Lanka in Finnish - Garn in Danish. I try to teach myself a little finnish - to be able to read a knitting pattern in Finnish. A lovely language.
I have a list of words from DROPS - and Google - but the list is best.
29:11 ok, you just shaked the water bottles, and half of the viewers run to the toilet 😂 i know I did 😂😂😅
A blanket I would like to see again is one that you crocheted and sort of zigzag with a kind of spike stitch that looked complicated, but you said it was not. I am trying to remember if it was scrappy or had planned colors. I'm looking for a scrappy and really liked yours but wasn't ready to start one at that time. Hope I have given you enough clues!
Yes, I know what you're talking about. I haven't finished it yet, but I'll try to remember to show it next time. The yarn I'm using isn't too exciting, so it's been hibernating. 😄
lol! I was checking for my cat last podcast, too, when the bell was jingling.
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this was such a happy episode, I loved it and I'm glad you are over the blues and having fun in the winter with new and old cast ons!
I love how the Advent Wrap turned out, and, yes, I am a lover of those yellowish greens. It looks wonderful on you!
Thank you! I really like it as well, even the yellowish greens. 😄❤️
Look at the Ilha sweater. It has cables but not in traditional sense. And you dont need to use a cable needle. After working in a Vascular ward, we had 3 cases of scold burns from hot water bottles bursting. I will not use them. A wheat bag heated in the microwave is safer. Can you not use electric blankets on the bed mattress. You can heat the bed up before going to bed, then turn it off. If you are worried about consuming electricity.
thank you for sharing your lovely makes and thoughts. Give Jackie a chin stroke from me! I have been thinking about knitting myself a dressing gown... I am thinking unspun yarn to create a semi-felted fabric? Perhaps manchelopi as it is so nice and soft... I would be grateful for your ideas on this. x
Thank you for sharing. Love the term “Accidental Cast-ons”😂😂😂😂❤
Täällä myös yksi spontaani neuloja! Juuri eilen olin lankashoppailemassa Taito Shopin Käsityölauantaissa, illalla olikin sitten pakko aloittaa uusi neuleprojekti ❤😂
❤loved your podcast your knit were awesome. I might start a vest it was cute.happy knitting.
Lovely episode, I think you’re sweater is amazing and it’s now on my very long list of future projects.😍🧶😂
You had me smiling so much throughout this, Jana. You are such a funny lady. All of your makes are just beautiful and the Advent wrap is outstanding. Have a good week, sweetheart!
Jana! Your Advent Wrap and Sheep Camp Sweater are both absolutely lovely. Thanks for sharing Jackie at the end, what a lovely doggy. Wishing you a lovely week.
Oh my goodness, we have 5 cm of snow in the U.K. and everything comes to a standstill. Lovely to see all your beautiful makes and of course gorgeous Jackie.
Hi Jana! I am participating in a 12 cast on for 24! I have serious cast on itis! I love your Sheep camp sweater…. I wanted to queue it up, but now I must concentrate on all my WIPs…..there are a lot. I am on my 11th cast on!
Beside the calming effect on my ADHD, knitting provides us with the ability to tailor our "makes" to suit our preferences. I love your sweaters and your modifications. I hope to someday be able to do the same. (Baby knitter, working on 2nd garment, 7th lifetime project)
Omg! I can’t handle weaving in ends! But your advent wrap is lovely. Your coat is so beautifully fluffy - like and happy wool samoyed 🐑🐕. Oh Jana! Thank you for brightening my day! Laughing with you and hearing the ❄️ weather report really is the best part of each week. 🥰 Thank you ❤❤❤
lol Spincycle is one of my LYSs in WA, USA, and I still consider it an expensive yarn! But there are more and more alternatives/competitors every year.
Such lovely knitting you always do! And I love the word of the day, so interesting to learn
I just love you. Thanks for making me laugh here and there.
Your boucle jacket is fabulous! Wow, what a wonderful project.
Thank you! 😊❤️
I enjoyed this visit with you. Stay warm and safe.
Love your new jumper, awww Jackie so sweet and cute, wanting strokes bless her. Xx
Can we make ‘flash your floats’ a hashtag?!? It gave me such a smile & joy when you said that! And yes I do want to see the floats!!
Lovely episode Jana!! Your Sheep Camp Sweater looks so cozy! Perfect with your dress!❤
Thank you for the podcast. Just a little note: wool and linen should never be worn together. Look up the frequency of materials.It's been around for centuries.
That sheep camp sweater is gorgeous. I had to immediately look it up on Ravelry. Your soft colours are lovely.
Awww our lovely cosy looking pile of wool 😍
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Jackie is so darn sweet!
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So many gorgeous knits. You are a joy, Jana. Also love the word of the day. I wonder if the English ‘lanky’ for someone tall and thin is related to lanka 🤓
I also had my colours done at that age 😂. I’m a silver winter girl. Like you I guess! But I do like green , the cooler tones. ❤Love your sheep camp! I really want to knit in Nutiden again too, I’ve signed up for a testknit, I hope I get picked. If I don’t I’m still casting on something in Nutiden soon 🥰. Guess what colour 🤣 it will be a cool green! 😆😆 . I’m knitting Zanete knits mystery yoke along with Spincycle I got for my birthday. I need to use two skeins for that one. Very expensive, I’m a lucky girl I got it for my birthday!
How about using a color catcher when you block? That’s the American name here in Germany there are similar products so probably you can find it there too! You’re such a beautiful knitter!
I live in Canada and our doors swing open inside not outside therefore we never have problems opening the door.
We have a little "wind closet" before the main entrance that serves as the air lock. It has two doors opening opposite directions. There is no space for the outside door to open inside. Plus, don't you get all the snow in, when your door opens inside? 🤔
Oh my goodness 😍 I didn't think the A homespun house advent could look more pretty 😍 your scarf 😮 I'm so jealous
I knew right away the advent would be gorgeous, I just wasn't sure about the pattern I chose. Now I think it was a perfect match. ❤️
Absolutely gorgeous finished objects! I have an advent calendar to knit and I will check out your wrap pattern. Thank you!
thank you for the podcast today jana! love your sheep camp... I just bought beets the other day and now I think I have to make borscht! Jackie is such a sweet dog!
Great sweater length you can still get to your dress pockets yay great coloured warm gorgeousness and pockets perfect practical and pretty love the look on you Jana
Thank you! Pockets are the most important part in my dresses. 😄❤️
ohhh how I love Boršč, my grandma was born in Ukraine, and she cooked this soup so often ... the real winter came time to time in our part in Germany too, we got finally snow, but lately this week should be spring again 🙄
I’ve been wanting to knit a vest. Gan looks perfect. Thanks for the inspiration. Happy shoveling
Your colorful jacket reminded me of the story in the Bible. Joseph and his coat of many colors. I like it!
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Sheep Camp sweater is lovely! Thank you for your gentle and wonderful ways!
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I amused many friends (here in Missouri mid-USA) about (a previous posting) your having to "turn on the heat several times" when it was -25 C (-13 F) when we were having nights of -17 F and all going crazy and being unable to deal with it.
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The Advent wrap is beautiful!
Thank you! I guess we're used to the cold. That's when I get to enjoy all my Icelandic wool sweaters. 😄
I have one skein of Spincycle, it's quite expensive here in Australia, too. So I'm taking my time to choose the perfect project. Maybe the Pressed Flowers Cowl but I need to perfect the edge on that before I commit to using my Spincycle.
That's exactly how I felt. It took me forever to find that special project. 😄
Borscht! Yeah!
Oh Jana, your Sheepcamp is beautiful 😍 those soft girly colours are lovely on you
Thank you! 😊❤️
The Advent wrap looks beautiful 😍 I love the colours in the advent you got and what a great use of it
Thank you! It was so much fun! 😊
My dog comes and puts his head on my lap while I’m knitting.
As always you have made me smile, I so enjoy your vlogs. I live in Michigan in the US and we have had very cold weather along with lots of snow. Not as much as you get but it’s been here for a week but may melt over next week. I’m like you, I don’t mind the cold and snow but the heat drives me nuts. I live in southern Michigan so I can always move to the top of the state for additional snow and cold weather (as long as I have someone to shovel for me! 😅)
😄❤️ Oh, yes, the shovelling is not fun. 😄
Sweet Jackie loves when Mama knits :) All your knits are so beautiful, Jana, and fun to see the quick progress you make ! Honestly, I just want to finish the many projects I've begun, so I'm starting "Finish it February" early this year...I keep telling myself, knit faster knit faster, like Jana ! lol.....Finland looks so lovely in winter, Take care ❣
Thank you! Jackie demands scratches every time I sit down to knit. She thinks that's way more important. 😄
I think I also need to join Finish it February. 👍❤️
If it helps I've knit quite a few socks from Maximoo yarns and never had issues with the water being dark after blocking, but I have mainly used his brighter colours. I love the look of your knitted coat! I wish it got cold enough here in Australia to wear something like that!
OOOOh Borscht! I love Borscht. How do you make yours? Your sweater looks beautiful. I still haven't knit anything from unspun, It's sitting there waiting for me - complete with yarn and pattern. But other stuff keeps grabbing my attention. I really need to get to that project! Wonderful podcast! Thanks!
So glad to hear you today, was lonely. In IL we had brutal cold with strong winds such that house stayed at 56F if lucky, dogs of course wanted to stand and sniff the wind often but could barely walk back in. was a bit warmer on Thursday so did errands and stocked up so am good but 3 in of snow is really no big deal but right aroung zero F again. Hope it really does go to 21F tomorrow. Driving in town is a challenge as they don't do roads for 3 in... I stay home. with you.
Oh, that sounds like truly awful weather! Stay home and keep warm! I'll keep you company. ❤️
Oh that sweet Jackie!
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I have piping hot sweater on needles and twisted vine pattern joan forgione..both nice..one icord detail down centre sleeve and front the other cable running down sleeve
Your Sheep Camp sweater is lovely with its soft colorways and versatile cropped length. The Advent Wrap seems like a garment that you'll enjoy wearing in all seasons. Glad your new Half+Half Triangles Wrap project is knitted with Linen Quill, a yarn you've been wanting to try. What are the names of the 2 Linen Quill colors you're using for it? The orange looks like it might be Peachy Pink or Super Orange. So sweet that you've ended this episode with Jackie by your side as you knit.
Hei, kiitos taas tästäkin jaksosta. Olen utelias kuinka villahoususi ovat kestäneet käytössä. Seuraavaa jaksoa odotellessa, voi hyvin!
Thanks very much Jana!
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I live in southwest lower Michigan and over the last week we have had over 20” of snow. Lots of it is lake effect because we are 30 minutes from Lake Michigan. I do not love it like you do. Maybe you need to try a texture sweater instead of going back to cables right away. They are all the rage right now. I am worried about your dark yarn. I would probably rip it back and leave that color out. No one will know and it’s plenty long enough. Then you can use that yarn when you are working with darker colors on a different project. But that’s just me. As you can tell, I have had a problem in the past. Good luck with that!
Hmm, I didn't even think about a textured sweater. 🤔 Thank you! ❤️
Oh, I've had problems with yarn as well - black, red, green, pink... You name it, no yarn can be trusted. 😂 I've had a teal one from Malabrigo that never stopped bleeding. 😄
I love your patterns 👌💝🙏🥰
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Hi Jana, all of your knitting is so beautiful and the way you take a pattern and make changes to suit you is amazing. You are so talented. For the Polesden Shawl try “color catcher” sheets and dip the shawl sideways so the water runs off away from the white. Happy new year 🎉to you and your family.
Thank you! ❤️ I've learned the hard way to always use those sheets when blocking something colourful. 😄
My grandma made a delicious borscht that was very hearty using a recipe from her mother in law who was from Poland.
Oh, there are so many different recipes, each with own regional flare. 😊
If u like ukrainian borcht u have to try polish version borscht with dumplings :D And i like winter too especially snowy winter🤍