Wow, you've done so much knitting! For the Funfetti I would recommend doing a 3 needle bind off (with right sides facing each other) instead of kitchener stitch as the top seam. It's a good idea to have a more firm and stable seam at the top of the shoulder, as the rest of the sweater hangs from that seam. A stretchy seam can really stretch and droop over the shoulder, especially with a long sleeve pulling on it - that's why when sewing knit fabric a pattern will often recommend adding some stabilizing tape to keep that seam from stretching. One of the benefits of flat sewn knitting patterns is the structure and stability the seams provide. Just my 2 cents, use it or not, but let us know how you make out with the project.
Wow that is some knitting you have completed in these last few weeks. Fabulous👏👏. All your jumpers look brill. What a collection you must now have. I am knitting the Navelli by Caitlin Hunter and am using 4ply Cheviot Marsh yarn from Whistlebare. I think your mum would like one🤭. Looking forward to part 2 whenever it come up. Have a good few days. 🧶
Your Funfetti sweater colors are better than those in the magazine. Lovely choices. I'm old so am getting a 50s-60s vibe from the original where yours is more modern. Field by Max is one of the designs he has done that is really intriguing to me. Metamorphic is Gorgeous. Well done. It suits you well and is very beautiful. Loads of nice designs.
Greetings from the State of Wyoming in the U. S. I happened upon your channel today and am so impressed by your knits. You've inspired me to try the Alpenglow using primarily colors similar to yours.
Hi. First time see your podcast. Enjoy it a lot. My mom always use to say, fails in the knits are angels kiss. Someone you miss, are kissing you. And I love that thought.
Johnathan you have an amazing eye for colours I love your last sweater in the making wow GREAT combinations I see your finished garments & think I wish you had made them just a tad longer you have long frame & when showing you often pull them down but hey you are a beautiful knitter ❤
I was going to suggest the same as others have to use a three needle bind off for the shoulders, it will give greater stability and it creates a lovely finish. the Funfetti fabric you’ve created is beautiful 💚 such a good episode full of inspiring projects
So nice to see you again. The sweaters looks amazing. My favorite one is the funfetti. It feels fun, and modern kind of retro. The colours looks great. My wips is three pair of socks. Trellis cabled socks from Stephen West, a socktube that i split in two and only need some heals and the third pair is the cozy november socks. I also knitting a Riddari for my daughter. There are some rows with three colours at the same time and i think that the most difficult part is the threads twisting. Looking forward to the next podcast
Superb color selection for the last sweater! Love that hounds tooth look, almost like an Escher drawing! Really enjoy your content and your lovely Irish accent.
3 sweaters, half n half wrap and a cowl are out of project bags w/in arms reach lol we won’t talk about the ones hiding in bags or in the cedar chest. Love your sweaters! Your needles must be on fire 🔥 from knitting so fast! Have fun in Madrid!
Jonathon, the Alpenglow is splendid, and the Field Shawl is dreamy, but your Funfetti absolutely blew me away! Your color palette is just perfect!! I want to make one myself (although I'd need to sub with less expensive yarn). I do think it is important to try different construction methods, and the first few sweaters and cardigans I made were seamed. There are aspects of seamed garments that I like, although I generally prefer making things seamlessly when possible. I'm just going to keep sitting here looking longingly at the photo of your Funfetti....
Missed your videos, great to see you again! And great progress. Just wanted to suggest the three needle bind off for the shoulder 'seams' of the Funfetti sweater. It is a bit stronger and adds more structure than kitchener which will help keep the shape of the sweater. It would be such a shame to put in so much work into such a beautiful sweater and then for the shoulders to come loose!
Hi Jonathan great to catch up with you. All your sweaters look lovely. Looking forward to seeing your next episode and will be interested in seeing how the seaming up goes, I love sweaters constructed in pieces but I do struggle with getting stripes to match up along the side seams when using mattress stitch so go back to backstitching, Andrea of fruity knitting has a short tutorial of how she does it and she is the queen of sewn constructions. Looking forward to part 2 best wishes Frances
Jonathan, please learn from my mistakes. I, like you, thought that sleeves could be knit in the round for a bottom up sweater and attached later. In theory this works fine. However, I have yet to get a smooth finish on a shoulder cap with it. It always ends up being a bit of a puff sleeve or just not sit right. I would recommend seaming as per the instructions. That all being said, if you want to do a sleeve in the round and then attach, I would recommend starting at the apex and working one side towards the pit, and then the other. That is the cleanest finish I've had with a round knit sleeve sewn in. Also, S&P is my local. Tandem is a really nice yarn and wears well. You'll enjoy both knitting and wearing the sweater.
Agree, with Jimmy. Seaming is quick Jonathan and your gauge if knit in the round will likely differ too. I really hope you get into knitting flat as there are a ton of vintage patterns you'd look great in! If you are worried about whether it will fit, simply lay the flat pieces on one of your well-fitting jerseys and see how they compare, it's actually very easy to shape as you go if you find a discrepancy. One final comment, you will find the seams really make such a sturdy and long-lasting garment. A seam is much stronger than kitchener so I recommend you do seam the shoulders, not least because this garment will be quite heavy and the shoulder seams will be holding it all in place. I can't wait to see it finished, I absolutely LOVE the colours you chose and am v tempted to make an exact copy for my boyfriend.
So much inspiration, i was just done with my design yesterday a boxy sweater for my daughters 20th birthday , with a rather long dropshoulder with the seam showing at the shoulder, really Nice one, in two different yarns, one alpaca and one hightlandwool in Camel shade, love IT! Then i cast on a sweater thats not my design ( rare thing for me ) but thats called Helia by Johanna Ang 😍 i do IT in one Plum from Rauma and a thin wooltread unknown but from Helsinki i bouth IT there back in 2006 selfdyed with redonion so this is something i be looking forward to🤗🙏😍 thank you again for alot inspiration looking forward to part 2 ,have a great knitting week 😍🙏🤗
Wonderful to see you again! It's been too long. I'm currently knitting the Iceberg Sweater by Hinterm Stein. I have to knit fast because where I live (near Washington, DC) springtime is definitely coming on and I need to start my springtime knits!
So nice to see you! Those colors in the Funfetti are perfect together. And I can't believe you've done three sweaters since the beginning of the year. Wow! Looking forward to part two.
It was so nice to see your podcast this morning as I had breakfast. All of your makes are just lovely! My faves are the Metamorphic sweater and the Field Shawl. 😍 I may need to make hubby that shawl/scarf. I’m making my first knit sweater as we speak, for myself. Maybe one day I can make that Metamorphic one. Ty for sharing! (PS: I had never heard of that hat and am glad you shared it - hubby may be getting that too. 😊)
I want to encourage you to try the Hiya Hiya Grandma’s Stretchy Bind Off. It looks pretty close to the tubular but so much easier. I use it all the time and after a while it become automatic and so quick. A game changer😁
Thank you again for sharing your beautiful sweaters. I have knit many sweaters in pieces and I find that it is easier to set in the sleeve when it is knitted flat. Then I seam the sleeve and continue down the side of the sweater. Just a suggestions.
nice to see and hear you again the three finished sweaters fit you fine Alpen and Goldstar both have colourful yokes the Metamorphic looks unisex keep taking care xxxxxx
Yay, you posted a video. 😊 Love the three sweaters you have knitted. The three colour colour work is so out of my wheelhouse at the moment but will get there. Currently knitting the field shawl for my partner though I keep calling it a scarf when I am talking to him about it. Using the Danie yarn from Studio Donegal. Also recently finished my first pair of socks, they are currently blocking. I think it’s official that you have influenced me more than marketing usually succeeds. 😂
I had some holes from German short rows, maybe caused by making the double stitch starting with the yarn in the back. It doesn’t make those holes if you make them starting with the yarn in the front on both sides
Wow! Three beautiful sweaters in really lovely yarns- you are a machine! Love the socks with speckles- so different. Three needle bind off would be another way to cast off the live shoulder stitches. It would leave a smooth seem but also provide structure, which sewing in pieces and seaming does. The colours look great together! I am just finishing a pair of Newfoundland mittens and then casting on a Felix cardi.
I would love to have a link to the person whose tensioning for 3 color color work worked for you. I try to do it the same way as you, but I have yet to figure out how to tension the two yarns on my left hand so that they tension evenly. Can you find the link? Or just show us on your podcast? Thanks! So glad to see a podcast from you again!
Im a first Timer to your podcast and really enjoyed your style and of course your work. I’ve always done bottom up sweaters and actually came to hate the sewing together, so that now I mainly knit top down ones. Currently I’m working on the classic turtleneck by espace tricot, the Aalto by shibui knits and my next project will be the sowing seeds of love by joji locatelli the yarn to which I ordered from Stephen west in black/white/grey which will hopefully arrive tomorrow. Thanks again for a delightful and inspiring evening.
I love your sweaters, beanie, shawl and socks. I'm making my third Dingley Dell by Isobel Kraemer, but am modifying the vee neck even more this time. Also using only one colour, but Holst Garn Coast, which is a lambswool/cotton blend - lovin'it. 💜💜💜
Hello! Haha you've finished 3 sweaters in two months when I'm still working on the same one for more than a year🙃Your advice (thus from months ago) on completing the sleeves first on a the top-down sweater was appreciated, now I'm on body island ;) As always, thanks for your podcast!
I hope body island is less daunting for you than two sleeves! And as long as you’re enjoying the process and the project there’s no rush. I’m a man obsessed so I can’t stop cranking them out 😝
Enjoyed listening to this while working on my Weekender! All your new sweaters are amazing, but I'm obsessed with your Gold Star sweater! Can I copy you and do identical colors haha? Also, not at all sick of hearing about Oslo hats - it's actually the Musselburgh that I feel like is the only hat podcasters talk about these days and I'm a little over it haha although I probably should give that pattern a try - just seems like a lot of knitting for a hat. So was refreshing hearing about a different classic, striking hat pattern :)
Love seeing all you’re doing! I’m putting my take on the Garter Marler Cardigan over here. I’m doing gray stripes between marled 24 minis from an advent calendar. Wish me luck, it could get interesting! LOL!
Will the arms of that sweater start to look like it is spiraling if you knit it in the round? Because like if it was traditionally striped you'd have to make it jogless
I think the reason your Oslo hat had extra fabric is because she designed it to be worn lower down (like parallel to your forehead/eyebrows), not sure if that makes sense hahaha but it looks great how you modded it :)
I guess unpopular opinion then... I really hate the Oslo Hat. The way the pattern is layout is kind of frustrating for me. I got so many WIPS and so many projects waiting to be on my needles...
I totally get that it’s kind of the trend with their patterns. I think a Musselburgh is totally comparable for a nice stockinette hat. Thank you for watching as always 💙💙💙
Yup! I put all of the yarn acquisitions and chatting about my new loom in a part two that will be out next week - otherwise the video would have been over two hours 😱
So great catching up with you Jonathan! You’re such a joy to watch🥰Love all your sweaters..you’ve been busy🤗
Wow, you've done so much knitting! For the Funfetti I would recommend doing a 3 needle bind off (with right sides facing each other) instead of kitchener stitch as the top seam. It's a good idea to have a more firm and stable seam at the top of the shoulder, as the rest of the sweater hangs from that seam. A stretchy seam can really stretch and droop over the shoulder, especially with a long sleeve pulling on it - that's why when sewing knit fabric a pattern will often recommend adding some stabilizing tape to keep that seam from stretching. One of the benefits of flat sewn knitting patterns is the structure and stability the seams provide. Just my 2 cents, use it or not, but let us know how you make out with the project.
Wow that is some knitting you have completed in these last few weeks. Fabulous👏👏. All your jumpers look brill. What a collection you must now have. I am knitting the Navelli by Caitlin Hunter and am using 4ply Cheviot Marsh yarn from Whistlebare. I think your mum would like one🤭. Looking forward to part 2 whenever it come up. Have a good few days. 🧶
Your Funfetti sweater colors are better than those in the magazine. Lovely choices. I'm old so am getting a 50s-60s vibe from the original where yours is more modern. Field by Max is one of the designs he has done that is really intriguing to me. Metamorphic is Gorgeous. Well done. It suits you well and is very beautiful. Loads of nice designs.
Greetings from the State of Wyoming in the U. S. I happened upon your channel today and am so impressed by your knits. You've inspired me to try the Alpenglow using primarily colors similar to yours.
Hi. First time see your podcast. Enjoy it a lot. My mom always use to say, fails in the knits are angels kiss. Someone you miss, are kissing you. And I love that thought.
The Funfetti colors are marvelous. Thank you for sharing.
Johnathan you have an amazing eye for colours I love your last sweater in the making wow GREAT combinations
I see your finished garments & think I wish you had made them just a tad longer you have long frame & when showing you often pull them down but hey you are a beautiful knitter ❤
I was going to suggest the same as others have to use a three needle bind off for the shoulders, it will give greater stability and it creates a lovely finish. the Funfetti fabric you’ve created is beautiful 💚 such a good episode full of inspiring projects
So nice to see you again. The sweaters looks amazing. My favorite one is the funfetti. It feels fun, and modern kind of retro. The colours looks great. My wips is three pair of socks. Trellis cabled socks from Stephen West, a socktube that i split in two and only need some heals and the third pair is the cozy november socks. I also knitting a Riddari for my daughter. There are some rows with three colours at the same time and i think that the most difficult part is the threads twisting. Looking forward to the next podcast
Superb color selection for the last sweater! Love that hounds tooth look, almost like an Escher drawing! Really enjoy your content and your lovely Irish accent.
I love all these finished objects!
3 sweaters, half n half wrap and a cowl are out of project bags w/in arms reach lol we won’t talk about the ones hiding in bags or in the cedar chest. Love your sweaters! Your needles must be on fire 🔥 from knitting so fast! Have fun in Madrid!
Jonathon, the Alpenglow is splendid, and the Field Shawl is dreamy, but your Funfetti absolutely blew me away! Your color palette is just perfect!! I want to make one myself (although I'd need to sub with less expensive yarn). I do think it is important to try different construction methods, and the first few sweaters and cardigans I made were seamed. There are aspects of seamed garments that I like, although I generally prefer making things seamlessly when possible. I'm just going to keep sitting here looking longingly at the photo of your Funfetti....
I was just checking your channel to see if there was a video I'd missed bc it had been a while, and now you post :)
Missed your videos, great to see you again! And great progress. Just wanted to suggest the three needle bind off for the shoulder 'seams' of the Funfetti sweater. It is a bit stronger and adds more structure than kitchener which will help keep the shape of the sweater. It would be such a shame to put in so much work into such a beautiful sweater and then for the shoulders to come loose!
Welcome back!!! Lovely knits😊
Hi Jonathan great to catch up with you. All your sweaters look lovely. Looking forward to seeing your next episode and will be interested in seeing how the seaming up goes, I love sweaters constructed in pieces but I do struggle with getting stripes to match up along the side seams when using mattress stitch so go back to backstitching, Andrea of fruity knitting has a short tutorial of how she does it and she is the queen of sewn constructions.
Looking forward to part 2 best wishes Frances
Jonathan, please learn from my mistakes. I, like you, thought that sleeves could be knit in the round for a bottom up sweater and attached later. In theory this works fine. However, I have yet to get a smooth finish on a shoulder cap with it. It always ends up being a bit of a puff sleeve or just not sit right. I would recommend seaming as per the instructions. That all being said, if you want to do a sleeve in the round and then attach, I would recommend starting at the apex and working one side towards the pit, and then the other. That is the cleanest finish I've had with a round knit sleeve sewn in.
Also, S&P is my local. Tandem is a really nice yarn and wears well. You'll enjoy both knitting and wearing the sweater.
Agree, with Jimmy. Seaming is quick Jonathan and your gauge if knit in the round will likely differ too. I really hope you get into knitting flat as there are a ton of vintage patterns you'd look great in! If you are worried about whether it will fit, simply lay the flat pieces on one of your well-fitting jerseys and see how they compare, it's actually very easy to shape as you go if you find a discrepancy. One final comment, you will find the seams really make such a sturdy and long-lasting garment. A seam is much stronger than kitchener so I recommend you do seam the shoulders, not least because this garment will be quite heavy and the shoulder seams will be holding it all in place. I can't wait to see it finished, I absolutely LOVE the colours you chose and am v tempted to make an exact copy for my boyfriend.
So much inspiration, i was just done with my design yesterday a boxy sweater for my daughters 20th birthday , with a rather long dropshoulder with the seam showing at the shoulder, really Nice one, in two different yarns, one alpaca and one hightlandwool in Camel shade, love IT! Then i cast on a sweater thats not my design ( rare thing for me ) but thats called Helia by Johanna Ang 😍 i do IT in one Plum from Rauma and a thin wooltread unknown but from Helsinki i bouth IT there back in 2006 selfdyed with redonion so this is something i be looking forward to🤗🙏😍 thank you again for alot inspiration looking forward to part 2 ,have a great knitting week 😍🙏🤗
WOW your sweaters are stunning!!!!!!!!!
Hahahah Beaver KAL....hahah love it! Great podcast!
Wonderful to see you again! It's been too long. I'm currently knitting the Iceberg Sweater by Hinterm Stein. I have to knit fast because where I live (near Washington, DC) springtime is definitely coming on and I need to start my springtime knits!
Love your podcast. Thanks for the episode
So nice to see you! Those colors in the Funfetti are perfect together. And I can't believe you've done three sweaters since the beginning of the year. Wow! Looking forward to part two.
I love the colors of your Alpenglow
That green and red piece ....
You're totally serving Elf on the Shelf .
Personally , I'm here for it .
It was so nice to see your podcast this morning as I had breakfast. All of your makes are just lovely! My faves are the Metamorphic sweater and the Field Shawl. 😍 I may need to make hubby that shawl/scarf. I’m making my first knit sweater as we speak, for myself. Maybe one day I can make that Metamorphic one. Ty for sharing! (PS: I had never heard of that hat and am glad you shared it - hubby may be getting that too. 😊)
I’m in awe of your knitting talent. Love all of your FO’s. Looking forward to episode 2. Thanks
I want to encourage you to try the Hiya Hiya Grandma’s Stretchy Bind Off. It looks pretty close to the tubular but so much easier. I use it all the time and after a while it become automatic and so quick. A game changer😁
Thank you again for sharing your beautiful sweaters. I have knit many sweaters in pieces and I find that it is easier to set in the sleeve when it is knitted flat. Then I seam the sleeve and continue down the side of the sweater. Just a suggestions.
That is so clever! I’ve already cast on my first sleeve in the round but it’s such a good tip thank you for sharing! 💙
Others have beaten me to it, but definitely recommend 3 needle bind off for the shoulders of your funfetti! X
nice to see and hear you again the three finished sweaters fit you fine Alpen and Goldstar both have colourful yokes the Metamorphic looks unisex keep taking care xxxxxx
Hi! 2 minutes ago you appeared! I’m #1 and happy to be here 🧶
First! Yay! Happy to be back!
Yay, you posted a video. 😊
Love the three sweaters you have knitted. The three colour colour work is so out of my wheelhouse at the moment but will get there.
Currently knitting the field shawl for my partner though I keep calling it a scarf when I am talking to him about it. Using the Danie yarn from Studio Donegal. Also recently finished my first pair of socks, they are currently blocking. I think it’s official that you have influenced me more than marketing usually succeeds. 😂
So many sweaters! I managed to finish a pair of sock and a poncho in a month! Lovely work!
All your 3 sweaters are beautiful and you look so great with them. I like the neckline of the Alpenglow on you!
I had some holes from German short rows, maybe caused by making the double stitch starting with the yarn in the back. It doesn’t make those holes if you make them starting with the yarn in the front on both sides
I love your podcasts. it's always so relaxing and inspiring ❤️
Wow! Three beautiful sweaters in really lovely yarns- you are a machine! Love the socks with speckles- so different. Three needle bind off would be another way to cast off the live shoulder stitches. It would leave a smooth seem but also provide structure, which sewing in pieces and seaming does. The colours look great together! I am just finishing a pair of Newfoundland mittens and then casting on a Felix cardi.
Hah, I'm working on my Metamorphic as I'm watching this. And it's really crazy sweater mojo time :-)
I would love to have a link to the person whose tensioning for 3 color color work worked for you. I try to do it the same way as you, but I have yet to figure out how to tension the two yarns on my left hand so that they tension evenly. Can you find the link? Or just show us on your podcast? Thanks! So glad to see a podcast from you again!
Im a first Timer to your podcast and really enjoyed your style and of course your work. I’ve always done bottom up sweaters and actually came to hate the sewing together, so that now I mainly knit top down ones. Currently I’m working on the classic turtleneck by espace tricot, the Aalto by shibui knits and my next project will be the sowing seeds of love by joji locatelli the yarn to which I ordered from Stephen west in black/white/grey which will hopefully arrive tomorrow. Thanks again for a delightful and inspiring evening.
Looking forward to Part 2!
Hi, Jonathan. All of your sweater FOs are gorgeous! I also love your Oslo hat.
Thank you so much Carol! 💙
I love your sweaters, beanie, shawl and socks. I'm making my third Dingley Dell by Isobel Kraemer, but am modifying the vee neck even more this time. Also using only one colour, but Holst Garn Coast, which is a lambswool/cotton blend - lovin'it. 💜💜💜
Wonderful seeing you , it has been a minute. Love all three of your sweaters and look forward to seeing your whips completed.
Hello! Haha you've finished 3 sweaters in two months when I'm still working on the same one for more than a year🙃Your advice (thus from months ago) on completing the sleeves first on a the top-down sweater was appreciated, now I'm on body island ;) As always, thanks for your podcast!
I hope body island is less daunting for you than two sleeves! And as long as you’re enjoying the process and the project there’s no rush. I’m a man obsessed so I can’t stop cranking them out 😝
Jonathan - what the heck are those cool things holding your live stitches?!
Beautiful sweaters!! I’m so excited to see what you’ve been weaving! I got a loom in January and I am obsessed 😊
Enjoyed listening to this while working on my Weekender! All your new sweaters are amazing, but I'm obsessed with your Gold Star sweater! Can I copy you and do identical colors haha? Also, not at all sick of hearing about Oslo hats - it's actually the Musselburgh that I feel like is the only hat podcasters talk about these days and I'm a little over it haha although I probably should give that pattern a try - just seems like a lot of knitting for a hat. So was refreshing hearing about a different classic, striking hat pattern :)
Love seeing all you’re doing! I’m putting my take on the Garter Marler Cardigan over here. I’m doing gray stripes between marled 24 minis from an advent calendar. Wish me luck, it could get interesting! LOL!
Oh that sounds AMAZING Angie! Great way to use up an advent! Good Luck! Let me know how it goes!
The gold star reminds me of the hide and peak
I’m currently working on a Trinigan by Andrea Mowry but the metamorphic is my next planned cast on of her designs.
Will the arms of that sweater start to look like it is spiraling if you knit it in the round? Because like if it was traditionally striped you'd have to make it jogless
Your Goldstar is beautiful, not that christmassy, beautiful anyway.
My current wip is the Painting Honeycombs Sweater by Stephen West
I just posted a podcast episode this week where I show it in progress
Wow.
I think the reason your Oslo hat had extra fabric is because she designed it to be worn lower down (like parallel to your forehead/eyebrows), not sure if that makes sense hahaha but it looks great how you modded it :)
That makes TOTAL sense! I think I always wear them perched on the back of my head for some reason 🤔
I guess unpopular opinion then... I really hate the Oslo Hat. The way the pattern is layout is kind of frustrating for me. I got so many WIPS and so many projects waiting to be on my needles...
I totally get that it’s kind of the trend with their patterns. I think a Musselburgh is totally comparable for a nice stockinette hat. Thank you for watching as always 💙💙💙
Thxxxx am early yayyy
Early bird catches the worm! 💙
Part 1 ????
Is there a part 2?
Yup! I put all of the yarn acquisitions and chatting about my new loom in a part two that will be out next week - otherwise the video would have been over two hours 😱
@@JonathansDays ok, makes sense
Hi, try Japanese short rows instead of German, they look nicer and easier to knit
Oooo great shout I will definitely look them up! Thank you for watching! 💙