To Swatch or Not to Swatch? // Casual Friday 3-42
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- In this week's Casual Friday podcast, I have Tidbits and some project updates. Also, why and when I choose not to swatch and what I get out of swatching when I do.
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LINKS TO THINGS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
Tiny Fibre Studio video on how spinning wheels work: • How Spinning Wheels Work
51 Yarns to Spin by Jacey Boggs Faulkner: plymagazine.com/product/51-ya...
Knitting History Forum information: knittinghistory.co.uk/news/
My Ravelry Group, Rox Rocks, where you can ask for help on projects: www.ravelry.com/groups/rox-rocks
August Sock KAL tutorial: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Twisted-Stitch Knitting by Maria Erlbacher: amzn.to/34IbalC
Bäuerliches Stricken by Lisl Fanderl: amzn.to/2HFGU2f
My Article on Combining Plain Stockinette with Stranded Colorwork in Interweave Knits Spring 2018 www.interweave.com/article/kn...
Men's Shawl Collar Sweater from 1918: archive.org/stream/columbiabo...
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Introduction: 0:00
Tidbit 1: Tiny Fibre Studio: 0:43
Tidbit 2: Knitting History Forum: 2:40
Tidbit 3: Getting help from Rox: 4:39
WIP Socks for Love Not for Money: 7:29
Twisted Stitches: 12:10
Swatches: What are they good for? 17:41
What I've learned from my swatches: 23:52
If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.
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I learned so much just from you showing off your old swatches! 😆
I’m getting ready to order some new yarn I’ve never worked with before and swatch to see which I prefer to make a skirt for someone. Seeing you talk about your swatches and go over why someone should swatch was very helpful to me. Thank you.
I always learn something from your videos whether its a "Technique Tuesday" or a "Casual Friday"! You are a fount of knitting knowledge that you give freely from. Thank you for all the work you put into making your videos.
Reverse engineered sweater... engineering is exactly what you’re doing! You’re designing the foundation, figuring out all the specs, considering the overall look, putting all of your experience and knowledge into getting just the outcome you want. Wonderful job!!🥰
Thank you for another fantastic video, I have been knitting for over 60 year but I always say, there's always something new to learn, or a new way to do something. I am really interested in your reverse engineering of your cardigan, I do a lot of traditional Irish aran knitting so watching how you worked out the pattern for the pocket makes so much sense to me and it explains in terms better than I could, I have done many many swatches mainly aran cables, tree of life and other Irish stitches when I have been wanting to adapt a pattern to add a different design to it, I just wish I had kept them all so I could refer back to them. I definitely like the idea of swatches for the different heels and toes, I haven't knit socks in a long time, and the socks I mainly did knit was full length cabled socks to go along with a kilt, but I really want to have a go at ordinary socks for myself in the new year, need to get my Christmas knitting done first lol.
Thank you again for all your videos and helpful tips.
Stay safe, stay well, from a cold, wet miserable Scottish night 🥰
Thank you for your common sense approach. I am an old very new knitter who loves to learn. Your answers always seem to have more depth. It's always great to know the"hows". Butsuper special to also know the "whys"
I discovered your TH-cam channel and saw you talk about interesting subjects. So I subscribed to see more (while knitting) and I became member of your Ravelry group
Love your pocket number 2. Shows the real benefit of trying something out before doing it on the actual project 👌
Wow, super excited, I found your channel for the first time today. I watched this video, one about cables and I'm really looking forward to watching more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your talent. Stay safe and stay well
Hi Roxanne. Fascinating as usual! I loved hearing about how you use your swatches and seeing them! Very interesting. Your daughter’s friend is one lucky girl!
Thank you for the swatching reminder. I had never knit with pattern, but a few years ago I started challenging myself to learn to use a pattern. I always made some adjustments, but learned a lot. Now that Ravelry is not accessible, I am back to creating my own knits again. I had forgotten how much fun it is to knit a swatch to figure out what I want in the final product.
LOVE that pocket!
I am glad that I watched this video. I am getting ready to start a colorwork pattern and the instructions state larger needle size for the colorwork portion.
Great ideas about the pockets...definitely will come in handy for me...thanks...as always.
Such great information as always!! Thank you so very much!!
It was really interesting to hear you talk about the process of figuring out how to decrease for the pocket. The bag of heel swatches was a great visual! It made me think of dumping out a big bag of candy.
Your pocket explannation is illuminating. You really have tought me to LOVE swatching. THANKS !!!
I'm so glad!
Yeah, I tried registering after watching your last friday video. I emailed the organizer through eventbrite after seeing that there were no more tickets and they added more tickets. Very helpful.
35:00 I learn so much from your videos. Wish I’d seen this bit about changing needle sizes for stranded color work in a solid background. Hope my sampler scarf blocks out ok after I didn’t do this.
That new pocket swatch is really cool!
I use twisted stitches. The stitches are more elastic.
I've seen people particularly complaining about gauge swatches. I guess because they feel like they're not learning anything from it, "just" finding out the numbers they need to make their project work. I've blown a bewildering number of minds by going "Ok, so use it for something."
*Blank stare.*
"...I mean, you're knitting a square, right? So make it X by X dimensions and you have a dishcloth, or Y by Y dimensions and you have a blanket square, or Z by Z and you have a square for a patchwork scarf..."
It's always funny to see the lightbulb come on and their faces light up. It just seems so obvious to me, but I guess it isn't? And while I've had some experimental swatches where I couldn't find a use for them, my experience is that for simply trying out stitch patterns or finding yarn gauge you can easily tweak it to fit charity submission requirements. Blanket squares, baby hats, doll clothes... there's lots of options! So, if you find you hate swatching because it feels useless, see if you can turn it into a present for a stranger. 🙂
Everybody knits for different reasons and has different goals from the experience. I wonder if swatch-avoidance/distaste has to do with a knitter's position on the process/product knitter spectrum and/or whether they choose the yarn and find a pattern for it vs choosing a pattern and then finding the yarn. For example, if you are more interested in wearing an item made from a specific yarn than you are of having the pleasure of knitting a particular pattern, you might not be all that enthusiastic about swatching. I think the more a knitter learns about how knitting works, the more they appreciate the process of swatching because of what they can learn from it.
This is a good point that I hadn't consciously considered before. I knit for the process, which is probably why I've always enjoyed swatching and "mucking about" with experimental knitting that doesn't give me anything wearable. If what someone wants is the feeling of having made something tangible, ie useful, I can see why finding a use for the results would make a difference for them. Thanks for the clarity. 🙂
The second pocket is awe inspiring!
If you like reading mysteries, there is a book called Twisted Stitches: A Knitorious Murder Mystery by Reagan Davis. I haven't read it, but maybe...
Video idea: Hello, new knitter here going on two months; I already love it and am trying to strategize about being methodical in advancing my skills. Any suggestions? Love your videos and your analytical approach.
Here’s a non-knitting question for you...ever since I started watching your podcasts (a long time), I always wondered what that red tube is. It used to reside on the shelf behind your head and has now popped up again. Put me out of my misery and tell us all.
Lol, I had to look at my shelf to see what you were talking about! I will make a plan to show you guys next week, if I can figure out a way to demonstrate what it does.
Now you’ve really peaked my interest!
Pure speculation: based on its shape and the little dome at the top, I would guess that it’s a teleidoscope - a sibling to a kaleidoscope. But where a Kaleidoscope shows you pretty patterns from shards and shapes included *inside* the ‘scope, a Teleidoscope shows you patterns from *outside* the ‘scope in your environment. A knitter might use it to look at a pile of different-coloured yarns to see what they might look like together when used in a colourwork pattern. I’m looking forward to Rox’s answer to see if my guess is correct! (And BTW - there are teleidoscope apps for your smartphone/tablet that’ll do the same thing; so much fun!)
@@donnahrynkiw3179 A brilliant guess. All I came up with was a giant butane lighter, though why that could be is ridiculous.