❤ what a heartwarming video with your childhood photos and your whole creative journey. I enjoyed all about it and am amazed by your skills, being your own boss with OBL at a young age, so much courage. I learned to crochet at school and selftaught knitting later with a scarf. I stayed with accessories as socks and hats for years, knitting occasionly. Just one year ago as I was sick at bed, I stumbled across Kutovakikas video about knitting up her wedding dress. After that I felt so inspired that I decided to draft a sweater myself and ever since I am hooked and want to evolve. Now I love watching your podcasts for inspiration and knitting company. As always: thanks for sharing.
My goodness, I loved this video!❤ Those photos of you learning how to knit and your beautiful colorwork sweater at such a young age is priceless! About 6 years ago i walked into a craft store with a friend who painted and saw a small self of yarn and a few needles for sale and thought, I want to be able to create something from that! I want to gift people things I've made with my own 2 hands. So, i went home and started watching videos on how to knit and crochet. Crochet was easier to pickup for me, so i started with that. I made blankets, and then summer tops, shawls and then i found a knitted pattern for a teddy 🧸 i had to make a pregnant friend. So, i decided i would learn how to knit! I followed videos for casting on, increasing, decreasing and casting off. Mind you, i didn't know how to correct mistakes, so every time i miss counted, i ripped back and started over! I made the head 4 times before i got it right! It took me 4 months to make the bear and his cloths! But i did it! And i haven't looked back since! It was only during covid that i got into garment making and what we call selfish knits, but i love knitting now! Can't see my life without knitting ❤
I really enjoyed watching your video! you are a very talented knitter! My mother taught me to knit at the age of 6, but I don’t remember any big projects, I knitted my first sweater at school, at 14. Now I’ve been knitting for the last 7-8 years almost every day. I live in the north of Russia, almost 100 years ago local fishermen wore warm sweaters, they called them Norwegian shirts. Thanks for the video, I'm always inspired when I watch you!
Thank you!! How cool that you knit your first sweater in school! I love that schools still keep the tradition of knitting alive🥰 wow, that's a cool fun fact! Thanks for sharing!!
@@norwegianknitterthose craft lessons used to be called "labour" 😂 now they are called "technology". In my school we didn't have such a school subject unfortunately but that's because it's a lyceum where we studied hard on maths, physics, chemistry and other "important" or more likely - fundamental subjects
It was nice to hear about your knitting journey and how creative you have been. I also learned to knit from my Grandmother. My mother never wanted to know how to knit. I grew up 6 blocks from my grandparents and used to stay at their house a lot on the weekends. My mother would frequently call to see when I was coming home. I loved knitting with my grandmother and gardening with my grandfather. I started knitting when I was eight and knit off and on until I was an early teen. I quit knitting until I was in my 30’s and knit for my daughters. I wish Petite Knit would have been around during that time because I would have knit them a lot more. I’ve been knitting almost every day for about the last 8 years. I love all the patterns and yarn. Thanks for all the knitting inspiration and videos.
Thank you for sharing your knitting journey! You were glowing when you were talking about your pregnancy and started your baby knits journey. I look forwards to see your creativity & what you come up with. I’m a fledgling knitter who has to concentrate so I watched your TH-cam while crocheting. Thank you for being such a positive inspiration. 🧶❤️
Thank you so much!! I'm so happy my pregnancy brought me back to knitting❤️ After looking back and remembering how much I used to enjoy crocheting, I think I'm going to start again!
Your knitting journey is wonderful - it must have been an awesome feeling to see so many kids wear your knitted hats. So many lovely moments captured. 🥰 I can't wait to see your wedding dress.
I rarely comment, but I watch every single video. This one is so precious, you are so talented Oline and your story is incredible! I don't know why but I got so emotional when I saw your parrot, it's such a special object! Thank you for sharing this. I Wish you the best in life ❤
Loved hearing your knitting story. I learnt to knit in school when 7 but only managed one mitten. I didn't take it up again until 14 when I saw a jumper I really wanted to knit. It was an intarsia jumper and my second was a traditional aran jumper. Still have both. Surprising how you will try anything when younger.
Love your knitting journey 😍 i learned how to knit when i was 9 or 10, then knitting for at few months. I 5th grade i learned how to cross stitch and I did that alot. In 2019 i was stressed out about My exams and My teacher come up with the idea that i could learn to crochet. In 2023 i pick up knitting again and now i do both 🥰
Thanks for sharing your journey! What a great teacher to come up with the idea of crochet to calm your mind❤️ I love that knitting/crochet can be used to destress!
I loved the cadence of this video and with how much relish you tell your knitting story! Growing up in the USA, not part of a country where knitting is a natural pursuit (the climate in Norway favors it!) I was sparked to learn to knit by the neighbor lady across the street in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, who was an excellent homemaker and was skilled in so many crafts. At that time, I worked on size US 8 straight aluminum Boye needles (5.0 mm) and worsted weight yarn, much of which was acrylic but some of which was pure wool. I was 14 years old and instantly knit an afghan in 1970s orange, yellow and white (which I still have) and a cabled sweater in curry heather merino wool (which I wish I still had). The neighbor lady took over when it came time for seaming, everything was knit in pieces and seamed, and I did not contest that because I really wanted to use and wear my knits right away and was too impatient to learn to seam myself. Then life happened and knitting fell away after I entered high school. It briefly resurfaced in my 30's during the 1980s big colorwork sweaters exemplified by Kaffe Fassett but there was no internet then and no local yarn stores, and I gave up in frustration when I could not find anyone to teach me or to learn how to fix my mistakes. I forgot about knitting until I turned 54. My mom had died that year, in 2010 - she had been an excellent seamstress but I never took to fabric or the sewing machine. Still, in consolation, I turned back to knitting, spurred on by a coupon for a sock knitting class 2 blocks from my house. This time it stuck and I have been a sock knitter ever since and am now branching out into sweaters. I will be 68 this year, a very youthful 68, and all I can say is that my knitting aims reach to the sky as I feel I have it in me to start knitting sweaters as avidly as I have been knitting socks. I just learned colorwork and had the supreme joy of taking part in a knitting cruise this past September and October, 2023, hosted by Arne and Carlos. We traveled to Norway for this phenomenal cruise which took us to Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle, down to Iceland, onto the Faroe Islands and we had to miss Shetland due to bad weather but we landed in Bergen (started in Oslo) and had some days to absolutely enjoy Norway in depth and I came back with some Norwegian yarn and am so excited to start working with it. What gives me so much heart about your story at this point in your life are all the long years ahead that you will have to continue writing it! In retrospect, I wish it had not taken me 40 years to pick needles back up (I will say in the past decade that I visited the neighbor lady who moved to Florida, and in her late 80s she was still teaching at local yarn shops and we spent the afternoon together and it was like coming full circle, I cherish that memory). But I am going forward at my own age, with great delight in this craft. You are a virtuoso with yarn and your creativity, and I am truly thrilled that you are on TH-cam and that I could deeply enjoy hearing your story so far and knowing that there will be so many excellent chapters more ahead! ❤
I ❤ petite Knit as well, and she has taught me a lot, I am making the lulu slip over, and I know all the techniques, except increasing on the purl side I learned, but all the other techniques required, I have under my belt, so it is a pleasure to knit! She is the one that has in Irked me to keep trying,and learn, as her style is to basic and elevated❤
She's learned me so many techniques the last few years! I love her style of knitwear, it's knitwear I can actually use throughout the day when I do stuff❤️
Thank you so much for your fabulous podcast with your story of early knitting and crochet. I have knitted for a very long time. I couldn't get crochet very well from my mother. A friend showed me how to crochet and I have always loved doing it. I do like the look of knitting better. ❤
I loved seeing your knitting journey and your first colourwork yoke sweater was stunning! I didn't start knitting until I was about 32,, and after I knit a scarf I wanted to knit a jumper (sweater) but had no idea about yarn, needles, guage etc so I ended up buying a viscose rayon ribbon yarn and 7mm needles but I was thrilled with the result! Even as adults I think we are more adventurous as beginners because we don't realise there might be 'rules' we should follow, or that some techniques are supposed to be harder than others, because it is all new. it is a good idea to look back and remember your past creative ability and let go of the caution that comes with experience. Thank you so much for sharing all your achievements with us - you are amazing! And how proud you must have been seeing all your friends, neighbours as well as complete strangers wearing your brand name on their heads!
Thank you for sharing. I think you would make a great knitwear designer! You could design baby knits too. There is a need for more children clothing in knitwear. You have great talents. I hope you can increase your viewers and make money as a powerhouse (like Petite Knits) in the future. Make clothing that is practical like Petite Knits for families. I think you are great and have so much potential! But don’t get burned out.
Thank you! I wish! Making a living knitting and designing was one of my big childhood dreams❤️ I would love to be able to design practical pretty knits in the future!
I loved this video so much, seeing so many of your early photos and projects. You were so ambitious, creative and talented at such a young age, and you still are! Thank you so much for your thoughtful sharing of your journey. I learned basic knitting from my grandmother as a child, and my major project at that time was a knitted rug for my bedroom. Then I did other crafts for many years until I picked up knitting again about 20 years ago to make some Christmas gifts and it has been non-stop ever since. Joining knitting groups, taking classes and now watching podcasts (while I knit) keeps me inspired and learning new things. I have also become aware of how addictive phone scrolling and video games can be, and when I cut way back on those things I start knitting more than ever, which makes me much happier!
It‘s really nice that you have this many memories and old projects from back then! I aswell didn‘t realise you are still that young as you are so experienced with knitting. I‘m quite the same age and am just impressed by how much you know and learned in your childhood! I‘m currently doing my first colorwork sweater and hope that blocking will loosen the colorwork parts a bit🤣 but i guess its fine for doing that for the first time :)
@@norwegianknitterI thought I’d come back with my knitting history. I’ll start by saying I live in the UK and I don’t believe we have the same cultural knitting history as Norway but my mother taught me to knit when I was four years old and she was taught by her mother. We didn’t ever use circular needles everything was knit flat. I started with knitting my dolls clothes and then when I was a bit older at school I knit fingerless gloves ( they had fingers but no tips) and sold them to my school friends as no one else could knit. I have been an obsessive knitter similar to you and even in lunch breaks when colleagues went out for lunch I would stay in and knit and I would get very low if I couldn’t knit, it always relaxed me. I eventually was introduced to circular needles and learned to knit socks magic loop and also on dpns. I love socks knitting. ❤on my father’s side his grand mother was a test knitter for a large British pattern company. I wish I could have known her more and questioned her but unfortunately she passed away when I was small. I think that’s all for now but to say I’m watching all your older vlogs and I did watch your tv appearance when you were a child even though I don’t understand the language I still found it lovely to watch best wishes from me ❤❤
My mum had tried to teach me as a kid. I was hopeless. I took an evening class in my late twenties and loved it, but never knew how to fix mistakes and was scared to rip back so errors cost me hours of time carefully un-knitting. I did knit some lovely baby/toddler knits for my niece and my own two. I then stopped knitting for about 7 years. Suddenly realised I needed a hobby last year (something just for me). Now I’m obsessed!
I mostly do un-knitting as well!! Ripping back is okay, but picking the stitches back up again🥴🥴 Having a hobby just for yourself is so important!! That has been one of my favorite things about knitting since I became a mom❤️
I was smiling all the way through this video, appreciating your story and your enjoyment of knitting since age 4. ❤ (well, except the part about the phone-wow can I relate to the wasted time!!). I even teared up when you mentioned seeing people around town wearing your knits! 😇. The parrot was fantastic!!
Thank you so much!! Now that I have a phone again I'm definitely using to much time on it🥲 But I try to remember how liberating it felt to not have a phone and how much time I had each day just from removing that one distraction!
That was a great fun to hear about your knitting journey. For me knitting is much more fun since I can watch tutorials on TH-cam. Trying to learn from books was difficult and sometimes frustrating.
Thank you! I can only imagine how hard learning a craft from books is. I live that TH-cam gives everyone the opportunity to learn from watching it being done🥰
@@norwegianknitter Yes, that makes it so much easier and you can watch a video again and again, if it is difficult at the beginning. But I think, that it was very cool, that you tried and experiment on your own, when you was a child.
your personal knitting story is interesting and you are so passionat and talented. I personally only know how to do basic knitting stitches. I am more of a crocheter and love to crochet loads of different garments. I started with hats as well
Amazing journey! 😍😍😍I think you are ready to create your own patterns with such a huge experience 🤓🤓🤓, but perhaps it envolves to have softwares or any additional technology 🧐
Thank you!! I don't know what goes into making patterns🤔 I know I can make things for myself without a pattern, but grading it to fit all different sizes and bodies is the hard part! And I don't know how to do that
❤ what a heartwarming video with your childhood photos and your whole creative journey. I enjoyed all about it and am amazed by your skills, being your own boss with OBL at a young age, so much courage.
I learned to crochet at school and selftaught knitting later with a scarf. I stayed with accessories as socks and hats for years, knitting occasionly. Just one year ago as I was sick at bed, I stumbled across Kutovakikas video about knitting up her wedding dress. After that I felt so inspired that I decided to draft a sweater myself and ever since I am hooked and want to evolve. Now I love watching your podcasts for inspiration and knitting company. As always: thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much❤️
Thanks for sharing your knitting journey! How fun that you've moved on from just knitting accessories🤩
My goodness, I loved this video!❤ Those photos of you learning how to knit and your beautiful colorwork sweater at such a young age is priceless! About 6 years ago i walked into a craft store with a friend who painted and saw a small self of yarn and a few needles for sale and thought, I want to be able to create something from that! I want to gift people things I've made with my own 2 hands. So, i went home and started watching videos on how to knit and crochet. Crochet was easier to pickup for me, so i started with that. I made blankets, and then summer tops, shawls and then i found a knitted pattern for a teddy 🧸 i had to make a pregnant friend. So, i decided i would learn how to knit! I followed videos for casting on, increasing, decreasing and casting off. Mind you, i didn't know how to correct mistakes, so every time i miss counted, i ripped back and started over! I made the head 4 times before i got it right! It took me 4 months to make the bear and his cloths! But i did it! And i haven't looked back since! It was only during covid that i got into garment making and what we call selfish knits, but i love knitting now! Can't see my life without knitting ❤
I really enjoyed watching your video! you are a very talented knitter! My mother taught me to knit at the age of 6, but I don’t remember any big projects, I knitted my first sweater at school, at 14. Now I’ve been knitting for the last 7-8 years almost every day. I live in the north of Russia, almost 100 years ago local fishermen wore warm sweaters, they called them Norwegian shirts. Thanks for the video, I'm always inspired when I watch you!
Thank you!! How cool that you knit your first sweater in school! I love that schools still keep the tradition of knitting alive🥰 wow, that's a cool fun fact! Thanks for sharing!!
@@norwegianknitterthose craft lessons used to be called "labour" 😂 now they are called "technology". In my school we didn't have such a school subject unfortunately but that's because it's a lyceum where we studied hard on maths, physics, chemistry and other "important" or more likely - fundamental subjects
Wow! Your knitting journey is amazing! You are so talented!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you so much🥰
That colorwork
Sweater when you were like 10 😮 so Impressive 💜🧶💫 enjoyed your heartfelt knitting journey !
It was nice to hear about your knitting journey and how creative you have been. I also learned to knit from my Grandmother. My mother never wanted to know how to knit. I grew up 6 blocks from my grandparents and used to stay at their house a lot on the weekends. My mother would frequently call to see when I was coming home. I loved knitting with my grandmother and gardening with my grandfather. I started knitting when I was eight and knit off and on until I was an early teen. I quit knitting until I was in my 30’s and knit for my daughters. I wish Petite Knit would have been around during that time because I would have knit them a lot more. I’ve been knitting almost every day for about the last 8 years. I love all the patterns and yarn. Thanks for all the knitting inspiration and videos.
Thank you for sharing your knitting journey! You were glowing when you were talking about your pregnancy and started your baby knits journey. I look forwards to see your creativity & what you come up with. I’m a fledgling knitter who has to concentrate so I watched your TH-cam while crocheting. Thank you for being such a positive inspiration. 🧶❤️
Thank you so much!! I'm so happy my pregnancy brought me back to knitting❤️ After looking back and remembering how much I used to enjoy crocheting, I think I'm going to start again!
Your knitting journey is wonderful - it must have been an awesome feeling to see so many kids wear your knitted hats. So many lovely moments captured. 🥰 I can't wait to see your wedding dress.
Thank you❤️ It was really fun to walk around and know that people were wearing hats that I had made!
Thank you. It's so nice sharing your journey. It's very cute to see this little girl already up for business at a very young age. GO GIRL!
Thank you❤️
I rarely comment, but I watch every single video. This one is so precious, you are so talented Oline and your story is incredible! I don't know why but I got so emotional when I saw your parrot, it's such a special object!
Thank you for sharing this. I Wish you the best in life ❤
Thank you so much❤️
Loved hearing your knitting story. I learnt to knit in school when 7 but only managed one mitten. I didn't take it up again until 14 when I saw a jumper I really wanted to knit. It was an intarsia jumper and my second was a traditional aran jumper. Still have both. Surprising how you will try anything when younger.
Love your knitting journey 😍 i learned how to knit when i was 9 or 10, then knitting for at few months. I 5th grade i learned how to cross stitch and I did that alot. In 2019 i was stressed out about My exams and My teacher come up with the idea that i could learn to crochet. In 2023 i pick up knitting again and now i do both 🥰
Thanks for sharing your journey! What a great teacher to come up with the idea of crochet to calm your mind❤️ I love that knitting/crochet can be used to destress!
I loved the cadence of this video and with how much relish you tell your knitting story! Growing up in the USA, not part of a country where knitting is a natural pursuit (the climate in Norway favors it!) I was sparked to learn to knit by the neighbor lady across the street in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, who was an excellent homemaker and was skilled in so many crafts. At that time, I worked on size US 8 straight aluminum Boye needles (5.0 mm) and worsted weight yarn, much of which was acrylic but some of which was pure wool. I was 14 years old and instantly knit an afghan in 1970s orange, yellow and white (which I still have) and a cabled sweater in curry heather merino wool (which I wish I still had). The neighbor lady took over when it came time for seaming, everything was knit in pieces and seamed, and I did not contest that because I really wanted to use and wear my knits right away and was too impatient to learn to seam myself. Then life happened and knitting fell away after I entered high school. It briefly resurfaced in my 30's during the 1980s big colorwork sweaters exemplified by Kaffe Fassett but there was no internet then and no local yarn stores, and I gave up in frustration when I could not find anyone to teach me or to learn how to fix my mistakes. I forgot about knitting until I turned 54. My mom had died that year, in 2010 - she had been an excellent seamstress but I never took to fabric or the sewing machine. Still, in consolation, I turned back to knitting, spurred on by a coupon for a sock knitting class 2 blocks from my house. This time it stuck and I have been a sock knitter ever since and am now branching out into sweaters. I will be 68 this year, a very youthful 68, and all I can say is that my knitting aims reach to the sky as I feel I have it in me to start knitting sweaters as avidly as I have been knitting socks. I just learned colorwork and had the supreme joy of taking part in a knitting cruise this past September and October, 2023, hosted by Arne and Carlos. We traveled to Norway for this phenomenal cruise which took us to Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle, down to Iceland, onto the Faroe Islands and we had to miss Shetland due to bad weather but we landed in Bergen (started in Oslo) and had some days to absolutely enjoy Norway in depth and I came back with some Norwegian yarn and am so excited to start working with it. What gives me so much heart about your story at this point in your life are all the long years ahead that you will have to continue writing it! In retrospect, I wish it had not taken me 40 years to pick needles back up (I will say in the past decade that I visited the neighbor lady who moved to Florida, and in her late 80s she was still teaching at local yarn shops and we spent the afternoon together and it was like coming full circle, I cherish that memory). But I am going forward at my own age, with great delight in this craft. You are a virtuoso with yarn and your creativity, and I am truly thrilled that you are on TH-cam and that I could deeply enjoy hearing your story so far and knowing that there will be so many excellent chapters more ahead! ❤
I ❤ petite Knit as well, and she has taught me a lot, I am making the lulu slip over, and I know all the techniques, except increasing on the purl side I learned, but all the other techniques required, I have under my belt, so it is a pleasure to knit! She is the one that has in
Irked me to keep trying,and learn, as her style is to basic and elevated❤
She's learned me so many techniques the last few years! I love her style of knitwear, it's knitwear I can actually use throughout the day when I do stuff❤️
Thank you so much for your fabulous podcast with your story of early knitting and crochet. I have knitted for a very long time. I couldn't get crochet very well from my mother. A friend showed me how to crochet and I have always loved doing it. I do like the look of knitting better. ❤
Thank you!! I think I like the look of knitting better too, but now that I've gone through my old projects, I want to pick crocheting back up again!
I loved seeing your knitting journey and your first colourwork yoke sweater was stunning! I didn't start knitting until I was about 32,, and after I knit a scarf I wanted to knit a jumper (sweater) but had no idea about yarn, needles, guage etc so I ended up buying a viscose rayon ribbon yarn and 7mm needles but I was thrilled with the result! Even as adults I think we are more adventurous as beginners because we don't realise there might be 'rules' we should follow, or that some techniques are supposed to be harder than others, because it is all new. it is a good idea to look back and remember your past creative ability and let go of the caution that comes with experience.
Thank you so much for sharing all your achievements with us - you are amazing! And how proud you must have been seeing all your friends, neighbours as well as complete strangers wearing your brand name on their heads!
Thank you for sharing. I think you would make a great knitwear designer! You could design baby knits too. There is a need for more children clothing in knitwear. You have great talents. I hope you can increase your viewers and make money as a powerhouse (like Petite Knits) in the future. Make clothing that is practical like Petite Knits for families. I think you are great and have so much potential! But don’t get burned out.
Thank you!
I wish! Making a living knitting and designing was one of my big childhood dreams❤️ I would love to be able to design practical pretty knits in the future!
what a beautiful video, so nice to see your knitting journey. I learned knitting from my dad and my grandma helps me also a lott
Thank you❤️ That's so lovely! My grandma still helps me too, especially with weaving in ends😅
Thank you for sharing your knitting journey! So impressive work as a young knitter. So sweet ❤
Thank you❤️
I loved this video so much, seeing so many of your early photos and projects. You were so ambitious, creative and talented at such a young age, and you still are! Thank you so much for your thoughtful sharing of your journey. I learned basic knitting from my grandmother as a child, and my major project at that time was a knitted rug for my bedroom. Then I did other crafts for many years until I picked up knitting again about 20 years ago to make some Christmas gifts and it has been non-stop ever since. Joining knitting groups, taking classes and now watching podcasts (while I knit) keeps me inspired and learning new things. I have also become aware of how addictive phone scrolling and video games can be, and when I cut way back on those things I start knitting more than ever, which makes me much happier!
A beautiful journey ~ thanks for sharing!
Thank you❤️
It‘s really nice that you have this many memories and old projects from back then! I aswell didn‘t realise you are still that young as you are so experienced with knitting. I‘m quite the same age and am just impressed by how much you know and learned in your childhood! I‘m currently doing my first colorwork sweater and hope that blocking will loosen the colorwork parts a bit🤣 but i guess its fine for doing that for the first time :)
I'm so glad my parents saved so many of my old projects! It's so special to have them to look back on🥰
Good luck with your colorwork!!
Just wow 🤩 what a cutie pie you must have been with those needle at such young age
Incredible interview
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This was a very interesting video. I love your story and I am looking forward to seeing your new creations.
Thank you❤️
So interesting, thank you for sharing, I can't believe what a quick knitter you were, even as a little girl!
Thank you!! I spent a lot of hours practicing😅
Loved listening to your history Thankyou ❤❤❤
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@@norwegianknitterI thought I’d come back with my knitting history. I’ll start by saying I live in the UK and I don’t believe we have the same cultural knitting history as Norway but my mother taught me to knit when I was four years old and she was taught by her mother. We didn’t ever use circular needles everything was knit flat. I started with knitting my dolls clothes and then when I was a bit older at school I knit fingerless gloves ( they had fingers but no tips) and sold them to my school friends as no one else could knit. I have been an obsessive knitter similar to you and even in lunch breaks when colleagues went out for lunch I would stay in and knit and I would get very low if I couldn’t knit, it always relaxed me. I eventually was introduced to circular needles and learned to knit socks magic loop and also on dpns. I love socks knitting. ❤on my father’s side his grand mother was a test knitter for a large British pattern company. I wish I could have known her more and questioned her but unfortunately she passed away when I was small. I think that’s all for now but to say I’m watching all your older vlogs and I did watch your tv appearance when you were a child even though I don’t understand the language I still found it lovely to watch best wishes from me ❤❤
Thanks for sharing your knitting journey with me❤️ How fun that you've started knitting when you were 4 years old too!!
My mum had tried to teach me as a kid. I was hopeless. I took an evening class in my late twenties and loved it, but never knew how to fix mistakes and was scared to rip back so errors cost me hours of time carefully un-knitting. I did knit some lovely baby/toddler knits for my niece and my own two. I then stopped knitting for about 7 years. Suddenly realised I needed a hobby last year (something just for me). Now I’m obsessed!
I mostly do un-knitting as well!! Ripping back is okay, but picking the stitches back up again🥴🥴
Having a hobby just for yourself is so important!! That has been one of my favorite things about knitting since I became a mom❤️
I was smiling all the way through this video, appreciating your story and your enjoyment of knitting since age 4. ❤ (well, except the part about the phone-wow can I relate to the wasted time!!). I even teared up when you mentioned seeing people around town wearing your knits! 😇. The parrot was fantastic!!
Thank you so much!!
Now that I have a phone again I'm definitely using to much time on it🥲 But I try to remember how liberating it felt to not have a phone and how much time I had each day just from removing that one distraction!
That was a great fun to hear about your knitting journey. For me knitting is much more fun since I can watch tutorials on TH-cam. Trying to learn from books was difficult and sometimes frustrating.
Thank you! I can only imagine how hard learning a craft from books is. I live that TH-cam gives everyone the opportunity to learn from watching it being done🥰
@@norwegianknitter Yes, that makes it so much easier and you can watch a video again and again, if it is difficult at the beginning. But I think, that it was very cool, that you tried and experiment on your own, when you was a child.
@@nicoleprobst4618 I also had a lot of knitters around me, so I could see how others would do it and try to copy😅
your personal knitting story is interesting and you are so passionat and talented. I personally only know how to do basic knitting stitches. I am more of a crocheter and love to crochet loads of different garments. I started with hats as well
Thank you so much!! After going through my old projects I want to get back into doing more crochet again!
Amazing journey! 😍😍😍I think you are ready to create your own patterns with such a huge experience 🤓🤓🤓, but perhaps it envolves to have softwares or any additional technology 🧐
Thank you!! I don't know what goes into making patterns🤔 I know I can make things for myself without a pattern, but grading it to fit all different sizes and bodies is the hard part! And I don't know how to do that
I hope you’ve seen Kutovakika’s videos about knitting her wedding dress.
I have! I had an idea to knit my wedding dress before I saw it, but seeing that video totally convinved me!
Genial!!! 😍
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Just wow 🤩 what a cutie pie you must have been with those needle at such young age