Exploration Station Creation | Knitting and Crochet Podcast | Episode 59

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  • @lindapilla541
    @lindapilla541 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I found your channel, heard your accent and screeched to a halt. You have made my day. I grew up in Leeds though I now live in New Hampshire. I look forward to catching up with you and your projects.

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love this! That’s a long way to move! I hope I can bring a bit of the west riding back to you! X

  • @sueholmes1218
    @sueholmes1218 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Make a gorgeous shawl, another fab podcast xx

  • @annie1040
    @annie1040 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Minnie’s crochet cardigan is totally brilliant, she’ll love it ❤. A nice sweater for yourself from the DK minis would be fun, and I love to see how you put colours together x

  • @carotrike
    @carotrike หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I havd just gound you through Discord. What a lovely collection of yarns in that bag! I love them all 😊

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yey! Welcome!! I have to stop muddled from dipping in!

  • @wendycudd4691
    @wendycudd4691 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congrats on 2K, you could make the Heirloom Quilt Cardigan.

  • @michaellecausley5859
    @michaellecausley5859 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Make a lovely blanket with the minis! Love your podcast and so glad to have stumbled upon it!

  • @jennlovesyarn
    @jennlovesyarn หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely the Sweet Shop Blanket by Laura Penrose! Great episode!

  • @annewhitaker5039
    @annewhitaker5039 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Daft Days cardigan would be a great use for minis.
    I love Minnie's crochet cardigan. It looks fabulous, and she will be beautiful in it 😍

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have had the daft days in mind for a while- thanks for reminding me!!

  • @amandafox5898
    @amandafox5898 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You could knit the ‘sweet shop blanket - Laura penrose’ I’m sure Minnie would love it 🥰

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes that is definitely in the running

  • @JuliaEdge-u6j
    @JuliaEdge-u6j หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a sucker for scrappy socks - some for you, your sister and Minnie would be a good way to use up your minis.
    I am 64, so I remember Mivvis, Marathons (Snickers), Jif (Cif - which I think sounds like a nasty disease) and Smash instant mashed potato!
    Jinny

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh gosh yes jif! Mivvi’s and choc ices remind me so much of my childhood

  • @sewjackyo795
    @sewjackyo795 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulations on your 2k subscribers ❤. I think you should make a luscious scrappy shawl, really big and cosy but fun. ❤❤

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be so squishy!!

  • @susann3406
    @susann3406 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Franny, i love the colours from the hexie Cardigan and the socks are 🥰😍🤩, a stripes Sweater or Cardigan with the DK minis and a mohair can be beautyfull. I love your Podcast ❤ greetings from Germany Susann

  • @ericallerton809
    @ericallerton809 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🎉🎉 congratulations on 2k subscribers,,,,❤❤
    DK minis would be perfect for so much ,,
    DK scrappy socks,,,love scrappy 🧦
    DK granny stripe blanket,,,I love my fingering one so much,,,
    Jelly roll in DK,,,,,making one now,,,and loving it,,,
    Enjoyed ur episodes ,fran,,,,thanks so much
    Elaine 💗🏠

  • @rachelrichmond3719
    @rachelrichmond3719 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ooo I will see you there again this year at the Woolay retreat!

  • @mandyhague6363
    @mandyhague6363 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on your podcast milestone. I’d probably knit a bits and bobs blanket with all your dk minis.👍😊🧶

  • @Flora-d3q
    @Flora-d3q หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the exploration station shawl, gorgeous colors. A blanket or habitation throw for the minis maybe.

  • @vickyosborne3517
    @vickyosborne3517 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the colour combos you put together! I think your DK minis would look amazing in a granny stripe blanket 😍

  • @deann3660
    @deann3660 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm saving my minis to make the Battenberg blanket - have you made one before? I also love my scrappy granny strip blankets - I like to have all the yarn in a big bag and just reach in to pick the next color. Congrats on reaching 2000!

  • @juliewalker5074
    @juliewalker5074 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Franny, have you seen Emma C makes podcasts? She does some amazing projects with mini yarns! I’m making a mini granny square blanket. Her work is lovely . Much love to you Julie xxx

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I have she makes some lovely things

  • @louisemartin5580
    @louisemartin5580 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love Minnie’s cardigan soo cute. I think a jumper in your DK minis would be a fab idea, or another shawl🤔or a blanket😂. It will be lovely whatever you choose. Congratulations on reaching 2k subscribers xxx

  • @ygymraes1
    @ygymraes1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always feel inspired after watching your podcast 😊 I think your DK minis would make a lovely Vivid blanket by Tin Can Knits ❤

  • @EvieO1950
    @EvieO1950 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gorgeous shawl!! And I love those sprocket socks! WIPs are looking good. That Tolsta tank is going to be great in that lovely blue. I would make a moss stitch corner to corner blanket with those minis. Congrats on 2 K!!! 🎉🙌🏼🎉

  • @jackie0675
    @jackie0675 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Minnie's cardigan. I would knit a cosy cowl with your DK minis x

  • @moragguthrie8930
    @moragguthrie8930 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DK minis for me would definitely be granny stripe blanket and you can sit cosy and admire all the colours on your knee! Plus the fun of deciding which order 😊 Thanks for sharing.

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Granny stripe is always a winner isn’t it!

  • @katiesmithreads6981
    @katiesmithreads6981 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DK minis would look great as a granny triangle shawl/throw 🎉 Congratulations on hitting 2k 🎉

  • @davineross465
    @davineross465 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love love love your Exploration Station, your colour choices are stunning, just hope mine comes out as pretty when I get round to it. One of Stephen West’s Painting Honeycomb patterns would be a great use of your DK minis 🍯 🐝 🎨

  • @A.McD.81
    @A.McD.81 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely love your shawl 😍. If you would like to try all different things, you could do a sampler blanket of different squares with all of your DK minis. It’s something I’ve thought about doing but just couldn’t pick one. Congratulations on 2K subscribers 🧶

  • @ravensrockknits
    @ravensrockknits หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely projects 🩷⭐️🩷. I think a Jelly Roll blanket would be pretty with your mini skeins 🩷

  • @craftyb83
    @craftyb83 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you should do the sweet shop blanket with all those gorgeous minis. It's on my to-do list...hoping to start soon 🥳

  • @suehillman7189
    @suehillman7189 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a mammoth episode. Love all your makes. How about using the minis to make a matching beanie hat and wrist warmers.x

  • @deborahkrajniewski7644
    @deborahkrajniewski7644 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Fran, Minnie so lucky her jacket is a show stopper ❤ You influenced me last week to cast pn another vertices unite!!! I dod govey other one to my sister though. The sweet shop blanket would be lovely by Laura Penrose x

  • @lavendercottagefibrearts
    @lavendercottagefibrearts หลายเดือนก่อน

    love your new shawl!! what a great sock pattern for using up minis. i have a huge bag of minis, i might have to give them a try.

  • @sheilaw1273
    @sheilaw1273 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Scrappy socks would be cool

  • @claireturley2012
    @claireturley2012 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Matching hats for you and Minnie would be awesome with the dk minis 🎉

  • @bethgraves1194
    @bethgraves1194 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting podcast. Thank you. Your DO Minnie’s would make a lovely blanket if held with a white strand of yarn.

  • @TheCannyMagpie
    @TheCannyMagpie หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You could use the DK minis to make the Jethro Cardigan by Tanis Lavelle, the body is made with granny squares and then you add knitted sleeves and rib. I know what you mean about kids clothes, the boys section seems to get smaller every time we look, my son commissions that the girls get all the colourful, fun tops too. He says boys like Squishmallows and Stitch too 😅

  • @yorkshirenome
    @yorkshirenome หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'll not enter the giveaway but just had to say, wow, Minnie's cardigan is looking absolutely fabulous!!

  • @sharonbowers1843
    @sharonbowers1843 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What about using your DK minis for a scrappy tank top?

  • @Ninapoppy77
    @Ninapoppy77 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done on your 2K subscribers 🎉 . I think you should make a granny stripe blanket with your minis, those colours are gorgeous 😍

  • @suecooke6837
    @suecooke6837 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love seeing all your projects. You could make some dk cosy winter socks

  • @josearle6315
    @josearle6315 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on 2k subscribers. I think a moss stitch blanket would be lovely in your minis xx

  • @sbroadhurst2003
    @sbroadhurst2003 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful work as ever. I would suggest something to wear for those DK minis. Ashawl?

  • @caroldaley7187
    @caroldaley7187 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi,love your podcasts. I think you should maybe make a striped Tolsta tee in DK. Minnie's crochet sweater is beautiful.

  • @Jo-throughthekeyhole
    @Jo-throughthekeyhole หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on 2000 subscribers 🎉 I think DK minis would make a beautiful mitred square blanket, cosy for the winter months 😊

  • @anitasenyszyn5314
    @anitasenyszyn5314 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the Fly Away by Tincan Knits or the Sweetshop blanket by Laura Penrose with your minis. If you fancy crochet then a Granny Stripe looks great too. So much choice, too little time to make everything unfortunately 😂

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true there is just too much yarn and not enough time!

  • @mywonderfulknittinglife
    @mywonderfulknittinglife หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your shawl is absolutely incredible. I love your colours so much. I am set to do the mkal this October but I am now tempted to do the exploration station after I finish that one. Loved this episode!

  • @jayneaspinall1638
    @jayneaspinall1638 หลายเดือนก่อน

    congratulations on your 2k subscribers. Loving all your wips. I think a blanket would be good, then you can power through your stash 😀

  • @vavukicrafts
    @vavukicrafts หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could make the Stella quilt blanket by Laura Penrose. If you get more of them you could add Stella quilt pillows, they would be very beautiful on a couch. I have a 2 year old and when we were searching for furniture for the baby room we could find only grey things. Grey cots, dressers, curtains etc. No color... For a baby! We had to search a lot to find something with color... it's the new fashion unfortunately, everything grey. I like the colors you use, your exploration shawl is amazing! Thank you for the podcast!

  • @eff237
    @eff237 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Fran, I think you should knit scrappy sweaters for yourself and your daughter , they would not be matching but would be similar. Know tell me that’s not a good idea 😂😂😂😂😂😂.
    What about a super large shawl for cosy nights on the sofa
    xxxx

  • @elisab8096
    @elisab8096 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations òn 2k subscribers! I am using my scraps and minis for a Radvent Throw by Ambah. 😊

  • @coraldeandean1119
    @coraldeandean1119 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could make a striped jumper from your d.k. minis, you have an amazing knack for combining colours!

  • @river.yelland.browning
    @river.yelland.browning หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should make a Battenberg Blanket with those minis. It would be so cute 🎉

  • @Bookishhistorian
    @Bookishhistorian หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For the DK minis I think a blanket is in order. I’ve been loving my giant 100 round granny squares, but I imagine any pattern would work well to show off the variety of colours

  • @mindfulmelbournemaker
    @mindfulmelbournemaker หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Fran. I’m working my way through all the old Mkals and you’ve definitely inspired me to move the Exploration Station up the list! Maybe I’ll cast it on after this year’s MKAL? Love love love your colour choice in your shawl 💜💜 Congrats on more than 2k subscribers 🎉❤ Kath

  • @mariesmith7598
    @mariesmith7598 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Franny, congratulations on 2k subscribers 🎉.... I think you should make an emotional support chicken with your dk minis 🐔🐣🐤🐥🐓🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥xx

  • @dtroj4774
    @dtroj4774 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whidbey Bag by Wool & Pine, Esther Rainbow Dress by Pia Rosenberg, Elsie by Marie Wallin

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the suggestions

  • @bevkeeton3971
    @bevkeeton3971 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Franny, I have been binge watching your episodes since I discovered you a couple of weeks ago. How about making a Sea Glass cardigan by Wool and Pine if you have enough minis. Love your shows xx

  • @Projektipussi
    @Projektipussi หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was also about to suggest making a Litmus cowl but I see I’m not the first one here! It’s a really nice pattern though, so I’ll stick with it anyways 😅 Congrats on hitting a new milestone! 🎉

  • @JanetMasters-h6v
    @JanetMasters-h6v หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dk minis would make a gorgeous mitre square join as you go blanket ❤

  • @woolleyally
    @woolleyally หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations 🥂 to the 2000 subscribers! As always you knitting is beautiful and I’m going to miss seeing those Exploration Station colours!
    How about another blanket to keep you warm with those DKs? A Battenberg or a Sweet Shop Blanket, a Log Cabin blanket either knitted or crocheted, a Northeasterly perhaps?
    Or if you can Tunisian Crochet… what about using the Radiating Squares pattern for either a blanket or a large wraparound shawl? 💜

  • @michelleireson4320
    @michelleireson4320 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on the subscriber milestone 🥳 How about the Mystical Lanterns blanket by Jane Crowfoot as an alternative shape to granny squares? Your riot of colourful minis would really shine with a neutral border around each lantern shape in a single colour🙂 Or how about one of the Attic 24 blanket patterns - I am doing the Cosy Stripe which alternates two rows of treble crochets with two rows of granny clusters for a bit of visual variety. No doubt you will find something fab to use them for! xx

  • @samweavermakes5679
    @samweavermakes5679 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on 2k!! How about scrappy DK socks?!

  • @emmafoster2268
    @emmafoster2268 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congrats on 2k! Your Exploration Station is fabulous, you are so good at putting colours together. I suggested the Little Squares blanket over on IG, but I was eyeing up the Seaglass Cardi yesterday and was just wondering if that might be an option for all your beautiful minis? I also really like Fade Into Christmas by Yarnia Designs. Other blankets I'd love to make are Bits and Bobs, Quadrophenia and Jelly Roll all by Kay Jones and ZigZagZen blanket by Anniina Juuti. My favourite crochet blanket I've ever made is Retro Baby Blanket by Little Dolally, and I'm knitting a second Anthology Throw by Curious Handmade because they are such fun! I might get a bit over excited when it comes to blankets!!

  • @TheDrCamilla
    @TheDrCamilla หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow congratulations on all your subscribers. How about a seaglass sort of project for a blanket, might be a bit different.

  • @kellyherbert6214
    @kellyherbert6214 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I found you through discord ❤I have just finished a Battenberg blanket and would recommend it for dk minis 😊

  • @rosemaryobrien2569
    @rosemaryobrien2569 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should make a scrappy cowl!

  • @deborahneal934
    @deborahneal934 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi you could use your dk minis to make a neat ripple blanket by Lucy of attic 24. It’s one of those patterns that makes me want to learn to crochet!.

  • @purlfectpairings
    @purlfectpairings หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Fran - Have you made a Sweetshop blanket? The minis would be great for that. Otherwise, what about a striped sweater or cardigan. How would they look as a Radvent cardigan by Ambah O’Brien? Congratulations on getting to 2,000!🎉

  • @Heartmoor
    @Heartmoor หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Fran, I reckon you should make an oversized Unicorn Parallelogram by Stephen West :)

  • @glendabathgate4036
    @glendabathgate4036 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The t@nis crochet middle jumper would be perfect with the minis the rest of jumper is knitted in Aran am goin to knit/crochet it

  • @Garn_fnuller
    @Garn_fnuller หลายเดือนก่อน

    You could make a scrappy hat and mittens 😊🧶

  • @lynnthomas7275
    @lynnthomas7275 หลายเดือนก่อน

    May I suggest a DK version of the Litmus Cowl for your minis. I know you love to keep your neck warm, lol. I'm doing the Stephen West MKAL for the first time this year.

    • @FrannyDoMakes
      @FrannyDoMakes  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ooh that would be very snuggly!

  • @dorajohnson2809
    @dorajohnson2809 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi! Why don't you make a Stella Quilt Blanket?!

  • @lisaoldroyd7417
    @lisaoldroyd7417 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What about the fade in Christmas’s ❤

  • @cathie5839
    @cathie5839 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why not do a blanket using all sorts of different stitches - just to change things up! 🙂

  • @gypsyqueencrafts36
    @gypsyqueencrafts36 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think a jumper with the minis.
    Enjoy Yarndale.
    Hx💕🧶🧵🇬🇧