I have four children and a husband to knit for besides myself! So many projects, so little time. But when you love to knit, don’t rush it. Just enjoy the process, enjoy every tiny little stitch. Treasure the quiet productive time you have. As a busy Mom who homeschools four kids for hours each day and also has a lot of cooking, cleaning, and laundry to do, I savour my knitting projects! It’s my personal “vacation” time. What I’m trying to say is, even if you have a dozen projects in the back of your mind that you hope to eventually get to, enjoy taking the time to knit a project more slowly. Don’t worry about being efficient, just enjoy the experience. Savour it the way you would savour a really good book. The thinner yarns give you more time with the project! It’s another way of looking at it. Enjoy your knitting 😊
Unpopular opinion, I won’t buy a pattern for a cardigan unless I can see a version with it buttoned or tied 😅 I live in Canada, and for my climate it’s so important to be able to layer. So when I’m outside I’ll wear the cardigan under my jacket, then when I’m first coming inside I’ll leave it buttoned to warm up, and then once I get comfortable and warm again I’ll unbutton. Cardigans are so I can make warmth “steps” 😅😅
Why would that be an unpopular opinion? You are simply sticking to what works for your climate. Go you! I have to do almost the opposite because of my climate. I’m 30 minutes from the U.S./Mexican border, and I refuse to knit any “summer” wear that requires layering something underneath - camis and tanks under anything are far too uncomfortably hot here!
@@starla. OMG my grandparents lived in Green Valley, Arizona once upon a time (close enough to the Mexico border that visiting them is my only experience seeing speed limits given in km/h), and all I remember is how miserably hot it was there 😭😭😭😭
Sweaters made from fingering weight yarn require surprisingly small amounts of yarn. I love to knit but i already have too many sweaters after many years of knitting, so i just enjoy the long process and much cheaper cost. I can make a long sleeve xs sweater from 5 of 50g balls.
I recently found your channel and love it. I showed this video to my hairdresser and now I have the cutest pixie cut. I could listen to talk yarn you all day.
I'm so glad to see Andrea Gaughan on here - I've test knit two of her designs and they're honestly wonderful, really well written and beautiful designs. Andrea is also just a really lovely person so it's so good to see the designs getting some recognition! I can't recommend her patterns highly enough.
Such a fun episode! I think you’d enjoy a non-superwash fingering weight sweater for the drape. Superwash yarns tend to be flimsier and that doesn’t seem to be what you’re after. But non-sw does feel sturdy, even on this thin yarn. Your number one sweater has been on my radar too!
Hi Missus Earl, I've discovered that when you conquer your fears, you discover something new to enjoy. That Roosemine technique looks so fun and interesting!
Love Love you podcasts!! I have the Varde pattern by Rauma and purchased the pamphlet from Woolley Thistle. You just gave me the incentive to move this sweater farther up my to-do list.
That's so funny, I learned to crochet first and what I hoarded was worsted weight acrylic, and now I'm all about knitting socks lol. What is/was your go to crochet projects?
I'm also a visual person and I love the way you present stuff. Thank you! I know it's extra effort to do it this way! Also as soon as I saw the Karelia sweater I bumped all my other cast on plans. It's absolutely stunning!!
I live in a warm part of Arizona, and I finally made two fingering weight wool sweaters last year and I've absolutely loved them and probably wont go back to heavier weight sweaters tbh. Both of mine were Hannah Fettig designs - the Gable in Knit Picks Stroll and the Jennie Drop Shoulder in the exact yarn and color as the pattern. Love them both. The Jennie was a beast with the texture pattern, but I would probably do it again in a cropped version.
Hello, a nice moment as always, thank you! And it was fun to see an incursion of one of the most famous French-speaking knitting designers, Nadia Crétin Lechenne (who is actually from Switzerland ;) ) and test knitters. See you soon! Julia
I recommend looking at Veera Välimäki's designs. I have knitted a few of her sweaters both with color work and without and have found her patterns lovely and with a nice graphic quality. My favorite fingering sweater of her design that I have knit is the Lapponia sweater. She is a Finnish designer and is also a graduate of a Waldorf School as am I. I hope you enjoy her patterns, she has many to choose from!
Love some of those you chose. I love some of Jennifer Steingass fingering weight colorwork pullovers as well as Skeindeer Knits patterns. I have knit one Nordic Nights from Jennifer Steingass and have purchased several other of her patterns because they were just so much fun for me to knit. I even have the yarn to knit them. I just haven't had the time to yet, but I plan to cast on the Garden gate after all my gift knitting is done. Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee was a fun knit. I also knit a Tunic Tee called Kohana by Pelykh Natalie . It was fun to knit despite my love-hate relationship with lace patterns. I love them but hate knitting them because I inevitably make mistakes that I don't catch until the next round and have to tink back. Ugh! Fun video!!
I echo your recommendations. I’m knitting New Leaf by Jennifer Steingass now, and loving it, and I’m a huge fan of Tannis Lavalee of Tannis Fiber Arts. Her Rock it Tee is wonderful. Mine is in one color.
It's actually kind of funny to me because most of those patterns I feel would look good in a sport or dk weight. When I'm drooling over a fingering weight sweater, it has some gorgeous, fine lace along the yoke or some really cool cabling that really only works with such a fine yarn.
I prefer smaller yarn weights. Just love what you love. I hardly ever work with anything above DK, but that is just me. I appreciate all knitter's work. Do what you do best. That is when you shine.
I’m currently working on Culm Ribbed Dolman Pullover by Fiona Alice. It’s a fingering weight all over moss stitch with a twisted rib panel up the front. So much knitting. Nine round to make an inch of progress and I have 326 sts per round in the body. So much work but I love love love this sweater. Just started the sleeves.
Finely the algorithm threw you my way, I’ve been watching knitting on here for years and never come across you, so pleased I did! (Love your hair too!)
Hi Tayler - first of all, I love your content, thank you for your well organized opinions! I often rewatch your videos when looking for something specific, and I appreciate your focused topics. A little insight from a musician turned knitter, if you're interested. Crescendos have more to do with volume, while the burning sweater seems to be inspired by the melodic themes, which are created by pitches moving higher and lower (pitch=frequency, volume=amplitude). You could think of melodic movement as your colorwork here, while volume (crescendo and decrescendo refer to gtadual changes in volume) would be more like your weight of yarn, if we're continuing with the music to knitting analogy. So a crescendo/decrescendo represented in yarn would be more like a thick and thin yarn 😆
Rauma just released the Varde design for Vams - a thicker yarn! Possibly only in Norwegian still... The sweater in the picture might actually be machine knit. The Rauma yarn mill owns a set of advanced sweater knitting machines that can churn out a sweater an hour which they sell ready made.
The pattern for Varde is only available when bought with the yarn from Rauma. I do not know if there are any vendors who ship to US. It makes sense, as Rauma is a yarn company. They have good quality yarn, spun in Norway from Norwegian wool. For me it is a nice local brand.
Hi! Thank you for watching! So the best way to avoid the gap where the loop comes out between the stitches is to pull a bit more snugly on the yarn as you knit the second stitch in from the needle tip. This tightens up the space between those stitches on either side of the loop. 👍
Love watching and listening to you. Currently knitting a Jennifer Steingass Midcoast sweater. Didn't think I could face a fingering weight sweater but it's exciting to see the color work unfold and I'm using a lovely light Shetland wool. I recommend any of her designs. Pieces of art.
Thank you for much for watching Susan! Jennifer Steingass is a fantastic designer. I need to explore more of her patterns! And I LOVE working with Shetland wool yarns. That toothiness is superb. ❤️
I knit the Karelina this year and it is my FAVORITE SWEATER!!!! I couldn't recommend it enough. Doing the color work was kind of weird since I'd never done that method before but it wasn't too bad (I just used the rubber band hair ties that she suggests). I really want to knit another because it's just that beautiful I get complimented on it alllllll of the time. Literally every time I wear it. My only suggestion is that while you're doing the color work, don't travel with it or you might have a bit of a mess. :) Anyway thanks as always for sharing your videos. I love watching. Best!
The way we choose patterns is very similar! I’m such a visual person and if there’s an interesting story behind the inspiration for the design, even better! I may have to cast on the Burning Sweater! It’s just lovely! Thanks for sharing ❤
My favorite designer is Rachel Illsley (the one who designed Burning from your video here), who creates some absolutely stunning colorwork, often in fingering weight. I haven't made anything from her yet but I love to flip through the different designs and admire them. Really worth a look.
My favourite fingering weight sweaters are the Grown Up Starry by Naoko Ogawa (I've made 4), Bloom or Geo Lace by Jenise Hope, Wool and Honey by Andrea Mowry, the Sinister Catigan by Marna Gilligan, Paulie by Isabel Kraemer, Imogen or Sibella by Carrie Bostick Hoge. I think your last is great and I've added a bunch of new items to my ravelry favourites
already had Karelia faved on rav--i'd do it w/a long sleeves. a local person who studied fiber arts in Estonia has promised to give a class on roosimine--yay! she showed us some samples of gloves w/ roosimine--thin yarn, but very tight gauge; she called them 'bulletproof' :-) . looking forward to seeing your Karelia :-) .
I watched several interesting youtube videos with that Estonian technique and it looked relatively easy and so beautiful. I have been wanting to try it for a while. Perhaps I will knit Midori's sweater! I like the plum colored one too
I live in a warm climate, so I've made a few fingering weight sweaters. My favorite is Artemisia by Sartorial Knits. It is very different from most current designs, and that's one reason I chose it. It was a lot of fun to knit. A combination of mindless stockinette and interesting lace detail.
I saw the gramma medley on your pad. I knit that sweater and it was super fun. I'm a plus size knitter so it was a little daunting but the quick changes of texture throughout each section actually made it go pretty fast.
Some fingering weight options I have in my Rav favs are: Azor by Orlane Sucche www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/azor Ilha also by Orlane Sucche www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ilha Chabot by Alma Bali: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chabot If you like roosimine, check out Seli Sweater by Aleks Bird (comes as a cardi too): www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seli-sweater I recently knitted: Winterfell by Katrin Schneider www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winterfell-cardigan Berenice by Julie Hoover: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/berenice-4 Piece of Silver by Veera Valimaki: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/piece-of-silver Boxy by Joji Locatelli (omg it took so long!): www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boxy
I just finished the Carlina(which i got free march of 2020) after over two years on the needles, even though it was so slow, i am so happy with the results 🎉
This was fun! I have so many fingering weight sweaters in my to knit pile! 😆 the ones Im most excited for right now are the fossil frenzy tee by mary p. Hunt, the paysanne blouse by fabel knitwear and the prismatic sweater by wool and pine….actually wool and pine has some of my favorite fingering weight designs overall!
Hi Tayler, great episode! But I kept staring at your Tulip jumper hoping you’d share your yarns😂 I searched back and found that episode and am so in LOVE with the colours you used. Will your chocolate cherry mohair be in your upcoming shop update and what is the exact colour of the Hillesvåg Tinde yarn? My browser won’t load the page. How much of each did you use for your sweater - I did check your Ravelry page but it was not listed there. Thank you in advance!
Always love hearing you talk about yarn and patterns; you’re so passionate :D I was wondering if you’ve ever considered either mentioning sizes up front or doing a collection of patterns that you like that are size inclusive? I fell in love with a few of the patterns you talked about and was sad to see I wouldn’t be able to make and wear them :(
Hi Leonie! Thank you for watching and for your kind words. Yes. I can absolutely put together a collection of pattern ideas that include a generous range of sizes. Thank you for the suggestion. ❤️
Stop it !!! your No1 is going in my queue😍You can totally do roosimine, its sort of reverse colourwork, your floats are on the RS. I did wrist warmer by Alex Byrd the technique is so engaging X
Yes! Visuals are one of the things that make your videos so great! Keep 'em coming! 😊 Two merch ideas... one that says "Stripes more stripes" and "The police aren't come for my top 9..." Love that. :). A reminder to just not get caught up in the details when you don't need to. Thanks for that! 💚
Thank you Rachel! And I LOVE these merch ideas. My husband sometimes says that I should make shirts out of some of the sound bites from certain episodes and I'm usually very hesitant because I feel like folks probably don't notice them, but I guess y'all do pick up on my weirdness and silly things I say...when alone...in front of a camera. 🥴. ❤️
Oh for sure. I remember driving to school with my brother my freshman year of high school and having my bones rattled by his subwoofer blasting Rage Against the Machine. It was an experience. One I appreciate. 😎
I like your choices, but as a bottom up, seamed knitter ( yes there are some of us left) can I also recommend Cambridge by Berroco. Flattering shape and easy knit.
If that's issue, with the varda sweater, I think those are mags online so you might do a screen capture? I'm just guessing. Watching on my mobile so couldn't see the edges very well
From the beginning, crocheted sweaters tend to be better in fingering weight and Tunisian crochet is thick with large stitches so that may also do well with fingering weight yarn.
Thoughtful video. Thanks for the ideas. A fingering weight sweater that I have on my list is Local Meadow by Jennifer Parroccini. She has several fingering weight designs and gives clear instructions on getting a fit for your body (and her patterns are size inclusive which I like).
Thanks for this interesting video. Although I used to knit fingering weight sweaters, thanks to your video I discovered some new designs and designers. Burning is high on my list right now! I hope you knit a fingering weight sweater soon as you will probably enjoy wearing it and maybe knitting it. Currently I am knitting the Zweig sweater by Caitlin Hunter, which has some structural elements all over the body.
There are a few fingering weight sweaters on my radar starting with Andrea Mowry's fade sweater. I need to find a way to use skeins of fingering! Also the original Rock It Tee. Maybe you aren't into knits for warmer climates but this past year featured so many fingering, sport, and DK knits to wear when it's not very cold.
These are lovely knits and great ways to use up those skeins of fingering yarn. I'm not entirely sure why I'm so resistant to fingering sweaters...outside of the aesthetic things...I guess where I live sweaters just aren't practical most of the time and then when winter hits, it's like three months of COOOOLLLLD and the only sweaters that make sense are the heavier ones....I don't know...
Tayler. I love your aesthetic in clothes. Would you mind telling me what sweater you wore in this video? Also where do you get your sweatpants and shop for your fun clothing. ❤ thanks for all the videos you put out. I’m so happy you’re back Julie
Thank you so much Julie! It's great to be back. ❤️ The sweater here is the Tulip Jumper by Melody Hoffman and the sweat pants are by Vuori. They're pricey, but worth every penny! I have four pair. bit.ly/3ft1kfL
The first thing I thought when I saw the first (pink) sweater is that Tayler would change the colors on that one. And I did notice that the #1 sweater did have sleeves on the burgundy colored one. Interesting to think about, but I'm feeling a round of socks coming on!
I have two fingering weight sweaters in my cue and yarn ready. They are Desert Spring by Jessica McDonald and Bridgerton by Rachel Illsley. Rachel has so many fingering weight sweaters and they are all stunning.
So funny! I am just finishing my first fingering weight sweater and am like, "Whew. Glad that's over." It's beautiful , but that sure is a lot of knitting.
The Rauma pattern is only available in Norwegian, and to buy the pamphlet (which is the pamplhet number 257R) , you will have to buy a minimum og four 50 gram balls of yarn along with it. It is, unfortunally, very normal for Norwegian yarn brands to have these pamphlets with yarn buying requirements. The pattern is gorgeous, and I am tempted to buy it myself 😍🙈 The recommended yarn (rauma finull) is a high quality rustic yarn which will last for generations as a garment, highly recommend it if you don't mind a bit of prickling from your knits.
Hi Irene! Thanks to a few lovely viewers, I've found the pattern booklet at The Wooly Thistle! I'm not sure if it's printed with an English translation insert, but I didn't need to purchase any additional yarn to purchase the pattern. I'm excited to receive it!
I am right there with you on the Karelia love. I also saw the wine version and bought the kit so I can have that exact jumper. Cannot wait! Right now I'm knitting a Mackworth which is quite an easy knit. Amy Christoffer's Lunenberg jumper is lovely, I've made one but definitely need more of them - so many colour possibilities! I've got the Nivalis pullover in my queue, as well as it's DK sister the Between Petals pullover (might make that one first). I really like the Achikochi jumper pattern, I've got that in my queue too. Urgh, I just want to cast on all the things! On the topic of all the great Cardigans you wear, I thought you might like to check out the Love patterns by ANKESTRiCK, they come as a bundle of 4. There's a Big Love that would be right up your street (Knit in aran) and a Little Love (knit in 4 ply), there are also longer versions. I'd love to know what you think! 😊
My first sweater was a fingering weight sweater, and every sweater since has been surprisingly fast to knit! I set myself up to expect every sweater tot ake forever, and I think that's sort of nice. haha
My first sweater was a duster length cardigan with seams. It took me 2 years. Dropped knitting for years because although I loved the garment, it was way too warm! My second garment was the Cumulus tee, knit in fingering linen. That took ages, although I really love the garment and wear it all the time! Everything else has seemed to fly off my needles, although I am quite a slow knitter.
I RESISTED the urge to knit me a fingering weight sweater for a loooooong time!! I’m a “project knitter” more than a process knitter (although this is changing!!!). So I was always looking for patterns I could quickly knit and wear - but I finally started shifting toward fingering weight because interestingly lots of my stash includes fingering go figure. My first pattern was the Anna Tee by Sara Stark - I loved it and is to this day one of my faves❤. Thank you thank you for this topic and conversation your choices are stunning !😊
My pleasure Yvette! As always, thank you so much for watching. ❤️ And it's interesting how our interests change over time and as our skills develop/sophisticate. Maybe I'll be the same (Lord willing and the creek don't rise 😂).
Ack, my queue is already too long! Fabulous choices. I will add Maeron by Natasja Hornby. I have done Roosimine before (Aleks Byrd has a number of designs), and I will warn you that it is annoying to work! Similar to intarsia in that you have a number of dangling bobbins. I actually found it much easier to embroider the pattern on afterwards. That said, I agree that it is a stunning design and worth the effort!
Oooo Joanne I'm so glad you're giving me this warning. Honestly, hanging bobbins sounds like a really bad time to me. 😂. Hmmmmm I may need to rethink this. And that's ok. It's those colors that get me the most. ❤️
Can you imagine if the Top 9 police really were coming for you? I like the so basic sweater by Maxim Cyr. It has texture on top of the shoulders and down the arms but is otherwise just a basic fingering weight sweater. My tastes likely differ though as I don’t find the more feminine styles very appealing but that’s just me.
So I do love the So Basic. The arm detail makes it for me. I'd lose the pocket, but that's just a preference thing. And honestly, despite some of these floofy numbers, the designs I'm most drawn to are ones that are sort of unisex or "sartorially androgynous" if you want to impress your party guests. It's my inner Meg Ryan/Diane Keaton coming out. 😂 The top nine police are a ruthless company.
Lento is, IMO, a fingering sweater, La Bien Aimée Merino single is a thick lace or a very fine fingering depending on where you draw the line. So paired with mohair or suri lace it would be a very fine DK or a thick fingering... Good job on the pronunciation of Nadia Crétin-Lechenne by the way (I'm French, I wouldn't give an opinion either way) just the last syllable was a bit wrong it's more like "hen" :)
This makes a lot of sense. Many Merino Single yarn bases are very light so I can see how this would be categorized as fingering. I’m so itching to cast it on!
Great video, thank you Tayler! I want every sweater that you have on, each time I see your videos. Where do you sell your yarn online? I’ve looked at your website and I can’t seem to find it. Yes, I’m a little older than you are 🤣. Could be user error. Thanks!
Hi Heidi! Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad that these videos are providing some inspo. As for my yarn, I sell at fiberforthepeople.com however the last update from the 29th has since sold out so the shelves are empty until the next one on the 12th. ❤️
I have four children and a husband to knit for besides myself! So many projects, so little time. But when you love to knit, don’t rush it. Just enjoy the process, enjoy every tiny little stitch. Treasure the quiet productive time you have. As a busy Mom who homeschools four kids for hours each day and also has a lot of cooking, cleaning, and laundry to do, I savour my knitting projects! It’s my personal “vacation” time. What I’m trying to say is, even if you have a dozen projects in the back of your mind that you hope to eventually get to, enjoy taking the time to knit a project more slowly. Don’t worry about being efficient, just enjoy the experience. Savour it the way you would savour a really good book. The thinner yarns give you more time with the project! It’s another way of looking at it. Enjoy your knitting 😊
I am also a mom of four homeschool kids and was coming to type out something just like this! Nice to see more of us out there!
Unpopular opinion, I won’t buy a pattern for a cardigan unless I can see a version with it buttoned or tied 😅 I live in Canada, and for my climate it’s so important to be able to layer. So when I’m outside I’ll wear the cardigan under my jacket, then when I’m first coming inside I’ll leave it buttoned to warm up, and then once I get comfortable and warm again I’ll unbutton. Cardigans are so I can make warmth “steps” 😅😅
I felt this.
Why would that be an unpopular opinion? You are simply sticking to what works for your climate. Go you! I have to do almost the opposite because of my climate. I’m 30 minutes from the U.S./Mexican border, and I refuse to knit any “summer” wear that requires layering something underneath - camis and tanks under anything are far too uncomfortably hot here!
@@starla. OMG my grandparents lived in Green Valley, Arizona once upon a time (close enough to the Mexico border that visiting them is my only experience seeing speed limits given in km/h), and all I remember is how miserably hot it was there 😭😭😭😭
@@hobogoat2 Yes! 😂 This is why my “winter” yarn is 70% cotton PimaRino.
I’m all for the OP doing what works for her climate, and everyone else, too.
I would love to see this as a series! With other weights of yarn 🤩 loved this video, thank you for the recs
Sweaters made from fingering weight yarn require surprisingly small amounts of yarn. I love to knit but i already have too many sweaters after many years of knitting, so i just enjoy the long process and much cheaper cost. I can make a long sleeve xs sweater from 5 of 50g balls.
I could hear you talk about patterns you love all day - Your excitement for color is SO infectious!
Thank you Lauren. That means a lot. ❤
@maria b ❤❤
The Woolly Thistle has your favourite Rauma sweater it’s called Varde and they offer it in Finullgarn 😊
Thank you for including Burning in your list! I'm so pleased you like the design and its source of inspiration.
I recently found your channel and love it. I showed this video to my hairdresser and now I have the cutest pixie cut. I could listen to talk yarn you all day.
I'm so glad to see Andrea Gaughan on here - I've test knit two of her designs and they're honestly wonderful, really well written and beautiful designs. Andrea is also just a really lovely person so it's so good to see the designs getting some recognition! I can't recommend her patterns highly enough.
That music-on-hold section made my day! 😅🤗
Ooooooh, a sweater link for what you're wearing....I like it! 😄
You make a great sweater model!
Such a fun episode! I think you’d enjoy a non-superwash fingering weight sweater for the drape. Superwash yarns tend to be flimsier and that doesn’t seem to be what you’re after. But non-sw does feel sturdy, even on this thin yarn. Your number one sweater has been on my radar too!
I just love your podcasts … period!
Hi Missus Earl, I've discovered that when you conquer your fears, you discover something new to enjoy. That Roosemine technique looks so fun and interesting!
Love Love you podcasts!! I have the Varde pattern by Rauma and purchased the pamphlet from Woolley Thistle. You just gave me the incentive to move this sweater farther up my to-do list.
I learned how to crochet first so I have a bunch of fingering and sport weight yarns. But I mostly knit now, so this is a good shout!
That's so funny, I learned to crochet first and what I hoarded was worsted weight acrylic, and now I'm all about knitting socks lol. What is/was your go to crochet projects?
Highly recommend the Karelia. I love this sweater and the technique is not difficult and designer includes video tutorials. Love this sweater!!
Beautiful sweaters. The last one that you showed is definitely stunning!
I usually spin yarn as fingering weight. Thanks for suggestions of patterns to knit with my yarn!
I love the Pavement sweater and plan to make more than one
I'm also a visual person and I love the way you present stuff. Thank you! I know it's extra effort to do it this way! Also as soon as I saw the Karelia sweater I bumped all my other cast on plans. It's absolutely stunning!!
I live in a warm part of Arizona, and I finally made two fingering weight wool sweaters last year and I've absolutely loved them and probably wont go back to heavier weight sweaters tbh. Both of mine were Hannah Fettig designs - the Gable in Knit Picks Stroll and the Jennie Drop Shoulder in the exact yarn and color as the pattern. Love them both. The Jennie was a beast with the texture pattern, but I would probably do it again in a cropped version.
I think it's amazing that you would even consider sweaters in Nevada. I was there for 8 weeks, summer to be sure!
Oh yeah, we have serious summers here. But we also have COLD winters as well so sweaters are totally doable. Especially up in northern Nevada. ❤️
Hello, a nice moment as always, thank you! And it was fun to see an incursion of one of the most famous French-speaking knitting designers, Nadia Crétin Lechenne (who is actually from Switzerland ;) ) and test knitters. See you soon! Julia
You are quickly becoming one of my favs😊
I recommend looking at Veera Välimäki's designs. I have knitted a few of her sweaters both with color work and without and have found her patterns lovely and with a nice graphic quality. My favorite fingering sweater of her design that I have knit is the Lapponia sweater. She is a Finnish designer and is also a graduate of a Waldorf School as am I. I hope you enjoy her patterns, she has many to choose from!
Great line up! I especially love Night Heron and French Coast.
I have the varda pattern. I bought it in the book form from the Woolly Thistle.
Love some of those you chose. I love some of Jennifer Steingass fingering weight colorwork pullovers as well as Skeindeer Knits patterns. I have knit one Nordic Nights from Jennifer Steingass and have purchased several other of her patterns because they were just so much fun for me to knit. I even have the yarn to knit them. I just haven't had the time to yet, but I plan to cast on the Garden gate after all my gift knitting is done.
Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee was a fun knit. I also knit a Tunic Tee called Kohana by Pelykh Natalie . It was fun to knit despite my love-hate relationship with lace patterns. I love them but hate knitting them because I inevitably make mistakes that I don't catch until the next round and have to tink back. Ugh!
Fun video!!
I echo your recommendations. I’m knitting New Leaf by Jennifer Steingass now, and loving it, and I’m a huge fan of Tannis Lavalee of Tannis Fiber Arts. Her Rock it Tee is wonderful. Mine is in one color.
@Patricia Fedler I'm sure they are gorgeous 😍 I probably should knit a Rock It Tee in one color because I loved it so much.
First time watcher, loved your podcast! Keep up the great work. Love you sweater, the pattern is so classic and the yarn is lovely. ❤
I really want to knit the Nivalis pullover
by Teti Lutsak. I think it’s a similar style to the #1 on your list with the weaving as you go colorwork
I love #1, but the one I could see myself making and wearing is #2! A great mix of meditative and challenging.
#1 is sooo good.
It's actually kind of funny to me because most of those patterns I feel would look good in a sport or dk weight. When I'm drooling over a fingering weight sweater, it has some gorgeous, fine lace along the yoke or some really cool cabling that really only works with such a fine yarn.
I prefer smaller yarn weights. Just love what you love. I hardly ever work with anything above DK, but that is just me. I appreciate all knitter's work. Do what you do best. That is when you shine.
Night heron is on my list too; I think it might be my next sweater..
You need to check out the Zweig sweater. It’s become my favourite
This was another fun, informative program! Thanks Tayler.
My pleasure Sheri! Thank you for watching!
I love that you left the DK sweater and then said the police aren’t coming after you. 😂 priceless. 👏
#idowhatiwant 😉😉❤️❤️
for a simmilar colorwork pullover, try Camilla Vad's:
1. Esther jumper-sleeve mods (short or long sleeve).
2. Agnes Jumper
3. Iloq
4. Paon
5. Sirius
I’m currently working on Culm Ribbed Dolman Pullover by Fiona Alice. It’s a fingering weight all over moss stitch with a twisted rib panel up the front. So much knitting. Nine round to make an inch of progress and I have 326 sts per round in the body. So much work but I love love love this sweater. Just started the sleeves.
Would love a video of fantastic free or low price patterns for clothing ie hats, mittens, sweaters etc.
Finely the algorithm threw you my way, I’ve been watching knitting on here for years and never come across you, so pleased I did! (Love your hair too!)
I'm so pleased you did as well Jessica! Thank you for watching!
Hi Tayler - first of all, I love your content, thank you for your well organized opinions! I often rewatch your videos when looking for something specific, and I appreciate your focused topics.
A little insight from a musician turned knitter, if you're interested. Crescendos have more to do with volume, while the burning sweater seems to be inspired by the melodic themes, which are created by pitches moving higher and lower (pitch=frequency, volume=amplitude). You could think of melodic movement as your colorwork here, while volume (crescendo and decrescendo refer to gtadual changes in volume) would be more like your weight of yarn, if we're continuing with the music to knitting analogy. So a crescendo/decrescendo represented in yarn would be more like a thick and thin yarn 😆
Rauma just released the Varde design for Vams - a thicker yarn! Possibly only in Norwegian still... The sweater in the picture might actually be machine knit. The Rauma yarn mill owns a set of advanced sweater knitting machines that can churn out a sweater an hour which they sell ready made.
The pattern for Varde is only available when bought with the yarn from Rauma. I do not know if there are any vendors who ship to US.
It makes sense, as Rauma is a yarn company. They have good quality yarn, spun in Norway from Norwegian wool. For me it is a nice local brand.
I was hoping you would list the link to get the patterns and wow you did. Thank you so much. Could you do a instruction video of some of these.
Hi! Thank you for watching! So the best way to avoid the gap where the loop comes out between the stitches is to pull a bit more snugly on the yarn as you knit the second stitch in from the needle tip. This tightens up the space between those stitches on either side of the loop. 👍
Related but unrelated - this hairstyle suits you SO well. Pixies we’re literally made for you!!!!
Thank you Rebekah! I was actually having a questionable hair day when I filmed this so this means a lot. 😊
Love watching and listening to you. Currently knitting a Jennifer Steingass Midcoast sweater. Didn't think I could face a fingering weight sweater but it's exciting to see the color work unfold and I'm using a lovely light Shetland wool. I recommend any of her designs. Pieces of art.
Thank you for much for watching Susan! Jennifer Steingass is a fantastic designer. I need to explore more of her patterns! And I LOVE working with Shetland wool yarns. That toothiness is superb. ❤️
I knit the Karelina this year and it is my FAVORITE SWEATER!!!! I couldn't recommend it enough. Doing the color work was kind of weird since I'd never done that method before but it wasn't too bad (I just used the rubber band hair ties that she suggests). I really want to knit another because it's just that beautiful I get complimented on it alllllll of the time. Literally every time I wear it. My only suggestion is that while you're doing the color work, don't travel with it or you might have a bit of a mess. :) Anyway thanks as always for sharing your videos. I love watching. Best!
So funny, because that’s all I want to knit.
Karelia is a really fun knit
The way we choose patterns is very similar! I’m such a visual person and if there’s an interesting story behind the inspiration for the design, even better! I may have to cast on the Burning Sweater! It’s just lovely! Thanks for sharing ❤
My pleasure! Thank you so much for watching. Keep me posted if/when you cast on your Burning. I'm excited to see how folks like it. ❤️
My favorite designer is Rachel Illsley (the one who designed Burning from your video here), who creates some absolutely stunning colorwork, often in fingering weight. I haven't made anything from her yet but I love to flip through the different designs and admire them. Really worth a look.
She’s becoming one if my faves as well. Classic designs that look like they just fit well. I’m excited to explore more. Thank you for watching Micah!
My favourite fingering weight sweaters are the Grown Up Starry by Naoko Ogawa (I've made 4), Bloom or Geo Lace by Jenise Hope, Wool and Honey by Andrea Mowry, the Sinister Catigan by Marna Gilligan, Paulie by Isabel Kraemer, Imogen or Sibella by Carrie Bostick Hoge.
I think your last is great and I've added a bunch of new items to my ravelry favourites
I just finished the Laurel sweater by Along Avec Anna and I love it.
Check out Mon Ami Breton by Hinterm Stein. I enjoyed the atypical construction that yields a beautiful result!
already had Karelia faved on rav--i'd do it w/a long sleeves. a local person who studied fiber arts in Estonia has promised to give a class on roosimine--yay! she showed us some samples of gloves w/ roosimine--thin yarn, but very tight gauge; she called them 'bulletproof' :-) . looking forward to seeing your Karelia :-) .
I watched several interesting youtube videos with that Estonian technique and it looked relatively easy and so beautiful. I have been wanting to try it for a while. Perhaps I will knit Midori's sweater! I like the plum colored one too
I need to check it out Edina! It's such a pretty detail and if it can be done while knitting, that's a bonus!
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS here's one of many. th-cam.com/video/wAA56UWu4Ps/w-d-xo.html
I live in a warm climate, so I've made a few fingering weight sweaters. My favorite is Artemisia by Sartorial Knits. It is very different from most current designs, and that's one reason I chose it. It was a lot of fun to knit. A combination of mindless stockinette and interesting lace detail.
Thank you for this suggestion Genie! I love mindless stockinette!
I just knit a Bright Side by Espace Tricot. It's knit on 4mm needles so it's not too bad and the boxy fit is really nice!
I saw the gramma medley on your pad. I knit that sweater and it was super fun. I'm a plus size knitter so it was a little daunting but the quick changes of texture throughout each section actually made it go pretty fast.
Some fingering weight options I have in my Rav favs are:
Azor by Orlane Sucche www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/azor
Ilha also by Orlane Sucche www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ilha
Chabot by Alma Bali: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chabot
If you like roosimine, check out Seli Sweater by Aleks Bird (comes as a cardi too): www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seli-sweater
I recently knitted:
Winterfell by Katrin Schneider www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/winterfell-cardigan
Berenice by Julie Hoover: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/berenice-4
Piece of Silver by Veera Valimaki: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/piece-of-silver
Boxy by Joji Locatelli (omg it took so long!): www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boxy
I just finished the Carlina(which i got free march of 2020) after over two years on the needles, even though it was so slow, i am so happy with the results 🎉
This was fun! I have so many fingering weight sweaters in my to knit pile! 😆 the ones Im most excited for right now are the fossil frenzy tee by mary p. Hunt, the paysanne blouse by fabel knitwear and the prismatic sweater by wool and pine….actually wool and pine has some of my favorite fingering weight designs overall!
living in so cal it's too warm to get good use out to anything else
Hi Tayler, great episode! But I kept staring at your Tulip jumper hoping you’d share your yarns😂
I searched back and found that episode and am so in LOVE with the colours you used. Will your chocolate cherry mohair be in your upcoming shop update and what is the exact colour of the Hillesvåg Tinde yarn? My browser won’t load the page. How much of each did you use for your sweater - I did check your Ravelry page but it was not listed there.
Thank you in advance!
I caught that “Clueless” quote 😂
Always love hearing you talk about yarn and patterns; you’re so passionate :D I was wondering if you’ve ever considered either mentioning sizes up front or doing a collection of patterns that you like that are size inclusive? I fell in love with a few of the patterns you talked about and was sad to see I wouldn’t be able to make and wear them :(
Hi Leonie! Thank you for watching and for your kind words. Yes. I can absolutely put together a collection of pattern ideas that include a generous range of sizes. Thank you for the suggestion. ❤️
Stop it !!! your No1 is going in my queue😍You can totally do roosimine, its sort of reverse colourwork, your floats are on the RS. I did wrist warmer by Alex Byrd the technique is so engaging X
Yes! Visuals are one of the things that make your videos so great! Keep 'em coming! 😊
Two merch ideas... one that says "Stripes more stripes" and "The police aren't come for my top 9..." Love that. :). A reminder to just not get caught up in the details when you don't need to. Thanks for that! 💚
Thank you Rachel! And I LOVE these merch ideas. My husband sometimes says that I should make shirts out of some of the sound bites from certain episodes and I'm usually very hesitant because I feel like folks probably don't notice them, but I guess y'all do pick up on my weirdness and silly things I say...when alone...in front of a camera. 🥴. ❤️
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS not weird at all! Just totally relatable and fun. 😁
I grew up with a dad who had a full trunk subwoofer; you can definitely feel music 😂
Oh for sure. I remember driving to school with my brother my freshman year of high school and having my bones rattled by his subwoofer blasting Rage Against the Machine. It was an experience. One I appreciate. 😎
I like your choices, but as a bottom up, seamed knitter ( yes there are some of us left) can I also recommend Cambridge by Berroco. Flattering shape and easy knit.
Great suggestion! And stay tuned. I have a bottom-up seamed project newly on the needles that I'll be talking about soon. ❤️
I believe you can get the Varda pattern by Rauma from The Woolly Thistle 😊
I also thought I would never want to knit fingering weight sweaters but seeing Karelia and the Paul Klee really makes me want to go for it!
If that's issue, with the varda sweater, I think those are mags online so you might do a screen capture? I'm just guessing. Watching on my mobile so couldn't see the edges very well
From the beginning, crocheted sweaters tend to be better in fingering weight and Tunisian crochet is thick with large stitches so that may also do well with fingering weight yarn.
I knit the Alocasia sweater as a test knit for Annie Lupton of Boho Chic Fiber Co…fingering weight…I love it !
Oooo I’ll have to look into that one! Thank you Marianne. ❤️
(Btw, I love the spelling of your name.)
Thoughtful video. Thanks for the ideas. A fingering weight sweater that I have on my list is Local Meadow by Jennifer Parroccini. She has several fingering weight designs and gives clear instructions on getting a fit for your body (and her patterns are size inclusive which I like).
Thanks for this interesting video. Although I used to knit fingering weight sweaters, thanks to your video I discovered some new designs and designers. Burning is high on my list right now! I hope you knit a fingering weight sweater soon as you will probably enjoy wearing it and maybe knitting it. Currently I am knitting the Zweig sweater by Caitlin Hunter, which has some structural elements all over the body.
There are a few fingering weight sweaters on my radar starting with Andrea Mowry's fade sweater. I need to find a way to use skeins of fingering! Also the original Rock It Tee. Maybe you aren't into knits for warmer climates but this past year featured so many fingering, sport, and DK knits to wear when it's not very cold.
These are lovely knits and great ways to use up those skeins of fingering yarn. I'm not entirely sure why I'm so resistant to fingering sweaters...outside of the aesthetic things...I guess where I live sweaters just aren't practical most of the time and then when winter hits, it's like three months of COOOOLLLLD and the only sweaters that make sense are the heavier ones....I don't know...
Tayler. I love your aesthetic in clothes. Would you mind telling me what sweater you wore in this video? Also where do you get your sweatpants and shop for your fun clothing. ❤ thanks for all the videos you put out. I’m so happy you’re back
Julie
Thank you so much Julie! It's great to be back. ❤️ The sweater here is the Tulip Jumper by Melody Hoffman and the sweat pants are by Vuori. They're pricey, but worth every penny! I have four pair.
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The first thing I thought when I saw the first (pink) sweater is that Tayler would change the colors on that one. And I did notice that the #1 sweater did have sleeves on the burgundy colored one. Interesting to think about, but I'm feeling a round of socks coming on!
Great episode! Definitely been wanting to do the Stria since it first came out.
The booklet for Varde is available in the USA from The Woolly Thistle
Thank you SOOO much for this!
I can recommend the pattern by Amanita „Lorelei“ it is simply beautiful 😊
I have two fingering weight sweaters in my cue and yarn ready. They are Desert Spring by Jessica McDonald and Bridgerton by Rachel Illsley. Rachel has so many fingering weight sweaters and they are all stunning.
You should go and check out Fabel Knitwear! She has so many gorgeous (sweater) patterns, and most are either fingering or DK weight yarn
So funny! I am just finishing my first fingering weight sweater and am like, "Whew. Glad that's over." It's beautiful , but that sure is a lot of knitting.
Congrats on this! That is truly an accomplishment. I can imagine the feeling. ❤️❤️❤️
Great video! Free Sunday so going to watch more . What program are you using on your iPad showing everything?
I did Navelli. It took FOREVER! But finished sweater is very worth it.
That's such a good feeling. A SOLID payoff after a long turnaround! I need to refresh my memory on that design. I'm going to check it out!
The Rauma pattern is only available in Norwegian, and to buy the pamphlet (which is the pamplhet number 257R) , you will have to buy a minimum og four 50 gram balls of yarn along with it. It is, unfortunally, very normal for Norwegian yarn brands to have these pamphlets with yarn buying requirements. The pattern is gorgeous, and I am tempted to buy it myself 😍🙈
The recommended yarn (rauma finull) is a high quality rustic yarn which will last for generations as a garment, highly recommend it if you don't mind a bit of prickling from your knits.
Hi Irene! Thanks to a few lovely viewers, I've found the pattern booklet at The Wooly Thistle! I'm not sure if it's printed with an English translation insert, but I didn't need to purchase any additional yarn to purchase the pattern. I'm excited to receive it!
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS Oh wow, that is amazing! Cannot wait to see your sweater! 😍
I am right there with you on the Karelia love. I also saw the wine version and bought the kit so I can have that exact jumper. Cannot wait!
Right now I'm knitting a Mackworth which is quite an easy knit. Amy Christoffer's Lunenberg jumper is lovely, I've made one but definitely need more of them - so many colour possibilities! I've got the Nivalis pullover in my queue, as well as it's DK sister the Between Petals pullover (might make that one first). I really like the Achikochi jumper pattern, I've got that in my queue too. Urgh, I just want to cast on all the things!
On the topic of all the great Cardigans you wear, I thought you might like to check out the Love patterns by ANKESTRiCK, they come as a bundle of 4. There's a Big Love that would be right up your street (Knit in aran) and a Little Love (knit in 4 ply), there are also longer versions. I'd love to know what you think! 😊
Thank you so much for all of these suggestions Jennifer! And can I just say: where has the Big Love been all my life!? Holy cow, it's perfect!
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS oh yay! I hoped you'd love it. I'm so pleased you do 😄
My first sweater was a fingering weight sweater, and every sweater since has been surprisingly fast to knit! I set myself up to expect every sweater tot ake forever, and I think that's sort of nice. haha
I think that’s genius actually! ❤️
My first sweater was a duster length cardigan with seams. It took me 2 years. Dropped knitting for years because although I loved the garment, it was way too warm! My second garment was the Cumulus tee, knit in fingering linen. That took ages, although I really love the garment and wear it all the time! Everything else has seemed to fly off my needles, although I am quite a slow knitter.
I RESISTED the urge to knit me a fingering weight sweater for a loooooong time!! I’m a “project knitter” more than a process knitter (although this is changing!!!). So I was always looking for patterns I could quickly knit and wear - but I finally started shifting toward fingering weight because interestingly lots of my stash includes fingering go figure. My first pattern was the Anna Tee by Sara Stark - I loved it and is to this day one of my faves❤. Thank you thank you for this topic and conversation your choices are stunning !😊
My pleasure Yvette! As always, thank you so much for watching. ❤️
And it's interesting how our interests change over time and as our skills develop/sophisticate. Maybe I'll be the same (Lord willing and the creek don't rise 😂).
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS ❤️❤️❤️you gotta do it no regrets!
I've got Gridlines by Suzanne Sommer in my queue to be my first fingering weight sweater. Texture + interesting construction... what do you think?
Getting Austin/Bronte vibes from that mug...
Ack, my queue is already too long! Fabulous choices. I will add Maeron by Natasja Hornby.
I have done Roosimine before (Aleks Byrd has a number of designs), and I will warn you that it is annoying to work! Similar to intarsia in that you have a number of dangling bobbins. I actually found it much easier to embroider the pattern on afterwards. That said, I agree that it is a stunning design and worth the effort!
Oooo Joanne I'm so glad you're giving me this warning. Honestly, hanging bobbins sounds like a really bad time to me. 😂. Hmmmmm I may need to rethink this. And that's ok. It's those colors that get me the most. ❤️
Can you imagine if the Top 9 police really were coming for you?
I like the so basic sweater by Maxim Cyr. It has texture on top of the shoulders and down the arms but is otherwise just a basic fingering weight sweater. My tastes likely differ though as I don’t find the more feminine styles very appealing but that’s just me.
So I do love the So Basic. The arm detail makes it for me. I'd lose the pocket, but that's just a preference thing. And honestly, despite some of these floofy numbers, the designs I'm most drawn to are ones that are sort of unisex or "sartorially androgynous" if you want to impress your party guests. It's my inner Meg Ryan/Diane Keaton coming out. 😂
The top nine police are a ruthless company.
Lento is, IMO, a fingering sweater, La Bien Aimée Merino single is a thick lace or a very fine fingering depending on where you draw the line. So paired with mohair or suri lace it would be a very fine DK or a thick fingering... Good job on the pronunciation of Nadia Crétin-Lechenne by the way (I'm French, I wouldn't give an opinion either way) just the last syllable was a bit wrong it's more like "hen" :)
This makes a lot of sense. Many Merino Single yarn bases are very light so I can see how this would be categorized as fingering. I’m so itching to cast it on!
Great video, thank you Tayler! I want every sweater that you have on, each time I see your videos. Where do you sell your yarn online? I’ve looked at your website and I can’t seem to find it.
Yes, I’m a little older than you are 🤣. Could be user error. Thanks!
Hi Heidi! Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad that these videos are providing some inspo. As for my yarn, I sell at fiberforthepeople.com however the last update from the 29th has since sold out so the shelves are empty until the next one on the 12th. ❤️