Episode 101 - January Round-Up!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Welcome to another video on my Knit 365 TH-cam channel - in this episode I chat about all the things I got up to in January.
We talk Finished Objects, WIPs and stash acquisitions! The Round-Up format is BACK!
The upcoming shows I mention are:
Unravel farnhammalting...
The Big Flock: www.thebigfloc...
If you want to check out the class I'm teaching you can find more info here:
www.thebigfloc...
That Glowhair is spectacular and absolutely my colours, so....
your spinning is getting so good but finish those shawls and then really enjoy working with that sock yarn.. So soft!
Love the shawl made from Gemma’s advent. They are exactly my colours and the pattern is beautiful.
Martyn, your Glowhair Frost Shawl is absolutely gorgeous-- I love the colors-- you go Jena
Martyn, woolens and nosh are the socks I knitted this past Christmas. With the mini, you start by knitting your cuff or toe depending if your knitting cuff down or toe up. Then you start the stripes-- in between each color of stripe you’ll have the same color as the mini. So if you only want to knit a stripe a day, you stop when you get to the mini color. I think you’ll love this-- it’s easy to get through the pair and so much fun.-- ENJOY!!!!!
Hi Martyn, both the shawls are gorgeous in their own right.
The Raw Wool Company one is lovely in its simplicity and Little Grey Girl is just a-maz-ing!!
You have done so well with your new passion. But don't forget your first loves. 😂
Off to see Kinky Boots tomorrow, starring the stupendous Johannes Radebe from Strictly.
One of my favourite films. So excited.
I've started the Anthrology Throw, only 576 stitches at the moment, soon to double again. 😂
It's an amazing pattern and it's going with me tomorrow. There is a lot of just knitting in the round to great tv watching. I will put it away for the show, as do a bit in the interval.
Have a lovely week. xxJane 🐑🌼
O.m.g. Martin that west shawl is beautiful, I love the colors so much. Would love to buy that yarn . ❤
Martyn - you know it will get done - you’ve got the t-shirt to prove it. Thank you for being in my lounge tonight - you made me laugh out loud at least 3 times today- thank you
The sampler blanket is looking gorgeous and OMG the shawls. I knit that Woolens and Nosh set two years ago (2022 Advent). It's gorgeous and I think you'll love it. And the mini is enough for cuffs, heels, and toes, as long as your cuff is around 15 rounds or less.
Love your shawls. They are beautiful!!
You can make the deadline…positive vibes coming to you from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania!!
You are going to love that Woolens and Nosh advent. They are great self striping yarns!!!
Your shawls are beautiful. Both of them. The last seven yarns you spun, held together makes me think they would be a beautiful cowl. I know spinning is a lot of fun and you are doing so well, but I hope it doesn't get in the way with your knitting and crochet. You are inspiring in your projects and I always look forward to seeing what you are creating. Love seeing both of you, busy with your lives and what you are doing. Thank you for that. You asked what we are working on. I finished my Go Go Dynamo Shawl by Stephen West. Love it, but it took me forever! I started another of Stephen Wests shawls and got confused on the pattern work and decided to go it on my own and create my own shawl with different stitches, I'm on the last part of it now. It's huge.
We have our local yarn event coming in about 2 weeks. It is here in Tacoma Washington at a motel. It's been several years, but with covid and things, I've missed it for some years. I am hoping to get there this year. That Vertices Unite shawl that someone gifted for one of your give a way's just changed what I thought of that pattern and I am going to try to find yarn close in those colors to create it. I didn't like it before in the colors that Stephen used, but the one you held up sure changed my mind. Thank you for sharing that. Have fun at your shows
The purple mini looks like a plum to me on the camera. I love the idea of not looking at the sock adventure yarn so that each stripe is a surprise.
As someone who is just starting out on TH-cam, I wish I could come and learn from your talk, Martin!
Your shawl is lovely Martyn. The mystery advent is ingenious. I always knit my socks concurrently so that idea from both sides of the bag is right up my alley. Cheers from NZ.
So many beautiful skeins of yarn! You might want to spin all that series of fibers in the next couple weeks before your default spin becomes thinner…
I love checking out new knitting podcasters so I hope if anyone from your class starts up, they let you know and I hope you give them a shout out on your channel so we can watch them too!
That West shawl is just beautiful, Martyn, and in those colours you picked it's simply gorgeous.
2 shawls for sure. Then I hope you'll finish the cardi or make some progress on it. Damn, that rainbow shawl is GORGEOUS!!!!! They both are but that is especially lovely. I'm sure lots of folks will get good info from your class. Happy Spinnin' Martyn - you are going great.
Just had to rip back 2 rows of my border, I'm delighted I'm nearly there, this is my first Stephen West knit
OMG that is an awesome name! I wish I lived over there, I’m just sort of bumbling around as I figure things out :) The SHAWLS are amazing.
Hi Martyn,Your lace shawl is gorgeous 😊
I definitely have to do the knit and then purl row before I stop. If I’m knitting in the round - it’s harder to know when to stop!! Sometimes I do a pattern repeat, or the cable round so I have an easier next row. Maybe it’s a thing but whatever makes us smile eh? 😂❤
When your head wasn’t in frame was wondering how you would polish your halo 😂😇
Absolutely love your hiberknitalong!!
I also love that there's no mohair!! I'm sensitive to mohair and that's the perfect option! That & "exploration station" are still on my list, but I haven't chosen colors...I have a couple gorgeous advent gradient sets & wonder if they'd work. One is even 30gr minis.
I'm making 4 (yes, 4) emotional support chickens for my BFF's grandkids for easter..doing assembly line style, they're going quickly.... until I discovered I have no red or yellow! 🤣🤣😂
I'll dye some. 😉
You knit beautifully I like your podcast I just found you and love all your projects
Thank you Martyn for sharing your month! Just a bit of advice…..take the crochet blanket to band, put the sock in your bag to go to work or the coffee shop 😉, and reserve an hour (at least) to work on a shawl every night. If your sittin your knittin! Look forward to seeing your progress! 🤞🏻
I almost forgot….Woolens and Nosh has been one of my go to Advents for socks for years! The stripes are very defined and the colors are SO beautiful! I feel confident that you will enjoy knitting (and wearing) that pair!…..it’s almost impossible to knit just one stripe a day…..that’s the challenge!
How I wish one of the UK companies would produce an Advent bag like Woolens and Nosh ! It looks such a fun knit but US tax and postage makes it too expensive for me. If you have any influence Martyn please suggest it as it would be a sell out! The colours on your shawl are stunning and will look amazing when finished. Well done again on your spinning! XX
Your spinning amazed me. And yes you will finish your projects. My biggest wish is to knt with non suoer wash. In South Africa we only get superwash M.
Love the Jenna advent and oh my word the shawl so beautiful. You repair make counting mistake so awesomely. We grow into knitting ingenieurs
OMG! You’re doing so good! Those hand spun yarns are just gorgeous 😮❤
Gauging spinning speed is a tough one, and when I became curious about it, I decided to calculate in terms of spinning hours vs metres of 2-ply yarn produced. Because depending on how thick or thin you spun, the grams will be very different.
During last Summer’s Tour De Fleece (oh, do look into it, TDF is such fun and GREAT to improve your skills) I decided to track my spinning time and how many metres it yielded. Well, spinning a bit every say yielded me 36 hours behind the wheel and 1155,6 metres of yarn, of which roughly 150 metres were 3-ply and the rest was lace weight 2-ply. That’s not terribly fast but lace weight takes a bit more care, a lot more twist, and you need to be careful not to break your singles during plying. I didn’t log niddy-noddying time, or skeining time. Neither did I count the time I spent scouring and combing raw wool.
Some spinning techniques are faster than others. Longdraw is apparently the fastest way to spin. But my TDF production was short forward draw.
People in the online TDF group were impressed (or so they told me). Maybe they were impressed by the time I spent spinning. Or maybe because I’d been spinning less than a year.
All I can say Martyn, is that you are a fast learner, and that your yarns look really good. Please keep spinning. There's always a fun fibre just begging to be spun, with pretty colours and a delightful texture that will make your fingers sing. And when it's turned to yarn you get to enjoy it all over again because you get to knit with it.
Edit: the yarn weight guide is for singles and plied yarn. If you want to know if your singles are thin enough to produce a lace weight 2-ply, you’ll have to do a ply-back test and hold that bit against your spinning guide. It’s really easy to do: pull a bit of what you’re spinning off the bobbin (or don’t allow it to pull onto the bobbin), double it up and allow it to twist itself together. There’s your sample. Check it, untwist it and let it join the rest onto the bobbin. Either keep spinning as is (if you’re happy) or adjust your spinning (if you want thicker/thinner).
So that Sec 9, Leafy Lace… I was almost done with Section 10 Seed Stitch with the mohair when I realized that I had made a grievous error in Section 9. I stewed for a week, contemplated undoing (even with mohair) and then decided that since the error was consistent across the row, I would settle for a slight redesign of Section 9. Unless someone is intimately familiar with the shawl pattern, I don’t think anyone will notice. Love, love, love the colors of yours! And I love the neutral interpretation of Exploration Station - gives it a completely different vibe.
Gemma’s shawl is scrumptious!!!! If it’s not your colors, maybe it’s a wonderful gift for your tiny beautiful Mom??
Using enough of each of your spins to make a blanket - doing crochet or knitted squares? I think your progress spinning is awesome!!!
Hi Martyn, ask Mark to hide your Ashford for 2 weeks so you can finish your shawls 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. Just joking, good luck with all the finishes you want to have. I'm now also spinning 😂😂 and I must say loving it, but have to peddle my spinning wheel and that's getting some used to I say. Don't forget to enjoy your crafting, happy crafting, Petra
You’ve got this Martyn. I have big faith that you can finish all of the wips. Have a great week. Cheers!
Woohoo see you at Big Flock x
Loved today's video thanks very much.
Lovely❤thanks and good luck😊
Hi Martyn, I've really enjoyed following your spinning progress, as I do all your podcasts. I just wanted to say, with an e-spinner you don't have to have it directly in front of you. Try getting comfortable on the sofa and having it at your side, the yarn will still make its way to the bobbin and you can watch TV comfy! ❤
If you decide to make your TH-cam workshop an online tutorial I'd love to subscribe, I'm so nervous but would love to try.
Thank you for answering my question from your previous video. Your not bragging your just having ah hah moments and that is something to be proud of. You mentioned hiding your cords, I purchased a rechargeable power source for me e spinner. I don’t have an Ashford so I don’t know if that’s possible but it has definitely been a game changer and I get 10-12 hours out of a charge. You might also want to consider purchasing 2 or 3 extra bobbins to have on hand for your mass production days. Also another very handy but inexpensive spinning tool you may want to get is from Katrinkles and it shows your yarn sizes in wood with appropriately sized grooves to lay your wool in. I find it easier than laying on top of a flat surface. Both devices would be nice to have. I was wondering if you ever “Thwack” (sp?) your skeins after soaking them to help even out the spin? I hear people talk about it but I’m not sure exactly how to do it. Again I’m also new to spinning so we can help each other out with our new discoveries. Keep up the good work.
Living vacariously though your spinning adventure, when I win the lotto I'll buy an espinner
I have 400g of un dyed yarn to dye that's where my heart, I love dyeing, love your labels by the way ❤❤❤❤❤
Great spinning and knitting ! What a productive month you had ! Is Mark still hoping for his sweater ??? I think you won't be able to finish all you think you can do for unravel, but we'll see.
Love your Hiberknitalong shawl!!! It is inspiration to knit the pattern I have already purchased (bought the whole pattern 2025 grouping). Also, love your Exploration Station shawl. The idea of monochromatic inspires me to knit it again. ❤ Mondays for your cheerful episode!
Yes, you can do it ; ) I believe! My favorite thing today was your Toft blanket!!!! Gorgeous!!
You've got this Martin. I can see those needles smoking!! 🤩
Thank you Martyn for sharing your projects. I finished my Glowhair Frost Shawl on Thursday.😊
Ah will miss you at Unravel will be there on the Friday, and won't be able to make it to Big Flock either. I didn't make the hiberknitalong shawl this year, did the past 2! Good luck in finishing one. I am having a go with the ranunculus currently, as my first top down jumper. I'm using stuff from my stash as its an experiment to see if it fits ok. Its going to be a few different colours, so far cream/emerald green and probably purple! Hopefully see you at Autumn Unravel
Deadlines focus the mind. You can definitely finish some things for unravel.
Martyn you are a hoot with your whips. I don’t think I’ve ever had more than 5. That’s all I can handle. All of my spinning is done vicariously through you and Kevin at Needles of the Ready who is also a new spinner
❤ two shawls. I have faith in you 😊. I enjoy your videos and spinning.
Congratulations Martin 🎉
YOU WILL GET THE 2 SHAWLS DONE AND AND AND THE BLANKET IN TIME. I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT.❤🎉😅
Leave the spinning alone and I am confident that you will finish both shawls and the socks before the unravel festival
I have my tickets for the Big Flock! Hope to see you there. 😊
Follow your path hat by Stephen West? Great video …Looking forward to Unravel!
That’s the one!!!!! Glad you got it from my poor description hahaha
@ I made a couple at a similar time to you..I think that’s why I remembered😆..it’s a nice hat..would look great with handspun. I know Andrea Mowry also has patterns for handspun also 🧶
Hi, Martyn,
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you have a dropped stitch in the purple / blue lace section of your gradient shawl. It's so beautiful, and I know you can finish it!
Eeek! I’ve just looked over every section and can’t see a dropped stitch, can you see which part of the video you think you saw it so I can watch back and triple check please? 🤞🏻
@@knit365blog Maybe I'm wrong and I am just seeing a distorted yarn over as you hold it up! I hope so, but at about 33:32 where you hold a piece of paper behind the shawl, I see a hole larger than the others just to the viewer's left of the part you focus on. Most visible at 33:37-39. Also at 33:42, it is almost center screen.
OMG get to it
Noro patterns are good for hand spun yarn as long as you know what thickness it is, i.e DK, Aran, Chunky etc
It comes in waves!
I started the hyberknitalong, started something else after section one and cannot find what I’ve done with it. Unhhhh! It will turn up.
I would love to have you as my teacher! ❤
And the colours of the new skeins, the record cover fibres, look amazing! My two big loves, wool🧶 and music records🎶, in once! 😍
Do they also produce yarn? Or just fibre?
Greetings from Germany,
Katja
I’ve never timed myself spinning. Hmmm maybe that’s something I should do. It will be good to keep a record.
You do have finished objects. You have skeins of yarn! They count! You took the fluff and made yarn. The skeins are done.
Yay, go Martyn go…. You can do it ……🧶
A little bit if spinning 😅
No, you will not finish all 4 items by Unravel. But That’s Ok!! There are only so many hours in the day and you work. And play in a band. Anton can see the finished shawl at the next show.
Why don't you do a %conversion of fiber to yarn? Keep the fiber and yarn stashes separate 😊🎉 for statistical purposes obviously!