Your daughters are intelligent, funny, engaging, and beautiful to boot. As I age, I cherish these kinds of conversations with my daughter & son. This is what their children will learn about their grandmother someday.
That was really fun watching you and your daughters. A funny side note, I'm one of your gentlemen knitters and you've taught me so much. I tell people about you every day. I first learned to crochet..I actually taught my left handed mother to crochet when she was in her 60s.. and she crocheted until the day she passed. We can all learn from family.
What a wonderful post! So many great pieces of information! I am crazy about your 1940's sweater color choices! Really great! And your two daughters are beautiful and bright and articulate and interesting! Thank you for sharing them. You are clearly very proud of them, as you should be. Remarkable young women!
Another great podcast. Thank you to your daughters for appearing. Great conversation about creativity, and how important it is. I learned to knit in Gr. 5 with pencils and string with a bunch of my classmates. Didn't take to it. Tried again in high school, and , to quote my father "you knit a rag", tried again in my twenties...managed to knit a long scarf. I picked it up again about 8 years ago (in my 50s) and have finally stuck with it, made simple things that I like and now, in retirement, have spent many hours learning from you and other TH-cam vloggers and tackled a few more complicated things. It's never too late!
I enjoy hearing your daughters perspective on creativity. For me creativity is the only constant in my life, and has been so important to my well-being. We all can write songs, knit hats, and paint pictures. There is no need to be the best, the important part is creating.
I love the rapport you have with your daughters. So much love and happiness. I have a complicated relationship with my own mother, and I love seeing healthy family dynamics. Creativity is such an important thing to foster in our children's lives. It also makes me feel a bit better about my own kids not wanting to learn how to knit, knowing that your kids aren't knitters. I keep hoping to have grandkids one day that I can teach how to crochet and knit. Fingers crossed. 😀
When you showed nina's ceramics works afterwards that cracked me up, it reminded me of when my mom insisted on hanging my art assignment in the living room after I repeatedly said no. And I'm more or less her age so maybe that's just a mom thing
So nice seeing you with your lovely daughters. Having a daughter about the same age makes me wonder how she would answer some of those questions…..oh, and love all the info about color. It is the thing I struggle with most of all whether it’s picking a paint color or colors for my knits. Very helpful.
Loved seeing your girls. I also have 2 grown daughters. I’m going to sit down with them and ask some of the same questions you asked your girls. Lots of fun and beautiful girls.
What a delightful episode! I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Nina and Sophia and hearing about their creative journeys and pursuits. I have a 24 year old daughter as well who grew up with a creative mom-- we made her Halloween costumes together, I knit obsessively (currently resubmitting a few swatches for MHK L2) and like you, hubs and I never said no to books or art supplies. Molly is now a board certified music therapist, so she uses her creative outlet to write music and share that creative gift. Thank you for this and every episode-- I'm a very loyal viewer! :-)
Those tools for selecting / learning about colors are really interesting! I never thought of going grayscale to help seeing more information about the colors, really smart.
One of the first videos I watched of your show was when you were the kindle fairy. It made me happy to see this come back to it. I just requested the Readers Digest book from the library. I can’t wait to peruse it.
So nice to meet your daughters! Mine knows how to knit but won’t go near it since it’s “my thing.” Humph! I also appreciated your talk on choosing colors - I also find that very difficult. Great episode all in all - thanks so much!
I also use the pencil grip when knitting. I'm Australian, like Andrea from Fruity Knitting, so it may be something that caught on here. My mother taught me to knit as a young child in the 1950s and we knitted at school, presumably being taught the same method as I don't remember ever having to change. Mum also had to knit at school, although she would have been strongly influenced by her Highland Scottish grandmother with whom she lived from the age of eleven (1930). I wish I knew where the technique really came from. I know it's very efficient and doesn't need much hand movement. It works perfectly well with straight needles, double pointed or circulars. Your daughters are lovely. Thanks for introducing us to them.
I have been enjoying your breed study. I'm not a spinner (yet!) but do enjoy learning more about how they make yarn. I think the Targhee sheep ARE kind of cute, they're the sheep I was used to seeing on farms where I grew up! I do like the look of that yarn you made too, very springy! RE: your color issues, I used to work in a quilt shop and have often advised people on choosing colors for their quilts. I agree with the person who advised you to throw in that bright neon green... loved that hat. :-) Sometimes a dash of something surprising is just the thing. And last but not least, your daughter's teacher had the right definition in my opinion of creativity. It's related to everything we do - we should think outside the box! Inside the box is boring.
I loved “meeting” your daughters. I have a 24 year old daughter too who is a creative, currently working on lighting visual effects for TV. She thanks us regularly for encouraging her to major in Art. She’s way more creative than I am, just not a knitter yet.
How wonderful to meet your beautiful daughters..we are also a very creative family. My mother was a painter among other things,and of course we all garden too..I remember putting quilts together with my grandmother when I was about 7..there are so many wonderful arts out there and never enough time..😊🧶
I hold my left needle above the knitting and my right below so I don’t take my hand off the needle to pass the wool. I also generally use a circular needle so my needles don’t get in the way and my elbows stay still. Hence I can knit anywhere except whilst driving !
i enjoyed the chat with your daughters. also... how have i not heard of Billie's channel before? she is awesome. her multi-pages approach to selecting colors is exactly what i do when buying yarn for a specific project. best part is, her NYC accent brings a smile to the face of this Brooklyn girl who is living outside of the country at present.
I must say this was a real treat. I love to see the interactions between your daughters and how easily Sofia talked to "us". Could you let us know the patterns for the sweaters that "NANA" gave them. I love them. How nice for you to have such nice and accomplished grown daughters
So much interesting content. Thank you for sharing your daughters. I have 2 also and it’s fun to see their enthusiasm for my newly found love of knitting.
I hold my knitting needle( the right one) like a pencil. I was taught by my mum and she came from London, UK. I was born there and now live in the South of England.
Loved the session with your daughters! They are both lovely young women. I, like you, get obsessive about my knitting. I’ll have to ask my own daughter similar questions! Thank you also for the color choice sections. I use the monochrome setting on my camera to help me, but your other ideas are great. Fortunately, I’m not dealing with colorblind issues. I see how difficult that must be for you. Great show.
It was fun watching you and the interaction between the generations. My girls are 28 and 32 . (youngest is my computer programer that is a 3D graphic artist which comes in handy with the front end of the programs she writes , but she really enjoys the freelance 3D graphic side of it that speaks to her arts side ) RE: the way knitting needles were held, I either heard or read some where, that pencil hold was considered a more attractive or desirable way to knit by young women at the time. Unsure if this was a class thing or not. It still feels like a social thing to me, gathering to knit with others, but nowdays, just less about , being SEEN or how we look , while knitting .
Hello Roxanne I have just started watching your wonderful videos, as I am starting to knit at the age of 63 having done sewing for many years. One of the things that I enjoy very much is mixing colours when I put outfits together. Many years ago I had my colours done and I am a spring. When I had my colours done (i.e. all the colours that suit my skin tone) I received a colour wallet with all my colours in. I have a warm skin tone, which means that all the colours that suit me best have an undertone of yellow. People with a cool skin tone have an undertone of blue. I later went on to learn colour analysis for skintone myself, and quite often I can spot somebody’s skin tone. You look absolutely fantastic in that 50s cardigan that you’re wearing, and I suspect that you may be a summer or a winter because I think cool undertones suit you very well. Anyway, I wondered if you could find somebody to analyse your skin tone to help you choose colours for your projects, because although a colour wheel is very useful it doesn’t differentiate between cool or warm undertones. If this suggestion is helpful in any way to you I will be very pleased because you have talk to me how to knit in the continental style which is going to help with my hands very much as I suffer with inflammation and I’m very grateful for that so it would be good to give you something back. Thank you so much 😊
Hahaha…I remember my kids getting on me when I took my knitting to the theater for our Once a year Christmas Movie! And I did knit during the movie, only a few times did I stop as the action was intense, then back to knitting.
Lovely to see your family, now we need your husband on. I would not have known the yellow was the lightest value, great example of using that tip. I struggle with picking colors too and recently had to do 5, so first picked a white, a black, and with the remaining 3 picked three shades of blues. Similar to your thought process.
I really laughed at 'Obsessive Fridays'. That would be a great name too :D I stopped knitting for many years but picked it up again during the pandemic and now I'm a bit obsessive about it as well. I can only hope to match your enthusiasm one day. I haven't translated any German research papers... yet. I'd be in a prime position to do it having grown up bilingually and all, so if you ever need a hand, I'd be happy to help.
I was taught by my Nana to knit faster by holding the needles under the fabric, I think maybe like you were describing. She was from the Midlands of England.
A great episode, it makes me wonder how my children would answer those questions. And you can tell your daughter she does get paid a commission for the TH-cam referrals, but you pay them in stitches not money, when you knit socks for her significant other.
I have been knitting with a pencil grip for ever. I knitted as a child but cannot remember who taught me - my mother didn't knit and nor did my grandmothers so far as I remember. However I am originally from the UK and now live in Canada. The only other person I have seen knitting like that is Carol Feller - Irish so close to the UK. Interesting discussion though it still doesn't explain the cartoons for me - my needles are almost horizontal! One interesting point about the pencil grip is that, with the flicking method, purling is quicker in my opinion - less needle movement I think. Next point is that Knitpicks does a Color Card for its Palette line. Many of the colors are used in their other lines too so it is quite useful Beautiful daughters - you must be very proud of them! Thank you for all your help.
I'm from the South of England and hold my right hand needle in the pencil hold but not the left. My American friend is fascinated by it when we zoom lol! I was taught to knit when I was around 5 years old (more than half a century ago!) I think by my Grandmother although I don't remember for certain. She would have been in her late 60s/ early 70s then so would have learnt to knit herself over 100 years ago!
Regarding the EXPENSE of knitting…. I knit as a teen, but didn’t pick it up again until I had grandchildren. My knitting sister-in-law gave me some self-striping sock yarn that her grandchildren had outgrown. On pair of socks later, I was hooked! But when I went to the yarn store, the prices+labor made knitting seem an unreasonable cost for a common item. Until I discovered yarn reclaiming. Now I am obsessed with thrift store shopping to purchase (for $3) the biggest knitted garment I can find in wool, alpaca, cashmere, silk blends, and other fine yarns. It has become on obsession, and now I’m getting really good at choosing, deconstructing, and conditioning. I don’t think you have any videos on reclaiming yarn and how to plan a project with reclaimed yarn. Now I can knit to my hearts content
I love the colors you picked for your sweater and it was great to see your daughters and their description of you as a knitter. For Sophia learning to knit, I completely get the frustration. I think the best motivation for a new knitter is solely dependent on the right project. I taught a few people to knit, and I picked out the yarn, the project, the tools and taught them how to make exactly the thing they wanted. Good thing you have a great resource that can help you out in that department :) And if you make something that doesn't look how you wanted, you can give it away, and people appreciate the effort and won't see the flaws you do, plus you got some practice for next time. Win, win.
Really enjoyed meeting your daughters and seeing you interact. So touching when you started to tear up. They are both amazing and beautiful young ladies. I thought Nina was the funny one, until Sophia says "family therapy". They both have great senses of humour. Thanks for doing this video gals and enjoy your time together.
How do you always seem to know what I’m struggling with? 🤯 As always, chock full of fantastic information, and entertaining to boot. Thank you, oh wise Knitting Guru! 😁 Be well, and have a beautiful weekend. P.S. (edit) Felicia of Sweet Georgia has a wonderful video entitled “Knit faster with lever knitting” where she teaches the pencil hold. It’s episode 61 of her Taking Back Friday series.
How lovely to see your daughters and their response to your knitting. My 2 daughters are both creative but in different ways, only one of them knits. They benefitted from home made clothes and costumes but their greatest thrill when they went out to tea at a friends house was shop bought cake. Love the pattern for your next knit ; it reminds me of a sweater I knit in my last year at school which had dark grey diamonds on a light grey background.
My age is right in between your daughters and I lost my mom about a decade ago. This was just so much fun to watch you all interact and chat :) I'm currently working on a cabled cardigan and I wish I knew someone else who knit!
Wonderful Casual Friday! I really liked your discussion on color work because I do mostly color work knitting. Also loved to meet your daughters. I can tell you are very proud of them. They are lovely.
So nice to meet your daughters on TH-cam! They are very sweet! I think Nina described you to a T talking about how you go all in when learning. They were both very interesting! I love the colors you picked for your 1940’s sweater. They are going to look lovely! Thanks for sharing all your tips about choosing colors. I struggle with that issue myself so it’s been very helpful and interesting! Your breed study yarn, I think it was Targee, spun up beautifully! I’m sure I’m not spelling that right but this study is fascinating. I’m glad your family is enjoying a visit where you’re all together. Thanks Roxanne.😊
Loved this episode! Wonderful to meet your daughters, listening to their thoughts on having a mom who knitted brought back memories. My mother was a fabulous knitter and although she taught me the basics, I rejected knitting. Thought it was boring and old fashioned and I would not wear the things she knitted for me. But when I retired I took it up and have knitted obsessively for the last few years. You have greatly enhanced my process!! Also, I believe knitters of the “pencil” method include Arenda Holladay from TKGA and also Carol Feller. I read once the style was prominent when Victorians knitted in their parlors - thought to be more ladylike?? Thanks for all you do.
I loved loved loved this video! I have 2 young daughters (5 and 1) and I often wonder how they view my near constant knitting and crochet. This was great to watch. Your daughters are lovely and so interesting!
Love this episode. So nice to hear from your daughters. I am teaching my 8 year old son to knit as he had been asking me since last year. I hope he does pick it up, and I look forward to building memories about it.
Thank you for the interview with your daughters, both seem lovely and thoughtful. It was heartwarming to see you all together. My mother was obsessive about learning new crafts, she would deep dive just long enough to complete a project, usually successfully but then it was off to learn the next thing. It could be exhausting for me and my siblings as we were always included in these adventures. However, I can now say I have tried so many crafts and I am never afraid to try a new technique or project. Great episode!
I thought you might like to know that Bendigo Woollen Mills in Victoria, Australia, still do colour cards and they call it a 'shade card' and I think you only have to pay postage for them.
I enjoyed Tidbit #1 and your remarks about illustrators and their rendering of knitting needles held up high. I've always noticed this in Garth Williams' illustrations in a book from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House series, "The Long Winter." Check out pages 41, 117, and 145. This was the winter of 1880-81, though the illustrations were done in the mid 20th century. I wonder if this positioning makes the needles more visible in the drawings than the alternatives.
I found it interesting what you were saying about the ‘pencil hold’ I was taught by my mother to knit in the 1970’s and this is how she held her needles and how I hold my needles. I’m 51 and live in the north of England (Lancashire). I also have a customer who knits exactly the same way as me. It is quite a quick way of knitting and provides an even tension although the down side is large needles and thick yarn are uncomfortable as the bulky fabric is held within the thumb and index finger.
Loved meeting your daughters. I also loved the sweater/cardigan they were wearing. Could you tell us which patterns these are (if they're hand-knitted)? Thanks so much.
Lino Printing is a form of printmaking where you carve your design into a linoleum block. It's easier than wood block printing as far as carving goes. You can make some fun stamps or huge projects, depending on what you want to do. I learned as an easier version to print onto fabric at the same symposium I learned silk painting. Some of the decorated sock blanks that are sold now use stamps that were carved on lino blocks. I've considered taking it up again for this reason. Make my own custom sheep stamp or something.
What a great video, your daughters are beautiful. My daughter is also a graphic designer and she hasn't taken to knitting yet either. I loved both their sweaters. Are there patterns available for them? I have trouble with choosing colours that go together as well. You've given some great tips and I have that Reader's Digest book, didn't know it contained that chart. I think it will be very useful. Have a wonderful week with your daughters, it is so special to have all the family together under one roof.
I assume the knitting superheroes holding the knitting needles up, because you can see what they are doing, is just simplify it. 🙃 Is like e. g. most of the cartoon figures have only 4 instead of 🖐 And holding the needle on the hand is the normal way to hold it in the United Kingdom and almost all countries the UK had invaded..🧶 The knitting style of the Fair Isle is also quite impressive.. 👀 Thank you for your potcast.
Loved this episode and the conversation with your daughters. The promise to find a way to provide access to books and crafts makes such a difference in life. The free public library was (and is) a treasure to the community- and illustrates the importance of public institutions in our truly interconnected lives. 🧶💕
Interesting about the above/below hand position for knitting needles. I haven't used a straight needle in years, even for working flat, and I can't visualize any way the above-hand hold could work at all on circulars. Your girls are lovely! Thank them for sharing time with us.
@@mel8186 - good to know there are a few of us around still using this method 😊 - I've tried others and either haven't got the patience to master, or it just doesn't feel right. I also find it easy to do stranded colour work (2 strands) using this method by using my index and middle fingers for each strand.
Hi Roxanne, Andrea on Fruity Knitting uses the 'pencil' style knitting. I have my yarn and pattern and have started the crazy stripes sweater, I fell in love with it a couple of years ago seeing you wear yours on here, I even chose colors similar to yours. Love that your daughters joined you, they are awesome, really enjoyed this! Thank you all for a great video!
I also have trouble with colors, which is why almost all my clothes are black or denim, lol! You're a bad influence because I've just ordered the Knitters Handbook. Thanks a lot! ;)
Loved this podcast, especially the conversation with Nina and Sophia. ?Romance novelist? How many of your books have I read under what nom de plume? Are they still in print, maybe as audio books? Reading is my other obsession
Your daughters are intelligent, funny, engaging, and beautiful to boot. As I age, I cherish these kinds of conversations with my daughter & son. This is what their children will learn about their grandmother someday.
Your daughters are delightful. Thank you for a peek into your family life.
That was really fun watching you and your daughters. A funny side note, I'm one of your gentlemen knitters and you've taught me so much. I tell people about you every day. I first learned to crochet..I actually taught my left handed mother to crochet when she was in her 60s.. and she crocheted until the day she passed. We can all learn from family.
So so nice to see your daughters with you !!! I would reframe the "obsessive" knitter into "passionnate" knitter. 😉
What a wonderful post! So many great pieces of information! I am crazy about your 1940's sweater color choices! Really great! And your two daughters are beautiful and bright and articulate and interesting! Thank you for sharing them. You are clearly very proud of them, as you should be. Remarkable young women!
Another great podcast. Thank you to your daughters for appearing. Great conversation about creativity, and how important it is. I learned to knit in Gr. 5 with pencils and string with a bunch of my classmates. Didn't take to it. Tried again in high school, and , to quote my father "you knit a rag", tried again in my twenties...managed to knit a long scarf. I picked it up again about 8 years ago (in my 50s) and have finally stuck with it, made simple things that I like and now, in retirement, have spent many hours learning from you and other TH-cam vloggers and tackled a few more complicated things. It's never too late!
I loved this so much, Roxanne. What a treat to see your daughters and hear a bit about them and what creative things they do.
I enjoy hearing your daughters perspective on creativity. For me creativity is the only constant in my life, and has been so important to my well-being.
We all can write songs, knit hats, and paint pictures. There is no need to be the best, the important part is creating.
How lovely to meet your daughters!! I loved the colour choosing process - clever!!!
Loved watching your daughters. Everyone is creative in a different way in your family.
Ahhhh....daughters! They're so lovely, as you are. They're certainly creative and well-spoken. Best wishes with your 1940s project!
I was taught to knit using ‘the pencil hold’. I’m from the U.K.
Hi I am from Canada. My Grandma taught me to knit I hold my needles like a pencil. Never knew it was different 🙂
@@lynnmcrae6659 my Mom used to knit holding the needles using the pencil hold and with the needles supported under her arm. She was a fast knitter.
I love the rapport you have with your daughters. So much love and happiness. I have a complicated relationship with my own mother, and I love seeing healthy family dynamics. Creativity is such an important thing to foster in our children's lives. It also makes me feel a bit better about my own kids not wanting to learn how to knit, knowing that your kids aren't knitters. I keep hoping to have grandkids one day that I can teach how to crochet and knit. Fingers crossed. 😀
When you showed nina's ceramics works afterwards that cracked me up, it reminded me of when my mom insisted on hanging my art assignment in the living room after I repeatedly said no. And I'm more or less her age so maybe that's just a mom thing
I so enjoyed seeing you with your daughters! They are precious!
They are delightful!
Very much like you, yet very much their own personalities. Top 2 of your best creations!
If you watch Agatha Christie's Miss Marple she knits holding her needle like a pencil
I loved meeting your daughters. Your interview made me wonder what my own daughters think of my knitting obsession.
What beautiful, smart, and creative girls...you must be proud!
Loved you and your daughters interacting! And the way you sneaked in the ceramics!
So nice seeing you with your lovely daughters. Having a daughter about the same age makes me wonder how she would answer some of those questions…..oh, and love all the info about color. It is the thing I struggle with most of all whether it’s picking a paint color or colors for my knits. Very helpful.
Your girls are a little younger than me and they seem so cool. Thanks for the invite into your life and family
Roxanne your daughters are lovely. The 1950’s sweater looks great.
Loved seeing your girls. I also have 2 grown daughters. I’m going to sit down with them and ask some of the same questions you asked your girls. Lots of fun and beautiful girls.
Loved this chat with your daughters! Enjoy your time together.
What a delightful episode! I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Nina and Sophia and hearing about their creative journeys and pursuits. I have a 24 year old daughter as well who grew up with a creative mom-- we made her Halloween costumes together, I knit obsessively (currently resubmitting a few swatches for MHK L2) and like you, hubs and I never said no to books or art supplies. Molly is now a board certified music therapist, so she uses her creative outlet to write music and share that creative gift. Thank you for this and every episode-- I'm a very loyal viewer! :-)
Those tools for selecting / learning about colors are really interesting! I never thought of going grayscale to help seeing more information about the colors, really smart.
Loved every bit of this episode, especially "visiting" with your daughters!
One of the first videos I watched of your show was when you were the kindle fairy. It made me happy to see this come back to it.
I just requested the Readers Digest book from the library. I can’t wait to peruse it.
Beautiful family. Thank you for the idea way to plan a color scheme when knitting ☺️ I really did enjoy this video.
I enjoyed meeting Mia and Sophia. You can tell them from me that you are my knitting celebrity. And I love your 40's sweater.
So nice to meet your daughters! Mine knows how to knit but won’t go near it since it’s “my thing.” Humph! I also appreciated your talk on choosing colors - I also find that very difficult. Great episode all in all - thanks so much!
I also use the pencil grip when knitting. I'm Australian, like Andrea from Fruity Knitting, so it may be something that caught on here. My mother taught me to knit as a young child in the 1950s and we knitted at school, presumably being taught the same method as I don't remember ever having to change. Mum also had to knit at school, although she would have been strongly influenced by her Highland Scottish grandmother with whom she lived from the age of eleven (1930). I wish I knew where the technique really came from. I know it's very efficient and doesn't need much hand movement. It works perfectly well with straight needles, double pointed or circulars.
Your daughters are lovely. Thanks for introducing us to them.
I have been enjoying your breed study. I'm not a spinner (yet!) but do enjoy learning more about how they make yarn. I think the Targhee sheep ARE kind of cute, they're the sheep I was used to seeing on farms where I grew up! I do like the look of that yarn you made too, very springy! RE: your color issues, I used to work in a quilt shop and have often advised people on choosing colors for their quilts. I agree with the person who advised you to throw in that bright neon green... loved that hat. :-) Sometimes a dash of something surprising is just the thing. And last but not least, your daughter's teacher had the right definition in my opinion of creativity. It's related to everything we do - we should think outside the box! Inside the box is boring.
I loved “meeting” your daughters. I have a 24 year old daughter too who is a creative, currently working on lighting visual effects for TV. She thanks us regularly for encouraging her to major in Art. She’s way more creative than I am, just not a knitter yet.
How wonderful to meet your beautiful daughters..we are also a very creative family. My mother was a painter among other things,and of course we all garden too..I remember putting quilts together with my grandmother when I was about 7..there are so many wonderful arts out there and never enough time..😊🧶
I enjoyed the chat with your daughters. Thank you.
That was a fun episode! Loved meeting your girls…Nina looks just like you😊
What a wonderful episode of Obsessive Friday! I enjoyed meeting your daughters! Thank you for sharing your special family time with all of us.
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So were you a romance novelist?
@@liznava5267 lol, that's THE question in my mind now
I hold my left needle above the knitting and my right below so I don’t take my hand off the needle to pass the wool. I also generally use a circular needle so my needles don’t get in the way and my elbows stay still. Hence I can knit anywhere except whilst driving !
Your cardigan looks absolutely wonderful on you! Great fit, great color!
i enjoyed the chat with your daughters. also... how have i not heard of Billie's channel before? she is awesome. her multi-pages approach to selecting colors is exactly what i do when buying yarn for a specific project. best part is, her NYC accent brings a smile to the face of this Brooklyn girl who is living outside of the country at present.
What NYC accent??? I thought I spoke standard English, non?
I must say this was a real treat. I love to see the interactions between your daughters and how easily Sofia talked to "us".
Could you let us know the patterns for the sweaters that "NANA" gave them. I love them. How nice for you to have such nice and accomplished grown daughters
The sweaters their Nana gave them were commercially knit, not hand knit.
I loved seeing your beautiful daughters. It’s good to hear that their memories are positive.
Great episode! Loved the chat with your beautiful daughters!
I loved seeing you and your lovely daughters talk. The story of them making drawings and selling them for charity is so sweet.
What a wonderful episode! your daughters are so beautiful!
So much interesting content. Thank you for sharing your daughters. I have 2 also and it’s fun to see their enthusiasm for my newly found love of knitting.
I hold my knitting needle( the right one) like a pencil. I was taught by my mum and she came from London, UK. I was born there and now live in the South of England.
Loved the session with your daughters! They are both lovely young women. I, like you, get obsessive about my knitting. I’ll have to ask my own daughter similar questions! Thank you also for the color choice sections. I use the monochrome setting on my camera to help me, but your other ideas are great. Fortunately, I’m not dealing with colorblind issues. I see how difficult that must be for you. Great show.
So.nice to meet your girls! Nice to know it’s just not MY daughter who doesn’t want to learn thing from me that others do…
You are wearing your 50s!!! Fabulous.
It was fun watching you and the interaction between the generations. My girls are 28 and 32 . (youngest is my computer programer that is a 3D graphic artist which comes in handy with the front end of the programs she writes , but she really enjoys the freelance 3D graphic side of it that speaks to her arts side )
RE: the way knitting needles were held, I either heard or read some where, that pencil hold was considered a more attractive or desirable way to knit by young women at the time. Unsure if this was a class thing or not. It still feels like a social thing to me, gathering to knit with others, but nowdays, just less about , being SEEN or how we look , while knitting .
Hello Roxanne I have just started watching your wonderful videos, as I am starting to knit at the age of 63 having done sewing for many years. One of the things that I enjoy very much is mixing colours when I put outfits together. Many years ago I had my colours done and I am a spring. When I had my colours done (i.e. all the colours that suit my skin tone) I received a colour wallet with all my colours in. I have a warm skin tone, which means that all the colours that suit me best have an undertone of yellow. People with a cool skin tone have an undertone of blue. I later went on to learn colour analysis for skintone myself, and quite often I can spot somebody’s skin tone. You look absolutely fantastic in that 50s cardigan that you’re wearing, and I suspect that you may be a summer or a winter because I think cool undertones suit you very well. Anyway, I wondered if you could find somebody to analyse your skin tone to help you choose colours for your projects, because although a colour wheel is very useful it doesn’t differentiate between cool or warm undertones. If this suggestion is helpful in any way to you I will be very pleased because you have talk to me how to knit in the continental style which is going to help with my hands very much as I suffer with inflammation and I’m very grateful for that so it would be good to give you something back. Thank you so much 😊
Loved meeting your girls.
Hahaha…I remember my kids getting on me when I took my knitting to the theater for our Once a year Christmas Movie! And I did knit during the movie, only a few times did I stop as the action was intense, then back to knitting.
Nice interview. Thank you for another intelligent podcast.
Lovely to see your family, now we need your husband on. I would not have known the yellow was the lightest value, great example of using that tip. I struggle with picking colors too and recently had to do 5, so first picked a white, a black, and with the remaining 3 picked three shades of blues. Similar to your thought process.
I really laughed at 'Obsessive Fridays'. That would be a great name too :D
I stopped knitting for many years but picked it up again during the pandemic and now I'm a bit obsessive about it as well. I can only hope to match your enthusiasm one day. I haven't translated any German research papers... yet. I'd be in a prime position to do it having grown up bilingually and all, so if you ever need a hand, I'd be happy to help.
I was taught by my Nana to knit faster by holding the needles under the fabric, I think maybe like you were describing. She was from the Midlands of England.
A great episode, it makes me wonder how my children would answer those questions. And you can tell your daughter she does get paid a commission for the TH-cam referrals, but you pay them in stitches not money, when you knit socks for her significant other.
I have been knitting with a pencil grip for ever. I knitted as a child but cannot remember who taught me - my mother didn't knit and nor did my grandmothers so far as I remember. However I am originally from the UK and now live in Canada. The only other person I have seen knitting like that is Carol Feller - Irish so close to the UK. Interesting discussion though it still doesn't explain the cartoons for me - my needles are almost horizontal! One interesting point about the pencil grip is that, with the flicking method, purling is quicker in my opinion - less needle movement I think.
Next point is that Knitpicks does a Color Card for its Palette line. Many of the colors are used in their other lines too so it is quite useful
Beautiful daughters - you must be very proud of them! Thank you for all your help.
I really enjoyed seeing and listening to your daughters. They are lovely girls. Glad you all get to be together for a while.
I'm from the South of England and hold my right hand needle in the pencil hold but not the left. My American friend is fascinated by it when we zoom lol! I was taught to knit when I was around 5 years old (more than half a century ago!) I think by my Grandmother although I don't remember for certain. She would have been in her late 60s/ early 70s then so would have learnt to knit herself over 100 years ago!
Very interesting to see your daughters and to hear their memories and opinions on whats it's like to have you as their mother!
2 funny , you referenced Nebraska twice today. The University and Brown Sheep. thank you from the Midwest
Regarding the EXPENSE of knitting…. I knit as a teen, but didn’t pick it up again until I had grandchildren. My knitting sister-in-law gave me some self-striping sock yarn that her grandchildren had outgrown. On pair of socks later, I was hooked! But when I went to the yarn store, the prices+labor made knitting seem an unreasonable cost for a common item. Until I discovered yarn reclaiming. Now I am obsessed with thrift store shopping to purchase (for $3) the biggest knitted garment I can find in wool, alpaca, cashmere, silk blends, and other fine yarns. It has become on obsession, and now I’m getting really good at choosing, deconstructing, and conditioning. I don’t think you have any videos on reclaiming yarn and how to plan a project with reclaimed yarn. Now I can knit to my hearts content
Loved seeing your daughters, nothing better then having everyone together. Now I need to ask my sons some of these questions.
Thanks for sharing
I love the colors you picked for your sweater and it was great to see your daughters and their description of you as a knitter. For Sophia learning to knit, I completely get the frustration. I think the best motivation for a new knitter is solely dependent on the right project. I taught a few people to knit, and I picked out the yarn, the project, the tools and taught them how to make exactly the thing they wanted. Good thing you have a great resource that can help you out in that department :) And if you make something that doesn't look how you wanted, you can give it away, and people appreciate the effort and won't see the flaws you do, plus you got some practice for next time. Win, win.
Really enjoyed meeting your daughters and seeing you interact. So touching when you started to tear up. They are both amazing and beautiful young ladies. I thought Nina was the funny one, until Sophia says "family therapy". They both have great senses of humour. Thanks for doing this video gals and enjoy your time together.
How do you always seem to know what I’m struggling with? 🤯 As always, chock full of fantastic information, and entertaining to boot. Thank you, oh wise Knitting Guru! 😁 Be well, and have a beautiful weekend.
P.S. (edit) Felicia of Sweet Georgia has a wonderful video entitled “Knit faster with lever knitting” where she teaches the pencil hold. It’s episode 61 of her Taking Back Friday series.
I loved this interview with ur girls. 😍Now I don’t feel so worried that I’m a embarrassing to my kids 🤣
How lovely to see your daughters and their response to your knitting. My 2 daughters are both creative but in different ways, only one of them knits. They benefitted from home made clothes and costumes but their greatest thrill when they went out to tea at a friends house was shop bought cake. Love the pattern for your next knit ; it reminds me of a sweater I knit in my last year at school which had dark grey diamonds on a light grey background.
My age is right in between your daughters and I lost my mom about a decade ago. This was just so much fun to watch you all interact and chat :)
I'm currently working on a cabled cardigan and I wish I knew someone else who knit!
Wonderful Casual Friday! I really liked your discussion on color work because I do mostly color work knitting. Also loved to meet your daughters. I can tell you are very proud of them. They are lovely.
So nice to meet your daughters on TH-cam! They are very sweet! I think Nina described you to a T talking about how you go all in when learning. They were both very interesting! I love the colors you picked for your 1940’s sweater. They are going to look lovely! Thanks for sharing all your tips about choosing colors. I struggle with that issue myself so it’s been very helpful and interesting! Your breed study yarn, I think it was Targee, spun up beautifully! I’m sure I’m not spelling that right but this study is fascinating. I’m glad your family is enjoying a visit where you’re all together. Thanks Roxanne.😊
Loved this episode! Wonderful to meet your daughters, listening to their thoughts on having a mom who knitted brought back memories. My mother was a fabulous knitter and although she taught me the basics, I rejected knitting. Thought it was boring and old fashioned and I would not wear the things she knitted for me. But when I retired I took it up and have knitted obsessively for the last few years. You have greatly enhanced my process!! Also, I believe knitters of the “pencil” method include Arenda Holladay from TKGA and also Carol Feller. I read once the style was prominent when Victorians knitted in their parlors - thought to be more ladylike?? Thanks for all you do.
It was so nice to meet your daughters , intelligent young ladies. Loved hearing them speak . My good wishes to Neena and Sophia.
I loved loved loved this video! I have 2 young daughters (5 and 1) and I often wonder how they view my near constant knitting and crochet. This was great to watch. Your daughters are lovely and so interesting!
Love this episode. So nice to hear from your daughters. I am teaching my 8 year old son to knit as he had been asking me since last year. I hope he does pick it up, and I look forward to building memories about it.
Thank you for the interview with your daughters, both seem lovely and thoughtful. It was heartwarming to see you all together. My mother was obsessive about learning new crafts, she would deep dive just long enough to complete a project, usually successfully but then it was off to learn the next thing. It could be exhausting for me and my siblings as we were always included in these adventures. However, I can now say I have tried so many crafts and I am never afraid to try a new technique or project. Great episode!
My children have often said that they "knew" there was nothing I couldn't make if they wanted it. I, however, am "master of none".
Such fun “meeting” Nina and Sophia - they’re lovely, of course.
I thought you might like to know that Bendigo Woollen Mills in Victoria, Australia, still do colour cards and they call it a 'shade card' and I think you only have to pay postage for them.
I enjoyed Tidbit #1 and your remarks about illustrators and their rendering of knitting needles held up high. I've always noticed this in Garth Williams' illustrations in a book from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House series, "The Long Winter." Check out pages 41, 117, and 145. This was the winter of 1880-81, though the illustrations were done in the mid 20th century. I wonder if this positioning makes the needles more visible in the drawings than the alternatives.
I found it interesting what you were saying about the ‘pencil hold’ I was taught by my mother to knit in the 1970’s and this is how she held her needles and how I hold my needles. I’m 51 and live in the north of England (Lancashire). I also have a customer who knits exactly the same way as me. It is quite a quick way of knitting and provides an even tension although the down side is large needles and thick yarn are uncomfortable as the bulky fabric is held within the thumb and index finger.
Loved meeting your daughters. I also loved the sweater/cardigan they were wearing. Could you tell us which patterns these are (if they're hand-knitted)? Thanks so much.
Lino Printing is a form of printmaking where you carve your design into a linoleum block. It's easier than wood block printing as far as carving goes. You can make some fun stamps or huge projects, depending on what you want to do. I learned as an easier version to print onto fabric at the same symposium I learned silk painting. Some of the decorated sock blanks that are sold now use stamps that were carved on lino blocks. I've considered taking it up again for this reason. Make my own custom sheep stamp or something.
I tried it last year and printed my own Xmas cards.🙂
What a great video, your daughters are beautiful. My daughter is also a graphic designer and she hasn't taken to knitting yet either. I loved both their sweaters. Are there patterns available for them? I have trouble with choosing colours that go together as well. You've given some great tips and I have that Reader's Digest book, didn't know it contained that chart. I think it will be very useful. Have a wonderful week with your daughters, it is so special to have all the family together under one roof.
Your daughters are beautiful!
I assume the knitting superheroes holding the knitting needles up, because you can see what they are doing, is just simplify it. 🙃
Is like e. g. most of the cartoon figures have only 4 instead of 🖐
And holding the needle on the hand is the normal way to hold it in the United Kingdom and almost all countries the UK had invaded..🧶
The knitting style of the Fair Isle is also quite impressive.. 👀
Thank you for your potcast.
You may want to think about shaped intarsia for creating the intarsia portion of the sweater.
Your daughters are fantastic! It was a fun departure episode this week 😀
Loved this episode and the conversation with your daughters. The promise to find a way to provide access to books and crafts makes such a difference in life. The free public library was (and is) a treasure to the community- and illustrates the importance of public institutions in our truly interconnected lives. 🧶💕
Loved this episode especially your discussion with your daughters!
What commercial yarns are made with Targhee?
Brooklyn Tweed has Targhee yarns.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you!
Interesting about the above/below hand position for knitting needles. I haven't used a straight needle in years, even for working flat, and I can't visualize any way the above-hand hold could work at all on circulars.
Your girls are lovely! Thank them for sharing time with us.
I think I use the pencil method of knitting - it's very comfortable and quite quick!
Me too🙂. It's how I was taught by my Mum. I don't find purling any slower than the knit stitch either
@@mel8186 - good to know there are a few of us around still using this method 😊 - I've tried others and either haven't got the patience to master, or it just doesn't feel right. I also find it easy to do stranded colour work (2 strands) using this method by using my index and middle fingers for each strand.
Hi Roxanne, Andrea on Fruity Knitting uses the 'pencil' style knitting. I have my yarn and pattern and have started the crazy stripes sweater, I fell in love with it a couple of years ago seeing you wear yours on here, I even chose colors similar to yours. Love that your daughters joined you, they are awesome, really enjoyed this! Thank you all for a great video!
I also have trouble with colors, which is why almost all my clothes are black or denim, lol! You're a bad influence because I've just ordered the Knitters Handbook. Thanks a lot! ;)
Loved this podcast, especially the conversation with Nina and Sophia. ?Romance novelist? How many of your books have I read under what nom de plume? Are they still in print, maybe as audio books? Reading is my other obsession