Roxanne, I have been a loyal follower of yours for a couple of years. Sooooo sorry for the positive Covid test. Thank you for your dedication to knitting and education!
Amazing to hear about your trip. I’m sorry you got covid and I hope you have fully recovered. So excited to hear that Nina is working at Stephen and Penelope’s, must be every knitters dream job. Another amazing casual Friday 🥰, thank you ❤
I was so excited to learn that Nina works at Stephen and Penelope. The yarn walls in there are full of color and make me so happy. Yarn shops like that are my dream places. I'm sorry for the Covid surprise. The trip still sounds good. Henry's sweater is gorgeous. He's a tiny bit younger than my great nephew. I look forward to seeing the finished project. This was a truly interesting watch. Thank you.
Yarnspirations has a free pattern with a sail boat on the front. It's on a front pocket (like a sweatshirt two hand pocket) but she could move it to the front and skip the pocket. I did a search that came up with nautical patterns.
Was thinking about your wash/dry dilemma and was reminded of something i did years ago. I used to buy myself shetland wool vintage sweaters. I loved them--they were kids' crew necks and i had 'em in a billion colours. I wore them like sweatshirts. I would throw them in a laundromat washer on 'cold' (but not in dryer) and they would practically be dry by the time i got home--from having all the water spun out by the machine. They were soft and fluffy and in all the years i had them, they never showed wear. My faves were the red one and the acid green one. I used to love to look at my shelf and admire the rainbow stack there--for 75¢ apiece.
I do hope you're feeling better! I went to "Nina's" shop many years ago when I was in Amsterdam. It was a lovely neighborhood then, not so far from where I was staying, and I assume it still is. I loved Amsterdam and how human-scale much of it is. Thanks for the jampacked podcast!
The Zoe Mellor book, "Colorful Knits for your Child" is for sale at a shop close to me, "Half-Priced Books", for $5.99 and I'm so tempted (not that I need any more knitting books). I own another book by Zoe Mellor, "Adorable Knits for Tots". I knitted the "Daisy Dress" for my great-niece. I plan on knitting the sweater on the cover, "Little Star Sweater", for my great-nephew. There are other incredibly cute intarsia knits for children in the book.
Really interesting video today. I always learn from watching you. So sorry you were poorly whilst you were away. I am sure there will be another opportunity to visit in the future. 🇬🇧
I have been trying to find substitutions for 100% wool projects for my granddaughter to ease her mother’s washing! Finding suitable colours and yarns is also difficult with older patterns as the recommended yarn is often discontinued and so thank you for your recommendation on Ravelry. Thank you for all your good advice and thoughtfulness.
I find it quite surprising -- and disappointing -- that the cable flare issues weren't resolved and written into the pattern by the designer. Definitely something to watch out for! Good thing we knitters tend to be good problem solvers. Thanks for sharing your planning process.
It's really common for cable flare not to be taken into account. Most people who design patterns for hand knits aren't trained designers, they learn through observation and experience. Depending on who their perceived audience is, they might go for a simpler process, rather than a more refined result. Other times, they just don't know how to approach certain challenges (or that they even should).
Hi Roxanne. Playing catch up here. How wonderful that your daughter fell in love with knitting! What a blessing she has in you! The best resource possible! My only daughter isn’t interested and neither are my sons. One of my little granddaughters is in the crochet club at school so that’s a positive sign, lol. I’m sorry to hear you got Covid during your trip. Sounds like you made the best of it though. The yarn you bought first yourself is gorgeous. Right up my alley. I’d love to see what you make with it. The sweater for Henry is coming along beautifully. Do you do cables with or without a cable needle? I’m sure you’ve told us in the past but I forget, lol. Great podcast!😊
If the cables are small, and I'm knitting Continental, I forego the cable needle. For wider cables, or knitting English, I use a straight metal cable needle. For two-stitch cables that do not travel, I often use a mock cable technique that essentially creates a decrease that leans in the direction of the twist, along with an increase. So, it depends! :-)
Very interesting! I have used both techniques but I think I’m more comfortable with a straight cable needle. I didn’t know you used English at all except for demonstration purposes. Not that it matters. Oh but I do remember you saying that when you knit English style you put your needed under your arm. Is that what you’re referring to? I do use it for stranded color work as I learned to knit using English then switched to continental. 😊
I'm so pleased the Southdowns Yarn arrived! I was beginning to wonder if I'd written the wrong number for your PO Box and some non-knitter had got a surprise package. I also should have been clearer telling you how to say my name - it rhymes with bathe. You wouldn't have got that pronunciation online as it's how it's said in the west of Ireland where my father was from. I hope you enjoy the yarn - maybe a hat or some mittens could be made from it? But you really don't have to - just play with it and enjoy it if you'd rather. 😊
I love the casual Fridays!! Your yarn from the Netherlands you could make, a hat and matching gloves in the Stranded colorwork. I need to learn this. Hope your totally recovered from the Covid! Thanks
Hi there, I a - m so pleased to hear that you are back to your that you are back to your old self now and really pleased that abard from Civid, you enjoed
I just looked at Knitting for Olive for one of the adult patterns, but they have a bunch of cute kids patterns. There is one called The Tractor Sweater, which has a nice intarsia motif of--wait for it--a tractor!
Rox, you are an enabler again! While still watching your video I went on eBay and found and ordered a copy of that fifties knitting book! Oops I did it again. I ordered the Sasha Kahan book also! And I hate knitting intarsia. But they’re so beautiful. I’ve always admired her designs.
You were in the Netherlands! Sorry for you that you got sick. I hope next time you can visit the places you wanted to (like Texel). And maybe even more. I live far from Amsterdam, but this part of the country is beautiful too (province Drenthe). I am planning to visit Amsterdam again (last time I was there in 2019), and especially the Stephen & Penelope yarn shop. Then I might meet your daughter Nina ...
Your Finn yarn is beautiful!! I love those colors, together. The very first thing I thought of was the Prairie Lace Hat by Lesley Anne Robinson because the colors are similar, but another brioche project would be gorgeous. Andrea Mowry’s Harlow hat comes to mind, as well.
So sorry Covid caught you !!! Glad to see you are OK now ! Since you like to try new things, you might be interested to try Fusion Knitting with your two skeins of Mominoki, in maybe a hat or a scarf ? Reversible Honeycomb Hat or Reversible Honeycomb Scarf by Mary W Martin ???
Roxanne, I was wondering if you have any advice to a left handed knitter (mirror image) to work patterns written for right handed knitters with specific left and right sided instructions. Or a program that might help translate a pattern into left handed instructions. Thank you!
So sorry to hear about your trip, glad you are fine now. I am not sure if I am spelling this right , an idea for your bicycle yarn would be a Rinunculas sweater. That might be enough yardage for that and pair it with a good mohair. It would be beautiful!
I am sorry you had covid on your trip but glad you had time with Nina. I have a question about your swatches from your tkga nk program. The ones that showed the flaring, were they rejected then the one that was flat, was that a re submission to learn how to correct the flaring when working with cables? I am considering working the master knitter program and after studying the swatch pictures, changes to the program inn 2020 and the requirements I feel like I may be going back to college for five years. I know that I will be learning a lot after 40+ years of knitting. It just seems daunting.
There were three cable swatches required. Each had to use a different cable pattern. All of them had to be knit with the same yarn and needles. The point of the first two is to illustrate to the knitter what cable flare is, and how different cables will affect gauge differently. The third swatch (which has to be a different cable pattern again) requires the knitter to compensate for the cable flare, which requires two steps: swatching the cable pattern (because the gauge will be different from the first two), and swatching the seed stitch, and then calculating how you're going to knit the swatch without cable flare. You do not have to submit the gauge swatches for that third one, just the finished result. Each of the three cable swatches must have at least two multiples of the cable, at least three repeats, making sure that you have vertical symmetry, that the seed stitch border is 1'' on all sides, and that the finished swatch does not exceed certain dimensions. One aspect of the MHK program is learning to write pattern instructions, so full instructions to replicate the results must be done for each of the cable swatches (plus three lace swatches, as well).
Loved this show. Great info . Re your Southdown wool -- in case you didn't know from your breed study Southdown is a Down breed and so is a natural superwash . It can go in the washing machine but not the dryer. Too bad your niece went for washer and dryer as that pretty well leaves out all natural fibers -- and it is just so easy to care for them . The Southdown would have been be a great choice for the little sweaters and so much warmer and environmentally friendly . Perhas you could have a chat with her about yarns . Wool and other natural fibers do not need to be washed as often as synthetic as it is odor retardant and also naturally sheds dirt so often a bit of shaking, airing light, or brushing is all it might need to extend the wear without washing . And so also avoiding the disasterous impact the synthetic fibers have with every wash on waterways and water life. Also the Finn might have been nice for the sweater for the little girl. BTW socks don't need nylon or elastic if you reinforce heels and toes with a bit of mohair. The more we can get away from using these kinds of fibers the better. Re your breed study right now The Woolery has a sale on conservation breed wool and in particular a bundle with Wensleydale, Swaledale, Jacob and Lonk top for spinning that might interest you. Just thought I would pass that on . I have never heard of lonk!? Have you ? So sorry to hear you got covid and spoiled your trip. Do eat lots of oranges to get your immune system back into good functioning as covid sure does play havoc with it . Vit C is critical for this . Bonne chance . Hope you are on your way to a full recovery . It does take a while.
My niece changed her mind about the machine wash and dry when I said I'd have to go with a synthetic. That's why I bought the laundry tags, to remind them that it is machine wash, lay flat to dry. Children's sweaters tend to need more washing because they spill more food on them!
I think in the 'old' days before synthetics when these fibers were used much more for children's clothing, they did find ways around this especially since they didn't have the luxury of modern washing machines. I find as I age I am a lot messier and have found the same solutions work as for children's wear : spot clean and brush , shake and air. Same for socks as for childrens wear. We just have forgotten these old techniques. There should be a label for this lol! Good to hear she changed her mind. Loved the blue you are starting to knit .
USPS Informed Delivery is such a crap shoot. I have a few monthly subscriptions that my Shop app catches every month that come from USPS with tracking numbers that I can pull up all the shipping info on, but they will never show in the Informed Delivery.
I always include information about whatever sweater I'm wearing down in the show notes. In this case, the sweater is one I designed myself. There is no published pattern for it.
No. The reason you get cable flare is because designers *don't* always take care of this. They may not know there is a solution or how to deal with it. Some designers will know how to deal with it, but many don't.
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Roxanne, I have been a loyal follower of yours for a couple of years. Sooooo sorry for the positive Covid test. Thank you for your dedication to knitting and education!
How fitting it seems that your daughter works at Stephen and Penelope! It really is all in the family! ❤
Amazing to hear about your trip. I’m sorry you got covid and I hope you have fully recovered.
So excited to hear that Nina is working at Stephen and Penelope’s, must be every knitters dream job.
Another amazing casual Friday 🥰, thank you ❤
Thank you for explaining ply weights
A two colour Musselburgh hat would look great in your yarn. It looked beautifully soft.
I was so excited to learn that Nina works at Stephen and Penelope. The yarn walls in there are full of color and make me so happy. Yarn shops like that are my dream places.
I'm sorry for the Covid surprise. The trip still sounds good.
Henry's sweater is gorgeous. He's a tiny bit younger than my great nephew. I look forward to seeing the finished project. This was a truly interesting watch. Thank you.
Yarnspirations has a free pattern with a sail boat on the front. It's on a front pocket (like a sweatshirt two hand pocket) but she could move it to the front and skip the pocket. I did a search that came up with nautical patterns.
Was thinking about your wash/dry dilemma and was reminded of something i did years ago. I used to buy myself shetland wool vintage sweaters. I loved them--they were kids' crew necks and i had 'em in a billion colours. I wore them like sweatshirts. I would throw them in a laundromat washer on 'cold' (but not in dryer) and they would practically be dry by the time i got home--from having all the water spun out by the machine. They were soft and fluffy and in all the years i had them, they never showed wear.
My faves were the red one and the acid green one. I used to love to look at my shelf and admire the rainbow stack there--for 75¢ apiece.
I do hope you're feeling better!
I went to "Nina's" shop many years ago when I was in Amsterdam. It was a lovely neighborhood then, not so far from where I was staying, and I assume it still is. I loved Amsterdam and how human-scale much of it is.
Thanks for the jampacked podcast!
Thank you so much Roxanne for answering my questions! The books look great! Gail
The Zoe Mellor book, "Colorful Knits for your Child" is for sale at a shop close to me, "Half-Priced Books", for $5.99 and I'm so tempted (not that I need any more knitting books). I own another book by Zoe Mellor, "Adorable Knits for Tots". I knitted the "Daisy Dress" for my great-niece. I plan on knitting the sweater on the cover, "Little Star Sweater", for my great-nephew. There are other incredibly cute intarsia knits for children in the book.
Thanks for the info, about the book!
You could make a sleeveless vest with the yarn from the Netherlands.
Really interesting video today. I always learn from watching you. So sorry you were poorly whilst you were away. I am sure there will be another opportunity to visit in the future. 🇬🇧
I have been trying to find substitutions for 100% wool projects for my granddaughter to ease her mother’s washing!
Finding suitable colours and yarns is also difficult with older patterns as the recommended yarn is often discontinued and so thank you for your recommendation on Ravelry. Thank you for all your good advice and thoughtfulness.
I find it quite surprising -- and disappointing -- that the cable flare issues weren't resolved and written into the pattern by the designer. Definitely something to watch out for! Good thing we knitters tend to be good problem solvers. Thanks for sharing your planning process.
It's really common for cable flare not to be taken into account. Most people who design patterns for hand knits aren't trained designers, they learn through observation and experience. Depending on who their perceived audience is, they might go for a simpler process, rather than a more refined result. Other times, they just don't know how to approach certain challenges (or that they even should).
Hi Roxanne. Playing catch up here. How wonderful that your daughter fell in love with knitting! What a blessing she has in you! The best resource possible! My only daughter isn’t interested and neither are my sons. One of my little granddaughters is in the crochet club at school so that’s a positive sign, lol. I’m sorry to hear you got Covid during your trip. Sounds like you made the best of it though. The yarn you bought first yourself is gorgeous. Right up my alley. I’d love to see what you make with it. The sweater for Henry is coming along beautifully. Do you do cables with or without a cable needle? I’m sure you’ve told us in the past but I forget, lol. Great podcast!😊
If the cables are small, and I'm knitting Continental, I forego the cable needle. For wider cables, or knitting English, I use a straight metal cable needle. For two-stitch cables that do not travel, I often use a mock cable technique that essentially creates a decrease that leans in the direction of the twist, along with an increase. So, it depends! :-)
Very interesting! I have used both techniques but I think I’m more comfortable with a straight cable needle. I didn’t know you used English at all except for demonstration purposes. Not that it matters. Oh but I do remember you saying that when you knit English style you put your needed under your arm. Is that what you’re referring to? I do use it for stranded color work as I learned to knit using English then switched to continental. 😊
I'm so pleased the Southdowns Yarn arrived! I was beginning to wonder if I'd written the wrong number for your PO Box and some non-knitter had got a surprise package. I also should have been clearer telling you how to say my name - it rhymes with bathe. You wouldn't have got that pronunciation online as it's how it's said in the west of Ireland where my father was from. I hope you enjoy the yarn - maybe a hat or some mittens could be made from it? But you really don't have to - just play with it and enjoy it if you'd rather. 😊
Thank you so much, Mairead, for the yarn *and* your patience! I'm so sorry about the delay picking the pkg up from the PO!!!
I love the casual Fridays!! Your yarn from the Netherlands you could make, a hat and matching gloves in the Stranded colorwork. I need to learn this. Hope your totally recovered from the Covid! Thanks
Also look up “Vancouver fog” fingerless mitts. Great for bike riding!
A vest with the South Downs wool? They’re pretty popular these days. (Maybe not enough?)🐑
PS Covid! Darn it. 🦠
Love hearing about your trip to Amsterdam.
Hi there, I a -
m so pleased to hear that you are back to your that you are back to your old self now and really pleased that abard from Civid, you enjoed
Love cables also! Thanks for tips- never thought of those items before
I just looked at Knitting for Olive for one of the adult patterns, but they have a bunch of cute kids patterns. There is one called The Tractor Sweater, which has a nice intarsia motif of--wait for it--a tractor!
Great episode!
Lots of Patterns made with intarsia in Rowan books, designed by Kaffe Fassett etc
Thanks!
You bet!
Roxanne- Woohoo. that's amazing view! 🙃
Rox, you are an enabler again! While still watching your video I went on eBay and found and ordered a copy of that fifties knitting book! Oops I did it again. I ordered the Sasha Kahan book also! And I hate knitting intarsia. But they’re so beautiful. I’ve always admired her designs.
Thank you for an interesting episode. I think your yarn would make beautiful hat and gloves ❤
We did the bike thing and went to the cheese farms. Also did the museum. We loved hearing about your trip. Thank you. For sharing😊
Happy friday🎉🎉thanks Roxanne
You were in the Netherlands! Sorry for you that you got sick. I hope next time you can visit the places you wanted to (like Texel). And maybe even more. I live far from Amsterdam, but this part of the country is beautiful too (province Drenthe).
I am planning to visit Amsterdam again (last time I was there in 2019), and especially the Stephen & Penelope yarn shop. Then I might meet your daughter Nina ...
Your Finn yarn is beautiful!! I love those colors, together. The very first thing I thought of was the Prairie Lace Hat by Lesley Anne Robinson because the colors are similar, but another brioche project would be gorgeous. Andrea Mowry’s Harlow hat comes to mind, as well.
Thank you!
Another great video ❤
So sorry Covid caught you !!! Glad to see you are OK now ! Since you like to try new things, you might be interested to try Fusion Knitting with your two skeins of Mominoki, in maybe a hat or a scarf ? Reversible Honeycomb Hat or Reversible Honeycomb Scarf by Mary W Martin ???
Roxanne, I was wondering if you have any advice to a left handed knitter (mirror image) to work patterns written for right handed knitters with specific left and right sided instructions. Or a program that might help translate a pattern into left handed instructions. Thank you!
The Big Book of Kid's Knits by Zoe Mellor and Nursery Rhyme Knits by Teresa Hoyer have some kids intarsia patterns.
You could make matching or completary colorwork hats for you and someone else? Or maybe a colorwork hat and gloves set
So sorry to hear about your trip, glad you are fine now. I am not sure if I am spelling this right , an idea for your bicycle yarn would be a Rinunculas sweater. That might be enough yardage for that and pair it with a good mohair. It would be beautiful!
The Bicycle yarn is for my friend Elizabeth. The yarn that's for me is the Mominoki Finnwool.
I am sorry you had covid on your trip but glad you had time with Nina.
I have a question about your swatches from your tkga nk program. The ones that showed the flaring, were they rejected then the one that was flat, was that a re submission to learn how to correct the flaring when working with cables? I am considering working the master knitter program and after studying the swatch pictures, changes to the program inn 2020 and the requirements I feel like I may be going back to college for five years. I know that I will be learning a lot after 40+ years of knitting. It just seems daunting.
There were three cable swatches required. Each had to use a different cable pattern. All of them had to be knit with the same yarn and needles. The point of the first two is to illustrate to the knitter what cable flare is, and how different cables will affect gauge differently. The third swatch (which has to be a different cable pattern again) requires the knitter to compensate for the cable flare, which requires two steps: swatching the cable pattern (because the gauge will be different from the first two), and swatching the seed stitch, and then calculating how you're going to knit the swatch without cable flare. You do not have to submit the gauge swatches for that third one, just the finished result. Each of the three cable swatches must have at least two multiples of the cable, at least three repeats, making sure that you have vertical symmetry, that the seed stitch border is 1'' on all sides, and that the finished swatch does not exceed certain dimensions. One aspect of the MHK program is learning to write pattern instructions, so full instructions to replicate the results must be done for each of the cable swatches (plus three lace swatches, as well).
Loved this show. Great info . Re your Southdown wool -- in case you didn't know from your breed study Southdown is a Down breed and so is a natural superwash . It can go in the washing machine but not the dryer. Too bad your niece went for washer and dryer as that pretty well leaves out all natural fibers -- and it is just so easy to care for them . The Southdown would have been be a great choice for the little sweaters and so much warmer and environmentally friendly . Perhas you could have a chat with her about yarns . Wool and other natural fibers do not need to be washed as often as synthetic as it is odor retardant and also naturally sheds dirt so often a bit of shaking, airing light, or brushing is all it might need to extend the wear without washing . And so also avoiding the disasterous impact the synthetic fibers have with every wash on waterways and water life. Also the Finn might have been nice for the sweater for the little girl. BTW socks don't need nylon or elastic if you reinforce heels and toes with a bit of mohair. The more we can get away from using these kinds of fibers the better. Re your breed study right now The Woolery has a sale on conservation breed wool and in particular a bundle with Wensleydale, Swaledale, Jacob and Lonk top for spinning that might interest you. Just thought I would pass that on . I have never heard of lonk!? Have you ? So sorry to hear you got covid and spoiled your trip. Do eat lots of oranges to get your immune system back into good functioning as covid sure does play havoc with it . Vit C is critical for this . Bonne chance . Hope you are on your way to a full recovery . It does take a while.
My niece changed her mind about the machine wash and dry when I said I'd have to go with a synthetic. That's why I bought the laundry tags, to remind them that it is machine wash, lay flat to dry. Children's sweaters tend to need more washing because they spill more food on them!
I think in the 'old' days before synthetics when these fibers were used much more for children's clothing, they did find ways around this especially since they didn't have the luxury of modern washing machines. I find as I age I am a lot messier and have found the same solutions work as for children's wear : spot clean and brush , shake and air. Same for socks as for childrens wear. We just have forgotten these old techniques. There should be a label for this lol! Good to hear she changed her mind. Loved the blue you are starting to knit .
USPS Informed Delivery is such a crap shoot. I have a few monthly subscriptions that my Shop app catches every month that come from USPS with tracking numbers that I can pull up all the shipping info on, but they will never show in the Informed Delivery.
Cowl, fingerless mitts
I'd do a double knit hat. But I've not seen you do double knit.
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Suggestion, why don't you spin up some acrylic yarn?
I love the sweater you are wearing, can you tell me what the name of it is?
I always include information about whatever sweater I'm wearing down in the show notes. In this case, the sweater is one I designed myself. There is no published pattern for it.
What brand of e-bike did you get? I also hate hills!
I got a Gazelle Arroyo C7. There are lots of different ebikes out there!
You should visit Arnie and Carlos!
Maybe your daughter could invite them to visit the shop where she works!!
Fingers gloves to ride your bike.
Wouldn't the cable flare be taken care of by the designer?
No. The reason you get cable flare is because designers *don't* always take care of this. They may not know there is a solution or how to deal with it. Some designers will know how to deal with it, but many don't.