A bit late to the party but I definitely think you should do a Ganesy. Living in Cornwall you need that on your bucket list so cast on and begin. Best of luck 🤞

Another lovely podcast. I think the Gansy and the Spot Sweater are both very nice, but u really like your choice of colours for the Spot Sweater are gorgeous, so that would be my choice 😍

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So many exciting developments for you, Stitches & Cream, and the Flock…you’ve been busy Jane! My vote for your Christmas cast on goes to the Spot Sweater as it sounds like less of a ‘should be knitting’ project for you. Whatever you choose, I hope you enjoy every stitch ❤

I would love to watch someone’s progress with the Spot Sweater. I’ve been thinking about that one for a while. May I ask if Nikki ever completed the Watch Cap pattern? During your special birthday celebration I ordered the yarn. I would love to knit them for my son’s family. Wishing you a very happy Christmas and New Year!

The way you talked about the Ganesy and looked at the yarn is telling! Go Gansey! x

Lovely podcast Jane ❤. I also suffer with social anxiety and congratulate you on delivering a wonderful and varied podcast, thank you. I would knit the spot jumper, colours are nice and bright for drab winter months, taps into your joy of colour work as well. It's a knit to cheer you up as you will be having an empty nest and a new type of Christmas this year. The gansey will take a long time and to my mind, best cast on in summer months and it's one colour! Have a wonderful Xmas, and a Happy and healthy 2025. xx

Oh I do love your podcasts Jane, 💕I chuckled out loudly when you mentioned the neck situation, I like you need that something around my neck at all times. Love love love your Festive socks 🧦 I’d personally start the spotty sweater, I think I’d get fed up with the length of time the Gansey would take! Wishing you & all your lovely staff a very Merry Christmas & a Peaceful New Year xx

I love the idea of going out for Christmas Dinner ! Our kids and grandson are coming on December 21st for Christmas 🎄 So just the two of us on Christmas! We live in a small town though and nothing but the gas stations are open that day ! So I bought a small ham and will make roast potatoes and salad ! Oh well at least I can knit all day and Boxing Day too ! I think I might cast on either the Oslo has or the Musselbourgh hat ! Sorry I know I spelt the second one wrong !

I’ve just found you and really enjoyed this episode so I’ve subscribed & will go back and watch some earlier ones to see what I’ve been missing! Oh and regards your cast on….go big or go home so the gansey gets my vote !! 😄

Hi Jane! I love your sweater and your cowl, actually, I love everything you showed on your podcast. Those socks are marvelous, I really want to give them a go. I would definitely choose gansey in answer to your dilemma as to which to cast on. I have always always wanted to start to knit my first gansey but I am very intimidated by it. I have the book by Beth Brown-Reinsel and I feel, as much as it seems packed with info, I would really like to be in a group or at the very least watching someone and their progress with a gansey. I have had the yarn and been ready to go but I am nervous. I think you would do awesome with one though and if I were you that is what I would choose! Thank you for your lovely podcast. ❤

Hello dear Jane- thank you for a lovely chat- I love all your project possibilities but if you’ve always wanted to make a gansey then go for it! If you’ve always wanted look at it as an heirloom and a long term project ( interspersed with simpler ones) it could be good 😊 I personally love the denim blue and I love Blacker Yarns ❤ I’ve just posted off the Porthallow hat and mitts to my darling daughter who’s working in Manchester for a year- so I bought the yarn from John Arbon and had it flown all the way to Tasmania and now it’s flying all the way back - I feel a bit guilty! I was thrilled with how the pattern turned out and need to thank you as I wouldn’t have known about it if not for you. I love the book you shared too- I’ve already looked it up and it’s in stock at my local bookshop 😊 wishing you a peaceful lead up to Christmas 🎄

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Another lovely episode, the yarns you have chosen for the spot sweater are gorgeous, but a Gansey would be lovely too, I would also like to make one. I always have a Christmas cast on, I am marked the Porta Pullover with Shetland yarn, I got the idea from Ruth loves to knit podcast 😁

You look so gorgeous in your sweater and shawl .

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Spot sweater. Why? The colours are gorgeous and so it will be a fun pattern to knit. Also, thank you for the reminder about the Metamorphic Sweater, now back at the top of my to do wishlist.

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Definitely Gansey. You are a pleasure to hang out with and knit.

I can't knit to save my life. I watched just to hear her lovely Cornish accent. I'm an American, and you sound enchanting!

A gansey will be fabulous. So much history and tradition to contemplate while knitting it. I'm quite looking forward to this Christmas, it'll be the first year I don't have the family coming round, we're all going to a restaurant the week before, so I can have a complete Christmas off. Watching the film's all the way through without peeling sprouts at the same time.😹💕 I also have a Christmas cast on that's just for me! I'm about to cast on a musslebrough hat in candy cane forest by bird street yarn💗 I can't wait! 🎄

Must be the Gansey

Gansey, Gansey, Gansey. Of course, I say that because I am not the one who will be knitting it!

I would vote gansey, but do plan a lot of side projects that will give your hands a rest and scratch the colourwork itch etc! That beautiful Marie Wallin bag sets you up nicely already :) Haven’t cast on the advent hat and November socks yet because of gift knitting, but really looking forward to it.

The gansey for sure! I’ve done one in the frangipani and have cones for two more ganseys.

Lovely to see you..I think you are leaning toward the Spot sweater and I think the colors are striking. I love the color that is for the gansey and think that will be beautiful too.

Another wonderful episode. The spot sweater is beautiful so that’s my vote

Thanks for another lovely podcast. Definitely the gansey. Id love to make one so it'll be interesting to hear how you get on. BUT Christmas knits are about what you wish to make. I'm enjoying some simple hat & sock knitting & drooling over your new retreats at the moment. Hope you have a happy & relaxed Christmas. X

You have mentioned how much you love the color blue. I think the Gansey would be a great cast on. All of the neck warmers and cowls you have shown would look lovely with the denim color. Love your book recommendation!

Your two sweater choices are very very different. My question to you, which one would you be more likely to frequently wear. Knit that one first. You could knit the other sweater over a longer period of time, such as 2 hours per week. Chip away at knitting it, eventually it will be completed. So, my vote is Spot, as your first knit. 🧶

Hi Jane, lovely podcast, thank you. I do wish I lived in Cornwall so I capsule call Stitches and Cream my LYS 😂 and attend one of the lovely retreats you offer. But anyway if you have always wanted a Gansey and you know you will wear it, then I think you should cast on. I would prefer a winter coat as my outer layer but then I live in NZ not the UK. I suppose it depends on what style you are after. I’m in the kitchen on Xmas day as everyone always comes to us, 27 family members this year, that may change one day! But this year I’m going to try and do a Xmas cast on, not sure what though!

Thanks for great episode have missed some of your episodes do catching up. I’ve only been to Rheinback once but one thing I can say is you should book rooms now if you can. Most hotels book quickly for returning people. Also they have events that start on Thursday and Friday that have sign ups . Hopefully you will get other suggestions from others.

Another wonderful episode. I look forward to seeing the beautiful range of yarns you show as well as your current and future projects. I knitted a guernsey/gansey just under a year ago now using the Frangipani yarn from Caroline. It was my first time of knitting one and I recorded my journey ( Whitby Guernsey Knit). I recommend you purchasing the extra long needles to accommodate the stitches easily although I was knitting a large size. Thankyou and happy knitting from Whitby, North Yorkshire .😊

Lovely chat from you and love the idea of gansey as it’s keeping tradition alive. But the spot colours are so cheerful for this time of year. Looking forward to seeing you next year, I’m booked!

Lovely watching another episode. Love the look of the project bag. Both sweaters look good. Thanks from up in beautiful Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Gansey!

The Spot as your first cast on - just for you - and easily finished and wearable this winter. The Gansey as a follow up, perhaps as a long term KAL with the Flock and ready for next winter/Christmas 2025!

I’ve knit a Gansey , I found the yarn punishing on my hands , it it was certainly hard wearing, I vote for the Spot sweater , just love the colours for the winter months, I’m going to start the Maxine sweater by Laura Penrose , wishing you and your family a happy Christmas

I vote for the Spot Sweater! I think the color will keep you motivated. I’ve been thinking about this one for a long time! Enjoy your Christmas! My husband and I spend every other Christmas without our children and grandchildren and I try to be creative to keep it special

Hi Jane. Great to hear what you've been up to. My vote is a Gansey Sweater. It will be a lovely sweater to wear when out for walks with Bailey. I'm currently knitting the Gnana Gnome MKAL ... such a lot of fun. Merry Christmas. Best wishes Barbara (NZ)

Hi , my first time watching you, have now subscribed. Can't help noticing your love of one certain colour 😊

I think that you should cast on both sweaters. You would then have the option of colour when you feel the need to be cheered and the Ganesh when you just want to sit and knit repetitive stitches. Remember knitting should be relaxing and a joy, it is not a race so it doesn’t matter how long the gansey takes you. Have a fantastic festive season.

It's got to be a Gansey, Jane. You'll get loads of wear from it walking your dog! Have a lovely Christmas and thank you for all the entertainment your podcast brings!

I think Gansey’s should be a darker blue as Aran’s should be cream in my mind. My mum used to knit them for our local fisherfolk, probably where I got my love of knitting from. Are you really in need of such a dense garment which is going to take such a long time or could you do a more modern, wearable version with just echos of what they traditionally are? That little bag is a delight though. Have a good Christmas. 🎄