Good to see you again! I am curious when you record, is there a reason I have to turn the volume up, cause it is so hard to hear you. Does anyone else have this problem? Take care!

Watching at 744am Wednesday morning New Zealand time. I think you loaded about an hour ago. Love the wee vest.

Praying for your upcoming surgery 🙏 Nice socks Love Scott Hahn books Anything with Mother Angelica is also great reading. I've preorderd the Ignatius Study Bible Also Love my new Divine Mercy Bible

Hi Karen, thanks for the tip about the hand dyed yarn. I really appreciate the tip. Can't wait until your book comes out. I'm sure it will have some great patterns. About my blanket that you showed. It was folded in half. It kept growing on both side (lol)

I like the book. Thanks for telling us about it. Sometimes I prefer simple patterns. I have never worked with hand dyed yarn.

Hi Karen, Congratulations on becoming an ambassador for WeCrochet. Those tweed colors are very pretty and yes I love purple. You mention charts for us who are left-handed. Even though I can read charts that are not written for us I'm sure it would be very helpful for all of us who are left-handed. I have to say that your patterns and charts are well written and I was able to follow your charts just fine.

Nice to see you back. I did the hat a few years ago . Great pattern

It’s good to see you again, Karen. Your Audrey sweater is looking good, nice color. I have made 2 Audreys. It’s a great pattern.

Hi Karen, nice to have you back. You have been busy, I can't believe that you have done 14 projects.I really enjoyed how you learned to crochet and it is nice to see that you still have your first project that you crochet. You did a good job on that hanger. Loved all of your new yarn. Can't wait to see what you do with them. Now for my story. I started crocheting in the 70's. I had friends that crocheted but they were all right handed so I just watched them for a while and then I told them that I would try but I would hold my hook different from them. They were making the Ripple stitch and I wanted to make a blanket for my husband for our 1st anniversary. So my friends showed me the Ripple stitch and I just watch them and did my own thing. It took me a year to make that blanket. The only thing that went wrong was I didn't know what to do at the end of the row, so my blanket kept growing and that is why it took me a year to complete. Anyway my husband still have that blanket even though it wasn't perfect. After that I told myself that I was going to learn how to read patterns because when I see something I want to crochet I want it to look like the picture. I bought a book for beginners and taught myself how to read patterns (the book was not for left-hand people) even though I'm left-hand I can still figure out patterns, I just have to do the opposite of what the pattern is saying. I'm so glad that I did not give up because crochet is my passion. That is it about me. By the way love that hat.

I just heard of this counter and like the idea. The counter I have now works but this looks so much better. Thank you for the video, always like to learn as much as possible before buying. Love the idea of being able to divide yardage for socks.

Praying things improve for you. Have a good summer.

Bless you Karen! Praying it all works out. Sending hugs

Update: so I'm trying this join method right mow. I'm on round 4 of a project I started, using 1/2dc, and so far, it doesn't look wonky at all. It looks uniform all around, and no.vis8ble seam on either tge right side or the wrong side. I yhink zi finally found my go-to join method. Thanks!

Wow! That looks great! I think I've tried just about every invisible join technique out there and just was never happy with them. You could still see a seam, or a little bump in tge join lie, or you could see it on the wrong side of the work...which is fine for arumigami, but not for flat projects. And I could never get the standing stich to work. I'm going to try this method

Hi Karen, praying you get some rest as well as the focus you need. I have been battling breast cancer, i think i heard you had been down this road as well? take care, I'll be praying for you, and see you in the fall.

Hugs and prayers from New Zealand. You take care ❤

Hi Karen, we understand that life happens so we will be here when you get back. Take care of yourself and your family and thanks for the update.

Do what you need to do for you. Have a great summer.

Wow! You're a busy lady!

Good luck with all your projects and have a great summer

Lovely to see your smiling face. I'm working on a small blanket for grandson, starting to get colder here in New Zealand.

Hi Karen glad to have you back. You asked what are we working on well, I'm working on your Enchanted Vine Cal and it is going well. I'm so glad that you had the chart it helped at the beginning of the pattern. The pattern is well written. This is the first pattern of yours that I'm doing but it won't be the last. I have several of your patterns in my queue on Ravery. I crochet blankets anytime. If I do them in the summer they will be ready for the cold winters. Alot of things that I make I give to friends but I love making shawls and most of them I keep. Just so you know your video stop in the middle of you talking about your book. It was at the end of your video, don't know what happen. See you next week. Fran from Ohio

The fiber is gorgeous! I bought some fiber recently to learn how to spin.

Love that orange yarn Omgoodness! Always love seeing what other people buy! So much fun!! I had a fiber flock for almost 10 years and haven’t finished spinning a skein of yarn 😂 and still buy wool too! Just love the smell and washing it up for the mill Blessings, Ellen

Love your fibre haul 😅 It makes me feel less guilty about my 3 bins of carded fibre waiting to meet my wheel ❤

Thanks for sharing all the lucious fiber...and making me jealous!

Good morning Karen, still praying for you and yours. The review was very informative. I've been wearing my Mint Julep, I made it in lace weight seafoam colour way from Bendigo Have a great week

You're in my daily Rosaries!

Good morning, Karen. Have a rewarding weekend! Lovely shawl and interesting book review. I like book, yarn, and equipment reviews.

Sending positive thoughts

Hello Karen, nice to hear from you. Sending thoughts and prayers your way.

Praying for you and all your family Hail Mary full of grace........ Jesus, Mary and Joseph give Karen strength for the journey she's on. Amen

No matter what you're in my prayers.

I'm working on Mint Julep. Love the pattern. My mojo isn't gone just slow ATM. Been of work with covid and finally tested negative yesterday so I've had an excuse. If I do loose my mojo it's a question of changing from knitting to crochet and vice versa Late to view today as I managed to get to Mass this morning. Have a blessed week

The volume is improved...thank you so much! I love the crescent shawl at the beginning of the podcast. I have been wanting to try that shape. Is it a new pattern you are working on?

Lovely 'visit' and yes a definite volume improvement Holy Thursday here. Have a blessed Easter

Hi Karen I think it’s a little louder but I still had to increase my volume a little. I watch you on my tv so idk if that makes a difference 🤷‍♀️ I like learning about how the different fibers work differently so if I substitute yarns it will effect the drape and how important it is to do gauges 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣🤣👍🏻🧶🧶 Have a wonderful blessed Easter ✝️✝️🧡 I’ll look to see if you post next week 🥰👍🏻🧶🙏✝️

Yes this week's video is louder than previous ones, so I haven't had to max out my phone or computer's speakers. Last week's intro was loud enough but then the rest was very soft. Have a Happy Easter!

I made Jane's Frida's Flowers blanket. It was challenging but came out gorgeous!

Hello Karen, your shawl is looking great. Some questions I have about fibers 1-is there a difference between linen and cotton mixes? When you design your shawl, does the design dictates your yarn choices or the yarn choices dictates your design? Can you please also explain how ply in yarn affect finish product? Thank you

Have you worked with rambouilett yarn? I am curious how it compares to non- superwash merino? Softness, wearability, care? Thanks!

Love watching your videos but I sure struggle with the volume even with my computer volume turned up all the way. I know you must be soft spoken but even with earbuds it is hard to hear you. Not sure if it is your microphone volume or the editing.

Love the prayer board in the corner. Great idea

I love crocheting lace, although I use crochet cotton, sizes 10 and 20, so I use very tiny hooks. I am tempted to adapt your blanket pattern to a shawl size for a healing shawl. I think it would be lovely.

In general, when crocheting lace, my tip is to give the pattern time to develop before you make a decision on whether to finish or frog. So many times the first few rows look a little wonky or messy, and as you go the beauty of the pattern starts to show itself.

I love brown, pink, and cream for a blanket…Neapolitan ice cream colors for a girl blanket. For a boys blanket, I crocheted my nephew a blanket that had a little bit of a circus feel to it using a light green, teal, and orange.

Lovely colors that blue blanket! For girls baby blanket I am partial to pink and grey. How is your cross stitch project going?

Good morning. Love the lacy scarf. In answer to your question, about 1/2 a cup of salt to a washing machine load , or a heaped tablespoon to a basin of water.

Love the new name I know that mum always added salt to her laundry if she was worried about colours running One of the things I learnt when spinning and dying was to add salt to some natural dye plants