Jenny my dear. You are adorable. Such discipline : ) Question…..will you knit or crochet your wedding dress??😃

Similar to your "blessing" with PetiteKnit project bags being sold out, I also have that with needles. I have so many needle sets including Chiaogoo, Seeknit, Lykke and trying to avoid looking at the new Seeknit needles. For sure I would have more, but the 2 brands I was considering have gone out of business. 😂 And those thread & maple needle cases... oooh, so beautiful.

I think knitting by hand and using machines for crafting isn't as natural a transition as we think it ought to be. I had a knitting machine, and I gave it away because it was uncomfortable, tedious, and annoying. I had a spinning wheel, and I sold it for the exact same reasons. I like making clothes, but I hate the frigging machines. I considered buying a loom until I watched someone put the warp on. OMG, talk about tedious! kill me.

not helpin you not buy things, but i will say i resisted my urge to get a flatbed knitting machine for a long time. then i finally caved when i found a really cheap brother kx-390, its really similar to the bond ultimate sweater machine. and now im obsessed! its a much more involved experience vs hand knitting with needles. i still enjoy hand knitting with needles while i watch tv or go to a park or on public transport, but if i have a free evening i can make an entire pair of socks. if i have a free weekend i can make an entire sweater. also i can use up my stash a lot quicker x.x

I love my project bags from that blonde lady! 😅 but I also do not need to buy anymore. I knit mostly monogamously so I always end up just using the same bag over and over. My excess of project bags have come into use lately as I project plan and wind up yarn. But I also only have just one motions bag so that moves from bag to bag depending on what I’m working on.

I know I'm supposed to like comment about the subject of this video, but if I don't get this off my mind I'll explode. That sweater is absolute perfection.

I have a couple of 52 weeks of X books and if I want to knit on the go I just take a picture of the pattern :)

"And now I get to exert my dominance, even in bag form"

Oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one who buys all of the pink and purple hand dyed skeins...but I made the mistake of getting them in worsted weight. Wtf am I supposed to do with them now?! Endless beanies?! Ughhh

HAHAHA this was so entertaining and relatable. I was chuckling to myself on the bus. As an Australian from an air fryer summer zone, I can think of nothing worse than wearing knitwear in Summer, regardless of gauge, yarn or pattern. Give me a lightweight linen/silk machine woven fabric any day. Am currently in Massachusetts, and can I say, soup dumpling Summer is EVEN WORSE. I have never knit anything for summer, and while the love seeing camisoles and tees and all the gorgeous things, at most I think I'd make a bag. But mainly sit in my air conditioning and knit for the next autumn/winter 😂

If you have any sock yarn and mohair scraps that you don’t want to use, I would be willing to take them off your hands. I’m knitting a lot of scrappy socks to use up leftovers because I don’t have the brain space for another scrappy blanket.

All of the 52 weeks books have either been available at my library or were purchased upon request! And a ton of other popular knitting pattern books as well

This week I said no to a full set of Chaougoo needles and yes to the large set of Hiya Hiya sharps. I’m pretty happy as the needles I night were marked as used so were half price. I don’t like full price and even 10% off is questionable.

My current fav project bags are IKEA Parkla shoe bags, they are perfect size for me, zippered and less than 99cents Cdn

I’m not going to talk you out of anything! I’m slowly working away from buying the pretty variegated yarn. It’s so beautiful in the skein-but I only like variegated yarn in socks. I don’t like knitting socks that much and I don’t wear them much. My husband loves them. So it has taken me a couple of YEARS to deplete my collection of yarn that’s only pretty, not realistic.

I'm also knitting my 2nd square tee with Hikoo Cobasi DK!

As someone who loves books and needs to write on patterns, there are transparent sticky notes, so you can still write on your books and see the pattern without feeling bad.

Consumption is not morally neutral when consumption in US/Europe/Canada directly impacts the lives of those in the Global South

i hear you about magazines... i sew, slowly. VERY slowly. but i like Burda Style, but I don't have time (have two young kids) to hardly ever make a thing from them. i enjoy looking through them as well, but then it becomes a space/money thing - they're a little over $10 an issue and it's like ok if all i do is spend 30 or 40 minutes looking through it a couple times does that justify the purchase? i just finished a year's subscription. i will not renew and see if i make a few patterns this next year then maybe get the year after that. or even skip a couple years and then go back on. i really like having physical copies but then that also takes up space.

As someone who has spent way to much on sets of interchangeable needles, here are my thoughts. I bought the Lykke driftwood set because they are so pretty, but I find they have too much drag/friction and slow me down. I didn't like them as much as my KnitPro ginger needles which are laminated birch like the Symphonie. Then I bought just one pair of Lantern Moon needles instead of the whole set, and they're OK, pretty smooth, but I still prefer the ginger needles. So I don't think you'll find the Lantern Moon needles superior to your Symphonie needles in any way except appearance. But since KnitPro/KnitPicks, Lykke and Lantern Moon are all interchangeable, you can buy just one pair of needles if you really want to try them. Seeknit Koshitsu (not the Shirotake) are worth the money in my opinion. They are about the smoothest non-metal needles available, and the cords are delightful. Fortunately you can buy "mini" sets of three needles for a reasonable price if you want to try them without spending too much.

If you’re patient, a used flatbed knitting machine can often be found for very very cheap or even free. And if you get a standard gauge with a ribber, it can fully replace the CSM. I started with one from the 60s and have since upgraded to an electronic machine…. And then acquired about 16 more from a knitter who was downsizing her inherited stash all at once. 🙈 They’ll eventually be going to new homes after I can give them a cleaning.

Some question for consideration- do you need to make your knittwear faster? Do you care about potentially loosing some audience because of branching out to machine knitting? Are you willing to spend more money on yarn when knitting faster or will you buy second hand/ cheaper? Have you already bought sweater quantity of fancy/bougie yarn just in random "one skein of sock yarn" form? How many project did you make from your printed patterns ( books, magazines) and how much you spend for project? How much you spend for publications you've never used and what quantity of your dream yarn you could have bought whit it? Is resisting the buying urge source of pride for you as it should be? 🤭 Does it hurt your sense of community or belonging? Did you consider giving yourself a prize every 3/4/6 months of not buying random stuff (like cashmere for a simple blouse or ito mohair for neon project without white strand) - yeah those are mine😂

I bought the 52 Weeks of Shawls book because I love knitting shawls, but the font is so tiny that its difficult to knit from the book, I mostly use it as inspiration and hopefully my purchase financially supported the designers

i think the idea of underconsumption fall after hot girl summer is really interesting

Terrific exploration of everything I experience with knitting, all the wants, all the feels, all the saying No 😊 😊😊😊

Sell the 2 machines you don’t use and buy a flat bed ….you won’t regret it.🙈♥️

You really made me laugh. I'm the same with single random skeins and needles. If you are interested in Seeknit needles I'd recommend you try a single size first. I got the set and don't love the join between the needle and cord. But I do like the cord - especially in sleeves.

Yeah the call of the flatbed machine is hard to resist but I am not mechanically minded at all and I hate having to correct my knitting. Definite no for me but you being more fashun I could see it being useful. I relate hard to all of your list.

I recently bought some new bedsheets and the little bags that those came in are literally the PERFECT project bags 10/10

I live through these types of discussions with myself on a regular basis. Mine at the moment is an electric spinning wheel, and a flatbed knitting machine. However, I cannot afford either so it makes the not purchasing much easier.

Also I picked up $2 Walmart fabric to make a drawstring bag as like a harm reduction approach to the petit knit project bag siren call

I’d buy saris “softly” just for the beautiful photos. Let alone all the cables all the cables!

Also I love physical books as I have been a life long reader and an analogue photographer (finishing up a fine art degree actually l) I love so much about the books it feels like I get to combine so many of my special interests. Also I just scan the patterns I’m Working on to keep them with my pdf patterns. Not to share or anything just for the portability as you said

Me looking at the seeknit needle set I bought last week. I got it with light the pouch and I got the “s” cause it’s only the small sizes I need. How I justified was that I spent 80 instead of 120 to get the bag with it 😅

I was so disappointed with the 52 weeks of socks v1. Almost all the patterns were toe up and I exclusively knit cuff down. The patterns are gorgeous, but the techniques were not varied enough.

On flat bed knitting machines, I recommend getting a cheap one second hand before diving in to the new silver Reed or something. I got a Bond knitting machine from the 80s off Craigslist for $35 like 10 years ago on a whim. It is not fancy, but it does great for a first machine. Its also called the Ultimate Sweater Machine and I see people find them new in the box at goodwill all the time for $100 or less. It is a great way to try it out (and there is a great but incredibly cheesy video series on youtube for free by Carol Brunette). Once I sat down and decided I was going to use it, I was able to make scarves for everyone for Christmas and it was so much more consistent than the Sentro machines I have.

Ah yes ‘the ooh pretty pink yarn trap’. I know that one so well! Thanks for another great video!

I'm really glad I got a few lantern moon needles instead of the set because I didn't really like them. They were more grippy than my wooden knitpicks ones (which I do love but hated the cords of). Happily, I've found it's true that you can use lantern mood cords on knitpicks/knitpro needles and can easily get 2 packs of cords on Amazon if your local shops don't have them. I have to talk myself out of more project bags, I limit my number of active wips by # of project bags.

Some interchangeable needles do fit on other brands cables. I switched from addi click metal to knitpro ginger shorts and use cords from lantern moon (because I like wood needles more - the puppy grew to a adult dog so no danger to my needles or my dog) the ginger is so pretty but I don’t like the knitpro cords and plastic ends - latern moon seems to be a associated to knitpro and the cords are so much nicer (metal, nylon coated and swivel) and they have wooden stopper/ends (but be careful with those) and they fit together. 🎉 I bought a few to try and now bought more in my favorite sizes. I plan to sell addi click. Buying a hole set doesn’t make any sense to me because I usually don’t need needles beyond 5mm and I don’t like the cases they come with - I rather have 2-3 pairs of the same size.

Oh the project bags. I haven't bought any because if I really need one, I know I could just sew one for myself and that thought keeps me under control.

I‘ve bought a mood needle case and I‘m not happy with the quality: Sloppy stitching came off to fast to easy, sloppily (I mean: No) edge finishes, holds its shape badly and doesn’t hold all my things. So I need something additional. 😅 I plan to sell the mood one and collected some fabric and will sew my own one that suits my actual needs of holding my interchangeable needles AND all the rest of my knitting supplies. Highly recommend evaluating what you actually need and what a thing to do. And then make it yourself. Much better feeling (at least for me).

yes, I love this trend and this topic too, normalising that we dont really have to get every new shiny thing :) good for you

Thank you... my cat was sick on my laptop in the night. It's now at the repair shop but I have a premonition I am about to start bleeding money. Listening to you talking about your spending or not has somehow soothed my stressed out brain.

I use random drawstring bags, too and covet the cosy, pretty, quilted kind. Suddenly thought, I could put one drawstring inside another with some wadding in between then run a few hand stitched lines around them, kancha style, and have my own quilted bags for cheap. 💡🤗

Hello, nice chat:) about project bags, I can made them for myself, even I am selling some, I can made whatever i want, also from leather, so on this i don't catch on. Ouh yarn:) its just another hobbie:D ha ha needles, well I see it as an investment, but i am buying chiagoo. 52 weeks books...i have 2 about socks, and I am using them, i like socks knitiing, also I am thinking about accessories one. For now I have only 4 knitting books, last one is a "Artic knits", but recently i deep in this book, and found out quite a lot of mistakes, and also need to check the same pattern in raverly, so in the end I dont trust it in work. In knitting machines I am not interested, as much in yarn spinning machines. this themes i even dont watch.

I honestly like and use my knitpro symphony needles more than the Lykke or Seaknit sets. They are more smooth and a bit shorter which is more comfortable for me.

I really don’t see the point in project bags cause I have so many nice tote bags. And I don’t even use those for my projects, I just shove them in whatever random bag is nearby 😂 If I was buying project bags I’d have to start throwing out tote bags or end up with infinite bags. I’m totally guilty of the single skein of interesting yarn purchases though! And another bad thing is if I like multiple colours I’ll buy like 4 balls in 4 different colours and then don’t know what to make with them.

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Oh I definitely feel you on the project bags! I do use them for WIPs and I have one from Petite Knit, another one I bought from Etsy as well as a couple others from local makers. My urge to buy them only stopped when I began sewing them for myself. I’ve found that they make good beginner projects and offer pretty instant gratification. So now, I’ve only spent money on patterns, fabric, and an icorder that I use to make the drawstrings 🤡

Those precious single skeins of yarn that you're so drawn to could be used as an accent design in a sweater. For example, the pink, purple, neon speckled type you're drawn to could be used on a sleeve or yoke on a sweater. Maybe a couple of stripes on a sleeve as an accent. That would look cool on a black sweater or a solid color that's in the special skein. Or use that skein in a patterned yoke. Then you can enjoy that pretty skein without buying a sweater's quantity. Or incorporate one skein into a shawl. Buy the skein!! Life is short!