76° F is a cool spring/fall day down here in the Brazilian southwest 😅

Hi yes I’m enjoy your channel too but the music is too loud and it’s hard to follow you. Not sure if and how you can turn it down or off. Thx!

Thank you for sharing these patterns . I’m a newer knitter working on my first sweater and can’t wait to make more.❤

Just found your podcast. I live in Puyallup and work in Seattle. 😊

2 to 4 inches positive ease my best and most comfortable for pullovers. 4" to 8" for cardigan depending on pattern.

Live in the SW Montana mountains and it snowed yesterday used to live in Washington over in Mukilteo and the weather is omg different like 80s is high here and it snows and is windy and colddddd like -45 is winter average

Also-when knitting shawls I use gauge more of an idea of size than something necessary, unlike clothing. But that’s just me.

It’s Tuesday June 18. I’m in NW Ohio and we are under a heat dome for this week.. highs are in the upper 90’s, humid and awful! I’m staying inside knitting a silk/merino cross shawl Etta.

I think 76 sounds wonderful. I am from Tx. so it is currently 90 degrees. Summer is 100 plus. I am currently making a pair of socks, a sweater, and a blanket. I find my having several projects does not let me get too bored. Thanks for recommending Wacky yarns. I am always looking for a deal.

Hullo from the southern hemisphere (Tasmania) where it’s 10c (52 F). Our winters have been really mild the last few years with little snow on the mountains… I enjoy your podcast because you make garments that fit nicely & that aren’t oversized. I’m not a fan of excess positive ease with drop shoulders that have the shoulder seam half way down the arm. I’m a newby knitter so will be diving into the world of “finished measurements” before long & I take inspiration from your beautifully fitting garments! Love your style too. Best wishes to you & Lady 🧶

I absolutely love the cloud sweater you knit. The color is amazing! The length is perfect .

102! It was 85 yesterday with rain and felt like April weather. I’m on NM.

I am all about good fit too

Hi Charlotte. Loved your podcast. totally agree with the need for patterns with garment shaping and options, as opposed to the less technical plain versions. I guess it is where we are at wrt knitting journey??? initially plain is good as we learn and conquer techniques. As we progress, we wish for more challenges and being taught in patterns, new ways to create a garment that suits us. Winter here in New Zealand. Today, sunny outside, fire on inside this am. 14 degrees C now, 10am. Knitting on PetiteKnit Cloud sweater and loving it. Made some mods, as you talk about, to customise to my body. Just learning new tricks and wanting to learn more! Love it❤ Beautiful knitting of yours as usual. 🥰 Sharon

Always enjoy watching your knits. All your projects are beautiful Charlotte. Thank you for sharing.

For the charts, it depends if the pattern is to be knitted in the round or knitted flat. For patterns knitted in the round, every row is read from right to left. Your shawl pattern is typical for something knitted flat -odd rows (RS) read right to left, even rows (WS) read left to right. Some shawls can be knitted in the round and then steeked.

I used to live up in the PNW in Portland and summers were always the best. I live in the high desert in the southwest now and summers are usually in the 80s, but it’s our rainy season so most days a thunderstorm rolls through in the afternoon and cools everything down. Then the clouds part just in time for sunset and rainbows! We’re heading into rainbow season now. 🌈 Also my friend just finished the Aloft Shawl too and she had the same issue with the side I cord being tight, so it might not be all you knitting too tightly.

Rupert, ID 85-95 degrees

I just found your podcast, enjoying it so much. Great job on your knitting, looks like you have years of experience. I am on opposite side of our USA, born and raised in New Hampshire. I started knitting at age 18, am now 78 years young. Looking forward to seeing more of your podcasts.

You look so classy and beautiful in the top you're wearing! Love it! Here in Germany usually the summer temperature is around 82-85 degrees Fahrenheit which is 28-30 Celsius. But this year up until now it seems as if summer is a no-show. Spring was cold and gardening is difficult, much to my dismay. But the one good thing about it is that it grants much time and mojo for knitting, I'm currently working on a two-color brioche shawl (Flame On by Patrick Donohue) which is my first deep-dive into brioche. I had a hard time with it in the beginning although it is a very well made pattern but in the meantime I got used to it and love it, looks so great. I very much enjoyed spending time with you today, as I always do, being here from episode one. Greetings from overseas.

What a beautiful dog 💗💗 while watching i'm working on my first ever test knit also, kind of the same experience you had and I'm so happy that I was actually picked not having Instagram or any type of followers! but I do use ravelry.

Here is Sammamish and weather is lovely. I agree on the excessive amount of patterns with too much positive ease. Another great podcaster that has brought up this issue is NEKnits. A little positive ease is great but when you cannot knit the smallest size, then that is nuts. I always wonder am I the only person that washes dishes and needs to push up their sleeves? 🙃

Hey, I totally agree with you re: alpaca! It's often just too drapey and lacks structure. My probably biggest "miss" of a project is a Kutovakika Darling Cardigan that I made this year, I used the Sandnes Garn Borstet Alpakka and it's just... a huge, super floppy cardigan lol. I even sized down from my suggested size, and it's still massive and grew even worse by blocking. I have no idea what I'm going to do with that cardigan, I can't really see myself wearing it as it is... Your Harju is beautiful, those cables are so intricate and the fabric your 2 yarns make looks super cosy 🥰 I think the Tukuwool colourway name Manna comes from the Finnish word for semolina. And that shawl is just amazing, I am not really a shawl person but I fell in love with yours the second I saw it!

Hi from India. We are just starting to see the end of a very fierce summer the began in March. The high temperature of 100 to 110 continued relentlessly for 2 whole months. With the rains coming, it is over now. I like the top you are wearing. The shawl and the test knit are beautiful too. Happy knitting

My default solution to getting a good tension for the edges of shawls like this is to add a YO (or even 2) every other row right where you need the extra stretch, and dropping that YO in the very next row. Another way of achieving the same thing, if you're doing M1 increases at the border, is to create the YO in the row prior to when you make the M1, and then you increase into that YO directly.

I live in Seattle area also and mid 70’s is just about perfect summer weather for me. You knit beautifully. Are you going to the Flock Fiber Festival in Seattle in August?

Your workmanship is excellent!

Hi from Chicago!! It's in the 80s today. Don't like temps above this!

Always love your videos! Knitting flat with charts definitely takes some getting used to, since you reverse everything on the way back. I have had my fair share of restarting many projects with charts! 😂 Beautiful knits! Can’t wait to see your finished sweater. Going to be beautiful. 😍

Hi from Vancouver, BC. Still sweater weather here most days 🙄 The Harju sweater looks amazing! I agree, 100% alpaca in a heavier weight is not good on its own. Best to hold it with something that gives it a bit more structure. I have knit the cardigan No.8 twice. For that one I like it very oversized. Heaving said that, I fall into the range of small but knit the x-small. The cardigan no.9 is a different style and that one I knit with less positive ease. I think it totally depends on the style and how you intend to wear. Yarn/fabric too. Some fabrics will just look too big while others can handle more positive ease.

For the charts: yes, that is the way you would read all chart patterns. Think of it as a piece of knitted fabric. It is showing you exactly what your knitting would look like. Your shawl is gorgeous!

Jacksonville, Florida here & it’s 89 degrees at 1:30 pm which is not bad except it’s very humid today, no breeze. The Aloft shawl is gorgeous but I’ve knitted 2 shawls in another pattern that I love already and that’s about the limit for me use-wise. I want to knit one out of cotton to be a beach coverup but I have so much difficulty knitting with cotton probably because, like you, I’m a tight knitter, that I’ve not had the energy to try again. Maybe if just the right color comes along. I don’t think gauge is all that important with shawls. If you’re happy with the fabric being produced, you just keep going until it’s the size you like and yes, the chart zigzags left to right, right to left on all FLAT patterns.😊

Hello from the North East of England where it is a bit chilly, about 10°C today. Charts, if you are knitting in the round you always knit right to left, and if knitting flat it's right to left then left to right, which mirrors how you knit the rows if you think about it. Hope that helps. Your shawl is gorgeous!!

Not sure the temperature outside, because I am inside with the AC on with a wool cardigan on everyday lol!

Great video! I totally know what you mean about positive ease, I for sure think adding that much ease to each size is a little nuts. If you want something THAT oversized you can always size up, but if even the smallest sizes are huge it leaves you with not many options for sizing down

Your test knit is going to be beautiful!! As a fellow Seattlite, even in 80’s of it summertime 60 degree marine air morning’s always welcome a wrap. 😂

About test knitting - I have had very much the same struggle. I joined YarnPond - and they also have an Instagram. Various designers post on there and you can apply and honestly there are a million options. It's been great for me as a somewhat newer garment knitter and I have finally done my first few tests via them.

Love your channel….cool vibe …. playful…..beautiful fiber art. Wisconsin has fabulous sweater weather 😉

Hello from South Florida!! So our typical summer weather stays in the upper 90’s with “feels like” temperatures over 100!! So you can imagine there aren’t as many knitters here as I would like!! I am loving your test knit! And yes, any time you knit from a chart in a flat piece, the RS reads from right to left and the WS reads from left to right!! Good luck on all your projects.

Joji Locatelli Does Several Workshops For Knitwear Customization... And They Always Seem To Be In The PacNW. You'd Likely Have A Blast! 🫶 Lady's Side Eye At The End Just Gave Me Royalty Vibes 😆 Nice Makes Charlotte!

Hello from Swansea, Illinois. It is 80 degrees here and will be in the 92 tomorrow.

Hello Charlotte. I have been thinking about you and Lady. The shawl looks fantastic. The colour suits the pattern. The singlet you are wearing looks good on you. The jumper/sweater you are making is awesome. It is going top look fantastic. I can not read any patterns. I need to see how things are being done. Yay for KZbin. My cashmere shawl is going well. I love cashmere. I did not know you can like a type of yarn that much. I have finished my last jacket. It only took me five days for this one. It is for an older child. Is there any way I could contact you via email or something. I wrote a very long message to you. Love you lots. Thoughts and Prayers.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings. Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘

Yes, if you knit a chart flat you will have to change the way you read on the wrong side.

Not sure which episode you were asking about a knee high colorwork Scandinavian sock pattern but there is a book Norwegian Handknits. You can get it used. Many nice patterns from the old country.

Just gorgeous!

Wow! You do make beautiful pieces.

That is not crocheting! Is Knitting!!!

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And here's another compliment for the sweaters its so freaking pretty 😍 obsessed

So talented!