Those bags are gorgeous! Enjoy! You might want to save your knits to finish in September when you’ll have your YarnDale purchases to counter

I would recommend the Flax Light by TinCanKnits

Your single malt is beautiful! I love the colour and pattern and they pair really well. I often use cascade yarn for my guy’s knits - it’s Peruvian wool too but quite low cost and easily accessible (at least here). I don’t think I’ve seen the Filcolana in stores here, but I believe it’s the exact same make up as the cascade. I will keep my fingers crossed you got the body done and that it blocks bigger and softer for you:)

Wow your progress this week is amazing- you’re on fire! I always find that working out the minimum I need to do each day is the only way I’m going to be successful at finishing something. It usually leads me to do more because I want to “get ahead”. Lol

Oh My Goodness! I started the mosaic make along with Expression Fiber Arts last year, knitted through the fifth month and it’s been hibernating ever since! LOL! I’m using stash cotton yarn and look forward to having the heavy, but breathable blanket, but it’s such an intense knit!!! Even on the ‘wrong side’ you have to watch your yarn placement. 😅 I hope to make it a bit longer, but I don’t know if I’ll do all 12 sections. 🤔

Your Single Malt is gorgeous but that Advertence is a work of art and patience! Looking forward to seeing that growing.

Congrats on finishing your socks- they look great!

Cardigans are on my to-do list as well. I have one I need to reknit and then I need some in neutral colours so we’ll see what I get through this next season. I think that brown yarn will make a really useful cardigan:)

The slightly sassy vee has been on my list for a while. The only reason I haven’t made it is that I wondered if it was too similar to the cumulus blouse? I don’t know if it warrants buying another pattern- I’ll have to investigate as I really love the looks of the one with the 3/4 sleeves.

I’ve been eyeing a lot of Lily Kate patterns lately- I’m going to need to try one!

The colours for your porcelain sweater are gorgeous!! I have loved every yarn I’ve knit with from the Fibre co so I’m sure that one will be delicious too. I have considered doing the porcelain sweater in pink and cream but I’m worried that all that ease would swamp me and make me look like I’m wearing my mom’s sweater.

I have never knitted with 100% linen. I felt it in a store in Alaska, but the feel put me off. I’ll be interested to see how you make out! Is your yarn purple or black? I like your idea of slowly working on it so you have a new tee come summer.

Your slippers look great! I made slippers for a friend, but they were much simpler. Are those felted? They look very warm and sturdy and will be an awesome gift!

This is such a treat- I wasn’t expecting to see this video until next week:) sorry you had to record it twice though! I have a question before you get into the patterns- have you used the 52 weeks books? Which one would you purchase first or do you have another book you would buy first? I have a gift card and was considering buying one of them :)

I need a new hobby cause I’m way too invested in you finishing your 2023 WIPs 😂 😂😂

Do you think you’ll have enough yarn to knit your partner’s sleeves a little long so you can block them wider?

Your cloud sweater looks amazing! I think I would use the leftovers for a toque as it would be a neutral with a little extra:)

lol love the hello from Vinnie!!

Congratulations on finishing the sock! They are so pretty and I like the two colours you chose. It will be interesting to see how what type of fit you get with 3.5mm:)

Whoops just seen that you are going to try a 3.5 mm 😂

Well done , socks look great , I wonder if you could try a 3.5 mm for a slightly snugger fit .

I hope it’s going well now. I know we talked about knitting inside out and it will definitely help. I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on x

Congrats on the finish of your eclipse- it looks great! You picked a lovely yarn combo:). Your love link socks are looking great too. I’m impressed you’re using 9” circulars- that’s my least favourite method as I find my hands cramp way too much. The pattern is coming out much clearer now that you’re done more of them.

Even though I wear a ton of shawls to work, I still prefer to make a garment when I can:) Can’t wait to see what’s on your autumn/winter knit list. I just pull my autumn coloured yarns for September/october/december. Then I’ll decide what to make later.

Ok I’m knitting on socks as I watch you and you had me curious so I checked my gauge, which I don’t think I’ve ever done with socks before and I get roughly 30 stitches per 4”.

I’ll have to try 50/50 silk and wool. Last summer I used a few 100% silk and realized it’s not my favourite because it just keeps growing while you’re wearing it.

Oh I totally get what you’re saying about looking put together in your outline tee. I try to wear my handknits to work a lot, but sometimes I just feel shlumpy in them:(

Looking good 👍 brill

Hi Marie, your eclipse top looks really nice, the colours go so well together. 😊

Have you thought about doing them in sport weight? I know as a loose knitter I either have to go down needle sizes or down yarn weight, maybe it would work the other way too. As well, are you pushing your stitches so they are well spread out before you knit them? This is the reason I like using DPNs so that you can really spread the stitches out. I’ll go watch your next video so I can see what you ended up doing:)

I’m glad you’re enjoying the test knit colourwork socks:) And congrats on the negative July:)

I love the colours you chose for your Eclipse and it looks like you’ll have that off your needles in no time:)

The Summer Lee socks are going to be so fun! I started with wanting to knit a box of socks, but it’s expanded and is now a shelf of socks lol

Colours are great. Socks never fit me if I try them on while still on the needle, I use a Barbara cord or waste yarn to try on. Also it looks like the rib is tight on your foot before you even get to the colour work section 🤔 so may have to go up to an even bigger needle size??? If gauge isn't met it won't fit, so don't worry about what size needle you need to increase to, if it works for you it doesn't matter! You will get there and find your groove xx

I love that your washing machine plays you a song when done! ☺ The test knit yarns/colours you have chosen are gorgeous, as is the stripe jumper you are knitting xx

Oh wow! They are going to be beautiful and 2 of my favourite colours 💜look forward to seeing them finished. 🥰x

Just an idea. But would it maybe fit if you put a yarn lifeline in and removed the needle.

Oh wow, a stash cupboard. How many wips do you have altogether?.....You have a lot of sweater quantity of yarn. I am not a garment knitter but got to say some thing want to start doing so would be interested in what you have in mind for all your lovely yarn 🥰x.......I love any shade of purple too💜x

Hello, this is my first time visiting your podcast but I couldn’t stay because of the music. I was interested in the subject but I found the music really really annoying and distracting. I am very sorry Marie.

I’m here in the comments if anyone has any questions 😊

I cannot knit on the small circular needle at all find it hard on my hands. I have never tried magic loop but hoping to very soon. I always knit socks on DPNs, top down and it always work for me. 😊

I would totally try the magic loop for the second sock. I also pick up four extra stitches on each side of my heel (I do a short row heel) and then decrease them out in the first three rows after the heel which can give you more room in the area that is stretching. The toe I do is the rounded toe that Mina Phillips has in her patterns and I really like it

An alternative to knitting on DPNs and magic loop is knitting on two circular needles. Half of the stiches on one needle, the other half on the second needle. Always take the first needle and knit all the stiches of this needle, then drop the needle, take the other one and knit all the stiches there. When you are knitting socks you will need to change the position of the needles 1/4 round when it comes to the heel and the decreasing parts. I prefer DPNs, but in many cases depending on the project I choose this method and I really enjoy it. Magic loop is not for me.

Hi Marie , I would try the second sock on magic loop and compare

Hi Marie Have a look at knitting and so on blog she has a pattern called the battenburg sock with an ergonomic toe which would be perfect for you Also the rounded toe is good for squared toes have a look at the bakery bears she has a few patterns that incorporate the umbrella toe I start for a normal toe at the top part of my little toe and decrease as normal then when you have 18 stitches in each side just do your decrease rounds down to 10 stitches then your Kitchener It just shortens the wedge a little and is a better fit 😊❤

Love these socks, the yarn is gorgeous 😍 It looks like you are ready to start the toe decreases. I always start them as the sock reaches my little toe x