Here's the video you need - It's wrap and turn on a purl row! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2SkpHapeLB8jLc Happy knitting

Thank you so much!

You are so welcome! So glad it resonated. Winter can feel like such a rush as the end of year approaches, but we can take that time to really sink into the relaxation with our knitting. Happy knitting! 🧶

What a lovely thought (I'd only want a few people though, don't do so well with large crowds, even with fellow knitters!)

@ I’m dreaming of 6 max!

@@cheriestl Sounds cope-able!

Hi teresa, I found the needles clicking against each other can be a problem for my wrists, if the material isn't gentle enough. So instead of metal or plastic, I now knit with bamboo. And yes, I find the fact that knitting as I do is opposite to the crochet style is a lot easier. You'll move the wrists a lot less. Unfortunately ribbing will be asking for more action in the fingers and wrists, as you're moving the yarn backwards and forwards for the knit and purl stitches. So if you can adapt to k2,p2 or k3,p3 you'll find it easier. Or find a pattern which is knit one row, purl one row. If you'd like a pattern do let me know, I've a few which fit newborns and young babies. All the best, happy knitting 🧶

Oh, yes, cosy evenings with log fire and knitting. Bliss! Happy knitting 🧶

So much of it can be the fear of the row that's gone wrong before. I've seen it in my own knitting too. Slowing down and reassuring yourself that the row is very obviously knit-able (someone knitted it to make the pattern and take the photo!) it will feel more easily approachable. Happy knitting

Hi! yes, slowing down can be difficult, but even just a few minutes at a slower pace each day can make a big difference overall. The Sashiko Cowl is available, as a past knit-along, in the Knit With Hannah Academy, here: academy.knitwithhannah.co.uk/sg-sashiko-cowl You'll have all the tutorials, patterns and added extras to go with it, so it becomes a self-guided knit-along. Happy knitting 🧶

Don't give up. Sometimes I ask people ie customers in yarn shops to help me. In the summer I will even ask people sat in the park in the sun. Someone told me to make practice pieces and work on those. So if a mistake is made, simply unravel and start again. So less stress unlike when you working on an important item. You Tube is GREAT for knitting tutorials.

You can do it! When you read the pattern a few times, look at the individual pieces and focus on one of them at a time. If you see that you've taken them on in smaller projects or previous projects then it will feel a lot easier. If there's only a few new peices to learn from scratch I'd suggest watching the videos a few times of those techniques. They'll feel a lot easier if your brain (and inner critic) has had time to realise that they're not just gobble-de-goop! it all makes a lot more sense. Happy knitting

I would love to knit fairisle and other techniques but I would never dare as I'm scared of making mistakes or worried that I won't be able to work it out. Someone told me to make practice pieces which I can mess up and make mistakes on rather than the real thing. And if I make mistakes on the practice piece it doesn't matter as I can unravel it and start again and not be stressed as it's only the practice piece/pieces. I'm def going to do this. This method of knitting might help you too.

I remember those projects, Louise! In those occasions I'm pretty sure that was just common sense! 😂 🧶

Definitely great advice, to start new techniques with smaller and simpler projects, especially with things like cables or colourwork. A small square placemat or a rectangle bookmark can be knitted while learning that kind of knitting skill, and as you say can be restarted if necessary. Happy knitting 🧶

Hi! I’d definitely use separate bobbins or balls of yarn, if not the yarn is stretching across too many stitches so you’ll see tightening of the fabric across all the vertical stripes. There’ll be a much more flexible, free flowing fabric when you’ve finished if you use a full intarsia technique. Happy knitting 🧶

Brilliant advice, thank you. Also explains the tightening I had in the jumpers I knitted!

Sounds lovely, the mesmerising quality of the rows one after the other are just wonderful. Happy knitting

There are a couple of videos here on the channel, in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLnqw36aiAI0i9ej0f-iXbzGxpjxGCz_Nm&si=_ohP14nZAp8Q_3TV Trick is to get the yarn tight around the middle and secure it multiple times. Happy knitting 🧶

Hi Judi, the stitch will be stretched more if you’re manoeuvring it a bit more as you do in this method. So I’d say it’s looking at the row of stitches in comparison to your knit rows. Do they stand out as stretched? Can you pull some of the slack by holding the yarn a little looser as you purl, so the subsequent knit rows will also have a bit more give? Whatever happens using this method might alter your gauge slightly, if you’ve not knitted/purled in this way before maybe test it across a couple of smaller projects like a bookmark or a headband. To give you an idea of how it appears once finished. This might give the option of adjusting this way or that, so the practice could even it out. Happy knitting 🧶

Wonderful! Enjoy your Christmas knitting. 🧶