Thank you! Oh it's good to be in like minded company 😉 I was also told not to but I ignore anyone who tells me such things haha Oh the halter neck looks so good... I'm almost tempted to start it soon so I can take it to Sweden but I have to remember that I don't need to buy more yarn and it can wait. I'll live vicariously through you for now 😉 Please show me whenever you do cast on 👙

Hahahah does sticktoitivneness have a correct spelling? 😆 I agree... It was well used for this project haha 😂 Thank you 😊 despite the rage and I am pleased with it 😄

Awe thank you :) I'm so pleased you're enjoying them. Oh goodness, moths are evil! EVIL things. And the worst thing is, they like the most expensive stuff too! So far.. I've not encountered anymore. I've put everything in those bags that you suck the air out of and I pray regularly to the wool gods that they won't find my yarn again!

Thank you 😊

I can't remember which one is the fully fashioned... I watched a couple of youtubes on decreases and just went with that one. I can't believe I made the whole thing and only realised afterwards I'd been casting them all off instead of decreasing lol woops!! Yeah... I am really struggling with the fact that you only ever work from the purl side. Reversing everything in a pattern is still hard for me to grasp, but I do hope it becomes more natural in time. You'll have to let me know how you get on :)

@@emilykatemadethis fully fashioned is when the increases and decreases are done with increase and decrease stitches. Not fully fashioned is adding and subtracting stitches on the sides. My knitting machine manual says to get used to the adding and subtracting stitches method first but I'm keen to try shaping asap because I don't like the idea of hand seaming with the jagged edges.

@petramanos oh yeah... That rings a bell. I do both of those things depending on what I'm doing and where I am in the pattern. The fully fashioned decrease is what I will do when I want to decrease from now int..the other one is more tight and bind off-like for me.

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much! 😊 it did end up working out a lot better than I feared haha and the shorts are just great - I love them 😊

brave or mad.. who knows ;) I'm really excited to wear these shorts in the winter though haha

@@emilykatemadethis i bet, i would love to knit them to for in bed😅

@meepiecrafts7799 hahaha excellent plan! Knitted pjs!!

awe thank you :) That's very kind of you. Oooh yes... this one definitely required resilience and patience haha I hope my next project is easier on my nerves ;)

thank you :) I'm very pleased with it

Yes but it takes bloomin' ages! I've done it on a sock cuff and my... goodness... it's definitely more fun to knit the ribbing by hand. Especially when it's say, the body and you're hand manipulating 200 stitches lol it takes a surprisingly long time.

@@emilykatemadethis i don't blame you haha. was mainly thinking about the pocket ribbing when I commented.

I'll see how much it annoys me and then decide if I'll change it haha 😆

@@emilykatemadethis 😂

Thank you! 😊

Thank you so much! That makes me very happy :) Oh I just love vintage patterns too. Even just looking at them :) but making plans to somehow knit them all is somewhat of an additional hobby of mine ;)

Thank you so much! I'm very pleased with it. And I love my machine haha

Thank you :) Oh that sounds like great fun! I'd quite like to make a bunch of squares and make a blanket, but I need to get more excited about seaming them together haha

Well on every other sleeve head I've done, I've not had the same issues as with this one... and this one definitely through me off, being shorter in height than the others. I usually sew the forearm up and pop the sleeve into the jumper and then use clips at the bottom where the sleeve/body bind offs are and then evenly clip up each side until the top. Then i distribute the fabric that's usually either square (like my bow and chevron top) or the puff that I already made. It does still require a bit of patience to get it to look nice but his one however was just a mess haha I basically sew my knits like I sew the clothes I sew.

Thanks :) Yeah those loops... they're playing mind games with me lol I made them so small.. just small big enough to get the button through, and then as soon as I attached them, they just streeeetched! This isn't even stretchy wool.. it's confusing me immensely..! I may just leave it buttonless and use a belt when it's cold...!

@@emilykatemadethis wow that would have been so unexpected!

Thanks for the tip! I used a walking foot so I was hoping it would do the work for me haha but I did shorten my stitch length.... I will absolutely lengthen it next time and give it a whirl :)

Ironically enough I purchased the machine (with ribber) so that it could do the ribbing for me because knitting 4 inches of ribbing over 200+ stitches hurts my hands a lot AND takes about 5-7 days for me. But alas... I can't figure out how to get the ribber to work haha but I do actually love the look of mock rib. But you're right... for the pockets I could (and might still) take them off and do them by hand. They're not so long thankfully. I'll see where the mood takes me :)

Thank you! 😊I'm definitely grateful for my vintage knitting patterns, because translating modern day hand knitting patterns to knitting machine language is a brainmelt-inducing game haha it's definitely a fun addition to hand knitting :)

Thanks :) I'm quite pleased with it :) oh knitting machines... they're amazing and stress inducing simultaneously haha but to be fair, it's usual human error that causes havoc haha yes.. set in sleeves are evil haha xx

Thank you :) Yes, this colour is everything... I can't believe that after 4 years of waiting to use it, I'll eventually finish it and want more haha Ooooh I do love that jumper. I fear I will end up with 50 green jumpers though, because I almost always see the pattern and want it in green haha I'd love to see yours :) Oh look at that! I'm professional ;) that's so interesting. Thanks for sharing that :)

Thanks for the tip! I will have to look that up. I think I have some knit interfacing that you iron on... although sewn on may be better.... my snaps are plastic and I'm pretty sure they'd look awful haha but perhaps I can find some that aren't bright green and they'd look a lot better... I'll have to try them out on a swatch... the idea of doing it wrong is frightening... *gulp* Yes, crochet slip stitch is great isn't it :) well.. aside from the pain... I really do wish my hands liked crochet... there are so many amazing things out there I want to crochet :)

They're amazing when they're not being naughty ;) I love my machine :)

Hey :) thanks for the tip! I'm not sure if it's possible to do that on a knitting machine .... but I could see about it by hand... I've done something similar when using a Fabel Knitwear pattern but that was a bottom up sleeve still... so much to learn :)

@@emilykatemadethis I have done few times on top down sleeves. You start by picking up stitches all around the armhole. Knit one row. Then determine the top stitches considering the shoulder-seam the middle of these stitches (in my very recent project was 20 sts out of the 76 total stitches ) then you knit to include those stitches plus one and turn for a shortrow. Purl back to the beginning of these stitches plus one stitches and turn. You continue in that fashion working the (double stitch in case of German shortrow, or the wrapped stitch in the wrap and turn method, or any other method in my case I did shadow wrap on the very recent project) until you have like 5 un wrapped stitches on either side and resume working in the round. You can adjust these numbers based on your gauge off course

Thank you 😊 I have screen shot this and will definitely give it a go. I would love to find a few more tricks to try out for sleeve heads and this shall be the first 😄

Thank you :) I'm very pleased with it :)

hahaha that's dedication to reading a magazine that you don't enjoy! I think I only did that on aeroplanes when I didn't have anything else to do... now I have discovered knitting :) But I also have to read books and videos all the way through.. otherwise I find I don't understand something and have to go backwards anyway to watch/read what I missed haha

Very productive woman :) I'm excited for you both to meet heehee I could use your arm muscles ;)

I'd not heard of it either. It's kind of the point to watching a youtube... to watch it.. right? haha Hahaha yeah seaming is... not so fun... to say it politely haha I did try doing it on a sewing machine but it wasn't as nice on the inside.... I just have to suck it up and learn to enjoy it haha

My Frankenstein socks of happiness :) They're crazy but they're fun. Oh yes - definitely give them a try :)

fun aren't they :)

I think hand knitted ones look a lot nicer, but equally, these are my first pair so I shouldn't judge all machine knit socks based off of these haha I've made half of another pair and they look a bit better.. it's fun to experiment :)

haha yeah? I would not be able to do that with a book.. it would make me stress out throughout the rest of the book Interesting.. I've never watched any videos by Stephen.. but I'm certain I'd watch through as well haha

we're not alone.. lots of people watch to the end it seems :)

the gauge was correct, I think 8st.. 9... I can't remember now, but I think maybe the leg was longer than I usually make them.... but I say this... I've made a pair for a mans foot and had not issues with the yarn running out so I have no idea... it just somehow ate more yarn... *shrug* knitting machines eat yarn differently it seems...! I shall just have to make more and see what happens with different brands :)

agreed!

me too :) According to the analytics.. most people have the attention span of about 8 minutes, so I'm curious how many really do just skip to the end..!

I know haha so many hours..! But now that I understand the construction, I'm sure the next few will go faster :) well I hope so at least haha Thank you for watching :)

Character... yes... that's a good description for them haha ah good, I'm not alone there then... I also always watch to the end :)

I have been meaning to make some socks with a rolled edge but somehow I just never have. I may just have to try it with another machine knit sock :)

It's baffling isn't it?! I don't think I ever noticed the difference so much between different sock brands. I just knit them all with 2.25mm needles and they fit, but they somehow behave differently when knitted flat. I tried another pair with 56 st and they are fine, so... I'm blaming the yarn haha

thanks :) I'll have a peek

Really? That's an interesting concept... I will certainly look them up. Thanks 😆

Thanks 😆 I like a challenge haha I've made another in a plain colour and toe up and it was a lot easier and made much more sense 😆