Work in Pattern While Shaping

[@ellenm4839]

You are able to understand what is complicated knitting for most of us and convey it in clear, concise language which at the same time goes into depth but doesn't confuse. Amazing!!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for this kind comment Ellen. It comes from years of "live performance" experience in front of teenage audiences. When you're teaching adolescents, they let you know in all sorts of ways whether or not you are getting through to them. It helps to refine a teacher's process to figure out what works. Otherwise I would have had to deal with mayhem and I'm not fond of that.

[@SofiaGeorgeLee]

Thank you! This was exactly what I was looking for. I am attempting a Santa hat for warm weather using lace to make it more comfortable.

[@kathleenkaar6557]

Really appreciate your discussion of the decision-making process, making choices/rules for yourself. This business of staying in pattern always has me scratching my head, but your prep process makes it so clear! Thank you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you Kathleen. I think it's really important to show the full process and not just deliver an end product.

[@kimminott]

By the way I’m not Knitting this for a baby anymore because of the dangers with the holes in the lace I will try to follow this tutorial for an adult lace sweater using your “sweater 101” book which by the way is awesome it’s full of so much useful information and clear instructions which have FREED me from always using patterns. Now I can knit sweaters and cardigans using my own stitch patterns. Knitting has improved my mental health problems and depression. I recommend it to anyone with these challenges it really helps and works for ME without having to take as strong medication.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Dearest Kim . . . I am so proud of you and Carla! Actually, that's not fair. I'm grateful to have helped you but only you and Carla can be proud of how much you have achieved in learning new skills that challenge you. And I'm excited that you've both caught the creative bug that comes with sticks and strings. I spend some time knitting every day, projects for my family and friends and myself and not just my "professional" knitting. It gives me peace and comfort and joy. Keep it up dear Sister Knitter!!! For as long as it gives you joy. It's been giving me that for over 65 years. xoxo ch

[@barbararickman8543]

One thing that was done in days past was to make little mitts for the baby to keep their little hand warm but, and I don't think this was intentional, but the mitts keep the tiny fingers out of the lace. Lace has been knit for babies for a few centuries and there have been no history or instances of little digits stuck in lace from days past. Mitts is the answer. My mom put them on me as I used to scratch my face as a baby. Still have a scar on my face from that.

[@kimminott]

Hi Cheryl it’s Kim!! I’m in spain at the moment thank you thank you thank you 🙏 I have been watching out everyday for this tutorial. 😍 love it!!! Carla and I are so appreciate the time and effort it took you to solve this problem for us all. I can’t wait to try it many thanks once again in advance. I will be in touch xoxo

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

DEAR KIM . . . You are soooooo welcome. Sorry it took so long. xoxoxo

[@janomalley]

You are truly amazing! I love this and am learning so much. I didn't know there was such a thing as "knitter's graph paper."

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

And you are truly kind for writing this comment Janice. Yes, indeed, there is such a thing and my hands-down favorite is this site: tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html It has been around forever and I will be heartbroken if this page ever goes down as it must, inevitably, do. I'm just hoping it outlives me. :D

[@Mspuddin67]

I hope you reply to me. I'm knitting a cabled cardigan made with mohair and the sweater is knitted in pieces. When decreasing for the shoulders, armholes , neckline or for sleeves should I knitin stockingette when I cannot knitthe charted stitch(es)?

[@pattyjones657]

Fantastic video!!!! Thank you😊

[@sharylhardiman908]

Thank you for this excellent explanation of your mental and design process to complete this lace motif. Have you ever tried Stitch Fiddle? I have found it very helpful for making my own color work designs but have never tried it for lace.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Sharyl and thank you for commenting. I looked at Stitch Fiddle and it looks like a great tool.

[@Pur9leRain]

I needed this 11 years ago when making raglan sleeves on little girls' cardis!!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Sorry. I knew how to do it then, but we didn't have the same magical tools to help one another. Now you can use this to work on big girls' cardis!

[@stelladollies]

LOL ... "Could not be seen by a galloping horse" ... LOVE IT!!! Smiles, Stella

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I actually mispoke here. It should be "It can't be seen by a man on galloping horse." This was unusual for my mother because she was quite a perfectionist, but for some things . . . like this instance . . . they were called good.

[@erieaulibrary9635]

Hi, and thanks so much for all your easy to follow videos. Now, where can I find this 'simple' 4 row lace pattern ? I tried to read it off the paper but cannot and I am not familiar with graphs yet.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

www.cherylbrunette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kims-chart.pdf

[@bsfb3ar]

Hi Cheryl. You will help me a great deal if you answer my questions . I knit lace shawl stole etc almost every and I rewriting all the patterns in a strip of paper each row for each strip then punch a hole and ringed them tog. this way I can leave my knitting without loosing the row when I come back to it/ .It is very taxing to write each long pattern. Now that you mention about the Micro soft word what exactly is does it called .It will cut down my time of writing not to mention it will be so ,much neater.Lastly will you please share with me for the lacy pattern you are working I only need the pattern of of the design that I can use to make a scarf Thank you very much.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi W. The link to the knitter's font is in the video description. You can also Google "Knitter's Font" to find others. There are many free fonts available now. The key to David's sts are at the same source as the link in the description. As for getting you the pattern I made . . . try this: www.cherylbrunette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Kims-chart.pdf

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

What a clever way you figured out to help you with each row!!! Congratulations. But I agree, a typed chart might be easier.

[@Gwoose]

Hi Cheryl, would you have any advice regarding adding button holes? I have a long knitted cardigan but it came with only three buttons at the top and I would like to add some more buttons (and button holes) further down to make it less flared around the waistline. Is there a way I can do that without unravelling the whole cardigan and without having to sew around the edges (it would look different to the other button holes)? Thank you, have a great day x

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi G H. What kind of buttonholes did you use for the 3 you created?

[@Gwoose]

Thank you so much for replying! I actually got the cardigan second hand and I hadn’t noticed before but there seems to be some stitching around the buttonholes, but they do appear to have been knitted in as well I think! (I don’t have much experience with knitting 😅) So I wonder if it would be possible to cut vertical buttonholes and then stitch around them without destroying the cardigan? 🤔

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Vertical cutting, in general, is not very dangerous, but there are variables that help determine the degree of success. What fiber is it? What is the pattern st of the band? Is the stitching around the buttonhole by hand or machine? What is the gauge (how many stitches per inch?) It's always so hard to comment on these things unless I can see them.

[@jodiemaynard421]

hi cheryl hope you can help me I have a lace pattern and cannot work out how to decrease and keep my lace pattern correct

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Jodie. Each pattern in each size has a different step-by-step solution. You can schedule a private help session with me at www.cherylbrunette.com/sos/

[@angelicasoophia]

Love this! Great info, thanks for sharing 😊

[@kimminott]

Dear Cheryl hope you’re well it’s 6am in London I just woke up. Would it be possible for you to do any tutorials on decreases and increases for other pattern stitches it would be very helpful and much appreciated. Also I am struggling with how exactly to use a stitch pattern book I’m not sure how to work it in a sweater I’m working from your sweater 101 book. The 6+1 what would happen if you didn’t use the +1 what would the sweater look like ? If I have 63sts to cast on how do I fit the pattern stitch in that? I’ve never really known how to use a pattern book a tutorial would be great!!! I’ve just been guessing really and luckily it’s worked out for my sons sweater. Many thanks again in advance.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Kim. As I said in the video, every stitch pattern shaped into any sweater piece has to be figured out all by itself. That means there are thousands of different stitch pattern/shaping variations, maybe 10s of thousands. The only way to understand how to do this is to approach each piece step-by-step as I showed in this video and you must learn to walk before you can run. Start by knitting swatches of several stitch patterns from your book that you like. Make the swatches generous. Enjoy the process. Lace, for example, looks very different at different gauges and with different yarns. Watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nneQq2aAfciMZ9U It will help you understand the idea of "a multiple of X plus Y stitches." You do not have to make a sweater right now. You need to get comfortable with playing with the stitches you like. If you and Carla work together on this I think it will be even more fun. Then, later, you can think about gauge and translating these stitch patterns into sweaters.

[@alexispablo6854]

How does this work when you have a odd number stitch pattern or q combination patter. For example i'm knitting a pattern and i don't know how to knit it, because i don't know if it is a 9 stitch patter or a 14 stitches patter becase each motiv are 9 stitches and its followed by 5 regular stitches that how its goes, until the end when only those 9 stitches are made and finish with regular stitches

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Alexis . . . I can't begin to answer this question without reading the pattern you are talking about. You can schedule a private problem-solving session with me at www.cherylbrunette.com/sos/

[@veronicasiefert1226]

You crossed my mind and I’m reaching out to you to see how you are doing since it’s been a long time since your last video. I do hope you are well. Take care and God bless you.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you for asking Veronica. I don't know if you knew it but I underwent emergency open-heart surgery last August 30. I'm hugely grateful that they were not only able to save my life but it is much improved, though it took a good 6 months to recover with a complication and cardiac rehab, etc. And now I'm adjusting to this new way of life during a pandemic. I do have ideas for videos but am feeling daunted by a switch over to HD (high definition) from SD (standard definition). It's a lot of technical stuff to learn now that my dear friend and cameraman no longer lives in the area. He used to help me with that . . . but I do hope to make more videos at some point. I have a couple that I think would be helpful. I never want to make videos that duplicate simple information done by lots of other people.

[@veronicasiefert1226]

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette I had no idea that you underwent an intensive heart procedure. I’m very happy to hear you are doing well. That’s the important thing. The videos can wait. You are such a natural teacher and I benefited so much from your expertise. If you ever do get back to making videos, don’t worry too much on the technology. In my opinion, your videos were just fine and honestly I can’t tell the difference between high definition and low definition. Anyway do stay safe and virus free and continued progress on your recuperation.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

@@veronicasiefert1226 Thank you for this very kind email. You stay safe and virus-free too!!! This too shall pass, but it's going to take more time than some people think.

[@susanallison5101]

Hello Cheryl, I have been looking for you and then found this.Your health is the most important thing and of course we miss you but you must take it gently, be kind to yourself and only come back to us when you are ready.You take care Cheryl and thankyou for everything that you have done.xxxxxSusan.c

[@diannemulligan1409]

Cheryl, thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge,

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome Dianne and thank you for watching and commenting.

[@bsfb3ar]

Can you also share the abbreviation of stitches David sent you. Much thanks

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

see below

[@daphneg5712]

I still do not understand how to change the stitches while decreasing

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Every pattern is different and it is a matter of problem-solving at each decrease point. Doing what "looks good" and gets you to the right stitch count is what is needed.

[@jodiemaynard6303]

I have a problem with increasing and decreasing in a lace pattern the first row is K1,YFW,SL1 K2tog,PSSO YFW K5 to last 4stitches K1YFW SL1 K2tother PSSO YFW K1 Can you please please help me with this thank you so much

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Without a specific pattern with the sequencing of decreases, no, I can't help you. If you watched the video you will see that it's a step-by-step problem-solving process and every size of every pattern is different. You could schedule a 90-minute SOS help session with me. It would take me several hours to work it out, then record it for you. www.cherylbrunette.com/sos/

[@jodiemaynard421]

@@CherylBrunetteTV I have sent an email to your email and have attached the written pattern thank you so much

[@lindachandler2293]

I didn't know how to share this with you any other way. I was watching this video; 1929 Interviews With Elderly People Throughout the US. At about the 30 second mark were several older ladies knitting. I have never seen it done exactly like this before. I thought you and your other followers might like to see and perhaps try it. I know I will next chance I get.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Hi Linda. Thank you for this reference. I have seen this way of holding the needles and knitting before. One of my aunts did it consistently and my mother occasionally, usually on small circular things like socks or mittens. I've tried it but I don't really like it.

[@GrandmaP85]

Great explanation!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Thank you Sheila.

[@Pur9leRain]

Have not seen a new video for a while, i hope all is well, Cheryl x

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

All IS well . . . I'm recovering well from emergency open-heart surgery (3-way bypass) I had about a month ago. It saved my life and I hope has given me more than a decade more of it. It will, however, take more time for full recovery. I'm still pretty sore and I tire easily.

[@Pur9leRain]

Oh goodness gracious, Cheryl you really do go long! Thank God you are well and I pray you have many years on this green earth. Hope you have a speedy recovery and are not in too much discomfort, I’ll rewatch your former videos in the meantime! X

[@catherinewilson1610]

Thank you!

[@Sanibean1]

Great video, Cheryl. But I would have like to have seen you actually knitting the decreases.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

That's a different lesson in my old teacher's mind because there are choices on how to execute decreases. Maybe a future video on a couple of unusual SSKs and double decreases?

[@katgore99]

Thank you beautiful lady!

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome beautiful Kat. Thanks for showing up here. xoxo

[@MaryCochrane]

Hi my beautiful Cheryl. This was great. You're a funny guy what happend to the last 9 minutes?

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

I just didn't explain it clearly enough so I had to go back and shoot it 2 more times. The third take was coherent. Brain burps, apparently. Or rather, not focusing intently enough. Sometimes when I'm shooting I'm following sound and sight monitors instead of just freely walking through what's in front of me. I miss my camera guy but he moved away and is really too frail to do it anymore. He was a retired Hollywood pro. He made me look better on camera than I do in person. Not so many wrinkles . . . :D

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

As for why it won't start at the beginning I have no clue! That's a KZbin issue. I tried to fix it several times but . . . ???

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

And thank you Sweet Mary.

[@MaryCochrane]

I love your videos so much. Brain burps! Hahaha. I love you.

[@MaryCochrane]

Knitting with Cheryl Brunette oh, I meant the last 9 minutes are blank. You say goodbye, but it keeps on going.

[@AdamLopez]

Thanks for your hot new video 😄 more, more, more please 😄 xxx

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

You are so welcome hot Adam! I'm in my 70s, you know. I don't move at the same speed I did at your age. xoxoxo

[@zachjohnson9856]

Hi Cheryl, we think you are great in these videos and wanted to speak with you regarding a TV inquiry & more opportunities. Please send us an email to [e-mail] - for more details. Hope to hear from you!

[@maryjames4733]

to bad all you did was babble through the whole video/.///

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Nonetheless, I hope it helped you. You have the option to mute it.

[@CherylBrunetteTV]

Or simply stop watching.