Did My Yarn Stash Blow Away?? 😬 Ep. 164 - The Cozy Cottage Crochet Podcast

[@kimdegener3854]

I'm so relieved you guys are okay! I've been checking every day for an update. So happy to see your face.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much 🥹❤️

[@chickiemagoo9995]

Hi Hannah... crochet cardigan dilemma, the strip you made is the button band! It's not supposed to look like the body of the cardigan. You said you're doing YO/SLIP STITCHES... The main body would be HDC in the back loop each stitch (just like the swatch you did)....glad u are all safe ❤

[@minorbyrd]

i was just about to suggest this as a possibility also!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Normally this would be my response too, but this sweater has a button band that you add on at the end! So the part I was working on was actually not the button band. The entire cardigan is made in yarn over slip stitches (minus the bottom trim that is made in regular slip stitches). I think what I actually need to do is swatch again and make sure I did the swatch correctly because who knows at this point what I was thinking! That was two hurricanes ago 😅😅

[@lindasnider7895]

I am so glad you and your family are safe. You have been in my prayers!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much for the prayers ❤️

[@sdcrilly]

I was so happy to see that you posted and I said, "They are OK! I am glad that all is well with you and your family.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much!

[@mrscraftalot]

So glad you are all safe!! I really appreciate hearing your perspective as far as evacuation and extreme weather. I think the last yarn attack I had was deciding to frog two different projects with the same yarn and then giving that yarn away because I was never going to be happy with it.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ah yes, some yarn is just not what we like and that is that!

[@mercedesdeavila6307]

So glad all are safe! Buying yarn make me happy as well. Love all your makes 😊 So sorry for your sourdough -your bread always looks amazing & so delicious (yum). The last thing I frogged like 4 times is a wool/silk fingering weight baby blanket for my 1st grandchild. I'm working it in moss stitch in the square. It is 2 colors - gradient shades of gray & gold. I initially did every other row gray/gold but that was much gold. then I did 2 row gray/1 row gold - did not like that either. Then did 4 rows gray/1 row gold -love it!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I'm glad you found a repeat in that yarn that you are happy with now!

[@jeanburby6492]

I had a knitting attack and I had to frog a baby sweater. I found a different pattern! So glad you are all doing well and have power back! We lost power for a week once and I took the kids and went north to my parents house. 😂

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much!

[@liberalcatnip]

Glad to hear you're all okay! Oh , the items I have frogged. I'm notorious for restarting projects several times before I get it right. I just accept that that's the way I roll.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

When it has to be right, then frogging happens a lot 😅

[@countingsheepatsunrisehill9019]

Just catching up after a whirlwind weekend at Rhinebeck Hannah but I am so glad that you and your family are safe-you were so on my mind the whole time! I totally give you permission to make “hurricane yarn purchases” aka “what-nonsense-is-this?” Purchases! Be well!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

What nonsense is this purchases 😂😂😂😂 Love that

[@kellyperea7980]

I'm glad you and your family are safe. I have family in Tampa, Orlando and Lakeland. I was concerned for their safety. They are all doing well with minimal damage.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank goodness your family is okay!

[@nancywillick5737]

So happy to see and hear that you are all safe!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much!

[@JeanMartin-lw5ft]

I just frogged two rows of my Islands mosaic CAL by Tinna because I couldn't figure out the reverse wave pattern. I'm doing the regular wave now, But, it put me off the project for a week!!!! I am so happy you got your power back on. We went for a week one time and I was loading ice in the freezer and refrigerator so all my food wouldn't spoil. I also keep buckets and jars with water for if it ever happens again. I live in Wisconsin so yeah, anywhere you go it's always something. HUGS

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ooooh Wisconsin is COLD. I might literally turn into a popsicle 😅

[@yarnhoarder]

So happy to hear that you guys did “ ok” during that storm. I have a dear friend also in St Pete and she does live in a mobile home and did have to evacuate. Luckily all is well with her as well. Frogging- I usually don’t end up frogging things ( I’m ok with “ design elements”) but this summer I was making a lovely lite summer cardigan using linen yarn but after working on it a few weeks I realized I wasn’t enjoying it at all because of the yarn. I know linen softens but it is so straw like to work on! Again, relieved to hear all is well with you and your lovely family!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I'm so glad your friend is okay!

[@NataliesCloset]

Glad you guys were safe with Milton too but sorry about the week without power. My Mom lost power for 2 1/2 days amd was safe as well. Thanks for the update and love your makes.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ugh, the no-power thing is the worst! So glad you and your mom are okay.

[@manuelab1677]

I'm so glad you're are well. I was almost half way done knitting a cardigan. Was not happy with it, frogged and started all over again.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Sometimes that's just what we've got to do!

[@ellenpearce6885]

What a life story saga! I love silk with wool. I would have died early too without mod coms! Love seeing your projects and am comforted you have to frog. Sorry, about your starter.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@melaniecrochets]

Oh my. Pretty yarns. I tried to make a knit shrug for my daughter and I primarily crochet. No pattern. I quickly realized that I didn’t know what I was doing 😂so it was a total failure. Live & learn. Glad you’re safe.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

lol I have done that plenty of times too!

[@Theprairiestitcher]

I am happy to hear that you made it through Milton. I have frogged a hat 3 times, it will not get the better of me, I will conquer this hat. I love the cardigan pattern and am going to make it as it looks like a beautiful cardigan. Take care.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

You can do it! I am cheering you on!

[@lialawder8680]

I'm glad you and your family got through the hurricane adventures. Ugh! You definitely needed a small yarn haul to squish and relieve stress.😊 We have gone from +20c to -3c in two weeks. So I was making fingerless gloves for my husband and screwed up the pattern and had to frog 2/3rds and do a redo. And he needs them now, no pressure!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

That is COLD! Stay warm up there!

[@heatherwilson8784]

So glad you are all safe and survived the hurricane. I live in Northern Ireland where we don't typically have terrible weather just lots of rain. We have a yellow warning for storm someone or other, I've forgotten its name. No where near anything like you describe. Yours must have been so scary. I couldn't not tell you about a knitting disaster I had. It was a 4 ply cabled sweater. It was supposed to be for me. Approximately 44" chest. When finished, it fit a 5 year old! It almost killed my knitting mojo. At least it wasn't a complete waste of time. Gauge is my biggest problem.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oof a cabled sweater! That is so much to frog!

[@TheCannyMagpie]

I just had a knitting attack at the weekend that I fixed while watching this podcast! I had a 10sec lapse in attention that lead to 2hrs of woe. I somehow managed to switch to the wrong pattern row a whole repeat too early and didn't realise it until I was 2 rows past 😱 and it was cables 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm glad you and your family are okay and finally have power and water back. Fingers crossed there aren't any more big nasty hurricanes. My nearly 6yo is so excited for Halloween, he gets to wear his costume 3 times this year which he's very happy about, tomorrow at a school disco, trick or treating around our city centre shopping mall and on Halloween to go "proper" trick or treating.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I'm glad I could keep you company while you fixed your knitting attack!

[@melhartley8376]

You made me laugh when you said “ I like nature, I just don’t want it touching me”. I feel the same way. Thank God you all are safe and now have power. Love your socks. I frogged a cotton sweater I was almost finished with, because I decided after hours and hours of working on it-I did not like it!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Cotton is such a tricky thing to make a sweater out of because it's so heavy! I have one that weighed a TON that I never wore and should have frogged

[@InayasToyboxCrochet]

2 hurricanes back to back sounds awful! I love your crochet sweater. I might have to try it. The last thing I frogged was a sweater I was throwing to make during an emotional down and somehow made a mistake. I will try again but right now it will stay frogged.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I usually put things in time out after they get frogged too.

[@CkDutchess]

I’m in eastern Pasco County and we got it pretty badly, too. Thankfully, the only thing we had to deal with was loss of power for five days. We didn’t evacuate, either, so I get it. Sometimes it’s harder to evacuate than it is to just hunker down. I’m glad you and your family are safe. 💜

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I'm so glad you are okay! And if you are in Pasco, you're not that far away from me! My parents live in Pasco. We should get together some time 🥰

[@CkDutchess]

@@TheCozyCottageCrochet I’d love that! Maybe a trip to that LYS in South Tampa.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

@@CkDutchess that’d be so much fun!

[@weijourn1970]

I’m glad to hear that you are all okay. I enjoyed seeing your projects and your new yarns. I finished a pair of baby socks last week and started to take a picture of them. I was taking it outside and thought the sunlight was causing the legs to look different lengths. Of course not. One good thing about baby socks is that there isn’t as much to rip back.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

baby socks are so cute! I find them very annoying to make because there's so few stitches that I can't put them on my 9 inch circulars 😅

[@CrochetKrisMI]

Buying yarn makes me happy too. I went to my first fiber festival while visiting my mom in Missouri. It was small, but so fun. The last thing I frogged was the neckline for the poncho I was making for my mom - I didn't take the weight of the yarn into account and it went down past her bust - which totally defeated the keep her warm aspect. 😅

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

That is a very funny yarn attack!

[@alisavanrooyen1030]

So glad to see you all are ok. My FancyyarnKal turned into an adventure once I figured out that my merino yarn felts..no longer making pants...turning into a dress now.. it's taking forever because it's lace weight...but it's certainly keeping me busy. Stay safe.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oh noooo not the felting!! You're right, that would be terrible for pants 😂

[@woolleyally]

Sending hugs and positive vibes for everything yarn, water and power related! But I’m glad you were & are all safe! The last thing I had to frog was about 2.5 inches of knitting on a garment made in fingering weight - I’d moved the stitches onto a stretchy cable to try it on for length - because it was now spread out, I noticed it had pooled way more than I thought! I wanted to put it in the naughty corner after frogging, but it was a test knit so I had to carry on with it! I did it though! Was a lesson learned - always alternate skeins!!! 😂💜

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Yep I should have alternated skeins. I KNOW BETTER 😂😂 But I'll never learn

[@nadjas.4275]

I'm so glad, you are okay. I even read in some German papers about the water being shut down in St. Petersburg and was sending some seriously positive vibes for all of you. Also, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Hurricane season will come to end soon. The last thing I frogged was a shawl I knit with some very precious yarn (I should enter it in the MAL) because the shawl and the process didn't make me happy. Now I'm knitting a beautiful cowl with it - I actually did, while watching this episode. Keep safe, Dear Hannah - and happy Halloween to you and your family!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Yes you absolutely should enter it into the Mal!

[@wildflower-spirit-creations]

I posted a long story about a UFO that i found after my husband passed but it posted on the wrong podcast! It is my own design made with soft cotton yarn in my favorite color and stitch. It had begun to unravel in a strange place so i had to frog it and search for more yarn. Still need to do the sleeves but so glag i took the time and patience to do it my way. (And so glad i found it in the move from our home)

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

That is lovely, thank you so much for sharing!

[@soul00theeundead]

Your right weird, bad, insane weather pretty much can happen anywhere and in many places more often than others. Good that you all are well and doing what you can to be safe as possible. Last thing I tackled was the current scarf I working on. I had to fix basket pattern a few times already and I am hoping to finish it soon.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you! I hope the hurricane season is over for this year

[@wendymorris]

I’m so happy to hear from you and thank goodness that you’re doing well, I was thinking about you. It was very interesting hearing about all that is involved in evacuation. I live in New Brunswick,Canada and years ago we had a severe ice storm that shut down all power for 8 days but this was the middle of winter with no heat. I had two dogs so I couldn’t go to a warming station. A glass of water formed ice sitting on the counter in the kitchen. It was terrible. The weight of the ice broke trees and power lines everywhere. Mother Nature is impressive for sure. I’ve been frogging dish cloths trying different stitches to come up with a perfect fit but I have two sweaters that are hibernating in project bags because they need to be frogged and I don’t want to deal with them. Silly eh? 💜

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I can’t imagine an ice storm like that! So glad you and the dogs made it through.

[@halcrochets]

So glad you are safe! I am very particular about mistakes and always have to frog back to fix. I once frogged back half of a baby blanket. I also recently frogged an entire tank top. It did not bring me joy and I was not going to wear it. The yarn can be repourpsed! Take care. Kayla

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

You are so right! It's just yarn, after all

[@EvieO1950]

I worried about y’all and praying you were safe. I am so glad you are all ok. I know it was an awful week to have to deal with though, just such a mess. Glad you finally have power and get things back on track. I’m knitting the Yume Tee and KnitSipHappy’s mosaic DK socks. The last crochet disaster was a short sleeve circular yoke top. I didn’t frog it (though I should have). I did some creative alterations and got it good enough to wear around the house over a dress. The Yume I’m knitting is a circular yoke, hope it turns out better! 😁

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much for the prayers, I so appreciate it!

[@theyarnniffler7866]

The last thing I frogged was my musselburgh hat to lengthen it. Happy to hear your safe hopefully you have some more yarn time this upcoming week.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I love the Musselburgh hat!

[@egoreknits]

Glad you are all safe and have power back. I've been testing out some ideas I had for knitting a Japanese rice bag. So far I have frogged two. I'll figure it out eventually. 🧶

[@petrohugo5226]

I'm glad that you and your family is save.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

That's such a fun make!

[@annr2020]

Happy to see you are all safe and well (except for Noah, hope it passes soon). My last crochet attack was actually on Monday. I had started a neck warmer and took it on an hour long journey. I had it nearly finished and tried it on again and it was too small! So after I came home I ripped it all out and started again. My neck warmers are like the neck of a polo neck sweater so don't take long but I HATE ripped out anything.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I hate ripping things out too!

[@lisab3116-4H]

Glad you all survived the wicked weather. I recently frogged a hat I was knitting because I didn't like the way it was knitting up and made a mess of frogging it and so trashed the yarn. Ughh!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ugh, Ive been there too!

[@kristinreid6606]

My last yarny disaster was on the Sylvie Shawl by Toni Lipsey. I had to frog it, because I missed an increase. I haven't restarted yet, got sidetracked with making baby things for an upcoming baby shower!! And I am so glad you are all okay!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Amazing how one missed increase can make such a big difference!~. I had to restart my Westmont Shawl by Toni Lipsey because I was missing increases at the beginning too. Thankfully I was only a little ways in when I noticed

[@SandPell123]

Glad y'all are ok. Happy we have been dodging the hurricanes here in Louisiana. Sorry y'all got hit. I was hoping it would stay out there and fizzle out. The last thing I frogged 6 times is a curtain I am working on for a friend.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I'm glad you guys haven't had a Louisiana hit in a while also!

[@kristinak1510]

I'm so glad you made it through the storm safely. I'm very much a 'they'll never notice the mistakes' knitter and almost always forge ahead, but I was working on a sweater in the round and my disaster was just that I didn't wanna knit almost 300 stitches in each round (with every second round being all purls) so I frogged the whole thing and started doing it flat in pieces. Not looking forward to seaming it, but that will be an easier mental hurdle than endless rounds and purls. (It's a fingering weight half fisherman's rib.)

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oof that is a huge project! Seaming will definitely be easier

[@wildflower-spirit-creations]

I am so glad Jennifer introduced us! I so enjoy you. In my mind I worked on it a lot, so that counts 😂 of course it counts!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much for being here!

[@kellyh1161]

I'm glad to hear you are all ok. I said many prayers for you and your area. Thank you for explaining the how's and why's of evacuation. I've never lived anywhere that hurricanes were an issue so I was one judging why people don't leave when one is coming. Luckily I now live in Michigan where there are relatively few natural disasters. I'd guess the last thing I frogged was a shawl. It wasn't an error or I didn't like it, it was really dragging through the rows. I decided if I felt like that less than a quarter of the way into the first of two balls of yarn, I'd never finish.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much for the prayers! I'm glad you are in a place that doesn't have much extreme weather !

[@catherinemitchellmurphy588]

So glad you're all safe Hannah, I had the same problem as you with pooling on a top I was crocheting for myself. I frogged it but still haven't got around to starting it again 😢

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Things always go in time out when I have to frog them too!

[@connies1625]

I’m glad you and your family are okay. I had a cotton T-shirt almost done. Fix was great but realized I wouldn’t wear it as it was a heavy to wear. So frogged the T-shirt. Now to find a different project for the yarn

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I made a shirt from cotton once also and it was SO HEAVY. I never wore it and I should have frogged it.

[@ashleyorama5989]

So glad you all are okay! We are in fort Myers and just got the wind but we have family in Saint Pete whose garages and front yards were completely flooded up to their knees, it was really something. I recently had to frog a chunky cowl I was making from this beautiful grey chunky baby alpaca yarn. I had been saving it forever but something went wrong and it was 3x’s larger than it should have been. I never knew how hard this material was to frog though due to its soft fuzzy nature! Oh well..😅

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oh gosh up to their knees! That's horrible. It sure was a crazy storm!

[@beccaj9572]

So glad to hear you all made it through safely and it was really interesting to hear how you decide whether you are better to stay or not. Especially as someone from Southern Australia where we just don't get that sort of weather. Oh my gosh i started a Granny Rocks cardigan with a beautiful 100% wool in purple and grey multi colour yarn. Got the bottom rib band and half the back done before i realized it was going to be so ridiculously heavy that it would be impractical to wear and would probably stretch wildly from the weight as well 😭 Frogged it all and am contemplating making one of the combo knitting and crochet granny cardigans instead.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I once made a sweater that was absolutely too heavy to wear so I totally understand your dilemma!

[@marlenevanschalkwyk4582]

Buying yarn also makes me so, so, so happy.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

It's the best!

[@Tina-gi1ot]

I need to frog a knitting project but getting ready to move so it's packed away. I'm glad you are all ok.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you so much!

[@ppstocks]

I’m so glad everything is ok for you guys! It had to be so miserable dealing with all that. I went looking for sock yarn like you love and found some at Knitpicks, I bought some to try. The last thing I had to frog was a fingering weight shawl that I was knitting and it was taking forever because I’m doing a lot of crocheting and got impatient.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I love KnitPicks!

[@leslief.3137]

I can relate to no power! You will never find me camping or doing any of that stuff where I cannot have all the comforts of home! When you were dealing with the hurricane I was dealing with the tornadoes on other side of Florida, but all is good! I once made a sweater, I loved the yarn, but the sweater just did not fit like it should and then living in southern Florida, what was I thinking, too hot here. I did frog the whole thing after a couple months of looking at it. Like I said, I loved the yarn, but I still have not done a thing with that yarn! Ugh! Happy you are all okay!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oof those tornadoes were CRAZY. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that

[@denyselee7584]

A cowl that is not working out that so far I just set aside and haven't looked at it since. glad you all are okay. That was some very pretty yarn that you bought>

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you!

[@EmmePhillips-HookinEmme]

I love Hobbii yarns:) I am so thankful you guys are safe! All of your projects look great. They are beautiful. I am teaching myself how to crochet real deal socks (not slipper socks either). I am using the WYS bird color way. We shall see.😂 Thankful my kiddos never had sound machine. I am a fragile flower as well. Survival of the fittest, I am a goner. I frogged a shawl that was just ugly and reclaimed the yarn:)

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

LOL Fragile Flowers club, unite!

[@ajspersonaltouch]

I know you have put up your next podcast already. I am so behind, but I will share :) I am making a fillet crochet Christmas blanket made of blocks of different shapes. I am working on the star. Put the last stitch in and realized it was a row short. I had to frog 8 and a half rows. I forgot a full dc row that is after a row with the open squares that make the outline of the star. Sk then when I got to the next to last row again I had to frog 2 and a half rows because I missed on the chart that an extra full row was tossed in when through the rest of the latter it was every other row of just one full row. I was so upset. But I fixed it and then went to bed. I ended up being awake later then I stay up now because I refused to go to bed before I got it fixed. I am behind on my Christmas gifts because I got my first cold that lasted a week and a half and before that I had a bad 2 month pancreatic flare. Dealing with vertigo today, but trying hard to get better. Even walking with my niece and great niece every week to start getting g my exercise in and getting to spend time with the baby pushing her stroller while we walk :) it has been such a help!!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I’m so sorry you haven’t been feeling well! I was wondering about you and I’m glad to know you’re okay 🩵🩵

[@suemorrison1492]

Glad that you are okay. I am making the Pressed Flowers Cardigan. I knit about 8 inches (bottom up argh!). Decided to try it on. Too small. And I did gauge swatch. Frogged it! Started over. Changed size and needle size. I love the stitch pattern! So I started over. It’s just knitting which is what I love to do. Frogging does not bother me. Oh, and I am making it from black and light grey yarn. Black! I am a glutton for punishment.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

The pressed flowers cardigan is just so pretty!

[@susanhebert3299]

So glad you are all ok I was making a cardigan last year got the back done and realized my count was off by 5 stitches I had to rip half of it out I crochet so at least it was easy to do

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

ugh, ripping out anything is so annoying though!

[@glagolik]

Right now I’m making a Poppy tee from a yarn I got in the spring of 2020. I made smth out of it in 2021 but had to frog it. Not sure what it was, I started a round yoke back then, but right now I’m reusing the yarn! So glad you all are fine. Looking forward to seeing Nova’s halloween shenanigans

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you! Nova certainly has her fair share of shenanigans to share :D

[@KKemperCheesebrew]

I'm so glad you all are ok!! The last thing I had to frog.... let's see ....... I frog some on about everything I make lol I believe the last thing was a pumpkin, I thought oh a quick and easy project... I chose the wrong hooks size as I didn't like the gaps I was getting so I frogged the entire thing and had to start over with a smaller hook. It's made but not stuffed yet lol.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Frogging something small is just as frustrating as frogging something big!

[@KKemperCheesebrew]

@@TheCozyCottageCrochet yes it sure is!

[@adriannaer]

Whew, what an ordeal! Glad you got through safely, but a week without power? In the south? With small children?! You deserve a year of vacation and like a million dollars. I've lived in tornado country all my life, so I think the reason hurricanes inspire a kneejerk "Run!" instinct is that you get so much warning, comparatively. But then I realize if I knew about a tornado in advance, the most I'd probably do is go to a local shelter too, and that's just because I don't have a basement. My last tale of woe was my blacklight sweater for the Lisa Frank MAL. The swatch was more than generous, and yet it lied to me so bad! I frogged hundreds of stitches twice, and finally I had to track down a 2.75mm needle on a sweater-size cable. But it's going fine now!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I will absolutely take a year of vacation LOL 😅. I'm so sorry your swatch lied to you! That has happened to me too and it's so annoying!

[@wildflower-spirit-creations]

I am so glad the pooling didn't start until after the V too . That would have been terrible. As it is, I can't imagine knitting with two balls; actually I can't imagine knitting that complicated sweater at all.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I've got it restated and I'm alternating skeins now and the pooling has stopped thankfuly!

[@paulyknit]

I'm happy to hear you guys are ok. we were thinking about you, has anyone heard from Heybrownberry? My last knitting attack was on my brioche hat, on the last round there was a problem, and I just knit a few stitches together, and moved on. I can't even see it.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I haven't heard anything from Marceline yet, but I hope she is okay!

[@ironmeg6662]

I just had to frog a "cancer cardi" because I totally did NOT understand the instructions and I was doing the stitch wrong! I was about half way through 🥲Glad you were relatively safe from Milton!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I have done that so many times - just going along and then I realize I did it incorrectly!

[@leannemorrill1475]

Drop a stitch on a knitted baby blanket, I picked up the stitch on the next row with a crochet hook. While watching your podcast. Lol

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Glad I could keep you company for that!

[@kellyfazekas7831]

I was testing a filet crochet blanket, a snowman, and the crochet attacked! I finished the whole thing, hung it up to take pix, and saw one row about halfway back, was off. As you know, in filet crochet a mistake is glaringly obvious. There was no way I was frogging half the blanket so I took a tapestry needle, some matching yarn, and sewed a mock DC into the openings that were supposed to be solid and cut the yarn out to make openings where they were supposed to be. Up close it won't fly, but from a distance, for pix, it works! 😂

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oh no! Filet crochet is so easy to make a mistake like that on!

[@kellyfazekas7831]

Design some Christmas sox with trees down the side!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Maybe someday! First I've got to get all the patterns I already have samples made of out into the world 😅

[@courtneyscrochetcreations]

My crochet attack was I am currently making the Irene sweater by Vicky chan, i realized after separating for the sleeves, i used the smaller hook instead of the larger one. I had to restart it with the correct hook, otherwise it would be way to small. And I'm using a indie dyed super wash merino.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

the Irene sweater is so pretty! I love Vicky Chan's designs. I've made 3 of them.

[@nhathaway5840]

Glad your family and home is ok!! I’ve found some discontinued yarn was looking for on eBay a couple years ago. Good luck on your search. Can you please share your sour dough starter recipe with me?? I had to frog a hat that was too small for my head.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

If you send me an email, I will take a picture of the recipe for the sourdough starter and email it back to you! It's from a book on bread making. My email is thecozycottagecrochet AT gmail DOT com

[@keilexandra]

Have you used Valley Yarns Charlemont before? It's almost the same fiber content, 60% merino/20% nylon/20% silk, and a lot easier to find. My latest knitting attack: I splurged on the original colorway kit for Andrea Mowry's Rhinebeck sweater this year, Framed, and I'm running out of yarn left and right. I extended the body length by a 1/2 repeat and had to reduce the sleeve length by 1/2 repeat as a result (not a huge deal since I have short arms and usually have to shorten my sleeves anyway). But I'm also going to have to buy another skein of the ribbing color and hope that the dye lot matches, to finish my second cuff :/

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I haven't used Charlemont, but now I clearly need to try it! Oh NO, running out of yarn is the absolute worst, especially on hand dyed 😭 Aren't they supposed to include like a 10% extra leeway on the yarn to make sure that doesn't happen! I'm so sorry, what a terrible knitting attack

[@jillpohren4801]

So glad you all are safe and have power & water restored - what an ordeal! (are you sure it’s pop and not margarita in that can? 🤦🏾‍♀️) The last large item I had to frog was a cardigan from The Crochet Project - a bad experience is putting it mildly. But I recovered the beautiful grey yarn and used it in something else so 🙌🏽. I have a question for you: do you put in an after-thought lifeline before pulling out your knitting if you hadn’t put one in before?

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I wish it were margarita LOL I didn't have any lifelines in this project because it was just stockinette in the round. I went through and picked up stitches with a smaller knitting needle and a cable, and in essence that was adding a lifeline, so after picking up stitches I ripped back to that point.

[@shondachestnut2533]

So glad you all are ok! I'm using the yarn forward method to alternate skeins on the sweater I'm knitting right now and I really like it. I've had to rip back before because of pooling... I'm just don't like the look.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Knitters/crocheters against pooling unite!

[@Quiltmama31]

I had to frog out about 500 yds of yarn from a blanket because I found out I was adding extra stitches on the end of the row and the sides were growing. 😢 I'm working on getting back to where I was.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oof, I'm sorry! I've been there

[@joannetwitchel3937]

I had to frog a blanket that I had put in the wrong color. It is striped and I was doing c2c and wasn't paying attention. Lol

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Oh no! That's funny

[@jeanette6396]

I got some new sock yarn from premiere. After I made the whole first sock with my usual stitch count I tried it on and it didn't fit! I had to frog and add 12 stitches above normal and go up a needle size. What the heck! I think its sport yarn, not fingering. And now I'm using the same yarn, but a different color and it's back to my usual stitch count 🙃 after I first started with the larger number of stitches. This is crazy.

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

That is wild!

[@christinestankewitz6106]

❤

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

❤️

[@kathleenwahl3130]

Have you see the “granny pop cardigan “ by mj off the hook I think you would like it , i also love your hat

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

I have seen that cardi and it is so cute!

[@wendytaylor2737]

Hannah< have you ever tried Wisdom Yarns Wacki Saki? its a sock yarn 50%merino, 25%Bamboo and 20%Nylon. please let me know if you would be interested in trying this yarn out, and let me know how you like it, (no charge of course). i have a yarn shop in southern New Jersey, thanks and God Bless!! Wendy oops the name of the shop is "Knit Crochet Repeat" and we are in Tucahoe PS, the last thing i Frogged was a Crochet Halter top for my Niece> the more i made of it, i felt it was not appropriate, so i ripped it out!!!

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Hi Wendy! I've never tried Wacki Saki but I would love to try it and let you know how I like it (and how it holds up to wear and washing!). It sounds absolutely lovely. How would you like me to get you my address? Also it is VERY COOL that you own a yarn shop. Someday when these kids are older and I can travel more, I will come visit!

[@lindajostokley7761]

I had to frog 25 rows of a blanket. The count was off. It was a half day work.😢

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ugh, awful! I've been there. Blanket rows are SO LONG.

[@RebeccaA-i7d]

Hi Hannah, just popping by to say I HEAR YOU on the colour pooling. I get an almost visceral aversion to pooling. And in fact the last thing I frogged was a 75% done Sophie Shawl because of the pooling 😂

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Why do we hate pooling so much! LOL. It would be so much easier if we just didn't mind it 😅

[@theyarngoblin8758]

I had a crochet attack and had to frog an entire sweater that was 80% finished 😢

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Ugh, I'm so sorry!

[@lisasmith1565]

I had to frog a whole sock because I don't know how to knit, and il teaching myself just bought the fish lips kiss heel yuck

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Anytime you make a sock for the first time it turns out to be a sacrificial sock 😅. An offering to the sock gods so that the next time it will turn out better

[@kellyperea7980]

I've had to frog/think many knit/crochet projects many, many rows into the project in my knit/crochet journey. NOT FUN!!

[@RicaKramer]

Hey. I am happy only your sourdough died. I lived at places with no electricity before and i can promise it's possible to survive it. There was also no running water, no bathroom or kitchen and stuff. It's a great experience to see how little we really need. But yes i prefer electricity. I live in india in the Himalayas and the electricity is off quite often. Ok to knitting i work on my pluma morada shawl by Joji. I have many knitting attacks. Trying to make hats that actually fit is a challenge. I have frogged a lot recently. Even the hat i finished, raxtur by stephen west ,(love that hat pattern a lot), has an issue. It turns out my alpaca yarn is too soft so the earflaps don't stand. I will need to sew on buttons or something to fix it. Have a great day

[@TheCozyCottageCrochet]

Thank you for sharing your life! That is so interesting