I made a few mistakes - but its ok! || Craftmas Day 11

[@nataliestanchevski4628]

Forgetting the the red triangles made me laugh. Imagine a future clothing historian comparing both of your sweaters to the pattern and speculating on why neither match.

[@retrocraftdreams]

"I don't trust myself with open flame" says the woman who, just days ago, stuck her fingers in a flaming bowl of raisins. Repeatedly. 😂 Probably a good call to steer clear of fire for a while. Your version has turned out so dang cute! The mock turtleneck makes such a huge difference.

[@AlysianaHunter]

This little sweater mini series has been so comforting. I was thinking about it when working on my lace crochet, and gave myself permission not to frog back and redo.

[@Miniver765]

Safety pin your yarn tangles down along your side. Wrap the lengths of excess yarn around an open safety pin and then just attach them along the sides of your work.

[@emilymiller40]

It was so fun to see the yarn under a microscope! I would love to see more! Superwash wool vs non Superwash, alpaca, etc

[@1nerdyknitter]

When I knit colorwork I put my yarns in bowls on a lazy Susan. Then I can spin the lazy Susan to untwist the yarns.

[@KelseyDrummer]

Haha I love that you forgot the triangles. That was my suspicion about the vintage sweater!🤣

[@Silligoose501]

Absolutely LOVE the snowflakes on the sleeves!!!! All the work was worth it!! 👍👌

[@amauryy4417]

I looove the microscope and the enthusiastic scientific approach....this serie was a lovely cosy inspiring entertaining advent time ,thank you for all the sharing and " Belles fêtes" in french!

[@agimagi2158]

I loved the microscope part. Its the coolest way of finding out the material I've seen so far!

[@dees3179]

Delightful to see good microscope use. Yes, those were scales.

[@mariebray9831]

Happy winter solstice from someone enjoying summer solstice.

[@RockinTheBassGuitar]

This was so much fun to see this sweater come together and how it compares to the vintage one. Wonderful!

[@saiitome]

It's been very interesting to see both of these beautiful sweaters, you were really lucky to find the vintage one. About yarn tangling, when I have to carry and weave in a lot of ends I cut long strands of the yarn from the beginning, maybe 2 -4 meters/yards. It's WAY easier to untangle strands without a ball attached, you just pull it out of the tangle from the the attached end and it comes loose. Just be careful to not pull it into a hard knot. I also weave in every end as I go. I would never leave them to the end, second sleeve syndrome is a breeze compared to weaving in strands in the end syndrome.... it's not difficult to do it as you go, it becomes automatic when your fingers have become used to it, just like color work. As you obviously like to learn new things I'm actually surprised you haven't tried this yet 😊. Thanks for this Christmas series, it has been so relaxing and fun to follow 😍😍😍

[@lisaanderson135]

I don’t know if anyone else gave you advice on yarn management, but I use ZipLoc plastic bags for each skein. I set them on my floor and then move them around to keep them untwisted, for the most part 😂 I have been watching your channel from the beginning and love your content. Thank you for all the inspiration you have given me! You’ve given me confidence to finally start my Dale of Norway Peace sweater. I bought the pattern a while ago and it has been pinned in my Ravelry notebook. I had knit a Dale sweater for my niece, who is now 20, yikes! It’s a beautiful pattern and was lots of fun to knit, but had the same issue with the long floats! Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year 🍾🥂🎉

[@AmoCultumAlo]

The sweater looks amazing! I absolutely love the sleeves. The white snowflake pattern carried over into the sleeves really does bring the full look together wonderfully. It's interesting that the centre-neck red triangles on yours look very much like the vintage sweater's version given the mock turtleneck. Maybe that knitter decided it wouldn't be too different to do only half triangles given that, so it worked out well in the end if there was a yarn shortage issue!

[@errinwellman1960]

This series has been so wonderful! Thank you!!!

[@madameblathers5687]

I LOVE the science section -- analyzing fibers under the microscope is very cool and I concur those are scaly and likely some animal fiber. But what about mohair (or camel or angora, still animal, but different animal fibers)?

[@gerlimir8172]

Doing two sleeves (or socks) at a time in the round can also be done on one pair of circular needles using the magic loop technique! You have to be a bit more careful with yarn management -- at the end of the row I try to flip once one way and once the other way so I don't tangle up the up to four balls of yarn that could be in use at one time 😅 But it's so nice to have them finished at the same time and I feel like when using circular needles I'm less likely to lose stitches due to sneaky needles trying to escape! 😄

[@alissaimregeis]

that was so cool to see the fibers under the microscope. thanks for sharing!

[@ElanorKella]

Just a thought but maybe the knitter of your vintage piece didn't like the floats on the inside of the sleeves so they made them plain. I would definitely catch on them every single time I would put it on. When I do a burn test, I always snip the tiniest bit of thread or seam allowance and burn it over ceramic dish or sink. And real wool smells like burnt hair or filed nails as it's basically the same material. Though your microscope approach was way more cool.

[@venomwoolknits]

My engineer's heart was SO HAPPY watching you combine hand knits and microscopes 😍 But I have to ask... what was the 11th candle??? 😅

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

The sweater is beautiful! The issues aren’t really issues they are creativity

[@susanmyrawills]

Great idea to use a microscrope! I use bleach for a quick wool test, but you couldn’t do that on your sweater. We do have a microscope at home, so I will try that next time. Yes, looked like scales compared to the acrylic smooth yarn! Thanks again for a great video!

[@zark10hi]

Microscopeing the fiber is so much cooler than burning!!!

[@MsRoslet]

Please can I ask why you have such long floats? In Europe we tend to never have a float for more than five stitches, which creates a neater fabric and means that the jumper does not get caught on body parts. As to the yarn that has been used, it will almost certainly be wool, because acrylic at this time was quite crispy to the fingers and in all honesty very harsh to the touch and would also tend to lose its shape, ie the jumper would not go in when it came to the welt. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the ensemble, very Peyton Place vibe to it all!

[@catherinemelnyk]

Check out the Philosopher's Wool 2 handed knitting technique. The wrong side looks almost as good as the right side. The sweater looks lovely.

[@catherinemelnyk]

One method to keep yarn untangled is under/over. Take the contrast yarn(s) ftom under on one row, then from over on the next row. Large bobbins would also help. Have you watched any videos on the two-handed knitting method? Check out the Philosophers

[@rainieraine1192]

I believe in the 50s and especially the 60s they use to sew hand knitted items with a sewing machine so no need to weave in the ends. Your sweater turned out really well and uniquely yours, well done ⛷️

[@ClaudiaJasalavich]

There may have been a personal preference. The hand knitters in my family in the 1960s hand sewed the blocked sweater pieces together with yarn. They were all very good seamstresses, too, but I never saw any of them use a sewing machine to sew a sweater together.

[@CHENJY]

I’ve enjoyed following you along for craftmas so far!! Doing mindless crafting with your videos playing in the background is the coziest thing ever. Just wanted to say I love your videos and adore how the sweater turned out ❤

[@carmeslynn]

Loved watching you organize your yarn stash and creation of your craft room (I could totally relate) but most of all I melted seeing your little doggy curl up with you and be your buddy! I have 2 border collies (similar to yours but black and white) and they stay with me in my sewing room while I'm sewing and knitting, keeping me company. I liked watching you create sock tubes and use your knitting machine which I had never seen in action before. Your sweaters are so sweet, loved your stranded colorwork and was impressed with your adoption of vintage patterns into modern beautiful garments. I just learned to make socks after being too scared to learn to use fingering yarn. Its all good now!! I can post you pics of my sewing/knitting world if you have a destination for photos. I haven't heard you mention where you are from. It would be nice to know where you are recording from. Reaching out to you from the Northern San Francisco Bay Area (Martinez, CA). Best yarn regards, Carrie

[@ramonacowman7409]

Such a fun outfit! Thank you for sharing!❤

[@hildaaceves7483]

I've been waiting for your updates, love your videos

[@bluejay5531]

Your sweater is SOOO cute! I agree that the turtle neck makes it even nicer! I don't remember if/where the pattern is available for this sweater?

[@FlorencetheBeaut]

Have you considered making the back longer rather than making the front shorter for an oversized fit?

[@Zeldur]

2nd sleeve syndrome... I'm having that with my 2nd knee high sock. Although, to solve that, I'm thinking of just printing the CSM and just making legwarmers. Maaaybe turn a few into socks? Depends on how ambitious I feel. For the sweater, it looks a bit short on your overall view in the snow. I thought I remembered you extending the pattern?

[@half-caffcrochet]

How fun was it to see the fibers under a microscope!?

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Looking great!

[@Puppy52]

Lol nutellabomber😂

[@coreygilles847]

Crafting is all year round…so not finishing it all is more than fine

[@BookCat18]

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