Fall Knits & A WIP Down Weekend!

Fall Knits and a WIP Down Weekend!
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#lonelyskeinsproject clearing out our leftover or one off skeins in 2024. Between now and the end of September use your Lonely Skeins to create finished obejcts. Tag #lonelyskeinsproject and @knitweekend on Instagram or email photos of your finished objects to be eligible for a TBA prize. Post your WIP progress in your stories.
Yarn Shop Rec: The Artful Ewe in Port Gamble, WA
I Am Wearing: The Roadtripper Tee by Ozetta knit in De Rerum Ulysee Poivre et Sel
Patterns Featured in This Episode:
Aperture Sweater by Alicia Plummer knit in Noro Hanui
Amren Shawl by Joji Locitelli knit in Two Roots Fiber Alpaca
Camp Socks by Ozetta knit in Istex Lettlopi
Snow Crocus by Midori Hirose knit in Blackberry Ridge Merino
If you’d like to send a voice memo with thoughts for a future episode to join in the fun, you can send them to [e-mail].

[@JoAnnFoti]

Love the fact that you give honest feedback on the yarns that you use. Always enjoy the joy and happiness that you bring to the community. Enjoy vacation

[@sueblaser14]

I would Google 'how to style an asymmetrical shawl' because there are lots of lovely people out there willing to show us all the options! 🤩

[@KarenRothfus]

Just fyi, I add strand of mohair to the rustic cooks. Not only does it give it strength to prevent holes it adds a huge softness. The whimsical sock collective #1 uses plots Lopi and mohair that takes just. Few hours to make and is so warm and comfy

[@Meredith36]

Wonderful episode! Have fun at the cabin. New subscriber here. Happy knitting 💚🧶💚

[@lucilesenseney5556]

Great episode. Please share when you find out how to get stains out.

[@hannahgknits]

So missed seeing your face on my screen ❤

[@audetouzot1519]

It is nice to spend some time with you again. Have a great time at the lake.

[@Knitweekend]

🤗🤗🤗 thank you, Aude!

[@Knitweekend]

🤗🤗🤗 thank you, Aude!

[@janettelorimer1444]

Your shawl is lovely, but I agree I cannot get to wrap them so they look good. Someone demonstrate them please.

[@lauracarrington5089]

Thanks for your knitting vlog, I do enjoy it! I'm in East Tennessee and my sister is in Nashville. One of the things I love about knitting is the variety of projects, stitches, patterns and options. I stay interested. Great idea to knit both socks at the same time, I have only made a few pairs and the 2nd sock is always a slog for me, but it's a useless knit without it. 😁

[@Knitweekend]

The options, learning and creativity are really endless, aren’t they?! It’s literally the only way I manage to make my socks match!! Thanks so much for watching? Laura!! And yay for the home state!!

[@debbierussell2830]

Love the roll neck modification! How many rows of stockinette did you knit after the ribbing?

[@218lorna]

Before you cut into that beautiful sweater, practice on a swatch first. It is not easy to deal with knitting from the opposite direction that you knit it in. It might be impossible to redo the cast on as a bind off, in a seamless manner. Or maybe buy a sweater at a thrift store and perform surgery on it, so you understand what you would be taking on. I like the elastic idea ( if necessary after another block.) Enjoy your podcast!thanks for sharing your beautiful creations.

[@Knitweekend]

I love this comment Lorna because I can hear your concern for what disaster I may create.

[@lauracarrington5089]

Love the Snow Crocus sweater, agree on the collar, maybe you could pick up the rib stitches, add a little more rib if you like, then your bindoff, maybe the roll/Zimmerman sew bindoff like the other sweater. Would that be too weird? I think you'd be happier. I love a rolled edge, softer than the rest of the structure. But, whatever you do, it's going to be a beautiful cabled sweater.

[@Knitweekend]

This is actually an interesting option I hadn’t considered. I may play with this. Thanks Laura!

[@crystalblue38883]

Merino unfortunately can grow a bit and I think that happened. I would undo like you have planned but all the way and do a twisted rib and use needles two sizes smaller. I've heard the pearl twisted rib on outside looks good but have not tried yet. Of course the wide collar works too but not my style.

[@Nardaa-ox3be]

I don’t agree with some of the other comment. If you can fix the neck, you should. The best part of making your own garments is to get custom fit.

[@dorotaurbanska6654]

Totally agree. If it doesn't work as just a cast on to bind of switch, there is always an option of redoing all the ribbing. Both seem easy enogh to make for it beeing worth it.

[@4mld963]

The hanui is lovely but pills to billy-o; knitted mine on 4.5mm needles for reference

[@Knitweekend]

I suspect it will… C’est la vie when it comes to fine wool…. 🙈

[@ellyt6599]

Oooh, pls. show kitty cat! So cute meow!

[@Knitweekend]

Ohhhh I’m sure she’ll make many future appearances. She can be a temperamental co-star. 😆

[@nicolaamiliahelms4605]

Please dont try to do the collar again! I tryed this with a sock and it ended in a total mess!! You can`t get the stitches again on the needles correctly, unless it is knitted bottom up. This is the reason, why I ALWAYS start my sweaters with a provisional cast on at the neck. Then you can change the width or the length of the collar afterwords. I think your ribbing looks good. I would not change anything! Love the pattern!! 🤩

[@Knitweekend]

Oh Nicola… never do I leave well enough alone. 😆 I do so appreciate your concern and attempt to save me from myself. I’m going to try the least evasive elastic first and go from there. I have done the “wrong way sweater surgery” a few times. It’s not fun, but I actually have managed to get through with a decent outcome. So we shall see… not touching it at all until the body is finished and it’s blocked though. I’ll promise you that!

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

Whatever you want to do with the neckline is up to you and your comfort both in knitting and wearing the sweater. I would caution you against using the word heirloom to describe anything that you’re making. Stuff is just stuff and adding emotional weight to something doesn’t change that. You seem fairly young, so by the time people are going through your things and deciding what they want to keep, that sweater could be long gone. Over the past couple of years my family has had to deal with the estates of several family members. My experience has let me know that the people left behind have different memories and put different meaning on items than the deceased person may have envisioned. I didn’t keep any of my great grandmother’s embroidery because it was fragile, stained with age and unusable. I kept her hand made, wooden embroidery hoop and it hangs on the wall in my craft closet and every time I open the door I think of her and the ties that connect us. My mother made a quilted wall hanging of whales as a remembrance of a family trip to Alaska. She gave it to my son. He likes it, but he doesn’t truly appreciate it. He wanted to keep a hand written poem that was scribbled on a piece of scratch paper. It reminds him of so many characteristics of his grandma. Sorry so long, but people need to stop talking about making heirloom pieces and perhaps more accurately describe them as their dream projects. It’s your dream ambition, not anyone else’s.

[@QueensYarnBoutique]

I'm enjoying my WIP down weekend while watching. 🧶💜

[@Knitweekend]

Love it!!!