Finishing my WIPs before the New Year - Knitting, Crochet & Sewing

[@jonathanc6746]

Thank you for giving tomelines on sweaters. Especially the cabled one. I always worry i knit so slow by only watching how fast content creators knit.

[@BreathingYarn]

Yea I get the same way. Like how the heck are people making stuff so fast!

[@succmoipp1362]

3 videos in one week?? what a wonderful addition to y knitting time

[@succmoipp1362]

i have never wanted a double crochet sweater until seeing this one. i'll be ordering drops belle to make something similar.

[@BreathingYarn]

I hope you love it!

[@joyceyoung3136]

You are so very talented! Thanks for sharing.

[@BreathingYarn]

Thanks for watching! I feel like I’m just having fun and putting it on the Internet!

[@Kera.S.]

I have several long quilting rulers that would make your cutting much easier. I'd be glad to send you one. 6"x24"

[@robinmccamont]

You’re too hard on yourself, Isabella! Everything may not be “perfect”, but you are making and learning along the way. The only real “failure” is in not trying in the first place. Your WIP’s all turned out beautifully. I’m sure you can tell how much you have learned and improved in 2024. I personally look forward to seeing what you accomplish in 2025 (and beyond!). Take care, merry Christmas, and happy new year! 🥰

[@BreathingYarn]

Thanks, that's a really kind and thoughtful comment - I appreciate it! 💖You’re absolutely right!

[@ЕвгенияАрефьева-й5т]

Great job! I wish I can finish my wips at all

[@BreathingYarn]

I get so stressed having a lot of WIPs. I love making these videos so I can keep my sanity by getting all my stuff done.

[@nadiarogo4511]

Uuuh! Those square project bags are great! You can put your project into them and they will look just like cushions for your sofa! Perfect place to hide wips in plain sight :D

[@recycleonwednesdays]

These projects are all so great! Your cats are so cute

[@vickifenlon2235]

Love how your pants match your jumper! And am so impressed that you can sew as well as knit…wow! So glad I stayed to the end. Wow!! You need a rest…

[@BreathingYarn]

Rest? I never heard of it 😂

[@andromedag3664]

Thank you for existing. Thank you for cheering me up by your cozy vibes, and thank you for making me sit and knit and watch you and alleviating some of the stress I felt. I had supremely shitty day and your video brought a little comfort to me.

[@elenarml]

These projects turned out beautifully. The red Lane pants together with the Augustins sweater... HELLOOOOO what a match! Also these pants match perfectly with the Belcher sweater, just a totally different vibe than with the first sweater. Love the micro-capsule wardrobe thing going on here :)

[@BreathingYarn]

Me too! I ended up visiting family for a Christmas weekend and packed just the things I made in the video 😂

[@EuiHwanP]

The cable blending into the ribbing is 💯

[@AntisocialAuntie]

I love your color choices being the same as the Belcher family. Your multi-crafting vibe is very comfortable since I am similar. 2024 was figuring out crochet and 2025 is sewing/quilting. Looking forward to seeing your projects through the coming year.

[@Nobodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Woaahhhh blessed with a 45 minute video?!?! Talk about a Christmas present!

[@BreathingYarn]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@kristalburns3490]

Good job on the wearable muslin. I like the personalization on the sweater. Perfect points! You figured it out, excellent work!

[@aksez2u]

Your mom is gonna love that bag! 💚 So many cute sweaters, too!

[@wideozludrawz]

for floats like that the jacquard methode works wonders!

[@sophieinspired]

„Not knowing anymore what to believe about butter“ 😂😱 💖

[@ashleyfilipek2884]

It’s adorable and the color poking through on the other side makes it that much more unique and fun! Plus, it’s your first double crochet sweater and it looks great!

[@BreathingYarn]

Thanks, I really appreciate that!

[@maaikedenboer9287]

The collar on the cable sweater looks very good on you, but it must feel good as well. For looks, I would keep the collar. And btw both sweaters look wonderful.

[@maddyh8801]

Seeing you knit all this stuff is so cool!!! I’m a lifelong crocheter and I only just learned to knit so this is all very magical and seems like sorcery to me

[@CallMeAL1]

A midnight drop! Whoop whoop! You can get an overlocking foot for your sewing machine OR just use an overlocking zigzag stitch that most machines have. I love the pants!!!

[@StitchingJoanne]

Thank you for the Christmas day entertainment :) Hope you had a lovely day

[@BreathingYarn]

Thank you! You too!

[@leslienero7884]

Brava on all the beautiful finished projects! I like them all and I love the kitty moments.

[@RobbieHutchins]

Wow! You really knocked it out of the park getting all your knitting and crochet WIPs finished by Christmas. I’m so impressed. Plus all the sewing and quilting, too. I rarely have more than 2 active projects on the needles at one time, usually a sweater/cardigan plus an accessory (mostly socks and hats). I especially liked the crinkle mats. 😊 I love your Northern Augustins No 4 with your red pants, too. Merry Christmas to you and your husband 🎄

[@alecsgirl]

I love your medications to the Northern Augustine’s No. 4. I think it turned out so well!

[@BreathingYarn]

Thank you!

[@wildgooseberrytea]

Such gorgeous crinkle mats for cats! Omg, I did not know you could make one yourself. Envy! Omg, I just finished watching the video. The double crochet video fits you soo well!

[@petmom1967]

That outfit is so cute!!!! Well done. Absolutely adorable.

[@simonelaidlaw28]

I have just been making my first mosaic crochet project and have been loving it! I have been making the Mosaic Bookcase from Zigzcrochet and it's been so fun, such a cute pattern and lots of customisation

[@BreathingYarn]

That pattern looks beautiful

[@bookscoffeewithromie]

I do love that everything you've made for yourself in this video goes together!

[@BreathingYarn]

Me too! I’ve been wearing them all week 😂

[@specialsnail4183]

I just want to say that I recently found your channel and really appreciate everything that you post! you've been not only a great help, but also a great knit along "friend" to have on whenever I'm in my crafting mojo! also, your cats look identical to my childhood cat, who passed away not too long ago, and seeing them on screen makes me really happy! thank you for a fantastic year, looking forward to seeing what's in store for 2025!

[@felinesewblessed1218]

Lovely bag for your Mom! I too have a lot of scrap fabric and large pieces as well. I used to sew a lot in my younger years. You’re so productive and make so many cute garments. Glad you finished your WIPS in time! Hope you and your family are having a great Christmas Day! From a fellow Oregonian and cat Mom 🙂🎄🐈‍⬛

[@Smidgeon-pigeon]

I love the cable-to-ribbing details on the sleeves of the sweater--such a nice touch.

[@Smidgeon-pigeon]

I also love the kitty shenanigans

[@lilyrich9978]

im sure someone mentioned this but have you ever tried ladderback jacquard for catching long floats? i’m trying it for the first time on a current project and i am a total convert!

[@BreathingYarn]

I absolutely need to try that! Just looked it up and it sounds very in line with my knitting style.

[@demiefraggle]

Lol I love the name the Belcher sweater...that is amazing. So many beautiful projects!! Happy Holidays!!

[@BreathingYarn]

Thank you! Happy Holidays to you too!

[@katiechen9788]

So early! Clicked like before i even watched

[@CochelleM]

Happy Holidays everyone! Another cozy vid to knit with ❤❤❤

[@ida.och.garnet]

Wow you are such an inspiration!!! The Belcher sweater is amazing 👌😍 I just want to make one right now, looove your color choice Happy holidays 🥰🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@ammityconnell809]

Alright that's it I'm subscribing lol. I love everything you do, but moreso, I LOVE your color choices. Simple, but warm and cohesive. I love a professional looking knit, but I personally prefer more handmade looking sewing, it's so homely and comforting knowing a person made it. Anyways, I'm loving your content very much, thank you for sharing 😊

[@potts7976]

I have watched a few of your videos now. Today I decided to subscribe. One reason is how you wanted to adjust something in the pattern because you didn't like the way the stitches turned out at a particular spot. I'm a bit picky about that kind of stuff as well. It's also the way you explain why you chose to change a perfectly good pattern to suit your needs. I can't start a project without immediately wanting to change it in some way. I'm the same with cooking, sewing, crocheting, etc. I don't think I'm better. I just think it would suit me better this way. For example, I have seen so many lovely sweater patterns but I don't like the necklines. A lot of them are too low. I'm over 70 and don't need to show off my lovely collar bones. I'm also in Canada and need a bit more warmth around the neck. I've noticed a couple of your sweaters have necklines that I like better so I'm going to pick a pattern that I really like and play with the neckline. Thanks for the inspiration. Hope you had a great Christmas. Looking forward to more videos.

[@BreathingYarn]

You are so kind. Thank you and I hope you are having a great Christmas!

[@tamarf4596]

Your work looks fabulous. If it were my handmade item, I wouldn't give it as a gift, but your bag looks so perfectly beautiful and professional.

[@AntisocialAuntie]

Haha! As an 80s teenager I am always wondering about knocks on the door and waiting for the human figure showing up when driving in the fog HAHA! I really like how your Christmas outfit turned out. Lots of love from the Seattle area 🧡

[@pinacolada5513]

haven't started the video yet but i'm stealing all your interior decorating ideas thanksss

[@Ejcrochets]

Never this early haha dang I’m proud of myself😅😊

[@nipisibbald2929]

Merry Christmas! Thank you for your videos! They help me in so many ways! Wish I could tell you in every way, but just know you help a lot!

[@reeda5390]

Happy holidays everyone! Thank you breathing yarn for all the great content this year. I've only followed you a few months but every video you put out is a banger! Also WHAT is the pattern name of your fish sweater from the begging of the video? I absolutely need to cast that on asap.

[@Namida2u]

It's the Halibut sweater by Caitlin Hunter. Good luck making it! It's gorgeous.

[@jenniereece1158]

Happy Christmas Isabel!

[@reeda5390]

@@Namida2u wow tysm!!

[@kellyfazekas7831]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

[@hatzy]

for me, when i do decreases I like to double crochet 2 o 3 together to make it more seamless, and that may be a technique you want to look into idk how you did your decreases but i would consider myself a expert/vet in crochet

[@wideozludrawz]

the augustines mo 4 is sooo stunning, not my style sadly (too whimsical and femenine) but god it looks absolutely stunning on you! your videos are always so cozy an such a comfort to watch with a nice hot cup of tea and a WIP.

[@jam_is_jammin]

Adorable crinkle mats. Where do you get the crinkle fabric? I've had to give up my finishing plans. This Fall I wanted to complete my first crochet along using yarn I already had. When I realized roving yarn and new skills do not go well together because I need more freedom to FROG, I ordered a different yarn and it got lost in the mail. Today is Christmas. Merry Christmas! 🥳Some of the yarn has arrived, but I'm still waiting for the rest. Switching gears now. Gonna spend my holiday drinking coffee and making a giant magic ball of scrap yarn so I can go hard on scrap projects in 2025. Somehow, this feels like a win. 😂 Your sweaters are very lovely. I want to learn how to knit, but there are so many crochet projects on my to-do list and I'm having fun with Tunisian crochet. I'll get around to it. Cheers!

[@BreathingYarn]

I got the material on Amazon. I also totally relate to wanting to do new things but only having so much time.

[@ShelbyTraughber]

You’re an Oregonian??? Me too! Are you still in Oregon?