florence's knitting podcast 10: a free pattern release & a very large project

ad | some of the yarn in this video was provided free of charge for a test knit
my instagram: handmadebyflorence
my ravelry: www.ravelry.co...
patterns and yarns mentioned:
step by step sweater: www.ravelry.co...
(drops nepal in light grey mix and off white)
kilometre scarf: www.ravelry.co...
(skall studio recycled cashmere and knitting for olive soft silk mohair in bark)
komorebi socks: www.ravelry.co...
(sandnes garn sisu in 8031)
oslo hat: www.ravelry.co...
(sandnes garn petiteknit double sunday in 9882 into the woods)
knitted pouches: pattern in progess
(sandnes garn peer gynt in 2652 and 2523)
mamba dress: test knit for ullenknitwear, pattern coming soon
(isager silk mohair in e0 and alpaca 2 in e2s, provided free of charge for test knit)
juniper socks: www.ravelry.co...
(cascade heritage solids in lunar rock)
penny gloves: www.ravelry.co...
(schoppel wolle crazy zauberball in 1660 flussbett and drops kid silk in almond)
other yarn mentioned:
lang cashmere premium in 0023
noro silk garden sock solo in TW89
rowan cashmere haze

[@Ophieknits]

It would be so awesome if you could make a tutorial on how to sew on a zipper to the zippered pouch. 🙏🏼 thank you for your lovely videos and tutorials. You explain so thoroughly and make it so easy to follow. ❤

[@handmadebyflorence]

if I release a pattern for the pouches i’ll definitely make videos on sewing in the zip and lining! i’m happy my tutorials are clear, I always worry I don’t demonstrate things so well

[@nietcherry4360]

@@handmadebyflorence Would love to see that too! Loved your previous tutorials

[@Enig_Mata]

I thought it was so cute that your dad wanted a hat so badly. I hope you can make one for him well before his birthday. Thanks for the review of the yarn - did not realize how nice the yarn was. The olive hat has this beautiful silky sheen to it.

[@karenclarke301]

I really admire your "can-do"attitude! You needed pouches- you made pouches! Good job! And I'm with you on your idea of making what you have already knitted work for you. I need to also do that! Love all your items!

[@PeanutButter-jx8iq]

oh Florence! at 03:14 you said the scarf would be good for special yarn and I'm glad you said that! it was my birthday last week and a friend of mine gifted me a yarn bouquet. I had no idea what to use the yarn for until I remembered that I had favourited this scarfs pattern on raverly sometime last year. It's perfectly thick and I can do some stripes to incorporate all the skeins my friend got me

[@leighhuggins5030]

Please please please make a repairing video! I knitted your step-by-step sweater but the sleeves are too long and too wide and I have no idea how to fix them myself.

[@CasualKnitter]

I see that not only you are interested and talented around yarn but also your mom, dad, sister...and that is lovely! And love the bags options you designed!

[@clueknits]

Good luck finishing the mamba dress and all your other projects this month, sending you good vibes! Also your hair looks beautiful 😍

[@emilywilkinson6573]

I've got a skein of sunday in the most gorgeous orangey red for a pair of mittens I have in the works - I think the colour name is 'that orange feeling' (3819). That could be the perfect colour in double sunday for an oslo hat! xx

[@handmadebyflorence]

ahaha I think that’s exactly the colour he was looking at!! it’s so lovely

[@sandraharrasser884]

I'm loving the bags you did. They are lovely. I'm terribly guilty of buying yarn without a project plan. I just see it and think "oh this is so soft and pretty!" I can't wait to see your dress project complete. It looks like it will turn out great!

[@kirsip7104]

Your cashmere haze sounds amazing! I bought a skein of musk ox yarn at Rhinebeck (I’m in the US). It’s an incredibly soft lace weight yarn and the warmest fiber there is. But it costs triple the amount that cashmere would so I only got one skein. Point is I made a scarf. It’s fairly narrow (4-5 in wide) but long enough to wrap around my neck underneath my winter coat. I used a US 6 needle I think. And it is so WARM and SOFT. It’s one of my favorite knits. 💓💓

[@laurakreft]

Curious to see how your dress will turn out! Perhaps you'd like the artic light sweater by Kutovakika. She used Double Sunday and Along Avec Anna mohair, but in a different one she used knitting for olive soft silk mohair I think.

[@izzyeis5752]

really enjoy these episodes and it's cool to hear your experiences about a pattern or yarn along with seeing the finished project would you ever consider doing a video on the yarns you used so far abd ehat you noticed knitting with and wearing them?

[@thewoollyworker]

Great episode ! I love those little knitted pouches (would be great for scraps) so will keep an eye out for the test knit call (or failing that, the pattern release aha). For your question, I've had really good results using Double Sunday for my Marseille Sweater, and more recently, my Sweater No 23 (I talk about this one in my latest podcast). It is next-to-skin soft, like you say, the colour selection is gorgeous, and the stitch definition is perfect too. Can't wait to knit with it even more!

[@jinheepark249]

First things first, we need a moment for the ✨hair✨💁🏼‍♀️ Now then, Thank you for another podcast episode I really enjoyed seeing all your wips, can’t wait to see them in a couple of weeks 🤍 I’m sure they’ll all turn out gorgeous! I ordered my yarn a couple weeks ago so I’ll be knitting up your sweater pattern soon, it will be my first garment.

[@kassiakarr1171]

Hi Florence! I’m a beginner knitter and really love the look of the scarf you made - if you’d be open to doing a short tutorial or walkthrough videos of the steps to accompany the pattern that’d be really appreciated!

[@story.stitcher]

Love your videos. Your knits are so pretty. I really enjoy your patterns - yes please release the pattern for the pouches and i'm also excited for your gloves pattern. I'm currently working on the robinson wrap cardigan and your patterns are so much fun to knit up. About the sock blockers i recently asked my boyfriend to 3d-print me sock blockers, because i can't find a affordable pretty one

[@marinakinzy5761]

For the Rowan skein, you should try the Simple Thing pattern by Melina Brell on ravelry. It’s a free one-skein pattern thats size is dependent on how big your skein is. It’s just garter stitch with I cord edges, and it’s triangular and long so it works up really fast. You would probably have to modify the pattern because the yarn you have is such a thin weight but it would go around your neck so it can really showcase the soft quality! I made one for my sister and she likes wearing it with a puffy jacket in the winter, it’s super cute!

[@camillatvingsjo9968]

Hi, I'm completely new to knitting so thank you for all inspiration Just one question, I never see you knitt in angora, how come?

[@handmadebyflorence]

angora is very expensive and not necessarily always ethical! with that being said, i’ve seen a couple of angora-wool blends which look really pretty and seem to be manufactured well so I would like to try them out one day!

[@rozcrip]

"well-know cambridge knitters" made me laugh - we are happy to have you as an honorary member of newnham creatives' collective!

[@cjkathe]

Great video! I know the Rowan CH has a bad rep, but I used it in my only Ranunculus. Held double! It's like a cloud and totally worth it, but I did get it on sale (well, discounted bc of volume) at Webs. I'd do it again, in a different pattern and lighter color. :) Hope you enjoy it!

[@teresamohr4368]

With Rowan cashmere haze you could knit some mittens or fingerless gloves. That way you could at least enjoy feeling the yarn while wearing on your hands 😊

[@sunnyhawk]

Love the surgery idea!

[@Muminalfurinn]

You should tackle the Arctic Light Sweater by Veronika Lindberg (Kutovakika on KZbin). It uses Double Sunday+mohair. There is a Knit along going on right now.

[@AnItalianKnitter]

What a coincidence! I have three balls of the Noro yarn too and I was planning to make a Terrazzo Sweater with it but with shorter sleeves and no turtleneck. I truly hope the yarn is enough! 🤞🏼

[@handmadebyflorence]

honestly I think it would be fine; sweater no 11 is much more oversized and I hardly used the fourth ball at all for that! hope it turns out well

[@luisawilhelmsen5892]

I actually was able to get my hands on five skeins of Noro silk garden sock solo in Omitama just last week! It is so hard to get in Germany as well, I had been looking for it for quite a while now

[@shettikkawoods3248]

Happy 😊 crocheting

[@BlijVrouw]

I love that you're doing a thorough investigation of sock yarn. 💕

[@CasualKnitter]

Good luck with the dress test knit but also don't put so much pressure on yourself and enjoy the process

[@susanstewart1402]

In case this information helps, I have knit with the Noro Silk Garden Sock yarn several times and believe it looks best knit at about 20st in 10 cm on 4 mm needles (18st on 3.75 mm tightest).. not really a sock yarn.

[@handmadebyflorence]

that’s interesting!! i’ve never knitted it up without holding it with another strand. it makes me think it would make very beautiful worsted weight socks then … I might have to give that a go

[@camillamariebakke549]

You can make the Marseille sweater by Petitknit. It’s made with one strand of double sunday

[@briannahinojosa7909]

I love your scarf pattern and it would be amazing if you would consider doing a tutorial! I've never made a scarf like that so I'm have a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around the beginning

[@gilliangilliangillian]

hey, I'm also doing a knit for a sister whose birthday is the 23rd! I'm doing the harry styles jw anderson cardigan :D

[@marilynbrandt7070]

Please say which colors of Nepal are knitted in the lovely striped sweater? Thank you!

[@LittleGreenPearl]

I have a question about your sporty skort- your example yarn was Drops Puna (DK) but your pattern said to use light DK or sport weight. Should I get DK or sport yarn? Love your Instagram and I’m so glad I found your KZbin! ❤

[@marciahighsmith4820]

I really like the idea of jumper surgery. I'm a great believer in if you're not happy with your knitting, change it!

[@carolineleptitshowntell]

your sweater you are wearing in double sunday!

[@marianne.a.b]

I think it would be very interesting with a video on "jumper surgery" :D

[@Anna-ps1ub]

Have you tried Regia/Schachenmayr Sockyarn? I don‘t have a lot of knitting experience, but I really like it and I think it could be worth a try.

[@handmadebyflorence]

I have some regia and i’m pretty sure it’s exactly the type of sock yarn I like, but I haven’t used it yet just because it’s dark grey and i’m worried stitch patterns won’t show up well! I haven’t yet found a pattern I think looks fun and would suit dark coloured yarn

[@Anna-ps1ub]

Makes sense! I am interested to see what you will do with the yarn :) Its really interesting to hear about the differences between different yarns from a more experienced knitter! I really enjoy watching your videos.

[@Islarenker1223]

great work :)

[@melissahirschfelder9309]

You could do a Jumper Surgery February Fix Along

[@vansf3433]

You changed your interest in maths to CS. Where has your CS study gone?

[@rainfire632]

I know this is probably too boring of an answer, but I wanted to offer the idea of a hat or headband for the 30% cashmere ball of yarn that you got. @teresamohr4368 below mentioned mittens or fingerless gloves that would be good too. Oh! in one of your videos you made a very tiny little scarf that you could also use as a headband that you said you liked I think. That might also be nice and a versatile way to use the yarn. It was the Sophie Scarf by Petite Knit. It was in your everything I knitted in 2022 part three video. Thank you so much for sharing your knitting and all the fun things you are up to :]