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Welcome to I’ll Knit (& Spin!) If I want To! I asked y’all to send in some of your questions (from everything from fiber arts, to designing and on!) so I could put together a little video for y’all every Friday doing my best to answer your questions!
In this week’s episode we cover:
1. Hi Andrea! I have a question about buying the right amount of yarn for a project. Many times I end up needing to choose a different yarn than what the designer calls for. I do try to find a substitute that is as close to original yarn's weight:yards. But, it's not always easy to find a substitute with the same exact ratio. In this case, would you determine the amount you need based on the weigh or the yardage? Thanks so much!
Clara Parkes Knitters Book of Yarn: tinyurl.com/44mreeyd
2. When knitting sweaters and you need to join the next skein, where do you usually like to do that? Under the arm? Is there a better place? Or the best way to join the new skein into your knitting? Thanks!
3. My goal for 2022 is to dive deeper into brioche. I've knit a basic brioche hat, and I'd like to end the year tackling the Baubles shawl. What would you recommend as an intermediate brioche project to bridge the gap between simple two-color brioche in the round and the skills needed for the Baubles shawl? Thanks!
Baubles Shawl:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/b...
Cinnabar Shawl:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/c...
Brioche Tutorials: • Brioche!
4. Kind of a weird question, but do you have any total design fails? I love that you wear all of your designs from over the years in your videos and I wonder if you have kept anything that just didn't work out or make it to to the final pattern publishing stage. I'm fascinated by seeing other knitters on youtube who show us their design process instead of just the finished/perfected piece. Sometimes I get mad at a project and it goes into a timeout corner, do you have one too? I don't mean it in a negative way but more in a, 'we're all human and we're not always perfect and stuff doesn't always come out how we wanted it' kind of way. It would be super relatable, haha. Thanks!
5. Hi! I just started watching your podcasts on youtube, and I love these weekly videos so much! I make it a little me-time on Saturday mornings with my cuppa and enjoy knitting and learning. My question is about picking up button band stitches on cardigans that have selvedge stitches. I saw in your previous videos you showed how to pick up the little strand of yarn in between, but now that I'm knitting on my Stria cardigan, I can't really seem to get it right. The pattern suggests using the selvedge stitch as a guide, so I've picked up through two legs of a stitch vertically, but I still can't seem to get it pretty. How did you do this on yours? Your button band looks so smooth and perfect! Thank you so much in advance!
6. I am a new spinner and i am having difficulty finding a pattern that suits my spun yarn, have you knitted any of your spun yarn into a sweater or cardigan? i am from New Zealand and love watching your " I'll Knit and spin if I want to" Thank you so much
Nurtured Sweater:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/n...
DRK Everyday Sweater:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/d...
DRK Spin It to Knit It KAL!
DRK Everyday Socks Pattern: • DRK Spin It to Knit It...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/d...
Ravelry Forum: www.ravelry.com/discuss/drear...
DRK March to May Shawl KAL Ravelry Forum: www.ravelry.com/discuss/drear...
DRK March to May Sweater KAL Ravelry Forum: www.ravelry.com/discuss/drear...
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I am wearing Birch:
www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/j...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Join on Instagram with the hashtag #DRKspinittoknititKAL
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