In my blue era, summer knitting, back on youtube | Knitting Podcast Ep. 01

Hi there, welcome to a new episode of the mondays with fran #knittingpodcast
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My measurements:
Bust 97cm
Height 163cm
** Finished Objects **
Travelers Cardigan by Ozetta
Istex Lettlopí, Color: Milkyway
Cosy Coco Hood by Kutovakika
Both with Viking Garn Alpaca Storm, Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair
Petrol: Alpaca in 53, Mohair in Petroleum Green
Beige: Alpaca in 506, Mohair in Marzipan
Edgar Slipover by kolibri.by.johanna
Knitting for Olive Merino, Color: Mushroom Rose
Knitting for Olive Silk Mohair, Color: Soft Rose
Sunset Safari Socks by Mirella Moments
Woolberry Fiber & Co, Color: Falling Leaves
Olivia & Oliver Fibers, Color: Great Wall
Auguste Cardigan by kolibri.by.johanna
Drops Kid Silk, Color: Apple green
Drops Baby Merino, Color: Oliv
** WIPs **
Arctic Light Sweater by Kutovakika
Sandnes Garn Double Sunday, Color: 1015
Along avec anna Mohair, Color: Colombe
Pi Camisole by Créadia Studio
Easy Care Mayflower, Color: Persian Jewel
Leela Top by Caidree
Pascuali Nepal, Color: 00 Wollweiß
Monday Sweater by Petiteknit
Sandnes Garn Peer Gynt, Color: 6072
**Podcasts I love to listen to **
Those Twins Who Knit ‪@thosetwinswhoknit‬
The Creabea ‪@the.creabea‬
Marleneknits ‪@marleneknits‬

[@inherskein]

Hello! It`s good to see another episode of yours and to see your knits :) It's great that you took some time to find what feels right for you! Sending love, and looking forward to your future episodes 🥰

[@mondayswithfran]

Thank you for listening and I'm also super excited to talk about all the future projects 🥰

[@metasymphony]

I also don’t use instagram anymore because it gives me anxiety. Very happy I made that decision! And I’m also a software engineer and enjoy knitting. Glad I found your podcast, beautiful projects and colour choices. My advice for colourwork is that it gets better with practice - for me it got better halfway through a sweater pattern, and after I knit a pair of colourwork socks. To make the gauge looser, I spread out the worked stitches on the needle very often. And it tends to look much better after blocking. I watched a few youtube videos about how to get better at colourwork and some of it helped, eventually haha.

[@mondayswithfran]

I'm happy to hear that I'm not the only one that has this feelings! And this is a really cool tip, maybe I should start with a colorwork sock and try to spread out the stitches. However I need to see if I can reuse like some packaging to make myself a cardboard sock blocker or something for this haha

[@julieknitsandspins]

@@mondayswithfran try using a metal hanger that bends fairly easy 👍

[@nikitinaknits]

Hey Fran! I loved your podcast and enjoyed knitting through it. I like how self-reflective you are and I can relate to a lot of things you said, especially about feeling depressed after spending too much time on IG. I have same feelings, I delete IG app and then download it when I need something (like make a post on my knitting acc or message someone), I do it and then delete it again. Even youtube, I try to limit my time here, especially in knitting to then aboid feeling overwhelmed and rushed to knit everything in the world. I started a knitting podcast with a strong promise to never knit for the new ideo, but create a new video because i knit. So if the new episode has to come out in 3 months, then be it :) if sooner, fine. Enjoy your knitting, and its nice to get to know you!

[@mondayswithfran]

Hi Evgeniya, thank you for sharing! It feels good to hear that other people are also struggling with this and I really like the attitude, especially because in that way we won't loose our joy for knitting. Enjoy your knitting and likewise!

[@nikitinaknits]

@@mondayswithfran exactly, thank you!