I enjoy you unplugged. Stop saying you’re lazy, you’re not, you’re busy & involved! Many of us are busy with half of what you do!
@retahallonquist76142 ай бұрын
Absolutely - reading your knitting is important. One reason is so that when you see something in your fabric that looks funny to you, you can determine why. Another reason is so that you can look at your knitting and anticipate what comes next. It also allows you to figure out where you are in your pattern, among other things. IMPORTANT!
@suetrask7847 ай бұрын
I totally agree that learning to read your knitting is so helpful. And I agree you are not lazy, just trying to do it all, like the rest of us. ❤
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yay! Thanks for watching me be "lazy" ;-)
@rachelnorton17977 ай бұрын
Reading your knitting is truly an important skill. As knitting happens, the knitter occasionally checks their work to look for mistakes, loose stitches, all kinds of things. Literally like reading letters combined to make words used to make articles, books and so on, reading knitting is reading stitched combined to make a pattern from garter & stockinette, cables, lace and like which are used to create all manner of knitted items. Editing a written piece to make certain that it makes sense, is free of spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors, and fits the audience is to reading knitting to make certain that the gauge remains constant, stitches aren't twisted, dropped, split; no (glaring) errors in the work, cables crossed incorrectly...A knitter reads their work to make certain that things are as they are supposed to be exactly like a writer would proof their work as the write. Like learning to read, it takes practice.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Well said!! ❤️
@valoriec7 ай бұрын
Most of my favorite podcasters here on the Tube are unedited, relaxed, and spontaneous. I don't mind it one bit. Also, I was so inspired by your shawl modification videos that I've cast one on to try making a wraparound/poncho. :)
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yay! Let me know how it goes 😊
@danadunham16607 ай бұрын
Don't know about Knit Stars. More please. 😊
@PeggyGarduno2 ай бұрын
You are a hoot Nicole! Keep doing what you are doing! I’ve done quite few crochet cable projects, they’re so much easier than knitted cables.
@leannascherr37107 ай бұрын
Ok. This was a fun episode. I had a mentally draining day so your wandering commentary fit the bill! Thank you! Also, reading your knitting is game changing! It allows you to figure out where you are and if you've made an error you can try to fix just the error and not feel like you need to frog and start again (which I did ALOT in the early days). Anywho, enjoy the rest of the week!
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m so happy I could help make your day a tiny bit better ❤️
@marilynbarnett58077 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your “unplugged” podcast. What a cheery way to start my day .🙂
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@HelenaMcGevna7 ай бұрын
This video is a hoot and a holler. You’re awesome!
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
@ickachu7 ай бұрын
I got my knitting (Farnese shawl by Polka Knits), coffee and cookies, and I am here for all that is this video. 👏
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Mmm…cookies 😋
@marsy14803 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable show! Thank you!
@lavendercottagefibrearts7 ай бұрын
i Like unplanned, slightly chaotic Nicole!
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Me too 😘
@vulffwardgarr45464 ай бұрын
Gives your martini glass the side-eye as I witness your giggley girly laughter. No judgement, just wonder why you're not sharing! Big cheesy grin!
@carolwhetzel50835 ай бұрын
Relax away and be you! Watching your podcast is liking sitting down to knit nite with a fun friend.
@Knicoleknits5 ай бұрын
Perfect! Thanks for watching 🥰
@tricotetpiano7 ай бұрын
Funny video!!! Hope you are enjoying Fibres West today. I went yesterday and enjoyed squishing all the beautiful yarns. Yes, came home with a few lovely skeins of fingering… Met former group knitting friends and a few Guild members.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
It was great, thanks!! 😊
@thereselegault72174 ай бұрын
It's all good! ❤
@misscharlotte1603 ай бұрын
I have been SO enjoying your vids Nicole! I was just watching this one and wondering where you are, when you mentioned being on an island. Lo and behold, you’re on Vcr Island, where I am too! I love your sense of humour and your fabulous tips! ❤️
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yay! Love to hear from the Vancouver Island community ❤ Hope to see you at a local event sometime
@mixedandknot59113 ай бұрын
Nicole, I started watching your videos this week and am loving everything and how you explain your likes and dislikes for certain patterns and styles which makes sense. I would love to buy the pattern for the last pullover blue and gray. Thank you very much.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! I haven't written up the pattern for my deco pullover and I'm still not sure that I will. I may just offer the chart I designed for purchase and let folks add it to their own favorite circular yoke sweater patterns. Stay tuned! 😋
@veroniquebroger41187 ай бұрын
Love your style… I listen to you and it sounds like the monologue in my head. Couldn’t I just do mosaic knitting instead of stranded knitting???? I’m wondering about colour dominance, I learned the hard way that it IS a thing 😂. Can’t wait to hear what you find out. Keep them coming. And BTW, it’s always aperitif time somewhere, well at least that’s what my dad used to say when he picked me up from school on Saturday mornings. I grew up in France and yes, we had school on Saturday mornings… I hope you had a great time at Fiber West. It was not in my cards this weekend. 🍸
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
I haven’t found an issue with color dominance in mosaic. I think because you’re not switching out colors in the same row. Thanks for watching! 😁
@karlamilton52817 ай бұрын
Love this. Unplugged is completely fine with me. So much more like me. lol Reading your stitches is soooo important, it makes life so much easier. I hope you can convert the deco pattern to mosaic it would be much easier. I love the deco sweater so much though I would even do it in stranded knitting. I like the neck you showed last as well
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I’m on a mission to get some of my designs written up (finally!) 😁
@elenabeyers20887 ай бұрын
I love to hang out with you as I knit. Relaxed is good.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yay! :D
@Su_ohne_a7 ай бұрын
Thank you for being, well, you.❤ I like your honesty. Less acting and styling gives one more time for knittig🎉
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@lindaconover43287 ай бұрын
👍
@cherylharasti11033 ай бұрын
I also live an island just a bit south of you. I understand what you are saying about wind and random weather changes.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
That's so cool! I wish the Anacortes-Sidney ferry was still running. We'd be visiting the islands regularly if it were. We do love to travel down to Seattle now and then, but haven't had the opportunity to explore the islands as much as I'd like 😊
@cherylharasti11033 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits Yeah our Ferry system is a challenge between old ferries and staff shortages lots of changes.
@christenagervais73037 ай бұрын
I just finished the Purl Soho sweatshirt. I added a hood and finished it off with tablet weaving braid on the hood and pocket. The pattern was written very well!
@deniseyoung37387 ай бұрын
I wear Merino in the summer all the time, even in hot temps, it works nicely. Thanks for the fun ramble!
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@sunrhyze7 ай бұрын
Are you absolutely sure there was no gin in that glass? 😆 Anyway, regarding the sweater you're going to rip back and reshape, I'm wondering if you could just save most of the bottom of it on a cable, pick up the stitches just above you starting point for the mod, cut out the bad part, then graft it together to finish, instead of reknitting all of that? I'm not speaking for myself because I can't do a decent Kitchener stitch to save my life, but I've seen other people do it.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yes! You are exactly right. That is what I shall do 👍 Thank you 🙏🏼🥰
@morningcoffeedesigns7 ай бұрын
I completely understand reading your knitting. I'm working on a fisherman's cable sweater for my husband, and there are 3 different cable patterns with 3 different numbers of row repeats, and it helps so much to be able to look at the row I knit before and know exactly what I need to do next with each cable.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Perfect! 🤩
@peaches75517 ай бұрын
Wow that's gorgeous
@TheSuzberry7 ай бұрын
If on the wrong coast for Vancouver gatherings today.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Bummer!
@debraraymer33863 күн бұрын
I have a lot of Knit Stars.
@Knicoleknits2 күн бұрын
Yay!
@julieplumb34277 ай бұрын
Reading your knitting will change your game!!!😅
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yes! Thank you 😊
@nancyborgeson4407 ай бұрын
Lefty here, and I’ve never mastered crochet. I blame it on being left-handed but that sounds like an excuse.
@lucythompson11366 ай бұрын
It would be great if you can convert that colour work to mosaic. I have been thinking the same thing. I have a similar problem with circular yokes.
@Knicoleknits6 ай бұрын
I’m going to give it a shot! 😁
@bs30094 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for your video. I'd be interested in buying your version (infinity cowl) of the Purl Soho Stitch Block cowl you mention. I didn't find it in Ravelry. Could you help ?
@Knicoleknits4 ай бұрын
Thanks for being interested in my infinity version of that cowl! The pattern for the original Stitch Block is free on the Purl Soho website. The original is worked flat and grafted into a loop. I converted the stitch patterns so that they could be worked in the round instead of flat, then worked them in a tube and reduced the length of each section to make a smaller cowl. I just realized I haven't put this project up on Ravelry yet. I'll find my notes see if it makes sense to include the details of my modifications on the project page in Ravelry (or maybe on my website). Stay tuned! 😄
@bs30094 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits Many thanks for your feedback. Not sure I'm good enough to do the "conversion" myself. Will watch your Ravelry account.
@peaches75517 ай бұрын
How do u do that ....make a design of yer own on a sweater
@maggiekingful7 ай бұрын
Any suggestions for finding the Knit Stars - Hedgehog Fibres Quarter One cash/merino? I love it and tried both websites. Thanks for an entertaining enjoyable half hour😂 as usual.
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! I think maybe possibly it's an exclusive run for Yarniverse members who have access to the kits? I'll check for you :D
@maggiekingful7 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits think I found it - “Oh so fine cashmere - Arctic Mirage”. Is that the same as the color you have??
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Yes! That’s the one. Good work 👍
@Naturetails4177 ай бұрын
I need that bust dart thing! I spent so much time on this sweater only to find out it is too tight in the bust and soo disappointing.😢
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
Go find Kim McBrien Evans. She can definitely help!
@dawnmrodgers3 ай бұрын
Watch out for cheap tape measures because sometimes the fabric ones are not accurate! I had ones from sewing kits and their measurements were way off!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yes! This is so true. Thanks for adding this tip 😊
@peaches75517 ай бұрын
How do we get a kit ?? Thx
@Knicoleknits7 ай бұрын
If you go to my video page and find the Artus KAL vid, then look in the description box, you’ll find all the links 😊
@coralieofjumpwithnofear5 күн бұрын
6:41 This reminds me of the TARDIS. Is that intentional?
@Knicoleknits3 күн бұрын
No, but you're right - I can see it too 😊
@maryanneyurkiw67195 ай бұрын
The moment you said Shelley from Knit Stars was wearing a Tin Can Knits pattern with a hard to pronounce name, I shouted CLAYOQUOT! Not hard to say, you just have to ignore the spelling
@Knicoleknits5 ай бұрын
Ha ha! Exactly 😁
@mistygirl70875 ай бұрын
Of course Read your knitting!!! Always read your knitting…..🧶🥢 30:53 31:53