Knitting Posse Episode 52 KAL coming soon!

It's almost time!!! We hope you can join us! (But if you can't, the zoom will be recorded and posted on the mYak youtube channel.)
Cast On Zoom*
Topic: Julie Hoover KAL Cast On Party
Time: Apr 22, 2023 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Show Notes:
Kate was wearing her FO Aldous by Isabell Kraemer
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WIPS: Moreau Lake by Kate Gagnon Osbourne
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Gemma by Julie Hoover
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Frog! by Claire Garland
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Tip: Read the pattern, trust the pattern, do what the pattern says to do.
Kim was wearing Ninilchik Swoncho by Caitlin Hunter
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FOs
Ranunculus by Midori Hirose
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Paon by Camilla Vad
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Frog by Claire Garland
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WIPs
Easy Like Sunday Morning by Sonder Yarn Co.
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Post by Julie Hoover
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LAURA was Wearing:
Fjolla by Isabel Kramer knit in mYak Baby Lace in color Petrol
FOs:
None!
WIPs:
Neil A. by Natasha Hornsby knit in Isager yarns. This is in a timeout right now!
Piedmont knit in mYak Medium. This is for our #JHmYakPosseKAL. I couldn’t wait to cast on. Perfect combo of yarn and design!
Sophie Shawl knit in West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious yarn. For Knit Night in Scotland smiling_face_with_3_hearts
Mountain Sock knit in Schoppel Wolle Admiral tweed blunt.

[@silviaparsons5823]

I’m so glad I discovered the Knitting Posse here on KZbin. I have binge watched all of your episodes over the last few weeks and you all have inspired me to try some new yarns and patterns. Thanks for everything you do and share 😊

[@knittingpossect]

Welcome to the Posse!!! 💕🧶

[@joannamartin7917]

You Lovely Ladies should not be surprised that you have fans all over the world! You are fun and funny and you knit beautiful projects with beautiful yarns. ❤❤❤

[@knittingpossect]

Aww, thank you!! 💕

[@teenacarter7282]

I agree with Carol about the Turkish cast on for toe up socks! Glad you’re trying sock knitting! Try watching the crazy sock lady tutorials, she uses different kinds of techniques too.

[@knittingpossect]

Great tip, thank you!

[@joyceknitsandsews]

Fun episode. Like Laura said, I think we tend to knit a sweater larger than what we think we should because who wants a too small sweater. So many fun projects on your needles.

[@beckykerrigan9873]

I was always a cuff down sock knitter. Then I tried the DRK everyday socks. She uses the Turkish cast on for toe up. I like it so much better than Judy’s magic cast on. Give it a try, it’s a great pattern.

[@HarobedKnits]

I agree! Turkish cast on is so much easier than JMCO. I'll never go back.

[@lisanakao1043]

Looking forward to the KAL.

[@knittingpossect]

We hope you can join Saturday for the zoom. *Cast On Zoom** Topic: Julie Hoover KAL Cast On Party Time: Apr 22, 2023 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/84536940682 Meeting ID: 845 3694 0682

[@carolerath1129]

Great episode. Laura try the Turkish cast on method. Andrea Mowry uses this method for her DRK everyday socks and also her Bear Paw DK socks. Andrea also has a KZbin clip on how to do it using magic loop.

[@aknitlife]

Another awesome treat, ladies! I finally learned how to knit socks during the lock down. I’ve knitted over three dozen pairs and only knit it cuff down, like Laura! I should learn how to knit top down and the shadow wrap heel so that it doesn’t interrupt my color with contrasting cuff, heel, and toes with color-striping socks! Yes Kate, I move those skeins just like you described when I have to get something or use the restroom when knitting colorwork! Thanks for the laughs and knitting company as I try to finish knitting sock no. 2 for a very knit worthy friend with a terrible tooth/ear infection! ❤❤

[@knittingpossect]

It's all about yarn management when knitting color work...getting yourself set up when you sit down. Then, when you have to get up for a bathroom break or chocolate, (or both, I alway think I might as well while I'm already up 🤣) it's not a big deal to move the yarn cakes around. Thanks for watching!!

[@KateColors]

I think I would do Julie's Pearson for the KAL--I already have a nice worsted navy yarn for it. I'll have to recalc the gauge since the pattern is written for sport weight. Laura, I have a similar problem knitting socks and it takes me a bit to decide to do them. What I have found when my hands cramp or I have a problem holding the needles is to change from knitting Continental to throwing. I use a 40" US 1.5 circular with sock yarn. I take each sock off and change to 4" dpns to knit the heel and gussets individually and return them to the circular to finish knitting in the round. I have also knit socks using two shorter circs; one for one half of each sock (front needle) and the second for the other half (back needle). The Magdalena pattern is DK, I think. Good to see you all!

[@laurakohnross6106]

Another fabulous episode. Inspiration and enjoyable. For Laura …. I too struggled with the cast on for toe up socks UNTIL I discovered, here on KZbin, Andrea Mowry’s preferred method and video, the Turkish cast on. It’s easier, quick, and transformational. I knit a lot of socks, and prefer cuff down with a shadow wrap heel, but I now don’t shy away from a toe up sock patterns. In fact, Andrea Mowry’s toe up sock patterns are some of my favorite sock patterns to knit. Hope this helps.

[@knittingpossect]

Will definitely check it out. Thanks

[@katiafield9604]

That was informative and inspiring again. And yes….all the little changes we make while knitting 🧶 and than have to tink back. Have to check my just started sweater tomorrow, hope I can knit on. 😊 Have fun in Edinburgh!

[@knittingpossect]

Thank you for spending time with us!

[@kendram7511]

I found Judy’s magic cast on too fiddly as well and just didn’t enjoy it, so always knit cuff down, which I love. Fine tuned my recipe with the help of Crazy Sock Lady patterns and videos. Now I love making socks - have fun!

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks so much for the feedback!

[@carolf497]

Hi from Connecticut. I am currently swatching for the Canale vest in the Myak Kupa. I usually have to go down 2 needle sizes so I will be using sz 1 and 2 needles! I am also reluctant sock knitter Laura - tried toe up as well - not happening. Found I like cuff down heel flap and gusset design. I cannot do magic loop so I do 9" circulars and dpns. My favorite socks I knit are the Simply Skyp socks - used a bouncy heavy sport (socks that rock medium) and they were very enjoyable to knit. Hope to join you on Saturday!

[@knittingpossect]

Hi neighbor! Where in CT are you? Hope you can join us Saturday. (weather around here isn't supposed to be great anyway!) 😊*Cast On Zoom** Topic: Julie Hoover KAL Cast On Party Time: Apr 22, 2023 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/84536940682 Meeting ID: 845 3694 0682

[@pattylokken7095]

Look at you Laura, knitting with color AND knitting socks! You go!

[@knittingpossect]

maybe it's the Scottish whiskey?! 🤣

[@dorothyfreeman5797]

Good video!

[@knittingpossect]

💕

[@sarahlovesdonuts9601]

The Knitting Posse Gun Show 😂😂😂

[@knittingpossect]

🤣🤣🤣 🤦🏼‍♀

[@sallythompson2635]

I think Kate should send Laura a froggy to keep her company and take photos with. The traveling Froggy. Lol

[@knittingpossect]

🤔

[@DianaForee]

I always make socks on two circulars, cuff down. No issues with the connection and so fast for me

[@fayelourenso4839]

Laura, I am a constant toe-up, two-at-a-time sock knitter. I now use the figure-8 cast on with either 14 or 16 per needle to start. The first three rows are the hardest. Definitely do the shadow wrap heel. I just did it for the first time and a winner.

[@knittingpossect]

thank you for the tips!

[@fayelourenso4839]

@@knittingpossect I should have added - the first M1 row is easier to do either KFB or backward-e M1. What a difference in a tight, struggling row. Socks are great “purse” knitting!

[@deedeewalker1564]

Hi ladies! I still love the frogs! Laura, I tried two-at-a-time socks but didn’t love that method. Instead. I do them concurrently on 2 sets of needles: cuff 1 then cuff 2, leg 1 then leg 2, etc. I really like it and it seems like I knit them faster.

[@knittingpossect]

Love this idea

[@travelandlivebravely1646]

Laura, I have been a sock failure. I did finish my first pair successfully using the magic heel pattern. It is basically a tube sock with a rib at the heel. I still learned how to finish the toe and now I have a finished sock that I can wear 🎉!

[@knittingpossect]

Congratulations on your first socks! 🧦

[@ginamacris6524]

Kate- you can check the gauge of the Julie Hoover WIP by slipping in onto a barber cord and blocking it. I did this recently with the start of a sweater because I thought I felt my tension changing as I became more comfortable with the pattern. The line in the knitting after you pick up again will disappear when the whole sweater is blocked.

[@ginamacris6524]

I got the hang of Judy’s magic cast on by putting needles and yarn on a table to free up my hands and have better control. Love your project choices, ladies!

[@knittingpossect]

Great idea. Thanks

[@OllieandMay]

Great Podcast Ladies Beautiful Knits 🧶 🧶🧶 Very Entertaining ❤❤❤

[@knittingpossect]

Thank you!!

[@jeannine7362]

Can't wait for the cast on Zoom on Saturday! I am making Dane in Woolfolk Sno held double.

[@knittingpossect]

that will be STUNNING!!!! and super soft and light! See you Saturday!!

[@beckypellerin9777]

Always so nice to spend time with you! Looking forward to Saturday. I’m casting on a white Skog. Will take a while but that’s ok.

[@knittingpossect]

Let's set our goal to finish in 2024 so if we finish early we can pat ourselves on the back! 🤣-Kate

[@nanettedunham2021]

You should try the Turkish cast on for toe up. It’s so easy

[@Blaize24]

I'm an inveterate sock knitter, top down, and have my personal sock recipe. I knit them on 2 circs, and in tandem (one from each end of the ball and each on its own pair of 2 circs). I knit the cuff of one, then the cuff of the other, then 10 rows of one (or a pattern repeat if not vanilla) then 10 of the other, etc. You can definitely knit them in tandem, rather than TAAT, if you want to avoid second sock syndrome.

[@knittingpossect]

Love this idea

[@jenniferpage9489]

Laura, I’m a mom of 3 boys and my youngest (16 years old) loves hand knit socks, especially the merino/nylon base. He has wide feet so he needs a 72 stitch circumference for fingering weight socks. I really like Jane Richmond’s Turkish cast on KZbin video for toe up socks. I usually knit a Fish Lips KISS heel for my son, but currently I’m knitting him some top down socks with a heel flap and gusset just to see if he prefers this type of construction. I gift him a pair of socks every year for his birthday. And I love your Fjolla and would copy your color choice as well.

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks for the helpful tips

[@diannecalcutt7453]

So nice to see all three of you together. Kim, you have the best sense of humour, when you put your swatch on your head to match it to your hair colour I laughed out loud! Thank you!

[@knittingpossect]

🤣

[@carlaquigg462]

Laura, try the Andrea Mowry Bear Paw pattern, she has great tutorials for toe up. And the pattern comes in fingering weight or DK weight. I always have socks going, LOVE knitting them, love wearing and gifting them, and my kids love wearing them.

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks Carla. Definitely adding the Bear Paw socks to my list. (Laura)

[@IGAIAKNITS]

Ladies I'm so happy to see you! Have been pulled away by work and many other things. Always delightful! Greetings from El Salvador!

[@knittingpossect]

Hello Els!! 💕Maybe you can jump on the zoom on Saturday??

[@IGAIAKNITS]

@@knittingpossect😘

[@IGAIAKNITS]

@@knittingpossect I’m running late, thanks 😊 ❤️

[@IGAIAKNITS]

I was able to watch the kal recording! Nice! 🎉 Hugs and have fun! I’m excited to see your finished objets ❤

[@julielandy9162]

Good morning

[@knittingpossect]

🌞

[@sallythompson2635]

Laura do the Turkish toe up. It’s game changer. I’ve done Judy’s but prefer Turkish. Andrea Mowry u tube is very good.

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks!

[@OldeThymeKnits]

Two at a time socks are not for everyone, it can be fiddly! DK is a smart way to start for sure!

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks Marie for all the info you sent via DM

[@OldeThymeKnits]

@@knittingpossect 🥰

[@louiselogan6816]

It was so lovely to meet you on Tuesday Laura. My friend Lindsay was delighted to hear about the knitting community and how it connects us all across the globe. I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in my home city. Louise x

[@knittingpossect]

Thanks. Having a great time so far. Beautiful city

[@mindykannon4650]

Cast on your circs - do not try to do it on DPNs way to unstable them move them over if you want to use them.

[@debricketts320]

So good! And the frog pattern is 15 pages, hmmmm 😂

[@knittingpossect]

🤣 that’s what makes it so good! 🐸

[@marilynbarnett5807]

You girls make me laugh especially talking about your arms this morning, a few of us can relate to that. A very cheery podcast 🙂

[@knittingpossect]

🤣thank you for watching!

[@HarobedKnits]

Excellent episode ladies! Sorry I'm late to the party; I'm usually an immediate viewer! I loved the tips and patterns you shared. In fact, I just purchased the Lenu for me (after I finish baby knitting for late June). Laura, I'm jumping on the bandwagon for comments about the Turkish Cast On. I have been trying to find the "perfect recipe" for socks to turn me into a devoted sock knitter for 3 or 4 years, but there was always something I didn't love. I've finally landed on magic loop with US1 Chiaogoo fixed circulars, two at a time, toe up with Turkish Cast On, Rounded Toe (I hate wedges!), with a forethought heel using German Short Rows and, finally, a stretchy bind off as mine. Now this is for MY foot. I always rethink the recipe if I'm knitting for someone else. Keep on experimenting, and you will find your perfect recipe too.

[@knittingpossect]

💕thank you for the tips and for watching!

[@anissam5009]

Laura, I do the Turkish cast on for toe-up socks. So much easier than Judy's Magic!

[@lindabuckert4052]

I am knitting the Pearson for the KAL.

[@knittingpossect]

We all love that sweater!! Hope to see you Saturday on the zoom. *Cast On Zoom** Topic: Julie Hoover KAL Cast On Party Time: Apr 22, 2023 at 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting us02web.zoom.us/j/84536940682 Meeting ID: 845 3694 0682

[@YarnStorieswithOlivia]

Gary and I enjoyed spending time with you all 😂 Kim, I do the same with sweaters, always think I’m a size larger and then have to reknit. That’s why I went into shawl knitting but you all inspire me to get back on the garment train.

[@knittingpossect]

We are glad Gary likes the podcast! 😹

[@madlyngay9764]

Laura, check out Andrea Mowry’s tutorial of her cast on for her toe up socks. It’s so easy, and a total game changer!

[@knittingpossect]

Thank you!

[@tideball5079]

fantastic knitting. hope you will show the Cast on zoom I missed:(

[@knittingpossect]

It will be posted on the mYak KZbin channel soon.

[@melissafriedrich3171]

Thanks for another awesome episode, so many pretty sweaters and a cute frog! Do any of you check your gauge and/block your sweater while knitting it? I’m wondering if I steam block after separating for sleeves I may get a better idea about sizing. ?.

[@constancemcconnell2128]

A Turkish cast-on for toe-up socks is really easy and makes a beautiful toe. Love your gorgeous knits!

[@annettealberti1632]

Laura, look at the Churchmouse Simple Toe-up Sock pattern. They have an interesting cast on where you do a long tail cast on then pick up the purl bumps. I did what you said you want to do. I have experimented and know that I cast on with the Churchmouse cast on, use the Fleegle Heel, and Judy’s Stretchy bind off.

[@SwamiMommy]

Yes start with DK for toe up socks!

[@knittingpossect]

Will definitely try them

[@joanmather7218]

I don't know but I think the next thing after socks could be......frogs!

[@mariannelasala8009]

Jump on the sock train!,! 💗

[@genielhowe260]

I’ve been work on the pattern for the modern moc by bekah knits and I have to say that reading this pattern is difficult as the repeats don’t always give you the amount of side stitches as she states in the pattern that you should have. Have you ever run into this problem? I agree that reading the is great advice but with this pattern I’ve really had to read ahead and decide which is more accurate.

[@knittingpossect]

Hello! I am not familiar with that pattern but I have a few suggestions. First, I would look at the pattern pages on Ravelry and see if other knitters had the same difficulties. I would also check if there are any tutorials on the designer's website or on KZbin. Many designers are also open to answering questions via a DM or email. Last, I would probably frog and re-knit. Sometimes the second time through you read things differently and everything clicks. Good luck! -Kate

[@caroldawson114]

Good morning, ladies. I loved your podcast. I knit toe up socks and this is the method I use to start the toe. It was from the late Cat Bordhi, and it works so well. This is the link to Cat's video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXLKlImYYtume6s . I hope it helps you. Happy knitting.

[@earlenejenkins4946]

I used the Turkish cast on for toe up socks. It was easy. Just didn’t like the fleegle heel

[@annabbuhl3741]

Girls, I think the screen is too small and it’s hard to see your knit projects and follow. Sorry to say.

[@carlaquigg462]

Sorry, Bear Paw are the DK socks, the DRK Everyday Socks are fingering weight.

[@knittingpossect]

thanks Carla!

[@stina48]

I had such a problem with Judy’s magic cast on, I found a KZbin tutorial by sockamatician and it was a miracle. Give it a try.

[@knittingpossect]

Thank you!