Making (and Remaking) Sweater Plans - Episode 60 | Diary of a Sweater Knitter

[@yarnmotivated-joyceswensso9744]

I really enjoy all of your knits. Glad sleeve island wasn't too bad.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! Just working on the Stripy Unicorn sleeves now 🙂

[@thehappiestmaker8649]

I also self learned to crochet when my son was a baby! Then learned to knit like 5 years later, all I do is knit now 😁

[@mandyvaughnknits]

I love knitting and crochet, but I seem to trend more to knitting. There are some beautiful crochet patterns that I've ran across though 🙂

[@sandraquince1970]

We definitely all need more time in the day to knit everything we want to! Too many gorgeous patterns and not enough time

[@mandyvaughnknits]

So true! I definitely agree with this. We need more hours 😅

[@mariepreimesberger1898]

I love your Voyage sweater!

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you, it was a fun knit! I can't wait to get the ribbon on and the buttons 🙂

[@sam41198]

Love your sweater it's gorgeous x

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you!

[@Amanda.aka.Megan.Shines]

Love your Radvent! I swear every week you are wearing something that gives me inspiration for my mini sets/advents/combining lonely skeins! Some really good patterns showcased at the end. I added the Mabon and Tursa to my favorites!

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! I've been loving mini skeins and it's definitely time to start thinking about that. I've been combing through some patterns in the last couple of days trying to come up with fun ways I can incorporate mini skeins that aren't really meant for that.. So I guess we'll see what happens 😂. Tursa is going on my bucket list! 🙂

[@Winterknits]

Beautiful projects! I love hearing about your knitting on Tuesday mornings 💕 My favorite Jennifer Steingass pattern is the Goldenfern 😁

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Goldenfern is pretty, I love the blue on the sample! But the other projects are amazing, that brown one on the project page 😍. 830 projects means that you're not alone in your favorite pick 🙂.

[@MousesMakes]

I'm right there with you in the sudden realisation of how little time there is left for Christmas knits! 😳xx

[@mandyvaughnknits]

I know! I can't believe it's the end of October already - I need to get going on the kiddos sweaters 😂.

[@neenaj365]

Scary isn’t it!?

[@oneviewcornwall8200]

I admire all your knitting projects - but because I won your pattern gift giveaway recently i don't need to go into the draw - i love my pattern prize thank you again 🌷🌷🌷🐬🌷🌷🙏🏼

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! I hope you’re enjoying your pattern ❤️

[@Sophie-Loves-Yarns]

I love how you share new patterns. Even if i could never make them, I love looking at them 😊

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! I love to find new and unique patterns to share. So many come out all the time, it can be hard to keep track 🙂

[@sew_So_beautiful]

I'm so excited that you drew my name! Thank you! I'll get back to you with my info, but first, I need to go choose something very special.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your pattern! ❤️

[@neenaj365]

Congratulations!

[@sew_So_beautiful]

@@neenaj365 thank you. 😊

[@jenniferwiltrout1975]

So many beautiful projects. The patterns you showcased are all very doable. ❤❤

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you, I try to pick all sorts of patterns. Both advanced and beginner so that everyone has some to pick from 🙂

[@casivonmir8430]

love your cardigans the colors in the radvent look so nice together and of course I'm just plain jealous of your voyagers 🙂, the colorwork sweaters look very nice I just wish that designers would make some more raglan colorwork sweaters they always seem to fit me better

[@mandyvaughnknits]

It's an interesting point about color work not being as common in raglan sweaters. I bet the increases are easier to figure out with a circular yoke. Jennifer Beale has a beautiful one called St. John's that's a raglan. It's a tunic, but it would be gorgeous any length. I did start to wonder how a Ravelry search would look returning raglan with either stranded or mosiac and this was my starting point: www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#pa=raglan-sleeve%2Bstranded%7Cmosaic&sort=created&view=captioned_thumbs I didn't exclude certain things I could have taken away, but it's a great way to see raglan specifically. There's one called Stained Glass Sweater by Amy Gunderson, it is gorgeous 😍

[@Violetspursuits]

Your Radvent cardigan is fun. It reminded me of colour seson draping. :)

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! 🙂

[@frankiecoletteobrien1205]

I love the colours in the cardigan you are wearing. Well done! I have knit several Jennifer Steingass sweaters. We'll written patterns and the colourwork is so fun!

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! It's wonderful to hear this about her patterns. She has some really pretty ones and Thistlewood definitely caught my eye.

[@samantharamsden8480]

So glad I found you on here love your work

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@neenaj365]

Oh I love that Mabon sweater design!

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Me too! ❤️

[@melissaemery8686]

I’m impressed by your Radvent cardigan. Right now I am my first sweater for me. Might have to add the radvent to my list.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

I recommend it if you want to try sideways sweater construction. It's a great way to use mini skeins (vertical stripes!) or use variegated yarn in fun ways. It's harder to find sideways sweater construction, so I found it to be a good base to get some numbers and modify on my own 🙂. I am excited to see your first sweater, please tag me if you post it anywhere that I can see!

[@selfishknitter]

I’m excited to see the finished Voyage! (Almost caught up here) Mabon is a gorgeous sweater. I love colorwork yokes with botanical motifs. I also like geometric motifs, but I think the leaf/floral designs are my favorite. I don’t know if I can choose a favorite from Jennifer Steingass. I made Forestland with a group of friends, including Linsey from Alltheyarn here on KZbin - a Knit.Love.Wool superfan. 😂 I have had yarn to make Aurealis for 4 years and haven’t even wound it! Avena was probably her first design that caught my eye. Cindy Pilon has a collection of felted bag designs that are very pretty. I’d love to try making a felted purse someday.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Your Forestland is really pretty and I got completely lost in your color work hats! So many beautiful ones! 🙂 I really like the motif for Avena, it is so simple and classic. I have done a felted bag before once. It was Anne’s Carpet Bag by Joanna Johnson. I had fun making it for my Aunt who loves Anne of Green Gables. Cindy Pilon has a LOT of really nice felted bags. I swear that every day I stumble across a new (to me) treasure trove of designs that have been hiding in plain sight 😅. Thank you for sharing them with me 🙂

[@wildcottageknitting]

Love how you added the zip to your cardi! Beautiful knits- and I had to go straight away and buy the lovely flower covered hat pattern, Once Upon a Rhinebeck 😃

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you so much for your kind words! Once Upon a Rhinebeck is a fun knit, I am thinking about making another one after this. The crown color work is so pretty and I'd love to try a color changing yarn for the flowers 🙂

[@jennenns654]

I have knit a few of Jenn Steingass patterns. They are well written and lovely to knit.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you for letting me know. Her patterns are really pretty and many have said nice things about them 🙂

[@elisekt1860]

The sweater you have on is so pretty, amazing how you modified it. I love zippers but have never tried putting them on. My mother always sewed buttons on a ribbon backing and did a double strand? for the button holes. I wish I had kept the ones she made but they started being too itchy so I gave them away. 😢

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Ribbons make life so much easier when they're used as backing. Zippers aren't so bad, I think they're more work than buttons, but it's always been worth it for me. I wish I had some of the socks that my great Aunt made. She was the only knitter I had in my family, but she was gone before I was a crafter myself. I bet your Mom's sweaters are loved where ever they ended up 🙂 ❤️

[@stephaniebenson2501]

You’re just making portmanteau’s, a word that combines two existing words to make a new word….sweather is a perfect word.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Looking at it that way, it is a great word 😂❤️

[@renatasuzuki4894]

Garden gate and Forsyth are my favorites. I want to make Sonrae soon too😊

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Those are great choices! Sonrae is on my list too, but I really really like Whinfell. Can't wait to see them if you decide to make them 🙂

[@renatasuzuki4894]

@@mandyvaughnknits i made Thistlewood, Garden gate and Forsythian already! whinfell looks pretty, i agree💖 but triple stranded is a pain.

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Awesome 🙂 Yeah, triple stranded is definitely a pain 😅

[@bethpaschal7859]

You are a sweater machine!

[@mandyvaughnknits]

😂 Considering how close Christmas is, I hope so!

[@bethpaschal7859]

@@mandyvaughnknits you will get them done. You’re a determined mother and knitter!

[@lorainelockwood9359]

Gorgeous knits as always. I'm impressed by the zip. I'm assuming you used a sewing machine? I don't have one. I've currently got a cardigan that is waiting for me to sew on the buttons 😬 so I'll be interested in any comments here! I doubt I would button it up anyway xx

[@mandyvaughnknits]

Thank you! The zipper was hand sewn in. I've actually done all of the ones I've put in by hand. No sewing machine here 🙂. I generally button the cardigans up, I just feel like it's easier to keep them closed with a zipper. Buttons come undone easier as you're moving about 😅

[@josemuylaert3466]

Your Radvent looks gorgeous ! I was wondering; did you put any fabric behind the zipper ? As I made one cardigan with a zipper, but find it quite scratchy at the neck, where the zipper ends.. You have quite some knitting to do for Christmas then... I hope your children aren't too big yet 😉 I've knit one pattern by Steingass, the Starfall sweater. It was my first colourwork sweater and knit bottom up, which made it harder for me to get the sizing right by trying it on. So I ended up gifting it to a coworker, who is a wee bit smaller than I am.. The Mabon sweater caught my eye as well. Mortensen has some beautiful designs !

[@mandyvaughnknits]

I've always put ribbon behind the zipper instead of fabric. Just some satin ribbon that is wide enough to go over the top of the backing. It's soft enough and I don't have to worry about cutting it to the correct size or any fraying. My kiddos sizes are still doable before Christmas, maybe! 😂 That Starfall sweater is very classic and sweet. Your coworker is a lucky person, I bet they cherish that gift 🙂

[@neenaj365]

Thought you were going to say you are around 23 year old. Knitting must have youth giving properties 😅

[@mandyvaughnknits]

I have been mistaken for younger my entire life. It’s a side effect from being so short 🙂

[@neenaj365]

@@mandyvaughnknits I can’t tell how tall you are, you just have a youthful vibe, it’s lovely!