New Knits, Vintage Knits, and Pants that Fit // Casual Friday S7E23

[@cathiapizetta4957]

You’re so good in explaining the things in a way that open our minds, and on seeing all the possibilities. I’m always not only learning new techniques, but also learning to judge myself the many ways something can be done! Thank you for help me think outside the box!❤

[@sueaitkin8030]

So glad you can now wear your beautiful purple sweater, one of my favorites. Purple socks to go with all your new purple! Wonderful podcast again!!

[@dostopitnow]

I loved this podcast, I have allowed myself to be majorly influenced by some knitting influencers here on KZbin. As a result I was becoming frustrated by too much information. You are absolutely right to tell others to swatch and try things on their own. Everyone is unique and we all knit differently. For years after a shoulder injury I was only able to knit continental, but since my shoulder is healed I have returned to English style knitting and I am loving it. Never thought that I would ever return to it but my tension is so much better when I knit English style. Love your channel and all the really helpful videos you do. Thank you❤

[@craig6578]

15:52 what a great combo. You are unstoppable now, you can make all sorts of pants to work with that sweater.

[@Yt-hb4wh]

You never fail to provide excellent information. Thank you!

[@lisasorensen2305]

I totally agree! Your style and presentation of the well researched material is so helpful and interesting to listen to. I've not been watching lately, but will go back and download episodes to take with me on a long cruise we will be taking next year.

[@LindaMyers-bk3rb]

Great episode, as always. Thanks for the swatch pep talk and reminder to pay attention to row gauge. For your handspun knitted socks, what about a change from purple, red, and blue to something in golden-brown tones, or maybe a lighter wheat color or russet? I’d like that look with blue jeans or dark corduroy for winter. Look forward to seeing your choice. And good luck with your dental work!

[@qmoonp4923]

For the yarn dye suggetions: what about a very light lavender to have the tonal differences of the natural colour shine through!

[@NinaKeilin]

Rox, congrats on your pants fitting.

[@likeavirshin]

Hello! You are GLOWING in this video! I love your hair, you're styling it as a pro. I have the same issues with pants, so on store bought ones I add a small piece of elastic at the back of the waist. I have to size up to fit my hips so this problem is more notorious. I don't have a trusty sewing machine so I do the minimal tweaking by hand.

[@MrsDuckpotatoe]

That purple outfit is perfect on you!!!

[@sheryltisdale]

Thank you, Roxanne. I watch many videos on knitting, and if I see something I would like to try, I just try it! I have tried several of your techniques and even went back to them many times. Just try something and see if it works for you! I love the pants, and the intarsia socks are going to be beautiful!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

Yes, trying different techniques etc., that's part of the fun of being a knitter (or crocheter, or any kind of textile 'artisan')

[@maureeng1423]

Thank you for modeling the sweater and pants. I’m impressed by the pants, they look great on you. But I LOVE the sweater! I’m so happy you now feel good about wearing it to go out. The color and style look fabulous on you.

[@katieembrey-farquhar1116]

That sweater and pants outfit is SO GOOD!! You look great!

[@maryt2887]

I, too, am learning to fit my pants and was very excited to see your wonderful results! The sweater is beautiful, also. Isn't it exciting when our clothes actually fit and complement our bodies?

[@StickToYourKnitting]

Thank you for your “Swatching Ted Talk!” I was, in the not too distant past, someone who didn’t understand the benefit of swatching. I just wanted to knit the thing, not swatch the thing. But time, and a few ill fitting garments taught me that swatching is the way to go. Now, I love to do it, and appreciate what each swatch tells me beyond just the gauge.

[@andreamiller6200]

I had Invisalign 8 years ago and I forgot I had them and I actually did not even notice anything before you mentioned it. I say that just so you can opt to forget about them during a usual day and in making videos. Enjoy the great results to come! Edited to add: I am watching on and came to the modeling session of the 30's sweater with the 70's-80's muslin pants. May I say that you look great and now you have a candidate outfit to wear outside the home. You have given me a great idea of what to aim for in my own dressing style at age 68. Thumbs up!

[@Jo-Anne.Clarke]

Love the pant and sweater outfit❣️. You’re a pretty spiffy model yourself! 🙂

[@newmoonjlp]

That sweater is a beautiful color, there's a reason it keeps showing up in your wardrobe!

[@LindsayBouie]

The pants go so well with the sweater! Awesome!!

[@karendiesner5008]

Hi Roxanne! As a fellow spinner, I love to see how you are blossoming in your spinning practice! That fleece sounds yummy, and I bet your socks, when you’ve knitted them, will be very comfy and definitely precious!

[@allgirlreview433]

I have that same problem with pants. The outfit looks amazing.

[@steverobb5360]

Great looking sweater!

[@cathycarbone1598]

I enjoy your sewing! Interesting topic regarding gauge. You always have great info!

[@debraraymer3386]

Those pants fit you so well! And look great with the sweater.

[@xbaczewska4197]

Great overflowing episode. Your sweater looks lovely.

[@cindyweldon5647]

I think a sage green would be a nice color to dye your hand spun sock yarn. The grey undertone would add warmth to the color.

[@mariehansen2534]

I think that your pants are very good. You have made a lovely job of them and now have the knowledge to do it again, love the colour too. I am looking forward to the episode about socks and Entarsia knitting after hearing so much about it. Thank you for your visit and catch up with you next time.

[@joanneboag5993]

Great video, as always! Your sweater is gorgeous, both the pattern and the color!!!! Stunning! 😊

[@edinacole6382]

And a lovely haircut!

[@Patriciaby]

Great looking outfit! You look like a model!

[@catherinejelley4437]

those Parquet Socks would go well with your Harlequin Sweater as similar colours

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

Hi Roxanne. You ask us what colour we would dye that yarn ... My answer is: I would not dye it at all. I LOVE this 'oatmeal' colour. And I would not use it for socks, because then in no time the socks would have holes in them. I think it will make a lovely lacy shawl, scarf or cowl. Or a hat maybe. But that's my opinion. I think you better make your own decisions 😀

[@user-mj2ol6kv8y]

The bit about row gauge in the Berocco Lanas was interesting! I'm making a sweater in the sport-weight version of the same yarn and I was worried I was doing something wrong on my gauge swatch when my stitches to rows ratio was more 6:5 than 4:3. Good to know that's just the yarn behavior

[@leahholland6272]

Great fit on your pants... and yes a curved waistband is wonderful to get pants to properly fit.

[@marybutler9581]

Good luck with the Invisalign, Rox! I too had braces as a kid and my teeth are now crowded, too. The thinking among orthodontists has totally reversed, according to my dentist. Instead of pulling permanent teeth to make room in the jaw, they now put spacers in to widen the jawbones to accommodate the teeth. It's usually done in a couple of stages, and it also prevents snoring later in life. My niece who had a severely receding chin had the new method and you would never know she used to have an overbite. Anyway, good luck with yours.

[@bonnielundholm5535]

Cool! I have that same problem with pants waistbands. I will use this tip next time I make something with a waistband. Thanks.

[@jilliankonig2759]

Your blue sweater is lovely! I, too, have been working on a pants pattern; it's nice to be able to fit your body correctly. I got braces at 57, so it's an adjustment for sure. I was biting the inside of my mouth repeatedly. Like you, my teeth moved after orthodontics over 40 years earlier. After braces, I got a permanent wire on the inside of the front uppers and lowers to maintain.

[@sandrafoster2211]

Possible medium to med dark green for that sock yarn.😊

[@kathrynrogers4079]

Brava!

[@osmia]

Looking forward to your 3/4 bfl 1/4 Romney sock project

[@Sequoya]

Great episode!

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Hey Roxanne, your hair really good, I hope your teeth work isn't too painfull. Wow ! Talk about pants that fit like a glove !!! What color socks do you need in your wardrobe ? I'd choose some special color I don't have, petrol, maybe ? The vertical lines in your new sweater will certainly help with the fit as well. These intarsia socks will be quite a challenge, I'll love to follow that journey.

[@robinlibby324]

That lovely yarn would dye beautifully in muted colors such as a dusty periwinkle, rose or mauve.

[@erryte]

Your me-made outfit Rox'd it!

[@allisondobbie2375]

Hi Roxanne, another episode packed with learning, thank you. Your new outfit looks fabulous. A question re adjusting the Norah Gaughan pattern to a 38 - I’m curious to know if you could also have achieved this by adjusting the needle size, and what would the difference have been? Thank you

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Adjusting the needle size would affect the gauge. I'd either end up with looser fabric, if knitting a size 36, or firmer fabric, if I knit the size 40. I typically don't want looser fabric, because it'd be likely to stretch out over time. Knitting to a firmer gauge would mean more sts and more rows (and more yarn), and would also mean adjusting the shaping rates for the waist, sleeves, and sleeve caps, as well as the number of sts I'd need to pick up for the front bands. Adjusting the needle size may or may not give me a gauge that produces the correct finished size. It's easier for me in this situation to figure out how many sts to take out or put in to get the exact size I want. It all depends on the specific project.

[@Marielm1]

Pale green would look lovely on that wool and a lighter color will show off the texture you choose. Thank you for your videos.

[@antinn7448]

i love your channel. I wish it was recommended more. I tend not to watch knitting vids in summer & that take knitting sites off my recommend page & makes you hard to find.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

If you subscribe to the channel, and then check your subscription page, rather than relying on the KZbin home page for recommendations, you'll be aware of new videos when they appear.

[@aroundtheworldfibers]

Nice job on the pants! They do look great with the sweater - perfect match. Speaking of socks, I'm doing a pair on 2mm DPNs. They are taking me forever. The hands don't work quite as well as they used to.

[@chrisb1682]

Thank you for sharing all this interesting information. I would love to know if the royal blue cardigan you are wearing has a public pattern? Thank you 💕🌿

[@chrisb1682]

Apologies, have just found your long episode about the cardigan. Thank you! 💕🌿

[@RoxanneRichardson]

There's a link to my Ravelry project page in the Show Notes, which includes information about the pattern, yarn used, etc.

[@sonjanordahl3158]

I think a rose would be great. the gray base will keep it from being too pink. Just a suggestion for the rest of the fleece. Spin up 4 singles and make a 4 ply yarn then dye it.

[@copperfalls2417]

Hi Roxanne, thank you for discussing your newfound way of contouring your waistband to fit. Once you draft the new contoured piece, how do you decide which way to lay it on the grain? Is it sort of your choice, or e.g., at the back center?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

The way you lay it out can affect which part of the band is on the bias, but if you interface it, that should stabilize the band. I didn't do that, because I hadn't brought any interfacing with me to the class, and it was really all for practice.

[@Joyce-t2f]

Looking forward to seeing more about those vintage socks. I have come across some vintage patterns that knit socks on two needles and it sounds a bit confusing to me.

[@artemisrose3065]

Your sweaters are always amazing! For the shoulder bindoff, have you considered the trick of not working the last stitch of the row before the bind off? It removes the stairs step and as long as you pull the stitch tight when you first make it, it doesn't stretch too much. I've really liked doing this since I first heard of it.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Ah, you know, I've used that for the past two sweaters I've knit at the underarms (because the patterns called for it, and I hadn't used it in decades, so I thought I'd do it to see if it made a difference). I think it's actually a much better idea at the shoulders: it would eliminate that stair step corner on the inside of the shoulder seam. Thanks for suggesting it! :-)

[@jessicarabbit1164]

I would dye the yarn purple to go with you pants and sweater (I love purples!)

[@zan_wild]

Sock yarn spinning…Not easy! But I would add more ply twist than for socks than normal, it will help with the yarn be more hard wearing! Do you have a degree of twist gauge?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Yes, but I don't use it. I'm a very technical knitter, but I tend to be an instinctive spinner.

[@zan_wild]

@ knit, crochet, weaving…those are my product hobbies. Spinning is my process hobby. I only use my WPI & twist gauge when I am going for a specific yarn. Mist of the time I spin just to spin!

[@k0nijnemans]

Do you have any videos on how to cast on in the middle of a project? Eg for the underarm?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Yes, I have a video called Casting on in the Beginning, Middle, or End of a Row: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npq1n3Vnj9qkjJI

[@elizabethmaxson1274]

Wow, it's veery cool that they gave you the 3D rendering of your teeth!

[@lisasorensen2305]

As the Drift cardigan sweater is a free pattern, would you be able to share your chart? I agree that charts work better for me than written text.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

I create charts to help myself in specific ways that give me the information I want. They wouldn't be complete (and certainly not in every size). It's easy enough to create charts for yourself, and you can do them in ways that are most helpful to you personally. I use StitchMastery, but you can use Stitch Fiddle (there's a free version of it) to chart the pattern out yourself, in as much or little detail as you need. I don't do complete charts of every aspect of the sweater. I usually chart out what I need to visualize the stitch pattern, and then I chart out parts with shaping, or parts where I'm trying to decide if or how I want to change something, often in different files. I would encourage you to try charting it out yourself, if charts are something that you find helpful.

[@pamrose843]

What program did you use to make your stitch pattern chart?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Stitchmastery. There's a link down in the show notes.

[@jimnyenhuis560]

Hand knitters getting wound up about 'wasting time' 😂

[@marjoriebahm9239]

So slim & trim! Just lovely. What's your secret?

[@RoxanneRichardson]

Giving up ultra-processed foods in favor of a plant-based, whole foods Mediterranean diet.