Sew Sweet Violet - WIP Parade

[@conniebuchner4715]

I had to giggle as I sit here in my shirt and pj bottoms! Love your sweetness and how you stress to be gentle with yourself! I, too, have fibromyalgia for about 30 years. Back when no one knew what to do with me. I watched a vlog about journaling and she said reset in 2022. Taking care of yourself first! Another was cocoon when you need too. Exactly as you are saying also. Hearing the same thing twice is really helping me. I, too, will try to finish some of my quilts this year.🥰🥰🥰 Beautiful vlog, beautiful woman❣️ thank you 🙏🏼

[@bridgetwhite5547]

Lovely to see you. All your beautiful makes and wips. Looking forward to seeing you again soon. Thank you 😊💐

[@patriciaweekes2291]

Absolutely loved this, so relaxing to watch and very interesting with lots of variety. I love all the different crafts you show. I hope you feel better and stronger and look forward to seeing you soon 😘💕🧶

[@barbarapregger8526]

Thanks for sharing all your WIPs Jooles. Really enjoyed watching.

[@annehayward3506]

Lovely embroidery your raindrops look amazing.your whitmore cardigan is looking so pretty the colour is beautiful xx

[@fmitchell270]

Hi Jooles, your Laura Ashley quilt is so beautiful! Loved this video, thanks for sharing your wips. Take care

[@AnitaMeijerTheReedWarbler]

You always give me the motivation to get on with all my projects, thanks for sharing yours! Xx

[@dianevcalhoun6848]

What a lot of lovelies that you have in progress. I hope you feel your best soon.

[@alicemac89]

I gave a little squeal when I saw my sock rainbow (3rd one in). Thanks so much for sharing!

[@StarrFyrestick]

The Heartwarming Life panels would make lovely cushions.

[@jacquis-j9606]

Hi Jools, you have some lovely projects on the go. It is good to pass on those we have fallen out of love with for someone else to enjoy. I love Pretty Fabric and Trim kits too and have turned my volume 2 journal into a quilt, which I am hand quilting at the moment. Each page was too pretty to sit in a book never to be seen. This year needs to be about what soothes our soul and just gives us pleasure. Xx

[@sewsweetviolet]

That's such a lovely idea Jacqui xxx

[@bluemerlinmakes]

This was just lovely to watch, Jooles 😊 I have many of Sarah and Penny’s beautiful kits and I’m working on the same winter sampler one right now! I just love how relaxing it is to stitch. I need to take a page out of your book and enjoy what I have…which is tricky when your favourite makers come up with beautiful new items or kits! 😄 But I need to try ☺️ Take good care of yourself! 💕

[@glorypetyo7162]

Thanks for sharing!❤️

[@clairedurnell7754]

Ah Jooles, how lovely to hear your voice! I'm on the sleeves of my Whitmoor cardi too 😊. I was just looking at your north easterly thinking what a lovely shoulder wrap it would make. I paused the vid half way through to write this and I can't wait to see what other WIPs you have xx

[@heathertucker7056]

Lovely to see all your makes today! I love the Japanese quilt panels and hope you do more! It was lovely seeing the sock chronicle wheels too! I didn’t know the prizes had been drawn so have I missed a video? It was such fun to take part in and I spent far too much money and knitted far too many socks last year but enjoyed every minute,! Take care x

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hello Heather x thank you for your lovely message. Lovely Kelly drew for the grand prize here ..... www.ravelry.com/discuss/layfamilyyarn/4173906/1-25#2 Such a luck lady! xxx

[@heathertucker7056]

@@sewsweetviolet thank you Jooles! I completely missed this message! What a lucky lady indeed! Thank you for being the co-organizer of this wonderful year long KAL. I really enjoyed it and a big confession here- my golden box of socks looks so wonderful, I just can’t bring myself to take any out and wear them! Perhaps in the future but at the moment I can’t split them up xx

[@jackhopkins5402]

Jooles, You have a very beautiful, enjoyable podcast. Thank you. I live in California and I agree that 2021 has been difficult, especially on my mind, but thankfully I have my knitting. I too have fibromyalgia. I've had it for 28 plus years, back in the days when most doctors thought fibromyalgia was some sort of excuse for 'lazing around the house'. I really like the way you handle your colors in your quilts -very pleasing. Jacki

[@clairerobinson6571]

The prettiest makes... I'm looking forward to starting a Polesden Wrap soon - maybe when I have finished my Whitmoor! Those mittens are a Gorgeous pattern, and I do love the colours of Cama Rose yarn. I managed to knit along with the rainbow sock chronicles right up until December - how silly to stop with one month to go! A lovely knit along though, thank you so. Happy February!

[@sewsweetviolet]

Eleven months is SUPER impressive Claire! xxx

[@colinjones1336]

Dearest sweet violet How lovely it was to spend some time with you , whilst I drank coffee and made some bobbin lace. I think everyone is feeling the pinch on our pennies this year , so you are not alone since my husband , my little dog , and my best friend all died last year my goal has been to get showered ! And that's it ! Xxx

[@beckiknits]

Oh, bless you Colin! I am so sorry about you losing so many dear ones in your life this past year. That must be really hard. Know that someone very far away said a little prayer for you today. ❤

[@rebeccaswanson2736]

Happy New Yezr, Jooles!

[@angelarowson6328]

Hi Jooles …. I have watched your podcast for the past two years or so but last night stumbled across an old episode… Number four… I love that one and five and six and especially love that beautiful advent calendar you made… Christmas is coming… It’s only May 2022 but you have given me so much inspiration for Christmas in seven months time… Love the older style podcasts a lot…!!!!! 💝☘️🍄🌿🌷🌿🔴🍀💝

[@sewsweetviolet]

Angela you are so kind ..... happy Christmasing! xxx

[@angelarowson6328]

@@sewsweetviolet I’m now up to episode 14 … 🥰

[@handknithug]

Wonderful wips! Thanks for sharing.

[@judyl3492]

The whitmore cardigan is outstanding

[@seasaltsandra.00]

Lovely to see you Jooles. How precious to go through all your lovely bits. I haven't chosen a word for this year but have chosen two 'Comfort' and 'Joy'. I'm going with whatever brings me comfort and joy in all aspects of my life. Do hope your 2022 brings you comfort and joy too 😊

[@margaretrodee3519]

Lots of fun projects! Don’t cut your blankets!! They are too beautiful!!! Keep going! “Sit on it” for a while like you did the other quilt. I made a Kelly blanket and put undyed yarn in between each color. I love it!! Also, your adorable embroidery squares at the end would make such a precious little girl baby quilt!! Makes me want to get back to embroidery. Thanks for sharing! Inspiring!!

[@carolejones5530]

Your WIPS are amazing. 🤩🤩 Enjoy your projects, best of health for 2022. The Japanese squares would make a beautiful wall hanging. I also have chronic health issues so hang in there 🥰

[@julielines3281]

Hi so lovely to see you x wow what beautiful project’s such gorgeous colours x

[@shirleyflavell5705]

Love your whitmoor cardigan, it looks so lovely . I would love to see you commit some more to the EPP you showed us at the end of the video, I really love it.Your blankets are beautiful, you have done a lot on easch one of them. Loved your podcast, thankyou Jooles. Take care.

[@heatherinoklahoma]

I love all of your projects! I definitely think that you should make the little girl embroideries into a grandbaby quilt! 😍 I have a grandbaby box too! After many years I became a grandma to the most amazing little boy last February! I truly hope that you will be blessed with grandbabies! ❤❤❤ I too have fibromyalgia and I am actually going through one of the my most painful flare ups right now. Your journal kept me company while I rested this afternoon! ❤❤❤

[@sewsweetviolet]

I hope it calms down soon Heather xxx

[@heatherinoklahoma]

@@sewsweetviolet Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@joysmith6013]

Another brilliant podcast. I loved seeing all your WIPs and its always a pleasure to watch your videos xx

[@janecopeland2306]

I love seeing other people's WIPs. So fun! You had shown the pretty girl embroidery (In The Garden) and I loved it so much I bought it, too. I haven't started it yet but it is on my list of projects for this year. With those beautiful embroideries (from the Japanese book), you could always make that into a stitching journal or book, too. It would be so pretty set out on a table. Lovely episode! Thanks!!

[@carotrike]

Try a twisted rib for your yellow and ivory mitts. I find it adds a bit of texture and evens up a ribbed section. They will be lovely anyway ☺

[@sewsweetviolet]

That's a lovely idea Caroline, thank you xxx

[@ericadavan6952]

You were right, skeinanigans is Ellie! Love the rainbow 🌈 blankets, and love your idea to extend the length of Kelly”s. I was so lucky last week to meet Kelly…I feel bad that I talked and talked and she couldn’t work….but she was (as you know) lovely. Visiting my Derby family, and my niece who lives very near Kelly :) Back to the US in Feb. I finished my rainbow socks….crazy, crazy…no socks for a while!! Happy New Year!

[@joannethorvaldsen4164]

All of your projects are so lovely! Thank you for sharing.

[@ginalevesque6596]

I have a suggestion for your white and yellow mittens. I just move around the needle’s junction so the “larger space stitch “ will move around as the rows are adding and there is no noticeable large ligne .... I’m doing the same technique whit dpns, I always move the junctions were two dpns meet at every row or so ,then I it never making a noticeable larger line ...Thank you for sharing ,I spent a lovely morning in your company ,knitting socks ( advent !) 🤣

[@sewsweetviolet]

That's a great tip Gina, thank you xxx

[@salomeelizabeth6026]

So inspiring your videos

[@periwinklestitches]

Hello Jooles. It was so lovely to sit down and knit whilst seeing all of your beautiful makes. I am really drawn towards all the beautiful soft pastel colours and your makes are always such a pleasure to see. Beautiful bits really are the most wonderful part of my yarn collection :) I need a lovely tin to put all of mine in so they have a nice home. I think that not completing the Rainbow Sock Chronicles will always be a disappointment for me, but what I did complete was a knitting highlight. 2021 just turned out to be more unsettled than I had imagined, so I am going in to 2022 a little more cautiously with no grand plans and to just take each day as it comes. Hope you are feeling better soon x

[@sarahlusmann5166]

A wonderful podcast as usual! You have so much talent and are willing to share it with us. I’m sorry you have the January blues. Lots of us do in these weird times! One thing that helps me immensely when I feel down in the dumps is to be of service to others. This is how I deal with it and I’m not suggesting you don’t already do this, just something I find helpful. Of course this is unasked for advice! Just to let you know from someone who has been there. Blessings and love ...💕

[@Gail_Blanton]

So enjoying seeing your wip parade. It reminds me of mine… now I don’t feel so bad. I’ve had the whitmoor cardigan on my que for quite some time (and yarn purchased about a year ago from the lovely Sherry Iris). I’ve been swatching and am realizing I will need to alternate skeins. I’ve watched a few tutorials but am not sure where to alternate as the button band is the edges. Where are you switching skeins? I know you may be too busy to respond before your next podcast…. Which I understand. I hope you are starting to feel better. I am finding comfort in my wips. My father passed in September and them my eldest moved out of state… it’s an adjustment. I love love love your content. Thank you for your beautiful podcast. It always brings a lightness to my heart.

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hi Gail, thank you for your lovely message x I'm switching skeins just before one of the button bands and it worked really well. I'm so sorry for your loss and sadness xxx

[@momofpeg]

Love seeing all of your plans for your future grandchildren! My first will be here later this year and I’m excited to craft for them!

[@robinbunis6792]

Your embroidery is beautiful...the pictures are precious. Loved seeing all the socks from the chronicle.

[@janetjenkins7782]

All your WIPs are lovely, I especially liked the Laura Ashley quilt, I remember many of those fabrics from the 1980s. I’ve always called English Paper Piecing - Patchwork as well. In fact you’ve inspired me to sew a few hexies together today!!!

[@kristinekinigson1949]

Jooles, everything you do is so beautiful! I just love your soft color palettes. The embroidery is amazing and I especially love the Japanese month blocks. I would love to find that book. If you have anymore information on it please let me know or mention it next time. Thank you and have a lovely day.

[@sandychain6571]

It was so good to see you Jooles so much beautiful stuff.. I’m really enjoying embroidery lately no counting 🤣your is lovely .. take Care.. hope Mabel is ok …♥️♥️

[@Anna99378]

It might sound wired but you are embodiment of Mrs Claus (the spouse ot Santa) for me because you are kind, tender, gentle and cosy! I really enjoy your videos and hope that you and your family stay healthy and safe!

[@sewsweetviolet]

Your message made my day Anna xxx

[@Anna99378]

@@sewsweetviolet 😘😘😘

[@louise4374]

That was lovely to see all your projects - such a lot of work and care in all the the things you do For long time followers some were familiar projects too 🙂 it can be really inspiring to work on and use what you have and it's a feel good too - it can be so easy to go and get something new. We all need to consume less too and I'm going to join you and work first on things I have this year with the theme of 'content'. Best wishes for this new year 💞

[@janicemacdougall1844]

This was so lovely and just what I needed after having a stressful day yesterday, so thank you.

[@juliadroy1179]

Jooles your Whitmore is amazing, its still on my wanted list, love all of your projects xx

[@normasmith9596]

I am going to fly by the seat of my pants this year. No plans, no commitments.

[@5kristy71]

Hi Joolies glad to see you again and that you are loving all your projects. I know the feeling. Love those items from your friends. What was your friends name Lisa? does she have a blog or web page?

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hi Kristy x Thank you so much. Here is Lisa's website, she is closed at the moment but will be opening very soon i hear. xxx

[@lunafreja1354]

You could turn your blanket on the side and have a vertical stripe blanket?

[@sewsweetviolet]

I did think of that but somehow it felt 'wrong' 😂xxx

[@helenoreillylong9497]

Lovely to see all your WIPS. May I ask….What type and length needles you are using for the Happy Baby Patchwork Blanket?

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hi Helen I'm using 2.5mm needles and 24" length cord xxx

[@helenoreillylong9497]

@@sewsweetviolet thank you so much. Xxx

[@nature12487]

Need an easy shawl for beginners, sock pattern and tutorials if you have any to recommend. Like to learn in the round,special stitches and crocheting Work long hours so hard to find time and chronic health including pain so need a distraction that is easy, but pretty. Lisa, Ontario Canada 🇬🇧🇨🇦❤️

[@emmaharrison7558]

Jooles did you ever complete the Glitter Village cross stitch? I started it, but found the glitter linen so hard to work on. I need some inspiration to pick it up again! If anyone can inspire me it’s you!

[@sewsweetviolet]

I didn't Helen, my eyes just couldn't cope! so sad xxx

[@emmaharrison7558]

@@sewsweetviolet yes, same for me…I might try once more with my specs on AND the magnifier!

[@sharonbutt4699]

Can I ask if you use Liberty tana lawn for your quilts, or Liberty quilting cotton? I’m planning an Irish chain quilt too, and I’m wondering if the lawn is tough enough for a quilt top?

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hi Sharon, I've used both for quilts and they are both brilliant xxx

[@caroldaley7187]

Who won the blanket?

[@sewsweetviolet]

Hi Carol, you can find all about the prize and the winner here ..... www.ravelry.com/discuss/layfamilyyarn/4173906/1-25#2

[@carlenehall2979]

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