The Bobbles & Berries Podcast · Ep.23 | Poet Scarf, Bookclub Cardigan & Bakker Scarf

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00:00 Intro
WHAT I’M WEARING
00:49
Stripe Hype Sweater by Veronika Lindberg: www.ravelry.co...
FINISHED OBJECTS
02:43
Poet Scarf by Sari Nordlund: www.ravelry.co...
WORKS IN PROGRESS
12:55
Bookclub Cardigan by Sari Nordlund: www.ravelry.co...
32:35
Bakker Scarf by Fibertales: www.ravelry.co...
ACQUISITIONS
38:25
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SHOP NEWS
52:36
BOOKS
56:44
Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness
Dales Detective Series by Julia Chapman
Veronica Speedwell Mysteries by Deanna Raybourn
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
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[@jocelynmackinnon5886]

Hi Aud, The green, pink and purple combination is stunning. Great choice and a little different. (I am in NZ)

[@bobblesandberries]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Andracrafts]

It was so lovely to spend time with you again. Your cardigan is so beautiful. The green yarn your husband brought you is gorgeous. How sweet of him. I think the pink and purple will go great with them. I am looking forward to your Scotland stitch marker set. So cute!

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@toshasknits]

I love hearing you chat about your projects and your modifications and why you make them. You are so thoughtful about your projects and that is why your work is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you ❤️❤️

[@susanlagassa9535]

Hi Aude, I’m watching you from Portland, Oregon. Thanks for the sweater in the bag tip while knitting sleeves, really smart. I love your green yarn and immediately thought of the “Suriously Holey Wrap” by Stephen West. It only uses 2 colors, but it’s beautiful. I just took Sari’s workshop on cables at Sacred Sheep so I appreciate your modifications on the Book Club cardigan. Happy Knitting!

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! ❤️ I'll have a look at the Stephen West pattern you're mentioning. :) Happy knitting to you too!

[@inherskein]

It was so lovely to catch up with you and what you've been working on! I can't wait to see your finished bookclub cardigan, it already looks gorgeous!!

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much Marie-Eve! ❤️

[@lauriejarboe6087]

In the US we have something called a swimming pool "noodle" which are very inexpensive and work beautifully when blocking a sleeve with a cable motif or when you don't want a crease. Another item that would also work is pipe insulation foam tube in various diameters. Both these products are foam with a smooth surface and work better than a rolled towel because the sleeve will dry faster than with a wet towel in it. Beautiful work and great podcast, thank you!!

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you for the tip! I never really thought about pool noodles. That's such a good idea. I will investigate. ❤️

[@deborahcopeland384]

Hi Aude, thank you for introducing us to the Poets Scarf. I will definitely add that one to my queue. I have yarn for the Bookclub Cardigan. Yours is so lovely, I will be going to your Ravelry notes when I start mine. I have a few more projects ahead but hopefully I will start before the fall. Thank you for your time and skills that you share with us.

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you for your kind words. ❤️ I’m so glad it was helpful.

[@teresitasotomayor8074]

Hi Aude, thanks so much for a lovely podcast ❤ I love to watch your channel and I’m always impressed with your choice of projects. I recently knitted a Helen Stewart shawl named “Edinburg lanes shawl” that uses a three color fade and would be beautiful with the yarn Kyle got for you in Amsterdam. But your color choices for the vertices unite shawl are stunning too. Love your new stitch markers …. I’m a fan and own many of them …. Will be placing another order soon.

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi Teresita! Thank you so much! ❤️ And thank you for the pattern recommendation. I will definitely have a look.

[@leannastoufer6333]

Thank you for this wonderful episode! Thank you also for sharing what does and doesn't work for you (and the modifications you make) with the patterns you knit. Well done you for creating the Comprehensive Guide to Buying Yarn! It clearly worked!!

[@bobblesandberries]

Of course! I'm so glad it's helpful. ❤️❤️❤️

[@valeriehazel4858]

I am always glad to see another post from you. I think adding a short section on books you are reading/have read works well.

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! ❤️ I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@maryp1224]

I am VERY impresses that you husband picked up that yarn. and i LOVE those colors that you picked for the shawl - i think you should use all those colors not just 3. Beautiful! your sweater is so pretty! love the color too

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️

[@adrianamagalhaes1284]

Kyle did such an amazing job. The greens are gorgeous. I am knitting my second vertices. It is a very enjoyable pattern. I live that you start talking about books. I am all in for murder/mystery. Great to see you ❤

[@bobblesandberries]

Thanks! I can’t wait to start knitting with the green yarns. I love that you like Murder Mysteries too! They’re so much fun to read!

[@TaruNenonen-ze7rm]

3 skein shawls that popped into my mind are Shake it up, Riesiger Marlin, Koli shawl and 3 color cashmere shawl. i am also always looking for new shawl ideas and that bakker scarf caught my attention, so thank you ☺️

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you for the shawl ideas! I’ll have a look ❤️

[@themanicafe5072]

I absolutely love your colour choices to go with the Olivia and Oliver skeins. I CAN NOT WAIT to see this project come to life.

[@bobblesandberries]

Thanks! I cannot wait to start knitting it up. ❤️

[@gabiohler5691]

Dear Aude, I liked to read the "Thursday Murder Club"-Books from Richard Osman very much. They are exciting, cool and not bloody. (Of course there are dead people - but there is no horror, no psycho-terror and no expanding scenes of the murdering-process.) Your stitch-markers are exzeptionelly cute - I really do like the little cow - and of course the sheep, like all knitters would probably do. And to your cardigan: I have also knitted a project from Sari Nordlund - the Calliope Pullover - and I have also reknitted the sleeves and made them wider, because I didn't like the relationship from a slightly oversized body to quite narrow sleeves. But now the result is beautiful. I think, the green yarns fit perfect to the pink and the purple. But they are also beautiful with the three of them. Thank you very much for your lovely inspiring podcast. - Gabi (from Germany)

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi Gabi! Thank you for your kind words. It's interesting to hear that the sleeves were a bit tight on another one of Sari Nordlund's pattern. Something to keep in mind for the future as it's easy to modify. I do love the Thursday Murder Club! And I can't wait for his new book to come out in September. 😃

[@threadandyarn]

Hi Aude! Thanks for the mention, I hope you enjoy knitting the sock yarn ☺️ lovely to see your other projects too.

[@bobblesandberries]

❤️❤️❤️

[@lorikoury120]

Hello Aude, thank you for sharing your beautiful knitting. Your attention to detail is appreciated. I wanted to comment on your yarn colors for the Vertices Unite shawl. I LOVE these colors!!!! No matter the pattern you choose, these yarn colors are incredibly beautiful 😍

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much!! I really love those colours too. ❤️❤️

[@sara.gardinier]

The Veronica Speedwell Series is one of my faves, so glad to hear you like it too! I’ve just finished the seventh book. You might also like the India Holton books, she has two series - one that’s finished and one that just started. They’re both great!

[@sara.gardinier]

Oh, but I should say, Indias books are rom-coms with a bit of magic sprinkled in. They’re wildly witty and fun capers!

[@bobblesandberries]

Veronica Speedwell, yes! I can't believe I couldn't remember the name while recording. Love them! And I'll definitely check out the other ones your recommend. Thank you. ❤️❤️

[@despinavassos7865]

Hi Aude, thank you for sharing your modifications on the Book Club cardigan❤ it's next on my list, so all your comments are very helpful. Your sweater looks wonderful😊

[@bobblesandberries]

I'm so glad! It is a lovely knit, and a wonderful cardigan to have and wear. ❤️

[@gabriella3414]

Hi Aude, I love your podcast. Andrea Mowry’s Free Your Fade is a three colour shawl that might look lovely with you three greens 😊

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! I will have a look.

[@meliadanielson1933]

Hi Aude! Thank you for another lovely podcast! I love that you are now talking about books you love. I’m hard pressed to say which I love more…books or yarn!😂 I think you might like the series of books by Louise Penney set in Quebec. They are wonderful! Melia from Virginia Beach, VA in the USA

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi Melia! Thank you for the book recommendation! I’m going to look it up and add it to my Goodreads. ❤️

[@kate-emvintage]

Your husband did a great job with the green yarn. I like the pink and purple that you added too, it’s going to make a beautiful shawl. I like your new small scarf and really like that you gave some styling ideas as I’m never sure how to wear them. The August stitch markers are super cute. I like your new reading section. I’ve heard lots of good things about The Discovery of Witches so I need to get reading that. My favourite cosy crime series is a historical one by Jacqueline Winspear featuring a female detective called Maisie Dobbs. I’ve loved all of them!

[@bobblesandberries]

❤️❤️ Thank you for the book recommendation! The name Maisie Dobbs sounds vaguely familiar but I haven’t read any of these books. I will definitely check them out.

[@twopurlsinapod]

Hello! Glad I got to finally catch up on this ep and see your Book Club Cardigan progress. Also, I have a book recommendation for you for the coming months; it's called The Devil & the Dark Water by Stuart Turton. It's a historical murder mystery and it's a perfect depths-of-winter read that I recently finished.

[@bobblesandberries]

Oh thank you so much! I’m going to add it to my Goodreads! ❤️

[@thescottishyarnfestival]

You're keeping me company while I work on a second Meadowsweet Shawl. Can't wait to see your Vertices Unite.

[@bobblesandberries]

❤️❤️❤️

[@colettemoolman4410]

Hi Aud, I'm watching from Qatar. I'm green with envy for those green yarns your dear husband got for you in Amsterdam.

[@bobblesandberries]

Wow Qatar! ❤️

[@gayleklein8890]

My one piece of advice would be when you make your towel sausage, put it in a plastic garbage bag so that it slides right in the sleeves. That makes it so the "sausage" slides right in!❤ love all your FOs! Just lovely!!🎉

[@bobblesandberries]

That's great advice! Thank you. I will do that. ❤️

[@gayleklein8890]

@@bobblesandberries really enjoy your podcast!

[@beckycampbell2157]

Hi Aude, lovely podcast as always! For double knit button bands the best advice I have seen was to pick up for every row you have knit on the main body and you should make a little double knit swatch to check that your double knit stitches match the row gauge of the main body. Because the stitches are kinda slipped in double knitting they are slightly longer than in stockinette (I’m sure this varies from person to person though). The last time I did a double knit button band I had knit the body on 3.5mm and knit the button band on 3mm and it ended up perfect! Hope that helps!

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much for the advice! ❤️ I'll be sure it keep that in mind when I get around to the button band.

[@TheThoughtfulKnitter]

Thanks for another lovely episode Aude, you’re always such good company ❤ I really like the palette you’ve pulled together for Vertices Unite, it reminds me of the Suffragette colours 🤍💚💜 (& of heather in bloom). Whatever pattern you choose to knit with those greens will be beautiful though. Well done Kyle for listening to your subtle hints 😉😆

[@TheThoughtfulKnitter]

PS the jumper in the smaller bag - absolute genius! I’ll definitely be doing that from now on x

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you so much! ❤️❤️ They are the Suffragette colours! I hadn't even thought about that! Love it!

[@LindaKarlinsky]

I just ordered your Shetland sheep and Highland coo stitch marker sets as a momento of my recent trip to Shetland and Edinburgh. I even joined the knit night crew on a Monday night . You might be interested to know, if you don’t already that DMC now has a Eco Vita line of organic crewel wool embroidery thread that is naturally dyed. I noticed an ad and thought of you.

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you! ❤️ It sounds like you had a lovely trip. I didn’t know about those DMC threads. That’s wonderful! Thanks for letting me know. 😊

[@theknittingburrow]

Hi Aude, so lovely to catch up with you! Your projects are beautiful and it's also really interesting to hear about your reads. It's funny, I am about to read Time's convert too! It's a bit different but I would recommend Lummiko by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. If you ever feel like sharing the podcasts that you enjoy watching some day I'll be interested :)

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! ❤️ I will definitely check out the book you recommend.

[@vickihodge2053]

I loved the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley - first book is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! I will check it out. ❤️

[@katross4]

Your cabled sweater looks like it’s going to be so cozy. I don’t care much for very fitted sleeves either. Makes it very hard to layer them. A Most Agreeable Murder is a slightly silly but well done cozy mystery. I hope it becomes a series. One that I know that will continue on but only has 1 in it right now is The Benevolent Society for Ill-Mannered Ladies. Just saw book 2 comes out in May 2025, can’t wait!

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much for the book recommendations! I immediately added The Benevolent Society to my Goodreads. It sounds amazing! 😄

[@kerrywolf8670]

Hi Aude! Thank you for a lovely episode. Have you heard of The Seaside Knitters Mysteries by Sally Goldenbaum? There are 11 books in the series. They take place in a fictional seaside town in Massachusetts. I read the first few books in the series and really enjoyed them.

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi! I haven’t, but it sounds really lovely. ☺️ I’m going to add it to my Goodreads. Thanks!

[@poppyb180]

love your projects, and enjoying sleeve island currently, coming to each round with your highland stitch marker! I knitted the bakker scarf earlier this year and wore it so much in the cold (and particularly the wind, probably the plotulopi there). Although I skipped a couple of rows because I was scared of yarn chicken, in hindsight I can actually see how the suggested yarn amount was just perfect for the scarf, not too much left afterwards (just in case you think the same thing). The crochet is also so fun!! Hope you continue to enjoy!

[@bobblesandberries]

Oh thank you! Yes, I was mildly concerned about the Bakker scarf because the pattern said the two cakes would be just enough if I didn’t swatch. I’m glad to hear that it’s really enough. Glad to hear it’s good with the wind as well because we get a lot of it here. I’m very excited to continue working on it now! ❤️

[@annparsons6238]

Hi Aude ! Always enjoy listening and seeing what you are working on. I’m just finishing a Corran cardigan using one of your beautiful stitch markers ! Love the new markers ,such detail 😍I think the skeins you have go so well together and I’ve been eyeing the Vertices Unite shawl for ages - perfect combination! ❤your striped jumper. Listening in Wales Uk

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you so much! ❤️❤️ I'm so glad you're enjoying the markers. ❤️❤️

[@KarenRothfus]

thanks for all the hints on the book club cardigan. I am making the Bakker scarf right now and just beware, the stitches in the pattern are not always accurate. ie. the numbers at the end don't always up, and the add and subtract rows don't always match. I am just playing it by ear.

[@KarenRothfus]

and ps I love the five colors for the shawl.

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much! I will keep that in mind.

[@juffrouwooievaar6396]

Hello Aude, I love the stichmarkers you made for august verry much, the are beautiful 😍😍😍 I find the (5) colors such nice choice for the verticusunite 😀 I’am reading the books of Jean M. Auel right now. I wish you 🍀🍀🍀with your cardigan. Greetings from Holland 💐 Anita

[@bobblesandberries]

Aw thank you!! ❤️❤️

[@ajanetreiber5773]

Hi Aude: I always enjoy seeing your Stripe Hype Sweater - it is lovely. The green yarns you acquired from Amsterdam are gorgeous, and the pink and purple go with them so well. Well done husband! Are you familiar with the British writer Val McDermid? Such a good mystery writer, not exactly cozy mysteries but excellent. How about Ann Cleeves? She writes the stories that became both the Shetland TV series and the series featuring the detective DI Vera Stanhope. Kate Davies' most recent newsletter mentioned a mystery writer I am not familiar with, Celia Fremlin. She is dead now but her books have recently been published again with beautiful artwork on the covers and I plan on looking for those books.

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi! I don't think I've heard of Val McDermid. I'll definitely have to check it out. I haven't read Ann Cleeves but I've watched all of Shetland and Vera and I love it! Thank you for the recommendations!

[@Trth1707]

The knits look rustic, comfortable and cosy.

[@bobblesandberries]

❤️❤️❤️

[@karyncook4291]

Your projects are beautiful! And the yarn from Stephen & Penelope is so pretty! I really enjoyed The Discovery of Witches book series; I’ve listened to the first four books at least twice, and I’ve watched the TV show/series. I had preordered The Black Bird Oracle through Audible, so I did listen to it last week, and I really enjoyed the book. I’m looking forward to a 6th book🤞🏼 Thank you your lovely podcast, I really enjoy it.

[@bobblesandberries]

That's so wonderful to hear! It makes me even more excited to read the new one. I didn't know there was going to be a 6th book! That's amazing! ❤️

[@karyncook4291]

I don’t know that a 6th book is official, but at the end of The Black Bird Oracle, they allude to the story continuing 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@annika9162]

Hello Aude, I’m really happy with the reading section in the end ! As you do, I love the cosy murder mysteries. Do you know the Simon Serailler serie from Susan Hill?

[@bobblesandberries]

Hi! I don't know that series. But I will definitely check it out. Thank you for the recommendation! ❤️❤️

[@dorotaurbanska6654]

Hi Aude, I love the greens with pink and purple! I would have hard time not to cast on ✨✨anything✨✨ with those yarns just to see it growing. My favourite comfort book is Uprooted by Naomi Novik - slightly magical, but in the best, a little bit metaphorical way. And the rythm of narration is amazing.

[@bobblesandberries]

Oh I’m itching to cast on something. But I’m trying to be reasonable. 😂 Thank you for the book recommendation. I will definitely check it out. ❤️

[@ChristinaLjungsvik]

Hi, lovely podcast! Shawl tips for three gradient colours; Ley Lines by Joji Locatelli. A friend made it in three nuances of orange and this pattern really showed them in a great way. Especially when wrapped twice around the neck. I have made Vertices unite and my opinion is that is it a bit overrated. I was not happy about my joinings of the different colours but that is maybe my mistake…i love Stephen W.

[@bobblesandberries]

I'll have a look! Thank you for the recommendations. ❤️

[@laluandtheseasons]

“Free your fade” by Andrea Mowry uses three colours and could be fun since you do have in fact a fade there 😊

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! I will have a look! ❤️❤️

[@alexandragurule1214]

I think you would like Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen (basically all of her murder mysteries are super cool), and Book Lovers by Emily Henry. I love that you’ve added a reading section to the podcast!!

[@bobblesandberries]

Oooh thank you for the book recommendations! I'm definitely going to have a look. ❤️ I did read Book Lover (basically read all of the Emily Henry) and I loved it!

[@isabelle.duchatelle]

A bit late, following you from France 😺

[@bobblesandberries]

😃😃😃

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

I just love your striped sweater, it makes me happy to see all these colors smiling together. Great tip, stuffing the sweater in a tight bag as you knit a sleeve. 👍 Your choice of 5 colors for the "Vertices Unite" by Stephen West is great but have you looked at the " Mesmerizing Mermaid Shawl" or there is also the Fiber Fest Shawl you can knit with 3 skeins. There is a version in green colors : utterbhm's Fiber Fest Shawl. I like you choose ebooks it is so much more ecological. I am now knitting a Rock it tee from Montreal Canada during a thunderstorm. ⚡

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much for the shawl pattern recommendations! I will check them out. ❤️ I've heard so many good things about the Rock It Tee. I hope you're enjoying working on it. ❤️

[@EricaGeurts]

I came across this pattern today and was thinking of your 3 beautiful skeins Tramea by Audrey Borrego Was wondering would one of those long swimming noodles that you see kids with in swimming pools work for your cardigan arms?

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you! ❤️❤️ I will have a look at that pattern. Someone else did mention pool noodles for arms as well. I'm definitely going to look into it.

[@syloum7723]

Hello Aude, i am Sylvette from Paris. I just discovered your channel and love this vidoe. I suscribe. I am curious but your first name seems very french… could i speak french here ? 😊 I also like the reading part. Have you tried the Brontë mysteries. I’ve read the first one and like it a lot. And your bookclub cardigan : soooo beautiful ! ❤

[@bobblesandberries]

Thank you so much! ❤️ I have heard of the Brontë mysteries, but haven't read any yet. Soon! And yes, my name seems very French but I am French. 😊 Happy to speak French here. ❤️❤️

[@somewhere_in_the_woods_]

Bonjour Aude, je me permets un message en français car j'ai peur que mon anglais soit trop maladroit 🙂. J'apprécie beaucoup tes podcasts, toujours très inspirants. Et je voulais te remercier tout particulièrement pour les recommandations de lecture. J'ai moi aussi adoré la lecture des Dales detectives (et je ne savais pas qu'il y avait un 10éme tome, j'ai hâte!). Et donc je me suis dit que j'allais tenter la série "The discovery of witches", je viens de commencer la lecture du premier livre et je le dévore ! Il y a une série de livres que j'ai adoré, et qui pourrait peut-être te plaire, ce sont des romans policiers qui se passent en Islande et sont particulièrement bien écrits (l'énigme du 3éme tome m'a époustouflée) : La trilogie "La dame de Reykavik" par Ragnar Jonasson (je crois que le nom de la série en anglais est Hidden Iceland, et en cherchant je vois qu'il y a un 4ème tome). Merci pour toutes les découvertes tricot et livres ❤ Allez, je retourne à ma lecture des commentaires sous cette vidéo car il y a plein d'idées pour mes futures lectures. Bon tricot, bonne lecture et à bientôt. Manon

[@bobblesandberries]

Bonjour Manon! Merci pour ton gentil commentaire. Ça me fait tellement plaisir que tu aimes The Discovery of Witches! C'est un de mes livres préférés. Le cinquième vient de sortir et apparemment, il y en aura aussi une dizaine! Je ne dis pas non. 😄 Je vais voir où trouver La Dame de Reykavik. Ça me tente bien! Bon tricot et bonne lecture à toi aussi! ❤️

[@somewhere_in_the_woods_]

@@bobblesandberries ❤

[@julylo755]

Thursday Murder Club series!

[@bobblesandberries]

I've read all of these! They're wonderful! I can't wait for his new book coming out soon. I'm sure it's going to be as amazing as the Thursday Murder Club. ❤️❤️

[@alexandradegruyter]

❤️🌈