Hi Gabriella! I always enjoy your podcast and your sharing thoughts on about everything... My daughter read Anne of Green Gable books as well as me...many times.... I am going to try to find that app you talked about free audiobooks and search Karen Savage and give it a try while knitting....as always LOL I am working on the Selma Suit for a gift to a young mother....soon to be...Have a great fall with your family! Time flies and those memories stays with you all of your life! Enjoy!
51:28 wow. You echoed my own thoughts here!😅 is am the same way. We moved last year (so a similar timeline to you) and ever since i have struggled to post consistently. Due to no wifi but also because our schedule and way of life is so incredibly different to before. I finally have fully accepted that i cant post three times a week like i used to. Now i aim for once a week and although i still miss some weeks, i am sooo much happier with both my videos and my day to day rhythm.❤❤❤ sometimes slower is better. Also I loved hearing about the books that you have been reading! I have also been reading aloud (to my younger siblings) and I noticed that my four year old brother is starting to love listening too! I am amazed by how long he will patiently listen and how much he remembers! Have you ever heard of The Sugar Creek Gang series? It’s a children’s book series from the 1940s-50s that i grew up hearing dramatized on the radio as a child and loved! Now i am reading it aloud to my four youngest siblings and it is so sweet to see their enjoyment of it!🥹
Oh I am so happy your Mom came to visit. That's so awesome that she helped you with your plants. I am so excited that your MAL is a year. I just finished my Mom's hat. I am so inspired by all the projects. Everyone is so talented. Have a great week of making. Great to see you.
I love so many of the things you love. Dying with organic and natural items. It’s hard to find people who get that. I loved the clothing you dyed. I also love your reading selection. I just got Middlemarch. Love your podcast. I think we are kindred spirits.
Yarn festivals are the best! Not so much for the shopping (though there is that), but for meeting up with all the people who we talk to online all the time in a safe space. And the animals. Who am I kidding? I'm going to squee over all the critters
Thank you so much!! 🥰 Yes, it is unspun yarn just like Plötulopi, but sadly another base with a different fiber blend from a very small German indie dyer and fiber artist who was vending at the festival.
I found this MAL via Ashley and am excited to join with a cast on of Briar & Bramble sweater by boylandknitworks. I was inspired at Rhinebeck last year with the one Katie has as a sample in Green Mtn Spinnery and embroidered giant rudbeckia and coneflowers on the shoulder. Cheers
Gabriella, I've been slowly savoring this sweet episode over the past couple of weeks! Thank you for all the effort you pour into this podcast! By the way, I love dandelions, too! 😊 Dear friends even shared homemade dandelion jelly that was delicious. Happy knitting!
Thank you so much for your kind words!! 🥰 The sweater is one of my very favorites, it is the Elizabeth I by Alice Starmore from the book Tudor Roses (a book full of stunning patters). Wishing you happy knitting!
Oh, Gabriella, you are one of the kindest people there is! Thank you so much for your words - they mean so much to me. ❤ I'm honored to contribute to your lovely makealong! As always, it was a true joy to watch your content.
I did a reproduction of an 18th century sampler decades ago. Not sure where it ended up. It has to be around here somewhere. Can't wait to see what you do.
Thank you so much Meredith!! You've sparked so much inspiration in me, I went off and looked and looked and now all the more excited about cross stitch!! ✨️
It was lovely to watch your podcast. I’ve used my making to get me through some very dark times in my life. I picked up my knitting again in 2020 to help manage the pandemic stress. I just haven’t cycled into anything outside of fiber arts since then. I’ve had an idea for a botanical project percolating in my mind the past week. It’s inspired by a large vintage handmade bag I purchased on vacation in Puerto Rico. I want to recreate a different version with some other textiles I found on the island and vintage silks. We will see how it goes. It was lovely to catch up on your makes and I hope you have an easier time ❤❤❤
That sounds like such an incredible project!! I find using textiles and collected treasures like that to make for such meaningful projects, I hope you do venture into that creative realm and bring your idea into reality lovely Beate!! 🌿 I am so glad I'm not alone in having making be such an important tool in making it through life. As usual, you ate just such a kindred spirit in your words. 🌸🤍🌸
Absolutely Hélène! I am sure your grand daughters will love it. 💖 It goes, "In through the bunny hole, around the big tree, out through the bunny hole, and off hops she."
Thank you for sharing! I struggle with depression, generalized anxiety, and dissociation: Knitting has been so therapeutic for me and helps me be in body
Good morning Gabriella. I love your cowl and your explanation of how you came up with it. That's a great idea for hand made to give. My family loves my cowl and always asking for more. ❤. So inspired with all the makes I am seeing on discord. Thank you again for a great podcast. Hugs to you and your family.
Thank you so much dear Kelly!! 🌸 I am so glad you've been enjoying discord, and I'm always so excited to see your makes on Instagram as well whenever I catch you 😍 Cowls really are such practical and lovely pieces, and such rewarding knits!! Sending you very warm wishes, I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!! 🥰💕
Dear Gabriella, what a fun little episode 😊 I love to hear you talk about your thoughts, it‘s like a friend joins me in my living room to have a knit and chat😊 it‘s also a lot of fun how I seem to be in a similar place processwise: I‘m just finishing up my first brioche sweater, last month I did my first steeking project ever and my next project will be with unspun yarn - for the first time 😃 so cozy to listen to you, you‘re such an inspiration!🧡
Hello! I am taking part of your make along with a summer top. The pattern is Palm tree by le knit. Thank you for all the inspiration, so many great patterns in your video 😍😍
I love your thoughts on social media. I think finding a way to use it in a balanced way and consuming content that is inspiring and curated is a lovely approach. I’m currently knitting a “Mystic Square” tee by James N Watts for my husband. I’m using a beautiful gradient yellow to blue green Pima cotton yarn for the center square and then a black yarn for the borders. This is the first garment I’ve knit for my husband and I thought a tee was a perfect choice for North Carolina hot and humid summers.
I really wanted to love knitting with unspun, but the one project I started with it stayed unfinished. It worked up beautifully, but I reached a point where I knew I wouldn't be able to actually wear it--I'm too sensitive to rough fibers. So away it went. I'm glad I tried, though, and can appreciate more the artistry and dedication behind the articles worked up in it. I would work directly from the plate, unwinding a yard or two at a time, but I wasn't working colorwork. I definitely learned the value of spit splicing with unspun. I'm sure your cardigan will be beautiful! I think I'm going to start a Pressed Flowers cardigan by Savory Knitting to start the MAL, and I would love to work on a colorwork pullover after that. I've knit some colorwork but never a full garment. I'm thinking the Birkin by Boyland Knitworks, but I haven't decided for sure. It was so fun to see the progress on your pink cardigan--I'm inspired to look for a brioche project I can cast on. 😊
I am feverishly working on crocheting two baby blankets. I am super excited to be in the mal and seeing everyone treasure. So inspirational. I really focus on my phone useage. Its so easy to have all the apps and focus on that instead of enjoying whats around you. Have a great week and i cant wait to see your cowl
Baby blankets!! The sweetest project 🥰🌸 I can't wait either Kelly, and I can't wait to see what you knit up along the way as well! Sending warm knitting wishes to you!! 🌿
The dress by your friend is beautiful, but I think the sleeves would have difficulty fitting into the Rusty Cardigan without bunching up. It looks like it is something of a bat wing style sleeve from the one picture and those are notorious for bunching up in coats and sweaters at the under arm due to their construction. If I'm mistaken, YAY! Grins!
You're right about the Phoebe dress having big sleeves, but I've found a bit of a tuck (against the body) and wrap (of excess sleeve fabric) to work well with large sleeves and knitted sweaters! Definitely take a bit of *work* but I still very cozy. 🥰
@@MerryweatherKnitting I always end up feeling like someone stuffed a diaper in my armpit. Haha. Maybe show those of us who haven’t figured it out, once you have both of them done?
I just stumbled upon your channel and decided to stay :D I would be interested to hear what you think about Plötulopi once you get started - I find it very scratchy, and if I want unspun yarn, I prefer Wooldreamers Manchelopis (there is an online shop in Germany that you can order it from) I am also completely obsessed with the look of the "Coverlet", but have many other projects on my needles at the moment :)
Oooh I am so so glad!!✨️ It is so good to have you 🕊 Thank you so much for sharing about Manchelopis~ I just had a peek and the colorways are just lovely. I'm excited about knitting with handspun, if I enjoy it I'll definitely have to look into a project using Manchelopis as well. I'm not very sensitive to rustic wool, but extra softness is always a joy 🌸
Ah but wool and natural fibers ARE 'alive'. One test is to make something needing stuffing like a teddy bear. If you make 2 and stuff one with wool and stuff the other with polyester stuffing . Then hug them. Very definitely the bear stuffed with wool will feel like it will hug you back. The characteristics of wool and other natural fibers like breathability, ability to wick moisture and regulate temperature etc all contribute to its life, so it is not just organic as in a definition of not having chemicals or a living entity as its source, but continues to provide the same benefits and characteristics like warmth as it did on the animal . So although it no longer grows once separated from its source, it still is a living entity because of its unique characteristics. If it was not it would lose these benefits and be not different than synthetic materials. Natural fibers are so incredible that some can increase blood flow and circulation and even eliminate pain . So the distinctions between living and non living do not end with a hair cut. Natural fibers are quite unique in this respect. So they are quite different than flowers that will die not just when removed from their source but even on the plant . Or fruits and vegetables that do provide nutrients when removed from the source, but decompose quickly once their life cycle is completed. They are more like seeds that carry the life source in microscopic and incredibly mysterious ways . Although they do eventually decompose they are life giving in the ways that they can be used. Congratulations on your discovery of needle felting . It is a wonderful craft and so much fun to do.
Oh what a beautiful picture you painted, I agree with you whole heartedly!! ✨️ isn't it such a privilege to work with these living materials? Thank you so much for your kind words~ wishing you a wonderful weekend full of glorious hand making!
I'm so glad that I came across your youtube channel! I just adore all things botanical and nature-inspired. I can't agree with you more about Teti and Ailbiona's designs, I have so many of theirs favourited! Some others that came to mind that you might like to see are the Baerlic Vest by Sarah Pope, Fields of Gold and Primaveral by Isabella Clark and quite a few designs by Marzena Kołaczek. Happy botanical knitting!
What a lovely list! Definitely bookmarking a few of those gorgeous designs 💚 I knit the Provence Top by Ekaterina Vorobeva in the past and I absolutely loved it! That's why I just cast on her Provence Blouse in a cotton merino blend to hopefully get a light spring/summer pullover. I just adore the lavender design of the lace!
yay, an artist knitter! 😻re: the coverlet sweater, Sarah of the "It Is a Sarah" podcast recently made a colorwork cardigan in brown and black -- really pretty low-contrast neutral combo, way prettier than I expected when she first mentioned the color choice -- check it out! 💖
You have a very « Anne of Green Gables » energy, it’s lovely to see. I’ll definitely go and explore the work of the designers you presented. Thank you !
I would love to! I feel like I often forget about Ravelry, and would be afraid I'd fall too far behind keeping track of everything. 🥰 The discord group is open though and full of inspiration! I would best wonderful if you joined in!
What perfect timing! I just bought the Bifurca Vest pattern yesterday! :) I might do two kits. I already planned to do the Grow-Shawl and already have the yarn❤ A shawl might be perfect for a year long knit along.
Hi Gabriella 🌸🌺🌸thank you for your wonderful podcast! I have made two sleeveless Florestas by Elena Solier Designs and it is a complete joy to knit with clear instruction and a beautiful outcome …. I’m tempted to make another to join in on your botanical MAL … or maybe the Anemone by Marita Clementz Designs which is waiting in my queue 🌿🧶🙏❣️
Thank you so much for this makealong idea - I love it! I am currently making Irish Moss by Alice Starmore. I imagine you already know about it, but if not, I think you might like it!
The Irish moss!! Such a stunning design. You are going to have the most amazing heirloom piece! Alice Stanmore is one of my very favourite designers, she is such a master! 🌿
Dear Gabriella, what a fun idea with the make along! I am not very much into botanical designs particularly, but I have had an own fall cardigan design in mind for quite some time that would fit this theme, so I might join in later in the year😊 for me it‘s always more fun to join knit and make alongs of people I follow and „know“ than any random ones, so I would really like to take part 😇 When it comes to other designers that have botanical patterns, immediately Arne and Carlos came to my mind. They have a lot of interior designs (throws, pillows), colws, mittens and of course also garments with floral / botanical themes. And a lot of the garments are either unisex or male designs. I noticed that most of the patterns with botanical motifs are very feminine (and in general a lot of patterns are). So I thought, I wanted to mention Arne and Carlos, in case someone would like to make a less feminine pattern, as e.g. the Scrapbook cardigan or the Synnove jumper (but there are many many more, some very abstract and geometric ones as well, as e.g the Vegard and the Vidar jumper) 😊 I am really looking forward to you showing us the process of the Rusty cardigan. I just did steeking for the first time with my Une genser. I was a bit scary before I started, but the process itself was actually very easy and not scary at all 😃 I wish you a nice spring time and looking forward to the next episode already😊
So many lovely botanical themed tops! I may have to try my hand at the Vine Top and possibly the Tulip sweater and mini Tulip. I have some botanical themed sock patterns that I’ve been wanting to cast on and a floral crochet tee. seems like May will be the perfect month to start! I am super excited you’re doing a MAL and can’t wait to see all the lovely designs everyone makes.
hello my darling!!!! Always a pleasure to catch up with one of your videos, Gabriella, I am beyond thrilled over the Botanical MAL! Time to plan some botanical themed makes!!!!
