Crochet terms wise it's an English Double crochet (DC) or an American Single Crochet (SC). I have a translation chart that i have to get out every time i get an American pattern
Constance you're on Squid School?! Yaaaas, join us in fun knitting time miss ma'am! (Server Mod waves) I am currently working on two pairs of socks; the Great Paxford Socks, and Syncopation Socks for a buddy in Wales. A Scarecrow Vest for myself. A 1930s crochet jumper for myself, and a 1940s cable cardigan for myself. (And other knitting that are under the bed in my zip fabric box do not exist at the moment, lol)
Hello yes I am, and I love it, I joined in may because of these very socks and am finally getting on with them, one down one to go, and I also really want to do the Scarecrow vest too. Love all your projects cables goodness me, hope they knit and knot along nicely xc
At boarding school we had to Polish our shoes every week, so I still do mine after every wear, my nan always said clean shoes showed a clean heart, thank you for triggering a fond memories. ❤
When my boot hooks failed I went the lazier route of just snipping the hooks off, filing the sharp edges down and using the smaller holes of the grommets they were attached with... 😅 Your way is definitely better!
I definitely considered doing that when the first hook snapped a few years ago but I wanted something that would not ruin my skirt hems as I wear so many long skirts.
Thank you I do find it a bit distracting when I leave it like that because I know what everything is in the background that is not that easy on the eye. But hopefully to the viewer it is just a interesting mess and not troublesome.
Absolutely not, fortunately its a very new workspace with a freshly painted floor so it was quite quick but I did wonder if it would fall down a vortex never to be seen again.
I need to thank you. Since watching your last two videos, I’ve started mending again. I’ve finished mending a couple of things instead of just pushing them to the back of the closet or drawer and forgetting about them.
Lovely to see you again. I’ve missed your videos. I’m always trying to save and mend as much as possible. After all until they’re unrepairable they can be used. We as a nation through too much away. Take care and thank you for this video. Your boots look amazing ❤
Thank you I am glad you enjoyed it, I really do try to keep things going as long as I can with clothes shoes and things making my own stuff helps, but also finding a way to reuse less long lasting items is also very satisfying, I dont think these boots where designed to be repaired but I have had them mended a few times in other ways before attempting this time.
I like project update videos! They offer possibilities for finding inspiration, learning something from the crafter's thought process, or simply getting to see delightful things. Like your feegle, I love him! (The Wee Free Men is one of my favorite audiobooks 😁) I'm on a similar sock journey, sort of. Years ago, I switched from wearing commercial machine-knit socks, with hand-knit socks from my mum added on top only for cold weather/boot situations, to wearing mostly the mum-made socks. However, my mum doesn't really pay attention to fibre content (or gauge sometimes). I appreciate the socks she made, but now I'm slowly adding in socks made by me after my own liking. Still wearing my other socks, mostly at home/when I'm not wearing shoes. And the hand-knit socks do get darned until their not salvageable anymore I'm also all too familiar with the problem of returning back to the crafting space after a while and fighting with the accumulated ideas that all desperately want to become reality now that it's finally possible again 😅 Hoping the ongoing doctors appointments are over soon!
Thank you, All the Tiffany stories are my favourite audiobooks whichever one I am currently listening to becomes my favourite. Thank you for sharing your sock ventures with me.
I'm a licensed cosmetologist, so let me tell you that it honestly doesn't matter how you roll your wet set. There really isn't a right or wrong way to do it. Sure, in school, we learn common wrap patterns, but there are many different ways to wrap hair, that it's just preference. So don't worry about people who know what they're doing criticizing your wrap pattern. I mean, I can wrap other people's hair, but I can't wrap my own, so you're doing better than me.
Thats very interesting to know thank you. I did find it funny how some people told me how I should do it despite not having my hair. I did use the wrong size curlers on this video as I had forgotten that my hair had grown a bit and suited the next size up although I do love the small tight curls for regency and 1930s hair.
@@stanceymackenzie I thought your hair was very cute. Wrap patterns are pretty versatile because it ultimately depends on the wave pattern you are trying to achieve, but of course there are a couple basic rules for rod size. It definitely gets trickier to use smaller rods on longer hair, but it's doable, as you probably picked up on. On the other side, when choosing a rod for short hair, the hair has to be able to wrap around the rod at least 2.5 times. Ultimately, you know what rods work best for your hair and intended style and will adjust accordingly, so you're doing fine.
So happy to have stumbled upon you here, as I think it must've been around 20 years since I've seen you (Kentwell in the 90's.. last year I participated was 2002? Maybe 2003?). Anyway, wonderful. Elected to knit whilst watching, on work lunch break, today a Bronte Sisters shawl (for me!), although a basket of unfinished projects are at home, a 1940's jumper from A Stitch In Time Vol 1, also for me, for work, some mittens with hares on, a cardigan for my daughter, stuck on sleeve island.. and current priorities, two tiny jumpers for friends with new babies. Sewing workbench, a 1939 day dress (again, for me, for work), and a vaguely Beetlejuice themed quilt for teenage child. But the days are getting longer, quicker than ever in the NW of Scotland, so they'll all be finished soon enough. Lovely to chance upon you!
Ahh thats lovely hear thank you. Its funny how time creeps up I have not taken part properly at Kentwell for years but fortunately live near enough to visit often and still feel connected. I love the sound of all your projects especially the Beetlejuice Quilt.
Great projects. I know the feels about never ending projects. Thankfully I only have one which is an Edwardian Bicycle Jumper in a lovely burnt yellow. Gotten so far as the neck😂 it will happen. Good luck with yours 😊
Ahhh. Another wonderful video, very relevant to my interests! Wookey Hole brings back memories of summer holidays as a kid. Thanks so much for making such fab videos 😊
It's lovely to hear about your knitting projects. Please feel free to natter away to us any time! I have the opposite problem to you with socks. I also want to only wear socks I've made, but in the 15 years I've been knitting socks I've made lots of pairs for other people and only one pair for myself. Perhaps I need to take a leaf out of your book!
Lovely video! Currently knitting the button band for a navy cardigan from one of 1940s cloth bound books (possibly your source for the vestee?) alternating with a victorian garter pattern as Christmas presents for some costuming friends. And sewing is a deep red early bustle ballgown. Oh and part way through crocheting a jug cover - first time working with beads! Looking forward to seeing your progress if you have time and fingers crossed your Bernina is fixable - they were the standard school workhorse back in the 70s so the odds are in your favour i think considering the punishment teenage girls gave them! 😂
Oh your list sounds interesting and nice and varied. I am also hopeful for the Bernina, thank you. Its only lived with me so definitely not seen as much work as a teaching model but I have been a bit rough with it.
@@stanceymackenzie It is a mixture of a pattern from 1892 (knit) one from 1895 (crochet) and 1902 (also crochet). I like the design of the knit pattern best, but wanted to crochet it. Making it up as I go along. Hence the “-ish”.
I am so glad you liked it, the Red Dwarf bit truly is what I always think of if I catch sight to too much of my own nostrils, its a relief that others find it amusing.
Not bored at all--and I don't know how to knit and I can crochet only berets. Somehow you are both soothing and inspiring. And of course the Doctor Who and Prachett references are cheering. Tiffany Aching snowflake necklace spotted and is the other one the hare?
Oh good I’m glad you liked it I’ve crocheted 3 1/2 berets/tams (I ran out of yarn on the last one) My necklace is the Uffington White horse that inspired Tiffany’s horse necklace You can buy a hare necklace as well maybe I should add it to my collection as I never used to be a jewellery wearer until I got the snowflake and now I wear it all the time.
Thanks for all the mentions! You've reminded me that I also started some Great Paxford socks after Sydney's pattern came out. If only I could find them....
Lovely to see you again, sounds just like the rest of us, many projects, some we even finish 😂, i have 4 crochet pieces, so time to start a sewing project, I hope to make an apron with embroidery and frills, ❤
Lovely to sit and knit with you a while - I'm working on a Featherweight cardigan - although mine has full length sleeves (thankfully helpfully knit by my past self already before I put this down for the summer) and will be a bit beyond hip length. As I get closer to the bottom edge, and then the neckband/edging situation, the more I think that this one is going to end up with garter stitch rather than the called for ribbing. I just cannot summond the will to knit that much 1x1 rib.
I too am a dpns sock knitter, at present have some socks on the go with yarn that Hubby dyed using a solar dye kit, very easy to do.. also a crochet shrug with star pattern "granny squares" to go around the edges. that is almost done, did not finish it for last Christmas so I must get that done. with soon. mostly I like to knit socks, and do so many that I do not need to refer to a pattern, these days, and find the self patterning yarns are really great for socks I hate getting a draught around my ancles so also go for slightly longer tops. Off now to check out Retro Claude's patterns.
I hope you enjoy Claude's videos I find them tremendously good knitting company, all of your projects sound marvellous and I also love the self stripping yarns they make life so easy and look so good.
Love hearing about your projects. I don't knit, but I like to hear people who knit. Like you I watch Retro Claude. I dream of knitting, I have tried. Need to practice again. Thanks for sharing.
Never heard of anyone else with a Bernina sewing machine. I've got my mother's 1978 Bernina which she got for her 21st birthday. It's beautifully simple.
I would say 99 percent of the makers I know use a Bernina most jobs I work on use an industrial one for zigzags the older ones like you describe are treasures as they will just keep going forever with care and attention.
@@stanceymackenzie Thanks so much for replying Constance, such an honour, haha. I do enjoy your channel very much. It's so calm and simple without all the bells and whistles. My cream and burgundy Bernina nova has never let me down. Would survive ww3. Even the hard plastic cover came velvet lined. They cared for you in the 70's. 😉
I can't get my head around magic loop socks, I'm always a 4 dp's for socks and stockings. Nothing is on the pins yet, but I am crocheting a skjoldehamn hood from some brown 8ply in my stash, hopefully it's enough as i doubt I'd be able to get the same dye lot.
Love your knitting natter. I crochet but no projects at the moment. I'm working on an elf costume for a ball. Glad to know I'm not the only one with unfinished projects sitting around. Add a mountain of patching.
every so often the pile of mending falls over here which means it gets re ordered in a more balanced way rather than the urgency of the repair. Hope your elf costume goes well it sounds splendid.
Just finished watching & it was not boring at all!! The tweed suit was lovely & the point about packing a very good one. I will be packing to go home shortly, and wishing my mother were not so generous & that I weren’t so acquisitive. I have a very large pot (dyeing) with a lovely round basket inside & inside all of that… a lamp. And packed in & around are some corduroy skirts & other goodies, like older silk shirts that I couldn’t say no to… very 90s button up, sadly nothing like an elegant wrap tie neckline…. so needless to say, I am feeling a bit like a tinker & her wares & will be trundling all that bundled on top of my rolling suitcase …. and dreaming of a small case with a wool suit & various tops 😂🥰 …. but as Eliza says… wouldn’t that be loverly!? 🥰😁 So happy to see you here and wishing you The Best with work & your very not-boring knitting! Lynne
Thank you I am glad you where not bored. I know what you mean about the packing I hope yours goes well and everything arrives safely where it needs to be. Thank goodness for rolling suitcases.
You're never boring. I'm so glad you posted another vlog. I LOVE the colors of your new Dr. Who scarf. The color-work socks are AMAZING. You and Retro Claude make such wonderful socks. One of these days, I'm going to try to make a pair for myself. I hope you're able to rush through the socks for others so you can get to knitting those for yourself. I look forward to seeing what you're making out of the disco Darth Vader fabric. Watching you crochet, I'd say you were doing what we Americans call a single crochet. But, if you're working it into a magic loop, you may need to watch a video for making a chain, which is the foundation of most crochet projects. As with knitting, you'll want your chain to have pretty equally sized stitches. It takes a bit of practice to get a comfortable tension and equally sized stitches. But, you can practice making chains with whatever yarn you have: make a chain, rip it out, start again. I always find the chain and the first row of any crochet project the most challenging and I've had to rip and start again too many times to count. If you're looking for a simple, small, easily portable, useful and giftable project, I suggest making dishcloths from 100% cotton yarn such as Sugar 'n' Cream (or Michaels Arts & Craft's Loops and Thread version of it). Start with one skein of a solid color and a size H/8 (5 mm) or I/9 (5.5 mm) hook, whichever hook feels most comfortable in your hand. Somewhat loosely, make a chain of 40 stitches across. For first row, skip first chain from hook, and work a single crochet into the second chain and into each chain stitch across (39 single crochet--stitches), chain 1, and turn. Begin the next row by working a single crochet into the first single crochet and one single crochet in each single crochet across (39 stitches), ch. 1, turn, and repeat this row until you have a square. On your last stitch, cut your yarn, leaving a tail that can easily be woven, and pull it through the last stitch. Weave in your two (start and finish) tails. This should make about an 8-inch square dishcloth. Because these expand when wet, I find this size most comfortable in my hand while washing dishes. My sister, on the other hand, likes hers to be quite large, more like 10-12 inches square when wet. Whatever size you prefer, I find it's easiest to keep track of the rows worked if you end up with an odd number of stitches per row that isn't 5. I use a pen and paper to track by writing: "dishcloth 1, H hook, ch 40 for 39 stitches, rows: IIII..." Unfortunately, I can't show the cross-slash to indicate that I've theoretically worked five rows thus far, so, theoretically, I've only worked four. With the number of stitches suggested, you should get at least three dishclothes from one solid-color skein, whereas you'll only get 2-1/2 dishcloths from one variegated skein. I don't know why the Sugar 'n' Cream blurb I saw said "handwash only." I've made these for years from that yarn (and the Michael's brand) and have machine washed and dried them without issue. Three to five of these folded up and tied with a ribbon make a great gift. Once you've mastered this stitch, you can go on to another, although, some or not as suitable for dishcloths. I can't wait to see the 16th-C project you're going to be working on. Please keep us posted on your knitting, crochet, curtain, mending, and sewing projects. Hope you are well.
Lovely thank you I am glad you enjoyed all my projects. I did only crochet dishcloths for a number of years before moving onto Tams/berets and the uteri, I don't think I every counted to thoroughly if I kept to my original chain stitch number as they where very rarely completely square but they are still doing sterling service by the sink I even made some bright yellow ones for washing out curry pots so the turmeric stains would not show terribly
Bored, really not possible, love your socks, looking forward to seeing progress on the Dr Who scarf, the red does look lovely, and did you plan to make a video on making the camisole? I'd love to see you copy it, as I too have one I love but have stopped wearing it as much as it has been very well loved! All in all a wonderful update! Not much creative going on here, we just finished moving house, and still have unpacked boxes everywhere!
Thank you I might make a video about the camisole as it has some useful machine techniques that finish things off very neatly. Hope the unpacking goes ok.
Never boring, Constance, always full of myrth! I'm knitting an Eeyore (first toy in about four decades), socks and a chevron cardigan in Jamieson & Smith's jumperweight. I'm also sewing undies and teeshirts to restock essentials. And I've been doing some tiling (first attempt) and am making ketchup and Christmas cake. And slowly tackling a mending pile too.
