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Happy birthday! I loved seeing your travel videos, and your husband, Ned! You have made my life better as I listen and get to know you… I need your videos. They keep me calm during these trying times.
I haven't finished Jedi the Giraffe yet, but I wanted to say thank you so, so much for this video! I've been watching a lot of videos to complete this pattern as I'm kind of a beginner that takes on too big of projects lol but this is bar far the best!
I love both the musical scenery and you talking and of course the knitting. I always knit along. So this is a very pleasurable video to me. And understand totally what you mean by the breath of history outside the US. We here tend to consider the settling of America and the revolutionary war as so long ago but it is drop in the bucket compared to a place like Lindisfarne. I always wonder what the locals think as they attend their, to us, ancient church. To us it is special but I guess to them it is just a church the way we view a church here, somewhat every day? 😊
From USA - and having traveled to different countries - England included , that was what was brought to me the most, the history of those countries and how new we are ………………. Thank you for a wonderful video !!!🥳
My cousin lived on the Northumberland coast at Bamburgh and could see Lindisfarne from his sitting room window. We spent many wonderful holidays there when my childeen were young. It's a truly beautiful place.
Think if you had a tee shirt or a mug that said, “I knit on Lindisfarne”. My husband knit the Lindisfarne shawl by Lucy Hague so of course we had to look up the history of the island including the Viking invasion in 793 A.D. I mirror imaged your knitting as I sat here watching your video. It was very enjoyable. When knitters travel we absolutely must collect memories of the places we’ve knit. Take the opportunity whenever you can.
So glad you made it up Lindisfarne! My grandmother was born there and I grew up just a few miles down the coast. I’m biased, but I think it’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. I’m not sure if you saw the Lindisfarne Gospels, but there are some beautiful colorwork and cabled patterns inspired by the illuminated texts. I made the Lindisfarne shawl by Lucy Hague for my Gran - super tricky but a beautiful pattern. Oh, and there’s a yarn company just inland from Lindisfarne called “Whistlebare” - so these sheep might be producing wool used in Northumbrian yarn!
Wow Mark! Beautiful photography and really a lovely introduction to a unique place. The knitting museum was fascinating - it's odd that they seem to think of the knitting as being felted when it clearly was not. But I've had people ask me how I can crochet without a hook. Apparently there are loads of people who have no idea how their knitwear was made. :D No complaints - this was a wonderful video.
That part of the world is so beautiful and so meaningful to those of us with ties to the region. I am glad you got to knit in such a glorious place. Today I am making wristers and ski masks to be delivered to a homeless shelter once it gets cold.
What a beautiful place to visit. You found a beautiful spot to sit and knit what a view. You have to get that mug when you get back home I'm going to search for one too it's a must have. The one reason why I love to knit and crochet is that the things we make are perfectly imperfect just like people and that is what makes them beautiful. Your sweater is perfect the way it is. Have loads of fun over there. Thanks for sharing.
10:13 beautiful! Reminds me of Newquay in Cornwall. My favourite place for a holiday here in UK. There are some picturesque cliffs with benches facing the sea, and some are facing North Atlantic Ocean (if I am not mistaken, not sure where the North Sea ends and Ocean begins😅). Waiting patiently for your videos from Cornwall ❤ . Ok now, watching you knit this colourwork, made me fall in love with it and now I have to make this sweater aswell. Moving it to my "next project" pile 😊
Beautiful video! Wow, people in the comments know so much more about historical knitting than I do! I went to Lindisfarne as a child with my family. I remember walking across, but as we were walking back needing to speed up as the tide was coming in and loving the excitement of it! I really like watching people knit, so relaxing. Looking forward to your next section of your UK tour.
Sorry, it's not some of the first knitted cloth. It must be misinformation. Knitted cloth has been found from the 11-1200s Egypt, and from the 1300s all around Europe, from Estonia to Spain.. It might be the first knitted cloth found there 😊 If I remember correctly, the first 'knitting union' was created in France in 1500. And they have found a part of a knitted sock in a tomb, they date to be more than 2000 years old... But anyway, you have made another lovely video ❤❤❤ Thank you for bringing us along. It's so calm to watch. A true pleasure! ❤
Absolutely loved this video, found it so moving. Love watching you knit, the music was wonderful. More of the same please. Thank you for taking time to record and share your trip with us. Taia x
Thanks for hopping on today's video! Outside the priory museum, the guide announced something about having the oldest example of English knitting - which sounded fishy to me! While it was very cool to see some preserved pieces of knitted and woven fabric from the island, I wanted to share a nice overview of the historic knitted pieces that exist around the world: www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-history-of-hand-knitting
I’m knitting Rebecca Clow’s Leith Cardigan as I sit here watching you do her Kerr. I’m familiar with her patterns as I’ve done three test knits for her!
Erm... Somebody doesn't know much about the history of knitting! And that a museum curator! A piece of knitting from the early 1700s is old, yes, but knitting went on very much earlier than that and we have examples of it! Apart from that, Mark, excellent video and oh my, I wish I could pay Lindisfarne a visit, especially now that I have seen your video of it! And in the video you're knitting on the back of your sweater - now how do I know that! 😉
Exactly! Outside the museum they announced that they hold the oldest example of knitting in England - and I thought it sounded fishy! 😂 Still very cool to see a preserved piece from a couple hundred years ago. I hope you enjoy your day, friend!
@@MakerMarkKnits @arwenwestrop5404 Former Archaeologist chipping in here. Yes, there is knitting from earlier (though very few and far between examples survived, and almost entirely outside of Europe). Even places like the British museum really have nothing earlier than the 16th Century from Europe in their collections. So they aren't wrong to say they have some of the earliest surviving knitting in Europe. Knitting may well have existed well before that time, but we don't have it.
