Another approach for the crochet squares would be to crochet them in the round to get the same border all around. That however changes the look quite some.
I'd like to see the Danish sweater. After your vintage sweater challenge, you might want a simpler project-especially during this difficult time we all are going through. But anything you do is interesting and I enjoy watching you. Thanks for all you do.
Well Happy Birthday. I think the Danish sweater would be fun. The only thing I could possibly say about the crochet BLO around the edge would be to first sl st around the three sides very loosely which wouldn’t add any size? Then you’d be able to blo? Idk I’ve been crocheting for 24 years and never heard or done that myself. On an edge I just try to stick my hook wherever I can to “clean up” the edges... I’m super new to knitting and I find your channel very informative! Thanks!
Meanwhile I am in awe of the depth of your research on projects. Every week I can't wait to get the next episode in your knitting quests. Thank you for much needed diversion, fo your enthusiasm, and for sharing your knitting thoughts. Great stuff.
I am 74 and my mother taught me to knit when I was 4. She was knitting for my brother and me and I wanted to copy her dressing my dolls. I have always casted on using 2 needles which means I then have to go back and knit my first row into the back loop to get the twisted stitch. I find this discussion about casting on techniques fascinating. I am Canadian. When I first learn to knit using patterns, many were UK. My mother would order yarn from the UK to go with the patterns. This would have been in the 1950s. I think I first bought yarn in a store in the 1960s. I began knitting my sweaters when I was 14 because my mother insisted that I do so. I continue to do. I have 3 in various stages begun since my building was locked down March 18 !!! Fortunately I had a stash of yarn and lots of books of patterns.
I enjoy your vintage sweaters. So I’d love to see you knit a vintage 1940s sweater. I was born in 1949 in March - does that make be vintage lol. I actually think of myself as a 50s baby. Thank you for your entertaining and educational podcasts.
I like all your upcoming project ideas but love the red instarsia cable with the gray. I just made a sweater with that same Cumbria yarn (in a lovely purple) and really liked working with it.
My vote is traditional Danish sweater, Roxanne! But I will be delighted to hear about any of the projects you choose, as always. Thanks for offering a bright note through your weekly videos!
The cast on method in the overhead instructional video is the way I was taught around early 18s. I love the idea of the intarsia cables sweater but also would love to see you do a sweater from the 40s Minerva books.
Lovely beanie. The Shetland Sheep show hat has become a tradition with me (My beginning in stranded) since the Baaable hat for the 2015 shaw. I made the ram/fishing boat one you have for my husband and he wears it every day while out on a walk with our dog. I love the shetland wool. The new pattern for the beanie (kep) has just come out.
Roxanne-such a great discussion here! I constantly learn so much from you and want to thank you, again, for suggesting and demonstrating the Finchley Graft. I recommend it constantly when someone expresses issues using the Kitchener Stitch for sock toes! I want to share with you another use for this wonderful technique...I hand knit Christmas Stockings from my late Mom’s Vintage Pattern. After completion of two stockings, I decided to remove the band with the name knitted in it. I wasn’t happy with the tension or the way the red was visible behind the back. I decided to secure before and after the 10 rounds where the name was, frog 🐸, re-knit the band solid with the white, Duplicate Stitch the name in red, then re-attach the section to the rest of the Stocking... Yep, I re-attached those 60 stitches with the Finchley Graft and it looks amazing!!! You can see my process pictures on my Instagram feed @misspamscreations or my Facebook page Miss Pam’s Creations. I so appreciate you sharing your vast yarn 🧶 knowledge!! Thank you and stay safe in these COVID19 times 👍🏼🧶😍
My vote is for Danish sweater. I think the idea of star texture is interesting, plus I think it will be less stressful to do. I think we all need less stress in our lives right now. I love the socks you knit your daughter and her boyfriend. I want to do a pair for my niece and her new husband. They both complain they can’t find socks to fit their wide calf’s.
Oooo! Danish sweater please! Yes, getting out and walking each day is super important, even though it’s so much harder in that northern climate. Your videos help us all stay engaged.
Finding a new project while coping with loss of enthusiasm for an ongoing one. Thought I'd share my approach to having enough to work on when a current project wanes. There are four baskets on a shelf in the living room. Each has an ongoing project. Yesterday I hit boredom in a shawl so I dipped into Basket Number 2, a hat I'd left a couple of weeks ago. Today I bounced out of bed (ok, at my age bounce is a bit of a misnomer), all excited about the hat. Baskets 'O Projects a waiting.
Yeah! Vlogbrothers! Nerdfighters unite! They have so much excellent content! My jaw dropped when I heard you say vlogbrothers! So glad you enjoyed johns Tuesday video - great birthday thoughts!
For your 1940s sweater, you might consider practicing wartime thrift and unravelling an old sweater that you don't wear much and reusing that yarn to knit a new one. I seem to remember that one of your UK knitting books goes into that.
Oh I hope you do the Danish Tradition sweater. I bought the book myself and love to learn from your process as I’m pretty new knitter. Happy Birthday 🎊
Thanks, as always for these videos. I'm finding it especially comforting to still be able to spend my regular weekly "time with you" in the midst of the chaos of the world right now. As for the next sweater -- my vote is for the Danish star (or whatever) pattern. Definitely! Thanks!
If you feel you need more “structure” go with Danish sweater...if you feel more creative no rules (in this time of strict rules everywhere else) go with intarsia cables. Use your emotional needs to guide you to the next sweater project. I’m eager to see all of them.
I had a little brain wave about your crocheting situation. If u wanted to do the first brder of the square thru the back loop, for the top and bottom, then for the sides you could do a single crochet in the back loop of the turning chain and for the next row do a chain 1 and repeat
Danish night sweater! I would be interested to find out what you might learn about historical Nordic knitting with this project. And, its short-sleeve design is something I can't remember you featuring before.
Hi Rox, it occurred to me that she may be referring to working through the back of the chain in the beginning of your work, not at the end. I believe this would make sense given her instructions. When you chain, you normally see the v's of the stitches in front of you, however, if you turn the chain around there is a little loop on the back. By working into these stitches, the starting edge looks much more complete. Theoretically, this should be doable later on as well (i.e. at the end), but I normally work the chain through the back loop (on the reverse side of the chain) and then that leaves an edge that has easily workable stitches. Sorry if that doesn't make sense, but just wanted to give my two cents!
erica mueller I think that of the four projects you described, you sounded the most enthused by the Danish sweater. So do that one first; these days, it's more important than ever to do things that you look forward to. I crochet a lot. I think that when the designer told you to work into the bump in the back, she meant the bump at the rear of the starting chain.( I find this very difficult and tedious, but I am a tight crocheter.) The reason is that it leaves a clean row of V's at the front of the fabric. When you come to that row while edging the square, you get a clean edge if you crochet into the back leg of the V's. Another method would be to edge the yellow square with yellow yarn, using HDC. Then do the black, ALSO using HDC, into the back loop only. Because HDC gives you three loops at the top of the stitch, this creates a very neat, slightly raised black chain that hides the rear loop where the black stitch enters the yellow loop. It then doesn't matter if when you edge the black in beige, you use SC or HDC. Just be sure tu work into the back loop of the black. HDC is thicker than SC, but only a smidgen higher. May next year's birthday arrive in a healthier, saner world!
Happy birthday Rox! I would love to see you do another vintage pattern. I’ve been completely enthralled with your vintage sweater projects and the ensuing investigation and discovery.
I’d like to see the next vintage sweater next :). On your crochet issue, could you get the woman who made the suggestion to make a quick video clip for you so you can see what she’s talking about?
The Danish pattern sounds fun, yet, I am more intrigued by the reddish intarsia cable surrounded by the dark yarn. I enjoy hearing your thoughts about all your projects. Thanks for your videos!
Thank you so much for your videos! Love your analysis and am always looking forward to casual friday, hope you keep enjoying them :) You sound enthusiastic about the Danish project, but I will follow all four in due time. Do what makes you happy! Birthday greetings from Denmark
I found a clue on RU-vid in a video provided by WEBS: when I searched for "How to Crochet Along an Edge". Now she is crocheting using both edge strands, but if you watch carefully you can see how you can access the 'back' loop. WEBS has lots of crocheting videos.
Belated happy birthday. Love Thai food as well. Got side-tracked watching the Pluto videos (they are so funny). I vote for what I think was your second idea, the Traditional Danish Sweaters, but you do what will bring you the most joy. Thanks for your Friday night distraction from the news.
I think you should save the Aran sweater for finish it February next year, and the one that you're going to design isn't good to start right away. So, I'm going to vote for the Danish sweater because it won't take a whole lot of time for you to design. Also, I was in Santa Fe not long before you were.
I would love to see the Danish sweater. If you find something on crocheting through the back on the edge of a piece I would be interested. I have never heard of that on an edge; its hff ard enough to get stitches even on the edge of crochet.
Hello. That's the method I learned to Cast On the stitches from my mother went I was 8 years old. I am from Argentina and I suppose she learned from her mother who was from Italy. I used this method for years until I found the LTCO that Americans ladies use, 5 years ago. That's is so funny, isn't it?? Love from Argentina.
Did you learn the LTCO so that the tail wraps around your thumb, index finger and middle finger of your left hand, or just around the thumb? I had learned the "thumb method" version where the yarn is just around the thumb, as it is for the continental version of the LTCO (where both strands are held in the left hand. I think that's what threw me: that the tail was wrapped around three fingers, instead of just the thumb.
Happy birthday Rox! Feliz aniversário! Health and peace for you! I suggest you to try the Danish pattern. I I used The Finchley graft and it was much easier to do and the end result perfect! Thank you for bringing knitting advices and joy!
I love your videos. I think all four projects sound interesting. I would like to see the Danish sweater next. But whichever one you choose will be great. Thank you for all the interesting videos. I have just recently come back to knitting. I knitted when I was a kid and now I am retired. I am just a beginner. But I am fascinated by all the research you do for your projects.
The cast on you finish explaining at around 20 minutes looks like the way the youtuber "Very Pink Knits" does her long tail cast on. I've never seen anyone else do it that way before. It's always interesting to learn something new :)
CrazyWoolLady You're speaking of the way Staci (Very Pink Knits) 'throws' her yarn with the right hand, rather than the way she sets up for the cast on with her left. Staci uses the standard long tail cast on with her the yarn tail wrapped over thumb and index finger of the left hand held in a sort of V while the rest of the left hand fingers clutch both yarns together. That's where I learned 'throwing' rather than letting go of the ring hand needle like most "English" knitters do. But what my mother taught me, when I was five (1951), was the thumb method of casting on. However, I remember that she used to 'throw" the yarn, with her right hand, but I swear it was counter-clock-wise around the needle, while I throw clockwise. I never had the opportunity to observe her knitting after I got back into it myself, to figure it out.
@@marilynpannell20 No, I'm talking about the way she said she learned to cast on as a kid. I haven't watched her in years so I don't know how often she uses it these days, but if you go back 6 or 7 years ago you should find some videos where she uses this cast on. I can't remember if she ever had a name for it, but I do remember her saying she hadn't met many other people who used it. You're not wrong though, she does also throw :)
I think you will need more than one project to work on. The danish sweater when you want to think and design and the cabled sweater you designed when you want to concentrate. Thanks for sharing.
Happy birthday! I'm looking forward to seeing all those options. However, I'm voting for the first option. I'm very excited about that yarn and the pattern you've come up with is very pretty. I also think it could be good timing since it's birthday yarn.
The stitch that you were explaining that the crochet designer suggested about going into the back of the stitch sounded like the camel stitch to me. You might take a look at it and see if you think it is comparable. Just a thought I had. Hope it helps.
Happy Birthday! I look forward to seeing a Minerva 40’s sweater for your next vintage knitting project. I love cables so your design WIP next then Danish Star Sweater.
Hello! I would love to see the third sweater with the intarsia cables, that sounds so so cool!! However, I want you to know whatever your heart desires and know I will eventually see that sweater, so go with your heart! With love! God bless!
Happy Birthday Roxanne! I think finishing the Aran sweater while you think about the danish night sweater with that beautiful yarn. I liked the hat. Where did you get the kit? Stay well. ❤️
I vote for a Danish sweater with the 8 pointed stars. I think that would be a good project to get immersed in now. Maybe, it would involve design and learning some new things but not so difficult to be frustrating that it adds anxiety. Just my thoughts.
Re: crochet borders . Someone has probably already answered this , afraid it might be too little too late with 107 comments already. At the risk of repeating. :( What I do in this situation is as you were advised , using the same color as the main square . BUT ... SLIP STITCH Rox , instead of SC up the sides , go right up the uneven border edge , one slip for each row , this will be covered when you SC around with next color. I will try to "light shot" a quickie example of a 10 x 10 sample I made -- prnt.sc/rp1619
Missy13208 Very nice! Thanks for sharing!! Crocheting around the row ends of crochet is where I have the most problems and feel my work doesn’t look very professional...this technique will surely correct that!🧶👍🏼😍
Crochet in the Back Loop: I absolutely agree that it is very hard to crochet into the sides of your work, and there are no front and back loops along there. You're starting with the yellow so you'll HAVE front and back loops for the black. Just make a nice yellow border on those side edges. Maybe, because she's an expert, she wasn't thinking about those side of edges not having front and back loops. That would be just like the English pattern assuming you were knitting on the old way.
I really like the idea of doing the sweater with intarsia cables, I am currently semi following a pattern by susanne Bryant that includes them. It would be really interesting to see your take on them.
My vote for your next project should be the 3rd choice, the yarn you died with the dark grey. Love your "march" through the 20th century, but I think you should take a break on the vintage sweaters and use something you hand died. UNLESS you can find a 1940 sweater in 2 colors that would be appropriate for that yarn combo.
Hi Roxanne, I just joined you and I first wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday (my Birthday is March 25th). I would like to know what is the name of the Sweater that you are wearing it is so Beautiful. Thank you for your informative video’s. I Love them.
