Hi Francesca! You’re not alone! I also love simple layer collars 😉. In fact, I love both… What I sure love is your podcast! I’ve been bingewatching it these past months. As I’ve been learning Italian su internet da più di tre anni (😊) and that you are THE Italian knitter, I have a suggestion for you: maybe you could teach us a knitting word in each episode? This way, when we will be travelling in Italia and reach to an Italian knitting shop, we’ll be able to say some words in Italian! Thanks for the good time spent watching you and your beautiful projects and happy knitting! ❤
catching up on your videos Francesca cara, finally have some time to chill...love love your lento sweater, everything about it, the double mohair really makes a difference! double collar for me 💚
The quality (audio and light AND content)- excellent. As for collars, I have yet to do a fold over collar, I have modified patterns to do the single layer. But maybe one day I will try the folded over one. Love your makes. And am looking forward to making the Italian Winter Shawl one day!
Surprise, I also like the single neckline as much as you do 😘 Only time I like otherwise would be more like a high strait neck like in Andrea Mowry´s Morning Rituals pattern. Thank you so. much for the company and your lovely smile 🥰
Hi Francesca, your podcast was delightful as usual, perfect audio and visual. I prefer a single layer collar. And all your knits are beautiful, you are such an inspiration, thank you.
Ciao cara! The Amore yarn is the recycled line :) and ws is the code fore cashmere in spinning! I love your love for garter stich and is totally contagious.
I am definitely not a fold over collar person. I think it adds too much thickness. I like mock turtlenecks better than turtlenecks as well. Th anks for sharing. Love the new shawl design. That shape is my favorite for shawls.
Hi Francesca, It was lovely to spend time with you. Your cat is beautiful😁. Great episode. I prefer a single layer collar. Your color choices are so good. The Lento and the No Frills Sweater are really pretty. I love Petite Knit patterns they fit me without any trouble. I also hope to knit the Stockholm sweater this year. I can't wait to knit the Italian Winter Shawl. It will be so cuddly in our soon to be very cold temperatures. Take care
Hello Francesca from cold and gloomy Berlin. We are almost to the winter solstice and the days feel short indeed. Its kind of you to send good wishes to those of us up here ❤. Your video content and quality was excellent, no complaints from me! I appreciate how you talk about your projects, the patterns and yarn. It really helps me understand what I might want to knit myself! I‘m team simple collar. I recently had to frog a double band becauseI messed up the pick up ratio and did not like the end result. I’m pretty certain I‘m only going to make a single knit collar now instead. Less work and I think it looks nicer. Maybe on a super chunky sweater it can look cozy? But for me, its not the more polished look.
I stuck around 👋 You amaze me how articulate your are! I like your simple idea for patterns. I have made a couple of your Italian summer shawls. Love those foam puzzle pieces, use them all the time. I like a simple collar just like you do. That was amazing what you did to lengthen your sweater sleeves! See you next time 🧶
The sound and lighting are very good. You are young and slim. You can wear either collar well, but that is not the case for others! I think the single is more comfortable, but for some the double is more flattering. In MN in the winter the double is the way to go. Thank you!
Greetings from San Francisco! Imagiknit is my LYS so it was very fun to hear about it on your podcast. :) I am definitely team single layer collar. Hope you're having a great autumn.
Hi Francesca. Omgoodness that was so cute with your cat! I also like a single collar. I like to do the tubular bind off with it. I get hot easily so I can't wear turtlenecks or double folded collars. Love your knits!
I always look forward to your podcasts; so many beautiful things to see and lots to learn! Love your shawls. Will be making them after the holidays. I'm a single layer collar girl although I have made double layer collars. The single layer collars feel much more comfortable to me.
Hello Francesca, thank you for a lovely episode. I love the patterns you have been designing. I plan to make the cowl for a friend for her birthday. I think both collars have their place but I dislike having to go back and stabilize the double collar with elastic or a line of crochet. They alway seem to stretch out of shape.
My Lesson learnt. I posted a birthday card with a gift voucher. It never reached its destination. So now, absolutely everything I post, I add and pay for tracking. The triangle blanket is lovely. My only problem is I dont have enough of the same thickness of stash yarn to make. The folded over neck looks more tailored, but it does depend on the style of the garment. And if it suits it. Could you do a tutorial please of how you do the knitting join/Russian grafting in the future. Gorgeous cat. Reminds me of my beautiful boy Bilbo, who lived to be 19.
Hi from a (today) very sunny Vancouver, Canada! The longer your videos the better 🤩. I just recently bought the Host yarn in exactly the same colour. It's actually mostly cotton! I got enough to make a wrap cardigan but now that I have seen your shawl I might rethink. Your lento is beautiful and the colour suits you very well. But you can probably pull off almost any colour. My preference for a simple or a folded collar very much depends on the yarn and the pattern. For a thicker yarn and a high crew neck I prefer folded but for a thinner yarn and a lower crew I like the simple one layer. I am about to finish the light loop sweater and I really like the collar of that pattern (two strands of Isager mohair).
Thank you! I do love my Lento and I’m looking forward to cast on another one. Both the wrap cardigan and the shawl are lovely ideas, I hope you’ll be able to make both at some point. The shawl is more of a mindless knit and the wrap cardigan more challenging, so it’ll depend on your mood I think. Hope Vancouver is treating you well (and that it has some lovely yarn stores! - last time I visited i wasn’t a knitter yet so I didn’t even go look for one 🙈)
@@AnItalianKnitter I love Vancouver! I am originally from Germany (spend many summers in Italy with my grandparents, love Italy too). There are some nice yarn stores here and combined the selection is pretty good. My favourite is Wet Coast Wools. I was going to cast on your summer scarf but now I might wait for the shawl. So nice of you to publish them for free!
Thank you, I really enjoyed your podcast and I like podcasts that are longer. I think the WS on your ball of yarn might mean super wash? I prefer the single layer collar, the folded one looks nice but too warm for where I live , which is near Vancouver BC, Canada. I think if I lived in the interior or up North, I would want the folded one during the really cold days, maybe. I’m old, and I run on the hot side, so maybe not. I look forward to the next podcast.
Ahh thank you for solving the “WS” mystery! 👏 That’s exactly it, because on their website I do see that they say that you can wash this at 40 degrees (Celsius) and that they also have a version that does not say “WS” and you can only wash that my hand.
Single collar, defenetly! Although, I recently saw in a podcast, a girl that made a double one where she just knitted the inside part in a very thin yarn and larger needles, producing a very thin layer , and than folded the collar to give it some structure...it was a good solution for a specific problem and it was hardly noticeable. But single is my thing. I HATE double...but Portugal is also hot like hell...and I don't like bulkiness...Thank you so much. Lots of love from Lisbon ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Hi Francesca, I like the single folded collar. I think it is a finer look. In December i turned a young 80 haha. So i decided to download your shawl patterns, easier to knit. Thank you for the free pattern😊 Since I live in South Florida i will give it a try & make it in a light yarn weight. I think it will be pretty. Any suggestions on what yarn to use? I sooo look forward to your to watching your videos you are fun & relaxing to watch!! Thank you again.
Ciao Francesca! Your cat is adorable 💕 I much prefer a single layer collar. With a tubular cast on if I can be bothered. But I often just use a twisted German cast on, and I think that looks great too! I’m loving your chestnut sweater xxx
I tend to prefer single layer collars. I might enjoy a double folded collar on a sweater with thinner yarn but for DK or heavier yarn, it feels like too much fabric around my neck.
I love your garter stitch projects. I love the squishy feel love it, and the look as well. I live near San Francisco across the bay. We are about to celebrate Thanksgiving, but I was happy to find your podcast. Italy is my favorite place to visit. I love it all. I will look forward to the rest of your projects and podcasts. Happy holidays.
I think I need more this kind of basic sweaters in different colours in my wardrobe 😍 ps. I think Lento uses fingering + suri alpaca, which is 300m/50g, which is thicker than 1 strand of silk mohair but thinner than 2 strands of silk mohair held together.
It was a pleasure to watch your podcast. I have to admit I enjoy the look of the double folded collar, but in the end it’s preference and the most important is that we wear our knits!
I used a lightbulb stitch marker to show the increase/decrease row too with the Sophie Shawl. Once I got into the groove, it made it easy to see when the next one occurred. Love the items you shared. Off now to search for the patterns.
I'm a "double-collar“ person, while hardly bear with "garters"😂 oops. Nevertheless, I love all your videos, and enjoy your vibe with your minimalist knits!
Hi Francesca, you really inspire me with your knitting creations, I haven't knit a sweater for a very very long time, when I was a knitter all the patterns that were available were a bottom up design, I would love to challenge myself to knit my first top down sweater, would you have a simple sweater pattern that you could recommend.
Hi ! I think it was a great idea to add another string of mohair because… I made two sweaters like the original with the recommended yarns and do not like / wear them at all because it is too airy and at the shoulders I can see my shoulders skin through the open stitches… not pretty at all ! I should give the pattern another try with your suggestion…
Interesting! This reminds me that if I ever want to knit another one in just a fingering + mohair, I should make a really big swatch to see if I actually like the fabric 🙏
Love your knits! I let my hair go grey during Covid. When I was a brunette, I wore a lot of earth tones. After much research I have learned that grey hair looks good with white, black, grey, navy, blue jean, NOT cream, often not yellow, but great with most “jewel” tones (bright red, scarlet red, hot pink, dark turquoise, dark aqua green, purple, royal blue). Many women can carry off mauve and other softer versions of those colours. In conclusion, the grey and blue half and half wrap would most likely look great on your mom and would go with much of her wardrobe). I would definitely want to wear it.
This is great to hear! I’m even more excited now for the time when I’ll gift it to her 💝 I wonder if (and I hope!) she’ll let me take a picture of her with the shawl on
Beautiful Video! I love all of your sweaters and blanket scarves! The colors you like are gorgeous! I love the single flat row collars very chic! You are a Wonderfully skilled knitter! I live Imagiknit in San Francisco
I did actually do the folded collar on the Lento that I made, and surprisingly, I like it more than I thought I would! Mostly because the yarn and mohair is fluffier! But on thinner yarn I definitely prefer the single layer 🥰
I sure enjoy your videos. Now I'm looking at another sweater, thanks to your finished sweaters, and I'm also now more inspired to get my half and half started. I've made the small one but now need to make the larger one, and I already have the yarn so no excuses I too love garter , as long as I don't goof.... :)
To be fair, while knitting my Half + Half I do remember sometimes thinking that it was a little bit slow going, so I feel like I know where your hesitation is coming from… However, it’s great for a project for when you need relaxing garter stitch. I would still recommend having another one or two projects on the go at the same time to switch things up though 😅
I think I’m a single layer neckline kind of person, but I haven’t made a sweater with double layer neckline yet. I’m just assuming I prefer that because i don’t really like anything tight on my neck. What a great episode and you are such a delight to watch. I am going to visit Italia next year. What a beautiful place 💖😍🧶
I am making the autumn cowl now but I want to make your new shawl as well!!! 😂 I like a single layer neck personally, but I work in a place with kids and it is always hot so the double is crazy hot to me 😅 Thanks for another wonderful episode!
Your Lento is just *chef´s kiss! I am more team double folded in winter winter and team simple neckline in the other 3 seasons ( but I also do double folded when I am trying to hide an uneven ribbing🤭! Looking forward to the Italian winter shawl :)
Thank you, darling! 👩🍳 😘 I think I’ll have to cast on my next Lento soon. As you know, one can not just knit one and call it a day. Hope everything is chef’s kiss for you too, in life ❤️
I love the look of the double folded collar, but I live in Southern California--way too hot and bulky. I convert mine to single thickness as well. Love your podcasts!
I generally prefer a single folded collar. Once in awhile I like a double folded collar - to balance off a heavily textured or cabled jumper as an example.
Your cat is so sweet! Most of my cats are too cranky to kiss😾I like a single layer collar. I can’t stand a turtleneck but I wonder if I might like the kind of collar that is wider and stands up away from your neck. Your Drops Air shawl is tempting me!
You aren't alone. I'm not a fan of the folded over collar, either. I also don't like them so high up against my throat. I much prefer having the neckline at least a couple inches below my collarbone, or I feel like I'm being strangled.
I don't like collars folded over. I don't normally make heavy sweaters, so it's not usually what would be called for. Yay team no double collar..... LOL
I prefer the single folded collar. But only because I’m quite easily itchy in my neck and the double ones always seem to be in that exact itchy spot. I also don’t like the squishy look in my neck for some reason. The collars look so big and make my small head look even smaller.
🙈 You’re so right. The strand of yarn got stuck on it while I was pulling and I could tell the Velcro was really grabbing it and not letting it go 😅 Maybe I should use the bag for something else
