I love Andrews history lesson. That is fabulous! Your shows are always so interesting and I love these surprise extra lessons! Thank you Andrew...And Andrea I always love your informative lessons as well. Thank you both!
Wow! What a podcast, but the double knitting did leave me speechless 😶 and I thought I knew how to knit. With your podcast I have seen knitting in a different perspective and there is so much to learn. The answer that Andrea gave on the substituting of yarns, it is definitely an eye opener. Thank you both. ❤️🇨🇴
Informative episode. I wanted a lamb for years as a young child, but Santa was too wise and saw that a suburban house could not raise a lamb to an ewe. Double knitting is now on my to- learn challenges in my self discover path in knitting.
Your podcasts are really high-quality magazine-standard. There is so much work behind it all, what with the ideas, and the actual production. I must say that the Alasdair Post-Quinn section went right above my head, but it's magical to witness what some talented people are able to create. Happy 50th to Andrea, what strange times to celebrate a major milestone, but at least you'll remember the cigars! Looking forward to the next episode xx
Honestly, what I would most love to see is your yarn stash... I've got all my yarn in transparent boxes, sorted and shelved and I love seeing how other people store their fibres and what they have... many people I know have one or two balls of yarn that they've had for ages and never used because they're just too pretty or have certain memories attached to them... so yeah, I'd love to see that!
I am so excited by this interview! I took an online class with Alasdair on double knitting that kickstarted my trying out new knitting techniques and changed my knitting from a hobby to a passion! can't wait to watch it (I got so excited when I saw his name I commented before even watching the episode)
Happy Birthday (a bit belated) dear Andrea! As a woman who is a few years ahead of you, I can say that being in my 50s is really the best decade so far, I hope you find it that way too. I am also grateful for the content in this 99th episode-how is that possible?! I have watched every single one, and am looking forward to how you and Andrew will decide to celebrate this milestone. All the best to you both, and many happy returns on your birthday, Andrea!
Such a great show. I just adore it. Love the fact that my husband "watches" over my shoulder. He pops in for Andrew's historical context segments. You two are so cute together. Your passion for what you do is so evident in the quality and care you put into each episode. Best podcast series I've ever watched! Keep up the fantastic work.
Oh wow! Double knitting! I still am trying to master colour work. Sheesh! Love Madeline's hat. Andrew sure does a fine job on his knit wear. Andrea, that combination on your garment is very lovely. Those sheep were great, those little lambs are so darn cute! Episode 100, looking forward to it.
What a fabulous birthday present, Andrew. It reminded me of a family story when my brother went to my Great Aunt’s house one day - a fun, spirited, petite woman from a rather wealthy and refined New England family - and she answered the door with a cigar in hand and said, “Come onin, I’m just watching the boxing matches!”
First of all, may I congratulate Andrea on her 50th, and may there be many happy returns of the day! I agree with Andrew that you are looking gorgeous as ever! And I hope I´m not overstepping any boundaries here to say that your daughter is equally beautiful. I thouroughly enjoyed your show, it was very informative and interesting. The section about Double Knitting was jaw-dropping! Thank you for sharing this with us. I hope that I may soon manage to become one of the patreons of Fruity Knitting. Stay safe and healthy!
Great knitting what you both have done, love the flint stones fab i love watching it when a child, the swatch what you knitted Andrew is Tops fantastic keep up with the great knitting i love to watch men knitters .
I learned something new from Andrew about my home state of Ohio. I did not realize we had Flint Alley. We have such a strong history regarding ancestral Indian tribes that relied on flint for their tools. Andrea, it is evident that your podcast are well thought through and professionally done.
Each segment was so great but that double knitting blew my mind. The guy is a genius. What a lovely segment with the shepherdess. Thank you once again for a joyful time
A lovely jewel of a treat in somewhat difficult times. Thank you!! I especially liked the interview with Alasdair and his gorgeous projects - so inspiring. Happy Birthday Andrea and here's hoping that the rest of the year improves. You could always have a postponed birthday party later on in the year - a good excuse if there ever was one.
Very instructive videos. Love this fiber/spun techniques/meterage (which I did not previously know). Happy Birthday, Andrea, and yes you still look gorgeous and young. Enjoy the year in health and happiness. Alasdair Post-Quinn is an amazing knitter. Out-of-this-world.
WOW, what a great interview, you asked great questions. I love your programs, beautiful music choices, interesting interviews, and I love the family aspect, ad I can't say enough about "extreme knitting. " Thank you. Happy birthday, you are absolutely stunning!
For me, this was the best video yet. Everything flowed together. I so enjoyed Alasdair’s “show and tell.” I’m one of those people who will try anything once (in knitting), but I’ll have to get up my courage to attempt that. Thank you very much for all your wonderful podcasts. Belated birthday wishes for a lifetime of happiness, Andrea. Многая Літа!
Happy birthday Andrea! Thanks for the sheep bit. It made my 2 year old daughter very excited to see “sheep’s” as she calls them! The timing of your double knitting episode couldn’t have been better, as I learnt how to do it earlier this week, following being inspired by it being mentioned and taught in an Arne and Carlos quarantine KAL. I had even found the designer you interview on RU-vid! Thanks for the great interview! Greetings from Chad, Africa, and keep up the good work.
Great to hear that your daughter enjoyed the sheep. I'm thrilled to get a comment from Chad! (Andrew here. I was always terrible at geography, but from an early age I knew that Chad was right in the middle of Africa.) Thank you for watching, stay in touch!
Wauv wauv wauv! You really caught a very big fish here. The work of Alasdair Post-Quinn is so interesting. I am deeply inspired to try his techniques though I never fancied double-knitting - thougt it was very nice material but too slow to do. But I am into experimentation - this is amazing. Come on girls and Andrew and Andrea!
Another fantastic episode! Grist. That’s the magic word in yarn substitution. Yards per pound or meters per kilo. My niggling little problem is in measuring length. It can really be affected by the amount of tension it’s under while being measured. When is a meter not a meter? The second time I measure the same piece of yarn. 🤔
Thank you for another terrific episode! Fascinating history lesson. Thank you Andrew! Thank you Andrea for the Alasdair Post Quinn interview. Such impressive & intriguing knitting!
Fascinating! Happy Birthday Andrea! We've had two lockdown birthdays in our household this month and, depending on continuing restrictions, two more to come. Fun was had!
Happy Birthday Andrea! 🎂🥂🍾🎊🎉 I'm beggining to love the historical-philosophical classes Andrew is presenting us! Can't lift my jaw of the flour with that double-knitting... mind blowing!
Thank you for introducing me to Kim Hargreaves in past episodes. I bought some of her books and the patterns sit perfectly! I searched a long time for a good basic pullover pattern that fits and finally I found one in her books.
Happy birthday, Andrea! Another great show. Your explanation of how to choose substitute yarns was really helpful and would explain why I always seem to have problems in that area. And Alasdair's creations were truly jaw-dropping.
Birthday wishes, Andrea! May you have many more and may you and Andrew continue to delight us with your informative video podcasts. I loved learning about double knitting and how versatile it can be, it has joined the other things on my to knit list. Thanks for being so inspirational.
I just noticed the Toft birds in the background :) and remembered Andrea talking about their floppy heads. I have since made my first two birds, and remembering Andrea's comment, I stuffed the neck of my heron - and it worked! You cannot see the stuffing, the bird sits with the head up, and there are no dangerous wires inside.
As always you are both a delight to watch. I do hope things are well on your end with this mess we are all in. You look as stunning as ever Andrea! Happy Birthday!! I love how you approach knitting issues, you make it seem rather less complicated and that encourages me to tackle issues that I have in knitting. Love the LAMBS!!! I would love to scoop them up and just carry them around! Good to see the three of you together! Loves and Hugs!
Happy belated birthday I love this episode and I was inspired by your podcast to knit a baby blanket that has lace and a cable that’s knitted and it is really easy once I got started I hope you enjoy your knitting
Happy Birthday Andrea! Love your show! I've learned so much. I started binge watching last fall when my friend in North Carolina told me about your show. Very enjoyable while learning lots of new skills! Thank you!
I was so surprised and amused to see that you have personal history with The Flintstones, a staple of my childhood! One of my favorite jokes from a stand-up comic, decades ago, was "If Fred Flintstone knew that the large order of ribs was going to tip over his car, why did he keep ordering it at the beginning of every episode?"
Hello, the work here is absolutely beautiful! I went to Alasdair Post-Quinn's website to see if I could order a few of his books and he said that his home and all of his work samples, and yarn was burned in a massive fire. So sorry to hear this. Praying he and his wife will rebuild and get their business back on the ground, better than ever!
WOW! Fabulous episode, never disappointed with your content, always fresh and so very interesting. Alasdair Post-Quinn 's art did make my jaw drop. Those were amazing ! Thank you again, Happy Birthday !
That was such an enjoyable episode, so a big thank you. I think that you get the balance right between each section. Hopefully once lockdown is relaxed you will get to see your mum Andrea and can celebrate your birthday together. Find it hard to believe that you’re 50 though...you must be doing something right :-). Julia x
I love how you explain how to change/fix/modify even when you have exact gauge when something doesn't fit as you want. Loved Andrew's flint/Flintstone detour! Actually a birthday in a pandemic is a new experience; not so sure about the cigars though although looking at as a daring dangerous challenge...welllllll. Alasdair's double knitting was astonishing. Thanks for another great episode. Oh yes, I loved the pompom on Madeleine's hat and I don't normally like that look at all. HUgs.
I made that mistake, substituted the wrong yarn, when I had spent untold hours/months finishing my project it was very disappointing as the fabric was very stretchy and holey compared to the original. So now I know why. Thanks Andrea.
You are companions during my late night knitting sessions.It is a treat when a new episode roles along. I appreciated the exposition on flints. I love Norfolk's north coast and all the delicious flint structures. Flint and Silica are interchangeable terms for the glassmaker component essential to all ceramic glazes. I don't know if the flint is ground up flints, with the silica being ground up sand, but I like to think so. Andrea, I appreciated your analysis of the Marie Wallin sweater pattern and your detailed description of ways you are dealing with accommodating the off kilter profile. I did wonder if washing and blocking would have relaxed the slipped stitch pattern and expanded the portion above the colorwork section. Thanks you two for a truly soothing gift to all us fans during this weird time. Ditto to the comment from Jacqueline below: tell us how the name of your podcast came about during the landmark 100th episode. Have fun...
I always enjoy your show but I especially loved the segment about the Gotland sheep in Vermont. And yes, I am picking my jaw up off the floor now that I have seen extreme double knitting. Thank you.
As usual, another great episode ... 99! Happy Birthday Andrea! Gorgeous as ever! It was so nice to see Madeleine again. Lambing - so educational. Double Knitting? I have his first book on my shelf and have made one long scarf from a free pattern on ravelry. I made it in yarn that's probably too heavy, but he's totally right about doing a long project to really get the hang of it. I'm happy to leave it in my closet just to see it and know I did it! Alasdair is a genius! One day I'll tackle one of his projects. Thank you again for all you do. I'm happy to be a long-term patron. Your show is so valuable!
Yabba Dabba Doo !! Story:- We went shopping on a Friday evening after hubby came from work. On the way home ( the same time each week) we would call into the Fish & Chip shop for a take away. On the TV would be the Flint Stones children’s program. Our daughter would be 2/3 yrs old at the time, she named it ‘The Yabba Dabba Doo Shop’ Amanda will be 50 yrs old on 11th Jan 2021. The shop is still there, still our Yabba Dabba Doo Shop 😂🤣. Lots of love to you all. Thinking & praying for you lots for a speedy recovery, always ‘try’ to think positive . Both my husband & myself have got through when we did not expect to. God Bless you all. Thank you for helping so many of us through these difficult times. xx
I am a rock hound and loved the geology segment; as well as the history lesson. Your show is incredibly informative and I giddy with curiosity wondering which Post-Quinn design you will take on! Take care and thank you!
A wonderful episode as always. Your playful banter and obvious affection for each other is so enjoyable. I ordered some Gotland yarn from Grand View Farm, really enjoyed this segment. Looking forward to your next podcast as always.
Lisa R Patreon, , This is an amazing double knit designer , but I think if you want to get a totally different style ( ie fair isle -seque) classic perhaps to appeal to even more knitters who’d like to try - I can highly recommend Lucy Neatby. She’s published books , patterns , made many video classes over the years . She’s quite a n interesting person , for certain . I’ve had the pleasure of taking her classes several times . Excellent teacher , has patterns that are more approachable for newbies . Her background is in Canadian Fishing originally. It a great technique, . I wonder if I’d have felt a bit overwhelmed with these designs being so advanced ..’. Just my thinking out loud - lol ! Very impressive segment , thank you :)
I had made a jumper that had the same kind of accordion pulling, I ripped back and where the troughs are I went up a from 3.0 to 4.25 I believe, it worked great. Just have to remember to change needles where needed. It blocked beautifully, and still had the beautiful texture. The gauge was a tad different but not enough to really notice. I have it as a gift.
I happened on double knitting quite accidentally a few years ago while trying to find a way of creating a fairly subtle pocket. Somehow, I ended up finding a double knitting technique (1 color) for that in my mom’s “Principles of Knitting” [June Hemmons Hiatt]. It was so fascinating to me that I’ve graduated to 2-color and lots of other experimentation, including the dumb but fun sock in a sock. As astonishing as it is to pull out the second sock, only a knitter really understands that it’s kind of magical, or at least challenging, so it’s hardly worth all the effort for a 10-second bit of surprise at the end. IMO. But double knitting is a really worthwhile challenge. And “Principles of Knitting” is a wonderful book. I finally bought my own copy.
At 19:40 I just want to drop in here the fact that striking a flint remained the most efficient way of making a fire, right up to the 19th century. Matches were not widelt used until the mid 19th century.
Happy Birthday Andrea! Another information and inspirational episode. That double knitting is magical and mysterious. If I ever move north of Florida I might try it. 😂 So good to see Madeleine again too!
Without seeing the actual written pattern, and just viewing the picture of the jumper, I was under the impression that the garment was to be knit in the Raglan method. As different stitching methods ie. cables or ribbing, I would make intentional swatches with those specific stitches to to know how the would measure and where I would need to make increases or decreases before that desired stitch section starts. I am very fond of the ease of the Raglan style starting the neck through the yoke, securing the live stitches of the yarn on spare contrasting yarn, finishing the body. recapturing the stitches to the sleeves. if you find you are running low on yarn, you can adjust the sleeve length t 3/4 or short I think I might design and create a Raglan jumper with a Fair Isle stitch for the borders and a an interesting texture for the body
The sound of those lambs eating the milk at the end there, I just love it! Thank you for yet another great show, I just love you guys. A perfect mix between information, "hygge", inspiration and fun. And happy birthday to you Andrea, you look just stunning! I've been trying to think of a clever question, but the only thing that keeps popping up is how you came up with the name "Fruity knitting". Also, I'm really curious as to how the rest of your place looks, maybe you could show us how you live. Interior decorating, gardening and knitting are my top three hobbies. With knitting on top, or rather 50 % knitting, 25 % crocheting and 25 % sewing :) Until next time, stay safe and take care!
Happy 50th Birthday Andrea! Glad you were still able to celebrate albeit different to your original plans. I too am turning 50 in August this year, and expect that my birthday may be different to the original plans. By the way you look fantastic for your age - must be all the knitting!! ;) Health and happiness to you.
