For that sweater with the 2 colours... you could always rip back the sleeves a bit and redo them in same color as the bottom of the body. It would even it out a bit. I am a ripper....I rip things back all the time. Lol.
Laura’s Soufflé in the color you chose is absolutely stunning on you!! We’ll done! I’d like to knit the Soufflé for myself, but I’m afraid it may be too youthful for me (I’m 55+). I’ve heard that those of us with large heads have a lot of brains 🧠😃. The Oslo hat is definitely going to be added to my list for myself & my husband. Thanks for your video!
Hi Cynthia - thank you! And not at all, you should totally make a soufflé, age is just a number and if you think it won’t bring you joy that’s the only thing that matters 🤍
I'm 55 this year and I want to knit the soufflé, so you can definitely go for it. I have a large head too and have knit 3 Oslo mohair edition hats. Would recommend that pattern too.
The Soufflé Tee pattern is already in my basket to buy upon release this weekend. I/m loving my The first sweater which is in red, so that may be my chosen colour. I've knit 3 Oslo mohair hats, but love the look of your VIP ones so that will be on my list for next winter. I would love to watch a podcast on your stash. I'm in rented awaiting completion of our house sale, so my stash is stashed everywhere, including relatives houses! I desperately want to organise it into projects and frog UFO's/repurpose or destash. Having some sort of logic and plan helps calm my brain. Ps.. your pattern is perfect. You can stop worrying. 😃
Thank you Julie - I can’t wait to see your finished bright red The First Sweater. Yes I hope there will be something calming about organising the stash and getting a sense of purpose from it 🤍
The blue shirt is super cute! I'm definately saving that pattern as a future project. I just had our friend C as well, but luckily I got a very mild case and was only ill for two days. I did get some good progress on my sock while ill, and I'm now working on the second sock (first pair of socks ever, restarted three times before I was happy enough to finish it). So I've been working on that, and also on the Librarian Vest by Skeindeer Knits. I had to make life hard for myself and choose a colour changing yarn, which means that I'm now working a steek into the pattern (designed bottom-up, with top front and back knitted separately) so I can continue knitting in the round. We'll see how that goes! Anyway, I hope you're doing well! Thanks for the video and keeping me company :)
Hi Raevyn - thank you! wow you certainly haven’t made life easy for yourself, I have done a steek once and it was a nerve racking experience but a satisfactory result! 🤍
Welcome back! I love your Soufflé T. I think I might like it best of all that I have seen to date- of course, I love navy blue! The colour block solution to yarn chicken looks great and fits right in with current trends on your green sweater. I like that crochet stripe accent on your new raglan sweater design . The Oslo hats are inspiring me to give one a try and cashmere and merino- so lovely! Maybe in the fall, as I am hatted out after Christmas and a LONG queue of Newfoundland Saltwater mitts to finish and two sweater requests (complete with design concepts) from two of my granddaughters, who are 5 and 7 and want fingering weight- yikes! You have lots of great plans ahead and I look forward to seeing what you do with the lovely yarns. Thanks for a lovely visit. So glad you are on the mend!
hi Jennifer - thank you so much! I took a gamble on the navy as that’s what I had in stash and wasn’t sure how working such a delicate project in dark mohair would work out but I love the result. was so worth it. wow you sound like a busy busy knitter!
Another lovely podcast episode! Definitely would love to see a stash video, I find them so interesting to see what other people have in their stash and what they plan to make!
Lovely to see you again sorry you haven’t been well but you did catch up on your projects. Lovely sweater you are wearing. You hats look great . Nanny knits made the same one in a different colour both are really lovely. Take very good care of yourself love seeing all the yarns. Happy knitting 🧶 love Sandra x
Thank you Lizzie, loved seeing your makes. A stash tour would be great and especially good with pattern ideas that you have. It makes it so much more interesting. Your lovely blue mohair would be beautiful as sweater no 9. You are so lucky to have a yarn supplying partner lol
WOW, I JUST got notification that you posted a new podcast! Glad you made it through COVID! I love seeing all of your knits, Lizzie. I have not worked with mohair yet but am always intrigued with it.
Hi Catherine - oh that’s good to know the notification system works! thank you, I love mohair as a fibre. I first worked with it alone but now love it as a second strand 🤍
So happy when this new episode pop-up. I mostly follow swedish podcasters, but also some english (and you are my favourite 😍🤫). You lock gorgeous in that blue Sweater. I look forward to hear you talk about your stash and plans! I have a lot on my needles at the moment but later a plan to Knit The First Sweater 😊😃😊. Then I hope to spread the word of it in the swedish Knitting community. Take Care and be proud of your beautiful design (no one can take that away from you with bad attitudes). Kind regards Malca/ #mindfulknittingstories
Good to see you again. Love your podcasts you have been missed. I bought your pattern but haven’t knit it yet but will soon.would love to see your stash and patterns you are hoping to make in the future, it’s where I get my inspiration from as I can never decide for myself what to knit next. Take care and don’t work too hard x
Oh my gosh, love that your partner ordered the yarn and his whole approach to getting his own hat. Too funny! Not sure if I should share his approach with my husband though 😊. Your description of imposter syndrome and the feelings that come with the experience of anxiety is bang on with my experience as well. Yes please for the visit / tour of your stash.
Hi Rachel - I know so funny, he knew what he wanted and went and bought it 🤣 I’m sure so many of use resonate with imposter syndrome but it’s something not talked about much - hopefully like with many mental health issues talking about it reduces stigma and people realise they are not in the minority.
Good to see you again😊 You look amazing in that beautiful, blue Soufflé🥰 Exited to see more of your new design and a tour of your stash would be fun (I am nosy too🙈)😊 Hope you are having a wonderful week☕🧶 Love from Anne🇧🇻
Thank you for another lovely podcast.. a stash tour would be fabulous if you have time. I have a lot of yarn and plan to work through my stash but I need to have more self discipline as I keep buying more!
Hi Jacqui - thank you I’m glad you like the idea! I think that’s partly why I want to do it, to make myself accountable for what I have and plan to use it for…I’ll feel more compelled to follow my own words and use it up that way somehow!
Hi Lizzie I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better. I always love stash podcasts it’s always interesting to see any yarn! As it’s slowly getting cooler in southern Australia I’m thinking of starting your First Sweater. I’m thinking of making it in Nutiden and mohair as I just received Stilla which is a lovely blue/grey and not a colour I often wear but saw I think Rebecca’s from Creabea’s 😊 which inspired me to try the blue. I’ve been starting on my second love note, this time a black while watching you.
Hello - thank you so much for watching! And for supporting The First Sweater. Yes I love Rebecca’s blue version 🤍 I’ve never used any nutiden yarn but it’s very popular, I’m seeing it everywhere!
Lovely episode Lizzie! Would love to see a stash tour! And Pete buying his own yarn for an Oslo hat is hilarious, I wonder what he'd have done if you said you didn't have time to make it for him:p
Lovely to catch up with you, I tested positive yesterday for old ‘Rona’ - hadn’t heard this expression before but made me smile! I’m making a pair of Fair Isle gloves and I agree about the “frogging” as with Fair Isle I’ll rip back if my gut feeling says it’s not right. Living in Shetland I’m often experimenting with colours 😃
Haha we’ve been calling it Rona in our house for ages, I’m not sure how it started! Fair play to you for fairisle knitting, it’s not something I’ve ever felt brave enough to tackle.
Loved seeing a podcast from you again. Great content as always. I'm glad you're starting to recover from the exhaustion of a pattern release and illness - that's a lot! So looking forward to seeing your new design come along, but don't pressure yourself! I'm so curious about the cords you got in the mail - I bought a set of Knitting Barber cords recently and had a really bad experience with them (almost made me wonder if I got a knockoff version or if I'm missing something) - on both size needles I tried, it kept popping off and making me almost drop stitches, then another time I tried the yarn kept getting stuck on the cord and when I tried to pull it to release the bunched up stitches the Knitting Barber cord actually broke! So I think I'm over this novelty product haha and will probably stick to just using a long cable needle with my interchangeables, but still wonder if I'm missing something or did something wrong because everyone else seems to love them.
Thank you Monica! That’s so strange about the cords you’ve used as I have to say I found these incredibly easy to get on with. Are yours the hollow plastic ones?
@@HiveKnitsNatters They are, yes, maybe I'm just bad at the method! I find it difficult to get the stitches on over the bump on the join where I've attached it to my interchangeables and eventually it always pops off mid process which is the worst. I know that won't happen if I transfer to an actual cable needle so at this point after several attempts I will go back to that but I do wonder what I'm doing wrong!
I've giggled so much during this podcast - I've just finished an Oslo hat (the mohair version) also in "covid jail" and am itching to make another from my 1st sweater leftovers! Just a couple of WIPs to crack through first though, but now multiple Oslo hats is A Thing, why on earth not! From a sustainability pov, I was wondering about doing part of the inner fold in contrast leftovers. Too far?
ooooh I am so intrigued by the mohair version, I think that hat would wear that fluff so well. oh yes you could totally use scraps for the inner fold as never seen. or maybe a colour-block statement out of it, why not!
I understand the anxiety every time a question comes in about your pattern. I have that same feeling getting call yo the boss's office. Just remember there is a season for everything.
Hello again. Love your video again. Find your information on patterns you are knitting very useful. Am looking into the Lana Gatto which does look like i can get in the States. To answer your question I would love to see your stash. Just curious do you keep all your small leftovers?
Hi Anita. Thank you - I’m glad you can get Lana Gatto it’s lovely yarn! Yes I do keep my small leftovers, what I’ll do with them I’m not so sure! I’m not really a fan of classic “scrappy” projects…maybe I just need to find the right one 🤍
I love your new design, does anyone else get retro tennis shoe vibes from the green and white combo? The hats look great, it's good that you can swap with your partner😃
Hi from Denmark. Great podcast...again. I was thinking in relation to your new design...is it possible to make an ekstra stitch i the raglan, and in the end, let it fall to leave space for the colorblock stitch...hope you understand ;) I will try it tomorrow
@@HiveKnitsNatters I have just tried. When I had to start the raglan with 2 st. I made a yarn over in the middle. In the end I slip that st and then made 2 new st with another color.
@@HiveKnitsNatters would you be interested in doing a video on decreasing with DPN’s or are you able to point me to a good tutorial video explaining it?
I’ve never done any tutorial videos but I wouldn’t rule them out! In the meantime, I’m sure others on RU-vid have made a similar tutorial - I’m afraid I don’t know of any off the top of my head but I’m sure google will help you out 🤍
