Knitting Podcast Episode 30- all the bright colors for Spring! 

Always love your podcast! my husband and I have also been foster parents and have had to make hard decisions like that as well. we have since Foster to adopted. but we had a similar placement and we've been able to keep a connection with that child. ended up the perfect family adopted her... she graduates from high school this year and she will be the first in her family to go to college! We are so proud of her ❤️❤️ making sure kids are in the right placement is just as important as fostering in general❤️❤️

So happy you’re back! I enjoy your podcast so much! You are doing the right thing focusing on your kids!

Yay!! So happy to see an episode from you, lady!💗All beautiful projects!! So enjoyed sitting and knitting with you🧶

Thanks for another podcast! I always love seeing what your up to and the patterns you’ve found. Sending you so much support for making a difficult decision that was best for everyone.

You absolutely made the correct decision on fostering! Yes please on the garden tours. I love zinnia’s in the garden

Love your show. Keep up the good work. The kitchen area is better than the bedroom.

Really glad to catch up with seeing your knitted projects. You're a very motivating knitter, all your prjects are beautiful 😍

Great podcast. Love the quilted coat...looked great on you. All your projects were gorgeous. Give yourself grace for hard decisions.

So happy to see you again! Your podcast is my absolute favorite and I’ve missed seeing what you’ve been crafting. Many blessings and well wishes to you and your family!

So glad to see you again, you have been missed! Love your sewn top, actually love everything you shared today, especially the purple cardigan. I knew you would want to add little flower buttons before you said it. You made the best decision for your foster child, your family and yourself. It took courage to acknowledge that the best interests of all would be served by placing the child with someone who has the support of teenagers who can help. Please try to divest yourself of any lingering guilt. The child is in better circumstances and so are you and your family, it is a win win all around.

So happy to see you back, Makayla! Will be praying for you to adjust to having to let the baby go and regain your own "family" status - so very hard. Love your purple cardi - that color looks fab on you! Love your little kerchief, too (and the inset picture where you're wearing a vintage fabric top - that was from me, and I KNEW you would look so cute in it!! 🥰). Hope your garden turns out just as you're hoping! 💖

Hello, thank you to share your crafts, I find your sewing really cute (love floral) and your bandana looks in my opinion much better than the picture of the pattern, bigger size suits you anyway.

Lovely to see you back, I think you're very brave talking about your fostering & making the decisions to find a different placement. I can't imagine how tough that decision must have been. Loved your anthology throw- beautiful colours & I'm really looking forward to seeing the green yarn! X

Mother of Pearl! Those would make beautiful buttons!

It’s so great to catch up with you again Makayla, thank you for sharing your beautiful makes and your life update. I’m so happy to hear that your difficult decision has been the right one for your family. I look forward to seeing your garden progress too, we are currently planning on starting some raised garden beds too!

Good to hear from you again. Your blanket is beautiful and I know what you mean about that purple, gorgeous! I love all your projects. I admire you for fostering, I haven’t but we did adopt two daughters from China so I’ve sort of been in that “world” of adoption and foster care and I know you made the best decision for everyone.

I loved your podcast! 😍 All of your projects are so pretty. I really want to knit a pressed flowers cardigan sometime. I have yarn to make a Whitmoor cardi but haven't gotten it started yet. I love your purple cardi. It's my favorite color. Yours will be so soft. It's so cool that you made a coat out of your quilt!! It's lovely! Well done, Makayla! 🥰 I look forward to seeing your garden in bloom!

I can totally appreciate how hard fostering can be even when you love children and love parenting! So kudos to you for doing the right thing even though it is heart breaking. Love your knits.

We didn’t foster but over our 36+ years of marriage we took in many “strays” and after 14 years of infertility/childlessness we adopted 3 girls (half sisters) who are now 21, 22 and 23. There is so much involved in fostering and/or adopting. We are glad we absolutely know God brought us these girls because it has been a fulfilling but extremely difficult journey. (Our oldest had brain surgery Jan 14 and then her husband of 2 years left her for another woman while she was recovering. Heartache!) By the way, I’ve seen some people look good in gray but I am not one of them (I am a spring/fall on the color charts.) When I wear gray or black people think I belong in a casket - I look so pale. Give me bright warm colors 😊

Lots of love from a foster family down under. I get it xxx

So happy to see you again-missed your videos! ❤ I can only imagine how tough fostering is but it sounds like the right decision was made for all. Your projects are so beautiful, I especially love your quilted coat! Maybe you can sew those removable bra cups into the crochet top? Anyway, wish you the best and look forward to the next video😊

Hey. Great to see you😊 enjoy focussing on your family and dont be hard on yourself 😊

Great to see you again. Beautiful projects

Your lilac cardigan and quilt jacket are both so lovely!

It was so lovely to get to catch up with you!! Your sewing projects are just adorable. The sewing part of my brain always freaks out a little when you mention that you don't follow instructions and just wing it... But your projects are turning out beautifully so it must work for you! 😅 Your quilt coat is absolutely amazing. Now I feel like I need to keep an eye out at the thrift store for an old quilt to make one for myself! All your knitting projects are so springy. I might need to try out making myself a bandana because my hair is a similar length to yours and I could see how something like that would be very useful at keeping my hair out of my face. The Tille cardigan is such a beautiful pattern! I love how it's so simple from the front but has all that beautiful lace in the back. I'm glad your little foster girl is doing so much better, but I'm also sorry it's been such a tough year! I can only imagine how hard it has been juggling everything and trying do what is best for her and your own family all at the same time. 🥺❤❤ I'm so glad God worked everything out so well in His timing. It is such a blessing when that happens. Even if it doesn't make everything magically better all at once, I have found that when it does happens it helps me feel not quite so alone or helpless. I'm sending you a big cozy, virtual hug!!

So happy to see you ,I wish you all the best 👋

Halfway through your video but I thought I'd never remember every thought so I'll write one now 😆 your blue dress with the coaster is sooo cute! I love it 😍 And your quilted jacket is so cozy! I love it. It'll be like a big hug every time you put it on. What a great hat alternative. I actually prefer the size yours came out Vs the original. It covers more of the head so should be good for keeping the sun off. I may need to rediscover my crochet hooks 😆

You stated you weren't sure what you'd wear the advent cardigan with, but from what I saw you could easily wear it with the cute shirt you have on in this episode. I could be wrong, but i think the pinkish peachy colors would work. Just an idea. I'm loving catching back up with you!

Lovely to have you back on my screen ❤ I trained as a social worker at uni and so know a little of what you’re talking about. It sounds like you guys made the right decision but often making the right decision is so so hard. Sending love ❤

Lovely to see you back!

I just love your videos. I made one, and mine did the same. Came out a little bit bigger. Love all your projects.

Welcome back❤❤❤❤🎉

Hi there :) Lovely to catch up again! Lov the pattern on your white top and I think you did a great job. I was knitting on a Celeste sweater by Petiteknit in scraps, while watching :)

So glad to see you again on your channel.

I love your purple sweater and the Tille Cardigan! I am working on some socks and a Moby for my sister. I’ve been debating casting on the Pressed Flowers Shawl or Cowl… I love the cardigan! Some day I will also save up for a kit ❤

I was so excited to see you upload!! I picked up an embroidery project I have been putting off and got started on that while I caught up with you :)) Very thankful you gave us all an update and I hope this is a safe space for you. Its always so important to do what is best for your family even when it may look different than you imagined. I can't imagine how hard that decision must have been. But Glory to God for all things, even the hard things.

It was so great catching up with you and seeing all the color that you are knitting with! That anthology throw is a serious beast and is stunning!! Congrats on getting the whole thing done! I've really been wanting to knit a blanket (maybe a scrappy blanket) with fingering yarn, but I've worried that maybe my family is too young for this kind of blanket (because of spills, body control 😆, lol). You mentioned that you have little ones and I see you have blankets like this! Do you have any tips for maintaining your blankets? I want it to be well-used and well-loved, just not ruined 😅 I can't wait to see your Advent Wrap all knit up; I've been eyeing that one for a while! I can't imagine how difficult that decision was for you and your family, but I'm glad to hear that you've seen positive things from the hard decision already 🧡 sending my love and prayers!

You did such a beautiful job on your Anthology Throw, my goodness!!!!!!! I always love watching your podcast, it's so relaxing for me and you are just a sweetheart.💕💕💕Hugs, Judy xxoo

I was so happy to see your podcast today! You are a ray of sunshine 🌞 You do you, I’ll take time lapses and noisy kids and pets any day. Thank you for sharing.

You are so brave. Thank you for being so vulnerable with us! You’re doing wonderful things ❤

So lovely to see you again! You are so very talented with your sewing and knitting. Whatever decisions you make in life, you always need to take into account your own needs and your family's. You helped where you could when you could so don't feel guilty. It sounds like the child involved has maybe gone to someone who can devote more time as their children are older! It might be something you go back to later in life xx

I was so happy to see a video from you again! (I’m sorry you had to re-record, but I totally know the sound of Lego being pushed around! It’s very distinctive!) Your projects all look like they’re bringing you a lot of joy!