MEL MAKES STUFF 🧶 3 Months of Progress on My 2024 Knitting, Sewing, Stitching 

I'll repeat myself, but your channel is hands down the most informative I've come across in the entire knitting niche of RU-vid. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your experience!

Great tp see you again! As soon as I see a new video from you, I jump on it. I love to see what you have been delving into and your measured approach to new skills. Just love the palazzo pants fabric.

You accomplish so much despite the setbacks, all the while managing to stay serene (your sister's sweater would have had me cursing!!). It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, and I always manage to learn a thing or two. Thank you!

You are so talented! I appreciate you walking us through the process of your projects.

Cosy, relaxing and satisfying watch as I'm knitting. All your projects are beautiful and inspiring.

Really enjoyable - beautiful makes! Thanks so much for sharing, and all the work that went into creating this video.

Thanks Mel. I loved your planning on how to work on your projects to completion. I'm going to implement them to help me finish some of my projects. The sweater for your sister turned out great. Thanks for sharing the process.

It’s always exciting to see a new video from you in my feed. Your measured, thoughtful approach to your making balances so well with your “It doesn’t have to be perfect; best done is good enough” attitude. And your calm, small-steps-to-big-results outlook inspires me! Thank you❤

Lovely work in progress vlog. I am glad to see one of my favourite knitting RU-vidrs showing us not just the process of finishing wips but also the time and care going into each garment/ project you work on. Hand knits, needlepoint, quilting are all slow crafts and it's nice to be reminded of that. Sometimes I get a bit frustrated with myself because I seem to make such slow progress, but your video reminds me it's ok to take your time as long as you are happy with the end result. Thank you.

Love your updates and how you talk about your projects. I've been kind of curious to combine some machine knitting with hand knitting lately for long swaths of stockinette. It's good to hear your experience with it.

I liked your line “it’s quite time consuming but simple” for your palazzo pants…. That resonated with me in some of my projects 🙂👏🏼 ty for a wonderful video

Thank you so much for the video Mel. Your projects are always fascinating.

Loved watching you knock stuff off your list! Especially lingering projects. Thanks for such a great video!

So glad for the update! I ADORE the pants, and I agree, seeing the knots in the finished product is so satisfying. Everything you've accomplished looks great, and it was good to see how you're doing.

I love all of your videos, but especially loved watching you make my birthday sweater! Thank you so much! ❤ As many others say, you are so so talented and motivating, too. I love the detailed explanations. So refreshing in the knitting podcast world. ❤

My ❤jumped into my throat when you cut the bright skein in half-so counterintuitive 😅 . Lovely projects!

Mel what a great episode. We all get stalled on projects but you gave some real tips and inspiration as to how to overcome these blocks. Great job working in different dye lots, and also showing the miracle of blocking! One comment...I have had good results with sewn bind offs with unspun yarn. You have to work with short lengths and just add more as you go, and also not tug on the sewing strand, just guide it through. It can be really relaxing and the result is always worth it. I am at the tail end of my Level 3 Masters for TKGA. As soon as I submit, I will be digging through my languishing projects and trying to finish things. Thanks for all the work you put into these videos!

SO great to see all your amazing projects! In the past I did many different crafts and loved learning and making them. Knitting has been my main one in the last decade. I appreciate and admire your work and craft. You tackle projects that are definitely in the highly-skilled categories. 😊

I always enjoy your videos. You make the most interesting projects.

Your makes are superb, Mel. I love watching their progress xxx❤

Beautiful work 😊 the palazzo pants look fantastic ❤

Great to see you and your projects again! I love how I always learn something new from your projects! Thank you so much for sharing the process with us! ❤

So interesting, Melissa! You have good ideas to manage your different issues. Thank you for sharing.

I loved watching. You’re quite an artist.

Those pants look fantastic! 🙌 I appreciate the effort you put into assembling these videos and talking us through your decisions and solutions.

This was a very fun and eclectic one! I have used needlepoint wool in a knit. I was given a skein in exactly the right color for the bottom half of a Kentia, with an alpaca blend for the lace yoke. Looks absolutely like a normal yarn once blocked.

Really love your content and intelligent commentary. Thank you.

Lovely to see you. The jumper for your sister is lovely. The cozy jumper is great to, good pointer about the under arms. The trousers are very interesting. X

Such great craftsmanship. Really appreciate the work you put into each piece

I love your videos. I don't fall asleep like I do with other knitting vlogs. I see you put a lot of work into these videos. Thanks. 😊 See you next time.

I usually just knit the body on the machine separately and graft it on to the hand knit yoke. I've had one too many disasters trying to hang the yoke on the machine.

I am hearing a lot of cat mewing. is your cat ok? All of yoru projects are so good. You are so amazing.

This was a really enjoyable format to watch. Thank you for creating it

Just incredible - you. What a pleasure. Thank you for sharing your making life with us.

So........once again I'm so impressed and envious of your makes, ideas and FO's. Love your hand sewn trousers ✨Your sister's jumper is absolutely gorgeous. ✨Love the finished jumper you've been working on for a while. Beautiful fabric, beautiful colour combo too. Always a wonderful watch. 🎉

That was lovely, what a good sister you are!!! Machine knitting looks fun. Large needles 😣 I had a few gift knits and my hands don’t like it. My sweet spot to make and wear is 3.25-3.75mm 🤭 thanks for sharing, happy making, Karen 🥰

I always enjoy your videos, and of course you also have a super cute timer!

🤩. Wow your work is amazing! Everything I’ve seen you make is incredible!

Well done Mel, You made amazing progress on your wips, and they came out beautifully. I also set myself goals to get those tedious things finished, usually in the mornings when my mind is freshest. But lately my feet have been dragging so I appreciated the additional tip of timing those sessions for some extra motivaion. Im going to apply that to my amigurumi gifts Im making for staff at my local hospital. 13 and 3/4 projects down and 1 to go, and over 1 year in the hooking, I'm over amigurumi 😓. Your needle work and overall finish on your pants were especially striking, I would love to do that in a skirt, so beautiful. Thankyou for your channel, Im always on the lookout for your new features, they are facinating, you take fibre art and crafting to the stars 🌟 , it's a class above the rest, thankyou. Happy click clacking, Tara

The Palazzo pants are so lovely, enjoyable video

Mel, you are such a beautiful person to share all your talents with us. Amazing work. I’m hoping to see you in Rhinebeck this fall and can see your work irl. I live in Pittsburgh and knit occasionally with Megha, so you will be easy to spot. Thank you.

You have a great voice for narration. Relaxing vibe. 😊

What a great video! I’m not very familiar with machine knitting so it was really interesting to see how you do it & how you incorporate it with hand knitting! Ask your sister for a photo of her modeling the sweater you gifted her! I’d love to see the final fit! 😎👍 Your mitered square blanket is amazing, too. I knit one for my daughter last year starting in April & barely finished it the week of Christmas to gift her and it wasn’t nearly as big! I also had my squares all in the same direction. I really like how you have them pointing in to the center. I’m sure that requires a different pick up method. Your talents know no bounds with sewing, embroidery & cross stitch! I can barely get a sock knit up with the heat these past few weeks. Do you find your knitting slows down in the summer time vs winter? Can’t wait for your next video - keep em comin’! - Erica

That was just such a satisfying watch whilst knitting. Thanks for sharing your projects, Mel! You are so encouraging and inspiring; a bright spot.💚🧶

Great episode! Such an inspiration to get those old wips out and work on them and eventually they will be finished 😊I love the pants you have sewn, work of art 🤩 Your sister will love the jumper it’s beautiful!

May I ask which Jamiesons color you like as the natural color? Love from The Netherlands!

OMG! Those pants are amazing!

So interesting. Those pants are fantastic!

You are such an amazing and patient maker Mel !! Thanks for sharing all these details of your making.

Such cool projects! I love the pants!

Great to finally seeing you again 😊👌

Lovely to see you again :)) I always enjoy following you along with your projects. Come to think of it: I would be very interested to see your japanese mohair sweater come along. I guess it is in hibernation, otherwise you probably would habe shown it. But I am looking forward to that project :)

Glad to see you using your machine. I am trying to incorporate mine in my projects.

Wow! I'm so impressed.❤

First of all, super happy about the new video! Second, in one of your videos (it might have been a couple of years ago) you mentioned a place where you look for test knits. Can you please let me know what this place is?

Oh my goodness, those pants are fantastic. Always love all of your projects, and always love seeing you! 🥰

So happy to see you back on the RU-vids! So many good things in your update. 💕

Amazing makes❤

Great episode!

Very interesting video. The progress shots of the background embroidery was a nice touch and those pants are amazing! The cat laying across forearms as you knit is very familiar to me.😄

Thank you! Love your take on getting things done. Very inspirational. The Bohus looks so good. Lucky sister!

Thank you so much for making another video, I love seeing what you're working on!

Very compelling, interesting video. Brava❣️

Dear Melissa, Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed.

Loved getting an update on your projects. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy your videos. Hugs from California. Stephanie

I actually squee-ed a little seeing your new video is up 🤩 Thank you for taking your time to record/edit/upload this wonderful treat to us all. In the mean time I have been re-rewatching your older videos. I totally understand not wanting to knit on big needles. I can not stand it either. I have UFOs knit on 4mm needles sitting here since 1 year and I can not bring myself to working on them (probably for the frog pond). I just LOVE tiny stitches so much and the projects work up so quickly on 3mm for me, simply because there is much less hand movement and much less moving stitches along the needles - you just go go go. At this point I am so far gone that I knit all my sweaters on 2,5 mm. Can't get enough of how neat tiny stitches look. Also, it is way to warm in winter in Germany, I literally can't wear anything thick. 😅

It's so good to hear from you. All your projects are remarkable ! I hope we will see your Hypnosis sweater by Mikiko Gasnier in a future episode... ❤❤❤

What a wonderful video. I love how you break up your work. You make a great cheerleader and motivator for the rest of us. I have been wanting to finish many projects that I began, but lost impetus. Just 30 minutes a day is doable-so here I go! Your projects are quite beautiful. Thank you.

Those trousers are stunning on you!! And I let out a cheer as you finished that last stitch on your needlework project :D Well done on finishing off so many WIPs and keeping up with your goals, it's super inspiring and motivating for me as I slog through my own big knitting projects.

I absolutely love your videos and your various creations! The thoughtfulness behind each action as well as the joy of creating such amazing pieces really inspires and excites me to continue with all of my varied works! ❤

What happened to the Japanese intasia sweater ?

Love the catch up. Fake Italian bind off is a nice knitted finish when using unspun.

Fabulous progress across all creative modalities. For future applique projects, you can use applique scissors, which have a pelican bill, to cut away the top fabric. Stork scissors are a little more challenging for avoiding poking through both layers. I think one of the best things about making is all the little decisions and problem solving, whether it's adjusting the amount of stitching around the project to make matting easier, to changing the type of elastic used on your pants to improve support of the weight of the pants, to deciding where to use the second dye lot on a sweater. It makes your brain work in a particular way, and increases your knowledge base, which can be applied to future projects. Well done!

Impressive! 🤩

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Nice to see you

Missed you!