MEL MAKES STUFF Episode 010: Two finished cardigans, and lots of Marie Wallin progress 

I'm a beginning knitter teaching myself and even though what you are making is waaaaay more advanced than what I'm working on (sampling my very first 1/1 cable while watching this!) I just LOVE your channel. I learn heaps but you are also a real tonic - it's so comforting to hear someone super experienced is having to rip back, think about her body shape, change underarms etc. It's the direct opposite of perfect jumpers on Instagram and I love it. It calms me down. If I keep at this I will eventually be an experienced knitter too! Thank you.

I love your knitting. I live in Massachusetts and I knit everyday, and never have enough hours in the day,

I was glad to see your video up this morning. I always enjoy hearing about your thought processes for your projects. Now I want to knit the same Marie Wallin pattern with steeks and sleeves together. How clever!

Thank you for making your videos - I learn so much in each one! And I loved hearing about your wool classing experience. I've tried Purl Soho's Tussock and love it. I think it has as shiny of a core as Shibui's Silk Cloud. Catherine Lowe's silk mohair also has a really lovely, shiny silk core as well. I have the Byzantium colorway, which is a lot darker than the pictures on her website but is still shiny and gorgeous.

Great episode. The wool classing sounded amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience! Good luck with the Oak. I can’t wait to hear all about how it goes. I sometimes think I’d like to knit one of Marie Wallins’ designs but when I hear people talk about it, I don’t know if I want to put that much effort in. Maybe someday.

I just discovered your channel last week and may have gone back to watch all your videos. Your Marie Wallin projects have inspired me to convert the Chestnut Cardigan to a steeked project (just ordered the yarn for it). Thanks for the inspiration!

Lovely to spend time with you today Mel!! The Koyamae is what I plan to make with some of my nutiden as well! All the best to you in 2022!

Learning so much from the way you present your thought process! And wow, the wool school sounds fascinating and fabulously full of opportunity to learn alongside others. Cheers! 🧶

You said a lot about the color before you started the recoleta. The blue makes your beautiful blue eyes pop. Please embrace this color because it is stunning.

Love the colour and fiber choice, I to prefer a close collar too.

Happy New Year and it's great to see your finished cardigans. They look really classy and the blues really suit you. I love that metal pin you gave too. I also have to agree with fellow commentors when they said knitting the 2 steeked sleeves in the round is genius too. That way you decrease/ increase at the same time so they match perfectly. I will definitely be using that method for the fair isle cardigan I have in mind for 2022. I really appreciate all the tips and tricks and pattern recommendations.

Thanks for another very interesting episode. I’m on the edge of my seat to see your steeking process! Happy new year!

Such a beautiful cardigan! Wonderful episode. Found you by the also wonderful podcast of little big knits, she mentioned you.

If it's any consolation, Purl Soho in New York is still closed for retail. I think you made a lovely choice with the Shibui. Love your fleece "classing" adventure. What an interesting thing to have been able to do. The journey sounds unduly long, but you're a trooper.

Just discovered your podcast a couple days ago. Since then I've watched several episodes. Wonderful...great content, beautifully articulated, visually well done. I'm hooked! You have enlightened me and inspired me to give plant fibers a serious try and I'll definitely feel more confident about improvising modifications to knitting patterns. The logical progression of your projects is fascinating.

That color is absolutely stunning on you!! Just beautiful.

Always love to see what your knitting, great content! I love that you took a class on wool, when/if things improve I’d love to travel and do the same. In my next life I want to be a sheep farmer 😂

Looking forward to seeing all that steeking! And I loved hearing about the wool classing. I might be interested in doing something like that... I will have to look into it. Never would have thought of that if I hadn't heard you talking about it. Thanks for a great podcast : )

Thank you for your great content always. So we’ll thought out. I especially appreciate you trying new things and sharing your experiences with us. I learn so much from your content. Happy New Years to you too, let’s do it!

Your two finished cardigans look amazing Melissa! Once again I have to say how great your videos are because you share so much about your process and your decision making, it really teaches me a lot! Thank you and Happy New Year!

That wool class sounds amazing. I got to see a bit about the commercial side of the wool industry during Shetland Wool Week. My friend did find a mistake on a Marie Wallin pattern and contacted her…never heard back. So yes I think she does make mistakes-or at least her tech editors make mistakes but it should have been fixed when found or at least researched. Love the other cardigans and that blue makes your eyes stand out even more! Happy New Year!

Amazing podcast as always! Loved hearing about the wool classing.

Thank you so much for sharing your making of the Oak cardigan. You are a brilliant explainer! I am an experienced FI and Bohus knitter and I have learned and enjoyed myself a lot listening to you. I am just wondering if Oak could be also knit top down using Cocoknits method as described in her sweater workshop book to shape the shoulders and the top of the sleeves. Will think about that...... I love Marie Wallins' work but not her FI charts. Too small and only black and white...

Great explanations on steeking

Two at a time steeked sleeves - brilliant !! I am also planning on making Oak, however I am choosing different colours - so still swatching. I am going to follow your instructions and knit in the round. Looking forward to seeing your completed Oak. Love your podcasts. So informative.

Fascinating info about wool classing. Are you currently in the industry? Thank you for all your informative videos. Happy new year!

I love the Recoleta by Joni Localetti and the yarn you use. Could you give me reference to your original broadcast, please. I am looking to make that sweater and looking for the pattern and yarn.

Hi Mel, which way of decrease do you choose for the armhole up to the end of sleeve? Greetings from Andrea in Germany