Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns - Ep. 98 - Fruity Knitting Podcast 

I know Andrew is gone but I wanted to watch his humor and knitting one more time.🥲

I love the short interview with Sidsel and a view on how she construct her garments. ❤

This was one of those episodes that was really, really interesting in every aspect, especially the washing and taking care of your jumpers! I thought I knew how to do that (my excellent mother) but some of your specifics like the same temp water for washing and rinsing, and the freezing in a plastic bag to kill any moth eggs, etc. Priceless! I'll be watching this episode again several times, and am now thinking of what I can knit and embroider too..... so very pretty and feminine. Where else can you also learn how to dye at home yourself with natural products. Just a priceless episode!!! I've got lots to try..... thank you so very much.

Your pile of sweaters just makes me want to learn to knit faster. I'm sure you look at your hand knits with the same googly look a bibliophile would give to their shelves of books. I have only knit ten sweaters in 2 1/2 years, all fairly simple patterns, but then your information on how you take care of your knits has given me the courage to get a little crazy and try some more advanced patterns with better quality yarn. As always you both are just so wonderful to watch and I appreciate and love all that you do.

I absolutely love this interview with Ria. The best yet imhp. I'm watching the program while kneading my bread. I look forward to each new episode, and they give me a great deal of pleasure.

This episode was chock-a-block with lovely content and information! You two took us to so many places, from frescoes to washing your knits to natural plant dyes to works in progress to glorious embellishment in Sidsel Hoivik’s work. I remember meeting her work through this podcast and your interview with her. Being a patron of this show is always worth the monthly investment without a doubt-the content is rich, deep, and I am always writing down a new book or pattern or yarn that I need to get to know because of your interviews, projects, or suggestions. Be safe and stay well-sending best wishes from my shelter in place here in Northern California.

In this lockdown time, time is passing slowly so I watched this episode ever so carefully, taking in every word to make it last as long as I could. Thankyou for the last hour and a half, it was so enjoyable. And I loved the knitting and music compilation of last week. That too was a tranquil but soul filling period of time. I came across it by chance which made it all the more special. Love you both..

I loved your explanation of why you need to make your sleeves longer Andrea. What a loving thing to do for your daughter! Wonderful episode!

I went on a long hiatus last year not knitting or watching podcasts (had other commitments) but I continued to be a patron because I knew I would come back to wonderful and informative shows. Thank you for your hard work to give us such quality pieces. I love watching the two of you interact....makes me smile often. Andrea, the music you add is sublime and Andrew’s short history lessons are very interesting to me. Also I want to thank you for referring back to past episodes so I can easily revisit them. Stay safe, happy and knitting! 💞

I so look forward to your podcasts. They are wonderfully informative and fun! Please stay safe and healthy and keep up the great work!

Can’t believe it, I washed a couple of old sweaters following your instructions, and they came out perfectly with no hand wash! Yeah thank you! Mims

Exactly what I needed during these turbulent times. Thank you for your continued work. I am so glad to be a patron of the show!

Beautiful idea to lengthen the sleeves to give your handknits two lives!

What a considered way to give us some context on our times Andrew. A philosophical perspective form Diogenes ! That's why I love your podcast - it's about life, from a knitting perpective xx

Oh Andrea, so lucky to have Andrew knit up that new jumper in that yummy colour. You will look great in it. Sidsel Hoivik has some beautiful garments. Taking care of our garments is key for them to last. I have a 1st knit that both my daughters have confiscated as their own. It is 35 years old but is timeless. Thank you for the refresh on taking care of our time and wears. PEI in September!!! Sounds fabulous! Natural dyes are the best, even if they fade over time. Your daughter is very lucky to get your garments, eventually.🙂

Just discovered your podcast after searching for content on natural dyes and knitting. What a find! Really enjoyed the variety of topics and looking forward to many more.

Another top notch podcast - thank you Andrew and Andrea. I enjoyed every segment and am so happy Andrew included the fresco video and history.

For bottom-up sleeves, I do a provisional cast-on, skipping the cuff and saving it for the end, knitting it in the opposite direction to the length required.

I just LOVE this episode! Sidsel Høivik happens to be one of my favorite designers! Happy Easter y'all!

OMG! What a great podcast, so much valuable and interesting information! Andrew is coming along with his knitting. Andrea, I really appreciate your knowledge on how to care for the items we make, very thorough. Your daughter is lovely. Your guests are amazing! Sandsel is beautiful, and so are her designs__and though I've tried my hand at embroidery on knitted items I wasn't very happy with my technique/results. However, Sandsel has inspired me to try again on some future projects I have in mind, I've done some colorwork ages ago but not stranded or fair isle so, first, I need to practice a bit. Your segment with Ria was fastinating__it's amazing the varied effects that even different waters have on the final color of the fiber! I just love that many young persons today are so involved with the many aspects of the fiber arts! It appears we are having a revival, a renaissance if you will, of all things artistic that enhance our life experiences__I love it! And so, thank you Andrea and Andrew, for all the work you do so we can enjoy learning more about the history, places, and persons involved in the fiber arts today! 🐑🙌🙌🙌😺

What a brilliant programme. Loved the washing garments section, also the interview with Sidsel Hoivik. I’ve got the rest to see yet 😊

Okay, I think I need to order one of Sidsel's kits. Her designs are so beautiful. I always admired the jacket you made. They are all so beautiful!

I was thinking how more comfortable Andrew is knitting. Thanks for the visit.

I like the idea of a local meeting for mending/darning holy knitwear, where the people learn from eachother. Not so long ago I had a friend here who needed my help in mending socks. I hope this can 'pay forward'. When you spend many hours on knitting (or other craft) and a lot of money on real wool, the garment you make can't be thrown in the garbage only because of some little holes ...

Hi Andrea and Andrew. Thank you for another informative episode. I enjoyed it very much. Like you, Andrea, I wear my knitted garments everyday except in the summer; I even wear them to bed when it’s too cold. The washing information is very informative. I will now be comfortable washing my garments either hand washing or machine washing them. Stay safe and healthy.❤️

I loved the look of Sidsel’s designs and your cropped version of her jacket. I would definitely order something from her shop if she sold her patterns or offered her kits in Merino wool. Before I discovered Merino, I believed that I was allergic to wool as wearing a traditional wool even for a short very short time with a T-shirt underneath,time give me a red rash on my skin.The same qualities that make this wool so durable and resistant to pilling make it very irritating to sensitive skin.

PEI Fiber Festival!? I can’t wait to hear about that.

I just found you and what pure joy and delight!!! I have been binge watching your podcast all weekend!! Thank you!!! Thank you for your love of knitting and sharing with us!! Thank you for giving me confidence to do new stuff!! When I first started I thought I could NEVER do what she does! BUT NOW.......Thank you❤️❤️❤️

I knit a lot of socks and I am very familiar with the problem of stretchy/sloppy socks after the first wear. My best socks are knitted with needles a size smaller than the yarn calls for. It helps them hold their shape a bit. I went a bit far recently with a pair of wool socks in a fairly dense merino yarn that I knitted on a good size and a half smaller needles. They turned out so dense that they can stand up on their own like slippers. We will see how my son likes them.

I always learn something new when I watch you. Thank you for all you do!

What beautiful footage of Stein-am-Rhein - I live only 15 min away and we frequently go there for a coffee or a meal or to browse the pretty boutiques! Now my daughter has moved to the next village, right near those little islands in the middle of the lake that house an extremely serene religious house and chapel in the middle of a nature reserve :) So we will have even more reason to go... in fact, the whole area around the lower lake Constance is a bit of a secret tip, with fantastic hiking, sailing and cycling, river trips and general appreciation of the good life!! Thanks for showing my bit of the world...

Andrew, when are you starting a History Alive channel? You are an extraordinary teacher, I really love the way you explain the historical items (and the way they are brought in sight) in these knitting vids.

Great episode once again. I don’t dye with my woad plants until their second year, then you get a deeper blue, but never as deep as indigo.

I'm so looking forward to meeting you personally in PEI as I've followed you since episode 1 and have been a patron since the beginning. How exciting!!

I am really interested in natural dyeing, so this was one of my favourite episodes. Loved the interview with Ria, and the colours she achieve are just fantastic. Thank you so much

Always so happy when your episodes show up! Very interesting content as always. I will be at the PEI festival as a vendor, I work for my friend who owns Kat’s Riverside Studio. I would be ridiculously thrilled to meet you (and my work has been mentioned twice on your podcast, for the Vintage Shetland KAL and the Martin Storey KAL - I’m Aniko). Fingers crossed things will be back to normal by the fall and the festival is a go.

Hello from Mounds Illinois hope that you and your family are safe and doing well.

Wow! Really informative garment care information.

So very interesting. Thank you.

What a kind mom you are! My daughter and I are similar sizes but totally different colouring so trading doesn't work! Thanks for the lovely stories Andrew and of course the video/music. Sidsel's work is pure art..stunning and inspiring. Fantastic laundry lesson. My daughter and I are booked (air and hotel) for the PEI Festival! Looking forward to meeting you in person. Hand dyeing fascinating but I leave that skill to my daughter. HUgs from Canada

I so enjoyed the segment on caring for your wool knits and learned a lot. I do have a question about hand knitted socks however. You mentioned wearing your socks several times before washing. However after wearing once, my socks gets stretched out and are sloppy on my feet. I use nice 80/20 sock yarn and make a small size, 56 stitches. What can I do about that? I make them ribbed as well. I wouldn’t even consider making a lace pattern because they stretch out worse. Can you teach a lesson on it, and address this problem. I would so appreciate that. I also loved Andrew’s segment on the frescoes and stories about the philosophies of the thoughts of the artists. Loved that a lot and the fantastic music. Would like to see more of Jack! We have an apricot poodle named Carson. Love seeing Jack. Thank you so much.

Very interesting and a joy to watch

Happy Easter! Could you please start a project of skirt for older women. Actually,it would be great to get an interview with a technical designer. It seems that knitting a skirt is simple, but who did it knows that it is not so easy. I am looking forward to knit a classic collection- a cardigan and a skirt, that I could wear it for my job in an office. Thank you in advance!

Hahahaha love the tension of Andrea wanting you to knit faster... to tell the truth your stitches are impeccable and the speed shouldn’t matter in the long run... right? Also, I’m so impressed either way!

The other critical consideration to prevent felting when washing, besides temperature change or agitation is running water directly on the garment. Many machines are different , so if the washing machine has any chance of this it might be a good idea to stop the machine and remove the bag while the tub fills for the rinse cycle.

Love the stories of Andrew! I am a master of men! That is a preety good job description!!!! 🤣🤣

Happy birthday, Andrea! Hope you have a wonderful day irrespective of all the restrictions. Hugs, Kasia

A super episode! Suggestions for Ria: in our country a well known artist with fibres that uses plants is Claudy Jongstra. And a shop that uses madder a lot is A verb for keeping warm I grew up with a mother who was natural dyeing too, carding, spinning and knitting sweaters back in the 70s. Do you use mordants? Great skills

Fabulous work Sidsel

Thank you for a great episode! Andrea you should do a segment going over the details of your beautiful garments!

To avoid having a visual improvement between the two sleeves, I usually knit both at the same time in the round with a magic loop. It also helps with symmetry, especially if you make changes on the go and forget to write them down.

Could you maybe start the sleeves with a provisional cast-on and later, when the yoke is finished, add the cuffs, when you know how long they should be?

I can't be to the PEI Festival but I live on the other side of Canada in BC, This in on the Pacific Ocean. I so love your podcasts. I am now on episode 30. Love every one of them I am a senior senior (won't give my age) just learning to knit. I am on a very limited budget and can't contribute. I feel guilty watching them all but can't stop. Sorry. Be safe.

Hallo liebe Andrea und lieber Andrew, leider lässt sich in dieser Folge der Untertitel u damit die Übersetzung nicht aktivieren. Lässt sich dies noch beheben? Vielen Dank für die informativen Podcast s Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus der schönen Kaiserstadt Aachen Iris

I'm a bit late to the party, but could you possibly knit a bit of waste knitting with the amount of stitches your sleeve would be, and start your yoke on that. Then when you've finished the yoke, you pin the sleeves to it, try it on, add if needed, then Kitchener the sleeves on? I may also be a bit strange because I really like Kitchener stitching, but the flexibility and not having to unravel a lot might make it worth it...

Thank you great information and very nicely produced. However its difficult to support as my husband despises automatics withdraws as its caused overdrafts because he forgets. Do you offer anything like a yearly contribution?

Beautiful fabric.

Perfect timing! I was just rewatching old episodes when my notification came up!

Thank you for this episode... I was excited about the yarn dying, but alas no demo.

off topic but i would love to see madeleine on the screen again! :) great podcast!

I'd like to buy Sidsel's kit for the "plaid" sweater mid screen, but I can't find it in her shop. What is the name of it and is it available? I loved this show. SOOOO many wonderful lessons.

Andrew if you do want to consider knitting faster in the future, you might want to try a knitting belt as it is easier to flick the wool and has less movements overall, I find. Knitting in the round on the belt as opposed to by the piece does make it easier/quicker as usually there is no purls to speak of and this does help immensely. Just a thought. ;) NancyKnot

Hope we can meet you in September! Welcome to Canada!

Thank you for another lovely episode - you brightened my day And I just want to mention: dogs can't knit 😊

hey andrea, what is the pattern of the sweater you're wearing? looks like a fantastic layering piece. and andrew...... you're a fantastic story teller, and great content.

Loved the show as usual. The blue sweater in Sidsel’s clips: Know where I can find the pattern?

When I make a shirt I have to make the sleeves longer than the pattern says. I understand Madeleine's pain.

Very smooth shooting of the fresco town!

I have a hotel room for PEI if it goes through.

I wash my woolen clothes with mild baby shampoo