Skeindeer Knits Ep. 176: six minutes of knitting 

Aww... that little baby vest could become a teddy vest 🤩

I belly laughed when you mentioned your noisy neighbor. And yeesh what a mess with the gas! Oh the never ending joys of homeownership!

Suggestion for the tiny half-onesie: Knit a rib, buy a teddy bear in the right size, dress up the bear and give it to your nephew. By the way, I found some PT2 in the local yarn store this week. It was a very bright acid green, but I still almost bought it because the label made me nostalgic...

Congrats on the book cover! That is a really cool surprise! This episode is delightful. You are clearly so happy to be moved into your space…it definitely seems to suit you! 💗

Congratulations 🎉! How exciting to have your pattern on the cover of the book!

Congrats on the book cover! What an honor.

Well, Dr Skeindeer, you DESERVE to be on the cover of Laine, it goes without saying. Congratulations ❤

Congratulations on making the cover of Laine! I've been watching you since day 1. I've made so many of your mittens and this one will be no exception. It's always a pleasure to see one of your videos pop up. A devoted knitter from Rhode Island , USA

Baby vest would be a lovely hot water bottle cover... for a baby. Love your videos and your new place.

Wonderful to see you again so soon 🥰 Bring a little treat to your little man neighbor in friendship and gratitude-might make the poor guy’s day! Congratulations on being so prominently featured on the cover of the Laine book-that’s big time news! And fyi I wore my Otra yoke cardigan yarn shopping and lunching with a friend last week, I cannot tell you how many compliments I received on it, not to mention the comfort and ease in wearing 🫶❤️ keep on keeping on from NH in USA

Hurrah, I agree that the podcast exists for the knitting. Which is why I happily watch show-and-tell of plain stockinette sleeves. We've all been there (so of us are there right now...)

I’m late to the party. I just saw your return episode and I just wanted to say that you TAKE CARE OF YOU. We are fine and need to feel guilty about anything. We all go through our own trials and tribulations-believe me. Just pick up where you left off and carry on. I wish all the best for you!

There are plenty of far- away watchers of your podcasts, as you imagined to yourself. I watch from the other side of the world ! Wow that your mittens are on the cover of a knitting book. What a thrill that must be.

Congratulations on your design making the cover of the book. How exciting for you! Another enjoyable episode.

I think your squares are just improving. You’re getting the hang of it and your hands are starting to understand what you’re doing. So your tension just needs to start evening out! Plastic hooks are 😖 squeaky little buggers. I have clovers and they’re lovely. Haven’t snapped on me yet (master crocheter here 😜) also, blocking a square does wonders, especially wool squares. Crochet is very forgiving, much more than knitting, more room to fudge a not up to size square in there anyway. Just try it. It’ll be fine! Congratulations on the book cover! It’s amazing and well deserved ❤ greetings from the Netherlands 😬 P.S. You could always leave a nice card in his letterbox thanking him for being so considerate to turn down the volume.

Greetings from Perth Australia !! Love that you’re settling into your new place and enjoying catching up with all the knit and crochet ramblings. 💚

Hi Eli, greetings from Malaysia!(Yes,you do have subscribers from everywhere❤) I’ve been subscribed since the early years😊. I had always enjoyed your weekly ramblings during my drive to/from work back then😉. Had a knitting hiatus during the pandemic and just recently getting back my knitting mojo. Congratulations on the book cover!

Congratulations on the patten in the book🤗Looking forword to see your pattern in the book Strikkekraft🥰and I Hope things, neigbours and life will treat you well in the future 🌺🌺🌺

It was lovely to see you and have a brief chat at Unravel. So pleased to hear you've sorted out the loud neighbour - I'm very sensitive to loud noise too and it can be so stressful can't it!

Your tiny onesie could fit a premature baby or could be used as doll clothes. I am so happy you could resolve the noise problem with your neighbor, Now you will be able to rest. The puppy is so so cute , I am sure your mom will be happy to see you. Congratulations on making the cover of the latest Laine publication ! 👏🥂 🥳

Congratulations on having your pattern on the cover!

As I along time knitter (43 years), I am starting to make crochet blankets with my scraps too. Crochet tension is so hard for me as well. I feel your pain 🧶

Takk for en koselig strikkestund med masse inspirasjon 😊

You are awesome. Congrats on the cover!! I lvoe hearing all the move stories and I'm so glad you're liking it. All the best, Kimberly

Congratulations on being a cover star!

Your a good crocheter the tension will come if you keep it up. I learned a knit first and I'm a real tight knitter and a real tight crocheter. You just got to find the right hooks that will work for you.

Congratulations, Cover Girl!! So exciting!!

This podcast feels like listening to a good friend as we are the same age and similar topics are around. I love how life is going for you right now! The design looks stunning and I’m so impressed by the use up of scraps! Looking forward to the next podcast ☺️

Hahaha... so funny stories... new neighboors, a provider issue... the historic yarns... but I wanted to congratulate you for having your art on the cover. This is awsome. Really wonderful. Congratulations. Sucess!!! 😊

Congratulations on getting the cover of the book. And hello from Vancouver BC

Congratulations on having your pattern on the cover of the new Laine book of accessories Eli!!! Glad you finally were able to get help concerning your gas meter. The too small sweater body would look cute on a teddy bear or a doll! Glad you got to catch up with folks at Unravel!! I haven't been to a yarn or fiber festival in several years. I miss the touching and smelling of yarn and seeing animals if they're at the festival!!

Congrats on the book cover! I think I need that book...

That baby vest/romper would work well for a doll, if you know anyone with a child that likes to play with dolls? I know the feeling about wanting to not ‘waste’ that good yarn in a scrap project, I couldn’t 🤣

The small vest would fit an American Girl sized doll!

Congratulations on both your new home and having your pattern on the cover of the new book!

Congrats on the cover! I can't wait to go to my local shop to see it. For your little, older gentleman that you feel guilty about ( you shouldn't) bake him some of your lovely rolls and take them over as a gift to say thank you for turning down that volume. Just a thought.

London neighbours are such a gamble. The people in my building, so lovely, we look out for each other and help out (mainly because out landlord is negligent). But theguy in the building next door......my enemy. He streams crossfit lesson from the back garden like 4 times a week, pure bass and grunting. I asked him to turn it down and he got mad. Also told him his camera points into my flat and that made me uncomfortable, no response. I cant even open my windows. And the people behind me host parties every weekend in the summer until like 2am. I think I have like a year left in me until I run away from this city haha

Hello, I watched the moving videos.....congratulations on the new home....I love naps! I am home for another couple weeks on medical leave. I have 5 cats, I've turned into a cat! (I had surgery in December, so I've been home since then) It'll be hard to get back to work...I teach 3rd grade, so 8/9 year olds.....Don't feel bad about your neighbor, maybe he didn't realize....I have hearing loss and play things loudly, but we live in the middle of the woods,,,,no close neighbors, but I'd use headphones if I had neighbors...and oh I just bour 4 new ChiaoGoo needles at my LYS......I tend to let things sit for awhile and was needing a US 5 and 6.......And I'm also on the other side of the pond...

Yeah on the COVER!, congrats. Deb from Florida

De små lappene blir fine til slutt, tenker jeg 👏😀🧶 Takk for stunden 😊

Grattis till omslagsbilden på Laine 🌿🌹🌹🌹 mönstret ser jättefint ut 😊 Önskar Dig en fin vår 🧶

I'm watching you from Germany, near Stuttgart. ☺ Congrats on your cover photo!

Congratulations on your book cover. I watch from Maine USA

Just reacting on the knitting needles. It is your work, and then you need good material. I'm a knitter, sometimes with 3 or 4 projects on the needles. You as a designer has way more projects on the go, so you need more needles:) greatings from the Netherlands

Knit With Attitude in London carries some of the Pickles yarn. Crochet gauge is just like knitting - practice, and it will settle. If we all had some knitting from when we first started and compared it to years later. It would be just like your squares. I can't use the fatter handled crochet hooks because I was taught to hold it more like a pencil. I crochet sock/fingering weight yarn with a 4mm (old US size G) hook, and it is snug like I used something smaller. I'm a tight knitter unless I'm doing colorwork. I was taught to knit Combination Continental. Purl stitches are a breeze, and don't use more yarn as some people say it does. Some days, I purl faster than I knit, when knitting flat. Irina Shaar, who is Fiber Chats on RU-vid, has done some videos/shorts demonstrating this style of knitting for anyone who is curious. Congratulations on the new home and cover.

Congrats on being on the cover!!

Such an adorable puppy!

The babybody. Knit it finnish, great gift to a girl, to her babyborn doll

I use an old fashioned straight knitting needle to spear together my granny squares. You can even pop on a needle stopper and they won’t go anywhere. Crochet designer Marion Mitchell introduced the trick! Greetings from Wisconsin, USA!

Congratulations on the book cover!

Hi, I’m writing you from Antarctica! 😂😂😂 not really, from the US, Michigan. I think you might have been off on the crochet because you had t been crocheting much and it took a while for your gauge to settle, along with your hook. I love ChiaoGoo needles too, they really do a great job. Hope you have a good week.

For your crochet you might be tightening up in the throat of the hook. Gauge is set lower down in the neck of the hook. Sometimes you need to turn the hook a bit to get through the stitch without catching the yarn. As I crochet I get more relaxed and get bigger sometimes. If you struggle the Susan Bates hook might be a hook you might want to try. The Susan Bates hooks are also known as an inline hooks they were designed for beginners to help them get more consistent gauge. As for hooks and yarn. Sometimes changing the hook makes all the difference. Certain materials of the hook and types of yarn just go better than others. I have cheap plastic hooks that work great on some yarns no squeaks and glides great, yet other yarns are terrible with those hooks, so I switch to my clover or Susan Bates.

Same with Azor! I finished the yoke 2 years ago and still working on body & sleeves....love pattern but post-yoke ennui is real!

Hey. Greetings from one of your listeners that is as far away as possible. In the Himalayas in india. While watching your video a monkey broke into my room and stole my pasta. Just telling you for your entertainment. I mean he sat on my, stove picked food from my pan amd ran off with the pasta bag. Knitting your soleie shell after I finished my floof sweater. Have a lovely day

Yes, definitely celebrate the small victories!

Congratulations on the cover. That is magnificent. 😮. Also, I LOVE the baby vest. Would love to have that pattern, even though you say it is a romper. Baby vests are a bit of a rage here right now…west coast of Canada. Very happy you are making videos again, and that you are happily settling in.

Tip on crochet baskets: You don't ever need to add "extra" increases as the circle gets bigger. Instead, when it starts looking like a hexagon instead of a circle, just "move" the increases so they're spaced differently every so often. That will give you the correct shape without distorting the shape. Btw, I adore my Clover Amour hooks but starting from 6.5mm the larger sizes are made from plastic instead of metal, and they're not quite as good.

Very good that you are getting everything sorted, enjoy your videos. 🙂

Congrats on your cover photo!! I had heard, and kept thinking, how is she not squealing with delight from the start of this video😂🎉! The little old man who turned down his music-maybe make him some food -bread, or a couple of cookies, and take it up as a thank-you gesture. You needed the music to not be so loud, so you weren’t wrong to ask that, but perhaps taking him something small will be a step in getting to know him as a neighbor and smooth over the awkwardness from having to ask him to change something before you knew him.❤ And thanks for making these videos! Always enjoy your perspective and seeing what you are making . Cheers from Oregon (which is in fact very far away from you😁)

Maybe make your neighbour a cake and write a card to say thank you for his responsiveness and if he needs anything feel free to ask. Also the the meters - we lived in Finsbury Park and found out our water meter was metering the next door’s ground floor apartment. It never got sorted as we weren’t billed anyway but we did let the neighbour know 🤦‍♀️

Ohhh I love your style with the shirt & overalls! 😍 Have you already seen Mzima Overalls in Ravelry? Almost looks like they might be made for you 😅♥️

Bake your neighbor a pie! Ha! Ha!

hello i love your channel. congrats u have new place...can u tell us about your phd life and is knitting helps you a lot in your stress relief from phd's stressfull time? thankx and God bless

Congrats on your work in a book. Your crocheting is fine. That is weird how they are different sizes. Are you doing the same number of stitches. I am across the pond from you. so not close lol

Will it also be a schnauzer when it‘s bigger?! 🧸❤ Those mittens ✨✨✨

Oh my goodness I am totally copying your scrap-basket idea!