What a nice video to watch, two of the Ladies that I admire the most in knitting tutorials, in the English language. Hugs and kisses to both of you Ladies.
I was 'out of commission' when this was live, so glad I was able to watch this afternoon! Cheryl was another sweet guest and happy to hear she's been healing wonderfully. Suzanne, before knowing about you I never valued swatching, as it desrves. However, since watching and following you as one of my most trusted resources on all things knitting, you have convinced me otherwise. And having Cheryl as a guest has convinced me to buy her book and follow her, as well. I would also, definitely, appreciate following her adventure in repairing that beautiful sweater! Thank you, again, for another great guest. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🍓🌳🌎💖🙌🙌🙌😺
Thank you both for such a wonderful discussion. I love how your minds work! Thank you Suzanne for your hard work bringing us these videos and for introducing us to such gems of the knitting world. Truly a work of heart. 💗❤💕 p.s., Cheryl, I look forward to your video on repairing that hole as I too have to repair a piece.
thank you for this video, I am such a fan of Cheryl's since i discovered her a few years ago here on RU-vid. So happy that Cheryl is feeling better. Hugs to you Cheryl from Nova Scotia, Canada
In the 80’s bought a Bond machine and had to have the ribber and the table of course. Enjoyed it at the time but now it is under the bed with all the knitting magazines for Bond. I do enjoy hand knitting more but after listening to Cheryl I think I may get it out again.
Thank you. Great video. I follow Cheryl on you tube, Facebook and I am subscribed to her newsletter, and I have her book which is an excellent book. I am glad that you’re back and healthy. I will watch the video on fixing that hole for sure. Take care🤗
I enjoyed your interview today. I first heard of Cheryl through her Bond Knitting machine-I still have mine also! I ordered her book through her website, so between Cheryl Brunette, Maggie Righetti, and Ann Budd, I am armed for any sweater conundrum.
Thank you Suzanne and Cheryl for a wonderful video. I enjoyed it immensely. I learned to do nearly invisible increases from Cheryl about 10 years ago when I was doing my first project, a sweater for my grandson. I was lucky to find a great teacher that early on. You both contribute so much to my knitting. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you. I'm so glad Cheryl is in good health.
Thank you for having Cheryl Brunette on your channel. I just bought Sweater 101 a few weeks ago. I'm making a sweater using her techniques. I've never had a sweater to fit me. I've never understood gauge. What I have learned with her book and video has helped me to understand how the gauge works.
Suzanne, thank you so much for having Cheryl as a guest. I really enjoyed the interview and I ordered her book. Thank you for all the time you dedicate to make sure we learn and enjoy our Knitting. Rachel S.
Thank you for this interview. I first discovered Cheryl via utube & her explanation of gauge was a game changer! I always knew that you needed to knit a gauge swatch, but it’s necessity had never been explained to me so thoroughly. I ordered Cheryl’s book, but still have not knitted a sweater. I definitely plan to use her method of schematics & gauge when I do. She makes the process so easy to understand!
This was wonderful! Thank you Miss Suzanne for the interview and truly Miss Cheryl for sharing your life and knowledge with us. I bought the sweater 101 book a few months ago and told my daughter to buy it and to check out your videos. Now to couple that with this interview, has made me appreciate you even more. Thank you both so much!
wonderful love it I just got the sweater !01 because I need learn the gage swatche because like she said I never get the right st . I use a lot needles each swatch so I hate to do swaches I am read her book hope her book helps me . if she crates some thing that helps me more I want to do the swatch for the cloth fit me
I was knitting a gauge swatch while I was watching this! lol but it has garter stitch borders... I put in extra stitches for them so that there's a 4x4 square of stockinette only, does that make up for it?
This is a great comment. If you want to get the most accurate gauge, for say a sweater, you really would benefit from making a larger swatch. A 6" by 6" swatch will work nicely. With no border. In my knitting, I find that with worsted weight wool, and a US 7 needle, that I will usually get a row gauge of 7 rows to the inch in Stockinette stitch. If I knit in garter stitch, I will get 10 rows per inch. So you can see right there that the garter stitch is going to constrict the Stockinette stitch. Think about cardigans that you have seen where the button bands pull up in the front. That is because they were worked with the fronts but in garter stitch and the garter stitch row gauge is quite different from the Stockinette row gauge. Now, with all this said, stitch gauge is probably a bit more important than row gauge, but why take a chance? The gauge swatch is not intended to be pretty, it is intended to be utilitarian. So you really don't need a border. Happy knitting.
@@SuzanneOfftheCuff I didn't put the garter stitch border to make it pretty, I put it in to keep the stockinette part from curling - I thought the curl would affect my gauge measurement more than the difference in stitch size! LOL but I'm still new and still learning all the little details. I thought it didn't matter how big the swatch was, as long as it had at least a 4x4 section of stockinette for measuring. But after I washed and blocked the swatch, I can see how the garter stitch running up the sides has squished the stockinette down a little bit, even in this small swatch
