Just found this today and had to say how absolutely delightful it was to listen to Nathan and see his glorious knit creations. I’ve followed you Suzanne since I picked up my needles again and have found your channel so useful in developing my techniques so thank you to both of you.
🌴☀️Dear Mrs. Bryan🌿🌸🌿thank you for this generous interview of which I’m watching 3 years later, I am surprisingly mistaken as to think I’ve seen majority of your content, this was a delight!!!! My favorite part was the decrease witchcraft (teehehe) absolutely brilliant 😮. I’ve knit many hundreds of accessory/garments (baby clothing, socks, tops, hats) since I began knitting about 6 years or so ago, your platform has been my knitting bible in human form & I am so grateful to you for the priceless knowledge you’ve uploaded into my needlecraft. You Mrs. Bryan…are a diamond in the ruff. And yes yes yes I know you aren’t inventing things necessarily BUT…you made a conscious decision to “share” and to “teach” and to “do it on RU-vid” and that me dear is a gift you have been given and a blessing to the masses. I honor you beloved. 💗🌸 much gratitude☀️🌴
I am binge watching your interviews and just finished watching this. This is awesome. What a wonderful person. I’m new to knitting and trying to learn as much as I can. I thought double knitting is far in the future for me but he’s so enthusiastic and engaging that I want to learn it now!
Thank you so much Suzanne for this interview with Nathan. He really is an innovative designer. Those double knitted brioche designs are simply breathtaking, just gorgeous! I've been following Nathan's journey through this past year and I can't be happier that he is once again beginning to share his passion for knitting with the rest of the community. You are loved Nathan!
I haven't watched yet but am so looking forward to enjoying this a bit later. I've downloaded and will whistle through the household chores in anticipation 🤗. Thanks!
I taught crochet years ago and I learned so much from the students. Finding new ways to show them things. The first time I had someone that was left handed and just couldn't get it to work doing it the way I did. I had to teach myself how to crochet left handed. And it gave me a great appreciation for how difficult it was for her. I finally got it and showed her. She ended up being the most enthusiastic student I ever taught and really made some wonderful things.
What a extraordinary interview and excellent guest choice! There are many people around the world who love the details of knitting!! Thanks a lot, both of you.
Here's something to blow your minds, speaking of that Queenieknits Kitchener's stitch method you mentioned for different stitch patterns. To go through knitwise or purlwise: The first stitch matches itself, the second stitch does the opposite of itself, and that's all. That second stitch never gets a chance to match itself in the sequence, no matter the stitch pattern. No need to think about same or different, but still good to know it as a principle.
Wonderful interview. Nathan is just fabulous. I'm looking forward to his book and then all of those other patterns too. I've been curious about his design that was left out of the "book that shall not be named." I'm glad he was able to share it here! Suzanne, you have a new fan. Thank you.
Love the concept about the double knitting with lace - it sounds like "lining" a lace top which is absolutely perfect for the Florida sunshine state - my goal is to knit for the tropical climate.
Can't believe I missed this... I lust love Nathan and have been a subscriber of his for a long time. Unfortunately I've been sick and sleep took me despite all the reminder alarms set. I could watch him for hours!
Thank you so much for this interview. Nathan is indeed a genius. I’m so looking forward to the new book which I preordered; I have never done double knitting and only a little of brioche (which I’m loving), so I’m excited to do more of both and especially to learn from Nathan. The knitted items shown are just exquisite!
Finally go a chance to catch up with this cast, thoroughly enjoyed it. I still need to try both brioche and doube knitting, I will catch up eventually, it sounds brilliant !
I appreciate so much the joy you both bring to your craft. Thank you for a wonderful, informative interview. I have learned so much from Suzanne’s video tutorials,and I really look forward to acquiring Nathan’s e-book.
I remember Nathan had an Insta story(?) a couple of years ago, where he mentioned geeking out with the two women, and how they'd come up with a 3-into-2 stitch that was a non-leaning single decrease. I'm a total break-things-down-and-build-up-novelty geek, too (lifelong programmer - I spend every day doing it, and have done it a bit in knitting, too, since I started 2.5 years ago). He got my brain pondering that problem for weeks! He didn't say how he did it, and I don't think he ever mentioned it again (I tried to find it a few times to no avail), but I kept feeling like I was almost onto a solution. I did eventually figure something out, though it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I called it a "center single decrease," and the idea is, simply put (I know the geeks will understand this simple description), to pick up a new stitch under the bar between 2 stitches, and use it as the center stitch in a center double decrease, with the existing sts on either side of it. It's a little thick, like a CDD, so that new, central stitch sticks up, and the picked up stitch also pulls that space below it open a bit, so you do get a kind of lacy hole beneath the decrease, but it does work - it's a "non-leaning" single decrease, that hides a standard, leaning decrease behind a new, vertical stitch. I also immediately ran into the issue that I couldn't stack them, but in my test knit, I spiraled them, always offsetting them by another stitch to the left on each decrease round. I love this stuff.
Yes, here is how to do it also - this is worked over three stitches, reducing three to two. Work as an SSk, but only slip the first stitch as if to knit, and only remove the first stitch from the left needle. Then with that remaining stitch still on the left needle, k2tog. Try it and let me know what you think.
@@SuzanneOfftheCuff I just played with both variations for the first time, and they look great! I see now that starting with the k2tog gives something like a cdd, and a small void/hole above each of the side columns, where they disappear, but out of the resulting single stitch, 2 new ones appear. It gives a kind of pinched/hourglass effect, and a slightly enlarged stitch coming out of the 3, which the 2 come out of. Starting with the ssk, you instead get the 2 columns on either side of a column moving together to cut off that one between them, leaving a tiny void/hole just above that one. The latter is my preference, outside of any other context, because it's more subtle. Really neat ideas, though! They're also both nice and flat, as opposed to the bump you feel in the fabric with my csd idea (which, like Nathan's, probably isn't completely novel in the world). I love having them all in my arsenal now!
I absolutely adore the both of you, n couldn’t have asked for a better duo to bounce ideas off each other and share info with us... I said out loud, “there’s no way almost 2 hours just happened!” ...but it sadly had! Wonderful show!
Nathan & Suzanne, have only found this video over 18 months later. Living in Australia, sometines I feel we do live at the end of the earth ( well almost geographically). Nathan, you are a brilliant and gifted man with outstanding work. You have converted me from an amateur Brioche knitter and will convert to double knitting. Its now Nov 2021. Have you published that double knitting brioche book, as would love to know the title??
Judith, Nathan has been working hard on the book and hopes it will be out by the end of the year, or early 2022. Best way to keep informed is sign up for his newsletter @ sockmatician.com
What a great way to spend a rainy afternoon! I learned so much from this conversation with Nathan - his Tubular Caston for 2x2 Ribbing in the Round was a game-changer for me and I love the Sanquhar scarf!
Utterly mesmerizing - I was entranced from start to finish and I have now subscribed to Off the Cuff and will go next to sign up for Nathan's newsletter and RU-vid channel. Suzanne, do you think it would be possible for Nathan to be an instructor at a future WTK retreat?
Great interview, l can’t wait for the book. I am currently knitting a sweater with Nathan’s Dk yarn in the purple, the yarn is a joy to knit with and I love the colour.
Loved it! Thank you for such a great video. I do have a question for Nathan- would you please consider adding more of your amazing patterns to Lovecrafts? I would love to knit your I’ll Burato. Many thanks.
Anke Verhave Thanks Anke: I absolutely do have plans to get the whole lot up on LoveCrafts. I’m part way through that at the moment, but I’ve run into some technical problems that I need them to help me with before I can proceed. Watch this space!
Loved the show love you Nathan love you Suzanne as always wanted to ask you both do you have any tips for working the yarns in 2 hands as for as matching tension. I want to learn double knitting but I have issues with controlling yarn. Nathan your patterns are gorgeous! Along with being so talented you are fun and witty such a happy guy! Thanks for being on the show. We learn so much from Suzanne and so thankful for this platform.
Carol Corcoran Thanks Carol. As for tips, only practice. If your tension is uneven, really inspect the knitting closely to work out which stitches need to be tighter or looser. The other side of things is to know that there really is no need to work with one in each hand. You can just as easily work with both yarns in either the left or the the right. Find whichever way works best for you. Your body will tell you which is right.
@@Sockmatician thanks Nathan for the input n yes I need to practice so much more. I'm always on to the next project never giving me time to practice. Maybe I should commit to practicing 1 or 2 hours a day then remaining hours for my projects if not I might never get there. You're an inspiration Nathan! Keep safe n God bless.
This was wonderful!!! I'd love to learn more about the non-mirrored technique (either from Nathan or you). Are there any videos on this? Specifically, I'm wondering if the same working yarn is used to knit whatever color is needed and the other color is floated as done in stranded knitting.
So enjoyed this interview, glad. NATHAN thank you for doing the interview with him. Love double knitting, I have his book Guys knit. Very informative and I am drooling! I so want to knit brioche and lace double knitting. My skill level may be to low :)
Just started watching recording, so happy to see you both!I am so fascinated by double knitting, my question is : If I get a book would I be able to learn a double knitting from it? Nathan thank you so much for brilliant work and thanks Suzzane for amazing work you do.
Nathan, will you be publishing the pattern for the green hat with the interesting 3 into 2 decreases? I am one of your kickstarter participants and am so excited about the Double Knitted Brioche book.
Hi Suzanne! This is the 1st time Ive seen u channel! I subbed! Im gonna check out ur other channel too! I luved the interview w Nathan! Im so excited about the book! I pre-ordered mine! Nathan, I have a question: I have never knit double knitting before. I bought ur "Slideways Scarf" pattern. Is that a good patt to learn Dbl knitting on? Or can u recommend another of ur patts that I shud start learning Dbl Knitting from? (BTW, I luv ur Best Self-Striping Socks Ever" sock patt. ! I learnt so much from that patt!). I want to have an understanding of Dbl Knitting before ur book comes out. Then I will learn Brioche Dbl Knitting! Thnx for answering if u have the time!
Karen H Hi Karen. Slideways is a pretty good place to start, yes. You’ll get a good understanding of DK and some increases and decreases as well. If you want to go right back to basics. I’d also recommend my “Peano No1” pattern. Good luck, and thanks for being a aupporter!
So I've just stumbled into this world of knitting, after years of painting and quilting. I was always told to forget knitting/crochet because I am left handed. I spent years (decades) passing it by thinking I couldn't be part of it and no one was willing to teach me the reverse techniques. So I'm now teaching myself through a few left-handed RU-vid videos, have knitted a handful of swatches in basic stitches and now would like a little more. Would a book like this be too advanced for a baby knitter like myself or only oriented for right handed methods? I'm already getting a bit frustrated with some videos whose only advice for a lefty is to just watch the video in a mirror or "figure it out yourself". I understand that it is mostly a matter of just following how many and what type of stitches to do per row, but I really need to see someone do it first, especially now that I want to learn how to increase and decrease stitches and how to finish edges more nicely. Does anyone have any advice?
Hello Sharon. In my teaching experience, I have come across many, many left handed knitters. If I can catch them at the beginning - this is what I say "Knitting involves both hands equally, it is not a left handed or right handed craft. It uses your brain more like playing the piano or reading a book. Both sides of the brain are equally involved.". So, if you are not already ingrained into teaching yourself left handed knitting, this is what I would advise. Learn the continental method, as you will hold your yarn in your left hand. Then try knitting in the continental fashion. It takes about 2 weeks for your brain and nervous system to get it. You will not be retraining yourself to be right handed. For all new knitters, it takes about 2 weeks to get the nerve pathways primed to get the movements. Knit daily for about 5 minutes. Do not stress out, just 5 minutes. In 2 weeks, try purling for 5 minutes a day, etc. Then combine the two by working Stockinette stitch for a couple of weeks. At that time, you will feel way more comfortable with the stitches and will be set to go. I hope this helps you. I have seen many left handed people learn how to knit this way. Let me know, please.
@@SuzanneOfftheCuff Thank you! That is great advice, and very encouraging. I think you have caught me early enough that I don't have anything too ingrained yet. I will definitely try what you said.
Hi, Suzanne. Thank you for the episode--as always, it was packed with intriguing and useful information. I wonder if Nathan might share the links to the two RU-vid videos he mentioned that show the amazing single decrease that doesn't lean. (Actually, I've found one here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v5zJmlUO-1U.html&feature=emb_logo)
