Ysolda Teague - Ep. 36 - Fruity Knitting Podcast 

Andrea, you are going to treasure all these episodes, and smile and laugh again in a whole new way, when you come out the other side of mourning. So happy for that future you of you. 💜

Blue and green is the best colour combination!

I always enjoy watching your guests knitting in a beautiful landscape. Maybe I it's because the landscape and the nature means something to them. That makes it special. Shona looks so happy in her adventurous spot on the cliffs. Thank you for your sharing these gems with us.

Your show should be on TV. It is that well done. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Thanks Andrea for showing the different styles of knitting - I think I do some sort of combo but it works for me Ysolda is such an inspiration too!

Wow Shona that's Extreme Knitting!! Stunningly beautiful And thank you for your Extreme kindness.... an inspirational woman 💐

A wonderful Knitters of the World interview with Shona

Classiest knitting channel on RU-vid!

I am Norwegian and I do what you call Continental knitting, and I hold the finger close to the knitting, just as you do. When I taught my four kids to knit when they were small, I made a little tale out of it. The right needle being the prince, the stitch over the left needle the cave, the yarn over my left index finger the princess. The prince had to go into the cave, grab the princess and take her out before the troll came :-) It worked every time. Now my oldest grandson is 3 1/2 and I cannot wait to teach him knitting.......in a couple of years :-)

That picot hem is gorgeous!!! Definitely going to try that on a garment. Thanks!

I love you two ❤️. I can't wait to become a patron. I do have to wait a month or so though. Andrew is a man for all seasons and he loves you so after all these years. It is so inspirational.

You two are AMAZING. Grins from ear to ear watching your show.

I like blue and green together, nature does it all the time.

Continental knitting with index finger against the needle & Norwegian purling solves a lot of the hand & finger movement that eventually ends up in pain. I am a bodyworker & have spent a bunch of time working on solving this problem, a repetitive use injury, before it happens. I think this combo solves the problem. This as well as keeping your shoulders & arms & neck relaxed...

thank you for another amazing podcast! The quality of the content is just superb! Your interactions with each other and us are so warm, natural and friendly. A wonderful respite for us!

I love watching your very thorough and in-depth interviews. And I love the interaction between you both. So lovely! I wonder how many of us wives are trying to get our husbands to knit with us now.......I ask mine periodically. 🙂

It was good to see Ysolda again on an interview. I last saw her when she was interviewed many years ago by a Podcast called Letsknit2gether who no longer record. She has some lovely designs and I follow her on Instagram and Ravelry. Thannks Andrew and Andrea,

I LOVE that blue/green combo for the double knit scarf! Can’t wait to see how it turns out! (I know I’m years behind-I’m sure I’ll see it soon)

I taught myself to knit 54 years ago when I was 12 with a Knitting for Barbie kit and knit exactly the way you do. I even hold my yarn and use my thumb exactly like you do. I also have had some arm issues in the last couple of years. If I'm knitting the stockinette stitch, I now do the purl side with the Middle Eastern Combination method. This twists the stitch so I have to knit through the back loop on the knit side. This gives my left arm a break and doesn't affect my gauge.

Andrea - the edge of your jersey is a picot edge. Another interesting podcast.

I tremendously appreciate your generous offer with 50% on the stunning pattern > just purchased my pattern > thank you for that ...It will be perfect for the Canary Islands where I life in the moment ...just thrilled about it 💚💙🌻

Hi Andrew and Andrea! This was a great episode! I continue to be amazed at Andrew's adventurous attitude about knitting and the finished objects he has produced so far. I started a brioche cowl designed by Nancy Marchant and am really enjoying it and can't wait to finish it. I absolutely want to knit Anne Hanson's Violet. I would love to make it out of some linen blend for warmer weather but also out of a lovely and drapy yarn for wearing it in the Autumn :)

Thank you so much for this relaxing podcast. I go through knitting withdrawls at work, so listening to you guys talk and hearing the interviews, makes my 8-4 accounting job day go by much easier :) I do love your podcast and I will become a patron because I love the trips you take so I can experience places I have never gone before. Europe has such a rich history of knitting. Thank you Andrew and Andrea :)

Andrew, the hat is lovely! I'm sure your daughter will treasure it. Wonderful podcast as well. Thank you!

Great show. I enjoy both of you . It so refreshing to see people be so creative.

The knitted picot edge! Which is different than the picot bind-off. Great episode!

Your daughter is a beauty, just gorgeous. Thank you for your shows, I always look forward to watching.

I love how u call each other 'darls' 😍😍😍

Gosh its been 4 years since I first saw this, I am watching it again in 2021. I have finally gotten around to knitting one of her designs. I knit Rose Red it is a hat mostly in lace with a bit of cables and you really can see how she has the knitter in mind when she designs, it is both interesting but easy to follow and it is so beautiful. If you haven't knit one of Ysolda's designs I highly recommend it. You are in for a treat. Also isn't Andrea great with her interviewing skills you can see all the times she's put into it.

A truly beautiful and inspirational episode.

So impressed with your brioche bravery, Andrew! I swore my way through one brioche coaster and haven't done any since 🤣

I started out my knitting life as an Eastern Continental knitter. (left leg forward mounting) I don't move my finger at all to purl vs knit. I catch the yarn counter clockwise and then off. The also has the added benefit of keeping the last knit in a rib from being loose. Also Andrea try Norwegian purl as this also doesn't require shuttling your finger.

Thank you for producing another great show, i like andrews projects and your interview with ysolda omg!

I've always loved Ysolda and am glad to hear her talk about using her platform to expand social good. As you explore different knitting styles I really encourage you to explore Continental knitting with an Eastern purl (combination) or both knits and purls mounted Eastern. It really evened up my gauge and feels very ergonomic. It's very easy to get used to knitting into the leading leg whether that's in the front or back Thanks for a great episode!

Now, I‘ve just ordered a used copy of Ysolda Teague’s book „Little Red in the City“, it‘s apparently out of print already. But I have to reward myself with this book for making garments for curvy women, something that has hindered me from making garments for myself, because I am not standard sized. Thank you, Ysolda!

Maybe consider featuring Portuguese Style Knitting. I use it all the time for 2 reasons.It's very ergonomic I had a recurrent muscle strain in my upper arm until I changed to Portuguese knitting.I get lovely tension. Even stitches and no rowing out at all. Fantastic podcast. Thank you

Quality video podcast. I've not seen it before. I'm definitely going to catch up on all the missed episodes. I really enjoyed it.

When I knit Portuguese style I've adapted the knit so that instead of doing it the normal Portuguese way I duck the left needle under the yarn on the near side which moves it to the far side where it is ready to knit. From there I "pick" it kind-of-continental style to knit the next st and the thumb can help too if it's something like the first st of a row or a K2tog. Then when I want to change to purl I just let the yarn come to the near side again - which it almost wants to do by itself due to the tension around the pin (or your neck). I find that with this way I can do Knit-to-Purl and vice-versa changes much quicker than any other method I've learned so far. I call my adapted Portuguese style "flick and pick" (as in you flick with the thumb for purl and pick continental for the knit). Don't say it the other way around - it sounds like an uncivilised way to clean your nose! :-D

My favourite episode!

Another truly awesome and beautiful episode 😊

Lovely video cast. On Ravelry the Violet vest is called Switchgrass. Loved Ysolda. I think fruity Knitting should organize an adventure for their patrons to the Shetland Islands ( please).

Those hats are GORGEOUS!!!!!

Really enjoyable episode..... Loved Shona's isles sweater.

I love blue and green together!!!!

BTW...the way you showed continental knitting (with your left index finger on the left needled) is EXACTLY how I do it. AND...I also continental purl that way too...this has the effect that for purl stitches the stitch that gets purled sits on the needle opposite to 'normal'. ie the left leg of the stitch gets put to the front and the right leg goes to the back. this then becomes super fast for both continental knit and purl....

Fantastic work ethic, Ysolda!

Amazing footage, so beautiful. Amazing folks you find.

Great show as always. Thank you both! I would love to see how you clean and store your beautiful hand knit items!

I think having another way of knitting is smart..I started as an English Knitter throwing my yarn then out of changing a way to knit developed a Flickering style which I still use..then a few years ago I hurt my right arm and stopped both knitting and crocheting. Slowly I started crocheting again and yes my arm would hurt, so I decided to knit in between working on my crochet project and started looking for a different way of knitting. I came across on You Tube a Norwegian style of knitting the knit stitch...I didn’t care for the way they did the Purl Stitch and my tension was different I found a video on a Russian style to knit the Purl Stitch so now I employ a variety of knitting styles and I experience less arm pain...

Wonderful as always. I was just in Ireland, would love to see an interview with Carol Feller.

I just took a knitting workshop in Peru and they taught me the Portuguese method. We used two colours at a time! I didn’t know it as Portuguese though. I assumed it was Peruvian 😊

What a charming young woman Ysolda is. I found the interview very interesting. Ann

wonderful episode as usual!! Ysolda a vision of loveliness i always thought i was a "English Thrower" but Andrea calls it "Flicking" are they the same beast with two names? thanks for bringing up Mr Demurs again, i have been experiencing wrist pains, need to seek his expertise

Fantastic episode!! What a dreamy "knitters of the world!" Shona, you're lovely! Am I mistaken or does Ysolda have an American accent? I'm so curious!

I rather like the educational side and be able to make references to small business spinners and those with green print being rather good and local to UK.

Have you tried Norwegian purling? I do it when using Continental knitting. It's great because you keep the yarn always in the back of your work. ETA: Green is by far my favourite colour and my favourite combination is precisely with blue!

YAY YAY YAY for Ysolda talking about and designing waist shaping for men. I feel that too many jumpers are just a straight up (or down)...that is not quite flattering on a guy. Hopefully...also...I would add, about.. raglan shoulders...which IMHO also hang not so well on male (and many female) shoulders. I've been trying to figure out how to do a 'yoke pattern'...without the yoke shape....which also stretches pretty badly at the shoulders... Yarn has 'give' (or 'ease')...which helps...but the reality is, a yoke jumper does not have good and adequate tailored shaping. This admittedly hasn't stopped me from knitting my fair share of yokes...so it's a trade-off. But...I'm def going to invent a tailored yoke one of these days....

Thank you

Have you tried the German purl method? I have a mis-aligned bone in my left hand (old racquet ball injury) and the Continental purl is not comfortable. But the German purl is easy for me and the tensioning is easier to manage. How goes the belt?

I think the problem of your muscle strain is the placement of your forefinger being in the air. Perhaps to maintain your tension, try wrapping the yarn around your little finger and keep the forefinger on the needle. Even better, norwegian style knitting that Arne teaches.

In Germany we call the border which you show on track 22:51, on the green sweater, "mouse tooth border" ;-) ;-)

I love your videos and the effort you put in. I think your best questions are the simple ones when you interview these fab designers, it helps me to join in on the journey. I would love to make a one off contribution instead of monthly, could that be an option?

I don’t agree......green and blue are beautiful together. What about “black watch plaid”? I love your pod cast! Thank you for your work.

This is so interesting once again. I liked seeing the yellow lichen on the rocks with the yellowy wool. Is that yarn dyed from lichen?

Really enjoyed that episode.... Loved the sweater you yourself are knitting, did you say it's called Manzanita Tea? Also great interviews with Shona and Ysolda....that S twist yarn looks truly amazing.

It looks like you are knitting Norwegian style and there is a purl method that is pretty fast too because you keep your yarn to the back.

Wait isn't craftster still around?

How do we get the half price pattern? I am confused.

@Fruity Knitting Will you ever interview lily Chen?

Whoever finds the "continental" method purling too difficult, go for combination knitting. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5WP2MlICOWU.html Here all methods are explained, and the combination method is (for me) the absolute easiest and fastest, especially if I knit 2k2p or something like that.

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I had never hear that saying before about blue and green, but just from any casual glance in nature I’d say that it is utter hogwash. I can see certain combos coming out garishly, but that would be true of any color in the spectrum. Using blue and green together would be involved in more of an analagous or narrow gammut color scheme, as opposed to a contrasting color scheme or tertiary color scheme. Additionally, blue and green have the widest range of hue diversity that the human eye can visually interpret, as we have more receptors for colors in that range, which makes sense, given their abundance in nature. I assert that You could successfully knit a fair aisle jumper with 10 shades of blue and 10 shades of green. Then there’s all of the teals and turquoise’s, which folks often disagree about whether to call greens or blues respectively. Blue and green are fabulous together. Especially with the addition of a neutral, or pink! Just some thoughts. Love your podcast so much, going through and finding old episodes. So much value you have given us! I will become a patron soon when I can.

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hello you two how are you both and have you ever knitting a blanket if you have what kind of blanket was it and have you ever knit a poncho and yours podcast they are lovely i was you everyday and i do wish you both best and im big fan and add me on raverly honeyman15