1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,560 I'm Drea. I'm Meg. I'm Tina. And I'm Jess. And this is Pardon My Stash. 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:19,520 Welcome to Pardon My Stash, a podcast about knitting, the fiber arts, and how awesome it is. 3 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:25,280 Before we delve into this week's topics, let's see what everyone's working on currently, Dreya. 4 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:32,960 I am currently contemplating my pattern. Oh no. No, I don't think it's that bad. 5 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:37,440 I'm literally just sitting here with the pattern in front of me and I'm reading it and my project 6 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,080 is right next to me and I'm just not, I'm just not doing it. You're just like, hmm. 7 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,920 I forgot it was something I was supposed to be doing. That is a pattern. So these are the 8 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:51,280 directions. You know what, let me pull this out. I mean, I mean, do you want to do some brioche? 9 00:00:51,280 --> 00:01:01,440 No. Wow. That was blunt. I have to remind myself how to do brioche every time I pick up a brioche 10 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,600 pattern. Fair. I was just offering a tiny project, you know, something easy. Hats. 11 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:16,000 We okay over here? It was a day, man. I am working on 12 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,840 the Akimishaw by Isabel Kramer and I'm using Silver Moon fiber arts, 13 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:27,360 jingling weight in the colorway, feed of jeans. 14 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:37,840 Wow. That's a new sound. I've been dying to use that ever since I put it on this thing. Sorry. 15 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:45,680 Sorry. My project sounds so sad now, but if we needed any sounds, we need a sad turn. 16 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:53,200 We finally got some horns in here. Even if they're sad horns, still horns. 17 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:05,280 All right. Meg. So I made a minor mistake in my sun drop pullover by Laura Alar. I am on the 18 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:13,280 third change of pattern, so I'm getting close to the hem. I love it. That's why I'm taking the time 19 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,560 to tink it back instead of putting it in a bag and hiding it somewhere where I don't have to look at 20 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,760 it for the foreseeable future, which is what I usually do when I make mistakes. It's so pretty. 21 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,720 I love it. I can't wait to wear it. It's going to look really good on you. My favorite part is 22 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:36,240 that these are going to be short sleeves. It's like three inches of knitting that's so much better 23 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:43,520 than the long sleeves. I am knitting it out of dragon hoard yarn gnome tweed sock in the color 24 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:52,640 fairy yule tree. Very good. It's beautiful. Thank you. Tina. Engel sweater, string NYC, 25 00:02:52,640 --> 00:03:00,320 Dolcetto DK in gray, dark gray and red. And this will never end the end. It will. You're getting 26 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:09,680 close. It's almost done. It goes on and on my friend. No, I am. You know what it is? I feel 27 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:16,480 like once I bind off the body, I will realize how much I did. But right now it just feels like I 28 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:27,760 have been knitting body body. You're in the black for a long time. We are weird tonight. Jess. I am 29 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:32,960 working on the knit flower basket tee cozy because I kind of put it down for a while. 30 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:39,680 Kind of. Just kind of. I haven't seen that in like a month because I was doing it on recording days 31 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,400 because it was easy to do and we haven't gotten a chance to record in a bit. So I forgot about it 32 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:53,840 and I was doing other stuff, but I'm picking this back up and I have half of one side done. 33 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,320 That's more than hey, listen, that is more than any other person at this table has done on their 34 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:06,320 knit along. Listen, you never asked. You never asked. Have you started a knit along? No. Yeah. 35 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:14,160 Have I started my knit along? No. Have I started mine? No. No. I started overachiever. I've even 36 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:22,080 got a whole side of basket stitch done, which is really impressive. It looks cute, but I'm not 37 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,760 going to lie. That's hard for you. I got bored with it after the second row and I was like, 38 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,320 oh my God. But it's going to look wicked cute. It's going to be short because I'm doing a short 39 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:35,520 little teapot. So I'm like, oh yeah, they told me to like double this and I'm not doing that. 40 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:40,880 I still got to start my snail, but I need to like. You got time. You do have time. I made a long one 41 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:51,680 for anyone that suffers these kinds of issues. So that's me. I mean, to be fair, it fits in so 42 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:58,480 many ways. I'm going to use that thing all night tonight. I was going to say to be fair, I just 43 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:04,400 moved. So I'm still like finding all my stuff. I could, I could do it again, but I'll say don't. 44 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:11,680 I do love the horns though. It kind of gives the life. The horns are awesome. 45 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:20,240 But if you want to see pictures of these projects or get some information about Part in My Stash, 46 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:26,240 be sure to check out our website, partinmystash.com for info, picks, patterns, and yarns. 47 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:34,640 So this week's topic, uh, we're going to talk about how do you know when you're ready to start 48 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:44,080 jumping into some more difficult or different, uh, fiber activities. You got to feel it. Yes. 49 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,280 That's fair. That's a, that's a big fairness. That's the biggest. You got to feel it. 50 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:54,000 Cause if you're not feeling it, it's just not, even if you're scared about it, you have to have 51 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:01,680 that sort of like flutter of, but I want to do it. Um, that's a good point. Yeah. Cause honestly, 52 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:07,520 if you force yourself to do something, it'll just hate it more. Yeah. Or you'll find like, 53 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:14,400 you know, when you, cause a lot of times you will make mistakes and they will be far less easy to 54 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:21,360 fix and, or come to terms with if you're not enjoying it at all. And in fact, it'll just 55 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,840 like back up your thought of, no, I don't want to, I didn't want to move on to harder stuff yet. 56 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:32,720 But if you got that feeling, if you got that itch, then you know, the whole journey is just kind of 57 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:39,120 like, yeah, or if you find yourself really bored, I was just about to say, if you are like, I, 58 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,680 I don't want to knit anymore. I hate knitting because I can't stand doing the same project 59 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:50,640 again. It's probably time to get adventurous, completely try something new. 60 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,160 Hmm. It's probably not the knitting. It's probably the project. 61 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:00,800 I was going to say that could be the feeling that that is it's it's when you feel like you're not 62 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,080 being challenged anymore. Right. Yup. So, and, and moving on, could it like, it doesn't have to be 63 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:10,960 like, you know, jumping into something super huge. Like it could just be like, you know what I'm done 64 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:18,480 with just doing a garter stitch. I'm going to learn how to Pearl. Um, and that counts because 65 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:24,160 sometimes that can be difficult. Yeah. It's, we're not necessarily speaking, 66 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:29,680 like it has to be this like complex stitch that, you know, only master knitters know. It's just 67 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:35,280 literally like the next step for you. It could be a small step. It could be a huge step. And also it 68 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,720 doesn't necessarily mean you need to switch project type. Like if you like making hats and you just 69 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,560 want to make hats for the rest of your life, like that's fine. But there you can, there's all, 70 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,760 there's is a, such a thing of a basic hat and a, a very complex. Well, it's like, maybe you always do 71 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:58,640 bottom up hats. So do a top down hat, or maybe you've done hats, like all in continental style. 72 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,680 And now you're going to try a European style. Like it could be as easy as switching up the manner 73 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:09,760 of your, your knitting. It could be from like regular crochet crochet to like Tunisian crochet. 74 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:18,720 Like I was so happy doing garter stitch. You were years. And then it was multiple years. Yep. 75 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:26,560 Nothing fancy. Just knit the front, knit the back until it's long enough to be a scarf. 76 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:32,000 And, and for some people that may also be the case that it takes a long time before you feel that 77 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,960 like kind of itch. But then for some people they might like, I feel like Jess in particular would 78 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:42,160 be like, I've done this. I'm accomplished and done. Do you know what? I don't think mine was, 79 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:48,400 was like that at all. I think I saw Meg moving on and then you felt peer pressure. 80 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:54,800 And then I like, yeah, like you moved on to stuff onto different stuff. So I, I learned how to purl. 81 00:08:54,800 --> 00:09:00,000 Yep. Um, because it took me a really long time. I tried to learn how to purl and I did really 82 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:06,000 poorly. And then my, um, former mother-in-law gave me a book that had a really, really good diagram, 83 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:10,320 step-by-step how to purl, which I think a lot of people just assume like, oh, it's super easy. 84 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:15,280 And it's, it's not like it's, it's a little daunting. You just have to figure it out. 85 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,520 And, but that's the thing is like, I didn't make a big jump though. Like I went from, 86 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:25,440 I learned how to purl and I was like, oh, now I can do stockinette. Yeah. And I stayed there for 87 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:31,600 a very long time. It's true. Like I saw you doing, I did not know stuff. And I was like, oh, 88 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:37,360 well, I want to do that. It wasn't even like, I wanted to challenge myself. I was just like, oh, 89 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:43,040 there are options. Yeah. There are other things that I could do. Yeah. And then you started doing 90 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:51,440 hats and I was like, oh, I can do a hat. I made a goat hat. Yeah, you did. And then I made a pattern 91 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:57,520 for a hat with runes for Paul. You did. That was pretty cool though. I like that one. You had a 92 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:02,000 time where, and I remember you made a koi fish hat. Like you had a time where you were just making 93 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:08,880 crazy hats, like off the cuff. I am also in a hat phase. Yup. I am definitely in. I need to, I feel 94 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:14,640 like I need to redo that koi hat because that was a lot of fun. And it's like looking at it now. I'm 95 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:21,760 like, wow, I, I just sort of went until it was a shape, but I feel like I understand more about 96 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:27,360 how hats knit up that I can make that look a little better now. But see, I think the great 97 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:32,720 thing about hats is, and kind of, if you think about it, the great thing about any pattern, 98 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:39,440 anything you do, even just a scarf, you could do nothing but scarves and do something different 99 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,360 every single time and learn a different technique every single time. It's one of the great things 100 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:52,320 about knitting. You could knit a hat a week for the rest of your life and never repeat or come 101 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:57,600 close to repeating the same type of pattern. There's just so many different ones. So if it, 102 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:04,000 there's not like a pressure to be like, okay, I've, I've gotten really good at hats. Now I need to 103 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:11,120 move on to sweaters or I'm not a complete knitter. You could just keep knitting hats and be every bit 104 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:16,880 as prolific because you're learning new techniques. I really dislike the idea that being a good knitter 105 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:21,920 means you can make multiple things. I really don't think. No, I don't. I agree with that. No, I'm 106 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:27,840 agreeing with you. Absolutely. But I feel like there is a lot of pressure that, oh, if I don't do 107 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:34,240 like complex lace, I'm not a real knitter. If I don't stick, I'm not a complete knitter. 108 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:44,480 I feel like the sweater thing is a thing. Like, if you don't make a sweater, like who are, 109 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,680 you're not really a knitter. You're like, it's still a beginner or you're still whatever. 110 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:52,560 And I just don't like, what if you just don't want to make a sweater? Like it could be for 111 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:56,880 multiple different reasons. It could be one, you just have a sensory issue. You don't want to, 112 00:11:56,880 --> 00:12:02,080 you don't like wearing sweaters. So why would you make a sweater? Or like it's just impractical 113 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,640 for like your lifestyle, like you're in Arizona or you're just like, I don't know. It's just like, 114 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:12,720 you don't need, need to make it. Sweaters are also, um, you know, when you, when it comes down to it, 115 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:18,880 the construction on a whole is very like, it doesn't vary very much. Wow. How many times can 116 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:26,320 I say that? Um, it doesn't vary. Differ. Differ. Um, it doesn't differ very much. So, you know, 117 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:31,120 you have the body, you have the sleeves, the construction, you know, might vary between a 118 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,440 round yoke and a raglan. Every so often you might get one that's a little bit more cleverly put 119 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:43,280 together. But generally a base pattern for a sweater is a base pattern for a sweater. And 120 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:49,120 there, there aren't a lot of different fancy ways to do that. I used to follow, um, I still follow 121 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:54,480 her. Um, her name is grump arena. She used to have a blog. She doesn't really anymore. Um, she's a 122 00:12:54,480 --> 00:13:02,160 knitter out of Boston and she knit her first sweater within the first year that she learned 123 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,480 how to knit because she was the type of knitter like Jess that was like, how complicated can I 124 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:13,600 make this? Like I want to learn all the complicated stuff. And after, I want to say like a year or two, 125 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,960 she did this great blog post. And if her blog goes back online or maybe it is back online, 126 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:24,480 I should check after this. Um, and if I ever find it, I'll link it on our blog, um, where she kind 127 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:30,160 of like came out and said, guys, I, I don't like to knit sweaters. And she's like, I feel like there 128 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:35,520 is so much pressure that you're not a complete knitter until you knit a sweater. And she's like, 129 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:40,880 I just don't like it. Like I don't find it enjoyable. Like I like wearing sweaters, but it's, 130 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:48,160 it, it takes so long and it's not really enough of a challenge. You know, the, the, a fancy yoke or 131 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:53,760 maybe like a different detail could be fun to do. But she's like, I just, I don't want to do it. I 132 00:13:53,760 --> 00:14:00,960 want to knit accessories. I want to knit like hats and shawls and like, you know, fun things like 133 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:05,920 that. And it's not even a, it's not about the, you know, this is too difficult because this is the 134 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:15,040 person that knit the crown prince stole that had like 2200 noops in it. Like this, this woman has 135 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:20,400 to admit it. It really is. I would never do that powder. I feel like Draya just went like a Stoney 136 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:28,960 and lace period. It's all noops. But I'm not a lace person though. No, and neither am I. And, and 137 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:37,280 that, no, like lace, lace, like pattern knitting, like lace yarn. Okay. Oh, lace weights. Yeah. 138 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:45,520 Yeah. You said making lace cause I'm like, no, no, but it's not fancy lace. Okay. You said lace. 139 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:54,160 You didn't specify fancy. Okay. I mean, there's like, sorry, but semantics, but I just, I don't 140 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:59,680 know. Yarn over, Tina, calm down. Even at the time. And I remember, cause I could not, I could 141 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,920 barely Pearl at the time that I read it, but I remember it really resonated with me that this 142 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:10,240 was somebody that I really respected as a, as a really great knitter who was just like, you know 143 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:17,280 what? I don't like to knit sweaters. What of it? Yeah. And I think there's a bit of bravery with 144 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:23,600 that because I have, I have heard directly from people, not online, like in person, someone say 145 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:29,120 like, yeah, like, you know, hitting the pinnacle of knitting is like, you know, this or that late, 146 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:35,840 it's either sweaters or I'm speaking or like some, something that makes you like, okay. And okay, 147 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:41,200 I'm going to clear it up real quick, real easy. Okay. If you think you need to be at the pinnacle 148 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:46,000 of knitting, do the master and inner course and get your certification. There you go. 149 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:51,920 Congratulations. The rest of us are going to just enjoy what we make. Like nobody needs to be 150 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:59,840 peer pressured into like doing anything that they don't want to do. So like, and I, and I will attest 151 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:06,880 to this after making multiple sweaters and garments, I have to be in the mood for it. Usually I am, but 152 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,160 you know, there are times that I'm just like, I don't, I don't want to do that right now. I 153 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,160 just want to make a hat. I just want to make some gloves and I'm just, I just do what the, 154 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,840 what mood strikes me. And so far it's been hats recently. I've been making, 155 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:25,280 everybody goes through phases. Yeah. So yeah, I just don't feel like if you're listening to this, 156 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,960 like if you feel any kind of pressure to do a project that you don't really think that you'll 157 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:35,440 enjoy, like just don't, just don't man, like just do what you want to do. Also, it doesn't matter what 158 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:42,880 heights you think you've reached, how great you've become. You're still 159 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:52,080 as susceptible to dumb mistakes as you were when you were a beginner. Like I knit my first, 160 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,040 I knit three sweaters last year because I knit the little one for Marilyn and two for myself. 161 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:01,840 And for me, that was like a massive goal was being able to knit an adult sweater. 162 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:07,680 And I finished my second adult sweater and I felt pretty good. And then two weeks later, I had a 163 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,080 two needles of two different sizes on my thing. And I knit like a quarter of a project without 164 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:20,240 realizing it. So, well, I was going to say like step because I was, and everyone's pointed it out 165 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:24,560 that I have always been, I am never going to do a sweater. And that was true. I had no interest. 166 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:29,520 I would look at sweaters and be like, Oh, that's kind of cool looking. I don't want to do it. 167 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:34,960 Don't want to do it. And then I saw a pattern and I was like, Oh, that's a real cool pattern. It's 168 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:40,160 like swords and based on tarot and a lot of things that I'm super interested in. It's really pretty. 169 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,320 I still don't want to do a sweater, but that kept happening for months. And I was finally like, 170 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,240 the same pattern, the same pattern, the same pattern. So I was finally like, 171 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:59,280 maybe I could try to do a sweater, like, but it would have to be this one. Like this is the one. 172 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:04,720 I'm not going to do like a workup sweater. It's just, this is the one that keeps popping up that 173 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:12,480 I'm like, but it's so nice. And I feel like you need something like that, like to know, like you 174 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,560 can totally look at something and be like, I'm not sure if I'm ready. So don't hop on it right away. 175 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:21,200 Wait, come back to it. See if you have the same feels when you look at it the second time or the 176 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,200 third time, like, because there are a lot of things that you'll look back on. Like there's 177 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,920 plenty of saved projects I have that I look back on like a couple months later. I'm like, 178 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:40,000 I don't want to do that. Why did I like this before? Like, I'm never going to be able to do that. 179 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,720 Exactly. Like it's beautiful. Did I just like it because I like looking at it? That's 180 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:50,240 fair. It'll stay in there for that reason. But, and that's fair. I feel like if it is something, 181 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:55,760 especially a bigger step, like if it is something that's a big leap kind of project, 182 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:00,560 you do want to make sure you're ready for it. And you're not just doing it because of peer pressure 183 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,600 or anything like that. Like you got to be ready for it. And it's okay if you're not. And if you 184 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:10,320 don't want to, like there, no one really should be making you feel bad if you're like, yeah, guys, 185 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:16,000 no, I'm just not feeling this. I mean, a couple of years ago, I think I was, cause I did a shawl 186 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,400 and you guys all did sweat last year. That was fine. It was like, yep. Wasn't feeling a sweater 187 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,480 that because we're supportive. And if you're around people trying to make you make a sweater, 188 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:30,320 then they're not supportive. You should do what you want to do. Like if you are just not feeling 189 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:38,480 that other project, then don't do it. Cause then you'll just, you'll start to like resent it. And 190 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:45,440 it'll turn into one of those endless whips. I feel like a lot of my projects I started like 191 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:52,560 when I was ready to move on to newer things, it was always because somebody else was doing it. 192 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:57,360 And I was like, Oh, I could do that. But I always picked a pattern that was 193 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:05,680 more based on construction than like skill. If that makes sense. Like I've always been like, 194 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:13,120 like skill, if that makes sense, like I would pick a pattern that would show me how to make the thing. 195 00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:20,480 And then I would be stuck on that garment, that accessory for however long. And I would do as 196 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:26,240 many crazy patterns as I could, except for when I did the sweater, I just kind of went ham on that. 197 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,320 I feel like sometimes with sweater, you just have to dive in. Yeah. But that one, 198 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,600 you were on a big cable kick. So you found one that had like lots of cables, lots of cables. 199 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,840 And that was something you were super interested in at the time. And yeah, 200 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:47,920 and it was going to hold my interest. Yeah. So I was really, I had wanted for years to do a sweater 201 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:53,280 and I was really, um, cause it's me, I really doubted my ability to be able to put a sweater 202 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:58,640 together. And one of the things that helped me get the confidence to do a sweater, um, was doing 203 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:06,240 the Feodora capelet first, because it was kind of like, like a first, it was, it was like a waiting 204 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:13,680 pool for a sweater. Like it, I learned how to do a collar and how to increase the yoke. And I did the 205 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:20,160 color work. The, the only real difference is I never split for the sleeves. Um, and when I was 206 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:27,600 finished with it, like I had a garment that had some shaping to it that had just as much, you know, 207 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,640 work put into it as the yoke of any sweater. And after that, I'm kind of like, okay, well, 208 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:38,480 if I did all of that, the only thing that I haven't done yet is splitting for sleeves and then 209 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:43,280 picking up the stitches for sleeves and knitting them. And knitting is knitting. So I already know 210 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:48,880 how to do that. And that gave me the confidence to be like, okay, well, if I did this project, 211 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:56,560 I can take the next step. And sometimes maybe that is kind of what you need to do. If you're 212 00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:03,280 somebody like me who has very little confidence and gets anxious about trying something new is 213 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:08,080 maybe break it down into smaller steps and be like, let me try this first. That's why I'm doing the 214 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:13,520 coffee cup, stick thing instead of going like full hog and being like, let me stick a sweater. 215 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:20,800 I'm going to do the coffee mug holder. What's it called? Cozy. That's the word I'm looking for. 216 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:26,960 And I'm looking for, um, because that's not as big a commitment. And if I completely screw it up, 217 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:35,040 I've only caught up a tea cozy or a cup cozy, not a full blown color work sweater that I have spent 218 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:41,680 months on. So sometimes baby steps really help. Well, I found two with anything that I'm doing. 219 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:48,800 Um, that's a bit more complicated. Um, I like to go like skim through the pattern and make sure I, 220 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:56,160 at the very least have an idea of like, um, for the sweater, I knew the type of short rows that 221 00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:02,240 they use. Um, so I was like, okay, this is good. Um, I still had to YouTube it and make sure I 222 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:06,960 remembered because German shirt rows are a little weird and I always kind of pull the lakes the 223 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,960 wrong way sometimes. But, um, but I had a basic understanding of it. So when I got to it, it 224 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:19,680 wasn't slowing me down, which I knew like, if I got stuck on a part, it would, you know, kind of 225 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,920 ruin your whole drive. So I feel like if that's something that you know about yourself, if you 226 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:29,680 get stuck on a part or like, if you get stuck on something, it kills your drive to maybe go over 227 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:36,320 the pattern first and just make sure, you know, any of the stitches that it requires. Um, and so, 228 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:42,080 so you're ready to go and you don't, uh, risk running into this sort of like hiccup or, or 229 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:47,840 hurdle that, um, that's going to throw you off. That is such a good tip. And I am so bad at 230 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,560 remembering to do it. I'm like, yeah, I'm good. And then I get to a point in the pattern. I'm like, 231 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:59,920 Oh no, I like to, um, make baby versions of whatever I'm trying to make. That's a smart idea too. 232 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:07,360 So actually when I made your set for Mariel, that was my foray into sweaters and socks. Yeah. Cause 233 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:11,760 I had never made a sweater or sock before. And I was like, well, if I can make one for a newborn, 234 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,880 I can make one for an adult. Now just do this, but bigger. Yeah, pretty much. But like you learn the 235 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:23,360 technique. Right. So it was really smart. Yeah. So that was, yeah, no, that's okay. 236 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,960 I had with, um, with the outlet sweater that I did for Mariel. I mean, it was, it was, it was not 237 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:34,160 like an infant, but it was still, it was still small and it was like, okay, let me, and it was 238 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:41,920 also kind of like, do I hate this? Am I going to hate this? Is this maybe a lesser commitment? 239 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,720 Figure out if you even want to knit a sweater. Yeah. So before you jump into that three X sweater 240 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:52,960 or pair of socks, even like, cause socks are a big commitment too. They're small, but it's two 241 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:59,200 projects. It's two projects and they can be quite complex and they have a lot of parts. 242 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:05,600 And the sock piece it's, if you know for a fact that you will not complete the second one, 243 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:12,240 you really should learn how to do magic loop and do them at the same time. I don't know how to do 244 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:18,720 that. No, I, I do not know how to do it, but I've seen many people when I was in North Carolina, 245 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:23,680 did magic loop and I saw kind of the idea of it and I kind of sorta get it, but like I've never 246 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:29,600 actually tried it, but I never had a problem like doing a second sock, but if you know for a fact, 247 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,640 you're going to finish that one first one Jess and then be immediately. Nope. I don't want to 248 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:40,560 do anymore. Um, magic loop it. Cause I believe you can do it with gloves too. Yes, you can. 249 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:48,320 So, uh, so yeah, you knit like slippers, right? I did. You knit like sock slippers that were like, 250 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:54,400 what out of like, Oh God, I don't know. Like Aaron weight yarn. They were huge. It was kind of like, 251 00:25:54,400 --> 00:26:01,600 they were super soft, not a sock knitter yet though. We can't say that anymore now that you're not in 252 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:08,400 anything that are because the sweater was a surprise. Something may catch my fancy and it 253 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:17,440 may be years before, you know, Jess, I think might get you into socks. When I got the stocking from 254 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:24,080 my friend and I had to figure it out, that was really fun. Just FYI. Uh, she gave me like a 255 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,160 stocking that her grandmother had made for her and she wanted one for her husband. Her grandmother 256 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:34,160 had already passed. There was no pattern. There wasn't even a hint of a pattern. It was just, 257 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,520 she probably didn't use a pattern to be honest. It was a pretty basic construction. 258 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:43,680 Grandma's doing socks with no patterns. Pretty much. So I was like, I was like, okay. And like, 259 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,920 I did figure it out. It does look slightly different. It's going to, but it looks a little 260 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:54,720 different, but it's pretty spot on. And that was fun to figure out. And I feel like, yes. And I 261 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:59,040 feel like Jess would be into that. So maybe I'll find you a stocking that needs a friend. 262 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:06,320 Well, my aunt has been asking her for like a year now to reverse engineer. My grandmother made like, 263 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:15,440 I don't know, 75 plus Afghans. They were always the same pattern, but my aunt is dying to make it. 264 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,880 But there's no, she didn't have a pattern like because she had done it so many times, she just 265 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:24,240 hauled off and did it. So my aunt wants to make this Afghan and she's been asking Jess to reverse 266 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:29,360 engineer the pattern. It's not complicated, but I'm pretty sure I found out how to do it. Did you? 267 00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:34,880 Okay. Write it down because she keeps asking me for it. I'm pretty, I'm pretty sure I figured that 268 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:44,080 out. And she wants to use our yarn. She swatched for that sweater. I just want to say that. 269 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:49,280 She swatched for that sweater. Congratulations. I did. Welcome to the exclusive club. Listen, 270 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:53,760 it's a garment I'm going to swatch for. Honestly, the biggest thing that went against me with that 271 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,880 was that I did drop another size in the midst of making it. So it's a little baggy, but I like 272 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:05,200 comfy stuff. So it looks, it looks good. It looks good on you. I'm just going to block it smaller. 273 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:09,440 I'm not going to help. Yeah, we're not, we're not going to do, we're not going to do extreme blocking. 274 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,200 To help her block the sweater. You're good for extreme blocking. It's going to be, if anybody 275 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:18,880 ever has like some really good lace they want blocked. I am your man. That looks like a leaf. 276 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,440 Like that's going to be great. That one. Oh my God. When I ever do that shawl, that's going to be my 277 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:32,880 day. It says block aggressively. Yeah, I got it. I got it in the bag. But, um, but yeah, no, I, 278 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,080 I do think I figured that stitch out. So I got to write it down for her. 279 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,880 I feel like my pinnacle knitting is going to be two at a time socks. 280 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,960 You know what? Okay. This, I don't know if I said this to you guys yet, but like, 281 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:54,560 so I've been helping Joe learn basic crochet. Yeah. Well, now I want to crochet, learn it. 282 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,480 Yeah, you did. Cause remember you asked me for the granny square. Yeah. Cause I want to do it. 283 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,560 Oh, you should do it. Well, no, because I was doing it with Joe and then I was like, oh, 284 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:09,120 wow, this goes up really fast. She you're ready to evolve like a Pokemon. I am. No, I have to, 285 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:15,280 I have to say, besides sneaking, I've pretty much done a lot of things. I can't think of a lot of 286 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:19,440 things besides the magic loop with the socks and the sneaking. I can't think of a lot of things I 287 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,720 haven't done. So I'm just kind of like, and even if I let like someone has a new technique or 288 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:32,080 something, it's basically a glorified knit pearl, something like, you know, um, so yeah, when I, 289 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,480 when I started helping, uh, my youngest daughter with the crochet, she's very much into crochet. 290 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:41,440 She refuses to knit. She says she doesn't understand it. Doesn't make sense. Why use two 291 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,840 and you can use one. I thought that was a really cute response from a six year old aggressively 292 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:51,040 talking to me about how crochet is better than knitting, but that's okay. Uh, everybody has their 293 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:56,880 preference. Well, she, Joe has a preference. I've tried to learn crochet and it just doesn't stick. 294 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:04,400 I prefer to knit. I can at this point, but you prefer crochet, don't you? Most of the time. 295 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:10,720 It depends. I mean, crochet works a little faster for me. Um, I did find a crochet blanket that I 296 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:14,480 want to try and do at some point. You're going to make a blanket. Yeah. That's why I haven't done 297 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:19,760 this year is like, I said, that's why I haven't done it yet, but it looks so pretty. It's just 298 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:25,440 all of the things we thought to be true or not true anymore. I just, so I saved it and I look 299 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,680 at it every once in a while and see how I'm feeling. Cause that's, that's big. That's bigger than a 300 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:36,960 sweater. You're evolving like a Pokemon. Dude, blank blanket is tough. It's someone who's tried. 301 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:41,840 I've made baby ones, but I can't do the full size. It's just like. Pretty. I want to say 302 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:47,520 it's kind of a full size blanket for my brother in three months. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Big red. 303 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,920 Uh, big red. Big red. He still uses that. He loves that blanket. 304 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,840 The one that was originally just a little too big. Yeah. 305 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:04,080 No, I, I, I wouldn't say that it like, I look at it as like, I don't think there'll ever be a time 306 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,640 when I'm like, I'm done learning how to do anything or I I've reached like a pinnacle or anything like 307 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:18,080 that. The one thing that I really do want to do, um, is knit lace and not out of lace weight, 308 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:25,200 because I don't like lace weight, but out of like a fingering weight. Okay. But dude, Jess, that is 309 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:30,320 so up your alley. Isn't that cool though? That's there's so much stuff. Yeah. There's so much stuff 310 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:36,080 going on with that. You will have a field day of the reason why I thought I want to make a blanket 311 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,560 and you could do it all different color. You have to send that to me. 312 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:49,280 So I can put it on the blog. Um, sorry. I didn't mean to, I just, cause I know me being like, 313 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:53,440 I want to do a blanket was like, Jess, what the hell? I know. It's so shocking. 314 00:31:53,440 --> 00:32:01,680 Okay. It was, I didn't even know you wanted to do that. I decided three days ago that I would, 315 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:07,280 that I would save it breaking news and see what happened. 316 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,840 And that's all the time we have for this week for additional content and opportunities to 317 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:21,440 connect with the cast. 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