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Hi Sheri, I always like seeing your work and your plans because we have similar taste in patterns. Last June, I was in Copenhagen and bought the designer’s suggested yarn for the Lane Loop sweater. It is a Hjelholt Uldspinerei and is gorgeous if you ever get a chance to try (also, if you can manage a trip to Copenhagen some time, don’t hesitate. The yarn stores are a dream! I didn’t even manage to get to Knitting for Olive in person and I was in heaven). So, I may actually knit it when you do yours. I’ve thought of 100 other projects for the yarn since but maybe should just make what I bought it for. I’m an American in the SF Bay Area but spent 16 years as an expat in Paris. I still miss a lot about living in Europe. Good luck on your new job! Hope you love it and still find enough time to knit.

I’ve been itching for the Puro as well, it looks so simple and sophisticated 🙌🏻 Shawls have been on my mind, but I also cannot make up my mind on a pattern that would give cool modern girl vibes without complexity and lots of colourwork 🤔

Your choices of patterns and colors are very sophisticated and beautiful!

Congrats on your first day of your new gig! Happy learning! I appreciate your commitment and time invested in this channel. Blessings.

I think the orange Lana Grossa yarn would be lovely on you 🎉It would look fabulous with your hair! Can you use it with the scarf instead of the dark brown - it would certainly create a wonderful contrast 😍😍

Wishing you the every best in the New year Sheri, both with the new job and your crafting endeavours.

Congratulations on your new job, Sheri! I hope that you love it and always find a seat on the commute. For the Cognac sweater - I love that idea! Please give yourself time for the short-row shaping. It took me about a week to just get through the yoke. Also, keep in mind the design measurements are meant to produce a pretty cropped garment. Happy knitting, and happy new year!

Looks like you have great ideas. Good luck with the new job.

Can you knit standing up on the train? Have you heard of the Mini Minder? It's like a lazy susan for your yarn with a wrist strap. It's not big enough for garment knitting, but great for small projects like socks.

For the leftover blue mohair maybe Aurora bandana is a possibility? I've been using up a lot of my mohair stash for Christmas presents by doing a temporary cast on, mohair held dubble, 80 sts on 4 mm 60 cm. Knit a tube and then just twist it 180 degrees and Kitchener stitch it to the beginning for a Möbius loop.

I love Puro Cardigan so much (I d love to knit the light version)! and the cognac sweater is on my mind for a long time so I ll be happy to watch your progress 🥰

Happy New Year! Cheers from London, Ontario

you should consider buying some color cards for your most used yarns, that way you'll be able to match the colors better.

Knit the inside waist and in another colour/yarn. That will give you a couple more inches.

Probably pairing your Filcolana peruvian with mohair is a good call. It seems few people mention it (some do), but that peruvian on it's on pills like there's no tomorrow. I don't mind de-pilling but the yarn needs attention after each wear and doesn't settle down over time. At least that's my experience with the Filcolana peruvian on it's own. Good luck with the new job! 😊

Congrats on the new job! I hope the commuting will work out (with knitting) 🙂As a fellow Dutch knitter I agree on wanting to order yarn online to get what I am looking for. Getting a slightly other color than I thought a ordered is a theme here too 🧐

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I Love your Salty Days! Yours has inspired me to finally cast mine on. I feel that if you had changed to larger needles you likely would have lost the game...🧶🐔 🙄 It looks really beautiful on you, but I understand the feeling when it isn't quite what you were going for. Thanks for the in-debth evaluation. It helped me to make some decisions regarding my yarn and needle choices.

Congrats on the new job, Sheri! I can't wait to see your Puro cardigan knit up, that will be gorgeous, I'm sure!

Thank you for this episode, Sheri, and congratulations on your new job! I've got so much inspiration from your channel this year and hope to continue seeing more, though I completely understand the challenges that may come with it. My Christmas cast-on is the Faded Undulation Shawl by Stephen West, so that's what's currently on my needles. Wishing you all the best in your hobby, work, and personal life in the coming year. Happy New Year!

You could try a swatch with the shawl rust brown with the orange mohair instead of buying more, just see.

If you have enough mohair to double it for a sweater, you might consider (for the Tao sweater) using 2 strands of mohair and 1 of fingering weight. That way the mohair would 'outweigh' the color in the fingering and you may have many more choices of fingering weight orange-reds. There are some lovely orange-y colors in Knitting for Olive, for example. Or Stephen West's Bicycle yarn comes in several orange-types and you could go to the shop and see them in person. Good luck with it all.

Happy New Year Sheri! Hope you enjoy your new job. Love the Puro Cardigan. It will be beautiful ❤ I’m an advanced beginner and easily intimidated by sweater patterns, mostly knitting socks and accessories. My New Year’s resolution is to complete my first sweater, and hopefully some summer shirts.🤞also the skirt you made recently.

The details on the Puro Cardigan are gorgeous! Also looking forward to seeing your updated take on the trigradient shawl, I think the zauberball will look so good paired with a darker brown 🤎

not 100% on what the skirt no1 construction is but if the elastic is encased in 2 layers, doing the back/inside layer in another yarn would be a way to conserve a bit more meterage for yarn chicken!

The lane loop sweater and the cognac sweater are also on my wishlist. Not sure I'll make them in 2025 as I'm a super slow knitter but I really like them as well. The possum yarn color is amazing 😍

Hi Sheri, really like the patterns you Intend to knit. The Puro Cardigan is my favourite. I‘d be really interested in a KAL. Greetings from Berlin and my best wishes for a healthy and happy new year!

Hi Sheri, I happen to have made my Storm sweater using the Lana grossa yarn in exactly the same colour you mentioned and I personally love it. Initially I got the yarn for my birthday to make an accessory for King's Day / watching the Dutch football games (but ended up buying more and making a sweater), but that might be a fun alternative if you still want to use the yarn and don't already have a Oranje outfit ;) EDIT: There are also a few yarn shops in Utrecht so if you want to see some of these yarns in person (like the Lana Grossa), would recommend combining it with a day trip here!

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Can’t wait to see how the two browns work together in the Puro!!❤️ I am waiting for my yarn for skirt no 1. I never wear skirts in winter but I decided to knit it anyway 😁 Apparently I am very easily knitfluenced. If you are looking for a good mohair match for the Dijon the KFO ocher brown works well! At least my dye lots of that mohair and the Peruvian in Dijon are a good match. Happy New Year and a great start into your new Job!

Some lovely plans there. The Puro Cardigan looks fantastic and I think good call on following your gut and ripping back that shawl. A sweater in that Dijon will be fabulous. Have a wonderful new year and all the best in the new job. :)

Thank you that you exist. I love this sweater and I want to give it a try

New knitter here. I aspire to knit a Kika sweater so I really appreciate your honest review. Kika herself points out that this sweater is easier to knit than her stunning Arctic Lights sweater so you and she have both given me courage. Yours looks beautiful on you❤

How perfect ! I am beginning to learn how to knit and make my wishlist of projects- and just so it happens you have them all here :) 🎉thank you soooo much for sharing your experience and learning and I absolutely adore your work, beautiful 🎉

Totally love your skirt... I would do another garment with the remaining yarn. Probably a colourwork sweater like the Terracota sweater. This way, it would perfectly go with it but it vould be worn with another outfits... Love your style...❤

I don't love the mustard color on the brioche. I don't think the colors were coming through very well for me because I thought a lovely dove gray would really show off your color changing yarn, but overall I would pick a light neutral that will complement that beautiful color changing yarn. I'm sorry about your turtle dove needing frogged. Do you think if you started over from the beginning the pattern would flow better again? It is truly beautiful!

love the skirt color 🧶💖 I’d suggest a matching top for the skirt! Like one of those that are basically just the sleeves, like a bolero but with an attached collar.

with the left over skirt yarn I would suggest a Leith Hat by Ysolda Teague ,,, I am doing my fifth hat it is so beautiful and such a fun knit at night. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Thank you Sheri for another nice episode. If I were you, I’d order more of that purple-y yarn (if only you could find a better deal on the shipping cost!) to knit a matching sweater to your mini skirt and then achieve the woolly dress effect you were so keen on earlier this fall. I do not usually have the same palette as you but I love every project you tackle on -this Winnie sweater is a huge success! I’m also not totally sold on the brioche shawl colors combo but the caramel yarn does compliment your hair! Finally, I’m really tempted to knit the Berlin scarf but the fringes hustle kinda put a block to it; do you think I could get away with i-cord fringes instead or it’d just be weird?

I found that people often knit tighter in the round. I did the same thing before swatching flat. I'll never do that again. lol.

I do not understand the need to say that the sweater is free for you. I normally look the knitting video for ideas not to learn bout your privilege in receiving yarn. I found this kind of irritating... but just my opinion

It’s so sad you have to unravel the dove shawl now, but I am sure you ll find a perfect replacement for it! Loving your projects and looking forward to the next episode 🤗

I am surprised that the skirt is see through considering how tight the gauge was. It would be nice to hear people's comments. I was going to knit a skirt, but I hesitate now. In Finland is was quite popular to make a "pyllytin", hip and bum warmer. You would wear that if you wanted to wear jeggings or tight jeans in the winter. Maybe I should just stick to that and not knit a real skirt to wear with tights.

Something I do is wear a longline vest which fits me like a mini dress under my skirt. It serves 2 purposes as I know it won’t untuck as I move but also covers the gap between my thighs. I am short so longline vests work for me but if you’re taller you could try and find a T-shirt dress. I never had any luck with slips, I found they are full of static and stick to my tights and therefore don’t cover the gap between my legs and hinder movement a little.

Beautiful projects! I have completed three Berlin scarves for Christmas gifts, and none of them have fringe yet, ugh. I started the fringe on one and agree it is so annoying. I am (soon) going to try doing an icord for each fringe instead of the knitting back and forth. Did you consider that? I have also considered just closing them up and calling it a day. They are so cozy though! Thanks for the podcast.

Hey Sheri. Enjoyed the episode as usual. I love the color choice (was it dijon?) for the brioche shawl. I think that is a glorious combo. And if you really want a sweater out of that yarn, how fun would it be to have that wonderful coordinating shawl. Take a look at the Small Fry scarf as an alternative to the Turtle Dove. It has enough texture to be interesting and is just darn cute. It seemed like it took me longer to make than I was expecting. And just a little update on the Seaway pullover by Ozetta that I have struggled with the fit. I shortened the sleeves and was amazed how much difference that made. Don't know how they got so long (except that I followed the directions as written). I spritzed it again and gave it a little time in the dryer and I think I will declare it finished. I was very careful but I do think it helped. The sweater is beautiful to look at but I don't love the fit but I do have 2 shawls and a cowl that look amazing with the color of the sweater. I hope in the end that I enjoy wearing it. Can't wait to see the Trigradient Shawl and the Sweater No 11 Light as you get a little further along.

Some dye tips: There are different dye types for different fibers that work best, e.g acid dye for animal fibers and fiber-reactive for cellulose. Rit dye is made of a bunch of different dye types mixed together, which is why it can be used on so many different thing, but it also means that when you dye with it, a good bit of the dye comes out. The color cards are dyed using a optimal fabric for dye absorption. Since your vest is 100% animal fibers, all the dye for the synthetics and plant fibers does not adhere and makes a much lighter color than what's on the bottle. The only way around is using a very large amount, maybe even multiple bottles, to get a darker color. If you ever want to use acid dyes, which are made for animal fibers and have very little runoff if done correctly, you can do solar dyeing, which involves the sun and a jar, and not a stove. I've got no idea how sunny it is in the Netherlands; I live in the southern US and I could go bake cookies in my car at any time due to how sunny and hot it is, but if y'all have periods where it's moderately sunny for about a week, it would probably work.

The Winnie looks so cozy! I finally cast on mine a couple days ago. For your zauberball scarf - I am not the biggest fan of two colour brioche in general, not sure why. I do however love the dijon with the autumn zauberball. I am going to do the night shift with that yarn plus another colour zauberball and now I want the dijon with it! For the No.11 light I totally agree, the mohair makes all the difference. I recently discovered Lang Lace mohair. It has a slightly shorter halo (more silk content) and is way softer than KFO. It's amazing if you "need' that mohair but don't want it to be too fluffy. It's more expensive but has a lot more meters (so not that much more in the end).

as for the laying awake thinking about yarn/projects, relate 😂

your winnie is so gorgeous, I absolutely love the isager soft yarn! I am using it for my Belle & Sebastian test knit. I totally know what you mean about the knitting process with the yarn getting “stuck” but I absolutely love the way it works up nonetheless. ALSO the way you feel about handknit socks is the way I feel about shawls 😅 it’s so funny how different knitters have different things we love and are drawn to 🤎🥰