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It Didn't Fit!? Sweater Surgery for A Garment You'll Actually Enjoy
What happens when a sweater you've spent lots of time, yarn, and money on...just doesn't fit?
It can be really frustrating to work so hard and have and end result that you're just not happy with.
Luckily, knitting offers endless possibilities for repair and renovation, and in this video, I'll walk you through two ways I did a little cosmetic surgery on this sweater to make it fit perfectly.
It can be really frustrating to work so hard and have and end result that you're just not happy with.
Luckily, knitting offers endless possibilities for repair and renovation, and in this video, I'll walk you through two ways I did a little cosmetic surgery on this sweater to make it fit perfectly.
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The Big Reveal: Blocking the Sweater and Trying it On!
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The Big Reveal: Blocking the Sweater and Trying it On!
Creative Chaos: Now It's Time to Weave In All Those Ends!
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Creative Chaos: Now It's Time to Weave In All Those Ends!
Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seaming at an angle
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Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seaming at an angle
Mattress Stitch Demystified: Fudging Seams When Rows Don't Line Up
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Mattress Stitch Demystified: Fudging Seams When Rows Don't Line Up
Mattress Stitch Demystified: Sewing at Right Angles
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Mattress Stitch Demystified: Sewing at Right Angles
Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seaming Basics
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Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seaming Basics
Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seams to Help with Fit & Structure
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Mattress Stitch Demystified: Seams to Help with Fit & Structure
Totally Tubular: Invisible, Professional Bind-Offs for Knitting (Updated)
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Totally Tubular: Invisible, Professional Bind-Offs for Knitting (Updated)
Scrappy Sweater: Picking Up Stitches for the Neckline
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Scrappy Sweater: Picking Up Stitches for the Neckline
Take the EEK Out of Steeks! (It didn't unravel!)
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Take the EEK Out of Steeks! (It didn't unravel!)
Take the EEK Out of Steeks! Securing Steeks with Single Crochet
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Take the EEK Out of Steeks! Securing Steeks with Single Crochet
Take the EEK out of Steeks! Securing Steeks with A Sewing Machine
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Take the EEK out of Steeks! Securing Steeks with A Sewing Machine
Take the EEK out of Steeks! Cutting Your Knitting On Purpose
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Take the EEK out of Steeks! Cutting Your Knitting On Purpose
Checking in On Sweater Fit and Design Decisions
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Checking in On Sweater Fit and Design Decisions
Duplicate Stitch: Fix Knitting Mistakes without Frogging!
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Duplicate Stitch: Fix Knitting Mistakes without Frogging!
Grossly Genius: Spit Splicing to Join Yarn (and Avoid Weaving In Ends)
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Grossly Genius: Spit Splicing to Join Yarn (and Avoid Weaving In Ends)
Knit + Relax: Stranded Colorwork, Duplicate Stitch, and Floats
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Knit Relax: Stranded Colorwork, Duplicate Stitch, and Floats
Fixing Knitting Mistakes: Unraveling vs. Duplicate Stitch
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Fixing Knitting Mistakes: Unraveling vs. Duplicate Stitch
My Knit Will Go On: Dealing with Setbacks in Sweater Knitting
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My Knit Will Go On: Dealing with Setbacks in Sweater Knitting
Putting it All Together: A Scrappy Handspun Sweater Journey
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Putting it All Together: A Scrappy Handspun Sweater Journey
From Gauge to Gorgeous: Centering Stranded Colorwork Motifs Like a Pro
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From Gauge to Gorgeous: Centering Stranded Colorwork Motifs Like a Pro
Knitting Design Hack: Using Your Old Projects to Create New Masterpieces
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Knitting Design Hack: Using Your Old Projects to Create New Masterpieces
From Scraps to Style: Finding Inspiration for Your Knit Design
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From Scraps to Style: Finding Inspiration for Your Knit Design
From Light to Dark: Creating a Seamless Color Value Gradient with Yarn
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From Light to Dark: Creating a Seamless Color Value Gradient with Yarn
Destash Challenge: Combining Leftovers from Three Sweaters to Make One New Design
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Destash Challenge: Combining Leftovers from Three Sweaters to Make One New Design
Designing Stranded Colorwork: How I went from using other people's patterns to designing my own
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Designing Stranded Colorwork: How I went from using other people's patterns to designing my own
Reviewing KnitOvation Stitch Dictionary: 150+ Modern Colorwork Knitting Motifs by Andrea Rangel
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Reviewing KnitOvation Stitch Dictionary: 150 Modern Colorwork Knitting Motifs by Andrea Rangel
At Warp Speed! Should You Ignore these 7 Myths About Weaving Yarn? (Series Review)
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At Warp Speed! Should You Ignore these 7 Myths About Weaving Yarn? (Series Review)
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I found this super interesting and informative. I’ve never heard of “knitters grid paper”for making patterns. But what I enjoy is a dot grid book, that way most of my patterns are all in the same place and I can look up one I want to do, plus if I’ve used the design I may write some notes in the opposing page. Thanks for this little insight, ClaudiaSJI
Thank you for the weaving note download. I can't wait to use it.
I'm curious how you placed your warping board on the wall to help keep it steady? Thank you.
It is screwed into drywall anchors.
This is a very helpful video, but I would caution you about khadi cloth. It started out as a genuinely hand spun, hand woven, movement by Gandhi. As the challenge to design a better spinning wheel or loom moved forward, we ended up with predominantly, mechanized, micro factories of machinery, where the only human input is that it is either handcranked or the shed is changed by a pair of feet with a fly shuttle to send the shuttle across. It is still “handmade” because it cannot be done by just pushing a button, but it is not handmade the way it used to be or the way you mean it. It’s like if a factory was run or powered by people peddling bicycles, that would not be handmade, but it is still human powered. Most of the khadi cloth currently available commercially is from these human powered micro factories. That’s not all bad, this allows small villages a chance to have income locally rather than moving to cities that are already vastly overpopulated. Also, being relatively small machinery, makes it closer to Affordable if a village pools resources. This is not a value judgment on the good or ill of the semi factory nature of its current production. It is just me quibbling over the definition of handmade.
What is handmade is a very interesting & important conversation, indeed. I think human involvement is key. I've seen these pedal looms in action, and also talked to weavers who've used them - they still require the weaver to do all the setup (the most time consuming part) and require a lot of skill to operate. And like you pointed out - it makes it feasible to bring a mostly handmade product to a larger commercial audience. To borrow from another fiber craft, we don't tend to dismiss quilts if they're not completely pieced & quilted by hand. If they use a sewing machine, we still regard it as handmade. Even if the quilter chooses to send out a quilt top to be quilted by someone else, we don't dismiss all the hours of piecing & sewing they did! With modern khadi fabric, I have certainly experienced a range of qualities, but they all have tell-tale signs that there was human involvement in the making - slubs in the yarn, subtle weaving errors & skipped threads every now and then. In commercial cloth I would find these unacceptable, but in khadi it creates a sense of connection to the maker. And I also have to say, these fabrics have held up a lot better to wear and washing than many commercially woven fabrics!
Where did you get it from?
I bought it online from the Fiberists
Is that a new Gersh device?
A gradient of purples greens Blue wool gives my heart a worm glow and my face a broad smile 😃 ❤
Lovely colours ❤
I've always heard people say when either using the printed gauge guide on the Fiber Sprite or when wrapping yarn around a tool (or ruler), to always hold / wrap the yarn in its "relaxed" state.
Yes, this is correct. As I mention in the video, the correct measurement for the example yarn is 18 WPI in its relaxed state, and the "stretched" or inaccurate measurement is 26 WPI. The point is, if people aren't adequately educated on how to use the WPI tool, it might be helpful to them in spinning consistently (because they're always measuring the same way, even if it's incorrect), but not for measuring yards per pound.
this is the exact video i was looking for! I've been waffling for a while about starting to weave (as an intermediate crocheter), and feel like there's so much I still don't know. TYSM!
I’m glad it was helpful for you! Remember that it’s all one big experiment & we learn by trying!
Beautiful colors in this weaving. Thank you!
I have been knitting since I was 12 years old and I still have to look up Kitchener stitch every single time
I can't wait to get this good all I can make is a dishcloth right now 😂❤
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Beautiful, amazing. I wish I could knit using dark colors. My eyes are very bad, I make so many mistakes if I use dark yarn. I know knit with light bright colors. I can see stitches and count rows and stitches. I can see and read a swatch. Thank you for sharing.
Very helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful for you!
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good points - my experience with knitting yarns is that they do not make the best warp for the reasons you outlined - tensioning the yarn is a hassle and what started out to be a baby blanket is now scarflet... though I love the feel and variety of high-end knitting yarns like Berroco, artisanal handspuns, cashmeres, etc.
Thank you so much for the explanation! But I wonder how to test a yarn at the craft store. I can't open the yarn from its package and stretch test it.
If you're at a big box craft store, the vast majority of knitting/crochet yarns (wool, poly, acrylic) will be pretty stretchy. Crochet and dishcloth cotton yarns are generally going to be the non-stretchy options.
Watching wool get stretched out makes me happy. Weird but there is just something magical about it 💖 thank you for sharing
Very helpful, thank you.
Thank you for this very informative video! I will be finishing a sweater soon that involves seaming the sleeves in, perfect timing for this video!
You are so welcome!
That would give me so much anxiety
Try it on a swatch!
Oo, thanks for the tip! I was wondering how you would transition colors, but I just haven't gotten around to looking into it yet.
I love your jacket! Where did you find the pattern.
Thanks so much! I made it without a pattern. It's similar to zero-waste style sewing.
When did you remove the lease sticks?
I removed the lease sticks after threading the heddles
Thank you for sharing how you organize your yarn.
Thank you for sharing this information.
you're welcome!
Muy buena como obtener esa máquina o como hacerla
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Thank you! ❤
You’re welcome!
Thank you! 🧶
OMG you purl technique is mind-blowing. I hate purling too. I can't wait to try it, many thanks!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
You’re welcome!
So ???
you are weird
I don’t think it is. I talk about why in the longer video, plus some things to look out for
Depends on how old the sweater is, honey. If it has bagged then it won't give you an accurate idea. If you are going to Fairisle, then you will be putting so much work in that it isn't worth taking the chance. However, if you had only just completed the sweater, then it should be accurate. First sweater looks great! Had you looked at Kaffe Fasnett's designs?
Love Kaffe Fassett’s work! In the longer version of this video, I talk a little bit more about how I’m taking the gauge - only from the colorwork section, since the new project will be an all over colorwork pattern, making sure not to stretch it, etc. I generally believe that using a whole sweater as a gauge swatch is more reliable than knitting a smaller square - smaller swatches tend to lie!
Thanks
Thanks for the information also kindly where do you buy cotton yarns
I buy yarns from the Woolery, Gist, and Webs. You can also find cotton yarns at many craft retailers.
Hi kindly im interested with the sewing machine would like to know much much it would cost for a machine that is 36inches. Thanks!
This loom is only available up to 13.5 inches wide. Schacht makes a loom called a Baby Wolf which is 26” wide and starts at $2200, and a loom called a Mighty Wolf which starts at $3500. Schacht does not make a 36” wide rigid heddle, but I believe other brands like Kromski and Ashford do. I am not familiar with those so cannot give information on them
Thank you for sharing that piece of advice from Laura Fry on trying a new method multiple times before changing back to your original method. I recently got a sectional beam for my Schacht Baby Wolf and am so disgusted with the first attempt, I almost took the sectional off this morning. I’m going to give it a second chance, but like you said, front-to-back is sometimes more ergonomic. Threading went so much faster previously in the FTB method with the back beam removed (3 hrs FTB, instead of 13 BTF).
You're welcome! I think I go loom by loom in another video with my FTB vs BTF warping preferences. I've only ever worked on an older Baby Wolf where the back beam doesn't come off...and have always preferred FTB with the way the Baby Wolf is made.
"I'm not a crocheter, what was I thinking..." is soo relatable lol. I'm in Italy with a student exchange program and the humid cold is so bad that it made me start a wool crochet blanket. It's a scarf now:))
I went to Italy about 10 years ago and that humid cold is no joke! Hope that scarf keeps you warm while you’re out and about!
People who do not have the vaccination should not be hated! If you had the vaccination then you should be protected against covid.
I was indeed vaccinated, and still caught it. If people choose not to receive a vaccine that is their choice; however no one (vaccinated or not) should be out and about when they know they are contagious with any respiratory illness. They cannot use others’ vaccination status as an excuse for irresponsible and selfish behavior.
What is trebtrembles? Lol! The only think I know about them is like a treble crochet? Are they the same thing? I'm almost 60 years old lol I remember learning how to loom in 6th grade. I have always liked weaving. I just haven't done it since I was probably 12 or 13. I can remember my dad made me a look out is an old cigar box and fishing line. It did wish very well for me. I just remembered that I did teach 1 of my granddaughter's to loom a pot holder from 1 of those kits with the plastic looms. She loved it. But, as she got older she lost interest.
Not sure about trebtrembles! Maybe it's the autocaptions and I said treadles? I remember those potholder looms, used to love them!
Thank you!
you're welcome!
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Yes, although I don’t know how readily available they are
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Around $1500 USD
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Im happy to know I can do this, but I don't consider this a tutorial as I really can't see what you're doing or how you are doing it, which is a shame as it seems you really know what you're doing
Thanks for the feedback. I made this video 7 years ago and my camera skills have gotten a lot better since then. Maybe I'll be able to make a better one soon!
I@@theFiberSpriteI'll make sure to check out your newer posts!
Very good
Thanks