Wips don't lie - Not Quite Enough Yarn, March 2024
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2024
- The “Modification MAL” will run until Sept 2024
Works in progress allowed if started no earlier than Christmas Eve (24th December) 2023.
Prizes will be drawn quarterly from posts on this thread. Each quarter there will be a physical prize (probably yarn), from a post with a picture, and a pattern prize (up to US$15) for a post without a picture.
At the beginning of October a grand prize will be drawn - the winning entry must be a picture of a Finished Object.
Please be a subscriber to the Podcast: / @notquiteenoughyarn
To be eligible to win a prize.
Prizes will be announced on the podcast and must be claimed by the 25th of the following month.
What crafts are involved?
All types of knitting or crochet.
All project types are eligible.
What counts as modification?
• Pattern creation - if you design your own patterns, please feel free to include them here.
• Change of structure/dimensions - eg, making something shorter, longer, wider etc.
• Change in construction - eg adding a different heel type, working a pattern in the round when it was written for flat, changing the neckline, making a sweater into a cardigan, adding shaping or darts, etc.
• Including patterns which change gauge - eg cables or colourwork, where modifications are needed to keep the garment size the same.
Good luck and please get in contact if there are any queries.
Links:
This month’s episode is named after “Hips don’t lie” by Shakira • Shakira - Hips Don't L...
What I’m wearing
Blue with lace yoke
Lovenote by TinCan Knits
tincanknits.com/pattern/love-...
Noro Cash Island
Countess Ablaze The English Gentleman DK
Perran Yarns DK Merino Silk (perranyarns.co.uk/)
West Yorkshire Spinners ColourLab DK www.wyspinners.com/
Fibres, Yarns and Patterns
Ullveig:
ullveig.no/
Melissa Perles No 5
Sirdar Jewelspun
sirdar.com/en/products/sirdar...
James C Brett Marble Chunky
www.jamescbrett.co.uk/yarn/ma...
Ursa by Jacqueline Cieslak
Ravelry link: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Hairy Dog Crafts
www.HairyDogCrafts.com
Black Elephant
www.blackelephant.uk
Fyberspates
fyberspates.com/ (nb - they are now wholesalers, rather than indie dyers)
Pizzazz Scarf by Chroma Nima/Vicky Streater
chromanima.com/products/zig-z...
Kauni Effectgarn: www.kauni.com/en/yarn/wool-10...
Dropped Stitch Cable Sweater
Ravelry link: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Assorted DK weight cotton yarns.
Domino Star Stashbuster Afghan by Anita Grahn
Ravelry link: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Top-Down Half-Zip Pullover by Sue McCain
suemccain.com/product/top-dow...
Assorted DK Merino Yarns
Sparkling Rainbow Jumper, from Hobbii
hobbii.com/sparkling-rainbow-...
Berroco Comfort Sock
Eureka by Nicola Susen
Ravelry link: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Podcasts I’ve been watching:
Alice - Soxy Nana Alice
/ @soxynanaalice
Anne (SpaKnits) - No Excuses Podcast
/ @spaknits
Anita - Gaga Knits
/ @gagaknits
Aquilla - Lefty Knitter Podcast
/ @aquilladahun-aleftykn...
Barbara - Flame and Fiber Podcast
/ @flameandfiberpodcast3162
Bente - The Epilogue Lady
/ @arcticcraftsbybente
Carie - Creative Obsession
/ @thecreativeobsession
Carol - Swatch This Space
/ @swatchthisspace-md4rs
Christine - Sweet Lavender Knits
/ @sweetlavenderknits6670
Chevyrell’s stuff
/ chevyrell
Caleisha - Quirky Monday Craftcast
/ artsycalei
Jude - Stranded Podcast
/ @strandeddyeworks
Karen - Recreational Knitting
/ @recreationalknittingp...
KellyAnne - Yarn Tales by the Sea
/ @yarntalesbythesea5310
Liz - The Black Knitter
/ @theblackknitter
Mandy - Mouse’s Makes
/ @mousesmakes
Marceline - Hey Brown Berry Podcast
/ brownberry75
Nanja - Blij dat ik brei
/ @theknittingtherapist
Ramona - But I’m Knitting
/ romeraven81
Susan - Wild Cottage, Ireland
/ wildcottageirelandknit...
Valorie - A Visit with Nana and Papa / @visitwithnanaandpapa
I always look forward to the last Saturday of the month. You give so much joy.
That is so very kind, Johanna - thanks so much xx Take care and keep well xx
Great WIP's Looking forward to seeing them develop .
Hope you return to full health quickly. 🎉
Thanks so much - sorry, I'm answering everything in the wrong order! Hope you are doing well xx
❤always enjoy your color combinations. 😊
Thanks Suzan - you are very kind xx Hope all is well xx
Hope you feel better soon. All of your wips are going beautifully. Congratulations to the winners of the MAL. Hope all is great this next mont. stay well
Thanks Joel - hope you are doing well - take care xx
Love a WIP parade!! Hope you are feeling better!!❤
Thanks - defo on the mend. Take care xx
Love love love your Love Note!
Thanks Marsha - it's very "wearable", and I will certainly use the numbers again, even if I varied the pattern (not keen on the lace pattern having such big gaps). Hope all is well xx
Love the sweater you had on during intro.
Thanks Karen - that's my Lovenote (with modified sleeves).
Hope life is being good to you xx
So nice to spend time with you too! Hopefully this can become a "tradition" when we're visiting Brighton. ;)
That would be a great tradition - lovely to spend time with you, too xx
Sorry to hear you're not well. Hope you feel better soon. Your Lovenote is an impressive knit 💜💙. And that light blue yarn is really gorgeous. Take care, Les ❤
Thanks Christine - much appreciated. I enjoyed making the Lovenote (and then remaking it, as I re-knitted the sleeves) certainly a quick make xx Hope all is well xx
I enjoyed your video as usual. All the yarns were lovely. I am getting g ready to go to friends house for an early Easter dinner. Take care.
Hi Linda. Hope you had a good Easter with your friend. Take care and keep well xx
Enjoyed this so much.
Thanks Cheryl, that's much appreciated xx
Looking forward to seeing your WIPs finished. Love the fuzzy bear sweater and you Tin Can Knits sweater.
Thanks Norma - I am plodding away happily at the moment, and trying to resist casting on anything else. We shall see. Hope you are well xx
Beautiful projects as usual, I always see something and have to add it to my ever growing list, lol I hope you feel better son, happy Easter 🐰 to all who celebrate. Have a great weekend.
Thanks Mary - Much appreciated. I have to keep ravelry open while I'm watching podcasts, so I can add patterns to my favourites! Take good care xx
Sorry you're under the weather. Have a restful long weekend. I laughed when you mentioned being in your fort. Bet many of us have watched from our own.
I'm currently working on a granny square made from the scraps of a scrappy blanket! There are other things I could be working on. This keeps calling me.
Take care. Xx
Hi Angela. Sometimes we have to work on things for deadlines or to keep them moving, but where possible, working on what's calling us is the best way. Hope it's bringing you much joy xx
Just love the way the teddy bear sweater is turning out. It's my kind of pretty and looks so snuggly
Thanks so much - it will certainly be cosy - I'd better get cracking, or it will be too hot to work on!
Thanks and take care xx
Hope you feel better soon! ❤
Thanks Danielle - definitely feeling better this week. Hope things are good with you xx
Ooooooh! Some patterns to add to my wishlist, thank you! I have the yarn, eventually will get the pattern, just need to find the time... Hope you're feeling better!
Hi Mirjam - ah yes - time - that old chestnut! Take very good care and thank you xx
I love the look 9f that Pizzazz scarf. I may need to make one! I'm happy you're starting to feel better ❤
Thanks Carie. It's quite a long pattern repeat, but a lot of repetition within it. I think it will really "pop" when it's blocked. Hope all is well with you xx
Get well soon. I think under the circumstances rather than keep trying to reduce your stash to fit into your glass fronted units you might as well accept the fact that you just need to buy another unit and then the problem will go away. 🙂
Ha - I love the theory, Anita, but where would I put the cabinet? There's not a lot of floor space! Thanks so much - hope you are doing okay xx
Oh , sorry to hear you have had the bug thing Lesley, but hopefully it is short lived and that you’ll be able to enjoy tomorrow. Happy Easter to you both xx
Thanks Muireann - Easter turned out to be a bit of a washout for me, but it meant that my eggs lasted longer! Hope you had a good one. xx
The 3D scarf is gorgeous
Thanks Karla - it needs a yarn that isn't too soft, but is such an effective pattern, with just knits and purls! Hope all is well xx
You added lace at the bottom of your love note ❤❤❤❤❤
Ha! Can you tell I was getting bored? (Story of my life!) xx
Hope you’re feeling better now, Lesley. Take care of yourself. Lots of love xx
Thanks Louise - nearly back to 100%. Hope you are doing well xx
I enjoyed seeing all your WIPs. I like to have a few different projects on the needles. I currently have 3 different projects on the go. I’m going to Knitcity Canada this May. It’s in Toronto. Toronto is only 100km from my home. It’s a huge yarn festival. So, I’m trying to save my money and not purchase any new patterns/yarn until I go to the festival. Take care Leslie.🌸🧶
Thanks so much. I have heard of Knitcity and I am a little envious - I hope you have a great time there -it should be fabulous. Keep well and have fun xx
I have a project fort too!
It's our happy place! Thanks and take care xx
Hi. Your dog walking fluff is a gorgeous rich colour.
I like the pattern and yarn for the rainbow scarf. I think that will be eye catching.
I wonder if knitting on your own pattern is because you have made it before. I lack lustre if i knit a pattern more than once. Even though i must of enjoyed it the first time around.
You have lots of lovely WIPs on the go.
Good to see your recovering.
Take care xx
Thanks Pip.
I'm not sure - because some patterns I'll happily make more than once (I repeated one within a month a few years ago, and loved them both). Maybe it's the thought of finding mistakes in my own patterns that slows me down?
Hope you are well and thanks so much xx
Sorry to hear you’ve been poorly and hope you are back on full power now! I can really see you as a deposed Romanov and I think it should now be your signature look 😂 The red cardigan is going to be really cosy and I also love the scrappy nuclear flower project you’ve started! Take care of yourself and thank you for an extremely entertaining hour x
Thanks Heather - I need to make a matching hat for the jacket, I feel, to complete the Romanov look - one of the boxy shaped hats with a furry edge...oh, the ideas are flowing! But please, if I start saying "off with their heads", rein me in! Hope you are keeping well xx
@@NotQuiteEnoughYarn that hat would be just perfect 🤣 I’ll let you know if you get the power urge! X
When you said “deposed Russian royalty” I laughed out loud. You will look fabulous ❤
I laughed out loud too! My husband is watching tv and I'm watching this with my headphones on, I think he thought I was going mad! 🤣
I hope you are well on the road to recovery Lesley. Enjoy your long weekend x
Thanks Victoria - I will definitely develop airs of grandeur when I wear it! xx
Ha! Thanks Mairead - sorry to cause marital anxiety! xx
Thanks - it took a few days, but definitely better. Hope you are doing well xx
I’m from the U.S. I learned English and supposedly Spanish in school. Most of my Spanish comes from living in California and the southwestern US. Uno cervesa freo, por favor’. (One cold beer please) or donde’ esta el ban’o (where is the toilet). Both necessary sentences.
Oh yes - very necessary sentences. It's odd the way we learn languages - speaking it is surely the best way, rather than conjugating verbs! Take care and gracias! xx
I think you mean « Una cerveza fria ». From So Cal, too.
Please don't rip out your beautiful striped cable sweater. If love to see it finished and on you. I always enjoy your pods. You have a great sense of humor
Thanks Shirley - you are very kind. I won't rip out the sweater - It'll all be worth it in the end! Cheers and take care xx
Hi Lesley, glad you are up and about. Don't like to think of my 'friends ' being poorly.
I know friends is a weird way to express, but I online having friends as visitors, and I visit with you most weekends!
Have to admit if I have more that thrre, maybe four at a push, wips I feel so overwhelmed and can't craft. Defeats the object but I prefer having just a knit and a crochet work underway.
Though not managing to do any crochet at all, painful wrists and hand.
My 11, going on 20, year old granddaughter has dabbled in crochet for while but in the last month she has crocheted a hat for the cat, I know don't ask 😂and is doubling up her yarn to make a scrap blanket.
Quick question. I was having a video call with her yesterday and we was talking about different stitches. If I was to help her make it into a stitch sampler blanket, is there anything I need to know about width?
I sent her two large carrier bags of yarn for part of her Easter gift. One mainly small balls and the other full or almost full balls. She was so excited.
Trying to rein her in as she's already wanting to crochet the moon!
Don't want her to not have ideas, but she was rhyming off what she wanted to make yesterday and we are going to be very busy.
She love make-up and fashion. Some of the make-up looks she has done put Boy George to shame!
Happy Easter Egg day, which is a festival we can all take part in.
Feel better soon. xxJane 🐑🌼
Hi Jane. Thank you and sorry I'm so late in replying.
Yes - my online friends are friends, too xx
Not sure what you mean about width, when talking about a stitch sampler blanket? If crochet /gauge, I did a small sampler once to see how different sts (dtr vs dc, etc) had an impact on st gauge and I found no difference at all. The only thing I do find is that if I'm doing filet crochet, the ch sp is sometimes narrower than a stitch, and it can pull the fabric in.
Is that what you meant? Of have I got the wrong end of the stick? Please let me know.
I'm glad your granddaughter is so excited about yarny things. I once got a box of yarns as a Christmas gift and I loved it - I made a beret, scarf and mitts, which I then wore to the giver's son's wedding (that should have taught her!)
Hope all is well and hope that your painful wrist is easing.
Take care
xx
That's what I meant. Thanks.
We had a great time on Saturday night crafting together. xxJane
Hope you are feeling better! Not fun to be feeling poorly and making and editing a monthly video. 💜🧶
Thanks Mary. Fingers crossed, it's all fine now. Hope you are well xx