Please don't remove your early podcasts, they are a testament to your journey. You are one of my favourite knitting podcasts. I love your yarn and pattern choices xx
Oh I am so glad you didn’t give in to Miss Perfect! You are my favorite knitting podcast to watch! I lived in Germany in the 1980’s and was always in awe of how beautifully English rolled from my neighbor’s mouths. Like you, they were always apologetic because of their “poor” English. Meanwhile I was struggling to put a sentence together in German just to ask the price of an item at the bakery…I would love to speak Dutch (or any language) as well as you speak English. Keep following your heart, and tell Miss Perfect to go away!
Dear Sarah, we are so very happy that you persevered and did not listen to Miss Perfect. Your podcasts are like having the best knitting friend sitting with you twice a week and make me so happy. I am super proud of you and feel you are a gift to the knitting community!
Watching your podcasts is never about the quality of your English but rather the glow that comes from your heart. You are so engaging and delightful to watch that you MUST kick Miss Perfect to the curb. I have watched all your episodes from #20 and love each one more. You make my heart jump ❤
Congratulations Sarah!!! Your phrase “heart jumping” has become part of my choices in everything! I’m so happy that 9,999 other watchers enjoy you as much as I do ❤❤❤❤❤
We are blessed with your podcasts. Your English is very good yet delightfully quirky as you find your way with new words. What a breath of fresh air you are for us knitters and crocheters. You are also showing what wonders can also be created with crochet. Congratulations on the mile stone achieved❤ The air moving device is called a FAN in my part of the world. ❤
Congratulations! I am not a knitter, I do crochet but I found your channel somehow and I enjoyed your caravan podcast so much that I subscribed just yesterday and I'm just going to pretend that I am the one that put you at 10,000!!! Your raw honesty in speaking about Miss Perfect is a great teaching moment. Sometimes we want to do something but others tell us we can't do that and we take it as a challenge and still try. But when it's your own Miss Perfect telling you, it's much harder and you didn't listen to her and look at you...10,000 subscribers! You have something, something special, a gift, a love, a passion for your channel, for teaching, for knitting, for stepping outside of the box and trying, no matter how scary it may be. Good for you! I look forward to your continued success and I will be going back and watching past videos.
I love watching your video casts. I barely hang in there with English. Your English is wonderful and your efforts are delightful. Your English has improved over the time you have been doing this. Proud of you lady!!
You are so happy and uplifting. I am 73 and have been knitting, crocheting & sewing since I was a teenager. I really enjoy your Dutchie English & all you share. Wishing you many heart jumping moments.
Hello Sarah, I am a regular follower of your podcasts, and I want to thank you for all your time, and devotion to creating these lovely and inspirational knitting and crochet videos. I watch your new ones as soon as they appear. I live in Canada, with my family, we are three daughters, and husband, one daughter still at home. I am retired and mostly knitting and some crochet and sewing are my favorite pastime. all the best to you and I love seeing all your amazing and beautiful creations.
I love that you podcast in English too! For me it is not just the beautiful knitting. My grandparents and many of their siblings immigrated from Holland to the US after WWII. Your accent and the way you talk is just how they would talk. Listening to you brings back many warm childhood feelings for me.
Sarah as we say in Afrikaans, “welgedaan dat jy vasgebyt het!”. Well done with sticking it out with the English podcast. We have about 4 Afrikaans ladies from SA who also makes podcasts in English and to see them just sparkle after 2 years of just not giving up, is so wonderful to see. I watch yours in NL as well as I understand 95% of what you say, so I get a double dose of Sarah! And most of the words are Afrikaans as well, so yes your podcasts ‘is heel aangenaam’! Happy knitting and good luck with the hot weather!
Sarah, I am so glad you talked about Miss perfect that sits next to you. I’ve had that same issue for many years. I finally started a little podcast last winter and while it’s growing very slow your talk today was just what I needed. It’s so easy to look at one’s self and say I am not good enough. I am an ER nurse that ended up with long-haul Covid and I started a podcast to try and get my head back in the game. I have knitted for probably about 50 years and I truly think that is one of the main things, along with my wonderful husband that got me through. I’m so glad we both decided to ignore Miss perfect. I still look forward to your episodes every week. You’re doing a fabulous job knitting friend! Kind regards, Karyol.
Yay, you kicked Miss Perfect to the curb 👍. Your worry over 'the cleavage' got a good laugh from me, especially your comment about asking your husband's opinion 😆. Colour choices for the cardigan look so, so good. Please keep on being 'you' as your podcasts have such a natural warmth, humour and charm.
Dear Sarah I’m Cat from Germany and my wife Andrea is from Delft. We live in New Zealand together and speak English as a couple. Her German es actually great. My Dutch is …. Well… I guess passively I understand 60%. I started listening to your episodes in Dutch which is great especially when I’ve watched the English one beforehand because I know what your on about. Thanks for being my teacher and inspiration and please never doubt yourself , you’re such a joy to people … as you can see all around the world to New Zealand. Shout out if you ever want to knit with New Zealand yarn I’d love to help out.
Sarah I'm from Northern Ireland and I'm just watching this episode when you've revealed your 10,000 you tube subscribers, that's fantastic, enjoy it! I'm just new to your channel over the last few weeks and absolutely love hearing your news and catching up on your numerous projects, you are an inspiration to me! I just love your creativity! Your English is great! Thank you for such an amazing channel, especially that shows your love for crochet and knitting, I love both too but I'm nowhere near as good or as capable as as you are but I'm learning from you, picking up little hints and tips as I go through your past episodes. Your style is so gentle and relaxed, very natural. I love too that you show us your 'mistakes' which you turn around with beautiful embroidery! I'm so happy that there are many more inspiring episodes to watch, thank you x
So glad you kept going with your English episodes, it's a delight to spend time with you, I love your crafty adventures and also your tales of living with Miss Perfect, she keeps me company too, I always say I'm a recovering perfectionist as we have to find a way to let our hearts lead the way! hope its a heart jumping weekend xxx
Hello, I am Teresa from California USA, Sarah your podcast Is so much more then a knitting podcast. You really are helping me see myself through new eyes. I believe we all have so much in common. Miss perfect sits on every knitters shoulder. You make everything ok. Thank you for sharing your stories with us❤
Lots of love from Lisbon 😘🥰...thank you to let miss perfect go away...i am portuguese and am very thankful because if you didn't do this in english i would have never met you, and my life would be poorer!!! Thanks to all of the podcasters that reach to all of us and speak good or bad english...thank you Sarah , you're an inspiration 🥰!
I'm so so glad that you didn't give up on your English episodes! I look forward to your episodes every week. I have to stop myself from watching all of your past episodes one after another as I want them to last longer :) I love your style and the projects that you share. You have even tempted me to try crochet - not something I have felt drawn to in the past. Thank you so much for your lovely podcasts and happy knitting!
The joy in your heart comes through like a bright ray of sunshine! You brighten our days, fuel our passion to create by sharing your passion so cheerfully. Thank you for not giving up! I celebrate you!!!
I am so glad that your heart was stronger than your head and Miss Perfect ❤ i love your podcast, and it brings a lot of joy into my evenings. It's like I have a friend to knit with 😊
Oh, Sarah! I am SO glad that you started making episodes in English and SO SO glad that you didn’t quit! Those early episodes are where I fell in love with you. You are my absolute favorite knitting UA-camr. I don’t often comment - for the same reason that you don’t often answer comments - but I watch every single one of your episodes and have since the beginning. When you struggle to find the right word, it is so endearing and I am so impressed that you are able to create such inspiring content in a language that is not your native tongue. I speak Spanish in addition to English, but could not make a podcast in Spanish - I don’t even do one in English! Learning from you has changed the way that I approach my knitting. I am much more ready to redo part of an item if I am unhappy with it and modify the pattern to suit me. As a result, I am using all of my knits much more now. Thank you, Sarah, for being willing to let go of your Little Miss Perfect to delight us with your crafty adventures in English. You bring me a lot of joy!
Today was closer to 40c in my part of Texas, USA. And tomorrow is World Wide Knit in Public day. I can promise we won't be outside for very long. Perhaps I will take my knitting to a coffee shop and sit in the air conditioning there. I would-be lost with the AC. I love to hear your Dutchy English and the encouragement to do the things that bring you joy.
Congratulations on 10K subscribers! You, your personality and all your hard work making each episode in English is why you have so many followers. I really enjoy your podcasts - please continue as I look forward to watching them. I think that your English is improving with each episode.
I just found your podcast, and enjoy it so very much! I was a teacher, too. I taught kindergarten, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade throughout my 36 years, and loved it very much. I started to crochet when I was 13 years old and started to knit when I was in my early twenties, but stopped because I didn’t have time. When I retired from teaching, I started again. I knit socks. But I am learning to have the confidence to make a sweater. Soon I will start. I watched my first podcast of yours when you were in your caravan….In English we call it a camper. I thought your hair was so gorgeous, I kept staring at it. Then I loved the decor of your camper, and your granny squares, and the way you spoke. Your English is amazingly good. I taught English to two boys from China. They tried to teach me how to speak their language. I could not learn one word. English is not an easy language to learn and I’m impressed with your achievement. A ventilator in English is a fan. And we just put the word not in front of confident to mean the opposite. ( not confident) I hope maybe that helped you a little. Your knitting and crocheting is wonderful! I try to knit continental and struggle, as you do knitting English. I try, but it makes me unhappy, I get tensed up, and then I start to ache. So I figure, just knit like you always do. What is the problem? I am going to go back and watch some of your earlier podcasts. Don’t worry about your English in them. You can just see how much you have improved! Thank you for doing these, and congratulations on your 10,000! ❤
Congratulations on your 10,000! You are my favorite! You are so down to earth. Your English is perfect! My ancestry is Dutch so I love your Dutchy English. ❤🧶❤️🧶
Awwwww Sarah! I’ve only been following your channel for a few months, but I am SO glad you kept up with the English! I love all your stories, your makes, and all you share! Thank you so much for being you!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Sarah I have been meaning to comment or DM you for weeks now as I have been LOVING your podcasts and today was a must!!! I grew up in Curaçao which you may know is a Dutch island in the Caribbean. I am American but my best friends on the island were Two Dutch sister Petra and Monique and Sabine originally from the island. Petra and Monique sound exactly like you and were always a bit shy to use their English. We always joked and said we spoke Dinglish!!!! I always reassured them just like I want to reassure you that you should be CONFIDENT using your English because rest assured you speak better English than most of us ever could Dutch!!! You can’t imagine how much joy you bring to me with each podcast taking me back to those wonderful days!! And I too was a crocheter first then a knitter so we seem to have so much in common, which just warms my heart!! Keep the podcasts coming and please never stop!! We are out here listening and loving every moment!! If you ever need anything just ask!! ❤
Your English is really, really good! I'm so glad you didn't quit. Because, then I would not be able to watch. So happy I found you! Congrats on your 10,000 subscribers! You will get 1000s more.
Congratulations on your podcast milestone and on your perseverence. Learning a new language is daunting but even more so on a platform where the whole world can hear you. Yes Sarah, you should be extremely proud. And thank you for shring with us your knitting and crochet journey. I enjoyed you caravan podcast so much that I am now looking into purchasing one.
You bring so much joy into my life with your podcast! I look forward to the end of my work week when I can sit down and watch your episodes from that week and just relax with my knitting and listen to your lovely voice! I appreciate your humble spirit. I think most people feel incompetent in areas of their lives. I know I struggle daily with feelings of not being good enough, and that can be paralyzing. But then I try to pull up my boot straps and tell myself that it doesn’t matter what other people think! I’m going to start where I am and keep moving forward, even if the progress is slow. For me, I mostly struggle with my weight and body image, but I’m working on it. Doing something is better than nothing! So I appreciate your honesty and sharing your thoughts about working on your English, which is really very good! ❤️ Thank you for sharing with all of us!
Congratulations lovely Sarah on reaching 10 K - now 10.5K only one day later! 🎉 I simply love watching you as I crochet, I have Dutch heritage so it’s delightful to hear your accent and your growing command of English. Well done indeed! You certainly should be proud of yourself for ignoring your ‘Little Miss Perfect’ 😉 and following your heart.
As a teacher of English as a second language - you are amazing - your English is perfectly acceptable and anything not "perfect" is actually very cute - English is a difficult language -so glad you followed your heart - the knitting is lovely
Yes this Miss Perfect would have been so boring, I just enjoy listening to you. My English is quite bad and I discovered your chanel few weeks ago but I love each episode. Bravo !
Hello Sarah, I am a long-term viewer who has followed you since your very first English episode. Your English was always very good, and the early episodes were never awful or shamefully bad. I'm so glad you ignored your Miss Perfect, as she needs to have her ears checked or cleaned! I'm so glad you persevered and it's wonderful to see your growing confidence in speaking English and the obvious joy it brings you. You should rightly be very proud of yourself of all that you've achieved. Congratulations on this special milestone! 🏆
Hipp hurra for you beautifully Sarah. So grateful for your podcast. I get so much inspired by all you do of crafting, and special the way you make the podcast . It is done that I have progressed a bit my own way of creating my knitting podcast❤ I absorbed everything you shared about the process of getting started with creating an English language. We ladies are so good at talking ourselves down and filling our heads with negative thoughts about our own performance. I now practice every day not to let Mrs.Perfect take over my life anymore, and after I discovered your podcast a month agi, you have been a real door opner ,as we say in Norway, when we suddenly understand what I have to deal with. I have the same desire as you, I too love too be part of this great world's knitting community❤❤❤
Congratulations and thank you Sarah for your wonderful podcast. I don’t only love your knitting content, but your personality and your life messages too. I also have Miss Perfect sitting next to me, but now I will think of you and tell her to go find something else to do. I have decided to be happy with my work and choices even if they don’t turn out as I had planned. Thank you, you are an inspiration.
Sarah I love your podcast, Miss Perfect can leave, I have watched some of your early episodes and enjoyed them just as much as your recent ones. I love that you don't edit out the bits where you are unsure, it's great to see you exploring our language. You are a delight and heart jumping is now part of my everyday language 😊
A little late to the party, but am hooked on your podcasts. I look forward to them every week. I am so happy you told Miss Perfect to get lost, what does she know about heart jumping! You are such a breath of fresh air! Thank you for sharing.
What an achievement Sarah. You tackled the challenge because of your adventurous knitting spirit. Its my special knitting time when I can experience your knitting and crafty adventures. Your love for knitting has defineteily inspired me to challenge myself to try different patterns styles, socks and more. From Australia - Keep up the awe inspiring spirit and congrats on your persistence - We are the better for it .
Oh Sarah, that’s just sheer bliss! I do treasure spending some time with you twice a week and often found myself talking to you aloud when you say something which strikes a cord with me! I think that you have such a thoughtful approach to life and I started finding myself telling my Little Miss Perfect to go and sit down on the naughty step when she becomes too mouthy! As a language lover, I understand so well what you were explaining about you and building up skills … isn’t it amazing though that we always progress more when something close to our hearts motivates us? Once again congratulations on your wonderful achievements! 🧶
I'm so glad you continued to do your English podcast Sarah. You are a joy to watch and I look forward to your podcast. By far my favourite one. It's like sitting down with a friend who supports and inspires. Thank you
Sarah you are a delight! Your English is excellent and I just love your episodes. Thanks for sharing what makes your heart jump, and for inspiring me. Be well, lovely lady xxx
Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers (or maker friends), Sarah! You put Miss Perfect in her place and I am so glad that you did. Your new test knit will be a challenge, but I bet it will become your favourite sweater when it is done! I so enjoy your podcasts from way over in Kamloops, BC, Canada! Knit on! 🤗🧶
I watch your podcast more to spend time with you than for the knitting. I love when you say your heart is jumping to indicate happiness and joy. Congratulations on reaching the 10,000 milestone.
Oh Sarah❤ you are a bright inspiration! So glad you followed that sparkle in your heart, and that is what we are all listening too anyway! This was such a wonderful and timely podcast for me. I laughed, empathized, and got really choked up with a tear or two(...or three!). My inner critic has such a control on me right now, this podcast spoke right through her and to my sparkle in my heart😊. Your podcasts always help remind me to feel my heart's voice. ♥
Hi Sarah, you should move here in Shetland😂. Today it was just 13 degrees c. Just nice and sunny and cool💖. Congratulations on your 10k subscribers. Much love xxx🌹 ps, so glad you didnt give up on your English episodes. So pleased to see you managed to silence Miss Perfect 💖💖💖
I’m so happy you threw Miss Perfect out the door! I admire your perseverance to learn to speak English. I could never speak Dutch! Keep doing what you’re doing. You are a delight ❤
As a Canadian French and English speaker who learned German as an adult, I have lots of admiration for you speaking in English on a podcast. Your English is delightful ❤.
Hello, from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee! I only found your channel this past week and fell in love with your personality immediatelly. I am so happy for your joy in this milestone and greatly look forward to watching you and more of you yarn creations. Thank you for sharing your sweet and kind energies with us all. Bless you.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with modesty. Congratulations on your well over 10,000 k subscribers! You deserve it! This is one of my all time favorite podcasts. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌷
Congratulations,Sarah on reaching 10K subscribers.🎉I am so glad you persevered with your English podcasts.We are lucky to have this opportunity to share with you.I love your expression " heart jumping".I found myself asking that as I was searching for a new pattern recently 🤭..never lose your "sparkle " and thanks for not sharing your cleavage. A decorous young lady,at that! 👌🙏😘😉 xx Have a lovely,heart jumping weekend.
LisaR:I always thought you're English was very good Sarah . I've always understood what you're saying - even the complex thoughts . I think it's impressive that you were strong & stayed . I'm so glad you didn't quit ❤ Your podcast is among my very favorite ! You bring a lot of creativity and joy to so many - Thank you & congratulations ❤ !
Thank you for the episodes in English, Sarah! You are such an inspiration, and a fun, charming and wise one, too. I think many of us would benefit from demanding our Miss Perfects to go cleaning or do something else 😄. Kind regards from a Norwegian knitter ❤️
Congratulations on 10K Sarah.I really look forward to Mondays & Fridays to see what you have been up to. Your have inspired me to make a granny square project.Your granny square cardigan is just beautiful. I make lots of sock so I have many scraps.I think you are getting very good with your english,you worry too much. Lots of love from Canada
Sarah, You are wonderful just the way you are! Your english has the sparkle of your soul and it is beautiful . I am happy to see that within a week there are 2000 new subscribers in this channel, myself included.
Congratulations Sarah….what a great milestone and story behind your English podcasts! I am so impressed with how well you communicate your love of knitting and crochet. As someone who only speaks one language, I think you have much to be proud of. Love to watch and listen every week. Betsy Smyth
Congratulations, Sarah!! This is so exciting. Thank you always for sharing your thoughts, inspiration, and JOY with us. My heart is jumping for you. 🤎🤎🤎
Congratulations on 10 thousand subscribers. Such a cute episode. I also dislike the hot summer temperatures. Thankfully I live in the U.S. where our usual summer Temps are in the low 70s. I'm currently knitting a Flores tee for the summer.
I`m very glad you didn´t stop making these videos. ❤ I found your UA-cam channel just recently and I really enjoy watching it. I come from Finland, and I love to see what people are knitting in other countries. It gives me so much inspiration to my own knitting.
Your amazing, your exactly where you should be, I found your Channel few weeks ago and now I’m watching every video, your now one of my favourite Channels.🙏❤️
Sarah… you are the Best! Congratulations on your milestone in podcasting! My Heart is jumping for you! I so look forward to each and everyone of your knitting adventures!🥰
Congratulations Sarah! Thank you for inspiring me - in Washington State USA, and sharing you lovely knits! I am glad you persevered! You are communicating!
You are absolutely wonderful!! I wait for it every Friday and Monday!! Do not worry about the English ! Do not worry about anything! So enjoy all the time!!
You are amazing!!!! The fact you made yourself do this in English is A HUGE fete! Congratulations on this wonderful accomplishment! You should be very proud of yourself. Your podcasts are a joy to watch. Im so glad i found them. Congratulations and I am wishing you continued success. You’re a great inspiration!❤
I was freezing in spring in Amsterdam coming from US but I loved it anyway. I agree no air conditioning at that temp is miserable. I too get grumpy! You don’t look too exposed but I understand. I enjoy your projects and getting to know you! Your English is amazing. I was so impressed with the Dutch ability to use English. My Dutch is very limited but they were gracious when I tried a few words. Keep going! Jonelle from Colorado.
Congratulations Sarah on 10k viewers. I so enjoy your podcasts and so glad you told Miss Perfect to go clean the house and leave me alone! You are such a good e xample to follow your heart….Happy stitching….until Monday, gayle in Minnesota USA.
Thank you! For whatever reason you chose to continue I appreciate. I also appreciate that you don’t feel a need to reply to comments. I very rarely comment as I feel it is a chore to those podcasting, but I sincerely enjoy your efforts. Cheers to you for finding confidence!
Congratulations to you !!! I think your English is just fine. You are well spoken and totally understandable. Stepping out of your comfort zone is a powerful thing and you have done well. Enjoying your videos very much.❤❤❤
Wow!!! I had no clue that you felt so bad about how you speak English !!! Your story is so heartwarming and wonderful. I am SO happy you pushed through that negative self-talk (in English or Dutch) neither is true. I am so enjoying binge watching your episodes and look forward to many years to come. Also I hope that the heart-jumping moments continue in all areas of your life. ♥️👏♥️
Please don't remove your early podcasts, they are a testament to your journey.
You are one of my favourite knitting podcasts. I love your yarn and pattern choices xx
Oh I am so glad you didn’t give in to Miss Perfect! You are my favorite knitting podcast to watch! I lived in Germany in the 1980’s and was always in awe of how beautifully English rolled from my neighbor’s mouths. Like you, they were always apologetic because of their “poor” English. Meanwhile I was struggling to put a sentence together in German just to ask the price of an item at the bakery…I would love to speak Dutch (or any language) as well as you speak English. Keep following your heart, and tell Miss Perfect to go away!
Dear Sarah, we are so very happy that you persevered and did not listen to Miss Perfect. Your podcasts are like having the best knitting friend sitting with you twice a week and make me so happy. I am super proud of you and feel you are a gift to the knitting community!
Watching your podcasts is never about the quality of your English but rather the glow that comes from your heart. You are so engaging and delightful to watch that you MUST kick Miss Perfect to the curb. I have watched all your episodes from #20 and love each one more. You make my heart jump ❤
Modesty is so welcomed in this day and age! I love your podcast!
Congratulations Sarah!!! Your phrase “heart jumping” has become part of my choices in everything! I’m so happy that 9,999 other watchers enjoy you as much as I do ❤❤❤❤❤
I have watch you from the beginning of your English podcasts; every podcast has been an absolute pleasure❤️
Thank you for giving Miss Perfect her marching orders, your podcasts are a joy!🎉
We are blessed with your podcasts. Your English is very good yet delightfully quirky as you find your way with new words. What a breath of fresh air you are for us knitters and crocheters. You are also showing what wonders can also be created with crochet. Congratulations on the mile stone achieved❤ The air moving device is called a FAN in my part of the world. ❤
Congratulations Sarah❤️ Your podcast is soooooo refreshing. 🥂 Hears to continued success.
Congratulations! I am not a knitter, I do crochet but I found your channel somehow and I enjoyed your caravan podcast so much that I subscribed just yesterday and I'm just going to pretend that I am the one that put you at 10,000!!! Your raw honesty in speaking about Miss Perfect is a great teaching moment. Sometimes we want to do something but others tell us we can't do that and we take it as a challenge and still try. But when it's your own Miss Perfect telling you, it's much harder and you didn't listen to her and look at you...10,000 subscribers! You have something, something special, a gift, a love, a passion for your channel, for teaching, for knitting, for stepping outside of the box and trying, no matter how scary it may be. Good for you! I look forward to your continued success and I will be going back and watching past videos.
I love watching your video casts. I barely hang in there with English. Your English is wonderful and your efforts are delightful. Your English has improved over the time you have been doing this. Proud of you lady!!
You are so happy and uplifting. I am 73 and have been knitting, crocheting & sewing since I was a teenager. I really enjoy your Dutchie English & all you share. Wishing you many heart jumping moments.
Hello Sarah, I am a regular follower of your podcasts, and I want to thank you for all your time, and devotion to creating these lovely and inspirational knitting and crochet videos. I watch your new ones as soon as they appear. I live in Canada, with my family, we are three daughters, and husband, one daughter still at home. I am retired and mostly knitting and some crochet and sewing are my favorite pastime. all the best to you and I love seeing all your amazing and beautiful creations.
I love that you podcast in English too! For me it is not just the beautiful knitting. My grandparents and many of their siblings immigrated from Holland to the US after WWII. Your accent and the way you talk is just how they would talk. Listening to you brings back many warm childhood feelings for me.
Sarah as we say in Afrikaans, “welgedaan dat jy vasgebyt het!”.
Well done with sticking it out with the English podcast. We have about 4 Afrikaans ladies from SA who also makes podcasts in English and to see them just sparkle after 2 years of just not giving up, is so wonderful to see. I watch yours in NL as well as I understand 95% of what you say, so I get a double dose of Sarah! And most of the words are Afrikaans as well, so yes your podcasts ‘is heel aangenaam’!
Happy knitting and good luck with the hot weather!
Love your Dutchy English! And the way you rethink attitude to generate positivity. Heart Jumping is a “Sarahism” I’m increasingly adopting 😊
Sarah, I am so glad you talked about Miss perfect that sits next to you. I’ve had that same issue for many years. I finally started a little podcast last winter and while it’s growing very slow your talk today was just what I needed. It’s so easy to look at one’s self and say I am not good enough. I am an ER nurse that ended up with long-haul Covid and I started a podcast to try and get my head back in the game. I have knitted for probably about 50 years and I truly think that is one of the main things, along with my wonderful husband that got me through. I’m so glad we both decided to ignore Miss perfect. I still look forward to your episodes every week. You’re doing a fabulous job knitting friend! Kind regards, Karyol.
Yay, you kicked Miss Perfect to the curb 👍. Your worry over 'the cleavage' got a good laugh from me, especially your comment about asking your husband's opinion 😆. Colour choices for the cardigan look so, so good. Please keep on being 'you' as your podcasts have such a natural warmth, humour and charm.
Dear Sarah
I’m Cat from Germany and my wife Andrea is from Delft. We live in New Zealand together and speak English as a couple. Her German es actually great. My Dutch is …. Well… I guess passively I understand 60%. I started listening to your episodes in Dutch which is great especially when I’ve watched the English one beforehand because I know what your on about.
Thanks for being my teacher and inspiration and please never doubt yourself , you’re such a joy to people … as you can see all around the world to New Zealand.
Shout out if you ever want to knit with New Zealand yarn I’d love to help out.
Sarah I'm from Northern Ireland and I'm just watching this episode when you've revealed your 10,000 you tube subscribers, that's fantastic, enjoy it! I'm just new to your channel over the last few weeks and absolutely love hearing your news and catching up on your numerous projects, you are an inspiration to me! I just love your creativity! Your English is great! Thank you for such an amazing channel, especially that shows your love for crochet and knitting, I love both too but I'm nowhere near as good or as capable as as you are but I'm learning from you, picking up little hints and tips as I go through your past episodes. Your style is so gentle and relaxed, very natural. I love too that you show us your 'mistakes' which you turn around with beautiful embroidery! I'm so happy that there are many more inspiring episodes to watch, thank you x
Thank you for sticking with us and sharing your joy(s)!
So glad you kept going with your English episodes, it's a delight to spend time with you, I love your crafty adventures and also your tales of living with Miss Perfect, she keeps me company too, I always say I'm a recovering perfectionist as we have to find a way to let our hearts lead the way! hope its a heart jumping weekend xxx
Hello, I am Teresa from California USA, Sarah your podcast Is so much more then a knitting podcast. You really are helping me see myself through new eyes. I believe we all have so much in common. Miss perfect sits on every knitters shoulder. You make everything ok. Thank you for sharing your stories with us❤
Please keep your English podcasts. Would not be able to watch you. You are a breath of fresh air! Delight to watch.
Lots of love from Lisbon 😘🥰...thank you to let miss perfect go away...i am portuguese and am very thankful because if you didn't do this in english i would have never met you, and my life would be poorer!!! Thanks to all of the podcasters that reach to all of us and speak good or bad english...thank you Sarah , you're an inspiration 🥰!
I'm so so glad that you didn't give up on your English episodes! I look forward to your episodes every week. I have to stop myself from watching all of your past episodes one after another as I want them to last longer :) I love your style and the projects that you share. You have even tempted me to try crochet - not something I have felt drawn to in the past. Thank you so much for your lovely podcasts and happy knitting!
The joy in your heart comes through like a bright ray of sunshine! You brighten our days, fuel our passion to create by sharing your passion so cheerfully. Thank you for not giving up! I celebrate you!!!
I am so glad that your heart was stronger than your head and Miss Perfect ❤ i love your podcast, and it brings a lot of joy into my evenings. It's like I have a friend to knit with 😊
Oh, Sarah! I am SO glad that you started making episodes in English and SO SO glad that you didn’t quit! Those early episodes are where I fell in love with you. You are my absolute favorite knitting UA-camr. I don’t often comment - for the same reason that you don’t often answer comments - but I watch every single one of your episodes and have since the beginning. When you struggle to find the right word, it is so endearing and I am so impressed that you are able to create such inspiring content in a language that is not your native tongue. I speak Spanish in addition to English, but could not make a podcast in Spanish - I don’t even do one in English! Learning from you has changed the way that I approach my knitting. I am much more ready to redo part of an item if I am unhappy with it and modify the pattern to suit me. As a result, I am using all of my knits much more now. Thank you, Sarah, for being willing to let go of your Little Miss Perfect to delight us with your crafty adventures in English. You bring me a lot of joy!
Today was closer to 40c in my part of Texas, USA. And tomorrow is World Wide Knit in Public day. I can promise we won't be outside for very long. Perhaps I will take my knitting to a coffee shop and sit in the air conditioning there. I would-be lost with the AC. I love to hear your Dutchy English and the encouragement to do the things that bring you joy.
Congratulations on 10K subscribers! You, your personality and all your hard work making each episode in English is why you have so many followers. I really enjoy your podcasts - please continue as I look forward to watching them. I think that your English is improving with each episode.
I just found your podcast, and enjoy it so very much! I was a teacher, too. I taught kindergarten, third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade throughout my 36 years, and loved it very much. I started to crochet when I was 13 years old and started to knit when I was in my early twenties, but stopped because I didn’t have time. When I retired from teaching, I started again. I knit socks. But I am learning to have the confidence to make a sweater. Soon I will start. I watched my first podcast of yours when you were in your caravan….In English we call it a camper. I thought your hair was so gorgeous, I kept staring at it. Then I loved the decor of your camper, and your granny squares, and the way you spoke. Your English is amazingly good. I taught English to two boys from China. They tried to teach me how to speak their language. I could not learn one word. English is not an easy language to learn and I’m impressed with your achievement. A ventilator in English is a fan. And we just put the word not in front of confident to mean the opposite. ( not confident) I hope maybe that helped you a little. Your knitting and crocheting is wonderful! I try to knit continental and struggle, as you do knitting English. I try, but it makes me unhappy, I get tensed up, and then I start to ache. So I figure, just knit like you always do. What is the problem? I am going to go back and watch some of your earlier podcasts. Don’t worry about your English in them. You can just see how much you have improved! Thank you for doing these, and congratulations on your 10,000! ❤
I'm ao glad that you kept doing English episodes. They bring me a lot of joy!
Congratulations on your 10,000! You are my favorite! You are so down to earth. Your English is perfect! My ancestry is Dutch so I love your Dutchy English. ❤🧶❤️🧶
Awwwww Sarah! I’ve only been following your channel for a few months, but I am SO glad you kept up with the English! I love all your stories, your makes, and all you share! Thank you so much for being you!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Congratulations on 10 k , so glad you continued in English I love monday and Friday it’s Sarah time . Also in English its called a fan
Sarah I have been meaning to comment or DM you for weeks now as I have been LOVING your podcasts and today was a must!!! I grew up in Curaçao which you may know is a Dutch island in the Caribbean. I am American but my best friends on the island were Two Dutch sister Petra and Monique and Sabine originally from the island. Petra and Monique sound exactly like you and were always a bit shy to use their English. We always joked and said we spoke Dinglish!!!! I always reassured them just like I want to reassure you that you should be CONFIDENT using your English because rest assured you speak better English than most of us ever could Dutch!!!
You can’t imagine how much joy you bring to me with each podcast taking me back to those wonderful days!! And I too was a crocheter first then a knitter so we seem to have so much in common, which just warms my heart!! Keep the podcasts coming and please never stop!! We are out here listening and loving every moment!! If you ever need anything just ask!! ❤
Your English is really, really good! I'm so glad you didn't quit. Because, then I would not be able to watch. So happy I found you! Congrats on your 10,000 subscribers! You will get 1000s more.
“Knitting Love” is great! I think you are an author! Love your work,and adventures! ❤
Congratulations on your podcast milestone and on your perseverence. Learning a new language is daunting but even more so on a platform where the whole world can hear you. Yes Sarah, you should be extremely proud. And thank you for shring with us your knitting and crochet journey.
I enjoyed you caravan podcast so much that I am now looking into purchasing one.
You bring so much joy into my life with your podcast! I look forward to the end of my work week when I can sit down and watch your episodes from that week and just relax with my knitting and listen to your lovely voice! I appreciate your humble spirit. I think most people feel incompetent in areas of their lives. I know I struggle daily with feelings of not being good enough, and that can be paralyzing. But then I try to pull up my boot straps and tell myself that it doesn’t matter what other people think! I’m going to start where I am and keep moving forward, even if the progress is slow. For me, I mostly struggle with my weight and body image, but I’m working on it. Doing something is better than nothing! So I appreciate your honesty and sharing your thoughts about working on your English, which is really very good! ❤️ Thank you for sharing with all of us!
I just love watching your podcast, you inspire me. Congratulations on your you tube journery. ❤😅
Congratulations lovely Sarah on reaching 10 K - now 10.5K only one day later! 🎉 I simply love watching you as I crochet, I have Dutch heritage so it’s delightful to hear your accent and your growing command of English. Well done indeed! You certainly should be proud of yourself for ignoring your ‘Little Miss Perfect’ 😉 and following your heart.
I love watching you AND listening to you! You are DARLING! I get lots of good ideas from you! ❤
As a teacher of English as a second language - you are amazing - your English is perfectly acceptable and anything not "perfect" is actually very cute - English is a difficult language -so glad you followed your heart - the knitting is lovely
You are the best you are so much fun to watch from south west Florida USA❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love listening to you. I think you do quite well! I’m from Minnesota USA.
Yes this Miss Perfect would have been so boring, I just enjoy listening to you. My English is quite bad and I discovered your chanel few weeks ago but I love each episode. Bravo !
A fan
Hello Sarah, I am a long-term viewer who has followed you since your very first English episode. Your English was always very good, and the early episodes were never awful or shamefully bad. I'm so glad you ignored your Miss Perfect, as she needs to have her ears checked or cleaned! I'm so glad you persevered and it's wonderful to see your growing confidence in speaking English and the obvious joy it brings you. You should rightly be very proud of yourself of all that you've achieved. Congratulations on this special milestone! 🏆
You are a pleasure to watch, so glad you didnt give up.☘
Hipp hurra for you beautifully Sarah. So grateful for your podcast. I get so much inspired by all you do of crafting, and special the way you make the podcast . It is done that I have progressed a bit my own way of creating my knitting podcast❤ I absorbed everything you shared about the process of getting started with creating an English language. We ladies are so good at talking ourselves down and filling our heads with negative thoughts about our own performance. I now practice every day not to let Mrs.Perfect take over my life anymore, and after I discovered your podcast a month agi, you have been a real door opner ,as we say in Norway, when we suddenly understand what I have to deal with. I have the same desire as you, I too love too be part of this great world's knitting community❤❤❤
Congratulations and thank you Sarah for your wonderful podcast. I don’t only love your knitting content, but your personality and your life messages too. I also have Miss Perfect sitting next to me, but now I will think of you and tell her to go find something else to do. I have decided to be happy with my work and choices even if they don’t turn out as I had planned. Thank you, you are an inspiration.
Hi Sarah: Congratulations on your milestone. Your knitting fire and joy show. And yes our heart never lies. So glad you followed yours. Thank You!
I just love your honesty, modesty, and values that your true too. Love all your videos and I feel your English is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
So pleased that you did not give up on the English podcasts as I look forward to them.
Sarah I love your podcast, Miss Perfect can leave, I have watched some of your early episodes and enjoyed them just as much as your recent ones. I love that you don't edit out the bits where you are unsure, it's great to see you exploring our language. You are a delight and heart jumping is now part of my everyday language 😊
A little late to the party, but am hooked on your podcasts. I look forward to them every week. I am so happy you told Miss Perfect to get lost, what does she know about heart jumping! You are such a breath of fresh air! Thank you for sharing.
What an achievement Sarah. You tackled the challenge because of your adventurous knitting spirit. Its my special knitting time when I can experience your knitting and crafty adventures. Your love for knitting has defineteily inspired me to challenge myself to try different patterns styles, socks and more. From Australia - Keep up the awe inspiring spirit and congrats on your persistence - We are the better for it .
Oh Sarah, that’s just sheer bliss! I do treasure spending some time with you twice a week and often found myself talking to you aloud when you say something which strikes a cord with me! I think that you have such a thoughtful approach to life and I started finding myself telling my Little Miss Perfect to go and sit down on the naughty step when she becomes too mouthy! As a language lover, I understand so well what you were explaining about you and building up skills … isn’t it amazing though that we always progress more when something close to our hearts motivates us? Once again congratulations on your wonderful achievements! 🧶
I'm so glad you continued to do your English podcast Sarah. You are a joy to watch and I look forward to your podcast. By far my favourite one. It's like sitting down with a friend who supports and inspires. Thank you
Sarah you are a delight! Your English is excellent and I just love your episodes. Thanks for sharing what makes your heart jump, and for inspiring me. Be well, lovely lady xxx
Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers (or maker friends), Sarah! You put Miss Perfect in her place and I am so glad that you did. Your new test knit will be a challenge, but I bet it will become your favourite sweater when it is done! I so enjoy your podcasts from way over in Kamloops, BC, Canada! Knit on! 🤗🧶
I watch your podcast more to spend time with you than for the knitting. I love when you say your heart is jumping to indicate happiness and joy. Congratulations on reaching the 10,000 milestone.
Oh Sarah❤ you are a bright inspiration! So glad you followed that sparkle in your heart, and that is what we are all listening too anyway! This was such a wonderful and timely podcast for me. I laughed, empathized, and got really choked up with a tear or two(...or three!). My inner critic has such a control on me right now, this podcast spoke right through her and to my sparkle in my heart😊. Your podcasts always help remind me to feel my heart's voice. ♥
Hi Sarah, you should move here in Shetland😂. Today it was just 13 degrees c. Just nice and sunny and cool💖. Congratulations on your 10k subscribers. Much love xxx🌹 ps, so glad you didnt give up on your English episodes. So pleased to see you managed to silence Miss Perfect 💖💖💖
I’m so happy you threw Miss Perfect out the door! I admire your perseverance to learn to speak English. I could never speak Dutch! Keep doing what you’re doing. You are a delight ❤
As a Canadian French and English speaker who learned German as an adult, I have lots of admiration for you speaking in English on a podcast. Your English is delightful ❤.
Hello, from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee! I only found your channel this past week and fell in love with your personality immediatelly. I am so happy for your joy in this milestone and greatly look forward to watching you and more of you yarn creations. Thank you for sharing your sweet and kind energies with us all. Bless you.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with modesty. Congratulations on your well over 10,000 k subscribers! You deserve it! This is one of my all time favorite podcasts. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌷
Sarah, you are a tonic and such a sweet and genuine person. You deserve all the success that will come your way. ♥
Congratulations,Sarah on reaching 10K subscribers.🎉I am so glad you persevered with your English podcasts.We are lucky to have this opportunity to share with you.I love your expression " heart jumping".I found myself asking that as I was searching for a new pattern recently 🤭..never lose your "sparkle " and thanks for not sharing your cleavage. A decorous young lady,at that! 👌🙏😘😉
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Have a lovely,heart jumping weekend.
LisaR:I always thought you're English was very good Sarah . I've always understood what you're saying - even the complex thoughts . I think it's impressive that you were strong & stayed . I'm so glad you didn't quit ❤ Your podcast is among my very favorite ! You bring a lot of creativity and joy to so many - Thank you & congratulations ❤ !
Thank you for the episodes in English, Sarah! You are such an inspiration, and a fun, charming and wise one, too. I think many of us would benefit from demanding our Miss Perfects to go cleaning or do something else 😄. Kind regards from a Norwegian knitter ❤️
Congratulations on 10K Sarah.I really look forward to Mondays & Fridays to see what you have been up to.
Your have inspired me to make a granny square project.Your granny square cardigan is just beautiful.
I make lots of sock so I have many scraps.I think you are getting very good with your english,you worry too much.
Lots of love from Canada
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing you twice a week! ❤😊
Sarah, You are wonderful just the way you are! Your english has the sparkle of your soul and it is beautiful . I am happy to see that within a week there are 2000 new subscribers in this channel, myself included.
Thank you for persisting you are a ray of sunshine in my life.
Congratulations Sarah….what a great milestone and story behind your English podcasts! I am so impressed with how well you communicate your love of knitting and crochet. As someone who only speaks one language, I think you have much to be proud of. Love to watch and listen every week. Betsy Smyth
Your English is WONDERFUL! What a joyous and lovely lady you are and such a talented knitter ❤️
Congratulations, Sarah!! This is so exciting. Thank you always for sharing your thoughts, inspiration, and JOY with us. My heart is jumping for you. 🤎🤎🤎
Congratulations Sarah! What I like most about your podcasts is that they are fun and I love when you tell us the Dutch words for things. Thankyou. ❤
Congratulations on 10 thousand subscribers. Such a cute episode. I also dislike the hot summer temperatures. Thankfully I live in the U.S. where our usual summer Temps are in the low 70s. I'm currently knitting a Flores tee for the summer.
Thanks so much for that advice at the end. You have helped me solve a problem I was struggling with. Definitely need to remember to follow my heart ❤
I`m very glad you didn´t stop making these videos. ❤ I found your UA-cam channel just recently and I really enjoy watching it. I come from Finland, and I love to see what people are knitting in other countries. It gives me so much inspiration to my own knitting.
Your amazing, your exactly where you should be, I found your Channel few weeks ago and now I’m watching every video, your now one of my favourite Channels.🙏❤️
Sarah… you are the Best! Congratulations on your milestone in podcasting! My Heart is jumping for you! I so look forward to each and everyone of your knitting adventures!🥰
You make my heart happy. Thank you.
Congratulations Sarah! Thank you for inspiring me - in Washington State USA, and sharing you lovely knits! I am glad you persevered! You are communicating!
You are absolutely wonderful!! I wait for it every Friday and Monday!!
Do not worry about the English !
Do not worry about anything!
So enjoy all the time!!
You are amazing!!!! The fact you made yourself do this in English is A HUGE fete! Congratulations on this wonderful accomplishment! You should be very proud of yourself. Your podcasts are a joy to watch. Im so glad i found them. Congratulations and I am wishing you continued success. You’re a great inspiration!❤
I am so glad you followed your heart with English episodes. Your journey is such an inspiration and your English is wonderful.
I was freezing in spring in Amsterdam coming from US but I loved it anyway. I agree no air conditioning at that temp is miserable. I too get grumpy! You don’t look too exposed but I understand. I enjoy your projects and getting to know you! Your English is amazing. I was so impressed with the Dutch ability to use English. My Dutch is very limited but they were gracious when I tried a few words. Keep going! Jonelle from Colorado.
Congratulations Sarah on 10k viewers. I so enjoy your podcasts and so glad you told Miss Perfect to go clean the house and leave me alone! You are such a good e xample to follow your heart….Happy stitching….until Monday, gayle in Minnesota USA.
Congratulations, Sarah!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉. I love your podcast and look forward to every Monday and Friday! 🐑♥️🐑♥️🐑
Thank you! For whatever reason you chose to continue I appreciate. I also appreciate that you don’t feel a need to reply to comments. I very rarely comment as I feel it is a chore to those podcasting, but I sincerely enjoy your efforts. Cheers to you for finding confidence!
Congratulations to you !!! I think your English is just fine. You are well spoken and totally understandable. Stepping out of your comfort zone is a powerful thing and you have done well. Enjoying your videos very much.❤❤❤
Wow!!! I had no clue that you felt so bad about how you speak English !!! Your story is so heartwarming and wonderful. I am SO happy you pushed through that negative self-talk (in English or Dutch) neither is true. I am so enjoying binge watching your episodes and look forward to many years to come. Also I hope that the heart-jumping moments continue in all areas of your life. ♥️👏♥️
Congratulations on your viewer milestone 🎉. I so enjoy watching all your podcasts. Keep up the amazing work 🧶