For your sewing projects you may need a refresher on placing patterns on grain, etc, it makes a difference on how easily it pieces together, seams, zippers, etc.
You're both literally the neutral knitting queens, lol. Love all of your recent makes! But also super excited to see how your tomato red sweater turns out!
I just started knitting March 2023, and I have loved watching your podcasts! You both have inspired me to start knitting socks, so I just cast on my first pair of vanilla socks 😍 My summer knitting plans are socks & the Ballerina Wrap top by Two of Wands!
🤎🤎🤎 Can't wait to see your beautiful Grace Sweater! Absolutely love the colour you chose! And I love watching your podcast while I'm knitting on my samples! 🥰
Hi Ladies thank you for another fun podcast with your gorgeous inspirational knits.Your sewing projects take me back to my Student Nurse days (1981-1984)I lived in the Nurses home and a few of us had sewing machines.We would go to the local market on our days off and buy material for our nights out as it was so much cheaper than buying new clothes,and more fun.i remember many of them,I also knitted many items too.One the girls I lived with crocheted her wedding dress it was beautiful.I carried on sewing for a while but haven’t done any for approximately 25 years (where did that time go!)I look forward to seeing your future projects Happy knitting and sewing 🧶💐
Finally getting to watch this - sitting down on my weekend morning with coffee and a WIP! Every time I see you in that top, Rachel, and that sweater, Jessica, I want to make them so badly! 😍😍
Jess and Rachel, yall are by far my favorite knitting podcast to watch! I get so many ideas on patterns to knit next. Also love that yall are starting to include sewing too!!!
Love your podcast. We are coming to the KC area sometime in May. What is the best Yarn Store and some fun things to do? We will be going to a couple of museums for sure.
How fun! We really enjoy Unwind in Lee’s Summit and Yarn Social in the West Plaza area. The Yarn Barn is kind of far out, but worth stopping into if you find yourself in Lawrence. We love the Nelson Atkins art museum and the Kemper Art museum is a short walk away. Hope you enjoy your trip!! 😊
I am currently obsessing over sweater and sock knitting. I wanted a few nice/neutral cardigans to wear when I go back into the office next week and watching all these knitting podcasts has really gotten me into sock knitting. I got 52 weeks of socks from my library and can't wait to dive in. Also wanted to add, I'm hoping by summer, I will be working on a cable sweater, but I don't know where to start as I have pictures of one I want to duplicate but no experience in design so I am researching that.
Another fun episode to watch as I relax before starting my workday. A great pattern for your leftover Coast to Coast would be the Bits and Bobs Socks by Morgan of Knitting Nellie.
Thank you! We love catching up with podcast as well! I hadn’t seen that pattern before, but it’s beautiful! It would be perfect for all the leftovers! 😍 ~Jess
Thank you for a lovely episode. I’m knitting with some more bamboo and cotton. I’m making a wide stripe T-shirt. A bit of a practice run for making a T-shirt in peach and white to replicate what Pepsi and Shirley were wearing in Club Tropicana, as we are celebrating my birthday in Spain this year and having a Wham themed evening 😄. Look forward to seeing you next time 😊.
I’m finishing up my birds of a feather shawl, then I plan to pick up my Argil tank I started last summer! I also have plans to sew some Barry pants and a wool fork dress. Halla patterns has a pattern called knotty pants that I want to sew in some black stretch bamboo too! Ooh and I have some silk fabric that I plan to make a button down tank with, but I’ll probably sew a version out of cotton or linen first to make sure I know what I’m doing! I am also in college working on a teaching degree so easy stockinette projects have been my go to lately.
Thanks for sharing your lovely knits and sewn garments. For spring and summer, I think I will be making a few things, but I don't knit all that fast. One I'm making now is Sari Nordlund's Ballard Tee. Next, I'd like to make Summer in Umbria. I think also I might venture into socks. I really love the sock yarn you got.
Both of those designs are so beautiful!! Socks are definitely worth a try, I feel like a lot of people love them or hate them but personally I think they’re great to knit up 🤗
Love watching your podcast. I knit mostly socks so I end up with lots of leftover sock yarn. I’ve been knitting scrappy socks lately trying to use up the leftovers. And that Carrot yarn was definitely looking red.
That’s so funny! I’m wearing my own version of that red TS sweater whilst watching you guys and I used the Cove sweater instructions for the sleeves! For the body I used the Stick Season sweater (without texture) by The Creabea and then added a split hem. Finished it this week and haven’t taken it off ❤
Very excited to see a new episode!!!! Also love to see that you girls knit along on the podcast with us❤❤ I just casted on my first pair of dk socks with a pattern from “The Crazy Sock Lady” but tonight while watching I’m knitting on my “The Weekender” by Andrea Mowery. Thanks for sharing your knitting journey. Kathy from Massachusetts
Rachel... I was a test knitter for the Cove sweater by The.knit.Purl.Girl. It was a great piece and her patterns are so detailed and well-written. It was probably my most worn sweater this winter. It's a drop shoulder but has a very pretty detailed raglan on the back.
Ohh I love this!! Thank you so much for sharing this!! I haven’t swatched yet but when I do, if I can easily get gauge that’s the sweater I’m going to go for 🤗
@@thosetwinswhoknit Rachel, my Ravelry name is the same as my You Tube name. I have some pretty good pictures of different angles of the sweater if you want to look. I did have to go up two sizes because I did not make gauge with my Dk yarn and had to recalculate.
Was so excited to see this video posted and loved getting to work on my ogee socks while I watched it. Thinking I will also be making a shift to more sewing over knitting as we approach the warmer months!
I love working on my knits while watching your podcast! I'm working on a Champagne Cardiagn (my very first cardigan!) in Wool of the Andes in the colorway Almond. I hope to be able to knit as good as y'all do some day!
Rooibos is a tea from Africa, you should try it, it’s a herbal tea, you can add milk to or not, it used to be called something else, and I can never remember,and it drives me crazy😊. Love all the new colours and knits! 🧶
@@christinegiroux8471 I finally remembered, when I first bought it from the health food store 30 years ago it was called Vita tea, I wrote it on my fridge, because I can never find that info on the internet, although once I did, but it is hard to find, and I never remember! I have some in a tin, I should make it tonight! Thanks ☺️
I agree about too much stash being stressful! My LYS went out of business because the owner retired, and I’m drowning in 50% off yarn I wouldn’t normally buy. And while that isn’t something to complain about, I’m trying not to cast anything on until I finish all my WIPs, but it’s stressing me out not knowing what I’m doing with it
That sounds like a good problem to have, but I can imagine it would definitely be overwhelming!! Hopefully the advanced features on ravelrys search functionality can help narrow down some ideas based on the fiber and quantity!
Great to see y’all again! As I watched the podcast, I was working on my solid red Marseille sweater. I felt that it was very apropos since you had a lot of PK projects and a touch of red in this episode. A perfect coincidence! ❤
Thank you!! We always love catching up with your podcast! Right now I love hearing about how your balancing knitting and school. It’s hard when you just want to make everything! 😅
You two make the most beautiful things, both knitted and sewn! I also love beige and light brown colours but they don't suit me. I knit a lot of cream and darker brown tones. But wit all the inspiration lately I now have to have a bright red garment lol! I have many active wips but I finally cast on my husband's Hot Toddy Hoodie in Nutiden plus mohair durning your podcast. I would love to get more into summer sewing but I am too obsessed with knitting to take the time.
It’s funny how all the neutral lovers are suddenly loving red, but we’re here for it! We definitely understand knitting always being first priority! 😊🤍
I have knitted the cable crush cardigan with the wak meripaca in grey. Yes at the beginning she's pealing like crazy, but now she's pealing less and less
Love your podcast! The only problem I have, is the very low sound! i thought initially it was my computer, but i think it might be something on your end. Hope it can be fixed
Please treat yourself to two the blue Chiaogoo Shorties for sleeves. Put the larger size on the dominant hand and a size smaller on other and knit half stitches on each using 2 circular method - you will love it on sweaters and hats and socks.. the red shorties are sizes us3 and smaller. Blue is US4-8. I own two sets of each but I knit most of everyday. You can use any length circular to use 2 circular method fyi. Love you guys. Beautiful fluffy sweaters- my favorite!I am 72 and started knitting at age 7! lol! That’s a lot of knitting 🧶 🧶 🧶!
How would you both describe your personal styles? And how did you figure out what they were? I am trying to be intentional about the patterns I choose to knit and how they will fit into my wardrobe, but sometimes it is hard to figure out how a pattern/color with translate into my closet before I knit it 😅
That’s a good question and honestly one that I don’t think either of us have a solid answer too! We’ve just both found that we tend to gravitate towards certain colors and styles, so we try to stick to making things we know we’ll actually use, but still leave room for creativity! 😊
I also knit the cloud sweater and initially felt the mohair wasn't necessary, but I think it'll help with durability bc the airy yarns are almost like ~ too soft and unstructured. I think thats why the mohair is in it?
Last year I made the Dingley Dell t-shirt from a wool cotton blend. It was fun to knit. But I’ve only worn it once, for about half a day! If it’s hot enough to wear short sleeves, it’s too hot for a knitted garment- for me anyway. All the knitted t-shirts are so cute but the finished product doesn’t really work for me.
I am finding myself in the same boat! We have a few days in the spring and fall that seem to be the perfect weather for knitted tees, but it’s not many. Far fewer than it takes to knit a tee! That is such a lovely design though! 💛
I also just finished knitting the Copenhagen Cartigan! I used drops Puna and it turned out sooooo itchy. Advertised as “super fine baby alpaca”👎 I’ll re knit someday with a better yarn.
Thank you so much for another great episode, I can see those sock leftovers matching for a stripe hype sweater 😍 I wish postage to Australia wasn’t so expensive. Living my coast to coast dream purchases through you ladies. 😂
I didn´t walk, I ran to watch this with cookies, tea and a pile of WIPs.
Thanks for knitting with us!! 🤗🤍
For your sewing projects you may need a refresher on placing patterns on grain, etc, it makes a difference on how easily it pieces together, seams, zippers, etc.
You're both literally the neutral knitting queens, lol. Love all of your recent makes! But also super excited to see how your tomato red sweater turns out!
Ahh thank you so much!! We both love watching your podcast so much so this such a high compliment! 🥰❤️
@@thosetwinswhoknit Well now you just made my day as well! 🥰
I just started knitting March 2023, and I have loved watching your podcasts! You both have inspired me to start knitting socks, so I just cast on my first pair of vanilla socks 😍 My summer knitting plans are socks & the Ballerina Wrap top by Two of Wands!
🤎🤎🤎 Can't wait to see your beautiful Grace Sweater! Absolutely love the colour you chose! And I love watching your podcast while I'm knitting on my samples! 🥰
Ahh thank you so much!! I am loving how this sweater is knitting up so much!! I’m hoping to get to share a finished version of it next time 🤗💛
Love to see both knitting and sewing.
I’m currently knitting Sari Nordlund’s Poet socks.
All the coffee colors are ✨! And the red(ish).
The Poet Socks will forever be a favorite pattern for both of us! Hope you’re enjoying working on them! 🤍
Hi Ladies thank you for another fun podcast with your gorgeous inspirational knits.Your sewing projects take me back to my Student Nurse days (1981-1984)I lived in the Nurses home and a few of us had sewing machines.We would go to the local market on our days off and buy material for our nights out as it was so much cheaper than buying new clothes,and more fun.i remember many of them,I also knitted many items too.One the girls I lived with crocheted her wedding dress it was beautiful.I carried on sewing for a while but haven’t done any for approximately 25 years (where did that time go!)I look forward to seeing your future projects Happy knitting and sewing 🧶💐
Finally getting to watch this - sitting down on my weekend morning with coffee and a WIP! Every time I see you in that top, Rachel, and that sweater, Jessica, I want to make them so badly! 😍😍
Jess and Rachel, yall are by far my favorite knitting podcast to watch! I get so many ideas on patterns to knit next. Also love that yall are starting to include sewing too!!!
Thank you so much, that is so kind of you to say! ☺️ it seriously makes our day!! 💛💛
Just lost a DPN I was used for my first pair of socks and had to finish with 1 less needle lol.
Love your podcast. We are coming to the KC area sometime in May. What is the best Yarn Store and some fun things to do? We will be going to a couple of museums for sure.
How fun! We really enjoy Unwind in Lee’s Summit and Yarn Social in the West Plaza area. The Yarn Barn is kind of far out, but worth stopping into if you find yourself in Lawrence. We love the Nelson Atkins art museum and the Kemper Art museum is a short walk away. Hope you enjoy your trip!! 😊
Ty so much you guys. Lovely show 😃👏🏼🥰🧶
I am currently obsessing over sweater and sock knitting. I wanted a few nice/neutral cardigans to wear when I go back into the office next week and watching all these knitting podcasts has really gotten me into sock knitting. I got 52 weeks of socks from my library and can't wait to dive in. Also wanted to add, I'm hoping by summer, I will be working on a cable sweater, but I don't know where to start as I have pictures of one I want to duplicate but no experience in design so I am researching that.
Another fun episode to watch as I relax before starting my workday. A great pattern for your leftover Coast to Coast would be the Bits and Bobs Socks by Morgan of Knitting Nellie.
Thank you! We love catching up with podcast as well! I hadn’t seen that pattern before, but it’s beautiful! It would be perfect for all the leftovers! 😍 ~Jess
Thank you for a lovely episode. I’m knitting with some more bamboo and cotton. I’m making a wide stripe T-shirt. A bit of a practice run for making a T-shirt in peach and white to replicate what Pepsi and Shirley were wearing in Club Tropicana, as we are celebrating my birthday in Spain this year and having a Wham themed evening 😄. Look forward to seeing you next time 😊.
I love your podcast and would love to see more your sewing projects - as I am (re)starting sewing after many years pausing… need inspiration ❤
I’m finishing up my birds of a feather shawl, then I plan to pick up my Argil tank I started last summer! I also have plans to sew some Barry pants and a wool fork dress. Halla patterns has a pattern called knotty pants that I want to sew in some black stretch bamboo too!
Ooh and I have some silk fabric that I plan to make a button down tank with, but I’ll probably sew a version out of cotton or linen first to make sure I know what I’m doing!
I am also in college working on a teaching degree so easy stockinette projects have been my go to lately.
Those all sound like great summer plans!! 😊🤍
My Copenhagen Cardigan is on the blocking mat right now and I just cast on a Margaux Top inspired by you two…always love your color choices 🤎
Ahh both of those are going to be so beautiful on you!! We’ll be so excited to see them!! 🤗💛
Thanks for sharing your lovely knits and sewn garments. For spring and summer, I think I will be making a few things, but I don't knit all that fast. One I'm making now is Sari Nordlund's Ballard Tee. Next, I'd like to make Summer in Umbria. I think also I might venture into socks. I really love the sock yarn you got.
Both of those designs are so beautiful!! Socks are definitely worth a try, I feel like a lot of people love them or hate them but personally I think they’re great to knit up 🤗
Love watching your podcast. I knit mostly socks so I end up with lots of leftover sock yarn. I’ve been knitting scrappy socks lately trying to use up the leftovers. And that Carrot yarn was definitely looking red.
That’s so funny! I’m wearing my own version of that red TS sweater whilst watching you guys and I used the Cove sweater instructions for the sleeves! For the body I used the Stick Season sweater (without texture) by The Creabea and then added a split hem. Finished it this week and haven’t taken it off ❤
Ahh great minds think alike!! I can’t wait to cast my own on!! 🤗❤️ I love the idea that you combined patterns! That’s such a good idea!!
I’m currently working on the cumulus blouse O neck 😍 As always I love watching your episode 🥰
Very excited to see a new episode!!!! Also love to see that you girls knit along on the podcast with us❤❤ I just casted on my first pair of dk socks with a pattern from “The Crazy Sock Lady” but tonight while watching I’m knitting on my “The Weekender” by Andrea Mowery. Thanks for sharing your knitting journey. Kathy from Massachusetts
We haven’t made the Weekender yet, but it seems to be a classic! Thanks for knitting with us! 😊
Instead of dpn’s try two 16 inch circulars. They don’t slither away or out of your knitting. I love them.
Rachel... I was a test knitter for the Cove sweater by The.knit.Purl.Girl. It was a great piece and her patterns are so detailed and well-written. It was probably my most worn sweater this winter. It's a drop shoulder but has a very pretty detailed raglan on the back.
Ohh I love this!! Thank you so much for sharing this!! I haven’t swatched yet but when I do, if I can easily get gauge that’s the sweater I’m going to go for 🤗
@@thosetwinswhoknit Rachel, my Ravelry name is the same as my You Tube name. I have some pretty good pictures of different angles of the sweater if you want to look. I did have to go up two sizes because I did not make gauge with my Dk yarn and had to recalculate.
Was so excited to see this video posted and loved getting to work on my ogee socks while I watched it. Thinking I will also be making a shift to more sewing over knitting as we approach the warmer months!
The ogee socks are so beautiful! 🤍
I love working on my knits while watching your podcast! I'm working on a Champagne Cardiagn (my very first cardigan!) in Wool of the Andes in the colorway Almond. I hope to be able to knit as good as y'all do some day!
Ahh it’s going to be beautiful!! The champagne cardigan is one of our most worn pieces for both of us!! 💛
Rooibos is a tea from Africa, you should try it, it’s a herbal tea, you can add milk to or not, it used to be called something else, and I can never remember,and it drives me crazy😊. Love all the new colours and knits! 🧶
Omg I have that in my assorted tea pack. I've been avoiding it for the longest time 😂
Ohh we’ll have to try it soon! Especially before we both knit up our skeins with the same name! ☺️🤍
The translation is red bush. Could that be what you are thinking of?
@@christinegiroux8471 I finally remembered, when I first bought it from the health food store 30 years ago it was called Vita tea, I wrote it on my fridge, because I can never find that info on the internet, although once I did, but it is hard to find, and I never remember! I have some in a tin, I should make it tonight! Thanks ☺️
I agree about too much stash being stressful! My LYS went out of business because the owner retired, and I’m drowning in 50% off yarn I wouldn’t normally buy. And while that isn’t something to complain about, I’m trying not to cast anything on until I finish all my WIPs, but it’s stressing me out not knowing what I’m doing with it
That sounds like a good problem to have, but I can imagine it would definitely be overwhelming!! Hopefully the advanced features on ravelrys search functionality can help narrow down some ideas based on the fiber and quantity!
This was amazing! Love y'alls projects, especially the pops of red. Can't wait for the next video.
Great to see y’all again! As I watched the podcast, I was working on my solid red Marseille sweater. I felt that it was very apropos since you had a lot of PK projects and a touch of red in this episode. A perfect coincidence! ❤
Ahh we are on the same wavelength!! ☺️❤️ that will be so beautiful!!
@@thosetwinswhoknit Thank you! Yes, great minds think alike. 😆
I absolutely love watching you guys. You both seem so sweet and I love both of the projects you're wearing. Happy knitting ladies ❤❤
Thank you so much for both the kind words and for knitting a long with us! 😊🤍
Ahhhhh what a lovely podcast!!!!! I love EVERYTHING you two have made and are working on!!!!!
Thank you!! We always love catching up with your podcast! Right now I love hearing about how your balancing knitting and school. It’s hard when you just want to make everything! 😅
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You two make the most beautiful things, both knitted and sewn! I also love beige and light brown colours but they don't suit me. I knit a lot of cream and darker brown tones. But wit all the inspiration lately I now have to have a bright red garment lol! I have many active wips but I finally cast on my husband's Hot Toddy Hoodie in Nutiden plus mohair durning your podcast.
I would love to get more into summer sewing but I am too obsessed with knitting to take the time.
It’s funny how all the neutral lovers are suddenly loving red, but we’re here for it! We definitely understand knitting always being first priority! 😊🤍
Loving the ruffle socks! Have you ever tried only a 2.5 mm 9"? I'm still switching to a long needle for a bit at the heal but I'm a convert.😆
We both find that our shoulders get really stiff and hands hurt when trying the 9” circulars, so maybe we’re doing something wrong! 😅
I have knitted the cable crush cardigan with the wak meripaca in grey. Yes at the beginning she's pealing like crazy, but now she's pealing less and less
Oh that is helpful!! It’s good to know what to expect! I’m considering adding mohair but was loving the idea of going without.. so we will see 😅
Love your podcast! I also LOVE all the beige!
Working on socks. Trying to do a pair a month. My summer knitting includes a cardigan and a sweater.
Love hearing that you’re going to keep knitting sweaters/cardigans through the summer :) we may be joining you on that! 🤗
Love your podcast! The only problem I have, is the very low sound! i thought initially it was my computer, but i think it might be something on your end. Hope it can be fixed
Thank you for letting us know! We’ll look into that to see if it’s something on our end.
As usual very enjoyable podcast.
Please treat yourself to two the blue Chiaogoo Shorties for sleeves. Put the larger size on the dominant hand and a size smaller on other and knit half stitches on each using 2 circular method - you will love it on sweaters and hats and socks.. the red shorties are sizes us3 and smaller. Blue is US4-8. I own two sets of each but I knit most of everyday. You can use any length circular to use 2 circular method fyi. Love you guys. Beautiful fluffy sweaters- my favorite!I am 72 and started knitting at age 7! lol! That’s a lot of knitting 🧶 🧶 🧶!
I think the mohair in cloud sweater is there more for the strucure as the eco soft is not much solid strand❤
I hadn’t considered that, but I bet you’re exactly right!!
How would you both describe your personal styles? And how did you figure out what they were? I am trying to be intentional about the patterns I choose to knit and how they will fit into my wardrobe, but sometimes it is hard to figure out how a pattern/color with translate into my closet before I knit it 😅
That’s a good question and honestly one that I don’t think either of us have a solid answer too! We’ve just both found that we tend to gravitate towards certain colors and styles, so we try to stick to making things we know we’ll actually use, but still leave room for creativity! 😊
I also knit the cloud sweater and initially felt the mohair wasn't necessary, but I think it'll help with durability bc the airy yarns are almost like ~ too soft and unstructured. I think thats why the mohair is in it?
That’s a really good point! I hadn’t considered that, but I bet that’s why it’s included!
It can also be added to help minimize pilling. Especially with a really soft fluffy base yarn.
Last year I made the Dingley Dell t-shirt from a wool cotton blend. It was fun to knit. But I’ve only worn it once, for about half a day! If it’s hot enough to wear short sleeves, it’s too hot for a knitted garment- for me anyway. All the knitted t-shirts are so cute but the finished product doesn’t really work for me.
I am finding myself in the same boat! We have a few days in the spring and fall that seem to be the perfect weather for knitted tees, but it’s not many. Far fewer than it takes to knit a tee! That is such a lovely design though! 💛
Love what you are both wearing! Jessica do you think I could use a fingering and a mohair for the fortune sweater?
I haven’t swatched, but I definitely think you could! It’s a very similar gauge to some of her other sweaters that use that yarn combo. 😊
I also just finished knitting the Copenhagen Cartigan! I used drops Puna and it turned out sooooo itchy. Advertised as “super fine baby alpaca”👎 I’ll re knit someday with a better yarn.
Oh no! That’s so disappointing! Maybe you can wear it over long sleeve t shirts so it’s not touching skin?
What kind of dpn needles do you like for your socks? Great podcast, as always.
We both use the Chiaogoo 6 inch DPNs for socks! Usually US 2 because we’re such tight knitters!
Thank you so much for another great episode, I can see those sock leftovers matching for a stripe hype sweater 😍 I wish postage to Australia wasn’t so expensive. Living my coast to coast dream purchases through you ladies. 😂
Ohh that’s a really good idea to incorporate them into a garment! 😍
Rachel, do you recall what size needles you used for your Margaux top using the Illimani Sabri 2 yarn? Thank you!
Yes, it was wayyy different than the pattern recommended 🙈 I used a US 7 on DK yarn!
Rachel ... on your test knit I wonder if dropping your two strands of mohair in the purl bump row could have been an option?🤷♀️
Ohh I wish I had thought of that! Or dropping thr merino and just doing it with the mohair? 🤔
I love the painting of the vase behind you. What is it?
Thank you! It’s a print by an artist named Carla Llanos! I ordered it online at some point because I really liked it 🤗
What’s wrong with UA-cam? I subbed on episode 1 but am now not subscribed. You two deserve millions of subscribers x
That is so kind of you! Thank you! 😊
& St.Louis take a point 😂
Roobios is an african bush tea and yummy.
We’re definitely going to be keeping an eye out for it so we can try it soon! 😊
Socken is german and means socks so calling them Melitta socks is very apropriate😊
Oh thank you for this!! That is so helpful and kind of you to share! 🤗