WIPs, a pie chart, IKEA finds, yarn organization, cat things, a knitting planner + more
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- A current WIP, a blanket or scarf pie chart, IKEA finds, and Q&A’s that cover yarn organization, Mary Maxim, cat things, a knitting planner and more.
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Yikes! I also haven't thought about listing yarn (fabric, sewing machines etc.) on my insurance, but have wondered who I would find to appreciate it all when I'm gone. We must think alike. Thanks for another informative and delightful video. Always look forward to a new episode. My cat also loves to sneak into the loops of my knitting needles...it can be disastrous if you realize too late!
I had never thought about it!! (But now I’m thinking about it.) My husband and I both have some things we probably need to do inventory for … ahh, hobbies. And yes - I watch my circular knitting projects more carefully now. 😂 My cat wants to be in the center of my lap, as close to me as possible and she’ll go through anything to get there. 😊
Welcome to the world of being a crazy cat lady😂. I never had a Siamese, but I understand that they are the smartest of all cats. I had a purebred Maine coon cat years ago, and he was also very intelligent, but kind of did his own thing. All my other cats over the years since childhood had been rescues, like my last cat Cleo who recently passed. She was really sweet as a kitten, but didn’t have much use for me after I started having dogs. But she was very sweet at the end, and let me hold her (she was not the cuddly type of cat ) which is a very precious memory to me.
cats are all so special! ♥️
I have a lot of Rowan yarn too. I now have my yarn organized in weights except for my one bin of Felted Tweed. Let’s agree not to judge each other. 😄💕🧶 my bins are not clear and so I was never really using my stash so last fall i inventoried my yarn, organized it in weight per bin, and then put info about yarn on paper per weight and included yarn company & yarn name, colour, and how many yards I have. So much easier and now I can shop via my stash. Very happy.
No judgement here, and you know it! 😂 I have a healthy collection of Felted Tweed too. It just comes in so many great colors!
I am a fan of the Knitting Planner! There's enough structure as well as "open space" so I can make it my own. Great episode, thanks for hanging out 💖
oh yay - thank you! it was fun to make a planner ... I like open space too. thanks so much for watching!!
OK, I finished watching now. I didn't know you'd made a knitting planner! So cool! I found it on Amazon. :D. I have to look at Mary Maxim patterns now. lol! Love that one you got! I could do it and color it in my cat's colors. (She's mostly white with black spots, I forget what that's called.). Sounds like Dinah is super smart. Our cat meows at us a lot to tell us things too, often to scold us. lol! She's a diva, and not friendly like your Dinah. I'd never thought of putting my yarn etc onto our insurance! Yikes! I was told to do that with my collectibles and musical instruments, so we did, but I hadn't thought of my stash! Fun podcast!!!
Aww, thanks - the planner is fun (and glad you found it on Amazon!) As for Mary Maxim and your cat ... they have a pattern for that, and you could adjust as necessary. They have a calico cat one too! But here's the black and white ... 😂www.marymaxim.com/products/black-and-white-cat-pullover-pattern www.marymaxim.com/products/black-and-white-cat-pullover-pattern Sounds like a bunch of us are thinking about listing our stash on insurance now ... interesting, huh!? Thanks for watching!
This was a fun Q and A. Love the knitting planner, neat idea to use it for any type of creative endeavor, too. Did crocheters ever request one?
Re spiral binding: I agree, a planner that can lay flat is so helpful. Spiral binding would give a whole different look to the physical book, and may take away from the pleasing, minimalist qualities of the design. Unless you found some yellow spirals to match the interior yellow ink. Have you thought about “lay flat binding”? It has been so long since I spec’d a perfect bound book. I remember designing 192-page, data-filled books that needed flexible spines that wouldn’t crack. There must be something similar these days….
spiral binding would be so much better! still looking for a good, cost-efficient way to do that... and no, I never heard from crocheters about the planner but that would be an easy option to make if I do another round of printing!
I think alive on a Saturday afternoon or late morning would be awesome!
I think so too!
Jen, I am enjoying your podcast enormously. I love your creative, open-minded but down-to-earth nature. I am an older knitter, so most of my “podcast buddies” are closer to my daughters in age, but I just love that knitterly friendships transcend age. I actually love learning from younger folks especially, because it gives me such faith in the future.
Keep on doing what you’re doing. You have a unique voice to share.❤️
Aww Nancy - you are too kind! I can't tell you how silly I feel sometimes making videos (something I never, ever thought I would do.) But they are fun to share, and I love watching other knitters' videos too. It's just fun to knit and watch other people talk about knitting and crochet! I'm proud to be your podcast buddy. 😊 Knitting has a way of bringing us all together, all age groups and backgrounds and interests ... I love that. Thank you so much for watching!!
A live chat would be so much fun! Also, I never considered myself a cat person until I had my own cat. We have two now. Jack is a well behaved knitting cat, but Robert is trouble! 🐈⬛🐈
Haha, yeah - my husband wasn't sure he was a cat person, but he's coming around pretty quickly. (You know he's starting to get there when he's sending me cat memes and posting cat pics in his stories. Lol.) Love that you have two fun cats, two different personalities! I had cats as a kid, and we've fostered ... but this has been a long time coming!
I just bought a planner on your site! I love that it's undated so I can start anytime.
Awww, thank you so much! It's a fun one and yes, I like filling in my own days/starting any time too. Planners don't have to start in January! Thanks so much for ordering!
OMG, I made many many Gaptastic cowls 20 years ago! I had no idea that was YOU!
it’s me! 😅
Such a GREAT Saturday video, Jen!!! So many fantastic topics covered! Thank you for your explanation of how you got started designing. I LOVE how it was an accidental beginning. I've been knitting for decades and only just started playing around with changing anything about any pattern. Thank you for your inspiration. It is so gratifying to me that your ways of stash and knitting organization is very much like mine . I am glad you brought up the feel of various yarns and how they feel on your skin. I feel the same as you about mohair and 'scratchy' yarn. Dinah content is so lovely. Welcome to cat world!! A live would be awesome !!
Aww Susan - thanks! I thought this one was going to be boring, so thank you. 😂 Thanks for your Q&A question (happy accident) and it's fun to discover that we organize the same way. And I'm so happy to join cat world!! I was meant to be there all along. A live will happen soon, I'm sure! Thank you, as always, for watching!
the number is right! over 20K projects. that's an amazing story. also this cowl is so timeless. i'm a new knitter and found you through youtube so i had no idea!
Aww, thanks - good old Gaptastic! I still love knitting those and love hearing stories from people who have made one of them (or five) over the years. It's a great beginner pattern for sure, but fun for experienced knitters too. Thanks for watching and happy knitting!
re: insurance. no, it is not in our policy, but it also not that big of a stash. BUT! I do evacuate with it when we leave for hurricanes
See, that's probably enough! very smart. I would too! I have moved mine before if I'm worried about our basement flooding. (Such an interesting thought/question ... this is why I love Q&As!)
I’m enjoying your video channel. Thank you, Jen! “More is more and less is a bore,” is a fantastic quote. Considering how much it’s used, it’s probably common parlance by now, but you might like to know it’s attributed to the late great Iris Apfel.
ooooh, of course - yes! a legend.
Ooohhh great find! Love me some IKEA 🎉
Omg, I remember the Gaptastic cowl! I also once bought a sweater for my husband from the gap, knit hacked it, then returned the sweater 😂
haha, awesome!
YES for the Dinah sweater!!! Thank you for another GREAT Podcast!! This is the highlight of my day!! :)
thank you so much for watching!!
I just love your smiles and energy 😊
You are so kind - thank you!! I feel so silly sharing videos sometimes but it *is* fun. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic video thank you. No my yarn stash is not on our insurance I hadn’t even thought of it 🤔 xxx
I hadn't ever thought of it either! (Interesting!)
I agree, knit what you would use the most. I didn't say that before because to me that's always implied. To me I use both blankets and cowls/infinity scarves ALL THE TIME. I believe scrappy/mini cowls are perfection, because they go with everything, and your whole family could share that too, including your cat.
Definitely - what would get used more is probably the biggest thing to consider. (And yes, we could share both things!)
I never thought about insurance and my yarn collection 😮 might be worth to did a good inventory
Me either!! (This is why I love Q&As sometimes ... interesting stuff!) I might take a look and jot some numbers down just in case.
Hey! Would love a live chat, do it! Your Saturday posts are a weekly highlight. Also love your planner, will check out your website for availability. No to having current insurance on my stash, which I have a room(s), gaah, there is no way I could take it all with me in an emergency. My storage mimics yours. Needles are kept in tins, notions are all in zippered bags in baskets, specific projects bagged or toted as well. Tape measures stashed in every room, love them even though they keep disappearing. Thanks for Knitting for Food, pretty amazing what we can do when we come together. And you are definitely not a crazy cat woman : ) Happy week!
A live chat WOULD be fun! I've never done one, but maybe I'll get brave and pop up in your feed on a Saturday. 😂 Thanks for sharing about your storage - I love hearing how other people store/organize their yarn and supplies. Thanks for helping out with Knit for Food - it really is amazing to see the impact a bunch of knitters can make, just by sharing our hobby and working together. Thank you, I figured I wasn't a crazy cat lady. I'm a normal cat lady. Obsessed. 😂 Happy knitting - thanks for watching!
Hello from Ames! I was planning to go to Fiberpalooza today, but ended up with a respiratory infection. Maybe next year.
awww, so sorry - it's really going around!! take care and rest up - hope you're feeling better soon. (I heard you got a bunch of snow up there!)
Love your planner. Love pen and paper. Nice work. Thanks for, good video.
Thank you so much - I love books, pen and paper so much too. There's nothing like writing out lists and ideas ... fun stuff. Thanks for watching!
New subscriber here…is that a Malm fireplace in the background? I really enjoyed this video and I am focused on all things yellow this season. The Robinia Sweater pattern knit in yellow and ecru is on my loves list. I hope you make the cat sweater 😊
Hi - yes, it's that same style! We love that fireplace ... it was a lucky craigslist score a few years ago. It's a Preway fireplace (we think from the late 60s or 70s) and it's in great shape. The fun thing about it is it's electric too .. so you can plug it in and it's like a space heater, with a fake 'fire' inside. So, so fun. For that reason, we didn't actually install it through our 'real' fireplace, although we could someday. The Robinia is SO cool - I've had my eye on that one too. It would be great in yellow! (And a cat sweater of some kind is definitely happening sometime.)
Can relate about the disappearing tape measures! One year, we got the kids their own as stocking stuffers, but to no avail--those vanished, too!! I have a question for your next Q & A: how do you handle negativity in online comments, here or elsewhere, related to your patterns or videos? I think so many folks are unwilling to put themselves out there, because it feels like exposing yourself to just...the worst. (But also the best? I know it's always both.) I'm curious to know where content creators find the resiliency to keep showing up, and what their strategies are for protecting themselves.
Ha - relatable! I bought the kids their own two but mine are still disappearing! Thanks for the questions for next time - I'll save this! (Great questions.)
enjoyed this soooo much! would love a live! cyndy
great!! I think that would be fun ... maybe on a saturday (soon!)
My stash - mostly in those huge zippered Ikea bags, by yarn weight primarily; and a couple of bins in a kalax system. I have a couple of smaller zippered Ikea bags that I store sweaters quantities in. My stash accumulation comes mostly from the textile center garage sale, so I have those Ikea bags to keep yarn types (jamison type wool for example) until I have enough to knit a sweater. I too LOVE Bookhou, and have one precious notions/tool pouch from her, and her winter book - which I am in the process of making so many things from.
I love those ikea zipper bags! Love hearing how others store and organize yarn, so thanks for sharing. (It would be a dream to shop the Textile Center garage sale .. are you in MN? I've always wanted to go.) Bookhou is so prolific, she does such amazing work (in so many crafts.) I don't have her book and probably need to get it!
Yes, I'm in the twin cities, often times I go to the garage sale 2-3 times on the weekend. The textile center's holiday show is legendary as well. @@JenGeigleyKnits
@@celestedouville2529 it’s been on my list for years - I need to go next time I’m there!
I spy BeWoolen! My LYS. Unfortunately, you got snowed out of meeting us in person. Next time you will be up in Mpls I would love to finally meet in person- and of course KNIT!
I love BeWoolen! I did a few events there pre-pandemic ... such a cool shop! I'm sure I'll be up there again soon. I love MN (and used to live in Plymouth.)
Holy Crap, I made the Gap-tastic cowl for a friend-many moons ago! I didn’t put it in Ravelry.
Also, I would be interested in the Knitting planner. Is it possible to make it a spiral notebook? But no year/dates. ☺️
Love the vibe of your channel. Always such a joy to watch.
haha, yes - that cowl is 14 years old this year! 😅 awesome. I’ve been looking into spiral bound options (but I have to make sure the demand is there before I have a bunch printed.) thanks so much for watching!
Had to say, before I forgot -- I said rounds? Whoops!!! Sorry -- the blanket is definitely in rows. I think in rounds, I guess, because I love color work and had just finished a color work sweater. lol! I'm anxious to see what you choose eventually. Cat blanket -- my cat would just tear it up! lol! She'd love it, but she is mean to fabrics of any kind! lol! Still watching....
no, that's okay!!!! I might have been reading it wrong! rounds, rows ... whatever. thank you so much for responding to my blanket questions ... it's always nice to ask someone who's making it themselves! knitting the blanket really does sound fun ... it's not a race (I tell myself.) 😂
So fun to catch up with you. That neon yellow bag is awesome, I have a translucent Camelbak water bottle in a very similar color which you might also appreciate 😉
I'm sure I missed it somewhere but what's the sweater you have on today? I'm thinking it's an Andrea Mowry pattern right?
oooh, thanks! (I think I might have a similar camelback!) no surprise. 😉 and yes! it's Andrea Mowry''s Metamorphic!
What was the Cure song Dinah liked? Such suspense!!!
Boys Don't Cry 😎
Great episode! You may have mentioned this and I didn't catch it, but what sweater are you wearing in this episode?
Andrea Mowry’s metamorphic
hi - yes! Andrea Mowry's Metamorphic sweater - www.dreareneeknits.com/shop/metamorphic
Have you seen the pinwheel scrap blanket Mina Phillip?
I have not! Going to look right now ...
Hold the yarn double for the blanket?
YES - I've been thinking about that! I think that would solve all my worries. then just get a second kit later ... this one still has enough to keep me busy for a looooong while.
What are you wearing? Gorgeous
It's Metamorphic by Andrea Mowry! :)