I listen to you today (2/14/2024- Happy Valiant Human Day! - my renaming of Valentines' Day) while I do the hand finishing on a luxurious cashmere coat I am altering for a customer. I loved hearing the Rumi poem. Thank you, It is one of my favorites. I keep it on the inside of my front door. Here is another of my favorite quotes that I have returned to again and again to to help me cultivate neutrality, and freely Loving myself and Other. It is by William Blake; - " He who bends to himself a Joy, does the winged Life destroy, but he who kisses the Joy as it flies, lives in Eternity's sunrise. "
Thank you for keeping me company this month as I sit, knit and sip my coffee in the mornings. I have watched all your videos. You have inspired me with your knitting, you have added to my travel destination wish list and you have given me food for thought. I think that is time well spent. 🇨🇦
Flax (Flachs in german language) is the plant. Linen (Leinen in german language) is the fiber /woven fabric. 😊 I love your podcast so much, also the videos of your jouneys. Your knitted garments are gorgeous. You are one of the most talented makers I have ever met. 👍💖 Huggs from Fairy Tale Cottage, Schurwald Forest, Germany. 🌲 🌲 🌲 💟
Thank you for the little lesson in not judging all that we see and experience. And instead come with an open & neutral mind with no expectations. We can never fully experience a thing if we have a preconceived notion of what that something is. Instead, we can just trust and allow things to be revealed in their own way. ❤
Helle in terms of your cardigan decision - I like the Madeleine cardigan. I think that the playful quality of the cardigan will complement the beautiful colourful yarn you have chosen. I also like the second one you illustrated - I forget the name but it was blue. It’s not too busy and I think its simplicity would be agreeable to your yarn selection. Good luck,😊
Thank you so much for another excellent video! I really love listening to you talking about the quotes, I've learned so much. Please keep them coming, I really appreciate it! Could you consider sharing more about your readings and spiritual studies?
Thank you so much for this video. It is a pleasure to spend time with you. I always look forward to your next one. Your voice is relaxing and your accent beautiful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights. I live in Québec Canada. My mother tongue is French. I like to think we have a lot in common. Never done cable work yet but i am getting motivated. Your choice of patterns are gorgeous. ❤
Your videos are so special, dear Helle, and I'm always happy to see and hear you... it's so much more than knitting! Your thought processes inspire me every time and it's really enriching to watch your videos. All your knitting projects are so appealing, beautiful and always special too... keep it up ... I am already looking forward to the next time, warm regards from me to you 💕🌸💕
Loved seeing you and your knits today ❤ thank you for sharing all the beautiful knitting words. Mine is “lifeline”. It saved me and now it tethers me. 🪁 I haven’t posted a full writeup of my son’s Icelandic Riddari in Letlopi as part of the Nordic knit along, but I hope so soon. Now I’m on to another one for my husband. Happy to be considered for the giveaway, Helle ❤
A lovely poem to begin your podcast. I am also attracted to yarns for their names, and sometimes, put off yarns for the same reason. Such beautiful knits again in this podcast. It was a treat to see inside Loop. I could spend hours in yarn shops, almost as long as I can spend in book shops! I enjoyed the many and varied words on knitting. Thank you for your company while I sit and knit. And I love cables. I would try to take part if you did another knitalong, I was too late for this one.
I am just finishing the Half and Half triangle wrap with Holst Garn yarn. I would like to participate in your Nordic Kal , try to enter on Ravelry but was not able to. Always love your podcast, you are one of my favourite
I wanted to say that your violet/light purple chunky jumper would look amazing without sleeves at all! The side without a sleeve looks perfect as it is :)
Hi Helle! I’m back with my usual wall of text, but there’s just so much I want to respond to. 😂 I did exactly the same thing with vests. I would see them in my Ravelry travels and think “Nice, but not for me”, until I ran across the Dige Vest (made with Woolfolk Fleck) and fell in love. I made one, and it has become one of my very favorite pieces, so now I never discount any category completely. Lesson learned. 😏 Re: Stubbornness and so forth - YES. My daughter is Autistic, and one of the things we work on is flexibility. If you can’t have exactly the thing you want, there’s a lot to be said for making do with what you can have, or “going with the flow” so to speak. It makes for a much more peaceful and enjoyable life if you’re not walking around miserable all the time, and you can open yourself to new things and experiences. I try to not judge anything or anyone until I have a lot of information, and even then - life is complicated, and I don’t necessarily believe anything is “good” or “bad”. There’s a lot more to it than that. Re: steeking - I know nothing about the subject, I'm afraid, so can't offer advice, but I look forward to seeing where you take it! I found out after knitting my Nordic knitalong project that I can't wear baby alpaca, even with a long sleeved shirt underneath it. Sooooo, I completely relate to your sensitive skin issues - I am quite the delicate flower myself. 🤣 All of your work is beautiful, but wow, that shawl is incredible! I’ve never looked twice at that pattern before, but the color you chose is stunning. There’s a real depth to it I’ve never seen in any of the project pictures. 😍 I think Loop of London is adorable! I follow them on Instagram, and I would love to be able to pop over for a visit someday. Their shop looks very sweet and cozy. If you ever need a Woolfolk mule, just let me know. They’re semi-local to me, so my favorite yarn shop stocks all of their stuff, and we don’t pay sales tax here, so it would just be actual yarn cost + shipping. ☺ Thank you for another lovely video that kept me company while I knit! 🥰
Wow, everything you said at the beginning all just hit me exactly where I needed today. I know this was a couple of weeks ago, but it was for me today. Thanks for your words of wisdom 🙏. I'm a knew knitter. I'm maybe 1 month into this fun hobby. I am so that person who buys wool and yarn because I love it with no plan at all. I've finally understood why that is not ok 😕. But you're right. You like the things you like. I've done a couple of cable things for my first projects, and anyone who's a pro knitter looks at me asking cable already? I didn't know why they looked at me like that until now. Apparently, I jumped head first into knitting. I get bored of easy stiches, so I do need something different as I go. I've done maybe 10 hats but using super bulky yarn so I can see a project finish and fill accomplish faster. I want to work on so many things but only have two hands. 😕 I really just want to practice making things just so i can get into sweaters and lacy tops. My favorite items I want to make are sweaters that are very female looking. Something with bell sleeves and a very beautiful look to it. That you know a woman wears it. That's my kind of look. Thanks for your videos. I've watched a few of your videos now and love listening to you talk. ❤
Your comments here reminded me of the news, some years ago, of the results of a survey done by some large organization, to find the "happiest people on the planet." The winners were the Danes, the reason being their "reasonable expectations of life." 🙂
I love your podcasts. Your videos have the feel of friendship and community. When I watch your videos it’s like knitting and chatting with a like minded friend. My daughter lives in Copenhagen. I’d love to meet you next time I visit Copenhagen.
I always enjoy your podcasts and get a lot of inspiration for yarns and future knits. I entered the Nordic KAL and have uploaded my finished object in Ravelry, the Franky Sweater by Sandnes Garn knitted in Borstet Alpaca. Since finishing that though I have also finished the Salty Days Sweater by Veronika Lindberg (Kutovakika). Definitely lots of lovely Nordic patterns out there!
Hello Helle, I, too, have purchased yarn because I like the name - more than once. Last year at a yarn festival I bought a colorway called "Stay Gold, Ponyboy" which is a line from an American novel written in the 60s, The Outsiders. It was my favorite book when I was young (I think it's called a tween - older than 9 but younger than 13?). Coppola made the book into a movie in the 80s but I already had my vision of all the characters and scenes years before he made the film. I spent a bit of time picking my favorite skein from those available on the table and put some gold sequins in the cuff of the socks I knitted. Another great podcast. I really enjoy your musings. - Katy (yarn: Bigfoot Yarn Company, Wendigo Sock base)
I really enjoy your podcast as I am a fellow fynbo living in the US! You are such a productive and skilled knitter and I love all the finished products. I both knit and sew and have lost my knitting mojo at the moment but enjoy watching other peoples knitting for inspiration. I really like the deep blue/black LBA color for the beautiful shawl you are knitting. It is very flattering with your skin tone and brings out your eyes. ❤️🧶🇩🇰
The Nordic Knitalong certainly inspired me too and I finished a few from Nordic designers. My favourite was the Kuutar Top which was in one of the first I watched of your episodes. I look forward to all of your episodes now. You are such a lovely knitting companion and your mindful sidebars and quotes are always spot on. 😊❤🧶
I love when you start your podcast talking about the weather, and a saying also your geography was good. I really love the pink/ red yarn it will be stunning. The Loop looks like a great shop. Thank you
One of my words is "Generational" I often think to myself when I am knitting of women throughout history sitting around in fellowship with other women knitting and creating for survival. The socks for war, the sweater for comfort, the hat for the cold. I reflect that as I stitch, women all over the world now are creating as women have done for centuries before. It feels like a string connects us all through time and space. Anyway, that is my thought. Thank you for the continued inspiration and education.
Thank you for another beautiful podcast. I really loved the video from Loop of London. I enjoy seeing yarn shops, likely those I will never visit in person. Your knits are absolutely stunning. The vest you are working on is so gorgeous and the cables are so squishy looking. I love suri yarn as well , there does not seem to the quantity relative to other yarns. Looking forward to your next podcast.
COLOR IS BEAUTIFUL ON YOU, I HAVE SIMILAR COLORING & THIS IS A NEW FASHION COLOR. DUE TO THE SERIES’OUTLANDERS’ I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS FINISHED! IF YOU DON’T WANT I WILL GLADLY TAKE IT OFF YOU HANDS, ITS ABOVE MY ABILITY. BAD ARTHRITIS 😢 I SO ENJOY YOUR SHOW , YOU HAVE A PEACEFUL CADENCE. THANK YOU
Loved the podcast today. I knit the Helix 2 years ago in that labien aimee hot pink to honor that scary journey. To date a fabulous sweater that is worn often. Not too hot and is perfect in summer as well. Cheers.
Oh I just realized I had something to post for a Nordic design. How delightful to find fellow knitting podcasters near your home and talk knitting. Love your knitting
Beautiful knits, as always! I feel so drawn to the nordic style. And I also love knitting cables and mostly use a cable knit. Makes my knitting slower, but for me the result looks better. Crossing stitches without a needle is okay when it is only one stitch, but with a four stitch cable I definitly prefer the extra needle. Otherwise my cables don't look tidy and I confess: I am a perfectionist.
It seems to be Danish week for me this week. 🇩🇰 I went to a concert of the lovely Danish women's folk band "Vesselil" from Fyn in Berlin the other day. And now I'm listening to your latest podcast episode.
Thank you for this lovely space of calm inspiration. I've just tried your genius way to join a new ball of Snefnug on my Badger and Bloom sweater - amazing. x
I really like the inserts you made showing how you work cables. It's helpful for some of us beginners to see it rather than trying to read about it. BTW, yes, I agree that the purple cable sweater's sleeves are rather voluminous. I think it will overwhelm the wearer unless you are 6 feet tall. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to your next video!
I enjoy your quotes. Lately, I have had cables on my mind. Thankyou for giving me more inspiration for getting a cable project started. Your knits are beautiful.
Thank you Helle for another wonderful podcast. Such beautiful textural knits 🥰 in such gorgeous colours. I love Rumi and that quote always makes me exhale and smile. Words are magic! Nordic knitalong, I just realised I did an “other loops” pattern recently so I’m in 💪🏻😂 Thanks for sharing, happy knitting, Karen 🥰
Love your outlook and insights...knitting and otherwise. 😊 here's a word for you....transporting. I haven't yet entered the #NordicKAL. So..if I may...I'm attempting the Sandes Garn Double Tofler slippers in an Icelandic yarn I was fortunate to have thrifted...but have lost the band.😔
From Alberta, Canada I love all of your monthly video's and I am always shock by how much you get knitted between video's. I am not a fast knitter or can knit for long my fingers get tired because I am not a relaxed knitter any tips on how I get faster and more relaxed I would love to hear them♥
Thanks Helle! The La Bien Aimee coral pink tone is so beautiful - it'll be fun to see what you choose to knit with it. Remaining open and non-judgemental in anticipation of life in general is a wonderful reminder of a 'a way of being'.
I do enjoy watching your videos. Your work is beautiful and inspires me to knit more, rather than crochet. I personally think the colour of the shawl will be stunning with your complexion. Warm regards from Brisbane, Australia.
Hi Helle, I just realized I did participate, knitting the Gunta cowl by Helga Isager,and I used all yarn that I naturally dyed with mushrooms, and I spun all the contrast colours as well. It turned out very well, and I am super happy with it😊 and I can’t wait for the Isager archive collection!
I completely forgot about the Nordic Knitalong! And I'm currently knitting a sweater using Anne Ventzel's pattern and the Swedish unspun yarn Nutiden. What a coincidence😯
♥ from 🇦🇺. Always a relaxing pleasure to watch. It has been interesting watching you grow and expand your choices in patterns, yarn and colours. Thank you.
Just love all your knits. You are a very good knitter. I’m so excited to see what you make. I haven’t started sweaters yet but I’m running a bit hot. I’m from Canada 🇨🇦 in Ontario, the Toronto area and we’ve had a very mild winter. The east coast and the west coast of Canada have been hit hard with snow and cold temperatures but not here in Ontario. So nice to see you, take care !!
Thank you again for a most inspiring podcast. I always come away with some great ideas for future projects. Seeing what you have chosen to knit and using those luscious yarns encourages me to keep exploring the world of knitting!😊. I will post on Ravelry at your knitalong to show the Klukka I knit from Lopi yarn, fit perfectly and first time with that yarn and pattern. I’m also a redhead with sensitive skin but have found I can wear this dress with a turtleneck and tights comfortably.
Wonderful WIP’s and I love and enjoyed hearing about your projects. My word would be “language” as I can compare knitting to learning or knowing a new language that only other knitters can understand. 😉🙏🏼♥️🧶
I enjoy watching your knitting episodes and find your musings, knitting projects and plans inspirational. I, also, enjoyed participating in the #nordicknitalong. As a participant, I knitted the Sarang sweater by Aegyoknit and the Rococo and Tritone pullovers by Sari Nordlund. Thank you.
I think you look amazing in that winterfell color! ❤. The yarn you chose is perfect with gorgeous stitch definition. I think navy blue is a universally flattering color, but lately I’ve decided to knit with the colors that make my heart sing. (No good or bad colors in keeping with your opening sentiment.) Helle, you are such an inspiration and a pleasure to spend time with. Thanks so much for sharing. Take good care. Lisa 🤗
That fantasy comment really hit home! Of course I don’t think about wearing my latest knit as I wipe the kitchen surfaces or sweep the balcony … I’m an indescribably beautiful, angelic creature transformed by my attire, disarming those handsome, aloof suitors and inspiring admiring envy as I waft along leafy paths illuminated by pools of golden sun…😊 Thanks for another super podcast. I like that blue shawl a lot. There’s a home here if you decide the colour doesn’t suit you 😉❤️
Thanks again for your uplifting podcast! I am always looking forward to these! I just finished my Anne Ventzel Robinia sweater knitted with Plotulopi , which I happen to like a lot and have knitted many many sweaters with . It is scratchy but it's OK. Funny thing is, that I want to knit Nola cardigan which you just finished by Yamarara , You inspired me ! I am missing 3 plates of exact color Plotulopi, which you have as one of the prices for Nordic knit along. I hope I will be a winner for Plotulopi!! It would be weird but fun coincidence.........
Hej Helle 😊 jeg blev præsenteret for dine podcasts af en sød veninde, som mente, at de måtte være noget for mig. Og mon ikke ☺️ du gjorde min juleferie ekstra hyggelig. Jeg slugte først alle dine strikke-podcasts, og da der ikke var flere af dem, blev det til dine og familiens rejser. Ja det endte med, at jeg så alt fra start til slut 😄 og nøj jeg hyggede mig. Jeg blev super glad, da jeg så, at du nu havde lavet et nyt afsnit 😊, og det var lige så hyggeligt og inspirerende, som alle de andre har været. Tak for dig ☺️
Hej Helle! Again, you are so inspiring and thanks for your thoughts on the different types of yarn you knit with. As a beginner knitter with sweaters (until recently I just knit socks) I love the Holst Garn I bought during my last vacation in 🇩🇰. So many colours to choose from and its ideal to try different styles and patterns. I have a sweater for a friend on my needles in a blue heather color. 🌟
I live in the UK and have visited Loop several times. They are my go to on line store too. Fabulous podcast as usual, thank you for sharing your wonderful WIPs and FOs, the Javelin may be going int my queue
As for the knitalong! I'm currently knitting a simple blouse using Önling yarn AND an Önling pattern! Evelyn Blouse, though I'm skipping the stripes and just doing the ribbing in a contrast color :)
As it is the height of Summer here in west Australia, I am enjoying cables, as I am on square 2 of Norah's Vintage Afghan, 20 squares knit in pieces with 20 individual travelling stitch/cable stitch design for the squares. Each square is a little win, and a learning opportunity, and they will be seamed together at the end the year. I will get back to garments etc when the weather cools down.
I love you podcasts! They are so inspiring but also calmimg. I’m a Finnish knitter, knitting in Canada 🇫🇮🇨🇦 I’ll currently working on a sweater pattern Esteri from Novitaknits made in Novitaknits 7 brothers yarn 😊
Thank you so much - you are always so inspiring! Love to join the nordicknitalong with my first lace project from Sari Nordlund 💕 Your style and colours are beautiful!
Subscriber here. With each episode I grow more fond of your style of presenting, although I am a cable-avoider. At the moment at least. So true how we change from one season or time to the next. Love your foray into colors!! I am short of stature and so must be mindful of the positive ease so as not to look too sloppy. Thank you for the calm and accepting/open tone with which you describe your knitting journey. It helps me. 😊
So enjoyable to share some knitting time with you! Thanks again for a lovely podcast. Every time I watch your podcast I find myself adding another sweater pattern to my wish list. This time it is the Cardi Cocoon. Just finished the Moby sweater by Petite Knit in Sweet Georgia yarn which is local to me.
If you ever end up going to Chiswick, highly recommend visiting the yarn shop in Richmond as well (Knit With Me). Amazing shop, a short walk from Richmond Park.
Hello. I really enjoy every minute of your podcasts. I'm going to take a look at that gorgeous armour shawl. I've been off shawls for awhile but feel drawn to that one. It's beautiful as are all of your knits. Thank you.
Hi Helle, I participated in the nordic kal on ravelry. I knit the linescapes cardigan by Veronika Lindberg aka kutovakika, I used the recommended yarn, snefsnug by camarose, held single in a lovely powder pink shade. Thank you for the lovely podcast episode!
Always waiting for your videos! And your quotes and insight / thoughts... just love it and it gives me sooo much back ❤❤ and I relate to your last thought on fantasy and where you see yourself wearing your knits🥰🤯❤️
Beautiful talk about ego and judgement and connectedness. We are all part of source. Yes, to walking around “loosely!” ♥️🐑♥️🐑♥️
I listen to you today (2/14/2024- Happy Valiant Human Day! - my renaming of Valentines' Day) while I do the hand finishing on a luxurious cashmere coat I am altering for a customer. I loved hearing the Rumi poem. Thank you, It is one of my favorites. I keep it on the inside of my front door. Here is another of my favorite quotes that I have returned to again and again to to help me cultivate neutrality, and freely Loving myself and Other. It is by William Blake; - " He who bends to himself a Joy, does the winged Life destroy, but he who kisses the Joy as it flies, lives in Eternity's sunrise. "
Thank you for that quote 🙏🏻😚❤️
I love that, Valiant Human Day! ❤ I'm going to borrow that😊.
The William Blake quote is beautiful, thanks for sharing.
You're podcasts are so delightful Helle. I'm always happy when a new video pops up in my feed. You've taken the format to a new and fascinating place.
Aw that’s so kind of you to say, thank you 😌🤍
I loved your podcast, what a delightful time with you
Thank you for keeping me company this month as I sit, knit and sip my coffee in the mornings. I have watched all your videos. You have inspired me with your knitting, you have added to my travel destination wish list and you have given me food for thought. I think that is time well spent. 🇨🇦
Oh, thank you so much for your generous comment 🥰❤️
Thank you. I always enjoy your choices and aesthetic -- but that shawl! I love the idea of wrapping myself in armor; the color is perfect.
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Flax (Flachs in german language) is the plant. Linen (Leinen in german language) is the fiber /woven fabric. 😊
I love your podcast so much, also the videos of your jouneys.
Your knitted garments are gorgeous. You are one of the most talented makers I have ever met. 👍💖 Huggs from Fairy Tale Cottage, Schurwald Forest, Germany. 🌲 🌲 🌲 💟
Hugs right back to you 🌲💚🤎😚
Thank you for the little lesson in not judging all that we see and experience. And instead come with an open & neutral mind with no expectations.
We can never fully experience a thing if we have a preconceived notion of what that something is. Instead, we can just trust and allow things to be revealed in their own way. ❤
Exactly this 🙏🏻😚❤️
Helle in terms of your cardigan decision - I like the Madeleine cardigan. I think that the playful quality of the cardigan will complement the beautiful colourful yarn you have chosen. I also like the second one you illustrated - I forget the name but it was blue. It’s not too busy and I think its simplicity would be agreeable to your yarn selection. Good luck,😊
Thank you so much for another excellent video! I really love listening to you talking about the quotes, I've learned so much. Please keep them coming, I really appreciate it! Could you consider sharing more about your readings and spiritual studies?
Thank you - and yes, absolutely 🤍
Thank you so much for this video. It is a pleasure to spend time with you. I always look forward to your next one. Your voice is relaxing and your accent beautiful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights. I live in Québec Canada. My mother tongue is French. I like to think we have a lot in common. Never done cable work yet but i am getting motivated. Your choice of patterns are gorgeous. ❤
Oh, thank you for your lovely comment ✨🤍
The Flamingo color will be beautiful on you!
It was a real delight to spend this time in your company! ❤❤❤
Your videos are so special, dear Helle, and I'm always happy to see and hear you... it's so much more than knitting! Your thought processes inspire me every time and it's really enriching to watch your videos. All your knitting projects are so appealing, beautiful and always special too... keep it up ... I am already looking forward to the next time, warm regards from me to you 💕🌸💕
Aw thank you so much for your thoughtful comment; sorry my reply came so late 😌💕🌷
Loved seeing you and your knits today ❤ thank you for sharing all the beautiful knitting words. Mine is “lifeline”. It saved me and now it tethers me. 🪁 I haven’t posted a full writeup of my son’s Icelandic Riddari in Letlopi as part of the Nordic knit along, but I hope so soon. Now I’m on to another one for my husband. Happy to be considered for the giveaway, Helle ❤
I love cables. A lovely visit today. Thank you. Your knitting is inspiring.
I enjoy the geography information. Thanks.
A lovely poem to begin your podcast. I am also attracted to yarns for their names, and sometimes, put off yarns for the same reason. Such beautiful knits again in this podcast. It was a treat to see inside Loop. I could spend hours in yarn shops, almost as long as I can spend in book shops! I enjoyed the many and varied words on knitting. Thank you for your company while I sit and knit. And I love cables. I would try to take part if you did another knitalong, I was too late for this one.
I am just finishing the Half and Half triangle wrap with Holst Garn yarn. I would like to participate in your Nordic Kal , try to enter on Ravelry but was not able to. Always love your podcast, you are one of my favourite
All your knits are absolutely beautiful! I so look forward to your podcasts. Thank you for doing them. Denise
Lovely WIPs and finished object. Thank you for sharing.
I wanted to say that your violet/light purple chunky jumper would look amazing without sleeves at all! The side without a sleeve looks perfect as it is :)
Hej Helle. So lovely to spend a Friday evening knitting in your company. Loved the quote and the words and of course all your lovely projects.
I love love love your podcast. Your Cardi Cocoon is gorgeous! I’ve just bought the pattern as I want to knit one for myself.
Loved the video today. The inspirational quote and the wonderful array of knits. Thank you. 🇬🇧
I love all your projects and choice of yarn and colors , everything in this episode is absolutely beautiful 😍
Hi Helle! I’m back with my usual wall of text, but there’s just so much I want to respond to. 😂
I did exactly the same thing with vests. I would see them in my Ravelry travels and think “Nice, but not for me”, until I ran across the Dige Vest (made with Woolfolk Fleck) and fell in love. I made one, and it has become one of my very favorite pieces, so now I never discount any category completely. Lesson learned. 😏
Re: Stubbornness and so forth - YES. My daughter is Autistic, and one of the things we work on is flexibility. If you can’t have exactly the thing you want, there’s a lot to be said for making do with what you can have, or “going with the flow” so to speak. It makes for a much more peaceful and enjoyable life if you’re not walking around miserable all the time, and you can open yourself to new things and experiences. I try to not judge anything or anyone until I have a lot of information, and even then - life is complicated, and I don’t necessarily believe anything is “good” or “bad”. There’s a lot more to it than that.
Re: steeking - I know nothing about the subject, I'm afraid, so can't offer advice, but I look forward to seeing where you take it!
I found out after knitting my Nordic knitalong project that I can't wear baby alpaca, even with a long sleeved shirt underneath it. Sooooo, I completely relate to your sensitive skin issues - I am quite the delicate flower myself. 🤣
All of your work is beautiful, but wow, that shawl is incredible! I’ve never looked twice at that pattern before, but the color you chose is stunning. There’s a real depth to it I’ve never seen in any of the project pictures. 😍
I think Loop of London is adorable! I follow them on Instagram, and I would love to be able to pop over for a visit someday. Their shop looks very sweet and cozy.
If you ever need a Woolfolk mule, just let me know. They’re semi-local to me, so my favorite yarn shop stocks all of their stuff, and we don’t pay sales tax here, so it would just be actual yarn cost + shipping. ☺
Thank you for another lovely video that kept me company while I knit!
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Thanks for your ‘wall of text’, Gwen 😅😍 Lots of stuff to ponder 😘❤️
Oh wow! That neon pink is so lovely and happy. Knitting to me is contentment, or life pause.
Wow, everything you said at the beginning all just hit me exactly where I needed today. I know this was a couple of weeks ago, but it was for me today. Thanks for your words of wisdom 🙏. I'm a knew knitter. I'm maybe 1 month into this fun hobby. I am so that person who buys wool and yarn because I love it with no plan at all. I've finally understood why that is not ok 😕. But you're right. You like the things you like. I've done a couple of cable things for my first projects, and anyone who's a pro knitter looks at me asking cable already? I didn't know why they looked at me like that until now. Apparently, I jumped head first into knitting. I get bored of easy stiches, so I do need something different as I go. I've done maybe 10 hats but using super bulky yarn so I can see a project finish and fill accomplish faster. I want to work on so many things but only have two hands. 😕 I really just want to practice making things just so i can get into sweaters and lacy tops. My favorite items I want to make are sweaters that are very female looking. Something with bell sleeves and a very beautiful look to it. That you know a woman wears it. That's my kind of look. Thanks for your videos. I've watched a few of your videos now and love listening to you talk. ❤
Your comments here reminded me of the news, some years ago, of the results of a survey done by some large organization, to find the "happiest people on the planet." The winners were the Danes, the reason being their "reasonable expectations of life." 🙂
I love your podcasts. Your videos have the feel of friendship and community. When I watch your videos it’s like knitting and chatting with a like minded friend. My daughter lives in Copenhagen. I’d love to meet you next time I visit Copenhagen.
Thank you for your lovely comment ❤️ I live a few hours from Cph but visit it on occasion. Let me know if you plan to visit 😊
@@danishmusings I certainly will.
I always enjoy your podcasts and get a lot of inspiration for yarns and future knits. I entered the Nordic KAL and have uploaded my finished object in Ravelry, the Franky Sweater by Sandnes Garn knitted in Borstet Alpaca. Since finishing that though I have also finished the Salty Days Sweater by Veronika Lindberg (Kutovakika). Definitely lots of lovely Nordic patterns out there!
Thank you so much very pleasurable to watch
Hello Helle, I, too, have purchased yarn because I like the name - more than once. Last year at a yarn festival I bought a colorway called "Stay Gold, Ponyboy" which is a line from an American novel written in the 60s, The Outsiders. It was my favorite book when I was young (I think it's called a tween - older than 9 but younger than 13?). Coppola made the book into a movie in the 80s but I already had my vision of all the characters and scenes years before he made the film. I spent a bit of time picking my favorite skein from those available on the table and put some gold sequins in the cuff of the socks I knitted. Another great podcast. I really enjoy your musings. - Katy (yarn: Bigfoot Yarn Company, Wendigo Sock base)
Love the cocoon cardigan
Oh wow!! You are a cable queen!! So many beautiful patterns but I’ll be keeping an eye out for the Eurus vest!! That would be fun!
I really enjoy your podcast as I am a fellow fynbo living in the US! You are such a productive and skilled knitter and I love all the finished products. I both knit and sew and have lost my knitting mojo at the moment but enjoy watching other peoples knitting for inspiration. I really like the deep blue/black LBA color for the beautiful shawl you are knitting. It is very flattering with your skin tone and brings out your eyes. ❤️🧶🇩🇰
The Nordic Knitalong certainly inspired me too and I finished a few from Nordic designers. My favourite was the Kuutar Top which was in one of the first I watched of your episodes. I look forward to all of your episodes now. You are such a lovely knitting companion and your mindful sidebars and quotes are always spot on. 😊❤🧶
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I love when you start your podcast talking about the weather, and a saying also your geography was good. I really love the pink/ red yarn it will be stunning. The Loop looks like a great shop. Thank you
Thank you so much 😽💙🙏🏻
It was so nice having you over for a bit (or lot of talk 😂🙈) and as always lovely watching a new episode 🤍
Tak, Lærke 😍 Vi må gøre det igen ❤️
One of my words is "Generational" I often think to myself when I am knitting of women throughout history sitting around in fellowship with other women knitting and creating for survival. The socks for war, the sweater for comfort, the hat for the cold. I reflect that as I stitch, women all over the world now are creating as women have done for centuries before. It feels like a string connects us all through time and space. Anyway, that is my thought. Thank you for the continued inspiration and education.
Lovely - thank you 💕✨
Thank you for another beautiful podcast. I really loved the video from Loop of London. I enjoy seeing yarn shops, likely those I will never visit in person. Your knits are absolutely stunning. The vest you are working on is so gorgeous and the cables are so squishy looking. I love suri yarn as well , there does not seem to the quantity relative to other yarns. Looking forward to your next podcast.
COLOR IS BEAUTIFUL ON YOU, I HAVE SIMILAR COLORING & THIS IS A NEW FASHION COLOR. DUE TO THE SERIES’OUTLANDERS’ I CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS FINISHED! IF YOU DON’T WANT I WILL GLADLY TAKE IT OFF YOU HANDS, ITS ABOVE MY ABILITY. BAD ARTHRITIS 😢 I SO ENJOY YOUR SHOW , YOU HAVE A PEACEFUL CADENCE. THANK YOU
Absolutely agree sometimes just the name of a pattern makes me dream about a place, a moment, a memory. Love your podcast 🩶🩵
Loved the podcast today. I knit the Helix 2 years ago in that labien aimee hot pink to honor that scary journey. To date a fabulous sweater that is worn often. Not too hot and is perfect in summer as well. Cheers.
Oh I just realized I had something to post for a Nordic design. How delightful to find fellow knitting podcasters near your home and talk knitting. Love your knitting
Beautiful knits, as always! I feel so drawn to the nordic style. And I also love knitting cables and mostly use a cable knit. Makes my knitting slower, but for me the result looks better. Crossing stitches without a needle is okay when it is only one stitch, but with a four stitch cable I definitly prefer the extra needle. Otherwise my cables don't look tidy and I confess: I am a perfectionist.
It seems to be Danish week for me this week. 🇩🇰
I went to a concert of the lovely Danish women's folk band "Vesselil" from Fyn in Berlin the other day. And now I'm listening to your latest podcast episode.
Thank you for this lovely space of calm inspiration. I've just tried your genius way to join a new ball of Snefnug on my Badger and Bloom sweater - amazing. x
I really like the inserts you made showing how you work cables. It's helpful for some of us beginners to see it rather than trying to read about it. BTW, yes, I agree that the purple cable sweater's sleeves are rather voluminous. I think it will overwhelm the wearer unless you are 6 feet tall. Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to your next video!
I enjoy your quotes. Lately, I have had cables on my mind. Thankyou for giving me more inspiration for getting a cable project started. Your knits are beautiful.
Thank you Helle for another wonderful podcast. Such beautiful textural knits 🥰 in such gorgeous colours.
I love Rumi and that quote always makes me exhale and smile. Words are magic!
Nordic knitalong, I just realised I did an “other loops” pattern recently so I’m in 💪🏻😂
Thanks for sharing, happy knitting, Karen 🥰
The quotation makes a lot of sense. Thank you, Helle!
I love to see you reaching for colors outside of your colorwheel. Love the choices. Thanks for your videos.
Love your outlook and insights...knitting and otherwise. 😊 here's a word for you....transporting.
I haven't yet entered the #NordicKAL. So..if I may...I'm attempting the Sandes Garn Double Tofler slippers in an Icelandic yarn I was fortunate to have thrifted...but have lost the band.😔
From Alberta, Canada I love all of your monthly video's and I am always shock by how much you get knitted between video's. I am not a fast knitter or can knit for long my fingers get tired because I am not a relaxed knitter any tips on how I get faster and more relaxed I would love to hear them♥
I love all of the adjectives and sentiments shared regarding one's knitting❤
Thanks Helle! The La Bien Aimee coral pink tone is so beautiful - it'll be fun to see what you choose to knit with it. Remaining open and non-judgemental in anticipation of life in general is a wonderful reminder of a 'a way of being'.
I do enjoy watching your videos. Your work is beautiful and inspires me to knit more, rather than crochet. I personally think the colour of the shawl will be stunning with your complexion. Warm regards from Brisbane, Australia.
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Thank you again for spending time with me while I work on my Garden Cardigan by Ankestrick. I’m loving it!
Hi, thanks for this cosy podcast. One idea about your cable sweater project - why not leave out the sleeves and keep it as a vest?
Lovely to have to back, Helle. I knit the Ballerina by Hanne Falkenberg and I love how swingy it is.
Hi Helle, I just realized I did participate, knitting the Gunta cowl by Helga Isager,and I used all yarn that I naturally dyed with mushrooms, and I spun all the contrast colours as well. It turned out very well, and I am super happy with it😊 and I can’t wait for the Isager archive collection!
I agree I love tonal colors so much more than a perfectly evenly dyed yarn, you do beautiful work,lovely sweater.
Thanks to you, Helle, for your thoughts, words, projects, shared time. See you soon, take care ❤
I completely forgot about the Nordic Knitalong! And I'm currently knitting a sweater using Anne Ventzel's pattern and the Swedish unspun yarn Nutiden. What a coincidence😯
♥ from 🇦🇺. Always a relaxing pleasure to watch. It has been interesting watching you grow and expand your choices in patterns, yarn and colours. Thank you.
Just love all your knits. You are a very good knitter. I’m so excited to see what you make. I haven’t started sweaters yet but I’m running a bit hot. I’m from Canada 🇨🇦 in Ontario, the
Toronto area and we’ve had a very mild
winter. The east coast and the west coast of Canada have been hit hard with snow and cold temperatures but not here in Ontario. So nice to see you, take care !!
Thank you again for a most inspiring podcast. I always come away with some great ideas for future projects. Seeing what you have chosen to knit and using those luscious yarns encourages me to keep exploring the world of knitting!😊. I will post on Ravelry at your knitalong to show the Klukka I knit from Lopi yarn, fit perfectly and first time with that yarn and pattern. I’m also a redhead with sensitive skin but have found I can wear this dress with a turtleneck and tights comfortably.
Wonderful WIP’s and I love and enjoyed hearing about your projects. My word would be “language” as I can compare knitting to learning or knowing a new language that only other knitters can understand. 😉🙏🏼♥️🧶
Thanks for another lovely episode. I love all your knits. That shawl in blue by Teti is stunning! ❤and the pink Isager knit is also sooo beautiful.
I enjoy watching your knitting episodes and find your musings, knitting projects and plans inspirational. I, also, enjoyed participating in the #nordicknitalong. As a participant, I knitted the Sarang sweater by Aegyoknit and the Rococo and Tritone pullovers by Sari Nordlund. Thank you.
Thanx for this lovely episode and the Rumi quote , very inspiring!
It's a pleasure to watch you❤❤❤
Omg, your Javelin shawl looks amazing😍😍😍 I was looking at this shawl for some time too, and now I think is a time to cast it on 😊
The deep blue shawl is going to be fabulous on you.
I think you look amazing in that winterfell color! ❤. The yarn you chose is perfect with gorgeous stitch definition. I think navy blue is a universally flattering color, but lately I’ve decided to knit with the colors that make my heart sing. (No good or bad colors in keeping with your opening sentiment.)
Helle, you are such an inspiration and a pleasure to spend time with. Thanks so much for sharing. Take good care.
Lisa 🤗
Thank you so much, Lisa 💙😚
Thank you 🧶😊
That fantasy comment really hit home! Of course I don’t think about wearing my latest knit as I wipe the kitchen surfaces or sweep the balcony … I’m an indescribably beautiful, angelic creature transformed by my attire, disarming those handsome, aloof suitors and inspiring admiring envy as I waft along leafy paths illuminated by pools of golden sun…😊 Thanks for another super podcast. I like that blue shawl a lot. There’s a home here if you decide the colour doesn’t suit you 😉❤️
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Thanks again for your uplifting podcast! I am always looking forward to these! I just finished my Anne Ventzel Robinia sweater knitted with Plotulopi , which I happen to like a lot and have knitted many many sweaters with . It is scratchy but it's OK. Funny thing is, that I want to knit Nola cardigan which you just finished by Yamarara , You inspired me ! I am missing 3 plates of exact color Plotulopi, which you have as one of the prices for Nordic knit along. I hope I will be a winner for Plotulopi!! It would be weird but fun coincidence.........
Your knits are beautiful and an inspiration. Thank you for sharing the with us.
Hej Helle 😊 jeg blev præsenteret for dine podcasts af en sød veninde, som mente, at de måtte være noget for mig. Og mon ikke ☺️ du gjorde min juleferie ekstra hyggelig. Jeg slugte først alle dine strikke-podcasts, og da der ikke var flere af dem, blev det til dine og familiens rejser. Ja det endte med, at jeg så alt fra start til slut 😄 og nøj jeg hyggede mig.
Jeg blev super glad, da jeg så, at du nu havde lavet et nyt afsnit 😊, og det var lige så hyggeligt og inspirerende, som alle de andre har været. Tak for dig ☺️
Ej men sikke dog en sød kommentar. Tusind tak - det varmer - og tak for at være med her 🙏🏻😚❤️
Hej Helle! Again, you are so inspiring and thanks for your thoughts on the different types of yarn you knit with. As a beginner knitter with sweaters (until recently I just knit socks) I love the Holst Garn I bought during my last vacation in 🇩🇰. So many colours to choose from and its ideal to try different styles and patterns. I have a sweater for a friend on my needles in a blue heather color. 🌟
Hi from Paris/France ! Thank you to make me travelling in beautiful and peaceful Denmark and wonderful projects, colors and yarns ! See you soon !
Thank you for another interesting video. I love that you include the poems! Love all the different content.
I live in the UK and have visited Loop several times. They are my go to on line store too. Fabulous podcast as usual, thank you for sharing your wonderful WIPs and FOs, the Javelin may be going int my queue
Thanks dear for your videos, I love all of it!
As for the knitalong! I'm currently knitting a simple blouse using Önling yarn AND an Önling pattern! Evelyn Blouse, though I'm skipping the stripes and just doing the ribbing in a contrast color :)
As it is the height of Summer here in west Australia, I am enjoying cables, as I am on square 2 of Norah's Vintage Afghan, 20 squares knit in pieces with 20 individual travelling stitch/cable stitch design for the squares. Each square is a little win, and a learning opportunity, and they will be seamed together at the end the year. I will get back to garments etc when the weather cools down.
You do very beautiful knitting! It’s really amazing! 👌🏻👍🏼
I love you podcasts! They are so inspiring but also calmimg. I’m a Finnish knitter, knitting in Canada 🇫🇮🇨🇦 I’ll currently working on a sweater pattern Esteri from Novitaknits made in Novitaknits 7 brothers yarn 😊
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Thank you so much - you are always so inspiring! Love to join the nordicknitalong with my first lace project from Sari Nordlund 💕
Your style and colours are beautiful!
Subscriber here. With each episode I grow more fond of your style of presenting, although I am a cable-avoider. At the moment at least. So true how we change from one season or time to the next. Love your foray into colors!! I am short of stature and so must be mindful of the positive ease so as not to look too sloppy. Thank you for the calm and accepting/open tone with which you describe your knitting journey. It helps me. 😊
Thank you for your lovely comment. Good luck with (maybe) embracing cables 🥰
I've made 2 Crocus top so far from Nordic designer Lene Tosti. I love them and plan to make more. She has some great patterns
So enjoyable to share some knitting time with you! Thanks again for a lovely podcast. Every time I watch your podcast I find myself adding another sweater pattern to my wish list. This time it is the Cardi Cocoon. Just finished the Moby sweater by Petite Knit in Sweet Georgia yarn which is local to me.
Hi from NEW Zealand 👋😁
If you ever end up going to Chiswick, highly recommend visiting the yarn shop in Richmond as well (Knit With Me). Amazing shop, a short walk from Richmond Park.
Oh thank you for that suggestion, will keep it in mind 😊
Hello. I really enjoy every minute of your podcasts.
I'm going to take a look at that gorgeous armour shawl. I've been off shawls for awhile but feel drawn to that one. It's beautiful as are all of your knits. Thank you.
Hi Helle, I participated in the nordic kal on ravelry. I knit the linescapes cardigan by Veronika Lindberg aka kutovakika, I used the recommended yarn, snefsnug by camarose, held single in a lovely powder pink shade.
Thank you for the lovely podcast episode!
Always waiting for your videos! And your quotes and insight / thoughts... just love it and it gives me sooo much back ❤❤ and I relate to your last thought on fantasy and where you see yourself wearing your knits🥰🤯❤️
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