Am I really an engineer? || Get To Know Me and relax with Nutella 🐶|| Q&A
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- When did I start knitting? What do I do in my day job? Is Nutella always this cute? Find out and get to know me this week as I answer some of your questions. I hope I get a chance to do this again soon to get to the rest of the questions!
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i'm an electrical engineer who also took up knitting to help calm me down when i was having a very stressful time in grad school. and it was a lifesaver!! it's nice to see so many knitting stem girls!
That scarf made during natural disaster reminded me of my aunt. She was a young woman living in Liverpool during World War II. During the air raids, she would embroider to keep her hands busy. There were a lot of tablecloths, napkins, chair covers, aprons, handkerchiefs etc. in her house, an indication of the hours and hours and hours she spent in air raid shelters while the bombs fell. All part of how that generation survived the trauma of global economic depression and war. I’m sure they were a source of strength for her. Something normal to literally hold on to.
Their colors were jaunty and cheerful, but the juxtaposition of the reason they existed with their colors gave me a sense of foreboding once I learned the circumstances under which they were made.
Wow. What history in those pieces! Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
English knitters tension their yarn by wrapping the yarn around the fingers of their right hand. They throw yarn around the needle without dropping it. It's a very efficient way to knit. The only people I've seen using the awkward drop-the-yarn-then-wrap-it method are Americans.
I am totally with you on not being able to sit and watch a movie or a TV program without having something in my hands. I always feel like I am under utilizing my time if I don't have a project in my hands.
Hi,I think it's a crafters life, the old adage about idle hands, I know just watching tv is so boring and it's not what I'm watching but it's I'm not doing anything else.💖
as another young german woman in computer science who loves to crochet, knit, lately a bit of sewing and an interest in other crafts and the history behind them, thank you for sharing a bit about yourself! I often feel like a bit of an oddball so it's nice to know that I share so many similarities with one of my favourite content creators :)
Physicist here, not that young, though :)
Makes me think of Ada Lovelace talking about the Analytical Engine weaving algebraic patterns.
A young mathematician/computer scientist (not yet graduated) here!
I'm also a software engineer. I get a lot of sewing/knitting done during meetings! It's too bad we can't knit while writing code.
I'm also a software engineer who loves to make things. I feel like I spend all day creating something so intangible that I need to do a tangible craft to balance it out. These days gardening has taken up most of the knitting time. Looking forward to picking up last year's project again once the season winds down.
I am an industrial engineer student right now and also love to calm myself with knitting and cross stitching so now we are three
The video clip you showed for speed knitting bit is showing knitter in Shetland using one of the knitting belts that has an extra long needle that is held in the belt.
My daughter knits Portuguese style. You use your thumb somehow. I can't figure it out myself. I knit the way my Danish grandmother taught me. You do beautiful work!
I'm also an engineer with a youtube channel, I also have kids so work + family + youtube can be a HUGE balancing act. We should make an engineers on youtube community, just to chat about the crossovers of both :)
I think everybody who crafts needs eight arms or more days in a week 😅Thank you for that q&a, was great to watch while sewing!
Ich hab übrigens auch mit der Strickliesel "stricken" gelernt, dazu die Strickgabel - aber es hat mich ebenso frustriert, nichts mit dem Ergebnis anfangen zu können...
And I feel the need to create a lot!
I grew up knitting as my mom and grandma did too. We all do an English style. When I was young I couldn't figure out how to let go of the needle to wrap the yarn around so I planted the needle in my hip crease to steady it. Worked for me then. Now doing a lot of small needle work (I'm working on your pattern for the victorian socks) I needed a different way. Letting go of the needle result in a loss of tension. Anyway, long story short, I learnt how to flick on my own and only found out it was a real style later. Flicking is an english style but definitely faster. Probably similar speeds to continental.
Oh wow: The 1890s cycling outfit idea sounds amazing. I do hope you manage to make at least a few bits for that ensemble
Glad you mentioned “sheath knitting”, as you called it! That’s my preferred way to knit, I will tolerate circular knitting needles only for very large lace projects. I’ve tried various methods of knitting supported, including with a knitting sheath/stick at my waist, and with the needle under my arm. I found the latter works best for me if I put the end of the needle in a leather pouch in my armpit, so there’s a bit more grip. If you ever decide to try supported knitting and want some help, let me know!
Oh yes, a family that knits! My great-grandma, grandma, mum and me all knit. I believe that you call sheath knitting is what I have learned as "Dutch" knitting, which is how Dutch me has learned to knit, and all other Dutch women I know knit like that as well. It is pretty fast, and I never have had problems once I learned how to properly hold the thread. I think all the different styles of knitting are fascinating!
I just discovered you via your Irish Crochet video - so glad I did! I am more of a crocheter, but do knit, and enjoy seeing someone else that works with their fur baby - my cat Groucho (really I am his human) requires contant attention (which is fine with me) and I always assure everyone that everything I create has a little Groucho in it. I look forward to watching more of your videos - sending snuggles and scratches to Nutella!
My grandma did knitting to cope with her ADHD and tried to get me hooked on it too for the same reason, but it just wasn't soothing or focusing for me at all
I knit like you, but long before I ever lived in Germany and Turkey. basically I didn't know anyone who could knit and had to learn from books in the 1950's. At the time I didn't know there were two main kinds of knitting but went with the pictures I could understand which turned out to be continental, which made more sense as I already knew how to hold the thread in my left hand from crochet. Much later I learned it was the combined method and I had to make adjustments for lace knitting, which I am good at. When I do colorwork, I knit one thread English style and one thread continental style, And I really like to do colorwork from the back, Turkish style, with one color going around my neck from the left and the other from the right, using my thumbs to put ithe stitch in place. If you knot in a tube it goes really fast.
although it not be stereotypical, it actually totally makes sense for devs to be crafters! reading a knitting pattern is literally like deciphering pseudo code lol
Thank you for introducing me to vintage knitting. Learned to crochet from my great grandmother (who was born in the late 1860s) when I was about 5 (around 1952 or so). In my mid 20's taught myself to knit from a book and as their method seemed real cumbersome, devised my own method - but am going to try to learn tour method of combined continental, as it looks much more efficient & comfortable.
I have a friend, who is part of a group of Dickensian carolers & think the cape you showed in another entry would be perfect to make for her birthday. Almost everything I make i give away to try to make someone's heart glad. Looking forward to the challenges of vintage knitting. Also, my great grandmother helped support her family by crocheting everything from handkerchiefs with one corner cut out & filled with crochet of an an old fashioned lady with bonnet & tiny handkerchief in her hand to scenes in elaborate altar cloths for churches. She had no pattern books, but a sampler scrapbook of things she had previously done.
Thank you for combining the two…well three things I’ve been so passionate about lately. Fiber arts, history, and clothing construction. I agree with you, I put all my anxiety into my stitches. I have such the urge to create I can’t understand why some people have literally no hobbies!
Also, I have this pattern from the 1940s for a “bed jacket” I’m assuming that’s a cardigan you only wear around the house? What do you think? I totally had to translate some of the information which I only knew to do from what you talk about on your channel. Thank you so much for taking the time to make your content. I really enjoy your calming voice, information, and entertainment!!!!😊
When I was a child my parents gave me a homemade "cork knitting" contraption similar to the strickliesl. Since thread came on wooden spools, they hammered four nails with a prominent head on them onto the disk of the spool. Voila, a cork/spool knitting toy for a kid. It was hard to grab the yarn from around that nail! I made little doll rugs by coiling the cord up and stitching them together. I bought a proper "knitting Nelly" for my daughter but alas she did not inherit the crafting gene.
I'm from East Germany and knit exactly the way you do, except I stopped winding the yarn around my left index finger during a marathon knitting session a few years ago. My finger cramped up badly so now I just hold the yarn under my fingers against my palm. Tension doesn't seem to be affected.
Like you, I also played with a Strickliesel and made pot holders and hot pads from the coil of yarn.
Glad to have discovered your channel - the Irish crochet video is inspiring!
I love the capelette! Especially the colors & ruffled hem.
Thanks for answering my question! And great point about posture, I had never thought of that but super important. Love to Nutella!!
That’s funny. I also learned from my grandmas. One grandma taught me crochet when is was very very young, and I put it down only to pick it back up a few years ago. And another grandma, who is not a precessional seamstress, taught me to sew when I was 9 or 10. I made pajama pants!
I'm a lot older than you, I was taught to knit by a German woman a long time ago and I also knit combination like you do. I have to adjust when kitting lace or cables, I have also tried to knit throwing the yarn in the same direction on the purl side - naw, happy with my combination
I'm the same way, I can't sit down and watch something without a craft in my hands. Knitting, crochet, painting, coloring/drawing, sewing, whatever, I just can't sit and watch a movie/tv show.
I found your channel because I was also getting into the historical costuming but there was no knitting In the other costubers videos, I wanted to make everything down to the lace
Thank you for this! It's so fun to learn more about you and your history with crafting.
Thank you so much for doing this! Wonderful for crafters to bond over their trials and inspirations! It is wonderful to have a knitter on the costube! Your videos make my day when they come out!
Thank you for taking the time to answer all of this, this was really interesting ! I was about to ask about postures just when you talked about it aha!
Thank you for this video! I enjoyed hearing more about your knitting.
My mum knitted in the throwing method for most of her life, but than she got a tennis elbow from knitting, and than a friend taught her the picking method and it solved the problem
My mom is similar, she used the style where you clamp a long needle under your right arm but she wasn't able to do it for long times in a row anymore, and also it's impossible to knit in the round that way. I introduced here to the picking style and is in love with it, also she says it's a lot faster.
(I learned knitting from the internet after I already knew crochet where also held the yarn in my left hand, so it felt more natural to just pick rather than throw from the beginning)
Your channel inspires me lol. Heroic. Also your thumbnails crack me up and warm the heart.
:D I knit just the way you do! Even down to purling differently, which my mom, who tought me how to knit doesn't. I really Enjoyed this chatty video while working on some socks. Thank you!
Thank you for this video! Honestly you are so delightful. I have really enjoyed your knitting adventures, our glimpse of Neutella and have even bought one of your patters ( the lacy doily). Can't wait for more knitting adventures of yours 🤗
I’m a young woman who’s a year away from graduating with a materials engineering degree, and I resonate so much with your passion for crafting. I love historical crochet and spend a lot of my free time crocheting (and a little bit of knitting, though I’m quite bad at it). I also like baking, drawing and painting, beading and jewelry making, and I would love to get into so much more. I feel the same strong urge to create and it makes me so happy to see a bunch of like-minded folks here in this community!!
I skimmed through this video to find the engineering bit, because as a fellow (female, knitting) engineer I was really curious as to whether you were still engineering. BUT while I was jumping through to find the right bit, I happened to hear your comment on combination knitting, and it's changed my life! I've been avoiding knitting a cardigan (or anything large and flat) because I get bored with how slow long lines of purl stitches are - particularly compared to continental knit stitches. But they're super quick with the combination method, which I was able to work out immediately from your very clear two-sentence explanation. Thanks so much!!
Omg! The knitting doll was the first thing I used too! 😂
This was so interesting about the knitting style! I’m from Estonia and have always knitted the same way as you. I didn’t know there were different ‘schools’ for it, just found it weird whenever I saw americans knitting in videos. One thing I noticed that is different- I hold my left pointer finger much closer to the needle as I find that a much more relaxed and natural position. When I crochet I often keep the finger further away for tension and always get tired and cramped after awhile.
So many people have already said this, but it is so wonderful to find someone who does historic knitting and crocheting. I have known how to knit for as long as I can remember, but I’ve not found much content that I could relate to. Plus I have also been very inpired by the historical costuming community.
It was really nice to get to know you better… 🌞
How you learned to tat was amazing! Your dog Nutella is so cute.
Thanks for answering all those questions!!
I have made the bicycling sweater you mentioned. I swatched it, adjusted for the gauge, and spent weeks making a sweater that is too small!! My cotton/wool had no stretch, and the sweater was a few sizes too small, even with corrections mid pattern to hopefully adjust for it, but sadly, it fits my son, but not close to fitting me.
One day I will try again. But it's in the naughty box for now.
I've also been changing up my knitting/crochet style to try and be more ergonomic. I realised I was tensioning by gripping the yarn in my little finger and it was causing some major cramps
thanks so much for sharing !
When working new complicated patterns, I've read that it is helpful to put in lifelines to make frogging easier. Then if you need to frog, the lifeline which was thread through the row of stitches will act as a stop to easily recover live stitches.
Fun to see so many engineers chipping here! I'm also a software engineer, into historical and fine knitting projects. My personal productivity for knitting fine yarn projects dropped considerably once I had my second child though. Picked up yarn and needles again recently and looked for vintage knitting on UA-cam and your channel popped up. Glad it did!
Your dog looks so cute 🐕💛
If you still haven't gotten through the waiting list of your local weaving machine ... there are plans on the web to make them. From the small ribbon sizes that fit on a table to large frame styles that take as much space as a piano. I'm sure there are more plans available now than when I was looking a decade and a half ago.
My grandmother, mother, and sister all knit Portuguese but I knit continental. I pick my knit stitches and throw when I purl, it's not very efficient but I my hands refuse to learn "better" ways to purl lol.
Enjoyed the questions and answers. I haven't knit for 41 years, I tried to learn from a book but I think my stitches were too tight. I did make a sweater and diaper cover for my newborn son. With UA-cam now, there's no reason not to try again. I do crochet while watching TV and UA-cam, right now I'm making hair for a doll I completed the body yesterday. I also do heirloom sewing or French sewing, for children's clothes especially baby girls. Keep up the videos, they're informative and entertaining.
I knit English style, you wrap the yarn on your right hand and throw the yarn with your forefinger. I loathe circulars preferring 13"/40cm dpns for larger projects and 20cm dpns for smaller items. I don't really knit any garments my thing us lace and socks. I knitted a lot of lace as a teenager including a lot of the lace patterns from The DMC Encyclopedia of Needlework (my Mum has an old copy of it) - one of thee days I shall knit the stocking pattern in there. I am currently on a knee sock jag and have been altering extant patterns and designing my own. My liking for hand knit knee socks comes from knitting my own C16th nether hose which are fully fashioned sticking stitch.
For antique sock stuff you should look into hand cranked sticking machines, my friend Salky Pointer has a video up on her channel about them.
I have some German heritage and I also have an engineering degree. I am left handed, and I learned from a right handed book! I knit the same way you do, but I pearl the same way I knit. :)
thanks for answering my question :)
I'd be really interested in a video about all the different styles of knitting around the world. Using the neck ? That sounds fascinating
I can't do it another way.
This Q&A has been a great help - I've been doing some tedious hand hemming and I love having something to watch that's mostly people talking, because if I'm not looking at the screen I won't miss anything. I knit English and I'm not really sure I can learn another style at this stage, I've been doing it for so long! My fiancee is Finnish and she knits continental like you - she didn't even know there was another style until she saw me knitting. English was historically ubiquitous in Australia whereas continental is associated with Europe. She does a very unusual purl where for every purl stitch she passes it from one needle to another or something, very slow in my opinion - and given that she's started doing flat knitting for the first time (the Finns tend to learn to knit by making socks and do mostly in the round knitting) she's been using English purl for the purl rows.
The little knitting guy is called a knitting nancy or knitting loom in English, and no, I have no idea what you can even make with them other than novelty knitted tube things, but as a kid I loved them. I made my own with toilet rolls and paddle pop sticks.
I understand the need to be making things, and the fiber arts in particular. If you would like to try a form of weaving while waiting to use the big loom, I can recommend tablet/card weaving. It can be done without any loom at all (backstrap method), or you can use any of a number of small table top looms. ( I personally use an inkle loom.) It alows me to scratch my weaving itch between other projects. 😁
I totally had the same Idea about the bike costume! From the John Paton knitting booklet, right? I am intimidated by the bike bloomers and especially how to resize them. Think I might watch how you do it first!
Nutella hugging the sweater tho omg
Oh my gosh I knit the same way you do and I was told by my friend that I knit strange. But guess what? I'm part German myself.
Thanks for letting us get to know you better and see Nutella more! By the way, how are those cotton knit socks holding up? I've only knit with nylon or wool/nylon for socks. Do they fall? are staying crisp or starting to pill? are they comfortable to wear all day like woo/nylon blend socks? Thanks for your time.
Vielen Dank für das, wie immer, super interessante Video! Das Problem der „wachsenden“ Zopfpullover kenne ich leider auch 😂
Portuguese knitting is fast and allows for a constant and beautiful tension. And purl is a lot easier in Portuguese knitting. When working big areas in rows of stockinette I usually knit continental and purl Portuguese.
Im here to chill too
Did you try felting/spinning? I really enjoy needle felting but that is a fairly new craft for sculpting, but it was used for making huge flat felt pieces with machines.
Finally someone who is also using the same knitting style I use, my boyfriend always thought my knitting style was just weird and no particular style at all. Combination continental seems very likely, because I could never follow either pure western (or eastern style) without getting knots in my hands... I'm not sure if it's a german thing though, as I am from Germany and most knitters I met here seem to be doing western style
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I bought the Edwardian cycle jumper pattern too. I’ve not started it yet. I also have an Edwardian jumper dress sewing pattern that I wanted to make, however both patterns look a little scary.
I really appreciate you mentioning knitting posture! Recently I've been experiencing pain and stiffness in my hands and wrists, so I've had to put down my knitting. I thought since I was young and relatively healthy, I could knit as much as I wanted without consequence, but with the way things are going I'm pretty sure I'm in the early stages of osteoarthritis... So sadly I'll have to live vicariously through your projects for the time being!
May I suggest something? I broke my wrist about 25 years ago. It acts up and hurts so badly that I have to put down my knitting BUT something I’ve been doing recently (as in the past week) I choose a needle size that’s about a couple sizes smaller than what I need so instead of having to hold everything tightly to meet proper tension, I can loosen up and hold everything more gently and still get great tension. Now I still have to take breaks but it has really helped.
I’m using a 4 mm chiaogoo with a thick worsted weight. I would feel so badly if you couldn’t knit any more, though I don’t know you, I know what knitting and crafting means to me 💛 so maybe give it a try if you like. Also sometimes the quality of the needles is a factor. I always thought that was hogwash. I had a run of the mill Boye circular set. My hands would hurt a lot. Thought it was just me. Did a lot of research and got chiaogoo….. they are soooo much lighter to hold (especially when you get into the bigger sizes) and that made a difference as well
Well that’s enough of my rambling. I hope you find a positive solution 💛 be well 🍀
@@masuganut2082 thanks for the kind words and suggestions; it really means a lot to hear your story and how you’ve found something that works for you!
Sadly I’m currently working on a fingering weight cotton t-shirt with chiaogoo lace tips, so I can’t really go any smaller on the needles. I think for me, I’ve just neglected to take breaks and give my hands a rest. I like to knit with something playing in the background, so I’ll often be working on something for at least an hour at a time!
I’m currently giving myself a week of rest before I pick up the needles again. I’ll take note of what you said when I knit some hats later on ❤️💙
@@Kato_Rin ooooh! Well perhaps a break is what you need. When mine was giving me shooting pains my husband suggested not crafting for a week. That was hard. It did make a difference.
You can try pain reliever as well because perhaps you simply strained something and it needs to heal. Also, I know turmeric and ginger can help. It helps with inflammation 💛
I really hope you figure it out. 💛💛💛
@@Kato_Rin I know what you mean for sitting for long periods and knitting. I do the same. I’ll stay up at night and go for a long time. There are hand stretches here on UA-cam which may help as well.
🙏🏻🙏🏻for you
I knit the same way as you do. However patterns are not written down for that style of knitting that’s an info I like to tell people too when they see me knitting 😊❤️
Nutella's fur looks so soft wants to pet it
People who were asking about ways to knit with less stress on the body. Try portuguese knitting. I thought I would never be able to knit again.
Did you knit the green and white sweater you have worn in your videos? I love that sweater.
How does someone go about learning how to knit without looking? I've been trying to learn to knit while watching TV and such but I always just end up staring at my knitting after brief periods of looking away.
Hello! I had to teach myself how to knit without watching my work but I started off with trying to not watch when I threw my yarn (I knit English). I had to teach myself to trust my muscle memory. After all, there is a little bit of autopilot when you’re watching yourself knitting those thousands of stitches! Then I started not watching when doing the next step, then the next, then the next. I can’t do any of the fancy stitches, like cables or increases or decreases, but straight knitting and purling I can do. Another thing I also try to do is rely on my sense of touch to make sure I’m only working with one stitch at a time. I do recommend starting with a worsted or sport weight yarn and a super simple project that is easy to memorize. As you get comfortable with that, then start to change the yarn weight. Honestly it’s something that I’m still working on. Hope that helps you out! :)
The little German loom man who only makes a chain reminds me of "hand crocheting" chains that my grandma had us (her grandkids) do when we were too little for the hook. Crocheting is my family's thing. We hold our hooks wrong. (We hold the hook and throw with our dominant hand like English Style in knitting) I never realized this was odd until the internet.
p.s. I love Nutella
It's the first thing I learned knitting with as well... Basically makes an i-cord, my mom still has one and uses it for the ties on a childrens winter hat or the like.
The sweater you are wearing is pretty. You didn't mention it. Is it your own design?
10:04 how she holds her needles
What is the name of the sweater you’re wearing in this video?
Try Nalbinding!
Oh my gosh I want to try nalbinding so badly! I've had the bone needles in my Etsy shopping cart for a while now. Do you nalbind? I hear it can be a little tricky to learn and can be tedious?
@@Cecilia13241 It can be tricky to learn, that's for sure! I wasted a lot of wool! But I have the hang of it now, and I love it! Check out the UA-cam channel, Neulakintaat and Ylva the Red.
That was so fun! I would love to know more about your personal life! Do you have a partner? Human puppies? Where (generally) do you live? I LOVED seeing the mountains outside your former home. How did Nutella join your family? ❤️
I wonder if sheath knitting is related to Irish cottage knitting (aka lever knitting) which is also well-known for being super fast. I tried it for a while a long time ago but I think I found purling in it too difficult. In this demo, they say that when she Irish cottage knits with a long straight needle, she'll also put it under her arm: ua-cam.com/video/8o00ux6zPiE/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Wrightbrain
Youre from germany?! Thats crazy, theres no accent in your english
she says "we" a lot, and it's not clear that she is always referring to Nutella, is there a Mr. or Mrs. Engineering Knits? ;)
Ok, random stranger (apologies) you must now call me on the tele as I am trying to figure something out for a crochet pattern (which could also be translated to knit) but stitch placements require an engineer! I realize this call will likely not take place (lol) but I am in contact with a non-fiber arts engineering student whom I've spoken with and hopefully will be able to help when I see them. (Explaining my dilemma to an experienced knitter/crocheter is one thing, I'll need to draw diagrams with base numbers for this other individual to begin calculations with... Fingers crossed that this works out)
Not so serious about the call, totally serious about the pattern issue... Wishing in my later years that I had a degree in engineering.
Cute doggo: I see ur lips moving but u dont speak to me:((((
Why tf would anyone question whether you're an engineer?? 🤷
Software engineer since 13, sewer since 5. I never knit, but my brother did.
Hobby-wise, I'm moving into hardware, firmware and robotics. Sewing has always been a part of that. (Not long ago, we got a hybrid embroidery machine!)
I really love on your channel how you're honest about that engineer's journey, where it can be so hard sometimes, and you just calmly step back, and persist the next day!
Persistence is really the key to engineering. Failure is only when you give up!