OMG Shiloh. I can’t even with all your wonderful projects. First when you showed the motif you did on your magenta ink circle all I could see is a mustache, nose and eyes. Kind of looked like a puppy and now I can’t unsee it. You are a true inspiration and enabler. Keep stitching and connecting. Annie
Their yarn is pretty much all I've used for years. The quality is great and a sweater won't blow my budget. I've gotten into the habit of buying their bare undyed yarn and dyeing it for projects as needed. It stretches my money further and I don't end up with extra skeins of yarn in a color that's not part of a planned project.
Your shawl aka blanket looks wonderful and cozy!! The Slipstravaganza looks so fun and your colors are terrific. Thanks for sharing your projects and joy!
Hi hun. I love those socks! Those colours are fantastic. Love all yr projects. Yr knitting and stitching. Have a great week, take care and catch you again soon. Xxx
Love the missed matched socks and the Shawl is beautiful. Sampler Hope is so pretty. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing and keeping me company! 😄
Yes to knitting all the socks! I’m buying sock yarn like a crazy lady 😹 It’s the change in seasons! Your shawls are beautiful. Loved seeing some of your older wips too! Crafting is the BEST! It’s alllllll I want to do! Hugs 🤗
Shilo, wow for the finished knitting and starts...your whips...for cross stitch and knitting...enjoyed every minute of your video...hope you are doing well...best wishes and happy stitching and knitting❤️
I always wind my yarn twice. First time from the swift and the second time I put it in a basket and rewind. You don’t want the ball t be to tight. This causes it to pop out in the middle. I usually lightly let the yarn go through my fingers. I hope this helps. Love that shawl now I have to knit it.
Your knitting is beautiful and you are very talented! My great grandmother taught me how to knit many years ago, but I have only done basic projects. It made me wonder who taught you or if you are a self taught knitter. I've watched all of your videos but can't remember if you mentioned that. Your very pretty socks inspire me to take up those knitting needles again - and maybe try using a circular needle!
My grandma taught me the knit stitch many many years ago (she was also a leftie!), but I’ve learned everything else from UA-cam videos!! And circular needles are amazing!! You will never lose a knitting needle again lol
I've ordered yarn and needles for the Stephen West mkal so I'm a bit behind as it's only just shipped, yours is looking beautiful. You got so much crafty stuff done since your last video, love it all x
I recently bought a bunch of threads from Owl Forest and like you I was so impressed that they came with cute bobbins! But they are also so cute twisted up I haven't bobbinated them yet. I just like looking at them. I have downloaded a bunch of their charts too. Sometime last year I just became obsessed with Russian and Ukrainian cross stitch designers! They have a unique look to them.
Can’t wait to start Winter Wonderland, just purchased it! Trouble is I have a couple of projects for Christmas presents I’m trying to get done so hopefully I can get a lot stitched on the SAL! Great flosstube once again😊. 🧵❤️
New viewer and just wanted to say "hi". Found you from a mention by Hand Me My Knitting. I'm an avid knitter, crocheter, etc. now, but cross stitch was my primary craft growing up (in the 70's and 80's) and I've recently started doing it again, but boy have things changed! I have 4 or 5 WIPS I've slowly started working on again, but I'm going to join the Winter Wonderland SAL to start something fresh. I've ordered 36 count linen for the project, and this will be my first time stitching on linen as opposed to Aida or evenweave, so we'll see how it goes. Re: knitting, Stephen West is a hit or miss for me and I often find myself doing his Mystery KALs after I can see what they look like. I've also made Starflake and Rockefeller after the KAL was over, and have yarn for a Doodler. But I'm actually doing the current Mystery KAL as a mystery, although I admit I did wait until the first Clue was released so I had some idea what it looked like before I committed. Sorry to ramble on, but really enjoyed your podast!
Video is wonderful! You are just prolific with projects which are beautiful...would love to have “blankets” around my neck of yours🥰 Thanks for sharing...be well & safe
I was quite happy to see you put up a new episode since I binge watched your first 17 in about a week! The Rockefeller was my first Steven West pattern. I love the Art Deco/Greco style of it. I knit it from Lunabud Knits deep dyed Yarns in the Good Juju base. She’s from Kentucky just outside of Lexington and her hand-dyed yarn is exquisite. She has a website. Check her out. The Rockefeller is a really good size but not one of his biggest but still, it is as comforting as a blanket around my neck.
Hi, also doing the Slipstravaganza kal! I am on the bonus section. I don’t have a lot of time to knit so I’m a bit behind 😬I am really enjoying looking at everyone’s progress, I don’t mind looking ahead. Loving your color selection! Check out the skypt sock pattern, it’s a free pattern super easy with a bit of interest. Love all your cross-stitch projects as well. Have an awesome week! 💕
Looking forward to the Winter Wonderland SAL. I wasn’t going to do any Christmas stitching!!! 🤣 Think I’ve got fabric and thread picked out, but there is still time to change my mind 100 times!
I am so happy that I stumbled on your channel, you are talented and delightful. My question is this: when you cross stitch, do you use an embroidery hoop or a frame? If it's a hoop, do you every run into the hoop pulling your sewn threads out of shape when the hoop is on top of a finished area?
Hi Karen! I use a hoop to stitch! I do use the hoop over stitches I’ve already done, but I don’t find it distorts them too much. I always take my hoop off when I’m done stitching, which helps as well! And then when I’ve finished the piece, I iron it face-down & that seems to plump all the stitches back up! 😊
i love your channel! just a ball winding tip, you might be winding too tight. it should be loose enough to not stretch out the yarn, but tight enough to hold its shape. i'm a knitter and youtube recommended your channel. i just ordered my first cross stitch supplies because you make it look like so much fun!
That is SOOOOO helpful - thank you!!! I think I was winding it too tightly! And YAY for becoming a stitcher!!!! It is so so fun - you will love it! What pattern are you planning on doing?
@@Xstitchmd it’s probably too ambitious for a first project but I’m drooling over everything ink circles! I tend to jump in the deep end when I try new things lol.
Have done the star flake shawl and participating in the new slip stitch kal as well...Mostly use and even dye the yarns from Knit Pics because of the price even though I am from Canada and the exchange is just ridiculous...great pod cast
So if you use a long double pointed needle like 26" or 28" an work both did at the same time then you get the pair of 🧦 socks instead of 1 sock at a time. So you put 1/2 of each sock stiches on one side of the needles an the other 1/2 of the sock stiches on the opposite side of the needles. An you can use the outside of the skein for one sock an the inside of the skein for the 2nd sock.
Shiloh, I think if you ever give up doctoring you could work up a great comedy routine around knitting! I was laughing so hard at your “amazing ball winding skills” and your “it’s not my camera, its a Mystery!” that I had tears rolling down my face! Of course I guess you would have to be a knitter or stitcher to get the inside jokes...hmm. That could bring down the box office a bit! But I have been involved in one of those ball winding “accidents” so I know how you felt. It’s even more fun if you live in a 2-story house and your ball rolls happily down the stairs, unwinding itself as it goes! I’m loving all of your shawls- your color combinations are fabulous. And your stitching is wonderful, as always. You stay warm and safe in Nova Scotia- it’s just beginning to act like it’s going to get seriously cold here in Chicago. But I love it! And you! ❤️
Hahaha - I'm so glad you "get" my comedy style lol. And oh gosh - that sounds absolutely awful to have the ball roll down the stairs!!! Thanks for watching!!
Your shawls look so AMAZING! I always want to start the Mystery knit alongs but I’m afraid I will be confused by the pattern. Did you say there are videos to help you?
Your shawl is really professional, I love it. I’m left handed and my mum is a right handed highly skilled knitter who could only teach me RH but as it has never felt natural I never kept it up. How do you knit left handed? Also, could you do some teaching videos for cross stitching on higher count linen rather than Aida cloth? Thank you from BC.
Just beautiful stitching and knitting. I don’t knit as much as I use to because of hand pain. I always loved Knit Pic sock yarn. Just one question. How do you find the time to do all this?!?! Have you graduated or are you still a student?
I have graduated from medical school & now am doing my residency, which is working full time at the hospital! I get lots of stitching & knitting done in the evenings & weekends 😊
Great video! I love seeing your knitting projects. You’ve inspired me to start to learn. Not really sure what my first steps should be though - any tips for getting started?
Yay!! Knitting is so much fun!! I would start with watching some UA-cam tutorials - it’s super helpful to be able to see someone doing the stitches & try to do it along with them. Caroline from Off the Grid Needlearts has an awesome “Learn to Knit” video series!!
If you knit a few extra rows on your heel flap it will give you more ankle room. Sounds like you have a deep heel. If you knit afterthought heels you will probably need to knit five rows even before starting decreases
I totally binged all your episodes since I love your style and am a fellow Canuck! Residing in Oshawa 😀. But now I want more. Can you release an episode every hour please? 😂🤣
I’ve decided to join your SAL of Winter Wonderland. I’ve ordered 32 count fabric. What size needles do you use when stitching in 32 count? What is your favorite brand of needle for that count?
Check out the "now & next" sock pattern by Hey Brownberry on ravelry, she inserts two measurements that help determine the perfect fitting sock for top down socks with heel flap and gusset construction. It really explained why I have a hard time getting a good fit across the diagonal of my ankle
I'd love to do the SAL but I don't have an iPhone. I went to the Silk Stitching site and signed up for the Google Play/Android waiting list -- is there an estimated time when that will be available? Will it be available before the SAL starts? If not, is there some other way to get the pattern? PDF download perhaps? Or if it will be available soon, maybe we (Android users) could get some info on supplies to stock up on in preparation (flosses, fabric, etc.)? Thanks!!
I’m not sure when the app will be available 😞 They do have paper charts available for purchase at www.historischestickmuster.de/collections/new/products/winterwunderland-stickvorlage-stickpackung & you could see if that could work for you? Fingers crossed you’ll be able to join!!
Hi, I am new. I was taught all crafts from my mom. Except quilting which I taught myself. I only recently got back into knitting and such. I lost my mom (best friend, Hero) in July from cancer. I am still missing her horribly. Anyway, I mKE lot of lap quilts for nursing home and such. I am now growing my stitch knowledge. I love your videos. I feel I have a friend again. (I am disabled). I would love to try one of the ink circles but can't find any kits or patterns. HELP Thank you. Gina
Hi Gina! So sorry to hear about your loss ❤️ Knitting & stitching are such a comfort!! Ink Circles sells some patterns as PDF downloads on their website: inkcircles.com or you can buy paper patterns from any needlework shops! (I order from 123Stitch.com very often lol)
Girl, we gotta talk about your relationship with that ball winder. The reason your cakes keep doing that it you’ve got a tension problem. Your ball winder is pulling too hard on the swift to get it to spin which pulls the yarn on the ball very tight, then once it’s going your swift is spinning faster than the winder is taking up which releases all the tension and causes the yarn to tangle. You might want to try tensioning through your hand as you wind until you get used to it. Also, when a cake messes up, you can take that cake off the winder and rewind it from the cake then hand tension until you start picking up from the swift again.
OMG THANK YOU!!!!! This is totally what I was doing wrong! Thank you for explaining it sooooo clearly - now I need to go wind some balls to practice! lol
Hi! I've recently started watching your videos (I'm in NB) and am enjoying your content. I wonder if you can suggest the best place to buy fabric online for cross stitch in Canada? I recently bought some aida at Fabricville and it's so stiff! I washed it multiple times but am not happy with it, still. I need 14 count for my project and used to have some very soft aida-type cloth (in my stash from years ago so I can't remember where I bought it) and am trying to figure out where to get it. Ideas?
I am going to stitch the Hope sampler and I am going to order the floss now. The model is on 40 count but I will probably going to do it on 32 count. Do you think I will have enough floss with one skein of each?
“I wonder if she is going to rap that shawl around her face… … …yay!” -I have not turned that into a drinking game at all!- And now we know what Agnes will be like when she grows up.
I’m sorry if you’ve answered this before but I’d love to know what knitting 🧶 UA-cam Channels you like to watch or could recommend, specially if they are left handed knitters. Thank you in advance.
I love watching Natalie @KnittyNatty - she has awesome tutorials & shows how to do things both left & right handed! Caroline @OffTheGridNeedlearts also has an awesome “Learn to Knit” series, but it is right-handed
Hi Shiloh! I've started my first quaker, and most of the pattern is symmetrical except there's a circular motif is not and it's driving me insane. Would you mirror the pattern to make them symmetrical??
If it bothers you, then YES, I would change it!! I personally like a bit of asymmetry, but if your eye is automatically going to it every time you look at it, then change it!! (Also, what pattern are you stitching?)
Hi Shiloh. Im a knitter and a stitcher too and am thinking we need a stitchy versin of Ravelry. Stitchery or something much more clever. I"m already struggling to keep track of my stitching projects and finding sources for charts which are all over the place would be so much easier. Imagine a searchable data base of people"s stitching with what thread and fibre they used
Hello! I’ve been following for awhile and love your energy and expertise. I ordered the SAL pattern and thread. What count will you be doing? I’ve done one piece in 32 count but not sure I can go smaller. It’s a big piece at 19.5 x 20 on 32. Also, it’s kind of scary not to have a paper pattern to hold but, oh, well :)
You got this!!! The thing I love the most about virtual patterns is that you can zoom in on the pattern & see all the symbols clearly!! I'll be stitching mine on 36 count linen - it will look beautiful on 32 count as well! The stitched area on 32 count is 11 x 12 (so I'm guessing your fabric measurement is for the whole piece with margins for framing?) You can do it!!
Catching up on your flosstube! Love your stitching and really enjoying your mystery knit!
Your shawls are absolutely stunning. Stephen West is a genius!! Thanks for the update xx
OMG Shiloh. I can’t even with all your wonderful projects. First when you showed the motif you did on your magenta ink circle all I could see is a mustache, nose and eyes. Kind of looked like a puppy and now I can’t unsee it. You are a true inspiration and enabler. Keep stitching and connecting. Annie
Hahahaha - I can totally see it now as well!!
I love that you feature so many Knit Picks yarns. I use a lot of their yarns, too!
I just love their yarns!
Their yarn is pretty much all I've used for years. The quality is great and a sweater won't blow my budget. I've gotten into the habit of buying their bare undyed yarn and dyeing it for projects as needed. It stretches my money further and I don't end up with extra skeins of yarn in a color that's not part of a planned project.
@@kat1984 that is such a great idea!! I really really love Knit Picks 😊
I love the star flake shawl, very beautiful. Wow, that neon sock!!! Your stitching is coming right along. I hope you have a great two weeks. Be safe
I had a similar comment to Denise, it’s nice to see “budget yarns” used
Amazing projects! You are a fast knitter. 😍😍
Your shawl aka blanket looks wonderful and cozy!! The Slipstravaganza looks so fun and your colors are terrific. Thanks for sharing your projects and joy!
Love all your knitting 🧶 shawl and socks 🧦 so cute 😊 love 💗 the colors you are using. Love your wips! Have a great evening and happy stitching 🧵😊💕🤗
All your stitching and knitting projects are lovely but I fell in love with the little robin you stitched from Caterpillar designs. So cute!
Your shawls are exquisite! The yarn is amazing! 💝
Hi hun. I love those socks! Those colours are fantastic. Love all yr projects. Yr knitting and stitching. Have a great week, take care and catch you again soon. Xxx
The cooler weather is slowly moving in on us. Best time to pull out the knitting projects. Thanks for the stitchy chat.
Love the missed matched socks and the Shawl is beautiful. Sampler Hope is so pretty. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing and keeping me company! 😄
Beautiful color choices for all your stitching.
Oh my gosh! Kudos to you on that i-cord bind off...it’s SO tedious, but definitely worth it!
Such beautiful shawls! Love your cross stitch projects too, your ink circles is stunning!
Yes to knitting all the socks! I’m buying sock yarn like a crazy lady 😹 It’s the change in seasons! Your shawls are beautiful. Loved seeing some of your older wips too! Crafting is the BEST! It’s alllllll I want to do! Hugs 🤗
Thanks to Liz Matthews I found your channel! Now I want to learn to knit 😊
Love seeing all the knitting!
Becca here from Utah ! I love watching your videos and seeing all your beautiful things your working on ! You make me want to learn how to knit 🧶!
Shilo, wow for the finished knitting and starts...your whips...for cross stitch and knitting...enjoyed every minute of your video...hope you are doing well...best wishes and happy stitching and knitting❤️
I always wind my yarn twice. First time from the swift and the second time I put it in a basket and rewind. You don’t want the ball t be to tight. This causes it to pop out in the middle. I usually lightly let the yarn go through my fingers. I hope this helps. Love that shawl now I have to knit it.
That is super helpful - thank you!!!
Your knitting is beautiful and you are very talented! My great grandmother taught me how to knit many years ago, but I have only done basic projects. It made me wonder who taught you or if you are a self taught knitter. I've watched all of your videos but can't remember if you mentioned that. Your very pretty socks inspire me to take up those knitting needles again - and maybe try using a circular needle!
My grandma taught me the knit stitch many many years ago (she was also a leftie!), but I’ve learned everything else from UA-cam videos!! And circular needles are amazing!! You will never lose a knitting needle again lol
Loving all the knitting..so inspiring..happy stitching and knitting Cheers!
I love the honeycomb effect in your Stephen West shawl. So pretty.
I've ordered yarn and needles for the Stephen West mkal so I'm a bit behind as it's only just shipped, yours is looking beautiful. You got so much crafty stuff done since your last video, love it all x
I recently bought a bunch of threads from Owl Forest and like you I was so impressed that they came with cute bobbins! But they are also so cute twisted up I haven't bobbinated them yet. I just like looking at them. I have downloaded a bunch of their charts too. Sometime last year I just became obsessed with Russian and Ukrainian cross stitch designers! They have a unique look to them.
Lovely shawl!
Can’t wait to start Winter Wonderland, just purchased it! Trouble is I have a couple of projects for Christmas presents I’m trying to get done so hopefully I can get a lot stitched on the SAL! Great flosstube once again😊. 🧵❤️
New viewer and just wanted to say "hi". Found you from a mention by Hand Me My Knitting. I'm an avid knitter, crocheter, etc. now, but cross stitch was my primary craft growing up (in the 70's and 80's) and I've recently started doing it again, but boy have things changed! I have 4 or 5 WIPS I've slowly started working on again, but I'm going to join the Winter Wonderland SAL to start something fresh. I've ordered 36 count linen for the project, and this will be my first time stitching on linen as opposed to Aida or evenweave, so we'll see how it goes.
Re: knitting, Stephen West is a hit or miss for me and I often find myself doing his Mystery KALs after I can see what they look like. I've also made Starflake and Rockefeller after the KAL was over, and have yarn for a Doodler. But I'm actually doing the current Mystery KAL as a mystery, although I admit I did wait until the first Clue was released so I had some idea what it looked like before I committed.
Sorry to ramble on, but really enjoyed your podast!
Thanks for such a lovely comment!!! I’m super excited to have you join in on the SAL! 😊
Video is wonderful! You are just prolific with projects which are beautiful...would love to have “blankets” around my neck of yours🥰 Thanks for sharing...be well & safe
I was quite happy to see you put up a new episode since I binge watched your first 17 in about a week! The Rockefeller was my first Steven West pattern. I love the Art Deco/Greco style of it. I knit it from Lunabud Knits deep dyed Yarns in the Good Juju base. She’s from Kentucky just outside of Lexington and her hand-dyed yarn is exquisite. She has a website. Check her out. The Rockefeller is a really good size but not one of his biggest but still, it is as comforting as a blanket around my neck.
Oooooh I will check her yarn out!! Thank you!
I really love the style of Rockefeller as well 😊
Ahhh the mood ring sock pair is looking so moody!!! Love love love 💗💗💗
I really like the colours on the Russian windows project. Lovely. 💖
Beautiful Stephens west shawl!
Hi, also doing the Slipstravaganza kal! I am on the bonus section. I don’t have a lot of time to knit so I’m a bit behind 😬I am really enjoying looking at everyone’s progress, I don’t mind looking ahead. Loving your color selection! Check out the skypt sock pattern, it’s a free pattern super easy with a bit of interest. Love all your cross-stitch projects as well. Have an awesome week! 💕
Oooooh - those socks are so pretty! I've added them to my library :)
Beautiful shawl. I know it took a long time!
Can’t wait to do the winter wonderland SAL. I just started back up with cross stitch last January and I’m just loving it!! First SAL, so excited!
Yay!!! So excited to have you join!!
I’m joining the SAL too!
Denise Witcombe I love the pattern!!
Looking forward to the Winter Wonderland SAL. I wasn’t going to do any Christmas stitching!!! 🤣 Think I’ve got fabric and thread picked out, but there is still time to change my mind 100 times!
Haha - I'm glad I could enable you to do some Christmas stitching!
I am so happy that I stumbled on your channel, you are talented and delightful. My question is this: when you cross stitch, do you use an embroidery hoop or a frame? If it's a hoop, do you every run into the hoop pulling your sewn threads out of shape when the hoop is on top of a finished area?
Hi Karen! I use a hoop to stitch! I do use the hoop over stitches I’ve already done, but I don’t find it distorts them too much. I always take my hoop off when I’m done stitching, which helps as well! And then when I’ve finished the piece, I iron it face-down & that seems to plump all the stitches back up! 😊
@@Xstitchmd Thank you so much.
So many fun great things you are doing.
i love your channel! just a ball winding tip, you might be winding too tight. it should be loose enough to not stretch out the yarn, but tight enough to hold its shape.
i'm a knitter and youtube recommended your channel. i just ordered my first cross stitch supplies because you make it look like so much fun!
That is SOOOOO helpful - thank you!!! I think I was winding it too tightly! And YAY for becoming a stitcher!!!! It is so so fun - you will love it! What pattern are you planning on doing?
@@Xstitchmd it’s probably too ambitious for a first project but I’m drooling over everything ink circles! I tend to jump in the deep end when I try new things lol.
@@colleenrobichaudmountzouro4517 I think that’s the best way to do it!!! 😊
I have started knitting both socks at once. Bc I hate doing the second sock😊
That 2019 KAL is so pretty!!!! And that mohair is heavenly. I friended you on Ravelry 🤓
I am in looooove with mohair now lol
I'm doing the Hello Deer Mystery too. It's fun. Love your knitting. I knit but am not very good. Robin C.
Have done the star flake shawl and participating in the new slip stitch kal as well...Mostly use and even dye the yarns from Knit Pics because of the price even though I am from Canada and the exchange is just ridiculous...great pod cast
I love Knit Picks bc they are such a great price!! And free shipping if you spend over $75! (So I usually do lol ;)
You are killing me......ordered the sock club from Knit Crate🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So if you use a long double pointed needle like 26" or 28" an work both did at the same time then you get the pair of 🧦 socks instead of 1 sock at a time. So you put 1/2 of each sock stiches on one side of the needles an the other 1/2 of the sock stiches on the opposite side of the needles. An you can use the outside of the skein for one sock an the inside of the skein for the 2nd sock.
Oooooh that sounds awesome but also very tricky lol. I feel like I would get my two working yarns all tangled & mixed up!
@@Xstitchmd once you get the hang of it, it works up like a charm.
Shiloh, I think if you ever give up doctoring you could work up a great comedy routine around knitting! I was laughing so hard at your “amazing ball winding skills” and your “it’s not my camera, its a Mystery!” that I had tears rolling down my face! Of course I guess you would have to be a knitter or stitcher to get the inside jokes...hmm. That could bring down the box office a bit! But I have been involved in one of those ball winding “accidents” so I know how you felt. It’s even more fun if you live in a 2-story house and your ball rolls happily down the stairs, unwinding itself as it goes! I’m loving all of your shawls- your color combinations are fabulous. And your stitching is wonderful, as always. You stay warm and safe in Nova Scotia- it’s just beginning to act like it’s going to get seriously cold here in Chicago. But I love it! And you! ❤️
Hahaha - I'm so glad you "get" my comedy style lol. And oh gosh - that sounds absolutely awful to have the ball roll down the stairs!!! Thanks for watching!!
Your shawls look so AMAZING! I always want to start the Mystery knit alongs but I’m afraid I will be confused by the pattern. Did you say there are videos to help you?
Yes!! Stephen West links a video tutorial for each new part that comes out!! It makes it soooo much easier!
I love the scarf!
Your shawl is really professional, I love it. I’m left handed and my mum is a right handed highly skilled knitter who could only teach me RH but as it has never felt natural I never kept it up. How do you knit left handed? Also, could you do some teaching videos for cross stitching on higher count linen rather than Aida cloth? Thank you from BC.
I think I will make a left-handed knitting video soon!! I was lucky that my grandma was left-handed and she taught me :)
Just beautiful stitching and knitting. I don’t knit as much as I use to because of hand pain. I always loved Knit Pic sock yarn. Just one question. How do you find the time to do all this?!?! Have you graduated or are you still a student?
I have graduated from medical school & now am doing my residency, which is working full time at the hospital! I get lots of stitching & knitting done in the evenings & weekends 😊
Busy girl! Nice work!
Great video! I love seeing your knitting projects. You’ve inspired me to start to learn. Not really sure what my first steps should be though - any tips for getting started?
Yay!! Knitting is so much fun!! I would start with watching some UA-cam tutorials - it’s super helpful to be able to see someone doing the stitches & try to do it along with them. Caroline from Off the Grid Needlearts has an awesome “Learn to Knit” video series!!
@@Xstitchmd thank you so much for your advice! 🥰
The shaw is stunning. I think it would look good in a deep burgundy n white . For a Christmas tree skirt...
If you knit a few extra rows on your heel flap it will give you more ankle room. Sounds like you have a deep heel. If you knit afterthought heels you will probably need to knit five rows even before starting decreases
Awesome!! Thanks for the tip - I will try that!
I totally binged all your episodes since I love your style and am a fellow Canuck! Residing in Oshawa 😀. But now I want more. Can you release an episode every hour please? 😂🤣
Hahahaha - this comment just made my day! Thank you!! :)
Have you checked out the Spring Cleaning shawl by Stephen West? It's a great stash buster for half skeins
Ooooh I hadn’t seen that one before!!
I’ve decided to join your SAL of Winter Wonderland. I’ve ordered 32 count fabric. What size needles do you use when stitching in 32 count? What is your favorite brand of needle for that count?
Yay!!! So excited to have you join! I use size 24 needles on 32 count & my favourite brand is Bohin 😊
Xstitchmd Thank you so much! Can’t wait for my cloth to get here which I ordered from 123stitch.com (also your recommendation!)
Check out the "now & next" sock pattern by Hey Brownberry on ravelry, she inserts two measurements that help determine the perfect fitting sock for top down socks with heel flap and gusset construction. It really explained why I have a hard time getting a good fit across the diagonal of my ankle
Awesome!! I’ve added them to my favourites 😊
I'd love to do the SAL but I don't have an iPhone. I went to the Silk Stitching site and signed up for the Google Play/Android waiting list -- is there an estimated time when that will be available? Will it be available before the SAL starts? If not, is there some other way to get the pattern? PDF download perhaps? Or if it will be available soon, maybe we (Android users) could get some info on supplies to stock up on in preparation (flosses, fabric, etc.)? Thanks!!
I’m not sure when the app will be available 😞
They do have paper charts available for purchase at www.historischestickmuster.de/collections/new/products/winterwunderland-stickvorlage-stickpackung & you could see if that could work for you? Fingers crossed you’ll be able to join!!
@@Xstitchmd Thank you!
Hi, I am new. I was taught all crafts from my mom. Except quilting which I taught myself. I only recently got back into knitting and such. I lost my mom (best friend, Hero) in July from cancer. I am still missing her horribly. Anyway, I mKE lot of lap quilts for nursing home and such. I am now growing my stitch knowledge. I love your videos. I feel I have a friend again. (I am disabled). I would love to try one of the ink circles but can't find any kits or patterns. HELP Thank you. Gina
Hi Gina! So sorry to hear about your loss ❤️
Knitting & stitching are such a comfort!! Ink Circles sells some patterns as PDF downloads on their website: inkcircles.com or you can buy paper patterns from any needlework shops! (I order from 123Stitch.com very often lol)
Girl, we gotta talk about your relationship with that ball winder. The reason your cakes keep doing that it you’ve got a tension problem. Your ball winder is pulling too hard on the swift to get it to spin which pulls the yarn on the ball very tight, then once it’s going your swift is spinning faster than the winder is taking up which releases all the tension and causes the yarn to tangle. You might want to try tensioning through your hand as you wind until you get used to it. Also, when a cake messes up, you can take that cake off the winder and rewind it from the cake then hand tension until you start picking up from the swift again.
OMG THANK YOU!!!!! This is totally what I was doing wrong! Thank you for explaining it sooooo clearly - now I need to go wind some balls to practice! lol
Hi! I've recently started watching your videos (I'm in NB) and am enjoying your content. I wonder if you can suggest the best place to buy fabric online for cross stitch in Canada? I recently bought some aida at Fabricville and it's so stiff! I washed it multiple times but am not happy with it, still. I need 14 count for my project and used to have some very soft aida-type cloth (in my stash from years ago so I can't remember where I bought it) and am trying to figure out where to get it. Ideas?
Check out traditionalstitches.com ! They have an awesome selection & low shipping costs. 😊
@@Xstitchmd Thank you!
Can you do a tutorial on blocking one of your shawls? Love all your beautiful shawls.
Great idea!!! I’ll see what I can do 😊
Are you still working on your Twisted Band Sampler? I was which version you are stitching. Thanks☺
I really need to pull it back out!! It’s been at least a few months since I’ve worked on it lol
I am going to stitch the Hope sampler and I am going to order the floss now. The model is on 40 count but I will probably going to do it on 32 count. Do you think I will have enough floss with one skein of each?
I think so!! I’m using two strands of floss & I just purchased one skein of each & I still have plenty left! 😊
@@Xstitchmd thanks. I love seeing your progress. It is beautiful and by the way, she has a beautiful new sampler and she is having a sale now
What type of fabric do you use for your cross stitch creations?
Which project were you asking about? I try to mention the fabric when I’m talking about the project, but I might have forgotten? Lol
“I wonder if she is going to rap that shawl around her face… … …yay!” -I have not turned that into a drinking game at all!- And now we know what Agnes will be like when she grows up.
Lololol - yup only slightly predictable over here. BUT IT'S SO SOFT I HAVE TO lol
@@Xstitchmd LOL
I’m sorry if you’ve answered this before but I’d love to know what knitting 🧶 UA-cam Channels you like to watch or could recommend, specially if they are left handed knitters. Thank you in advance.
I love watching Natalie @KnittyNatty - she has awesome tutorials & shows how to do things both left & right handed! Caroline @OffTheGridNeedlearts also has an awesome “Learn to Knit” series, but it is right-handed
@@Xstitchmd thank you so much!
Hi Shiloh! I've started my first quaker, and most of the pattern is symmetrical except there's a circular motif is not and it's driving me insane. Would you mirror the pattern to make them symmetrical??
If it bothers you, then YES, I would change it!! I personally like a bit of asymmetry, but if your eye is automatically going to it every time you look at it, then change it!! (Also, what pattern are you stitching?)
@@Xstitchmd since it's my first quaker, I think I'll stick to the pattern! I'm stitching My Token of Love by Karen Kluba from Rosewood Manor
Ooooh that one is gorgeous!!! It will look good with or without the symmetry 😊
Hi Shiloh. Im a knitter and a stitcher too and am thinking we need a stitchy versin of Ravelry. Stitchery or something much more clever. I"m already struggling to keep track of my stitching projects and finding sources for charts which are all over the place would be so much easier. Imagine a searchable data base of people"s stitching with what thread and fibre they used
Yes!!! Tiffany from tiffinstitches & I were talking about that! It needs to happen!!
@@Xstitchmd Absolutely! If there's anything I can do to help, let me know!!
The colour story yarn is a layer cake 😂
Hahahaha - it totally is!!
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Hello! I’ve been following for awhile and love your energy and expertise.
I ordered the SAL pattern and thread.
What count will you be doing? I’ve done one piece in 32 count but not sure I can go smaller. It’s a big piece at 19.5 x 20 on 32.
Also, it’s kind of scary not to have a paper pattern to hold but, oh, well :)
You got this!!! The thing I love the most about virtual patterns is that you can zoom in on the pattern & see all the symbols clearly!!
I'll be stitching mine on 36 count linen - it will look beautiful on 32 count as well! The stitched area on 32 count is 11 x 12 (so I'm guessing your fabric measurement is for the whole piece with margins for framing?) You can do it!!