OMG that Tulip sweater is so beautiful and I love the color! Jackie-- swoncho twinning!! I love yours. I love wearing mine too bc its a show stopper and I'm really proud of it. I totally stole Caitlin's color combo. Carmen- pressure is on- you must make one. Glad you are feeling better. xo Kim
Hello there, Carmen and Jackie. I wish you a beautiful year full of love and knits! I'm so excited about the Marie Wallin KAL. I have been trying to knit Yell forever. I started last year (after buying the kit in 2019!), and I had to rip it because I was too much off gauge. I just started over again, and my idea is to try to knit some rounds every day and having it done by the end of the year. So the KAL is perfect - it will definitely give me the push to finish! Thank you for your positivity and the joy you spread.
Omg this is so great! Honestly, I’m going to set my sights on the yell too! It’s intimidating but what an outcome! So glad you’re a part of our community!
good morning and happy new year! y’all have inspired me to be more relaxed with my knitting and trust the process instead of constantly stressing over things like gauge. can’t wait to see what y’all make in 2025!
Such a lovely podcast episode, girlies.. and so full of inspiration 🫶 Oh, and Carmen, if you don't wear that gorgeousness of a shawl & Instant Crush sweater, I'm totally up for buying them off you.. so in love with the colours 😘😆
gleðilegt nýtt ár from here in Iceland, you two! lovely to check in with you this morning while I pick up and work on a sleeve I've been avoiding (my Mastiha! in Phinela worsted! need to finish and then figure out my version of the button band issue). Carmen, both the red and gold sweaters are color-amazing -- bravo on both counts. and love the recap of the year's knits, especially (oddly) the didn't-wear-so-much category -- like your Instant Crush, I made one all-over colorwork sweater this past year in insanely soft yarns that I love but never wear -- the patterning, while gorgeous to look at, just feels too busy to wear & makes me incredibly self-conscious, even though I love the colors and the fabric -- like the sweater is shouting past me, somehow. so it feels a bit ironic that I'm also very excited about the Wallin-along or whatever the KAL ends up being called -- I'll just need to choose my colors carefully to perhaps be on the more low-contrast/subtle side of things. and I think my 2025 should probably be fewer shawls, even though I love making them, as I really don't wear the large ones much at all -- I LOVE a small one I can wind tightly around my neck, but the big ones are, again more like Carmen, more like cardigans except I'd prefer to have the sleeves.
Happy New Year! I live both of your sweaters! All of them actually. Carmen I was very sick too as my kids came from Nova Scotia and my grandkids ended up sick we had 4 emergency visits in a row and once they all left I ended up sick! I have never been that sick before in my life and I’m old! I’m just getting over it and it’s the first time I’ve ever been too sick to knit. I just sat there with my eyes closed. I couldn’t hold needles in my hands. Glad that’s over with!! Glad you are better!! Take care!!
Oh Susan!!! I’m so sorry to hear you were sick too! Sounds like the same thing! I actually ended up going to my doc last Thursday and she put me on antibiotics and I’m finally feeling better! Glad you got over yours too!!
Oh my gosh. I placed a Sonder Yarn order two days ago, taking advantage of their 20% off sale. Sunday Morning 4-ply in Radio Flyer and Halo in Drop Dead Gorgeous. I knew they weren’t a perfect match, but I thought they’d play well together. Then I saw Carmen’s sweater in 5 o’clock Somewhere and DDG and had to have that combination! I just placed another order for the 4-ply in 5 o’clock Somewhere. Not sorry! 😂 Thanks for the inspiration!
I woke up this morning, brushed my teeth and washed my face, the house was still dead silent so I snuck downstairs and picked up the test knit I’m working on and turned on this video, it took me only a minute to wake up and realize that Carmen is wearing the same sweater I’m testing right now!! 😂 and OMGGGGG now I cannot wait to get this beauty off my needles!! I’m using Rowan Kid Classic and I am so in love!!! 😍 Carmen, yours looks FAB!!!!
So excited! I forgot to tell you girls you spent this last Saturday with me making Grandma’s sauce which took 8 hours! It was so nice to have you with me as I made the sauce and watched your older episodes! This morning it’s even better as I can just relax and knit with you both!
Caitlin’s swancho was always a swoon for me but double mohair 😱 Jackie I love it. I’ve knit double mohair a few times and I adore it. I’ve wet blocked with no issue. Stick everything in the freezer and voilà you’re back to being socially acceptable. Mohair - just use a soft bristle brush and give it a little groom (when it’s had too much wear) and it’s magic, back to new. Feel better Carmen 😢 thanks for the fun, Karen 🥰
That sweater combo went from Frenchies mustard to grey Poupon mustard incredible Carmen it literally makes your eyes sparkle! The Caitlin Hunter pattern on you Jackie is spot on beautiful so happy with that purple in there it just looks amazing!
I know that sometimes you two mention there being more FOs than you could show. So I would think it's fun to hear about your favorite makes that didn't make it to the podcast! The flipping button band bottom: If your row gauge is often to long, I wonder if you need to pick up more stitches in the beginning and ending of the button band for for ones that are worked perpendicular to your knitting (i.e. ribbed button bands where one row is the entire length of the button band). Like your stitches are skinny and long, so when you work a skinny stitch into the side of long stitch, it causes it to pull up and flip. What I dislike about the Kibbe types is its subjective framed like objective. It doesn't take any of the wearers personality or preferences into account because its supposed to be this categorical thing based on your "essence", but its really just like "I think soft/round features and bodies should wear this and tall thin bodies should wear this and muscular stout bodies should wear this and its what looks best on them." But like says who? Some people feel there best when they harmonize with things like how slim, soft, round, muscular, striking etc their features are and some people feel best when they balance out those same features. Like I'm busty and I feel my best when my outfits accentuate that. But depending on the style guidance, some absolutely insist I must draw attention away from my bust, while others absolutely insist that I draw attention to my bust. And then the idea that the shape of ones body has anything to do with their personality aesthetic is wild to me (there's a component of the Kibbe typing that speaks to the person's personality, as if having sharp cheekbones says anything about someone's personality or even if they are more of a ruffles or a studs kind of person). And, the whole basis behind it is what others will like on you, instead of what you like on you, and what makes you feel your best. I think style guidance that's more focused on how to highlight or minimize specific aspects (if that's what the wearer wants) is much more useful than "you're soft so you must dress in flowy clothes that cinch in at the waist." Prescribing what elements look best on someone based on how tall they are or where they store their fat is nonsense to me. Because I agree, even if it's what's supposed to look best based on your physical characteristics, if you are uncomfortable and it clashes with who you are, it will never look better than the clothes you feel most yourself in. The fact that you don't feel comfortable will shine through and cancel out any harmony its supposed to have with your level of yin or yang. I haven't actually put together my make 9 yet, but it's definitely going to be more "yarn first" centered because I tend to be a more "yarn first" knitter.
I LOVED your make nine discussion--I've been trying so hard lately to organize my knitting butterfly mind toward a more cohesive, I guess more "planned" project list, and your conversation and ideas around doing the same was just so good. Going beyond the "capsule wardrobe" concept and deeply integrating yourself--whoo, amazing. Thank you! My most worn, most favorite, most reliable and most Old Faithful is that genius Melissa's Turtledove. That pattern has worked for me in any size, with any yarn, every time. Honestly, I'll never not be knitting one. I'm getting ready to cast on my TENTH Turtledove! As always, thank you for all the inspiration. xoxo
Jackie your Dreamer cardi is soooo good! I wasn’t really attracted to the pattern in boucle but your version - exactly what I’m looking for. Such a great throw over anything cardi that can be dressed up!
Love the episode and agree with everything already suggested. I just bought 3 Marie Wallin books and have yarn on the way. I listen to /watch y’all so much my husband now recognizes your voices! Happy new year and feel better Carmen!
I just found you guys. I really enjoyed your video. Very inspirational. I have never done fair isle before- too scared. However i did find a pattern of fingerless mitts that is a perfect beginner fair isle. Now for the yarn. Great job and look forward to seeing your previous videos. I am, right now, too sick to knit so im watching inspiration.
Ohh I test the Dreamer Cardi too!! I'm a little star stuck to have been picked to test the same design as you! ❤😅 I used an NZ alpaca/organic merino boucle and loved the whole knit. It's stunning.
Happy New Year! You guys make the cutest garments! OMG! You see people design stuff like the lumber jack hat but so much cuter to see it done in such cute colors now I want to make. You both rock. Jackie your so funny “shawl size does matter” lol my dirty mind did go there not yours.
Girls!! I’m sitting here knitting my cast on for the Seaton! At 3 am! And I just remembered how, why I went down this rabbit hole! Seeing Carmens sweater late one night watching your podcast! I bought the book, I bought the Marie Wallin yarn and it literally just arrived today. So I’m in on the knit along! 🎉
It made me so happy to see that you finished the beautiful cable sweater by Veera Välimäcki, Jackie! It is simply stunning. My most enjoyable knit this year was the Sweater No. 28 - 100% inspired by you, of course. 😉 But I also really liked the Porcelain Damask Sweater by Lene Holme Samsoe.
always love your podcast. I watch the day it comes out! I would love to see a tour of your stashes! I'm in the middle of reorganizing/inventorying mine, and of course makes me curious to see others. Also would love to know how you organize/prioritize your knitting plans!
Love the make9 concepts and all the toughts you had on it. As a scandi myself I cant wait to see Carmens scandi 9. One of my mostworn is a nutiden+mohire hevvy modified Franky genser. You introduced nutiden for me last year, and I thank you for that
Loved the episode, I always get some many ideas what to knit from you guys. Can you provide the name again or the link for the laced sweater in the violet color that Carmen tried on @ 2:20. Didn't quite get the name, sounded like Ital. I don't see it in the show notes. Thank you.
Oh sorry we missed thar one!! I will add it! But it’s the Aika by Megumi Shinagawa! It’s in Laine Issue 22 and I made mine with lace weight suri/silk which was half the weight of what the pattern calls for!
Hello again - saw your comments about your Mastiha and I can't resist giving more advice. The original button band as designed did a few things - it brings the whole opening "in" due to the ribbed gauge and added weight along the fronts, plus it provided closure, and the width of the band as I designed it filled in the opening, which was left wide on purpose because of the expected additional collar fabric. Your problem with fit is because the narrow picot edge does neither of those things - anchoring the fit, bringing in the gauge, or filling the space. I think you may be able to pull your edging off and reknit it at a smaller gauge, which would bring in the measurement across the back neck and shoulders as needed - and you can even do a couple more rows in rib before ending the edge, which may fill in the opening a little as well. Or, just use a shawl pin as you noted - but the shoulders may never sit the way you want, just because that's not what the body was designed to do without the work of the band. :)
Agh thank you so much Thea for taking the time again to weigh in! I truly feel so honoured and everything you wrote makes complete sense! Honestly, I never should have messed with the pattern bc you clearly designed it so carefully so changing things like I did obv could never have really worked! I also hope you know that I love your original pattern too (it was only as I knit and liked the wide opening that I even considered changing it). From now on I’ll stick with only making minor modifications! In the meantime, I hope a shawl pin helps (or maybe a crochet chain as one viewer suggested) bc I just can’t find the motivation to rip it out and do it again!!
I feel like yellow is everyone’s color it just has to be the right yellow for your skin tone! I think Carmen adding that brown mohair made that ochre yellow enhance her face.
Ahh very fun episode! I really like getting to see what you have and haven’t worn and why. You’re helping me make better crafting choices for myself too lol Jackie I love your idea of talisman knits and your key words for different things you want to infuse into your knitting! I just finished the Halibut sweater by Caitlin Hunter and I also had a lot of trouble with the yoke. The first time it turned out huge and I had to go down three sizes and do a bunch of mods. She’s got great looking patterns but just not quite the fit for me. I’ve done three color work sweaters in a row now and I’m just itching to cast on something with a bunch of textures and cables. I’m thinking the Three Season Cardigan by Wool & Pine.
Girls! Are you kidding me with all of your amazing knits, I seriously cannot pick a favourite….however the one I did not catch the name of is the electric lavender lace weight one, please I’d love the name. I’ve added so many items to my “want to knit” list from this episode…love your podcast so much ❤❤❤❤
My goal this year is more cozy warm knits. I am moving to Scotland this summer (I'm currently in London) and although I am originally from Northern Ontario, the cold hits so different in the UK. I also want more bright colours as wearing something fun helps me when it gets dark early.
Interestingly my favorite knits this year matched up a lot with things in this podcast lol. I usually like to knit cables, lace, or something challenging but I had several surgeries this year and didn't always have the headspace for that so I knit a couple stockinette projects that I loved making and have worn everywhere. I have also had problems with sensations this year thanks to my fibromyalgia so it was important they be soft if I was going to wear them all the time. My two favorite knits this year are 1. Halu by Caitlin Hunter which I knit in knitting for olive merino in the color snowflake and a variegated suri from kinetic knitter called crowd pleaser. It's so soft and cozy and looks like watercolors. The second thing I loved this year is the no frills cardigan by petite knit. I knit it in knitting for olive merino again and we are knitters touch me mohair. I've barely taken it off since I finished it. They are my most worn this year and my favorite knits this year.
Always such fun to join you! When you're thinking about the knits you grad... what about multi sensory components? to what extent might your choices include colors, textures - visually as well as touch? I've notice these multi-sensory elements have been influencing me, and I'm picking up on some of those elements when you both talk about your knits... hmmm maybe it's just what I'm noticing... Yes! Marie Wallin KAL! I'd love the kick to get going on a few of her knits.
Carmen, I think I had the same virus as you. It was like a flu that lasted longer than expected! Couldn’t knit for a couple of days, and I still have a cough. Plus, I have the sultry voice like yours going on. I love your Tulips Sweater!😊
Hear me out... an off-season retrospective done twice a year. Reviewing the knits you made during fall/winter in the summer, and vise-versa. Eh? Eh? It would allow you to have time to accumulate data on whether or not you like/wear something.
Love you both! It's a joy to see you so excited about all your knits. I'd love to join the KAL, your color combination is extraordinary. Is it possible to get a list of the list of colors? It would be helpful to see swatches attached to a piece of paper. Jackie, would you be willing to share your measurements? It would help us short people see how items would fit us. I'm short and not sure such a wide sweater would work, really want to make to measurements of sweaters that fit me well. Would we be able to get feedback in the KAL?
Hi!! The colorways are on my Ravelry project page (linked in the show notes) - many of them are DEEP nutiden stash. My measurements = height 5’2, bust 38-39”, upper bust of 40” and I modified the seaton for a finished bust of 48”.
Hey you two 👋 My most worn sweaters are Lisa Cudrow's "The Classic" in Nutiden and the Ranunculus knit in Ullcentrum. My favorite and most worn shawl is the "Pressed Flowers Shawl" also knit in Nutiden. A Marie Wallin KAL sounds great. I've been actually thinking about turning the colour work band of the Yell cardigan (started a couple years ago) into a pillowcase. Wanna join me with your never worn fluff sweaters? 😂
Hi Ladies. Loved all the sweaters. Wow I have a question for you both. I have sensitive skin so have always used a soft merino. I also for the first of my journey have used super wash yarn. I’d like to venture out and make some sweaters in non-superwash yarn. You both talk a lot about how soft some of your mom-superwash yarns are. Can you give me two or theee non-super wash brands that you feel are the softest. Thank you so much and happy new year from Boston. Diane
Such a good question and you would think I would have an easy answer but every time I think of an option, I question whether it would be soft to another person. For example, right not I’m wearing my gold sweater which is de rerum natura gilliatt held with sonder yarn co halo (mohair) and it is sooooooo soft and drapey and gorgeous. But some people are sensitive to mohair too. I mean I am sensitive to some mohair’s but sonder’s is just somehow not prickly. I also would say Barenaked wools is soooo soft but I haven’t knit with it yet so can’t guarantee it. And for me anything with suri alpaca (or really alpaca in general) is buttery soft with zero prickle, but I’m not sure if you were looking for sheep wool recs?
At the beginning of the year I picked a sweater to be a year long project. Yes a Marie Wallin. I have had the yarn for the Primrose since 2021. I started a swatch on New Year’s Day and immediately got into overwhelm of the idea of this sweater with 15 colors. Then I thought maybe I should do a hat first, but then I might not have enough yarn for the sweater. So I nixed that idea. I decided perhaps I should do an all over colorwork sweater in 2 colors as a warm up. So a friend and I are doing the Obsidian by Tania Barley sweater first. Then I’ll feel more confident to take on the Primrose.
Great podcast! I want to make a Seaton. I have the book, yarn and I’m ready! 😂 I have always wanted to make the Orkney Cardi. And it’s still on my radar but I’m not ready….yet. I have never done my colours or had my style defined. But I gravitate to the colours that make me look more vibrant ( I think?) and style. lol. Well…comfort is verrry important. Basically, I wear jeans type pants and a tee shirt with a sweater or cardi on top and hand made wool socks, of course. My wardrobe goals are to have any knits in there to be made by me. I can’t commit to a make 9 because I always get derailed with new patterns and yarn popping up. Totally distracts me. So, I just run with it. My plans get ruined by me every time. 🤷♀️ oh, well not true because I decided to make a blanket for each of my kids for this past Christmas. And I did it. I decided in late July and stuck to it. 4! Blankets done and gifted. I feel like that is a different goal, though. Carry on, ladies! Carmen, I hope you kick that cold/flu/sickness completely and feel fabulous very soon! ❤
Would it be possible to steek your Instant Crushes into cardigans? I'm not sure if you can steek mohair... I think it could be cute! You'd get some more ease by opening them up. I don't know, just a thought. Happy New Year, ladies! ❤
Would you call sonder yarn's dirty weekend a gold or a brown? Their website suggests brown, but it seems gold in your podcast. I love it on you and want to make sure it's a gold!
And anyway, if you decide that yellow doesn’t do it for you after all, you can always overdye it. When I was little my father took me shopping and I picked out a mustard yellow corduroy jacket and pants. My mother was horrified when she saw the outfit, but I really loved it even though it truely wasn’t my color and I wore it to death😆
Jackie, I have the same problem with some of my sweaters stretching out after blocking. They widen and the sleeves lengthen drastically. I usually have to rip back the sleeves and redo them. I wanted to know what you do when this happens. The last two sweaters I’ve made with have had this happen. I take great care NOT to stretch anything when laying them out. Any advice would be so appreciated!
Hi Sherry! I don’t know that I have any tips here for you… Andrea Mowry would say “this is why you swatch and block the way you will do the FO!”, but I don’t do what she says 😂 I do think it’s dependent on the yarn but I notice that it happens with mine only with Sonder DK + mohair when knit on a loose gauge. Will report back if anyone in the community shares anything brilliant ❤
@sherrymaccullouch2095 I doubt you’re doing anything wrong - at least I choose to take the perspective that our hands are our hands, they craft and knit exactly how they are meant to! I find it super interesting that your sweaters grow width wise in the body and the opposite (length wise) in the sleeve… wonder if it’s yarn choice (drapier fibres - alpaca/silk/linen/superrwash) or gauge (my large gauges tend to grow more)… have you thought to submit the question to Andrea Mowry’s I’ll knit if I want to UA-cam channel?? This needs more minds than mine. All I can offer is if it’s a consistent pattern across most of your garments, I say knit short arms (or block before ribbing) and choose 1 size down from your usual? It’s a gamble of course but so is all our knitting. I’m always for adjusting the pattern rather than trying to adjust my hands.
I’ve been wondering how you store your Nutiden, and remember the names??? I’ve been tagging one plate with the name month and year 😅. I’m in for the Marie Wallin!!!
Would love to join in a Marie Wallin KAL - I’ve got Daffodil in hibernation and would love the incentive to pull it out and I really want to knit something like Rosalee (in blues) or Chestnut but I’m not entirely sure I would wear them.
OMG that Tulip sweater is so beautiful and I love the color! Jackie-- swoncho twinning!! I love yours. I love wearing mine too bc its a show stopper and I'm really proud of it. I totally stole Caitlin's color combo. Carmen- pressure is on- you must make one. Glad you are feeling better. xo Kim
Hello there, Carmen and Jackie. I wish you a beautiful year full of love and knits!
I'm so excited about the Marie Wallin KAL. I have been trying to knit Yell forever. I started last year (after buying the kit in 2019!), and I had to rip it because I was too much off gauge. I just started over again, and my idea is to try to knit some rounds every day and having it done by the end of the year. So the KAL is perfect - it will definitely give me the push to finish! Thank you for your positivity and the joy you spread.
Omg this is so great! Honestly, I’m going to set my sights on the yell too! It’s intimidating but what an outcome! So glad you’re a part of our community!
Ive never really looked at your notes but TYSM for putting so many details in the yarns used!! ❤
good morning and happy new year! y’all have inspired me to be more relaxed with my knitting and trust the process instead of constantly stressing over things like gauge. can’t wait to see what y’all make in 2025!
I love the look of the tulips sweater! Looking forward to this pattern being released. The colour and style looks so nice on both of you.
Such a lovely podcast episode, girlies.. and so full of inspiration 🫶 Oh, and Carmen, if you don't wear that gorgeousness of a shawl & Instant Crush sweater, I'm totally up for buying them off you.. so in love with the colours 😘😆
Aw thank you Tea!! I’ll actually consider that bc I would much prefer them to get worn!!
gleðilegt nýtt ár from here in Iceland, you two! lovely to check in with you this morning while I pick up and work on a sleeve I've been avoiding (my Mastiha! in Phinela worsted! need to finish and then figure out my version of the button band issue). Carmen, both the red and gold sweaters are color-amazing -- bravo on both counts. and love the recap of the year's knits, especially (oddly) the didn't-wear-so-much category -- like your Instant Crush, I made one all-over colorwork sweater this past year in insanely soft yarns that I love but never wear -- the patterning, while gorgeous to look at, just feels too busy to wear & makes me incredibly self-conscious, even though I love the colors and the fabric -- like the sweater is shouting past me, somehow. so it feels a bit ironic that I'm also very excited about the Wallin-along or whatever the KAL ends up being called -- I'll just need to choose my colors carefully to perhaps be on the more low-contrast/subtle side of things. and I think my 2025 should probably be fewer shawls, even though I love making them, as I really don't wear the large ones much at all -- I LOVE a small one I can wind tightly around my neck, but the big ones are, again more like Carmen, more like cardigans except I'd prefer to have the sleeves.
A Marie Wallin KAL?! What about BALLIN WITH WALLIN? #ballinwithwallin 😂
Happy New Year! 1:36:53 Gorgeous color 👍🏽
Happy New Year! I live both of your sweaters! All of them actually. Carmen I was very sick too as my kids came from Nova Scotia and my grandkids ended up sick we had 4 emergency visits in a row and once they all left I ended up sick! I have never been that sick before in my life and I’m old! I’m just getting over it and it’s the first time I’ve ever been too sick to knit. I just sat there with my eyes closed. I couldn’t hold needles in my hands. Glad that’s over with!! Glad you are better!! Take care!!
Oh Susan!!! I’m so sorry to hear you were sick too! Sounds like the same thing! I actually ended up going to my doc last Thursday and she put me on antibiotics and I’m finally feeling better! Glad you got over yours too!!
Oh my gosh. I placed a Sonder Yarn order two days ago, taking advantage of their 20% off sale. Sunday Morning 4-ply in Radio Flyer and Halo in Drop Dead Gorgeous. I knew they weren’t a perfect match, but I thought they’d play well together. Then I saw Carmen’s sweater in 5 o’clock Somewhere and DDG and had to have that combination! I just placed another order for the 4-ply in 5 o’clock Somewhere. Not sorry! 😂 Thanks for the inspiration!
Omg! I’m sure radio flyer would have worked beautifully but 5 o’clock somewhere is absolutely beyond!! Cannot wait to hear what you think!!
I woke up this morning, brushed my teeth and washed my face, the house was still dead silent so I snuck downstairs and picked up the test knit I’m working on and turned on this video, it took me only a minute to wake up and realize that Carmen is wearing the same sweater I’m testing right now!! 😂 and OMGGGGG now I cannot wait to get this beauty off my needles!! I’m using Rowan Kid Classic and I am so in love!!! 😍 Carmen, yours looks FAB!!!!
Omg!!!!!! That is so so fun!! Can’t wait to see your version! I’ve been wearing this sooooo much!!
So excited! I forgot to tell you girls you spent this last Saturday with me making Grandma’s sauce which took 8 hours! It was so nice to have you with me as I made the sauce and watched your older episodes! This morning it’s even better as I can just relax and knit with you both!
Caitlin’s swancho was always a swoon for me but double mohair 😱 Jackie I love it. I’ve knit double mohair a few times and I adore it. I’ve wet blocked with no issue.
Stick everything in the freezer and voilà you’re back to being socially acceptable.
Mohair - just use a soft bristle brush and give it a little groom (when it’s had too much wear) and it’s magic, back to new.
Feel better Carmen 😢 thanks for the fun, Karen 🥰
That sweater combo went from Frenchies mustard to grey Poupon mustard incredible Carmen it literally makes your eyes sparkle! The Caitlin Hunter pattern on you Jackie is spot on beautiful so happy with that purple in there it just looks amazing!
I know that sometimes you two mention there being more FOs than you could show. So I would think it's fun to hear about your favorite makes that didn't make it to the podcast!
The flipping button band bottom: If your row gauge is often to long, I wonder if you need to pick up more stitches in the beginning and ending of the button band for for ones that are worked perpendicular to your knitting (i.e. ribbed button bands where one row is the entire length of the button band). Like your stitches are skinny and long, so when you work a skinny stitch into the side of long stitch, it causes it to pull up and flip.
What I dislike about the Kibbe types is its subjective framed like objective. It doesn't take any of the wearers personality or preferences into account because its supposed to be this categorical thing based on your "essence", but its really just like "I think soft/round features and bodies should wear this and tall thin bodies should wear this and muscular stout bodies should wear this and its what looks best on them." But like says who? Some people feel there best when they harmonize with things like how slim, soft, round, muscular, striking etc their features are and some people feel best when they balance out those same features. Like I'm busty and I feel my best when my outfits accentuate that. But depending on the style guidance, some absolutely insist I must draw attention away from my bust, while others absolutely insist that I draw attention to my bust. And then the idea that the shape of ones body has anything to do with their personality aesthetic is wild to me (there's a component of the Kibbe typing that speaks to the person's personality, as if having sharp cheekbones says anything about someone's personality or even if they are more of a ruffles or a studs kind of person). And, the whole basis behind it is what others will like on you, instead of what you like on you, and what makes you feel your best. I think style guidance that's more focused on how to highlight or minimize specific aspects (if that's what the wearer wants) is much more useful than "you're soft so you must dress in flowy clothes that cinch in at the waist." Prescribing what elements look best on someone based on how tall they are or where they store their fat is nonsense to me. Because I agree, even if it's what's supposed to look best based on your physical characteristics, if you are uncomfortable and it clashes with who you are, it will never look better than the clothes you feel most yourself in. The fact that you don't feel comfortable will shine through and cancel out any harmony its supposed to have with your level of yin or yang.
I haven't actually put together my make 9 yet, but it's definitely going to be more "yarn first" centered because I tend to be a more "yarn first" knitter.
I LOVED your make nine discussion--I've been trying so hard lately to organize my knitting butterfly mind toward a more cohesive, I guess more "planned" project list, and your conversation and ideas around doing the same was just so good. Going beyond the "capsule wardrobe" concept and deeply integrating yourself--whoo, amazing. Thank you! My most worn, most favorite, most reliable and most Old Faithful is that genius Melissa's Turtledove. That pattern has worked for me in any size, with any yarn, every time. Honestly, I'll never not be knitting one. I'm getting ready to cast on my TENTH Turtledove! As always, thank you for all the inspiration. xoxo
i just found your podcast and I'm loving it. Carmen, you helped me at A Woolen Affair....you were awesome. So helpful and sweet.
Jackie your Dreamer cardi is soooo good! I wasn’t really attracted to the pattern in boucle but your version - exactly what I’m looking for. Such a great throw over anything cardi that can be dressed up!
I (carmen) feel exactly the same way!! Haha I’ve already bought the pattern and can’t wait to knit it in mohair!!
Love the episode and agree with everything already suggested. I just bought 3 Marie Wallin books and have yarn on the way. I listen to /watch y’all so much my husband now recognizes your voices! Happy new year and feel better Carmen!
while listening to this podcast, I FINALLY ordered my first unspun- Manchelopis! I am so excited to have my own unspun magic!
Omg!!! Cannot wait to hear what you think!!!!
I just found you guys. I really enjoyed your video. Very inspirational. I have never done fair isle before- too scared. However i did find a pattern of fingerless mitts that is a perfect beginner fair isle. Now for the yarn.
Great job and look forward to seeing your previous videos.
I am, right now, too sick to knit so im watching inspiration.
Ohh I test the Dreamer Cardi too!! I'm a little star stuck to have been picked to test the same design as you! ❤😅
I used an NZ alpaca/organic merino boucle and loved the whole knit. It's stunning.
Happy New Year! You guys make the cutest garments! OMG! You see people design stuff like the lumber jack hat but so much cuter to see it done in such cute colors now I want to make. You both rock. Jackie your so funny “shawl size does matter” lol my dirty mind did go there not yours.
Girls!! I’m sitting here knitting my cast on for the Seaton! At 3 am! And I just remembered how, why I went down this rabbit hole! Seeing Carmens sweater late one night watching your podcast! I bought the book, I bought the Marie Wallin yarn and it literally just arrived today. So I’m in on the knit along! 🎉
It made me so happy to see that you finished the beautiful cable sweater by Veera Välimäcki, Jackie! It is simply stunning.
My most enjoyable knit this year was the Sweater No. 28 - 100% inspired by you, of course. 😉 But I also really liked the Porcelain Damask Sweater by Lene Holme Samsoe.
Aw thank you Annika! And I love all the sweaters you knit!!!
@ thank you so much! 🙃🙃
I am unreasonably excited to watch this 3.5 hour episode!
always love your podcast. I watch the day it comes out! I would love to see a tour of your stashes! I'm in the middle of reorganizing/inventorying mine, and of course makes me curious to see others. Also would love to know how you organize/prioritize your knitting plans!
Love the make9 concepts and all the toughts you had on it. As a scandi myself I cant wait to see Carmens scandi 9. One of my mostworn is a nutiden+mohire hevvy modified Franky genser. You introduced nutiden for me last year, and I thank you for that
Yes yes!!! I’m all in for a MW sweater in Nutiden 😊
SAME!! I'm way too influenced by these ladies :D
Oh my gosh I love that colorful sweater you’re wearing. ❤ new sub here. 😍
Aw!! Thank you and welcome to our little community! So glad to have you with us!!
Loved the episode, I always get some many ideas what to knit from you guys. Can you provide the name again or the link for the laced sweater in the violet color that Carmen tried on @ 2:20. Didn't quite get the name, sounded like Ital. I don't see it in the show notes. Thank you.
Oh sorry we missed thar one!! I will add it! But it’s the Aika by Megumi Shinagawa! It’s in Laine Issue 22 and I made mine with lace weight suri/silk which was half the weight of what the pattern calls for!
Your snowfield is stunning! ❤
Hello again - saw your comments about your Mastiha and I can't resist giving more advice. The original button band as designed did a few things - it brings the whole opening "in" due to the ribbed gauge and added weight along the fronts, plus it provided closure, and the width of the band as I designed it filled in the opening, which was left wide on purpose because of the expected additional collar fabric.
Your problem with fit is because the narrow picot edge does neither of those things - anchoring the fit, bringing in the gauge, or filling the space. I think you may be able to pull your edging off and reknit it at a smaller gauge, which would bring in the measurement across the back neck and shoulders as needed - and you can even do a couple more rows in rib before ending the edge, which may fill in the opening a little as well.
Or, just use a shawl pin as you noted - but the shoulders may never sit the way you want, just because that's not what the body was designed to do without the work of the band. :)
Agh thank you so much Thea for taking the time again to weigh in! I truly feel so honoured and everything you wrote makes complete sense! Honestly, I never should have messed with the pattern bc you clearly designed it so carefully so changing things like I did obv could never have really worked! I also hope you know that I love your original pattern too (it was only as I knit and liked the wide opening that I even considered changing it). From now on I’ll stick with only making minor modifications! In the meantime, I hope a shawl pin helps (or maybe a crochet chain as one viewer suggested) bc I just can’t find the motivation to rip it out and do it again!!
I feel like yellow is everyone’s color it just has to be the right yellow for your skin tone! I think Carmen adding that brown mohair made that ochre yellow enhance her face.
Aw thank you Gabi!! I’m thrilled to find one that might work!
Ahh very fun episode! I really like getting to see what you have and haven’t worn and why. You’re helping me make better crafting choices for myself too lol
Jackie I love your idea of talisman knits and your key words for different things you want to infuse into your knitting!
I just finished the Halibut sweater by Caitlin Hunter and I also had a lot of trouble with the yoke. The first time it turned out huge and I had to go down three sizes and do a bunch of mods. She’s got great looking patterns but just not quite the fit for me.
I’ve done three color work sweaters in a row now and I’m just itching to cast on something with a bunch of textures and cables. I’m thinking the Three Season Cardigan by Wool & Pine.
Girls! Are you kidding me with all of your amazing knits, I seriously cannot pick a favourite….however the one I did not catch the name of is the electric lavender lace weight one, please I’d love the name. I’ve added so many items to my “want to knit” list from this episode…love your podcast so much ❤❤❤❤
My goal this year is more cozy warm knits. I am moving to Scotland this summer (I'm currently in London) and although I am originally from Northern Ontario, the cold hits so different in the UK. I also want more bright colours as wearing something fun helps me when it gets dark early.
Interestingly my favorite knits this year matched up a lot with things in this podcast lol. I usually like to knit cables, lace, or something challenging but I had several surgeries this year and didn't always have the headspace for that so I knit a couple stockinette projects that I loved making and have worn everywhere. I have also had problems with sensations this year thanks to my fibromyalgia so it was important they be soft if I was going to wear them all the time. My two favorite knits this year are 1. Halu by Caitlin Hunter which I knit in knitting for olive merino in the color snowflake and a variegated suri from kinetic knitter called crowd pleaser. It's so soft and cozy and looks like watercolors. The second thing I loved this year is the no frills cardigan by petite knit. I knit it in knitting for olive merino again and we are knitters touch me mohair. I've barely taken it off since I finished it. They are my most worn this year and my favorite knits this year.
Always such fun to join you! When you're thinking about the knits you grad... what about multi sensory components? to what extent might your choices include colors, textures - visually as well as touch? I've notice these multi-sensory elements have been influencing me, and I'm picking up on some of those elements when you both talk about your knits... hmmm maybe it's just what I'm noticing... Yes! Marie Wallin KAL! I'd love the kick to get going on a few of her knits.
Carmen, I think I had the same virus as you. It was like a flu that lasted longer than expected! Couldn’t knit for a couple of days, and I still have a cough. Plus, I have the sultry voice like yours going on. I love your Tulips Sweater!😊
Hear me out... an off-season retrospective done twice a year. Reviewing the knits you made during fall/winter in the summer, and vise-versa. Eh? Eh? It would allow you to have time to accumulate data on whether or not you like/wear something.
Omg I’m absolutely in love with this idea!! Yes yes yes!!!!
That skater us Caitlyn Hunter…love that video!!!!
Love you both! It's a joy to see you so excited about all your knits. I'd love to join the KAL, your color combination is extraordinary. Is it possible to get a list of the list of colors? It would be helpful to see swatches attached to a piece of paper. Jackie, would you be willing to share your measurements? It would help us short people see how items would fit us. I'm short and not sure such a wide sweater would work, really want to make to measurements of sweaters that fit me well. Would we be able to get feedback in the KAL?
Hi!! The colorways are on my Ravelry project page (linked in the show notes) - many of them are DEEP nutiden stash. My measurements = height 5’2, bust 38-39”, upper bust of 40” and I modified the seaton for a finished bust of 48”.
thank you for sharing!!! Jackie - I can't find your project page for the Book Club Cardigan - super interested in reading about your mods 😉
Happy New Year!
Hey you two 👋 My most worn sweaters are Lisa Cudrow's "The Classic" in Nutiden and the Ranunculus knit in Ullcentrum. My favorite and most worn shawl is the "Pressed Flowers Shawl" also knit in Nutiden. A Marie Wallin KAL sounds great. I've been actually thinking about turning the colour work band of the Yell cardigan (started a couple years ago) into a pillowcase. Wanna join me with your never worn fluff sweaters? 😂
Hi Girls, I have just finished Budle sweater from Marie Wallins book. Her colours are amazing. Now I have to have it Seaton sweather 😂.
I feel like Carmen’s less worn knits are all spring knits, you can find a dressy tee or tank with a satin edged neckline to dress up that cardigan 💛
Yeah you’re back!!!! I cast on Seahouses on 1/1 whooohooo Marie Wallin! Comment #1…hahaha I always keep commenting like an annoying watcher!!!
Also going to do Seahouses. Looking forward to seeing yours!
Hi Ladies. Loved all the sweaters. Wow I have a question for you both. I have sensitive skin so have always used a soft merino. I also for the first of my journey have used super wash yarn. I’d like to venture out and make some sweaters in non-superwash yarn. You both talk a lot about how soft some of your mom-superwash yarns are. Can you give me two or theee non-super wash brands that you feel are the softest. Thank you so much and happy new year from Boston. Diane
Such a good question and you would think I would have an easy answer but every time I think of an option, I question whether it would be soft to another person. For example, right not I’m wearing my gold sweater which is de rerum natura gilliatt held with sonder yarn co halo (mohair) and it is sooooooo soft and drapey and gorgeous. But some people are sensitive to mohair too. I mean I am sensitive to some mohair’s but sonder’s is just somehow not prickly. I also would say Barenaked wools is soooo soft but I haven’t knit with it yet so can’t guarantee it. And for me anything with suri alpaca (or really alpaca in general) is buttery soft with zero prickle, but I’m not sure if you were looking for sheep wool recs?
At the beginning of the year I picked a sweater to be a year long project. Yes a Marie Wallin. I have had the yarn for the Primrose since 2021. I started a swatch on New Year’s Day and immediately got into overwhelm of the idea of this sweater with 15 colors. Then I thought maybe I should do a hat first, but then I might not have enough yarn for the sweater. So I nixed that idea. I decided perhaps I should do an all over colorwork sweater in 2 colors as a warm up. So a friend and I are doing the Obsidian by Tania Barley sweater first. Then I’ll feel more confident to take on the Primrose.
Thanks to finding your podcast , I have been introduced to (and become slightly obsessed with ) unspun Nutiden yarn
What pattern is Carmen’s black/pink argyle type shawl?
Hi Michelle! It’s the Artus by Natasha Hornby (Moonstruck Knits)
Thank you! ❤ watching you.
Great podcast! I want to make a Seaton. I have the book, yarn and I’m ready! 😂 I have always wanted to make the Orkney Cardi. And it’s still on my radar but I’m not ready….yet. I have never done my colours or had my style defined. But I gravitate to the colours that make me look more vibrant ( I think?) and style. lol. Well…comfort is verrry important. Basically, I wear jeans type pants and a tee shirt with a sweater or cardi on top and hand made wool socks, of course. My wardrobe goals are to have any knits in there to be made by me. I can’t commit to a make 9 because I always get derailed with new patterns and yarn popping up. Totally distracts me. So, I just run with it. My plans get ruined by me every time. 🤷♀️ oh, well not true because I decided to make a blanket for each of my kids for this past Christmas. And I did it. I decided in late July and stuck to it. 4! Blankets done and gifted. I feel like that is a different goal, though. Carry on, ladies! Carmen, I hope you kick that cold/flu/sickness completely and feel fabulous very soon! ❤
4 blankets!? EPIC!!! That Orkney cardi is a beauty… thanks for adding it to my never ending Marie list
Love that swancho ❤❤❤❤
Would it be possible to steek your Instant Crushes into cardigans? I'm not sure if you can steek mohair... I think it could be cute! You'd get some more ease by opening them up. I don't know, just a thought. Happy New Year, ladies! ❤
Would you call sonder yarn's dirty weekend a gold or a brown? Their website suggests brown, but it seems gold in your podcast. I love it on you and want to make sure it's a gold!
I would def call it more gold than brown but it has both colours in it!
Do we have to do something to join the Knitalong!
You just have to knit any Marie Wallin pattern this year and finish by Dec 31!
And anyway, if you decide that yellow doesn’t do it for you after all, you can always overdye it. When I was little my father took me shopping and I picked out a mustard yellow corduroy jacket and pants. My mother was horrified when she saw the outfit, but I really loved it even though it truely wasn’t my color and I wore it to death😆
Jackie, I have the same problem with some of my sweaters stretching out after blocking. They widen and the sleeves lengthen drastically. I usually have to rip back the sleeves and redo them. I wanted to know what you do when this happens. The last two sweaters I’ve made with have had this happen. I take great care NOT to stretch anything when laying them out. Any advice would be so appreciated!
Hi Sherry! I don’t know that I have any tips here for you… Andrea Mowry would say “this is why you swatch and block the way you will do the FO!”, but I don’t do what she says 😂 I do think it’s dependent on the yarn but I notice that it happens with mine only with Sonder DK + mohair when knit on a loose gauge. Will report back if anyone in the community shares anything brilliant ❤
@ Thanks Jackie. I always swatch and block, I must be doing something else wrong.
@sherrymaccullouch2095 I doubt you’re doing anything wrong - at least I choose to take the perspective that our hands are our hands, they craft and knit exactly how they are meant to! I find it super interesting that your sweaters grow width wise in the body and the opposite (length wise) in the sleeve… wonder if it’s yarn choice (drapier fibres - alpaca/silk/linen/superrwash) or gauge (my large gauges tend to grow more)… have you thought to submit the question to Andrea Mowry’s I’ll knit if I want to UA-cam channel?? This needs more minds than mine. All I can offer is if it’s a consistent pattern across most of your garments, I say knit short arms (or block before ribbing) and choose 1 size down from your usual? It’s a gamble of course but so is all our knitting. I’m always for adjusting the pattern rather than trying to adjust my hands.
I’ve been wondering how you store your Nutiden, and remember the names??? I’ve been tagging one plate with the name month and year 😅. I’m in for the Marie Wallin!!!
Would love to join in a Marie Wallin KAL - I’ve got Daffodil in hibernation and would love the incentive to pull it out and I really want to knit something like Rosalee (in blues) or Chestnut but I’m not entirely sure I would wear them.
i think i got the lucky kind of shoulders caitlin hunter grades for!!!!! a yoke NEVER bunches on me and i dont understand how? perhaps wide-shoulders?
What do you wear when you are cold? feels like a big hug?
Mmmmm I love this!!! First thing that immediately comes to mind is my instant gratification cardi!
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How the heck do you two knit so much in a year? lol
Or list them for sale you may as well get some money for new yarn rather than them just taking up space