I agree this is a lifesaver. I wanted to click for notifications but the message noted for kids content? Thank your excellent video presentation with camera focus and taking the time while knitting to explain tips and reasons for a certain work. I just love it when you said easy peasie!
Glad you are finding it helpful and thanks for letting me know! I don’t remember the reason why now - but for some reason UA-cam won’t let me make tutorials available for kids. I’m a bit new to UA-cam world and am going to investigate - because knitting is awesome for kids!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I am now on the sleeves and nearly done. I loved the neck bind off method looks amazing and was just as easy as you said much easier than trying to follow the pattern. Just a little note of gratitude flying across the web to you.
OMGOSH! Once again - thank you for putting this on youtube!!!!!! Making my second sweater, put on hold over spring and summer, picking up again. This tutorial is indispensable!!!!!!!
I am starting on my Weekender tomorrow and I have not knitted a sweater in 20 years or more. Very excited and much more confident with this tutorial! Thank you for this!
Thank you for these videos. I have purchased several of her patterns as well as others and they are just sitting in my Ravelry because I am a visual learner and I am still newish to knitting. These videos are so helpful. *side note, I hope you start doing more of these pattern tutorials.
Your tutorial is invaluable! I made the Weekender Light pattern with fingering weight almost a year ago. Couldn't have finished it without your HiyaHiya help! And now making a second sweater using DK weight yarn in the Weekender Light. Especially value your note about making the sleeves bigger than in the pattern.
Thank you for your tutorial! I gave up on my project because I just couldn't figure out the techniques. I dreamed of a tutorial that covered each section of the pattern so that I could see the technique on the actual garment, not just a sample. You have restored my confidence!
@@knittingwhimsy The bind off came out great! I used your other tutorial as well and just kept replaying over and over until I got the hang of it. I’m so proud of myself! Thank you!
I am ready to do the neck bindoff--I think. I want to follow your instructions. So, do I disregard the instructions that have me slipping neck stitches? From your tutorial, it seems that I work the ribbing up until the neck stitches, do the Hiya Hiya bindoff and then complete the other side with the shoulder ribbing.
I'm so thankful you are showing this. I am at the arm holes and struggling. So helpful. Thank you. I am a new knitter and need to learn a lot of these stitches and techniques.
Found this tutorial so useful, especially grateful for the alternative neck bind off method and the 3 needle shoulder finishing demonstrations. Thanks indeed
You are an exceptional teacher!! This was my first sweater knit. I loved the provisional cast on method for the tubular cast on and loved the neck bind off method you used. It perfectly complements the hem cast on. Your pacing, organization and stitch demonstrations are terrific. Thank you for helping me realize my first knitting 2021 goal!! 🥰
I’m so glad it was helpful to you. I love knitting & love teaching others to as well. It’s a great hobby! Sounds like your 2021 knitting is off to a great start!! 🧶🧶💃
@@kimberlystokes5863 That’s so nice of you! I have not really written any patterns - Maybe someday! I am currently working on a sock video - and am obsessed with that. I have adapted a chunky slipper sock for learning (and they are cute too) - similar to the chunky hat video that is on my channel. Check out #52weeksofsocks on Instagram for some sock inspiration- then check back for my sock tutorial if you are interested!! Also - let me know what kind of tutorials you would be interested in seeing! Happy knitting!!
I wish I had thought to look for something like this before I did a horrible job resolving the wrapped stitches on the shoulder shaping! At least I found it before redoing the neck bind-off for the third time :). Thank you thank you!
Just discovered you...your tutorials are FANTASTIC! They are just what I need to be able to knit some of the patterns I’ve wanted to knit but was too intimidated. I would love to see more e.g. on the Ranunculus sweater, the Zweig sweater, or other Caitlin Hunter sweaters. Your tutorials will actually get me to knit! Thank you! 😀
What a nice comment - thank you! So glad you find my tutorials helpful. I also love your suggestions - I have made the Ranunculus and the Tegna - I will definitely put your suggestions on my list for next tutorial. I am currently obsessed with socks and will have a tutorial for them coming soon! So glad they are helping you knit! Hope your sweater comes out great!
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. I was really flummoxed about how to knit the front (it's not explained very well in the written pattern) and you have helped with all the techniques.
I'm knitting this weekender sweater and it's my very 1st sweater. I'm up to the front shoulder shaping... Wish i found your video when i first started! Would have saved me the trouble of reading the pattern at least 20 times over! LOL... Thank you again!
I've tried other tubular cast on tutorials that just didn't work for me but this one worked beautifully. Now I can carry on with my Weekender sweater, thank you for this! 👏👏👏
Your tutorial was so helpful. I am almost finished with my Weekender. It would have taken much longer without your video. Thank you so much! Oh, and I love the hiyahiya bind off (don't think I spelled it correctly). Definitely going to use that again.
Thank you so much for posting this very helpful tutorial. You gave me hope. I wanted to knit this sweater for a while now but I was nervous to do so. Thanks to your tutorial, I am not nervous any longer.
You are wonderful! You’re very easy to follow perfect for a beginner knitter I am wanting to make my very first sweater and I am so ready and I could follow you all the way through and I love that so much the sweater looks wonderful thank you thank you
We are just knitting this in a small group. Thanks for the detailed instructions for us visual learners. I like that you explain over and over and over how to do some of the sections. Could you please show how to do the Rnd 1 and Rnd 2, in detail? Thanks
@@knittingwhimsy There would have to be a connection somewhere. My husband's father originally came from England. He only had one brother who lived his whole life in England. You never know!
What an amazing tutorial! Your verbal and visual instructions are clear, concise and easy to follow. I’m fairly new to knitting and have been waiting for classes to start up again at my LYS to get support with knitting my Weekender sweater however your tutorial has given me the confidence to cast on and knit it up independently.Thanks so much! Cloudsley by Isabell Kraemer would be a design that I would love to see a tutorial on.
Hello from San Diego, I just found your tutorial, perfect timing since I am knitting the weekender at this moment, is there any way you could make a tutorial on the Frankie sweater by Sandnes Garn? i have tried and failed numerous times making this, lol, and the other wish was the Slanting Slipover by Anne Ventzel, I think patterns from Denmark are very simplistic and assume you know a lot of details that are not written or explained, thank you so much
This is just an amazing tutorial. I think you just saved my Weekender as I am a beginner and had gotten a bit stumped on the short rows! Thank you so much!!
Excellent help on the tubular cast-on. It's adorable the way you say across... "acrost" 🙂. I used to always say cementary. My husband let me know it was cemetery. I still laugh about it.
Im so glad I found your video. I’m at the point of separating front & back. I’ve done Row 1 (WS), now on Row 2 it says purl to 1 at before marker? Sl 1, wyib, sm, purl. Is this correct - I thought it would be purl to marker, sm, sl 1 wyib, sm, purl? Just checking on this - I’m sure this is a simple process and I’m just complicating it - which I tend to do. Just wondering….because now we are knitting and purling - so not sure if the slip location is changing. Also, once you separate front/back - and k, p to desired cm, are you supposed to k,p the stitches that were on the stitch holder? The pattern doesn’t specify what to do - it just jumps to shoulder separation
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!! Bless YOU!!!! I have purchased this pattern when it came out and purchased yarn for it too and it just look to complicate.... Thank you for this tutorial!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for your video. I’m almost finished with my Weekender sweater thanks to your helpful tutorial. Would love, love, love a similar video for making the November Vest by PetiteKnit in case you were looking for another project. ;) Thanks again!!!
So glad you found it helpful! Thanks for letting me know! The November Vest looks like a great pattern - I love PetiteKnits! Thanks for putting it on my radar.
I’m so glad! Thanks for letting me know. I have just taken a long hiatus from knitting (life happens!) and am now back to it. It feels like reconnecting with an old friend. I am currently making a tutorial on sock knitting. At one point I wondered why anyone would ever want to knit socks - and now I’m addicted! Happy knitting! Good luck with your Weekender!
Love this video. Just wanted to say when your doing the hyia hyia cast off at the neck love that can’t wait to try that. When you say back and front in knitting the work that is facing you is the back and the other side that you can’t see is the front.
Thanks! Hmmm - I will look at that. If you want to see more about the hiyahiya bind off you can check out my video on that. Maybe it would give better perspective ... maybe not ... anyway - hope it works for you! It’s a great way to bind off!
I am at the point after the body. I'm confused about what is supposed to go on the stitch holder and what exctly to be kniting in stockingnet. The dirctions just say to knit to the first center seam and turn and purl 49 stitches. Is this for the entire back or front? Your tutorial has been so helpful, but there is not a full photo and I can't tell what to knit the flat part.
Hi!! I love this! I followed it exactly for the tubular cast on but then forgot to switch to 1 needle size bigger for the ribbing 😩 where do you suggest changing the needle? Is it after row 5? TIA
My comment is so similar to many, but thank you for this amazing tutorial that has answered all my questions while knitting this sweater!! I do not want my sleeves to be at all tight, so you think the 80 picked up stitches will be good? I have average size arms.
So happy to have found this tutorial. I was about to start the Weekender and was having a hard time with the tubular cast on. Your video will be super helpful. Andrea suggest starting with a smaller needle to cast on then on to the ribbing with 1 size bigger and then to the body one size bigger again. Is it necessary to start with the smallest one suggested or can I go with the second size for the ribbing and then the third size for the body? I believe that is what you did in your video. Thank you in advance for your answer. Very grateful!
Thank you after looking at this pattern (for a long while) I’m a ready to try it. Where are the answers to the questions asked below. Please let me know when you knit the Oslo sweater
So glad you are going to knit The Weekender! It’s a great sweater and fun to knit! I hope you find my tutorial helpful. You can view the answers to all questions asked in the comments by clicking on ‘replies’ I hope that helps! I’ll check out the Oslo sweater!!
Thanks for a great tutorial. The Weekender pattern calls for a smaller needle for the tubular cast on. Did you do that? If so, did you just use the smaller needle for the ribbon or did you use the smaller needle on all the setup row and then switch?
I do not think I used a smaller needle (although I might have) I sometimes do / sometimes don’t. I’m all honesty I don’t think it makes much difference. Hope your Weekender is coming along!
Hi. I’ve just finished the separation for the front. Im wondering if I repeat this on the stitches that are on the holder before I move on to shoulder shaping? Sorry this is my first knit in a very long time with no help 😅
Fantastic video 🙂. I have my eye on the weekender which you made look so easy. I especially loved the tubular cast on and neckline you showed. This pattern is similar to the naveli tee by Caitlin hunter that is already in my library.
So glad you think it will be helpful! I have not made the Naveli Tee (it is on my list though) - one of my all time favorite knits is Caitlin Hunter’s Tegna - which I hope to make a tutorial for skin. Happy knitting!!
I love your videos, they are so easy to follow, signs of a great teacher. I have my gauge for this sweater but I have 2 questions: I got gauge with a 3 needle, according to Andrea instructions, I would go down 2 sizes to a 1..... correct? Also, I prefer the stockinette stitch over the look of the garner. Would I just k row, p row? It confused me saying the sweater is being knitted inside out. Thank you
Thnku soo very much for this tutorial as I’ve had this pattern for a while but was frightened to do it! May I ask what brand of needles you are using and is it bamboo? As I have arthritis so thinking of buying bamboo as they say it’s better than metal needles ❤️
Thanks for your video! I need help at the bottom hem. Is the front shorter than the back? Yours look equal but the pattern says the back is slightly longer.
Can you tell me is the front and the back side of the sweater both have short row shaping? I have finished the first side and am starting the second side and thought this is odd to do short rows on both sides.
I need advice! I've just knitted and purled the second side after separating for front and back. I am having trouble making sure the two sides have the same number of rows before I begin short rows. (It's confusing where the split is, as I did the first side a year ago and it's a little stretched out.) Is it bad if they are a few rows off? Thanks.
When knitting the other side do you do short rows again or just on one side ? Seems like the pattern rib at the bottom is longer in the back so I’m so confused about the short rows. Which side do you do short rows ? One side ? I’m so confused 🫤
I tried the tubular cast on five times with different UA-cam videos, but when I found yours I met with immediate success! Thank you! Is it possible to start the weekender sweater at one size and gradually make it a smaller size by the time it gets to the bust area?
I’m so glad you found it helpful! Yes … you could throw in a few decreases along the way to make the sweater a smaller size at the top. You just need to make sure you do the same for front and back - and be aware of your different stitch count when you do the neck opening. I can’t think of anything else that would affect - but there may be more. Good luck!! Hope your Weekender comes out fabulous!!
My sweater is progressing beautifully thanks to your tutorial and I am ready to start the shoulder ribbing. The pattern says to switch to smaller needles but your tutorial does not. What Would you recommend?
So glad you are finding my video helpful! Yes … I would (and probably did myself) switch to the smaller needles as the pattern says. Enjoy the home stretch of your Weekender Sweater knitting! I hope it comes out fabulous!!
Hi, thanks fir your clear instructional video. I am up to the front rib, have completed the back ribbing. Just wondered your instructions fir the tubular cast on set up consists of 5 rows, whereas the pattern set up rows only has 2, I’m unsure about which might be the front and the back. Thank you 😊
In the bulk of the sweater - the different cast on methods will not make a difference - however if you have already used one cast on method for the first ribbing - I would use the same for the second. The sweater is perfectly symmetrical - so there is no back and front. Happy knitting! I hope your Weekender comes out great!!!
Fantastic tutorial! thank you so much - it has answered all of the queries I had about techniques for the Weekender pattern. I'm slightly concerned about my choice of yarn though - I'm intending to use Debbie Bliss Donegal Luxury Tweed Aran (I was searching for patterns for this yarn on Ravelry and the Weekender popped up as an option) using 0.5mm smaller needles as that seems to get the right tension for me. Do you think this would work or should I stick to Worsted?! Many thanks!
So glad my tutorial has been helpful to you!! Thanks for letting me know. It’s always tricky making substitutions - but if you have the correct gauge you should be fine. I would just make sure you like how the fabric drapes using the thicker yarn / smaller needles. Good luck with your Weekender!!!!
Thank you for this tutorial! I was having trouble with picking up the correct number of stitches - I had more. Then I had big holes. Your video helped so much. I thought the sleeves were also knit on the wrong side and purled on the right side. Not sure. Sleeves like the body or contrast in stockinette stitch? Thanks again.
Sleeves are mean to be like the body - but I think creator’s choice! So glad you found the video helpful!! Hope your Weekender comes out fabulous!! Happy knitting! 💃💃🧶
Hi thank you so much for your tutorial. It has been very helpful to me. I used your provisional cast on method and it worked fabulously. I'm about to separate the front and back and had a question about making the arm opening larger. How did you do that? I would like a little more room at my arm opening also since my upper arm is larger and I don't want it so tight! Thanks so much!
So glad you have found the tutorial helpful. I must confess I just kind of winged the arm bit. I just knit my flat sections a bit longer than the pattern called for - and then I had more stitches to pick up as I was adding the arms. The sweater is pretty oversized already - so I found it to be pretty forgiving to my just adding a bit to the front and back flap - allowing for more of an arm opening. I hope that helps you.
The Sleeve, my instructions tell me with RS facing and beginning at the underarm... With RS together seems to produce peal stitches for the sleeve? In your video it appears you have WS together? Can you please help me to understand? Thank you in advance.
When you go to pick up the stitches for your sleeves - the right side is facing you ‘right side facing’ as you begin at the underarm. As you said - the ‘wrong sides are together’ These things are both true - I think your confusion is in the term ‘right side facing’ - which perhaps you took to mean ‘right sides facing together’ ? Does this help? Hope so!! Happy knitting - you are in the home stretch!
What a fabulous tutorial! I do have one question. I’m making size 1 and it calls for 119 stitches. In your tutorial you say to cast on half the number of stitches plus one. Obviously, 119 is an odd number, so how many would I cast on? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Muchas gracias por el tutorial. Fue una gran ayuda para mi Weekender. Gracias Gracias. Me gustaría hacer el satawal pero no logro la parte del encaje, sería de gran ayuda tener un tutorial. No hablo inglés...Saludos
Thank you for your Weekender Tutorial! It has been super helpful with the Tubular cast on. I am looking at the width of my back hem and it seems way too wide so I am considering frogging and starting over to drop down a size. Any recommendations? Do you also have a FB or IG channel I can follow? Thank you for the great content!
I’m glad you found it helpful! I’m a bit late replying - I hope you figured out a solution for your sweater and are on your way knitting and enjoying! I’m not sure I would have had any advice - sizing can be tricky. I have taken a hiatus from knitting due to a life change … but have just started jumping back in. I hope to put out a sock video soon. Happy knitting !!
Wow that’s was so helpful and very clear. Can you recommend a yarn for the light weekender please. I did buy alpaca but I frogged it out as it was so fluffy the stitch definition was just lost😢
I’m so glad you found helpful! Some of my favorite light weight yarns are Bella Yarn - the Mendocino line - they have great colors. I particularly like the mixed metals. Also I love Periwinkle Sheep - silky singles - they have a little silk in them to make a little extra great! Of course you could also go with the Brooklyn Tweed loft that Andrea recommends in the pattern. Whichever you choose - I hope you enjoy and your sweater comes out great! Happy knitting!!
I’m so glad you like the tutorial and want more. I do love a hoodie with a pouch! I am currently working on a tutorial for socks. If you haven’t tried them - they are surprisingly addictive (although perhaps less exciting than a hoodie)! I will keep the hoodie idea in mind. If I were going to do a hoodie - I might try November20 by Ankestrick … no pouch though … what do you think?
This is very helpful Thankyou. I’m up to separating front and back . I’ve set the second half on on stitch holder, next row purl. I’m knitting in the round though and it’s not looking right??
Glad you are finding the video helpful! Once you separate the front and back - you are now knitting flat - not in the round. You say you have separated and are knitting in the round - that would not be right. I hope that is helpful - good luck!
Hi, just started checking out your videos. They are amazing. So informative and very easy to follow instructions. I was wondering where you purchased the stitch holder you used in the Weekender video. I am in Australia and have not seen them before. Looking forward to catching up on your videos.
I use the clover circular stitch holders. They are great, come in several sizes and are available on Amazon, knitpicks, or most knitting stores in the US. Hope you find one - they are quite helpful!
This is all so helpful! For the neck bind off, can you tell me why you chose the hiyahiya method over the pattern instructions? I want to see if the advantages are worth it to me to deviate.... thank you!
Glad you are finding the video helpful! I simply love the HiyaHiya bind off. It makes a great stretchy bind off that just rolls over the edge. I think the kitchener bind off in the pattern would actually look virtually the same. I just don’t like finding a darning needle and looking up the method for Kitchener - and I do love the rhythm of the hiyahiya - and the fact that it is so easy to memorize + no darning needle needed. Totally preference of course - try both!! I think you will love Hiyahiya - let me know!!!
This is my first sweater and your video has helped so much. I wish I had read through the comments below, Muriel in particular. I wondered whether you did the “ slip purl” rows after the ribbing before the neck bind off. I agonized a while and then did the bind off as you show but after the “ slip purl” rows. So I have an extra row of ribbing on the shoulders. I’ve only done one side so far. Will the shoulder bind off be OK as long as I do the second side the same way? Thank you!
So glad the video has been helpful! Yes - as long as the bind off row looks nice, You will be fine. I don’t even think is would be significantly different if you did the other side binding off and not doing the slip purls. If you want to be safe - do it the same way as your first side. But sometimes it’s fun to ‘play’ - do it slightly different so you learn something - only you will know! Hope you enjoy both the knitting and the wearing of you first sweater! You picked a great (and somewhat ambitious) starter sweater!!
A quick question about the neck bind off... do you still do the last two rows in the shoulder ribbing from the pattern, where the purl stitches in the middle section are slip with yarn in front, before doing the hiyahiya bind off?
You certainly could do this - I don’t think I did. If you do - make sure you put the shoulder stitches on your scrap yarn before binding off the neck. Instead of knitting across and binding off like I did in the video. If you do - let me know how the slipped stitches affect the shoulder seam!
@@knittingwhimsy Thanks for such a quick reply! I did do the last two rows of the ribbing according to the pattern. Then I followed your video here, doing the first shoulder section in the rib stitches, then binding off the neck, and continuing to finish the second shoulder stitches with the same rib pattern.... I am surprised by how tight it came out... could that a result of not putting the shoulder stitches on scrap yarn before binding off the neck? 😖
Actually, both... I continued on to bind off the front and back yolk to make the shoulders and the ribbing doesn't seem don't seem to be able to come down my upper arm nearly as much as I've seen in pattern photos. Looks like I might've either missed a step or chose the wrong size!
This tutorial is giving me LIFE! Thank you so much for demystifying the techniques in this beautiful sweater pattern!
Haha - I’m so glad!!
I agree this is a lifesaver. I wanted to click for notifications but the message noted for kids content? Thank your excellent video presentation with camera focus and taking the time while knitting to explain tips and reasons for a certain work. I just love it when you said easy peasie!
Glad you are finding it helpful and thanks for letting me know! I don’t remember the reason why now - but for some reason UA-cam won’t let me make tutorials available for kids. I’m a bit new to UA-cam world and am going to investigate - because knitting is awesome for kids!
Thanks! Love your take on addressing the shoulders and neck bind off - much easier and neater!
You're so welcome!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I am now on the sleeves and nearly done. I loved the neck bind off method looks amazing and was just as easy as you said much easier than trying to follow the pattern. Just a little note of gratitude flying across the web to you.
Thank you - you made my day! I’m so glad you have found the tutorial helpful & hope you love your Weekender!
OMGOSH! Once again - thank you for putting this on youtube!!!!!! Making my second sweater, put on hold over spring and summer, picking up again. This tutorial is indispensable!!!!!!!
So glad you are finding helpful!! Thanks for the kind words!! Hope your sweater comes out fabulous!
I am starting on my Weekender tomorrow and I have not knitted a sweater in 20 years or more. Very excited and much more confident with this tutorial! Thank you for this!
I am so glad!! Hope you enjoy and it turns out great! It’s a fun knit!
Thank you so much for this terrific tutorial. I was stuck at the cast on for weeks till I found you.
I’m so glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for these videos. I have purchased several of her patterns as well as others and they are just sitting in my Ravelry because I am a visual learner and I am still newish to knitting. These videos are so helpful. *side note, I hope you start doing more of these pattern tutorials.
Thank you! I’m glad you find them helpful! Look for a sock video coming soon!! 💃💃🧶
Your tutorial is invaluable! I made the Weekender Light pattern with fingering weight almost a year ago. Couldn't have finished it without your HiyaHiya help! And now making a second sweater using DK weight yarn in the Weekender Light. Especially value your note about making the sleeves bigger than in the pattern.
I have a question related to dividing the front and back...Do I divide at the front center(slip stitch) or divide side to side?
I’m so glad you found it helpful!! Thanks for letting me know!
Thank you for your tutorial! I gave up on my project because I just couldn't figure out the techniques. I dreamed of a tutorial that covered each section of the pattern so that I could see the technique on the actual garment, not just a sample. You have restored my confidence!
I’m so glad!! Hope you enjoy making and wearing your Weekender!!
I’m just picking my Weekender back up after a long hiatus. I’m just now separating the front and back. Your video is sooo helpful! Thank you!!
I’m so glad!!
@@knittingwhimsy The bind off came out great! I used your other tutorial as well and just kept replaying over and over until I got the hang of it. I’m so proud of myself! Thank you!
@@Mariefb1980 So glad!!! 🧶🧶💃
I am ready to do the neck bindoff--I think. I want to follow your instructions. So, do I disregard the instructions that have me slipping neck stitches? From your tutorial, it seems that I work the ribbing up until the neck stitches, do the Hiya Hiya bindoff and then complete the other side with the shoulder ribbing.
This is the best tutorial on the tubular cast on. Thank you!
So glad!!! Thank you!
I'm so thankful you are showing this. I am at the arm holes and struggling. So helpful. Thank you. I am a new knitter and need to learn a lot of these stitches and techniques.
I’m so glad it’s helpful - thanks for sharing!
How do you spell Hia hia bind off
@@myshirley7 hiyahiya grandmas stretchy bind off. There is a tutorial on my UA-cam page under bind offs. It is THE BEST bind off for ribbing!!
Thank you
Found this tutorial so useful, especially grateful for the alternative neck bind off method and the 3 needle shoulder finishing demonstrations. Thanks indeed
So glad!!! Thank you for letting me know! I hope your Weekender is fabulous!
You are an exceptional teacher!! This was my first sweater knit. I loved the provisional cast on method for the tubular cast on and loved the neck bind off method you used. It perfectly complements the hem cast on. Your pacing, organization and stitch demonstrations are terrific. Thank you for helping me realize my first knitting 2021 goal!! 🥰
I’m so glad it was helpful to you. I love knitting & love teaching others to as well. It’s a great hobby! Sounds like your 2021 knitting is off to a great start!! 🧶🧶💃
@@knittingwhimsy have you created any patterns? Would love to knit one, if you have!
@@kimberlystokes5863 That’s so nice of you! I have not really written any patterns -
Maybe someday! I am currently working on a sock video - and am obsessed with that. I have adapted a chunky slipper sock for learning (and they are cute too) - similar to the chunky hat video that is on my channel. Check out #52weeksofsocks on Instagram for some sock inspiration- then check back for my sock tutorial if you are interested!! Also - let me know what kind of tutorials you would be interested in seeing! Happy knitting!!
I wish I had thought to look for something like this before I did a horrible job resolving the wrapped stitches on the shoulder shaping! At least I found it before redoing the neck bind-off for the third time :). Thank you thank you!
Glad you found it! Glad it was helpful!! Thanks for letting me know and I hope your Weekender comes out great!!
You are a lifesaver! I was stalled on making any progress on my Weekender until I discovered your video. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad!!! Thanks for letting me know - hope your Weekender comes out great!!
I am also CURRENTLY stalled on this dang sweater. I haven’t touched it for 1.5 YEARS!! Am trying your video in action tonight! ❤
Just discovered you...your tutorials are FANTASTIC! They are just what I need to be able to knit some of the patterns I’ve wanted to knit but was too intimidated. I would love to see more e.g. on the Ranunculus sweater, the Zweig sweater, or other Caitlin Hunter sweaters. Your tutorials will actually get me to knit! Thank you! 😀
What a nice comment - thank you! So glad you find my tutorials helpful. I also love your suggestions - I have made the Ranunculus and the Tegna - I will definitely put your suggestions on my list for next tutorial. I am currently obsessed with socks and will have a tutorial for them coming soon! So glad they are helping you knit! Hope your sweater comes out great!
I also would love a tutorial on that Tantan(?) sweater you show in some previous videos. I LOVE that!
That is a great top too!! Thanks again for your feedback!!
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. I was really flummoxed about how to knit the front (it's not explained very well in the written pattern) and you have helped with all the techniques.
I’m so glad you found my video helpful! I hope your Weekender comes out great!
Thank you so much!!! I could not have knit this without your tutorial. I love the Hiyahiya cast off. You need to keep making videos.
I’m so glad!! Thanks for letting me know! I hope you love wearing your Weekender sweater!
Thank you so much for doing this. I’m less afraid to begin❤
This is great. Thank you! I was stalled and confused as to how to continue especially with the shoulder shaping. Just finished that. KUDOS!
I’m so glad you found it helpful! Hope your Weekender comes out great!!
Thank you. This tutorial is helping me make my first sweater. I wish you had included more details for BO the cuff.
I'm knitting this weekender sweater and it's my very 1st sweater. I'm up to the front shoulder shaping... Wish i found your video when i first started! Would have saved me the trouble of reading the pattern at least 20 times over! LOL... Thank you again!
So glad you found it and happy you think it’s helpful!!
I've tried other tubular cast on tutorials that just didn't work for me but this one worked beautifully. Now I can carry on with my Weekender sweater, thank you for this! 👏👏👏
You’re so welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful. Thanks for letting me know! Happy knitting - hope your Weekender comes out great!
Thank you for this tutorial. First time knitting a sweater and second ever knitting project. I watched this on repeat!!
That makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing! I hope your Weekender Sweater comes out fabulous!!
Thank you for a super tutorial. your are a great teacher and all is very clear. I am certainly going to try ths.
I just discovered you! I truly appreciate what you are doing. Thank you very much!!!
So glad!! Thank you for letting me know!!
THANK YOU! I am making my first "big girl" sweater and this tutorial is saving me.
I am so glad!!! Hope your sweater comes out fabulous!!!!
This is the best tutorial I've seen for the tubular cast on. Can you use this method (or similar) to cast on for two color brioche?
Great help. Love to see more how to video on projects.
Thank you! What are the next projects on your mind?
Your tutorial was so helpful. I am almost finished with my Weekender. It would have taken much longer without your video. Thank you so much! Oh, and I love the hiyahiya bind off (don't think I spelled it correctly). Definitely going to use that again.
I’m so glad it was helpful! Hope you love your Weekender!! Yes - the hiyahiya bind off is brilliant & you spelled it correctly!!
Thank you so much for posting this very helpful tutorial. You gave me hope. I wanted to knit this sweater for a while now but I was nervous to do so. Thanks to your tutorial, I am not nervous any longer.
I’m so glad - hope your sweater is coming along!
What an excellent tutorial. I can’t wait to start my Weekender. Thank-you😊🇨🇦
So glad you think so!! Thanks for letting me know!
You are wonderful! You’re very easy to follow perfect for a beginner knitter I am wanting to make my very first sweater and I am so ready and I could follow you all the way through and I love that so much the sweater looks wonderful thank you thank you
Thank you!!! I hope your Weekender is coming along and you are enjoying the process!!
We are just knitting this in a small group. Thanks for the detailed instructions for us visual learners. I like that you explain over and over and over how to do some of the sections. Could you please show how to do the Rnd 1 and Rnd 2, in detail? Thanks
So glad it’s been helpful to you! … so my maiden name is McKelvey - from Ohio - any possible connection?
@@knittingwhimsy There would have to be a connection somewhere. My husband's father originally came from England. He only had one brother who lived his whole life in England. You never know!
Thank yo for this video- I just bought the pattern and the links in it for how to do "the stuff" were no longer available- I'm so thankful for this.
I’m so glad you found it helpful!!
What an amazing tutorial! Your verbal and visual instructions are clear, concise and easy to follow. I’m fairly new to knitting and have been waiting for classes to start up again at my LYS to get support with knitting my Weekender sweater however your tutorial has given me the confidence to cast on and knit it up independently.Thanks so much! Cloudsley by Isabell Kraemer would be a design that I would love to see a tutorial on.
I’m so glad!! Thanks for sharing & good luck with your Weekender! It’s a fun knit!
Hello from San Diego, I just found your tutorial, perfect timing since I am knitting the weekender at this moment,
is there any way you could make a tutorial on the Frankie sweater by Sandnes Garn? i have tried and failed numerous times making this, lol, and the other wish was the Slanting Slipover by Anne Ventzel, I think patterns from Denmark are very simplistic and assume you know a lot of details that are not written or explained,
thank you so much
I also need wider upper arm.. was not sure how to alter … thank you so much again!
This is just an amazing tutorial. I think you just saved my Weekender as I am a beginner and had gotten a bit stumped on the short rows! Thank you so much!!
I’m so glad!! Thanks for letting me know. Hope it turns out great! Happy knitting!!
Amazing tutorial. I want to knit the Weekender and this is going to help me so much. Thank you so much. 😊
I’m so glad you let me know and I hope you enjoy knitting your Weekender and it comes out fabulous!!
Excellent help on the tubular cast-on. It's adorable the way you say across... "acrost" 🙂. I used to always say cementary. My husband let me know it was cemetery. I still laugh about it.
🤣Thank you!! I do have a few words that don’t come out right - my kids like to tease me about them too!
Just about to start my weekender, glad I found this tutorial. Really helpful. Thank you.
I’m glad you found it too! How did you find it?
Good luck with your Weekender a it’s a fun to knit and fun to wear sweater!
Im so glad I found your video. I’m at the point of separating front & back. I’ve done Row 1 (WS), now on Row 2 it says purl to 1 at before marker? Sl 1, wyib, sm, purl. Is this correct - I thought it would be purl to marker, sm, sl 1 wyib, sm, purl? Just checking on this - I’m sure this is a simple process and I’m just complicating it - which I tend to do. Just wondering….because now we are knitting and purling - so not sure if the slip location is changing. Also, once you separate front/back - and k, p to desired cm, are you supposed to k,p the stitches that were on the stitch holder? The pattern doesn’t specify what to do - it just jumps to shoulder separation
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!! Bless YOU!!!! I have purchased this pattern when it came out and purchased yarn for it too and it just look to complicate.... Thank you for this tutorial!!!!!!!!!
Haha - I’m so glad!! I hope it will be helpful!
@@knittingwhimsy ohhhhh just watching it, I know it will help... thank you again for creating this tutorial
Thank you for this tutorial! It makes me want to get started on this sweater soon!!
So glad! I hope you do!!
Thank you so much for your video. I’m almost finished with my Weekender sweater thanks to your helpful tutorial. Would love, love, love a similar video for making the November Vest by PetiteKnit in case you were looking for another project. ;) Thanks again!!!
So glad you found it helpful! Thanks for letting me know! The November Vest looks like a great pattern - I love PetiteKnits! Thanks for putting it on my radar.
You have emboldened me to try this sweater!! Thank you!
PS...do more tutorials please!!
I’m so glad! Thanks for letting me know. I have just taken a long hiatus from knitting (life happens!) and am now back to it. It feels like reconnecting with an old friend. I am currently making a tutorial on sock knitting. At one point I wondered why anyone would ever want to knit socks - and now I’m addicted! Happy knitting! Good luck with your Weekender!
Love this video. Just wanted to say when your doing the hyia hyia cast off at the neck love that can’t wait to try that. When you say back and front in knitting the work that is facing you is the back and the other side that you can’t see is the front.
Thanks! Hmmm - I will look at that. If you want to see more about the hiyahiya bind off you can check out my video on that. Maybe it would give better perspective ... maybe not ... anyway - hope it works for you! It’s a great way to bind off!
Ahhh - wait - are you saying that I am saying ‘back’ when I should be saying ‘front’ and vice versa? I will have to watch and think about!
Thanks so much - even this lefty has worked it out - legend!
So glad!! Thanks for letting me know!
Now, the instructions say to cast on 117 for my size, or do I do half of 116 (58) plus one? I love a new technique.....
Thank you this is helping so much!
Great video!
Thank you!
I am at the point after the body. I'm confused about what is supposed to go on the stitch holder and what exctly to be kniting in stockingnet. The dirctions just say to knit to the first center seam and turn and purl 49 stitches. Is this for the entire back or front? Your tutorial has been so helpful, but there is not a full photo and I can't tell what to knit the flat part.
Huge help!
Thanks
@@franfarrell1859 So glad!! Thanks for letting me know!!
Great tutorial. Wish this was available when I started my weekender sweater.
Looking for a tubular bind off for the sleeves and found you. Thanks
So glad!! Hope it is helpful and you love your Weekender sweater!!
Hi!! I love this! I followed it exactly for the tubular cast on but then forgot to switch to 1 needle size bigger for the ribbing 😩 where do you suggest changing the needle? Is it after row 5? TIA
My comment is so similar to many, but thank you for this amazing tutorial that has answered all my questions while knitting this sweater!! I do not want my sleeves to be at all tight, so you think the 80 picked up stitches will be good? I have average size arms.
So happy to have found this tutorial. I was about to start the Weekender and was having a hard time with the tubular cast on. Your video will be super helpful. Andrea suggest starting with a smaller needle to cast on then on to the ribbing with 1 size bigger and then to the body one size bigger again. Is it necessary to start with the smallest one suggested or can I go with the second size for the ribbing and then the third size for the body? I believe that is what you did in your video. Thank you in advance for your answer. Very grateful!
Thank you after looking at this pattern (for a long while) I’m a ready to try it. Where are the answers to the questions asked below. Please let me know when you knit the Oslo sweater
So glad you are going to knit The Weekender! It’s a great sweater and fun to knit! I hope you find my tutorial helpful.
You can view the answers to all questions asked in the comments by clicking on ‘replies’
I hope that helps! I’ll check out the Oslo sweater!!
Thanks for a great tutorial. The Weekender pattern calls for a smaller needle for the tubular cast on. Did you do that? If so, did you just use the smaller needle for the ribbon or did you use the smaller needle on all the setup row and then switch?
I do not think I used a smaller needle (although I might have) I sometimes do / sometimes don’t. I’m all honesty I don’t think it makes much difference. Hope your Weekender is coming along!
Hi, thank you for these tutorials. I would like to ask about the neck Hiyahiya bind off. Can I do this from WS as well as RS? Thank you
Thanks for sharing, very helpful info
Hi. I’ve just finished the separation for the front. Im wondering if I repeat this on the stitches that are on the holder before I move on to shoulder shaping? Sorry this is my first knit in a very long time with no help 😅
So you completely skipped the two rows listed at the top of page 6 and went directly to the hiya bind off correct?
These are great, look forward to more.... thank you
So glad you like! Thanks for letting me know! I am planning to post a Sock Tutorial next week - I hope you will watch!!
@@knittingwhimsy that will be great as I am planning on trying socks 🧦 this summer...
Fantastic video 🙂. I have my eye on the weekender which you made look so easy. I especially loved the tubular cast on and neckline you showed. This pattern is similar to the naveli tee by Caitlin hunter that is already in my library.
So glad you think it will be helpful! I have not made the Naveli Tee (it is on my list though) - one of my all time favorite knits is Caitlin Hunter’s Tegna - which I hope to make a tutorial for skin. Happy knitting!!
@@knittingwhimsyoh yes, that’s on my list too 😁. I will definitely watch.
I love your videos, they are so easy to follow, signs of a great teacher. I have my gauge for this sweater but I have 2 questions: I got gauge with a 3 needle, according to Andrea instructions, I would go down 2 sizes to a 1..... correct?
Also, I prefer the stockinette stitch over the look of the garner. Would I just k row, p row? It confused me saying the sweater is being knitted inside out.
Thank you
Hi I am at the point to separate the sleeves and it calls to put stitches on hold, how many do I put on hold?? Thanks
please put the instructions for the Bind Off Neck as an alternative in the pattern instructions. Thank you for an excellent video.
Thnku soo very much for this tutorial as I’ve had this pattern for a while but was frightened to do it! May I ask what brand of needles you are using and is it bamboo? As I have arthritis so thinking of buying bamboo as they say it’s better than metal needles ❤️
Thanks for your video! I need help at the bottom hem. Is the front shorter than the back? Yours look equal but the pattern says the back is slightly longer.
If I want to add length to the sweater, would I knit more than 15" to make this happen?
Can you tell me is the front and the back side of the sweater both have short row shaping? I have finished the first side and am starting the second side and thought this is odd to do short rows on both sides.
I need advice! I've just knitted and purled the second side after separating for front and back. I am having trouble making sure the two sides have the same number of rows before I begin short rows. (It's confusing where the split is, as I did the first side a year ago and it's a little stretched out.) Is it bad if they are a few rows off? Thanks.
When knitting the other side do you do short rows again or just on one side ? Seems like the pattern rib at the bottom is longer in the back so I’m so confused about the short rows. Which side do you do short rows ? One side ? I’m so confused 🫤
I tried the tubular cast on five times with different UA-cam videos, but when I found yours I met with immediate success! Thank you! Is it possible to start the weekender sweater at one size and gradually make it a smaller size by the time it gets to the bust area?
I’m so glad you found it helpful! Yes … you could throw in a few decreases along the way to make the sweater a smaller size at the top. You just need to make sure you do the same for front and back - and be aware of your different stitch count when you do the neck opening. I can’t think of anything else that would affect - but there may be more. Good luck!! Hope your Weekender comes out fabulous!!
My sweater is progressing beautifully thanks to your tutorial and I am ready to start the shoulder ribbing. The pattern says to switch to smaller needles but your tutorial does not. What Would you recommend?
So glad you are finding my video helpful! Yes … I would (and probably did myself) switch to the smaller needles as the pattern says. Enjoy the home stretch of your Weekender Sweater knitting! I hope it comes out fabulous!!
@@knittingwhimsy thank you!
You are a great teacher…thank you! I would like to see the half and half shawl by Purl Solo … I think there are short rows in that one too.
😊Thank you! You made me day! I will check the Purl Soho Half and half shawl!
Hi, thanks fir your clear instructional video. I am up to the front rib, have completed the back ribbing. Just wondered your instructions fir the tubular cast on set up consists of 5 rows, whereas the pattern set up rows only has 2, I’m unsure about which might be the front and the back. Thank you 😊
In the bulk of the sweater - the different cast on methods will not make a difference - however if you have already used one cast on method for the first ribbing - I would use the same for the second. The sweater is perfectly symmetrical - so there is no back and front. Happy knitting! I hope your Weekender comes out great!!!
Thank you
Fantastic tutorial! thank you so much - it has answered all of the queries I had about techniques for the Weekender pattern. I'm slightly concerned about my choice of yarn though - I'm intending to use Debbie Bliss Donegal Luxury Tweed Aran (I was searching for patterns for this yarn on Ravelry and the Weekender popped up as an option) using 0.5mm smaller needles as that seems to get the right tension for me. Do you think this would work or should I stick to Worsted?! Many thanks!
So glad my tutorial has been helpful to you!! Thanks for letting me know.
It’s always tricky making substitutions - but if you have the correct gauge you should be fine. I would just make sure you like how the fabric drapes using the thicker yarn / smaller needles.
Good luck with your Weekender!!!!
Thank you for this tutorial! I was having trouble with picking up the correct number of stitches - I had more. Then I had big holes. Your video helped so much.
I thought the sleeves were also knit on the wrong side and purled on the right side. Not sure. Sleeves like the body or contrast in stockinette stitch? Thanks again.
Sleeves are mean to be like the body - but I think creator’s choice! So glad you found the video helpful!! Hope your Weekender comes out fabulous!! Happy knitting! 💃💃🧶
Hi thank you so much for your tutorial. It has been very helpful to me. I used your provisional cast on method and it worked fabulously. I'm about to separate the front and back and had a question about making the arm opening larger. How did you do that? I would like a little more room at my arm opening also since my upper arm is larger and I don't want it so tight! Thanks so much!
So glad you have found the tutorial helpful. I must confess I just kind of winged the arm bit. I just knit my flat sections a bit longer than the pattern called for - and then I had more stitches to pick up as I was adding the arms. The sweater is pretty oversized already - so I found it to be pretty forgiving to my just adding a bit to the front and back flap - allowing for more of an arm opening. I hope that helps you.
This was a great help for the different stages of this sweater. Thank you! You did lose me at the neck bind off though! 🥺
Glad it provided some help to you! I hope your neck worked out and you are enjoying your Weekender!!
The Sleeve, my instructions tell me with RS facing and beginning at the underarm...
With RS together seems to produce peal stitches for the sleeve? In your video it appears you have WS together? Can you please help me to understand? Thank you in advance.
When you go to pick up the stitches for your sleeves - the right side is facing you ‘right side facing’ as you begin at the underarm. As you said - the ‘wrong sides are together’ These things are both true - I think your confusion is in the term ‘right side facing’ - which perhaps you took to mean ‘right sides facing together’ ?
Does this help? Hope so!! Happy knitting - you are in the home stretch!
@@knittingwhimsy yes, I understand and was pleased to have your quick reply. I’m looking forward to finishing my sweater.
What a fabulous tutorial! I do have one question. I’m making size 1 and it calls for 119 stitches. In your tutorial you say to cast on half the number of stitches plus one. Obviously, 119 is an odd number, so how many would I cast on? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Me too! Did either of you figure it out?
Muchas gracias por el tutorial. Fue una gran ayuda para mi Weekender. Gracias Gracias. Me gustaría hacer el satawal pero no logro la parte del encaje, sería de gran ayuda tener un tutorial. No hablo inglés...Saludos
Thank you for your Weekender Tutorial! It has been super helpful with the Tubular cast on. I am looking at the width of my back hem and it seems way too wide so I am considering frogging and starting over to drop down a size. Any recommendations? Do you also have a FB or IG channel I can follow? Thank you for the great content!
I’m glad you found it helpful! I’m a bit late replying - I hope you figured out a solution for your sweater and are on your way knitting and enjoying! I’m not sure I would have had any advice - sizing can be tricky. I have taken a hiatus from knitting due to a life change … but have just started jumping back in. I hope to put out a sock video soon. Happy knitting !!
Thank you. This was excellent.🌻
So glad!! Thanks for letting me know!
Wow that’s was so helpful and very clear. Can you recommend a yarn for the light weekender please. I did buy alpaca but I frogged it out as it was so fluffy the stitch definition was just lost😢
I’m so glad you found helpful! Some of my favorite light weight yarns are Bella Yarn - the Mendocino line - they have great colors. I particularly like the mixed metals. Also I love Periwinkle Sheep - silky singles - they have a little silk in them to make a little extra great! Of course you could also go with the Brooklyn Tweed loft that Andrea recommends in the pattern. Whichever you choose - I hope you enjoy and your sweater comes out great! Happy knitting!!
Thanks so much for the tutorial! Would you do one on a hoodie with a front pouch?
I’m so glad you like the tutorial and want more. I do love a hoodie with a pouch! I am currently working on a tutorial for socks. If you haven’t tried them - they are surprisingly addictive (although perhaps less exciting than a hoodie)! I will keep the hoodie idea in mind. If I were going to do a hoodie - I might try November20 by Ankestrick … no pouch though … what do you think?
This is very helpful Thankyou. I’m up to separating front and back .
I’ve set the second half on on stitch holder, next row purl. I’m knitting in the round though and it’s not looking right??
Glad you are finding the video helpful! Once you separate the front and back - you are now knitting flat - not in the round. You say you have separated and are knitting in the round - that would not be right. I hope that is helpful - good luck!
Hi, just started checking out your videos. They are amazing. So informative and very easy to follow instructions. I was wondering where you purchased the stitch holder you used in the Weekender video. I am in Australia and have not seen them before. Looking forward to catching up on your videos.
I use the clover circular stitch holders. They are great, come in several sizes and are available on Amazon, knitpicks, or most knitting stores in the US. Hope you find one - they are quite helpful!
This is all so helpful! For the neck bind off, can you tell me why you chose the hiyahiya method over the pattern instructions? I want to see if the advantages are worth it to me to deviate.... thank you!
Glad you are finding the video helpful! I simply love the HiyaHiya bind off. It makes a great stretchy bind off that just rolls over the edge. I think the kitchener bind off in the pattern would actually look virtually the same. I just don’t like finding a darning needle and looking up the method for Kitchener - and I do love the rhythm of the hiyahiya - and the fact that it is so easy to memorize + no darning needle needed. Totally preference of course - try both!! I think you will love Hiyahiya - let me know!!!
@@knittingwhimsy I went with the hiyahiya and did indeed find it super easy to implement thanks to your clear instructions. Thank you!
@@kwilsonnc I’m so glad! It is fun to add to your repertoire!!
Thank you so much!
Your Welcome!! Hope your Weekender comes out great!!
Thank you. Wonderfull. Very clear explanation. I'm going to encourage me to knit de weekender.!!!! (no hablo ingles)
So glad!!
This is my first sweater and your video has helped so much. I wish I had read through the comments below, Muriel in particular. I wondered whether you did the “ slip purl” rows after the ribbing before the neck bind off. I agonized a while and then did the bind off as you show but after the “ slip purl” rows. So I have an extra row of ribbing on the shoulders. I’ve only done one side so far. Will the shoulder bind off be OK as long as I do the second side the same way? Thank you!
So glad the video has been helpful! Yes - as long as the bind off row looks nice, You will be fine. I don’t even think is would be significantly different if you did the other side binding off and not doing the slip purls. If you want to be safe - do it the same way as your first side. But sometimes it’s fun to ‘play’ - do it slightly different so you learn something - only you will know! Hope you enjoy both the knitting and the wearing of you first sweater! You picked a great (and somewhat ambitious) starter sweater!!
@@knittingwhimsy Thanks so much for the prompt reply!
Thank you for your excellent help.
So glad it was helpful - hope your sweater comes out great!
A quick question about the neck bind off... do you still do the last two rows in the shoulder ribbing from the pattern, where the purl stitches in the middle section are slip with yarn in front, before doing the hiyahiya bind off?
You certainly could do this - I don’t think I did. If you do - make sure you put the shoulder stitches on your scrap yarn before binding off the neck. Instead of knitting across and binding off like I did in the video. If you do - let me know how the slipped stitches affect the shoulder seam!
@@knittingwhimsy Thanks for such a quick reply! I did do the last two rows of the ribbing according to the pattern. Then I followed your video here, doing the first shoulder section in the rib stitches, then binding off the neck, and continuing to finish the second shoulder stitches with the same rib pattern.... I am surprised by how tight it came out... could that a result of not putting the shoulder stitches on scrap yarn before binding off the neck? 😖
@@murielbrunet3798 what came out tight? The shoulders or the neck?
@@knittingwhimsy Oh, the neck!
Actually, both... I continued on to bind off the front and back yolk to make the shoulders and the ribbing doesn't seem don't seem to be able to come down my upper arm nearly as much as I've seen in pattern photos. Looks like I might've either missed a step or chose the wrong size!