Gobstoppers and Minis Galore! | Daily Making Vlogs July Day 5 of 7
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Day 5 of daily making vlogs for 7 days in July! Documenting how I fit crochet and knitting (and maybe other crafty bits too) around my daily life of work, parenting and house stuff - just for fun and motivation! :)
♡ Patterns mentioned:
April Cardigan by Petite Knit www.petiteknit...
Weekender Blanket (hexagons!) by @CherryHeart www.cherryhear...
Sungold Blanket by Attic24 (Lillia's uni blanket) attic24.typepa...
♡ Makers mentioned:
- @GiddyKnits (the gobstopper yarn) www.giddyyarns...
Spin and Blether www.etsy.com/u...
- @layfamilyyarn (the Wonderland Walk yarn) layfamilyyarn....
I was watching @woolistheanswer6066
- @ThePlayfulKnitter (gorgeous see-through front bag)
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Thank you so much for watching!
Ali xx
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Thank you for doing these. I’m going through a rough time as my mother is suffering from dementia. She is 92. Your daily vlogs are giving me a little bright spark of happiness and normality each day. ❤
Oh Carolyn that’s so hard for you and your family ❤️ Glad you’re finding a little time each day to have a breather xx
I second that !,, xxxx so sorry to hear about your mother 🥺🌹 xx
Sending you lots of love and hugs and positive thoughts 🥰
So sorry to hear that Carolyn. Very difficult for you. x
Wishing you health and happiness.
Hi Ali thanks for your vlog. When the weather is hot keep your windows
, blinds and curtains closed otherwise you let the warm air in making rooms warm. It’s what they do abroad and it works keeping bedrooms cool for sleeping. Autumn be here soon xx
Thank you for the videos you are helping to relieve my anxiety by making me think of the pleasures of life and not all the political malarkey! I’m now going for a second walk of the day with a audiobook.
Same here.
Lillia's blanket is gorgeous! I get your disdain of the hot weather. It's awful. I live in Birmingham, Alabama in the Southern US. We had two weeks of 90's/100's F and are down to a blessed week of 80's. Hang in there. Autumn is on the way! Thanks for your weekly making vlogs. I enjoy them so much.
That bag is just perfect for thatroject. Malene's are beautiful.
Isn't it amazing how easily we can be distracted from our housework by yarn😂 Laughing that you sorted out your yarn and project bags before hoovering, priorities 😂
Loving your week of vlogs ! The weather where I live in Western Canada has been so crazy hot lately! Especially after we had such a wet cool spring. We now have many wildfires all over my province of British Columbia! Hope you get cooler days soon .
Thankyou for all the vlogs that you put out… it’s time to have a cuppa and take time out for me. Sometimes in the middle of the night when I can’t sleep I catch up on the ones I’ve missed. You’re so calming to watch and I love seeing your family too. Sending everyone love and hugs from Northern Ireland 🤗🩷xx
Totally understand not vlogging in the heat! We had a terrible heat wave for over a week and I felt as though I couldn’t do much of anything! Now that’s it’s cooler, I’m backing to working on my socks and 2 sweater projects.
I just love that blanket! Green I think. 💚
I'm listening to Addie Le Rue on your recommendation. It's amazing! I can't stop listening to it. It was included with my Audible sub. I've been listening to some classics, I just listened to A Little Princess and The Secret Garden, both included on audible. They are quite dated with the language around people of colour but I enjoyed them.
Oh I am so glad you're enjoying Addie LaRue! I absolutely adored it and thought the narrator was fantastic. Also I think I was slightly in love with Luc 😅
I agree - the Secret Garden has some uncomfortable language for the modern reader - still a classic story but of its time definitely x
I have really enjoyed reading and listening to books by Jenny Colgan, especially her Mure series. The narrator for that series is genius!
Just listening to a preview - the narrator reminds me of Kirsty Young! Lovely voice 😃 Thanks for the recommendation x
I think the orange is the nicest contrast for your gobstopper. Love these random vlogs weeks. Thank you.
Ooh, a lovely vlog again! That bag from Melena is beautiful and a perfect match for the giddy gobstopper. Love a co-ordinated project. 🤣
Haha - important to match your project bag to your project 😅
Hi Ali, I just realized how much I missed watching your vlogs. I lost my mojo crocheting and knitting. But it' s coming back!!!! I'm looking forward to your company again❣️
Thank you for keeping me company as I sit, like you do, with yarn round my knees winding up my Craft House Magic Popstars mini for my cozy memories blanket. I too hate the hot weather. It's much cooler today (Monday) hooray!
Sorry to hear you suffering with the heat
I’m not a fan of heat & humidity but( big BUT ) I love light sky with blue & we in Norfolk have had weeks of grey sky so depressing when I suffer S A D syndrome & of course chilly north easterly wind so for me this summer that has arrived is a blessed relief yeah 👍
Look forward to seeing your gob stopper socks
I just listened to Laura Child's Twisted Tea Christmas on Audible - LOVED IT! It's a cozy mystery and the Christmas theme might distract you from all that heat.
Hi Ally, love this vlogs! I prefer the apple green as contrast color. thx for being here XXX
The woman in cabin nr. 10!!! Also the newest from the same author
Thank you! This was perfect company this evening as I worked on the City Waistcoat pattern.
Thank you for this vlog. I vould go for orange as a contrast.
Hi Ali, we live in Massachusetts and it has been really hot and humid here. Believe it or not it is better if you leave everything closed up as it will stay cooler inside. The minute you open everything up all the heat and humidity come in😍. Good luck! I hate the humidity! FYI I grew up in Faversham but moved here in 1981. I can never remember such hot summers back in the day…
Hi Ali, I'm so enjoying these vlogs. Im currently not working on anything creative as Im in the middle of an essay for my Masters and being very strict with myself- no knitting/crochet until it's done 😞. I'm rushing to get it finished before we go away and planning to reward myself with lots of crafty things once I'm done! Until then I'm living my crafting life through you! x
Wow Jo - a Masters is a big deal so well done you for being so disciplined 🎓 Good luck with the essay - not long until you can relax with your knitting and crochet! xx
I would love a yarn tour of your stash. I love to drool over other people's acquisitions. Aren't minis so much fun. They are more fun that full skeins for some reason. I dream of the year that I pull the trigger and buy a yarn advent! Thanks agin for your lovely vlogs.
I love your gobstopper ball of yarn. That would be so fun to knit or crochet with. I got the strawberry cow Knotted lovey finished and now have a dragon one half done (I ran out of yarn 😞 so had to order another ball). Oh well, now my stained glass windows blanket can get some love. 💕
Really enjoying your vlogs and seeing you plan projects ( & your amazing box of minis !). I’ve enjoyed two audio books by Lisa Jewell recently as she’s good at building suspense through her fiction .
Same weather here. Sunday has been grey and rainy on and off with a little cooler temperatures. It was bliss after the heat. I have not gone out of my apartment in the heat. Instead, I have been parked on the couch with my crochet and cross stitch. We have ceiling fans and they make life bearable. Never be ashamed of your yarn stash Ali. It is good to be able to become inspired and just pull things out of our stash and start on them. 🧶🧶🧶
Really enjoying your videos Ali! Couldn’t agree more about people lighting a bonfire on our precious sunny days! Absolute numpty’s! We lived near one of those at our old home but luckily where we live now there are strict bylaws banning them! Loved seeing your mini collection and a more in depth probe would make a brilliant video ( though I suspect you have done one before!) take care x
Thanks Heather! Fortunately the fire was short lived when it rained 😅
I love your crafting in a week vlogs Ali they make my days. 😊 I’m currently working on a crochet Autumn Moon blanket. It’s actually a wrap pattern but I’m modifying it to be a blanket. I’m using white, two different shades of pumpkin (a bright orange and a darker orange,) a brown and black.
I am loving these daily crafting blogs, thank you so much for making them. I like both the green and orange contrast colours. I would love to see your yarn stash 😊.You made me laugh so much with the comment about the plank and the bonfire. Did it rain enough to put it out? I like both the green and orange contrast colours.
Definitely been too hot the last few days for much crafting. Not long now, and Autumn will be upon us 😊 🥮🍂🎑🍁🎃 Half way through my moonlit shawl in your wonderland walk colourway and absolutely loving the way it's working up!
They are definitely gonna be some crazy colourful socks look forward to seeing them finished 😊
I love the Waroo shawl and have also made 2! One from a Whirl and one from sock yarn. I've also made the Bantam shawl which is the same pattern but in a different shape. Even though I'd made 2 Waroo shawls, the Bantam for some reason really worked my brain and I kept making mistakes and would have to frog and redo so many times I probably crocheted it twice! I was determined to finish it and so glad I did because I absolutely love it! Also used a whirl type cake for it.
Oh lovely! A whirl is perfect for the Waroo :)
Show us your yarn stash! 😊 I keep my yarn in several different places throughout my home so it doesn’t look so huge 😂
Always enjoy your channel no matter what the content 🥰😍. Cheers ❤️👏😍🥰💕🤗
When I had a 45 minute drive to work, I used to listen to audiobooks. One of the best books I ever read or listened to, was The Longest Ride, by Nicholas Sparks. I highly recommend it. One of the most awesome surprise endings ever.
I actually gasped and said out loud “I do Not see that coming”😮
That has made me laugh so much….”the rain will put the bonfire out”……..🤣🤣
🔥🌧️ Heehee! It did too!
Yes, I prefer winter so I can wear all my knitted and crochet things again, rather than sweaty hands. I hand knit, crochet and machine knit as well as sewing. I love your colour combinations, thank you ❤
I would say the orange mini would be great for the socks i would love a stash tour and a tip for blanket making in the summer sit at the table or maybe use your bed desk to keep the blanket off of you while you work on it
Great tip!! I have been trying (and failing) to work with it off to the side of me, I may move to the table today! x
I’m so behind on watching any videos. But I’ve just been catching up on your week of daily vlogs. I had no idea that the balls of yarns were called gobstoppers! The heat of summer is starting to wear me and my little ones down. Today we had a whole conversation of all the things we’re excited to have return in the fall. Like hot cocoa, warm baths and fuzzy PJs.
Thank you for these wonderful vlogs! I can't tell you how much I enjoy them💖I love the self striping yarn and of course agree on both contrasts! The perfect match with the bag😍🤗
Thank you Malene! I'm excited to have my beautiful bag in use! x
AHHHHH!!!! Ali said my name!! It’s just DJ ( the rest is my surname) . Thanks for the explanation and showing me a Gobstopper. Such a cheerful name and colors. Thanks also for the vlogs. I enjoy them immensely
😁 Thanks for the question - it gave me the excuse to dig about for that beautiful gobstopper yarn! xx
Hi Ali I have one word to help with the heat is Aircon .. I don’t think I would survive over here in summer without it …. But I do keep the blinds etc Down to keep light/sun out keep rooms dark which does help with the heat but Hot weather sucks !!!!!!!! am glad it’s cold here at the moment …..📚💕📚
Oh my gosh! The duology scarf was mine :D I'm using a 4ply (fingering yarn) and a suri to make it fluffy. I bought the yarn before the pattern, so mine doesn't have the colourblocking, but I am keen to make it again with colourblocking later on. I'm so glad that you liked it!
I love your vlogs, and would be interetsed in seeing your yarn stash/project ideas.
I only have 3 wips at the moment, the duology, a plain pair of socks for meeting knitting, and my first ever jumper which is a plain raglan top down. I find any more projects I get too overwhelmed. I always need a plain knitting project for when my brain needs to switch off, and then a project for when I need a challenge.
Ah Melissa it was you! I am definitely going to make that scarf so thanks so much for mentioning it. I have more WIPS than I can count 🫣 and it is overwhelming so having just 3 is definitely the sensible way to go :)
Thankyou for your wonderful channels! I have challenged myself to knit some socks ! Can you recommend a simple pattern, I am not a beginner but easily get in a pickle 😂 xxxx lots of love Heidi
Sorry to comment again, I’d go with the Apple green 🤗
Hi Sarah. Thanks for another enjoyable vlog. I think I prefer the green skein. x
Loving the vlogs! I feel like we’re blanket buddies; I’m working on the harbour blanket by Attic24 with Stylecraft yarn. I’m only about 1/4 done, but it’s a lovely soothing pattern to do at the end of a long day now my primary school aged kids are off school until end of August.
Thank you for sharing the Duology scarf pattern. That seems another relaxing pattern to make and I love wearing scarfs 😊
Hi Ali the box of minis that sprung open reminded me of something Dan said at the last yarn show lol. How when you go looking for things in your cupboard things inevitably fall out because you have such a large stash😂😂! I would pick the green mini but if I could get two pairs of socks then I'd try the orange too. But I have to say the green would be my first choice. Question for you... Have you ever done Tunisian crochet?
Hi, here in Canada we are also having some yucky hot weather 😫 I’m nearing the halfway mark on my Marigold tee, it’s awesome for a single gorgeous skein of fingering weight yarn. Wow, that’s an impressive amount of minis 😻
That sounds like a lovely project! Is it the Marigold Tee by Winter's Weather Knits? xx
Hi yes it is. I bought a skein of Malabrigo Mechita when we were away for two weeks this May and immediately found a pattern for it on Ravelry 😊
I'm not finished with the video but I hope you choose one of the greens for your socks. Regarding audiobooks, try the series about Bree Taggart. I believe it's by Melinda Leigh.
Green 💚.
I actually love mini yarn.
Yes, let’s blame it on the weather! 105 degrees here today!
Oh, wow! I’ve never heard of gobstopper yarn! How much yarn do you think you have? I started to catalogue my yarn in January and I still haven’t finished 🤣🤣🤣
Keeping the windows and curtains closed when it’s hot outside helps keep the heat out. It’ll only cool down when it’s cooler outside than inside.
Your community tab never pops up, but I get them from accounts I am not subscribed to. Thanks for entertaining us.
How weird! I am not sure why that would be 🤔
Sorry you don't like the warmer weather. Personally I thrive when it is warm and sunny and don't have to wear multiple layers of clothing. Your stash of minis is wonderous. 🇬🇧
Green 😊
You make me happy. Love from Manhattan NYC.
Aw! Thank you! xx
Hi Ali, another lovely video! The Toge top, since it’s Japanese, would be pronounced “toe-gay.” I used to live in Japan so I still have a bit of the language skills! Looks like an interesting construction, but I’m not sure if it would suit me either! I really enjoy these vlogs… thanks so much for always brightening my day.
THANK YOU Jean! That's really interesting to know 🤗 And how wonderful to have lived in Japan xx
Ali, do you have a basement? My house growing up didn't have air conditioning so the basement was our cool hangout when the summer heat got to us. Now live in a house with A/C however it is really insulated so the A/C acts more as a dehumidifier.
Thanks for sharing part of your mini collection with us. I don't have many purchased minis ... I just have a mountain of wool scraps ... little balls to a few buckets of snipped bits to make dryer balls with. Cotton scraps end up in my garden tying up tomatoes.
Cheers from Canada.
Quick question. Is there a reason why folks in England don’t put a bit of a/c in their homes and businesses? I spent a week in London last year (August) and the hotel didn’t have a/c. Just don’t get suffering in the heat.
By the way I got my wonderland walk skein! Yay! Need to figure out what I’ll use it for.
The apple green for the contrast is wonderful!
I believe you have more than me lol 🤭🤭🤭. Like the green.
Green
The bee Sting by Paul Murray, The all if it by Jeanette Haiden, Leaving by Roxana Robinson Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence- Ash. books I read recently. The last one was my favorite.
Hi Ali, have you listened to “Remarkably Bright Creatures”? I’m afraid it’s about an octopus and NOT a lobster but it is a wonderful book and the narrator is excellent. It’s not just about an octopus, but about the people who are around him. I highly recommend it!
Hi Margaret! I have! One of my favourite books of this year, and the narrator for Marcellus was just perfect 🐙 Such a sweet story. A couple of years ago I listened to a non-fiction called Other Minds - all about the evolution of the Octopus. It sounds dry but it was so good! xx
Orange 🧡
I thought I would give you an audio book recommendation -- the "In Death" series by J.D. Robb. The first book is "Naked in Death". One of my favorite series. I love Eve and Roarke.
Deborah Harkness is brilliant! Read/listen to Discovery of Witches! It is a trilogy and now has 2 additional books! Love them all!
My favourite series of books, waiting for payday so I can get the new one! Loved the tv series too. Think Ali would enjoy these 😊
Green.
I am listening to Clan of the Cave Bear. It was recommended by Kay Jones. What an amazing book. I'm almost finished, and I don't want it to end.
There are 5 more books in this series but I think the Clan of the Cave Bear and the next two are the best
Clan of the Cave Bear is next on my reading list, also thanks to Kay Jones.
I thimk the green mini looks best.
A great audio book is Sea Island Women by Lisa See. I literally couldn’t stop listening to it.
It is 18C here today and I have two jumpers on and Ugg boots.
Oh that sounds lovely and cosy! x
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Orange or one sock green and one orange 😀x
How about one sock with green and one sock with orange?
Thanks for showing the Toge pattern. I have nearly finished the first half (it is knitted sideways) but it is far too hot to knit a lot this weekend.
Green mini
If you have not read them the trilogy "A Discovery of witches" by Deborah Harkness is great. Also books by Sarah a Parker.
Loving your dailies Cheers
🍬isn't "gobstopper" a reference to a type of big round sweet with multicoloured layers of sugar, and the yarn balls are called that because of the different yarn colours...? I have never seen one (the sweets) but have come across them in literature...they "stop' or fill up the childrens "gob"/ mouth , and as the sweetie /candy? is sucked smaller the colours change...i live in durban, south africa, and think that is how i would explain fully the idea to a non brit english speaker... am i correct? 🌷 { btw i did enjoy that actually dodgy bag out of which your mini"s tumbled to the ground 🧶😊i had quickly virtually mended it for you...🪡}
We also had that kind of candy way back when in Canada ... could also be called jaw breakers cause they tended to be really big. Haven't seen them in a while.
Yes Heather! You described it perfectly. In America we call them both Jawbreakers and Gobstoppers, in reference to Willy Wonka and his “ Everlasting Gobstopper “.
I had never heard of yarn called a Gobstopper, such a fun name and wonderful colors. DJ
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Do you have fans in the house? Can you install ceiling fans? What about mini splits? Since the world is only getting hotter, I suspect European countries are going to have to get air conditioners to live comfortably.
Do you get campfire (bonfire) bans? Here in BC Canada it is very dry and we hsve fire bans. There arecalso several hundred forest fires with many out of control. I couldn't believe you were smelling smoke that wasn't wildfire smoke. Jasper national park is on fire right now including the town of Jasper.
I hate to say it, but I think I may own more minis than you - boxes of them (and several advent calendars worth as well that are waiting to tell me what they want to be…)
🐈🧶 love&Hugs, Suze🤗💛 xxx
Between the Stops Sandi toksvig
Oo I like Sandi - from memory I think this is her autobiography…I shall look it up! Thanks! X
Don’t you just hate the panic of knowing you’re coming to the end of a good book series? 🫣 I guess the contrast yarn colour for the stripy socks depends on what colour stripe falls at the heel.
Great video. Would you let us know the colour repeat sequence you are doing on Lillia's blanket? I'm currently listening to Paper Cup by Karen Campbell and loving it. Also recommended The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey xxxxx
Hi Jo! I shall - but it's not scientific :) I will show it in today's vlog (day 6). Thanks for the recommendations! I will look those up, I read the Salt Path but I haven't read her follow up book 📚
@LittleDropsofWonderful I finished the follow up last week, very good x
Green