It Is A Sarah | Episode 104 (EN)

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  • @brigittelinke3668
    @brigittelinke3668 Рік тому

    Sunday morning with Sarah and my knitting - it is a perfect morning for me 😊

  • @jla110661
    @jla110661 Рік тому +6

    I suppose I took my first step to beat a dragon today. I've been in a slump thinking everything I knit is so simple and everytime I try to remember how brave I was in the beginning of my knitting journey I now get stopped by fear of messing it up. So I'm jumping into the bottom up sweater construction as soon as my yarn gets here. I went to my local yarn store today to get some needles and they had the Weekender pullover by Andrea Mowry there in a sample. I'd always loved that pattern but it was bottom up. As I was admiring it the shopkeeper asked if I wanted to try it on. Really? I can do that? So into the bathroom I went and I pulled it on and it fit like a glove. So I bought the same yarn she used and took some notes on the size and measurements of the sample and I've been dreaming all afternoon about it with such excitement. However they didn't have enough yarn in stock so she ordered it for me and will be here in a couple of weeks which is fine... but just to feel the excitement today and the "can do" attitude that came over me was as you say... heart jumping.

  • @naturalhuefibers
    @naturalhuefibers Рік тому +11

    If you do the crochet bind-off on the wrong side (working on the inside of the sleeve or sweater), the crochet chain will not show on the right side and it will look as if you bound off in pattern.

  • @patgentry7268
    @patgentry7268 Рік тому +9

    "Heart-jumping" is such a wonderful expression! Thank you for inventing such a term and helping us feel it, too! As to The Dragons: we say, in English, that we slay our dragons...and to slay a dragon brings visions of the heroes of fairy tales, and all that saved The Fair Princess! I'm all for slaying dragons...but when I need to give my sword a rest, I tune in to your podcast!

  • @theresathayer1567
    @theresathayer1567 Рік тому

    I do hope, selfishly, that you slay the dragon that keeps you from taking us with you through your neighborhood and town. I so enjoy seeing other places in the world! I am in California, USA. Several years ago I traveled to Bruges, Belgium, while there we rode our bikes into the Netherlands, Sluis was the town. It is one of my favorite memories. Such a beautiful part of the world! I too, need to slay the dragon of having to much yarn! Thank you for such a lovely podcast!

  • @kristpharo
    @kristpharo Рік тому

    I am always more creative when I have to use what I have - yarn, fabrics, patterns, tools…It is interesting that too many choices (belongings) can lead to overwhelm and restlessness. My goal for this year, is that everything I knit and sew, must start with materials I already have. I also have to think about what I need. Many things are fun to knit, but if you don’t use the finished garments, it is time and money wasted. You have to beat those dragons 🐉! Thank you for a nice episode, Sarah! Please take us with you on another bike ride 😊

  • @juliettec8430
    @juliettec8430 Рік тому

    I like it when you filmed in the wild! It will be fun to watch you beat that dragon. ❤ I also love your knitting office 😂 and your living room. Oh- let’s not forget your camper!
    Thanks for showing so much of your life!

  • @kpags6681
    @kpags6681 Рік тому

    Another lovely podcast, Sarah. I say thank you to Lucy also for inspiring my crochet! Loved the discussion of slaying dragons and thinking about it at this time. I want to finally let go of a bunch of sewing materials as I am not sewing any longer. I am also trying to use up my stash but have also collected some more yarns. I also have a few sweaters that I didn’t finish and I want to get those done. 😊❤

  • @margaretsamplerlover
    @margaretsamplerlover Рік тому +4

    Yup! You don't need to weave in the ends on your steek. Which is why cardigans are great -- you don't have to weave in the ends! Woohoo! Love your sock cardigan -- colors are perfect. The blanket is gorgeous too. I need to practice my crochet, but knitting always takes over for me. Ah well! Love your podcast! I usually don't comment.....

  • @218lorna
    @218lorna Рік тому

    Thank you for another wonderful episode. Your words on fighting dragons was timely and helpful for me. Great life advice.

  • @judithburke3637
    @judithburke3637 Рік тому +1

    Thankyou Sarah your sock yarn cardigan is a real beauty I hope it will be in English when published .carry on being you you are a natural delight x

  • @shell2331
    @shell2331 Рік тому +5

    Your episodes are *heart jumping* for me. Thank you for sharing your life lessons❤

  • @francesdavey1337
    @francesdavey1337 Рік тому

    Love your blanket and your cardigan thank you Sarah for a lovely episode x

  • @cathyheffner8002
    @cathyheffner8002 Рік тому

    Love your natural bangs! Thanks to you I’m going to try knitting again. You do lovely crochet. ❤

  • @carolynkeenan9738
    @carolynkeenan9738 Рік тому +2

    Hello from New York, USA! I find your cheerfulness quite delightful! Please do not change your presentations!

  • @olgoatlady3233
    @olgoatlady3233 Рік тому +3

    Yes Sarah, that all resinated with me : ) Thank you for sharing dear And your test knit sweater! It looks wonderful on you ⚔🐉🐉🐉⚔

  • @nanapapaikenberry8476
    @nanapapaikenberry8476 Рік тому +8

    My dragon is beating breast cancer dragons. I want to have energy and beat the energy dragon. I want to beat the project dragon and Finnish them. This is a start Sarah. You...young lady make my heart jump!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @sherismith9517
    @sherismith9517 Рік тому

    I could listen to you all day Sarah. My heart jumps often, so thank you. This feeds my dragon beating journey. I love the toddler sweater. The colors will certainly hide whatever she gets into. You are quite thoughtful in your projects and gifts. Be well.😊

  • @kathyroalson2534
    @kathyroalson2534 Рік тому +1

    You are so cute and carry yourself so sweetly, that you could "beat" any dragon you set your mind to! My goodness, you get lots of projects done. Don't be too hard on yourself. I just love love your sock cardigan...the colors are lovely!!!! ❤❤

  • @Erikaa..5..8
    @Erikaa..5..8 Рік тому

    Well.... Sarah, it seems to see me when I look at your videos. I share lots of your thoughts... I am 40, I have 3 kids and 2 of them are Waldorf students. I am a knitter and a crocheter even though I am not as good as you are! Very compliments!
    I struggled with my "having too much" too, but the temptation of making new projects is very strong and I do try to limit my purchases. I write you from Italy so excuse my Italian English... Ah ah! I like your videos really much! Your so funny! Goodbye from an Italian Knitter! 😘

  • @thekindles1183
    @thekindles1183 Рік тому +1

    I have the same dragons, # 2 and #3, haha! I hope to continue fixing those. Such a wonderful podcast. Thanks Sarah! - Kimberly

  • @noramcdonald2669
    @noramcdonald2669 Рік тому +3

    Love the Harbour blanket. I think I will use that pattern to make for my daughter’s first baby. Thank you for your lesson on Beating The Dragon. Love that idea. ❤

  • @judykgalligan182
    @judykgalligan182 Рік тому

    I love the story about the Dragons it can apply to so many things in life …..great lesson 😊

  • @diklayoktan2543
    @diklayoktan2543 Рік тому

    This Dragon Talk is so inspiring! Thank you so much!! I always felt that my creation (knitting-chereting-painting-sewing-embroidering) is my safe zone in life. However, in the same time i used to judge myself that the result is too boring (no, it is not) and i know it is a way of me not accepting myself. So, yes, i think beating a dragon thru creation is very clever. It lets you reflect and handle it thru a very cozy and safe part of your life, then reflects on the rest of your life. VERY INSPIRING

  • @happyeveryarn
    @happyeveryarn Рік тому

    Hello. Dis was n lieflike naweek saam met jou. I kept a few episode aside to watch them this weekend and if really filled me. Thank you for sharing your handewerk and taking us on the walk . Ha beautiful week to you. Mechele from Happy Ever Yarn podcaset.

  • @ericallerton809
    @ericallerton809 Рік тому

    Sarah,,,
    Love the blanket,,,
    Love e attic 24 ,lucy and her blog,,
    Have a few of her blankets made,,,and love them,,
    And to use up tarts,,wool and mixed,,,
    Thanks,
    Elaine 🏡💖

  • @PamKnitsToo
    @PamKnitsToo Рік тому +2

    I so relate to your dragons in life. I had a good friend who was an EXCELLENT knitter and I was just beginning. I would ask her if she thought I could do certain patterns and she would always say no. I would feel awful afterwards and incompetent. Much later I found out (as you say) that I can knit or crochet anything, I just have to try. My big dragon this year is also an over abundance of yarn and notions.

  • @kathyscott3683
    @kathyscott3683 Рік тому +1

    Hi Sarah, another lovely episode. I am finishing my Anker's Summer Shirt as I listen and watch you talking about your projects.

  • @Mindfulnessification
    @Mindfulnessification Рік тому +1

    Thank you Sarah for your authenticity! I love it!!! ♥️🐑♥️🐑♥️

  • @sydssong
    @sydssong Рік тому +1

    My kids attended Waldorf schools as well. They’re all adults now, but I miss those Waldorf school days! Love the Dragon story. Thank you for reminding me and sharing!

  • @phylistomlinson3288
    @phylistomlinson3288 Рік тому

    I do so enjoy your podcast and love the part of your personality that doesn't need to be perfect and reminds me of the same. re: stash i learned an acronym SABLE: Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. It fits for my stash/life. Your personality is a breath of fresh air for me. Carry on!!

  • @lauradillon3704
    @lauradillon3704 Рік тому +1

    Claudine Powley is bringing out a book called modern granny stitch crochet that looks right up your street! I saw it advertised today and thought of you 😊

  • @AnnReHandmade
    @AnnReHandmade Рік тому +1

    Great video! The blanket is beautiful. I love the colors you choose on all your projects...you have lovely taste great creativity. Thanks for sharing it.

  • @apippin774
    @apippin774 Рік тому +1

    40C here and yes I want RAIN, SNOW AND COLD! I hear you!

  • @Grwmslays435
    @Grwmslays435 Рік тому

    My dragon is wanting to knit all things , getting different yarns to make them, and not having enough time to knit them. Hopefully, I'll acquire yarn to make some of the projects I really want and making time to do them.
    Love your crochet blanket

  • @Jojococo63
    @Jojococo63 Рік тому

    I love the colours on your top. So nice. I thought it was a skein of coloured yarn.

  • @jessicaolney4900
    @jessicaolney4900 Рік тому

    Happy weekend! Love the blanket and yes, I also find that sometimes casting on a new, small project is the cleanser (or refreshment) that I needed to get me feeling motivated to return to the longer-term projects. I love knitting small children's items, I just need some to knit or crochet for! I too have found myself collecting patterns at a rate that I find is increasing a bit faster than I think is best for me. So I am going to consider that one for a bit and see if I can slay it (or it least tame it). I am sure there are others so you have given me something to reflect on while I knit/crochet (and scrub the toilets 😉...tomorrow is cleaning day).

  • @janeybeasley9525
    @janeybeasley9525 Рік тому

    Thank you for a lovely episode, I also am trying to get through my stash - I have yarn and fabric! And I find I can go quite a while not buying them but I do struggle not buying patterns, my dragon is getting caught up in the latest pattern on the internet and buying it, then I store it on my iPad and often I don’t ever make it up and I have so many and they are in such a muddle that I forget what I have! So this year my dragon is no more patterns, check the ones I’ve got and use them even if I have to adapt them. Time on internet also feeds that dragon because I’m spending too much time getting inspiration but not having the time to actually do the making! I have cut back the people I follow (you are always on my list to watch!) and this helps me! This weekend I have been to a quilting event, a very small one so there wasn’t lots of temptation to buy buy it has given me lots of enthusiasm to get back to my fabrics and get stitching! It is so nice to talk to real people and share their heart jumping moments rather than watching on a screen! Thank you for another lovely episode and have a great weekend, walking and knitting in the woods! ❤

  • @janettebox3571
    @janettebox3571 Рік тому

    Love your mums blanket, Sarah. I feel the need for a bit of blanket crochet in my life too. One (and there’s quite a few) of my dragons, is over abundance as far as patterns and wool buying are concerned. My other, in the knitting area is, a dislike of swatching and I have just been caught out yet again, for not doing one! I’m just too impatient! Another dragon!😂. Always good to see you and hope you enjoyed your weekend with nature and knitting.❤

  • @larabartlett3483
    @larabartlett3483 Рік тому

    I think the ‘grootste draak’ that you beat was making podcasts for your English followers! (We had to read “Koning van Katoren” in highschool in South Africa as one of our books, that was in die late 80’s. So there you go Sarah, you beat the dragon!)
    I also love to use Attic24 patterns for my crochet blankets!

  • @sandras2479
    @sandras2479 Рік тому +1

    The blanket is beautiful! I want to make one.

  • @MsCarlaJS
    @MsCarlaJS Рік тому +1

    The cardigan is gorgeous. I think the colours really suit you!!

  • @marjaramage478
    @marjaramage478 Рік тому

    Loved the crochet bind off! I have a few dragons to slay. One of them I know is quite silly. I offered to darn a friend’s favorite socks that her son gifted her from Peru. (I have never darned socks before.) I bought this little weaving loom gadget to do the job but keep procrastinating for fear I will screw it up. I thought I should practice on some holey cotton socks to get the hang of it but I truly have built this thing into a monster. One advantage to my procrastination is that I just discovered the yarn I had chosen to darn with is too thick and one should always try to match the weight of yarn otherwise the sock will feel uncomfortable. Fall is on the horizon here in Coastal Georgia, U.S. so I must tackle it so she can start wearing them. I must learn to darn as one of my resolutions is to knit socks for my favorite people and to ask them to return them to me for darning. I am really bad about creating monsters!

  • @misshappyknitter
    @misshappyknitter Рік тому

    i just like you and the way you think more and more. My children to the Waldorf school here in Norway. It is very nice. So Iknow what you are talking about. I will think about that more towards my life to. In crafting my dragons is in some way similar as you. Thank you for this great episode!!

  • @BrendaBeckett-ob8wf
    @BrendaBeckett-ob8wf Рік тому

    I love knitting while watching your episodes. I’m making the Porty Cardigan by Gudrun Johnston. It would be a great pattern for that Shetland yarn you bought. For a colorwork cardigan, you don’t need to weave in your ends. I try to make sure they cross over the middle stitch to the opposite side and I catch them with stitching the reinforcement. With sock yarn, you might want to stitch two rows with your sewing machine since it’s not so sticky. I loved your explanation of dragons - we would say you are slaying your dragon.

  • @debrarodriguezestrada2748
    @debrarodriguezestrada2748 Рік тому +1

    Oh! I would .ove to pair my crochet cotton with my stash of sock yarn! Thank you I better make that top!

  • @AnikSales
    @AnikSales Рік тому +1

    My dragons are: not believing that I can knit some projects because they are too hard, struggle with food, beating stress. I love this idea of beating your dragons. Thank you for sharing your dragons with us.

  • @jonellesandel1066
    @jonellesandel1066 Рік тому +1

    I love listening as a Denver Colorado person who has visited the Netherlands. Such a lovely country and people. I really appreciate your life stories and mind set! My dragon to beat is to make and steek a cardigan 🫣. I will have a goal this year to do that.

  • @fernleaf3330
    @fernleaf3330 Рік тому +1

    Both of my boys went to a Waldorf school also. That is a beautiful blanket.

  • @junewilliams9257
    @junewilliams9257 Рік тому

    Your blanket is beautiful!!

  • @lfinn6125
    @lfinn6125 Рік тому

    Thank you for the crochet bind off lesson. Lovely!

  • @alicegodfrey3665
    @alicegodfrey3665 Рік тому

    Thank you for another fun and inspiring episode. Have a great weekend!

  • @Carola-By-The-Bay
    @Carola-By-The-Bay Рік тому

    Crochet bind-off! Thank you! 🥰🧶🌻

  • @marieshortt7484
    @marieshortt7484 Рік тому

    Lovely heart jumping episode Sarah. I have a few dragons too. Phone a big one ! Starting too many projects another. Thank you.

  • @elaineenstone6834
    @elaineenstone6834 Рік тому

    Love the story of the dragons. The blanket is beautiful as is the cardigan you are knitting. 🇬🇧

  • @Golden.5555
    @Golden.5555 Рік тому

    I love the crochet bind off thank you for sharing with us!

  • @robyn3349
    @robyn3349 Рік тому

    Thank you, Sarah!

  • @margaretsamplerlover
    @margaretsamplerlover Рік тому +1

    Oh, something else! You don't have to use your sewing machine to steek. (Although for super wash, you probably should. So never mind for this cardigan, but) if you look up someone like Ysolda Teague steeks or Kate Davies steeks or steeks in general, you'll see the easiest way is to crochet two stitches together along both sides of the steek!! Easy peasy!

  • @Stumpybear7640
    @Stumpybear7640 Рік тому

    Hi Sarah, lovely to catch up with your handwork. Just like catching up with a friend❤❤❤ And for your Mum❤ oh, Sarah, I can see your cardigan also being a zipped hoodie! ❤

  • @nicolanoller9264
    @nicolanoller9264 Рік тому

    I suggest a new word for you! stifle (sty-fel). Your over-large stash dragon stifles your creativity. Another lovely episode; your cardi looks fab! ❤

  • @natibepelote8659
    @natibepelote8659 Рік тому

    Bonjour
    Je suis vos podcasts depuis qques temps.... j'aime beaucoup cependant mon anglais est trop mauvais pour tout comprendre et surtout prendre plaisir.... Ne serait-il il pas possible d'y ajouter un sous-titre en français ? Quelquefois le sous-titrage est inclus et c un vrai bonheur !!!!
    Merci pour les non-anglophes et pour super videos. On aurait envie de partager en vrai.

  • @JG-rq1ws
    @JG-rq1ws Рік тому +1

    Hi Sarah, I like the blanket your mom have finished but even more, I love the (off)white bedspread your mom made for you. Do you have the pattern by chance or on which website can I find it? ❤

  • @jackieleipert1950
    @jackieleipert1950 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing your philosophy about slaying your dragons. I will try harder too.

  • @cheryldowd6916
    @cheryldowd6916 Рік тому

    Love your story of your dragons. I have some dragons to conquer. In the US we are going into Fall or Autumn. This is the time of harvest. To gather all that has been grown and to prepare some of it for the winter months. But this year I will look at winter as conquering my dragons. Most of them are in the knitting realm. Lol. 🐉

  • @bevabberley1524
    @bevabberley1524 Рік тому

    We have a saying ‘cannot see the wood for the trees’ have to much stuff 😂😂

  • @OllieandMay
    @OllieandMay Рік тому

    Superwash yarn is not ideal for colour work, it will stretch with blocking and you may lose the pattern definition. I would recommend you using your sewing machine for the steek, it will hold the stitches for you, if you use 100% wool in colour work a Crochet edge works well. I would advise you watch a video on Steeking first.

  • @SwamiMommy
    @SwamiMommy Рік тому +2

    One of my kids went to Waldorf School through 8th grade. It’s based on the works of Rudolph Steiner. I loved it but it was very $$$

    • @KimLomQld
      @KimLomQld Рік тому

      Hi from Australia, I've been hearing a lot about Waldorf schools lately, I will have to google it and find out all about it😊

  • @sylvianegastaldo-xl3ni
    @sylvianegastaldo-xl3ni Рік тому

    My biggest dragon ? Procrastination 😂

  • @fleurall
    @fleurall Рік тому

    I want to beat my sock dragon this winter ❤

  • @mongrain8934
    @mongrain8934 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @tamesonob
    @tamesonob Рік тому

    We call a wood wader a forest ranger

  • @barbbuteyn8800
    @barbbuteyn8800 Рік тому

    Your wavy bangs look cute.

  • @margarethastings3332
    @margarethastings3332 Рік тому

    🤎🤎🤎