Woollen Hearted | Episode 12 | Knitting natural wool socks & spinning sock yarn
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2022
- Welcome back to Woollen Hearted!
Today I’m sharing some recent projects that have been keeping my heart and hands busy this first month of the year: knitting natural socks and spinning sock yarn, both with breed specific wools.
Hello Fran! Lovely podcast. You are such a sweet and gentle lady. It was so calming to watch and listen to you.
I so enjoy your podcasts! ❤️
Thank you so much for joining me! 🥰
You are looking very good Fran ! Each film better I should say. Stay safe and keep spinning !
Thank you dear Anneke! Wishing you well and thank you for coming to join me! 🤍
Nice to see you again. Love your projects.
To knit outside with that awesome view, priceless.
Thank you Danielle! Oh yes, knitting outside is probably my favourite place to be! And that location is especially special to us - we took a weekend trip to the nearby valley where we first met and visited some old favourite haunts! 🤍
What a lovely video. Thank you for keeping me company during a long tubular cast on xx
Oh I’m so glad! I’ve never tried one of those yet, are they very long to do?
@@woollenhearted it's three rows after the actual cast on, but a lovely result. I used the tutorial for the Italian tubular cast on from Brooklyn Tweed. xx
I enjoyed a relaxing moment knitting my Habitation throw and sipping tea! You have inspired me to try making socks which will be a new adventure.
Oooh wonderful! Will it be your first time sock knitting? If so, I can really recommend knitting a DK à weight pair for your first go, and the pattern I talked about is SO easy to follow for a beginner sock!
Thanks dear for keeping me company while I knit and start having fever (yes it’s C).
Thank you lovely for sitting with me! I hope you’re starting to feel a little better now? 🤍
I love to see you back! Beautiful woll! Thank you for sharing. 😊
Thank you so much Paula! 🥰
What a really lovely cheerful podcast....your love for woollen crafts just shines. I am looking at my spinning wheel...unused for about six or seven years. My late brother was a fantastic spinner and I also have his two wheels and all his spindles....a collection. Quite made a lovely morning over here in Western Australia.....thank you Fran.
Thank you so much for coming to join me Lydia, all the way from Australia too! That feels extra special! Well if you need any help getting back to your wheel, let me know! I’m considering running an informal and pressure free spin along (again!) starting in March, let me know if that’s something that would interest you. And how interesting to hear about your late brother - so far, the most accomplished spinner I’ve ever met is a man, he taught me so much the couple of hours I was able to sit and spin with him early on in my spinning journey 🤍
What an interesting video! I love natural yarns and colors. It is so interesting to know about your local sheep breeds.
Thank you so much!! It’s a topic I could talk about for hours! 😂
Lovely to catch up with all your woolly projects. The socks look so cosy. I have been spinning since 2007, but only with spindles. I enjoy exploring different breeds and textures, the possibilities are endless. I look forward to seeing you again when you have time to share and hope your family stay well.
Oh wonderful! I LOVE spindle spinning! I have so much respect for that incredible ancient tool! I intend to get something on my spindles too….as soon as I’ve relocated them in the mess of my workroom 😂
So lovely to spend time with you this morning Fran while I have my coffee. Happy days doing what you love this coming week. Loads of love Amanda xx
Thank you so much for coming join me Amanda! It’s lovely to have you here 🥰
Your episode was wonderful. I really enjoyed the spinning chat. I found it interesting that you learned to do wooden spun first. It is a skill that I am still trying to master. I learned worsted first. Thank you for sharing your time and projects with us. I look forward to your next visit. 😊
As I think I might have said, I seem to have done everything the “wrong” way around when it came to learning to spin 😂 There were very few ressources online when I began, so I learn through a combination of reading spinning books and also a little bit of input from a couple of spinners I met along the way who showed me the ropes. If you’d be interested, I’m intending to film a couple of “how I spin” videos in the future (once the days are a bit longer and I have a bit more time to film in the evenings when the children are asleep). Long draw really is my favourite way to spin!
I admire your decision to turn away from your bear making for the time being, listening to yourself and understanding this is the right choice for now. Your breed-specific spinning has got me looking through my fiber samples, ready to get back to my own spinning. Nicely done, all around:)
Thanks so much Colleen! It was quite a tough decision to make - when I first stopped in 2019 it almost broke my heart and I just couldn’t quite let go at the time, I felt a need to keep the door open and kept on pushing myself to make, when I just wasn’t really up to it. Revisiting that decision from a place of improved health this autumn (and with some trusted support around me) has helped me come to a place of greater peace now and it feels really right for me now. So to read your words really helped me - thank you! And I’m excited to learn I’ve perhaps inspired you to start a spinning project too! Let me know what fibre you settle on! Thank you again x
the yarn and socks look so cosy! you arent the only one that has had difficulty with melody hoffman patterns years ago I tried to knit the Fir socks and the Betula shawl and myself and others had trouble at several confusing points in her patterns... your spinning is so nice!!
I’ve knitted two of her patterns in the past (her first hat and a test knit shawl that’s never ended up being released) and they went fine, I feel so frustrated I can’t work out the bit I’m stuck on at the moment! Were you able to finish both patterns?
Lovely video, Fran! I used to make heavier socks a very long time ago. I'm not sure why I ever stopped knitting them but seeing all your wonderful socks and wool for socks inspires me to try again. Thanks for sharing!
Oh I’m so pleased! Let me know if you get anything on your needles soon! Thanks so much for watching 🤍
Hi Fran, I just found your podcast and I love it, I bought an Ashford traditional wheel a few years ago, but after some time trying to get the( perfect) spin I got so disappointed with it, then I saw a podcast that said what I was doing was okay, and to keep trying, but like you so much has happened these last two years, but I have decided to get it out this year and keep going until I get it right, 👍thank you for your podcast,looking forward to your next podcast, sending blessings from Scotland 🏴
Hi Margaret, so lovely to hear from you! And hello from a fellow Ashford Traditonal lover! (It was my second wheel!). Oh yes, please don’t give up with your spinning! I promise, you will eventually be able to make the yarn you’re seeking, it just takes practice! I can’t remember if I’ve talked about my first yarns in an earlier episode, but I’m definitely intending to share an episode in March (my spinning birthday!) sharing how I got into spinning and also how I got on in those early years! I will be forever proud of my first lumpy bumpy yarns, because I made them myself from start to finish! And they also really taught me so much about letting go as an important part of spinning. Sorry to hear you’ve had a tough time the last couple of years, I truly hope 2022 will be kinder to you….and so happy to have connected with you here! Do you have Instagram? If so, come and find me there as @woollenhearted so we can also connect there and I can follow your progress! Best wishes, Fran 🤍
Bon soir, Fran! Thanks for another lovely chat with us all. I absolutely loved the pictures of you with the sheep. Your joy for sheep and wool shines out of you! So much gorgeous, squishy and tough yarn in this episode.
Awww thank you lovely! Wool certainly does make me really happy!! And those particular photos are so precious to me, I was seven or eight months pregnant with my son when they were taken…..very happy memories of a lovely weekend spent with friends and their gorgeous sheep (as you can imagine, I wanted to take them home with me!)
Hi Fran lovely to see and hear about your lovely fleece, yarns and spinning plans. your socks are so nice and cosy.
Thank you so much Jackie!
How fun, I just received some Exeter Horn in the mail yesterday for my breed study, and I spun some Herdwick last year. Exploring all the different breeds has been fun for me during these last two years.
Oh how fun! Enjoy the Exmoor Horn, I loved working with it - so reminiscent of my local to me wools! Want did you end up doing with your herdwick? Breed studies are so much fun!
You've really inspired me today to get my spindles out after a long hiatus. Your excitement is palpable. What is cheery episode. Thank you Fran
Oh that makes me so happy to read! I LOVE spindle spinning so much! Once I’ve relocated mine 😂 I’ll be getting something started too! Thank you for joining me! Xxxx
I've got another cup of coffee, so I can't wait to sit and visit with you 🥰 Just had to come back and say this was such an enjoyable episode Fran, and full of really good information! You passion for wool really shows ❤
Thank you so much dear ! That means so much to me! Also, tell me, did I say your name correctly? I had a panic whilst editing that I’d mispronounced your name! Thank you for organizing this wonderful spin along that’s given me a gentle nudge back to my wheel! Xxx
@@woollenhearted you said it exactly right 💗
Lovely to see you back fran and yes I’ve a pair of socks on the needles too keeps my hands busy 😊💕
I’d forgotten just how much I love sock knitting! I knit my last pair a year ago, but I’m delighted to be finding so much joy in the project again! Are you making a particular pattern?
Hey Fran! Lovely to see you, you make me want to spin again too! I cannot use my wheel anymore, my coordination is to wonky due to my neurosarcoidosis, but I can try my little espinner again! Thank you for the podcast ❤️
Thank you so much for coming to visit dear Josh! And I never knew you were a spinner too! That made me so happy to learn! Let me know if you’re able to spin with your espinner, I’d love to know what you make! Xxxx
@@woollenhearted I will show you my spinning, if it happens ❤️
Lovely to see this podcast …. I am knitting the ‘tulip’ sweater by melody Hoffman and it took a little reading to quite understand it but it’s coming along nicely now … x
Oh yes, I’m quite tempted by that one (perhaps for my children rather than me at the moment). What part of it did you find particularly tricky?
@@woollenhearted I’ve now split for the sleeves and it’s going fine … it was just the wording of where to put the raglan increases but it’s very simple really …. just needed to read it carefully!!! It would be a beautiful children sweater … hope you’re doing well today xxx
I enjoyed finding your podcast this morning and listening to you speak about all things woolly. I also loved the glimpses of the French countryside. Your spinning wheel is very interesting too - can you tell me me what make it is?
Hello Kristine! Thank you for joining me and I’m so glad you enjoyed my podcast! Yes of course! It’s a Lendrum, a Canadian production wheel! Once she’s all oiled and dusted off I’m intending on giving a little tour on camera!
What a delightful YT video. I’ve already gone over to Churchmouse Knits and have downloaded one free pattern for a tea cosy and bought the sock pattern you suggested! Thank you so much. A thought re DARNING holes. I don’t do that any more. I make holes in my socks in the heel cup (bottom of foot) and I’ve taken to crocheting up 2 rectangles in yarn matching the sock yarn and I’ve just sewn these onto the socks. I make the rectangles long enough that each one wraps from under the heel cup and up the heel flap. Easy, easy, easy :-). Yours in Gratitude for sharing
Such an enjoyable episode, lovely to hear about your spinning as this is something I would love to try. I do have a drop spindle so I need to try and learn, though a spinning wheel would be lovely one day, I look forward to the next video 😊
Oh I’m so excited I’ve inspired you! Spinning is such a wonderful, meditative activity to do! Wheel spinning is so much fun, but I can also highly recommend the spindle. I’ve made some of my best yarn on spindles and have so far even spun enough for a shawl and hat pattern. I’ll definitely be making some spindle specific videos in the future!
J’ai beaucoup aimé merci!
Fran I loved seeing all your wooly goodness. You are so talented, I can’t wait for your next video. The baby sweater is so cute. What pattern did you use? Thank you for sharing. Take good care of yourself and keep crafting 👍😊
Thank you so much for coming to join me! I’ll be sharing all the baby knit details in my next episode, off the top of my head I can’t remember who the designer was for that pattern but it’s a free one on ravelry and think it’s called Vertical Buttons. If you search for a chunky weight knitted baby cardigan you should be able to find it!
It was lovely to see all your wool work Fran. The Herwick breed is one I haven't ever tried so that was interesting. I liked seeing your local French wool too. Is the colour a very mild amber colour? I love that. Good luck with the socks I am knitting some too from my handspun.
Do you mean the fleece I showed? Yes, it’s a sort of buttery yellow at the moment after one scouring…Ill be interested to see if it becomes a purer white once I’ve washed it again upon spinning. Oooh tell me more about your handspun socks!
@@woollenhearted I am using Gotland fleece from a farm here in Ontario Canada and a blue BFL roving I got from a local festival. So far they look like boot socks which is fine with me. We have lots of snow here so they will be warm.