Working with VERY short color change yarn (among other things!)
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I'm so pleased you had a wonderful time! Hubby and I honeymooned in England and Scotland in 1988. We drove there from Germany (I think I told you this once, so I won't belabor that). Stonehenge was wonderful for me, having only ever read about it in a light non researchy basis. It was, pardon the pun, magical. And yes, I am very jealous you got to see 'Godric's Hollow'. Sheep....they're everywhere in the UK. We saw them all along our drive up through the Highlands and sadly, dead along the roadside much like deer here in the US. I wish I had been as interested in knitting then as I am now...I certainly would have come home with 'wool'! I look forward to other bits and pieces of your trip in future videos.
I've only ever seen London so I was thrilled to do Bath, the Cotswolds, Oxford and Cambridge! Luckily, we didn't seen any dead sheep... all were happy and healthy! I'm trying to work down my stash PLUS we were travelling in carry-ons only so no interest in yarn buying this trip!
I miss you and surly wish I could enjoy you more often. You are the 1st program on the net that influenced me with my knitting and crocheting. I joined knit crate because I watched you receive yours, and I thought....how wonderful!
Aww... thank you. It's a different time in my life now so it's hard to keep videos going as regularly as I used to. I still love sharing and interacting with people who "get" this yarn obsession but it's just not as easy as it used to be!
Finally, you answered. We were all worried that something had happened.
Miss you dear lady. Enjoy your life
So good to see you Margaret! Sounds like you had lovely time in England. Loved seeing your photos! Especially the yarns items. I think I’m going to start working on a scrap yarn wall hanging, the one you showed was beautiful. I thought so anyway. I was telling my husband about your trip and that you were visiting your son stationed there. He wondered were he was stationed, as he was stationed there in the 70’s at Lakenheath. That’s amazing about the little town with items for sale on the honor system. It does your heart to see that in this day and time. Glad you are back and looking forward to seeing more about your trip.😊
Yes! That's where he is but will be leaving on deployment soon to who-knows-where-and-when. Tell your husband that the base looks good and they've done a great job of keeping current with a really nice workout facility, bowling alley, some American fast food places (that, as far as I'm concerned, they could do without!) and varying food trucks that park outside the commissary! Re: that canvas with the crochet... the thing I loved most about it was the careful placement of color. It was rather soothing to the eye when a haphazard placement could have given me a headache! Ha!
I wish I could see your trip photos. I never get bored with anything you show us.
Ahhh... thanks, Judy. I used to post all that on facebook/instagram but I'm so over that these days. That was "so last decade" for me! Ha! Now for our trips, I just do a daily recap on our family group texts. Not exactly sure why but that's how it's evolved.
I did not care for that yarn at all - UNTIL you made it up in that hat! It is gorgeous and I would totally wear that!
Isn't that the strangest thing how simply adding in a few solids can totally transform the look? Such fun when an experiment works out!
Hi Margaret...glad to see you back and see some vacation time pictures. Also, glad you got to see your son. On the topic of yarn...I actually like the gray and multi Slip stich hat and the one with the black and white rows breaking up the "busy" yarn. Looking forward to your next video.
I agree, Martha... those were my favorites, too. I just can't get with the busy color pooling when a solid isn't added in. BUT... different strokes for different folks!
Wow thank you for showing the helix knitted hat. I have seen it before but never with short color change yarn and explained so well. It's just amazing the difference in the hats! Glad you had a great trip looking forward to more videos. Have a great weekend Margaret💛
You are so welcome, Teresa! I was amazed and what a difference it made in the overall "feel" of the busy stripe! Fun discovery!
It's so nice to see you again. I always look forward to your seeing your videos and for the record you could never be boring. I could watch and listen to you for hours and it wouldn't matter what you talked about. I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip and look forward to seeing you again soon!
Very nice of you to say, Vickie, but I do tend to ramble! We really did enjoy our trip and while Facetime is a wonderful thing, it was so good to see our boy in person!!
I have felted ornaments & small items. It’s tedious but more calm & relaxing than crocheting for me. I didn’t find it difficult, but if you’re a perfectionist you may go crazy 😂
Ahhh.... good to know! I'm not really drawn to attempt felting but I do like watching other people do it! Sort of like spinning is for me. I have no desire to learn to spin but I could watch it for hours! Ha!
I LOVED this video again- the variegated colours ideas- FABULOUS!....As an Australian (Brisbane) yes we are familiar with many of your topics from the UK.I loved that "poster looking ancient creative patchwork- I've just started doing that slowly with a class, where you take your photo, cut fabric, glue it (ironing it) etc paste it, and do sewing on top of the shapes you have etc: trees...etc its called "thread art or textile art"- I wont bore you with the details as you are such an amazing knitter- still love your videos, I haven't had a chance to watch them all yet!
Oh, Marietta! I'm fascinated with textile art of any type and I'm sure you and your class are having a wonderful time with it! I wish you could have been in that museum with me to see these works of arts dating back as far as the 1500s in some cases. Amazing!
Hi Margaret! So great to see and hear from You again! Happy to hear Your that You got to visit Thomas and England, fantastic! I loved the sheep hats at the museum and the other merch! Have a great weekend and hope to see You again soon! Thank You for Sharing!🥰
Thanks, Marie! We did have a good time. You know... it didn't occur to me to see if those mugs could be purchased online but they can: www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/stonehenge-woolly-jumpers-sheep-mug
Needle felting is alive and well, quite popular and not too hard to do. Very therapeutic 🌹
Glad you got to see Thomas. Looks like you had a wonderful time.
Oh we did, Allison! And he's so happy on his adventure! Now, if we can just get all the political leaders of the world to behave, I won't have to worry about what his upcoming deployment may be. 😬
Ahhh, so glad you got to see your baby and had a good time. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you so much.
Thank you, Betty Jo! He's just as happy as he can be in his new world but as I just wrote to Allison: Now, if we can just get all the political leaders of the world to behave, I won't have to worry about what his upcoming deployment may be. 😬
Hi Margaret, great to see you again. I love your short color change hat, I would wear that. I don't knit, at least not with needles but with looms and knitting machine. I like the idea of adding a solid color with the short change color yarn, will have to make your crochet hat. Love hearing about your vacation. I would love to learn how to felt. Some of the videos I watched people felting and it is absolutely amazing. Loved hearing from you again.
You DO knit, Julie Ann! Loom knitting and machine knitting are simply other methods of creating a knit stitch! And btw, the concept of helix knitting can be applied to both of those methods. I haven't tried it myself but I know it can be done!
I do love a variegated yarn! When you put the black and white with it, it actually made me dizzy! Thanks for sharing part of your trip!
My point is proven! As my grandmother used to say, "Each to his own tastes," said the old lady as she kissed the cow! It would be boring if we all liked the same things, right?!
When I use variegated yarn, I always try to alternate with a solid. I appreciate your information.
Yeah... my preference, too, Patricia!
Ahhh I live about a 20 minute drive from Bath! I do hope you liked our little corner of the world! ❤
Ooooo.... you live in one of the most beautiful places in the world!! We both agree we could move there tomorrow!
Visited Bath, and other areas in the UK 5 years ago, while our daughter attended a semester at Bath University. Would LOVE to do the UK again, one day!!!
Oh, Kathleen... wasn't it beautiful?! I loved every second of our time in Bath!
I have so much fun doing the helix knitting -.Very Pink Knits does an excellent job of explaining the process. Iy looks so much more difficult than it is. I haven’t tried it with multi colored yarn, and after seeing your hat I will have to try it! I also like the other ways you used the multi colored yarns in knit hats.
It IS fun, Toni! Do try the multi yarn and see what you think. You may need to test out a few combinations until you find something that floats your boat!
Hi Margaret
So nice to hear from you!!
Your video was VERY interesting. Crochet medallions art was pretty. Great idea to use up scrap yarn. When I visited those places, had to restrain myself. LOL Looking forward to the next video. Have a great weekend. 🤗👍🏼
Thanks, Terri! We did so many wonderful things and were totally exhausted by the time we got home. Most of all, it was so nice to spend time with Thomas!
I’m always so happy when I see you have a video. I have never bought busy yarn as a rule, but thank you for the tips. Glad you had a wonderful trip. I was disappointed with Stonehenge when we there about 15 years ago, oh man, it’s been that long ago!
I don't tend to buy busy yarn much anymore but this was a gift and it made me happy just to look at it! Besides, I have others in my stash and since I'm working hard on reducing my stash, I have to think creatively!
Great to see you again. Sounds like a wonderful trip. Loved seeing all the photos. The black petunias were beautiful. I actually have seen the petunias with the star and for me certain color combinations are prettier than others. I liked how the Helix knitting broke up the colors in the multi colored yarn. I liked it a lot. Until you are on again, stay safe and healthy.
I love gardens but I can't stand gardening so I'm quite ignorant about what's available around here! And the striping really helped that short color-change yarn! It's like it totally removed the pooling aspect!
Using multi-colored yarn interspersed with a solid yarn looks so much better together. What a great idea that I have not tried. Normally, I use a cotton multi-colored yarn when I crochet dishcloths. For that purpose, I like it because it hides a little stain from certain foods. I have found it doesn't create a pattern and looks odd. Maybe, I like things that are more of a pattern than scattered. Great video!
Ooo... good point about hiding stains on dishcloths! I think you're right... we're all drawn to different things. Afterall, art IS subjective. I think my eye prefers more order than randomness, as well.
Hi Margaret...nice to see you back. Sounds like a great trip to the UK. Was there a few years ago and loved every minute of it. I'm working with a Red Heart pooling yarn in the colorway Papaya and it has short color bursts, but I am enjoying it. It definitely is busy, but making baby blankets which I think will be happy. They will be donated some time this fall or winter. Thanks for sharing your makes and adventure!
Thanks, Arlyce! I have never tried the "planned pooling" where it comes out in an argyle or plaid patterning. Maybe that's something I should add to my list! That Papaya is a gorgeous colorway!
I have a yarn that is black with neon colors I didn't know what to do with it. I think I will pair it with solid black yarn and make hats with it. Thanks for the tip. Live the pictures of your trip. The things in the Stonehenge gift shop were adorable.
Oooo... I have some Red Heart like that but it's a self-striping which is a different game altogether! Have fun tinkering with the color combinations and/or project choices. There's always a solution!
Hi Margaret! So glad you’re back. I’ve never seen yarn with such a short color change either. I love your solution of incorporating it into a solid color cap. I just left Seattle and bought some EXPENSIVE yarn. I can’t wait to make something with it 😁 Have a great weekend!
You know, Jan... there really is something special about luxury yarn! Well, I suppose luxury ANYTHING for that matter but you know what I mean! (I bought your book; flew through the first 40 pages or so laughing about things that had long left my memory like the Litter Bug, for example! I was so looking forward to reading it on my long flights but accidentally left it on my nightstand. 😧 But now I've picked it up again... every page is full of smiles!)
@@sheepishlysharing oh my goodness! What a kind thing to say. Many things in it are true but most are fiction. I will own UP to the plate licking episode but blame my older sister! LOL. Blessings 💕
thank you so much for the tips on the short colour change yarn - I too dislike the business when knitted so I bought black to go with a rainbow colourway, I just didn't know how to knit them to get the best effect. I will test swatch alternating rows and slip stitch to see what I like best. Thanks again 🐑❤
Thank you for sharing ! Sounds like a great trip! Love the bus full of yarn ! Lol
I suppose if I went to Shetland like that knitting group, I wouldn't have had restraint either! Ha!
TY for sharing info on short color changes and photos of your travels!!!
You're so welcome and thanks for hanging out with me, Kay!
Really enjoyed the yarn insights and the travelogue. Thanks Margaret!
I'm so glad and thank you for saying so! I never know if what I get excited about interests anyone else!
Welcome back Margaret.. Missed your videos!
Thank you! 😊 It's good to be back!
I made a hat last year with multicoloured yarn and i like it! its got green tones in it. But oh my gosh i love the look of the solid color inbetween! Such a great idea! i'm going to need to try that!! ♥Plus ill have two, which isn't bad either haha
I think that's another reason why we need to swatch! Ha! Some yarn may not need the addition of a solid to make us smile and yet others may lend themselves to that "division of color" that the additional solid brings. Luckily, there are no rules and we can do what floats our boats!
It makes a big difference with a solid color included with the multi. I think I have some of that same yarn and like the colors. I don't care for the black, but that's just me. I'll have to try what you did with the first samples (I really liked those). We have the honor system here in NC in places that sell honey and produce, etc.
That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about! It's so important that we zero in on our own style and if sharing our work, we figure out what appeals to others! Art is subjective so there's never any way to be wrong, is there?! Yay for your nice, honest area of NC!
So good to see a video from you again. Please share all the information about your vacation some of us really enjoy it. We actually have a similar petunia here in the U.S., it's called Black Mamba Petunia. Our FFA group that my daughter belongs to sells it.
Ooo... that's it! Black Mamba Petunia! I thought it looked like fine, black velvet right in your garden!
They sell a LOT of these during their annual sale. They are a fan favorite for sure! Gorgeous!
You nailed it! The black and white rows with busy yarn looks great! I think it looks so much more stylish. Of course, it's ok for people to like to busy, happy short bursts of color, too.
Yes... life would be boring if we all liked the exact same things. Besides, if I had preferred the original, I never would have put on my creative thinking cap and come up with the b/w/multi hat! I like options!
As always I’ve enjoyed your video. Look forward to more. And what a great trip you had!! Thank you so much for sharing so many interesting things. 😊
Thank you, Rene! And thanks for hanging out with me!!
I was just thinking about checking on you the other day! Glad you had a good vacation!! Take care!!
Thanks, Cyndi! All is well, it's just a new time in my life which affects my video creation! Glad you're still out there!
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it very much. Until next time. Can't wait to view 😃
Thanks for the kind words, Maryann!
It's so nice to see you Miss Margaret! Honestly, I was just thinking about you! When you share your travels and yarn dilemmas, it is far from boring! I learn so much from you, and would actually enjoy seeing photos of your visit to London! I just can't understand how you left without buying any yarn. Love and Blessings to you and your family. Prayers for Peace to everyone 🌻
What kind words to wake up to this morning! Thank you for the smile! No yarn for me because I'm trying hard to use what I have... not to mention we traveled for 2 weeks in carry-on only!
I love your videos! So interesting to see what you do with yarn, and I love hearing your stories!
My favourite stitch for busy yarn is the moss stitch, I don't really know why, but it does look very neat, even with very short colour changes!
Moss stitch... that never occurred to me! And thanks for the kind words, Nadja!!
Hi, Margaret; so good to hear from you! Thanks for the inspiration, travel footage, and humor (The Stonehenge sheep in sweaters motif is so cute)!😁
I loved those mugs, too, Steina! I didn't buy them but I suppose I still could: www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/stonehenge-woolly-jumpers-sheep-mug
Well hello Margaret! So nice to hear from you and so happy that you had a great trip to see your son! What a difference it made in the hat to add a row of black and white yarn! I will definitely try that! Thanks for sharing a some of your photos with us! My friend tried felting and found it very difficult and in fact I don't think she ever finished hers! Looking forward to your next video!
Thanks, Diane! We did have a good time with our boy! I totally understand if you're friend moved on to something else after trying felting! I think that must be an advanced art that requires a passion!!
I really enjoy felting! I thought "this looks easy" and honestly, it's not as difficult as it seems! It's not like knitting where you have to practice techniques quite a bit. Super fun :) also the slip stitch hat method where it looks like color work is called "mosaic knitting"
Well, then I'm super impressed! I think all I could manage was a felted ball! (Maybe!) So fun to watch!
Amazing trip!!
It was! And as always... happy to be home!
That looks like a fun trip. I don’t know how you had the willpower to not bring home a ton of yarn!
Ahh... so many people said the same thing about my not buying yarn! See the next video for the explanation!
I have seen those knit with 1 row black one row short color yarn row.
Now that you mention this, I realize I left out a clip! I have done one color separation many times but when I tried it with this super-short color changes AND the fact that it was a sport weight, there was just not enough separation and there was still a busy pooling effect! Dern it! I'll have to mention that in the next video! Ha!
I loved this!! Thanks for sharing!! I was just wondering if you have done any hexagon sweaters? I have been doing many and LOVE them!!!
No, I haven't. I'm not much of a garment knitter/crocheter. Sizing is challenging for me!
I've missed seeing you.
Thanks, Heidi.... it's a little challenging balancing this new stage of life with video creating!
@@sheepishlysharing I understand the need to balance many things. It's just good to see you again. 😊
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I'm sorry to say, Sherry, that Sister died of cancer last year.
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