Love the podcast! We always enjoy the podcast but we kept saying how much we will miss Paige while on her trip but hope you will post knit pics on your IG and we HOPE HOPE HOPE, you, Sarah, will still do a few podcasts so we can keep up with your podcasts and get a chance to send you messages to keep you company while Paige is gone. Beautiful WIPs you both are working on. ❤
I just need to tell Paige that talking about your perfect sock needle isn't silly and its totally interesting! 😊 And- I also went through many different iterations for my sock knitting and landed on the exact same everything as you- ChiaoGoo 75cm cable and 13cm tips, separating my stitches in half. Perfection and I love my sock knitting! Thanks for another lovely podcast you guys 💙
I've just returned from a long trip, my top tips are: - keep your projects simple (there's lots of time for plain stockinette while travelling and chatting, but rarely time to sit and think with a cable chart) -4ply projects. They're smaller and lighter. - have your go-to sock pattern and needles handy (if you like socks). You can buy sock yarn as you go, and have a collection of socks at the end which remind you of where you've been. And you can never have too many socks! (Edit, ha! I commented this before watching you talk about your beautiful socks!)
Thanks for sharing the fun and enthusiasm. The sweaters you are wearing are gorgeous. It's nice to watch other Australian podcasters - yarn stores I know, BWM, footy references, same season etc. But mostly, I've enjoyed watching as you both are so beautifully expressive about your love of knitting. Thanks again. :)
I am so happy to have found Two Purls in a Pod!! You ladies are so lovely! Your enthusiasm is infectious. I am a relatively new knitter and appreciate the advise, the beautiful finished objects, and the community. Thank you so much!!
I think you will be inspired when you see the yarns where you are going… at least I always am. I would not bring much and get something special when you are there that will remind you of your trip even more
Not sure if you're already travelling, but I recommend using packing cubes and VACUM BAGS!!! Every time you need to pack everything again, you can ask for a vacuum cleaner in the hotel, b&b or gas station, so you can carry more yarn in a limited space! 😊
Regarding the hiking projects, I tend to bring a simple shawl pattern. For example, for 3-weeks hiking in Scotland, I took Kallara by Ambah O'Brien, or for 2-weeks hiking in Denmark, I took Londoner by Justyna Lorkowska. It works great!
Such a lovely podcast! 🩷 This was the first episode I have watched. I did hit your little subscribe button on screen! 🩷 You almost got me wanting to knit socks now! 😁
Oh Sarah! I feel your pain about undoing a tubular cast on - I did exactly the same thing! I knit the Caramel sweater (Petite Knit) that has a turtle neck. I'd knit it too long and thought I could just undo it from the cast on, but encountered exactly the same issue you did. I too was cutting, trying to get clear stitches. In the end I figured it out - it is tricky but do-able, however it was the worst knitting experience of my knitting career! Soooooo frustrating! What I love though is that I have learnt a very unique lesson and now I know. 😂
This is my favorite knitting podcast. I was starting to feel really impatient for a new one😂. I’m always so happy when there’s a new one. I hope Sarah will be able to keep posting when Paige is gone for so long! Have a great time, Paige! ❤❤❤
Good morning! I feel super inspired to knit socks now, I have never done any, and have gone down a loooong rabbit hole of Summer Lee videos, and have re-emerged the other side ready to roll. Paige - I have just moved literally all the way across the globe, for a year. The packing was PAINFUL, especially not knowing exactly what kind of weather I'd encounter. I ended up packing 3 jumpers of varying weight (the heaviest/thickest being 100% alpaca), and the plan is to layer a big puffer over the top when it gets to -20C. I just went to the Arctic Circle at the beginning of this year where it got down to -10C ("heatwave" lol) and I found wearing a merino base-layer (like Icebreaker 120-200) singlet, then long sleeve top, then a wooly handknit, and then a windproof jacket was plenty warm enough for me. I think don't take too many knits, personally I'm so wiped out on trips that I don't get much time to knit, and then you also have less space to acquire special yarns that you just happen to stumble upon along the way. Good luck with your packing, in the end, just bring whatever sparks joy, and you can buy anything that you're missing xx
I JUST found your podcast, and I’m sooo glad! Fellow Aussies! Hooray! I’m in Perth tho, so not as cold and even less call for knitwear, woe is me. Just wanted to say hi, you’re both adorable and now I’m going back and watching all your videos! 😊
Long term travel tips! My trip was only 6 weeks, I brought an in-progress sweater, in-progress vest, and enough sock yarn for one pair with plans to pick up yarn abroad if I needed wanted to cast on something different. I was mostly happy with the amount that I brought, I didn't even finish the sweater (bc I had sneaky purchases and COs). Totally understand not wanting to be a yarn goblin and use what you have at home, but there is really something wonderful about buying yarn abroad and being able to have that finished object and remember your travels 💕 Use the vacuum sealed bags for knits that you want to bring to wear and for yarn!! SUCH a big difference in suitcase usage. Have so much fun!
I feel Paige's pain re packing yarn! I'm moving to Europe for a year (literally tomorrow) with a single suitcase - I'm taking a beanie wip and four balls of sock yarn with the intention that I'll buy yarn once I'm there. I hope you have the best time on your trip! 🧡
Loved your Ingrid sweater. I've thought about knitting myself the junior version for some time now as I don't suit the really oversized look but have been afraid it wouldn't look right. Great to see it knit up on an adult and looking fantastic!
I love how excited Paige gets cause I’m gasping right along with her. And i second Sara’s cardigan adventure suggestion. It’s ridiculous but I think that’s part of the fun. That and maybe your perfect sock combo with a minimal amount of socks yarn with you (also allows some instant acquisition allowance for your travels)
I finished my comment right before I got to the acquisition section of the video so that was fun for my parasocial relationship with Paige. Also I’ve been kinda binging your videos and I was very chuffed with myself when I came up with this “Sara likes sand and Paige likes pink” okay that’s all from me😂
First time watching and really enjoyed ur podcast. Would watch another episode but I need to get to sleep as I’m on call tonight. Melbourne nurse also - aagh But it pays for my yarn so….
Thanks ladies, great podcast as usual. Please continue in Paige’s absence Sarah. Your knitwear is beautiful girls, I love to see what your making and your enthusiasm is infectious. 🧶💕x
For socks, I do like a traveling magic loop! It’s 2 circular needles a front one and a back one and I feel like it makes my tension soooooo much better. Can’t do 9 inch circulars and I don’t have fun making with magic loop so this is my perfect solution
Yesss love this. I actually used to do this a lot, and didn't realise it was possible to do magic loop with just one long needle (which is what I do now) but I do still like that approach as it's really flexible. Shorties are my nightmare...
I want to thank you two so much - I binged your podcast while suffering from Covid and shingles at the same time. You definitely cheered me up and I finished two jumpers, a sleeve and got back to my Ingrid sweater. Dangerfield is great - they didn't laugh at a 60yo buying a dinosaur pinafore!
Hey Paige! So excited for you and your trip!! I did many months of backpacking in South America and in Europe. I have some tips :) One of my tricks is to pack some clothes you can part with. If I found something cool I wanted to buy, I would donate something I brought to swap it out and make space for the new thing. Often in my last weeks of traveling, I would just get rid of basically everything I brought with me, and fill my backpack with things I wanted to buy wherever I was traveling. I know it's a bit hardcore, but I was a super minimalist (I traveled with only a 35 liter pack). I never felt like I was lacking anything important. I would hand wash clothes every other day or so (or drop them off at a laundry place) to make sure I always had clean clothes. For knitting, you can bring a sweater project, and if you finish it, you can ship it home. Or if you want to wear it, you can swap it out and send home another sweater you brought to make room. (to buy yarn of course).I know shipping can get expensive but it's worth it to not be overburdened on a trip or have to pass on once in a lifetime yarn buys. Hope this all makes sense...! ALWAYS ALWAYS recommend a hiking style backpack over a suitcase too if you're going from place to place.. running to catch a bus on some cobblestone street with a suitcase is torturous.
Thanks for a great podcast! Both your cardigans look fantastic! I knit socks on a 9 inch circular mostly, but I also like using two 16inch circulars together.
Oh my goodness you’re in Melbourne!! I’m not a knitter (well.. I am but not a great one) I’m more of a crocheter but have just found your channel and love your videos!!! ❤
I usually knit my socks two at a time on ChiaoGoo minis 2.25 mm with 30" or 37" cables. My trick is I also put a different color stitch bulb shape marker on each loop, it makes it very easy to slip the needles from one side of the cable to the other, no loss of time. I only use another set of needles for the heels and switch back to one cable two needles for the rest of the socks. One big advantage, my socks are always the same lenght even if my tensoin changes a bit from daylight to night time. I knit mitts, mittens and glove the same way, except when I get to the fingers. Have a goo day !!!
You were talking about packing and yarn. I recently went on a trip and ended up with too much yarn! I used vaccum pack bags (so use a good vaccum to suck the air out) and they worked a treat!
Hi Paige! Your trip away sounds amazing! For my 1 year away I only packed 12,5 kilos of stuff. I wasn’t much of a knitter back then and only had two skeins of sock yarn and dpn’s with me. Where did I travel you ask?! In Australia, New Zealand and Fiji so I guess I didn’t need as much! 😂 that’s also one of the reasons I love your podcast so much, it brings up so many memories just hearing you talk. I would take your Zipper sweater, I think I looks like the perfect travel sweater and you could always layer. It won’t be freeezing cold at all times anyway. Both your Book club cardigans look amazing! ❤🤩 Greetings from 🇫🇮
I love using 9 inch circulars for socks, I tried dpns and magic loop and hated it. I also recommend Jules genser for travel, the whole thing fits in my purse, I've been knitting it and taking it around (although I'm using my 11" shorties bahaha).
Very jealous of Paige travelling for 6 months! Hope you have the best time! I'm thinking of making the zipper sweater, you mentioned before that both the woman and man pattern are the same. With that in mind, am I correct that if I purchase the men one, I can make a size that fits me too? Love this podcast ❤
Hi ladies I’m new to knitting and your podcast ….. love all your content especially when you get new stuff …. I recently did my first order to Bendigo Woollen Mills after watching one of your podcasts (the yarn etc fab ) thank you ladies and keep warm ❤️
I started out as team “buy yarn on your trip” and now I’m team “do that cardigan and take a picture at every stop!” I did both on my most recent trip and loved it. Also devastated / terrified that the BWM yarn is continued. It’s me making the matching one and I’m a little worried about yarn chicken 🐔
OMG imagine the journey of watching the cardigan grow! Am so on board for this idea. I recon keep an eye on a few of the yarn destash facebook pages for leftover BWM Woodlands, I've seen a bit there (and offloaded some myself).
Thanks for another great podcast ladies! Paige, love the idea of you working on your chestnut sweater while you travel (it’s on my to knit list too!) but maybe consider bringing or buying some more mindless options too if your touring around. I loved my best passenger princess life last year and found I missed a lot of the views if I was working on something challenging. Just a though, maybe colour work is easy peasy for you though! Can’t wait for details on your stealing experience! The arm holes are what freak me out the most
Im currently knitting two pairs of socks two different ways, one of DPNs which I prefer over magic loop and the other im knitting flat colourwork and it is a NIGHTMARE. Lol not really but it’s suboptimal, im enjoying the challenge though. They’re also AFL themed, my brothers are Essendon fans so I decided to make a design of the old bomber logo in stitch fiddle and I’m knitting it flat cos apparently I hate myself. You’re cardigan is going to be beautiful and I’d be really interested in seeing how Paige steeks the sides on her bow vest to resize it. Didn’t know that was possible!!!
I’m not in my sock era yet but I feel it coming! Maybe when the weather gets a bit colder here. Hope you enjoy your travels Paige! Being away for 6 months sounds amazing and also like howww?! If you don’t already, check out Emily Curtis (emweecurt or gently chaotic knits). She’s been traveling all year with her husband and I think she’s found a good balance of bringing FO’s versus projects versus when she might acquire yarny things on her travels. Also still so angry for you every time I think about the zipper sweater pattern being the same across versions. I think designers like Rebecca Clow (thecreabea) really do it right with just adding updates to existing patterns or releasing them as a mega pattern. I’d rather pay more for one that has everything, than pay multiple times for the same thing with minimal edits. Sarah your grandmothers bag reminds me of a video/series by Taylor Earl (wool needles hands on YT). She had an heirloom bag that was fading so she reknit the body and attached to original handles.
So much progress on your cardigans, love to see it!! The Hibernal Socks (I think DK version) are on my to-knit list for this fall/winter, they're so cute! Knowing what to pack knitting-wise for a small holiday is already hard enough, can't imagine doing it for a 6-month trip 🙈 good luck Paige!
Great work so far on your cardigan Sarah. and yes Paige, bring the cardigan, some sock yarn and extra needles. I 'm fairly certain you'll find some yarn on your travels. If you're going to be in Colorado I would love to show you some of my favorite yarn stores.
I'm so jealous about your trip, Paige! I'll miss you while you're gone. Sarah, please continue to post, or do a zoom podcast! I'm the Canadian you influenced into buying the BWM woodlands last year. I've knit the pink and the grey but I haven't found a special enough project for the river sand yet. I wanted to ask, did you two use any resources for picking the colors for the Chestnut sweater? I recently got into stranded colourwork and I'm OBSESSED. I want to make the Yell cardigan, but I'm so bad with picking colors and I don't have an lys with that yarn nearby. Personally I wouldn't bring the Chestnut sweater on the trip. I feel like the most reliable knitting times will be while you're traveling, and it looks like too much project to comfortably knit while on a bus or a train. Esp with all those colours. My advice would be to cast on something that's fingering weight and stockinette. Have you ever wanted a cumulus tee or an outline tee? I knit my outline tee over 3 weeks in Turkey and the thought of doing that much stockinette now is daunting but exactly what I needed at the time. Also make sure to bring your ribbing needle tips and extra tips and cables. That way if you buy yarn you are ready to cast on! Oh and the travel packs of soak. They're great to use for travel laundry as well as blocking.
Hello! Sorry for the delay getting back to you. Honestly for the chestnut we just copied the colours from the pattern as closeley as possible. I've seen a few people be bold and make some different coloured Yell cardigans, I think the key is don't overthink it, jsut chose a family of colours that kinda look liek they go together and go for it 😁
@@twopurlsinapod Thanks for the reply and it was such a good tip to mix and match yarns. Was I the comment that convinced Paige not to bring the Chestnut on her trip? If so I was DYING at the thought of my gentle suggestion remembered as, "Don't be an idiot" LOL
agree with the petiteknit sizing, never thought ab using her youth pattern! I’ll be casting on the Ingrid sweater ahead of our winter in Washington DC 🥰
Love your podcast. The cardigan is beautiful and a good decision to knit it in the round. I use 3.25 mm needles for the yarn you are using (both Jamieson & Smith and Biches et Buches) but I am a loose knitter. The yarn will bloom after blocking and with two colors in every row its a dense fabric. So keep that in mind. For a swatch I start with the sleeves if they are bottom up. So if its not the right gauge its nog so much of sorry-time and if the gauge is spot on you have already started the first sleeve. Love. To follow the whole process of knitting this beautie 🤩😍
Oh my goodness, you girls fill my cup to overflowing. I am a crocheter but I have just started knitting. How long before you felt sufficiently proficient to tackle garments??
Paige, where in the northern hemisphere are you travelling??!! If you reach Oslo, i can provide emotional support for when you inevitably end up (and blow your entire budget) in garntopia 😂 also, definitely leage space for buying and then knitting with holiday yarn, there are so many places where you can buy things that are absolutely impossible to get in Australia
If youre moving to different locations frequently, bring even less than youd think. I backpacked for about 9 months and as much as i missed having cute fashionable outfits i just couldn't stop thinking about how i wanted to have even less things with me. Books, yarn etc can probably be found along the way?
For fingering weight socks my ideal is two at a time on an 80 cm circular, either 1.75 or 2 mm. For DK weight for some reason I prefer DPNs and I knit them on 3.23 mm needles.
Love your podcast! I have the hibernal sock pattern and you have convinced me to try it! Paige did you say you will be gone for six months? Will you be podcasting? I may suffer from withdrawals if not!
Yeh it's a yarn called Woodlands, which they're not currently making. But keep an eye out cos they will posisbly make another run of it or something similar and tweedy in future.
I am swatching for the book club cardigan and watching videos pertaining to it. You mention a group chat from the knit along, is this available for everybody? I'd love to read all the tips and tricks that was discussed during the KAL cause I'm just now finding this cardigan.
Hey, I fear the chat has now been completely overwhelmed with other chat and it might be tough to sift through it all. I would look for Ali from Supercraftalicious on instagram, she made some great mods and documented them all on her Ravelry page, so I think that'd be a great start.
@@twopurlsinapod thank you! I found her and will look at her mods. Do you know if anybody had issues with getting gauge? I've emailed Sari, but exploring all possibilities.
Haha right! Come on now we've moved beyond this point in vintage knitting patterns that just made more work. Feeling very clever in adapting it to something better, just hope it works out. Thanks lovely ❤
I use short circular needles for sock knitting. When I realized that I always dreaded the heel flap, I one day swapped out for a long circular needle at that point. It was like the heavens opened and the angels sang!
Hey a podcaster who does a lot of Marie Wallins knits is “Mel makes stuff” she is a phenomenal knitter and does all sorts of serious knitting lol (i think M Wallin is definitely serious you have arrived type knitting lol). Shes fun to watch! Check her out!
Yes! I love her, and especially her colourwork. When I was psyching myself up to do this steeked I watched her talk about steeking which was really helpful and reassuring :D
Love the podcast! We always enjoy the podcast but we kept saying how much we will miss Paige while on her trip but hope you will post knit pics on your IG and we HOPE HOPE HOPE, you, Sarah, will still do a few podcasts so we can keep up with your podcasts and get a chance to send you messages to keep you company while Paige is gone. Beautiful WIPs you both are working on. ❤
I just need to tell Paige that talking about your perfect sock needle isn't silly and its totally interesting! 😊
And- I also went through many different iterations for my sock knitting and landed on the exact same everything as you-
ChiaoGoo 75cm cable and 13cm tips, separating my stitches in half. Perfection and I love my sock knitting!
Thanks for another lovely podcast you guys 💙
I've just returned from a long trip, my top tips are:
- keep your projects simple (there's lots of time for plain stockinette while travelling and chatting, but rarely time to sit and think with a cable chart)
-4ply projects. They're smaller and lighter.
- have your go-to sock pattern and needles handy (if you like socks). You can buy sock yarn as you go, and have a collection of socks at the end which remind you of where you've been. And you can never have too many socks!
(Edit, ha! I commented this before watching you talk about your beautiful socks!)
Thanks so much for sacrificing sleep and energy to bring us this top tier content! 😊
@@lilidonnahaha thanks, was our pleasure ☺️
Thanks for sharing the fun and enthusiasm. The sweaters you are wearing are gorgeous. It's nice to watch other Australian podcasters - yarn stores I know, BWM, footy references, same season etc. But mostly, I've enjoyed watching as you both are so beautifully expressive about your love of knitting. Thanks again. :)
Haha, I feel sometimes some references are lost on those overseas so glad there's people on our wavelength :P Thanks again ❤
I am so happy to have found Two Purls in a Pod!! You ladies are so lovely! Your enthusiasm is infectious. I am a relatively new knitter and appreciate the advise, the beautiful finished objects, and the community. Thank you so much!!
Hello! Thanks so so much 🥰
I think you will be inspired when you see the yarns where you are going… at least I always am. I would not bring much and get something special when you are there that will remind you of your trip even more
I love this so much. My mexico yarn beanie is my absolute favorite for this reason ❤
Not sure if you're already travelling, but I recommend using packing cubes and VACUM BAGS!!! Every time you need to pack everything again, you can ask for a vacuum cleaner in the hotel, b&b or gas station, so you can carry more yarn in a limited space! 😊
Regarding the hiking projects, I tend to bring a simple shawl pattern. For example, for 3-weeks hiking in Scotland, I took Kallara by Ambah O'Brien, or for 2-weeks hiking in Denmark, I took Londoner by Justyna Lorkowska. It works great!
Such a lovely podcast! 🩷 This was the first episode I have watched. I did hit your little subscribe button on screen! 🩷 You almost got me wanting to knit socks now! 😁
You girls are so dear! Please keep producing this fun informative and enthusiastic podcast!
Thanks lovely ❤❤❤
Discovered your podcasts yesterday: ❤❤❤!
Helllo ❤❤❤
Oh Sarah! I feel your pain about undoing a tubular cast on - I did exactly the same thing! I knit the Caramel sweater (Petite Knit) that has a turtle neck. I'd knit it too long and thought I could just undo it from the cast on, but encountered exactly the same issue you did. I too was cutting, trying to get clear stitches. In the end I figured it out - it is tricky but do-able, however it was the worst knitting experience of my knitting career! Soooooo frustrating! What I love though is that I have learnt a very unique lesson and now I know. 😂
Haha yep that's a mistake I'll only make once in this lifetime...
This is my favorite knitting podcast. I was starting to feel really impatient for a new one😂. I’m always so happy when there’s a new one. I hope Sarah will be able to keep posting when Paige is gone for so long! Have a great time, Paige! ❤❤❤
Thanks so much lovely ❤
Good morning! I feel super inspired to knit socks now, I have never done any, and have gone down a loooong rabbit hole of Summer Lee videos, and have re-emerged the other side ready to roll. Paige - I have just moved literally all the way across the globe, for a year. The packing was PAINFUL, especially not knowing exactly what kind of weather I'd encounter. I ended up packing 3 jumpers of varying weight (the heaviest/thickest being 100% alpaca), and the plan is to layer a big puffer over the top when it gets to -20C. I just went to the Arctic Circle at the beginning of this year where it got down to -10C ("heatwave" lol) and I found wearing a merino base-layer (like Icebreaker 120-200) singlet, then long sleeve top, then a wooly handknit, and then a windproof jacket was plenty warm enough for me. I think don't take too many knits, personally I'm so wiped out on trips that I don't get much time to knit, and then you also have less space to acquire special yarns that you just happen to stumble upon along the way. Good luck with your packing, in the end, just bring whatever sparks joy, and you can buy anything that you're missing xx
The sun rising is such a lovely feature 🥰 Thanks for sharing your projects!
Haha it's nice when we're not fighting the sun/clock in the late arvos and instead can just lean into that winter morning light ❤
I JUST found your podcast, and I’m sooo glad! Fellow Aussies! Hooray! I’m in Perth tho, so not as cold and even less call for knitwear, woe is me. Just wanted to say hi, you’re both adorable and now I’m going back and watching all your videos! 😊
Hello! Thanks so much ❤
The chestnut cardigan!!! So excited for you both. Paige you have to take it with you! It would be so fun to work on.
I keep pausing mid-way trough a round to admire it cos it's just so beautiful. Thanks lovely ❤
Long term travel tips! My trip was only 6 weeks, I brought an in-progress sweater, in-progress vest, and enough sock yarn for one pair with plans to pick up yarn abroad if I needed wanted to cast on something different. I was mostly happy with the amount that I brought, I didn't even finish the sweater (bc I had sneaky purchases and COs).
Totally understand not wanting to be a yarn goblin and use what you have at home, but there is really something wonderful about buying yarn abroad and being able to have that finished object and remember your travels 💕
Use the vacuum sealed bags for knits that you want to bring to wear and for yarn!! SUCH a big difference in suitcase usage.
Have so much fun!
I feel Paige's pain re packing yarn! I'm moving to Europe for a year (literally tomorrow) with a single suitcase - I'm taking a beanie wip and four balls of sock yarn with the intention that I'll buy yarn once I'm there. I hope you have the best time on your trip! 🧡
Ugh the dilemma. Socks seem very sensible to me, plus gotta save space for all that new European yarn ❤
Loved your Ingrid sweater. I've thought about knitting myself the junior version for some time now as I don't suit the really oversized look but have been afraid it wouldn't look right. Great to see it knit up on an adult and looking fantastic!
Thank you! It's still one of my all time favourites ❤️
I love how excited Paige gets cause I’m gasping right along with her. And i second Sara’s cardigan adventure suggestion. It’s ridiculous but I think that’s part of the fun. That and maybe your perfect sock combo with a minimal amount of socks yarn with you (also allows some instant acquisition allowance for your travels)
I finished my comment right before I got to the acquisition section of the video so that was fun for my parasocial relationship with Paige. Also I’ve been kinda binging your videos and I was very chuffed with myself when I came up with this “Sara likes sand and Paige likes pink” okay that’s all from me😂
Hahaha I love this so much.
First time watching and really enjoyed ur podcast. Would watch another episode but I need to get to sleep as I’m on call tonight. Melbourne nurse also - aagh But it pays for my yarn so….
Thanks ladies, great podcast as usual. Please continue in Paige’s absence Sarah. Your knitwear is beautiful girls, I love to see what your making and your enthusiasm is infectious. 🧶💕x
Thank you so much 🥰 Stay tuned and i'll see what I can manange, even though it won't be the same alone.
omg so excited to see the chestnut cardigan it's gorgeous!! Please keep us posted on how it goes Sarah
Haha will do. But don't hold your breath cos she's going very slowly, like 2026 slowly...
For socks, I do like a traveling magic loop! It’s 2 circular needles a front one and a back one and I feel like it makes my tension soooooo much better. Can’t do 9 inch circulars and I don’t have fun making with magic loop so this is my perfect solution
Yesss love this. I actually used to do this a lot, and didn't realise it was possible to do magic loop with just one long needle (which is what I do now) but I do still like that approach as it's really flexible. Shorties are my nightmare...
I want to thank you two so much - I binged your podcast while suffering from Covid and shingles at the same time. You definitely cheered me up and I finished two jumpers, a sleeve and got back to my Ingrid sweater. Dangerfield is great - they didn't laugh at a 60yo buying a dinosaur pinafore!
I'm glad we could help get you though what must have been a shocker of time, both of those are bad enough alone!
Hey Paige! So excited for you and your trip!!
I did many months of backpacking in South America and in Europe. I have some tips :)
One of my tricks is to pack some clothes you can part with. If I found something cool I wanted to buy, I would donate something I brought to swap it out and make space for the new thing. Often in my last weeks of traveling, I would just get rid of basically everything I brought with me, and fill my backpack with things I wanted to buy wherever I was traveling.
I know it's a bit hardcore, but I was a super minimalist (I traveled with only a 35 liter pack). I never felt like I was lacking anything important. I would hand wash clothes every other day or so (or drop them off at a laundry place) to make sure I always had clean clothes.
For knitting, you can bring a sweater project, and if you finish it, you can ship it home. Or if you want to wear it, you can swap it out and send home another sweater you brought to make room. (to buy yarn of course).I know shipping can get expensive but it's worth it to not be overburdened on a trip or have to pass on once in a lifetime yarn buys.
Hope this all makes sense...! ALWAYS ALWAYS recommend a hiking style backpack over a suitcase too if you're going from place to place.. running to catch a bus on some cobblestone street with a suitcase is torturous.
Thanks for a great podcast! Both your cardigans look fantastic! I knit socks on a 9 inch circular mostly, but I also like using two 16inch circulars together.
Yeh I don't know why I stopped doing that given it gives such good flexibility. Thanks lovely ❤
Oh my goodness you’re in Melbourne!! I’m not a knitter (well.. I am but not a great one) I’m more of a crocheter but have just found your channel and love your videos!!! ❤
Hello! Thanks so so much 🥰🥰 Hope you're surviving the winter ok with all your crochet.
we love a knitworthy boy !!!
Mmmmm don't we :P
I usually knit my socks two at a time on ChiaoGoo minis 2.25 mm with 30" or 37" cables. My trick is I also put a different color stitch bulb shape marker on each loop, it makes it very easy to slip the needles from one side of the cable to the other, no loss of time. I only use another set of needles for the heels and switch back to one cable two needles for the rest of the socks. One big advantage, my socks are always the same lenght even if my tensoin changes a bit from daylight to night time. I knit mitts, mittens and glove the same way, except when I get to the fingers. Have a goo day !!!
You were talking about packing and yarn. I recently went on a trip and ended up with too much yarn! I used vaccum pack bags (so use a good vaccum to suck the air out) and they worked a treat!
Haha sounds like a familar predicament... But such a good way to get it all in :P
Was literally thinking about the ribbon sweater when you brought it up 😅
Great minds :P will have to wait a while for the final garment tho :(
Hi Paige! Your trip away sounds amazing! For my 1 year away I only packed 12,5 kilos of stuff. I wasn’t much of a knitter back then and only had two skeins of sock yarn and dpn’s with me. Where did I travel you ask?! In Australia, New Zealand and Fiji so I guess I didn’t need as much! 😂 that’s also one of the reasons I love your podcast so much, it brings up so many memories just hearing you talk. I would take your Zipper sweater, I think I looks like the perfect travel sweater and you could always layer. It won’t be freeezing cold at all times anyway. Both your Book club cardigans look amazing! ❤🤩 Greetings from 🇫🇮
I love using 9 inch circulars for socks, I tried dpns and magic loop and hated it.
I also recommend Jules genser for travel, the whole thing fits in my purse, I've been knitting it and taking it around (although I'm using my 11" shorties bahaha).
Very jealous of Paige travelling for 6 months! Hope you have the best time! I'm thinking of making the zipper sweater, you mentioned before that both the woman and man pattern are the same. With that in mind, am I correct that if I purchase the men one, I can make a size that fits me too? Love this podcast ❤
Hi ladies I’m new to knitting and your podcast ….. love all your content especially when you get new stuff …. I recently did my first order to Bendigo Woollen Mills after watching one of your podcasts (the yarn etc fab ) thank you ladies and keep warm ❤️
I'm so glad you get to enjoy some BWM! Enjoy and stay cosy ❤️
I went mountaineering on Mt. Rainier last week and I brought my project with me. So no, not crazy at all, take the project with you!
Yesss, this is just the attitude I need as I pack for a 2 week camping trip :P
I started out as team “buy yarn on your trip” and now I’m team “do that cardigan and take a picture at every stop!” I did both on my most recent trip and loved it.
Also devastated / terrified that the BWM yarn is continued. It’s me making the matching one and I’m a little worried about yarn chicken 🐔
OMG imagine the journey of watching the cardigan grow! Am so on board for this idea. I recon keep an eye on a few of the yarn destash facebook pages for leftover BWM Woodlands, I've seen a bit there (and offloaded some myself).
Thanks for another great podcast ladies! Paige, love the idea of you working on your chestnut sweater while you travel (it’s on my to knit list too!) but maybe consider bringing or buying some more mindless options too if your touring around. I loved my best passenger princess life last year and found I missed a lot of the views if I was working on something challenging. Just a though, maybe colour work is easy peasy for you though!
Can’t wait for details on your stealing experience! The arm holes are what freak me out the most
Mmmm very smart, increasingly vibe is just take all the yarn and do all the projects.
Im currently knitting two pairs of socks two different ways, one of DPNs which I prefer over magic loop and the other im knitting flat colourwork and it is a NIGHTMARE. Lol not really but it’s suboptimal, im enjoying the challenge though. They’re also AFL themed, my brothers are Essendon fans so I decided to make a design of the old bomber logo in stitch fiddle and I’m knitting it flat cos apparently I hate myself.
You’re cardigan is going to be beautiful and I’d be really interested in seeing how Paige steeks the sides on her bow vest to resize it. Didn’t know that was possible!!!
I’m not in my sock era yet but I feel it coming! Maybe when the weather gets a bit colder here. Hope you enjoy your travels Paige! Being away for 6 months sounds amazing and also like howww?! If you don’t already, check out Emily Curtis (emweecurt or gently chaotic knits). She’s been traveling all year with her husband and I think she’s found a good balance of bringing FO’s versus projects versus when she might acquire yarny things on her travels.
Also still so angry for you every time I think about the zipper sweater pattern being the same across versions. I think designers like Rebecca Clow (thecreabea) really do it right with just adding updates to existing patterns or releasing them as a mega pattern. I’d rather pay more for one that has everything, than pay multiple times for the same thing with minimal edits.
Sarah your grandmothers bag reminds me of a video/series by Taylor Earl (wool needles hands on YT). She had an heirloom bag that was fading so she reknit the body and attached to original handles.
So much progress on your cardigans, love to see it!!
The Hibernal Socks (I think DK version) are on my to-knit list for this fall/winter, they're so cute!
Knowing what to pack knitting-wise for a small holiday is already hard enough, can't imagine doing it for a 6-month trip 🙈 good luck Paige!
Hehe thanks lovely 🥰 I’m eyeing off a DK pair as well given love my fingering pair. Hope your cardigans going well 😁
Great work so far on your cardigan Sarah. and yes Paige, bring the cardigan, some sock yarn and extra needles. I 'm fairly certain you'll find some yarn on your travels. If you're going to be in Colorado I would love to show you some of my favorite yarn stores.
Extra needles. Smart. For more acquitisions... :P
Just subscribed. So great to have aussie podcast and I am also from Melbourne. Hope to meet both of you one fine day. Cheers
Thank you! Hope you're surviving the winter and maybe we'll cross paths at some point ❤
I'm so jealous about your trip, Paige! I'll miss you while you're gone. Sarah, please continue to post, or do a zoom podcast! I'm the Canadian you influenced into buying the BWM woodlands last year. I've knit the pink and the grey but I haven't found a special enough project for the river sand yet.
I wanted to ask, did you two use any resources for picking the colors for the Chestnut sweater? I recently got into stranded colourwork and I'm OBSESSED. I want to make the Yell cardigan, but I'm so bad with picking colors and I don't have an lys with that yarn nearby.
Personally I wouldn't bring the Chestnut sweater on the trip. I feel like the most reliable knitting times will be while you're traveling, and it looks like too much project to comfortably knit while on a bus or a train. Esp with all those colours. My advice would be to cast on something that's fingering weight and stockinette. Have you ever wanted a cumulus tee or an outline tee? I knit my outline tee over 3 weeks in Turkey and the thought of doing that much stockinette now is daunting but exactly what I needed at the time. Also make sure to bring your ribbing needle tips and extra tips and cables. That way if you buy yarn you are ready to cast on! Oh and the travel packs of soak. They're great to use for travel laundry as well as blocking.
Hello! Sorry for the delay getting back to you. Honestly for the chestnut we just copied the colours from the pattern as closeley as possible. I've seen a few people be bold and make some different coloured Yell cardigans, I think the key is don't overthink it, jsut chose a family of colours that kinda look liek they go together and go for it 😁
@@twopurlsinapod Thanks for the reply and it was such a good tip to mix and match yarns. Was I the comment that convinced Paige not to bring the Chestnut on her trip? If so I was DYING at the thought of my gentle suggestion remembered as, "Don't be an idiot" LOL
agree with the petiteknit sizing, never thought ab using her youth pattern! I’ll be casting on the Ingrid sweater ahead of our winter in Washington DC 🥰
It's a classic, and really standing the test of time. I'm just glad she makes the same pattern in junior sizes to use instead.
You have influenced me to to make the baby hug boots and I do not regret it
Yessss, another pair of these cuites out in the world :P
Love your podcast. The cardigan is beautiful and a good decision to knit it in the round. I use 3.25 mm needles for the yarn you are using (both Jamieson & Smith and Biches et Buches) but I am a loose knitter. The yarn will bloom after blocking and with two colors in every row its a dense fabric. So keep that in mind. For a swatch I start with the sleeves if they are bottom up. So if its not the right gauge its nog so much of sorry-time and if the gauge is spot on you have already started the first sleeve. Love. To follow the whole process of knitting this beautie 🤩😍
Oh my goodness, you girls fill my cup to overflowing. I am a crocheter but I have just started knitting. How long before you felt sufficiently proficient to tackle garments??
Hello! Welcome to the knit side! I recon jump right in, if you're motivated to make a garment harness that then you can reap the cosy wooly rewards ❤
Thanks ❤🎉❤🎉❤
Thanks lovely 🥰
Yarn p%rn😂 enjoy the super trip …will we be getting any purlupdates? 😢 I mean, there are more important considerations for you, but😅
Think so, just a matter of organising something up with Paige's schedule but fingers crossed.
Paige, where in the northern hemisphere are you travelling??!! If you reach Oslo, i can provide emotional support for when you inevitably end up (and blow your entire budget) in garntopia 😂 also, definitely leage space for buying and then knitting with holiday yarn, there are so many places where you can buy things that are absolutely impossible to get in Australia
Also, the chestnut 👌🥰
Oooo am so jealous of this potential meet up. The fomo is already overwhelming me. Plus Garntopia...
If youre moving to different locations frequently, bring even less than youd think. I backpacked for about 9 months and as much as i missed having cute fashionable outfits i just couldn't stop thinking about how i wanted to have even less things with me. Books, yarn etc can probably be found along the way?
yeah ... I've tried ripping back a tubular cast on as well, it really is devastating!! NEVER AGAIN lol
I'm still having nightmares...
For fingering weight socks my ideal is two at a time on an 80 cm circular, either 1.75 or 2 mm. For DK weight for some reason I prefer DPNs and I knit them on 3.23 mm needles.
1.75mm needles?!? OMG I didn't even know they made them that small!!!
@@twopurlsinapod I am a super loose knitter 🫠
Love your podcast! I have the hibernal sock pattern and you have convinced me to try it! Paige did you say you will be gone for six months? Will you be podcasting? I may suffer from withdrawals if not!
Thank you! we’re still working out what’s gonna happen while Paige is away but stay tuned…
Thanks guys
Thanks lovely 🥰
@@twopurlsinapod made my day 💕
Paige I’ve been looking on the Bendigo web site and couldn’t find the speckled yarn, is yours older stock?
Yeh it's a yarn called Woodlands, which they're not currently making. But keep an eye out cos they will posisbly make another run of it or something similar and tweedy in future.
I am swatching for the book club cardigan and watching videos pertaining to it. You mention a group chat from the knit along, is this available for everybody? I'd love to read all the tips and tricks that was discussed during the KAL cause I'm just now finding this cardigan.
Hey, I fear the chat has now been completely overwhelmed with other chat and it might be tough to sift through it all. I would look for Ali from Supercraftalicious on instagram, she made some great mods and documented them all on her Ravelry page, so I think that'd be a great start.
@@twopurlsinapod thank you! I found her and will look at her mods.
Do you know if anybody had issues with getting gauge? I've emailed Sari, but exploring all possibilities.
@@NancyMoore-kt3lu Hmm not sure... think your best bet is to see where everyone got to on Ravelry, think there's a fair few projects on there now.
"These floats are pornographic" 😂😂😂 (they are tho!)
😂 I had forgotten this line 😂
What sort of masochist publishes a colorwork pattern in flat pieces? Love listening to you two chat!
Haha right! Come on now we've moved beyond this point in vintage knitting patterns that just made more work. Feeling very clever in adapting it to something better, just hope it works out. Thanks lovely ❤
You Mary wallin cardi could be a “best friends kal”
OMG stop it. It would be fitting as it would be a never-ending KAL
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I use short circular needles for sock knitting. When I realized that I always dreaded the heel flap, I one day swapped out for a long circular needle at that point. It was like the heavens opened and the angels sang!
Hey a podcaster who does a lot of Marie Wallins knits is “Mel makes stuff” she is a phenomenal knitter and does all sorts of serious knitting lol (i think M Wallin is definitely serious you have arrived type knitting lol). Shes fun to watch! Check her out!
Yes! I love her, and especially her colourwork. When I was psyching myself up to do this steeked I watched her talk about steeking which was really helpful and reassuring :D
Oh no! As a hereditary Collingwood fan, I'm morally obliged to unsubscribe! (Lol, as if I would.) You have powered up my sock enthusiasm though. 😍💕
Haha we'll forgive you (just...)