Arne & Carlos have a UA-cam channel. They have a collection of vintage and older knitwear in the Norwegian tradition. They show traditional ways of knitting. Steeking and other techniques. I think they could be very helpful for your research. With explanations of which other countries use these techniques. They show how to use a wooden spoon and hit the knitting to help flatten it. Sorry I don’t know which video it was
My Gaelic speaking Scottish ancestors migrated to Cape Breton in the late 1700s. They would hold a "milling frolic" to 'full' or 'mill' the cloth. The people sat around a table and a length of cloth was passed through their hands as they sang Gaelic songs. Usually songs made for this task. The cloth would be soaked in a mordant liquid. I have since read that a mordant liquid would have been horse urine!! You will still hear folks at festivals, etc. re-enacting a milling frolic. Singing the old songs and passing cloth around. Minus the urine!!
The ruins you visited was most likely Fountains Abbey. It is a very special place. It was a working monastery until the “Dissolution of the Monasteries” by Henry VIII. When you next visit Yorkshire, be sure to visit the ruins of Rievaulx (“Reev-oh”) Abbey. As ever, interesting and informative vlog, thank you.
Roxanne! I’ve just watched Tidbit #6 Fair Isle Knitter. What a treat. This interesting woman is a true ‘knitter’ in the style of ‘English’ knitting. Her speed is amazingly impressive. Hazel Tindall is also a typical Scottish knitter who won World’s Fastest Knitter - 2004 (or around that time) and is still incredibly fast using a knitting belt and long double pointed needles. Not only do both women knit quickly, they also knit stranded colour work using both hands and produce fine work of excellent quality. Thank you again for your interest and diversity.
Hey Roxanne, I am originally from Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland but I have lived in Mirfield West Yorkshire for the past 48 years, I love listening to all your videos Tuesdays & Fridays especially this one, sharing your excitment and reminiscent of your visit to Yorkshire and Scotland, thankyou, Jennifer.
I really enjoyed this episode. I have a strong family connection to Kirkbymoorside - my grandparents used to teach in the village school in Farndale and my cousin has a farm not far from Fadmoor. Kirkbymoorside is another English placename where a letter is dropped , in this case the second K and locally its pronounced Kirbymoorside. Sometimes it seems really strange that I'm watching your videos here in England but you often seem to talk about things that are so meaningful to me!
Hi Roxanne, you mentioned Norway, and I was wondering if you had ever watched any podcasts by Arne and Carlos on UA-cam? They're amazing knitters, also sew and lately have been talking a lot about the culture there in relation to clothing and costumes that they wear on the holidays. Plus they are just the sweetest guys ever!
Watching the Fair Isle knitter took me back to my childhood, learning knitting at my great auntie's knee. Auntie was from Shetland. Interesting that they took knitting out of the schools in the 60's but reintroduced it in 1973 as they were afraid the craft would die out. Then took it back out of the schools in the year 2000. Your Casual Fridays are always so interesting and informative.
That interview with Maggie Ann Nicholson is fantastic! She's from Shetland so her accent/dialect is pretty distinct. I'm English, but live in Scotland so I can understand, but not well enough to make a transcription, otherwise I'd give it a go. I always say I understand Scots but I don't speak it. (Also, I'm not sure if the Shetland dialect is actually Scots? Or if it arose from different roots.) But yes it's amazing that she taught in the schools for so long, 26 years of passing her skills onto children, and in their own dialect! What a fabulous commitment to sharing your culture.
I just love Casual Fridays! You’re such a great curator of all kinds of knowledge - thanks for passing it on so we can all enjoy! I think a series on using stitch dictionaries would be excellent, and right up your alley. I tried “free styling” a colorwork sweater recently, but it was NOT successful, so I could certainly use some training 🥰
I love the Urth yarn. But I have never used the fingering weight yarn. I only use the sock yarn like others have said. I was told by LYS they are different. I was going to buy the fingerings and she said no here is the sock yarn. I am currently using Harmony, the rainbow yarn, for my knee high socks. I also have made the Tigress socks but Urth. I love your sock knitting video. I don't like using other people's patterns for socks. I have a long narrow foot and I want a good fitting sock. Your directions help so much. I also only like to knit toe up. I also love the sheep shearer videos. They are so interesting to watch and sometimes very touching. I can't wait to watch the Fair Isle knitter interview. My uncle is from Northern Ireland and has a serious Irish broug that can be hard forany to understand. I normally have no trouble. So I hope the same for this video.
I am fascinated by the way you got your socks to match. I haven't knitted very many socks but chose to start where I could see a colour change and leave the end poking out, that way when I came to start sock 2 I could line up the to the same colour change and start my second sock at the same place. My challenge was how much Judy's magic cast on would use up of the tail. I will try with your round toe for toe up as I think that will be more precise. Thanks for another fascinating episode
Rox, I measured my carder and purchased a large clear Sterilite tote that exceeded my carder's measurement. I turned the tote upside down, placed the carder on the lid and covered it with the tote body. Perfect storage. It keeps it clean and has plenty of room for its accessories when not in use. I do use my carder often so I keep it on a designated desktop this way.
Hi Roxanne! It was a pleasant surprise to see you feature Manx Loaghtan in your video! I’m from the Isle of Man and love watching your videos. I’ve only been knitting for about a year and still have lots to learn. I hope to be able to make a project out of some local wool some day
Hi, Always love your tips. In your comments, you said you have gone back & reinforced socks after you were done if they didn’t have nylon in the yarn; I would be interested in how you did this. Thanks.
You might be interested in the special September videos from Arne & Carlos where they are going to be exploring Setesdal and Arne's family history and artisans in the area. This Sunday they are visiting "The Sweater Detective" and it made me think of you!
My favorite misconception is the story of Henry Ford's assembly line. The assembly line exhausted, but it was very slow. Henry Ford just perfected the assembly line so it could run more efficiently. And, Henry Ford was big on sustainability. He invented soy yarn to use in Ford's automobiles long before knitters and crocheters used soy yarn.
I’m with you - socks have got to match! Two 50g balls would be perfect, but I’ve never seen any. So, I look at the meterage on the label and wind off half, looking for the start of the repeat as I go, and end up with two roughly 50g balls. I was supposed to go to the UK last year (no need to say why that didn’t happen) to visit Nottinghamshire. My aunt has traced family back to before 1651 - spinners, knitters & weavers until the late 1800’s when the mechanisation put them out of business. I’ve been fascinated with wool for as long as I can remember (learned to knit at 6yo) perhaps because it is in my genes? I do hope you get to go back to Yorkshire to explore both family & fibre.
This is so timely, I'm so excited! I am going to be attempting some Christmas stockings for the first time this year. It will be my first time knitting colorwork and my first time attempting to alter a pattern. I am going to try to switch out the design/chart for a different one. I love the idea of lining with the fleece and can't wait for your video on how you do it. This is all so helpful, thank you for all the information you provide, much appreciated!
Yes please. Show me how to design my own stocking. My daughter is adopting our first grandchild soon and I'd like to make a unique stocking to mark his first Christmas.
Thank you for all the work and knowledge you are putting forth. It is quite rare in its depth and variety, in my opinion. When you talked about having connection to the Yorkshire area, I thought you might enjoy "The Bakery Beares" knitting show here on YT. They are a married couple, knitters, and in about every other show since the start of 2020, a big part of their show are walks around "The Dales and The Moors", with a lot of great scenery and history to the area. You would probably see where you originate from. They have also been to the abbey to sit there and knitt, and to tell the story of the place. Hope this is helpfull :)
Love your vlog. I’m going back and watching old episodes, rather a gradual process. You talked about spurtles (spell check changed it to shuttles!) as I had never heard of them until yesterday. I receive emails from Pampered Chef and they had kitchen utensils on sale and one was a spurtle (this time it changed it to spittle!). It just looked like a skinny spatula to me. So crazy to have it happen within a 24-hour time span. I am looking forward to your videos on using stitch patterns and how to change directions.. I prefer to knit toe up socks, but most patterns are written cuff down and sometimes it really matters in the finished sock. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and passion.
What I do with fleece. It's a bit of a cheat, but I make fleece knit hybrid cardigan or sweaters. I use the fleece for the body block, and sleeves. I use a skip blade rotary cutter, and go around all of the edges. Then I single crochet around all the edges the way you would a fleece blanket. I then pick up stitches along the seam lines of the sleeves and body. I knit a few rounds of a pattern or do a strip of cables that run along the side seams and arms. I knit cuffs and button band if it is a cardigan. And add a knit collar like a shawl collar or whatever matches well with the design. They are quick, easy, super soft and cuddly. They are a good weekend project.
I REALLY wish you lived closer; I would love to sit and talk knitting with you as a new(ish?) knitter 😁 you're great at really explaining the why's and not just the how's.
Please teach us how to reinforce a sock that has no nylon content. Thankful for your love of all things 🐑 🐏 sheepy. I love smelling sheep in my yarn too. Pure joy! I am knitting a raglan sweater and am having a problem distinguishing my M1 right, M1 left rows, from the knit row that switches every other row. I put it down reminding myself I just finished the knit row and next should be the M1R/M1L ...but then I am dumbfounded by which it should be. Can't really read the stitches, so any pointers? Funny the first garment my mum taught me to knit was a cabled raglan baby sweater. Laughing as this is no beginner project, but my mum told me I could make it, so I did. No idea how I figured it all out. But lol, had a lovely white (acrylic) baby sweater when I was done. My mum didn't know anything but acrylic, still true today.
The place name Kirkbymoorside is pronounced without the second K ie Kirbymoorside. Also wondered if you are aware that the Kickstarter campaign for project Lonk has been a great success? I think you can take some credit for that! Lastly, I also use fleece to line certain knitted items, and totally agree with your reasoning- it is so forgiving when it comes to fitting something which is itself stretchy.
I really want to go the UK, too. I’ve never been there, but my grandmother was from Renfrew, Scotland and I feel a huge draw toward northern England and Scotland. Pre-pandemic we toyed with the idea of an extended stay after my husband retires. Hopefully we will be able to do it some day.
@@orangew3988She left Scotland for Canada when she was 19 years old, which would have been around 1925. Her family was very poor from what I understand. And she did not have an affluent life in Canada, either. But here I am because of her and her love for all the crafts. ❤️
The Hardwick breed is around 10,000 years old and is still considered a wild breed found in the Lake district somewhere north of London. I wonder if that has anything to do with the quality of their wool that you mentioned in a recent video?
How about just the stocking size for the stocking like the cast on how many stitches and how long. This would allow us to choose the patterns to include
I agree. Something like a “recipe” where it’s sort of a blank that you could use with stitch patterns the knitter finds or makes up. Sounds like that’s the plan coming up, but a written version of the recipe would be helpful.
Just to let you know that the place name Kirkby Moorside is pronounced Kirby Moorside the second K is silent (yet another one of those English place names) :)
Thank you Roxanne for your interesting videos week after week. It’s amazing and very helpful. I knit socks for my sons but both of them wear out the soles as they walk around the home without slippers. I use sock yarn usually Regia with 25% nylon. My question is how to make a reinforced sole. I prefer knitting in the round. Apologies if I have missed a tutorial about this.
Regia is typically *very* hard wearing. (They even have a 10-year guarantee.) One thing that helps, regardless, is knitting to a firmer gauge than is listed on the label (the label recommendation is more in line with a stockinette sweater gauge, even though this is a yarn marketed for socks). So if the label says 30 sts over 4''/10 cm (7.5 sts/in), I usually go for 9 sts/in. Anything in the 8.5-9 st/in range. If the yarn label has a range of gauges listed, as some sock yarns do, e.g. 7-8 sts/in, then aim for *at least* 8 sts/in. I will do a video on reinforcing socks sometime soon; I don't have one posted, yet.
My mom knitted Christmas stockings for me and my siblings when we were kids and I still have mine. It has a very elongated foot and has a distinctive look. I searched everywhere for a pattern so I can knit some and am at a loss on how to search for it. I made up my own which came out pretty close, but I really want to find the pattern. It was a series I’d probably 5-6 different designs. Any thoughts on how to find it. She said she got it in the 60’s or 70’s She also used something called ‘rug yarn’ whatever that is
I'd check the Ravelry pattern database, or post a photo on Ravelry (either in the Patterns forum or in the Pattern Detectives group) to see if anyone recognizes it or can help you track it down.
Hi Roxanne, I think there are two links missing in the notes, for the solar system socks. The link to your ravelry for the socks and the link to the yarn provider, are listed as links but there aren't any links there.
If you want to get ahold of fellow UA-camrs when you go to Yorkshire next time, Dan Jones of the Bakery Bears does walks through the North Yorkshire Moors. So they must live near there. ;-)
Re Uneek fingering vs sock...they /are/ different in that the fingering is very splitty imo and the sock, because it's reinforced by the nylon, is less splitty! My LYS carries both of them.
Interesting. I don't find the fingering to be splitty at all, but another knitter in my Ravelry group said that she found the *sock* yarn to be splitty!
I'm a nosy person and I love to poke my nose into other people's book collections. I get a sore neck reading your titles, but it tells me so much about you. Do you mind if I ask what 'FLAK' stands for?
Rox, have you noticed that Bonnie Grunwald is replying to a lot of the comments trolling for friends and is really a guy? Can you block him? This was a great CF - great tips on the socks and I loved the Yorkshire story!
Arne & Carlos have a UA-cam channel. They have a collection of vintage and older knitwear in the Norwegian tradition. They show traditional ways of knitting. Steeking and other techniques. I think they could be very helpful for your research. With explanations of which other countries use these techniques. They show how to use a wooden spoon and hit the knitting to help flatten it. Sorry I don’t know which video it was
Thank you! I really love seeing your finished objects. Lovely socks. I always love the tidbits too. Thanks for sharing.
My Gaelic speaking Scottish ancestors migrated to Cape Breton in the late 1700s. They would hold a "milling frolic" to 'full' or 'mill' the cloth. The people sat around a table and a length of cloth was passed through their hands as they sang Gaelic songs. Usually songs made for this task. The cloth would be soaked in a mordant liquid. I have since read that a mordant liquid would have been horse urine!! You will still hear folks at festivals, etc. re-enacting a milling frolic. Singing the old songs and passing cloth around. Minus the urine!!
Whacking the back of the fabric.? Now I know what I can use my nostepinne for!
The ruins you visited was most likely Fountains Abbey. It is a very special place. It was a working monastery until the “Dissolution of the Monasteries” by Henry VIII. When you next visit Yorkshire, be sure to visit the ruins of Rievaulx (“Reev-oh”) Abbey. As ever, interesting and informative vlog, thank you.
Roxanne! I’ve just watched Tidbit #6 Fair Isle Knitter. What a treat. This interesting woman is a true ‘knitter’ in the style of ‘English’ knitting. Her speed is amazingly impressive. Hazel Tindall is also a typical Scottish knitter who won World’s Fastest Knitter - 2004 (or around that time) and is still incredibly fast using a knitting belt and long double pointed needles. Not only do both women knit quickly, they also knit stranded colour work using both hands and produce fine work of excellent quality. Thank you again for your interest and diversity.
Hey Roxanne, I am originally from Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland but I have lived in Mirfield West Yorkshire for the past 48 years, I love listening to all your videos Tuesdays & Fridays especially this one, sharing your excitment and reminiscent of your visit to Yorkshire and Scotland, thankyou, Jennifer.
💜💜🦋
I like that you kind of want to preserve the stocking pattern for your family…
I agree - a family thing is very special. We should learn to design our own anyway.
How lovely to have a tangible link to your family history in Yorkshire. Love all the tidbits from today. Thank you.
i love your casual Friday chats, and I really look forward to your videos about design. I can't wait!!!
I really enjoyed this episode. I have a strong family connection to Kirkbymoorside - my grandparents used to teach in the village school in Farndale and my cousin has a farm not far from Fadmoor. Kirkbymoorside is another English placename where a letter is dropped , in this case the second K and locally its pronounced Kirbymoorside. Sometimes it seems really strange that I'm watching your videos here in England but you often seem to talk about things that are so meaningful to me!
Hi Roxanne, you mentioned Norway, and I was wondering if you had ever watched any podcasts by Arne and Carlos on UA-cam? They're amazing knitters, also sew and lately have been talking a lot about the culture there in relation to clothing and costumes that they wear on the holidays. Plus they are just the sweetest guys ever!
Watching the Fair Isle knitter took me back to my childhood, learning knitting at my great auntie's knee. Auntie was from Shetland. Interesting that they took knitting out of the schools in the 60's but reintroduced it in 1973 as they were afraid the craft would die out. Then took it back out of the schools in the year 2000. Your Casual Fridays are always so interesting and informative.
That interview with Maggie Ann Nicholson is fantastic! She's from Shetland so her accent/dialect is pretty distinct. I'm English, but live in Scotland so I can understand, but not well enough to make a transcription, otherwise I'd give it a go. I always say I understand Scots but I don't speak it. (Also, I'm not sure if the Shetland dialect is actually Scots? Or if it arose from different roots.)
But yes it's amazing that she taught in the schools for so long, 26 years of passing her skills onto children, and in their own dialect! What a fabulous commitment to sharing your culture.
Loved this week's tidbits. Really enjoy your Vlog. Thank you.
I just love Casual Fridays! You’re such a great curator of all kinds of knowledge - thanks for passing it on so we can all enjoy! I think a series on using stitch dictionaries would be excellent, and right up your alley. I tried “free styling” a colorwork sweater recently, but it was NOT successful, so I could certainly use some training 🥰
I love the Urth yarn. But I have never used the fingering weight yarn. I only use the sock yarn like others have said. I was told by LYS they are different. I was going to buy the fingerings and she said no here is the sock yarn. I am currently using Harmony, the rainbow yarn, for my knee high socks. I also have made the Tigress socks but Urth. I love your sock knitting video. I don't like using other people's patterns for socks. I have a long narrow foot and I want a good fitting sock. Your directions help so much. I also only like to knit toe up.
I also love the sheep shearer videos. They are so interesting to watch and sometimes very touching.
I can't wait to watch the Fair Isle knitter interview. My uncle is from Northern Ireland and has a serious Irish broug that can be hard forany to understand. I normally have no trouble. So I hope the same for this video.
Love the Masham story, how wonderful when things circle around like that. :)
I am fascinated by the way you got your socks to match. I haven't knitted very many socks but chose to start where I could see a colour change and leave the end poking out, that way when I came to start sock 2 I could line up the to the same colour change and start my second sock at the same place. My challenge was how much Judy's magic cast on would use up of the tail. I will try with your round toe for toe up as I think that will be more precise. Thanks for another fascinating episode
Rox, I measured my carder and purchased a large clear Sterilite tote that exceeded my carder's measurement. I turned the tote upside down, placed the carder on the lid and covered it with the tote body. Perfect storage. It keeps it clean and has plenty of room for its accessories when not in use. I do use my carder often so I keep it on a designated desktop this way.
In Downton Abbey, valet Mr Bates takes a job at a public house, The Red Lion, in Kirby Moreside.
Looking forward to your future video ideas teaching us how to design etc.
Thanks for all the info. Really enjoy it. 😁😁😁
Hi Roxanne! It was a pleasant surprise to see you feature Manx Loaghtan in your video! I’m from the Isle of Man and love watching your videos. I’ve only been knitting for about a year and still have lots to learn. I hope to be able to make a project out of some local wool some day
Your enthusiasm is infectious!
Hi, Always love your tips. In your comments, you said you have gone back & reinforced socks after you were done if they didn’t have nylon in the yarn; I would be interested in how you did this. Thanks.
Thanks! The whole episode was very informative! 👏👏👏👏
You might be interested in the special September videos from Arne & Carlos where they are going to be exploring Setesdal and Arne's family history and artisans in the area. This Sunday they are visiting "The Sweater Detective" and it made me think of you!
Yes! Help with designing. Eagerly looking forward to that. Thank you
My favorite misconception is the story of Henry Ford's assembly line. The assembly line exhausted, but it was very slow. Henry Ford just perfected the assembly line so it could run more efficiently.
And, Henry Ford was big on sustainability. He invented soy yarn to use in Ford's automobiles long before knitters and crocheters used soy yarn.
I’m with you - socks have got to match! Two 50g balls would be perfect, but I’ve never seen any. So, I look at the meterage on the label and wind off half, looking for the start of the repeat as I go, and end up with two roughly 50g balls. I was supposed to go to the UK last year (no need to say why that didn’t happen) to visit Nottinghamshire. My aunt has traced family back to before 1651 - spinners, knitters & weavers until the late 1800’s when the mechanisation put them out of business. I’ve been fascinated with wool for as long as I can remember (learned to knit at 6yo) perhaps because it is in my genes? I do hope you get to go back to Yorkshire to explore both family & fibre.
Thank you to the UA-cam algorithm for suggesting your channel to me. Bingo, new subscriber!
This is so timely, I'm so excited! I am going to be attempting some Christmas stockings for the first time this year. It will be my first time knitting colorwork and my first time attempting to alter a pattern. I am going to try to switch out the design/chart for a different one. I love the idea of lining with the fleece and can't wait for your video on how you do it. This is all so helpful, thank you for all the information you provide, much appreciated!
Yes please. Show me how to design my own stocking. My daughter is adopting our first grandchild soon and I'd like to make a unique stocking to mark his first Christmas.
Thank you for your diverse range of fibre interests and sharing it with us.
Thank you for all the work and knowledge you are putting forth. It is quite rare in its depth and variety, in my opinion. When you talked about having connection to the Yorkshire area, I thought you might enjoy "The Bakery Beares" knitting show here on YT. They are a married couple, knitters, and in about every other show since the start of 2020, a big part of their show are walks around "The Dales and The Moors", with a lot of great scenery and history to the area. You would probably see where you originate from. They have also been to the abbey to sit there and knitt, and to tell the story of the place. Hope this is helpfull :)
I love their shearing videos!!
I'm impatiently looking forward to your announced videos how to modify for what fits your shape or simply to get exactly what you want to create.
Love your videos! I would love a video to learn to do a stocking! Love the history portion! So cool! Thank you!
Oh!!! Margaret Steiff!! STEIFF animals the most wonderful. What a good story. Who knew STEIFF was a woman’s company! And so long ago!
Love your vlog. I’m going back and watching old episodes, rather a gradual process. You talked about spurtles (spell check changed it to shuttles!) as I had never heard of them until yesterday. I receive emails from Pampered Chef and they had kitchen utensils on sale and one was a spurtle (this time it changed it to spittle!). It just looked like a skinny spatula to me. So crazy to have it happen within a 24-hour time span. I am looking forward to your videos on using stitch patterns and how to change directions.. I prefer to knit toe up socks, but most patterns are written cuff down and sometimes it really matters in the finished sock. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and passion.
Good afternoon. Hope all is well. I would call the technique “distressing” rather than waking. LOVE THE GREEN BROTHERS!
What I do with fleece. It's a bit of a cheat, but I make fleece knit hybrid cardigan or sweaters. I use the fleece for the body block, and sleeves. I use a skip blade rotary cutter, and go around all of the edges. Then I single crochet around all the edges the way you would a fleece blanket. I then pick up stitches along the seam lines of the sleeves and body. I knit a few rounds of a pattern or do a strip of cables that run along the side seams and arms. I knit cuffs and button band if it is a cardigan. And add a knit collar like a shawl collar or whatever matches well with the design. They are quick, easy, super soft and cuddly. They are a good weekend project.
I’ve been watching Right Choice Shearing also! It’s addicting & fascinating!
I REALLY wish you lived closer; I would love to sit and talk knitting with you as a new(ish?) knitter 😁 you're great at really explaining the why's and not just the how's.
I have been using Cat Bordhi's sweet tomato heel, or the fleegle heel in most of my socks. They both work up or down.
Is that crocheted skulls on your avatar?
@@enacrt yes, yes they are
Please teach us how to reinforce a sock that has no nylon content.
Thankful for your love of all things 🐑 🐏 sheepy. I love smelling sheep in my yarn too. Pure joy!
I am knitting a raglan sweater and am having a problem distinguishing my M1 right, M1 left rows, from the knit row that switches every other row. I put it down reminding myself I just finished the knit row and next should be the M1R/M1L ...but then I am dumbfounded by which it should be. Can't really read the stitches, so any pointers? Funny the first garment my mum taught me to knit was a cabled raglan baby sweater. Laughing as this is no beginner project, but my mum told me I could make it, so I did. No idea how I figured it all out. But lol, had a lovely white (acrylic) baby sweater when I was done. My mum didn't know anything but acrylic, still true today.
The place name Kirkbymoorside is pronounced without the second K ie Kirbymoorside.
Also wondered if you are aware that the Kickstarter campaign for project Lonk has been a great success? I think you can take some credit for that!
Lastly, I also use fleece to line certain knitted items, and totally agree with your reasoning- it is so forgiving when it comes to fitting something which is itself stretchy.
I really want to go the UK, too. I’ve never been there, but my grandmother was from Renfrew, Scotland and I feel a huge draw toward northern England and Scotland. Pre-pandemic we toyed with the idea of an extended stay after my husband retires. Hopefully we will be able to do it some day.
That's so cool, I live in Glasgow, so Renfrew is just down the road! When did your grandmother live there?
@@orangew3988She left Scotland for Canada when she was 19 years old, which would have been around 1925. Her family was very poor from what I understand. And she did not have an affluent life in Canada, either. But here I am because of her and her love for all the crafts. ❤️
The Hardwick breed is around 10,000 years old and is still considered a wild breed found in the Lake district somewhere north of London. I wonder if that has anything to do with the quality of their wool that you mentioned in a recent video?
Waulking was featured in Call the Midwife's Christmas 2019 episode.
Love your new glasses!
How about just the stocking size for the stocking like the cast on how many stitches and how long. This would allow us to choose the patterns to include
I agree. Something like a “recipe” where it’s sort of a blank that you could use with stitch patterns the knitter finds or makes up. Sounds like that’s the plan coming up, but a written version of the recipe would be helpful.
@@maryannc7223 yes exactly
Just to let you know that the place name Kirkby Moorside is pronounced Kirby Moorside the second K is silent (yet another one of those English place names) :)
Thank you! LOL, I am happy to have 'crazy' socks.
Thank you Roxanne for your interesting videos week after week. It’s amazing and very helpful. I knit socks for my sons but both of them wear out the soles as they walk around the home without slippers. I use sock yarn usually Regia with 25% nylon. My question is how to make a reinforced sole. I prefer knitting in the round. Apologies if I have missed a tutorial about this.
Regia is typically *very* hard wearing. (They even have a 10-year guarantee.) One thing that helps, regardless, is knitting to a firmer gauge than is listed on the label (the label recommendation is more in line with a stockinette sweater gauge, even though this is a yarn marketed for socks). So if the label says 30 sts over 4''/10 cm (7.5 sts/in), I usually go for 9 sts/in. Anything in the 8.5-9 st/in range. If the yarn label has a range of gauges listed, as some sock yarns do, e.g. 7-8 sts/in, then aim for *at least* 8 sts/in. I will do a video on reinforcing socks sometime soon; I don't have one posted, yet.
@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you, I will try a different gauge.
The second k in Kirkbymoorside is silent.
I'd love to know your thoughts on the feeble heel and how it compares to other heels.
My mom knitted Christmas stockings for me and my siblings when we were kids and I still have mine. It has a very elongated foot and has a distinctive look. I searched everywhere for a pattern so I can knit some and am at a loss on how to search for it. I made up my own which came out pretty close, but I really want to find the pattern. It was a series I’d probably 5-6 different designs. Any thoughts on how to find it. She said she got it in the 60’s or 70’s
She also used something called ‘rug yarn’ whatever that is
I'd check the Ravelry pattern database, or post a photo on Ravelry (either in the Patterns forum or in the Pattern Detectives group) to see if anyone recognizes it or can help you track it down.
@@RoxanneRichardson I went through Ravelry patterns, but didn’t know there was a detective group! I’ll look for that. Thanks!
Hi Roxanne, I think there are two links missing in the notes, for the solar system socks. The link to your ravelry for the socks and the link to the yarn provider, are listed as links but there aren't any links there.
Thanks for letting me know! I've updated the show notes. :-)
A treasured friend told me at lunch: “You know your good friend Roxanne Roberts? She’s my friend, too.” Hugs
If you want to get ahold of fellow UA-camrs when you go to Yorkshire next time, Dan Jones of the Bakery Bears does walks through the North Yorkshire Moors. So they must live near there. ;-)
Re Uneek fingering vs sock...they /are/ different in that the fingering is very splitty imo and the sock, because it's reinforced by the nylon, is less splitty! My LYS carries both of them.
Interesting. I don't find the fingering to be splitty at all, but another knitter in my Ravelry group said that she found the *sock* yarn to be splitty!
@@RoxanneRichardson wow! Maybe it's my needles. I found recently that my favorite needles I use may not be the best for every project.
I'm a nosy person and I love to poke my nose into other people's book collections. I get a sore neck reading your titles, but it tells me so much about you. Do you mind if I ask what 'FLAK' stands for?
DFTBA Roxanne!!
Rox, have you noticed that Bonnie Grunwald is replying to a lot of the comments trolling for friends and is really a guy? Can you block him?
This was a great CF - great tips on the socks and I loved the Yorkshire story!
Thanks for the heads up. Reported and removed. :-)
You have a lot going on, no wonder you can't keep track of things.