Beth MacDonald Stone - Episode 32, Tamarind Sweater & Knitwear Design Journey, Part 2: Stitches
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Where you can find me: Instagram - BethMacDonaldStone Ravelry - BethMacDonaldStone Email - knit@bmid.bm
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• Tamarind (my own design) - using Dimond Laine Birdie color Plaid is my favorite Color & Pop Rocks, Holst Garn Supersoft color Brandy & Woolyknit British Wool 4 ply color Fandango Pink.
• Tamarind v. 2 (my own design) - using Dimond Laine Birdie color Bell Bottom Blues & Loam, Holst Garn Supersoft color Cool & Dark Olive.
WHAT I’M WORKING ON:
• Tulip Tunic (my own design) - using Primrose Yarn Co. Replay Worsted color Neon Grey, Primrose Yarn Co. Homestead Sport color Undergrowth held double with Fiber MacGyver Suri Silk color Lemon
PART 2: KNITWEAR DESIGN JOURNEY, FROM INSPIRATION TO FINISHED GARMENT: How to Realize your inspiration in a knitted fabric
• Stitch Fiddle www.stitchfiddle.com
STITCH DICTIONARIES:
Great all-round stitch dictionaries or collections
• Stitchionary books (I think there are 6 or so in the series) By Vogue Knitting
• Vogue Knitting, the Ultimate Stitch Dictionary
• A Treasury of Knitting Patterns (4 books in the collection) by Barbara G. Walker
• The Knit Stitch by Melissa Leapman
Edges, Increases/Decreases & Cast on/Cast Off
• Knitting on the Edge by Nicky Epstein
• Cast On, Bind Off, 54 Step-by-Step Methods by Leslie Ann Bestor
• Increase, Decrease, 99 Step-by-Step Methods by Judith Durant
Colorwork
• Book of Fair Isle Knitting by Alice Starmore
• Charts for Color Knitting by Alice Starmore
• 200 Fair Isle Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone
• 150 Scandinavian Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone
• Selbu Patterns by Anne Bardsgard
• Alterknit Stitch Dictionary by Andrea Rangel
• The Doodle Directory by Jamie Lomax
• Mosaic Knitting by Barbara G. Walker
Cables, Twisted Stitches, Ganseys
• Aran Knitting by Alice Starmore
• Power Cables by Lily M. Chin
• Patterns for Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans by Gladys Thompson
• The Gansey Knitting Source Book by Di Gilpin & Sheila Greenwell
• Twisted-Stitch Knitting by Maria Erlbacher
• Twisted Stitch Sourcebook by Norah Gaughan
Brioche
• Tuck Stitches my Nancy Marchant
• Knitting Fresh Brioche by Nancy Marchant
Lace
• Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible by Hitomi Shida and translated by Gayle Roehm
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Wow!! Thanks for sharing your design journey. You’ve opened up a world of possibilities. What fun. Looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful designs. ❤️
So glad you found it inspiring! Thank you so much!
That beach is amazing, Beth! Wow, thanks for filming. I think you're one of our best pattern designers. Thanks for sharing. - Kimberly
You're too kind! Thank you! So glad you're enjoying the series.
I enjoyed this episode, _especially_ the *comprehensive* catalog of books!
I love a good book list myself! Thanks for watching!
Hi Beth. Love the designs. Thanks for giving me the confidence to try ladder back. Love it 😊
You are so welcome! Isn't it a great technique? So simple and so effective! It really keeps the face of the fabric so clean too and maintains elasticity. Win, win!!! ❤
Another amazing episode. Your designs are so beautiful! Happy knitting 💚🧶🩷
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it. Happy knitting to you too!
Thank you Beth for this in-depth analysis of knitting design! I loved your presentation and appreciate all the preparation that you did to present the information…so glad we can watch it over and over again. I want to knit all your designs they are so beautiful. What is your favorite part of this process and what is your most desired stitch pattern? I am working on a mosaic shawl pattern called co-zzy shawl from a Dutch magazine I tend to gravitate toward simple esthetics and design. All the best💕
Thank you! So glad you are enjoying the series! Gosh, my most desired stitch pattern... I dont know! Mosaic is amazing and I am currently rather enamored with that. So yes, for right now, I think that's the one! I'll try to look up the co-zzy shawl online - always intrigued! Thanks for watching!
I love,love,love the tulip tunic sweater and love the idea of a random stripe. What I really love ( how many times can I say love) is that you are going to include where and how long for the lbj. I have been wanting to try it but where to put and for how long has been holding me back. I’m excited to try it plus I get to knit this lovely sweater! I wish more designers would do this. Great podcast. Can’t wait for this sweater to be released.
You are so welcome! Yes, ladder back jacquard is AMAZING! I have a few designs that use them and both upcoming designs (The Bermudiana and Tulip Tunic) will show exactly where to place them in the chart, as well as where and when to catch floats. Both coming out this Spring. Thanks for watching and the great feedback
Your enthusiasm and love for knits. designing and life in general is so apparent in this episode!
That's fantastic! So glad that comes across! Thank you for watching!
So good of you to go through all this info and share so much. 😊
I'm glad you found it helpful!
I am not a designer, nor do I think I’ll become one. I still find this series fascinating. I enjoy knowing what your process is.
I do take pictures that inspire me for knitting. I think someday I’ll show them to a designer and have them do something with them. 😅
Your passion for design comes through these talks. Recording near your knits is convenient as you can easily pull an example out. I love seeing the examples.
So glad you're enjoying the series. It is so wonderful to have inspiration and a creative outlet. Thanks for watching!
Really like that pink red/orange combo 😍
Thank you!
The pink is so pretty!,, Gloomy, dark, light snowy day here today.
Yes - a great color pairing to add a bit of color and cheer. Thanks & happy knitting!
lovely tutorial about your process, great beach pics, im not fond of snakes but a sand snake is ok with me great sand sculpture, thank you for your great patterns i plan on your cragsmore vest to make soon!!!!!!
Yay! Hope you enjoy that knit! I'm not a huge snake person either. We don't have any in Bermuda and that's A-OK with me! I was thinking, I wonder if that sand sculpture was in honor of the Chinese New Year? Isn't this the year of the snake? Must look that up ... Thanks for watching!
Someday, when I’m a big girl knitter, I will want to create my own design and pattern for a sweater. Yours is the master class I will refer to. Thank you very, very much, Beth! I know this vlog took a lot of time and thought on your part and I very much appreciate it. I don’t think there are many designers who would be willing to bring us inter their “Inner sanctum,” as you have.
You’re so welcome! I hope you find it helpful when you get there! Thank you very much for the kind feedback. I have been enjoying putting these together and it has been good for me too to really think through the steps.❤
Understand how you feel about the chest colds, I get bronchitis easily and usually stays with me for 3-4 weeks and then I still have a cough for a couple more weeks after that. Hope your family starts feeling better soon! I just got over bronchitis myself and finally stopped my cough about a week ago.
Enjoyed your knit wear design podcast.
I love big graphic. A summer top with big graphic would be fun.
I love a big graphic too. So cheerful!
Another enjoyable and interesting video-thanks for posting!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Every time I see your pink and red Tamarind sweater, the shapes and color combination remind me of a book for making Christmas decorations from the 1960s (I can't remember the name off the top of my head) and I love it! I know that wasn't your original intent, but I hope to knit one like it someday because I think it would be perfect to wear during my favorite holiday. 😊
Thank you for doing the segments on how you go from inspiration to actual project creation. I'm a homeschool mom and, while I've explained some of these concepts to my kids so they can make their ideas actionable, I think it will be good for them to hear from someone else as well (as a reinforcement). Plus, it's really interesting to hear all the ancillary info you give while you're talking about your process. ❤
I'm so glad you're finding these design segments useful for your homeschooling, too! That's amazing! The Tamarind is a fun knit and yes definitely perfect for the Christmas season too. Happy Knitting!!!
I love your pink and red.
Thank you!
This was very helpful!! Thank you!
You are so welcome! ❤
The design journey has been fab Beth. I'd love to design a pattern. It's just so daunting making a start. Many years ago I worked for a handknitting company writing patterns and editing however someone else designed. Anyway thanks again 😊
Oh that's so interesting! What a great job! Then you will have no problem designing then, you're 1/2 way there! Go for it and keep me posted!!! ❤
No way do I EVER wnat to be a knitwear designer I'm going to leave that up to you greats. But these podcast are very informative to what I want to knit and wear. What my style is. What goes in my wardrobe. What yarns I want to use. Thank you for this.
I'm so happy to hear you're finding the podcast helpful, thanks for watching and happy knitting!
Thanks for all the thought you've put into this designing series; it's fascinating and interesting to know all the things you think about and what inspires you. I'm just finishing up Sari's Billie pullover and dreaming of summer knits, and when you showed Hanging Leaves, I swooned. Do you think it would be too compromised if I didn't use reverse stockinette for the body? Also, I'm waiting patiently for your Get Out of the Pool pattern for a summer knit....love that loose beauty. And, Luna's barking is never a bother; any appearance by her, visually or aurally, is a delight.
I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying this series, and I love your thinking about the Hanging Leaves pattern! My concern with not using a reverse stockinette st for the body is that you might loose the detail of the lace. Worth trying? Do remember though that once you get past the chart, you dont work in purl sts but turn the garment inside out to knit the rest (just on the inside). So much easier! Keep me posted!
Horseshoe beach is beautiful and that snake sand sculpture is amazing. But can I make a request? I find the font you're using for captions _really_ hard to read. The fact that an "s" descends below the text line and looks like a "y" is an example.
Great feedback - thank you! I'll find another font for next time ❤
Do the stripe Beth 😊
I did 😉, in fact I did two! 😂❤