Hey Roxanne from the UK - it's Stuart from my little shop 'The Woolpatch' and thanks for the mention and your kind words about our little Sewing Bee spin off videos. A little birdie told me about the mention in this casual Friday. It's a very small world as I'm a very big fan of yours! I've been subscribed for a few years now. I set up my shop in 2016 when I left Teaching. I didn't know anything about knitting, so your channel has taught me so much over the last few years. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear I'd had a mention from Roxy Knits! Yes, Haberdashery is a lovely term here in the UK, that conjures up images of of old fashioned shops that all small things associated with it (you call them notions). so needles, pins, tape measures, tools etc. They would have those lovely big wooden cabinets with drawers that you would pull open to see! (I'd love to have a shop big enough to have that type of wooden furniture). So I sell Patchwork Fabric, a little dress making fabric (I'm learning dressmaking as we speak) and yarn. I've learned to knit since having the shop and I love it....I love wool more than fabric now. I'm making my own yarn with flocks I've found near my shop and I'm dyeing it myself with Woad. I'm in a very famous area in Suffolk called 'Wool Towns' and Lavenham was famous for spinning and dyeing with woad and selling the blue broadcloth all over the world. So I'm loving you discussion on breed specific yarns. It's becoming more and more popular over here, where people want to know and are buying because of the breed.......anyway, I'm babbling on....thrilled you've enjoying the Sewing Bee and can watch it! We love doing the videos and I'm loving doing the videos with Carol as I'm learning so much. We've heard there will be a Series 8 too so thats fab! Off to work I must go. Thanks for the mention and keep making your fabulous videos. They really do have an impact on people.....I'm one of them! Stuart
Thanks for a jamb-packed episode. Loved the bits about learning sheep breeds through swatching, Early American repairs, and GBSB. I am always enchanted by the depth and breath of your textile-knitting-sewing journey. Thanks for all the rabbit-holes!
My mom also had an Elna sewing machine that used cams. What was particularly unusual was that it was operated by a lever you pressed with your outer knee area rather than by a foot pedal. I never saw another sewing machine like it. She got married in 1951 but may have purchased it before then. She also had the exact same sewing box. This episode brought back many fond memories.
Very interesting podcast Roxanne! Timely too! My husband and I are taking a road trip down to Florida to see my Dad. He has been ill for the past few months and we want and need to see him. My Mom passed away almost 2 years ago and I’m getting her sewing machine. Due to the pandemic I’ve been unable to drive down there and I am not comfortable bringing it on a plane. I am getting her craft table and all her quilting supplies so we need to drive. I’m so excited to finally get it. I’ve really been wanting to get back into sewing and have been so frustrated by this hold up. I’m glad you solved the mystery of the mysterious sewing machine! And how wonderful that it was your grandmother’s. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to knit that sweater in the car. I never thought of how it can change your gauge. I usually bring easy projects with me like a dishcloth or easy shawl. Thanks for sharing all of those interesting tidbits. Very informative! I’d very much like to see your presentation! I’m not sure if we will be on the road coming home at that time. I will, if at all possible, be watching! Very exciting!🤗🤗
If it hadn't been for CoVid, I would not have begun spinning. March 2020 to now I have loved it. Ordered a wheel, and with UA-cam and a Zoom instructor in the beginning, I have not looked back. Mainly, Like you, I wanted to study wool breeds. What an adventure. And I love Fiber Love Diary.
In the UK fabric is sold in a fabric store. Haberdashers originally sold what I think Americans call Notions i.e. pins thread buttons etc. As you are interested in history you might like to look up the Haberdashers Company which is one of the original 12 medieval London guilds. They were important as an ancillary trade to the cloth trade which was a large part of the English economy from the time the Romans left to the last 80 years. Being a member is a great privilege, one of the perks is that you are allowed to 'walk' sheep across London bridge. My father in law who was a member often joked that he would like to test whether he would get arrested if he tried to do that.
In my previous life as a professional seamstress, I must’ve made thousands of bound buttonholes on finely tailored garments. If I were to choose to put bound buttonholes on some thing as finely knit as the 1960s sweater you are making, I would do it in satin or silk; it would look lovely. And it can be done, although I couldn’t use the Dritz bound buttonhole clamp because it would be far too large.The last time I put bound buttonholes on a knit garment was in the late 1960s, when I used two strands of knitting worsted to make a coat. It needed the bound buttonholes to keep the button band from stretching. But as is inevitable, fashion changes, and I had not thought of putting bound buttonholes on a knit garment in a long time. Thanks for refreshing that memory.
Thanks for confirming that a bound buttonhole could be done on a heavier weight knitted garment. I'm not thinking of doing it for my '60s sweater, as the first bh is already established, but it's an interesting thought for a future sweater!
Oh my goodness, my mother who passed away Sept. 2020, has an Elna machine with the discs. In fact, I have a couple of stray discs I must have grabbed before I moved to the US almost 30 years ago. I thought Elna was a Canadian brand. The machine still works perfectly by the way, and I think is close to 60 years old. My mother was a brilliant couture fashion designer, who unfortunately was stricken with MS and had to give that up. Bound Buttonholes - I've never used a tool to make one. I made them by hand and still do. As a side note, early on when I first started to sew, one of the best books I used and still have (it's over 40 years old) is Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing.
Elna was a Swiss brand. It was really innovative in so many ways (the first free arm machine, rotary hook bobbin, reverse feed, and it wasn't black with gold lettering!)
Bound buttonholes are easiest made using graph paper. I have a magazine article from the 80s which explains how. Because you use graph paper they are identical and equidistant….perfection. Happy to send the article, Roxanne.
You might check out Fleece & Harmony of Belfast, Prince Edward Island the raise Sheep, have their own store and produce and dye the yarn that they make They also buy fleece from other shepherds on the island . Today’s episode 72 is a tour of their mill
Rox, I’m sorry to hear about your mom but I’m glad you were able to visit with her. That’s neat you found your grandmother’s sewing gear. The wool kits sound like a fun adventure. I will be looking forward to seeing what you do with your kit and your experiences with the various wools.
You have brought back memories of one of my earliest sewing machines. It was a rather *striking green color* lol and had a box of cams that you dropped in depending on what stitch you wanted, zigzag and button holes one of the most used.
I love anything "grandma." I have my granny's old Singer in its wooden cabinet. It hasn't been oiled in decades; I wonder if it will still work (probably--the old work horse!). My mother-in-law has not one, but two, of those unfolding sewing boxes. She keeps her knitting gadgets and old metal straight needles in one and threads/sewing notions in the other. Yours is a treasure!!
Breed specific yarn is rather mainstream these days. Some examples off the top of my head are West Yorkshire Spinners Jacobs or BFL, Knitpicks High Desert, anything from Brooklyn Tweed, and one to watch is High Country Wool. Many indie dyers are also using 100% polwarth.
What delightful memories! My home ec teacher grandma taught me to sew, including bound buttonholes. I didn't use the "gadget" but am so glad to know what it's for!
This is my favorite knitting podcast. Thanks for all the links. As a new knitter I’ve wondered where to find all the nice wool yarn that I’m not finding at the big box stores.
I have the exact same sewing box. Mine also came w tall legs, but I took them off. I am an Intermed Knitter, but very advanced sewist, and am enjoying your journey in your new passion in sewing. You will advance quickly bc you are Fearless!!!
You are amazing. Thank you for sharing all these tips, ideas, and suggestions. Where do you find the time? You knit, you research, you walk the dog, presumably you cook - and you make time to share your finds with us. Thank you so much for being you. Hugs from Annapolis. We’re vaccinated, come visit.
So sorry about your mom. My mom had dementia too, and it’s tough on everyone. Sorry about your sweater, too! Best of luck to you as you solve the issues you’re having. I know you can! I hope the solutions isn’t too aggravating🥰
I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's dementia. It's difficult to go through. I have a sewing box just like the one you showed, but mine has legs. I got it at a yard sale.
WOW! 'Locked and loaded' podcast today, great offerings! Lots of links to check out this round, especially your guild site and the YT sewing channel. That Dritz tool looks like a hair barrette. 😹 I never knew there was a tool for those buttonholes, interesting. Sorry 'bout your mom__it was good that you visited her. 😇 Sorry 'bout your sweater__maybe the least time consuming thing would be to, dare I say, cut and add more rows where needed rather than frog the whole yoke section (?). 😏 Also, I love the idea of the blanket knit with the various breeds__I'm bent on learning drop spindling and would love to make a "sampler" with fiber I hand-spun myself! Love, Light, and Blessings. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌🙌🙌😺
Hi Rox. For your button band, could do something different rather than ripping back. Could you use the "afterthought" technique to take out a row, add a few rows and graft. I know its ribbing, but I think kitchener stitch for ribbing is do-able? Would make a fantastic tutorial and prevent you ripping back? If it doesn't work you can always rip back anyway x
My mother was an excellent home seamstress, and she made bound buttonholes on winter coats for my brother and me and the sport coats she made for my father. . Unfortunately I don’t remember what her machine attachment looked like. Hers was a Kenmore machine vintage 1950, so probably completely different from what you found.
One of my machines is an Elna Supermatic. They have their own “table extension” and a detachable knee controller. I even have the original bakelite notions compartment. 🌈🌈🦋🦋
@@RoxanneRichardson My mother, who was a seamstress had a foot pedal Singer from the '30s. In my home ec class in jr. high (early '60s) there were several with knee controllers. One day a reached down to my left to pick something up, my knee pushed the controller which pushed the needle right into the nail of my unfortunately placed right hand. It put me right off knee controllers forever. (I was not the only one in the class who did this!)
My first machine was/is a late 20’s Singer that is motorized. I’ve had it 37 yearsish. When my oldest was in 5th grade it was one of the machines I used to teach sewing in his class. I used that one, a 1960’s one, a brother embroidery, and a modern Janome. I wanted them to feel comfortable on any machine they bellied up to. It was a fun course evenly divided into 4th/5th grade boys and girls. 🌈🌈🦋🦋
Thanks for the tip! I could tell that she must have knit all her sweaters, but given that it was 7 years since season 1, I was afraid maybe she had died. So happy she is alive and well and participating on Ravelry! :-)
@@RoxanneRichardson I just checked - she posted yesterday! She was the season 1 winner of the Great British Sewing Bee. I had reason to write to her on Ravelry a few years ago and she was utterly gracious, if you had any reason or interest in sending her a message, I feel quite sure she would welcome it. Her skills are prodigious but she is extremely humble about them and it is apparent (with respect to her knitting for sure) that she appreciates an interested knitter whose skill may not be commensurate yet.
I had always thought that a haberdashery was where you went to buy a suit or hire a tailor to make one for you. Now I'm confused! Anyway, so many interesting links in this episode I don't know where to start 😅
I have a theory about the mystery sewing machine. I wondered if your mom referred to it as “mom’s machine” and her’s as “my machine”? So her husband kept the machine he knew as “mom’s machine”.
It's not the translation itself that's illegal. I think it's more about the copyright for the pattern details. It varies from one country to another but in many places it breaks copyright rules to share a whole pattern, or even large parts of it. And you would have to do that if you wanted someone to translate it.
Hey Roxanne from the UK - it's Stuart from my little shop 'The Woolpatch' and thanks for the mention and your kind words about our little Sewing Bee spin off videos. A little birdie told me about the mention in this casual Friday. It's a very small world as I'm a very big fan of yours! I've been subscribed for a few years now. I set up my shop in 2016 when I left Teaching. I didn't know anything about knitting, so your channel has taught me so much over the last few years. So you can imagine how excited I was to hear I'd had a mention from Roxy Knits! Yes, Haberdashery is a lovely term here in the UK, that conjures up images of of old fashioned shops that all small things associated with it (you call them notions). so needles, pins, tape measures, tools etc. They would have those lovely big wooden cabinets with drawers that you would pull open to see! (I'd love to have a shop big enough to have that type of wooden furniture). So I sell Patchwork Fabric, a little dress making fabric (I'm learning dressmaking as we speak) and yarn. I've learned to knit since having the shop and I love it....I love wool more than fabric now. I'm making my own yarn with flocks I've found near my shop and I'm dyeing it myself with Woad. I'm in a very famous area in Suffolk called 'Wool Towns' and Lavenham was famous for spinning and dyeing with woad and selling the blue broadcloth all over the world. So I'm loving you discussion on breed specific yarns. It's becoming more and more popular over here, where people want to know and are buying because of the breed.......anyway, I'm babbling on....thrilled you've enjoying the Sewing Bee and can watch it! We love doing the videos and I'm loving doing the videos with Carol as I'm learning so much. We've heard there will be a Series 8 too so thats fab! Off to work I must go. Thanks for the mention and keep making your fabulous videos. They really do have an impact on people.....I'm one of them! Stuart
Thanks for a jamb-packed episode. Loved the bits about learning sheep breeds through swatching, Early American repairs, and GBSB. I am always enchanted by the depth and breath of your textile-knitting-sewing journey. Thanks for all the rabbit-holes!
My mom also had an Elna sewing machine that used cams. What was particularly unusual was that it was operated by a lever you pressed with your outer knee area rather than by a foot pedal. I never saw another sewing machine like it. She got married in 1951 but may have purchased it before then. She also had the exact same sewing box. This episode brought back many fond memories.
Very interesting podcast Roxanne! Timely too! My husband and I are taking a road trip down to Florida to see my Dad. He has been ill for the past few months and we want and need to see him. My Mom passed away almost 2 years ago and I’m getting her sewing machine. Due to the pandemic I’ve been unable to drive down there and I am not comfortable bringing it on a plane. I am getting her craft table and all her quilting supplies so we need to drive. I’m so excited to finally get it. I’ve really been wanting to get back into sewing and have been so frustrated by this hold up. I’m glad you solved the mystery of the mysterious sewing machine! And how wonderful that it was your grandmother’s. I can understand why you wouldn’t want to knit that sweater in the car. I never thought of how it can change your gauge. I usually bring easy projects with me like a dishcloth or easy shawl. Thanks for sharing all of those interesting tidbits. Very informative! I’d very much like to see your presentation! I’m not sure if we will be on the road coming home at that time. I will, if at all possible, be watching! Very exciting!🤗🤗
If it hadn't been for CoVid, I would not have begun spinning. March 2020 to now I have loved it. Ordered a wheel, and with UA-cam and a Zoom instructor in the beginning, I have not looked back. Mainly, Like you, I wanted to study wool breeds. What an adventure. And I love Fiber Love Diary.
In the UK fabric is sold in a fabric store. Haberdashers originally sold what I think Americans call Notions i.e. pins thread buttons etc. As you are interested in history you might like to look up the Haberdashers Company which is one of the original 12 medieval London guilds. They were important as an ancillary trade to the cloth trade which was a large part of the English economy from the time the Romans left to the last 80 years. Being a member is a great privilege, one of the perks is that you are allowed to 'walk' sheep across London bridge. My father in law who was a member often joked that he would like to test whether he would get arrested if he tried to do that.
In my previous life as a professional seamstress, I must’ve made thousands of bound buttonholes on finely tailored garments. If I were to choose to put bound buttonholes on some thing as finely knit as the 1960s sweater you are making, I would do it in satin or silk; it would look lovely. And it can be done, although I couldn’t use the Dritz bound buttonhole clamp because it would be far too large.The last time I put bound buttonholes on a knit garment was in the late 1960s, when I used two strands of knitting worsted to make a coat. It needed the bound buttonholes to keep the button band from stretching. But as is inevitable, fashion changes, and I had not thought of putting bound buttonholes on a knit garment in a long time. Thanks for refreshing that memory.
Thanks for confirming that a bound buttonhole could be done on a heavier weight knitted garment. I'm not thinking of doing it for my '60s sweater, as the first bh is already established, but it's an interesting thought for a future sweater!
Oh my goodness, my mother who passed away Sept. 2020, has an Elna machine with the discs. In fact, I have a couple of stray discs I must have grabbed before I moved to the US almost 30 years ago. I thought Elna was a Canadian brand. The machine still works perfectly by the way, and I think is close to 60 years old. My mother was a brilliant couture fashion designer, who unfortunately was stricken with MS and had to give that up.
Bound Buttonholes - I've never used a tool to make one. I made them by hand and still do. As a side note, early on when I first started to sew, one of the best books I used and still have (it's over 40 years old) is Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing.
Elna was a Swiss brand. It was really innovative in so many ways (the first free arm machine, rotary hook bobbin, reverse feed, and it wasn't black with gold lettering!)
Bound buttonholes are easiest made using graph paper. I have a magazine article from the 80s which explains how. Because you use graph paper they are identical and equidistant….perfection. Happy to send the article, Roxanne.
Please, send so she can share. Thank you.
You might check out Fleece & Harmony of Belfast, Prince Edward Island the raise Sheep, have their own store and produce and dye the yarn that they make They also buy fleece from other shepherds on the island . Today’s episode 72 is a tour of their mill
Rox, I’m sorry to hear about your mom but I’m glad you were able to visit with her. That’s neat you found your grandmother’s sewing gear. The wool kits sound like a fun adventure. I will be looking forward to seeing what you do with your kit and your experiences with the various wools.
My mother has the same folding sewing basket! It made me smile to think of it.
You have brought back memories of one of my earliest sewing machines. It was a rather *striking green color* lol and had a box of cams that you dropped in depending on what stitch you wanted, zigzag and button holes one of the most used.
I love anything "grandma." I have my granny's old Singer in its wooden cabinet. It hasn't been oiled in decades; I wonder if it will still work (probably--the old work horse!). My mother-in-law has not one, but two, of those unfolding sewing boxes. She keeps her knitting gadgets and old metal straight needles in one and threads/sewing notions in the other. Yours is a treasure!!
Breed specific yarn is rather mainstream these days. Some examples off the top of my head are West Yorkshire Spinners Jacobs or BFL, Knitpicks High Desert, anything from Brooklyn Tweed, and one to watch is High Country Wool. Many indie dyers are also using 100% polwarth.
I remember learning to make bound buttonholes in high school home-ec class back around 1970ish!
Great podcast, full of information and that wonderful find full of memories.
What delightful memories! My home ec teacher grandma taught me to sew, including bound buttonholes. I didn't use the "gadget" but am so glad to know what it's for!
This is my favorite knitting podcast. Thanks for all the links. As a new knitter I’ve wondered where to find all the nice wool yarn that I’m not finding at the big box stores.
I have the exact same sewing box. Mine also came w tall legs, but I took them off. I am an Intermed Knitter, but very advanced sewist, and am enjoying your journey in your new passion in sewing. You will advance quickly bc you are Fearless!!!
You are amazing. Thank you for sharing all these tips, ideas, and suggestions. Where do you find the time? You knit, you research, you walk the dog, presumably you cook - and you make time to share your finds with us. Thank you so much for being you. Hugs from Annapolis. We’re vaccinated, come visit.
So sorry about your mom. My mom had dementia too, and it’s tough on everyone. Sorry about your sweater, too! Best of luck to you as you solve the issues you’re having. I know you can! I hope the solutions isn’t too aggravating🥰
I believe Mountain Meadow Wool in Wyoming does weave in house :)...Touring their mill is on my bucket list
Bound buttonholes are featured in one challenge of season 7 Sewing Bee
I saw that! :-)
What great tidbits this week! I'm glad you got to visit your mom. Hopefully I can attend your Zoom guild meeting in June.
I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's dementia. It's difficult to go through. I have a sewing box just like the one you showed, but mine has legs. I got it at a yard sale.
WOW! 'Locked and loaded' podcast today, great offerings! Lots of links to check out this round, especially your guild site and the YT sewing channel.
That Dritz tool looks like a hair barrette. 😹 I never knew there was a tool for those buttonholes, interesting.
Sorry 'bout your mom__it was good that you visited her. 😇
Sorry 'bout your sweater__maybe the least time consuming thing would be to, dare I say, cut and add more rows where needed rather than frog the whole yoke section (?). 😏
Also, I love the idea of the blanket knit with the various breeds__I'm bent on learning drop spindling and would love to make a "sampler" with fiber I hand-spun myself!
Love, Light, and Blessings.
🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌🙌🙌😺
I watch Fiber Love Diary off and on. I was thinking of you, as well, when she mentioned the breed study. I tend to watch her dyeing videos, mostly.
Hi Rox. For your button band, could do something different rather than ripping back. Could you use the "afterthought" technique to take out a row, add a few rows and graft. I know its ribbing, but I think kitchener stitch for ribbing is do-able? Would make a fantastic tutorial and prevent you ripping back? If it doesn't work you can always rip back anyway x
My mother was an excellent home seamstress, and she made bound buttonholes on winter coats for my brother and me and the sport coats she made for my father. . Unfortunately I don’t remember what her machine attachment looked like. Hers was a Kenmore machine vintage 1950, so probably completely different from what you found.
One of my machines is an Elna Supermatic. They have their own “table extension” and a detachable knee controller. I even have the original bakelite notions compartment. 🌈🌈🦋🦋
I sometimes sit down at my sewing machine and push my knee to the side, thinking that will make the sewing machine go. Muscle memory is deep!
@@RoxanneRichardson My mother, who was a seamstress had a foot pedal Singer from the '30s. In my home ec class in jr. high (early '60s) there were several with knee controllers. One day a reached down to my left to pick something up, my knee pushed the controller which pushed the needle right into the nail of my unfortunately placed right hand. It put me right off knee controllers forever. (I was not the only one in the class who did this!)
My first machine was/is a late 20’s Singer that is motorized. I’ve had it 37 yearsish. When my oldest was in 5th grade it was one of the machines I used to teach sewing in his class. I used that one, a 1960’s one, a brother embroidery, and a modern Janome. I wanted them to feel comfortable on any machine they bellied up to. It was a fun course evenly divided into 4th/5th grade boys and girls. 🌈🌈🦋🦋
Oh ya, I’m getting a link for your 45-60 minute blob. It’ll be great! (I hope stuff like this provides encouragement for the whole book thing...) 😉
I have a sewing box just like that from my mother in law.
Shepherd Industries in ND has a vertical mill, I believe.
The mill is Dakota Fiber Mill.
Take a look at AnnR on Ravelry who was the successful competitor on one of the British sewing shows and is also a knitter. So much inspiration there!
Thanks for the tip! I could tell that she must have knit all her sweaters, but given that it was 7 years since season 1, I was afraid maybe she had died. So happy she is alive and well and participating on Ravelry! :-)
@@RoxanneRichardson I just checked - she posted yesterday! She was the season 1 winner of the Great British Sewing Bee. I had reason to write to her on Ravelry a few years ago and she was utterly gracious, if you had any reason or interest in sending her a message, I feel quite sure she would welcome it. Her skills are prodigious but she is extremely humble about them and it is apparent (with respect to her knitting for sure) that she appreciates an interested knitter whose skill may not be commensurate yet.
I had always thought that a haberdashery was where you went to buy a suit or hire a tailor to make one for you. Now I'm confused! Anyway, so many interesting links in this episode I don't know where to start 😅
It *is* --- in the US! :-) We have all the same words, but they don't always carry the same meaning!
My dad took my grandmothers sewing machine to the dump it made me so sad and of course I didn’t need it
Seems to be issues with this, judging from comments, it loaded at some point. Not currently having any problems with youTube in general.
I have a theory about the mystery sewing machine. I wondered if your mom referred to it as “mom’s machine” and her’s as “my machine”? So her husband kept the machine he knew as “mom’s machine”.
He didn't know there were two machines. I showed him a photo of a machine of the type that was my mother's, and he didn't recognize it at all.
Why is it illegal to go on Ravelry and ask for a pattern translation?
It's not the translation itself that's illegal. I think it's more about the copyright for the pattern details. It varies from one country to another but in many places it breaks copyright rules to share a whole pattern, or even large parts of it. And you would have to do that if you wanted someone to translate it.
Only the copyright holder has the right to authorize translations. You can't legally ask a professional translator to translate your pattern, either.
That's what I thought it would be about. I know copyrights are a net good, but sometimes they also seem overly restrictive