As always a beautiful podcast! Thanks for taking us to such a lovely yarn shop. My dream is to board a flight some day, recognize you and hope to knit a few rows with you during the journey. You provide a lot of joy with your podcasts to thousands - thank you.
Oh that was so fun Leanne. The scenery was just glorious. Love your Zweig sweater, it’s such a cool knit. Thanks for the joy and giggles and the really emotional ending with that crochet prayer piece 😱 so unbelievably special. I had tears in my eyes and it has nothing to do with me, so I can’t even begin to imagine how you must feel about that. How lovely your cousin (sister) passed this on to you. Safe travels and see you on the next episode, thanks for the fun, Karen 🥰
Hiii Karen! Thank you for this thoughtful message. I so appreciate your comments and it was such an incredible day in Kelowna… the crochet tapestry literally shorted my circuits. What are you knitting on?
Thank you Selma 💓! I am so moved to have this precious heirloom and I do believe I am the youngest of her grandchildren. She passed many years ago, and would never have guessed I would be a handknitter that would appreciate her skills. So interesting how life works.
Happy New Year, Leanne ☀ Your Grandma's crochet piece is absolutely amazing. Such a precious heritage. Thank you for another inspiring episode. Greetings from Poland ❤
Happy New Year! I was so excited when I realized you had posted a new episode. I told my family -- "I'm going to watch The Knitty Stew. No disturbances!" Your podcast is so soothing and so inspiring. Thank you.
That Lord's Prayer by your grandmother is a masterpiece; what a treasure for you. I love the hashtag for the year. I'm like you and have all my yarn photographed and in Ravelry. I've exported and am now digging around in the spreadsheet, getting some totals going. Fun! (Oh, and I'm working backward through the episodes. I think you missed a few FOs from this episode in your 2022 roundup!)
As an ex-serial Canadian Traveler and current Kelownite (moved here a couple years ago), happy you made your way here ☺️. Practically drool and throw my credit card down every time I go into Art of Yarn. Our other LYS, Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft is also fantastic - less unique yarns but some more workhorse options and I find the clerks so helpful. I feel spoiled to have them both here. Love your knitting and revisiting so many Canadian cities through your podcast ❤️
Hi Margaret! Oh my debit card was screaming at me while I was there… all my desert island yarns under one roof. In a future visit I definitely will be going to Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft. My cousin said we could stop but I was convinced this episode was going to be ridiculously long and thought I’d save it for another time!
So lovely to see you again Leanne and thank you for another really interesting and enjoyable episode. I live in Norwich UK and i really love this worldwide knitting community. What a masterpiece your grandmother made and i can understand how emotional it must have made you feel. I have found great comfort in knitting and watching friends i have never met talking and showing on their podcasts their knitting endeavours. I lost my husband in October of last year to a dreadful blood cancer called Myeloma and it has helped me so much to connect with knitting friends. I love your Zweig and have to admit to making four of them, all very different. They always look so beautiful using a special skein of yarn in the lacework. The fit i have found is always perfect. Thank you so much for the time you take to make your podcasts x
Sharon I have saved replying to your message for last as I wanted to offer my deep condolences. My dad passed in 2013 from blood cancer and it was so very heartbreaking. I love how knitting (and the community) can fill our hearts when we ache. I am so thrilled to know that 4 Zweigs in and you say they are always perfect! I LOVE THAT INFO because I haven’t taken this thing off! I’ll wear it threadbare and make another. Sending hugs and happy stitches to you xo 🤗 🌟
@@theknittystew Thank you so much for your very kind message and sorry also to hear of the loss of your father. It is heartbreaking but we have to go on with support from family and friends and our knitty friends. Sending hugs back and look forward to seeing you again soon ...happy knitting x
No, I like them a lot and I didn’t know I’m so short that it would look well on me but I don’t go out much anyway but anyway I think it would be great for my double chin. What do you think?
Great catch up,,,Leanne,,,,!!! Love UR sweater,on you,,,,,wow,,,,, and the trip to yarn shop,,,,, Want a treasure from UR grandmother,,!!,!, WOW,,,, Elaine🏘🏘😍
It was good to see you today! Love your sweater and finished objects and WIP'S! The gift from your cousin is so beautiful! What an awesome heirloom from your grandma!!
Such a beautiful episode, Leanne! You are so much fun to watch! I love your zweig and your color choices are amazing!! Also, your grandmother’s crochet looks so beautiful! What a precious heirloom ❤
Oh thank you Megha! I love your pod VERY much and feel like we are chatting away. Is it weird that I talk to my computer when I watch podcasters? 😆 Thanks for being here 🤗
Stunning landscape photography and gorgeous knitting 🧶… greetings from Scotland 🏴 I’m a new subscriber and I’m thoroughly enjoying your podcasting style and content ❤
Oh my goodness, Leanne, what a wonderful video!! You got me when you showed the precious gift from your cousin! Wow, what a treasure and memory of your grandmother💖!! Love that so much!!! I love your Zweig by Caitlin Hunter. Beautiful job , lovely colour combination and looks so good on you! Your cable headband, and the Dickey, the watch cap, the basket and reindeer - all were absolutely awesome😃 Thank you for another fun video!
Thank you so much! Karen, it’s messages like this that make it so rewarding to create this content. I hope you have an amazing 2023. Thanks for being here.
What a fun podcast! The crocheted LORD PRAYER panel!! Omgosh! Almost started crying!! What a family heirloom! Loved the Kelowna scenery! I was there in the 80s! Used to be tons of apple orchards when traveled through! Wine now huh? Loved your FOs! That sweater is gorgeous. But I laughed outloud when I saw that mouse!! Sometimes that happens! 🙂 Also, I just wanted to say my vow to myself this year is to only work from my stash! I don't think I could even attempt to calculate all the grams, though! I've been stashing too long! But I plan to check in quarterly also. Happy New Year Leanne... I'm enjoying your podcast from WASHINGTON state, on the coast. But I luv all things Canadian ❤️
Hi Rosemary thanks for this great message! I appreciate it so much. Yeah poor mouse.. my friend has tiny doll houses and said it could be like a “bear rug” in the floor 😆
Your Zweig looks AMAZING ! You totally inspire me to make one :) Love your stash challenge ! I am participating in Youngfolk knits KAL too; knitting the Camp Pullover by Savory Knitting (Amy Christoffers) with Brooklyn Twee Shelter that's been languishing in my stash for a while. Happy to see you again in your lovely podcast.
Wonderful! Thank you for the compliment! Kaci’s KAL is giving me so many new pullovers that I want to knit! It doesn’t end does it 😂.. I’m ok with endless inspiration.
Thank you for another wonderful episode! Great! So impressed about this gorgeous crocheted piece. Your Zweig ist stunning and the bougie basket makes me laughing.🐔🐓😂 Whis you all the best for 2023. Greetings from Vienna, Austria
I enjoyed every minute of this episode! ✨💥 Thank you for being you and sending out so much joy….❤ Your Zweig is like blazing fire 🔥 I love it. I started my Zweig in November 22, but my color choices do not please me as much as yours! Ah well that is just what happens sometime… I plan to finish it this year…🧶 Thanks for the lovely footage of your country, it always makes me dream of traveling….🛫 Happy new year 🌈 from 🇨🇭
I'm in southern Ontario, but during covid I found Art of Yarn and ordered from them many times (🙄😬)...they were always so helpful. After a lot of gift knitting in 2022, and now knitting for my twin grandchildren's upcoming birthday, I am giving myself this year to knit for myself 😄😊. Although I'd like to do a pair of socks per month to put aside for Christmas gifts. That's the plan! I wasn't going to knit for little Rowan and Everett, but I just had to crochet a poncho for Rowan, and now I'm halfway thru the Ingrid Junior for Everett
Just found you after listening to Youngfolks knitter Kaci. I just finished my Zweig in January 2023, and I love it the best of everything I have ever knitted. I loved yours!! I love your grandmother’s crocheted LORD’s Prayer. Blessings to you in your travels.
Hi Lou Ann I’m so happy you are here! How amazing is Kaci!!? She’s a treasure!!You and I both love our Zweigs. I want every garment to make me that happy.
Took your advice and visited the Art of Yarn store on a recent trip to the Okanagan. Wow, we weren’t disappointed. I came away with some lovely squishy Cascade 220 Grande to make the Knox Mountain Knits Antlers Beach throw. It’s knitting up fast. So enjoy your videos, thanks! 👏🏼
Happy New Year, Leanne! As always, you bring such joy to all who listen. LOL: #bustingmyballs 2023 !!! Great name for a stash busting KAL. That treasure gift from your cousin. WOW! Goosebumps.
Oh wow, I have never heard of CamijoKnit Design, but I am RUNNING to her UA-cam channel to investigate! I love the #bustingmyballs2023 idea. I finished a project last night and am working on a swatch for the Wool and Honey Sweater by Andrea Mowry. I initially purchased the yarn and pattern in 2019, didn't get gauge and still have that original yarn in stash. I purchased my "new" Wool and Honey yarn in early 2022 and resolve to use both beautiful sweater quantities in 2023! Safe Travels!
Hi Ashley 👋🏼 I love @camijoknit yarn and her UA-cam Channel ! I’m kicking myself for not purchasing The Wool & Honey pattern during her 100 Episode 50% off sale because it’s soo good. What new yarn did you purchase to make it?
Leanne, the end really brought tears to my eyes 😢 It is always special to own such a unique heritage piece. I have a linen nightgown in my closet with embroideries my Grandma made when she was a young woman. My dear Auntie Ria gave it to me before she passed away at the age of 102. Bless her! It was interesting to hear that your Grandma Erna (I love your English pronunciation 🤩) was from Germany, because the technique she used to crochet this wonderful piece was quite popular in Germany. Do you know when and where you Granny was born? I am just curious 🤷♀️ Big hug from Germany, Christiane
Hi Christiane thank you for this message. You and I are both very blessed to have these pieces from the hands and hearts of our grandmothers. Sadly, I have little to no information about my grandmother’s upbringing including where she was born.
Happy Year of the Rabbit! Everything you featured is an inspiration. Your grandmother’s crocheted LP is lovely. Is it Tunisian crochet? Speaking of crochet, it might help you to bust your balls or slay your skeins: crochet uses way more yarn than knitting. Like three times more for the equivalent fabric in knitting. [don’t make me Google it please]. When you catalog and weigh your stash do you find some brands are underweight? I have found Rowan to be short a gram or fifteen too often. Gotta dash- tiny reindeer are calling me! Thank you 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼
I was going to Google that about what year it is - the Rabbit hey. Ok! I literally need to learn to crochet you are right. And I took a class once and learned how much more yarn it required and it was one of the reasons I didn’t stick to it. People are telling me my Grandmas tapestry is Fillet. I just know it’s beautiful 😻
Hello, it's funny, because this year I've decided to knit from my stash and try to not buy yarn... I have a lot, and I feel joy to do so... I'm knitting Zakkuri cardigan by Noriko Ichikawa in Gilliatt from De Rerum Natura : a so enjoyable knit (Gilliatt is my favorite yarn, I'm e French knitter, so easy to buy it). And I am finishing chestnut sweater by Petiteknit, less enjoyable, but I love the finish object it will become... I've decided this year to do things in acceptation with what I am... I will open a disability file, a hard thing to do, but I have 2 chronic diseases, I can't work, and I need a sort of recognition of my handicap : invisible handicap, but pain every day. In France it's a big mess to have recognition, but now I'm ready... et voilà ! And my father's family was polish too... very proud of it ! Thank you so much Leanne, for this sweet moment 🧡🧡🧡
Bonjour Raphaele! Thank you for this lovely and powerful message. I stand with you and the courage it takes to advocate for ourselves can be hard to muster up. But you got this!! 💪🏼 Also De Rerum Natura is a dessert island brand of yarn for me. I loooooooove it so much. Happy Knitting! I’m going to look up Zakkari on ravelry.
Once again Leanne wonderful vlog my two favourites Canada and knitting. Although I’ve been to Canada 5 times visiting family in Toronto I’ve never really seen how beautiful it is you make me want to go so just saving hopefully soon. Im just back from a trip to Tenerife and had my knitting on the plane I’ve never thought of taking it before you spoke about it thanks it made the 4 1/2 hour flight fly in.. I love your Jumper it’s stunning hope you and your family have a healthy happy 2023 sending blessings from Scotland 🏴 x
Thank you so much Fiona for your message and for being here! We are even - I have always wanted to go to Scotland 🏴!! I’m obsessed with Gerard Butler 😆 and the Isle of Skye looks like a piece of heaven on earth. Where are you located if you don’t mind the question.
Great podcast Leanne. I love your Zweig!!! The colours are perfect. I really love the Arcane in this sweater, it’s so good!! I have one sitting here as a WIP, maybe you’re inspiring me. I love the reindeer, so cute! Sometimes those fiddly things don’t work like the mouse. I love making knitted animals although I don’t do them mochi mochi. Usually they are awesome but once in while, they just don’t work. Ahhh, your bougie basket! So good! I think I need one! 😂 I also have a cousin on my dad side living in Kelowna. Huh. 😊 I really enjoy your intentional work and your positivity. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I am very encouraged and jazzed-up by how well the Zweig turned out! I hope you get the same joy when you finish yours. I seriously don’t want to take this sweater off. Have a great weekend 🌟
What a gorgeous, peaceful and inspirational podcast .Thank you Leanne.What a fabulous treasure you have received,enjoy.I am also knitting from my stash this year .I was gifted $40 at Christmas to bring to Canada 🇨🇦 with me in March to purchase some wool when I visit my family in Okotoks so will be looking forward to spending that.I don’t mind adding if I see something special .Happy knitting 🧶
I absolutely LOVE that sweater! I would love to try my hand at knitting a sweater for myself. I have knit hoodies and such for my children, but never for myself. Then I heard you say that your theme for 2023 is knitting for yourself and I felt inspired. Your family heirloom tapestry is breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing it with your viewing family. ❤🧶❤️
Always great to see when you have a new episode. All lovely makes, and such a great family connection to that have special family heirloom through your cousin. I'm knitting on a bulky-weight pair of World's Simplest Mittens in Malabrigo Chunky because I'm also doing my own personal stash-down, also focused on # of grams used up. I was originally planning a goal of 2.5 kg, but then decided to up this to 5.0 kg of stash reduced. I think 2.5 kg may be realistic for potential knitting output but then when I factor in some potential destashing, I hope to get to 5 kg. But then I had a significant # of acquisitions this week which, according to my self-made rules, will count against my amount knitted/destashed. But it was to support my local LYS (Baaad Rabbit in New Westminster, BC) and its lovely owner who hosts twice-weekly knit socials and is a wonderful help with projects and all-round lovely human. Plus she's hosting a Pressed Flowers KAL and I've been wanting to knit that for ages ... tried to knit from stash but it seemed I just had sweater quantities that I didn't want to break up or single skeins that weren't enough. **Anyway** we'll see how it goes, but I love your hashtag, so will aim to post updates of my progress.
Wow, Leanne, that Zweig is a masterpiece- that gold Arcane Fibre is amazing. Adding this to my endlessly long queue. I have that same lovely white yarn from Manitoba- gonna look up that pattern- such squishy lovely yarn. And that reindeer- eeeeee- so cute. So nice to see pictures of Kelowna. My youngest daughter, my ex- husband and my best friend all live in Kelowna, so I visit often (I live nearby in Kamloops). The beaches on Okanagan Lake are amazing. My kids love visiting the wineries and breweries. I come along and generally keep an eye on the grandkids for them. Art of Yarn is a great little shop and since Kamloops lost its last yarn shop during COVID, I drop by regularly. I also discovered another great yarn store called Kelowna Yarn and Needle Crafts, when Art of Yarn did not have bamboo sock yarn and my son-in-law wanted bamboo socks for his California lifestyle. I had to knit it double, as it was so thin I didn’t have needles small enough to get gauge. Hope he likes them. I too am trying to knit from stash and actually make myself a few sweaters. I am mainly a gift knitter, but have accumulated some sweater quantities of lovely yarns and am making time for me in the New Year. I am making progress on my Elton which I started in September and set a challenge to knit a stripe each morning when the light is good as I am knitting black lace weight mohair -yikes. My New Years cast on was my Let’s Lento in the KAL with Amy and Rebecca. I think it also qualifies for the Bougie Sweater KAL, although your weekender looks like it will be amazing. Next month, I hope to make the Felix cardigan with the It’s A Sarah Felix KAL- I have wanted to make both these sweaters for a long time, so the KALS have spurred me on. That gift from your cousin is a true heirloom. Imagine the hours and hours your grandmother spent making that work of art in a second language too. How wonderful that your grandmother’s legacy continues with the different artistic ventures of her grandchildren - like making fancy egg collecting baskets with NUTIDEN,!!! For chickens who have curtains in their coop. I have a young friend who has a similar chicken mansion for her terrific egg layers. Lol! Thanks for another great episode, Leanne! I hope to run into you in the skies one day! Actually, I think we may have met one time several years ago when I was traveling to or from Toronto or Ottawa. I was knitting (of course) and this pretty young flight attendant with dark hair came by and struck up a conversation. Of course, you weren’t the Knitty Stew back then, so I had no idea I could now say, I knew you when….😉🤪🤭
Hiii Jennifer!! Wow I feel like we will definitely cross paths in the skies (if we haven’t already!) I wonder if we did!! Thank you so much for this thoughtful message and happy KAL knitting. I’m right there with ya!
It’s my first time watching your channel. I really enjoyed watching. Your Zweig is beautiful and looks gorgeous on you. When you showed your headband I realized we were in Anna’s Class together at the Edmonton Fibre Frolic. I will have to go back and check out your previous episodes. Happy New Year!!!
Leanne, such a lovely podcast. What a beautiful gift from your Grandma through your cousin. I am working on the Monticello Wrap kit from Blue Sky Fibers. I love their 🧶. I like mindless knitting,but I want this beautiful wrap with all the lace. I am taking my time and just enjoying the process. Thank you for taking us with you as you visit breathtaking Canada.
A fun podcast as usual! Love your FO’s. I’m challenging myself to a no purchase 2023. I’m trying to get through 10,000 yards. The scenery of that area is gorgeous! I look forward to the next!
So I was supposed to begin a yarn fast/knit from stash… aaand I’m kinda working on that. Lol😂. Currently on the needles are a few things. Last night I CO a Saturday Shrug in BIG Big Wool by Rowan, on size 12mm 😮 US 17 needles. Its just a big hug. I also have a test knit on the needles as well. 😅😊
I was “supposed” to be on a yarn fast all of 2022 🤣 Love me some Rowan Big Wool. I have a pattern book of theirs that has lovely designs for the Big and Little Big Wool. Happy knitting!
Dear Leanne, Happy New Year, so glad to catch up with you again!! Thank you , as always, for sharing and inspiring us. I know, for sure, that the crafty members of my family got their talents from my maternal grandmother; she had many gifts. Ironically, there is quite a number of those beautiful filet crochet pieces in my family. In fact, I do believe we have a similar Lords Prayer piece made by my grandma or great-grandma amongst us. Each of us recieved a framed piece of our Sir name before my grandmas passing and I now have the charts to carry on the tradition. Stash knitting in 2023 is a goal for sure!! Take Care !! Lori ✨♥🤗✈
Hey Leanne, nice to see you this morning. Whenever I see your podcast I get homesick. I live in Michigan, but was born in Edmonton and grew up there as well as Vancouver and Toronto. I have one kid in Toronto, one in Winnipeg as well as siblings in North Van and Westbank, so I spend part of my year running around Canada. Luckily my work let’s me work out of country for 7 weeks a year. I am an avid (possibly rabid) knitter, sewist, weaver etc. and voracious traveler. I am going to Denmark for a natural dyeing workshop in June and so will be also going to Italy, Norway and Sweden. You know there will be no yarn diet there. I am making the Ciorcle right now. It is just miles and miles of 2x2 rib. OMG it goes on forever. Next is the Twist_Loop_Sweater by Other Loops (I don’t think it’s on Ravelry) and along with that, I have to figure out the Bougie Sweatshirt. I am thinking a hoodie. We shall see. The crochet Lord’s Prayer is so lovely. And so nice that you wound up with it. Safe travels. I will say that being a knitter I never care when there is the inevitable delay or cancellation of a flight. I actually like it. Also, I kind of have flight amnesia. So when I am on a long flight across Canada or to Europe I never really remember it. It’s like I kind of go into a trance (no medications involved) and when I land I have no recollection of the flight. Not sure what that is all about, but I will take it!
Hi Cydney! I was also born in Edmonton! We moved to Calgary before I was 2, but still. 😊 wow… your projects are epic, and speaking of epic your upcoming travels sound soooo amazing. I’ve dabbled in the natural dyeing and it’s pretty incredible what we can do without acid dyes. That flight amnesia is quite fascinating to me. 🤔
Happy New Year. Your sweater looks great. And, of course, your grandmothers lace panel. Impossible to believe the amount of time and work that took. I'm knitting the weekender light while I’m watching you, so chuckled when you mentioned the weekender you’ve started. Love Kelowna and many of the vineyards!
Wow. What a stunning place. That’s one we missed for sure. Another great podcast. You can’t go wrong with Caitlin Hunter can you. I keep meaning to make another Zweig. Funnily enough I am knitting the SWONCHO right now and wearing the Birkin. Haha. See, you can’t go wrong. She’s genius. What a moment at the end of your podcast with your Grandmothers crochet. Wow. I’ve never seen anything so neat amazing and beautiful. It will look stunning framed. Bless her. I wonder how long it took her. She sure had a skill. Xx
Caitlin Hunter fan for life!! I have sooo many of her patterns that I snagged during her birthday sale. I want to make them all, like yesterday!! I can only imagine how very very long that tapestry would have taken her. Incredible 💎
Absolutely loved this! Your opening scenes of Kelowna are amazing. Love that you are knitting your bougie sweatshirt in Shelter! I just finished mine and I am wearing it for the first time today. I knit the Shelter in the Narwhal colorway into an Inside Story pullover by Heidi Kirrmaier. Great pattern. Then there was the Lord’s Prayer… what an amazing gift. Oh yes, and the stollen…Great podcast! Can’t wait until the next one!
Leanne, your podcasts always entertain me. When you introduced your little reindeer I cracked up laughing. I would frame the beautiful crocheted piece made by your grandmother. Amazingly beautiful. Happy New Year to you as well❤️
So lovely to see you back in 2023. I love your Zweigg. I haven't made it..... Yet. 😂. That yarn you were sent for the hat test knit is so beautiful. Happy knitting.
Nice to see you again! Your Sweig is SO beautiful! I wish to bust my stash too this year (I'm sure that I won't have enough of 1 year of knitting to use even a fraction of it but... I"ll try!) so I'll surely use your #bustingmyballs2023, what a great hashtag name! Love it! Wish you a wonderful year 2023 full of love, friends, health, joy and yarn of course! Bye!
I loved this time, thank you! My jaw dropped with your Grandmother's Crochet, just wow! That is epically beautiful. I love your mini reindeer and I had to laugh at the mouse, haha. Stay well! All the best! Kimberly
Love your chattiness ❤ just sittin' here knittin' and enjoying the show 😊. Your Zweig is “gorzeigous” It has been in my queue since I saw Andrea, Fruity Knitting wearing it. ….. but don't you find that every week there is a new “must knit that” My life revolves around my knitting and the pride and joy of any finished item. Waiting at the airport yesterday, saw a WestJet land…. I thought of you and said wouldn't it be nice if Leanne popped up 😂 See you soon, happy knitting
Thanks for this lovely message Elaine! Brilliant new adjective “gorzeigous” !! My queue is a testament to the revolving MUST KNIT life 😆 And I live for the day when one of you fine folks sees me and we have a moment… my crew will wonder what the actual heck!!??
I’ve loved all of your podcasts, and this was another great episode! Your grandmother’s crochet work is beautiful. It’s so intricate! I have an afghan of many colors that my grandma Browand made (she was my maternal grandmother), and I love it. I’m also part German (on my maternal grandfather’s side). The tiny reindeer is adorable! …It must be difficult to knit something so small. I loved the frogs you made-really cute! …If I ever went to that yarn shop, you might have to drag me out! 😂 Take care, and Happy New Year!
Hi Connie! Thanks so much for being here. I was saying to another friend that I went to Art of Yarn and DID NOT buy any yarn… like, obviously I am serious about this stash down thing 😂. They have ALL my favouritesz
Hi Leanne, I just found you recently, and love your podcast. Thanks for sharing all your beautiful knits and travels! Your Zweig is gorgeous, and your grandmother’s crochet Lords Prayer really a treasure. Need to catch up now on all the prior videos’s I missed ;))
I always love your episodes so much Leanne! That Zweig is absolute perfection on you: colour, fit, style…magnifique! And I am so joining for the busting my balls! Haha is it a problem though that my immediate thought for what I would spend my credits on was buying more wool???
A very Happy New Year to you Leanne! I really enjoy all your knitty news and your visual postcards from wonderful places across Canada. The crocheted panel lovingly stitched by your Grandma is truly a gift and a blessing. What a beautiful heirloom. Thank you for sharing!
I lived in Kelowna my "growing-up" years, and still have a brother living there as well as graves of my parents. What a beautiful place! I haven't been there in way too many years, but must plan a trip soon. Thank you for sharing your footage. Also enjoyed all your other content too. What a beautiful "Lord's Prayer" gift you received! What a treasure! Family heirlooms are so special.
The bougie egg basket...oh my goodness 😍 your sister is going to LOVE it! And then the Lords prayer blanket....what a treasure! Great episode! Im starting the new year with stash gone right on Gib by Andrea Mowry in Shelter (artifact, dark moss color). So we are tandem knitting with Shelter! ☺️
Thank you so very much for sharing your beautiful knits and the land that you travel to. I just love it. I am doing a test knit cardigan for Christie Archer Designs. Almost to sleeve island. Happy New Year!❤️🧶
Awesome podcast, Leanne! Love to see your stops in Canada! Been to Niagara Falls twice! Would love to go to other parts of Canada, but the pandemic means no traveling on air planes! I love all your lovely finished objects. I am working on the First Raglan by Jared Flood on dk rustic wool from a project maker’s destash to ensure it will not stretch much. While the stitches are much bulkier than I would like, at least I won’t have to frog because is too big. Hope you will see more exciting and awesome places in 2023!❤
Hi Leanne, I've been watching for your new podcast, just yesterday I went back to your episode where you shared your Golden Dickie, to see your notes. I started one in black worsted weight, going to knit mine longer, waist length and back a little longer than front, to be warm and cozy! May put ties on sides, and wear it over a dress or top. Your Grandmother's filet crochet is beautiful! That's one of my favorite scriptures! The model prayer! It says so much! Thanks for sharing Canada with all of us. From S California 🦋
Hello Sharon! I think you’ll find my new Dickie notes (June’s Dickie) are a lot more cohesive and numbers should line up better. Thanks so much for being here 🤗!
Happy New Year!! Thank you for the podcast! What a beautiful city! And FOs. The crochet prayer is amazing!! What a treasure!! My intent is to finish or frog my WIPs and to yarn diet. I too have many single skeins and most of it is sock yarn. Before I start on sweater quantities I will decrease the stash. All the best to you! Shalom!!
Shalom and happy new year Patricia! I think for me the whole yarn fasting think helps me feel super organized around my knitting and my projects which I LOVE that feeling of everything being “just right” and not too much. Thanks for commenting and being here. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for this lovely episode, Leanne. It looks wonderful in Kelowna. Your Zweig is gorgeous and the crochet gift is amazing. How funny so many people connect in this lovely knitting world. I follow the Playful Knitter also and Camijo Knit is situated very close to me :) See you next episode. Ulla
Your Zweig is just stunning Leanne!!😍 That Burning Birch colour is perfection 🔥 What an amazing heirloom that crocheted piece is from your Grandma. Always a pleasure catching up with you 💕
G’day Caroline! Aw thank you so much for the oooh and aahhs.. my cousin really blew my mind with that tapestry gift. Wow. Happy knitting to you down under!
Happy New Year, Leanne. Thanks for another great podcast. I’m all about #bustingmyballs2023! Funny and clever. I have made knitting from my stash a priority this year as well as finishing wips.
Happy New year to you Leanne. Love all your projects but your Grandmother's crochet masterpiece took my breath away. What an heirloom. Safe landings. 🇬🇧
Another awesome video! Next time you know you are going to be in Victoria, let me know. I’ll pick you up and take you to my friend Ryan’s most interesting Wool shop “Knotty by Nature” . He stocks mostly Canadian yarns and his shop is like being in a magical mystery tour! I’ve never experienced anything like it. And it truly is an experience!
Oh and I forgot… you absolutely must go check out Ravelry. There is a mochilike pattern by Anna Hrachovec called “Tiny Chickens” I think your chicken mom must have these! They are adorable.
I thoroughly enjoy your podcasts. I really hate to burst a bubble. I love working with Malabrigo, so far only Rios. I swore that merino was a wool that I could wear.. I wore a little undercoat scarf and after a few minutes I was itchy as could be. The ties on a matching bonnet style hat are now knit from pima cotton so that I can keep my ears covered. I'm nor sure how or if I can adapt the scarf. I am fine with the pima cotton scarf though the colors are not a very good match. The crochet piece from your Grandmother is a true treasure. In the 1950's, 60's and 70"s through newspapers there were patterns available for purchase for the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm. Reading the language would only be helpful for proof reading. You use the graph technique probably for your yoke pattern on that beautiful sweater you were wearing. Crochet pieces like that work the same, row by row, to get the total design. Keep the podcasts coming!
Happy New Year! Lovely to see you back. I gasped with joy to see your cherished crochet Lord’s Prayer. A lovely keepsake to pass down in your family. Blessings to you and your family for a wonderful year.
First of all, #BustingmyBalls best hashtag name ever! Cracks me up. And secondly, I couldn't agree more.. podcasting is amazing The global connection is amazing. Every time we podcast, I can't believe how many new friends we have all over the world. So cool. Thanks for your podcast. I love traveling though Canada via The Knitty Stew -Kim
Hello Kim 👋🏼 anyone who likes this hashtag totally my people. I mean it’s a little extra and perhaps slightly inappropriate… but so am I 🤣 Thanks for travelling with me and happy new year to the entire Posse!!
Hi Leanne! I’m currently knitting on my Josephine scarf by Jane Vanselous! It’s my first time knitting brioche and I’m binding off as I watch your video. Thanks for showing me around canada. I’m from the Toronto area and don’t get the opportunity to leave often. It’s nice to live vicariously through another knitter 🥰 happy belated holidays!
Hello! Thank you for your message and for travelling with me. What an accomplishment to cast off the Josephine Scarf 🤩! I have never done Brioche. I should put that as a goal!
That crochet blanket your cousin passed to you was gorgeous. I want to show my grandma but she’ll be looking for me to make her one 😅😂. I’m working on the Gib II pullover by Andrea Mowry for my husband.
Thank you for another wonderful podcast. The crochet prayer and your sweater, could there be more variety? Well, yes apparently when you see a little reindeer. I am swatching for 2 selfish knits this morning. A sweater for the bogue knit along with Kaci. The daily pullover from Paula Pereira. The second is from yarn I bought yesterday in Philadelphia with walking around before dropping my daughter off to return to school. I want to work on it now, to remind me of the wonderful time we shared yesterday instead of just missing her. I plan to make the whisky neat by Thea Coleman. I shopped at Yarnphoria which was an excellent shop. I probably will never get to the shop you recently visited, but thank you for sharing the beautiful photos and video. We can live vicariously through your channel. Be well and enjoy your knitting 🧶 !
Your sweater is fantastic. I hope to get there someday with my knitting. A lovely town, thanks for the tour. The filet crochet by your grandmother is gorgeous!! What a treasured keepsake. ❤ I have a crochet bedspread my paternal grandmother (who died before I was born) made. My prized possession.
What an absolutely amazing piece of art that you were gifted by your cousin from your grandmother. It’s mind boggling how she crocheted that. I’m trying to work from stash and I too have too many single skeins hanging around but will try to combine some in projects. I remember seeing a hashtag around the end of Dec (but can’t find it now) about using 2023 grams from stash in 2023 which I’m going to try. Hope you have a great couple of weeks.
Oh my! The minute I saw your Zweig I knew I had to knit it in those exact colors. It’s so beautiful. Did you alternate the main color skeins while knitting? I’m always afraid of color variations. I adore your podcast 🤗🇨🇦
Happy New Year!!! I have been watching for your podcast🥰. So excited to see it come up. Love all your knitting, and your travels. Thank you for taking the time to share all❤️
Such beautiful scenery! I love that you made a fancy basket for the fancy chickens! My bougie sweatshirt wip is the autumn league pullover. Lastly, why a beautiful gift from your cousin to connect you to your craft to your grandmother. It’s an incredible piece!!
I missed you! So happy to see your podcast this morning and glad you made it through what must have been a challenging time during the holidays for those in your line of work. Congrats on the beautiful Zweig, it is gorgeous. I've got one last gift knit that I'm 3/4's of the the way through and then I'm itching to start my first ever unspun project - the Miles Shirt Jacket with manchelopi, though I did sneak a watch cap style hat in there too. Oh and some boogie socks - merino and mohair! I also did cast on for the shirt jacket, but only did a few rows, couldn't help it. The gift recipient is understanding thank goodness. Looking forward to your next video.
Yay another episode! Thank you for your knitting and life stories. Bustingmyballs! Love it. That sounds way better than yarndiet, yarnfast. It seems to be the thing to do at the moment. I can only imagine all the yarndyers crossing their fingers and hoping many will not stick too much to it. It is great to be mindful and intentional about buying in all areas of life, but all the beautiful yarns and fibers… I am working on my self imposed to do list. Some baby blankets as my coworkers just don’t quit making babies, others are retiring or seeking greener pastures. I love a good guess about what they would like and then surprise them with a shawl/scarf or a hat. I am now knitting a Bark Lines shawl by Joji Locatelli in 2 strands of Manos del Uruguay Marine in Arboretum. Lovely texture and it feels wonderful. I am looking forward to your next adventure!
Hi Leanne, It was so great to discover you had posted your Vlodcast for the new year. I knew when you shared the yoke on the previous episode that it was going to be stunning and it was stellar! I love that sweater pattern over all other colorwork patterns out there and eventually I'd like to knit it. I have yet to do a colorwork in my knitting so yours is one that is speaking to me! The charcoal combined with the orange is sublime!!!! I am currently knitting 3 wips- baby sweater gift, #2 sock from my 1st set of socks which are turning out so cute, and a nice sweater for my oldest son. Once I'm done with these I am also turning my attention to knitting whatever I want for myself. I have some beautiful sweater quantities in my stash so want to get cracking on them before I'm pushing up daisies!!!! Absolutely loved your sentimental Lord's Prayer hanging that your grandmother had. Not only is it exquisite but it captures the holy spirit of Jesus ministry on earth. Precious! Your cousin was so sweet to pass it along to you. What a generous person she is. She knew how much it would mean to you. Can't wait for your next episode!!!!! Stay safe please! With best wishes and lots of gratitude for your encouragement, Carrie
Such fun to see you again. Your basket is sweet and your grandmother’s work is a treasure. It looks flawless. You must try the mouse again. So many podcasters are into stash busting but you have the best hashtag. I’m knitting Mount Pearl by Jennifer Beale. It is intense but so much fun. Fascinating construction. All the best for 2023.
❤❤❤ I love your podcast, Leanne. Your sweater is breathtaking. You give off such good vibes. Thanks for being such a shining, positive light on social media.
It's so lovely to see you back, I love your Zweig sweater; I must say I'm tempted. I'm currently working on the Lento sweater. I'm not doing mine cropped and I've been brave and knit it a size smaller than I would normally. I lost 28lbs last year and now a lot of my sweaters and cardigans are a bit big. I've even decided to frog a couple of them and reknit a size or two smaller!! Ah well, it'll keep me busy!!!
Hi Jan! I can see another Zweig in my future. Happy knitting or re-knitting as the case may be. It’s interesting that when I have dropped weight in the past it always disappears from my top half never my bottom!
So I’m not the only one. I’ve knitted Dot Pebble’s rabbit- well one of the many she offers- and I love it. So I proceeded to knit her penguin with intention to knit a sweater because, really. This would go to my adult daughters who loves penguins. So much so they traveled from US to South America to see. Well it is now a pelt-ish mess. Also I must join this busting balls thing. Because this hashtag is too good to pass up. Also I have too many single skeins.
Hi Patricia! I love this message. So reassuring. Funny, I had also downloaded the penguin pattern but after the Mouse fiasco I shredded it. And YAY for BallBustin!! 👏🏼
I was happy to see that you posted a new episode. Thanks for sharing your projects and travels. That crochet Lord’s Prayer was just so stunning and such a treasure. What a blessing! I might try to find a stash busting buddy by sharing your video. Otherwise, I’ll just join you.
I made a Zweig too and love it so much! Your Oma’s masterpiece is amazing, how blessed to receive such a treasure. My mom was German and her Stollen was always my favorite bread at Christmas! Fly safe and knit happy!
What did you make your Zweig with? I’ll never get over the Lord’s Prayer tapestry so special! My husband wants me to make Stollen regularly.. I said it’s only for Christmas 🤶!
Omg! I love your podcast and happy to see you know about Dot Pebbles! Don't give up! Lol, I hear you, trying to do the rabbit! You are very inspirational and I am going to selfishly knit this weekend!
Hi again, so nice to see you. It sounds like you had a great holiday. I just love your Zweig sweater, the colours are just beautiful, great job! What a beautiful momemto that your cousin gave you! It is something that will always give you pleasure, just knowing that your Grandma spent so much time,effort, and talent into something that can be passed down from generation to generation. Have a fantastic day and Happy New Year 😘
Leanne, what an amazing pod cast…. I so enjoyed every minute. It will be so nice to see how you eventually display your grandmothers handiwork. What a treasure…. I live in the US but our daughter went to St FX, had an amazing experience there and we were able to do quite a bit of Canadian sight seeing so I love traveling with you. Thank you.
Love the colours of your Zweig! It's still on my queue (but I'm doing another no buy year to finish my 22 or so WIPs). I used to be a monogamous knitter until I joined a knitting guild and saw all shiny new thing!
What an exquisite piece of needlework…and a treasured gift. I hook rugs, most of which end up on my walls instead of the floor. I use a stretched Artist canvas the appropriate size. Cover the stretched canvas with a layer of batting, and then cover the batting with an appropriate fabric. I carefully whip stitch the completed rug to the covered canvas. The weight of the rug is evenly distributed on the canvas. Maybe this is an idea for framing your beautiful stitch Lord’s Prayer.
Wow, I was drooling on that yarn store, but then you got to the end and showed your grandmother’s masterpiece and another WOW!
Happy New Year-you we’re missed!🎉❤
Thank you Nancy!
I am still speechless about this treasure!
As always a beautiful podcast! Thanks for taking us to such a lovely yarn shop. My dream is to board a flight some day, recognize you and hope to knit a few rows with you during the journey. You provide a lot of joy with your podcasts to thousands - thank you.
I hope so too wouldn’t that be cool!? Thanks for your kind words
Oh that was so fun Leanne. The scenery was just glorious. Love your Zweig sweater, it’s such a cool knit. Thanks for the joy and giggles and the really emotional ending with that crochet prayer piece 😱 so unbelievably special. I had tears in my eyes and it has nothing to do with me, so I can’t even begin to imagine how you must feel about that. How lovely your cousin (sister) passed this on to you. Safe travels and see you on the next episode, thanks for the fun, Karen 🥰
Hiii Karen! Thank you for this thoughtful message. I so appreciate your comments and it was such an incredible day in Kelowna… the crochet tapestry literally shorted my circuits. What are you knitting on?
That crocheted panel!! That is truly special and so beautiful!! What a gift on so many levels! Lovely to catch up with you and your knits 😊😊
Thank you Selma 💓! I am so moved to have this precious heirloom and I do believe I am the youngest of her grandchildren. She passed many years ago, and would never have guessed I would be a handknitter that would appreciate her skills. So interesting how life works.
Happy New Year, Leanne ☀ Your Grandma's crochet piece is absolutely amazing. Such a precious heritage. Thank you for another inspiring episode. Greetings from Poland ❤
Happy new year to you in Poland! I am so grateful to my cousin for passing this treasure to me.
Happy New Year! I was so excited when I realized you had posted a new episode. I told my family -- "I'm going to watch The Knitty Stew. No disturbances!"
Your podcast is so soothing and so inspiring. Thank you.
Happy new year Maria ! I hope you many undisturbed knitting moments ahead in 2023! Thank you for travelling with me. 🤗
That Lord's Prayer by your grandmother is a masterpiece; what a treasure for you. I love the hashtag for the year. I'm like you and have all my yarn photographed and in Ravelry. I've exported and am now digging around in the spreadsheet, getting some totals going. Fun! (Oh, and I'm working backward through the episodes. I think you missed a few FOs from this episode in your 2022 roundup!)
As an ex-serial Canadian Traveler and current Kelownite (moved here a couple years ago), happy you made your way here ☺️. Practically drool and throw my credit card down every time I go into Art of Yarn. Our other LYS, Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft is also fantastic - less unique yarns but some more workhorse options and I find the clerks so helpful. I feel spoiled to have them both here.
Love your knitting and revisiting so many Canadian cities through your podcast ❤️
Hi Margaret! Oh my debit card was screaming at me while I was there… all my desert island yarns under one roof. In a future visit I definitely will be going to Kelowna Yarn and Needlecraft. My cousin said we could stop but I was convinced this episode was going to be ridiculously long and thought I’d save it for another time!
So lovely to see you again Leanne and thank you for another really interesting and enjoyable episode. I live in Norwich UK and i really love this worldwide knitting community. What a masterpiece your grandmother made and i can understand how emotional it must have made you feel. I have found great comfort in knitting and watching friends i have never met talking and showing on their podcasts their knitting endeavours. I lost my husband in October of last year to a dreadful blood cancer called Myeloma and it has helped me so much to connect with knitting friends. I love your Zweig and have to admit to making four of them, all very different. They always look so beautiful using a special skein of yarn in the lacework. The fit i have found is always perfect. Thank you so much for the time you take to make your podcasts x
Sharon I have saved replying to your message for last as I wanted to offer my deep condolences. My dad passed in 2013 from blood cancer and it was so very heartbreaking. I love how knitting (and the community) can fill our hearts when we ache. I am so thrilled to know that 4 Zweigs in and you say they are always perfect! I LOVE THAT INFO because I haven’t taken this thing off! I’ll wear it threadbare and make another.
Sending hugs and happy stitches to you xo 🤗 🌟
@@theknittystew Thank you so much for your very kind message and sorry also to hear of the loss of your father. It is heartbreaking but we have to go on with support from family and friends and our knitty friends. Sending hugs back and look forward to seeing you again soon ...happy knitting x
No, I like them a lot and I didn’t know I’m so short that it would look well on me but I don’t go out much anyway but anyway I think it would be great for my double chin. What do you think?
Great catch up,,,Leanne,,,,!!!
Love UR sweater,on you,,,,,wow,,,,,
and the trip to yarn shop,,,,,
Want a treasure from UR grandmother,,!!,!,
WOW,,,,
Elaine🏘🏘😍
Thank you so much Elaine! It was one of my favourite overnights in a loooong time.
It was good to see you today! Love your sweater and finished objects and WIP'S! The gift from your cousin is so beautiful! What an awesome heirloom from your grandma!!
Thank you so much Jean 🤗 🌟
Such a beautiful episode, Leanne! You are so much fun to watch! I love your zweig and your color choices are amazing!! Also, your grandmother’s crochet looks so beautiful! What a precious heirloom ❤
Oh thank you Megha! I love your pod VERY much and feel like we are chatting away. Is it weird that I talk to my computer when I watch podcasters? 😆 Thanks for being here 🤗
Stunning landscape photography and gorgeous knitting 🧶… greetings from Scotland 🏴 I’m a new subscriber and I’m thoroughly enjoying your podcasting style and content ❤
Welcome! And thank you SO much for this wonderful comment. I appreciate it!
The way you kept calling your cousin your sister went straight to my heart. Can feel the love in it ❤
Aww yes I didn’t realize how many times I did until editing. Lots of love 💕
Oh my goodness, Leanne, what a wonderful video!!
You got me when you showed the precious gift from your cousin! Wow, what a treasure and memory of your grandmother💖!! Love that so much!!!
I love your Zweig by Caitlin Hunter. Beautiful job , lovely colour combination and looks so good on you!
Your cable headband, and the Dickey, the watch cap, the basket and reindeer - all were absolutely awesome😃
Thank you for another fun video!
Thank you so much! Karen, it’s messages like this that make it so rewarding to create this content. I hope you have an amazing 2023. Thanks for being here.
What a fun podcast! The crocheted LORD PRAYER panel!! Omgosh! Almost started crying!! What a family heirloom! Loved the Kelowna scenery! I was there in the 80s! Used to be tons of apple orchards when traveled through! Wine now huh? Loved your FOs! That sweater is gorgeous. But I laughed outloud when I saw that mouse!! Sometimes that happens! 🙂 Also, I just wanted to say my vow to myself this year is to only work from my stash! I don't think I could even attempt to calculate all the grams, though! I've been stashing too long! But I plan to check in quarterly also. Happy New Year Leanne... I'm enjoying your podcast from WASHINGTON state, on the coast. But I luv all things Canadian ❤️
Hi Rosemary thanks for this great message! I appreciate it so much. Yeah poor mouse.. my friend has tiny doll houses and said it could be like a “bear rug” in the floor 😆
Your Zweig looks AMAZING ! You totally inspire me to make one :) Love your stash challenge ! I am participating in Youngfolk knits KAL too; knitting the Camp Pullover by Savory Knitting (Amy Christoffers) with Brooklyn Twee Shelter that's been languishing in my stash for a while. Happy to see you again in your lovely podcast.
Wonderful! Thank you for the compliment! Kaci’s KAL is giving me so many new pullovers that I want to knit! It doesn’t end does it 😂.. I’m ok with endless inspiration.
Thank you for another wonderful episode! Great! So impressed about this gorgeous crocheted piece. Your Zweig ist stunning and the bougie basket makes me laughing.🐔🐓😂
Whis you all the best for 2023. Greetings from Vienna, Austria
Thank you so much! Happy New Year and happy knitting!
I enjoyed every minute of this episode! ✨💥
Thank you for being you and sending out so much joy….❤
Your Zweig is like blazing fire 🔥 I love it. I started my Zweig in November 22, but my color choices do not please me as much as yours! Ah well that is just what happens sometime… I plan to finish it this year…🧶
Thanks for the lovely footage of your country, it always makes me dream of traveling….🛫
Happy new year 🌈 from 🇨🇭
Oh thank you Patricia! I hope you find a combo for your Zweig that makes your heart sing.
I'm in southern Ontario, but during covid I found Art of Yarn and ordered from them many times (🙄😬)...they were always so helpful. After a lot of gift knitting in 2022, and now knitting for my twin grandchildren's upcoming birthday, I am giving myself this year to knit for myself 😄😊. Although I'd like to do a pair of socks per month to put aside for Christmas gifts. That's the plan! I wasn't going to knit for little Rowan and Everett, but I just had to crochet a poncho for Rowan, and now I'm halfway thru the Ingrid Junior for Everett
It is such a delightful shop and the owner is a gem! I love the sock stockpile idea!
Just found you after listening to Youngfolks knitter Kaci. I just finished my Zweig in January 2023, and I love it the best of everything I have ever knitted. I loved yours!! I love your grandmother’s crocheted LORD’s Prayer. Blessings to you in your travels.
Hi Lou Ann I’m so happy you are here! How amazing is Kaci!!? She’s a treasure!!You and I both love our Zweigs. I want every garment to make me that happy.
Took your advice and visited the Art of Yarn store on a recent trip to the Okanagan. Wow, we weren’t disappointed. I came away with some lovely squishy Cascade 220 Grande to make the Knox Mountain Knits Antlers Beach throw. It’s knitting up fast.
So enjoy your videos, thanks! 👏🏼
This makes me so happy to hear! It’s QUITE the amazing shop isn’t it?! She’s got it all. Happy knitting. 🤗
Happy New Year, Leanne! As always, you bring such joy to all who listen. LOL: #bustingmyballs 2023 !!! Great name for a stash busting KAL. That treasure gift from your cousin. WOW! Goosebumps.
Happy new year Linda! Ball bustin baby Yahoo!
Welcome back. I missed you. Happy and Blessed New Year. Your work is beautiful. Grandma’s work is very special. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! You too! Happy New Year Beryl.
Oh wow, I have never heard of CamijoKnit Design, but I am RUNNING to her UA-cam channel to investigate! I love the #bustingmyballs2023 idea. I finished a project last night and am working on a swatch for the Wool and Honey Sweater by Andrea Mowry. I initially purchased the yarn and pattern in 2019, didn't get gauge and still have that original yarn in stash. I purchased my "new" Wool and Honey yarn in early 2022 and resolve to use both beautiful sweater quantities in 2023! Safe Travels!
Hi Ashley 👋🏼 I love @camijoknit yarn and her UA-cam Channel ! I’m kicking myself for not purchasing The Wool & Honey pattern during her 100 Episode 50% off sale because it’s soo good. What new yarn did you purchase to make it?
Leanne, the end really brought tears to my eyes 😢
It is always special to own such a unique heritage piece.
I have a linen nightgown in my closet with embroideries my Grandma made when she was a young woman. My dear Auntie Ria gave it to me before she passed away at the age of 102. Bless her!
It was interesting to hear that your Grandma Erna (I love your English pronunciation 🤩) was from Germany, because the technique she used to crochet this wonderful piece was quite popular in Germany.
Do you know when and where you Granny was born?
I am just curious 🤷♀️
Big hug from Germany, Christiane
Hi Christiane thank you for this message. You and I are both very blessed to have these pieces from the hands and hearts of our grandmothers. Sadly, I have little to no information about my grandmother’s upbringing including where she was born.
Happy Year of the Rabbit! Everything you featured is an inspiration. Your grandmother’s crocheted LP is lovely. Is it Tunisian crochet? Speaking of crochet, it might help you to bust your balls or slay your skeins: crochet uses way more yarn than knitting. Like three times more for the equivalent fabric in knitting. [don’t make me Google it please]. When you catalog and weigh your stash do you find some brands are underweight? I have found Rowan to be short a gram or fifteen too often. Gotta dash- tiny reindeer are calling me! Thank you 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼
I was going to Google that about what year it is - the Rabbit hey. Ok! I literally need to learn to crochet you are right. And I took a class once and learned how much more yarn it required and it was one of the reasons I didn’t stick to it. People are telling me my Grandmas tapestry is Fillet. I just know it’s beautiful 😻
Hello, it's funny, because this year I've decided to knit from my stash and try to not buy yarn... I have a lot, and I feel joy to do so... I'm knitting Zakkuri cardigan by Noriko Ichikawa in Gilliatt from De Rerum Natura : a so enjoyable knit (Gilliatt is my favorite yarn, I'm e French knitter, so easy to buy it). And I am finishing chestnut sweater by Petiteknit, less enjoyable, but I love the finish object it will become... I've decided this year to do things in acceptation with what I am... I will open a disability file, a hard thing to do, but I have 2 chronic diseases, I can't work, and I need a sort of recognition of my handicap : invisible handicap, but pain every day. In France it's a big mess to have recognition, but now I'm ready... et voilà ! And my father's family was polish too... very proud of it ! Thank you so much Leanne, for this sweet moment 🧡🧡🧡
Bonjour Raphaele! Thank you for this lovely and powerful message. I stand with you and the courage it takes to advocate for ourselves can be hard to muster up. But you got this!! 💪🏼 Also De Rerum Natura is a dessert island brand of yarn for me. I loooooooove it so much. Happy Knitting! I’m going to look up Zakkari on ravelry.
Once again Leanne wonderful vlog my two favourites Canada and knitting. Although I’ve been to Canada 5 times visiting family in Toronto I’ve never really seen how beautiful it is you make me want to go so just saving hopefully soon. Im just back from a trip to Tenerife and had my knitting on the plane I’ve never thought of taking it before you spoke about it thanks it made the 4 1/2 hour flight fly in.. I love your Jumper it’s stunning hope you and your family have a healthy happy 2023 sending blessings from Scotland 🏴 x
Thank you so much Fiona for your message and for being here! We are even - I have always wanted to go to Scotland 🏴!! I’m obsessed with Gerard Butler 😆 and the Isle of Skye looks like a piece of heaven on earth. Where are you located if you don’t mind the question.
Great podcast Leanne. I love your Zweig!!! The colours are perfect. I really love the Arcane in this sweater, it’s so good!! I have one sitting here as a WIP, maybe you’re inspiring me. I love the reindeer, so cute! Sometimes those fiddly things don’t work like the mouse. I love making knitted animals although I don’t do them mochi mochi. Usually they are awesome but once in while, they just don’t work.
Ahhh, your bougie basket! So good! I think I need one! 😂
I also have a cousin on my dad side living in Kelowna. Huh. 😊
I really enjoy your intentional work and your positivity. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I am very encouraged and jazzed-up by how well the Zweig turned out! I hope you get the same joy when you finish yours. I seriously don’t want to take this sweater off. Have a great weekend 🌟
What a gorgeous, peaceful and inspirational podcast .Thank you Leanne.What a fabulous treasure you have received,enjoy.I am also knitting from my stash this year .I was gifted $40 at Christmas to bring to Canada 🇨🇦 with me in March to purchase some wool when I visit my family in Okotoks so will be looking forward to spending that.I don’t mind adding if I see something special .Happy knitting 🧶
Thank you so much and that is wonderful to have as an Okotoks souvenir yay!
I absolutely LOVE that sweater! I would love to try my hand at knitting a sweater for myself. I have knit hoodies and such for my children, but never for myself. Then I heard you say that your theme for 2023 is knitting for yourself and I felt inspired. Your family heirloom tapestry is breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing it with your viewing family. ❤🧶❤️
It is hands down my favourite garment of all time. It just makes me so happy and isn’t piling a lot!
Always great to see when you have a new episode. All lovely makes, and such a great family connection to that have special family heirloom through your cousin. I'm knitting on a bulky-weight pair of World's Simplest Mittens in Malabrigo Chunky because I'm also doing my own personal stash-down, also focused on # of grams used up. I was originally planning a goal of 2.5 kg, but then decided to up this to 5.0 kg of stash reduced. I think 2.5 kg may be realistic for potential knitting output but then when I factor in some potential destashing, I hope to get to 5 kg. But then I had a significant # of acquisitions this week which, according to my self-made rules, will count against my amount knitted/destashed. But it was to support my local LYS (Baaad Rabbit in New Westminster, BC) and its lovely owner who hosts twice-weekly knit socials and is a wonderful help with projects and all-round lovely human. Plus she's hosting a Pressed Flowers KAL and I've been wanting to knit that for ages ... tried to knit from stash but it seemed I just had sweater quantities that I didn't want to break up or single skeins that weren't enough. **Anyway** we'll see how it goes, but I love your hashtag, so will aim to post updates of my progress.
Hi there! Thank you so much 😊 I like that way of working your stash down! A very realistic goal. I will be cheering everyone on with that hashtag! 🌟
Wow, Leanne, that Zweig is a masterpiece- that gold Arcane Fibre is amazing. Adding this to my endlessly long queue. I have that same lovely white yarn from Manitoba- gonna look up that pattern- such squishy lovely yarn. And that reindeer- eeeeee- so cute. So nice to see pictures of Kelowna. My youngest daughter, my ex- husband and my best friend all live in Kelowna, so I visit often (I live nearby in Kamloops). The beaches on Okanagan Lake are amazing. My kids love visiting the wineries and breweries. I come along and generally keep an eye on the grandkids for them. Art of Yarn is a great little shop and since Kamloops lost its last yarn shop during COVID, I drop by regularly. I also discovered another great yarn store called Kelowna Yarn and Needle Crafts, when Art of Yarn did not have bamboo sock yarn and my son-in-law wanted bamboo socks for his California lifestyle. I had to knit it double, as it was so thin I didn’t have needles small enough to get gauge. Hope he likes them. I too am trying to knit from stash and actually make myself a few sweaters. I am mainly a gift knitter, but have accumulated some sweater quantities of lovely yarns and am making time for me in the New Year. I am making progress on my Elton which I started in September and set a challenge to knit a stripe each morning when the light is good as I am knitting black lace weight mohair -yikes. My New Years cast on was my Let’s Lento in the KAL with Amy and Rebecca. I think it also qualifies for the Bougie Sweater KAL, although your weekender looks like it will be amazing. Next month, I hope to make the Felix cardigan with the It’s A Sarah Felix KAL- I have wanted to make both these sweaters for a long time, so the KALS have spurred me on. That gift from your cousin is a true heirloom. Imagine the hours and hours your grandmother spent making that work of art in a second language too. How wonderful that your grandmother’s legacy continues with the different artistic ventures of her grandchildren - like making fancy egg collecting baskets with NUTIDEN,!!! For chickens who have curtains in their coop. I have a young friend who has a similar chicken mansion for her terrific egg layers. Lol! Thanks for another great episode, Leanne! I hope to run into you in the skies one day! Actually, I think we may have met one time several years ago when I was traveling to or from Toronto or Ottawa. I was knitting (of course) and this pretty young flight attendant with dark hair came by and struck up a conversation. Of course, you weren’t the Knitty Stew back then, so I had no idea I could now say, I knew you when….😉🤪🤭
Hiii Jennifer!! Wow I feel like we will definitely cross paths in the skies (if we haven’t already!) I wonder if we did!! Thank you so much for this thoughtful message and happy KAL knitting. I’m right there with ya!
It’s my first time watching your channel. I really enjoyed watching. Your Zweig is beautiful and looks gorgeous on you.
When you showed your headband I realized we were in Anna’s Class together at the Edmonton Fibre Frolic. I will have to go back and check out your previous episodes.
Happy New Year!!!
Such a small world !!
Leanne, such a lovely podcast. What a beautiful gift from your Grandma through your cousin.
I am working on the Monticello Wrap kit from Blue Sky Fibers. I love their 🧶. I like mindless knitting,but I want this beautiful wrap with all the lace. I am taking my time and just enjoying the process. Thank you for taking us with you as you visit breathtaking Canada.
Thank you Danielle! I love making these vids. And I also love Blue Sky Fibers 🤍
A fun podcast as usual! Love your FO’s. I’m challenging myself to a no purchase 2023. I’m trying to get through 10,000 yards. The scenery of that area is gorgeous! I look forward to the next!
You can do it! Thank you so much Louise :)
So I was supposed to begin a yarn fast/knit from stash… aaand I’m kinda working on that. Lol😂. Currently on the needles are a few things. Last night I CO a Saturday Shrug in BIG Big Wool by Rowan, on size 12mm 😮 US 17 needles. Its just a big hug. I also have a test knit on the needles as well. 😅😊
I was “supposed” to be on a yarn fast all of 2022 🤣 Love me some Rowan Big Wool. I have a pattern book of theirs that has lovely designs for the Big and Little Big Wool. Happy knitting!
Dear Leanne, Happy New Year, so glad to catch up with you again!! Thank you , as always, for sharing and inspiring us. I know, for sure, that the crafty members of my family got their talents from my maternal grandmother; she had many gifts. Ironically, there is quite a number of those beautiful filet crochet pieces in my family. In fact, I do believe we have a similar Lords Prayer piece made by my grandma or great-grandma amongst us. Each of us recieved a framed piece of our Sir name before my grandmas passing and I now have the charts to carry on the tradition. Stash knitting in 2023 is a goal for sure!! Take Care !! Lori ✨♥🤗✈
Wow Lori that’s amazing. Such treasures!
Hey Leanne, nice to see you this morning. Whenever I see your podcast I get homesick. I live in Michigan, but was born in Edmonton and grew up there as well as Vancouver and
Toronto. I have one kid in Toronto, one in Winnipeg as well as siblings in North Van and Westbank, so I spend part of my year running around Canada. Luckily my work let’s me work out of country for 7 weeks a year. I am an avid (possibly rabid) knitter, sewist, weaver etc. and voracious traveler. I am going to Denmark for a natural dyeing workshop in June and so will be also going to Italy, Norway and Sweden. You know there will be no yarn diet there. I am making the Ciorcle right now. It is just miles and miles of 2x2 rib. OMG it goes on forever. Next is the Twist_Loop_Sweater by Other Loops (I don’t think it’s on Ravelry) and along with that, I have to figure out the Bougie Sweatshirt. I am thinking a hoodie. We shall see. The crochet Lord’s Prayer is so lovely. And so nice that you wound up with it. Safe travels. I will say that being a knitter I never care when there is the inevitable delay or cancellation of a flight. I actually like it. Also, I kind of have flight amnesia. So when I am on a long flight across Canada or to Europe I never really remember it. It’s like I kind of go into a trance (no medications involved) and when I land I have no recollection of the flight. Not sure what that is all about, but I will take it!
Hi Cydney! I was also born in Edmonton! We moved to Calgary before I was 2, but still. 😊 wow… your projects are epic, and speaking of epic your upcoming travels sound soooo amazing. I’ve dabbled in the natural dyeing and it’s pretty incredible what we can do without acid dyes.
That flight amnesia is quite fascinating to me. 🤔
Happy New Year! Beautiful episode. Loved your grandmother's piece. Just beautiful. Thank You, for showing us.
Thank you so much Dorothy 🤗 Happy New Year!
Happy New Year. Your sweater looks great. And, of course, your grandmothers lace panel. Impossible to believe the amount of time and work that took.
I'm knitting the weekender light while I’m watching you, so chuckled when you mentioned the weekender you’ve started. Love Kelowna and many of the vineyards!
Happy new year Linda! Weekender Lite is soo good! Thanks for your message! 🌟
Wow. What a stunning place. That’s one we missed for sure. Another great podcast. You can’t go wrong with Caitlin Hunter can you. I keep meaning to make another Zweig. Funnily enough I am knitting the SWONCHO right now and wearing the Birkin. Haha. See, you can’t go wrong. She’s genius. What a moment at the end of your podcast with your Grandmothers crochet. Wow. I’ve never seen anything so neat amazing and beautiful. It will look stunning framed. Bless her. I wonder how long it took her. She sure had a skill. Xx
Caitlin Hunter fan for life!! I have sooo many of her patterns that I snagged during her birthday sale. I want to make them all, like yesterday!! I can only imagine how very very long that tapestry would have taken her. Incredible 💎
Absolutely loved this! Your opening scenes of Kelowna are amazing. Love that you are knitting your bougie sweatshirt in Shelter! I just finished mine and I am wearing it for the first time today. I knit the Shelter in the Narwhal colorway into an Inside Story pullover by Heidi Kirrmaier. Great pattern. Then there was the Lord’s Prayer… what an amazing gift. Oh yes, and the stollen…Great podcast! Can’t wait until the next one!
Thank you so much Patti! Immediately going to look at Inside Story pullover. See you next time 👋🏼!!
Leanne, your podcasts always entertain me. When you introduced your little reindeer I cracked up laughing. I would frame the beautiful crocheted piece made by your grandmother. Amazingly beautiful. Happy New Year to you as well❤️
Oh thank you Robyn!! Might have been sniffing too much “focus oil”
So lovely to see you back in 2023. I love your Zweigg. I haven't made it..... Yet. 😂.
That yarn you were sent for the hat test knit is so beautiful. Happy knitting.
Oh thank you Solange! I hope the Zweig makes you happy like me when you do make it. I’m in LOVE. Wearing it every day.
Nice to see you again! Your Sweig is SO beautiful! I wish to bust my stash too this year (I'm sure that I won't have enough of 1 year of knitting to use even a fraction of it but... I"ll try!) so I'll surely use your #bustingmyballs2023, what a great hashtag name! Love it! Wish you a wonderful year 2023 full of love, friends, health, joy and yarn of course! Bye!
Hello Guylaine! Thank you and happy new year! Ball bustin is going to be the best !
I loved this time, thank you! My jaw dropped with your Grandmother's Crochet, just wow! That is epically beautiful. I love your mini reindeer and I had to laugh at the mouse, haha. Stay well! All the best! Kimberly
Thank you so much Kimberly 🫶🏼… ahh that dang mouse 🐁 LMAO 🤣 I almost completely lost it the night I was attempting to seam it 😆
Love your chattiness ❤ just sittin' here knittin' and enjoying the show 😊. Your Zweig is “gorzeigous” It has been in my queue since I saw Andrea, Fruity Knitting wearing it. ….. but don't you find that every week there is a new “must knit that” My life revolves around my knitting and the pride and joy of any finished item. Waiting at the airport yesterday, saw a WestJet land…. I thought of you and said wouldn't it be nice if Leanne popped up 😂 See you soon, happy knitting
Thanks for this lovely message Elaine! Brilliant new adjective “gorzeigous” !! My queue is a testament to the revolving MUST KNIT life 😆 And I live for the day when one of you fine folks sees me and we have a moment… my crew will wonder what the actual heck!!??
I’ve loved all of your podcasts, and this was another great episode! Your grandmother’s crochet work is beautiful. It’s so intricate! I have an afghan of many colors that my grandma Browand made (she was my maternal grandmother), and I love it. I’m also part German (on my maternal grandfather’s side). The tiny reindeer is adorable! …It must be difficult to knit something so small. I loved the frogs you made-really cute! …If I ever went to that yarn shop, you might have to drag me out! 😂 Take care, and Happy New Year!
Hi Connie! Thanks so much for being here. I was saying to another friend that I went to Art of Yarn and DID NOT buy any yarn… like, obviously I am serious about this stash down thing 😂. They have ALL my favouritesz
Hi Leanne, I just found you recently, and love your podcast. Thanks for sharing all your beautiful knits and travels! Your Zweig is gorgeous, and your grandmother’s crochet Lords Prayer really a treasure. Need to catch up now on all the prior videos’s I missed ;))
Thank you so much Laura! I’m so glad you’re here. 🤗
I always love your episodes so much Leanne! That Zweig is absolute perfection on you: colour, fit, style…magnifique! And I am so joining for the busting my balls! Haha is it a problem though that my immediate thought for what I would spend my credits on was buying more wool???
aw thank you Carmen! We will bust our balls and restock 🤣 and that sounds perfectly logical to me. I am definitely in the right company of comrades 🤗
A very Happy New Year to you Leanne! I really enjoy all your knitty news and your visual postcards from wonderful places across Canada. The crocheted panel lovingly stitched by your Grandma is truly a gift and a blessing. What a beautiful heirloom. Thank you for sharing!
Happy new year Christine! Visual postcards! That is the best thing I’ve ever heard. Love that description 💓 Thank you so much for your message 🌟
I lived in Kelowna my "growing-up" years, and still have a brother living there as well as graves of my parents. What a beautiful place! I haven't been there in way too many years, but must plan a trip soon. Thank you for sharing your footage. Also enjoyed all your other content too. What a beautiful "Lord's Prayer" gift you received! What a treasure! Family heirlooms are so special.
Thank you Asta! 🤗 I hope you make it back there this year perhaps.
The bougie egg basket...oh my goodness 😍 your sister is going to LOVE it! And then the Lords prayer blanket....what a treasure! Great episode! Im starting the new year with stash gone right on Gib by Andrea Mowry in Shelter (artifact, dark moss color). So we are tandem knitting with Shelter! ☺️
Hi Rachel! I gave my sister the Bougie basket today actually and she loved it! Artifact is an AWESOME colourway. Oh wow cannot wait to see your FO!
Thank you so very much for sharing your beautiful knits and the land that you travel to. I just love it. I am doing a test knit cardigan for Christie Archer Designs. Almost to sleeve island.
Happy New Year!❤️🧶
Hi Glory! Thank you so much for that encouragement. Enjoy your test knit! She has some lovely designs :)
Awesome podcast, Leanne! Love to see your stops in Canada! Been to Niagara Falls twice! Would love to go to other parts of Canada, but the pandemic means no traveling on air planes!
I love all your lovely finished objects. I am working on the First Raglan by Jared Flood on dk rustic wool from a project maker’s destash to ensure it will not stretch much. While the stitches are much bulkier than I would like, at least I won’t have to frog because is too big.
Hope you will see more exciting and awesome places in 2023!❤
Thank you so much May! Happy new year and happy knitting! Thanks for travelling with me!
Hi Leanne, I've been watching for your new podcast, just yesterday I went back to your episode where you shared your Golden Dickie, to see your notes. I started one in black worsted weight, going to knit mine longer, waist length and back a little longer than front, to be warm and cozy! May put ties on sides, and wear it over a dress or top. Your Grandmother's filet crochet is beautiful! That's one of my favorite scriptures! The model prayer! It says so much! Thanks for sharing Canada with all of us. From S California 🦋
Hello Sharon! I think you’ll find my new Dickie notes (June’s Dickie) are a lot more cohesive and numbers should line up better. Thanks so much for being here 🤗!
Happy New Year!! Thank you for the podcast! What a beautiful city! And FOs. The crochet prayer is amazing!! What a treasure!! My intent is to finish or frog my WIPs and to yarn diet. I too have many single skeins and most of it is sock yarn. Before I start on sweater quantities I will decrease the stash. All the best to you! Shalom!!
Shalom and happy new year Patricia! I think for me the whole yarn fasting think helps me feel super organized around my knitting and my projects which I LOVE that feeling of everything being “just right” and not too much. Thanks for commenting and being here. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for this lovely episode, Leanne. It looks wonderful in Kelowna. Your Zweig is gorgeous and the crochet gift is amazing. How funny so many people connect in this lovely knitting world. I follow the Playful Knitter also and Camijo Knit is situated very close to me :) See you next episode. Ulla
Thank you so much Ulla! This platform makes the knitting world feel smaller and sooo friendly. 🤗
Your Zweig is just stunning Leanne!!😍 That Burning Birch colour is perfection 🔥
What an amazing heirloom that crocheted piece is from your Grandma.
Always a pleasure catching up with you 💕
Thank you so much Nikki! 🌟
G’day Leanne 🇦🇺 a great start for 2023 well done 👏👏👏I oooohed & ahhhhd all through and even cried little bit seeing your cousin’s beautiful gifting 🍀🍀
G’day Caroline! Aw thank you so much for the oooh and aahhs.. my cousin really blew my mind with that tapestry gift. Wow. Happy knitting to you down under!
Happy New Year, Leanne. Thanks for another great podcast. I’m all about #bustingmyballs2023! Funny and clever. I have made knitting from my stash a priority this year as well as finishing wips.
Happy new year!! yay Cecilia we are all going to be so free!! Ball bustin
Happy New year to you Leanne. Love all your projects but your Grandmother's crochet masterpiece took my breath away. What an heirloom. Safe landings. 🇬🇧
Thank you so much Elaine!
Another awesome video! Next time you know you are going to be in Victoria, let me know. I’ll pick you up and take you to my friend Ryan’s most interesting Wool shop “Knotty by Nature” . He stocks mostly Canadian yarns and his shop is like being in a magical mystery tour! I’ve never experienced anything like it. And it truly is an experience!
Elaine I am totally into this! I put your name in my contacts! Such a nice offer.
So glad to see you back online!! LOVE your sweater and OH MY....the tiny reindeer is ADORABLE!!!
Thank you so much Darlene! Happy New Year!
Oh and I forgot… you absolutely must go check out Ravelry. There is a mochilike pattern by Anna Hrachovec called “Tiny Chickens” I think your chicken mom must have these! They are adorable.
Thanks for the tip! 🐓 Always into MORE CHICKEN STUFF YES!!
Happy New Year from New Brunswick! Enjoyed your episode, as always. That crochet piece of your grandmother’s is an absolute treasure - priceless!
Happy new year to you Janet! It is so precious to have this treasure!
I thoroughly enjoy your podcasts. I really hate to burst a bubble. I love working with Malabrigo, so far only Rios. I swore that merino was a wool that I could wear.. I wore a little undercoat scarf and after a few minutes I was itchy as could be. The ties on a matching bonnet style hat are now knit from pima cotton so that I can keep my ears covered. I'm nor sure how or if I can adapt the scarf. I am fine with the pima cotton scarf though the colors are not a very good match. The crochet piece from your Grandmother is a true treasure. In the 1950's, 60's and 70"s through newspapers there were patterns available for purchase for the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm. Reading the language would only be helpful for proof reading. You use the graph technique probably for your yoke pattern on that beautiful sweater you were wearing. Crochet pieces like that work the same, row by row, to get the total design. Keep the podcasts coming!
😯 *bubble bursting*
Happy New Year! Lovely to see you back. I gasped with joy to see your cherished crochet Lord’s Prayer. A lovely keepsake to pass down in your family. Blessings to you and your family for a wonderful year.
Happy new year! Good to be back! I gasped too. I can’t believe I have this treasured piece from my amazing Grandmother. Thanks for the message!
First of all, #BustingmyBalls best hashtag name ever! Cracks me up. And secondly, I couldn't agree more.. podcasting is amazing The global connection is amazing. Every time we podcast, I can't believe how many new friends we have all over the world. So cool. Thanks for your podcast. I love traveling though Canada via The Knitty Stew -Kim
Hello Kim 👋🏼 anyone who likes this hashtag totally my people. I mean it’s a little extra and perhaps slightly inappropriate… but so am I 🤣 Thanks for travelling with me and happy new year to the entire Posse!!
Hi Leanne! I’m currently knitting on my Josephine scarf by Jane Vanselous! It’s my first time knitting brioche and I’m binding off as I watch your video. Thanks for showing me around canada. I’m from the Toronto area and don’t get the opportunity to leave often. It’s nice to live vicariously through another knitter 🥰 happy belated holidays!
Hello! Thank you for your message and for travelling with me. What an accomplishment to cast off the Josephine Scarf 🤩! I have never done Brioche. I should put that as a goal!
That crochet blanket your cousin passed to you was gorgeous. I want to show my grandma but she’ll be looking for me to make her one 😅😂.
I’m working on the Gib II pullover by Andrea Mowry for my husband.
Haha yes that would be what would happen 😂 And the yarn is thin as dental floss! You have a lucky husband getting the Gib2
I so enjoyed your podcast!! Your final sunrise/mountain video clip and your beautiful Zweig sweater match!!!
Thank you so much Keli! I will never tire of that view… or my Zweig lol 😆
I just discovered you thanks to CamijoKnits. What a wonderful podcast! I love your style and your garments. And the scenery is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you so much Joyce! Isn’t Camilla amazing! Thank you for watching my Channel and travelling with me :)
Thank you for another wonderful podcast. The crochet prayer and your sweater, could there be more variety? Well, yes apparently when you see a little reindeer. I am swatching for 2 selfish knits this morning. A sweater for the bogue knit along with Kaci. The daily pullover from Paula Pereira. The second is from yarn I bought yesterday in Philadelphia with walking around before dropping my daughter off to return to school. I want to work on it now, to remind me of the wonderful time we shared yesterday instead of just missing her. I plan to make the whisky neat by Thea Coleman. I shopped at Yarnphoria which was an excellent shop. I probably will never get to the shop you recently visited, but thank you for sharing the beautiful photos and video. We can live vicariously through your channel. Be well and enjoy your knitting 🧶 !
Thank you Sheri! Big fan of “Sheri’s” 🌟 Your projects are going to be fabulous! Wow my pieces were all over the spectrum this episode hey? 😆
Your Zwaig sweater is jaw dropping! What a perfect colour combination. I'm watching your podcast on knitting on an Outline Raglan by Jessie Mae.
Wonderful! Thank you Samantha for your compliment! Hope your Outline turns out magnificent!
Your sweater is fantastic. I hope to get there someday with my knitting. A lovely town, thanks for the tour. The filet crochet by your grandmother is gorgeous!! What a treasured keepsake. ❤ I have a crochet bedspread my paternal grandmother (who died before I was born) made. My prized possession.
Wow you and I are very lucky to have these treasures from our grandmothers!!
Thank you for this lovely sharing, the crocheted panel , no words....love listening to your stories, blessings to you , stay safe , Happy 2023!
Thank you so much Janis blessing to you!
What an absolutely amazing piece of art that you were gifted by your cousin from your grandmother. It’s mind boggling how she crocheted that. I’m trying to work from stash and I too have too many single skeins hanging around but will try to combine some in projects. I remember seeing a hashtag around the end of Dec (but can’t find it now) about using 2023 grams from stash in 2023 which I’m going to try. Hope you have a great couple of weeks.
Thank you so much Sharon! Happy stash knitting and happy new year too! I appreciate you always being here 🤗
Oh my! The minute I saw your Zweig I knew I had to knit it in those exact colors. It’s so beautiful. Did you alternate the main color skeins while knitting? I’m always afraid of color variations. I adore your podcast 🤗🇨🇦
Hi Sherry! I am so pleased with the colours and the fit.. I’ve been wearing my Zweig nonstop! I didn’t alternate at all with the main. 🥰
Happy New Year!!! I have been watching for your podcast🥰. So excited to see it come up. Love all your knitting, and your travels. Thank you for taking the time to share all❤️
Thank you so much Cynthia! Happy New Year
Such beautiful scenery! I love that you made a fancy basket for the fancy chickens! My bougie sweatshirt wip is the autumn league pullover. Lastly, why a beautiful gift from your cousin to connect you to your craft to your grandmother. It’s an incredible piece!!
Oh thank you! Thanks for watching and being here 🐓 🤗
I missed you! So happy to see your podcast this morning and glad you made it through what must have been a challenging time during the holidays for those in your line of work. Congrats on the beautiful Zweig, it is gorgeous. I've got one last gift knit that I'm 3/4's of the the way through and then I'm itching to start my first ever unspun project - the Miles Shirt Jacket with manchelopi, though I did sneak a watch cap style hat in there too. Oh and some boogie socks - merino and mohair! I also did cast on for the shirt jacket, but only did a few rows, couldn't help it. The gift recipient is understanding thank goodness. Looking forward to your next video.
Hi Leslie! Oh so much happy knitting goodness going on for you! I have the Miles Tee on my radar for my Nutiden!
Yay another episode! Thank you for your knitting and life stories. Bustingmyballs! Love it. That sounds way better than yarndiet, yarnfast. It seems to be the thing to do at the moment. I can only imagine all the yarndyers crossing their fingers and hoping many will not stick too much to it.
It is great to be mindful and intentional about buying in all areas of life, but all the beautiful yarns and fibers… I am working on my self imposed to do list. Some baby blankets as my coworkers just don’t quit making babies, others are retiring or seeking greener pastures. I love a good guess about what they would like and then surprise them with a shawl/scarf or a hat. I am now knitting a Bark Lines shawl by Joji Locatelli in 2 strands of Manos del Uruguay Marine in Arboretum. Lovely texture and it feels wonderful.
I am looking forward to your next adventure!
Hello Kat! I have my work cut out for me bustin those balls I’ll tell ya! Happy knitting. I looooove making baby knits! Happy making my friend!
Hi Leanne, It was so great to discover you had posted your Vlodcast for the new year. I knew when you shared the yoke on the previous episode that it was going to be stunning and it was stellar! I love that sweater pattern over all other colorwork patterns out there and eventually I'd like to knit it. I have yet to do a colorwork in my knitting so yours is one that is speaking to me! The charcoal combined with the orange is sublime!!!! I am currently knitting 3 wips- baby sweater gift, #2 sock from my 1st set of socks which are turning out so cute, and a nice sweater for my oldest son. Once I'm done with these I am also turning my attention to knitting whatever I want for myself. I have some beautiful sweater quantities in my stash so want to get cracking on them before I'm pushing up daisies!!!! Absolutely loved your sentimental Lord's Prayer hanging that your grandmother had. Not only is it exquisite but it captures the holy spirit of Jesus ministry on earth. Precious! Your cousin was so sweet to pass it along to you. What a generous person she is. She knew how much it would mean to you. Can't wait for your next episode!!!!! Stay safe please!
With best wishes and lots of gratitude for your encouragement, Carrie
Thank you so much Carrie for this message! God bless you. 🤗
Such fun to see you again. Your basket is sweet and your grandmother’s work is a treasure. It looks flawless. You must try the mouse again. So many podcasters are into stash busting but you have the best hashtag.
I’m knitting Mount Pearl by Jennifer Beale. It is intense but so much fun. Fascinating construction. All the best for 2023.
Thank you so much Maureen! Happy New Year and here’s to Ball Bustin!!!
Hi Leeanne
I found your podcast today, and I really like it!
Your works are just amazing!
Lovely Greetings from Hungary! ❤
Thank you so much! So glad you’re here 🤗
❤❤❤ I love your podcast, Leanne. Your sweater is breathtaking. You give off such good vibes. Thanks for being such a shining, positive light on social media.
That is the kindest thing to say, thank you Carolyn!
It's so lovely to see you back, I love your Zweig sweater; I must say I'm tempted. I'm currently working on the Lento sweater. I'm not doing mine cropped and I've been brave and knit it a size smaller than I would normally. I lost 28lbs last year and now a lot of my sweaters and cardigans are a bit big. I've even decided to frog a couple of them and reknit a size or two smaller!! Ah well, it'll keep me busy!!!
Hi Jan! I can see another Zweig in my future. Happy knitting or re-knitting as the case may be. It’s interesting that when I have dropped weight in the past it always disappears from my top half never my bottom!
So I’m not the only one.
I’ve knitted Dot Pebble’s rabbit- well one of the many she offers- and I love it.
So I proceeded to knit her penguin with intention to knit a sweater because, really. This would go to my adult daughters who loves penguins. So much so they traveled from US to South America to see.
Well it is now a pelt-ish mess.
Also I must join this busting balls thing. Because this hashtag is too good to pass up. Also I have too many single skeins.
Hi Patricia! I love this message. So reassuring. Funny, I had also downloaded the penguin pattern but after the Mouse fiasco I shredded it. And YAY for BallBustin!! 👏🏼
I was happy to see that you posted a new episode. Thanks for sharing your projects and travels.
That crochet Lord’s Prayer was just so stunning and such a treasure. What a blessing!
I might try to find a stash busting buddy by sharing your video. Otherwise, I’ll just join you.
Yay!! Let’s get bustin !!
I made a Zweig too and love it so much! Your Oma’s masterpiece is amazing, how blessed to receive such a treasure.
My mom was German and her Stollen was always my favorite bread at Christmas! Fly safe and knit happy!
What did you make your Zweig with? I’ll never get over the Lord’s Prayer tapestry so special! My husband wants me to make Stollen regularly.. I said it’s only for Christmas 🤶!
Omg! I love your podcast and happy to see you know about Dot Pebbles! Don't give up! Lol, I hear you, trying to do the rabbit! You are very inspirational and I am going to selfishly knit this weekend!
Thank you Kathleen I hope you are having a wonderful weekend of selfish knitting!! I gave the ‘mouse’ to my cats. 😝
Hi Stewie, Wow all your makes are amazing! The Lord’s Prayer by your grandmother is absolutely beautiful 🙏🏼
Thank you Kaye! Cheers!
Hi again, so nice to see you. It sounds like you had a great holiday. I just love your Zweig sweater, the colours are just beautiful, great job! What a beautiful momemto that your cousin gave you! It is something that will always give you pleasure, just knowing that your Grandma spent so much time,effort, and talent into something that can be passed down from generation to generation. Have a fantastic day and Happy New Year 😘
Thank you so much Charlene! I will always treasure this crocheted piece of my grandmother.. it’s beyond words.
Leanne, what an amazing pod cast…. I so enjoyed every minute. It will be so nice to see how you eventually display your grandmothers handiwork. What a treasure…. I live in the US but our daughter went to St FX, had an amazing experience there and we were able to do quite a bit of Canadian sight seeing so I love traveling with you. Thank you.
Thank you so much Priscilla for travelling with me and taking the time to message!!
Love the colours of your Zweig! It's still on my queue (but I'm doing another no buy year to finish my 22 or so WIPs). I used to be a monogamous knitter until I joined a knitting guild and saw all shiny new thing!
There are so many shiny things! Love my Zweig. Hands down, it is my favourite pullover.
What an exquisite piece of needlework…and a treasured gift.
I hook rugs, most of which end up on my walls instead of the floor. I use a stretched Artist canvas the appropriate size. Cover the stretched canvas with a layer of batting, and then cover the batting with an appropriate fabric. I carefully whip stitch the completed rug to the covered canvas. The weight of the rug is evenly distributed on the canvas. Maybe this is an idea for framing your beautiful stitch Lord’s Prayer.
Great idea! Thank you so much 😊