Episode 87 - Romantic Knits, Violeta Sweater, and Knitting in New Mexico
Welcome to this episode!
These last weeks have been exciting! Not only did I finish the Violeta Sweater, but I had a wonderful trip to New Mexico and taught a workshop at Ghost Ranch. In this episode I will be sharing all of that with as well as Romantic sweaters and cardigans that have caught my eye recently.
Hope you enjoy!
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Music in this episode:
Opening: No Lack of Refinement - Trabant 33
Ending :
Someone Like Me - Velvet Moon
Fire Tales - Staffan Carlen
Into Pieces - Amos Noah
FOs:
Violeta:
pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: www.ravelry.com/yarns/library...
WIPS
Kimba Shawl
Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: www.ravelry.com/yarns/library...
Sara Vest
Pattern: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
yarn: www.ravelry.com/yarns/library...
yarn: www.ravelry.com/yarns/library...
Granite Cardigan
Pattern:www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Yarn: www.ravelry.com/yarns/library...
Romantic patterns mentioned
Kuutar Wrap Cardigan: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Oxford Jumber: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Maud Blouse: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Darta: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Bifurca Vest: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Padolyst Blouse: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Gal Sweater: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Farandole: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Apero: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Saguaro Cardigan: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Acquisitions
Yarn Citizen: yarning.shop/products/yarn-ci...
Zia Woolz: www.ziawoolz.com
Cards: www.etsy.com/shop/KatrinnIllu...
Woolly Mammoth Fibres: www.woollymammothfibrecompany...
Project bag from Ireland: www.lizwalsh.ie
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Hey, thank you for sharing your time in New Mexico, it took me back to a very special time in my life. Love that area, the art , the food , the views in every direction... and the colors, omg the colors! There is no place else on our Earth quite like it. It's easy to see why Georgia O'keefe fell in love with it.... and lucky for us that she did.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
It truly is a magical place!
Thank you for this beautiful Podcast with so much nicely things and for sharing the video about your trip to New Mexico. I wish you very much exciting knitting moments 🧶👕🧣 Kindly regards from Germany 🧶🙋🏼♀️
Hello, what a so beautiful episode ! Thank you so much, for the footage and all the chats, so inspiring 🧡🧡🧡
❤ New Mexico is my heart place. I visit several times a year. I loved your photos- it shows you really “got” the New Mexico enchantment feeling. It is a magical place- full of art and beauty, but also contradictions. Every time I go I want to create a tapestry of its views. Thanks for sharing.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
I totally agree!
Hi there Selma - great podcast, great FO's, new projects, project bags (clever girl!), and yarns. And, as for the footage of the retreat - incredible, beautiful nad awe-inspiring - thank you so much for taking me away from a dreary, cold, dark and dank UK. Gracias chica x
GM Selma your socks are gorgeous!! Can’t wait to see that Granite cardigan… going to look amazing in that blue All your knits are beautiful Selma and enjoy your trip !!! 😊🥰🇨🇦
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Good morning! Thank you!!
Hi Selma. The bag is beautiful. The stitching is beautiful. You are very talented. Take Care. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊😊😊😊
Thanks sooo much, Selma. You must have had a terrífic time at the retreat, what a wonderful scenery!! I also find your Fairy Bouquet WIP is one of those very romantic knits and a truly lovely one. Looking forward to seeing it finished when you can make it! Enjoy Spain ☀️💛💕
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
It is soo pretty and definitely in the romantic camp!
Love this episode and love to see you so happy and grateful about knitting, friends and beautiful trips.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
😊😊😊
I love that 2023 is winding down with these heart-filling trips Selma. You are off in Spain as I’m writing this and I hope you are having the MOST SPLENDID time! Wow your denim project bag and “doodle” stitching turned out soo great. Thank you for introducing me to Fabel Knitwear! The Oxford Jumper stopped me in my tracks. Gorgeous. Thanks for a lovely episode 😊
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Thank you my dear! I’m late in responding so I’m back with a heart that is fulll from a wonderful trip!
I really enjoyed the podcast. Thanks for posting. That is such beautiful scenery at the end and I love the music too.
As always, a very interesting and inspiring episode. Thank you very much for the video of New Mexico and the hiking trails! The scenery is just fantastic! Thank you again
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely episode to wat h early this morning g,,, Lovely makes,,,chats,,,, The scenery!!,! Thanks Selma,, Elaine🍁🍁
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
You are welcome Elaine!!
Loved this episode so much, Selma. Thank you. Your workshop sounded so helpful - modifications are always needed in knitting! If you do another one on such a subject, I would love to attend :). Enjoy all of your episodes, and hope your travels are going well!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Oh Selma! I am so glad you settled on the Granite Cardi. You will look adorable in it. Yes, a Hipster would be nice with that one skein. I am so glad you had a great trip with meaningful connections. Thanks for sharing - enjoyed the footage. Safe journey to Spain. 🛫✈️✈️
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you on all accounts 😊😊😊
Selma, thank you. Beautiful ❤
Beautiful podcast, Selma! The sweater you had on was beautiful, loved the colour. The shawl for your MIL is gorgeous, I like the turquoise in it too. She will love it. The 5 skeins you received will be fantastic in a long sweater. Thank you for taking us with you to NM, so beautiful. Have a great time on your trip to Spain.
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
The footage of the desert and the dwellings was really nice. Thank you Selma! Sounds like your trip was just wonderful.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Selma, thank you for putting together such wonderful footage of the retreat. My heart is still full and I’m feeling so grateful to have made the trip and to have spent such incredible time with you, Lauren and the Ghost Ranch girls! I have met so many new friends, I feel so inspired to travel more and to make more connections and all for the love of knitting. This episode is such a beautiful memory. Thank you ❤
@SustainableLivingPodcast
9 ай бұрын
And we are so glad that you came!! (this is Marianne ❤)
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Supremely happy that you made the trek! 😘😘😘 it was a pleasure to spend more time with you and be in awe of the place together!
I just retired from 37 years of teaching elementary school, the last 21 in New Mexico. Every day we salute the flag and the Zia symbol “of perfect friendships among United cultures.” 😊
Thank you for bringing such beautiful highlights of my home state to your viewers! I was born in northern NM, raised in southern NM, and I think ALL of it is beautiful, even the scrubby desert in the south, and I love it when other people see and feel that beauty.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
I can’t speak highly enough!!
A most enjoyable episode. Lovely footage of New Mexico and the Ghost Ranch, happy memories for me. Looking forward to vicarious travel to Spain too.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love the cardigan you cast on, beautiful yarn. Your project bag is beautiful. That is a beautiful place, thank you for sharing.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
What a lovely episode with great landscape, hiking and knitspiration. I feel the urge to design something romatic with puffed sleeves next... 😍😁 Have a great time in Spain. Say hello to Barcelona from me. I fell in love with Sagrada Familia and Gaudi's unique art. It speeks directly to my heart.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Oooh do!! I’ll be happy to talk about it!
Very enjoyable video. So glad to get through a video at this time with no mention of Rhinebeck!!!!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such great footage from New Mexico...what a great place for a knitting retreat! Love the colors of your Kimba shawl and your Violeta is great. I actually have that saved in my favorites so that may be my next cast on. Safe travels to Spain and have a fabulous time.
Beautiful New Mexico I enjoyed the footage so much
Still here and you are welcome. Not sure New Mexico has ever been on my travel radar but now I need to go.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
The place is magical!
Beautiful footage of your New Mexico retreat, Selma - loved the hikes and the town shots... I can see why you had that "perma-smile". Cheers, Judith
Selma a magical uplifting episode thankyou so much my romantic knit will be darta in biche& Bunche
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
That is a great choice!!
Selma, Vielen lieben Dank.🙂
Thank you for the memories of Santa Fe. I was there for an art quilters' conference several years ago now -- visiting galleries. (the Georgia O. *twice*!), buying a bit of turquoise (earrings) from a native vendor in the downtown market. No trips outside that city but I loved what I saw there.
Thank you for sharing your trip & retreat to New Mexico, I enjoy your podcast from the San Francisco Bay Area California USA
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Hello in SF!
Thank you, for your visit to my beautiful part of the United States ,Please came again there is a lot more to see
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you, I will!!
Thank you for yet a lovely episode, and for taking us with you of the lovely New Mexico journey!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh my…. Sign me up for the next New Mexico retreat! Stunning footage of such a uniquely beautiful place! Also, I love all of your project bags! The denim one with stitching is particularly delightful!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
You should!
Thank you very much for sharing all these beautiful things with us 👋I wish you all the best
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you! You too!
Love the last pictures from New Mexico. It looks so nice and varm, a bit like Australia, Alice Springs area. Thanks 🙂
Thank you for a beautiful episode. A lovely respite from the sadness happening in other parts of the world. X
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
❤️❤️
Ohh, your bag with the stiching makes my heart sing❤ Beautiful!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Mine too! Thank you!!
Thank you Selma for such a great podcast ( as always! ) The footage of New Mexico at the end was fascinating......I have recently watched a programme about Georgia O'Keefe and her life out at Ghost ranch, an intrepid woman and a wonderful artist. The scenery there is so compelling from that programme and now from your footage. What a fabulous place to have the knitting retreat and oh that blue sky!! ❤
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
I think it may be calling you 😉😉 it truly is a magical place!
Hi Selma, Ghost Ranch looks amazing. Thank you for sharing your hikes! Knitting, hiking and learning new things. Sounds wonderful🧶❤️
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
A grand combination!!
Thank you very much again ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!!
Always look forward to another wonderful podcast!
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
Hi Selma, Another great video and yes I always stay to the very end. Love to watch your video and your music choice is always so relaxing!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! 😊😊
I always enjoy your podcast. I wonder what kind of work you do, because you travelled to Europe for the job earlier this year, but apparantly you also have a lot of spare time to make wonderful trips, do the workshop, travel to Europe again etc. That sounds like a great job! Wishing you the best.
Beautiful New Mexico scenery 🤩. I visited my sister @geninne (who is a the best artist living there 😁😁😁😁) a couple of years before the pandemic, and totally fell in love with the land. See you soon in Barcelona 🥳🤗
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
👋 me alegro que vine a mirar comentarios porque ya no me acordaba de tu nombre! Fue un placer!
I LOVE the denim bag you made with the sashiko! Just beautiful.
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Dear Selma, What a wonderful episode. I loved the footage of New Mexico so much! Thank you for sharing, love Christina (from Austria)
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was fabulous and you summed our retreat up so perfectly, thank you! Perfect memories made! 💕🌸🧶💃 xxx Dag
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Awww 🥰😘😘😘 so many fond memories!!
@ziawoolzstudiobuzz313
9 ай бұрын
@@littlebigknits absolutely! 🥰
Lovely episode thank you. Thoroughly enjoy your chat and seeing your gorgeous knits. I’ve added so many patterns to my Ravelry wish list thanks to your inspiring podcast. I had no idea New Mexico was so beautiful and the colours - wow! It’s fall in the UK, with lots of bright days - and rain! - equally beautiful but in a different way. Enjoy your trip to Spain. Looking forward to hearing all about it in your next podcast. Love and blessings, Linda xx💕
Thank-you for the lunchtime company dear Selma 🤗 Hope you are having an amazing time in Spain!! I have been wanting to knit a Fable Knitwear pattern for quite sometime now and may just have to cast one on in the coming months. Sounds like your workshop was wonderful! Thanks for sharing some beautiful New Mexico footage with us 🤗💕
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Nikki!! 😘😘
Thank you for you wonderful video('s). Watched a number of them in the last couple of weeks 😊 love to hear about how you feel about some yarns/patterns. Thanks so much for the beautiful beautiful footage at the end (yep, I stayed 😊) loved the song at the end, really moving. Happy knitting and have a wonderful time in Barcelona!
Lovely episode! All the great knitting. And then to hear about and see the beautiful footage from your retreat in New Mexico! What a treat. Stunning. Thank you for sharing.
I’ve visited NM several times and Santa Fe is one of my favorite places!! My sister and I attended our first Fiber Festival there a few years ago. And visited the Georgia O’Keefe museum!! We did several hikes and enjoyed seeing the wonderful landscape. Box canyon was awesome! Fabulous area, thank you for sharing your experience.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
It really is!
What an amazing trip and retreat to New Mexico, Selma. Loved to see it
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
You picked some very beautiful patterns. Thanks
Thank you for all the great summer T ideas. I am struggling with my Clotilde Cardigan by Knitting for Olive currently and I want my next knit to be simple so I can have some enjoyable knitting time. You have given me lots of wonderful ideas. I love knitting summer tops and I am so ready to get started!
What a wonderful time for you, enjoy
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Yes, thank you!
Thank you for sharing. I will have to look up Marie-Cristine Levesque designs. Her designs seem to be timeless so it will be interesting to her other creations. It sounds like your trip to New Mexico with the group of artisans that came to learn and to share their homelands was full of great interactions and I remember from visiting family members in New Mexico the dry weather has a certain amount of comfort about it, when you revisit it in your mind it brings on comfort and relaxation. It can get hot in the summers but it sounds like you experienced moderate heat, I love licorice tea. This video had so much great content, well worth the time invested in watching.
Absolute beautiful selection of patterns, thank you
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely beautiful, Selma!! Thanks so very much for Sharing New Mexico!! And, your yarn finds and knits are equally Beautiful!! Really appreciate it. Thanks 🤗
I absolutely loved your romantic sweater choices. They are all so beautiful.
Hi Selma. I like your videos. You are a great knitter. The socks are beautiful. I am not good at knitting socks, but I am trying to learn. 😊
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
You can do it! 👍🏻👍🏻
I love all the romantic knits you showed! I haven't seen most, and I'm left quite inspired! Knitting isn't just about all the big chunky sweaters. Those 5 skeins of that beautiful tonal yarn? I think you should knit a lovely long cardigan covered in cables! Have a wonderful trip to Spain!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed the romantic knits!! A long cardigan it will likely become!! Thanks 😊
Lovely episode! 💕💕💕
Thank you for the amazing footage from your trip 😊
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
The workshop sounds great!
Thank you so much Selma, for sharing your amazing Retreat would like to know about the next one if any. That was such an amazing experince. Have fun in Spain. ❤ Good to know you had a great experience.
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I’ll share once there is information out!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the desert - we live near the border of the Sonoran and the Mojave - the Joshua Tree National Park is my hiking ground, just in our back yard. Being a senior, I was eligible for a lifetime pass for $10! So I enjoyed knitting on my project with a mug of Joshua tree Coffee - a local organic brand that I love. But I also enjoyed the art and the hiking. A FB friend has an art gallery in town there. Oh Spain!!! How marvelous. I'm so happy that the challenges of this year were balanced by wonderful things. It helps!!!
I watched to the very end! Thank you Selma for a great episode. Waving hello from McKellar Park, Ottawa.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Hello there! You are very close!! Say hello if you ever see me!
Love your podcast 🧶🌵💚
I love your music also.
Ohhh . . . The footage from New Mexico took me right back there. You did such a great job sharing your journey and the stunning scenery. Thank you. I hope we can meet there again next year. You are an amazing teacher Selma. My hands are itching to cast on a sweater. Have a wonderful time in Spain with your son and your friends. Safe travels ✈️
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Margaret!! I am so glad to have spent time with you!! 😘😘😘 such fond memories and you are a lovely part of them!
Awesome I'm inspired to visit. Cheers.... Jeannie from "Oz"
Amazing how different it is out there compared to the east coast US where I am. Pretty cool. Looking forward to hearing about Spain!
Lovely!!
Such a lovely podcast again Selma. I loved seeing the scenery of New Mexico, loved your projects (wow, that bag with the stitching is beautiful) and I got inspired by the 'romantic knits'. I hope to see you at Barcelona Knits. I will be there too!
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Oh yes!! It would be so nice to meet you in person Karin!!!! I’ll be there Saturday for sure
Joji Locatelli has a long cardigan that would be perfect for your British yarn dyed in Ireland
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
She does have such things! I’ll have to keep that in mind
How beautiful scenery in new mexico ❤ thank you for bringing us along Selma
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
My pleasure 😊
The shawl you are making is lovely, and the colors you have chosen are perfect, I look foreword to seeing it when finished. The retreat sounds amazing, and I love your walk through NM, it's a magical place.
Thank you so much for lovely videos from New Mexico. Last april I’ve been on a roadtrip in California, Nevada and Utah. It is quite interesting see all those yellows and other fall colours. Best wishes from Oulu.
Hello Young Lady👋An enjoyable episode🙏You've influenced me to get the granite pattern..a nice choice xx👋🙏🐨🌏xx
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 😊 and thank you 😊
That Violeta is very pretty, that colour looks great on you. there is a Kal, but I just bought another Eweknit, …can’t keep up.🤷🏼♀ 2 others for the romantic vibe I immediately thought of, Irene Lin and Lily Kate makes. Kind of 40’s style? I must say I like it ( …..and the book of Sari Nordlund,. She did a really good job)
Selma, thanks for another great podcast. I too have been drawn to feminine sweaters lately. Thank you for suggesting designers that I haven’t heard about. One designer that I love is Valentina Bogdanova. I have made three of her sweaters and they are very well written. I am currently finishing up the Anisia which is beautiful and I can’t wait for cooler weather to be able to wear it. Love New Mexico. Such a different landscape than most of are used to. Enjoy your trip to Spain. My husband and I were there and in Portugal in 2019 and can’t wait to return.
Thank you Selma for another great vlog. Especially loved the footage of your trip to New Mexico, a place I have never visited. It looks wonderful and is now on my ‘bucket list’. Best wishes to you from North Wales.❤
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! It is a beautiful place!!
I have one of your fish bags! It always makes me think of you. Lovely episode as always.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Awwww 🥰 that is so lovely!! I really do love that fabric’s whimsical pattern 🐠
You'll almost be gone by the time I write this comment, but have great fun in Spain, one of my favourite countries. While in Barcelona, try to get to All you knit is Love, a shop near the Picasso Museum. Miss Kitts is great, but I think it's British originally whereas that other one is the genuine thing, in a lovely part of town. Have a great trip!
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips!
Absolutely stunning scenery!
I live in Santa Fe and think you captured the spirit and beauty of this part of the world quite well. Maybe I will check out the knitting retreat next year. I love it here. I refuse to go anywhere else around Christmas as it is the place to be.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
Selma, thank you for putting together such wonderful footage of the retreat, i'm envy you in a good way. Lovely episode. Love also the the knitting patterns you shown.
Thanks for again deliver a lot of inspiring knit and lovely footage. 😍
Hi Selma, Loved the episode. I always get some great ideas and inspiration from you. I will also be at Barcelona knits! I am going on a tour hosted by Carol Feller. It would be fun to see you there. I have watched you podcast since the lockdown and have many happy hours knitting to your podcasts. Thank-you!!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Are you doing a tour in Barcelona hosted by her??
I got a email newsletter from Eweknits yesterday Nov 9, and I saw your picture of the Test knit for the Violeta. It looks beautiful. Good for you!
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Oh thank you!
Lovely to see my favourite yarn on your channel, hearth sock from woolly mammoth. Highly recommend
Your sweater looks lovely. Beautiful scenery of NM. I have been to Arizona and was expecting it to be more similar.
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Quite different and a more artsy vibe overall
love your show, did smile as I am also working on the Granit Cardigan, just starting. thanks, Ciara
@littlebigknits
8 ай бұрын
Yay!!
I hope I bump into you at Barcelona Knits! Or maybe even around Barcelona….
Enjoed the episode very much! Beautiful footage from New Mexico! Hope you will be able to do the workshop again. I was on the waiting list for the retreat, but didn't get in. 😢 Have a wonderful time in Spain!❤❤❤ Ewa.
@littlebigknits
9 ай бұрын
She will be hosting again next year. I don’t think I will be there but I’m sure it will be wonderful!
I went to Barcelona year 2. It was great!