I need a reality-tv inspired yarn shopping video.

@morganunraveled

10 ай бұрын

clips from a talking head room set up, dramatized slow mos, a rose ceremony for the final yarn selection

I would love to watch this style of video more often. My biggest hurdle as a crocheter/knitter has been finding quality yarns with good color ways for a reasonable price and you have already introduced me to 2 new yarns that I am so excited about!! Thank you :)

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it! There are so many options out there it can be overwhelming to decide where to start

I love this!! I love pattern round up videos, but this is like a whole new level. I love looking at yarn, so these would never get old for me!!

I’m late, but love the Blue Sky Fibers shoutout! I’m knitting up a balaclava in their Suri Merino and it’s an absolute dream. That tweed yarn is also gorgeous in person!

omg yes 🛒 this pressed flowers motif is haunting me. Loved this video

I'm knitting my folklore cardigan in blue sky fibers Woolstock worsted and it's coming out soooo beautiful

Love the tour, your use of Ravelry is very clever, many crafters could learn from you. Now I want to go when you buy the yarns in person, I love watching others spend money! I will live vicariously through your purchases

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

That is another great idea!

please keep them coming! I really like this kind of videos

Love this video! I take screen shots of the yarn on my phone so I can look at different colors together. I'll also add the yarns to my cart and move them around to see them all together in different orders. Once I decide on my yarn, I'lll add the project to my queue on Ravelry, and in the notes I'll put what size I'm going to knit, the yarn I want to use with all the colors listed and quantities of skeins/balls I'll need for my size. That way, when I go back to knit the project, all the info is there for me.

Love this!! Would def watch more videos like this!

Love this!! So interesting to see how you approach colour choice (I saw myself a lot in this, especially being drawn to purples and yarns I can’t afford lol). Sometimes I take screenshots of the yarns and put them together in PowerPoint / Canva to see them right next to each other. Setting them to black and white can also help to check if the contrast is large enough. Looking forward to more videos like these !!

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

Someone else also mentioned moving the yarns around in their shopping cart to see how they pair, both are such great ideas!

I love these window shopping videos! Another option to check out is Wool & Company. They are an IL based yarn store and they carry brands like Isager, Noro and Sandnes Garn, just to name a few and shipping is free in the US! 🩷

Love the video, would watch more like it! I'm currently test-knitting the mamba sweater you referred to, and the yarn you looked at for it looked so good!

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

Ahh so lucky! The mamba sweater is truly calling to me

Literally the dopamine hit that I needed 🔥 Keep it coming!

Yessss love this video! Let's see moreeee 😍

loved this!! more pls!

love the shopping trip!! Mean Mr. Mustard is a Beatles song

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

need to brush up on my beatles!

The Donegal wool is the tweed!

Donegal is a county in Ireland, and is the tweed flecks. Studio Donegal is a well known yarn brand here in Ireland. As an Irish person, the way you say Donegal is interesting haha, its fun but very off😊😂

Love the casualness of this video style - it’s also so refreshing to see the realtime reactions! Also I laughed so hard at your statement of “maybe I want a sweater that looks like how my grandma would drink her coffee… which was like with a bunch of cream” LOL LEGENDARY! ❤ (But also a stunning colour)

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

haha I have very fond memories of mixing my grandmothers BEIGE coffee

i’m a longtime crocheter but my motivation to teaching myself to knit too was to make the folklore cardigan, so seeing you window shop for that project made me so happy!! 😚🫶🏻 sewrella released a pattern for it too and i wish i’d followed hers but i’ve already knit everything but the sleeves though ahaha! 💫

I love these videos, they're so fun!!!! I also have the lumme sweater on my list of projects I want to do, it's so pretty!

Love it

Love the window shopping.

love this video and the chatty style!

Drops Nepal is a great option, but it pills a lot, so I recommend pairing it with a mohair. Also love this video idea😍

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

I love this style of video! I could actually watch you window shop for yarn all day ❤You have made me want to buy yarn for the Lumme and the Mamba hahaha like I might knit a camel mamba now

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

camel mambas for fall!!!

Lets do a KAL on the purple LUMME sweater!

Loved this video ❤

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

So glad!

That was fun! Loved it....and subscribed😉.

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I've never ever seen Vera Bradley but it sounds like the US equivalent of Cath Kidston😂 also I'm totally going to knit the Sari Nordlund Lumme sweater, I've never seen it before but I'm obsessed!! So much inspo😍

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

I just looked up Cath Kidston and they have very similar vibes haha! The Lumme is soo pretty

Mean Mr. Mustard is a Beatles reference fyi ;)

20:25 I have a sweaters quantity of that light purple Cascade 220 waiting to become a Lumme sweater🥰

@knitsbymandy

10 ай бұрын

omg the synchronicity