Thank you for doing the comparison of the Monday sweater and the October sweater. Super helpful! 🧶

Hi Amy! I just wanted to chip in with the topic of translating patterns. As a designer myself I always test my pattern both in English and Finnish. The difference being I write my patterns first in English and then translate them to my own language. I think it might be a matter of money, tech editing or translating patterns is expensive for a smaller designer, especially for us who have to pay to do it in multiple languages. But it’s everyone’s choice what kind of standards they want to have and how to present theirselves. My guess is that money is the biggest factor but also language skills. Im glad they reached out and made the pattern better. I love watching your podcast and your in depth reviews on patterns. Have a great weekend! 🤗 Best, Anniina

Thank you for going through the specs of the Monday and October sweaters! I was really undecided on which pattern to knit, but now I know! This was incredibly helpful!

I love your podcasts. You are so soft spoken and well spoken at the same time, it's such a pleasure to witness your knitting journey :)

Always love to watch your podcasts! I find your comments on pattern translation really interesting. I design patterns myself, and this is honestly the main reason why I have not yet translated any of my paid-for patterns. I am a very small designer (its a hobby, not a buisness) and there is no way I could afford a professional translator or even tech-editor. So I do everything myself. I have given some of my free patterns a try though, which feels safer. Not sure how it is in other languages, but I find it very difficult to translate knitting language from Norwegian to english. English is my second language, I speak and write it for work and we use both Norwegian and english at home too. So I was very surprised about how difficult I found it to translate my patterns. Thanks for the interesting comments. I will absolutely call for a second test knit if I ever attempt to translate any of my more complex paid-for patterns 😊

Your October Sweater vs Monday Sweater comparison was really helpful.

Pattern translation has been on my mind a lot lately. I have two degrees in language and have found knitting terminology hard to come by. That said I’m very interested in translating patters from Romance languages (primarily from Spanish and French) into English. I think it is easier and more accurate for a translator to work into their native tongue rather than the other way around.

every time you show beanies i’m so inspired to knit more!!! i think the oslo hat mania convinced me and then the musselburgh one and now i will be going for a robin beanie or a weekend hat :)) nothing gives me knitting mojo quite like your podcasts

Thank you for the detailed comparison. Extremely helpful.

I looooovee your October Sweater! I also really appreciate the comparison between it and the Monday sweater.

I think if you want the October sweater to look more dressed up, you can wear a collared button up shirt underneath! Your sweater looks amazing ❤

Thank you for the comparison of the two patterns! Very helpful! Love the lavender cables sweater!! 💜

Love your podcast 💙

You are such a great knitter. Beautiful patterns. I may make a few. I love the yarns you have used .

Excellent podcast and very informative. Love your podcasts and look forward to them.

Another great podcast, Amy! You know what? I actually planned to knit a Berlin scarf (without having the pattern so I'll just wing it) with some yarn that I frogged so it would be the perfect time to take part in your KAL! Thank you for giving me the motivation :)

It is interesting how we adjust pattern to fit our bodies. I always have to lengthen pattern sleeve and body to fit me. ❤ love your October sweater. Happy wearing.

Thanks for the review of the October sweater - mentioning the challenge of making it look polished was very helpful. I would like to add more casual knits, but also want something that could look less casual, if needed. Your sweater looks so cozy and that drape - lovely.

Loved your October sweater!

OMG your Aurelia is beautiful! Love the colour you chose. I have been wanting to try Originally Lovely yarns since seeing them on your podcasts so searching for a fluffy scarf pattern now!😊

I absolutely love the color of your October Sweater. That was such a great pairing! There are so many Petiteknit sweater patterns that I really love including the October Sweater, Monday Sweater, Ingrid and Storm, but because of the oversized fit of all of these garments I don't think they would be flattering or doable for me, which is a shame. As someone with a 32 inch bust, the smallest size in all of these patterns are like 41 inches, and personally a sweater with almost 10 inches of positive ease would just be way too much and as you described give it a slouchy fit especially in the raglan depth. I wish the smallest size would be more like 38. I've thought about modifying them, but I'm just not super experienced in sweater knitting to make all of these changes especially in the ones with the textured patterns. Maybe one day though. Thanks for the comparison. I really appreciate how much knowledge and insight you share about the patterns, yarn, knitting experience and fit of all your projects.

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Totally understood about PetiteKnit's oversized fit! If you're still looking for a basic raglan, I'd recommend the Semper Sweater by The Knit Purl Girl. It is suggested to be worn with 2-4 inches of positive ease and has a decent size range and might be what you're looking for!

I am currently knitting my first Monday Sweater and know that it will def NOT be my last. I love how it fits. I really appreciate your comparison with the October Sweater as I also had that on my list but after seeing your vid I feel like I could modify the Monday to get a different look without all that extra positive ease the October has. Great video. Thx heaps. 😊

Your October Sweater turned out beautiful!

your frustration with the pattern for the speckled swtr is very understandable! glad the designer was willing to make it right and learned s/thing important. my 1st thought abt fixing the extra-deep armholes was to sew up the bottom half, but your idea is much better; i made a fair isle swtr that came out too short, so i took off the ribbing, knit another inch onto the body, and kitchenered the rib back on--turned out fine. go for it! 🙂 the comparison of the 2 PK patterns was very interesting--a lot of her sweaters look the same to me.

regarding your problem with the neckband of the october sweater (since I'm knitting this pattern right now, too). from looking at your sweater and also other project photos I got worried about the wide collar. what I have done is to knit it even taller, like 10 rows more. and then I added a row of slip stitches with a crochet hook on the inside of the folded down fabric. you can either do that after knitting the stitches together while casting off or just cast off normally and then attach the folded collar with the slip stitches which is a bit faster. well loved knits has made a tutorial on that btw! the neck opening will get less strechty with that. if you find yourself to be very unhappy with the neckband after a while and if you can gather the motivation to pick up the stitches again maybe that could be another option! thank you for keeping me entertained with your podcast while I'm knitting!

there's a way to do a sewn 2x2 bindoff that stretches a lot and looks like the pattern, without rearranging stitches! well-loved knits has a great tutorial on her channel. it's what i always use when binding off 2x2 rib

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Good to know! I will check that out!

I love your pink beanie. I think it's my favorite of the hats you have knitted. Good job..

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Oh wow thank you!

It always makes me so happy seeing that there's a new video from you!! A tip if you don't like your increases is to instead of just increasing every other row, make yarn overs on the first row and then knit that stitch twisted on the next row and that way there is not as much pulling on the knitted column. Hope that makes sense 😁

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Such a good idea! I will have to try that next time :)

I’ve been working on the Berlin scarf and it is the perfect comfort knit! It seems daunting at the shear size of it but it works up so unbelievably quickly

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

I agree, I've been working on mine and am surprised at how quickly it's working up!

For the cabled sweaters with a lot of charts combined, sometimes I will just block out time to either write down the cable chats into a written pattern or will take to excel and combine all the charts together to see what I should do across the entire row. But sometimes you can become so in tune of what to after a while without looking at the charts all the time, which is really fun when that happens. Though cabling without a cable needle sounds exciting, I'd be too scared to cable without mine since I feel like I'd drop stitches or throw off my tension.

Your October sweater is gorgeous!!! And your split hem is stunning. I'm still trying to learn how to have even tension in my ribbing, especially when knitting flat. I did a split hem on a top recently and oh boy... talk about wonky stitches LOL

"I printed out the chart at work." I'm not sure you were supposed to tell us that. 😆😆 Anyway, thank you for the extended discussion comparing the Monday sweater to the October sweater. I made the Monday sweater, and I like PetiteKnit, but some of her patterns can look very similar just from the online images, so this analysis was very helpful!

Your october sweater turned out so pretty! 😍 Considering to knit it in a dress length, but not sure I have the stamina for a dress on 4mm needles (or 3,5 witch I’d likely have to use to get gauge 🥲)

Just subscribed,very soothing relaxing vlog to knit along to 🙂🌸⭐

Me: going back to work & thinking I need a scarf. You: so this KAL… 🥳 perfect timing!

If you wore jeggings with knee high boots with your Disney sweater and wore a white collared shirt underneath and a statement necklace under the collar, it would be professional looking.

Hey, just started knitting a hat top down... had the same problem with the increases (not as neat looking as I’d liked), then I remembered a pattern where the designer had you make a yarn over on the previous row at the point of make one. Tried this and now it looks perfect 😊. I just made a yarn over at the place where I wanted to increase on the previous row so I didn’t pick up a strand between two stitches, I made the new stitch out of the yarn over. (Hope Oy makes sense)

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Ooo great tip!

Thanks for the comparison video. I would love to see more seeing that you have made a lot of PetiteKnit. I do love her patterns. I also had pattern frustration with a pattern from Claudia Quintanella that was changes twice in over a year time. Luckily for me I hadn’t started it and knowing that the patterns from them are like this I wont be purchasing from her again.

You make me wnt to knit sweaters.

I’m not sure what standard practice is for translated patterns, but I have tested several patterns after they were translated to English for CamijoKnits so some designers do that. I think it should be normal practice especially after testing several of them

Hey about the speckled sweater, if you didn't cast on any stitches under the armhole, you could also try seaming the front and back together to a point where the armhole has the size it's supposed to have? I think that would be easier than the whole kitchener stitching action, but it may not look quite as neat, unless your seaming skills are better than mine (which I hope) :D

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

That would fix the armhole depth but wouldn't change the neckline at all, but kitchener-ing would fix both!

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I have always wondered about Petite Knit Patterns. Many of them look exactly the same, just different color. I think the "No Frills Sweater" it is quite similar too. Additionally many knitters rave about "Lento" and Rebecca Clow loves the "Semper". It could be nice to do an analysis of these very similar raglan. About the Originally Lovely Fluff yarn. How it compares to Drops Air or Puno from Gepard?

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

I haven't used Drops Air or Gepard Puno, but looking at the specs online they seem very similar! Same yarn construction, very similar weight and fiber content

Love your october sweater! The pattern comparison is really nice and useful information, thank you for that! I would like to know what is the difference between monday sweater and no frills sweater because I own the no frills sweater pattern and the monday sweater seems REALLY similar. I think the amount of raglan stiches is different but otherwise.... 🤔

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

I don't own/haven't knit the no frills sweater! But I agree they do seem really similar

What yarn was the white sweater with the black speckles?? I am completely obsessed!

Great podcast!, it's lovely to see all those beautiful sweaters!! I have a BA in translation and one thing that is important to note is that translators should only translate from a foreign language to their mother tongue. This is to ensure that the translated text would 100% make sense to a native speaker. So even though I am fluent in English, in a professional settings I should never be allow to translate a French text (my mother tongue) into English. I expect what happened with this pattern is that someone who had a good grip on English did the translation, but because it was not their mother tongue, it ended not making sense to native speakers...

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Love this insight, thank you for sharing!

Loved this podcast, loved the detail around the pattern comparison and I think I have that same row counter! I couldn’t help but notice the cabled pillow in the background, did you knit it? Would be very interested in the pattern. 😂

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

It's store bought from Target! Haha I wish I knit it, but it was cheaper to purchase :)

@carrotcakekim

5 ай бұрын

@@neknits Target truly is a fertile land 😂

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

@@carrotcakekim 😂😂

I wonder if styling the october sweater with a collared shirt underneath would fix a couple of your fit concerns (hard to dress up; wide neckline). Beautiful knits!!

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Good idea!

For the KAL, do we have to wait until Feb. 10 to cast on or are WIPs welcome?

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

You don’t have to wait to start! WIPs are welcome!

@joyceknitsandsews

5 ай бұрын

@@neknits Thank you!

Is that a hand knitted cable blanket what is the pattern

I started to use a pattern that wasn't originally in english and the translation was awful. When I told about this to the designer, they did agree but... the story ends here. They didn't came back to me after they asked for it and to this day, I didn't hear about any improvement to the english translation. Clearly to me, it hasn't been tested in english but they still put it out in the world. I don't know if it's a common move in the non english speaking designers world, but it's really frustrating for us knitters who put their trust into this work 😕

Hello, I know that you are left-handed, I was wondering how you 'translate' the patterns for yourself as regards the structured knits?

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Depending on the symmetry of the pattern I will sometimes mirror charts in a photo editor so I can knit them correctly! If the texture pattern is completely symmetrical then I'll just read the charts as is. Sometimes I don't mind ending up with a mirrored result depending on the project so I won't adjust anything

Call me crazy but wouldn't it be easier to just mattress stitch up the arm hole to the desired length? It might not look perfect but it would be a lot faster. I usually don't mind ripping out my knitting or surgery but it just seems like a quick fix to something you won't see under your arms. Hope whatever you do turns out as you would like. Good luck.

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Good suggestion! I do want to adjust the neckline as well so the sweater surgery will fix both at the same time

I think you should test a pattern in the language you are selling it in.

Quick lesson: "Isager" is pronounced appr. "eee-sayer" if you want to come close to the Danish pronounciation. :)

Amy, I love you and your channel. I’m always inspired by your pattern and yarn choices. I live in a warm weather location, but after watching you, all I want to do is knit sweaters! And, that Turtledove shawl - so beautiful! After I watched this episode, I started this one from Kaci: kzread.info/dash/bejne/anap18aDm5vFaaw.htmlsi=gCfmv1GDEdj9UHbk and she talks about cutting out a section of one of her recents sweaters and Kitchener stitching the pieces together, so you may want to reach out to her - quite timely!

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will definitely check out that video!

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Could you just sew up the armholes to get the size you need ?

@neknits

5 ай бұрын

That would fix the armholes but not adjust the neckline to the way I'd prefer it so I think it's best to cut+kitchener to solve both issues at once!

@heatherr9201

5 ай бұрын

@@neknits makes sense