Not me finding out that knitting through the back loop isn't "standard" after knitting for over 20 years 🤣 I blame my Polish great-grandma who taught me. She also knit Continental, and discovering English knitting 15 years later absolutely baffled my brain.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Polish great-grandma checks out. In the Balkans they call this style "grandmom's knitting". I have no one to blame but myself, as my Flemish grandmom taught me English, but then I deviated towards crochet and then couldn't do the English movements anymore.

@laurendisney

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden I learned how to crochet from a different great-grandma before I learned to knit, so the way my great-grandma taught me made total sense to my brain. English just doesn't, but I plan to figure it out one day so I can teach my kids both knitting styles. Have to pass down the knowledge, since I'm the only one left in my family who knows how to knit and crochet!

I am a project and process knitter because although I have been knitting for a while-it was never consistent. There were long, long periods that I did not touch it because I was a project knitter in the beginning and the process always felt like it took way, way too long. I'm a lot older now and it has shifted....I now feel like it's half about the journey to the end project and the "fun" is in the process and what can be learned along the way. Great vest and I feel like I need to go finish cleaning, spinning, and now knitting my own local raw alpaca I have on hand...😍😁😉😊

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I feel like you should too ;)

I love those colors! They make me think of peppermint hot chocolate around Christmastime.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Hmmmm hot chocolate

That turned out so cute. I love the natural variation in the alpaca. I lean towards being a project crocheter rather than a process one.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you :D

I'm both, but I think I am more a process knitter than a project knitter. I make small things for boosts in motivation between long projects. Alpaca is also one of my favorite fibers to wear. It is so lovely😊

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Right?! My mom almost only knits with alpaca, I understand her now

I’m both a process and product knitter. I like trying new techniques and patterns but I also try only to make things that I know I will wear. I do the same with sewing. I love sewing coats and knitting hats but there’s only so many I need! But I will knit endless socks because you can never have too many fuzzy socks

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Socks are indeed always useful :D

Beautiful result. I love the wide armholes. Free unimpeded arm movement. 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏾🤘🏼💋💜

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Yes, all the weird arm movements are possible :D

The colour changes in the alpaca just take that vest to the next level. I'm surprised people don't want the natural alpaca colour. While managing the colour is an extra challenge for commercial mills, the colours themselves are absolutely beautiful. The mill that produced the Shetland fleece I mentioned recently also has a line of yarns where they deliberately dye coloured fleece, for a more shadowy effect.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

The reasoning was that they want only white because coloured fleece cannot be dyed. Which is not a thing I would hear an individual spinner say, and is also just bullcrap I think?

The natural color changes of the alpaca is magical! Think perhaps that God was giving you a little surprise bonus blessing for this beautiful vest!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I like getting bonus suprise blessings :D

I wash my alpaca after I have spun it up into skeins. I often flick card it open outside if the weather is nice because of the massive dust, then run it though my drum carder unwashed (this is a total cringe for OCD folks). Since there is no greasy lanolin in alpaca, my drum carder stays relatively clean even after running dirty alpaca through the carding machine. Your project is fabulous! LOVE it!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

yeah, I too do a lot of things to my drum carder OCD people will not like...

This pattern has been on my list since it came out, but seeing it knit with variegated handspun is what I needed to finally get it going. Your finished vest looks gorgeous! Id also say im more of a process knitter than a project knitter, unless the project is small. In that case, I want it done quickly!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Go for it! It's a great interesting but also rather quick knit :D

@Schokoholix

Ай бұрын

You are such a precious person! I discovered your videos about a few months ago and I am obsessed 😂 I love you Humor und the way you talk. I tried to spin a few years ago and I was ... Not good... But you inspired me to maybe make another move? On the other hand I have so many knitting projects... I don't know when I should spin... So much to do, so little time ... But please keep doing what you do! ❤ Greetings from Bavaria

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you! And if you feel like it, I do encourage you to give spinning another go. However this will only make your list of knitting projects longer 🤭

I am more of a product knitter, but I do enjoy the process too. But I like having and using the finished products which I think is super cool.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

It is super cool 😁

I love how your alpaca yarn stripes like that! I can't believe they would just throw it out. I think yarns dyed over coloured wool look so much better than yarn dyed on white as well.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Right?!

wow, this is a stunning pattern! I have a kilo of fawn alpaca AND deep red dyed merino, I might do this project too! thank you for the inspiration!!!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Have fun with it :D

Llama that has been de-haired is also beautiful to spin and makes an amazing yarn. I also blend my llama and/or alpaca with about 25% wool so that the yarn has some bounce back. PS: I'm a project knitter. Process spinner.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I do want to blend some of the alpaca with either the zwartbles or the blue texel. I think the black/grey and the brown would make such a beautiful combo

Love this vest! And a thousand times more because it is handspun. ❤ Also, I would (if I made it), purposely want the sleeves to look like yours, rather than the original pattern. I like how it looks with a swishy skirt, even with short sleeves underneath. 😊 Here, project knitter with an engaging process as a necessity. I couldn't knit a stocking stitch jumper unless it were scrap yarn to keep me interested the whole time, for example. Which is the case for my current project: a scrappy Lento. 🧶 👀

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

yes, I get bored easily too. Either the yarn has to be pretty to look at, or the pattern has to be. But a plain stockinettte in yarn that doesn't spark joy in itself? pass.

This is so cute! I love it. This might be my favorite one ever!!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Awww thank you :D

I think the shoulders look absolutely perfect on you! And the west fits the brown dress so well 😍

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you :D

How fun are those color changes! Such a happy accident. I love stuff like that! And, I think the shoulders actually kind of look like cute little cap sleeves. But I can sympathize with the sizing issue. My chest is about two sizes smaller than my hips, and I like long tops, so I've learned I have to taper all my patterns. I, too, am a project knitter. I want the thing! And I want the pride of knowing I MADE the thing. The moments I enjoy the process the most are actually when doing something like plain stockinette, when I can just knit without thinking, so it becomes more of a fidget.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Knitting is a fidget all the time haha

I am very much both a prosses and project driven knitter. I really like the process of some projects and just enjoy them so much while I'm working on them. But some others I find myself getting bored and just wanting to be done. I am most definitely more a process spinner tho, I really enjoy trying to spin new kinds of fiber. I just got some plant based fibers in the mail, cotton, flax and hemp, and I can't wait ro tear into them and turn them into yarn.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Oh yes, me too. I want to experience all the fibers!

Lovely vest! You have likely seen it but if you haven’t Jillian Eve has a really great video about blending alpaca with different percentages of wool. I thought it was fascinating and it helped me decide how much wool to blend into some alpaca I’m spinning now 😊

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I do have seen it, it was fascinating indeed!

Hi Jente, I hope you're OK and that your ankle is better xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ I love the Vest, the colours compliment each other perfectly. I also like the shoulders of it, especially with you Knitting it a few rows shorter than the pattern says. I'm not sure what sort of Spinner or Knitter I am, I love the process of both.🎡🧶 Happy Spinning and Knitting Fibre Friend 🎡🧶🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you Jen, have fun enjoying the process of both! :D

@jenniferbrighty5120

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ You're very welcome 🥰🥰 Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥ Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞 I am enjoying the process both and having a lot if fun 🎡🧶🌟 Thankyou so much for sharing your video podcasts, your expertise, and the inspiration for which you're very much appreciated .✨️🌟🔆🥰 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕

@jenniferbrighty5120

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, I hope you're having a Wonderful Day xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥ Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞 Hope you and Dries have a Wonderful Weekend 🌟✨️🔆🌞 Happy Spinning and Knitting Fibre Friend 🎡🧶🐑🥰 Take care, love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕🐑

answering machine here: I am something like you, I do it for the project, but still enjoy the process. However I do not take my knitting/crochet anywhere with me. One reason is the position, how I have to be in a special way to not hurt my back. But i think the most important for me is that when I'm needling, I'm in the zone, and if I take that with me, I will just miss everything around me. This is also why I don't use my phone when outside. It is burried somewhere in the bag on silent, and will only use it if I need to contact someone or check something. Also, when travelling, I feel like I should be 100% with the person I'm travelling with, not half listening to them while doing something else. (not saying that's what you do, just talking ab me ^^)

@MijnWolden

9 күн бұрын

Sometimes my husband and I both need quiet alone time, and then I knit and he reads/does a crossword puzzle :D

I am somewhat obsessed with how that alpaca yarn turned out in your vest. Also, definitely a process knitter. Unless it's socks.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

socks are meant to be on your feet and not on your needles anyway ;)

I remember you saying you find the commercial merino rather lifeless to spin (I agree!) If you give it a gentle wash in warm water it can revive the crimp. I usually card it with other fibres as well and it’s much more fun to spin.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I have carded with some other fiber in a different video, and indeed, it makes all the difference!

I am a project crafter. Lately, I've been hopping between weaving, spinning, sewing, and knitting. I do enjoy the process as well. That vest is beautiful!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

hopping between hobbys is the best :)

Beautiful sweater.❤❤❤. And DEFINITELY a project knitter. I HAVE to eventually be finished with a project and have something to wear or for someone else to wear or there is just no point to endless stitching. So, no, I have never finished a blanket. And you styled your sweater beautifully.❤

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I have finished some blankets, but then only crochet ones where every row was a different colour/stitch, so everytime you worked on it it did look like you made progress.

Excellent vidéo ! Thanks for your share! Personally, i discover that iam a process spinner/knitter…I love so much processing fibers, what ever technique I use ❤ but I also enjoy when I got the bull’s eye when a project fit my body and match with m’y initial thought 😂 Have a nice day!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Getting it spot on is a great feeling indeed :D

I love the alpaca yarn! Beautiful vest! And nice Douglas Adams reference :D I'm an "it varies" kind of knitter/crocheter/sewist. I like starting projects and having the finished project. Sometimes I like the process. Sometimes I have to drag myself through the process. Right now I'm working on a bigger knitting project which is beginning to overwhelm me and I have started to do the "take out little moments in the day" thing as well, to keep the momentum going until motivations strikes again. Which works surprisingly well, so fingers crossed I'll finish it :D

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

My fingers are crossed too!

Beautiful vest ❤❤

@MijnWolden

3 күн бұрын

Thank you :D

Oh boy am I a project knitter/crocheter. I love making a project and of course I enjoy the knitting too. But when it comes to spinning I am definitely a process spinner! I enjoy it so much I don't really care what I'll do with the yarn in the end. I have so much handspun yarn that I don't have a project for yet. I always say to myself I should really get onto that, but then I don't have time to spin 😩

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Not me having a big basket of handspun in the background of all my videos too haha. But I think I'm even more like that with dyeing. I just like the experiment. And then I have all that dyed floof without a plan for spinning it.

I'd love to spin alpaca wool. It looks so soft.😮

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

It is very soft!

That is a beautiful vest! I can only imagine how soft it is! I totally get how a plan for a whole bag of fleece can change. I finished one skein of a giant bag to make a hat for the farmer that gave me the fleece and I haven't touched it since 🙈

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

That is very recognizable...

Yes, chain ply!!! Het vest staat je echt geweldig en de merino springt er ook mooi uit als contrastkleur. Ik ben een echte proces knitter, een werkje froggen vind ik geen probleem betekent alleen maar dat ik weer opnieuw kan breien. Ik wil gewoon lekke breien, projecten die afgebreid zijn blijven soms wat lang liggen omdat ik dan nog draadjes weg moet werken of een naadje dicht moet naaien. Maar ja, dat is geen breien dus dat blijft liggen.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Bij mij blijft het wegstoppen van draadjes eerder liggen omdat ik dan zo blij ben dat het af is en ik het gewoon wil dragen...

Love how it turned out.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Paaaah paparapapaaapaaaah ❤

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

paparapaprapapaparapapapa

Lovely!❤😊

5:20 That chain ply(?) is gorgeous! I want to try that for sure.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

It's great if you want to keep your colours seperate in the finished yarn :D

I am a i don't like labels knitter. Progress or product who cares as long as we enjoy it. I love your alpaca ut looks so great. Unbelievable people would throw this away. I have the same shoulder boop issue. Cardigans that fit my bust fall of my shoulders. Have a great day

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

The reasoning is that coloured floof can't be dyed anymore, so it is less valuable... complete and utter bullcrap of course

@RicaKramer

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden yeah and if the natural color is so beautiful already who cares. I have a cone of alpaca in a similar shade and started a cardigan with it

Absolutely beautiful ❤

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

I love the extra room in the shoulders, it leaves room for a poofy sleeve, whether in a complementing red or a contrasting pale cream.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

but it goes over the shoulder poof! (I say, because I am wearing it with a poofy blouse right now.)

@kalka1l

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden nooooo! Pressing it up would make it look too sci-fi I think.

Saw this video was out then had to cook and eat dinner before I could watch it. The tension! I too have alpaca that I was going to spin all of (2 years in now; I have spun some). I also spin it in the grease (dust?) and my flier is dirty af ❤ I just prefer washing yarn to washing fibre 🤷‍♀️ Also that vest came out so nice! I love how the surprise self striping of the handspun shows off the unusual construction. Beautiful pattern wonderfully executed 😊

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I sometimes watch videos while cooking dinner (not always a great advice, unless you like burned dinner)

@saraht855

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden I do sometimes with video essay type content but I want to stare wondrously at fiber and knitwear so those videos require my full attention (minus what I am using for knitting)

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

@@saraht855 Ah yes, it is often times video essays for me too :)

LOVE it. This pattern is one of two patterns that I am so excited to knit next year. Ironically I just purchased some Alpaca roving from a local farm and wasn’t sure what to use it for.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

This is your sign to combine the pattern and the roving :D

Your vest came out beautifully! I have that pattern on my list of things I want to make this year too.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I can recommend :D

Wonderful job. As usual 😊

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you :)

I was shouting combing isn't enough! I double soak triple rinse alpaca floof then comb out VM and still the finish soak looks dirty. Of course cats are obsessed with floof and in winter want to sleep in the knitting. I hate having to stop and drop spin more when color varies year to year on same animal,frogged a complete sweater as looked like banded caterpillar, I also pet my pieces which I think way warmer than wool. May I suggest fingerless mitts and some bed socks? Such luxury!!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

banded caterpillar is an interesting way of describing :D

It came out BEAUTIFUL! I recently did a video on some alpaca too and hardly made a dent in the one bag. So much fiber, so little time.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

so much fiber, so little time indeed!

Wauw 👏🏼👏🏼 het vest is heel erg mooi! In september leer ik spinnen, …droom ook al van zo’n prachtig project! Top! Je video’s zijn ook heel leuk! 👍🏼😃

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Veel plezier ermee!

your vest is beautiful. wow!!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Jente. Oh wow the variations of colour and detail in your vest are so beautiful. Thoroughly enjoyed your spin and fibre prep. That alpaca floof is gorgeous. I always love seeing fibre prep.. I don't know why but it just relaxes me. I'm a process crocheter. I have to crochet every day, it calms me, its very meditative, it makes me happy, I love the process but I also love that feeling when I find a pattern, work through all the stages and get to the end result, which are currently lacy sun tops. I then have to keep going through the process because it was so much fun... which is why I now have 6 lacy sun tops a 7th on the hook and an 8th planned 🤷🙄😂 I usually have to reign myself in and go spin floof... sooo does that mean I'm also a project crocheter because I use and wear and love all my end results ? 🤔

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

My grandmom used to make herself lacy suntops all the time :D

Very cute!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I'm a process knitter I think. But also impatient. 😅 I like the seratonin from completing a task so I'll want to be done with say the front already.

@MijnWolden

27 күн бұрын

Impatient process knitter, that's a great combination :D

I bought this pattern from Teti but haven't knitted it up. I have spun the yarn for the colour-work part but I haven't quite decided on what I want to spin for the main colour. Yours turned out so beautifully!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

When you do start knitting: have fun!

You could throw some sleeves on it. But I think it looks great as it is, well done.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

There is a version of this pattern with sleeves, but it just doesn't look as good to me

Positively glorious! My toxic trait is that I am not a knitter (or a crocheter!) at all hahah. I do weave, though. I've enjoyed trying to spot how many hair styles you wear, too!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Not quite nearly enough hair styles imo, I've been a bit inspirationless so it's quick to just braid it then 😅

I absolutely love that vest! I have the opposite problem with my bust. Im plus size, but my bust is not! Haha

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

If only there was a way to trade some haha

@TarotLadyLissa

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden me too! lol

I'm a process spinner and a project knitter. Although I rarely wear my knits.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

wearing my knits is my entire personality :)

@hawthorngrove3629

Ай бұрын

Mine never seem to fit right but I recently made a vest that I've worn

I frog that part of each project/piece every time and consider it part of the process. Instead of spending time planning and sampling and mathing, I accept restarting. In a large job like a sweater I will make a sample which becomes a patch pocket.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

In this particular project I was a bit scared for the frogging because of the very flooffy yarn, but it turned out alright in the end :)

Your vest turned out so pretty! I didn't think I liked the Bifurca pattern but I guess I do now! I also really like the red last row, I think it ties everything really nicely together. I'm currently spinning alpaca (with a bit of wool mixed in), and even though I washed it beforehand it's still very dirty. My fingers are always brown after spinning :P

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Yes, brown fingers were my experience too :p

im a process knitter which means im always knitting yet never actually complete anything because i keep finding fun new ideas lol

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Cast-onitis? :)

@cosmicgeologist

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden unfortunately

I'm deffinatly a project knitter xD sometimes I choose the patterns by how long it's going to take me xD

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Not you knitting socks all the time ;)

@etienne6916

Ай бұрын

You cant prove that! :0 hahahahahahahah xD

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

@@etienne6916 There is absolutely no online record of that ;)

@etienne6916

Ай бұрын

none whatsoever! xD

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

@@etienne6916 None where I might have directed everyone to in my latest community post at least ;)

Love your content and sense of humour! Thank you for everything you do! You inspired me to approach my local farmer to ask if I could purchase his sheep's wool and he told me 'no he will give it to me because it's thrown away otherwise' 😢 It's absolutely gorgeous fibre and now I'm slowly spinning my way through 8 chocolate brown Valais blacknose fleeces. 🥰 Please let me know if I can send you some. Thanks again 🥰

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I'm not a fan of Valois blacknose, I know someone myself who has that fiber... And I had to let her down last year haha. (It could be her particular sheep that don't have the greatest fleece maybe). Oh! and if farmers don't want money, they mostly are interested in something made from their sheep (ask me how I know)

Turned out looking very beautiful! 😊 I have my eye on that Vest pattern, too. But i haven't decided yet if i attempt to spin the yarn for it myself or just buy something nice. 'will see. ... I'm a process knitter i think. But i approach may projects as if i were a project knitter and that might be the reason i get frustrated when it's taking me longer than anticipated. Or maybe i'm a little bit of both. I knit eastern crossed btw, if i recall correctly, but for me it's just the way my grandma taught me.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Yes, eastern uncrossed is called "grandma's style" in a lot of eastern european countries anyway :D

@TheMayLight

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden mh yeah i know, i'm not sure about what i called my style ... i need to look it up again, Roxanne Richardson had it in one of her videos. I don't knit eastern 'un'-crossed, my knit and purl stiches (in a ribbing for example) lean in opposite directions. Update: Ah yes, i'm sorry, i seem to be knitting combination style

Zo mooi!!! 😍

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Dankje!

im largely a process knitter but....lets not pretend im choosing patterns based on how complex they are lol, Im still gonna wear it at the end and i want it to be something i will wear. That said I have no qualms ripping out a whole freshly finished sweater and reknitting it I have done that a couple of times because i wanted to change the fit but also enjoyed knitting it enough to do it again. I keep getting colored wool thinking ohhh this will be such a nice base for a moody dye job! by the end im like. but what if. I didnt dye it...

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

ripping out an entire sweater? oh no no no... I've only made piece with ripping out parts recently haha

I loved the pattern when it was published, but yours is even better. I think the color variation is key as it emphasizes the interesting shape.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

yeah, it just changes in all the right places :D

Stunning vest. It looks great on you

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Definitely a process knitter.

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I love that you're so determined in your answer :)

Mmmmm process or project knitter? I’d say 50-50 of either. If I don’t see the point of a project, in terms of aesthetics, wearability, fit etc, I know I won’t finish it. But if I don’t enjoy the process, no matter how beautifully it’ll fit, how gorgeous the finished piece is, I know I won’t finish it either. It’ll either languish for months in the quarantine pile before getting frogged or it’ll get frogged immediately. The yarn ‘ll get to languish some more before being used. Let’s call me a picky persnickity chaos goblin knitter. The fibre has to feel good while spinning, or feel good when buying. It has to knit nicely. No stroppy yarns! The colours have to look pretty to me. The chosen pattern has to be enjoyable to knit. I have to know I’ll get a lot of wear out of the finished piece or, at least, tremendously enjoy wearing it when I do choose to wear it (or when it’s a gift, the new owner had to). The finished piece has to look good. About spinning, knitting and wearing alpaca: oh yes! It’s a wonderful fibre! The batch I’m working on is a gorgeous chocolate brown. Not milk chocolate, dark chocolate. “Fondantchocoladebruin”. Or maybe the colour of strong coffee that you shine alight through. Absolutely stunning. 💖

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

I have some fondant alpaca too, that was the third alpaca fleece I got last year. But yes, I agree on the feeling, colour of the yarn and the wearability/hapiness inducing quality of the piece I'm making. I won't just knit for a fad or trend, I only knit when I know I can make multiple outfits with it.

@eddavanleemputten9232

Ай бұрын

@@MijnWolden - I’m so bad I won’t even consider knitting something for someone else if I don’t think I could enjoy making/wearing it. A friend once asked me if I would finish a project for her. It was in the stickiest, grippiest, baby-puke yarn. One look at it made me go “Sorry. No.” I’d have been able to stomach the colour for her sake. But that yarn made me itch all over and I knew every stitch would make me fight. Frogging back would have been a nightmare. No. Nuh-uh. Nope. Bought a few skeins of much more agreeable, upset-stomach-shade and frankly, I was glad when it was done. “Why do your things always feel so good?” Because my neurospicy ass is fraught with issues. One of them being absolutely unwilling to torture myself. LOL

I actually think the oversized shoulders look intentional, they kinda look like pauldrons! (I think that's how you spell that??) I would say I'm a mixture of process and project knitter. If *either* the idea of the finished product *or* the feeling of actually knitting it don't feel good to me, I'm not going to be excited about it and I'm likely to let the project fall by the wayside!

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

The excitement is indeed key :D

Am I first?!

@annapierce2604

Ай бұрын

I love how your vest turned out! IMO cropped is the way to go 😁

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

You are! Congratulations :)

Can I ask why your inner voices are wolves?

@MijnWolden

Ай бұрын

Because Epica has a song about that, and I didn't think twice after that?