I think a lot of the reason you've had such success on youtube is because you are both very funny and very charismatic. It's a good combination! It makes me want to watch your videos first when multiple people post new stuff.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Awh thank you 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I love the inspiration for your channel name and I'm looking forward to any and all projects you bring in 2023. Beautiful yarn!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰 happy New Year!

I want to see more huge jumpers for your husband! Your husband is cool and you are cool for having such a cool husband ❤️

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Then next week you'll be in for a treat 😉

@adoptedbythe1king

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden oh yay! Am excited!

Your relaxed, no fuss style inspired me to add spinning to my own fibre shenanigan repertoire. I love that you edit your content into practical bite sized snippets of your your fleece to finished garment. The way you weave a little history and ethics into your marker content sets you apart from other makers. You remind me each fortnight that makers created our civilisations and shaped our world more than any famous leaders or warriors ever did.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

This might be the best comment I ever got. Thank you 🥰 and I'm so happy you're expanding your shenanigans!

I am spinning again. Thank you. Lol. I use to wash, card my wool but I am old so now I just spin roving. Don’t dye any more but that may change if I can muster enough energy. Love everything you do. Blessings

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Spinning again, that is what I like to hear 😁

I love the fact that it's a cosy channel and I feel that you would be doing exactly the same things without the camera there, we've just been invited along for a bit of a fibre love in. Yes to all the ideas for projects, but I would be really interested in some historic and recreation items, I am going through a real phase of older patterns from when wool was practical and everyday

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

That is the most wholesome description of my channel 🥰🥰 and I have the entire second book of hows printed out and all the projects are calling my name, so there will be some more reconstruction! 😁

@linr8260

Жыл бұрын

Seconding! Historical practical items would be so cool.

I love your humour, your style and your shenanigans! Glad I found your channel. ♥️

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad to have you on board!

Carder candy batts are my favorite batts to make and they tell such stories of all the wool we’ve loved before! Yours came out dreamy and tweedy and perfect.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I love doing that, just throw everything at it and see what you get. I think all my handspun socks are made that way 😅

I have learned so mich from watching your videos as someone who is self taught! Id never heard of chain plying before and it looks so cool, very cleaver

@MijnWolden

19 күн бұрын

It's great when you want to have neat stripes :)

What a great video. So happy to hear the explanation for your channel name. Would love to see some more wet felting. Maybe do one pair of socks and a matching sweater? Please keep your finger safe for flipping off the patriarchy! Happy New Year!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I shall keep my finger safe 😉

I’m interested in historic sewing, so historic knitting catches my interest. I don’t knit or spin, but it’s interesting to learn about, no sewing without spinning.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, cloth has to come from somewhere! I also really like historic sewing (my spinningwheel is named Bernadette for a reason 🤭)

Hey Jente! This is my first time spinning along and man it feels good to be part of the club. Congrats on the near 1k subscribers! I would love to see some historical knitting videos, like a gansey knit or any sort of aran sweater. This neutral yarn would be ideal for such a project I think!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! 🥰

Thank you for posting! At some point, please discuss vintage knitting and crochet patterns and pattern books from your area of the world.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

That's a rabbit hole I'll gladly dive into 😁

Thank you for your channel and your comradery.. Greetings from Oklahoma, USA. Love all of it, very much enjoy historical content.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰

Hi Jente, I hope you're both feeling better. ❣️❣️ I love your Batts and the Yarns you got from some (3) of them. I think we All need extra Warm Socks, maybe Fingerless Mitts/ Wrist Warmers or maybe a Beanie/ Headband deep enough to keep our ears warm. Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Happy New Year, hope 2023 is a good year,🎉🎉 Lots of love Blessings and light. ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏✨️✨️☀️ Jen xxxx

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

May you have a blessed 2023 as well, Jen! I always appreciate your support 🥰

@jenniferbrighty5120

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥ Reply Sending Heart ♥ back to you You're so welcome. Thankyou for your wishes too.xxxxxxx 🙏🙏 Love and Big Hugs Fibre Friend Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂

Love this

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰 more historic knitting coming in the following weeks!

I love the idea of you making all socks or socks and wrist warmers and then donating them to a care home maybe? But it is a gorgeous color, even if it isn't as variegated as you had hoped, and it would make a lovely hat/scarf/mitten set?

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Where my office used to be (office moved) there is a shelter for homeless People next door... Maybe I can indeed do something for them. So many great ideas!

I haven't felt highly inspired to work with my yarns very much recently, but I got myself my first pair of reading glasses for Christmas, and it's making my adventures in teaching myself needlepoint a lot easier on my eyeballs 😅.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Needlepoint, damn, that has been ages since I did any of that. It's one of the many crafts my grandmom passed on to me, but only knitting and crochet really stuck 😅

@adoptedbythe1king

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden neither of my grandmothers were especially crafty, but I had great grandmothers on both sides of my family who were! Maybe it just had to wait a couple of generations to re-emerge.

You are very unique and fun ! I love your personality ! So Cute Also Love how you present this helpful video ! 💕🤗👍

@MijnWolden

11 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

Happy end of year to you too! Thank you for brightening my year, it really has been a delight. Also, good news! After being stuck in transit hell for almost a month, my nano has finally arrived in europe, so I should be able to start spinning soon. Good luck with your monster bats haha (that carder is a Big Boy O.O)

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Awh yissss! Happy spinning with your nano. And yes, my drumcarder is literally called the ''Giant'' by woolmakers 😅

I am spinning Angors and baby Alpaca at this time and it is pure heaven to work with. Soft doesn't even begin to describe it. Can't wait to ply it so I can make myself a nice scarf.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Oeffff that sounds like spinning actual clouds from heaven 🥰

As I watch the video, you're up to 920 subscribers, that's amazing! As far as content goes, I believe I first saw one of your videos on dyeing with natural materials, and that's definitely something I would love to see more of. Vintage patterns are really fun and I think that if you have many skeins that seem to match each other fairly well, it would be a good use of them to make a larger garment than "just" socks, although socks are fantastic as well. You have so many bats that you could probably do both!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

There certainly will be more dyeing in 2023! And yes, that was what I thought as well, if the skeins were all very different, socks made Sense... But now I have so much of the same colour I feel like it should be bigger 😁

Hi ! You inspire me to begin carding and spinning, before i only crocheted 😇 I just bought the supplies I need, I'm excited to receive all the stuff and start 😁 Thanks for your videos ❤ (and hello from France !)

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Oooh how exciting! Lots of luck and Fun to you!

They're looking fabulous! I do think that kind of moody grey looks great with patches/stripes of the most intense colour, eg red, blue, yellow, like when the sun hits a building that's surrounded by storm clouds. Perhaps socks with just a couple of random neon yellow stripes, or a felted scarf with some roses. Re 2023 projects in general: I'd be very interested to see you explore different ways to achieve a stated end result - something artistically broad, I mean. Being artistically rudimentary myself, it helps me to see others' thought process and outcomes.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I have made socks with this exact method and fiber before, and indeed the sun between storm clouds is a spot on description! They're my favorite pair of socks 😁

Thank you so much for sharing all your fibery adventures this year! ❤It's been very inspirational (and funny)! ✨ And I'm looking forward to your adventures of 2023! 🧶🧣🧤🧦✨

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰

There's a beautiful Danish shawl of ravelry from 1897 - Kællingesjal 1897 by Mette Rørbech on Ravelry - that I would recommend if you want something historical that isn't a sweater! I'm currently making my second one, I love it so much. I feel like it would suit handspun yarn really well, since most of it is in garter stitch and it'll show off some of the variations in the yarn itself really well. It is definitely weird there wasn't more yellows and oranges in your finished skeins!! I really loved the look of that first Batt you made, it reminded me of like a rocky canyon wall 🥰 congrats on almost 1000 subscribers in just half a year!! There's still time for a few last minute additions to get you there, so I hope that happens ❤

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I'm not really a shawl-wearer, but that does seem like a pattern that would go really Well with this yarn! And well, yes almost a 1000 in half a year. And to think 500 was somewhere mid november. Really baffling!

First time watcher here. Since you are Dutch how about a comfy long sleeveless vest for the mild days and bicycle riding. 👍👍👍

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I'm actually Flemish! ( But we also have a strong cycling culture 😁)

I think my previous comment was removed because I added a link to a pattern... But anyway, I said I love the color! I would say knit at least one pair of socks, because as you said, no one can have too many hand knit socks! And maybe you can knit a nice vest for your husband. If he likes that sort of thing. (I'll send the link through reddit, where I first found out about your channel)

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I'll check in my spam comments here on KZread, maybe they thought you were spamming me 😅 I have some skeins that are clearly different from the rest, so I think I'll reserve them for some socks indeed!

@adoptedbythe1king

Жыл бұрын

I was also thinking it seemed like a great color for a sweater vest!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Ooh, maybe like a 1940s RAF sweater vest 🤔

I found your channel very recently and I'm very glad i did. Your format of filming is very satisfying and I love seeing what your makeing.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰

I need to comment here more. I watch the videos religiously, but feel I don't have much to say!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being here nonetheless 🥰🥰🥰

I really like the sock yarn. I tend to gravitate toward the natural primitive yarns versus brightly dyed. ❤️

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I used to really like vibrant colours and my closet was 2/3 Blue and green, but now that I've started spinning I am also more gravitating towards neutrals and warm colours.

I highly recommend looking into card weaving - I love it and it's very accessible

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😁

10:50 😂 subbed ❤❤❤

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

That was so relaxing to watch. I could listen all day and I am extremely happy, though not at all surprised that your channel is growing. I look forward to seeing the socks you make. Maybe you could make a hat or two with some of the yarn? I make hats with my leftover yarns but no one here ever wears them. Happy (almost) New Year. See you in 2023!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I already got so many hats it's almost a crime. But none of them is made out of handspun... So maybe.... 🤔

Hello Really pleased to have found your channel 🙂 Hi from Australia 👋 It would be great to hear more about the breeds of sheep that you are spinning. We dont have them over here. And I would also enjoy hearing more about natural dyeing as you do it. Dye, spin, knit for a project is fun to follow along with too 😃 Looking forward to following along with you in 2023 Lyn

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰 I'm glad you're following along!

Lovely as always!! I was actually in a fair amount of pain when I watched this the first time (strained a muscle by sitting still lol) and never got around to commenting. But it did make me feel quite a bit better!!!! The yarn turned out so lovely. As for things I'd like to see. I'd like to get a bit more explanation of the techniques. Not as like a tutorial but more just to hear you talk. 💞

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Ouch! Hopefully your strained muscle has healed by now... I do try to talk more in my videos 😁

I've been saving all my thrums (waste threads from weaving) and waste wool fibre for an epic recycled tweed. My fitbit used to count steps based on my arm movements as I spun with my drop spindle, but it does not work with the espinner. Ik wist dat 'mijn' een voornaamwoord was, omdat ik heb Nederlands gestudeerd bij Duo. Ik leerde voor het eerst Vlaams in de jaren 80 omdat mijn schoonouders in Aarschot wonen. Nu leer ik Nederlands omdat het goed is voor mijn hersenen. Ik zou graag meer weven zien, ik hou van weven. Wensen voor een gelukkig nieuwjaar.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Oh! When I was a baby, I lived in Aarschot and I still go to art school in one of the municipalities of Aarschot. What a coincidence! My previous Garmin watch also counted my arm movements when knitting. Proficiat met uw Nederlands, trouwens, werkelijk indrukwekkend!

I'd love to see tablet weaving and possibly historical reconstruction stuff!! I love how peaceful yet chaotic your spinning is, and it's very much tempting me to learn new fibre crafts!!!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰 and I can only encourage learning new fiber arts 😁

do you crochet? I would love to see a jacket crocheted, it would be pretty in those muted greys!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I do crochet, it was my ''gateway drug'' into fiber arts and the reason why my knitting looks 'wrong' to a lot of People because I hold my yarn like I'm crocheting 😅

I realy like your style. Real, cosy and inspiring

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Yeah my glasses hygiene could be a lot better 😅 I find that if I make the chains too long with chainplying I get pigtails in my chain and those are impossible to get out...

@TheMayLight

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden Uh, i know what you mean. But its not impossible, just really annoying and difficult not to mess up the twist and getting even more mess 🙄😅

I really love your content-- I'm a novice crocheter and when I was younger my mom taught me to knit, and it's fun to see what's on the other side of the yarn, and everything that goes into creating it. It's a real art in itself

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

It is! And to be fair, crochet was my gateway drug, so who knows where you'll end up 😉

I love that first shot where you are spinning with socks and slippers on, and then your husband just walks by barefoot... Feels very recognisable as someone who is always cold :P As far as projects go, I want to get into knitting vintage (mainly 40's and 50's for me) patterns, so I will of course encourage any forays of yours in that direction! I also find spin to knit projects super interesting, so I would love more of those video's (like when you spun and then knit your dog's fur). Alvast een gelukkig nieuw jaar en vele leuke en gekke fibershenanigans gewenst!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

My feet are icecubes. Also, did you spot what animal my slippers are? 😁 I have so many 40s and 50s patterns saved and I really would love to do some as projects in the coming year(s)! Een gelukkig nieuwjaar voor jou en jouw familie!

@raevynwoods9403

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden My first thought was mice, but they aren't usually striped so now I'm curious if it's a less wellknown animal! And same, I have a folder in my etsy account with just vintage knitting patterns...

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

It's sheep 😁 although sheep aren't striped either.

@raevynwoods9403

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden very on brand!

I'm so happy I found your channel. I love that your channel has such genuine content. You show us successes and struggles and reality. I spin to relax and enjoy the process, so I love that you don't stress about deadlines. I look forward to watching your new content in 2023!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I need to stress for deadlines on my day job already, don't need more of it in my off time 😂 and thank you for this kind comment 🥰

For 2023, since you have to replace or repair your table anyway... A small part of me loves how much I feel like your brightly colored table cover matches your chaos brain, but the part of me that loves aesthetic finds it a little distracting, and I wouldn't complain if you found one with maybe a more traditional pattern or more muted colors? Vintage delicate florals could be nice or a simple stripe or plaid perhaps?

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

The table cover is mostly there because that table is made out of planks and stuff falls through the holes between the planks. I hope to get a table where I don't need a cover to keep all my stuff in place 😅

Happy New Year thanks for the videos

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support 🥰

De batts zien er mooi fluffy uit! Ik heb het kleinere broertje kaarder, dit zorgt ervoor dat mijn handen gaan jeuken om zelf ook weer te gaan kaarden. Maar eerst nog mijn Blauwe Texelaar op spinnen. Vast gelukkig nieuwjaar Jente!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Ik heb al veel mooie wolletjes zien voorbijkomen op facebook van blauwe Texelaar! Veel plezier ermee en gelukkig nieuwjaar!

Just found your channel and I love it. I would like to know what kind of spinning wheels that you have. They look so easy to use. Keep giving us this wonderful fiber content!🤩

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I have a Toika Irene (which I use in this video), a Wernekinck Delft, a Louët S71 and since recently also a Ashford traditional. I have a video on the first three and then last week's video I made on the Ashford 😁

I have truly LOVED your videos and am so excited for what 2023 brings you. More weaving would be so cool! I also really liked when you incorporate history into the videos too!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

More weaving, more history, coming right your way in 2023 😁

I’m so glad I found your channel! I just subscribed this morning. This year I’m trying to learn about different wools and the breeds of sheep who make them. My intention is to post about 1-2 breeds every Friday for the foreseeable future. I have also recently started doing collaborations with other fiber artist, which is very exciting.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

If ever you need someone to rave about Flemish sheep, you now know where to find me 😉

@ColorsofHopeCraftsASMR

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden Maybe you can go Live with me sometime!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

We'd probably have to do some Timezone magic though 😂

@ColorsofHopeCraftsASMR

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden agreed! I’m guessing you are seven hours ahead of me. I live in Iowa, which is in the Central Time Zone

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Central European Time, aka GMT+1

Another great video I am spinning Polwarth at the moment for a 1968 pattern titled "a Norwegian jumper" it does have a nice yoke. Hope to naturally dye for the yoke. It is height of summer here in NZ making spinning a little tricky. Happy New year to you ❤️ from Katy from NZ

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

NZ summers are probably also a lot warmer than Belgian summers I presume? 😅

@kathrynbassett1535

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden yes much I think I am originally from Belfast Northern Ireland and these summers are much hotter than those

I love those batts! What breed is it?

For long lasting sock try combing fiber.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Yes sound advice. It wouldn't have worked with these scraps as they are what is left over when carding or combing, the parts most people throw away 🤭😅

My fitbit thinks winding yarn from hanks into balls and even knitting is me walking (I haven't tested to see if crocheting is also considered walking yet)

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

My previous Garmin also considered knitting as walking, this newer one doesn't 😁

Wondering how the farmer that u got the wool from liked his hat? Really liked how the hat came out. Would there be a need to donate hats to the charity, from yarns you are not going to use for your self.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

He loved it! And of course first spent 20 minutes trying to find a mistake in the colourwork, because People assume that because I'm such a chaotic person I make tons of mistakes 😅

@adrianalemen1137

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden So glad he enjoyed the beautiful hat u made. You did such a great job. Thanks for keeping me entertained and hopefully I pull my spinning wheels out of retirement.

What about a caplet with the yarn with a nice hood?

@Eastybeastyy

Жыл бұрын

and super cute toggles!!!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Oh with like a medieval liripipe maybe! That would be cool!

@Eastybeastyy

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden maybe you could do your own modern twist on it, could make a fun series taking historical elements and working them in more wearable styles :)

do you know the yardage count of all those skeins combined or individually are they roughly the same ? Happy New Year and well done getting so many followers in a years time keep up the good work.

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

I haven't counted them specifically, but I would guess they are 150-200 meters each 😁

I've been enjoying your videos! I'm glad I found your channel. I have a question about making socks from pure wool. I have been told that one should use sock yarn that contains nylon so as to make the socks hold up to wear and tear. I have also been told that if you don't use sock yarn with nylon, then the socks will felt and/or fall apart quickly. However, I have sock weight yarn in 100% wool that I have been wanting to use for socks yet have hesitated due to these suggestions. I'm wondering, then, what's your opinion on this? Since you spun sock yarn without nylon, have you noticed 100% wool socks are actually durable? Am I safe to knit socks in 100% wool? Thank you for reading this long question!

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Of all the socks I knit up until now, none have felted or worn away. But I am aware this is an advice that is given a lot, so there must be some truth in it. But nylon is a modern invention while socks are not... My husband and I are avid hikers, and the best hiking socks are still plain wool socks. Felting isn't all that bad for socks when hiking either, then they're molded to the shape of your feet. And when they wear through there's always darning 🤷 I would say not to be afraid to use your yarn, but I'm no expert, just someone who really loves wool socks 😅

@morganmoore6455

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden Thank you so much! I appreciate your time and help. That makes sense. Now off to knit some wool sock! :)

Oops.. you just said it!

@MijnWolden

24 күн бұрын

I did :D

Sorry another comment. I wanted to share the sontag knit pattern i can recommend(if you like the basket weave knit pattern) . www.handylittleme.com/wp-content/uploads/bosom-friend-sontag-shawl.jpg

@MijnWolden

Жыл бұрын

Never apologise for more than one comment, it drives the engagement of the video up ;) funny how stitch names can differ so much. "knit forward and backward", when I knitted from the 1902 'second book of hows' it was "knit plain and purl"... to now just knit and purl :D

@eiszapfenkobold

Жыл бұрын

@@MijnWolden yes i like the historical descriptions even if they are sometimes hard to understand. All seemed so practical. "Do it so it fits your shape and taste"