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@jubierivera4801

Жыл бұрын

Jr,com,@,567) the other one of the two of the two people that have them in the same place to go get some of the kids are coming back to the other two of them are going back to the other side of them were you and your family and friends are going to the other day and then going home in the kids and we can get some more work to the other side of them were you and me to come over and get some stuff done and we are coming to get some more sleep and the other one is going to be,🎄🧑‍🎄🎄🎄🎉 I love getting to know I mean it is fun trying to get a pattern like a blanket pattern okay I'm making a grocery my auntie even got a nice blue shot but take me a little bit longer than it cuz they're going to learn how to Pearl and pearl in it too imperial three it's starting knitting training new new things and horizon lyrics haven't made any hair out of here beautiful and then he had to turn out too big you can use too big needles Cajun needles I guess you use Norman let me know in the comment I kind of needles fine works better faster 90 suggestions Norman let me know in the comments leave me alone in the comments for me thank you Norman have a nice Christmas Norman bye I'm feeling you too later okay Mommy thank you

@sarahd.7827

Жыл бұрын

Hey Norman! maybe you have a crafty Cricuit loving person in your life? Or maybe an etsy shop you already promote on your page you could work with....I think branding your emblem (the ball of yarn with 2 straight needles with NimbleNeedles above) Would make an amazing sticker, Keychain or personalized notions bag. I would buy it, and you already have an Etsy store 😉 Food for thought my friend.

Fun video. My 14-year-old granddaughter and I watched it together. She has been knitting since she was three years old and has progressed to designing her own patterns, with a preference for lace shawls. She has also started a group of young knitters, and after teaching them how to knit has a group that knit for both charity and for themselves. After 60 years of nearly daily knitting, while based on your definition I am firmly a master knitter, I consider myself just a knitter. There is always something new to learn or to try. Happy knitting!

@kinga5478

Жыл бұрын

This comment made me so happy

@nicolawalker6402

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s amazing, I was taught knitting when I was 10 but I never picked it up back up until 3 weeks ago, I had to watch some KZread videos as I had forgotten, I’m 41 now so it’s been a while lol I’m still at beginner’s level

@andromedaunsure72

11 ай бұрын

Oh my gawd that is something to aspire to for sure!!

Love this video. And found it fun to compare how different the order I learned skills in was. I learned knit and purl stitches at the same time, and also learned cabling well before the mattress stitch. We all had different journeys in this craft and it's fascinating to hear how other people learned

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, definitely. I mean, I said as much at the end. Knitting is not a linear craft 😊😊

I got intermediate 3. This made me feel really great. I've only been knitting for about 2 years and I honestly dont think my knitting was much to write home about. But this video made me realize that I've improved far more than I thought! Thanks!

@JessicaWilbur

2 жыл бұрын

I could have written your comment! I'm the same level and was also pleasantly surprised how far I am.

@pacmanfan1214

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@kateneonne6757

Жыл бұрын

Me too! It's cool to see here how further we can advance our skill. I hope everyone's projects are going well!

Beginner 4, just started knitting a few months back and you've taught me everything I do know. Thank you Norman!!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

oh wow. then, keep on knitting, eh, and onwards to master knitter, right? :)

Master knitter. Knitting is part of me. I knit every day. However, your tutorial on gloves inspired me to make them for the first time. I liked that it is a recipe as I have never knitted from a pattern without altering it. I never understood that my skillset was so advanced so thank you for your tutorial. It was fun and informative. Your videos are very enjoyable, thank you. I have designed and knitted many items and even given help and support to others on you tube and face book. I live in an isolated area and have little contact with others but my knitting has kept me going and I have even sold some here. Yarn is very difficult to obtain but I have gradually found suppliers. This has also contributed to my skillset because I have had to design my own patterns. Once again, thank you for your channel it helps me feel connected.

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear you enjoyed listening despite being so well advanced 🥰🧶

knocked it out of the park again man! I would call myself solidly intermediate. There are some 'advanced beginner' things that I haven't done, but I also have some skills from the 'experienced' section! Your videos helped push me into intermediate, so thanks for all the time and effort you put in!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! And yeah, I mean, those levels are not set in stone. 🧶🧶

@angelavinen2881

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I despite being advanced beginner in some things, I was pleased to also have a lot of intermediate and advanced skills.

Advanced knitter 1 - I was surprised that I have came that far along !!!

So, I’m a master knitter then! Thank you for this fun walk through! I’m a trainer and have been for 20 years, from team building to clinical IT systems, and yarn crafts and machine embroidery are my go to hobbies. I do craft fairs and sell items occasionally. But I create for the love of doing, not selling. I was surrounded by crafters, my aunt was a seamstress, my Nan enjoyed tapestry, my mother a qualified knitting machine pattern maker. It’s a big part of my life ☘️

I started knitting and crocheting at school. For myself in the beginning, for my 6 children, for 5 grandchildren and now for myself again. All socks, shawls, gloves, hats. Some vests, nice summer tops, intricately patterned lace scarves. I learned everything myself and there are for sure many mistakes. Because of that I like your channel. I have many things to learn.

This made me emotional. I started knitting about a year ago and I’m somewhere in the “advanced beginner” level. You have been vital to my knitting g journey and I’m so glad you do what you do! To think that I learned this wonderful life skill and creative outlet for free because of people like you who want to share their love of knitting with the world ❤️

@Annie.C.61

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely comment. 🙂❤

I’m new to this channel and am just blown away by your content Norman. I am a bit of a mix of the beginner and intermediate levels and am looking forward to being able to knit like my mum and aunt did. It isn’t lost on me how they could just knit (crochet and sew) absolutely anything, without a pattern and to a professional standard. One day, I will get there, hopefully (thanks to your channel and website!) Much love from Australia, Amanda❤

Norman, you are a gem! 💎I am rediscovering my childhood joy of knitting and your channel is truly amazing. Your teaching is clear and precise and you have a lovely personality that always bring me in a good mood. Lots of love from a Swedish Intermediate 1 knitter. ❤

I am an Advanced Beginner, Level 1, but I have worked hats with 4 needles, knitted in the round, and I enjoyed doing cables. I wish my hand movements were more economical like yours, and that my stitches were tighter and more uniform. Thanks for your story, that made learning the levels very interesting!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you'll get there in no time. All it takes is a little bit of practice 😊😊🧶

@monicakarsay4555

Жыл бұрын

I have noticed a while back that as a garment is worn, the stitches tend to even out. Be kind to yourself. We are our own harshest critic.

I am an Intermediate lvl 5! I’ve made an adorable purse using Intarsia technique. My confidence has soared this morning knowing I am further along my knitting journey than I thought. Thank you Norman!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Like I said.. most ppl think they r actually not as good as they are!

@dMi_mi

2 жыл бұрын

I have so much knitted purses saved on my Pinterest.. they look so stunning, hope to make it one day. Proud of You, well done. 😌💖

I'm a beginner and I know that, but I like this as a path to follow. I found you yesterday and your videos are gold! As someone who's been from time to time trying to understand how to knit, you made it so clear I can only thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

My granddaughters and I watched your video together and enjoyed it. My 16 year old granddaughter predicted she would be an "experienced beginner". She began knitting at age 3, designing at 10, and started her own knitting club - after teaching her friends to knit at 12. I would rate her higher, but as she says, there is always more to learn. Her sister is a beginner who knits potholders for gifts, and at this point has no desire to knit more. By your ranking, after 60+ years, of knitting nearly every day, I could be considered a master knitter. While I can knit anything I choose wirh relative ease, there is always something new to learn, and technique variations to execute as we play with our sticks and string.

Cool video, I was surprised to have reached experienced 1 according to your scale :) The way I learn might be a bit strange because I always have a very concrete project in mind and I learn the new techniques that are required for it as I need them. Also, about specialization: I tend to have periods when I am interested in one thing, and I don't knit anything else for a month or two. Then when I have had my fill, I become interested in something else and don't touch the old obsession for quite some time.

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

We are all unique and that should be celebrated..so..I wouldn't say that's strange. It's you! 😊🥰

@Charlie_Fuchs

2 жыл бұрын

I also learn this way. Right now, I can only do socks, which imply stockinette stitch, ribbing, elastic cast-on, decreases, knitting in the round. And I've learned so much around that one project!

@SoMagicalMichele

2 жыл бұрын

I too have learned in this way. I decided I wanted to learn how to do something and I looked it up. I didn't care how hard they said it was. I haven't run out of my passion for one subject yet, but based on decades of crochet, I know I will. :D

Hi Norman! After years and years of crochet, I used the pandemic lockdowns to learn to knit. Now I can proudly say I'm an Intermediate level 3.5 knitter due in large part to great teachers like you. Other things I've learned over this fun journey is to attempt projects that teach you something new, be kind to yourself when the learning curve seems impossibly steep and NEVER start a new project after 9pm!

@debracisneroshhp2827

2 жыл бұрын

@Karen Richmond, Oh, how many of us have done the 'late night' creation only to realize next day, "what the heck was I doing?" 😱😹😹😹

Absolute beginner here. I am learning new stitch patterns and it is so exciting!

I’ve been knitting since I was 5 and consider myself an intermediate/advanced knitter. I’ve knit multiple Aran and lace sweaters but have never really done much colour work. I don’t think I could ever call myself a master knitter because to me, there’s always so much more to learn and I love that. I love that even if I spend years learning colourwork, there will still be countless people out there better than me who I can learn from.

@monicakarsay4555

Жыл бұрын

My mother always told me that the more you know, the more you realize how little you know ! Don’t sell yourself short. Even master knitters have something new to learn!!

My mother taught me to read my knitting with every stitch she taught me when I was 9. My second project included cables because I didn't know they were hard. That's when I learned to read patterns. Mom also taught me that patterns are really just suggestions, and I frequently adapted them Other things I learned as I needed but mostly I crocheted. When I was 56, I discovered magic loop (even though I had used traveling loop for years to avoid using double pointed needles) and I started knitting socks. I rarely do any other type of needlework now. I have become addicted to knitting socks, cowls and shawls in fingering weight yarn. I use worsted weight only for baby blankets and lap robes. I can knit kace but don't enjoy really fussy lace patterns. I love using basic stitches like knit, purl, slip stitches. yarn overs and pass slip stitches overs to create complicated looking patterns. This has been an entertaining video.

@wnygrl585

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could learn how to do socks.

This was a great video. Everyone has their own learning arch. It's also fun to review the levels in your video and note the items I'm interested in learning. Thank you.

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

yah..that was kind of the idea (well one of them). Glad you enjoyed watching!

What a wonderful journey you took us on! Thank you so much! xx

Your creativity is endless - thank you for this!

Norman, your videos are so great. You are much like your knitted projects: warm, gentle and absolutely adorable. Thank you for your knowledge, skill and kindness. I look forward to ever more videos in the future… 🥰❤️

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

there's sure more to come! already working on the next video as we speak :)

@dMi_mi

2 жыл бұрын

💖

well that was just so much fun! I feel like I'm all over the place as a knitted. I am confident with cables because I love them. Will do everything I can to avoid mattress stitch as I'm just awful at it. Just discovered the beauty of top down sweaters during covid. As you said the journey is not linear and I think the best journeys never are. Find what inspires and brings you your own joy. Thank you Norman. So much learning tucked away in all that funny.

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

exactly! would be stupid to stress over a thing you don't even enjoy, right? if you don't like seaming..why do it? so many different ways to get to the same result!

I'm pleased to have reached the intermediate level - and that's good enough for me. 😊 I also have other time-consuming and much more favourite hobbies. 🎵 Thank you for this lovely test, which is a story and not just quiz questions! 🇩🇪❤🇦🇹

Great video as always, Norman! Thank you.

Advanced level 5, though I thoroughly enjoy just knitting patterns others have written as is. I’m more accustomed to taking inspiration from designers (I always buy the pattern!) and rewriting the pattern to my own tastes and measurements, but just following a pattern is so relaxing! Great video!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly can be, I totally agree (or aggravating, if it is a bad pattern 🤣🤣)

@TheMetatronGirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@NimbleNeedles So true! 🤣🤣

Interesting video, Norman! Wouldn't have considered myself a 'Master Knitter' but most of what you described is applicable. Designing pieces, subbing yarns and yarn weights, using knitter's graph paper to achieve shapes in new gauge, recreating pieces from an image, using visuals as inspiration for own creations, etc. Consider myself more of a 'process' knitter as find all the number crunching and problem solving of figuring out what's needed to obtain a certain result is usually a more rewarding challenge than the successful 'product/FO' itself. Being creative is a way of life, for me, and consider knitting to be the one area in which I"m able to excel... but embrace anything which gets the creative juices flowing.

I loved this video! Thank you 😊. You are one of my go-to KZread knitting gurus when I need help or just to confirm I’m on the right track. Thank you again for putting the joy in knitting!

Advanced beginner 4! It's amazing how the skills just sneak in. I was just having fun knitting sweaters for my dog and all of a sudden noticed that I was doing cable knit with a custom fit. ❤

Hey, Norman, I find myself somewhere between experienced and advanced knitter. I love all 'home arts' but tend to gravitate toward knitting most. You're so cute, writing 'a knitter's journey' and reading it like a bedtime story. 😛 A trip down 'memory lane' with a nostalgic look at projects we've made, as well as, stitches and processes we've learned__that was enlightening. 😺 Thank you for creating enjoyable content for a craft we love, and love exploring more aspects of! 💖🙌🙌🙌😺

Loved this Norman. Thanks!

That was a fun video. It really takes you back to your knitting journey.

I always enjoy your positive encouragements to enjoy and be individual!

Wow I got Experienced 1! Didn’t expect that. I started about 7 years ago with crochet and quickly added knitting to the mix and haven’t stopped! It keeps me sane. Thanks Norman!

What a fabulous video, thank you Norman! It made me feel great about my progress as a knitter since starting during 2020 lockdown. 🙌

Your knitting test let me know I'm an advanced knitter level 5. I'm really proud of it. The only thing I cannot do is knitting without looking at it. But that's my way of doing things I love or want to accomplish as well as possible. I'm immersing in my project entirely and I love it. It's so relaxing. Watching TV would distract me. I always look for challenges and I'm proud of being able to master them. Recently stumbled into your channel and I find it so heartwarming and instructive at a time. I love with how much enthusiasm you explain everything. 🙂 Glad I found you here.

Norman, you are a delight. Thoroughly loved this! Thank you! ❤️

What an interesting concept for a video! I enjoyed it!!

My mother taught me to knit more than 50 years ago. I enjoyed it, but was always worried I "wasn't doing it right." Now, after getting my first spinning wheel and falling in love with spinning and fiber, it was a natural next step to pick up the knitting needles again. This time, there was KZread. And I quickly came upon your channel! I can't tell you how much your calm, happy, reassuring tutorials have meant and continue to mean to me as a returning knitter! I no longer avoid challenges but am really welcoming them. Your Knitting School is so much fun. Thank you!

I’m advanced 1 if you don’t count the color work. I just never had the desire, but I really should! I learned to crochet and knit backstage as an actress and now as a child guardian, and one of my greatest joys has been teaching the children I care for backstage how to knit and crochet. Some really take to it and advance far. All of the kids in the last revival if Les Miz completed a magic loop hat, some even with cables. Many still knit all the time and I’m so happy to have added this skill to their lives. Thank you for your lovely videos.

Always enjoy your informative videos. It was interesting to see how far I’ve come in the few years I rediscovered knitting. Still have things to try - but I know you will help me through that when that challenge faces me. Love the t shirt

I loved this Norman! Thanks

I'm just started to knit and on beginner to the next step or two. I enjoy it! Croching for years.

I am on my way to master knitter according to your criteria. I have started measuring gauge on store bought knits and figuring out how to reproduce them without a pattern. I have been knitting for 40 years- daily in the last 20 years -I love that there is always more to learn. Thanks for this great video!

What a graciously executed and inspiring video. Master knitting level. I enjoy teaching others, receiving great joy from their successes.

My first project was Granny's favorite dishcloth. my MIL taught me and said it would help me to learn the basics (knit stitch, yarn over, increase, and decrease). I can tell you, I cursed more than I would like to admit! But eventually I got it. I am a continental knitter, and the purl stitch was one of the hardest things for me to learn. I did eventually get it, and now I don't even think about it. I am firmly in the intermediate category with a toe into experienced. My goal is to just have fun with it. If I never get to Advanced or Master, I am OK with that. I just make what I want, and before I know it, I've learned something new.

I just found your channel, and I love it. You were correct, I am a better knitter than I thought I was. A real confidence booster.

Proud to be an advanced knitter after only 3 years of practice. This video really put into perspective how much I've learned! Sweaters are my area of expertise, I've knit dozens of them and I just love how different each one is from the next. There's still so many more things to learn and I hope to get to master knitter someday!

This is an awesome and fun little guide, loved seeing all the variations and feel confident to say that with my almost a year off and on of knitting and learning I am an Advanced Beginner 4 and feel that Intermediate will probably be where I am at in a few months if I continue at this pace. I love the drive to improve with goalposts, but also that they aren't intimidating or far-fetched. This makes me want to just focus on the technics I have learned and hone my skills! Thanks!

Yay. Intermediate 4!!! I’m so excited. I love your videos❤️

Excellent video Norman. I am definitely an advanced beginner. I have decided to watch all of your videos from the beginning starting next Fall. It will be a good activity for the colder days. Looking forward to learning more from you. After all: A good knitter is always learning.

Thank you for this video! this is awesome! I didn't realize how much i knitted and learned that I became and advanced knitter in just a year!😄

Brilliant what a wonderful gift to help give us encouragement to keep looking ahead of possibilities. I never knew I was at master level just having fun trying and designing better ways of knitting making it more fun and easy. Thank you ❣️

Loved this! Intermediate knitter. So much to learn!!!

What a lovely journey you took us on! I stopped at master as I’ve never made my own patterns. Maybe that’s my next goal. I’m hoping every knitter enjoyed your video as I did 🤗

I also was lucky to learn how to knit as a child in school and from my mom, and love that it took a lifetime of picking up and putting down the needles to get to Advanced level! I am happy that I didn’t have to rush to get here, acquired many skills and stashes over time (depending on my economic level!) and now in my early 50s I love my craft room and the room to knit cable stitches to my heart’s content. Love your videos!

I love all your videos❤. They help me exponentially. Thank you for your dedication to educating all of us learners 😊.

This was surprisingly a very informative video! not just to know your own level, but for someone that isn't going to classes or isn't very involved in the community and just searches for tutorials when I find the need to this is actually a great way to see what to learn next

This is so delightful and instructive! I may be a more experienced knitter than I thought AND seeing excerpts from your tutorials helped me know where to go to gain new skills and improved others. Thanks Norman!

Thank you Norman for all that you put into this video. HUGE amount of work to do this so completely! Such a gift for your followers

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Experienced level 1 or so, is what I think my knitting level is. Your story was a wonderful way to figure it out. I have been knitting only two and a half years, but I have learned so much and mostly through youtube. I have found a passion for fair isle hats and mittens and have designed my own patterns. I like to challenge myself with new techniques and projects regularly to keep learning more. When I first began knitting, I would always try a new project with a new skill I didn't know. There is so much more fun to learn and perfect in knitting! Thank you for your videos.

So fun! Really enjoyed this video.

Great video! Definitely made me look back at what I’ve done and feel accomplished. I started knitting maybe 9-10 months now and would consider myself an advanced beginner or maybe beginning intermediate. I’ve made 3 pairs of socks, several scarves, a lace shawl, a shirt, scrunchies, and am now working a reversible double-knit potholder. The mistakes in my work always stick out to me so much, but when I give them to people they think it’s just incredible and don’t notice them. So excited to continue growing! Next I’m going to make a beautiful leaf patterned tank top for my sister, super excited as it uses the mattress stitch at the end which I’ve seen so much of but never had to use and I feel like it’s a rite of passage 😂

I loved this video and how you presented knitter skill levels. So much thought and work went into it. Thank you, Norman!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

Great test. I'm an intermediate who skipped cables and colourwork, for now. I also love knitting in the round with magic loop and I always have a pair of socks on the my needles. Because I'm an advanced crocheter, it helps my knitting - especially with tension control, stitch definition and garment construction. I know a few basic knit stitches and patterns however I forget them easily. I doubt if I could ever not watch myself knit. Thanks again!

I love watching and listening to your videos. It reminds me of when I went to college in Munchen. I am an experienced knitter with some skills better mastered than others. Just happy to hear the familiar click and slide of needles any time.

Thank you very much for this interesting "assessment tool" you created. I feel I will always be learning something new. I hope to, at any rate. That was valuable to me.

Beginner 4. I started last week. You've taught me every stitch! 💜

Thank you for this video. My first knitted project was a baby sweater ,with cables, raglan sleeves and a zipper in the sleeve seam. I learned everything from the how to knit book that had the pattern in it. The sweater turned out wonderful even made out of cotton rug yarn and I had no idea what a cable needle was (had to ask my mother-in-law) .That started my journey 53 years ago. I have never stopped learning and hunger for more. Thank you for all you do for us knitters I have learned new techniques from you. Thank you again.

I came out to intermediate level 5! I have so many new techniques and stitches to try still and I can't wait. I tend to design projects and then learn what I need to to make them. Experimenting with different textures and techniques is the best part, and it is a great creative outlet. I am so grateful my grandmother got me started when I was young. These videos really help me learn new techniques but remind me of ones I have forgotten over the years.

Thank you for this video which is a great overview of knitting from beginner to expert covering the entire scope of skills and especially mapping out what it all looks like to someone who has never knitted and thought to try knitting a round coaster with string might be an idea since I found my mum's knitting needles. Wonderful explanations and illustrations..Thank you.👍😁

I enjoy listening to you and learning so much ❤

That was a fun video. It was also interesting to note what I do know / have learned and what is yet to explore. I'm an Intermediate 3 on your scale. I have shared the link with my knitting / crochet group and look forward to the chatter around it at our next meeting tomorrow.

Love it! While I did not make a clean cut for a certain level, it did make me feel much better to realize how much I have done, learned and variety of knitted projected I made.

fascinating to me how the projects you do alter what skills you acquire. I first learnt to knit as a child, but that was mostly scarves. My first proper project more recently was socks. I've also made a few shawls and a hat so knitting in the round and lace are both extremely comfortable for me but I have no idea how to do a mattress stitch because I've never needed it. So much of this hobby is picking up knowledge on the go - I love it.

I would have told anyone I am an intermediate knitter. According to this I'm an experienced knitter! Ive been knitting for nearly 20 years, but much more in the last few years (I even recently learned crochet). Even though there's no "official knitting counsel," this is enough to give me a little boost in my crafting ability. Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

@NimbleNeedles

4 ай бұрын

heh. well 20 years sounds very experienced to me ;-) There are girls on TikTok that have been crocheting for 2 months and call themselves "designer" ;-)

Love this video. I consider myself experienced at crochet but have been trying my hand at knitting again after several years. I’m around advanced beginner at knitting.

I'm an intermediate knitter and loved this video! Thanks, Norman!

What a great video…it gives a not so scary perspective look on learning to knit which I find intimidating but the more I learn from your tutorials the more I enjoy knitting and gain confidence 🧶😊🧶 thank you!

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing about knitting is scary if you take one step at a time 😊❤

You are a very wise man. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with us. Bright Blessings.

Thank you for all the work you must have put into creating this scoring system 👏👏. I have been knitting for about 60 years and it still brings me joy. According to your system I would count as a Master knitter but there are always some new skills to learn and so I will continue to think of myself as “experienced”. I don’t design patterns as I hate doing the maths - always prefer to adjust them for the person I am knitting for - but respect those who enjoy doing that. What a fun way to spend a bit of time! Thank you 🏅

One of the things I love most about knitting, is that there's always new things to learn. Fx. I stuck with the long tail CO for years, it worked perfectly, so why change it. But I did a testknit that "forced" to try a new CO technique and I loved it! Since then I've challenged myself and learned more COs and BOs, because it's fun and I love having more options now ☺

This is such a fun video!! Thanks Norman. I'm confident I'm an an experienced knitter, and successfully knitting some advanced techniques. This video is empowering to me 🫶🏼

Great video!! I'm solidly in the Advanced Beginner 4-5 but have dipped a few toes in the Intermediate levels. And it has only been 4 months. I owe much of my knowledge to you, Norman. Thank you!!

Thanks! Knitting is such a personal experience for me: I started out as a child and with the basic stitch as taught by my mother. In college, I didn’t know there were such things as “patterns” and so I engineered my own. Looking back, of course, the efforts were funny, but it gave me a self-reliance and a deeper understanding of what could be. I invented techniques and so forth. Then lace knitting became a favorite. I was enchanted at the beauty I could make with “string”! In maturity, I’ve enjoyed following patterns (learned so much!) and watching videos (not available in my childhood). I’ve learned some cool things and have gotten much better. But I’m humbly aware that there is so much more to learn and to practice. It’s all fun. Thanks for you clear thought process; thus was a nice video.

I’m pretty much an intermediate 4 by your scale with Fair isle skipped and a few experienced techniques already mastered. It was good to think about this and realize I’m no longer a new knitter and congratulation myself on all I’ve learned in the hat couple of years. A lot of that thanks to your wonderful instructions. I use both Portuguese knitting and Continental with the Norwegian pearl. And to your point, I enjoy knitting and being able to switch between crochet, Tunisian and knitting!!! 🧶💕🧶

This video was fun to watch. I am Adv. Beginner 3. Thank you. You are a wonderful teacher. God blessed.

What a great journey through knitting skills! Thank you too, for pointing out that the joy of knitting is not related to the number of skills required beyond the basics. Based on your story, I came in at "Experienced - 3." I have been knitting for decades, but it is only in the last 4-5 years that I decided to dive into more complicated stitch patterns, garment knitting, color-work and adjusting patterns. I am thoroughly enjoying the ability to make a wider variety of items, but it is the act of knitting, transforming yarn into an item, that I most enjoy.

Intermediate 3. I have only been knitting for a couple of years but have been crocheting for more than 40 years. Some of the skills I learned from crocheting translate into knitting such as understanding fibers and gauging projects. Learning to knit was a short leap from my other craft. You are always a joy to watch. You have inspired me to learn new techniques. I would probably watch your videos even if I were not honing my knitting skills.

Experienced 3 for me...dabbling further but not there yet. Loving the journey and soul soothing it provides, and like you said there is always something new to learn. This was a really creative way to approach this subject. I never really charted my knitting journey before. I'd be much further along now if I had not put my needles down for several years to focus on my career. Now, I cannot imagine a day without knitting. Thank you Norman!

Thanks to you, I am an adv.beginner 2. Absolutely love knitting! I❤

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, heh! So that's something we all here have in common, right?😊❤

I loved watching your video. I scored Master knitter! I laughed when you said, even though you can figure out the pattern, you still buy it. . . I have done that! I love knitting. Thank you for these wonderful videos.

I have always have been a knitter. During pandemic I became an advanced knitter but knitting is already a big part of my life. Have so many pattern ideas I want to design myself.

I love this video. Find the joy and stay humble.

This was such a fun little check in for my knitting, I started knitting in November, and have a habit to immerse myself fully into my hobbies, i'm an intermediate 3 (starting lace and complex intarsia soon!) but I already look at knit garments and think, how can I make that. I've learned from youtubers like yourself and books, and hope to spread and continue this life long love! Thanks for all the educative content!!

You simply make the best videos. This is so endearing … and a good guide to what I might want to look into next. For example, I haven‘t done anything with colored patterns yet.

@NimbleNeedles

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. That's kinda what I was aiming for...the skill level doesn't really matter..but the possibilities ahead do! 🥰🧶