Hi! I am Kathryn, I am originally from Wales, but now live in Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany. Having spent the last three years enjoying knitting content here on the 'Tube, I thought I would make some of my own. I love all things crafting but I focus on knitting as my main creative outlet. Feel free to reach out and chat!
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The german description/word for bingo arms 😂 sounds quite similar : they are called Winke-Arm 😂
Brilliant :) Thank you and thank you for watching 🥰
I seem to remember you were taken by my hexagon quilt when you visited us ooop north when you were kids.
Oh gosh I had completely forgotten about that! It was probably a major subconcious inspiration 🥰
Great podcast - I am looking for pullovers patterns right now! Perfect timing - also that yak yarn is scrumptious!
You are very kind to say :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Dear Kythryn, I just discovered your lovely video. Thank you! I live not far from Mönchengladbach and we say „Winkearme. 😂 Heidi
Hello neighbour! That's brilliant 😂 Thanks for watching 🥰
Lovely gentle podcast, the woollentwine colourway looks incredible, enjoy your holiday 😍
You are very kind :) Thank you so much for watching 🥰
Love your podcast. Pier 39! ❤️ I wanted to tell you that I struggled learning to spin, someone recommended using a fiber with a longer staple. I switched to Rambouillet and it made a lot of difference while learning. Anyway, just thought I would pass on the advice 🤷🏻♀️❤️
That is a really good tip and you are absolutely right! When I buy some more fibre I'll definitely choose something with a longer staple! Thank you so much for watching 🥰
Yeyyyy! A lovely episode. I love love love that quilt. And the pier top is so gorgeous and answers the question that's been living in the back of my mind which is whether stripes work in variegated marl-y type yarn. And now i have my answer. Stunning 😍 I may make a Puntal for himself at some point. A very good stashbuster.
And that is so interesting about adding the collar later. My current WIP follows this approach and I did wonder why.
Ditto the underarm tip😮
The sock yarn would make a good prize🎉🎉🎉
You always write such lovely comments :) I am glad my ramblings are helpful! Thank you so much, Rochelle and you are very welcome 🥰
Tak for fin inspiration, fine projekter og lækkert garn. 🧶🧶🧶
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching 🥰
Thanks again for another lovely video. I do so enjoy watching.
So nice of you :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Hi Kathryn, would love to join your MAL ! I have the perfect wool I would like to reuse after undoing a jumper a few years ago 🧶The sock wool you are offering as a prize I’m so impressed with as my husband is very hard wearing on socks and it has held up amazingly 😁
That sounds perfect! And that is great feedback on the sock wool. It is my go-to for sock gift knits :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Hello! Just found your podcast and I love it! Thank you very much for sharing your projects and your strolls around Germany. Also… I love your mum’s bags! I will definitely join the MAL, I am knitting an old Pompom pattern at the moment Yay!!! Xxx Have a lovely summer ❤
Yay! Thank you for finding me :) I look forward to seeing what you make for the MAL! All WIPs are welcome :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Hi Kathryn! I love your hexagon quilt! Well done. I use polyester thread when I sew hexagons together. The stretch helps to make sure any small differences are easily corrected. Your summer tee is beautiful! Love the subtle strips. Had to laugh at the term bingo wings. 😂 We call the "kipfiletjes" in Dutch which means chicken breast because they resemble them. 😂😂😂 Aachen and Münster are both such beautiful cities to walk around. Especially during the Christmas markets.
Thank you! And that is a good tip about the polyester thread. I used the Gütermann waxed thread for hand quilting but I am up for trying new things. Chicken breasts are so funny 😂 Thank you so much for watching again 🥰
@@madebymoomeeno I only use my waxed thread for the actual quilting and cotton or polyester for the patchwork. My favorite brand of quilting thread is YLI. I love the therapeutic rhythm of hand quilting.
That is really helpful :) Thank you!
Love your make along idea and have the ideal project. Love the look of the sock yarn.
Perfect! I look forward to seeing it :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Love your podcast. I have just started Zoria by Marzena Kolaczek. Tried sample on in Beautiful Knitters. Loved it. I’m knitting it in KFO merino, colour Plum Rose, held double. Bought yarn from BK too. Happy designing and knitting.
Ooo I just looked at the pattern and it is lovely! And that yarn is just wonderful to knit with :) Have you tried their cotton merino? It is fab for summer knits. Thank you for watching 🥰
I just love to follow your potcast 🌸 thank you for one more insperiering episode 🌺🤗
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching 🥰
Great podcast. love your Pier 39. The video of Munster is great ❤
There are so many lovely cities here that's its nice to have the excuse to visit them again :) Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Would love to see videos of all the yarn shops you visit!
I am working on it :) I am planning several more day trips in the next few weeks and I will bring you lots of yarny goodness! Thank you for watching 🥰
So funny, I do the same: print out the WIPs and keep on a clipboard :)) I bought the pier 39 - cannot wait to start. It's still winter here, but with spring - starts all the sunny weather.
It’s a good system for me as I like to write on my patterns, especially test knits, as I go along. I hope you enjoy the Pier 39 top when you get to it! One of the testers made a heavier weight version to use a slipover which might be an option if you can’t wait 😜 Thank you for watching 🥰
@@madebymoomeeno I bought a bit thinner cotton yarn for it, so I have a feeling I will knit a few trials before I get the real deal :D Will be loads of counting my gauge will be very off. :S
A bit of trial and error maybe but a cotton version would be lovely! Good luck and happy swatching :)
I find the smaller hexies, not so small, are easier and quicker. The 1 inch and 3/4 inch flies. Especially if you have a rotating mat. Best investment ever!
For a very newbie quilter, that is really useful advice; thank you! Thank you for watching 🥰
That is such a good idea! It would make a perfect warm weather project! Thank you 🥰
Hi Kathryn Lovely podcast again! Love your Pier 39 I have bought the pattern so now I’m on the hunt for the perfect yarn 😊 The meadow flower wrap is simply gorgeous, it’s going to be beautiful in the yarn you have chosen and will match your eye colour! Love the Xmas bag it’s inspired me to make one too! Must start thinking about gift knits I suppose🤔 I really enjoy the footage of the places you visit, only had a brief stay in Germany so haven’t seen much of the country. I do remember the breakfast though and did find it funny having meat and cheese instead of my regular fruit and muesli 😂 creatures of habit 😂 yummy breads and cakes in Germany though. I would love the sock yarn and think that would be a great prize for your MAL 😊
That is lovely news about the Pier 39! Good luck looking for yarn! I am looking forward to making a gift knits ideas episode so maybe I will have some inspiration for you :) Do you have any go-to patterns? I have such a big family I have to start early if I want to make everything I plan! Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching 🥰
@@madebymoomeeno I have made small knitted face cloths/ make up removers with a lovely naturally scented soap as gifts and little knitted soap pouches to store in drawers to keep away moths etc. Not exciting but practical gifts 😀
Cloths are one of my go-to patterns too, but soap pouches is a great idea! I will add them to my list. Thank you!
I love your mom's bags! Thanks for the video.
I will tell her :) Thank you for watching 🥰
A good stretchy bind off that doesn’t flare is Lories Twisty Bind Off. I use it for almost everything.
Oooo! Good tip! Thank you, and thank you for watching 🥰
thank you for your advise on the underarm!! very helpful. Your english paperpieced quilt is beautiful. I started on like 20 years ago and it a 1/3 way done. I started it before it became popular! I really should finish it.
There is never any rush to finish projects in my opinion; enjoy the process! Thank you so much for watching 🥰
I think sock yarn makes a fine prize! Cool that your mom has a longarm...does she take in customer quilts? I've had my longarm business for 20yrs now. I love it as much now as when I started 😊
I think I will include it as a prize :) My mum doesn't take in quilts but she does occasionally take commissions for complete quilts but not very often. It is such an amazing skill and I am in awe of the quilting community! Thank you for watching 🥰
Thanks for sharing all your projects. I haven’t seen much Lana Grossa yarn so it was interesting seeing your acquisitions. The red will make a lovely shawl. Like you, I’m new to spinning and it can be very frustrating at times!
You are very welcome and thank you for watching and commenting 🥰
Well done for starting on holiday knitting! I have an Instagram friend who I’m meeting in San Francisco and am making her a Alpacacino sweater (by Max the knitter). She’s Welsh and lives in Northumberland. Am going to try to knit another friend up in the Bay Area a Lume by Sari Nordland-these will all be due in October. Then I have to make my husband the Old Fashioned! Lots to do! Luckily, I’ve been making a few shawls and socks on the way during the heat of the summer. BTW, I’m pretty sure Puntal is Spanish and the accent goes on the “a”. Looking forward to watching you make that wrap-I’ve wanted to make one for a while but haven’t found the right pattern. Enjoy the summer break.
You sound super busy but in such a lovely way! Of course you are absolutely right about the pronunciation and I will try and remember when I talk about it next time! It is just one of those words that I never heard out loud and my silly brain didn't connect the spanish designer with needing to check the pronunciation of the pattern. I think the wrap pattern is going to be fab but if you want a squishier brioche version, Rust Knitwear has one in testing at the moment too :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Ich kenn das Oberarmproblem unter "Winkearme"! Meine sind auch gut dabei! 😄Tolle Projekte! Deine Patchworkdecke ist großartig! Ich mag deine Videos sehr! Liebe Grüße aus Wien 🌻
Hallo in Wien :) Das ist sehr lustig und ich werde es meinem Stricktreffen erzählen! Danke, dass du dir meinen Podcast angesehen hast 🥰
Hi Kathryn, lovely podcast again ❤ Yes the fabric for your Christmas XL project bag was from Liberty's; their quilting fabric and yes I made up the pattern so as to not waste any of the fat quarters that I used and lining was from stash. 😁 x x x
Thanks, mum :) You're the best x x x
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@owlpool8476 It's important not to waste fabric! My box of "pieces too small to use" is getting full. 😉 I can't stop making project bags! The only problem is I only knit one project at a time. What si I do with them all. Lol
The curse of the quilter 😂 I am sure your bags are very beautiful 🥰
@@annettechaney2594 well I can think of a few ideas...
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Thank you for watching 🥰
Your dress as well as your patchwork look amazing! I cannot sew at all, not even a straight line, so I am in awe! Also your ridge tee has a beautiful color, very fresh and summery... and the pier top also is very beautiful, and I guess it's a good way to use some scraps for the lines. Muenster looks very much like Nuernberg, I never knew. I lived for many years in the south of Germany, and I can recommend Nuernberg and Munich, if you want a slightly bigger trip you should definitely go! Thank you for another beautiful podcast!
Thank you for the lovely comment! I can't sew either; I genuinely just hope for the best lol! I would like to do some longer trips, perhaps to see the Christmas markets in a few months :) Thank you for watching 🥰
That is very helpful; thank you! I have just checked Google maps and it looks like just under a 6 hour drive from here so a good opportunity for a weekend away 🥰
Cheese cloth is a bit like that. It's a looser weave. We used it to strain the pulp out of our jelly. You are the second person I've seen this week whonhas used it for a dress. Brilliant! I'm going to do that too. We use it for baby blankies so it may be difficult to get it without bears on it. Lol. I enjoy your podcast. Thanks for sharing!
That makes sense! It certainly makes very cool summer garments so I can highly reccomend it! My Florence dress is a few years old now but its holding up well. I hope you can find some without bear lol! Thanks for watching 🥰
Thank you so much to find you on YT. I would like to watch all your episodes.
Welcome and thank you so much for watching 🥰
Just catching up on all your previous podcasts and wow, I love the yarn you got in Brussels and the yarn shop looked so inviting! The linen you have bought is so pretty, can’t wait to see how your sewing turns out. I’m lucky to have a craft room where I can sew and knit and leave the mess by shutting the door 😂 I enjoy Martin too, love it when he goes for a walk around Cardiff. We missed visiting Wales last year on our trip of the UK but hope to visit one day! Love the Laine books too! So many beautiful patterns and so little time!! Cute cardigan pattern and it will be lovely in that cinnamon yarn, I’ve just finished the garden cardigan in green and it’s such a fun pattern with no buttons too 😊
Thank you for watching the older episodes! Spoiler alert... I still haven't got to that linen, but I intend to soon (life...), I frogged the cardigan (lovely pattern, pretty yarn, just not together) but the yarn has gone on to be a beautiful Art Noveau sweater that I knit for a test knit for Elenor Mortensen! The Garden cardigan (Ankestrick?) is very very nice so a great choice and green is always a win! Thank you for sticking with me 🥰
Hello from San Diego CA, just found your podcast, love Isabell Kraemer and Melanie Berg patterns, so jealous you are in Germany,
Thank you for finding me! I am jealous of you being in San Diego! One of my sisters lives in Northern California and it always looks so beautiful and sunny there, especially if you are near the ocean :) Thank you so much for watching 🥰
What an amazing book shop. Love all your beautiful knits. I'm currently knitting Painting Waves Blanket by Stephen West and using yarn from the Moonglow Fiber Co 2023 DK advent.
Oooo that's a lovely pattern and lovely yarn! I am still thinking about whether or not to get a yarn advent this year... I am not sure. Thank you for watching 🥰
I always love yarn shop tours, but a variety of content is great! Your sweet shop blanket is looking great. I'm hoping to start one soon.
I am so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 🥰
Thank you for such a lovely podcast, the shawl is stunning!
That is so sweet of you to say! The Rainshine is such a lovely pattern :) Thank you for watching 🥰
I enjoy your podcasts. You do giggle alot! Is it a nervous giggle?. If it is then try not to be nervous, as you are a good podcaster.
😂 yes I am afraid I laugh all the time when I’m talking 😂 I have a sticky note on my laptop to remind myself not to laugh too much or say ‘so’ too often but I cheerfully forget both 👍🏻 Thank you for watching 🥰
Ich sitze gerade strickend in Maastricht in einem Hotelzimmer mit Blick auf den Vrijthof und schaue dein Video 🤣! So ein Zufall, dass du auch gerade da warst. Ich liebe diese Stadt. Schönes Video! Liebe Grüße Anja
Hallo Anja! Es ist so eine schöne Stadt, aber ich habe dort noch nie übernachtet. Warst du dort, um André Rieu zu sehen? Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Urlaub 🥰
@@madebymoomeeno Hallo Kathryn, wir haben auch zum ersten Mal hier übernachtet. Da heute die Konzerte beginnen werden wir nach Eijsden umziehen. Das ist 15m von hier entfernt. Maastricht ist ja unbezahlbar wenn die Konzerte stattfinden. Am Samstag kehren wir allerdings für ein Konzert zurück. Da haben wir so ein Gesamtpaket gebucht. Tickets, Bühnenführung, Übernachtung, ganz viel zu Essen ….. Wir fahren seit 2016 regelmäßig zu den Konzerten. Auch wenn du kein Rieu Fan bist ist das Event echt zu empfehlen. Ich hatte mich auch erst geweigert weil ich diese Musik nicht so mochte. 😅 Und ein Lieblingsrestaurant haben wir hier übrigens auch. 😋 Allerdings ist die Anreise ist aus Norddeutschland etwas weiter. Liebe Grüße Anja
Love that shawl Kathryn, it's beautiful. 😊😊😊
Thank you, Rochelle 🥰
Hihi, hello back Kathryn! I was very surprised when I suddenly heard you were talking about me 😄. I always like it when you and your partner stop by and come and say hi! It's very nice when I get to meet people with the same hobby. I like to see the yarn and patterns in real life and watch the people be completely themselves in it. I'm very sad that there is no yarn store in Maastricht, but maybe it's for the best because I would spend all of my money there 😅. It was nice to see Maastricht from another perspective in your pictures, since I come there a few times a week. See you next time! ❤
That’s a very good point about the yarn shops 😂 It’s always a pleasure to see you too :) Until next time 🥰
Hello from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Just came across your podcast and really enjoyed it. Lovely knits. I totally understand your sizing issues. I repeatedly ended up with oversized garments in the last and am now embracing knitting a size smaller than I measure! I find this quite scary. For garments I have to knit gauge swatches because my tension is so erratic. It changes with different types of yarn. But swatches are not always honest so I have had to really think about careful sizing and adjusting my knitting to fit my shape which is scraggy upper chest and melted ice-cream middle. It's quite a triumphant feeling when the finished item fits! I hope you managed to sort out your yarn for the art deco test knit. I'm not great at colour work so my preferred medium is always merino wool. I find it very forgiving. At present I am knitting Matin Storey's Cornwallis sweater in Rowan Summer lite DK and greatly enjoying it - even though, so far, I have had to modify the hems and sleeve lengths and may have to reknit the raglans because I think my tension has adjusted badly in the move from stocking to garter stitch! It was knitting up so well that I knew something couldn't be right! Looking forward to viewing your next podcast. 🧶❤️
Hello in Northern Ireland:) Yep, measure above the widest part of your bust and be brave and stick with it! My mum has just made the Anker lite in Rowan Summerlite and she loves it. I need to get some too next time I’m in the U.K. :) Thank you for finding me 🥰
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Hello Kathryn, so nice to have found you! What a lovely podcast and beautiful knits you have made. I live in New Zealand so we are in the depths of winter, which I love because I can wear my knits. I’m currently working on a Birkin by Caitlin Hunter and a vest for my husband from some locally spun yarn 😊
Your projects sound perfect! My aunt and her family live in the Marlborough region and I keep meaning to visit, it’s just so far to go! Enjoy the sweater weather 🥰
Great podcast, love the footage of Maastricht. As a teenager I spent 3 years living in Brunssum, my Dad was stationed at AFCENT. I have many happy memories from our time there.
Hi! It’s such a small world :) Maastricht is a very pretty city and I love visiting. I’ll have a German city in the next episode :) Thank you for watching 🥰
Churchmouse and teas pattern. K 2 p 2 ❤
That would be perfect! They have some really lovely patterns :) Thank you for watching again 🥰
Thank you for a lovely podcast. I am working on Ariana with lots of granny squares. Paula from Australia ❤
You can't beat a nice blanket pattern for comfortable crafting! Lovely to hear from you again 🥰
Wow-that shawl looks like a beautiful brass sculpture. I recently purchased some WYS to make the Old Fashioned. You are turning out to be quite the influencer! I’ve made several Isabell Kraemer sweaters and I’ve been amazed at how her construction works-have done a whole sleeve cap in short rows which was brilliant. Will look for that lovely tee as well. I’ve been learning the ziggurat method by Aså Tricosa. Seamless and very interesting method but a bit confusing at first. The course is through Knit Stars and you actually get a finished cardigan out of the lesson…if you stick with it. I love puffins as well and was sad to find out we were too late in the season to see them in Shetland during Shetland Woolweek. Thanks again for another lovely episode.
Yay! I am so glad you are doing the Old Fashioned! I want to make another one too :) I really am a fan of Isabell Kraemer's patterns; her construction and fit just works for me so it's just a pleasure :) That is really interesting about the seamless method and I have just looked it up and bookmarked it! I am not sure where you are based but my favourite place to go and look at puffins is Skomer Island in Wales :) Thank you so much for watching 🥰
@@madebymoomeeno Will have to put a pin in Skomer Island as I think I’ll be in the UK next year. I’m in CA-San Diego, so no puffins here. We do get a version in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest but I’ve never seen them.
My sister lives in north cal and I know she goes upstate a lot camping with her kids so I’ll ask her 😊
My goodness that yarn is absolutely stunning !!!❤❤❤
Make sure you enter the MAL to have a chance of getting your hands on some 😉 Thank you for watching 🥰
Another great episode. I look forward to seeing your Dad’s knotted boat fenders!
Thank you! I will post some pics on Instagram when they are ready. I have told him he needs to get on with it now; the pressure is on 😂 Thank you for watching 🥰
That's funny, the name of the yarn reminds me of my mom paahaaha not the color! Thank goodness for Dads!
Your comment made me literally laugh out loud as you made me realise what I had said in combination with the name 😂 Thank you for watching 🥰
Always enjoy your podcasts
You are very sweet to say that! Thank you for watching 🥰