Knitting Traditions Podcast Ep.73- a finished longterm wip, cardigan knitting and crochet flowers
Hello lovelies🥰
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Finished objects:
-Ellens cardigan by petiteknit in size 9-12 m
-2x theos bloomers by undestrikk in sandnes garn lanett on 3 mm needles
- erles kosegenser from rauma in alpaca linen
-pillow case in linen stitch using gazzal organic dk cotton
Wips:
- Setesdal kofte size L in Rauma Finull
- blanket/shawl in some mans del uruguay marina yarn on 3.25 mm needles, 350 sts, garter with 2sts icord sides
- petite knit kumulus tee in viking bambino size M 3 mm needles
- crochet granny stripe blanket in grenouile minis and blue greeen and brown scraps
-dainth daisy granny square blanket by just be crafty using alize cotton gold and nr 6 crochet hook.
Lingering WIPS:
-Sock tube in vandre and kidsilk
-Blanket using zakami advents
- socks in isager sock yarn easy wash
square blanket using rauma finull. 30sts by 30 garter bump rows
#Dreamknitkal on instagram runs all of 2023, Make something you have been wanting to make but for something just havent gotten around to, now is your chance!
Ad/Yarn is gifted from brit from @britstrikkenerd on instagram and youtube!
Link to her store: britstrikkenerd.no/butikk/
Her youtube podcast: / @britstrikkenerd
Hi Inga Norman of Nimble Needles has just brought out a new podcast showing how to make about ten different type of button holes.
Thank you!
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Norman's tutorials are fantastic. Clear and detailed.
Love your hair darker. It really show off your beautiful eyes.
Use snaps on that cardigan -- if you're worried about stability, add a ribbon to back the snaps! So much easier!
I love your podcasts. Love the colors for your granny square blanket
Lovely your granny squares actually love all your creations
The basket is Beautiful!! all your projects are lovely.
I love your Setesdal cardigan. The colours work really well together.
Hello Inga, color full knitting ❤
Hi Inga. Love the sweater you are wearing!
I loved your video, new subscriber Congratulations on your channel, a cordial greeting from Mexico City.👏👏👏👏❤❤
I enjoy your videos Inga 🧡. Always inspires me to get a cup of tea and pull out my knitting and work on that first sweater that is still going 😅
Every thing looks awesome on you 👍🤩
Inga I absolutely LOVE your pillow!
Thank you for a relaxing video. The baby items are so cute. I’m currently working on The Weekender. I am about to join the crochet square party too and make a blanket. I have a lot of cotton to use. I like the pattern you chose. Thanks again !❤
Loving your WIPs ❤
Tusen takk for en koselig strikkestund 🥰
All the projects look amazing your truly talented!
Thank you so much!
Always love your podcasts. I was looking at an old sweater my mom made probably in the early '60s. For the button holes she sewed grosgrain ribbon on the inside and made the button holes on the sewing machine. I have never done it but you could try it in your gauge swatch. Good luck.
I loved all your projects! Oh my goodness you crochet so fast! The squares are very pretty! ❤
Thank you so much!
Another interesting podcast, Inga, thanks! 😊 🧶
You are going into colors that I like! I hid stuff from myself to visit family now I for me will pull out stuff well likely finished but, there is clone ' m .
I’m always blown away by how many projects you have going at once. Enjoy your summer 🪻🌷🌻💚
Thank you so much!
The flower blanket is so pretty and the finished piece will be very beautiful. ❤
Thank you! 😘
I just happened to come across your podcast today . I love the color work! Absolutely beautiful. I will be turning in every time you post. Thank you for sharing your craft.
Thank you so much! Welcome aboard🥰
Takk for en fin episode👍Så mye fint du strikker🤩🧶😊🧶
missed you! Lovely podcast as always :)
Hi there Inga! The amount of proyects you have and i struggle with one❤ i do love how your kofta is turning out i really want to learn to make one. I do love the color of the wild sheep and I am sure you will do something very beautiful
I always enjoy your podcasts & pretty smile. 😊
Oh thank you!
nice to see you back Inga. love your style! 🤎
Thank you 🙌
So interesting to hear about those old Norwegian sheep breeds. I’ve just subscribed to Brits podcast, the yarn looks so beautiful. As usual loving all your knits ❤
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi Inga, love your new orange & white pullover! You could always do crochet loops for the baby sweater buttons, just a thought. Great to see you and your projects ❤
Those bloomers are adorable.
Carol Feller has a one row button holes, I use all the time. Very easy.
Hi! I love seeing your videos and I really like your pullover. You look great with darker hair! 🥰
That’s so thoughtful of you Francesca, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?
I made the dainty granny blanket for a coworker‘s baby and it became a favorite of hers. I did a few 3 color flowers, and a few solid flowers in each colors and it turned out so cute 🥰
Your kofte is gorgeous! So it your erles kosegenser, of course. I just love spending some time hearing about your projects and knitting on my own. I'm working on a Marin shawl, by Ysolde (and loving it!). Thank you for sharing information on the Norwegian Wild Sheep! I love learning more about sheep. I probably won't get the chance to try it myself anytime soon, as postage makes some things beyond my budget. However, I look forward to seeing that beautiful yarn turn into a cardigan (or whatever you end up making with it). Thank you, Inga!
Thanks for all this inspiring knitting and crochet ! Now that the weather is cooling a bit, here in Montreal, I decided to pick up my lingering "Home Cardigan" and finally add the button bands. In the meantime I've knitted a lot of small baby items this summer and some tabi socks which were quite fun.
Sounds great!🥰
Your granny squares are very sweet
I love you with dark hair!
Such an interesting podcast with the baby knits. I dont have advice on adding buttonholes. The new Kofte is looking good b😊ut later comes the steeking. You make knitting look fun and doable. The gifted yarn is beautiful the colours are so nice. I am going to spend time on charity knits for babies up to 18 months. Take care ❤😊
Hello Inga, thanks for the vid
Thank you for watching😘
I love how your linen stitch pillow turned out! The Purl Soho Incline Decline Cardigan is a nice DK cardigan using garter stitch with some interesting shaping. I have it in my queue for this winter!
Thanks for the tips!😍
Thanks for the video! I bought a few skeins of Alpakka Lin in jeans blue and grey when visiting Norway earlier this summer - I liked the pattern you chose from this yarn! so I might copy that, I found the recipe in Norwegian but looks straight forward, so fingers crossed. Looking forward to the next video :)
Made the Sunday cardigan from Petite Knit a few years ago. Quick knit (for me). Really cushy and comfortable- made it from Eco from Cascade and 2 threads of mohair
Hi from Canada. Inga, I love you new Kofte! The colours are gorgeous. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Best wishes!
Thank you so much!
The cardigan is so pretty. I am making a color work project called The Fancy Hen, for my son. I am making it in the colors of the University of Delaware and it is such a fun knit and available as a paid pattern on Ravelry. Also a knitted blanket from my advent minis. I am making stripes to be joined later so it is very portable and easy at the beach. Summer knitting, but cannot wait to get back to wool!😊
When I do buttonholes for kids items I work rib a few rounds and then for the actual buttonholes I purl or knit 2 together and then yarn over once (the yarn over acts as the stitch you decreased in the stitch before for the next round)! Btw, LOVE your channel and your podcasts! Hälsningar från Sverige!!
i really like seeing new episodes pop up!!!!! i recently knit the livresque by espace tricot. it was easy to adjust for steeking. great dimension to change the stripes however you feel. and as fast as you knit things up...heeeeheee...you will be ready for fall in no time :))
Hi Inga, not sure if anyone has suggested already but you could do a knitted i cord button band for the little cardigan. Nice FO’s and love the Erles sweater.
Hi from New Zealand love your podcast. Currently test knitting Joanie sweater for Flossi in Yarnadelic
Hello! I have just discovered your podcast. I have enjoyed watching and listening to you. I love your electric blue sweater! I enjoy making things designed by Petite Knits too. I look forward to hearing about your favourite patterns and watching what you will make from your acquisitions.😊
Oh thank you!
OMG I love this basket from Turkiye! I just need one in my life :D And I also love the Erles sweater and may cast on one for myself ;)
Happy to see your podcast pop up in my feed. Again always enjoyable. I am actually knitting my dream knit now, Jane Cardigan by Andrea Yetman. For Biacotte yarns. A wide garter yoke then stockinette. Super easy but heavy worsted/Aran. I’m using very rustic Selkirk ram wool and love it. I frogged my first attempt because the yarn was alpaca merino blend. All wrong for this one. Very pleased and 75% complete. My friend held 2 colors double and it is lovely. Free pattern too 😉. I also dislike button holes.
For the norwegian sheep's yarn, if it's scratchy make a jacket with it. There's a gorgeous one called Jacket No. 1 by My Favorite Things Knitwear. It looks like a cardigan, but they're calling it a jacket. Maybe make the neckline edges & the wrist ribbings out of matching merino. I love the idea of using something so ancient like that sheeps yarn. The granny squares blanket is going to be gorgeous.
Hey Inga. Petiteknit usually has tutorial videos on her homepage on knitting techniques that are not explained in the pattern. You can find the video for the button holes when you pull up the pattern and then click on the „video“ tab.
I’ve fallen in love with 50/50 cotton bamboo blends this summer. I am about to cast on my third tank in that type of yarn!
Wonderful!
i like your dark hair...so pretty
If you ever have the time you should make a "knit and chat" type of video! I just enjoy your videos and I would be interested in anything you make or discuss💜
Hey Inga! Always a pleasure to watch your podcast 💕 I highly recommend Ankestricks pattern of the Girlfriends Cardigan as a garter project. I love mine
Thanks for the tip!🥰
I’m currently working on the alpine bloom tshirt by caitlin hunter! Hope to finish it in time to enjoy a bit before fall here in Canada!
Hey Inga! Always happy to see your videos in my subscription box! Tori Yu had a garter stitch cardigan, aptly named the Gartergan, and it might work for you! It’s in a DK weight as well
Oh wow! Thank you for sharing😍
Thanks for this really nice episode with all your beautiful projects. You got me interested in the linen stitch, have to try it soon. I’m myself am just finishing the pure joy shawl by joji locatelli knit with the most amazing myak yarn. There 3 more projects on my needles, the leith cardigan by the creaBea, the tankar sweater by aniina juuti, both Test knits and my second cumulus tee. I’m very curious about your idea of making a dress out of it.
Love the cream and tan coloured traditional cardigan! I’m off to Wool Show first time in Newcastle so who knows what I come home with! It’s exciting as it’s Newcastle first! Xx 🧶🧶🧶🧶
Have fun!
Garter cardigan pattern idea: "Garti Cardi" by Anna Daku (Side note: the Ravelry page says it's for worsted weight yarn but it's suggested to use two strands of fingering throughout, for a marled and faded effect but many consider two strands of fingering equal to a DK weight). Good luck in your search!
I enjoyed your video and would like to suggest, for a garter cardigan, the Rove Cardigan by Heidi May. I’m new at spinning so I just knit one to see what it feels like to knit with my handspun.
I've made the Sweet Olivia Cardigan by Drops two times. It is a garter cardigan :) It looks like the yarn, you have, can be used. I've made one in drops alpaca and I think it's one of my most worn knitted projects. It sits so well on my should and do not slide down. :) The other one I made in Holst supersoft.
Hi! I have made Ellen's cardi several times and have always incorporated buttonholes as i knitted. Maybe instead of the buttons you have (which i agree, match perfectly) you could find some little toggles and sew loops, thus not disrupting your beautiful knotted stitches.
Garter cardigan patterns - j&p cardigan and Bluiri cardigan, both by Ailbiona McLaughlin, dk/worsted gauge.
Such a lovely inspiring podcast 🎉 thank you. I was just planning to cast on Girlfriends Cardigan by ANKESTRiCK. Love from Istanbul
Oh thats perfect!!
How about making a TULC with the norwegian yarn. I've made it with Lettlopi which is probably similar. The great thing about the TULC is that the button band is done as you go
Hi Inga! I’ve missed you so much and was over moon excited when I opened UTube to see you. Thank you so much for all you do I love your white and orange kofta! Just beautiful. Hope to see you soon x
Thank you so much!
Stephen West’s Garter Marler Cardigan is a DK gauge. You could totally knit it with the solid yarn and not hold fingering double. It’s a basic round yoke garter cardigan with fitted arms, although I knit mine looser than suggested and really like the way it fits.
For a slouchy cardigan have a look at the Midtown cardigan by Stephanie Jessica Lau.
Hello Inga, I’ve missed you and your knitting! Good to see your knitting and all the projects you’ve finished! I’m also trying a crochet blanket. King sized coverlet! Sewing them all together………. Ouuuu that takes T I M E ! Hugs, ClaudiaSJI
Oh ambitious! It will be lovely🥰
I always do buttonholes by knitting 2 together, yarn over xxx
Hii Inga, I'm from turkey and I love samanyolu yun too🖤🖤When I'm watching you, I love it when you talk about something I like too, and your podcasts really cools me down🍃 I'm knitting a tee(a test knit) while watching you and I enjoy it a lot, thank you for this podcast, love you🖤
Thank you so much!!
Hi Inga! Regarding the button holes. I had the same dilema when knitting the Sunday cardigan by Petite Knit. The patter asked to make button holes after knitting and there is a tutorial on petite knit’s page. I just skipped it as I was happy with no buttons. I’m in San Diego so the sweater is already warm enough as is for my weather. For your baby sweater, have you considered snap buttons? They are very easy to install and a dream come true on baby knits. They are much easier to work when you have a fidgety baby and running on little to no sleep. Hope this helps!
Thank you for sharing your projects. I love the tee you are wearing and the kufta looks great. Regarding the jacket you are planning to knit: you might like the style of a "Jankerl". It's a traditional jacket from the Alps. It's always knitted in garter stitch and sometimes a contrasting colour like dark green is used for the ribbing.
Thanks for the tips!
Are there specific patterns for it?
I've found some on Ravelry e.g. Janker-Bavaria pattern by Astrid Tueting There are many more, not sure if they are always in English. By the way, this is one of my dream knits but I'm not sure if I can do the set in sleeves.
Thanks for all your inspiring podcasts! My suggestion is Romy. I would like to knit Ankestrick's Romy with that norwegian wildsheep yarn, villsaugarnet til Brit Strikkenerd. And to listen to an audiobook by Haruki Murakami called A wild sheep chase.
Buttons. I would add silky ribbon to reinforce sewing on the buttons. Then make machine buttonholes on the other side. Maybe sweet-talk a seamstress you know?
Find a hook and loop closure. They are made with cording, I think. Then you won't have to sew button holes.
I am kitting actively on seven items right now. Three summer tops, the Tesselated pullover, Geometer sweater, Järbos sommarkoftan, and one Drops sweater. It’s nice to have different knittings for different activities and brain engagement. :)
Agreed🥰
I think you could make “Waves of Change Cardigan “ by Bayron Handnade. That Norwegian wool would be perfect. I made one a couple years back for a gift knit.
Hi Inga, I really enjoyed watching this episode!! Sadly I can’t wear rustic yarns, I would have loved to try wool from the Norwegian Wild Sheep. The colours looked amazing!! I’m knitting a baby cardigan by Along Avec Anna at the moment to gift and Anna’s Matilda Jumper. Then I’ll probably cast on my last summer knit, the Camellia Top (also by Anna) and then I’m ready for autumn!!!!! Can’t wait to cast on cozy jumpers and sweaters!!! Have a great day 💕
Me too! Happy knitting😘
ohh the colors of that wool just looked amazing together!! I am working on a "Pressed Flowers Cowl" by Amy Christoffers but i was just thinking how beautiful it would be to make the shawl version in those more neutral colors (something to think about) And if you like garter work patterns you should try one of the pressed flowers patterns (it comes in a cowl, shawl, cardigan, pullover, hat and even socks) it is done in mostly garter and mosaic knitting
Its definetely on my wishlist!!
Another great Podcast Inga. I have been missing you. I’m also a process knitter but I’m currently knitting the Isla sweater which is all over 1x1 rib (definitely not my favourite) knit in pieces! What was I thinking. I’m surprised to find it more meditative than I would have thought but the non superwash bfl yarn has a lot to do with that!!❤❤
Thats going to be a stunning piece🥰
Melody Hoffmann at Mandarine has a lovely garter cardigan, Linden for her Patreon. She does lovely patterns and loves rustic yarn. I think you’d like her Linden Cardi….. gayle in Minnesota
I am knitting the petite knit Sunday cardigan and the buttonholes are made after the fabric is knit. I am not at that point yet but the pattern probably explains it. And hopefully petite knit has some helpful info for me👍
Hi Inga I am currently knitting a Moonlight Cardigan by Minimi Design. It is mainly a garter stitch cardigan which is made using dk. The construction is a bit unusual but it is easy to follow and you just have to trust the pattern.
Hi Inga, I’m knitting the Sian sweater by Elizabeth Doherty in charcoal and white handspun, it’s a slip stitch pattern and great fun. I’m wondering if you might find the sewn buttonholes are an embroidery stitch, you might also look up blanket stitch, thankyou for your podcast.
Always enjoy hearing about your knitting. I’m doing a test knit for the bluebird box of a colourwork sweater. Have you seen her Garter Cardi it has some nice features to it.
I'll check it out!💕
Buttonhole for baby I usually do k2 tog yarn over for small buttons on rib edge
I’ve just found your podcast and loving it so much already! I was working on my cottage cardigan (by Jacqueline cieslak) which might be a bit too small in gauge for your Norwegian wild sheep yarn. But I was thinking the Gartergan by Tori Yu might be an option for little purling in a cardigan !
Gorgeous rustic yarn! I just swatched for the Claude Cardigan by Johanna Gehrish. I was inspired by Mel makes stuf for this project ;). I love the contrasting buttonband and rib details. It's a bulky weight but I think it would be perfect for this yarn held double. Plus you would be able to finish some small amounts of fingering weight and mohair yarn from stash ;)
I'll check it out!😍
Just a few suggestions for garter stitch cardis - Dacite by Carol feller, Marmor (might be too bulky), Girlfriend Cardi and Olive Street cardigan - all in my queue, haven’t knit any of them yet…maybe a knitalong in very rustic wool…! Love your seaborn tee x
Thanks for the tips!😁
I’ve just cast on the Potomac Worsted by Knitty McPurly. I’m really enjoying it.
Do check out Melody Hoffman’s Linden Cardigan. It’s garter with a very simple split stitch pattern that mimics the linden tree. 🤍
OH MY GOSH your baby knits are so adorable!!!!!! Is that a promise ring that I see on your left hand? ❤️
Hej Inga, I am currently knitting the Kukka Cardigan by Rosa P. There is a free garter stitch pattern (Ambling Alp) by Jule from Heymamawolf on Ravelry. But it’s knitted in pieces, not sure if you like that.
If you have no button band, have you seen i cord edging that has voids between edge and the i cord that forms the button holes? Re: steeking, just use a felting tool, so easy ! I love steekimg and this isy favourite method. Great show again x
I did it once but found the seeing and cutting faster the second time around😜and less stabbing accidents😂
I’m excited for Laura’s garter cardigan too! In the meantime you could look at Tori Yu’s Gartergan- I testknit the pattern and absolutely love mine
Thanks for the tips!💕💕