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Ep. 44: Finished one Marie Wallin (Chestnut) & casting on another // Knitting With Cat Hair Podcast

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▪︎Instagram - @knittingwithcathair
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// WHAT I'M WEARING //
▪︎Ranunculus by Midori Hirose
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatH...

// FINISHED OBJECTS//
▪︎ Two-At-A-Time Vanilla Socks
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatH...
▪︎Chestnut by Marie Wallin
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatH...

// WORKS IN PROGRESS //
▪︎Samphrey by Marie Wallin
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatH...
▪︎Hexagon Blanket (Tutorial by Attic24)
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CatH...

// HELPFUL VIDEOS //
▪︎Very Pink Knits - Setting in sleeves
Knitting Help - Setting in Sleeves
▪︎Fruity Knitting - Knitting the Samphrey by Marie Wallin (startting at episode 45)
Isabell Kraemer - Ep. 45 - Fruity Knitting...

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‪@FruityKnitting‬
‪@skeinsofdreamsmakes‬

// OTHER MENTIONS //
▪︎Camilla Valley Farms https://www.camillavalleyfarm.com/
▪︎VintageButtonStore https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/VintageB...

20 Comments

@YoungfolkKnits 4 years ago

Your chestnut looks gorgeous on you!

@wendymorris 4 years ago

I started off learning to knit English style throwing but taught myself to knit continental and haven't looked back. Thank you for sharing your knits, simply beautiful💜

@SONDERknit 4 years ago

Good LORD your chestnut is GORGEOUS!

@marymcintyre646 4 years ago

I'm an English thrower, and I do colour work exactly like you. I love your Chestnut, it's a work of art.

@nancywillick5737 4 years ago

Hi Nikki, I love all your projects. I am a english thrower as well who is a process knitter.
Have a great summer!

@HillbillyKnitter 4 years ago

I am a continental knitter. I started out as a crocheted and taught myself to knit. I was like you. I had no idea there was any other way to knit for a long time. I knit color-work by holding both yarns on my left forefinger and just pick whichever color I need for each stitch. I love watching other people knit. In my mind I’m thinking,”Wow! How do they do that?” The movements look so complex and musical when someone else is doing it. Your sweater is fantastic!

@annparsons6238 4 years ago

What a beautiful cardigan !
I’ve asked for Marie’s new book for my birthday as I love everything in it ! It will be my first colour work garment .
I’m an English style knitter ‘flicking ‘ my yarn. I hold my yarn in both hands with two colours.
I loved seeing your native wildlife too😍

@louisedesilets 4 years ago

Magnifique la veste et le choix des couleurs!

@sylviafikiert4825 4 years ago

So lovely to see you Nikki 😊 Your Chestnut looks beautiful and fits so well 😍 I am a continental knitter 😊

@nancydavis4459 4 years ago

My mother tried to teach me English throwing,which is how she did it. I knit so tightly that I gave up and went back to crochet. My sister came home from college and said wait till you see what I learned! She taught me Continental and I loved it. I think I was 16 or 18 so that was about 50 years ago. I was more of a product knitter when I was young. Now I may take a year or more to complete a very intricate lace shawl and always have a variety of projects to work on. I enjoy your podcasts. Would like to know more about your job. Thanks.

@shreyashiganguly 4 years ago

I am an English flicker. I do colour work two handed. Loved your chestnut. It looks like a commitment.

@vrisaydaboggess9269 4 years ago

Love love your Chestnut cardi. Beautiful! I knit continental. Colorwork...both yarns in left hand.

@kimsechrest2202 4 years ago

Hello. I just found you and enjoyed watching. I'm an English style, throwing knitter too. I did change the way I tension my yarn (now around my little finger) instead of dropping it completely. It really speeds up my knitting doing it that way and improved my stitch tension. Your cardigan is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your knitting with us.

@penelopest-laurent6388 4 years ago

Great podcast Nikki! As usual, I’m playing catch up! Love your attitude toward matching your seams! And that sweater is gorgeous!! I love muted colours/contrast too :)

@TheThoughtfulKnitter 4 years ago (edited)

Thanks for your lovely company Nikki 💗 I very much enjoyed the chipmunk cameos around the 43 minute mark!
It was really interesting to hear the results of last episode’s comments 🤓 I was taught to knit as an English style thrower and continued that way until about 3.5yrs ago, when I switched to flicking. There was something about the way I handled the yarn that created a twist…the constant untwisting of the working yarn was driving me bonkers so I adopted flicking, which sorted the problem 🥳 For colourwork I hold the contrast colour in my left hand and work it in a continental style. I initially dropped and picked up the yarn as you do, but when I moved to flicking two hands seemed easier.

@inspired_by_fiber 4 years ago

English knitter and a thrower. chestnut sweater is just so beautiful now hurry up fall so you can wear it!

@WhatIKnitForLove 4 years ago

Your Chestnut is so gorgeous!! The colours are wonderful on you. ❤️

@kimberleerohloff5912 4 years ago

Love your Chestnut card! I am a Norwegian continental knitter. When I do color work I use both hands, throw with the right and pick with the left. if knitting color work flat I use the German continental purl in the left hand and english in the right. If doing corrugated ribbing I purl with the right hand english and knit with the left hand continental. If 3 colors are used in a round I hold the two pattern colors in the left hand and the background color in the right hand. Whew, that's a lot of info! Thanks for your podcast, I really enjoy the content!

@sugarplumrobin8895 4 years ago

Aaahhh your Chestnut is done and it looks incredible! Just so intricate and beautiful, I can't believe you made that <3

@Adele_YarnCreations 4 years ago

Your Chestnut is so beautiful! I also knit English style with both colours in my right hand. Amy Palko once said a true thing that resonate with me: She was taught that way by her mom and grandma and it's part of her heritage. I feel exactly the same... Very happy with the way and speed (wich is quite fast) I knit... 💥