my sweater quantity yarn stash and knitting plans • marlene’s making podcast

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5 ай бұрын

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our cumulus mini KAL discord • / discord
knitting patterns and sweater quantities ✨
• chestnut sweater by petiteknit in kremke dark grey baby alpaca and cobweb lace
• kerr sweater by rebecca clow in wooly knit cones (tierra nepp and cotswold*)
• stick season by rebecca clow for hannes in wooly knit merino cone in mostaza green*
• dad’s sweater by emily from gently chaotic knits in ampersand fibers
• cumulus blouse in isager trio 1 in camel and filcolana alva 979 I bought in Copenhagen
• a cables sweater in explorer knits and fibers leave no trace suri and hillesvag sølje
• doppio sweater in old stash yarn (knitting for olive merino marcipan), a destash find (cashmere cavern sock in extra sprinkles, efk) and knitting for olive soft silk mohair in oat
• melange sweater by petite knit in slavica yarns mokosh emerald eyes
• purl soho linen quill in oat earl grey (no set plan for this yarn yet)
• moby sweater (men) by petiteknit in lion brand fisherman’s wool in oatmeal
knitting patterns and vest quantities ✨
• lana vest by irene lin in filcolana alva 402 and rauwerk merino dk in graphit
• amy slipover by sandnes garn in cascade 220 heathers in jet
• a wooly knit 4ply british wool hank* presumably in cinnamon brown
• woollentwine thrive in barley
yarns marked with * where gifted to me
people mentioned ✨
‪@Breigenwijs‬
‪@Knitweekend‬
‪@freeyoursheep‬
‪@YoungfolkKnits‬
@juliemarques
my measurements •
I‘m 169 cm (5‘6“) and my bust measures 99/100 cm (39 in).
technical stuff •
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H A P P Y K N I T T I N G 🤎

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@mlea79 5 ай бұрын

I just wanted to say don’t let people with negative vibes affect you especially those who make silly comments about you talking about the weather. There is so many of us here coming back to your videos time and time again because we love your content. You do you ❤

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

honestly thank you so much for this reminder 🧡 means the world!

@jenniferbailey365 5 ай бұрын

Love the emphasis on no pressure. We all deserve to feel pure joy around our knitting.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

YES!! 🧡🧶

@thecreativeknitrovert 5 ай бұрын

great video Marlene! I like the idea of a small no pressure KAL. Can't wait!🙂

@sarahashley13 4 ай бұрын

I'd love to learn more about how you go about buying large yarn quantities and then finding a pattern like for that emerald yarn at the end. I usually always shop with a pattern in mind, but I'm getting ready to travel to Europe and I'd like to be able to purchase a couple of sweater quantities even if I don't know exactly what the yarn will become. Although I'm an experienced knitter I've only recently gotten into garments so buying in quantity is still a mystery. Thanks for the peaceful content!

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

I also shop with a pattern in mind always, at least for sweater quantities - that pattern might change later on, but that’s how I decide how much yarn to buy! it means that I can only change the pattern to a similar one but usually I love my first idea but might wanna change a small aspect about it & that’s always possible. with the emerald yarn I was constraint by the amount of skeins we had left in stock, so I bought all of them and knew that it couldn’t be a cabled oversized sweater or a dress but rather a bigger gauge or cropped / fairly fitted sweater. so my suggestion / the way in which I plan for yarns travel/festivals and such: I dream up some knits, look at my wishlist, queue and patterns I don’t have yarn for yet - compile a list with yardages/amounts of yarn needed and what kind of yarn I would like for that knit and then when I shop I can go back to that list and will end up with something great in my opinion! hope this helps ☺️

@brookwillow 5 ай бұрын

You have so many lovely knitting plans coming up! I’m excited to see them in progress 😃

@smole_reptile 5 ай бұрын

The first swatch reminds me a bit of a bowl of like lucky charms cereal after most of the cereal is gone and it's been sitting there for a minute. I mean that as a compliment even if it sounds weird haha, it's like a very soothing blend of color flecks and oat

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

haha no I get what you mean 🩷 that’s true it’s so wonderfully speckling colorful and milky in a way!

@tacistudio 5 ай бұрын

I love the idea of making the Kerr sweater with the darker color and a contrast color with the lighter yarn. That will be gorgeous Marlene 🤍🤎

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@jackiewheaton4199 5 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. I like the darker color (brown) and the lighter as the contrast. (2nd sweater stash project).

@karoline123hej 5 ай бұрын

The chestnut sweater is my most used sweater. It's very easy to throw on in the morning!

@YoungfolkKnits 5 ай бұрын

I love listening to you chat Marlene ❤❤❤

@marleneknits 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Kaci ☺️

@bigblackdogfiberarts 5 ай бұрын

Cabled sweater - Purpurea by Teti Lutsak. There is a sample in my LYS and it looks amazing on everyone who tries it. The Amy Slipover - I lengthened it by 5 cm to get it to be how it looks on the model in the book. What I didn't think about and should have, is that I should have had the ties end up lower by picking up more stitches, too, not just the length of the garment part. The ties ended up higher than my waist and they look a little bit silly. Something to keep in mind if you need to lengthen it. I'll be giving mine away and maybe making another. Maybe. Those ribbed ties were quite the slog.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

thanks for the recommendations ☺️

@Jennie8684 5 ай бұрын

Love the jumper you’re wearing. I have the pattern and your colours are fabulous. Can’t wait for all the details in your next podcast. 😊

@solangethompson4251 5 ай бұрын

What is the pattern name please? I love it

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

it’s the mudo sweater by the petite knitter - I will talk more about it in my next episode :)

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

Ah, La Mercerie is one of my local LYSs-I feel very fortunate!

@pamroberts4209 5 ай бұрын

Very enjoyable podcast! Interesting to see your stash and hear future plans. Can’t wait to hear the details of your Mudo sweater! I have it on my needles right now. 😊

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

thank you 😊 I will report on it in my next video for sure!

@alicemarchetti4340 5 ай бұрын

Hi Marlene! It was so fun seeing your sweater's quantity yarn stash and seeing all the plans you have for it, seems like you're happy and excited with all the project you are going to make in the future and I think that's what really matters🥰 I love your beautiful colourwork sweater btw and after seeing it in the last podcast episode (I think it was) I did cast on my first colourwork sweater too! It's the Haze sweater by the knitpurlgirl and I'm loving it so far😍

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! and I hope you enjoy knitting your color work sweater as much as I did ☺️

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

This really this helps me get motivated to organize all my sweater-quantity yarns with their projects. 🧶 ❤

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

yay, it’s so much fun!! 🧡

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

The Doppio swatch is GORGEOUS!!!

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

thank you!!

@knitting.your.life8 5 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to the release of the Seaview sweater by Knit Purl Girl. It's amazing and it requires KFO heavy Merino + mohair of Perry Gynt + silk mohair. Maybe this will work for your sweater quantity 🥹

@eliannines8771 4 ай бұрын

I've made a blanket with my 200 g of unspun yarn. Best blanket ever❤. I chose to start with 3 stitches, then increase after the first mask in the begining of every round until I had used a little less then half of my yarn, then I decreased the same way😊. First sitch always a knitstich, and I chose a moss-stich pattern (I think it's called that in english, perlestrikk in norwegian). Everyother knit and perl, and then the knit over perl and per over knit the next round. This way I got the same pattern on both sides off the blanket. I knitted with Hillesvåg unspun, this yarn is caked with double strand, so I chose to knit with both starnds with a needle size 6 (european size). Thank you so much for great podcasts by the way, very inspiering❤

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

that sounds lovely! Although I‘m thinking my plates are only single so I would hold them double and that would make for more like a baby blanket? :)

@GintareKnits 5 ай бұрын

Great video! probably will join the Cumulus KAL. I wanted to knit this pattern for a wile now :)

@roos7631 5 ай бұрын

This was such a nice video! It gave me so much motivation no reorganise my own stash. Defenitly gonna make a baby stash. (Although I don't have any kids yet, I hope that I will have them in the furture and make so many knits for them!). Here are my long answers to your questions😉 I think the Kerr sweater would be nice with the dark color al the main color, especially because it will be very different from the sweater you're wearing right now. I'm planning on starting the Eclair sweater from Laura Penrose soon, but I also love the look of the Artic Light sweater from Kutovakika, that one has so many gorgeous cables! Also I highly recommend knitting a dress! I'm wearing my only knitted dress right now and I live in it! It is so great (but I'm someone who prefers dresses and skirts over pants, so keep that in mind). I'm brainstorming so hard on what dresses I want to make or wich sweaters would look great as a dress.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

aww I‘m so glad ☺️ I love all of these patterns, will have to keep them in mind when deciding on my cabled project!

@geecassandra 5 ай бұрын

All of these yarns are so lovely! I really enjoyed hearing your plans for which sweaters they will become. This annual planning mentality is one I totally align with; for a fellow planner like myself, it's the perfect way to keep up the knitting motivation while appreciating your current project - and eagerly anticipating upcoming projects ;) I'm also interested in knitting up the Amy Slipover in a worsted weight yarn! Would love to hear any tips and tricks for adapting this pattern to a different gauge.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

planning is half of the fun right? ☺️ I‘ll make sure and share my notes and thoughts on it!

@ursulas9369 5 ай бұрын

I very much enjoy watching knitters show their garment quantities and talk about potential plans! My many comments to some of your plans/yarns 😁: -Kerr sweater: I think having the main colour be the beautiful brown and the contrast colour work the light would look great -Doppio sweater: love your swatch! I am just finishing my first Doppio and have a feeling there will be a bunch more! I used two strands of Knitpicks Palette (which in my opinion is an amazing, very affordable yarn) in two heathered colours (so much depth in the yarn!) in two tones that don't have a drastic contrast but enough plus a complimentary mohair. The result is stunning! there are so many options! And I think the fit of the sweater will be great although mine is not blocked yet -made a weekend v-neck slipover in Cascade 220 jet (plus FKO mohair in midnight) and the fabric is very nice and the super dark charcoal is beautiful. My friend knit the Amy slipover in the same yarn (jet as well) without mohair and her gauge was tighter and the fabric turned out a little stiff (not sure if she knit to pattern gauge or not). Lastly the unspun - I knit the Lento in one strand of Nutiden plus a mohair on 5.5 mm needles. Not sure how yardage of the thrive compares to nutiden but I used about 85g of KFO mohair for the sweater and roughly 175 g of nutiden. I knit a size 2. The sweater turned out nicely oversized but not ginourmous on my 87cm bust. My version is not long but also not cropped (I am 165cm) If you were to use a lace alpaca that is more fluffy you could probably go up in needle size and stretch the yardage. I absolutely love this sweater. It is so incredibly light and warm but not too warm because it is still airy. The mohair dramatically reduces pilling and makes knitting with one strand unspun at lot easier.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

wow thank you so much for your many insights! :) your sooooo sound lovely and I would like to try out knitpicks palette some day in the future as well! a lento is always a good idea for just 200gr of yarn I remember, so maybe! I will be holding it with a mohair of course :)

@kathileo 5 ай бұрын

I just bought your Sewrella yarn, already swatched and I will knit up the Stick season sweater ❤😅 the yarn is soo nice! One great cable sweater is the Artic Light sweater from Kutovakika and she has great video tutorials! Love your Videos and All the rest❤❤

@marleneknits 5 ай бұрын

oooh amazing Kathi!! 🧡

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

Look at Kutovakika’s cable designs, they’re so elegant and feminine.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

the funny thing is I don’t think I‘m a very elegant and feminine person / I don’t like to dress like it too much but I still really like the look of her designs :)

@Barbara_Ozima 5 ай бұрын

Hi Marlene, very inspiring episode as always ❤️ You were mentioning that you have 200g of unspun yarn, so Autumn Tales Shawl came to my mind since I was planning on making it, but then changed to Winter Tales Shawl, which is even bigger (requires 300g). Anyway, looking forward to your next episodes, take care! 😊

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

I like the look of these two shawl but have been more in the mindset to spin for my shawl projects lately so not sure if I‘ll use my unspun for that! but thank you so much for sharing these ideas! ☺️

@lekale450 5 ай бұрын

Ach, das war wirklich interessant.🌻 Und ich glaube, ich werde mich demnächst auch nach gesprenklter Wolle umschauen... vielleicht hast du mich ja angesteckt...😁

@jimmydoesknitting 4 ай бұрын

Hey Marlene. New here. Love me some sweater talk. If you're looking for a cable pattern, the Saven (there is a version sized for women) is my absolute favroite cable sweater. I'd take a look at Hudson & West for some. Also, Sari Nordlund has the Mila cardigan and pullover coming out that I really want to make.

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

Hey Jimmy, thanks for the recommendation! I have the Rhett hat by Hudson & West in my possible future knit list! The save looks gorgeous too! ☺️

@luisawilhelmsen5892 5 ай бұрын

I think you might like the Wochenmarkt Sweater for your worsted weight cabled sweater project ^^ It has been in my queue for quite some time

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

I like the look of that one but am not keen on it only going up to an XL :/

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

Bella at Hundred Acre Wool loves hand spun yarn and has some beautiful designs I think you’d like.

@mhsknits 5 ай бұрын

I’ve already cast on a cumulus blouse but nonetheless excited to join the KAL, looking forward to it! 🧶

@marleneknits 5 ай бұрын

you’re more than welcome to join with an already cast on blouse 🧡

@knits.and.cappuccinos 5 ай бұрын

Ohh a dark Kerr Sweater with that light accent would be gorgeous!

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

Right?! 🤍

@oh_konfetti 5 ай бұрын

Die Garnkombi für den Doppio Sweater 😮‍💨🤌🏻

@felicianunez7662 5 ай бұрын

Laughing crying screaming because Chelsea influenced me to buy extra sprinkles!!

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

😄🤭

@user-zy6tn2mw9f 5 ай бұрын

Hi Marlene! How do you determine what a "sweater quantity" is for you? Do you have good bench-mark patterns you use to measure this?

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

Hey Julie-Anne, so I usually buy yarn for particular patterns which means I’ll buy the amount of yarn the pattern asks for my size - if I’m in between patterns I’ll get enough so it’ll fit any of them, I also now know that 300gr of fingering plus the equivalent meterage of mohair is enough for a sweater as well as around 500-600gr of DK on its own, but at the end of the day I always look at the meterage of the pattern I’m thinking about making- if I’m changing my mind later on I’ll just have to pick a pattern with a similar meterage requirement :) hope this helps!

@choloti_knit 5 ай бұрын

Lovely podcast ❤ ! I’m currently looking for perfect yarns for the Rivendell pullover by Sari Nordlund as my first cable sweater (even though it’s a quite high level pattern from my current skill set 🙈). Maybe I will go for de rerum natura gilliatt? Let’s see 🤭 If you have a good DK weight yarn recommendation, I’m interested to know 😊

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

that sounds lovely! I love the ulysses by de rerum natura and would love to knit with the gilliat one day so that sounds like a great option! I quite like the heavy merino by knitting for olive as well :)

@annabelle7123 5 ай бұрын

Been enjoying a few of your videos lately and just subbed! Perhaps you enjoy imposing rules because you are German? 😉 love the knitting plans according to yarn stash!

@marleneknits 4 ай бұрын

haha I‘m not sure if that corresponds but I sure do like structure 🤭 thank you!

@allysonbrownmarcolini514 5 ай бұрын

Don't know if I'm missing something, but I don't see the Discord link for the Cumulus Kal?

@marleneknits 5 ай бұрын

I‘m so sorry I managed to forget adding it but have included it about an hour after uploading 🫣 it’s in the description box now 🫶🏻

@alexandradegruyter 5 ай бұрын

❤🌈

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

Your height should read as 5’6”, not 6’5”-which is like a basketball player. 😊

@marleneknits 5 ай бұрын

Maybe I am a basketball player 😉 hahah no obviously I just got it wrong since I don’t know much about the whole inch system so thank you so much for helping me correct it!

@jamiethrogmorton2540 5 ай бұрын

@@marleneknitswe could play in the same shorter-women’s basketball league! 😂😂😂