The cabled sweater is such a beautiful colour! The weekender is looking great too Julieanne, the knitting machine sounds like a whole new challenge and learning opportunity, and also so satisfying to get it working to make something so beautiful!

That purple pallet is going to be the best of sweaters!

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The colour is stunning, I wish I had seen it lol

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For the socks made on the knitting machine, to continue following the two needle rule, could you do a 2x2 rib but add one knit stitch before and one purl stitch after? The row would read k3, p2, k2, ....p2, k2, p3. That would keep the needle rule and also give one extra stitch either side for the seam and keep the pattern once stitched together. Just a thought!

Lovely to see all your projects. Your knitting machine projects are really interesting. I remembered a knitting machine surge in the 80s. There would always be demos at our county fairs. You inspired me to start up a spreadsheet for mine, now that I am back into my sock knitting. I ended up having 8 pairs of socks on the needles. I thought I had at least 5. 😳 Time to get cracking so I can start more. LOL

Thank you for the video, wow, you've been very productive. I'm on the last sleeve of my Alex jumper by Truly Myrtle, just plain socks with some Regia yarn and also working through the 24birds shawl by Curious Handmade. Looking forward to your next video

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Always like seeing what creators make with their stash and approx. how much yarn was eaten up by the project, so very enjoyable video! Hope you feel better soon and congratz on the 1k subs!

this was very interesting to watch! seems like it could be a good way to get through lots of stash yarns, especially ones you are not super keen on anymore you could make some socks or scarves to donate or something.

In a fascinating bit of serendipity, I picked up an Empisal Vistamatic NG-H3 about the same time you did and am excited to follow your progress here! I have no idea how one with that branding made its way to the U.S., but I'm quite happy to have it! I also got it in a bundle along with a Toyota punchcard machine, but have decided to figure out the simpler machine before I go wild with the patterns. What size sponge bar did you end up getting for yours?

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That was fun to watch, especially now that you have extra yarn stash you hadn't planned on 😃 Also, oh dear, now I'm thinking maybe I might like a knitting machine one day......

I think it would be a good idea to sort out any of this yarn that you do not feel drawn to and just get rid of it, don't even try to find ideas or projects and start spending time and effort on something you ultimately won't enjoy. I'm sure there is enough yarn left after sorting to practice on the knitting machines with, some of it you did seem to like after all! Loving this series, it's great company as I work through my won stash, keep it up! :)

I had no idea that machine knitting yarn was treated with wax to make it smoother to work! Maybe the bright colours you don't like so much could be sold together as a lot for someone who likes making children's sweaters.

Can't wait to see how the knitting machines work!!! They sound so cool and quicker than normal knitting.

what an amazing find with the knitting machine. look forward to see a video about it when you get the chance.

So good to see you again 😊

I am very excited for your self-stripping 😊

"Comes with a very useful VHS" That knocked me on my butt😂

Hi Julieanne, welcome back, I missed you. Your hair looks great, it is the longest I have seen it. 🧶🐾🙋🏼‍♀

Just went onto your shop as I saw information about ‘advent’ coming up. Love watching your videos

Scorcery!!!!😂 Knitting machines simultaneously fascinate and terrify me.

What would you say is the time commitment on this verses doing them by hand?

I'm trying to stash down also. my stash is a reasonable size but we're hoping to move out of our apartment later this summer so its partly financial reasons and partly because I don't want to be packing any more boxes than I already have to. 😅

This was the opposite of decluttering satisfaction.

I'm trying to stashdown this year too! I don't have a big stash, but I just want to get through the yarns I have.

Loved the video! In my experience crochet does take more yarn and the movement is very different so it's a welcomed break from knitting for me, also I switch the position of the hook (usually hold it like a toothbrush then change it to holding it like a pencil)... Ps I know you have the summer time and I am jealous 😅😅😅

I think a zero stash by the end of the year is quite an ambitious goal and I am here for it! While listening to you I remembered that I also work from my stash and that I also have rules and exceptions and I broke them all thus far 😅 but I try not to stress to much about it

Crochet a premmie blanket for your local hospital maternity ward for the blue yarn from your niece.

Hello. Glad to have found your videos. New sub. Enjoyed your videos.

I'm also attempting to work down my crafting stash over the next few *cough probably seven or eight cough* years, and doing a full-on yarn no-buy for at least this year but probably also next year. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress! You've got this!

Maybe you could make a little case for knitting needles and crochet hooks from the purple acrylic? Adding a zipper and lining fabric, and maybe a little pocket to keep love notes in?

I wish you luck with your stash reduction project. I share your plan to finish wips, recover project bags and needles, and exercise some deep stash. Looking forward to your process and hopefully some pattern ideas.

Use the gifted acrylic yarn from your niece to make cushion covers.

I loved retro claude's way of updating the stash! She'd do a monthly update and counted the amount when she finished the project. Some projects she just mentioned in the stash busting videos and did separate, more detailed project videos, and others were only shown in the stash busting videos!

Ah just discovered you! And you have a GSP! They are my favorite. I had one for a brief time and she unfortunately passed away tragically while not in my care :( My dream is to get a house with land and rescue a GSP :)

crochet definitely uses more yarn, and i think tunisian crochet uses even more! I started making a tunisian crochet blanket with one of my advents, and each colour is only getting me a few cm of my blanket, so I think I'll need probably 2 advents worth of yarn to finish it. for garments I have a few of holly woodward's designs on my ravelry favourites list, specifically her gertie and jilly cardigans.

Hello hello. I just came across your channel today- you’re a sweetheart! Loved your challenge. How do you decide how you’re going to hold your yarn to knit? I also knit continental and English, but it’s mainly for colorwork. Curious to know how you decide! Cheers.

Hi, enjoying your podcast, loving your Elvis too! Crochet does use more yarn for sure, but, it grows quicker as well. I’m stash busting this year too, like most people seem to be doing. Let’s hope there is a serious dent in the stash by years end! Enjoy 😊

Hello Julieanne first time watching you I’m enjoying watching. Also I feel like crochet does take up more yarn

Yes, crochet uses way more yarn than a knitted item. Crochet is faster, though (once you've been doing it for a bit). I think crochet is great for blankets, but I prefer knitted clothing because they are less bulky.

I prefer crochet but i always knit socks, so i don't know if crochet would factually eat up more yarn, but in theory it makes sense to me that it would. since visually i feel a regular knit stitch would represent the same amount of yarn on the hook when you've only just pulled through the yarn for a single crochet (<-- US terms, double crochet in UK terms), but then you need to yarn over again and pull through both loops to complete the stitch which would be an amount not consumed by a knit stitch. also regarding the SRI, i hope they at least considered the possibility of a carpal tunnel syndrome before just tossing the SRI diagnosis at you and if not, maybe something you can bring up yourself as something to investigate? they have pretty similar symptoms after all. and don't know about you but i feel that i flex my wrist more when crocheting compared to knitting, which if carpal tunnel (meaning a pinched nerve in the wrist) would make sense that you have more problem when crocheting compared to knitting. Of course i'm not qualified for any diagnosis, just throwing out the thought so you can do with it as you feel best fits you. oh, also i really like the Edlothia crochet shawl because of the mix of stitches it uses in the pattern same with the Rings of Change circular blanket/throw, keeps the pattern interesting with stitch changes. (<-- i did this in fingering weight yarn which is smaller than the pattern, but gave me about 150cm across still when finished) both easily found on Ravelry.

Looking forward to seeing your progress towards stash down. I am currently on a *no buy* yarn year (with exception- if absolutely need a specific yarn for a specific project- if my girls ask for an specific knitting garment).

Hello Julieanne, great to see you. Love your shawl n socks. Yes crochet does take nearly twice as much yarn compared to knitting, a lot more loops too create the stitch. I have just received the 52 weeks of socks and have joined the Facebook group. Starting my first sock today. 🧦🧶

That was a fun video Julieanne, I always think I can get more done in a day too! The socks turned out great! I don’t crochet enough to really know, but I made a couple pot holders in January and feel like I got them done quicker than I could have knit them and I used most of two 50g balls, so maybe it’s more about the speed of using yarn in crochet projects 🤷🏻‍♀️