Knit the Porcelain Sweater With Me | Project Vlog

My proudest achievement to date, making the Porcelain Sweater as a beginner knitter! Follow along on the journey with me and let mw know if you have any questions!

Yarn: Sandnes Garn Tynn Peer Gynt in 2641 and 6046
Drops Brushed Alpaca Silk in 40 and 26

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[Charlieb]

Katie I can't tell you how impressed I am with how quickly you have picked this up and the complex projects you seem to pick up so easily! You are smashing it girl! Brilliant!

[alexandraapito]

This sweater has been living rent free in my head for months and you did such a beautiful job! I feel like now I have to cast it on in the new year.

[Tora_]

Beautyful work, considering it is your first. Wow, so far I didn't dare to start one. Magic loop will come out way better if You work on smaller needles with a long cable and pull the yarn on the last stich of the finished round. Just like with knitting socks.

[ashleyconnell]

That sweater is absolutely stunning!!
You should be so, so proud of yourself!
You're such a natural knitter.

[eleldel]

Hi Katie! Pleased to have found your video this morning 😊 I began knitting a bit before you and now starting more colourwork projects. You’ve done such a good job!! The colorwork bible book by Jesie Ostermiller is a great resource ❤

[freakindream]

Loving your vlogs, your vlogmas is giving me all the cosy feels xx

[ChloeOxborrow]

So impressed at your tension, with this being your first colour work sweater!
Also maybe you’d like ladderback jacquard as a float catching technique to preserve stretch in the colour work

[louiseasson]

Well done Katie. You’ve done so well. Thanks to you I’ve started knitting and I’m loving it

[Cinnaomnom]

I’m only a few minutes into the video and am excited to watch the rest! Just want to give a recommendation of using one of those yarn holders that are worn on your finger when doing colorwork. They are amazing for keeping the yarn threads untangled and keeping an even tension.
(ETA: they are called norwegian knitting thimble)

[jennistevenson]

Gorgeous jumper. Great job. I knit colour work in two hands english style. It takes practice but now I find it quite easy and natural. Just wrap the yarn around your fingers.

[TK-tam]

Amazing! You should definitely be proud of your accomplishment😊

[NiccolaLutri]

So beautiful! I am about to start knitting this sweater (I'm a little intimidated) but will be following along with your video

[mcloud]

Thanks a lot for this episode. I was scared if starting this sweater byt thanks ti your tips I get started this year, as soon as I'm finished with my "Matchday sweater" .❤

[nancyt]

I'm in awe! I think you were a knitter in a past life because of how far you have come in such a short time! Super impressive and I look forward to seeing your next projects! Bravo Katie!!

[enviroknit]

Magic loop trick! ✨ Just make sure you tighten the first and second stitches after flipping into work - those bars come from the stitches pulling lose at the ends… weird, and it happens to everyone!!! Also, I love your vlog sm!! No pics of me on my new vlog yet - but I’m a gal, so as not to be creepy - you’re SO gorgeous!!!! Happy knitting, and I just subscribed 🙃

[northwoodfalls]

Congratulations! It turned out so beautifully. I like the tip of using markers to denote beginning and end of repeats. I always have my charts on my iPad and I write out notations below the chart for each round (ie: 5B 3W/ 2B 1W/ 5B 3W etc. etc.) because I can’t “read” the charts …. I always end up having to stop and count anyhow so I just jot it down) and then I can easily make notations as I go if I have to stop mid row or some such. But visual reminders on the needles would keep me from getting hypnotized by a repeat and carrying on long past when I aught to have stopped lol. So much tinking …..
There is a great channel here called Nimble Needles. He has a tutorial somewhere about doing magic loop a little differently to help prevent laddering. You pull the cord through at random points instead of always having the stitches lined up evenly .. it’s hard to explain but I think you can find it easily enough. It’s the method I use (except for things like sock toes or glove fingers) and I never have ladder issues. I love the shorter needles. I use them all the time (also makes magic loop so much easier). I find them more comfortable to hold and I seem to knit a lot faster with them. I also like how much easier it makes switching out the needles on a cable when and if needed. I have wood ones and they are so light …. I don’t get any cramping or soreness even after seriously intense knitting marathons. But I also knit continental (Norwegian for ribbing) which I find so much easier for colourwork as well. It’s easy to hold both strands in one hand (you just flip the direction of the second colour over your finger and it keeps them separated. It also makes catching floats a breeze.) since you are picking the yarn instead of throwing it. It took me a bit to catch onto the rhythm of it as well, but IMO it’s well worth the learning curve in the end. Cables are so much fun. They get really addictive. Especially if you learn how to do them without using a cable needle. I learned how to increase and decrease ribbing and some cables and I was like a mad woman unleashed 😂.

[myhappyspace]

When you do the magic loop. tighted the first two stiches every time in the beginning of a loop

[JasperKelley-pnfc]

Hey there! I love your sweater. It's turning out so great.
One question if you have time. I recently cast on my version. Chart A is causing me some confusion. The pattern says to start and end at the arrows, but there is a repeat in the middle. I'm not sure how to deal with this. Do you have any tips?
Thank you in advance. And great work on your sweater!

[andreacockerill]

Hi Katie I'm learning to knit I'm finding it challenging 😂 that jumper is amazing! Did you purchase the pattern for it?thank you ❤

[emilymajeski]

Did you need all 8 balls of the alpaca? I just ordered 5 (also making a medium) and now I’m thinking I’d better order a few more.