Skeindeer Knits Ep. 125: Ambitious festive knitting goals

New patterns:

WIPs:

Acquisitions:
Deer needle punch, primrose skein and minis from Sox on the Beach.
Advent calendar

[juliewatson]

Thank you for explaining how to get the best out of subscribing and watching knitting podcasts. I work night shift and put on podcasts to watch at home. Then when I fall asleep (its just due to tiredness not boredom) I wake up to find youtube has been doing its thing and replaying over podcasts I have already seen several times before. More annoying is being awake and sitting knitting and its jumps back to older podcasts when I am trying to catch up with new ones Then I have to put my knitting down to select what I want to watch.

[rebeccaknudsen]

Beautiful sweater! It will work out. So lovely.

[TheCrimsonStitchery]

Your xmas jumper is brilliant, it will look great cropped!

[waterwomanknits]

I've never been able to afford a yarn advent calendar, but this year I tried something new (for me). I had enough scraps from decades of projects to make 48 balls for one calendar for self, one to give away. I put balls inside those inexpensive nylon tie bags to reuse next year and pulled randomly one each day. To see final shawl, it's on @waterwomanknits. Only thing I've ever made up on the fly with different textures. Feels great to enter New Year with fewer stash scraps, and next year I intend to design a scrap sweater.

[sandramarshall]

Great idea re working up the sleeve and using it to better decide body measurement and pattern repeat. Thank you. Love the sweater your wearing. Great colour. Merry Christmas!

[nicoswanmakes]

I really appreciate all your content <3 I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

[Colorado]

As usual, great podcast ! The lighting this time is perfect!!!

[camillakalvatnegset]

Thanks for explaining the Rauma Christmas pattern! I also though this was a crooped sweather. Integrering to hear about your ideas for modifications! 👍

[marythompson]

You and your sweater look beautiful together.Perfect color for U

[leelee]

I did an advent mini swap with 2 friends this year after seeing the one you did last year. I’m also doing a granny stripe with it (haha zero imagination) and I’m loving it. I’m definitely doing it again next year.

[marythompson]

Deer on your current sweater project are adorable

[kimwatts]

Hi Ellie,
Love your vlogmas😀
Really love your jumper you are knitting with the reindeer on, can’t wait to see it finished:)
Happy holidays
KimXX

[joanneyoung]

Eli great news that you are going to VKL I'm going too as my birthday is on the 19th so I get to spend it with my knitting friends at the event Maybe I'll meet you in one of the queues again. I love that red sweater on you

[morningloryke]

I could not here the grinding at all, just your voice so glad you did not rerecord!!

[claireeymin]

I can vouch for the mitten garland taking ages to knit. I’m knitting it this year and even with ditching the Latvian braid and the thumb, they take ages!

[yettaoshea]

FYI if you have a local yarn shop that participates in Ravelry’s in store sales program, you should be able to buy a copy of your holiday Rauma sweater pattern at the shop.

[georgie]

Aargh! Eli, that sweater is in my queue and you're REALLY making me itch to cast it on 😁

[TheSeattleStitcher]

I hope you don’t mind me saying.. wow you look just stunning with the red sweater and the red lip to match! 😍

[snuttepinglan]

I have also thought about the "start here" for different sizes, both in Swedish and Norwegian patterns. What I have guessed is that it is calculated so that the middle of a pattern repeat (for example the middle of an X in an OXO pattern) would be centerd on the body. But most of the time I don't think it matters really much, especially not on sleeves...

[heidireszies]

perhaps someone has already mentioned this—have you considered, rather than skipping colorwork sections in the middle of the sleeve when you knit body of your new sweater project, to leave off the bottom two colorwork sections...this way the motifs will line up across the body with those on the sleeves (as they do in the original pattern)?