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Hello.Thank you very much for such an amazing review. I am a Ukrainian , and I love knitting. By my fate, I went to Edinburgh, and, of course, I visited a local yarn shop where I bought 2 skeins J.c.rennie. What a wonderful yarn with velvety colors!!! ❤❤❤

Yes! Your tamarack bomber looks awesome! You are so clever with your hacks. lol i enjoyed hearing you chat about your fennel Fanny pack! How funny that we both had the same issue. And don’t worry - you filmed this before I filmed mine! And I regret not watching this earlier 😂

Really love the scarf that you've made and I am totally thinking about making one for myself. Your shallow is gorgeous and a great example on where to use advent monies. and my favourite is the bomber jacket!

love seeing your face again! That coral reef scarf is amazing.

Congratulations on getting so much done from your wips!

Good job! 👍 I have to ask what is the name of the vest you are wearing? I absolute love it & the colour too 😍 ❤ Susannah

I just found your channel and I'm enjoying it very much. Hmmm, WIPs--I have to get my sewing room done first but there will be a day when I get to them--I promise!

I loved this vlog, thanks for taking us through your completed projects! I was here for your initial WIPs video, so it felt like such a victory to hear that you made it through so many of your projects. That bomber jacket is so delightful and puts a huge smile on my face. I had a recent victorious project, where I completed a designer-inspired dress that I started in 2022. I couldn't believe that it had taken me that long, but I was so happy to finally sew on the final button. I share it over on my YT channel in a two-part series and I hope you check it out as well if you'd like.

I love all your makes, but that bright pink bomber and the quilted bag are my favourite...maybe because I adore pink?! I have actually resumed a wip just this afternoon, my EXP sweater that I started last year and then abandoned for some reason I can't remember. I look forward to completing it now, and wearing it at Bendigo. Hope to meet you there?! Happy making! x

What a lovely round up of your makes - it must be a good feeling to have so many things completed!! I love the coral reef wrap, it definitely looks cosy. I know what you mean about shawls. I just finished my first large shawl and it is lovely to look at and I'm very proud of the final product, I am having a bit of trouble styling it, but I think I just need to keep experimenting. The yarn is gorgeous though.

It was lovely to see what you have been finishing both in sewing and knitting 😊 The pink jacket is amazing! And I love both of your shawls. I have a wip that has been in the corner for few years, its a crochet cardigan\jacket pattern by Marie Wallin maybe it will be finished one day 😊

I love that jacket! Sucks about the pinafore, but it happens with sewing. You can't try before you buy. At least it's finished and you can move on. 😊

Ooh yay!! I saw the notification for your new episode and jumped on straight away! How good is your pink bomber jacket! You’re so talented Sian ❤. Great episode. My machines are gathering dust if you’re desperate to make sewing machine covers 😂 I am obsessed with your traveller shawl too - those colours!

I thank you so much for this information. I had not heard of JC Rennie. I have been wanting to buy cones and buying the machine cones. You can get it at a lot better price correct? And I’ve been wanting to find some wool that isn’t real scratchy there’s gotta be some softout there I’ll keep watching to see what you think about the softness. You got the super soft is it soft?

I thank you so much for this information. I had not heard of JC Rennie. I have been wanting to buy cones and buying the machine cones. You can get it at a lot better price correct? And I’ve been wanting to find some wool that isn’t real scratchy there’s gotta be some softout there I’ll keep watching to see what you think about the softness. You got the super soft is it soft?

I had a question that you didn’t cover and that was is it prickly at all? Is it really soft? How does it feel because you never did say that

Thank you for sharing ! I'm so excited I'm going for the first time this year from Canberra. 😊

In episode 14 you are wear a white/cream jumper with little bits of colour through it can you tell me the yarn used please

Love your channel Could you hold picture of patterns and yarn bands up for people who don't know Also can you do a podcast of fellow Australian yarn knit crochet podcasters

i would love a pattern

Hurry , I found some one in Melbourne 🤗👍

Could I please get your pattern. If love to try and make some for myself.

Thanks so much for the informative video! I have use the Holst Supersoft and find it a bit scratchy even after washing. How do you find the JC Rennie cones in terms of softness and scratchiness after washing and comparing to the Holst?

Maybe you're supposed to put the stitches of the 1st triangle of the traveller shawl on scrap yarn and finish all the edges with an icord bind-off once the shawl is finished? I am so in love with that tamarak bomber, bummer that I live on another continent and we're not friends. I also watched your stash clean out today, and I have to applaud you for your sense of colours, looking at your stash and your wips makes me so happy (it is very grey here in the northern hemisphere).

I am quite like you in that I often lose interest in a project when it's so close to being finished. I have a couple of shawls waiting to be blocked, and several sewing projects that only need a few bits doing to them to get them done. Taking everything out and looking at how close you are to finishing is often the kick up the bum to just do it as the saying goes! Personally I would line the sleeves of your jacket, if only to avoid that horrible feeling of putting the jacket on over something that will catch or 'stick' on the sleeves when you put your arms in. The lovely feeling of your arm sliding into the sleeve will make up for the couple of hours (at most, hopefully!) taken inserting the lining.

I just swatched for this knit with a acid green/grey mohair. I just wanted to say you are abslutely fabulous in this hot pink !

When i made these for a friend I cut the pieces that go next to the body from regular fabric. I then cut a lining for these two pieces instead of using bias tape. Sew around the hole with the lining. Clip curves. Turn right side out and top stitch. Sew lining to bottom section. Turn right side out. Stitch together and turn right side out. Makes a nice neat finished item

I would like the pattern please

I love your blouse! such pretty fabric and shape

Why not leave the eyelets on the Tolsta as a yoke detail and knit the rest of it in stockinette?

I love the little Woollie advent you got. Which mood board did you get? I got grungy goodness and merry and bright but I was torn between merry and bright and the pastel rainbow mood boards.

I have 18 crochet and knitting wips at the moment 🫣 I am trying to have less than 10 by mid year I think. I can’t sew anything more complicated that a project bag but I enjoyed seeing all your lovely sewing projects!

I laughed at loud when I saw your fennel Fanny pack pieces - I have the exact same thing - all cut out and in a pouch since Christmas 2020 when I was planning to make it while on holidays. Stellar effort making this video in the one take in the heat! So many projects that are so close to completion! Hopefully touching them all has given you a boost of motivation to continue lots of them. The pink bomber jacket is a fave for me!

Definitely use the BWM cotton for another summer top, it’s amazing. I just finished a long sleeve cotton jumper from left overs. Washes really well in a bag in the washing machine. I also made the Camp Wilkerson shawl by Caitlin Hunter with it. Loved seeing all yr sewing. Wish I could sew 😫

That Tamarak bomber jacket is so good!!I I love seeing all the WIPs! You could just keep going on the Tolsta in stockinette and just have two eyelet rows in the yoke. Love the lady face pants! Ooh thanks for the shoutout!! ❤❤❤

Love your creations. You are so talented and colours are always stunning. Thanks for another great podcast.

Big applause from me for your look at these lovely projects. I have often found as you said at the beginning something you had been ignoring took 15 minutes to fix. UGH what we do to ourselves huh?! I am getting inspiration from your work!

Showing all your sewing WIPs you have reminded me of a quilt that I have half finished, I think its time to address that! I am looking forward to seeing some of those items finished in your future podcasts 😊 I was also planning to knit another Tolsta tee this summer and I think this week is a good time to cast on, thanks for influencing me Sian 😂

Thank you! really enjoyed deep dive into JC Rennie as I've never heard about it before. I also love knitting with cone wool, but I've only used Italian tweed that also blooms. I was washing with special soap, but I was wondering what is the name of the wool wash that you've used (I live in Adelaide) :)

I live just a. few miles from J C Rennie and have a long history knitting my dad’s jumpers with the Shetland yarn. I always knitted the jumpers on a knitting machine but hand sewn them up. The very first wash was with washing soda crystals (sodium carbonate). yes, I know! I would put a small handful in hand warm water in the bathroom ink. Agitate the water to ensure the crystals have dissolved, then add the oily garment. The oil comes out in a great rush and is fascinating. I would then rinse with plenty of warm water. Today, I would then let it float about in a wool rinse, and remove most of the water by rolling it up in a towel and standing on it. Every wash after that would be with lux flakes.

Hi! I have a chunky lambswool from jc rennie and it smells sooo much! I actually am worried of knitting frm the cone directely.. i knitted a swatch and just by knitting the swatch i got a strange tickling on the throat and i am worry that is bc of the oil smelling...

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Hi there, I am wondering if you made your pattern public?

I came across your channel last night and so glad I did. I'm just about to go through my remnant stash and this has been very inspiring. I get given and thrift a lot of fabric for my business but we're moving and it's a lot to manage so... Thanks for being so real and honest and helping me feel less overwhelmed :)

Woah - that main stash of fabric was intense 😂😂😂 great work sorting it out❤

Well done what a great job 👏🏻

Sounds like we’re on the same page. I’ve invited the spirit of Marie Kondo into our house in an effort to reduce the anxiety associated with waaaaaaay too much stuff! My yarn stash is pretty much under control - all listed in Ravelry & stored in many small tubs arranged by colour/weight or project (in -waiting). Volume of yarn stash…? We’ll let’s not mention that….I have a relatively modest fabric stash and love your ideas about storing/stacking for visibility, and maintaining an inventory (downloaded the app as soon as you mentioned it 👍🏻 Also decided to try again with a ‘Resilience Agenda Mental Fitness Diary’. I’ll look forward to seeing your progress and that will help me stay on track too. Good luck ❤

Great video Sian 😊 You have inspired me to sort my fabric stash as well! The quilted fabric you have left over from your jacket would make a lovely quilted project bag.

That was a lot of work! We turned our spare room into more of a sewing room for me a couple of years ago and sorting through my stash was awful! We'd bought a couple of Kallax units and I rolled up my fabric and tied it with twine, adding a tie-on label with the fibre content and the measurements. Whatever you do, sorting and storing it properly in some sort or order is very empowering isn't it! Sending you all good wishes for 2024 and I'm looking forward to seeing what you make this year!

Love your change of mind plan - abundance - and to share!!! You are giving me some hope I can do this too! I was able to make dog beds with a ton of scraps and old apholstery pieces. You may not want to give yourself any more work at this point I understand! It worked out that I was able to donate them to a local vet/boarding near me. At least it was recycled one time anyway. Dogs chew beds I know! hahah!