Joji's Knitting Journal #53
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Hello and thank you for joining me in this quick journal!
Today's featured pattern is the Changing Paths Pullover and you can find the pattern here:
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WIPS
- Magenta Open Cardigan using Pura Hilados Abrigo in Magenta
- Textured Socks using Olann Sock Lite
- Geometric Shawl using Tosh Merino Light in Great Gray Owl, Antler and Scratched Record, and Fuse Fiber Studio Merino Singles in Ale
- Colorwork long cardigan using Tanis Fiber Arts Purewash Worsted Mona Lisa, LolaBean Yarn Co Soy Bean Electric Youth and Sock yarn held doubled from The Uncommon Thread.
Check our Shop Updates at Joji and Co: www.jojiandco.com
Joji that’s ok most of us don’t have any makeup on either. You are a natural beauty and you don’t need any makeup. We are here for the knitting and we are all grateful for all the information you share with us on knitting, thank you.
I loved this “less produced” episode Joji. It was like sitting down with a friend for a chat! Very natural and very “real life”. Thank you for a lovely podcast, as always 😀
I would rather have short unproduced and natural Joji chat, than wait for a long time to hear from you, you have such a lovely calm manner that it is a pleasure to join you for a knit chat. I Love the look of the Fushia cardigan especially the v neck. I was wearing my Recoleta today and my Grandpa cardi yesterday. Samal and Elton are both in the planning stages. Of it only I had more time!!
You are a natural beauty and need NO makeup! I love your podcasts whether they are scripted or not. I always enjoy your content and am looking forward to all the new patterns!
I loved it. You look amazing and very real. Im sitting watching you with wet hair and no makeup!
Thanks for the quick visit and you being your wonderful self.
Definitely appreciate an ‘unproduced’ video! Always informative and kind. Thank you
Oh My Word Joji - you are amazing!! I don't think you realize the richness and authentic style you bring to the creative industry. You are such a natural beauty - I loved the "less produced" episode Joji!! Thank you for sharing your knitting genius with us. You are not old by the way - remember you are never too old to learn anything!! I am 59 and am still learning new skills and tricks every day. You are one clever lady and never apologize for your level of genius!! Your brain is still elastic even up to 100 years old. Keep on keeping on with your stunning designs and inspiration - I love everything about your style, knitting, designer patterns, bags and and and......!!! Thank you for your time, thank you for showing up just as you are - you are sooooo inspirational!!
Unscripted and unproduced is lovely. When you smile you are radiant and show such joy. It is a beautiful thing to share with us. Thank you for that. I cannot wait for your book! Be well.
Your calmness guided and made me company me in a long casting-on.... Love the colours of Pura Abrigo! it's gorgeous and can't wait to see the finished cardi.
I love to see your podcast, produced and scripted or not. We just love you for who you are. Your natural beauty and lovely personality shine bright no matter what! Social media does take time, especially when you have to be on it for your work. Also kids as they get older are busier.
Love the spontaneous journal! Please do your journals in wherever way is easiest for you. We are here and enjoy every single one!🥰
Joji, #1- You are beautiful inside and out! No make-up or hair-do needed. We knitters are watching while sitting in our pajamas with dirty hair and circles under our eyes soooo……no worries, it’s come as you are. 😉💕
#2- Hire a photographer ( maybe local school has students who need a portfolio)
#3- Get some rest!!!
I love your products, designs, and your heart.
Love seeing you anytime. Thanks for sharing you creativity.
Joji I love the spontaneous episode. I love you without makeup and with wet hair and the total unplanned podcast. It had a lot of content despite you saying it didn't. You tend to want everything perfect and in place and planned, but in reality, it's not necessary. Just jump in when you're in the mood, press record, and just talk, and know that we will enjoy it. Love from NZ💜
Thanks for a great podcast - always lovely to see you and all your wonderful knitting. Looking forward to seeing your Mum next time. Stay safe and stay well
I love what the cardigan became! It’s going to be gorgeous 😄. Truthfully, you looked beautiful, just as lovely as when you wear makeup. I just love visit from you, hearing what you are up to, Knit wise, bag wise and family wise. It’s like a lovely visit with a friend. No pressure to produce finished objects, ok? You can do what you like, we will enjoy your sharing, because that’s the fun of knitting with friends, and other creative people you just share what’s going on, what’s changed, and dreams or plans. Plans don’t always happen or they change, and that’s interesting, it’s just how creativity works, and you are so very creative, which is why we all love to watch.
It will be fun to figure out your new lights, just take your time. I think that is our problem. There is never enough time to do all the things we want. It’s a job deciding what gets the time. So thank you for making some time for us!
Much love K
Thank you for going natural. So good to see you.
Thank you Joji! Always good to see you. Thanks for your sweet visit. Hasta la vista amiga!!
Oh my Joji . You have summed up so much ! I think many of us are weary!! Fast pace due to technology and yet constrained due to COVID…..we just get weary! Keep on keeping on…your work is beautiful!!
Great to see you! Your beauty comes from within and you are glowing. Take care!
Hello from St.Louis Missouri. Beautiful job! Miss your Mom i will be looking forward to seeing her next time.
The cardigan will look amazing!
Abrigo yarn blocks beautifully, you don't have to worry about it.
Joji you yourself is enough to enjoy spending time with
Your episode was beautiful you are beautiful and so down to earth you shouldn’t worry so much you are so talented and humble that is what makes you and whole family so precious I enjoy seeing and hearing your lovely voice til next love from Gerri in Tennessee
Joji, it's always wonderful to see you! Thanks for sharing your talent and life with us. 💜
Joji, you are lovely without makeup! I’m just always happy to see your journal. And I look forward to every shop update, and would love to purchase one of everything 😬🤣. Thanks.
I loved this podcast. I have no make up on 95% of the time. It is now my new normal. I thought your unscripted/unprepared content was genuine and interesting. THANKYOU.
Loved this episode! The cardigan with colorwork at the bottom is beautiful! I like your strategy for doing colorwork on the wrong side rows too. Thanks so much for sharing.
Great content and beautiful smile! Thank you for sharing a little bit of your precious time with us!
Hi Joji, this was a fantastic episode: the grey cardigan with neon details is fabulous and your new bags are so so great, but most of all your honesty about the struggles with time and creativity really made me feel connected to you. And your clean face is beautiful and tells that you care for sharing the knitting love more than you share for a perfect look 😻😻😻
I had a very same problem when I had my own Business ..... I my case I had a very hard time “delegating “ the tasks that Could be made by someone else and would free me some time to do the things that I was excellent at ! I’m a perfectionist....I was hard to delegate to others . But after 4-5 years I was able to do that ,and It was a “game changer “, I could achieve more and I had a healthier and better balanced time schedule. Because When you are a “ creator “ in business, you have to keep nourishing yourself with the “making “ most of your time , if you want to keep yourself Happy in the business journey ... HAPPY maker is a Healthy maker in the long run....This is my experience from the past ,i’m retired now and I’m still using my hands to create everyday ,because i’m a maker ( manual ) and that’s what keeps me happy and healthy while I’m aging ...I love your patterns , shawls, sweaters and socks ! Your are such a talented creator and entrepreneur , please take care of You ! Brava ! Salutations de Québec 💕🍀🌈👋
You look amazing Joji, and your new knits are lovely. I really like the colours you chose for the new shawl.
I really enjoyed this episode, Joji! Thank you for taking the time to update us on everything in your life, your journals always inspire me!
You look beautiful with or without makeup. Love this episode. Amazing WIPs. Miss your mom. By the way your hair color looks amazing today 🌸
love your way of making it work for you and it is a glorious cardi. Stay strong, Joji. You are loved by us all
I am always so happy to see you and hear an update! I love your journals :)
One day I will own a joji bag, but until that day, I will remain a cheerleader from the cheap seats, cheering all you do on.
Joji, it is *always * lovely to see you! I love that you keep it real. I hope things get better soon.
You ARE lovely any which way Joji! And always inspiring!! 💜
I’m enjoying your podcast. You are detail oriented and enjoy the way you think. Beautiful pink yarn…it has a lot of ‘character’ - I’d love to get my hands on the kit when it’s available 🌺.
You are loved. Welcome to the world of being Normal!
Love to hear from you regardless of the format. Was great to get the updates on what you are working on and what is coming in the future. Great podcast......too much self imposed pressure and rules!! I am grateful to hear/see you anytime.
Loved the episode and love love the colour work cardigan you are working on! 💚🇨🇦
And my all favorite visits with you was the “non produced” one that included the moving of a freezer
I loved your spontaneous journal dear Joji 💗👏
great episode Joji~There is not enough time in the day for all the ideas! keep up the great work!
So nice to see you again, Joji.
Love your ideas you are so on trend I can’t wait to see the new cardigan ❤️💕
You're beautiful in the natural state!!! Don't worry you're still young!!!
Wonderful to see you again!
Send mum my love I miss her I love seeing her greetings from edinburgh
It's always great to hear from you and see what you've been working on. You look beautiful so no need to worry about that.
Love the relaxed style today! 🙂
Oh, Joji, do I ever understand what you are saying about not being able to find time anymore! I have had to restart this 30 minute episode 4 times this week in order to actually get through it! It was totally worth it, as usual. Love to see your works in progress! 💗
I learned how to knit continental style late (I was over 50). It is really re-training your brain. I just had to sit for a whole weekend and just do it non-stop. Now I only knit continental style. It was ribbing that was the game changer - so much faster. My daughter’s name is Magenta. The best color. That yarn is beautiful.
LisaR : Love seeing what your up to Joji! You're always doing such beautiful projects ♥️ I enjoyed seeing your work in progress and the idea for purling/ slipping on color work ! I can remember thinking that could work for both sides when I was on my twenties and telling my knitting buddy about the idea ( I was having a hard time learning color work- mostly bc of wrong yarns :) When my friend Said it wasn't going to work , Idk why I dropped the idea . I was thrilled to see you thought of it , in a much better way . Thanks too for sharing your thoughts about feeling productive enough . When we become moms , I think we can do all the things bc it's what we do to give our kids everything that's important to their growth & well being . I think Moms are capable of some amazing scheduling on little sleep - it's almost like a switch turned off when my last two of 7 graduated from law school and MBA ... I suddenly was actually tired . I'm slower at everything I do . Even cooking for two , takes me twice as long as when I did for 9 ! I actually filmed my self to see what was different... Only one thing , I had a lot of social media coming at me while I was cooking. You're spot on there . It does have two sides.. , I recall something my husband said before we were married " Sometimes , you have to step back and remember why you wanted to do a thing to begin with" Its probably the best advice I've ever had . Life moves too fast to stop and ponder- sometimes it's good to slow down and allow yourself to step back ♥️ Thanks Joji , you gave a lot more" content " than you give yourself
Credit for :)
The rambling bit is so relatabe ❤❤❤
So nice to see you today!
Always nice to see you Joji!♥️
Lovely you! Enjoyed it from start to finish 💫
I love your solution for purling colorwork on the wrong side! I can’t purl English style and I think that’s a fantastic solution! I also love the cardigan pattern!
So happy to see you, but sad that you seem sad and tired. I wish that I could bring you joy the way that you bring us joy.
I am not sad and tired as usual. I was actually REALLY happy to record. Maybe you are confused by the lack of makeup 😘
Thank you for your translation of Malabrigo and ....that makes so much sense now about "A verb for keeping warm"!! Huh so interesting!! I love collecting interesting words from around the world :-). Love to see your face.
I love to see you too Helen ❤️❤️❤️
You looked beautiful, everyone’s natural self is there best self. I rather have unproduced and more often any day🥰. Thank you for your time and content!
Beautiful episode! I love the cardigan.
Firstly; To say that you have no make-up on; you are sooooooooo beautiful! I have wanted to knit that pullover for a while! your whole portfolio of patterns is amazing! every release has me racing to grab my needles and buy more yarn 🧶
I love the laid back episodes where you're just happily sharing your life and ideas!
You reminded me and ordered the blue forage bag! I love those bags!!!
I had the same thought when I first saw the name malabrigo 😂 Thanks for sharing what you’re working on! I love your work and find you to be so positive and relatable. I am not an expert on the brain but want to share … our brains do remain “plastic” … I am currently listening to an audiobook by Dr Sanjay Gupta where I am learning more about that idea (book is entitled Keep Sharp). Often I think it’s a matter of time so it’s totally understandable that when you’re so busy it’s harder to learn new techniques.
It was great to see you today.. I am a continental knitter ( the way my mom taught me) she learned from her polish mom so I do knit a bit differently… maybe faster , I tried English but couldn’t get the hang of it .. sometimes it is just what you learned and can relax with it. Don’t beat yourself up! It was nice to see the natural beauty that you are! Enjoy being 40, each age brings new things some good, and some challenges. I’m in my 60’s and thought 40’s were ‘old’ haha….Remember you have lots of fan girls out here! Say hi to mom for us. I’m sure she is looking forward to helping with the sleeves!😘
Thank you for being so human. I am astounded always by how much you accomplish. I think many of us like you feel overwhelmed by how much we want to do. I'm thrilled that you are not a continental knitter yet! I, too, have tried but, honestly I'll never be as fast as I am currently as an English knitter- how much faster do you think you'll be? probably not much faster and definitely not as relaxed. I can knit continental but continental purling has never come easily to me And You are a beauty and need no makeup for your fans to witness your inner and outer beauty.
My fist time watching your CZcams channel. Loving your content ❤️. I can relate to so much of what you are saying. I am trying to learn continental knitting too, not because it’s a race, but because I want to knit all the things and just can’t find the time. I also feel overwhelmed trying to keep up with all the latest things, or with all the craftspeople I find fascinating. I’m not even a producer of content, I’m just a watcher, but there is just so much interesting content out there and I want to learn everything. I seem to spend more time watching than I do making. I now have to go back and watch some of your older content…lol.
Loved this journal, Joji!! 🙂
What a gorgeous cardigan!!
Love ALL your podcasts!
Always good to see you. We don’t need fancy and love to hear what you have to say. Looking forward to seeing your mom again, too. Thank you for all you do.
I dont care how casual the journal is! You made me so happy again. Your calm friendly voice helps me feel good on the worst days.
lovely to see you- dont stress about your appearance- you are gorgeous. also remember-- its not about speed. we will wait for you. your enjoyment is very important to the process. as a designer with too many new ideas a day- i understand your frustration- perhaps you need some helpers to do the manual labor while you do all the ideas..... the joji crew
What a wonderful episode! I really enjoyed hearing you share your projects and your thoughts on knitting. The less-produced style, with you simply sharing your joy and experience is so enjoyable!!
Joji it sounds to me that you need to take a break. You are overwhelmed. I feel that exact way sometimes when I can’t keep up with my work. Sometime people expect to much from other people. Take care of you.
Honestly, I felt way more busy when my kids were teenagers too. Of course social media added to the distractions, my kids were teens when I was figuring out social media and I also felt really influenced by it in my daily life and family life. Since then I've gotten better at using it. But I think teens need us just as much as when they were toddlers plus they need us more in different ways, not just in instinctual ways.
I hope to be able to buy a bag this year. They are so beautiful and its hard to find a good leather bag where I live.
I enjoy hearing from you, produced or not!
For encouragement, I’m retired and still don’t feel like I can get it all done; and I’m just following directions, not creating! I’ve always been impressed with your speed in producing more lovely designs.
Also, makeup is overrated!😊
Thank you for the hint about purling in color work. I avoid back-and-forth because I hate purling with more than one strand. I’ll have to give this a try.
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So nice to see you, please say hi to mommy🌺
Joji! I loved the journal. I love that you are completely natural and speaking from your heart.
We are glad to see you without makeup, too. So don't stress about that. You are doing so beautiful things. And you are perfect as you are. ❤️ Hello from Finland!
I'm really happy to see you and get caught up with your projects! You could have also been in your pajamas and I would still love to watch your journal! Thank you for finding the time to share your knitting!!
Always so good to see you Joji. I so admire your honesty. I totally understand and can relate to what you said about social media and how quickly knowledge becomes obsolete. Thank goodness knitting doesn't change! hugs to you. 💖
So good to hear your voice Joji. Unproduced is perfectly fine, when you meet a friend for a coffee you also don't prepare an agenda, right? I take your journal this way, knitting & listening. Enjoyed this one a lot so looking forward to the upcoming one :)
Hello Joji, I totally get your desire to come to grips with continental knitting. I too learned "english" first. It took some time but I am so happy that I stuck with continental. I know it's not about the speed for the sake of speed but it is faster and there is less effort and less hand and finger fatigue.
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Hi! About continental knitting. I have tried both continental and flicking and I find that using the flicking method works up faster. Both of them came quite naturally to me because I crochet as well and they feel similar in movement to crochet, but I find that continental knitting tends to mess with my tension and flicking keeps it even.
If you haven't tried the flicking method yet: Flicking is just a different way of holding the needles while keeping the yarn close to it. That way your hands constantly stay on the needles. There are many CZcams tutorials available if you haven't tried it yet.
It’s just feels like a chat with a friend. So precious. Thank you joji. Perfectly imperfect xx
Hola Joji! Que placer verte de nuevo en tu journal! Se ve bonita sin maquillaje! Creo que con la pandemia todo nos cuesta mas, todo parece mas dificil. Changing to English because I don't know all the terms in Spanish! I've tried continental too and my stitches come out so loose. That colorwork sweater is beautiful, the motif reminds me of flowers. I liked the way you did it back and forth and that you explained it - good to have an easier way to do colorwork back and forth. Hasta la proxima!
It’s always so good to see you and hear about what you’re working on!! You seem very tired though, and missing your knitting. When my work life isn’t in balance I know how stressful that can be…I wish for you more knitting time and more relaxation time! Make sure you are taking care of yourself ❤️
No te preocupes, Joji, tienes una belleza natural.
1- as everyone else has said, you can totally rock no makeup!
2- that pink sweater 🤩
3- in case you didn't know, Fuse Fiber Studio closed 😔 I was so sad because her colors were so my palette!
4- for continental knitting, maybe practice it on your sock projects that aren't new designs. Then you can keep learning it without it affecting your speed and gauge on design projects
Looking forward to the episode with your mom (I'm slowly catching up 😂)
It was a great episode Joji. Love the colour work textured cardigan. 🤩
Any time spent with you is delightful!
You are lovely as you are. Remember to be kind to yourself. I think you need to make a workplan, I fear you get serious stress some day. Think about what you want to do and what you dont want to do - you cant carry on like this - know its hard. Best wishes from Denmark
I love your relaxing and inspiring podcasts. This impromptu podcast is a best!
So nice to be able to view this video, enjoyed every minute of it. I am inspired to try your Changing Path pullover! Looks so comfy and warm!