Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Welcome to I’ll Knit (& Spin!) If I want To! I asked y’all to send in some of your questions (from everything from fiber arts, to designing and on!) so I could put together a little video for y’all every Friday doing my best to answer your questions!
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In this week’s episode we cover:
SISTERS UNITED: sistersunitedmt.org
Ooey Gooey Socks:
Ravelry: ravelry.com/patterns/library/ooey-gooey-sock-set
DRK website: dreareneeknits.com/shop/ooey-gooey-sock-
8th annual sock KAL Ravelry forum: ravelry.com/discuss/dreareneeknits/4382806
1. Hi Andrea! I love your podcast and find myself continually inspired to make new things when I watch it. My question is about yarn substitutions…sort of. You have a number of patterns that use Brooklyn Tweed which is no longer available. Sob. Have you found a new go-to woolen spun yarn to stand in the place of BT? I know your newer patterns have some yarn sub ideas, but I’d love to hear if you’ve found a woolen spun yarn that you love. I’d really like to make a Wool & Honey, but am nervous about trying a new woolen spun yarn without someone to vouch for it. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
harrisville.com/collections/knit
barrettwoolco.com/pages/yarns
northbayfiber.com/collections/yarn
bichesetbuches.com/en-us
2. I want to use various Spincycle Dyed in the Wool skeins from my stash for a Jaunty Shawl but I want to hold them double for a warmer/thicker/squishier shawl. Would you recommend holding DitW together with itself (same or different color) to create color bands or maybe holding it together with a solid for a more uniform look?
3. I've been knitting for about a year - a few sweaters, some hats, and socks. I'm now wanting to start dabbling with color work. I've made one sweater with stripes and learned about a technique to help reduce the appearance of a jog when switching colors. My question is, are there certain techniques that I should be using in color work in the round to help keep pattern and reduce the appearance of a jog, especially if different colors are used to start or end a row? Is this something I need to worry about or am I just overthinking it?
Jogless Stripes: youtu.be/9WIBwlG7VGc
4. Hi Andrea. I love watching your videos, I always learn something new. My question is about color management. I am wanting to knit your shiftigan and plan on using Spincycle dyed in the wool. My question is how do you manage the color stripes on the sleeves or should I not worry and just let the yarn stripe as its dyed? Also I love the skirt youre wearing in the pattern photos. If you made it, would you please share what pattern you used?
5. Hi Andrea, I only starting knitting 6 months ago and I am addicted! I am currently knitting a sweater but want to modify it to have a split hem. I am using half twisted rib (twisted knit stitches and normal purls). I went ahead and tried it - knitting back and forth and it all looks good except the edges look messy! What can I do to fix this? Am I supposed to be slipping the edge stitches? Do you think a stockinette border would be better too? I have searched the internet and for some reason cannot figure it out.. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! 😊 ps I love your videos (thank you!)
Today I am wearing Gib:
Ravelry: ravelry.com/patterns/library/gib-i
My Website: dreareneeknits.com/shop/gib-for-her
Ask a question for next week’s Q&A:
https://forms.gle/pKM9gF9SixkdQwmS7
Welcome to I’ll Knit (& Spin!) If I want To! I asked y’all to send in some of your questions (from everything from fiber arts, to designing and on!) so I could put together a little video for y’all every Friday doing my best to answer your questions!
Sign up for my newsletter here: Sign up for the DRK Newsletter: eepurl.com/diPxsr
In this week’s episode we cover:
SISTERS UNITED: sistersunitedmt.org
Ooey Gooey Socks:
Ravelry: ravelry.com/patterns/library/ooey-gooey-sock-set
DRK website: dreareneeknits.com/shop/ooey-gooey-sock-
8th annual sock KAL Ravelry forum: ravelry.com/discuss/dreareneeknits/4382806
1. Hi Andrea! I love your podcast and find myself continually inspired to make new things when I watch it. My question is about yarn substitutions…sort of. You have a number of patterns that use Brooklyn Tweed which is no longer available. Sob. Have you found a new go-to woolen spun yarn to stand in the place of BT? I know your newer patterns have some yarn sub ideas, but I’d love to hear if you’ve found a woolen spun yarn that you love. I’d really like to make a Wool & Honey, but am nervous about trying a new woolen spun yarn without someone to vouch for it. Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
harrisville.com/collections/knit
barrettwoolco.com/pages/yarns
northbayfiber.com/collections/yarn
bichesetbuches.com/en-us
2. I want to use various Spincycle Dyed in the Wool skeins from my stash for a Jaunty Shawl but I want to hold them double for a warmer/thicker/squishier shawl. Would you recommend holding DitW together with itself (same or different color) to create color bands or maybe holding it together with a solid for a more uniform look?
3. I've been knitting for about a year - a few sweaters, some hats, and socks. I'm now wanting to start dabbling with color work. I've made one sweater with stripes and learned about a technique to help reduce the appearance of a jog when switching colors. My question is, are there certain techniques that I should be using in color work in the round to help keep pattern and reduce the appearance of a jog, especially if different colors are used to start or end a row? Is this something I need to worry about or am I just overthinking it?
Jogless Stripes: youtu.be/9WIBwlG7VGc
4. Hi Andrea. I love watching your videos, I always learn something new. My question is about color management. I am wanting to knit your shiftigan and plan on using Spincycle dyed in the wool. My question is how do you manage the color stripes on the sleeves or should I not worry and just let the yarn stripe as its dyed? Also I love the skirt youre wearing in the pattern photos. If you made it, would you please share what pattern you used?
5. Hi Andrea, I only starting knitting 6 months ago and I am addicted! I am currently knitting a sweater but want to modify it to have a split hem. I am using half twisted rib (twisted knit stitches and normal purls). I went ahead and tried it - knitting back and forth and it all looks good except the edges look messy! What can I do to fix this? Am I supposed to be slipping the edge stitches? Do you think a stockinette border would be better too? I have searched the internet and for some reason cannot figure it out.. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! 😊 ps I love your videos (thank you!)
Today I am wearing Gib:
Ravelry: ravelry.com/patterns/library/gib-i
My Website: dreareneeknits.com/shop/gib-for-her
Ask a question for next week’s Q&A:
https://forms.gle/pKM9gF9SixkdQwmS7
