Making my first jumper, from scratch. 00:00 intro 00:59 materials and tools 01:54 the packing problem 02:58 Scotland 04:08 London 04:48 at home 05:32 body reveal 06:17 making the sleeves 06:29 disaster strikes 07:46 the come back 08:53 disaster strikes again 09:41 the final stitch 10:50 the reveal 11:09 project analysis 15:56 why i did this /// MATERIALS USED /// Pattern is the Switch Sweater by Wool And The Gang: https://www.woolandthegang.com/en/products/switch-sweater-kit?taxon_id=1830&_gl=1*pj8twe*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7fshCpDLxx2TXYJ8eArIqCwNdsZhV6slDcnsvuw4vkUzkc5Hkl0BeAxoCLWkQAvD_BwE or on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/switch-sweater?fbclid=IwAR0llk8kPjqoFWfNJuCXt_TDzw6PctgO717OrrqsDX9dC3SvAk0nKQUMSaE But if you want the pattern only, it's £5 on John Lewis: https://www.johnlewis.com/wool-and-the-gang-switch-sweater-knitting-pattern/p6333845 The yarn I used was Super Chunky Merino in Iris from Lauren Aston Designs: https://www.laurenastondesigns.com/product-category/yarn/super-chunky-merino/ (the colour is exclusive to their sub service, which you can gain access to if you sign up, even if it's just for one month) An interesting yarn comparison post: https://www.laurenastondesigns.com/blog/super-chunky-yarn-alternatives/ /// NOTE /// My editor (Craig) was on holiday this week, so this video was edited by me! /// SUPPORT /// JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: https://www.patreon.com/thegumptionclub Being in the club means you get: a free weekly podcast, access to a secret facebook group, a free poetry collection and play written by me, access to livestreams AND you get to access to all my videos before anyone else sees them! CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP - for those lovely people who don't want to use Patreon and aren't bothered about the patreon perks, but who'd like to buy me a drink as a thank you for the free videos... null ORDER my poetry collection, BARGAIN BIN ROM-COM! https://linktr.ee/bargainbinromcom // COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS // IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: https://leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/leenanorms TWITTER: https://twitter.com/leenanorms I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0TR7RvVRlI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqf94lb44U And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883 All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj/ If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com