So I already know how to increase and decrease but I had to watch the video anyway. LOL

By the way, are you trying to tell me that I should get back to my knitting and to stop going out and partying?

The videos came out great. I always enjoy your blog. Have a great day.

Too cool! I want Soba videos next!

Okay, I'll admit it, I just watched the video to hear you talk. Blogstalk much? me? nahhh.

I was making funny voices. I apparently do that from time to time... no idea why... I wasn't even drinking!

lol, that blooper was funny and totally worth hearing you say "Y'all."

Can you video the cats now? hehe.

A knitting post? Sans Cats? 'yarn neglect guilt' or have you been bitten by the bug again?
and are the kitties on strike? Did they find out how popular they are on the internets?
Personally I was re-bitten and pulled out of my rut with the "we call them Pirates" hat from Hello Yarn... My first circular, first DPN and first fair isle, the first project that has kept me up 2 hours past bedtime to 'just get one more'
The SSK held me up a bit, but I won. :)

Great video, I also enjoyed hearing your voice. Now I must replay it because I missed the y'all.

Oh and by the way.......Brazil wins again and my favorite "Ro(y)naldo" scores again! Breaking a record.

Ronaldo's fifth-minute strike was his 15th in the FIFA World Cup, taking him past Germany's Gerd Muller as the most prolific scorer in the 76-year history of the tournament.

Love me some soccer.

(with apologies to Chandler from Friends)

Could you BE any cuter???

I will watch again at lunchtime so I can hear it without getting busted. Please videotape the cats soon!

You mean there's sound too? I'll have to wait to watch it until we get home.

I agree: we want cat videos! Maybe you could teach them to knit?

Cool.... and the two of you make it look so easy.... now if only I could not make my stitches so freaking tight I might be able to graduate to making something besides scarves.

How fun to put a voice to the blog! The blooper? Too funny!

Thank you! Seeing it actually done is so much more helpful than just reading a description. With written descriptions of stuff like this I can't help but wonder if I really got what the author meant...

the 4th member of wilson phillips? good for some giggles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTwaxHzTIbY&search=barry%20holiday

Very cool!

Hee hee! I totally forgot about doing that (5 days ago) - smokin' much???

You don't sound Southern! Well...maybe with the "steeech". Just a little.

I thinks it's completely great that you're willing to share this kind of thing, and to go to the trouble of making it visual so we can all go "Aha!" - way cool.

Ahhhh, I want to learn increase, but I knit the "other" way. I hold my yarn in the left hand and don't throw it over like y'all do so I got confused watching. (My granny taught me that way when I was a kid and I can. not. change.) So I will sign up for that knitting class after all...

BTW, Laurie, cutest of the cute voice!

har har... cute voice? more like... crazy squeak box! I'm not sure why I was making that one particular funny voice. Mayhaps I thought it was my announcer's voice? Like on the Simpson's? Complete with the scary laugh from the cartoon bad guy on Bullwinkle?

I love it! You should do a whole series, like knitting-help.com, but with funny noises and commentary. Sweet!

Foiled again by my work computer...I can't view the videos. :( I doubt my home computer will fare any better (believe it or not, it's actually slower than the one at work!). But I'm getting my fix out of everyone's descriptions. :)

Oh, and I just realized that was you talking. I had a completely different voice for you in my head. Lower, I guess.

I was going to comment my surprise on how Normal you sound...;)but you say that's a funny voice? (I do watch a lot of Simpsons it's true.)

And amen to the cat videos. Bring 'em on!

Yay, we get to hear your voice! How cute you are. :)

A wonderful (free!) video site for knitting is KnittingHelp.com - a godsend for someone like me! It has all kinds of increases, decreases, cast on, bind off, etc.

Awesome job! I love that you posted both of the videos! Too funny!

To echo the sentiment: wow, we got to hear Purl!

Yes please! Videos of the Soba would be a hot comodity. Roy too, but only if he's asking for bacon. ;-)

Bacon, bacon, BACON!

Oh man, I wish I had sound on my computer! The video is great and helps me understand it so much better than looking at still pictures.

I think there's a film making career here....

What a trip to hear what you sound like! Very cool.

Hah! Sounds a little like a sports commentator: Here she goes into her triple toe loop, annnnnnd she lands it! Thanks for the video/audio! How cool :-)

I didn't think you sounded funny at all, though that may reflect more on me than on you... hehe

I finally learned to do this last month, and it's been a godsend. Nice to see that I'm really doing it the right way though!

great videos.. with this knowledge, perhaps i can finally move beyond my endless scarf knitting. i really enjoy your blog.

As I re-looked at the video I realized I'm doing something different with my knit stitch. I place the needle in the back. I looks like a knit stitch so maybe it is a backwards purl? Whatever, it works. Dang, now I have to go home and figure out where I went wrong or backwards.

Excellent! Video! With special features! I don't think you sound funny at all. Yay! More!

Psychomom, were you taught to knit by someone of Eastern European or Middle Eastern background? I gather knitting and purling into the back loop is the usual technique in them thar parts. It comes out the same and some say it's more ergonomic, see Annie Modesitt's (sp?) website www.modeknit.com.

As If I didn't have a big ol' girl crush on you before--You are So. Cute.

Great video!! thanks for all of the teaching!

Thanks Sue. My mom taught me years ago and Laurie inspired me to pick up the needles again. I may have thought I knew what I was doing or I may have referenced a book that was written in European (hee hee).

psychomom-- Annie Modesitt also knits your way, through the back loop, and one thing I love about her knitting style is that she flatly states there is no "wrong" way to knit, and as long as your method of knitting is working for you, it's right!

There is no wrong way to knit.

(see, who knows when I'll pop up...) excellent vids - and hearing your voice makes me miss seeing you, dearie!

Mwa!
Annie

Both great videos, and how fun to finally hear your voice! It's higher and faster than I thought (a fast southern talker - isn't that an oxymoron?), but still cute as a button, as I expected! Thanks for sharing that excellent tutorial, and thanks to Faith, too!

I agree with everyone--hearing your voice makes you more real! Totally cute!

Excellent! I already knew how to increase this way, but I had to watch the vids. Nice job you two! And how cool is it that Annie Modesitt reads and comments on your blog??

Thanks ladies! ;)

Love your enthusiasm for the the knitting in the back. You are just so dang precious! :)

Woo hoo! I was finally able to view the videos (though I still didn't hear the ya'll). You know the blooper has been viewed 657 times!! You're famous Laurie!

So helpful! Thank you!!!!

thank you!!! I've been doing it backwards - first through the front, then through the back

I think that's called a "Bar increase" because underneath the new stitch there will be a bar running across it. ;-)

Oh, and re your B'day SnB in WeHo: You met Jason!!! (well, not really, he was too shy to go talk to you, but he wished you happy birthday on his blog: http://jasonknits.blogspot.com/2006/06/first-time.html)

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I just read your post of June 15th. Tears ran down my face; tea spurted from my mouth and dribbled down the computer screen.

Thank you for this unscheduled moment of sheer joy!

"Okay, we're so not usin' that!"

Just.too.cute. Good video -- made it look easy. I don't knit, I crochet, and I can't freakin' increase to save my life.

Oh. My. Gosh. You have the cutest voice, Delta grrrrl.

i too was just excited to know what the great CAP sounds like. i mean, we are faithfully read you day in and day out, but now we can put YOUR voice to your posts! how exciting.

and thanks for the vid, i was doing that wrong everytime i tried and so i was just say f*ck it and use a M1.

Purl,

First off, you do not have a "funny squeaky" voice. I think you have a rather soft, femine voice. Take it from a former radio station program director. I have listened quite closely to hundreds of voices and your voice is just fine. One thing I have noticed is that most people are suprised to hear how their voice really sounds. It seems most women think their voice is lower than it really is. I know the voice I hear when I'm talking is much lower than the voice other people hear. I was totally appalled the first time I heard a tape of myself talking on the air. Talk about squeaky! Gawd. I thought I sounded like an obnoxious twelve year old. And, unlike an earlier comment, I can hear a southern lilt to your voice! I like southern lilts. They are so much nicer than so many other accents.

Oh, with the Uma Cake. Is it supposed to be consumed when still warm? Or can it sit for a while?

Your voice is a little surprising, but it fits you. You sound cute, but also smart.(How do you techno-geeks know how to do stuff like that!?! I am lost when it comes to uploading anything and having it actually work.) Anyway, I vote you make a video the next time you drop the burgers, or at least go to the store and check out the hot guys!

Youtwo on Youtube!! cool!!! do some cat videos!!! Let's see Soba ruling her world.

Too Funny! *L*

Hurray for Annie! There is no wrong way to knit! Sometimes a lovely, helpful nebby-nose will tell me I'm "knitting wrong" because I throw the yarn with my left hand. Not the "picking" business that Continental knitters usually do, but actually throwing the yarn around the needle. With my left hand. I think it's because I learned to crochet first; my left-hand-yarn-movement is very similar in both crafts. Anyway, I always smile and thank the lovely helpful nebby-nose, and do it "right" for about four stitches, till she goes away, and then go back to my own mad knitting skillz. Ha!

Not related to the current post, but I couldn't help thinking of you when I saw this: That Yarn Store is throwing themselves a birthday party on July 9 with... and here would be the part where I thought of you... "a knitted gnome class."

Sadly, there is no mention of wine. But, still -- gnomes!

Marcia - the oma cake can definitely sit for hours and hours and cool. I put it in the fridge after I made it. However, it stays way moister if you keep it in the pan...which I learned this week...from experience...

Marcia - the oma cake can definitely sit for hours and hours and cool. I put it in the fridge after I made it. However, it stays way moister if you keep it in the pan...which I learned this week...from experience...

Did I just say moister? Really?

In fact, you said way moister. :)

Julie, I knit like you do, and also was a crocheter first. Just not coordinated enough to scoop up the yarn with the needle, but it's a smaller motion to "throw" southpaw than right-handed :)

I finally understand how to do this now! Thanks!

I already know how to do this maneuver, but, like many others, I clicked on the video because I just wanted to hear you talk. Your voice sounds exactly like I thought it would!

Oh, and I clicked the outtake first. I feel just slightly less weird knowing that I am not alone in my stalking...

Very cute Laurie! As others have said, its kinda nice to put a voice to your written word!

For lots other really great freedvideos on knitting try:

http://www.knittinghelp.com/

She has begining and advanced stuff. Done in both English and Continental style!

Thanks Faith!!

I like "way moister"... Gotta remember to use that sometime... :-)

i'm very sad because i canNOT figure out why i can't see the videos. :-(

On a complete unrelated note, i thought you might enjoy this:
http://flickr.com/photos/jjd/47879881/in/photostream/

~hahaha~ Burkhart!

Ah, work is the culprit! Damn them for blocking YouTube!
I came. I saw. I giggled. :)
You sound like home, Laurie!

Well, at first I watched the clips b/c I have a stange liking for (some call it obsession) watching other people knit...yeah, I'm weird. But the next 20 times I watched it was b/c I was so excited that we finally got to hear your voice! BTW you sound exactly how I would imagine you'd sound. LOL Anyways, I think you should do the video clips more often! Loved it!

So coincidental! I was searching for knitting vids (I have no life) on YouTube and found these. Loved the take-out btw :-)

A week later I go searching for blogs about stitch 'n bitch related things and now I find you were the same person giggling on the youtube clips!

Serendipity. Loved reading your blog and do post more knitting vids, giggles and all. I understand the increasing now.

Dear Mama's

Thank you so much for putting those video's online they sure helped me I thought I was doing them right but I wasn't and thank you again for posting the video's out.

OMG I have been searching for two straight days for a website where you can actually see how to do it and then I came along this website and thank you thank you thank you!!!!