Knitting

I hope this post is okay here?

Basically I can knit, and I can purl. I can knit a long 'thing,' and once, using circular needles, I made a 'tube' but I'd like to do more

Can anyone recommend a resource, preferably written with pictures, and maybe a link to a video to progress to something more complex? (it would help if the video is simple and slow)

I would like to eventually make a sock (I must be a masochist).

The thing is I struggle to understand the 'code' of patterns so I need something really basic, I'm also autistic (I don't know if that would cause issues, per-say, but thought I'd include it in order to give an overview of potential difficulties)

Thank you for any help you can offer 👍

I keep forgetting about this group. Anyway, just finished this today. I still have a few more changes to make, but I definitely have a good design down.

One thing I hope I can pull off, will be making the lobes bigger on the bag. I may be able to get away with slipping the purl stitches every other row. That might keep the creases from expanding with the lobes...Welp, won't know til I actually try it, heh!

Turned my sock heel today, and given how many people we seem to have here who fear trying socks because of the heel this popped into my head.

Shut up it's been a stressful day and I amuse myself...

Pattern: Sugar Maple by Carina Spencer Thread: Katia Polynesia Gradient #305

This is my first time knitting a proper clothing item and I'm so happy! The pattern has been really easy to follow and for the first time all my stitch counts match the pattern 😅 (I usually end up with 1-2 stitches more -or less-).

I was thinking of getting a spare yarn in a color similar to the teal at the end to lengthen the tee into more of a mini-dress, but I've been having a hard time finding one locally lol. We'll see :)

What you been up to this week?

My lesson for today: Never, ever try a new technique without watching the YouTube video first. I'm knitting a pair of port and starboard socks for a friend. Started one on small circs, then thought, this would be a great project to try two at a time. Knitted up sock two to match, and figured I'd just knit them on to one long circ. Yeah right. Off to watch the video now ...

I finished my brain candy stripey hat.

Apologies for the crinkly right off the needles mess. These are a gift and don't fit me, and I don't own sock blockers (yet).

Vanilla Socks but I made the cuff go straight into the heel because the recipient likes ankle socks.

I have this hat (beanie type, I guess) that I've had for just about 20 years now. I've been wearing it regularly, and it still seems to be in good shape, but I know it won't last forever. I'm very attached to this hat, silly though it may sound.

I'd like to have a replica or two of it made. I don't have a pattern, but it's not all that complicated. Seems to be made of acrylic, although relatively high quality and comfortable. Not entirely certain. If I can find somebody in the Pacific Northwest to make it for me, I could bring the hat over.

Sorry if this type of request isn't what the community is for. I can provide pictures if anyone is interested.

This is the only thing I've ever knitted for a child, finished a week ago, thus perfectly punctual for our current theme. The theme announcement might have had something with to do with the timing, or perhaps it was the approaching winter. Anyway, it is not fancy (or particularly beautiful, let's be honest) but the ribbed collar suits the toddlers curls very nicely. It is based on Kim Cowl by Muki Crafts. I started with a provisional cast-on on the neck and finished with a crocheted ruffly edge for maximum stretch and it worked very well.

Lessons learned:

1. I dislike crocheting edges.
2. Think twice before taking a toddler to the yarn shop. Who could have known?

I made these hats for my twins. They didn't get to wear them long because the stitch pattern didn't stretch much but the hats made for adorable newborn photos.

Pattern

This photo was taken all the way back on Monday. There, that's my confession.

It's the start of a pair of Eskarina Socks that I'm knitting in the pattern designer's own yarn, which feels very on purpose but is actually a total coincidence. This project is part of the #DiscworldMAL that is mostly in my Discord and also a bit on Mastodon and omg who can even keep track anymore.

It's actually a really fun pattern, I'm so used to socks being a simple 2 or 4 round repeat all the way but this has charts and actual variety and you have to pay attention! Gosh.

And the reason it's not an actual real Wednesday photo, is that very little progress is being made due to this little madam going off on one and trying to jump up on my knee every time I break out the knitting!

How's everyone else going this week? 😄

They're really just socks for adults but in oh so tiny. The little man's favorite color was green at the time and he still always took off his socks off everwhere. But not these babies! They were his favorite as long as they fit. They're made from acrylic iirc.

This was the project I took with me on vacation and it kept me busy during my 3 weeks in Spain. I started knitting it in Santiago, fittingly (however it was technically Spring and not Otoño/Fall lol). Though I 'finished' it mid-trip, I decided I did not liked how it turned out so I frogged it and started all over again. I did less repeats of the garter stitch section and added more repeats of the lace section.

Gratuitous image of me knitting on the train from Barcelona to Figueres:

Pattern (in Spanish): https://ravel.me/chal-santiago-en-otono

Yarn is locally dyed merino fingering.

(Please forgive this being a day late, it's a busy weekend in our house and I lost track a bit. Paying the "elderly dog we're dogsitting" tax by way of apology)

The observant among you will realise I totally put this theme here in the calendar because I knew I'd have a doll to knit for my friend's baby. Forward planning, baby (+ toddler)!

We've almost all either got kids of our own, or been recruited to knit tiny things for someone else's tiny people. So let's see what sort of things you've been making for the little ones!

Technically the winner of the Halloween theme was...um...me. And I hate that so will just breeze past it, but I do love the socks so have put them in their rightful sidebar spot anyway 😂

Speaking of which. This fortnightly themes thing was a fun experiment, but clearly we don't have the numbers to support the current format and make it competitive. I hugely appreciate everyone who entered a project so far, and have really enjoyed seeing your work, but I also don't want anyone to feel like they have to post just to avoid me looking like a billy no-mates.

SO. On that note, I throw it open to you. What would you like to see going forward?

a) wider-ranging, more general themes?

b) longer timescale for each theme?

c) get rid of themes entirely and try something else?

Maybe instead of people submitting individual posts we can have a sticky thread prompt of the week or something, idk, just brainstorming. Feedback welcome, and if none is forthcoming I'll just try more stuff until something sticks because I have no shame 😉

I've been just really slowly knitting away on a doll for a friend's baby. She asked for a recreation of the one someone knitted her when she was a baby, which would be a lovely idea except it's clearly some sort of creepy clown!

Some kind soul on Mastodon actually tracked down the original vintage pattern for me, and sure enough, creepy clown.

Anyway. I was supposed to still have a couple weeks at least to finish this, but plans have changed and she's being induced on Monday(!). So it's all systems go in every way, including gettting this weird doll done!

It will look less terrifying when it's finished, I swear. But maybe only slightly.

What's everyone else up to? Tell me we're not the only ones who didn't pack away the Halloween tablecloth yet? 😅

Vanilla Sock by Crazy Sock Lady on magic loop in Estelle Sock twin crazy ball. Was not a huge fan of the yarn, as it is pretty splitty and a little rough but you guys I did it! I made my first ever pair of socks! And the rusticness of the yarn helps hide my beginner mistakes lol

Made from this free pattern

Not me just totally forgetting to post these here despite literally being the moderator and also in charge of making our current theme Halloween... 🤦‍♀️

Anyway. Here are your unsolicited sock pics.

Sock one was done by this time last year, but I just wasn't really vibing with it. It looked really weird and not sock shaped because of the cables down either side, and something about the way the orange and purple yarn knitted up was disappointing to me.

Pulled that first sock out of the drawer a couple of months ago intending to frog it, and of course now I was in love with it!

The second one has featured in many a WIP Wednesday post lately, but here we are. A few mistakes, including a wrong turn on the cables while waiting for husband to get out of surgery a few weeks ago. So now they're not only Halloween colours, they're also a reminder of a genuinely scary night!

*spooky hands*

OoooooOOOOoooEEEEeeeeOOOooooo!

Pattern is "Aquaphobia Socks" by Crystal Flanagan, discontinued but you can find what info there still is on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aquaphobia-socks

Yarn was a Halloween special from Bellwether Yarns a couple years back, and I don't think she does it anymore either!

This was not a helpful reference section 😂

I scoured my ravelry account and the ONLY explicitly Halloween thing I've ever knit is this scarf whose progress was chronicled here. Lots of animal/character hats, but I don't think of them as Halloween-y.

There was a lot of talk on knitting Mastodon last week about how long it takes to knit a jumper. And I just happened to have this amazing green super chunky yarn lying around from a previously failed wedding project.

So naturally I took to Ravelry in the hopes of finding something that could be made quickly, but also look halfway decent and not weirdly bulky at all.

Enter, the Tea Rose Slip On by Retro Claude.

Cast on last...Thursday, I think? Spent maybe about 8 hours on it so far. The front and back are completely done and now it's time for the sleeves already!

What's everyone else been working on this week? If it's a fingering-weight jumper project, you have my genuine sympathy 😂

Given how much I enjoy knitting socks, encourage others to try knitting socks, and basically never stop talking about knitting socks, I thought you might all appreciate the project notes from my first ever socks.

@knitting #Knitting #SockKnitting

Trying a new approach to theme switchover, because I'm not 100% convinced people notice a quiet change to a sticky thread title as much as an actual new post! We'll see if this is too spammy though 😅

Anyway! Thanks to all of you who posted projects for the New Technique theme, I for one picked up some good darning advice and it's just fun to celebrate the firsts with each other.

Congrats to our winner @[email protected] with your beautiful pastel bobble hat, and congrats on tackling first-time magic loop and a new stitch all in one project!

The new theme, given that it's late October, naturally had to be Halloween. Remember you can always find details of the current and upcoming themes here in the sticky post as well as details on what all of this is even about!

🎃 Get those spooky FOs flowing 👻

Apparently this one was knitted in April 2013, which means I'd been learning to knit for probably a month and a half on starting this. Lace shawls always looks so apirational and pretty, so I just jumped in, grabbed the free Florelei pattern on Ravelry, and gave it a go!

Slight issue, I only had cotton yarn. But I didn't let that stop the attempt. The first update on my Ravelry page just read:

08 Apr - Cast on without really having any concept of how difficult this will be or whether I can do it.

Actually kinda proud of myself for not letting the unknown hold me back!

The cotton did mean it came out much smaller than intended, and I had to add some extra repeats. And of course there are a TON of mistakes that are honestly quite visible when it's laid out flat but really a non-issue when it's worn.

The mistakes don't bother me though, it was a fantastic learning experience and taught me, among other things, the importance of stitch markers and what a difference blocking can make!

The main problem with this project was that it turns out I don't really have use for lacy shawls, but we live and learn 😂