Knitting

What an awesome colour! Fits you wonderfully, beautiful neckline, I see why it has heavy rotation.

My most worn project is a pair of fingerless gloves where I extended and lined the wrist, and also lined the back of the hand with double knitting. That really helps keep the hands warm as it insulates the parts of your wrist and hand where the arteries are close to the surface. They allow me to keep my hands pretty warm, but also function.

My most used projects are definitely dish towels. I wear those out, as do many of the people I gift them to.

What a fantastic looking sweater - and the fit is great! I am now inspired.

Ravelry pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kala-2

My most used pattern? Vanilla toe up socks. Always need more.

Looks awesome, it contours your shape super nicely!

That’s beautiful!

My most-worn knitting project is Fiber Trends Felted Clogs and no other project is even a close second. The first pair I knit was for my dad for Christmas 2008. Since then I have replaced that pair of slippers maybe 5 or 6 times, after they are too far gone to resole or repair. He works from home and literally wears them all day, every day, although he has stopped wearing them to the mailbox to make them last a little longer.

I’ve also made adjustments over the iterations to see if I can make them more durable:

• Double-soles (so each sole is actually 4 layers instead of two).
• In addition to wet-felting I also needle felted the soles of the most recent pair to make them extra-dense. My dad also has a little needle felting kit of his own so he can keep tiny holes from growing larger. So far it seems to be working, but this reminds me that I should probably check in and see how they are doing.
• Different yarn combinations - I have tried denser yarns to see if they result in something longer-lasting, but keep going back to the Lamb’s Pride because it felts so thoroughly. I have found that if you can still see traces of stitches in the soles, you are likely to get rubbing between the layers and develop holes more quickly.

We have also considered adding a suede sole, but the pre-made don’t really come in the right size and he really likes how they feel as-is. Plus I am always genuinely delighted to knit another pair, knowing that they are appreciated. They knit up quite fast, although the assembly is kind of tedious.

Oh, that looks soooo soft and shiny.

I don't currently have the finances for what I want to make (tale as old as time), but I do have several saved that I really want to get to once I can, and I'm super jealous of your shirt. That looks like I could make the world's best blanket out of it and sleep forever

I don't know much about knitting... but I like it, it looks nice.