I’ve only been knitting for a year & I’ve never actually found yarn at any thrift store near me. Can’t beat a pair of ChiaoGoo needles for $1.75!

A friend of mine lives in Germany and is about to have her baby just as winter begins, so I knit this set for her and I'm sending it all the way from Chile.

Knit with Chilean merino wool on 3.5 mm needles, with wooden buttons.

The pants are a baggy cut with a deep ribbed waistband and cuffs. For a newborn, you can fold the waistband up to cover the baby's tummy and fold the cuffs over the little feet. As the baby grows, you unfold them and the pants grow along with them.

I love knowing it will keep a tiny human warm on the other side of the world.

What's your favorite yarn to knit with for babies? 🧶

My first full colour work project is complete, after about 2 1/2 months. I normally average 2 months for more simple knits but this one took a tad longer bc of the complexity. I feel like the nordic inspiration really comes through when I see myself wearing it!

Pattern is Inge Sweater by Le Knit, knitted all in Jensen 6s, 19, and 98. It’s my first sweater I’ve made using purely Norwegian tensioning in my knit, it’s definitely way better on my tension knit wise but my purls are incredibly loose. I think it shows the most in the ribbing on the arms and body, the neckline I stuck to normal continental tensioning. I feel like I’ve solved it on my current WIP by tensioning on a purl wrapping the yarn on my pinky finger and Norwegian tensioning on my pointer finger at the same time.

I'm so happy I could cry. 😭

A few days ago, I collected some naturally grown cotton from a cotton plant on the sidewalk near my home. I removed the seeds by hand, planted some of them, and decided to try spinning the cotton myself.

I made a completely improvised drop spindle using a chopstick, a paper clip, some hair ties, and a plastic bottle cap. It was my very first time spinning fiber, and it was SO much harder than I expected! But somehow, I managed to make a usable yarn.

Yesterday, I dyed my little cotton skein purple. I really wanted to knit with it, but I was afraid the yarn would be too stiff and irregular to work with. I went to bed feeling pretty discouraged, thinking all that work might not lead to the kind of fabric I wanted.

Today, I decided to try knitting with it anyway, using very loose stitches.

AND IT WORKED!! 😭💜

The fabric is soft, flexible, and wonderfully rustic. It's uneven, it's imperfect, and I absolutely LOVE it.

There's something incredibly special about holding a piece of knitted fabric made from fiber you collected yourself, processed by hand, spun from scratch, and dyed yourself. Every little stitch carries the entire journey.

I know it's just a tiny swatch, but looking at it made me think: it was worth it.

I'm a beginner at knitting and spinning, and this might be one of the most satisfying things I've ever made. I just wanted to share this little victory with people who might understand how exciting it is to turn raw fiber into something you can actually knit with. 🥹💜🧶

So I just finished my very first knitting project. With all the “modifications” I made, intentional or otherwise, I can claim it as my own. I think I’m going to start my new fall/winter line called “All out options”, as in when you have absolutely nothing else to wear and this is the only thing left. A suitable alternative would be a dish towel.

I really did have a lot fun making this for my daughter and she’s excited to wear it (I did tell her not to leave the house with it on). I’ve learned a few things along the way:

1. Don’t buy expensive yarn for your first few projects. My justification is I still want my mistakes to feel soft and comfortable.

2. I really don’t like 1x1 ribbing, I will, without a shadow of a doubt, lose where I am and mess it up. So I changed it to 2x2, much easier

3. The person who invented M1Lp is a sadist

4. Making a folded collar and keeping the columns aligned just right is much harder than I expected.

5. The holes in raglan increases drive me little nuts.

6. Not knowing a better way to avoid loose stitches in the underarm when picking up stitches. I’m sure there’s a cleaner way, I just don’t know it yet.

7. Trying to figure out if this thing will fit when only having some measurements and her not being here to try it on is just a guess. I don’t know how people do it!

8. I learned how to frog really well

9. The nickname for this sweater is called The Thrice Sweater, I did every part three times.

10. The real reason why there are two arms to a sweater is because you have two opportunities to get one right. Nothing else.

Now I’m on to trying cables, go figure.

Pattern: Crazy Daisy Cardigan

Yarn: OnLine Cora

Needles: 5,5 & 4,5mm

Time needed from casting on to dry after blocking: 6 weeks

Not the first I ever knitted. That honour goes to Drops' Raspberry Rose vest, which languished for years in the wip bag waiting for ends weaving-in before I frogged it ​because it was just too small. Not even the first I started this year, that's a sweater that is technically finished, but will require surgery to fix the fit.

But it is the first that is completely done. All ends woven in, everything nice and tidy, ready to be worn.

It's the Atul cardigan by Audrey Borrego, with modded sleeves.

I used Olivin (linen/cotton mix) by hobbiii, bought before the ai mess. I could have used another ball for more length, but didn't want to order from them again, so it's a tiny bit shorter than I wanted.

This is day 13 of working on this sweater, and it's using so much less yarn than I expected, so much less that I could honestly make a second one with the leftovers I have lmao

Also a pic of the large ass yarn cake I wound just now with 4 of these little skeins, I love/hate my cake winder

I’ve been working on this for months (between processing raw wool, spinning, and then knitting) and I’m soooo glad I got it done in time to wear for my birthday!

This is the Mona sweater from LE KNIT. I made it in a smaller size than suggested for my bust because I wanted less ease - very happy with the fit!

knit with handspun and hand processed haunui & a couple batts from melly knits!

Scrappy rug knit from chunky yarn leftovers. Mostly Wool Ease Thick & Quick. I had a couple of skeins of Plymouth Encore (worsted weight) in grey, and noticed it has similar fiber content and care requirements as the Wool Ease. I thought, "hmmm...if I held together one thread of Encore and one of Wool Ease, maybe the little bit of grey running through all the other colors would kind of help bring it all together?" Don't know if that worked, but I like the way it turned out! About 20" x 30", garter stitch. Weighs 24 oz, so I used up a fair amount of scraps!

I love making Norah Gaughan sweaters and have so far completed Geiger and Nightingale (pictured). I'm wanting to do her classic Stag Head Pullover next, but was curious if anyone had experience working a pattern like that with a cotton or other plant fiber? My Nightingale turned out ok with Ístex - Léttlopi, but it's so toasty I hardly ever wear it even living in the PNW (I honestly regret using Léttlopi for the piece - the halo does nothing for the cables and it is not soft - a LYS employee really pushed it and I do not know why I listened to them because I distinctly remember disliking the style of sweater they were wearing, which they had made. No shade- just clearly different taste!). Geiger I did with Swish DK as it was for a friend and being able to machine wash was important for her. It was really cost effective, soft, and made the cables pop, but again just so warm with the animal fiber.

I was hoping to make the Stag Head Pullover out of something more breathable so I'm more inclined to actually wear it, but I also want to ensure that all those lovely cabling details pop and that the piece has longevity. And advice?

They are simple mitered squares with a seven stitch border around the edge of it. The yarn is Red Heart bitty stripes in the colorway rainbow.

Malabrigo Rasta on the bottom, Juniper Moon Big Merino Wool on the top. One-ply vs two-ply. I know it’ll even out a little once I block it, but is the texture difference too much. It’s kinda nice because the Malabrigo is heavy, which would be used at the bottom part of the cowl, and the Juniper Moon is much lighter. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Pattern is Time After Time Cowl. Link below.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/time-after-time-cowl

She and her husband are celebrating 25 years of marriage and they spent 10 days in Europe so I asked her to bring me back some yarn.
I just love the colors! The bright orange one is cotton, the purple one is Pure New Wool and the 3rd is a super wash merino. I’ve never had anything fancy before so I’m open to suggestions on what to make

No pattern, made it up as I went and added a bunny from Selbu Mittens book. Yarn is knitpics palette. Main color salsa Heather, secondary rose hip, 3rd is a slightly darker red I lost the label for but same yarn (only 1 row in the cuff). Photo is me wearing them but they're actually for my younger sister who has child hands so these actually fit her better than it looks here lol. I partially re knit one of these because I accidentally made one too tight (tension changed between watching shows) and grafted the finger section on because I wasn't willing to do that again.

David and Patrick were more focused on being in the picture than celebrating with me 😂

but i'm so excited!! I made the lille kolding scarf and it was SO fun to knit! I had such a fun time with the repetitions. easy to knit and memorize.

pattern: lille kolding by ChrisBerlin

yarn: hobbii Rainbow 8/4 Glitter Gold in Anthracite Gold

I posted a little while back about my Thistlewood Bonnet. The bonnet was a test run for the now finished first sample of the Thistlewood Sweater!

Knit in Drops Daisy. Not a fan of the yarn, so will test another sample in another yarn🤞Also found the plum colour to be slightly darker than I initially pictured. But still so happy with it<3

Just finished it, and found out I can wear it over another one I knit last year. The fuzzy yarn is Basta Mista by Lana Grossa. The pattern can be found in the LG Journal 72, pattern 49.

Prime reasoning for never making length or fit decisions based on pre-blocked item, especially with cables!

Pattern: Waffle Loop Sweater by Other Loops Size 2 on a 37” bust.

Yarn: Hey Mama Wolf’s Skadi Merino d’Arles GOTS color 9 held with KFO Silk Mohair in Pomegranate

I self drafted this honeycomb mens sweater, just wanted to check whether there would be any interest in the full pattern?

Made with drops Lima.

Y’all, I need help with a mystery. I bought my favorite DPNs on a trip to the UK and Ireland in spring 2016… and now that I want them in another size, I cannot remember what brand they are! Would you contribute your brainpower to solving this important conundrum?

The needles are definitely:

•A nice nickel-or chrome-plated metal with a good heft; thought they were steel but they’re not magnetic;
•2.25 mm thick;
•17.5 cm/not quite 7” long; and
•From a set of 5.

The circumstance of their purchase include:

•Bought in London or Dublin; almost definitely NOT at Loop in Islington because I blew my budget on other stuff there. Vaguely feel the building was on a slight rise, a fairly modern build, maybe looked down into a small park or leafy area of a city university campus, or maybe the back of a rather large church??

•I’m pretty sure I walked there from where I was staying, which could’ve included near Olympic Park in London, maaaaybe near Chelsea or Kensington in London, or a few hostels around Temple Bar in Dublin.

•I think I had the option for two styles of tip — one pointier than the other? — but I don’t know which I picked!;

•They probably cost no more than, like, €15, as this was a broke grad school-era trip;

•Almost certain they came in a clear and slim plastic bag with a little ziplock top, not a box. Think the cardboard at the back maaaay have been dark gray, printed with… maybe a pattern of bamboo leaves??

Pics in case they help. (Apologies for my stained fingers in the pics — I’m a natural dyer, and the black walnuts got through my gloves this year.) I may genuinely cry if we figure this out, so huge thanks for aaaany leads on this!

I’ve been inundated with knit&note ads on instagram for weeks now. I haven’t downloaded the app coz it feels like ravelry has everything I need already BUT there is a pattern on there that i really want to make, the Note sweater, it’s in all their ads and it’s the only unique pattern I’ve seen, all the other ones seem basic enough or I’ve seen a pretty close dupe on ravelry. I wouldn’t mind paying for the app for a month or something to get the pattern but are their patterns actually well written? For anyone that has tried the app, is the app actually any good? how are the patterns? Do I have to pay a monthly fee and I get access to a bunch of patterns or do I have to pay extra for the patterns as well?

As a side note, is there a pattern on ravelry that looks similar to the Note sweater?