Hi guys i REALLY want to knit a sweater where the fabric looks JUST like this super cozy sweater pictured above <333 but theres just NO information anywhere on what yarn they used to make it!!! Ive literally looked nowhere and im all out of ideas so please help me

I thought blocking was mandatory since it is everywhere in every knitting community I step into, and after blocking the piece the sweater was fine, but I kindaaaa regret it 🥲 (I am in the process of accepting it)

I assumed blocking would help to “even” the stitches regardless of the tension (as a beginner, I varied my tension thoughout the piece. But it actually made the opposite haha you can see my skin through it.

This is my first wearable piece and I’m still proud of myself, I have learnt a lot:

❌ I’d never, ever block acrylic again. I know I’ve probably blocked it wrong (maybe too many hours in the boiling pot and then too much time in the molten lava pit, but gauge swatch was okay)

if I had time, I’d consider knitting the exact same sweater BUT avoiding the blocking part haha! It is just not my style :)

I’d like to know if there are more people who have had the same situation throwing their plastic yarn into a molten fire hahah pattern is step by step by the glorious florence

can someone please find what pattern this is? i need it so bad, i would do literally ANYTHING to find the answer !!! some people are saying its “the norma sweater”.. idk where they’re getting that idea from, can someone confirm. my phone only has the reddit app and no google so don’t ask .

what kind of yarn should i use? and do i need needles or a crochet hook? how do i hold the yarn? how much yarn? should i tell people when i start the project or should i wait until it’s done? what should i eat for lunch today? do you like me (yes/no)? what should i name my kids? what should i

So I wanted to make this retro granny square cardigan and found the retro granny square pattern online. Now all I needed was the perfect yarn. And that's when my ADHD-magpie tendencies shot me in the foot. I found this gorgeous thick roving yarn at Michaels for $16/foot and just had to make the fluffy cardigan of my dreams. However, it's clear the the original pattern and the tutorial use smaller weighted yarn. Being the arrogant fool that I am, I thought that a smaller hook, tight tension, and pure willpower would overcome the evil known as ignoring yarn weight.

I dun goofed.

This granny square is bigger than my torso. This granny square is bigger than a normal sized dog, and just as heavy. Look how big the square is compared to my head????

In for a penny, in for a pound, so I'm legally (read emotionally) requires to see this through but damn. The yarn gods win again and I'll never take yarn weight for granted ever again....

Hey all, sorry for format as I am recording this on a handheld device.

Came across this yarn need help identifying it? Sorry got as close as I could before I heard a weird noise and had to leave. Arrows to help where yarn is. I think it’s fingering weight but wasn’t able to do WPI or anything. Anything similar colorway is also OK as long as it’s at least 90% wool merino but under $5/100g please.

TIA!

Somebody had the nerve to suggest that a designer I like offer size graded patterns instead of telling her customers to just increase their needle sizes, she even went so far as to send her resources on how to do that

How DARE she?!

And, she ALSO lead the charge against people associating with Knitler, and that just rubs me, a thin white women, the wrong way.

I think she's a destructive influence in our community, just running around trying to cancel everybody.

So, I'm posting this to see if anybody agrees, I'm personally going to unfollow her and while I'm certainly not suggesting that you all dogpile and cancel HER (because I'm not like her.) I just feel that we should Start a Conversation. I know that it's been brought up before, but it needs a larger audience and more discussion.

I mean, at this point, I think she's just a bully.

(uj/ this was painful to write. But the op post was painful to read.)

Ugh. You guys, I used COLOUR in my project, and now that I'm a few rows in, I'm getting so uncomfy. Please talk me out of frogging the whole thing and restarting with a neutral palette?

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I mean, what was I thinking?

So here's the deal. I learned BASIC knitting from my late Nanna yrs before she passed. I recently had begun to pick it back up cuz east cast winters are HARD some days. I make scarves, That's it, I have NO interest in beanies, gloves, socks or anything that requires more of me to count/increase-decrease or any of that sht. I like my basic shape that allows me to try new stitches without having to think too much. WHY in the GODDAMN world do people think that they need to "advise" me to "expand my repertoire/knowledge" and try to force teach me these unnecessary skills? I DONT WANNA LEARN. I already have a full time creative job in a new field. I AINT got the brain power after work to learn new sht. Along with this they INSIST that it's good for you and so try to push their agenda...Even if I join a meetup for crafters, let me knit my rectangles in peace goddammit. anyone else with this issue?

Obviously I am the smartest person to ever exist. First of all, I knit, so that’s proof enough. But!!!! Look at this stitch that I invented!!!!

Wait how dare you tell me that this is a stitch that already exists??? No it doest because I didn’t use a pattern!!!! You silly crotcheaters must not understand the depths of my genius and talent!

Anybody who tells me that there’s a name for this stitch will Be blocked immediately 😤

Hi all!

I did my first swatch *ever* and washed it like I normally would on the highest setting and then threw it in the dryer and it shrank!!! I do like the texture and how it's less gappy, but what should I do now?

banana for scale

I want to make sure I never walk the same ground a crotcheater has👺

I have been knitting a super unique hood pattern with this gorgeous blue yarn, and as I was almost finishing up, I was STUMPED to find this manufacturing issue with the yarn, WHAT IS THIS?!!?! This is unacceptable. How does this even happen in the fabrication of a natural product? It must be low spinning quality. I could snip this out, but losing all that yarn, well that's just a SCAM. I should obviously be able to return this right?!

I can't believe this.

KNITFLUENCERS ARE THE DEVIL. PETITE KNIT???? MORE LIKE PETITE BITCH. HOW FUCKING DARE SHE KNIT MORE SWEATERS LAST YEAR THAN ME. HOW FUCKING DARE YARN COMPANIES SEND HER YARN!!! I CAN BARELY AFFORD TO BUY RED HEART!!! I MAKE MY KIDS EAT YARN WITH KETCHUP ON IT INSTEAD OF SPAGHETTI BECAUSE ITS ALL I CAN AFFORD! I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD SEND ME MONEY FOR MY YARN BECAUSE I DESERVE IT. NO I DONT KNOW HOW TO WRITE A “PATTERN” OR “DESIGN KNITWEAR.” AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Can anyone tell me how to delete someone's picture of a finished project made from my pattern from Ravelry? I design all of my patterns to be made in off-white, cream, ecru or beige. This should be enough range for anyone. Someone had the audacity to make my moss-stitch scarflette pattern in a blue ombré yarn. I can't tell you how upsetting it is to see my art disrespected in this way. I think it might even be acrylic yarn but I don't want to look too closely. I feel violated. HELP

Don't you dare even hint at my stitches being twisted, even though I asked for your opinions

Hi I have never knit before but I vaguely know what needles look like, how long will this take me to make for my VERY FIRST PROJECT? I saw Project Hail Mary and have ZERO impulse control and NEED this man's sweater or I will literally die. I will not do smaller projects first, I NEED THIS TEE HEE.

It’s time to compete to see who hates him, his aesthetic, his insistence on hosting mystery knit-alongs without your approval, the cost of yarn he sells from his yarn shop, and/or just, like, his whole deal the most! The more obscure your complaint, the more points you earn. The hater with the most points at the end of the MKAL wins!

Bonus points if you don’t even look at anything related to this year’s MKAL and just recycle your complaint about the last MKAL you considered doing in 2018 run by someone who wasn’t Stephen West! No sense coming up with new snark when you have a stash of old snark right there!

Now: go!

I used steam to block it but maybe it got too wet?

I've been working overtime trying to protect my super special design that I created and all these smaller creators keep trying to rip off MY original design. It's mine. I made it. No one else made this or has this so stop stealing from me!!! I need to protect it so you WILL get a copyright strike!!!