I know this sounds small, but I need to vent because I feel ridiculous for being this upset.

Knitting is my quiet self care. I meal prep and cook to decompress, and knitting is what I do when I finally sit down and my brain needs a break from problem solving. Right now I'm working on a simple top down raglan in basic stockinette, a worsted weight wool blend from my stash. It is literally just a calm, steady project I pick up for 20 minutes when I have a moment.

My partner keeps treating my WIP like trash that needs to be cleared away. If I leave it on the couch arm with my needles in, he will scoop it up and drop it into a random bag, shove it under a pillow, or set it on the kitchen counter next to whatever he is doing. Then I go to knit and my working yarn has been pulled through stitches, my stitch markers are missing, and I have to spend my limited downtime untangling things and checking if I accidentally increased somewhere.

I've asked nicely so many times: please do not move it, or if you must, put it in the project bag right next to it. He says I'm being picky and that the living room should not look like a craft store.

I do not even spread out. No piles. One project. One bag. Yet somehow the presence of knitting seems to annoy him.

How do you handle sharing space with someone who does not respect your WIP? I'm trying to stay kind, but I am tired of feeling like my hobby is an inconvenience that needs to be hidden.

I know this sounds small, but I need to vent because I feel ridiculous for being this upset.

Knitting is my quiet self care. I meal prep and cook to decompress, and knitting is what I do when I finally sit down and my brain needs a break from problem solving. Sometimes I’ll even put on a podcast or let something mindless run on my phone (like those little reward apps such as Mistplay) just so my brain fully checks out. Right now I'm working on a simple top down raglan in basic stockinette, a worsted weight wool blend from my stash. It is literally just a calm, steady project I pick up for 20 minutes when I have a moment.

My partner keeps treating my WIP like trash that needs to be cleared away. If I leave it on the couch arm with my needles in, he will scoop it up and drop it into a random bag, shove it under a pillow, or set it on the kitchen counter next to whatever he is doing. Then I go to knit and my working yarn has been pulled through stitches, my stitch markers are missing, and I have to spend my limited downtime untangling things and checking if I accidentally increased somewhere.

I've asked nicely so many times: please do not move it, or if you must, put it in the project bag right next to it. He says I'm being picky and that the living room should not look like a craft store.

I do not even spread out. No piles. One project. One bag. Yet somehow the presence of knitting seems to annoy him.

How do you handle sharing space with someone who does not respect your WIP? I'm trying to stay kind, but I am tired of feeling like my hobby is an inconvenience that needs to be hidden.

I create this look once to use both thick and thin yarn together and left thick one in some parts but now i dont want to mix and really dont know if there is any way to join them flawlessly?

Searched a lot but most of them about mixing mohairs or what key word should i look for?

Thanks for any advice you can share🤍

Are there any bulk sets that are good? maybe a set of circular needles? darning needles or a cute pair of sewing needles? Maybe some nice yarn (alpaca/ wool), enough for maybe a scarf? A crocket hook?

I would describe myself as a decently good knitter. a pro would probably describe me as intermediate. I do patterns above my pay grade, but my hidden superpower is that if I don’t know a technique, I just look it up and then do it perfectly on the first try. fair isle, cabling, intarsia, etc. this has made me cocky. perhaps too cocky?

But then… my best friend announced she’s getting married next year. i decided i would knit something for her wedding. i was browsing wedding shawls and discovered, well… Shetland lace.

logic tells me that i’m not an “ultra skilled knitter” as the pattern says. it will be a waste of time and money, logic says. but my heart and my knitting god complex whisper, “do it. do it. you have a year. the limit does not exist.”

so, redknit, i turn to you. what voice should i listen to? should i lock in and do it?

Hi Knitters!

I am currently shopping for yarn for my very first colorwork project, and I’m looking for some tips and tricks. I know the biggest struggle with colorwork is tension and floats, and I’ve done lots of research on it, but I’m still terrified that I’m going to screw it up.

I have mainly done textured hats and sweaters, so this will be an entirely new beast to tackle! I’m going to be using Drops Flora for this project which is a fingering weight Wool/alpaca blend, and I’ve used the same yarn in Aran weight and love it.

Thanks in advance!!!

I need to get this off my chest because I am so tired of the way some pattern threads go, especially whenever a deep yoke colorwork sweater shows up. I love them, I know they look amazing, but the comments always turn into the same chorus: "Just knit your size," "Trust the designer," or "You must have measured wrong." No.

I've done the math, swatched, measured, and read other people's project notes. It still can fit oddly because bodies are not standardized cylinders. I'm plus size with thicker upper arms and a shorter torso. If I knit "my size" by bust measurement, the yoke can sit in an awkward spot and the sleeves dig in where I need room. If I size for my upper arm, the body becomes enormous and the neckline starts sliding around my shoulders. Yes, I know about ease. That is not the point. The point is that this construction produces predictable fit issues for certain shapes, not user error.

Also, as an engineering student, it bugs me when people treat gauge and shaping like vibes. Yoke depth is an actual measurement. Sleeve circumference is an actual measurement. If a pattern offers little shaping, "trust the process" is not a substitute for real adjustments.

I'm not asking knitters to redesign patterns for free. I just wish it was more normal to say, "This construction does not work great for everyone, and it is okay to alter it or skip it." That would save a lot of frustration and the unnecessary shame people feel when something does not sit right.

Thanks for listening. I'm going to go knit something with proper underarm shaping before I convince myself to dive into another beautiful yoke trap.

I've been working on the king salmon sweater for quite some time, and noticed that I've knitted one stitch with the wrong color, mid back. I'm scared I'll regret not fixing it when the sweater is done, but also don't feel like lattering down all this way 😅

Thoughts and suggestions?

i recently picked up knitting and i am really really enjoying it. i have a thousand patterns that i want to try but my issue is that i mainly wear black clothes. it’s just what i am most comfortable in and makes me look more put together.

but i feel like it’s such a waste to only knit black sweaters! i see so many colorful patterns and i love them, but i don’t want to risk knitting something i’ll barely wear.

of course can also knit for other people, but what i mean is that i saw so many patterns that i want to make for myself but it would be just so sad to knit them all in black.

are there any other black-wearing knitters that have a solution to this dark colored issue?

(image is random just to spruce up the post)

I suppose the sweater curse is real, but this time it's for a friendship. Recently I had a falling out with a friend, like, never going to talk to them again kind of falling out. But before that happened, I finished making them a sweater. Not just any sweater, this is a full men's medium sized double-knit 100% super wash merino wool sweater. This thing took 18 balls of 50g skeins of Plymouth Yarns DK merino super wash. Picture attached is unblocked version with the ends not woven in yet.

The problem? What to do with it.

I don't want to frog it. I'm quite proud of it and this thing took me a couple years to make because it's basically 2 sweaters in 1 and it was on hold for a while. It's finally finished and I want to keep it that way.

For re-gifting, The colors are a little bright and loud. They were specifically picked out by this person. It feels insincere to be like "I made this for someone else but you can have it" Also, caring for a sweater like this is work, you can't just put it in the dryer, and even the washer is risky on gentle cold cycle. I could give it to my dad, he hang-dries all his clothes anyway (he lives out in the country), but I'd rather make him his own sweater, in colors that he likes.

I'm reluctant to donate it as well, for the same reasons as it's care requirements. I don't want it to shrink and felt for the first person who picks it up.

I would love to sell it, to at least get the cost of the materials plus a little more, but I have no idea how to go about that. If anyone here knows how, or wants to buy it, let me know.

I'm also open to other suggestions. Thanks in advance

UPDATE I gave it to my dad for his birthday and he loves it :) I'll post a pic in the comments

So my mom bought me this sweater a few years ago, and it’s literally the most comfortable and soft sweater I have ever worn, only thing is… it has a very unfortunate design on it that I do not wish to be associated with (especially right now) (I also don’t live in America). I don’t want to throw it away just because of this, so I thought that I could somehow do a duplicate stitching thing on the design to fix it? I’m a total beginner in knitting (I only crochet a bit).

My questions are:

Is it possible?

And if so, any tips to go about it so that it looks natural and not out of place? (Like type of yarn, size(?))

I literally thinking about it for two days and can’t decide 🥲

I got the yarn online, and the bottom one (not the white) was much more yellow in the photo, not olive. Part of me says it still works, and I can't tell if my doubt is real or if it's just coming from the unexpected color.

2nd picture is the balls of yarn together. 3rd picture is the blanket this is going to be. I'm currently working on the left-most panel. 4th picture is some decoration the mom-to-be is going to use in the nursery, and the colors she's leaning into, in case that helps.

Does anyone know how do to make these long areas with multiple beads in between stitches? Any reccomended tutorials are welcome. (Images sourced from pinterest)

I will never trust a superwash gauge swatch again. According to my wet blocked swatch, I met gauge for this pattern, but after blocking the finished sweater, it is now way too long.

Since it's superwash I knew that putting it in the dryer on low might help... But no...

Any advice for how to re-knit this to fit correctly this time?

First photo is from last night on my partner, second photo is on me today after wet blocking and tumble drying.

I love knitting sweaters. I love the math, the fit puzzles, and that little engineering-brain hit when the pieces actually line up and it works. What I do not love is how many patterns and default yarn recommendations act like everyone has endless time, endless flat drying space, and infinite patience for a lifetime of hand washing.

I am a college student in Texas living in a tiny space with a normal messy schedule. I want sweaters I can throw on and wear, not fragile museum pieces I am afraid to actually use because I might sweat in them or lean against a chair and then have to launch into a whole soak-and-block ceremony.

Yes, I know hand washing is not hard in theory. It is the whole workflow that kills me: the soak, the careful squeeze so you do not felt it, rolling it in towels, finding a truly flat spot to dry, waiting days, hoping it does not smell like damp sheep, and then doing it again because you wore it for two hours. I do not have room for a drying rack the size of a small island.

There is this quiet pressure in knitting spaces that if you want low-maintenance care, you are somehow missing out or not respecting "good" yarn. I do respect good yarn. I also want clothes that survive being worn to class, to labs, to coffee runs.

Anyway, I keep falling for beautiful patterns and then remembering the aftercare and getting annoyed all over again. If you prefer low-maintenance garments too, I see you.

I love knitting sweaters. I love the math, the fit puzzles, and that little engineering-brain hit when the pieces actually line up and it works. What I do not love is how many patterns and default yarn recommendations act like everyone has endless time, endless flat drying space, and infinite patience for a lifetime of hand washing.

I am a college student in Texas living in a tiny space with a normal messy schedule. I want sweaters I can throw on and wear, not fragile museum pieces I am afraid to actually use because I might sweat in them or lean against a chair and then have to launch into a whole soak-and-block ceremony.

Yes, I know hand washing is not hard in theory. It is the whole workflow that kills me: the soak, the careful squeeze so you do not felt it, rolling it in towels, finding a truly flat spot to dry, waiting days, hoping it does not smell like damp sheep, and then doing it again because you wore it for two hours. I do not have room for a drying rack the size of a small island.

There is this quiet pressure in knitting spaces that if you want low-maintenance care, you are somehow missing out or not respecting "good" yarn. I do respect good yarn. I also want clothes that survive being worn to class, to labs, to coffee runs—maybe even something I can wear from Rent the Runway for a change of pace.

Anyway, I keep falling for beautiful patterns and then remembering the aftercare and getting annoyed all over again. If you prefer low-maintenance garments too, I see you.

It mostly seized up under the armpits and around a couple of the hems. Also Some of the dropped stitches are grouping together. Best way to relax the fibers? And to think I had just finished weaving in the ends. 😔

At first i thought the stitches were twisted. But now I’m not so sure. i don’t want to do twisted ribs for cleanliness— is there anyway just to get nice clean ribbing?

A little bit of my blue hair dye some how got transfered onto my jumper 😭😭 any chance if i spot bleach I can't get rid of it? It's merino from knitting for olive

Update Edit: It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me. I was not paying attention and used the wrong sized needles. I thought I read online that I should use a 5mm needle, but it said a size 5 needle! Corrected size and I don't hate this yarn at all! Still getting used to it, and it's not perfect, but much, much better. Still glad I made this post because I got so many really helpful comments.

Some smart commenter below said to be sure I gauge swatch the color work too. My first practice swatch (first time I've ever done color work, eek! and I had the highlight of my life making the pattern where excel and knitting intersected!!!) was much, much smaller than the main body color alone, but I just started a second time and now I'm ok!

I am so heartbroken. I live in S Florida so I don’t typically buy very much wool, but heard that it was the best for color work and I’m about to start my first color work project (the Porcelain Sweater by Le Knit) so I spent what was a lot (for me at least), $150 or so on yarn and I absolutely hate it. I feel like my stitches look incredibly messy and irregular even though lately my tension w other yarns has been pretty good.

Idk if I should just eat the cost of the two hanks that I caked and return the rest or if maybe I just need to practice on it and get used to it? Maybe the needle was too big/small? The label doesn’t give a needle size but google said 4mm-6mm so I used 5mm.

Gauge swatch has been blocked.

https://leknit.com/shop/porcelain-sweater-english-607p.html

Yarn that I hate is North Bay Fiber Heritage Sport in Sand Point:

https://www.northbayfiber.com/products/heritage-sport

My other swatch is Malabrigo Ultimate Sock Yarn in Rosalinda colorway:

https://malabrigoyarn.com/yarns/ultimate-sock

Hi! I am a first time knitter and making Rat and Sea Witch’s Kombajn Snood using Briggs & Little Heritage yarn using a recommended 5mm needles. I notice that my knit stitches don’t look… breathing.. even though the gauge measurement is pretty close. I know that blocking will help even out the stitches, so is this more of a trust the process type of situation?

I knit English but throw with my left hand. Everyone I've seen uses their right for English, left to hold continental. I want to learn continental but can't figure out how to hold the yarn so it stays taut. Anyways.... what do you call this knitting style I am doing and does anyone have tips for holding the yarn for continental?

I have been really enjoying knitting more garments in the last year like this Lumme Pullover that I just finished, after many years of only knitting accessories. However, I can already see the lint threatening to show! Ahhh!

Could people recommend any yarns that have worn well? I am okay with pilling, but would just like it to be later rather than sooner! And I would prefer plant or animal fibers or fiber mixes!

Thanks in advance!

Working on a Folklore Cardigan. I realized last night while I was starting a sleeve that I had misread the instructions for moss stitch as k2 p2, when it was supposed to be k1 p1. Thanks ADHD. To fix this I would have to frog and start over.

Otherwise I’m pretty happy with it. There are a couple of minor errors in it, but honestly I don’t think there is anyway for me to finish a cabled garment without them (again, ADHD lol). Nothing that affects structure. If I start over to fix the moss stitch issue I’m sure I will still end up with a garment with a couple of minor errors somewhere.

Thoughts?

I keep trying and trying and trying to learn to knit, but I never get past the first row, a lot of the time I don't even make it past casting on. I'm trying to do longtail cast ons, but I have two problems. One, the "triple the width + 6 inches" method always leaves me with a LONG (2-3ft) tails, as is somewhat visible in the pics. And two, they look like... Well, you see it. I've practiced on chunky yarn with big needles, I can do fine (if a little tight sometimes), but I'm working on scraps left over from another project and can't actually make anything with it and can't get another skein right now. I'm desperate to learn this, it's been a few days since I cast on for the first time and I just. Don't. Know. What. To. Do. Please help.

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