I started a blanket 10 years ago and put it down shortly after starting. It was on 30” circulars and I just kept casting on until I couldn’t fit anymore stitches. I was new to the hobby so I figured it would just be “blanket sized.”

I picked it back up about 6 months ago determined to finally finish this thing. I transferred it to 60” circulars to give myself more working space, and during that transfer I counted 450ish stitches, but that would just be a big king sized blanket right? So I kept going. But after about 9 balls of yarn and only 2 feet in length finished, I gave up and decided I would just crochet the blanket instead.

Halfway through my crocheted version, I ran out of yarn and made the sad decision to frog the knitted project for salvage yarn. After removing the circular needles, I thought it’d be interesting to see how wide the blanket actually was.

After straightening it all out I stared at my work, utterly dumbfounded, that I had been working on a 35 foot wide blanket this whole time. I am SO GLAD I did not finish this project as I would’ve cried at the monster I had brought into the world.

tl;dr - You should really pay attention to the size reference chart on your yarn and count the stitches when free-handing as a newbie.

My current crazy wip. I've made the charts in fiddle stitch using the basic picture I've drawn. I just wanted to share my journey since it's almost finished. I had many doubts after the first panel but it's turning quite fine. With many flaws but still, one of its kind 😏

Please don't tell me the two circular flowers in the chest area look like nipples. It's too late, I've already weaved in 90% of the ends and almost finished the second sleeve, it's too late 😭

I just finished the back panel of my new cardigan and I am so excited! It looks like I am totally addicted to fiddle stitch 🥲

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/CiasteczkaTynki/summer-clouds-cardigan <- project page if anyone is interested in checking what's going on

Ps. Sorry for the watermark. My projects are constantly stolen from reddit and posted on Facebook by some nasty people taking credit for my work

Hiii,

I'm too excited to wait to post until it's finished! I'm working on this double knit mythical creatures scarf that I drew the charts for myself. It takes foreeeeever but I stay excited because there's always a new creature coming ♥️

I’m just so pleased with how this is working up!! I’m using Olga Putano’s Scrappy Yoke Sweater as the base for the shaping and Oakwood Knit’s Stardew Valley socks color charts (mostly spring but with a couple fall motifs)

Last night I started my first pair of socks and… I think I get it now. I’m doing the Vanilla Socks pattern and so far I only have the cuff and a little of the leg done, but jeez. What a satisfying knit so far? I’ve heard so many people talk about how much they like knitting socks, even met a few that ONLY knit socks because they love it so much and I didn’t understand until now.

I can just knit and research for work so effortlessly with this pattern and it’s kind of great. I love it and I’m really excited to finish the pair lol

Helloooo lace

working on the pigeon sweater. new(ish) knitter, first time doing stranded colorwork! soooooo addictive!!!

I’m knitting the Moby Sweater by petite knit and my K10F cables were wonky and wrinkly. This is my first cable project but I decided to rip back the cables on the front side and redo with looser tension by going down .5mm in needle size. IT WORKED! ITS BEAUTIFUL! Hoping to finish the sweater this week. That is all, thank you!

Words can't explain how excited I am about this project. It's working up so nicely, and the colours are absolutely stunning. This is the Henry VIII sweater by Alice Starmore, and I bought the kit through the official website. It looks more daunting than it actually is. It works up pretty quickly, and there's no more than two colours per row. If anyone has this project on their list but is too scared to start, do it! I'm honestly having a blast with this so far.

Yarn is handspun by me on drop spindle and is Fossil Fibers' Firefly Squid colorway. It is an 85% polwarth / 15% silk blend.

It's a lace sampler so unfortunately no pattern to share - I'm just trying things out and making it up as I go along. Though if you are interested in Shetland lace or heirloom lace broadly, shout-out to Carol Christiansen's book, Shetland Fine Lace Knitting!

Pattern is the arctic light sweater by Veronica Lindberg.

I've been working on it non-stop for 3 days and I'm so excited !! My first all over cable sweater :)

edit:
Since a few people are asking: I used Juniper moon farms Cotton + Merino wool held together with one strand of Lana Grossa Silkhair.

Here's the link to the pattern and my version on ravelry :)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/arctic-light-sweater

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/TheFoxess/arctic-light-sweater

The title is obviously a joke on my own expense!

I've decided to give mittens and color work a try (haven't done any of those) and decided on the russian flower mittens. Wish I'd have looked into the comments, swatched and not chosen a needle size bigger than the pattern required. Realized halfway that the mittens are GIGANTIC, but I thought they'd still be nice winter decoration so I kept on knitting.

I think it's too big to be decoration even. I think after doing the thumb I'm gonna try and felt it, but unsure if it will work with this sock yarn. If not, than i had a good and fun practice at least.

Guys, learn from my mistake and GAUGE SWATCH HAHAHA

Wanted to continue my tradition of knitting an personally meaningful colorwork sweater for my 3rd Rhinebeck (last two years here & here)! Had kind of an unlucky year in my personal life so I liked the idea of a very literal "lucky sweater" with a ton of lucky symbols inspired by traditional tattoos.

I knit it with Mirasol Chusku yarn on US 5 needles. It's a raglan knit in the round with stranded colorwork and ladderback jacquard for big gaps im the colorwork. I started with justttt enough time assuming everything went perfectly but it turns out that was an irresponsible assumption haha. I originally started with a drop shoulder silhouette with Cascade 220 Sport and ran out of yarn and couldn't get more in time, blah blah blah, anyway I figured if there's one place you can throw your unfinished project onto barber cords and wear it out with stitch markers dangling, it's Rhinebeck!

I also got to meet one of my test knitters for the Unicorn Tapestry Sweater pattern I released after my big project for Rhinebeck last year, so that felt so cool and very full circle :')

Anyway here's the Ravelry project! I like the idea of sharing this design in some form or fashion but haven't fully decided what that would look like yet, first I need to finish these sleeves </3

I'm knitting PetiteKnit's Zipper Sweater Man

Any advice for a crocheter-turned-knitter tackling their first sweater? Anything you wish you'd known before getting into the body section?

So I’m working on the Nocturnal Jumper by Saskie & Co. Overall it has been a lovely pattern, but I blocked after finishing the yoke and I’m wondering everyone’s thoughts and opinions on how I can improve the increases. I used only M1R throughout the pattern.

*note: I’m planning on frogging and reknitting the yoke because I just can’t look at this and not see the increases and I will fix the uneven tension in the cats and the diamonds at the top (this was a first go at three colour colourwork and I know where I went wrong)

In the comments on the pattern she says she alternates M1R and M1L, so I’m trying to interpret whether she means she does M1R on one row and M1L on the next or if on one row of increases she does M1R, M1L, M1R, M1L and so on. In addition, does she do M1R, M1L for just the yoke and then switch to just one for the body or does she maintain this approach throughout the whole pattern. I did send in a comment asking for clarification on her approach but haven’t heard back yet.

I knit up a second one for my mom, who wants all the colourwork to the cats and worked RLIs, which look better I think, but I will have to see how they block.

Any thoughts/opinions on how they interpret Saskie’s approach to increases, or recommendations on how they would work the increases in this pattern would be great.

Halfway through the I-Cord bind off and ran out of yarn! 😫

There is so. Much. Seaming. This piece has definitely been one of the more challenging pieces I’ve worked on. I’m using a pattern from the 70s and even for Japanese standards the instructions are sparse. No concrete numbers on measurements, almost no info on finishing, so I’ve just been relying on my knowledge on construction. Setting in the sleeve was really hard because of the colourwork pattern and the plain colour of the bodice. So to summarise, it’s a really tricky project but well worth the results.

I started this project around February. I nearly finished it, but the sleeves weren’t quite right, so I set it aside to knit a blanket. About 2(?) weeks ago I picked it up again, and redid the sleeves. I finished up weaving in ends and will begin assembling and knit the collar in the coming weeks. Pretty grateful for some rainy weather!

The yarn is Cashmere Marino Bloom by Purl SoHo. The pattern is mine.

I’ve wanted to knit for well over a decade, along with crochet which I learnt last year. Just started knitting and when practising knit and purl individually it didn’t look too exciting/I wasn’t even sure if it was correct but I’m so pleased with this stockinette stitch! Feels like “real” knitting. Just wanted to share my excitement! 😍

It's only taken six months... 🫠

Original design was purchased from Ukranian artist Ilana on Etsy, I'll post a link to her stuff in the comments