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Finished the first block for my cardigan! It has a couple of mistakes but that's okay! Overall I'm super happy with it.
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My number one tip for instantaneously improving your knitting game is to wet block your projects. This thing is full of flaws but post wet block once I added the tassels it looks so good. It went from being a lumpy unappealing shape that wasn’t wide enough and hung awkwardly to looking exactly like the sample project on ravelry.
And like, the tassels definitely elevate this scarf but even without them it looked so so so much better post wet block. And it wasn’t even a good wet block! I was lazy and didn’t pin it in place because I wasn’t worried about shaping it and at some point during the night one or more of my cats nested in it and when I checked on it in the morning it had been kicked into a lumpy pile instead of drying flat… and you know what???? It STILL transformed the project.
(More wet block evangelizing under the cut. TL;DR: Wet blocking is good and you should do it. If you can afford it invest in an electric spin dryer.)
I feel like I’ve talked about this more than once but I think it’s because it’s really not obvious how much it changes finished fabric and projects. When you're a new knitter it's easy to work for ages and ages on a big project and then look at your finished result and feel discouraged when compared to the designer's photos because even though you followed the directions exactly it just doesn't look as good, and you assume it's because in some indefinable way the designer is a better knitter than you are. In reality it's often not technical skill! Often the only difference is you didn't wet block and if you did your project would immediately look exactly as good as the photo on the pattern.
I mean, sometimes you maybe actually did something wrong or your yarn choice isn't right for a project but imo if you followed the pattern correctly a LARGE percentage of it is in the finishing techniques.
It also doesn't help that at least in my experience when I was first starting out every time I saw wet blocking mentioned on someone's blog or in a book the author was complaining about it because it's, you know, kind of annoying. And I guess it is but it's fucking worth it.
Also it's 1000% less annoying if you can invest in an electric spin dryer. Most of what makes wet blocking kind of annoying is handling sopping wet fabric and even after you roll stuff in a towel and squeeze as much water out as possible it's still kind of unpleasant and also it can take a long time to dry. An electric spin dryer fixes 90% of that. It's a slightly expensive tool (roughly $150 USD on amazon) but I think it's one more people should know about because it makes wet blocking, and handwashing knits in general, so much easier. Nice for yarn dyeing too.
(Plus once you have one it makes hand washing commercially made clothes not a huge deal? Enzyme based soap + electric dryer basically makes hand washing clothes nearly as easy as a standard washer and dryer, and it'll drastically increase the lifespan of your clothes. Honestly I should probably make an electric spin dryer post at some point. I do not think enough people know about them. Not that I hand wash that much, but some stuff is worth doing.)
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Pride froggy arrived 🏳️🌈
#adventures in knitting#sorry for the background but also not sorry cause I'm lazy#knitting#happy pride 🌈#biseuxal
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THIRD TIMES THE CHARM
#it’s definitely not perfect but considering the pattern was harder than I anticipated AND I had to buy new yarn AND this is attempt THREE…#I’m just glad to be done with it lmao#ktp#adventures in knitting
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It is finished!
I started this sweater last September, and I finally finished it last night!
It is all yarn I got for free (acrylic, I am working my way through my acrylic stash so I can have more of a mix of natural fibers), hence the weird color situation, but it is a free sweater!
I used this pattern: https://www.berroco.com/patterns/andoa
#adventures in knitting#knitting#I have to switch focus to embroidery for Anne Bonny for Convergence
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My fourth sweater, and the first for myself. I absolutely love it! I’ve worn it every single day since I got the buttons sewn on. Carl talked me into the green yarn—I was going to go with gray as the most practical, but I’m glad I listened to him because this color is so gorgeous.
Current project now that this is finished is a sweater for the 13yo, then probably a sweater for the 15yo, but after that I might make myself another in this pattern, this time either in a rich blue or I might get daring and try a red.
#Adventures in knitting#the velvet acorn patterns#memories sweater#hand-knit sweater#getting faster at it as well
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So after many, many years of saying I wanted to learn to knit I finally bought some yarn and decided to take a stab at it.
My first attempt:
I'm trying to decide if any of my poor stuffed animals should have the misfortune of being gifted with this wonky AF excuse for a scarf, but I don't know that I'd inflict it even on a plushie. 😅
Oh well, I have accepted my utter suckitude at knitting thus far and will persevere! 😂🤘
My second attempt:
Was I trying to make a pillow? No, naturally, I was not. xd But what came out of my efforts looked closest to the dimensions of one so I went with it and now I have a wonky little pillow. 😂
At least I can say I struggled a lot less the second time and my stitches were more even overall, so progress! Very gradual progress (even though I officially still suck at knitting lol). *nods*
And now I'm out of yarn so I'll have to wait until I can buy some more before I can get some more practice in. (Not to mention I'd had no clue I would need a tapestry needle so I had to improvise and make one with with a kitchen twist-tie. lol Another thing I'll have to buy now. *sigh*)
I think I was one skein of yarn short to make a square pillow. 🤔 Also, if it had been just one solid colour it would probably look much more uniform. I've yet to figure out how to colour-block successfully and have just been winging it without a pattern, so I guess the unique wonkiness my projects thus far is to be expected. It's okay. Just give me time and I'll figure it out eventually. 😅
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Welcome to 2023 by Frog and Toad
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You got booped by Panini the wanderer frog
He likes you very much and wishes you good booping day
(or only day if you aren't into booping)
He also documented it on his little journal
#Boop#April fools#frog#knitblr#knitting#My non art#My photo#Oc: panini#Described#This little guy and his clothes were bought from local ladies who sell hand knitted stuff!#I don't even know how to knit but admire a lot who does it. Everything is just so cool dhdh#The bag and journal were made by me tho! Recicled unused paper and plastic card holder#The other accessories are bought. Those are part of sylvanian families thingies!#I tagged him as oc but as I don't draw him too much is mostly my favorite little companion when I go out#But as I like him very much he may well become an Oc too#Also he likes adventures
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Doing fibre arts in public is always very funny because no one except other fibre artists ever has any clue what I’m doing. Like, I thought it was common knowledge what knitting and crocheting looks like? But people keep asking me if I’m knitting or crocheting when I’m doing cross stitch or tatting. I don’t expect anyone to know what tatting is or looks like but I did expect them to know it’s not knitting.
#fibre arts#knitting#crochet#tatting#cross stitch#adventures in fibre arts#I don't knit or crochet but I know what they look like
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My knitting project is saved! I went to the yarn store today for help, and it took me and a much more experienced knitter 1.5 hour to fix it, but we did it and now I can continue as normal again.
Onwards I go!
#adventures in knitting#knitblr#it had SO MANY issues aldhskdhskdh#like every 2 stitches I had to hand it back to the other person for her to fix a bunch of stuff#apparently I wrap purl stitches weird#🤷♀️
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From this…
To this…
And now…
(My animals are such good…helpers…)
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Froggy Davide in Milan inspired sweter 😌
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this thing is getting. unwieldy. the pattern outright warns you about how heavy this thing gets if you do it beaded (it’s got something absurd like 5,000 beads on it including those beaded tassels) but i. did not fully appreciate how much 5,000 beads weigh.
#exciting adventures where i am playing both yarn AND bead chicken with this#and the yarn I’m knitting it with is no longer sold#which is sad bc it’s a really lovely silk :((#does always end up looking a bit bridal-y but whatever whatever#me to start off with: oh it’s fine if it looks bridal i’ll just knit another one#me now: I Love This Pattern And Also I’m Burning It When I’m Done#maker knits
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Ford: makes fun of Stan for partaking in old man activities
Also Ford: Partakes in the exact same old man activities
If its not clear, in the first one stan is knitting mabel a sweater and in the second one ford is repairing stans beanie :]
#yea theyre cool and hav sick adventures and all but also theyre literally old geezers who sit around and knit and fish#and i love that for them#gravity falls#stanley pines#stan pines#grunkle stan#stanford pines#ford pines#grunkle ford#sea grunks#stan twins
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x’s and o’s and hearts all around💕
#the adventures of pi & julia#knitting#knitblr#the pattern is love and kisses sweater on ravelry - the first pattern I made that I posted!🥰#mostlycatsmostly#valentines day#💕💕💕#mwah! <3
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