september 28, 2023 / washington, d.c.

while at the atlantic festival, karlie kloss wore:

— The Row’s “Sibem wool and cashmere-blend sweater in Navy” - $890

— Prada’s “Embroidered organza midi-skirt” from the runway

she also wore a Cartier ring, Prada heels, and carried a Prada purse

New project!!!

A sweater for niece with some pink hearts (the pink is hand dyed, I wanted to go for a soft pastel pink, with confetti like other Coors (blue, gry, violet) but moved the yarn way to much 😅)

Here is the free pattern:

Backstage at Mitch's New York show, Harry was pictured wearing The Row 'Benji' sweater. Photo via mitchrowland.

The Row Benji Sweater ($1,950) worn with Adidas sneakers

my fellow knitters. you will understand my pain. please, light candles in my honour and pray to whatever gods will have you

i have to knit 1.5 full sweater sleeves in the next 36 hours

The Swatchening has begun. It's funny that you can visibly see me getting better at knitting cables from the first cable swatch I knit (top left) to the one I just finished this morning (bottom right).

This acrylic yarn isn't the best for really dramatic cables like the top left one (the Nautical Twisted-Rope Cable from "A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns" by Barbara G. Walker, pg. 181) but looks quite good in the bottom right pattern (Telescope Lattice from the same book, pg. 201).

What's really interesting is the difference in gauge of these swatches. The Nautical Twisted-Rope Cable is 49 stitches but about as wide as the stockinette swatch directly below it which is only 30 stitches wide. The actual gauge for the Nautical Twisted-Rope Cable is about 7 stitches to an inch, the stockinette and double seed stitch cables are 5 stitches to an inch, and the Telescope Lattice is closer to 6 stitches to an inch. Note that these are all unblocked gauges but I don't expect this acrylic yarn to change significantly unless I heat block it which I cannot do right now.

I think I'm going to swatch the main front cable/ribbing together and if that goes well, I'll knit a whole front panel of the cardigan using 6st/inch stitch count. I should also come up with a plan for the sleeves... That's a problem for future me.

1-800-RU-swatching, front & back -- my knitting swatches were turning into a jumbly mess, so I decided to make them start earning their keep & sewed them all together. Now I need to make a few more to expand this to full blanket size & figure out a way to subdue all those rambunctious ends. (Shoutout to the magnificent Jamieson's of Shetland & their unparalleled color palette -- it's the only yarn I use. If you're looking for a grippy, non-superwash wool that blooms gorgeously when blocked, this is the yarn you want.)

Apropos mood for today 🌲✨

Damon sweater, day 2

Come knit a row with me. Someone in the discord asked me how fast I knit. The answer is this fast. In 5x speed. Except for the part where, after I found a dropped stitch and picked it up, proceeded to immediately drop ANOTHER STITCH.

Knitting is so fun, ya'll. So zen. Not at all frustrating.

So, more short-row research for an upcoming design lead me down a wonderful research jaunt:

I wanted to avoid the stair-step bind off on sweater shoulders, and leave the stitches live so I could do a three-needle bind off.

So, first, a tutorial on how to work shoulder seams using short-rows, from TECHknitting:

(the same works for neck lines, or anywhere where there's multiple sets of bound off stitches!)

Then, I had to remind myself how German Short Rows work, thanks to Tin Can Knits:

I find that German Short Rows are much easier to work in a knit and purl pattern - trying to keep wrap and turn short rows in pattern can get fiddly!

The Row Ennis Top en laine

https://lovefrenchisbetter.wordpress.com/2022/11/21/a-jumper-review/

I’m not avoiding my 3 spinning and 4 knitting projects!!! I’m not!!!

This is definitely the most short rows I've ever knit for a sweater,, my left wrist is dying

my shitty mac sounds like its going to take off

sometimes what seems like a good idea is actually a very stupid idea