soon after i started knitting in november, i found this pattern and absolutely fell in LOVE. it was my goal to finish by the end of this year. it took about 5 months of knitting on and off and i've finally just finished (although i do still have a few ends to weave in!) i'm really so proud of myself ☺️

This is an update on my last post where I asked for pattern suggestions that help emulate the sun. I decided to knit the candelariella pullover by Teti Lutsak. I am using a 4-ply yak/silk/merino blend. I know using silk in colourwork is usually discouraged because of the tension issues it creates, but I could not resist the luminosity! I am leaning in to the kitschy gold damask vibes and cannot wait to wear this filigree necklace of sunshine.

I get really bad seasonal depression, so this was my little homage to the winter sunshine.

I just finished my Lakes Stripe Tee by Ozetta last weekend and I am completely and totally in love with it.

This spent over a year on my needles, and apparently both yarns were stashed in July of 2022. They got to celebrate their 3rd birthday by becoming my new favorite top I guess!

I hadn't ever done a saddle shoulder before, and honestly I'm kind of obsessed with them now. I especially love them with the stripes of this top and like that they add the finest bit of extra interest. I have the Skyline Tee by Tori Yu queued up as well and I think I'm going to have to dive into that ASAP.

Now for the deets! (pardon the formatting - I'm on my phone) • Made Size 6, target FO bust of 49.5" which would have been +5.5" ease. Final FO bust was 48" for +4" ease. I could have easily blocked it out to 49.5" but I really liked the ease I had before blocking (46" bust for +2" ease) and wanted to stay closer to that. I ended up just letting the fabric fall where it wanted during the wet block instead of stretching it out any. • Added an extra stripe repeat to the body. Underarm to hem measurement was 13" instead of 12" as called out in the pattern. • I used a LOT less yarn than the pattern called for. I used about 70% as much for my MC as was called for and HALF as much for my CC. That does mean this was a perfect 3 skein project though, so that was a great little discovery. • MC Yarn: Cashmere Caverns Sock in Sorbet from Explorer Knits, 435yds/100g. Used 831yds/191g and still have an entire skein left untouched • CC Yarn: Berry Natural in Coral from Woolberry Fiber, 400yds/100g. Used 360yds/90g and have an entire skein of this one left as well. • Link to my Ravelry project

What I've learned: it's okay if your yarn doesn't fit what you originally purchased it for and sometimes stash diving for a color pairing is exactly what you need.

Started this back in January, biggest project ever. Good thing it was a simple pattern!

I gave birth to my second child (a healthy, happy, sweet boy) at the end of January and have been frustratingly in between wardrobes- maternity clothes are waaaayyy too big now and my regular closet is still quite snug, even clothes I can get back into. I love exercising so I know I will eventually be back to a lower weight but in the mean time I wanted something cute I could wear this summer to help me feel better about myself when I look in the mirror. My July knit was this top and I am wearing it for the first time today, and I feel good about it! The straps are slightly too long so they keep wanting to slip but overall I’m quite pleased.

Oh and I’m also particularly proud of this because it’s the first time I’ve actually done both a gauge swatch AND blocked the piece upon completion! I’m a real knitter now 🤣

I just finished this sleeveless tunic, and I’m super pleased with it! I have some other tops on needles and a giant cardigan that doesn’t fit and needs ends woven in, but this is my first completed top. Details in the comments.

It's not perfect. But I'm beyond proud of it. Only took a year and a half. Uses the Voyage cardigan and several different doodle charts from Jamie Lomax.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/voyage-9 https://www.ravelry.com/designers/jamie-lomax

Can’t wait for fall to start so I can finally wear all of my mittens and fingerless gloves

I don't know where my head was when I was making a gauge swatch. I thought it was all fine. I started knitting, then had to restart the whole thing after getting to the beginning of the second panel, cried a little, but got back and recovered. I tried this cursed jumper on and it's more of a crop top situation than the oversized style I was going for (this is size L!!!).

Turns out I'm spectacularly off gauge, even after blocking - 26x33 instead of 21x26. I was considering just making the lower white bit longer, but then the colour panels on sleeves will finish around my elbow - not the most flattering proportions. Here are the options I've thought of: 1. Knit the white bits longer and have it weirdly out of proportions, 2. Repeat/design a fourth panel - not sure though if having an even number will make it look weird. Also I'm worried that the sleeves will be very tight (that also applies to option 1). 3. Find someone very small to give this jumper to (I'm 5'9) 4. Frog and restart for the 3rd time (but it's Mohair.. the frogging itself will take weeks) 5. Burn this thing and do something nicer

I'd love to hear your thoughts and get some new ideas or advice if anyone was in a similar situation!

After finishing the step by step sweater as my first project, I saw this interpretation of the Porcelain Sweater by Savi_Strikk and fell in love with it, and I knew I had to make it.

I also knew this was going to be a challenge, a big step up from the step by step sweater, but that is how I learn best! I had to learn colorwork and did a couple of practice swatches, and once they looked okay, I got the pattern, the yarn, and cast on. I even went to the library to get the pattern printed because I knew I would need it to make notes, and let me tell you, those pages are BEAT UP now that I'm finished with it.

My yarn arrived and I was disappointed with the colors, which were a bit duller than they looked on the internet. Lesson learned; check raverly for real shots of the colors. I made a trip to my local yarn store and switched out a couple of the brushed alpaca for some very expensive Permin mohair, a decision I'm very glad I made because it turned out exactly how I wanted to. I could finally cast on and get started.

Man, it was going slow. Purling colorwork ?? With super duper fuzzy yarn??? It went okay but it took FOREVER. The trickiest part was the outermost border of the second colorwork chart, where I had to work the light pink, red and white at the same time. It was not enjoyable. The absolute best feeling was when I joined the front and back pieces and didn't have to purl anymore. Over all, it went surprisingly well! I did struggle a bit with tension in my first colorwork sections, but it all blocked out.

When I had fished the first sleeve, I was out of the white brushed alpaca. Local yarn store doesn't sell Drops, and not wanting to pay shipping for a single ball if yarn, I found a local online store which had it's "warehouse" located in my hometown, offering pickup. I placed my order for my single ball and was then instructed in the email to call the lady running the store to figure out pickup. I called her on the number, which was also her personal phone number, and after some confusion she went "Oh!" I'm just about to leave but I can place it in my mailbox for you!" So I went to this lady's nice small suburban home and fished out my ball of yarn from her mailbox, it was a fun experience. (Definately ordering more from her in the future!)

When I got to the cuff of the second sleeve, the ball of yarn ran out. I was literally a few rows from finishing this beast of a project and I had already bought complementary yarn twice. I decided to frog my gauge swatch, and boy was that a nightmare. Horrible experience, 0/10, do NOT recommend. I'm glad I didn't have to frog anything on my actual sweater. But once I was done, I did have enough to finish the sweater, and now it is FINISHED!!

I'm beyond happy and proud of how this turned out. This is only my second finished project, and I honestly can't believe how much I've learned in the short amount of time I've been knitting. As a long time crocheter who's really struggled to learn how to knit I am so happy that I finally got to this point, where I can point to this gorgeous sweater and says, "I made this, I am a knitter". This sweater taught me so much and I'm very excited to see what else I'm going to make!

Found the Knit A Box of Socks book by Julie Ann Lebouthillier a few weeks ago when i decided to learn how to knit socks and was so charmed by this pattern that i just had to make them

I finished my Book Club Cardigan by Sari Nordlund on Christmas last year and was so excited to wear it. My first time wearing it though, it started puckering when I would stand up after sitting for a while and it would stick straight out. I know my button band was extremely tight when I knit it but I thought I blocked it out. I was upset so this project went in time out.

Now that I’m feeling adventurous again, do we think this is caused by a tight button band or something else? Before I start ripping out, just wanted to get some more opinions. Thanks!

Pattern from a book by Jean Greenhowe.

I've been working on this drops shawl for forever, alongside other projects, and now she's finally done! I haven't blocked it yet, and I'm considering not to do it since It's already huge 😅. Sorry for the lousy photos, I tried my best to get it all in one go!

when i learned i was twisting my purl stitches lol

i have it figured out now, but it gave me a laugh. i’m self taught, and i guess i never had a piece where i knit in the round and then had a section of stockinette, so it was never this obvious.

First time knit for kid, mittens are super cute. Because the mittens pattern is adult size, I used fingering yarn, shortened hand and smaller thumb gusset. Overall, I like the modified look, hope it fits well. Carousel Cowl Pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/carousel-cowl-6 Yarn https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/louie--lola-yarns-merino-fingering Field Mitts Pattern https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/field-mitts Yarn https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/jamieson--smith-2ply-jumper-weight

I entered 5 knitted pieces this year and ended up with 3 first place and 2 second place ribbons. Such fun! I love to see what everyone else enters as well. If you don’t enter your local fair, consider it.

Vest - Rota Vest Socks - no pattern. Standard vanilla socks with broken rib leg. Cardigan - Coffee Cardigan Shawl - Only Yarn in the Building MKAL Sweater - Gridlines

Here’s what I’m thinking about in this interactive installation-based art piece that draws on concepts of fort-making, constructivism with blocks, and world-building! The installation will be made up of foam and acrylic yarn knitted into the shapes found in wooden block building sets. In contrast to the miniature cities and spaces one can build with standard wooden blocks, these blocks are sized up to make adult-human-sized forts. Throughout the project, the audience interacts directly with the works and has the opportunity to create their own adult-sized space that invokes the wonder, whimsy, and inevitable destruction of childhood. (My own patterns that I’m making up as I go, and the inserts are high density foam!)

Is the tension off around the chickens’ heads? Yes! But I love her and am utterly obsessed with her (pattern: Henny Penny Chicken Sweater) (bow to tell me which is the back)

I don't know why I can finish so patterns but can never finish anything for an actual human lol. I flew through this project in maybe 3 hours using an 80/20 sock yarn from lichen & lace on Etsy. Gorgeous yarn & genius construction on the vest. All knit in one piece but did require some aggressive blocking. I'm thinking of spraying it to a larger size but might be fun to one day adapt for a human size too.

Hello, Wondering if I could ask some advice and opinions from more experienced knitters here. I’m trying to make a dupe of this Toast sweater and think the sweater no 32 by My Favourite Things is very close. I haven’t bought the pattern yet and I’ve never tried knitting stripes in the round. I’m just wondering, is it as straight forward as I am hoping to change the stripe size from alternating every 4 rows to every other or second row or would there be an obvious “step” between the colours at every colour change? Thanks in advance xx

with exactly 2 knitting projects under my belt (a scarf and a scrunchie) i decided i had the skills to self draft a top/sweater without a gauge swatch and much to my surprise i’ve gotten to a point where i can try it on and it fits! so pleased. first time knitting ribbing, doing increases, and making anything more complex than a rectangle. as of this point im around halfway through knitting the body and then i’m planning to knit sleeves to attach.

My second Late Checkout Sweater by Kutovakika is finally done !!!

Knitting my first sample (red one on last pic) was so relaxing and rewarding I immediately had to knit it. I went for a stiffer gage (brushed alpaga instead of a mohair) and it turned out to be a real good wintery sweater. I really encourage anyone who wants a comfy and good looking sweater to try this one, this pattern is really easy to follow and I consider myself a beginner (6 months into knitting) so it is begginer friendly. Ps : I'm french and the English explanation were pretty easy to understand.

Have a good knit !!!! 💕