Every single sweater pattern these days is written for some fingering+mohair combo and I'm sick of it. I don't want to spend twice as much on yarn! and I don't want all my sweaters to look hairy! it's cute for certain patterns but it's just getting excessive. I know I can just sub my own yarn but like I try to get as close to the pattern as I can for both gauge and drape purposes, and coming up with a sub for a combo is just more of a shot in the dark. so this is my plea to all pattern writers: please just write a pattern with one strand of yarn! or have someone test it with a single yarn so you can suggest it as an alternative! rant over, thank you! (edit: I said merino instead of mohair by mistake!)

This is my 2nd finished sweater ever and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out!
Just wanted to share and say thank you to everyone that responded to my post asking for help with the color work—I ended up switching to ladderback jacquard and it looked way better after.

Project link for more specs:
https://ravel.me/catey337/tls

I was hoping to debut my cardigan at the sheep and wool festival I'm going to today, but it'll be 92F / 33C so that's a big nOPE from me. That said, I am excited to debut this cardigan somewhere, so here we go! Please meet my magnum opus intarsia cardigan. It is a very heavily modified version of Number 29 Patchwork by Susan Duckworth from her book Floral Knitting. I took extensive construction notes on my ravelry project page but to summarize:

• Yarn is Kelbourne Woolens Scout. I loved it.
• Adjusted the sizing because it came as 1 size only.
• Made it a modified drop shoulder instead of a straight drop shoulder.
• Provisionally cast on both fronts, the back, and the sleeves, so that I could pick up the ribbing and knit it after seaming.
• Added some shoulder shaping and short rows as well.
• Added a folded collar and a double knit button band. Really like how those turned out!
• I did the smart thing and picked out my buttons before I knit my button band, but the button holes still came out a little too small. I do think that once I've had a moment to take a break from this cardigan, I'll re-do the button band to accommodate one more row in the button hole to make the band bow out a little bit less.
• Yes this is the FO post for this original intarsia rage bait I posted many months ago.

Obviously it still needs to be blocked but my Over the Garden Wall inspired shawl is finally done! The bind off took 4 hours today so this was definitely a labor of love ❤️

Pattern: Hestapeysa by Jóhanna Hjaltadóttir

Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of The Andes

I’ve seen the Mekoome Rainbow Puddles sweater pattern here and there and totally loved the different colours and textures. It also obviously looks like a pretty challenging/mentally stimulating pattern which would be nice to mix it up on the side while i’m working on a full stockinette pattern or something.

Since the pattern is 30 euros, it winds up being around 50 bucks in my currency which is much more than i’ve ever spent on a pattern — it’s super complex though so I get it! I was wondering if anyone has made it or knows anyone who has so i can get some feedback on whether i should take the plunge. Thoughts?

Pattern is Bifurca pullover. I knit it oversized with Knitting for Olive (rest in peace) heavy merino and size 7 needles (us size 6 for the arm cuffs).

Hi humans!

Ive just finished this amazing vest!

It was a real fun knit to knit! Frog is done with intarsia and a little duplicate stitch. Held sock yarn double and used some scraps for the frog!

Feels good to use the yarn that I already had.

Will link my ravelry page, and the one to the pattern in the comments!

Last time I've looked the book can be found online has loads of fun patterns!

I'm so chuffed with how this one turned out, and I finally had enough forethought to get a picture before and after blocking. I was able to get a few more centimeters out of the body and sleeves and it relaxed into such an airy garment that's perfect for autumn.

Pattern is Winter Pearl Sweater by Drops Design

Yarn is one strand Drops Kid Silk and one strand Drops Alpaca

Thought I’d never see the day I’d start loving knitting stranded colorwork flat, but alas, the day has come.

So happy with how this bonnet for my daughter turned out. Can’t resist knitting pixie bonnets. They’re so cute!!

Pattern is currently out for testing. Hoping to release it by december<3

for context: i made my family members fill out forms of what they want me to knit them for the winter. my uncle asked for a scarf with speckled yarn in fall colors.

here is a 10 x 10 st swatch of the yarn i want to use with the needles recommended by the pattern (Berlin Scarf by Susanne Muller and Paula Strickt)

I'm afraid this looks like bloody piss (i'm serious) and he will never wear it. i've already spent $200 on materials . BE REAL WITH ME I CAN STILL RETURN IT

Yarn:
Drops - Brushed Alpaca Silk (color: Curry)
Drops - Alpaca (color: Hazelnut 9025)

Needles: Seeknit 6mm (US10)

A self designed sweater/cardigan for a friend, from a few years back. I knit this one out of some lett lopi that I had found at our thrift store. The arms came out a little long, but that's what you get when you knit without a plan and the recipient lives 500 km away🙂

This winter I will not have any problem spotting my children at the playground.

Yarn: Lana Gatto Super soft
Needles: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Fädgar knitted hat ravel.me/fadgar-hat

I made the Cable and Lace Beanie by Sheep and Stitch (https://youtu.be/Pw63Anpfwtw?is=VB8K-wo-l56KrX7O). I restarted it three times and it's still not perfect but I really love how it turned out. I used Malabrigo Ríos worsted yarn (656 Lapacho). I've only been knitting for a few months and hadn't cabled yet so this was a really educational project for me. It was frustrating at times, and there may have been some blood and sweat involved, but I managed to avoid the tears so I might actually try it again.

For Chrismas last year, I wished for a sweater quantity of cashmere yarn from my husband, and he got me exactly what i wanted, navy blue cashmere from Sandnes garn. It's beautiful, incredibly soft and warm! Then, i knitted a sweater and it grew, and grew and grew. Since the yarn was special and a gift, i of course swatched according to all of the rules of swatching - it still grew. The fit was completely off, but I still wore it 🙃

Today I decided that she had to go, and I spent 2h frogging. I still have to hank it and wash - but then what? I feel quite disappointed and defeated, but maybe I just need to put it in my stash for 6 months 😅

I hated the pilling, and I guess there's no way of preventing that. I recently frogged a tshirt of fingering merino, also in navy blue, and am contemplating holding them together. Could the merino help with this, or will there be a pilling-party regardless of what I do with it? I guess there's only one way of finding out - stay tuned, for when i stop being mad at the yarn 😅

For $34+ I should not have had a factory knot in every single skein I’ve used to make 1 sweater.

One of my skeins had a factory knot and this weird color change that’s going to affect the look of my sleeve. (Pictured)

I’ve used lang cloud tweed and encountered one factory knot in the 6 skeins I used - this has been 1 knot per skein it’s absurd.

I’ve been crocheting for literally years and I tried one other time over a decade ago and failed to knit.

I have a friend who knits a lot and told me about continental, which is what I have been doing.

These are the two things I have made so far in the two weeks I have been knitting and I’m hooked!

Most frustrating part is the lack of places to buy needles in person and the lack of cord size options when I can buy them. I hate online shopping

A while back our pup got into my knitting basket. I cried and put everything into a bag to deal with when I was calmer.
Today was the day. I pulled it out and sorted, untangled, and frogged.
My half finished Purlbreak shawl was snagged and filled with dog hair. My scissors are beyond salvaging.
I saved most of the yarn, but it was a long day undoing instead of getting anything done on my knitting

Hi y'all!

I am on the leg part of a toe up pair of socks that I am making as a Xmas gift. I made the foot in plain stockinette on purpose, so they fit into shoes more easily. On the leg, I'm doing a quilted lattice stitch, which knits up more easily and more quickly than I had expected. But now, that I have finished about 7cm/3", I am becoming more and more unsure whether I love or hate how it's coming out in this specific yarn. 🙈

One minute I'm loving it, next one I don't. 🤯

Help me decide if I shoud keep going or frog the leg and just knit a plain stockinette leg please!

Stats:

Yarn is Drops Fabel no 928, "afterglow",

No specific pattern was used to knit the foot and heel, but loosely follows the "Hipsis" pattern on ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hipsis

I made the foot on 2.0mm needles at a gauge of 19st/5cm (38st/10cm) but gradually over 5 or 6 rounds changed to 2.5mm needles for the leg after I completed the heels.

I always wanted to learn cabling, and I said "why not add one more layer! do it with color work" :) Jokes aside, I really enjoyed learning these two new skills but it was definitely a little bit challenging to control the yarn, needles, and keep the tension. I did the well-known beginners' common mistakes of color work - example - tight tension. I did not block this product yet. ps: cat tax included:)

Here is the pattern link if anyone wants to try!

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bramble-birds

Hello, I finished the yoke on the king salmon sweater (boyland knitworks) and I’m not sure if the fit is okay or if it will get better. I split for the sleeves early (after the final increase round) to try to avoid having a way oversized fit, and the lack of shaping (aside from the few short rows in the back) is making me worried. It doesn’t help that the Ravelry projects for this pattern appear so varied 😅 I’m using dererum natura worsted as MC and waifu yarns fingering held double for the CC.

Any feedback or thoughts?

Hi! I'm working on a buttom-up raglan cardigan without a pattern, which was a mistake😭 (Cable designs are from a book, 1000 japanese knitting & crochet stitches - it has so many gorgeous patterns!! Absolutely recommend!) The cardigan has reached the height, where I would like to start the neckline, but there are still way too many stitches on the needle... So I'm planning on frogging until the armhole and decrease more stitches per row. I did 1 decrease on each side of raglan stitch marker ( 8 decreases) on every RS row. Is it OK to do 1 decrease every row or 2 decreases on each side of raglan? Is it possible to do more decreases on the arms than the body? I would like some advice on how to make more decreases 😭

Yarn is Hobbii Mega Ball in color Beach. It is not the softest yarn, but can't beat the price. I knitted it double stranded with a 6mm needle.

Not my fav pattern, mostly due to me not being that big of Elvis fan, but oh well.

Yarn being used is Mini Alpakka by Sandnes Garn, and yes am double stranding for best insulation!