a knitter's refuge

Mostly posting about my crafting endeavours and my adventures through literature. Enjoy a motley collection of relevant posts.

[brittlikestoknit]

haven’t been working on socks lately but recently got back to it and picked this pair! all done now!!!

pattern: i ain’t afraid of no ghosts by stone knits.

pattern changes: shortened leg, used shadow wrap short row heel.

[akajustmerry]

anyways, I'm still so angry over that Deadline article about Disney nuking Ncuti Gatwa's era of Doctor Who because of "woke" (not even kidding), because they received "overwhelming" feedback that the show was "too woke" for international audiences. It will never not piss me the fuck off how woke was/is literally aave for being politically aware that's been so co-opted by white establishment conservatives that this bastardised co-opted colonised concept of "woke" is now weaponised against Black people, people of colour and other marginalised people to justify casting us down and out. A literal fuckinf alien was played by a Black gay actor and old white people lost their shit and now a 60 yr old show is basically dead because some white people hated they weren't being directly pandered to. I'm never not gonna be pissed the fuck OFF

[akajustmerry]

Hey, people in the comments who said I was wrong about the show being dead because I could see the writing on the wall months ago....well, now there's the official announcement. I really hope that no one ever forgets that Doctor Who was cancelled because of anti-Blackness, racism, and corporate greed.

[knitting-ace]

Welcome to my sweater era

[watertowercraftco]

First sock done, time to start the second

[thirrith]

trans flag colours in my fair isle colourwork

[peachypnk]

Frog socks frog socks!! 💖🐸

[gentle-stitches]

Current wip is another pair of stripey socks with thrifted yarn. I wasn't sure about the colors in ball form but I'm loving how it's working up!

[iamasalmon]

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

[blackmagichacker]

Oh hoho what is this?

A almost complete sweater is what! Happy WIP Wednesday!

(Ft. My lovely wife as a model ♡)

[fangorn-forest]

summer sufferers poll: would you rather have…

the ability to repel all bugs so they can’t touch/bite/sting you

the ability to always be at a comfortable temperature while outside

no chafing ever again

Voting ended onJun 9

[lastoneout]

The bugs one bcs I'm immune compromised and bugs carry diseases 👍

[stclements]

[tj-crochets]

I have to take some vacation days before I lose PTO hours, so today I am finally finishing up some WIPs and packaging things to mail them! I think it’s a first vacation day in a long time well spent lol

[tj-crochets]

The quilt is finished!!

[arnaerr]

Didn't crochet much lately bc my life has been too hectic, but trying to get back into it. Tho the majority of my current projects are too complex for my tired brain rn (cardigans & jackets I'm almost done with but they require a lot of counting), I decided to finish these squares for a bag bc I can do these mindlessly :)

[classicalsongbirdknits]

There’s nothing worse than purchasing a pattern and yarn and sitting down to knit something, only to discover that the design is full of techniques you don’t know how to do. Evaluating patterns for their difficulty level is a useful skill to develop in your knitting journey. Over time, you’ll get better at it, but here are a few tips for how to start to give you some guidance.

For more details, tips, and tricks, check out the full post on my blog.

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Find Knitting Patterns for Your Level

01 - techniques in the pattern listing: Designers will often have an overview of the skills you’ll need to knit a pattern in the pattern listing. This gives an overview of any more advanced techniques involved in the pattern. If you’re on Ravelry, designers can also choose tags for the characteristics of the pattern.

02 - designer or knitter ratings: Sometimes, the platform you’re shopping on will have their patterns listed by rating. LoveCrafts sorts patterns into beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Ravelry has a scale from 1-10 (1 being easy, 10 being impossible). You can either filter when you search, or find it on the right hand side in the “About this pattern” box.

03 - pictures of the sample: A good set of photos will not only look pretty, but also show multiple angles. You’ll have to be a bit of a detective and scroll through the photos and take your best guess at what’s involved. The stitch pattern is usually the easier bit (cables look like cables, lace looks like lace), so you mostly need to concern yourself with construction.

04 - pattern abbreviation list: If you’ve already bought the pattern, or you’re looking at a library book or a free pattern, check the abbreviations list. Abbreviations, usually listed at the beginning of the pattern with other specs, list out the abbreviations you can expect in the pattern and what they mean in plain English, and can give you an overview of what skills you’ll need.

[choppedwerewolfengineer]

nancy drew and the case of the color work sweater🔍…(Read More)

[gweu]

made some runescape godsword socks! tried a new colourwork method - ladderback jacquard - which i was always super intimidated by, but honestly it was a great time knitting it up and i love the result! so surprised the dark yarn floats are completely hidden behind the work (you can see where i ended a couple ladders but overall i'm very happy)

[only-cat-memes]