Knitting Adventures

Sometimes there is also Crochet! Main blog: @amashelle Banner credit: The Lady of Shalott by William Holeman Hunt Profile Credit: Gather Ye Rosebuds by John William Waterhouse

[amashelle]

Trying to normalize kneedle as the spelling for a knitting needle, ostensibly to differentiate it from other, more poky needles, but mostly because I don’t understand why this isn’t the standard spelling to begin with.

Also, I want to call them k-needles to go with k-nights and their big k-nives.

[amashelleknits]

This is my pinned post mostly so that anyone visiting my blog will know I am spelling it that way deliberately.

[woolwildflower]

Leafling Bandana

Find the pattern here

This designer is delightfully fairycore, and should definitely be checked out for whimsy

[amashelleknits]

My sunflower mat, to go under my desk chair. The edges were supposed to be a little more wavy, but I don’t hate it enough to redo it atm.

[amashelleknits]

Feeling cheeted because the first tutorial I ever saw on making an i-cord used a full set of dpns, with one stitch on each kneedle, and it was so hard that I’ve avoided i-cords for the past decade.

Recently learned the i-cord bind off.

Realized that tutorial from so long ago was a lie wrapped in stupidity.

Long story short, I just made my first i-cord

(It goes all the way around the neckline)

It took like… no time at all? Every time I checked the length I was shocked at how much it had grown. Like… I am actively thinking of more places to use these now and I hate that I was deprived of them for so long.

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

as a crocheter, i don’t think the ferret is ai :]

the stitches in its clothing make too much sense compared to current ai’s crochet-generation quality. plus the image has none of the usual “tells” of ai. probably real!

Also this is a pretty neat way to tell if something AI or not. Eventually once society crumbles we will have crocheters and knitters be the backbones of our society

[amashelleknits]

So my brand of interchangeable knitting needles went out of business a few years back and I’ve been getting by, but I’m down to only one functional cord and two kneedle sizes are unusable now :(

I am looking to start a new set, but I am a little overwhelmed by my choices.

I am pretty indifferent about material (though I prefer Not Plastic); I care more about the colour selection; I like a different colour for each size, or a whole set in a colour I like (blue maybe?).

My previous set had really stiff cords that were prone to breakage, so something more flexible would be nice.

Any recommendations?

[amashelleknits]

After two months, I finally got the pockets done and attached to this dress I finished in Dec 😅

[hypothetipolls]

If you were a natural disaster, what would you be?

Hurricane

Famine

Volcanic Eruption

Landslide

Tsunami

Earthquake

Tornado

Wildfire

Flood

Drought

Epidemic

Other

Voting ended onFeb 13

[amashelleknits]

Some Stitch Patterns to Mimic Chain Mail

Because someone was asking, and this is something of a repeating obsession of mine, I thought I’d compile a few of my learnings.

Garter stich on kneedles that are 2-3 sizes larger than the recommended size for your yarn

Unnamed stash yarn 7wpi on 9mm kneedles

Moss stitch on kneedles that are 2-3 sizes larger than the recommended size for your yarn

7wpi yarn on 8mm kneedlea

Brioche Waffle:

multiple of 2+selvage, setup with 1 row of all purls (ws) r1: k1, k1below r2: p1, p1below

I did a variation of this worked over 4 rows:

1: k1, k1b

2: p1b, p1

3: k1b, k1

4: p1, p1b

My unblocked example:

This untitled slavic stitch (more of a scale mail sort of look, but cool nonetheless):

English: X - Selvage 3V - Pick up 3 strands from slipped stitches on previous rows and ktog with next stitch --- - Purl | - Knit .\ - slip stitch with yarn in front

even rows are worked in k1 p3 to row 8, then p2, k1, *p3, k1* to last two stitches, p2 for rows 10-16 Rows 2-18 form pattern

My unblocked example:

[funstyle]

Saw something magical today. Kid in front of us on our flight (prob 4-5 years old) playing a wordle type game and his two first guesses were MOMMY and DADDY

[amashelleknits]

Does anyone know if there’s a way to check what sizes kneedles you used to make something when you know you didn’t use the pattern rec but can’t remember exactly how much bigger you went?

Do I HAVE to swatch?

[amashelleknits]

Trying to decide:

1. Whether or not I should complete the yoke and, if I do, whether I should do any length of sleeves

2. What to do with the ends of the slip stitch lines which I deliberately left out of the cast off because my brain at the time thought it would look better somehow? I think it wanted to attach little beads or something but I don’t know why I would do that because I’m sure they’d drive me crazy and also eventually break.

To create the scalloped edge, each cable ends with 6 short rows and was bound off in sequence, so I will not be frogging the bind off just to work these single stitches in, but it anyone has any alternatives to sewing each one down, I am open to feedback.

[aistobascistod]

Pick a lock : Lockpick :: Cut a hair : Haircut :: Reuse a chart : Chartreuse

[amashelleknits]

Progress on my Luxe Maxi Dress from Drops design (with modifications to the cables and for pockets, because garments without pockets are a crime)

[amashelleknits]

Happily reporting thar I have finished these damn pockets.

I can’t say I won’t ever use this method again, because I hate myself a little bit and the results look pretty good, but I am heartily relieved to be done with them here.

[amashelleknits]

Weaponizing my frustration with my slowly progressing project by having my computer open in my lap while I knit and telling myself I can’t put it down until I figure out the next sentence.

[amashelleknits]

Progress on my Luxe Maxi Dress from Drops design (with modifications to the cables and for pockets, because garments without pockets are a crime)

[amashelleknits]

Trying to express how much I hate seaming. Like, I’ve knit all these pieces and now I have to sew them together????

I accept that sometimes seams are necessary, but if give the choice I will absolutely adapt a pattern to work it in the round.

[amashelle]

Like, right now, I’ve just come up with the most absurd way to add pockets to this dress I’ working on that involves dpns and crossing strands like you might use in double knitting so that I can knit the pockets and attach them as I go.

There is most certainly an easier way to do this. I expect even straight up double knitting would be easier but I’ve not sone double knitting before and I’m worried about getting the strands mixed up (since they are the same colour) and also messing up the gauge, since it would only be used in these two little patches.