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(bad stitches do it well) | professional tailor & recreational knitter | "what's the pattern?" all personal projects have the pattern name (as they're named on ravelry) in the tags of each post for you to click through ✌️ | personal: @sassymccoy / ravelry: knitkitsch / instagram: knittystitch / tiktok: headstitchincharge |

[danskjavlarna]

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Loops are interlocking: vintage knitting and yarn imagery.

[xxemo-hubrisxx]

why your sewing machine is acting up: - tension is wrong - wrong needle size - thread bit stuck somewhere - tension again - needs a deep clean and oiling - you said something and now its offended and refusing to cooperate until you realize your error and beg forgiveness

[taavicleric]

why your serger is acting up:

-it can sense hubris

[littlebosslady7]

Your serger can also sense fear.

[seljepw]

And they can both smell a deadline a mile away.

[only-cat-memes]

[chekhovs-raygun]

HEY I BET YOU WANT A

Clown Possum Crochet Pattern — Nichet Crochet

The OFFICIAL Clown Opossum Crochet Pattern by Nichet Crochet

you want a clown possum crochet pattern. reblog.

[starlit-meadow]

[tryclops]

The Modern Trap of Feeling Obligated to Turn Hobbies Into Hustles

Not everyone is required to take the things they love and monetize them, transforming them from private passions to unwanted hustles.

[sunreon]

uuuuuuuugh i have no idea what i want to make.

HELP ME KNITBLR. YOU’RE MY ONLY HOPE.

throw really cool super complicated knitting patterns at me, please. good shit good shit. no like…. sweaters though. or pants. whatever the coolest looking difficult shit is lurking in your queue or your favorites.

[sunreon]

@ladytemeraire

👀

get over here pally.

[ladytemeraire]

Oh snap, lemme go through my Rav queue and faves and see what I can find for you. (No sweaters might be tricky but I’ll do my best!)

[ladytemeraire]

*cracks knuckles* ALRIGHT LET’S DO THIS. One list of fiddly stuff, coming right up. All of these are pulled from my faves and link to Ravelry. Tagging @sunreon just in case this doesn’t show up in your replies for some reason.

SHAWLS

Castiel - half-circle, lace, cables

Dickens Victorian Christmas - half-circle, HUGE, lace

Mystic Supernova - full circle, HUGE, lace (I have a ton of full circle shawls/doilies in my faves, HMU if you want more recs)

irtfa’a - half-circle, faroese lace

Rowena - half-circle, cables, lace

Gardens of Giverny - crescent, short rows and lace

Soli Deo Gloria - half-circle, lace, beads (optional), droooooool

Maris Stellis - half-circle, lace, beads. The designer has a whole whack of shawl patterns, go check them all out.

Scivias - half-circle, colorwork

The Swan Princess - half-circle, lace, HUGE, beads. This one technically has a crochet edging but you may be able to get away without it.

Fionan Fey - half-circle, brioche colorwork, lace, definitely not for the faint of heart

Twinity - crescent, lace, inspired by a Niebling doily so it’s a ride. This designer also has a lot of shawl patterns.

Lindisfarne - rectangular wrap, two-color cables and stripe colorwork, Celtic knotwork. I am an enormous fan of everything Lucy Hague does with cables.

Fox Paws - rectangular wrap, could be a scarf, SUPER trippy stripe motif with stacked stitches

Peony/Pfingstrose - half-circle, another Niebling inspired one. More from the designer.

Bonnie’s Wish - half-circle, cables, more Celtic motifs

Biellese - half-circle more slipped-stitch stripey colorwork

Sari - rectangular wrap, stunning colorwork and lace patterns that mimic Indian embroidery

SOCKS

Elina - Colorwork, two-color cables

Heiroglyphic socks - stranded colorwork

Study in Slip - colorwork (mostly stripes) and a whole whack of slipped stitches)

See You Later - elongated/slipped stitches. I’m making them right now and the stitch pattern is a trip.

Expecto Draconum - stranded colorwork and teeny cables, also CHECK OUT THAT RAINBOW AND BLACK VERSION HOT DAMN

Gothic Arches - Twisted stitches/cables, beads

Butterblumchen - small cables and twisted/elongated stitches in a floral pattern.

Gansey One - lots of gansey-like texture patterns.

Finn-ish socks - Rovaniemi-style colorwork

Coffee Cantata - approximately one million fiddly little cables and twisted stitches

Echoes from Karelia - ALL THE COLORWORK and also some cables

Valkyries - Stranded colorwork

Twisty Passages - More colorwork, this time with Roositud inlay

Grun ist die Hoffnung - the fiddly part is in the construction.

A Beautiful Necessity - Tiny little cables with embroidery

MITTS AND GLOVES

Toketee - tiny little twisted-stitch cables and ribbing

Rosy Mittens - some pretty non-geometric stranded colorwork

Entangled Stitches - gloves with twisted stitches. Also check out the designer’s other work.

Translated - fingerless gloves with tiny twisted stitches and a textured palm

Gansey Wristers - fingerless, some lovely textural goodness

Pieces of Eight - fingerless, trippy construction (don’t let the garter stitch fool you). The designer has a ton of variants on this pattern.

Fightin’ Words - fingerless, stranded colorwork, something a little more lighthearted

OTHER

Here We Gnome Again - delightfully fiddly little gnome pattern

Celtic Dragon Scarf - doubleknit colorwork with dragons and Celtic motifs

Actually while I’m at it check out literally everything in Tania Richter’s Ravelry Store, her doubleknit designs are to die for

Weighted Companion Cube - because everybody needs one

Dragon Curve Fractal Scarf - doubleknit and fractals, yes please

Constellate - beanie hat with a pretty stitch pattern

A PokeHat - stranded colorwork beanie

Double Mustard - Reversible cabled scarf, with two different cable patterns

Brain Frieze - Cowl, slipped and mosaic stitches for an insanely detailed colorwork pattern.

Aurora Borealis - scarf, more stacked stitches in the vein of Fox Paws. This designer is also incredibly prolific, holy cats.

Yavie - doubleknit lace scarf

EXTERMIKNIT! - a Dalek to accompany your companion cube. I’ve made this as well, though I subbed pony beads for the bobbles because screw bobbles.

Ilkeley Moor - Beret/tam with tiny twisted-stitch cables.

Eomer shield tam - cables, HOPE YOU LIKE COLORWORK

The Knitting Octopus - for when your project needs to be a bit meta.

Okay cutting myself off because this is getting out of hand. Hopefully this gives you something to start with!

[stitch-please]

Bless you ladytem. I might add to this later myself…

[knittystitch]

Autumn Leaves Linier Top

Knit with Heathered Yarn Company sock weight in the color Come Into My Sleep

[tam--lin]

Everyone needs three hobbies: one to give you carpel tunnel, one to leave you sore and bruised, and one for your distant relatives to insist you monetize

[mydonkeyfeet]

I forget if I showed the beautiful Tyrian purple that they made in the synthesis chemistry lab that I collaborated with at the art museum. They’ve been synthesizing mostly blue pigments and dyes from throughout history. This was my first time seeing Tyrian purple in person and I was so excited!

Historically it was made from murex snails and was hugely expensive and used by royalty, but chemically it’s similar to indigo so the class was able to create it in the lab without snails.

[stitchposts]

what is your LEAST favorite stitch?

I don't like counted work at fucking all. So: the cross stitch.

[rabbitindisguise]

reading this as someone who does cross stitch but is scared of the other kinds of embroidery is like overhearing an incredibly tall and buff person say they have beef with Mr. Tom, the kitten that chills at the bookstore

[stitchposts]

FUCK Mr. Tom and his stupid little fluffy tail ok. And his little charted designs.

[the-dragongirl]

Okay, but this neglects the true villain of embroidery stitches: the French knot

[stitchposts]

Don't you dare malign my girl again

[im-a-dream-wizard]

Ok the french knot is very useful but it is a BITCH to do it consistently

[stitchposts]

[ao3-anonymous]

We talk about how this website’s hate mail game is insane, but this might just be a new level

[ansitru]

I'm just saying, we could settle this with swords, instead of 30+ emails. 🤺

[knittystitch]

WIP

[ashlgcostumes]

Truly I hate to do this to you all but; you can watch all the videos and read all the blogs in the world but you cannot learn to sew without at some point picking up a piece of fabric and fucking it up. No tutorial exists that will stop you at some point ruining this poor piece of cloth. The visceral act of holding a project and wondering where you went wrong is the only way to learn sewing; you cannot escape it. I’m sorry

[macbethheadband]

I can tell youre knitting with no love in your heart i can see the hateful intentions in every stitch.

[macbethheadband]

[allatariel]

[knittystitch]

Hearts of Pride Cowl

Fully intended to be customized to suit your specific pride flag needs, this cowl is a quick knit that uses basic stranded colorwork in a cozy worsted weight.  Happy pride month, everyone!

Available as a free pattern on Ravelry!

[knittystitch]

Happy pride, babes!

[knittystitch]

I have not posted in forever, but here is my current project I just started (called the Autumn Leaves Linier Top, by Sian Price-White)