Since there have been problems with Ravelry accessibility I decided to duplicate important information about my knitting projects. I will gradually do it starting with recent test knits.
I will tag every post with the appropriate hashtag (which is in use on IG) + #ravelry, so you can easily find the necessary project by using local search in blog system.
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Much like I do with recipes that call for garlic, I do not care how much ribbing a knitting pattern calls for in socks. You measure that shit with your eyeballs, your patience, and your heart.
I just realized that I never did (or didn’t properly tag 🙃) an FO post for my dino baby blanket, but it deserves it! This was also my first steeked project, so that was nerve-wracking af. I will say that I learned since then to use my rotary cutting board between the layers just to give me the added peace of mind to know I’m not cutting into the floats of the other side.
There wasn’t really a pattern for the project, I just googled ‘dinosaur color charts’ and made a few of my own with excel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but special shout out to ChemKnits for the molecular fun! Yarn: 4 balls of Kauni EQ started from different points.
12 frames of animation I made using knitting! I spent a long time on this and I’m so pleased with the results, really looking forward to trying more ‘yarnimation’ in the future. Process video out now too! 🐑
Eight frame dragon gif I made during quarantine. It took a long time to animate, fabricate and assemble this but I’m really happy with how it turned out!
I made a thing!!! Pride shawl took me about a month to knit and I’m super happy with how it came out! Never done lace or beading before this project! Below are some close up pics
i don’t wanna start Discourse on someone else’s post, so i have screenshotted the relevant phrase in order to say: so much Weird And Confusing Vegan Talk makes a lot more sense when you realize people have no goddamn idea where animal fibers come from.
i mean, if you’re such an absolutist that the death of a single insect four days early is unacceptable, of course follow your heart. but like.
bombyx morii moths do not have a life after the cocoon. they don’t have mouths. they mate and then starve to death. maybe they die with a deep sense of satisfaction, i dunno, maybe boiling the cocoon is depriving them of their ultimate life fulfillment, absolutely no one has any idea what moths think. but they are not going to go out and travel the world as beautiful flutter fairies. they’re going to fuck and die. that’s nature, folks.
it does not take thousands upon thousands of dead bugs to make enough silk thread for a kerchief or pair of gloves or whatever. the highest estimate i’ve seen is about 60 cocoons for the type of meter-long scarf you tuck under your coat collar, but that sounds high to me when you do it by weight. a silk scarf that weighs 100 grams is a hefty thing. 100 grams of wool is enough to make a thick pair of socks with enough left over for fingerless gloves, and silk is spun much finer. i would estimate, going by weight, that a meter-long oblong scarf would take more like 30 cocoons.
not 100,000.
the dead bugs aren’t just tossed out, btw. they’re a good source of protein, humans eat them in some places, and in others they’re used as part of animal feed. since they’re raised on mulberry leaves and nothing else, usually indoors, they’re a very clean and safe food source.
i realize this isn’t going to stop people being vegan, and it’s not my intention to anyway. you do you. i just want people to make their choices based on what’s actually happening in reality, not weird guesses or alarmist nonsense. if you’re imagining mountains of dead moths deprived of the best part of their lives, good news, that’s not a thing!
ps shearing doesn’t hurt sheep either. it’s a haircut. it’s exactly the same as what a dog groomer does.
OKAY I need to say this, because I crochet, but 100 grams of wool won’t net you enough for a pair of socks AND fingerless gloves. Your regular skein tends to be 100 grams, and what you can get out of it depends a lot on the type of wool you’re using, whether you’re knitting or crocheting, and what stitch(es) you’re using, but… you’d be lucky to get yourself a whole pair of socks out of a single skein. Maybe you’ll have some scraps. But there’s no way you can get thick wools AND a pair of fingerless gloves out of a single 100-gram skein of yarn.
what are you using, super bulky? i knit a dozen pairs of socks a year out of sock yarn and i always have like a quarter to a third of a skein left over. i’m making a mitered square blanket out of the leftover yarn, i’ve got so much, because nobody needs that many gloves. i’m not talking little footie slips or baby booties or open lace either, these are boot length adult size in sturdy stockinette and ribbing.
i guess… addendum to my post, don’t crochet socks out of silk? it uses too much yarn, knit them instead. :P
2 skeins of Lang Jawoll (100g of wool in total) = high socks with contrast toes and heels, fingerless gloves and leftovers for mitred blanket. All knitted on 2.5-3.5 mm needles
2020’s first christmas gift, the scarf of many neutrals, is complete. i think this calls for some selfish knitting!
pattern: improvised texture and cables
yarn: amano yarns sami, fossil colorway
Pretty simple fingerless mittens with thumb gusset worked in seed stitch pattern.
Under the cut there are instructions how to knit similar mittens. The instructions are written by me, and hadn't been checked for mistakes and typos.
Mittens page on Ravelry.
To fit a middle size hand ~18 cm.
Finished measurements:
Width 8.5 cm / 3.3 in;
Length 16 cm / 6.3 in.
Needles: 2.75 mm / US 2;
Yarn: Knoll Lambswool, 100% merino, 420 m (459 yards) / 100 g
Gauge: 26 stitches and 36 rows = 10 cm / 4″ in Stockinette stitch in the round.
CO 46 sts using Tubular CO method, join knitting in the round, pm for BOR.
Work in 1x1 ribbing for 3 cm / 1 in.
Work in stockinette stitch for 1.5 cm / 0.5 in.
Thumb gusset shaping (in seed stitch).
round 1: k1, m1l, pm, k to BOR;
round 2: k1, p1, slm, k to BOR;
round 3: k1, m1l, k1, m1r, slm, k to BOR;
round 4: k1, k1, p1, k1, slm, k to BOR;
round 5: k1, m1l, WIP to m, m1r, slm, k to BOR;
round 6: k1, WIP to m, slm, k to BOR.
Repeat rounds 5 & 6 until there are 27 sts for thumb (28 sts between BOR and m).
Next round: k1, put the following 27 sts on scrap yarn or holder, remove m, m1, continue working in the round. 47 sts on needles, 27 sts on hold.
Work in stockinette stitch for 2 more rounds.
Next round: k1, ssk, k to BOR.
Continue working in stockinette stitch for another 2.5 cm / 1 in.
Work in 1x1 ribbing for 3 cm / 1 in.
BO all sts using tubular BO method.
Thumb
Put sts from holder onto needles. Starting in the “gap” (where we made m1), pick up and knit 2 sts, WIP all thumb gusset sts, pick up and knit 2 sts, place m for BOR. 31 sts. With these 4 extra sts there won’t be any holes.
Round 1: k2, WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog;
Round 2: ssk, WIP to BOR;
Round 3: WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog;
Round 4: ssk, WIP to BOR;
Round 5: WIP to 2 sts before BOR, k2tog;
22 sts in total.
Work in 1x1 rib pattern for 3 rounds. BO all sts using tubular BO method.
Weave all the ends, wash and block.
Abbreviations:
BOR - beginning of the round;
m - marker;
WIP - work in the pattern;
k2tog - knit 2 sts together;
ssl - slip slip knit;
m1 - make 1 st using backloop method;
m1l - make 1 left leaning;
m1r - make 1 right leaning; pm - place marker.
WIP for seed sts:
knit purl sts and purl knit sts.
