playing with yarn and pop culture

Side blog for inspiration and updates because knitting is basically magic!

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Beverly's Sweater: Making of...

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In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal and punishable by law to wear, make, or distribute.

pattern by Yarn_Cult

Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN

In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country

All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the LynLake community of businesses who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.

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Christmas at Hogwarts with Worf

pattern by: knitosophy

yarn by: misfit yarns

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Hey Library Kids & Book Lovers, This Knit Vest Pattern Is For You - It's A Borrowing Card! 👉 https://tidd.ly/4fIdLOv - designed by Jennifer Peacock of Pretty Grandpa and would make a perfect gift for the Gen-Xer on your list! 📚❤️🧶

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🧶 Cow hitch increase

Unlike all other single-stitch increases I know, this one is perfectly symmetrical. I’ve been seeing it a lot in my feed lately, so I thought I’d share it. Haven’t tried it yet in a project though.

It mimics the structure of a cow hitch knot - hence the name.

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How to make increases

Depending on what you are making, you may need to increase the number of stitches on your needles. There is a number of ways to do this. For

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Sometimes called a hitch knot increase, but I prefer cow hitch increase, because then I can abbreviate it as "cow" in my patterns. :)

I have also seen this done by knitting that stitch long* on the previous round. I have tried it both ways and as far as I remember the results don't look different, but the extra yarn keeps the stitches from feeling too tight on the needle after the increase.

*I.e. wrapping the yarn twice instead of once.

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The New Knitting Stitch Library (1992) by Lesley Stanfield

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New Sweater goal: Ripley’s Game

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progress update: holiday tree sweater

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I want halloween sugar cookie hot pads!

🧶🎃👻

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update- 1st Draft:

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Done! they are finished!

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Big thank you to everyone who supported this idea! ❤️

The patterns on my Etsy shop.

https://nerdiepurl.etsy.com/listing/4336583016

There’s Christmas trees and snowmen too!

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✨💗💙💫⚕️

Finished!

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when i look up a knitting term, the last thing I want is an ai overview. I want a 60+ year old woman with no understanding of lighting or helpful camera angles who still manages to give the most concise and clear explanation of how to execute purl 2tog through the backloop. ai summary fuck off, where is phyllis?

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Dr Crusher sweater nearly complete.

Just needs a little length, sleeved and neckline finished (note: stitch-holders are macarons).

She’s beauty and she’s grace

She works in outer space

💗✨⚕️💫💙👩‍⚕️🪐

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Dr Crusher sweater update ✨💕💫💙⚕️

Perfection

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Dr Crusher sweater redo - ✨👩‍⚕️💫💙💕

They may seem similar but one is clearly better!! Working sleeves in tandem, to avoid second sleeve syndrome.

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Dr Crusher sweater redo - ✨👩‍⚕️⚕️💫💙💕

frogged and restarted

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Dr Crusher sweater 💕💙⚕️💫✨

Not loving the changes in coloring between the main and lower body and the sleeves - should I start over and lead with the different dye pattern?