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My attempts at Crochet and Knitting

[farm-paws]

HE’S GAY AND FRIENDLY!

From: ‘Home-made Toys’ The Australian Women’s Weekly, 1960s approx.

[farm-paws]

For you @appenzellerlouis

[herbcitty]

DO MAKE HIM-HE'S GAY AND FRIENDLY!

• This knitted elephant with his bright red saddle-cloth will bring long-lasting joy to a kiddie. Easy to make too. Just follow directions to success.

Materials required: 3 skeins Sun-Glo shrinkproof or Sunbeam super 3-ply fingering wool, shade No. 347 (grey); 1 skein shade No. 2138 (red), and a small quantity of yellow and white wol; 1 pair No. 11 needles; 1 crochet hook; 2 black shoe buttons.

Using double wool throughout, cast on 16 sts. K 2 rows (working into back of sts. on the lst row).

3rd Row: K twice into lst st., k to end.

4th Row: Cast on 21 sts., for hind leg, k to end (38 sts.).

5th Row: K twice into 1st st., k to end.

6th Row: K. Repeat 5th and 6th rows 5 more times (44 sts.). K 5 rows.

22nd Row: Cast off 19 sts., k to end.

23rd Row: K.

24th Row: K 2 tog., k to end. K 26 rows.

51st Row: K twice into last st. of row.

52nd Row: K.

53rd Row: K twice into 1st st. (neck edge), k to end.

54th Row: Cast on 19 sts. for foreleg, k to end.

55th Row: K twice into 1st st., k to end.

56th Row: K. Repeat 55th and 56th rows 7 more times (53 sts).

71st Row: K twice into lst st., k to end.

72nd Row: Cast off 24 sts., k to end (30 sts.).

73rd Row: K to last 2 sts., k 2 tog.

74th Row: K. Repeat 73rd and 74th rows twice (27sts.).

79th Row: K to last 2 sts., k 2 tog. Repeat 79th row 3 times (23 sts.). K 4 rows.

87th Row: K 2 tog., k to last st., k twice into last st.

88th Row: K. Repeat 87th and 88th rows twice.

93rd Row: K 2 tog., k to end.

94th Row: Cast on 20 sts., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog. (41 sts.).

95th Row: (R 2 tog.) twice, k to end (39 sts.).

96th Row: K to last 4 sts. (k 2 tog.) twice. Repeat 95th and 96th rows 4 more times (21 sts.). Cast off. Work another piec the same way.

THE UNDERBODY AND INSIDE OF LEGS

Cast on 3 sts. and k into back of sts.

2nd Row: K twice into 1st st., k to last st., k twice into last st.

3rd Row: K. Repeat last 2 rows twice (9 sts.).

8th Row: Cast on 21 sts. for hind leg, k to end. Repeat last row. K 16 rows.

26th Row: Cast off 19 sts., k to end (32 sts.). Repeat 26th row (13 sts).

28th Row: K 2 tog., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog. K 25 rows.

54 Row: K twice into Ist st., k to last st., k twice into last st.

55th Row: K.

56th Row: Cast on 19 sts. for foreleg, k to end. Repeat 56th row. K 16 rows.

74th Row: Cast off 24 sts., k to end (27 sts.). Repeat 74th row (3 sts.).

76th Row: K twice into 1st and last sts. K 5 rows.

82nd Row: K 2 tog., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog. Cast off.

FOOT-PADS

Cast on 4 sts., k into back of sts.

2nd Row: K twice into 1st st., k to last st., k twice into last st.

3rd Row: K. Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows. K 4 rows.

10th Row: K 2 tog., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog.

11th Row: K. Repeat 10th and 11th rows (4 sts.). Cast off. Make 3 more pieces the same.

EARS

Cast on 4 sts., k into back of sts.

2nd Row: K twice, into 1st st., k to last st., k twice. into last st. K 3 rows. Repeat last 4 rows (8 sts.).

10th Row: K twice into 1st st., k to last st., k twice into last st.

11th Row: K. Repeat 10th and 1lth rows 4 times (18 sts.). K 14 rows.

34th Row: K 2 tog., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog.

35th Row: K. Repeat 34th and 35th rows twice.

40th Row: K 5, k. 2 tog., k 5.

41st Row: K

42nd Row: K 4, k 2 tog., k 5. K 1 row. Cast off. Make another ear the same.

TAIL

Cast on 3 sts. K lst row into back of sts.

2nd Row: K twice into 1st and last sts.

3rd Row: K. Repeat last 2 rows twice. K 6 rows.

14th Row: K 2 tog., k to last 2 sts., k 2 tog. K 7 rows. Repeat the last 8 rows. K 8 rows. Cast off.

SADDLE-CLOTH

Using red wool, cast on 20 sts. Work 60 rows st.-st. Cast off 7 sts. at the beginning of the next 2 rows. K 40 rows or enough to go round body on these 6 sts. Cast off.

Join to opposite side of saddle-cloth.

Using yellow wool, work 1 row of d.c. round saddle-cloth, working 3 times into each corner st. to keep work flat.

TUSKS

Using white wool, crochet 11 chain. Miss the 1st chain and work 1 d.c. into each of next 5 chain, then sl.-stitch along the remaining 5 ch. Fasten off.

Make another tusk the same way.

TO MAKE UP

Sew the 2 pieces of body together from neck to end of back, press this seam and the rest of the knitting.

Sew from the throat along the trunk over the head to the neck. Sew in the under-body and foot-pads. Stufi well with any suitable material, stuffing the legs, head, and trunk well to make a good shape. Sew up back opening. Sew along the seam of tail and stuff lightly.

Sew the ears in position, and sew on buttons for eyes.

Sew on tusks, placing the broad part of the face and stitch the narrow end to the trunk. Sew on saddle-cloth.

The Australian Women's Weekly Toy Book

[knithacker]

Knit a Mother Goose Amigurumi Designed By The Amazing Amy Gaines: 👉 https://tidd.ly/3fO08QB 🧶❤️

[pilicanini]

Does anybody use any good apps or websites for their knitting?

I use Knitting Genius and can't recommend it enough.

Handy tools, some tutorials.... I haven't used the community admittedly. But its great for storing patterns and you can count rows and highlight and annotate the pattern. You can even drag it directly from a website and PDF it. I use the paid version but its about £5 a year and worth it. They're also really nice if you need help.

Websites I use are Ravelry and Lovecrafts and I buy lots of patterns from Etsy.

Do you guys have anything you use or recommend?

[knithacker]

To all the knitters who felt a disturbance in the force today … this is the culprit, no doubt. Google, pls consult an expert in the future. 🙄

[unraveledandfrayed]

ITS DONE!!!

Blocked and all ends are woven in! If only it was cold enough to wear this sweater

I really love this sweater, its one of my favorite knits of all time.

Pattern: Antique filigree sweater by unwind knitting

[officialbabayaga]

i just invented a cathedral rose window granny square pattern and i feel insane now

[officialbabayaga]

Not me writing up an entire granny square pattern instead of studying :)

I hope it makes sense, and other people enjoy!

People who requested the pattern tagged under the cut:

@plumberrypudding @g-ri @boyslit @squisnaynay @pyxxie-nyxxie @kiieyla @clairvoylance @hpysprkl-regurgitates @cloudyhall @hobbittastic

[knithacker]

Crafting Cute: Dachshund Scarves in Knit & Crochet from Devout Hands Studio 🐶

Knit version: 👉 https://tidd.ly/3YM1fr8

Crochet version: 👉 https://tidd.ly/4ehtYIS

[pilicanini]

I have a lot of my grandma's old knitting patterns and the majority are in old mags and so on.....

[knithacker]

More Pocket Pals Patterns For Knitters ... Doggies, Bears, Chickens, Owls, Dinos and More! 👉 https://tinyurl.com/fv9kmw5r - this is the ultimate round-up! Dozens of patterns from designers you love ...

[jeena-says-hi]

Ok but imagine Hannibal wearing this when he shows up to the latest murder

[hhh4]

[justangrymacaroni]

knitting tutorial made by a twenty-something knitting influencer: 18 min long, 12 of those minutes being the intro and a sponsor plug, they show the first few steps of the tutorial at the slowest speed known to man, they show the most important steps at a neck-break speed, they stop every five seconds to talk about what they just did, 40,000 comments filled with questions ranging from insightful to “how do i knit”, filmed with a camera that costs more than a car, the tutorial is incorrect.

knitting tutorial made by a seventy-something grandmother: two min long, filmed 17 years ago, shows you what you want with the skilled patient hands of a beloved deity, made with the world’s shittiest camera, the best video on the fucking internet, four comments and 30 views, you lose the video and never find it again.

[justangrymacaroni]

two things i’m noticing in the notes:

1. every artist/crafter/cook agreeing that influencers in their communities also pull shit like this

2. ppl shouting out their fav old lady tutorials and being like “i would die for u diane”

[pilicanini]

Knitted my very first sleeved thing!

Marianna's Lazy Daisy Days top down cardigan.

It's a free pattern and very easy to follow.

[milfsisyphus]

once you let yarn into your house it’s over. it’s like sand there will just always be be more. “oh i’ll just make something with all the scraps” - congratulations you just entered the time loop idiot.

[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[cheskamouse]

This is a powerful positive message..

[pluckyredhead]

I’m literally reading a book right now (Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski) that says this is scientifically sound.

There have been studies done on rats and dogs where they develop learned helplessness in the animals by giving them impossible tasks. Eventually the animals stop trying, even when the task stops being impossible. (I.e. put a rat in a maze with cheese it can’t get to until it develops learned helplessness, then put the cheese somewhere it can get to it and it won’t even try.) But once they show the animals they CAN do something - i.e. physically moving the rat to the cheese - the learned helplessness goes away.

No one can move you to your cheese for you, but the book says DOING something - which they define as “anything that isn’t nothing” can help. Make a food. Work in the garden. Clean a thing. Do a favor for a friend. Call your elected officials.

Knit a sock.

If you feel overwhelmed by existential despair, do something. It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be anything that isn’t nothing.

[nunchler]

every time i see trad gender roles people being weird about fibercraft i wanna tell them

-medieval and early modern knitting guilds were full of men learning and perfecting fancy knitting techniques to impress rich clients

-in cold, wet climates like the scottish highlands knitting was done by the whole family, in fact it was the perfect activity to do while a man was out on a fishing boat or in the pasture with his sheep and cattle

-men who were away from women for a long time had to know how to knit and sew at least well enough to mend their own clothes. soldiers knitted. sailors knitted. cowboys and frontiersmen knitted. vikings probably knitted (actually they would have been doing a kind of proto knitting called nalbinding, but that's beside the point). all those guys the far right love to treat as ultra masculine heroes were sitting around their barracks and campfires at night darning their socks and knitting themselves little hats

[asparklethatisblue]

Embroidered greeting cards from World War soldiers were extremely common. To the point where you can find them in most vintage shops in Britain. Look, that’s something a man did for his son.

not sure you can get more “trad gender roles” than being a world war 1 soldier on the front

[chrono-phage]