Stiching Around

My knitting obsession, blogified. You can find me on Ravelry here.

[dingdangit]

after 6 weeks and a brief break for some carpal tomfoolery, the Autorefractor sweater i've been envisioning for like a year is DONE!! this is the first time i've made up a colorwork chart from scratch, so i was holding my breath until the very last stitch, but i couldn't be happier 🥹

for the curious: the base sweater stitch counts are from the Olga by petiteknit, with some modifications to allow for knitting flat/double knit hems. large color fields were worked intarsia, with duplicate stitch detailing.

[lengthy-artery]

wool is so good. shoutout to wool

[ohcaptains]

[enyter]

[thirrith]

i finished another fairisle vest! the motifs and colours were picked/designed with input from the recipient

chart i made under the cut!

[magalhaessims]

LOAM & WOOL | Whiskerman's Wharf | 02/08

Tucked away from the wind, this small shop is a refuge of warmth and patience. Soft wool, well-worn patterns, and familiar faces make it a gathering spot for hands that prefer making over talking.

[cecilyacat]

I finished my sweater ❤️❤️❤️ The pattern is Koivua by Caitlin Hunter which I liberally changed: completely different yarn gauge, left out the texture pattern, mirrored the colourwork on the body and sleeves to make it longer, different cuffs and collar, completely altered the fit (from oversized to tight fitting in the body and sleeves that actually fit my arms and aren't 3 sizes too small - a lot of math that actually payed off ❤️)

Blocking did wonders, the back was bunching up weirdly between the yoke and body colourwork but that's completely gone now! The stitches evened out beautifully as well ❤️

Some ✨ aesthetic ✨ detail shots 😊

Overall, I am SO HAPPY with how this turned out! 🥰🥰🥰 I love the colours, I love the fit, the wool is a bit scratchy but I'm not super sensitive to that so it's fine (and maybe wearing it will soften the wool as well). Now please wish me luck that the weather stays cold for a bit so I can still wear it lots before spring comes! 😃

Bonus picture of Tilly literally less than 5 minutes after I laid the sweater down to dry... 🤦‍♀️

[signiorbenedickofpadua]

I'm not a superstitious person, but I firmly believe that you can win yarn/thread chicken through the power of positive thinking, no matter how many times reality has proven otherwise

[nodudeshutup]

aran knitting projects 🧶

[stitchingaroundthebend]

My toxic knitting trait is that I have made a lot of sweaters, and so I have a pretty good idea of how certain types of construction will fit my body, and if I pick up your pattern and it is not the construction I prefer, most of the time I will strip it for parts and bastardize your invention into a frankensweater made the same way as all of my other favorites.

[flintandpyrite]

The quilting survived the washing machine! And the colors didn’t run! I sure am glad I put the color catchers in though bc they came out almost solid red 😰

[xxdrowninglessonsxx]

crochet aquarium

[caffiendtrashbean]

🤯 🧶 🐠

[fibrearts]

Starry Night Microsweater

2022 1.3" x 1.6" ~50,000 stitches, 76 stitches/inch 500+ hours in the making. Over 70 different colors of silk thread including thread combinations

[neyasumistitches]

Made this little fox as a gift 🦊 So many tiny details, but honestly, I really enjoyed stitching it 🍂 Pattern by Stitching Land

[buckets-of-dirt]

Shawls are so deceptive because you knit the first few rows really fast and go "ah yes this'll be a breeze" and then by the end each row takes like 45 minutes. And it gets me every time

[swords-n-spindles]

Waking up my elderly printer to print one single pattern page feels so cruel, but I'm sorry, Grandpa Printer, I need a clear copy of this cable chart. I promise you can go back to sleep afterwards. What do you mean, you're out of black ink, I gave you new black ink in October!

[xxdrowninglessonsxx]

crochet aquarium

[woodelf68]

*Reverses course and scrolls back up* Oh wow.

[in-glasslands]

i want to show off this cosy jumper my mam knitted after not having knitted for 20 years??? She just made this in like 3 weeks?? It’s pure wool???? and now it’s my favourite piece if clothing ever 🥹