#beginner knitting

[lesbian-fig]

lessons I’ve learned (so far) from knitting my first sweater:

german short rows are actually pretty intuitive and not scary!

most of the skills I need for this top down circular yoke colorwork sweater I have already learned from knitting vanilla socks.

if you hang out with friends and chat while knitting your colorwork chart, you will make mistakes and have to backwards knit for 100 stitches

float tension for stranded colorwork is really important actually, and if you hold your floats too tight and keep them too long, you’ll get puckering!

I need to size up my needles for colorwork portions - my tension is tighter when working a chart.

when you split for sleeves, it feels like the sweater is almost done. it is not almost done.

sweaters are big and heavy to knit on once you’re past the yoke

putting your stitches on hold and trying on the sweater along the way is worth the effort to feel confident in the fit.

[yarn-slutz]

knit scarf

[chanceyknits]

He’s ugly now but not for much longer :p

[carlos-in-glasses]

Tank Top!

My tank top - and not a vest - is complete! And it fits! Behold!:

Knitted flat with a bunch of cotton from Paintbox! It was hard to find a tank top pattern that wasn't in the round, but the Heya tank on Ravelry came through for me! I didn't feel ready to manage the shaping on circular needles, but I'm confident about giving it a go next time. It would be nice to do another summer knit before the season changes, although this small top did take ages due to having limited time. So, I might as well make a start on another jumper. (Or indeed the pumpkin I want to knit for Halloween - I found orangey-brown wool in a charity shop! If all goes well it'll be so cute and I'll improve my 2x2 rib. Hurrah!)

As for this tank top, I found the pattern really easy to follow as a beginner. Issues I had were: 1) Getting my stitches twisted and then being afraid to frog so I carried on, keeping the mistake; 2) Accidentally knitting a purl row when I lost concentration (lol) so I HAD to frog because the mistake was too large, and holy cow was it tense frogging back just one row and trying to get all 88 loops back onto the needle. I managed it but bloody hell; 3) As mentioned above, time. Knitting narrow cotton on 4mm needles took literally a thousand years (six weeks) and at one point it was getting to be quite the snooze. However, once it got to the v-neck and arm hole shaping on the front panel, it became really fun. Overall, it was a good experience and has taught me how to knit a v-neck and shape armholes. If I could go back in time, I'd buy the cotton in just the green shades. Otherwise, I don't think I'd do anything differently - I'd even make the same mistake with the purl row because it taught me how to frog just a small section - and that it would be ok.

I might wear this to work tomorrow with a cardigan on top!

[yarnbound-crabclaw]

Gamers I am proud to announce that I have knitted my first sock

Unfortunately I now have to make the other one um

I did it check reblogs :3

[home-ward]

Sometimes I start projects spontaneously and then just have to muscle through to the end. I began working on this sweater vest while I was traveling in England.

I’ll post the finished product here when I’m done, pattern is by https://www.instagram.com/the.creabea?igsh=MW9oY2NrdXo2ZmxwdA==

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[rindemption]

It may have taken me 6 hours, but I made my first dishcloth 😊

Still messy, still just cheap acrylic yarn I had laying around. But I could tell I was getting a little faster at the end! The pattern I found looks almost exactly like the pattern my great grandma used, too

[thecozycuttlefish]

Make a Knit Stitch Three Ways - English, Continental, and Portuguese

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