#fox knits

[foxglovefaun]

before i go put paint in my mouth here are my first all-over colorwork socks :)))

haha yaeyyyyy :)

[stupendousfoxtrash]

I finished the second mitten.

Just need to weave in the ends and block her tomorrow.

[foxgloveinspace]

Knitting question:

I am making a pull over. I have enough yarn to either do the body, or the sleeves, before I need to get more yarn. Would it be better to possibly have a different dye lot on the body, or a different dye lot on the sleeves. I think the sleeves would be easier, I think it wouldn't be as noticeable, but I don't know for sure.

For reference, I am knitting the vardag everyday pull over (a free pattern) and I am using lions brand fishermans wool that I frogged from an older project that I didn't ever wear.

??

finish the body with the old wool/sleeves with the new

pause the body/do the sleeves with the old wool/finish the body with the new

fox's button please don't press

Voting ended onJun 6

[stupendousfoxtrash]

Not the outfit to wear to show this thing off, but anyways. I'm at the length the pattern wants me to knit it to. It will grow an inch with blocking and the ribbing is another 2.5 inches.

I think I still need another inch or two. But a full extra diamond gets me close to 4. I don't want to do only half a diamond. I'd rather it be "too" long than too short, so that isn't the problem, but I'm worried about yarn. I have one skein of the beige left but I'd been hoping to save it for the button band since I have NO idea how much that is going to take. No chance of getting another skein in the same dye lot, so just going to be crossing my fingers.

Anyways. The cardigan! Since I haven't shared it in a hot minute.

[stupendousfoxtrash]

Someone who knows anything about knitting cables.

I did these top ones backwards, didn’t I? Anyone know any good video tutorials for going back without doing the full rows? 😅

[stupendousfoxtrash]

Finished the cuff. It technically fits, but I'm really not a fan of how messy the colourwork looks. Is it the yarn? Is it me? I did try my hand at a new technique but my floats look good on the inside.

I'm torn between carrying on and seeing what happens and starting over. At the very least it's good practice.

[stupendousfoxtrash]

Frogged the original thing I was working on, since I wasn't happy with it. Started working on something new with a free pattern I found. Yarn that I think will be cute if it works out but I'd be okay leaving as a single mitten for show if not. I just need to practice my colourwork tension, because the two handed method does NOT work for me.

Pretzel has been sleepy today, which I'm trying not to panic about. She's still eating and going to the bathroom which are always my stabilizing factors. She just wanted to enjoy a sleepy Saturday with me.

Jays pitchers locked it down today so we won even with only a single run. Hopefully it's a sign of positivity to come. The pregame ceremony was also very cool, even for someone who hasn't been watching baseball very long.

I also did decide to do grocery pickup. I have to go to two different Walmart locations because one has my meds and the other my groceries. But the one that does my meds doesn't do pickup, so that's how that had to go. I should switch my pharmacy location now that it's not in my backyard, but with how much grief it's been to get set up here I don't know if it's worth it.

[stupendousfoxtrash]

Finally wore the shirt I knit into the wild and took an awkward picture! I’m so proud of myself for redoing it so I could be happy with it.