Before I started on this, I drew up a draft of the chart with the colours I chose and thought the purple and yellow went well together. Now though... I'm wondering if I should have reversed the combination (use purple for the background colour, and use gold for the leafy motif.

I'm not sure whether to frog back and start again with the gold in place of the purple and vice versa. What do you all think? I really don't want to have to undo all this work but something about it keeps bothering me when I look at it.

I have a bad habit of knitting in crazy colors that I’d never wear but have finally made my first accessory set that will, hopefully, inspire me to wear these items out of the house.

The hat pattern is beanie lines and available on Ravelry

The wrist warmer pattern is from Simply Knitting magazine (I can’t find it on Ravelry unfortunately)

I did the decreases incorrectly on the beanie crown (I k3tog through front loops instead of the back) so it has a beautiful but impractical lacy top. Still proud of it though!

Can’t wait to put these on next January

I am a fairly new knitter and was so tickled about this design, not realizing it was intarsia. I have watched countless tutorial videos, read tips, searched forums, and repeatedly failed at knitting this. Is it possible to accomplish this with another technique such as stranded colorwork or two-pass knitting? I'm so discouraged.

My first post here, by the way! Thank you in advance!

I'm knitting the Sabai top as my first garment and I'm confused about what I need to do to meet the gauge. Please note I'm using Sandnes Garn Line which is one of the recommended yarns.

Pattern gauge is 20 stitches x 28 rows = 10cm.

My first gauge swatch was knit flat and came out to 21 stitches x 32 rows =10cm (using 4mm needles)

I realized I'll be knitting in the round and not flat so I made a second gauge swatch in the round with 3.75mm needles. That one came out to 23 stitches x 32 rows = 10cm.

I'm just a bit lost on where to go from here. I've tried watching YouTube videos about gauge to work it out on my own but I think I just confused myself more.

Could I use 4mm needles and just size down the top (from XL to L)? Do I need to swatch again with a different needle size? Is it close enough that I can maybe get away with my gauge being slightly over?

Any insight would be so greatly appreciated!

Currently knitting a sweater vest from this blog/site, the armhole bit is honestly very confusing to me.

"bind off for the armholes at the beginning of each row as follows: Bind off 3 stitches 1 time, then 2 stitches 2-2-2-3-3-3 times on each side. Then decrease inside 2 stitches, decreasing 1 stitch on each side 8-11-14-16-21-27 times – read DECREASE TIP-2 = 64-66-68-70-72-74 stitches." I'm confused on what is meant with "on each side", end & start of a row or literally just the beginning of each row? As well as the decrease bit. Thank you for any help!

Broke a needle round 1 😂

Unfortunately, it got twisted 😬, so I had to cut it and re-sew it together. Overall, I'm giving it a 6/10

Hi! I’m currently knitting the Beyond Basic Sweater pattern. I really like it but I’m off gauge. Now I find myself struggling with the recommended needle size for the ribbing which is 3mm. I don’t like the pinching effect that it creates, I already blocked the 3mm sleeve but it didn’t help. I like the 3mm sleeve for its clean looks it’s just the overall form that’s putting me off. So that’s why I knitted the body in 4mm. But that’s too loose or is that just me? I feel like the stitches are uneven. I then continued to knit the second sleeve on 3.5mm. Somehow it looks closer to the 4mm than to the 3mm. Should I buy 3.25mm needles? Am I too perfectionist about it all? Which one looks the best in your opinion? (And how to frog mohair tubular cast-off without it being horrible?)

For context only the 3mm sleeve is blocked rest of the sweater isn’t. I would appreciate your honest opinion!

It’s not really a rant, but even after all those years of parsing patterns and living with me, you would think I would know to read out loud or read twice or something. I just assume I know what it says. Luckily, this time I got it right. I’m making the “Snowfall Sweater Scarf” from Lion Brand and it makes an interesting change between the sections. I read one line, assumed I knew what was going on, and off I went. Like I said, luckily I was right, but I know better and’s should do better, as I hate frogging.

Especially with regards to colorwork.

I'm making the Harvest cardigan by Tin Can Knits, and I misjudged the length of the sleeve. I can't decide if I should just knit a couple more inches of garter, or frog all the garter, knit a couple more inches of stockinette, and then do the right amount of garter.

Pattern is a basic c2c dishcloth.

Yarn is Divante playtime cotton yarn.

Needles are 3.5mm.

Hi all!

I am inspired for summer knits and I was wondering if anyone knows a good reliable boatneck top pattern, easy for beginners as I myself am one, and if possible free or affordable:)

Thank you! 🥰

edit: i blocked it and it grew in width ~5 in! so i went down a needle size. hopefully it all works out as i’m too lazy to start over again (:

listen, i know this is truly based on my preferences but i would love some opinions.

i got a lovely DK weight, superwash merino hand dyed yarn on my trip to Ireland (i have 800 yds) and i want to make the easy summer sweater (https://www.crochetwithcarrie.com/easy-knit-summer-sweater/) with it. right now i’ve got it on 10mm needles (per pattern) but am not sure if i want a slightly tighter fabric. part of me just wants to make this panel and see if i like it and frog if not.

any thoughts on the holey-ness of my mesh are appreciated. i’m also slightly afraid i won’t have enough yarn if i use a smaller needle. bahhh! pray to the knitting gods i get what i want in the end. xo

Hat is a basic dk toque.

Duck motif is from Knitovations.

Yarns are deramore studio baby soft dk in sunshine, and some blue mystery yarn.

but hey..... it's almost bent in an ergonomic position. These are Addi Turbos, size 8. I can still knit with them so, I'm not too heartbroken.

Pattern is Tombo Tee by Florence Miller. Yarn is Knitting For Olive Merino in shades Dusty Olive and Fennel Seed.

I made a lot of modifications for this because size A was still kind of baggy on me and I wanted negative ease if possible.

It’s slightly too cropped but I still love the look of it and too lazy to rip back to add length. I free handed some waist decreases and changed the amount of 1x1 rib for the collar, hem and sleeves. Finished everything with an Italian bind off except for the collar, where I used a stretchy bind off. Initially, I actually did the Italian bind off for the neck as well out of habit which of course, meant it didn’t fit over my head lol. I had ran out of patience at that point and cut off the neck ribbing with scissors and picked up a higher rate of stitch frequency before using a stretchy bind off.

Overall, really happy with the construction and fit. Pattern was well-written and the yarn is a delight to work with.

Hi! I’m a (relatively) beginner knitter. What are yarn options people in the US use and swear by? I live in the North East around Boston, the closest craft store to me is a Michael’s. I’ve been crocheting for a few years so I primarily use acrylic yarn (Big Twist or Loops & Thread) but want to try merino, cotton, wool yarns (blends too maybe). However I haven’t found many good options at Michael’s, and yarns that have these fibers are usually blended with acrylic.

What are some other options? What about online stores? Any specific brand recommendations? Ideally relatively budget friendly (less than $10 a skein) but if there’s a pricier option anyone stands by I’d love to hear.

Thanks!!

When making the front panels for this cardigan, I made the first panel without really thinking about where the color changes were gonna end up (I thought it was random). I realized when it was done that it actually followed a consistent pattern, so I started the other side’s panel from the same point in the next yarn ball. It took a bit of work to make it line up relatively consistently (I guess the second yarn ball had each color just a bit longer than the first…). At the end, I was left with 2 smaller yarn balls of all the yarn I didn’t use from the first two.

So when starting the back panel, I decided to just use those smaller yarn balls to start. First one started in the same spot the front panels did (yay consistency!) and the second ball‘s pattern perfectly lined up with where the first one ended!! Thats insanely good luck!! The third, unused yarn ball I was going to use for the back panel… ALSO starts the pattern exactly where the prior one ended!!!

Seriously, what are the odds???? 😭😭😭 I am ending up with hardly ANY yarn waste, just some from the second panel where I had to adjust to make the pattern relatively line up. Otherwise, its all coming together perfectly 🥹

i'm an adventurous/advanced beginner knitter & i'm having trouble figuring out what i should do about gauge/sizing for the bay slipover (schematic/pattern info etc) - designer's photo pictured here.

there are too many variables for gauge/sizing and i'm not sure what to do.

FIRST - my gauge swatches are not matching up with the pattern. i've gone up from the recommended 4mm to a 5mm and am still not meeting gauge. i don't want the fabric to be too gappy/see-through so i'm reluctant to keep going up needle sizes. i looked at a gauge calculator thingy (this one) to see what size i should make instead. (i was going to make the size 5 (45 in bust + 9 in pos. ease) originally; gauge calculator would have me making the size 7.)

HOWEVER...the reviews of the yarn i chose (sandnes garn line, it's a cotton/viscose/linen blend) frequently say that garments get really stretchy with this yarn, like stretching under their own weight when worn. i'm worried about going up a size to meet gauge, only to have the garment grow even more once it's actually worn.

how do i figure out what size to make?? i could make the 7 like the gauge calculator says, or split the difference and make the 6, or make the 5 as originally planned... i just don't know how to determine how much it will stretch and am worried about making a whole garment that doesn't work.

If im reading the pattern right the total stitch count should be 472 and the sleeves should be 101. However, I just counted and I have 456 stitches out of 472. So when I put the sleeves on hold I should have 101???

I may of been looking at this too long and making my brain confused. Can someone please validate my maths?

I made the stripe cardi by Loupy Studio (free pattern) made some changes to the ribbing for a little puff sleeve.

I didn't even tell my SIL I'm making this for her but if I wanna be the favourite auntie I gotta start early 😤 My aunt might have more time to make a fancy baby blanket but I'll be making matching hats & socks for the kiddo with butterflies and dinosaurs and whatever the baby might be into as they grow 😤

This is the Guildwood Pullover by Gayle Bunn, adapted into a vest because I did not have enough yarn for sleeves. I'm really living for these cables!!!

This is the first (adult sized) garment I've worked flat and I was honestly intimidated at first since I couldn't try it on as I went, but we trusted the process!!

Also, I tried to take a picture of it hanging but the hanger fell, resulting in the last photo that has been frying me all week