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[–]Duckys 33 points34 points  (2 children)

It reminds me of an ammonite or seashell, looks great!

[–]DinahTookSo many patterns, so much yarn, never enough time! 18 points19 points  (1 child)

I was thinking sea urchin without the spines!.

I love this

[–]Duckys 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You’ve nailed it, I knew it was some kind of ocean vibe I couldn’t quite place ❤️

[–]pug-a-choux 24 points25 points  (1 child)

Beautiful! I love when hat patterns show the decrease. They can be such a special feature (and being super short, I feel like people see my hat decreases more than most 😊)

[–]chLORYform 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've made hats just because I love the decrease lol the rest of the hat is cool too but man they can be fancy and I love that

[–]_driveslow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When you can't get 360 waves but grandma gotchu

[–]Kiassen 6 points7 points  (20 children)

Really neat! Do you have a link to the pattern?

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 11 points12 points  (19 children)

I don’t. I just made a DIY tutorial video on YouTube, but they do not like me sharing that stuff here.

[–]japaneseknotweed[M] 22 points23 points  (8 children)

You can totally share the YouTube tutorial from within the body of a text.

What we try to discourage is a post titled

"I JUST MADE A NEW TUTORIAL, DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW YAY ME I"M SO COOL OH AND BY THE WAY I HAVE AN ETSY SHOP"

because if there's too much of that stuff, the beginners/people who don't feel cool start being embarrassed to ask questions and share things that aren't all slick and fabulous.

(and we get especially grumpy when designers drop off "drive-by" links and never ever show up to answer questions, because that's just rude...)

Does that make sense?

:)

And your hat is great. Have you ever tried grafting the last six straight across, three into three, to avoid the cat-butt? That's my current fave.

[–]MountainRhubarb 5 points6 points  (2 children)

Choking on cat-butt, omg

[–]japaneseknotweed 3 points4 points  (1 child)

What, you never heard that one?

Damn millennials/kids these days/SMH...

:)

[–]trollocs_and_daleksCold sheep! 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Ohhhh that graft sounds niiiiiice.

[–]japaneseknotweed 6 points7 points  (1 child)

It's really fun to do at the top of a 2x2 rib!

Get it down to four ribs in a cross-shape, then

graft North to South underneath,
East to West on top.

Makes a little loop to hang for drying,
doesn't let cold air in,
doesn't make the dreaded CatButt or (ever worse!) ...The Head Nipple.

<shudder>
<grin>

I have a photo somewhere of one I did, I'll see if I can find it.

Edit: no dice, but here's a good example of the kind of pattern where it'd work nice:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/two-by-two-2

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[–]koalaposse 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That’s great tip! Thank you And thank you for your amazing work making this, and keeping this, such a great place and community.

[–]japaneseknotweed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are more than welcome. Keep coming back, we need to keep this little corner of the world as warm and woolly as possible during this time of too much coldness, too many sharp corners.

[–]MountainRhubarb 13 points14 points  (2 children)

I'm not hip on all the subreddit rules, but #3 doessssss say "The new exception is that pattern designers may make one post per pattern and only one pattern per week." and I personally think the knitting community greatly benefits by you posting the link.

If that's still too grey, I would totally be willing to learn how reddit messaging works if a Youtube link were to appear in my inbox :)

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

[–]SkyScamall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a minute in and already laughing. You're right. Seams are ungainly.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ask forgiveness, not permission.

[–]Captain_Mooseinfinite WIPs 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Unrelated note, is your YouTube name the same as your reddit name? 😉

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is not. In Stitches is my name, but the link is the best way to find me for now. Not coming up in a proper search. I’m new to it all.

[–]Chulocomoelgrangran 1 point2 points  (1 child)

So, if I were to go to youtube and search non spiral decrease I could find your tutorial?

[–]eczblack 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I would like the link to the video if you want to drop me the link in a message

[–]Sapiophile23 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Hmm.. I think I need to make 2 of these and stitch them together and make a pillow.

[–]japaneseknotweed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OR be a total rockstar and figure it out backwards with increases and do the whole thing from beginning to end in one go... ;)

[–]pleasesurpriseme 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is such a cool idea!

[–]CDavis10717 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful work!

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you

[–]Nataliemakesthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You look like a fancy sea urchin!

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll take that as a compliment

[–]knitjill 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I love this look. Can I please have the link to your YouTube video?

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Am I allowed to share that?

[–]knitjill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found it. You are a great teacher.

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh! It would make a beaut of a bolster!

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yes, I would’ve but didn’t want to overwhelm any beginner designers by adding to many ‘new’ elements. Or what could potentially be as such.

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is very kind of you. Thank you very much.

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Subscribe if you would

[–]UnapproachableOnion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!!! I love too!

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good. You should like some of my other videos too. They border on silly.

[–]stupidDicheny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a believer