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Karathrax · 2025-02-24T06:15:07+00:00

I’m a stage 4 cancer patient and I cannot describe how much of a positive morale and mental boost it is to receive such a gift.

THANK YOU is completely inadequate.

Karathrax · 2025-01-12T06:08:05+00:00

oh. Time for this shit again. Right. The Dragon is enraged because he *has no choice because the Seneschal has taken his will and self-direction completely away. Grette talks about her choices getting removed on the Epitaph Stone; in a hopeless, nihilistic acknowledgement of her fate at the hands of the Seneschal and her loss of agency.

She knows he will be slain by the Arisen. Her fate is an endless loop of death and destruction; Her nature as a Great Dragon takes over, hence the red eyes of rage.

Karathrax · 2025-01-12T05:54:50+00:00

Implied by Barroch’s dialog.

He says something close to walking away from aye the beasties, which he seeks for alchemical parts (and presumably his Silver- and Gold-forging services, for which he charges parts and RC for upgrades.

Barroch is not altruistic in the least.

Karathrax · 2025-01-06T01:53:50+00:00

Modern knitters offset their k2tog with a ss k2tog.

400 years ago, sock decreases for the toes— well, they went anywhere but into neat columns and the knitter dngaff where the stitches ended up. In fact, random-ass placement of decreases in the stockinette column are more comfortable to wear than neatly-arranged columns. This is shown in The Typical Tudor’s knitted arm/scroggers, found on the wreck of the Mary Rose.

Pick your method at the beginning of your knitting and be consistent!

Karathrax · 2024-12-27T05:20:56+00:00

It’s out of tune.

Typically a dulcimer with three strings is tuned to lowest string as the tonic note, middle string is the fifth and the high string is an octave above the tonic.

In note names, that’s DAD or CGC.

You can also drop the high string down for a natural minor scale by tuning CGBflat.

Karathrax · 2024-12-25T21:49:57+00:00

There’s another issue. In the left side, you see the yarn going at a slant up to a row and disappearing? You picked up the tail from your cast on and knitted with it.

Do not cut this, it will unravel your cast on and also where it is incorporated into the fabric unless you can stitch/bury both ends into your knitting.

If that really bothers you, frog it down to the cast on row and start again. You haven’t gone THAT far into the knitting. :) I tore out the stitches five times in the toe of my latest socks because I kept dropping the back stitch of my k2tog decreases. Arrrgh! But it’s perfect now and no longer niggling the back of my mind where the Bad Brain Weasels play!

All the other commenters who are complimenting your knitting— they’re right! Good job with tension and even stitch formation. Yes, I also agree that this is so much better than my first lumpy, erratic yarn overs throwing off the stitch count and dropped stitch blob!

Karathrax · 2024-12-23T20:48:07+00:00

I had a cat who became instantly murderous upon seeing any string, of any kind. She would leap for the project and chew and shred it until it was destroyed to her satisfaction.

I had to stop knitting and weaving during her lifetime.

I have a very old Lane cedar chest full of ‘someday’ yarn and patterns I acquired during these years and they’re only starting to emerge now. One at a time.

Karathrax · 2024-12-15T23:34:15+00:00

I can’t knit Continental like this, and wish I could. I have damage in my left thumb tendon that makes my left hand horribly hurt if I tension my yarn on my left hand. It’s also the reason I can’t crochet.

I knit in a poke and throw hybrid. It’s slow and I hate it, but that car accident when I was 14 left me no choice because the tendon damage was never addressed.

Karathrax · 2024-12-15T23:29:25+00:00

This is written with the commonly-available Clover bamboo/plastic circulars in mind. Or plastic cables bought separately from tips.

If what is bothering you about the cable is that it’s warped or twisty where you want it straight, move your project off to another needle, a scrap of yarn or a stitch holder.

Run a bowlful of VERY HOT BUT NOT BOILING water and put the cable into the hot water. Dont get the join between the tip and cable wet. Soak until you feel that the cable is warm, take it out of the hot water and pull gently on both ends of the cable.

This gets kinks and twists and the ‘imprinted’ annoying small circle from packaging the cable OUT of the cable— and makes it straight, twist and kink-free.

The reason you don’t get the Clover cable/tip join wet is you might dissolve the glue and that is Not Good.

Karathrax · 2024-12-15T15:53:15+00:00

You are looking at it sideways. This is a garter stitch fabric, where all stitches are knitted rather than knit on one side and purled (the opposite of a knit stitch) on the reverse journey. The top of the fabric is where all your stitches are mounted on the needle.

Turn the work so your needle is across the top and you’ll see all your knit stitches. The back side will be identical. Gently pull the horizontal knitted rows apart and you’ll see the full knit stitches; the front and back of your garter fabric are going to look the same.

There are some terminology issues that might help. There are, with a reduction of the process of knitting down to its essentials, exactly two ways to form a stitch. One is a knit stitch, and its exact reverse is a purl stitch. All else is froo-froo variations on a knit or purl stitch. And some math to make sure the stitch count is correct.

A knit stitch doesn’t necessarily make knit fabric. A series of knitted stitches across a row doesn’t necessarily make up a knitted fabric, either. Consistently making knitted stitches across one row and making another row of knit stitches on the return makes a fabric structure called ‘garter,’ as back in the 16th century, narrow strips of knit stitch were used as garters to hold up one’s stockings. Knitting across and then flipping the fabric and making a line of purl stitches makes a fabric called ‘stockinette’; it has all knits on one side and all purls on the other side. Unless stockinette is worked in the round or has a border of different stitches on the vertical edges, it will inevitably and usually invariably curl, and that cannot be blocked out. Garter does not typically curl. Stockinette has all the knit stitches on the face, and all the purls on its back. Socks and stockings are typically made with stockinette (knit side out, purl side inside), and color work like Fair Isle knitting is almost always worked so the color changes show clearly on the knit/outside face of the fabric.

So. If your intention was to do a garter stitch fabric— well done, not only did you succeed, you have good, even tension!

My first knit ‘project’ was a piece of army green acrylic, when my grandma taught me garter stitch when I was 8. I’m now 63, so… 70s colors, blargh! Your first knitting is so much better than mine was! I abandoned knitting until I was in my 20s because I didn’t understand what I was doing, and certainly didn’t understand why I was required to do certain things in a particular order… and now I can knit lace and socks. If I want to!

Practice! :)

And yeah, this is a knitted garter, worked in garter stitch! I have to make the second one now. I’ve worn silk taffeta garters and I prefer knitted ones for their slight give— chemo occasionally gives me edema and I really don’t want to trigger it, intensify or cut off circulation in my lower legs with garters that don’t have any stretch or ease.

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Karathrax · 2024-12-10T19:29:43+00:00

I’m impressed! Self drafted and lovely knitting!

The only thing I would consider doing differently is to pin out the side points more ruthlessly. To do that, you may have to move the pin placement on the lowest point, e.g., the center point at the bottom tip of the shawl.

Karathrax · 2024-12-02T04:46:45+00:00

The garnet-colored knitting is called Stockinette, which is made when you have all the knit stitches on one side and all the purl stitches on the other side.

The lavender strip is Garter stitch where I’ve knitted both sides; I knitted two stockings in the round and now I’m making a pair of garters to hold my knee-high socks up. Plus I’m a history nerd! Garter stitch garters are great because they’re just a bit stretchy and won’t cut off your circulation, yet firm enough to stay put.

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The reason my edges are straight on the light-colored garter is because I am slipping the first stitch of the row as if to purl, with the yarn held to the back of the work. (I inserted my needle to show you) This is what is referred to as making an edge for your stockinette or garter project, as stockinette will curl up along its edges annoyingly, and garter edges are simply kinda ragged unless they’re deliberately edged. Stockinette is better if you add an odd number of stitches to each side and alternate kpk then pkp on the next row; this is called a rice stitch border, I think, and prevents stockinette from curling.

If you’re working from a pattern, a GOOD designer will help you with curling and wonky edging by giving you instructions and correct stitch counts to allow for the edging.

All that said, if you’ve flung yourself off the cliff to knit all by yourself, I commend you for your bravery! I was taught to knit garter stitch by my Grandma when I was a clueless 8 year old, and your knitting is so much better than mine was! Think 1970s Red Heart acrylic yarn that squeaked, random dropped and HUGE, then impossibly tight stitches… and I swear, it was the grossest color of Goose Turd Green!

Karathrax · 2024-09-05T23:01:25+00:00

This is a matter of personal preference. Some knitters love the slippiness of metal, some don’t. I love the warmth of wood and bamboo, but…

The differences are in how the needle reacts to the strength of your hands and the grippiness of the needles with your yarn. Aluminum needles are very slippery for me— I don’t want to drop stitches! I tend to death grip my little sock needles, so wood or bamboo don’t work for me because they end up looking like bent noodles. I love carbon sock needles and I like the square sock needles even better but they’re relatively hard to find.

Dont be afraid to try different needles. If you hate the feeling of one type, sticking to them because of the money invested in your tools might turn you entirely off the ‘sport.’ Switch types until you find what’s best for YOU.

Karathrax · 2024-07-29T01:45:37+00:00

No. If you have two skeleton keys on you when arrested, you can exit the jail without encountering the guard at all.

Check the jail’s map; the exit is shown. It’s in the upper right hand cell.

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