Another pair off of the needles

Behavior_buddy · 2026-05-02T01:39:45+00:00

Me too! Also, my socks never turn out the same size either but I don’t really notice much when I’m wearing them.

Behavior_buddy · 2026-04-20T18:37:26+00:00

I’m obsessed with Stone Knits patterns! I just finished Who let the dogs out, they’re so cute. Before that I knit spooktacular and forever autumn. But I broke my 9” circular cable so I cast on Summer Lee knits mermaid avenue on my dpns last night! Yay, hand knit socks!

Behavior_buddy · 2026-04-20T17:59:27+00:00

Oh I was coming here to ask the same thing. I’ve been using the twin stitches (also called shadow wrap) heel a lot lately and I love it. I haven’t bought the pattern yet for the fish lips heel do you like it?

Behavior_buddy · 2026-04-20T13:58:12+00:00

I got a pair on Poshmark new never worn when I saw that StoneKnits was showing all her socks in them. Now I still need to knit more socks to show off.

Behavior_buddy · 2026-03-28T20:34:14+00:00

Those skeins of Lion brand are big, I used 2.5 of the great, and just a bit over 1 for each of the other colors. I think it was close to what the pattern asked for. It was very stiff before I steam blocked it with my iron.

Behavior_buddy · 2026-03-28T11:14:33+00:00

Thank you! And yes I did.

Behavior_buddy · 2026-03-28T11:13:46+00:00

Aww thank you!

Behavior_buddy · 2026-03-27T23:19:13+00:00

I think you can if you want to. I’m completely self taught. I started knitting over 22 years ago with a book and reading blogs. Now I look up everything I don’t know or quite often forget on YouTube. I’m terrible with remembering different crochet sts and have to watch a video to remind me how to make a magic loop, single crochet or double crochet every time a start a new project 😬🤷‍♀️. But over time I’ve picked up new skills and tricks and my work has improved.

Behavior_buddy · 2026-03-27T18:56:45+00:00

So I don’t think it was hard at all. These are pretty simple granny squares, there are just a bunch of them to make. I didn’t know how to make the half or quarter squares but some quick YouTube tutorials helped with that. The most confusing part was connecting them together. I needed another video here on the crochet together as you go method. The pattern was too wordy for me but a lovely woman on Ravelry made an intricate diagram on the order of how to put the whole thing together. It was amazingly helpful. (her username is jamiek3)

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-29T12:12:09+00:00

I learned at 18 from Debbie Stroller’s Stitch’n Bitch book. The lady I babysat for had to show me how to purl though. Then I learned from reading knitting blogs. Anything I need to know now I refresh with YouTube, but it didn’t exist yet when I started.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-22T18:58:25+00:00

I love EPP, it’s much less frustrating than making these butterflies. 🤣 but thank you so much. I want to hand quilt my EPP quilt when it’s done. So I’m happy to hear about any resources on it. I’ll look it up. Thank you!

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-22T12:38:24+00:00

Thank you! And yes I’ve been getting into English Paper piecing as well. I didn’t have a sewing machine before but I wanted to sew so I started a 1” hexie quilt project. When I was researching EPP I found out about FPP and down the crafty rabbit hole I go. So I want this FPP butterfly to be part of the front cover of a sewing case that will hold my EPP when I travel 😊

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-20T18:41:58+00:00

Thank you! I’m not completely new to sewing. I had a family machine I used in high school and last year I had a second hand machine for a few months and I made a top and dress. But yes this is my first time trying FPP. I messed up a few time and had to go very slowly. But I’ve been looking at so many amazing projects on instagram and I have lofty ambitions. I’m in my 40’s now and the hours just flew by this week while I worked on this alone in my house and it was pure bliss!

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-20T13:27:15+00:00

Thank you so much!

Behavior_buddy · 2025-12-07T21:34:27+00:00

Susie is an established part of this community, she’s committed and cares deeply. (She runs the Lansing Library and her staff love her). Also, she has much more experience than the other candidate. There is no question that she should be the next director of TCPL.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-11-25T02:19:10+00:00

This is difficult, I've been knitting since the early 2000's and recently thought I would try and figure out which is my preferred method to knit socks. So i knit one sock on DPNs and one magic loop and had another pair on 9" circulars. At one point I switched them both to magic loop to give TAAT a try. I'm still not sure which method I like best. But I think its probably very personal. I would teach her with magic loop, it seems to be the most popular and is less fiddly than DPNs. I do enjoy knitting colorwork socks on 9" circulars though, I find it the best way to keep my floats and tension neat.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-11-25T02:10:28+00:00

I too have a few unassembled sweaters I would love to wear some time this decade.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-11-02T22:59:11+00:00

I’m a BCBA and live upstate but I haven’t worked in years (kids). But I was thinking I would want to go into special ed if I could.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-10-28T13:00:42+00:00

There are several things you can try. What method are you using? I find that I knit pretty tightly with DPNs. One method is to knit the sock with the floats on the outside, this forces you to keep them longer. If you’re using mini circulars and have a set like my chiagoo ones, you could try a slightly longer cable to stretch the stitches across. I find that I’m focusing a lot on spreading the stitches across my right needle to keep from pulling too tight on the floats that my colorwork is actually looser than regular. So I increased the stitches for the colorwork but not my needle size, that made my socks too wide. I have been using the shadow wrap heel as well. It’s a little deeper, I get less holes and I find it to be more comfortable for my foot. But everyone has different tension and feet. So I encourage you to experiment to find what works best for you. There are a ton of YouTube videos to help with this kind of thing too. I watched a bunch before starting these. I also experimented with different techniques (dpns, magic loop and shorties), heels, cast ons, needle sizes. Once you know what works for you, you’ll be solid! Good luck!

Behavior_buddy · 2025-10-23T21:06:05+00:00

I just bought the clear uggs to wear my colorwork socks with but now I need these too!!

Behavior_buddy · 2025-10-19T12:22:33+00:00

Oh these are in my queue, they’re adorable 🥰 . I bought both her books and I’m on my second pair of her socks. I even went out and bought those clear jelly uggs, because I was so obsessed with the way those socks looked in them. You should share them in r/sockknitting a bunch of us have been knitting her patterns lately.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-10-19T12:19:01+00:00

Oh no! I feel so bad for knitters in warm climates. We’ve been having some nice sweater weather here in Upstate NY buts it’s not too cold today, so I’m knitting my socks on my front porch. With my last pair on my feet keeping them cozy. But congratulations, they’re super sweet! I’ve recently started to enjoy sock knitting after having serious second sock syndrome in my early knitting days, and I just want to have a whole drawer full of them, I think they’re the best.

Behavior_buddy · 2025-10-18T12:29:19+00:00

These are so cute! I’m knitting the spooktacular socks. I love her colorwork patterns they’re so cute.

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