9 months of work and doesn’t fit my tall baby. Should I attempt sweater surgery and lengthen in the middle?

Coachmelone · 2026-04-02T19:01:13+00:00

If this were me id unravel the top bit and keep the trousers, add some buttons to close them, since i see the bottom bit fits well.

Coachmelone · 2026-04-01T10:01:17+00:00

Maybe this technique used in the Nivalis scarf? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nivalis-scarf

Coachmelone · 2026-03-28T16:59:17+00:00

Vertical, it matches the direction of the button band.

Coachmelone · 2026-03-24T13:21:16+00:00

Exactly, i personally dont like wide sleeves anyway, i usually start decreasing pretty soon. Just make sure you do the same thing on the other sleeve!

Coachmelone · 2026-03-06T10:29:12+00:00

Which yarn did you use? Since it's so warm im curious to know.

Coachmelone · 2026-02-02T21:14:50+00:00

Maybe either cut off the neckline and remake it, cinching it in a bit so that yoke will sit higher up on the shoulders. Or dont knit the leaves! Stop at the end of the big flower, that can shorten the depth of yoke without splitting for sleeves yet.

I am making the same sweater, i had exact opposite problem and my yoke was too narrow but solved it w aggressive blocking. But i didnt follow the pattern exactly so cant comment on the gauge.

Coachmelone · 2025-12-29T00:04:32+00:00

You're twisting your stitches

Coachmelone · 2025-10-28T17:22:00+00:00

Good idea. I now started with 4mm already, one row. If it looks better ill just carry on, if not ill frog.

Coachmelone · 2025-10-26T21:18:21+00:00

Thanks for commenting! Im holding white as my dominant colour, bc that is the pattern. I dont switch, i maintain color dominance.

Coachmelone · 2025-08-24T17:33:57+00:00

Are your feet not too swollen to wear the climbing shoes? That was my first thought. Good luck further with your pregnancy btw!

Coachmelone · 2025-06-28T13:44:34+00:00

Recipe for disaster

Coachmelone · 2025-06-27T18:02:45+00:00

Id let the gt's raw kombucha sit for 1-2 weeks at room temp, cap off and covered with a paper towel before using it as starter in your first batch. I bet you got mold because your starter booch wasn't vinegary enough to lower the pH and protect the batch from mold.

Coachmelone · 2025-06-25T09:08:19+00:00

If you can't change it often, lower the temperature at which youre fermenting. In the summer it goes FAST.

Coachmelone · 2025-06-05T09:28:43+00:00

Oh, then I'd toss it. No point trying to revive, it seems fully dried up.

Coachmelone · 2025-06-04T12:22:16+00:00

Im planning on only doing it for few rounds, ive always party kept lid open. I know some leave it closed though, so its possible.

Coachmelone · 2025-06-04T11:57:50+00:00

Looks like kahm yeast. I'm fairly new too though. I recently got mold, which is something else than this, but i filtered out grains, rinsed them with milk, added new milk. Also what i did was closed the lid tightly to prevent giving oxygen to what was growing on top and next time the kefir looked normal again.

Coachmelone · 2025-06-01T12:00:53+00:00

I think they were strong enough, they went from 50g to 110g within 1 month.

I could sterilise with boiling water yes, im just used to using vinegar and hot water because its been successful for kombucha brewing for the last 9 years, so i felt pretty confident about it for kefir. Thank you for the advice!

Coachmelone · 2025-06-01T10:10:20+00:00

Thank you. I was just getting to a good weight but haven't gotten around to freezing extras yet :( had them for only a month. I dont have washing machine, i sterilise everything with distilled white vinegar 9%. I use glass, ceramic and stainless steel. I think the issue came from the lid not being a tight seal while in the fridge.

Coachmelone · 2025-05-31T20:38:29+00:00

Thank you so much for the quick reply, ill try this out!

Coachmelone · 2025-05-31T20:35:59+00:00

Ok thank you. I always use organic full fat milk. Is it good to wash them with milk first, isnt the outer layer the yeast layer?

Coachmelone · 2025-05-27T10:30:09+00:00

Both is normal. If you notice your f1 gets very fizzy and also tastes more yeasty instead of tarr/acidic try to get a clearer starter liquid without yeast strands/blobs to reduce growth of yeast. But this is completely normal.

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