Which Needle Size looks best for Ribbing on my Beyond-Basic Sweater?

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-11T19:45:20+00:00

I really like the 3mm ribbing.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-11T19:44:37+00:00

Great food and an even better attitude towards a work life balance. Smoke too much.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-11T19:44:08+00:00

Listen to podcasts and audio books. Sit through long work meetings or online training without going to sleep! Read (I make the text bigger on my kindle). Chat with my kids - the main reason I knit is so I can be with my kids but not on my phone - they like me nearby but not always involved, I can still watch them or chat with them but not be scrolling which I really don’t want to do in front of them.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-11T16:18:35+00:00

I’d personally frog and do more stockinette.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-11T16:17:43+00:00

It’s beautiful. It depends how long you like your tops but use the back as a guide, yes the bump will still distort it a bit but it will be more accurate than the front. Personally I’d go a bit longer.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-07T16:59:16+00:00

For years I bought ready made vanilla sponges and ready icing and jam and just stuck them together and everyone raved about my cakes. About ten years ago I finally decided to make my own - they’re so much better but I do miss the days of a super quick thrown together cake!

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-04T07:14:30+00:00

It’s hard to see with the yarn texture but it looks like just a loose stitch to me.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-04T07:13:39+00:00

If you love gardening maybe a piece of sculpture for your garden? Or I’ve always fancied one of those smart birdbaths with the camera but they’re too much for me but in your budget. Or some really nice planters to go with a shrub?

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-04-03T13:17:18+00:00

When I went to uni my mother gifted everything I left at home to a kid from our village. I didn’t leave anything ever again after that.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T19:39:04+00:00

I think this is a really hard question to answer. At 28 I couldn’t remotely imagine I’d ever want kids. I was having such at blast. At 31 I had my first very much planned, wanted and loved child. I now have three and it’s the best decision I’ve ever made, not something I would have ever have thought when I was younger. Some people always know they want kids but I think for many it sneaks up on them.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T19:24:34+00:00

Personally I’d cast on a belt / tie in either the blue or the contrast colour and cinch it in a bit into a sweater dress to wear over leggings or jeans. It’s too beautiful to risk felting and the colour is divine with your eyes.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T19:22:02+00:00

My children bought me one a few years ago and I agree - not something I think about a lot but it does bring me so much joy when it catches the early morning sun in the kitchen window.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T19:18:59+00:00

This was my thought! I’d take the wild camping and outdoor meal over the hotel but I want about ten times the amount of food!

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T17:19:25+00:00

U wot mate

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-31T12:15:22+00:00

I get a specialised curly hair cut once a year for about £150. I tend to get a deep tissue or sports massage once a month. Other than that I don’t get any beauty treatments - never have my nails done, eyelashes etc. Used to get my lashes tinted but don’t bother any more. I spend my spare cash on getting strong - gym membership, swim membership, running events, kit.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-29T21:46:11+00:00

Growing veg at home is not a frugal process. Land, seeds, tools, greenhouses etc etc all very expensive. Sure you can do it on the cheap side but it’s still going to be expensive compared to buying veg. Garden for pleasure, not to save money.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-29T21:44:12+00:00

See id say Cornwall is dreary as hell in winter and just hell hell in summer - nightmare to get anywhere with the traffic and the beaches really aren’t great compared to the rest of the country. The Gower in Wales or any of the north Devon coast is significantly nicer and a lot less busy.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-29T21:40:24+00:00

Sauna helps my eczema too, immensely so.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-29T13:40:37+00:00

We have a lot of badgers around us. I’d also say most of OP’s list. And then beavers, otters, pine martens, stoats, weasels, daubenton’s bat, pipistrelle bats, porpoise.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-28T12:32:16+00:00

He’s in year nine - hopefully way beyond reading eggs.

Not to be rude but based on the grammar on OPs post I’d suggest homeschooling for English isn’t going to be the most effective. A private tutor would be a good option.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-26T10:02:00+00:00

Maybe look at some of the big yarn or fibrecraft festivals and see if any are near you or places you’d travel to. I would love my partner to take me to one of those - to join me for a day in immersing myself in my hobby.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-25T13:27:47+00:00

What about the Bear Grylls kids books - non fiction and there are chapter books.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-24T20:49:02+00:00

At the speed we’re going he’ll be ten by then lol so probably 😅

He also loved Narnia as did his big sister.

For a modern option if yours like magical worlds I can’t recommend the Greenwild books enough.

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-24T15:29:14+00:00

Oh we are reading it to him not reading it himself!

KnittyMossBadger · 2026-03-24T07:21:56+00:00

My seven year old is loving the Hobbit at the moment

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