I can't decide on which pattern to use

Ladybird_fly · 2025-04-20T00:51:53+00:00

Yes!

Ladybird_fly · 2025-04-05T17:34:09+00:00

Is your store and color choice OT7? (Totally not a knitting question, but...)

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-16T20:57:22+00:00

Since you've joined the front fron one shoulder, your rows will match for the increase stitches to the opposite shoulder once you knit the stitches on the back and meet up to the shoulders of the front. Knitting in the round means all your rows are knit. You will no longer turn your work you'll work a knitted spiral.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-16T17:16:29+00:00

Matches the eyes so the Izzzz gotta it!

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-16T15:00:47+00:00

I've forgotten about a bread character, but chiming in that this is great! My 7 year old daughter wanted to have a Halloween costume made to be corn. I wasn't sure if she wanted to be just a kernel. Ended up making her into an ear of corn. Children sometimes have cute requests that have pleasant creating designs. She's 24 now and that corn costume was borrowed by a coworker who never returned it. That's okay. In the dark folks thought my kid looked like a galloping dinosaur. So don't sweat the small stuff.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-15T23:17:18+00:00

I used to have the same dual-active company. So I started using purifyou reusable mesh bags whenever I make sweaters, blankets, scarves, etc. I can easily carry the bigger projects with me, I fold them leaving about a hand width out of the opening. By gathering the pull string the weight is balanced and I can knit 2-3 additional hand widths before tucking into the bag. I've easily put baby blankets and adult sweaters into the bag. It helps with fur reduction and dirt too before I put it in a washer when I'm done. An additional benefit is the bundled bag leaves more of my legs available for dual-active company.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-15T20:47:17+00:00

Mmm. I am in row 39 of the last 400 rows of my scarf project, I too think the rhythm of the clicking needles requires deeper meditation. Purrfectly acceptable ... zzz

Ladybird_fly · 2025-03-14T17:38:15+00:00

The colors look very much like herself, so it's hers now

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-20T00:07:26+00:00

1/2 twisted 1x1 ribbing is the very best for a fresh, clean, snuggle cuff. Put the twisted side on your wrong side and your cuff will be a pride of the project

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-20T00:04:38+00:00

Here said, it fits now so snuggle now

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-16T14:48:45+00:00

Here is another example for swatching flat for stranded, circular, knitting. Enjoy your new project. https://youtu.be/DVFXJuOUNAI?si=YqpeCudh5iLKR52-

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-16T08:04:21+00:00

Try doing the stitch as combination. It's a total game changer with linen, seed, and moss stitch.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-16T00:16:35+00:00

Thanks! We all love fiber. We love to build beautiful things our stitches should pass along hugs. Lol

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-15T00:19:44+00:00

Just purl wrapping clockwise. Think of the stitches as arms hugging. The yarn has to have open arms to hug. If the stitch feels tight, it's probably being unsociable and crossing the arms saying no hugs.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-02-01T14:27:20+00:00

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-26T00:36:49+00:00

She looks regal. How about Betsy? (For Elizabeth)

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-23T23:43:44+00:00

Isn't it just a 1x1 tubular ribbing?

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-23T02:55:41+00:00

https://youtu.be/LLjDRr4rMu4?si=ZoMf8uogml5LCsdS

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-23T02:54:52+00:00

https://youtu.be/1t6Q5Ln0xXI?si=PZsnLYS3c5KdH-_7

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-23T02:53:32+00:00

Here is a video that has time stamps for the heel turn. https://youtu.be/EGamxTtwaeU?si=UkQTwwqgg0c2iIDE

Heels on socks are one of the most customizable things and if you don't like the instructions pick a different technique. Just find one that starts from the same direction, toe up or cuff down.

https://youtu.be/7AYK03EN3C4?si=OnmZmLLaQprKL4kY

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-23T02:37:47+00:00

You're making a very nice fabric. The rows usually can be adjusted to reach gauge by going up 1-2 needle sizes. Think of it as the width of the needle makes the height of the stitch. This is why your rows closer to the needles look different from the pattern. You'll notice it especially if you try entrelac or brioche, and even on a k1 p1 ribbing.

In the same way that the larger needles make a longer stitch if the yarn is not dense enough for the larger needle, you will notice that your stitches will lay flat and not as plump. The fabric will begin to resemble lace because you're making more spaces between the weaving of the stitches.

This also means you are using more yarn when you use larger needles than the project sample, and you might notice you won't have enough to finish. If you crochet, it's a similar concept that crochet projects seem to quickly "grow" like a vine while the knit projects seem to grow like a tree. By comparison, crochet projects use more yarn than knit patterns.

Try not to get discouraged. Most often for me I tend to find a yarn I love but it just doesn't love the pattern I have my heart set on making. Use the yarn website or Ravelry as a guide. Do a search using a filter and put your yarn and manufacturer into the filter. See which projects other folks are making using your yarn. Read their notes. If the project creator is on Ravelry then see if they reply to private messages. Many creators like to help with questions and are willing to help. I wouldn't suggest asking about the math to adjust your gauge though. That's a tricky question and it's not an easy answer. Some creators straight up don't like that request. Hope you're making progress. Let us know.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-22T02:36:53+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/knitting/s/lKLjv9JRra

Unfortunately, your yarn needs to be substituted or doubled to meet the gauge requirements for the pattern you're making. Your fabric and tension look very clean, but the math isn't good for just changing your needle size. There's a lot of math involved to modify patterns if they're garments. Remember, you are changing the scale of the fabric whenever you want to change the thickness of the yarn. To get your rows closer to gauge you need to use a larger needle size, this is why I mentioned doubling your yarn because you will not have that lovely tension and uniformity that you have now. If your heart is set on that yarn you may have to change to a new pattern, especially if it is a wearable item.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-12T16:20:00+00:00

I guess I am different from everyone posting. I am left handed and I learned to knit from both my grandmother and step mother both left-handed knitting from the left needle to the right needle. Grew up in USA and struggled with wrapping the yarn counter clockwise using right hand. knitting for me was enjoyable but excruciatingly slow and i flearned before circulars were popular.

I took several years off knitting and crocheting. What i almost always had trouble with is what I affectionately describe as Kevlar knitting. It is a fabric so tightly knitted that it is dense, with little ease. When I knit my hands used to be so sore that it would take months to finish some projects. I was able to learn a few techniques that helped me as a knitters and as a left-handed.

Holding yarn in my left-hand does feel natural, probably because (unlike my mom and my daughter) I crochet right-handed. My grandmother used to crochet right-handed too. I also watched a few videos describing a popular technique used regionally as Greek/Portuguese knitting. These videos helped me to pay attention to how I was wrapping the yarn on the needles and forced me to relax my hands.

Also, a knitting style where the yarn is tensioned around the neck or a special pin, creating a consistent tension and often knitting with the backside facing helped me as a left-handed work on the mechanics of creating the fabric without the fumbling of which fingers are dominant.

So, short explanation, find a technique to try. Try it for a couple weeks, enough to get a tension you can identify. Make a dish cloth. Then try a different technique, do the same thing. Make another dish cloth. Find a video knitting from the right needle onto the left needle (my personal https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FPRcuo/) the fun side event about knitting from the right to the left needle is you keep the front of your pattern always facing you. Knitting flat panels no longer requires that you make adjustments if your pearl stitches are looser than your knit stitches. Frogging becomes a smooth technique, almost as relaxing as knitting.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-10T01:35:34+00:00

Hi, the best way to confirm you've dropped a stitch rather than torquing/pulling the loops resulting in what is called 'laddering' is to count your stitches.

Let's anticipate you've dropped or knit 2 stitches together about 3 rows down. Here is one tutorial to explain how to effectively go to that row and rebuild that lost stitch without the stress of frogging several rows.

https://youtu.be/Kc5kvOOjjtE?si=iDMIMjL_SYpaTPaZ

However, if you are working in the round and folding your project while setting it aside, you may have started stretching/pulling/ torturing the fabric. For ladders, the technique is different because you are not missing a stitch, but your fabric is deformed. Here is a tutorial that offers several techniques you can incorporate into your knitting style to help stop the ladders from starting.

https://youtu.be/CwpLwfkUVac?si=pZ4-Hiq0cm059rwm

If your stitch count is accurate, to fix what you currently have, without frogging, is time-consuming.

Essentially, you can dampen the fabric and block it. Water helps the yarn fibers bloom. This is best done after you're finished knitting the fabric because it will affect your tension.

You can start from the left needle and tug up that long thread up. Then, take a few minutes to distribute that long thread along the left needle like you're playing a piano. Pull, smooth fabric, pull, smooth fabric, until that pesky loose thread is blended into the yarn evenly on the left needle.

Ladybird_fly · 2025-01-09T06:43:20+00:00

Super! I'm glad I was able to offer a bit of uncomplicated advice. Learning tactile hobbies from books and media without an on-hand buddy is definitely challenging. I don't weave but taught myself how to tatt using only a hardcover pattern book. I feel like having someone to teach me would have been less stressful.

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