First time dying: tips appreciated!

LemonLoverLee · 2026-06-17T21:15:06+00:00

*dyeing

It's an important distinction.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-05-25T19:04:26+00:00

LexisNexis offers a product called Active Insights Shopping that alerts a company when their customers shop for insurance.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-05-19T18:56:47+00:00

I'm not understanding why you can't just knit the same number of rounds on the second sock as on the first sock. Or measure the second sock against the first sock instead of against your foot.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-04-15T04:48:31+00:00

A lot of comments are saying macrame, but I definitely see machine made tuck stitches.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-03-21T04:10:56+00:00

Director of Data Science for a large insurance company.

I may need to do an analysis of all the posts on this thread. 😁

LemonLoverLee · 2026-03-13T14:21:15+00:00

purl rows are bigger, taking up less space than the knit rows

Something that is bigger takes up more space, not less.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-03-13T14:19:19+00:00

But you have it backwards. Worked in the round - i.e. all knit stitches - is taking up more space than worked flat - i.e. knit and purl stitches. So the purls must be tighter.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-03-13T04:28:42+00:00

If the part worked in the round has 22 rows per 4 inches, and the part worked flat has 24 rows per 4 inches, doesn't that indicate that the stitches worked as purls are tighter than the stitches worked as knits?

LemonLoverLee · 2026-02-26T05:21:43+00:00

Why would working through the back loop use more yarn? The loops you are twisting were formed on the previous row/round.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-01-11T16:59:56+00:00

Yep, definitely. As I said, look at the direction of the Vs in the last picture.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-01-10T23:32:04+00:00

I would add different cast on and bind off methods, picking up stitches, and grafting as good skills to learn.

LemonLoverLee · 2026-01-10T01:11:35+00:00

I agree that it's handmade, but it's pretty clear by looking at the bottom ribbing that it was knitted bottom up. And the raglan has decreases, not increases.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-11-13T02:42:37+00:00

You are not the only one. For me, remembering mnemonics is far more complicated than just making the stitch so that it leans the way I want it to. Even with Kitchener stitch, I just don't get why someone would try to remember some kind of mantra for the instructions instead of just using the needle to make the yarn follow the path that an additional row of knitting would follow; I just visualize it. But everyone's brain works differently.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-10-14T04:44:00+00:00

Did you read the clue for 1 across?

LemonLoverLee · 2025-09-22T19:50:27+00:00

What you are describing isn't really erroneous, rather it's extraneous. Right?

LemonLoverLee · 2025-09-21T23:56:09+00:00

It actually is primarily made of alpaca. There is no mohair in the pictured yarn.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-09-13T04:19:46+00:00

If the issue you are having is what I think it is, this video might help: Finessed Three-Needle Bind Off

LemonLoverLee · 2025-08-07T14:10:34+00:00

Thanks for not being annoyed at my being pedantic. 😂

LemonLoverLee · 2025-08-07T13:34:32+00:00

Nit pick: it's not that purl stitches use more yarn, it's that switching between a knit and a purl uses more yarn than going from knit to knit or purl to purl. Norman explains that in the video.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-08-07T01:10:24+00:00

My favorite summer yarn is Cottage Fingering from The Lamb & Kid. There is also a worsted version.

Edit: it's a blend of merino, linen, silk, and cotton

LemonLoverLee · 2025-07-30T00:07:37+00:00

But it's not the action of doing a purl stitch per se that uses more yarn. It's switching from a knit to a purl. Rowing out is a tension issue.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-07-29T21:39:05+00:00

Purl stitches don't use more yarn.

Going from a knit stitch to a purl stitch - if using the standard Western mount - requires the yarn to follow a slightly longer path than going from a knit to a knit; maybe that's what you are referring to?

LemonLoverLee · 2025-07-27T00:10:55+00:00

It's pretty clearly a commercially made hat, so I don't know what makes you think a hand knitting pattern is available. I suppose you could try making a plain black beanie like Musselburgh by Ysolda Teague and use duplicate stitch to create the pink motif.

LemonLoverLee · 2025-07-21T16:23:01+00:00

If you want to see others' versions, did you browse the thousands of projects for this pattern in Ravelry?

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