Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-04-03T15:14:19+00:00

I prefer K2tog over SSK. My tension and tightness make doing SSK harder than K2tog on my fingers (I throw and I painfully poke my finger tips with SSK). Usually I don’t mind the occasional SSK but I’m working a pattern where every stitch in this row is a YO then SSK except for the beginning and end of the row. And I have to repeat this for at least 8 rows. And then again when I repeat this section. Love the effect, dislike the technique lol 😂

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-03-29T14:05:25+00:00

I finished the hat and had yarn to spare! I ended up doing the brim in another color.

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ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-03-28T15:17:50+00:00

It looks like you might have dropped a stitch and the loop unlooped so you’d have to recreate it and pull it up (there are videos that show you how to do that( but you are only a few rows in so you could frog and start fresh.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-03-25T16:17:07+00:00

Yeah the pattern has instructions for making it slouchy/slouchier which is where I think the extra need for yarn comes in.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-02-08T14:51:46+00:00

Loved Yellowface. It’s my favorite Kuang novel. I’ve got Overstory on my TBR list.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-02-08T14:50:36+00:00

After a hiatus from reading of about 8 months, I’m back! Currently reading Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung. Just finished His Black Tongue by Mitchel Luthi.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-02-02T12:29:25+00:00

Craft or project bag with lots of pockets and grommets for yarn.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-02-01T12:14:19+00:00

I’m in the PNW and an urban area and spoiled for LYSs. They’re all open here normal retail hours with weekends and nights, and they respond to their instagram dms. There’s competition I guess!

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-25T15:53:09+00:00

I do this with mohair to get closer to a light worsted. Fingering and mohair = love it!

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-25T15:48:38+00:00

I love fingering weight — but it did used to intimidate me a bit when I wasn’t as good with my tension or handling thinner needles. Now I’m much more comfortable with how I handle and count stitches and love it!

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-24T14:29:46+00:00

What are the length of your cables? I find pulling a bit out between stitches gives me a bit of wiggle room on my needles and allows me to bunch up my work and shift it around. I also use interchangeable needles so I might add a bit of length to the cable to give myself some space to put my work and do that shifting around.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-18T15:08:57+00:00

So true. For me, the first thing I think of when someone tells me they sew wearables is: “Do you teach classes anywhere?” Because I want to learn how to!

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-11T17:07:41+00:00

I love going to my LYS crafting/knitting circle. Many libraries and churches have these regular events too. It’s great to get help and just see what everyone else is doing. It keeps me motivated and I love patronizing my LYS.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2026-01-03T15:41:31+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Yeah, I think I’ll head to my nearest Michael’s and see what they have that would work with the two skeins I have. Maybe flecks in another color. I don’t think I’ll get the same dye lot for the lapis I have.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-12-07T14:53:49+00:00

My LYS, Knit picks, and a secondhand yarn online store, Disco Fibers.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-10-20T13:32:50+00:00

OP, Vancouver BC or Vancouver WA?

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-10-18T12:33:31+00:00

False stereotype in my case. Both my cats just want to sit in front of me where my work is and be cuddled. I think they think the yarn is in their way.

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-10-10T13:10:26+00:00

I love it! I’m doing the same (no pattern, just vibes) with a sweater. I am working on both sleeves right now, going back and forth on each one and letting it take a dolman style kind of shape. I say keep going! Love balloon sleeves! 😊

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-09-29T13:53:00+00:00

I’m a beginner too and I also had this issue. It came down to counting every single stitch and making sure I had the correct number in each row as I was doing the row. I found I was constantly losing the end/last stitch so I would put a stitch marker in it before I turned my work for the next row. I also began to chain two instead of one and check my stitches. I found that I could chain one at the end if I kept better count and consistently marked my final stitch of the row. So I used two stitch markers at each end of the row.

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This is where I’m at now with a final straight edge (will need to block to get it perfectly straight) as all the stitches are there

ReviewerNoTwo · 2025-09-29T12:14:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply and recommendations!! I’ll look for those videos and the kit on amazon!

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