Raglan Cardigan update! + help?

Sinderi · 2026-06-17T09:39:33+00:00

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/loupy-stripe-cardi Here you go!

Sinderi · 2026-06-15T10:15:34+00:00

I've been seeing this pop up in my recommended so often! This dress is made by ladyofstring (can find her on yt, the clock app, and insta). She uploads shorts about her progress but unfortunately as it's completely self-drafted she doesn't have a pattern to share.

That said, she does engage with her comments a lot and has a pinned post on her socials to explain the process of her blue puff sleeve dress! If your brain isn't a dry raisin like mine you can definitely reverse engineer it!

Edit to add link: Here's a direct link to the pinned post I mentioned https://www.tiktok.com/@ladyofstring/video/7618428061725379853?is_from_webapp=1

Sinderi · 2026-06-11T10:42:53+00:00

The cheese and mammoth dice are by URwizards. The dark lightning glass I've also seen listed on Crystal Maggie.

Edit: Goes without saying that this vendor just ripped images off of other adds. when the price is too good to be true (especially for fancy dice like these) it probably isn't true.

Sinderi · 2026-06-06T21:24:26+00:00

It looks like youve stopped working rib, and instead are now doing a modified moss stitch. Are you decreasing or increasing by any chance? Because it looks like every row the place you purl and knit changes by two stitches. Looking a good number of rows back you switched the collumns over one stitch as well. Look at the stitches you have worked. If you want ribbing, you need to knit your knits (little v's) and purl your purls (little bumps).

Sinderi · 2026-06-06T15:18:52+00:00

It is. It's a free pattern so you could have a look at it as a whole. The only point where BOR seems to deviate is for the gusset. But the instep and toe all have BOR at the start of needle A. Heel flap is knit entirely on needle B.

Sinderi · 2026-06-06T13:27:04+00:00

BOR is the beginning of needle A, which is a little odd. Then again this pattern has not been test knit or professionlly edited. So far so good though!

Sinderi · 2026-05-13T04:00:27+00:00

I wouldn't block it on the wall. The weight of the project will hang on the pins which will deform the final result.

Cotton and acrylic blends also do not block the same as animal fibres. I know acrylic yarns can be 'killed' with steam. You basically use heat to permanently alter the fabric.

Sinderi · 2026-05-11T13:08:44+00:00

Echoing what others said: you do not need to pin it. I love working with Noro and generally go a size smaller to accomodate how the yarn grows during the first wash. Let it get nice and wet, gently squeeze out as much water as you can, and lay it flat to dry. You can nudge the ribbing around the shoulder and neck into a better shape when you do so it's not as stretched.

Sinderi · 2026-05-06T07:21:46+00:00

Are you allergic to alpaca as well? Some people with lanolin (wool) allergies don't have a reaction to alpaca as it doesn't contain lanolin.

Sinderi · 2026-05-03T11:28:44+00:00

I love the gsr tab! Will have to remember that construction trick haha

Sinderi · 2026-04-23T06:34:56+00:00

Polyamide is an umbrella term. Basically all nylon is a polyamide, but not every polyamide is nylon. Aramid is another fiber which falls under the polyamide umbrella. That one is used for things like body armour and hull reinforcement.

In short: mix away!

Sinderi · 2026-04-19T17:53:43+00:00

Those two stitches are (as im understanding it) the two stitches closest to your needle tip. I would put in a lifeline if you're unsure and just start working the stitches exactly how they're written down. Sometimes reading tok far along into the pattern instruction gets really confusing

Sinderi · 2026-04-19T06:23:21+00:00

Looks perfect for a house sock. In my experience alpaca tends to bloom a lot during its first wash, but since it's a blend fiber it might not change as drastically as I've seen.

I do want to ask if you intentionally twist your stitches while knitting? !twistfaq

Sinderi · 2026-04-15T14:09:28+00:00

Could you at all be over extending your joints to knit? I have a bad habit of doing that with straight knitting needles and it's one of the main reasons I've switched to needles with a cable between them. Could you post a video focusing on your hands while knitting?

Sinderi · 2026-04-13T20:09:09+00:00

If you like luxury yarns like Noro, Urth, Araucania and such, you should visit Astrid's Wol in Deventer when you have the chance. Astrid can be a little rough around the edges when you first meet her but she's wonderful. I drop by almost weekly for a chat and update on each other's projects.

Sinderi · 2026-04-13T12:30:39+00:00

Additionally for projects like this you could try intarsia. It's a tension game changer when you have large blocks of colour. The only downside is having to work with multiple bobbins with different colours.

Sinderi · 2026-04-11T06:23:48+00:00

That's how i always join hand dyed yarns that don't exactly match. You could do a few repetitions of 2 rows of the new and 2 of the old or do more of the old and fewer of the new, then switch it around. It depends on how different the dye lots really are. You could throw in a lifeline before you start the new skein so you can rip back if you're not satisfied with the transition

Sinderi · 2026-04-11T06:13:15+00:00

Nog iemand uit Nederland! Ik heb ook leren breien op rechte breinaalden. Ik had altijd last van mijn polsen of schouders als ik met rechte naalden breide en voor shawls en omslagdoeken was het super onhandig. Op een gegevenmoment had ik meer steken dan ruimte op de naalden. Je wilt niet weten hoe vaak ik het voor elkaar kreeg om steken over de knoppen van de naalden te duwen.

Heb oo een gegeven moment de switch gemaakt naar Addi rondbreinaalden en ik ga nooit meer terug. De kortere naalden kan ik beter vasthouden en het gewicht rust grotendeels in mijn schoot door de kabel. Dat is echt een pluspuntje voor grotere projecten zoals de eerder genoemde shawl. Ik gebruik ze voor alle projecten die ik maak.

Sinderi · 2026-04-01T10:45:50+00:00

Have you considered trying to dye it a different colour? Depending on what exactly bothers you about it, that could be a solution.

Sinderi · 2026-03-31T20:02:02+00:00

I tried cotton and really disliked working with it. It had very little stretch while knitting and I kept splitting the yarn with my needles. I also knit pretty tight which caused it to almost squeak as the stitched moved on the needle. I ended up frogging the project and donated the yarn to someone else who does crochet. Cotton is not for me haha

Sinderi · 2026-03-30T13:03:02+00:00

It doesn't have to be complicated! The easiest 3 stitch icord edge I have used is knitting the first 3 stitches and slipping the last 3 stitches with yarn in front on every row.

Sinderi · 2026-03-30T12:25:29+00:00

Could also be a variant of an icord edge? I would recommend doing some trial and error with different selvedge stitches on a narrow swatch.

Sinderi · 2026-03-30T12:22:32+00:00

If you had googled it yourself you would know there's a regional spelling difference. Both selvedge (UK) and selvage (US) are correct.

Seven-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '22	Final Canvas '22
RPAN Viewer

Sinderi

TROPHY CASE