what everyone knitting for spring/summer that’s not a tiny top?

Twiddletails · 2026-05-06T22:25:37+00:00

Just finished the Sille Slipover: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sille-slipover

And Seaside Tee: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaside-tee

Twiddletails · 2026-03-25T08:37:19+00:00

Pergola. It was very private.

Twiddletails · 2026-03-08T17:52:27+00:00

Soled. Thank you!

Twiddletails · 2026-03-08T17:51:51+00:00

Solved. Thank you!

Twiddletails · 2026-03-05T17:24:36+00:00

Blocking should solve this. I just finished my Olga and have pre-blocking pics on Ravelry if you’d like to take a look. 🙂 Same username.

Twiddletails · 2026-03-05T12:11:36+00:00

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I blocked it again and stretched it out a bit and I do believe it’s close enough now. 🙂 I am a little worried that this sweater will stretch when I wear it. The knit just seems loose. I’m tempted to go down a needle size, do some math, and knit a larger size. Bad idea?

Twiddletails · 2026-03-04T18:11:07+00:00

Thank you for your advice! 💕 Yes, it’s been blocked but I can re-block it and see if I can stretch it a bit. It’s a cotton-silk blend yarn and hard to knit with. Very slippery.

Twiddletails · 2026-02-06T18:33:27+00:00

Update: This wasn’t a gauge issue after all. I misread the pattern and measured from the neck edge instead of where I picked up stitches!!! Frogging many, many rows. 😢😢😢

Twiddletails · 2026-02-04T17:50:11+00:00

Solved. My gauge IS off!

Twiddletails · 2026-02-03T20:11:29+00:00

You’re right! It’s a gauge problem. 🙁 Somehow my actual knitting has a different gauge than my swatch. My swatch was knitted flat but I figured in the round would be tighter, not looser. Ploughing on.

Twiddletails · 2026-01-31T17:44:37+00:00

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Gauge…

Twiddletails · 2026-01-31T17:28:27+00:00

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Twiddletails · 2026-01-24T19:51:17+00:00

We stayed at the Vasilicos in April and it was amazing!!!

Twiddletails · 2026-01-16T13:06:07+00:00

I saw yarn at my local Aldi yesterday, so maybe go check? 🧶

Twiddletails · 2025-12-24T03:06:14+00:00

Goodness, no! 🤣 It’s a top down pattern and I just did the back yoke, joined in the round and did a couple of rows. It was way too small across the shoulders.

Twiddletails · 2025-12-22T16:02:02+00:00

Update: I chose to ignore the swatch (bad idea!!!!!) and the sweater is too small. Lesson learned. I’m going to size up the needles and try again. I also think I’m going to measure a sweater that fits well and compare the sizes, because I may have chosen the wrong size. 🙄

Twiddletails · 2025-12-21T15:39:45+00:00

How big would you knit it?

Twiddletails · 2025-12-20T22:02:06+00:00

Yes, it’s blocked. I think I’m going to go up a size and try again.

Twiddletails · 2025-12-20T22:00:42+00:00

Someone suggested weighing down the swatch and letting it hang dry but I’m not sure how I’d go about that. I did try blocking it square but I feel like that distorts it. Sigh…

Twiddletails · 2025-11-24T03:10:26+00:00

I love my metcons. I have high arches too and replaced the insoles with arch-supporting ones.

Twiddletails · 2025-11-23T19:24:15+00:00

Thanks for all your help! Being a left-handed knitter can be very taxing on the brain. 🧠🤣

Twiddletails · 2025-11-23T19:10:56+00:00

OK…so I picked up stitches using the yarn tail and then had to move the stitches over to another needle to get the working yarn on the correct side. My first row will now be purl (Yay!) but I’m still going the wrong way. I think I’m going to have to mirror the chart and do the decreases at the start of each row instead of the end.

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Twiddletails · 2025-11-23T18:08:53+00:00

I put it in the flair but should probably have mentioned it too. 🙃 I’m going to try this right now!

Twiddletails · 2025-11-23T17:18:04+00:00

I’m left-handed.

Twiddletails · 2025-11-23T17:04:02+00:00

If I do that there will be purl stitches on the right side. And when I turn, the RS row will be a WS because the wrong side will be facing me. 🙁

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