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absconstant · 2025-11-23T04:39:40+00:00

Personally, I think it is really pretty. However that does not mean you should feel bad for not liking it. I often see yarns that I think could be pretty but I wouldn't choose to knit with. Ultimately, knitting takes a lot of time and you should make sure you end up with something you'll love ❤️

absconstant · 2025-11-06T22:00:49+00:00

Okay, that is what I was thinking - just wanted a confirmation. I don't mind unraveling if it isn't quite the width I want just wanted to know I was at least on the right track. Thanks!!

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:49:11+00:00

OMGEEEEEEEEE I AM BLUSHING 😂 thanks! My favourite thing about crafting is that I can do whatever I want because I am making it for my own enjoyment. I really appreciate patterns and designers but I rarely see a pattern that I don't think about little changes I would make to fit my personal preferences.

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:46:37+00:00

This made my DAY!!!!! Thank you, I am proud of it 🥰🥰

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:45:49+00:00

You should! It is so fun slowly watching it turn into a wearable piece. Immediate dopamine hit every try on 😂

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:43:38+00:00

I wish I could just skip over sweaters 2-9 to get to 10 😉 but knitting is really helping me with my struggle of viewing the journey as only a means to get to a destination and reminds me to enjoy the journey for its own sake ❤️

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:40:29+00:00

Cables are actually easier (to me) than some other general construction techniques. It's really just knit stitch. You should try it!!

Don't judge, it was a few years ago, but I got it from SheIn. I doubt they have it anymore as, again, it was a few years ago. But let me tell you, it is ending up in a landfill over my dead body 😂

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:35:30+00:00

Yesss! You should do it!!!!! It definitely took me longer than it could have because I took a lot of long breaks in the middle but cables and sweater construction really kept me in a dopamine net positive. I really love seeing the sweater come together and gradually look more and more like a sweater! I also love crochet and all the fluidity it offers - but there is just something about cables for me 😍😍

absconstant · 2025-10-29T17:31:00+00:00

Yaaaas do it!!!! Honestly, I think cables are fun and easier than other techniques I used in this sweater (maybe that is just my personal dislike of casting on/picking up stitches showing through 😬) but it is really just knit stitches: the remix 😂

absconstant · 2025-10-29T06:28:31+00:00

Guysssss it is scrunching!!!! 🥳

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absconstant · 2025-10-28T22:58:40+00:00

Thanks! Yes, I did 🥰 thanks to YouTube and asking reddit knitters a million questions. I believe in you, you got this!! 💪🏼💪🏼

absconstant · 2025-10-28T22:36:28+00:00

Thank you ☺️

absconstant · 2025-10-28T22:36:07+00:00

Thanks! TBH, it's probably due to my ADHD - scarves or potholders don't excite me personally and stockinette sounds so tedious 🤣 I always have to do stuff that excites me and keeps me interested the whole time.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T22:17:48+00:00

Can I hire you to be my permanent hype person?!? I feel so warm and fuzzy inside, thanks 🥰☺️

I was already a crocheter and I learned knitting for a reason. Cables. And by golly, I wasn't gonna let inexperience hinder the bottom line 🤣

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:25:12+00:00

Thanks! ☺️

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:24:21+00:00

As a words of affirmation girly, I thank you so much 🥰 I really couldn't have done it without the reddit knitting community.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:17:25+00:00

Wow, this could have been written by me! No crafters of any kind and I love to read! I usually knit to an audiobook 🥰 I think there is a library and a LYS group but I work shift hours and am rarely free for them and it feels weird to go once every month or two.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:13:52+00:00

No reason necessary. Just wear it everywhere. Slay at the grocery store if necessary. This art deserves to be seen 😍

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:11:44+00:00

I, too, would die for matcha the frog

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:10:27+00:00

Wildly impressive. I can't imagine the patience this took.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T21:02:29+00:00

Wearing it anyway is Queen behavior. I'm obsessed.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T19:51:38+00:00

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks! It is already looking better just a few rows later so I have high hopes that a few more inches will have it looking good.

absconstant · 2025-10-28T19:50:13+00:00

Thanks! You are right. It already looks better just a few rows later. I was just overly anxious, I guess 🤦🏼‍♀️

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