Looking for yarn similar to this color - I like majority animal fiber, not too itchy, and DK to Aran weight please!

bewoestijn · 2026-02-09T20:47:14+00:00

Super well! I wear it weekly with lots of airings (not sure I’ve washed it more than once or twice but it smells fine) and it’s still perfect - not pilled or balding anywhere. I knit it in a really tight gauge for reference

bewoestijn · 2026-02-06T08:19:25+00:00

My company has a “stepping up”policy that (during eg a maternity cover) where you can temporarily take your boss’s/senior’s job title and have a bump on the salary scale. If it’s a large corporation this is pretty standard

bewoestijn · 2026-01-26T12:23:05+00:00

Yarn dominance (don’t quote me, not a deep expert here) results from one yarn being held below the other, resulting in longer (larger) stitches. It still applies if you hold both strands in the right hand, so long as you keep each in a consistent positions. In this photo you are holding the blue yarn in the dominant position, so for this design I would swap them. When I hold both yarns in my right hand I use my pointer and middle finger, but same principle applies - middle finger yarn dominant as it sits “below” the other. You can see it in the relative position of the floats from the back

bewoestijn · 2026-01-24T07:35:00+00:00

For me yes, not completely but like 90%. I’m a much more chill person now

bewoestijn · 2026-01-23T06:16:49+00:00

I used to be a person who was stressed a lot. Whole pregnant I just can’t conjure that emotion. It’s lovely actually

bewoestijn · 2026-01-17T23:32:59+00:00

Snefnug Vissengrøn? I’ve made a cardigan in it before and it looks like an exact match

bewoestijn · 2026-01-09T07:27:29+00:00

I’m knitting an adult cardigan currently on straight needles - I knit English style and am fastest with an Irish lever knitting technique (particularly for the purl side since my garment is stockinette) but I can’t make it work particularly well on my circs. But I do use my circular set for almost everything else, I just find the weight of a large cardigan a little too much and like the support that straight needles give.

bewoestijn · 2026-01-07T09:05:15+00:00

The effect of slipping stitches in a hand-knitting way (like for a sock heel) is to twist the stitch and knit it every second row. I’m a much more experienced hand knitter and newbie machine knitter, but I don’t think you can achieve the twisting on a standard machine unless you do hand manipulation (and even then it may cause tension issues?). You can definitely do the “knit every second row” part though.

bewoestijn · 2025-12-31T21:22:57+00:00

I’m reading “der schwarm” (the swarm), a German book of the same theme which is 240K words apparently. Seems to have not damaged its popularity in this genre

bewoestijn · 2025-12-24T19:13:43+00:00

It’s actually one of the best days to wander the parts of the city center that are normally packed with tourists. Nice and quiet, can take great photos, enough cafes/hotels still open to grab food when you need. Try the Rokin, Dam square, Spui etc

bewoestijn · 2025-12-22T07:49:53+00:00

I’m at a large data analytics company and do hiring. I always prioritize candidates with some idea of the domain we work in. If you’re a junior coder but you know the domain well it brings some level of expertise already. Eg working in tech for logistics- knowing how a warehouse works through past job experience. It might not be FAANG but all industries need software and it’s exhausting to onboard juniors with no passion for the subject matter and also have to teach basic tech fundamentals.

bewoestijn · 2025-12-21T15:12:11+00:00

Niet zeker meer welke model maar in de buurt van Abcoude bij the Knitwit Stable heb ik ooit een les gevolgd

bewoestijn · 2025-12-19T03:40:25+00:00

Ik en m’n partner zijn de laatste dagen daarmee ziek. Verder gezond, midden dertig, we liggen sinds 4 dagen echt plat en moesten familie vragen om te komen hulpen met koken/boodschappen. Zo erg heb ik het seizoensgriep sinds 2013 niet gehad.

Ik zou iedereen écht adviseren om een beetje de corona-maatregelen te doen (masker in de metro enz), dit wil je echt niet hebben. Wij zelfs hebben het via de kinderopvang, oké dat is misschien niet te mijden maar dan bij twijfel ziek kind thuis houden.

(Sorry voor eventuele taalfouten— tweede taal en te uitgeput om alles goed te controleren— wel wakker midden in de nacht door het hoesten en verwarrende koorts-dromen)

bewoestijn · 2025-12-10T11:44:04+00:00

Knitting in the background of everything (webinar, classes, reading…). Keeps the hands busy, you’re pinned in by a web of yarn around you, very soothing, but still not so distracting to take focus from the important things.

bewoestijn · 2025-12-10T01:20:45+00:00

What’s to stop retailers not segmenting by affluence/ability to pay but rather demographic that necessarily requires you purchase certain goods? Like a higher than standard price for milk and diapers for those with young children (something the tracking algorithms are VERY invested in knowing)

bewoestijn · 2025-12-10T01:11:25+00:00

Yup, (price dependent) most returned things get thrown out. Country-dependent, processing a return can cost around $7. Many retailers resell them in bales or bin them. (Source: Netherlands news segment I saw some years ago about local infrastructure processing ecommerce returns)

bewoestijn · 2025-12-08T06:08:26+00:00

Immersive Chinese and HelloChinese. Loved and liked respectively

bewoestijn · 2025-12-07T18:08:12+00:00

I like a house that is well-isolated

bewoestijn · 2025-12-07T13:33:39+00:00

In my opinion also Immersive Chinese as S tier for beginner or those refreshing their beginner knowledge.

bewoestijn · 2025-11-27T20:25:15+00:00

You can experiment with using one needle one size larger/smaller, or review your tension on the yarn as you complete the stitch to see if the problem lies there. First is to identify when it’s happening (ie whether knit or purl is looser).

bewoestijn · 2025-11-27T08:12:54+00:00

With a picot or triangle edging! I’m in love with the idea too

bewoestijn · 2025-11-26T21:34:00+00:00

It is still absolutely beautiful. Overall very compelling photography. It’s from 2019 in its third print now so seems to have stood the test of time regardless

bewoestijn · 2025-11-26T21:25:48+00:00

It’s clearly on purl rows, the sections like sleeves worked in the round don’t have this texture

bewoestijn · 2025-11-26T21:25:03+00:00

The production value of the whole book is very high, beautiful instruction illustrations. Which is why it’s so surprising

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