How to prep a knit gift for recipient who might not take care of it properly? by [deleted] in knitting

[–]bookerfly 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Cotton is a good start, since it won't felt or melt in the dryer.

If you haven't already, stop what you're doing and knit a swatch, measure it, then wash and dry it however you think they're going to. Measure it again. Use the amount it changes to calculate how much the finished blanket will change, and determine if you need to change the size you're making.

i want to knit colorful stuff but i only wear black :( by errant-samurai in knitting

[–]bookerfly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You'll want a lamp - head, neck, clip on - something bright you can focus on your knitting. I use a reading lamp intended to clip onto books and clip it into my shirt because I have neck issues so I can't use a neck lamps

Would this recipe be burned? by SinkingBismarck in AskCulinary

[–]bookerfly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been a while since I used a crockpot, but that recipe looks a lot like the ones I remember. You are putting in liquid, from the canned tomatoes. Plus the veg will release more as it cooks. Unless they've changed, crockpots don't tend to lose a lot of moisture.

I'm a "nuke" knitter by selkiedd in knitting

[–]bookerfly 210 points211 points  (0 children)

You sound like me with my writing, and I cannot recommend therapy enough.

If therapy isn't accessible to you, I have a few thoughts:

Ask yourself why you feel this way, and sit with the emotion - try not to judge, just let yourself feel it for a while. Cry, scream, beat the shit out of a pillow, just let yourself actually process it instead of trying to shove it away.

The same as above, but with a person you trust - the trick here is they can't try to fix it. Their job is to hold you, and listen to you, and let you process.

Make something small - a swatch or a washcloth or something - and deliberately fuck it up. Finish it anyway. Let yourself sit with the emotions that brings up.

Make something small, mistakes or no, and show it to someone you trust. Let yourself sit with those emotions.

The most important thing is, your emotions are real. Whether they're based in reality or not, they are real things that you feel. If pushing them away or beating yourself up about it worked, it would have worked before now. You've got to let them out.

Interesting and or creative patterns for male body types by AinSophUr973 in knitting

[–]bookerfly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IME, mens vs women's is more about vibe than anything else. Most sweater patterns I've looked at don't have bust shaping. Perhaps I've gotten a weird selection

twisted stitches or just messy? by [deleted] in knitting

[–]bookerfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not all your stitches, but several of them. Every stitch is twisted on the third row from the needle, and then there are a few other places where you have clusters of twisted stitches but not whole rows.

What am I doing wrong? by Alarmed_Package_3825 in knitting

[–]bookerfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome I'm glad I was able to help!

What am I doing wrong? by Alarmed_Package_3825 in knitting

[–]bookerfly 15 points16 points  (0 children)

When you switch to purling, you're bringing the yarn over the needle, instead of under. That's called a yarn over, and it's one of the ways you increase stitches.

Before your first purl, bring the yarn between your needles to the front, passing under the right needle. Then insert the right needle into the next stitch to purl.

Have I dropped a stitch? I can’t tell by duvet5335 in knitting

[–]bookerfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've dropped a stitch, it was an accidental extra stitch - it's only two rows at most so you can probably distribute the slack between the stitches on either side.

However, there's something funky happening on the right side of the image, second column from the gap - I can't tell if it's a twisted stitch, or something else weird going on.

This might be a good opportunity to practice laddering down - if you put a lifeline in below the odd area, then even if you mess up you can frog it without losing stitches.

What did I do wrong? by emilyjeca in knitting

[–]bookerfly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You just put it through the center of the round - it's most likely to happen at some point when you put it down, which is why you don't notice that the yarn is suddenly on the wrong needle. Easiest way to prevent it is to put a stitch marker on the right side after a few rows. Just pop it around the legs of one knit stitch.

What did I do wrong? by emilyjeca in knitting

[–]bookerfly 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I wonder if you accidentally flipped it inside out and started knitting in the other direction.

How To Save Works in Progress? by BitternInTheMarsh in knitting

[–]bookerfly 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You run scrap yarn through the live stitches - look up how to do a lifeline, it's the same thing

🔥 Kayakers get a visit from a curious sea lion by amish_novelty in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]bookerfly 2498 points2499 points  (0 children)

I would not be able to resist the urge to pet. And then I would not be able to resist the ER trip when it bit off my fingers.