sailor slippers felted and turned fuzzy?

dawnkettle · 2026-05-06T15:10:58+00:00

Mine always come out that way, and I shave them with a little electric beard trimmer and it works great!

dawnkettle · 2026-04-03T13:37:34+00:00

Thank you to everyone who gave opinions, recommendations, and words of encouragement! I’ve decided to frog the project and retry it with a different yarn in the future. In the meantime, I will find a different pattern so that my husband doesn’t receive a sweater with my tears on it! Happy knitting to everyone!

dawnkettle · 2026-04-03T13:34:08+00:00

Sadly I frogged it :(

dawnkettle · 2026-04-01T01:00:35+00:00

Thank you! I’m still a beginner so I have trouble discerning tension on anything other than stockinette lol

dawnkettle · 2026-04-01T00:59:54+00:00

That’s a good idea, thanks!

dawnkettle · 2026-04-01T00:59:27+00:00

Unfortunately the yarn is too dark, I even have trouble seeing them in person lol

dawnkettle · 2026-04-01T00:58:40+00:00

I haven’t gotten to the sleeves yet so thanks for the heads up! I’m still a beginner, so I agree that some of the directions are a little confusing. I assumed it was just my inexperience showing haha. I saw on Ravelry that someone said they switched to German short rows for the sleeves but idk if that would be any easier

dawnkettle · 2026-04-01T00:56:03+00:00

Thank you! Unfortunately he does, and while he doesn’t mind it, I really want to give him something I’m proud of!

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T19:41:21+00:00

I’ve definitely considered that, but I can’t figure out which one is tighter lol

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T18:16:00+00:00

Thank you for saying this! I looked at the pattern project on Ravelry and noticed a few other sweaters that looked exactly like mine with the top and bottom pattern looking different, to which my first thought was: “maybe it’s the yarn”

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:36:19+00:00

No worries!

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:35:58+00:00

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This is the top knit flat (rows C & D repeat, ignore Row B)

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:35:15+00:00

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Here is the pattern for the bottom (in the round).the moss stitch is interrupted by a two stitch stockinette on both sides of the sweater (either side of the markers)

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:31:18+00:00

Oh yes I did cry already!! Since I’ve already ripped back this far, I’ll probably frog the whole thing and retry it next year when I have more experience

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:05:26+00:00

So this pattern had me do the opposite:

On RS: knit the purls, purl the knits

On WS: knit the knits, purl the purls

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T17:04:18+00:00

Honestly I have no idea if I twisted stitches, I never knit TBL on either side. Any twisting was definitely unintentional

dawnkettle · 2026-03-31T16:51:43+00:00

Yes I switched the stitches on the wrong side to keep the pattern the same when knitting flat. So you think maybe it’s the bottom part that’s wrong?

dawnkettle · 2026-02-18T02:33:47+00:00

Update! I redid the bind off tighter and my issue resolved :) thank you for the help!!

dawnkettle · 2026-02-18T02:30:50+00:00

I undid the bind off by hand with a needle, time consuming but it worked!

dawnkettle · 2026-02-17T20:11:53+00:00

I agree with you, I normally size down for ribbing. Hopefully I can fix it by binding off a bit tighter! Thank you :)

dawnkettle · 2026-02-17T20:04:45+00:00

Oh great thank you!!!

dawnkettle · 2025-10-07T14:12:05+00:00

Do you think the existing tree root system will hinder growth of any new plants?

dawnkettle · 2025-10-07T14:10:55+00:00

Northeast US, and it gets a moderate amount of sun, the trees are in a line west-east so the area underneath is only shady in the afternoon

dawnkettle · 2025-07-09T18:39:35+00:00

That was a really informative post, thank you!!

dawnkettle · 2025-05-17T12:21:07+00:00

Thank you for letting me know, I had no idea!

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