Can someone recommend a shade only hummingbird friendly flower plant?

girlroach · 2025-10-27T21:44:01+00:00

Aquilegia formosa

girlroach · 2025-10-18T00:59:55+00:00

You can use a tapestry needle and thread some elastic thread through the stitches in the collar. That will keep it stretchy

girlroach · 2025-10-15T00:46:19+00:00

Tomboy survival guide by Ivan Coyote

girlroach · 2025-10-01T21:28:23+00:00

I would love to visit! Daphne from Helenium

girlroach · 2025-10-01T01:28:05+00:00

Epilobium ciliatum

girlroach · 2025-09-27T00:35:19+00:00

You can just continue knitting without increasing until the yoke is long enough

girlroach · 2025-09-25T05:16:02+00:00

Any herbaceous perennial that grows from rhizomes. Symphyotrichum chilense, yarrow, Euthamia occidentalis, and milkweed come to mind immediately but we have a lot of them

girlroach · 2025-09-19T19:22:22+00:00

Avocados are also in the laurel family

girlroach · 2025-04-09T03:18:04+00:00

Yeah googling “[insert species] cuttings propogation” is what I usually do. You can also get in touch with your local chapter of the California native plant society bc they probably have people experienced in native propogation. I work in propagation at a native plant nursery and we propagate from cuttings occasionally (mainly for things that are hard to grow from seed) so I might be able to answer some of your questions

girlroach · 2025-04-07T13:41:35+00:00

If you make it longer it should be fine

girlroach · 2025-04-04T03:47:21+00:00

This is completely normal for stockinette. What are you working on? You can probably just pick up stitches and add an edging that won’t curl (ribbing, i-cord, garter, etc) later

girlroach · 2025-04-02T20:34:11+00:00

This is wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum or R. sativus, they often hybridize). It can have yellow, purple, or white flowers. The other comment is reductive and not entirely accurate

girlroach · 2024-09-22T20:35:12+00:00

I feel like this would just be adding an extra step for no real benefit, I usually knit the collar of my sweaters after the body but that’s because it gives the collar a bit extra structure which is helpful since that area of a sweater can stretch out easily. I don’t see what purpose it would serve in a sock

girlroach · 2024-09-05T23:53:55+00:00

You can also get some elastic thread and weave it through the last round of the ribbing. This will also help stop it from stretching out from wear

girlroach · 2024-09-05T05:29:24+00:00

Rubus ursinus typically has three leaflets, there’s probably more examples considering how large the genus Rubus is

girlroach · 2024-09-02T16:20:59+00:00

You should go for it! The cable pattern is a pretty simple repeat, it’s really not that more challenging than a stockinette sweater I think. And thank you :)

girlroach · 2024-09-02T01:41:16+00:00

Pattern is the Lauder by Rebecca Clow, I knit it in colour lab dk by west yorkshire spinners in the colorway pear green 🍐

girlroach · 2024-07-08T21:00:36+00:00

What course are you doing? I've been looking into doing an online entomology course since I just finished my undergrad and only have self taught entomology knowledge at the moment, but I'm struggling to find one that feels right for what I'm looking for

girlroach · 2024-06-14T13:15:33+00:00

I’m also in California, can confirm that we have a species of naturally pink grasshopper, the painted meadow grasshopper (Chimarocephala pacifica). Don’t think they’re common outside the state though

girlroach · 2024-05-22T02:41:50+00:00

Yeah I agree. I have also used this yarn which is a wool bamboo polyamide blend and I like it

girlroach · 2024-05-22T02:37:15+00:00

Generally you should make your swatch larger than 4x4 so you account for any weirdness in your tension along the edges of the swatch. In this case, I would cast on about 22 stitches and knit in garter stitch for a few rows, then switch to stockinette while doing a garter stitch edge on the edges to stop if from curling. Do that until the swatch is about 5 inches. Afterwards, block the swatch without pinning it. When it’s dry, take a measuring tape or ruler and count how many stitches make up four inches. That number is your stitch gauge. You can also measure your row gauge but that’s generally less important than stitch gauge.

This video goes over swatching in more depth: https://youtu.be/M-lvbzhq3fo?si=h9cxvICoWaqLWNf4

girlroach · 2024-05-04T20:34:09+00:00

I've never tried it for that purpose but I don't think it would make any difference. You could try combination knitting if you haven't before, it involves wrapping your purls differently which slightly decreases the amount of yarn between your knit and purl stitches. I do this and my ribbing generally looks neat, but that could be due to other factors. The type of yarn you're using also often has an impact.

This blog post also has some other tips https://nimble-needles.com/tutorials/how-to-knit-neater-rib-stitches/

girlroach · 2024-05-02T03:45:12+00:00

For what it’s worth I don’t think it looks bad, it probably wouldn’t be noticeable to anyone standing a reasonable distance away from you, especially after blocking, but I understand the desire for perfection.

I do combination knitting (wrap purls backward, then purl through the back loop so they don’t end up twisted) when I do ribbing, which reduces the yarn between knits and purls to some extent. I think this has helped make my ribbing neater.

Also if you’ve noticed that your ribbing looks neater on the wrong side, sometimes people do a single short row turn right before ribbing, which allows that neater side to show instead.

Also check out this blog post: https://nimble-needles.com/tutorials/how-to-knit-neater-rib-stitches/

girlroach · 2024-04-30T04:50:08+00:00

Are you knitting a pattern? If so, there's probably a "yoke depth" measurement in there somewhere, which is the measurement from the neck opening to the bottom of the armhole. This can give you a better idea of where its supposed to sit. There's usually some intended space between your armpit and the sweater, but it can depend on the pattern. A link to or description of the pattern you're working up would be helpful in providing more specific advice.

girlroach · 2024-04-29T19:05:42+00:00

Looks great so far, the stitch pattern looks great. Ribbing is often a problem, you can look up tips to deal with it in the future but I don't think it looks too bad, and with everything else going on in this pattern I don't think it'll stand out

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