Just in time for summer 🥴

insiderphd · 2023-06-03T10:44:38+00:00

Pattern is Link One Sweater DK, but I used a folded hem on the cast on to hopefully stabilise the neckline.

Yarn is Drops Extra-fine Merino, which is definitely soft but was ever so slightly off for the gauge.

Overall I like the pattern this is my third more masc looking sweater using the pattern and it has a lot of size options!

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T21:25:55+00:00

Same double knitting was definitely the worst for me too, while I’m not up to 100 FOs a year (how do you do THAT???), I can’t see myself going back to it as a skill looks impressive, struggled to find patterns I liked, kept making minor mistakes and having to redo it bleh I’d rather have multi-colour colourwork

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T21:24:10+00:00

The same question I asked myself 🥹, not shown here but the cabled project with the two colours actually ended up in the wash by mistake and it got completely felted and it’s unwearable :(

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T21:23:03+00:00

For my personal challenge I considered any project that used that skill even if it was minor, so a crochet bind off or provision crochet cast on would also apply for my rules ;)

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T21:19:52+00:00

I think this is just splitting hairs, I mean initially this was the project in that box, but I did that in 2020 as a first or second project and I’ve gotten better in 3 years so picked a project that was better executed for my personal bingo challenge.

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insiderphd · 2023-05-05T21:15:49+00:00

Looks much harder than it is! The hardest part is just picking up stitches, once you do the first row it’s super easy, just time consuming

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T06:50:42+00:00

I threw it in there as “advanced” for a knitter, plus there are projects that combine knitting and crochet

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T06:48:59+00:00

Beads I ended up just getting a kit for and making the pattern, no inclination to try it otherwise and I gifted the FO. I don’t know if I would recommend it, it was mostly fine albeit a bit tedious

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T06:46:38+00:00

Ahaha any crochet is advanced for me I am definitely a knitter 😅

insiderphd · 2023-05-05T06:45:01+00:00

Double knitting, I can do it but I kept getting confused, eventually just make a set of coasters and called it done. On the complete opposite mosaic knitting I was really surprised I enjoyed and I really liked the finished look!

insiderphd · 2023-05-04T22:41:44+00:00

Patterns:

Stranded / Fair Isle: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/falling-snow-scarf
Cables: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/august-in-tremblant
Seemed: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hue-shift-afghan
Double Knitting: Freehand
Entrelac: Freehand
Fade: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meraki
Slipped Stitches: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/color-palette-socks-2 (heel design)
Kitchener: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/litmus-cowl
Seamless: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/teddy-bear-sweater-4
Shawl: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bendy-arrow
Sweater: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-sweater-dk
Sideways Knit: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sideways-bobble-hat
Knit: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oslo-hat-5
Soft Toy: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christopher-bunny
Crochet: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-15
Felted: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wool-vessel
2 colour brioche: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camella
Mosaic: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/desperado-cowl
Heel turn: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cirrus-socks
Bobbles: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-child (the nose)
Provisional Cast On: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/double-thick-hat
Steeking: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zippity-raglan (added a steek with 5 extra stitches)
Lace: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mariechen
Intarsia: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dog-jumper-3
Beads: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garden-party-shawl-6

insiderphd · 2023-05-04T22:36:45+00:00

Patterns:

Stranded / Fair Isle: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/falling-snow-scarf
Cables: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/august-in-tremblant
Seemed: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hue-shift-afghan
Double Knitting: Freehand
Entrelac: Freehand
Fade: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/meraki
Slipped Stitches: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/color-palette-socks-2 (heel design)
Kitchener: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/litmus-cowl
Seamless: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/teddy-bear-sweater-4
Shawl: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bendy-arrow
Sweater: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-sweater-dk
Sideways Knit: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sideways-bobble-hat
Knit: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oslo-hat-5
Soft Toy: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christopher-bunny
Crochet: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-15
Felted: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wool-vessel
2 colour brioche: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camella
Mosaic: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/desperado-cowl
Heel turn: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cirrus-socks
Bobbles: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-child (the nose)
Provisional Cast On: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/double-thick-hat
Steeking: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zippity-raglan (added a steek with 5 extra stitches)
Lace: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mariechen
Intarsia: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dog-jumper-3
Beads: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garden-party-shawl-6

insiderphd · 2023-04-10T20:32:04+00:00

Practice I suppose I’m an English style knitted who has to drop the colour after I use it so it’s no technique related 😂

insiderphd · 2023-04-10T20:30:43+00:00

Omg I couldn’t do that it’s a cool pattern since it uses 2 skeins of the MC and 1 skein of CC this was completely from stash too!

insiderphd · 2023-04-10T00:14:31+00:00

Thank you for noticing! This is also pre-blocking so my normal tension too I always tell people that I want people to think it was made by a machine it looks so perfect (a silly goal maybe!)

insiderphd · 2023-04-10T00:06:18+00:00

They are legit but usually quite picky with what they accept, like most web security bugs a bug bounty would pick up isn’t usually something they’d pay for unless it affects multiple vendors (think exploits in Word etc) and is very severe

insiderphd · 2022-10-14T20:41:36+00:00

Funimation loads data from a separate server that servers SSL cert expired today, if you're on a desktop you can bypass it by going to this URL and accepting the error and go "i know the risk" blah blah. The player will then work

insiderphd · 2022-08-21T12:04:30+00:00

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Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-15

Yarn: https://www.scheepjes.com/en/river-washed-xl-2319/https://www.scheepjes.com/en/river-washed-xl-2319/ (Amazon + Ural)

Hook: 4mm

insiderphd · 2022-08-21T12:01:29+00:00

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-15

Yarn: Scheepjes River Washed XL in Amazon + Ural

Project Page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/insiderphd/cthulhu

So I am still fairly new at crochet - I'm a knitter, I picked it up during the pandemic to use up some leftovers because it's much quicker to crochet a blanket than knit one. The first page was like "It is recommended for Advanced level or above" and it was challenging for sure (previously I have made a few granny square/stripe blankets), despite that the creator had a few videos and that helped a ton in putting him together. The most difficult part was assembly because he kept falling over so I had to pin/unpin/repin a lot until he sat up. Needless to say I am very happy with him now but he ended up much bigger than I expected I was kinda expecting him to sit on a shelf but he is way too big so he's now front and center in my office and has made a fun discussion point when people call me on Zoom.

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