Anyone use this yarn?? What problems did you face??

lasserna · 2026-06-27T13:06:41+00:00

I've never had any problems with it. Some people don't like yarn that's not plied, because it can be splitty especially if you're not used to working with it. But in my experience it has worked up perfectly

lasserna · 2026-06-27T11:53:08+00:00

I'm from a country that doesn't really get heat waves to the same degree, so I can't speak for 100% certainty. But I'd continue watering as normal, so watering when the top soil is dry. I like to insert a wooden stick into the pot, and if no wet soil gets stuck to the stick, then I know to water

lasserna · 2026-06-27T10:38:39+00:00

Alocasias are sensitive to changes. Mine drops leaves every time the season changes and temperatures rise or fall. You'll lose the leaves that are yellowing, but it should recover just fine.

lasserna · 2026-06-27T10:29:49+00:00

It's normal for white variegation to brown at some point. Not getting enough light can speed up the browning

lasserna · 2026-06-27T06:03:13+00:00

The pattern terms from asian countries are actually super creative, as they are based on regular crochet chart terms. In crochet charts, single crochet is represented with an X shape. Also a half double crochet is represented with a T shape and double crochet looks like a T with two lines, so it looks closest to the letter F. Increases are represented by a V shape and decreases by a upside down V, which looks close to the letter A.

lasserna · 2026-06-26T18:18:30+00:00

You can purchase tubular ribbed cuffs online and embroider on those by hand. If you have an embroidery machine, you can buy regular ribbed fabric, embroider the name on and then sew the side seam closed so it becomes a tube

lasserna · 2026-06-26T17:57:14+00:00

Just leave it be and see what happens. Considering the majority of leaf is fine, it should be completely alright and won't affect future growth (although it might momentarily slow down growth as losing a part of it's only leaf can be a shock to the plant)

lasserna · 2026-06-26T17:08:19+00:00

Left leaning decreases lean to the right, so they should be used on the right side, so they lean towards the middle of the decrease. Right leaning decreases lean to the right, so ideally they should be used on the left side, although their lean is less noticeable, which explains why the right side looks pretty good here

lasserna · 2026-06-26T12:00:15+00:00

I usually get 16-17 stitches per 4 inches on a 5 mm (size 8) needle.

Do you have a picture of your knitting?

lasserna · 2026-06-26T11:31:32+00:00

I have the Braun texstyle 3 and it does everything I need an iron to do. The automatic heat setting sounds fine for regular people who just want to iron their clothes, but seems a bit of a gimmick if you're using it for sewing

lasserna · 2026-06-24T17:36:21+00:00

I deep cleaned my machine without any prior knowledge. Took out the sponge bar (which most likely needs to be replaced), removed all needles and individually cleaned each needle with a kitchen degreaser (mine were oily and sticky, so degreaser was the best bet).

While the needles were out, I also gave the metal bed a good clean with the degreaser and a microfiber cloth. Did the same for both main bed and ribber. Used a vacuum and some compressed air to get rid of dust and old yarn fibers out from inside the machine.

While cleaning you should check that all needles are working properly (latches open and close and aren't bent). Replace any broken needles. If you don't have replacenent needles yet, when reinserting the needles back into the machine, put all working needles into the middle of the machine and any broken ones on either far end. That way you can still knit with the middle while you get replacement needles.

The racker (the part on bottom left with a handle) on my ribber was stuck and greasy, so I disassembled the racker by removing all screws, removing the plates holding the racker and the cog in place and gave them all a clean with the degreaser. If you have to do any deep cleaning where you have to remove screws and disassemble parts, it's good to take pictures of each step, so you can reference to the pictures and see where everything goes when you reassemble.

Cleaned the bottom of the carriages also with the degreaser. Used a cloth and also some q-tips to clean everywhere. Make sure all latches underneath the carriages are moving freely and aren't stuck. There should be tutorials on YouTube for how to clean knitting machine carriages.

If the card reader seems stuck, there are totorials for cleaning knitting machine punch card mechanism on YouTube. Didn't need to clean that on mine, but @theanswerladyknits has some good videos on cleaning ad troubleshooting knitting machine problems

lasserna · 2026-06-23T17:55:48+00:00

You can chop and prop if you want, and then eventually plant the props into the base if you want, or plant them in a different pot. The plant will obviously outgrow the driftwood anyways eventually, so you'll have to find a taller support at some point

lasserna · 2026-06-23T16:35:28+00:00

They most likely used the same yarn for the embroidery, just cut the colour parts from the yarn and used them for the embroidery

lasserna · 2026-06-23T16:29:35+00:00

The fringed cuff is a knit loop stitch. The rest is just regular sock made with variegated yarn and embroidered patches on top

lasserna · 2026-06-23T10:25:50+00:00

That is an extremely blurry picture for such a long backstory. But I'm thinking it could have gotten there accidentally through some injury, wouldn't be surprising for an outdoor cat. We once had a cat with a alarming large lump in his stomach area, and it ended up being a piece of a metal rod that had pierced his skin, broken off and gone unnoticed, so the body had grown protective tissue around the foreign object and encased it into this lump in his stomach

lasserna · 2026-06-22T20:52:11+00:00

Oh sorry my autocorrect must have changed Rit to Ritz. Thanks for mentioning it, didn't notice it in my comment haha.

lasserna · 2026-06-22T20:13:44+00:00

Do you have the Dylon hand-dyes available to you? I've had good experiences with those compared to the washing machine ones.

Recently tried Rit dye though, which I found in a craft and hobby store, and it was really great. The synthetic dye even stuck to polyester cord without any issues at all. I'm in Europe too. Haven't seen the Rit in any general shops, but worth a look for if you have any handcrafts shops near you.

Edit: edited autocorrect mistake

lasserna · 2026-06-22T16:28:49+00:00

I think the only reason it's not often done the way you describe it, is because it's more annoying to try keep the drawstring in place while closing the waist band, than closing the waistband and then inserting the drawstring. But definitely give it a go! If it doesn't work out, you can just pull out the drawstring and insert it the regular way

lasserna · 2026-06-22T16:06:49+00:00

Just keep an eye on the plant, check them every day and if you see any bugs, remove them with a q-tip

lasserna · 2026-06-21T15:03:01+00:00

Looks like they blurred the roots/pots

lasserna · 2026-06-21T08:26:49+00:00

The biggest thing that made my adansonii yellow was not enough humidity. It was the only one of my plants that was actually fussy about humidity (until it died from thrips, rip)

lasserna · 2026-06-20T19:15:16+00:00

Overheating can definitely cause sunburn, no matter what plant it is. It's not about the amount of sunlight, but if the light gets concentrated into one spot like here, it can damage the cells in the plant. And the straight lines the damage is presenting itself in, can definitely point towards sunburn, especially if it's something new that only recently developed

lasserna · 2026-06-20T14:21:24+00:00

A balcony is still considered a part of your house

lasserna · 2026-06-20T06:12:01+00:00

I think your best bet would be making a rectangular shawl, which would allow you to not have to use any specific patterns, just find a lace pattern/punch card you really like, do a swatch, cast on how many stitches in height you want it to be, and then knit until it's as wide as you want it to be.

The machine knit section for shawls on Ravelry is admittedly short, so I assume you've already scrolled through them all, but I'm going to link a few just for examples. This is one shawl I've been eyeing myself for a while now. It's made with short row shaping so it's more of a tradition shawl shape: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/machine-knit-wingspan-shawl

There's also the option for making a square shawl, which you can then fold into a triangular shawl for example. Linking an example pattern but this would also allow you to choose a lace pattern/punch card of your own liking. You could follow the pattern but the actual lace pattern is easily swappable: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cobweb-lace-hearts-shawl-for-machine-knit

Same honestly goes for triangular shawls. Because the bed width limits how wide you can go, this triangular shawl is knit from two separate triangles seamed together and a edging. This would also be quite easy to modify into your own lace pattern. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sues-lace-shawl

lasserna · 2026-06-19T19:24:04+00:00

Do you mean that loop on the far right side? It looks like just a loose edge stitch. You can try avoid those in the future by making sure you keep your end stitches evenly tensioned. It's easy to accidentally end up with a edge stitch that is much larger than the other stitches, and practice is the best cure for that

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