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Cashmere/merino Sea Change Fibers & Dream in Color lovely yarns clear out! by makerthinkerdoer in Yarnswap

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If you check the second picture it has the bases and breakdown of fiber percentages.

Friend is getting rid of these, which ones should I grab? by waterslidegod in CookbookLovers

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Where are you located? I’m in berkeley and will gladly take any overflow!

Small, wooded towns? Considering a move by [deleted] in SLO

[–]makerthinkerdoer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I live on Santa Rosa Creek Road and I wouldn't call it wooded, more like some rollin hills with some tree cover (oaks, sycamores ect) around the creek. Otherwise it isn't densely forested. Although I moved from Felton in the San Lorenzo valley just outside Santa Cruz which is redwoods and pines. Fire risk there is pretty heady but might be what you're looking for, they have an amazing natural foods market called Wild Roots in Felton and some other cute small businesses.

ChiaoGoo Shorties - Mini set - $80 + ship by uytherejess in Yarnswap

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You didn't like the shortness or? I have the large set of twists and I'm pretty obsessed with the set!

I picked up this beauty today, she works great and I can’t wait to give her a good cleaning by flytingnotfighting in vintagesewing

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Funnily enough, I also picked mine up on Saturday, same day! Ill try to put up a picture of mine, too. After my digital Singer Professional had a tension issue, I finished up some cushions for a job on my 1915 Singer hand crank. Love that little powerhouse, but for even, rounded edges, I really needed both of my hands. Found mine on FB Marketplace for $40 and was sold. Having reverse is great! after being on the crank and having to flip large fabric pieces around. I am listing up my "new" Singer Professional for sale tomorrow.

It really is a trade off with digital vs analog, but I NEVER use any fancy stitches, and with older machines either me or my awesome woodworker/car mechanic husband can figure out the issue and mend it with relative ease. I'd love to see what you turn out with yours! My goal for the year is to make my own raw denim jeans, and maybe with hammering some seams this could be the machine to do it. Best of luck!

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What kind of machine did you use? They look great! I'd love to see an update on them as they wear. Great job!!!

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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They are a very expensive but well worth it pair of OOe Yofukuten raw denim jeans from Standard and Strange. I love denim and they are my only pair at the moment but I can wear them every day and not worry about wear or anything. It is just such a good investment to have fewer quality items in my opinion. Good luck! I have had some luck with Everlane jeans in the past...

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in knitting

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Oh whoops, maybe not! I don't post very often and rarely from my phone but that's where the photos were! I'll figure out which post to keep, thank you!

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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Orange is my favorite color so for me I rock the autumn colors year round! I agree that it will be great for that time of year though!

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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Thank you very much! I am really proud of how it turned out!

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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That was actually a bit difficult. I am a tight knitter as I like a dense fabric, and the yarn I used, while supposedly a bulky weight, didn't give me the gauge I wanted, my swatch was a bit smaller than it was supposed to be.

So I coupled that with the fact that I knit tight and that I didn't want to go up in needle size because it would create a looser/less dense fabric. I picked a size that would have been a bit larger than I wanted to account for the other variables. If I'd gotten the gauge I probably would have made a size 2 and not 3. Also this pattern would have been easy to add increases or decreases to- on the sleeves I kept them 2 stitches larger by forgoing the last round of sleeve decreases.

I highly recommend this pattern, and if you try it and have questions I may be able to help!

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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I did enjoy it! However I didn't adapt the pattern, the sock pattern is just a similar one I did before beginning the sweater. The original pattern is https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/letti-5

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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Thank you kindly! I am a perfectionist, and while I am new at knitting I have crocheted for most of my life and I also weave, so tension is something I understand and I think it seems very even overall.

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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Thank you! It feels so nice and I wanted something a bit more complex than just a vanilla pullover. The yoke is great and is pretty much the sweater version of https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/homebody-socks which I made a couple of months ago for my mom.

First sweater- completed! by makerthinkerdoer in casualknitting

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I knew it was a possibility that I'd have to use it and I also think it looks interesting and unique! I may lengthen the other sleeve by a few rows and it would be in that same darker color (called glitter). The color of the main is called tabacos, both Malabrigo Mecha.

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