I don't understand how lace is made, but looking at the #bobbins and pins and patterns ... listen buddy I know math when I see it. This is A #Math Thing. Obviously.
Right away I want to know: Can I encode information in lace?
How much of an expert must one be to make your own patterns?
What about the creation of surfaces?
#Knitting is more accessible, and people have been exploring math with knitting forever.
I’m going to look so cute in like ten years when I finally get to wear this top that I’m #knitting. My hands are wrecked from using cotton yarn. How do people do this? #memadewardrobe#ravelry@knitting
At least I can mope around at home with Covid in my newly finished sweater. It has a little lid for my watch because I might need a watch again sometime in the future 🙃
📝 Librarian by Skeindeer
🧶 Hearthside by Wild Atlantic Yarns
Dug this out of hibernation to finish up for my niece's birthday next month.
Honestly, the pattern sucked. It wasn't that complicated but the instructions are SO terrible. And it's not just me, there's whole blogs about it, lmao.
So I fought with this every step of the way, and I'm so glad to have it done and blocking. Didn't pin it because I wanted to see how it'd dry when my sister washes it.
Hey there fediverse. I found this thing in with my mom's sewing stuff. There's only one, it has a slit in the end with the circle. Any idea what it is? A bobbin? Floss spool? shuttle?
I consider myself a pretty competent knitter. In that I can follow just about any pattern I've found, my tension is lovely, etc.
My one skill that is very lacking, swapping yarns. Or knowing yarns in general. I very very often opt for patterns where the designer has done up a kit. Or just buying the recommended yarn.
And it's a hard skill to learn w/o it costing a lot in buying yarns and time knitting.
A1) Hi all, Michelle here, multicrafter extraordinaire but mostly fibre crafts if I'm honest 😁
It's been a pretty unproductive couple of months due to illness that really knocked me off my game, but this week I finally completed these socks that were started all the way back in December!
Naturally I'm also halfway down the first leg of my next pair, because it would never do to be without a sock project on the go.
Pattern is Eskarina Socks by Rachel Coopey and needless to say I love them!
Given how much I enjoy knitting socks, encourage others to try knitting socks, and basically never stop talking about knitting socks, I thought you might all appreciate the project notes from my first ever socks.
Myself and some friends from my crafty Discord are holding ourselves a “Discworld makealong”. And naturally we’d love to invite our friends in the Fediverse to join in too 🥳
No pressure. No deadlines. Just for fun. And any craft welcome!
So far knitting and cross stitch are well-represented but I’m sure we’ll pick up a few more along the way 😄
November 4th, through Hogswatch season, ending in the new year*. You’re very welcome to join in with your project at any point!.
Some of us will be on Mastodon under #DiscworldMAL. I for one will be on Lemmy too. And of course if you want to join the Discord, link’s in my bio, but not necessary if you’re not into that.
(Oh and for those of you who have no idea what Discworld is or what I’m talking about, congratulations you’ve got 41 books to look forward to!)
*I suspect most projects will not actually be finished by then, because we’re slow and easily distracted. As demonstrated by me not posting about this until it’s a week away 🙃
I really want to love this more than I am as it works up.
I'm really hoping like, more progress and blocking works miracles.
It's the same yarn as the pattern, but idk, it looks SO messy and blaaaah to me. Maybe I'm just too close to it. And maybe the yarn will really look great after blocking.
How’s everyone’s day looking?
I have some paid work this afternoon (sigh of relief things have been slow) and this #morning I plant to get on with door fitting. #woodwork might squeeze in some #knitting as well but not too much to keep the pain off.
I settled on 3.5mm needles as suggested by the pattern. It's a little larger than I'd generally use for fingering weight yarn, but it's nice to have a looser fabric that can be easily blocked into shape.
Één patroon, twee verschillende soorten garen (kidsilk haze en felted tweed; allebei van Rowan). Wat zal ik doen? Welke is mooier? Iemand een mening? #knitters#breien#knitting@knitting
I just finished knitting what is maybe the coolest thing I’ve ever knit: a monarch butterfly hat. I haven’t blocked it yet so it’s still a little wibbly but I was just too excited, I had to try it on! #knitting
Okay weird question, but I've never knit with acrylic before except like a very tiny bit at the beginning of my knitting journey before I knew about blocking.
CAN you ever block acrylic? How does that work? The fibers are synthetic, so they don't do the relaxy thing that natural fibers do...
(I could google but would prefer real ppl help not AI, lolsob)
I have a "no buying yarn unless you have a project in mind" rule, buuuut I might have ordered 5 skeins for a yet-to-be-planned sweater project 🙈
I'm thinking something like this cabled mesh sweater? With those traditional 90s punk stripes (you know the ones). With or without the color work skull (to be decided)