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mastodon 4.7.3Worked in tech, got ill, now I mostly knit stuff.
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The highway gnomes are multiplying!
The punny names are unfortunately in Dutch and I’m not sure other countries even use rimpelbuisobstakelbeveiligers. But I hope you enjoy meeting Rimob the road mechanic anyway.
Well, since I committed to tackling The Mending Pile, here it is (or here is the stuff I’m aware of). It’s for five different people! Three things are hand knits, two of them by me. Everything will need a very different technique.
I’m tempted to start with the socks, since I have the original yarn and have re-heeled socks enough times that it isn’t much of a puzzle.
#FinishOrFrogAlong #mending
Anna before April: “If I do the heels and toes in a different colour I can finish this ball exactly with one pair of socks!”
Anna after April: “If I *don’t* do the heels and toes in a different colour I will have to break into a new ball and then I can use the leftovers to knit gnomes!!!!!!”
We’re going to stay at a friend’s house tomorrow for a couple of hours because we’ll have work people in the house, and I, through severe discipline, managed to only pack 16 balls of yarn to tide me over, please clap
(They’re just 50g balls as well. I’m getting nervous all over typing this.)
Look at these cute row counters I found tucked next to a stack of dusty D&D books!
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@JustFi@beige.party congratulations with this huge achievement! I’m definitely in team “weave in as you go” :) @DoubleTreble@cupoftea.social
Anyone have a kid who loves flowers? I’ve test knitted for Melanie several times and it has always been a great experience. Definitely recommend knitting for her (and this pattern is soooooo pretty)
@nobyeni@zirk.us maybe?
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@teabynameteabynature@cupoftea.social Tribe Yarns is owned by a non-white woman. Stitches and Cream is very focused on British yarns and sustainability. So is John Arbon, which is a wool mill that also sells directly to customers. The latter two are owned by white women.
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@kerravonsen @ansate because they are prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I use both my non-decorated (coloured) and decorated stitch markers to mark the same thing in different projects. Pink undecorated or one of my Emma Ball decorated stitch markers for beginning of round. Blue undecorated or one of the sea shell decorated for raglan lines. Green or the mushrooms for pattern repeats. If there are lots of pattern repeats, I make a little rainbow so I can notice I’m getting through the row.
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@kimu@wandering.shop ah, I’ve knitted a cardigan with that pattern, now I want to do a blanket too because yours looks so lovely
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@kerravonsen I’d say you could do it as a trim on about anything that doesn’t need to stretch a lot? You could do a mug rug to try it out. I think I saw someone on here do a two colour version just a couple of days ago.
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@SeaFury@aus.social interesting to see how this will develop as ever more westerly time zones wake up :)
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@BritishKoalaTea@social.coop my shoulders just dropped two inches because you’re calling actual feather and fan feather and fan 🥰 plus it’s beautiful!
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@internetnerdgrl yup. It happened to me. Box full of spindles under the sofa, inkle loom behind the bed… we might need crafters anonymous, but it would probably lead to even more crafts per person 😆
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@brainofdane that will get a lot better when you’re used to it, although I think crochet is considered faster on average. But when my husband’s complaining he spent TWO WHOLE EVENINGS on a shirt and he’s STILL NOT DONE sewing it I lose track of the difference between knitting and crochet 🤭
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@brainofdane Stocking stitch is when you knit one row and purl on the way back. It gives you the typical knitting v’s on one side, little bumps on the other, and curls a lot (that’s inherent to the fabric and not your fault). If you knit one stitch, then purl the next, then knit, then purl it’s 1x1 rib. You’ll be doing a lot of that in your knitting career too.
It’s hard because the yarn has to move from back (knit) to front (purl). There’s a lot to remember before it automates.
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@Pinky have you encountered the black and white picture-trick already? (If you can tell the difference between yarn colours on a greyscale photo they will contrast, if you can’t they will blend.) Don’t know whether painters use that too but it’s come in handy for me a lot.
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@swachter@toot.boston our local ecological print shop uses Stanley/Stella and the stuff I have from them is great, can’t vouch for every model
Is ravelry broken for more people? (More than, you know, the usual, I mean) @knitting
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@Sarah111well@mas.to that’s so annoying :( I’m totally willing to pay people very fairly for their skills and energy, but having to be alert for scams at all times poisons the relationships with tradies.
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@brainofdane I’ve gone from crochet to knitting a few years ago, let me know if you want help :)
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@nobyeni@zirk.us super relatable. I have to ration out my colourwork projects or I’d never get anything else done. (Coincidence that it’s colourwork I think, can imagine people have this with cables or lace too!)
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@emery@sunny.garden “but the picture I added to my toot/blog/invitation/poster is so PRETTY why do you want to take away my PRETTY PICTURE”
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@BritishKoalaTea@social.coop the last time I tried I did something weird and my middle columns got a bit zig zaggy but now I want to try again.
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@brainofdane not in Norway 🤭 but you’re right, in the Netherlands (where I am) “English” style is prevalent. There are lots of videos on YouTube in continental though.