stitches, patterns & the occasional unfinished sweater
Stitch patterns, honest yarn reviews, and the occasional craft-room diary entry, written by a knitter who still blocks every swatch.
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I knitted the same ribbed swatch in nine worsted-weight yarns, wore each one pinned to a cardigan for a week, then washed them three times. Four survived with their stitch definition intact.
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I've knitted more than forty pairs of socks off paid patterns in the last three years. These twelve earned their price tag; here's exactly what you get for the money.
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Half of the gift knitting kits we ordered shipped with the wrong needle size printed on the pattern, or not quite enough yarn to finish. These four didn't cut corners.
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A 2x2 ribbed beanie knitted flat on straight needles, finished in an evening once you've got the hang of the rib. Free pattern, full materials list, PDF download included.
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Four knots, repeated, is the entire skill set this project asks of you. Two hours start to finish, including the part where you stop to find a pot that actually fits.
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Almost every mistake I unravel ten rows to fix was visible on the needle three rows after I made it. Here's what I was failing to look at.
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No cable needle, no yarn overs, no special techniques. Just knit and purl, arranged twelve different ways, and the texture changes completely each time.
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The sleeve was two inches short of a cuff, and the needles were still in it. It took me three years to understand why I couldn't just pick up where she left off.
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