I’m a crocheter who wants to learn how to knit. As a first project I chose the Sophie scarf. In the pattern it says to use circular needles, but I only have straight ones of the right size. Can I just use those?

brand new to knitting, makin’ a scarf. i started A yesterday and got a little goofed up so i started over (B). it felt like i was doing the exact same thing as yesterday, but obvs it’s looking a bit different. does anyone have any insight about what i’m doing differently?

My first test swatch where I actually picked up the long floats. It makes such a huge difference. I can’t wait for my next colorwork project. If you have any tips or tricks, please let me know!

Im an advanced beginner, almost a year into my knitting journey and I straight up hate magic loop, I even invested in shorties to help me which they sort of are. Lol I'm currently knitting off a size 10 shortie to a regular 10.5 needle that the pattern calls for. Anyone else have workarounds?

Recently I have purchased 10mm knitting needles that I have been wanting to use for bigger projects with a thicker wool, and I would just like some advice about what’s the best thickness to get for the needles so I don’t end up accidentally buying something too thin!

Any help would be appreciated!

I have a whole skein of bulky yarn (size six - I use 9 mm needles with it) and I want to use it up in a project to help build my skills. I'm trying to find beginner-friendly patterns that use a bigger yarn but it's hard to find projects that aren't just blankets. I would also like to make something useful that can also helkp me with get better at pattern reading and other skills. I eventually want to learn how to cable, but I don't yet have circular needles.

Made this!!! Have only made 2 other things before. Learned a lot of new stuff. Knitting in the round, holding double stranded, k3tog. (Tried) picking up stitches for a border and may or may not come back to that later. But yeah I am proud :^]

In the car behind me, I saw a woman come to a stop, pick up her project out of the passengers seat, work on it while watching the light and then put it back when she got the green.

I’m all for squeezing in crafting time wherever I can find it, but that seemed so dangerous.

I am talking particularly about the Sophie scarf and cowl, the Musselburgh had and the Step by Step sweater.

I have never knitted any of these, wouldn't know where they come from, what yarn they require - none of it. And yet people post them and questions about them so regularly, and with no other information/links to the pattern, and get good responses from people who seem to know the patterns off by heart. How??

For context, I started knitting over 25 years ago and learned from my mum, books she had, and patterns I ended up finding in second hand shops or (as a rare treat) bought new direct from the yarn makers. While there were some sort of standard-ish learn to knit books, I don't think everyone else was knitting the same stuff as me in the way that Sophie seems to be everyone's first knit!

Edit - thanks to those of you that replied with good faith answers! I was genuinely curious and I'm a bit sad that so many people seemed to think this was some sort of attack on either the patterns or Ravelry. It really, really wasn't - I use Ravelry, and while it is definitely not my favourite website it certainly has more stuff on it than any other knitting website I know. I also wanted to add that I don't think that social media or influencers are inherently bad things. The fact that people are using them to get into knitting is great, so if anyone felt that was a criticism I apologise.

Edit 2: a lot of people now seem to think I'm refusing to listen to them because I'm "convinced I'm right" - sorry guys, I'm not. The whole post was a question. I am here asking questions because i am curious. I am allowed to disagree with your opinion about things, just as you are allowed to disagree with mine. That doesn't mean either one of us is refusing to listen, it just means that some things are subjective.

I just finished knitting my first cardigan and plan to dye it since I don’t love the color & probably won’t wear it as often as I feel it deserves. Would you recommend blocking it after I wash it & before dyeing it? Or would it be pointless since I’m going to need to get it wet again anyways during the dyeing process? The yarn I used (Caron Blossom Cakes) is 61% cotton & 39% acrylic if that makes any difference.

Hello!

Im stocking up on knits while myself and my fiance go through our fertility stuff, and I want to knit a range of stuff. Im almost certain newborn stuff will only be for special occasions, as they are tiny little messy wriggle worms at that age, I wont need much for ages they're in summer etc but... what else should I consider?

Basically, what age bracket did your little ones get the most use out of knits?

Thank you! Please feel free to share any baby knits you're proud off!

I just wanted to share with this community how excited I am that I finally decided to seriously commit myself to a project and made my first swatch gauge - and it's right!!! Its almost exactly right!!!!

Out of curiosity - when you were a beginner knitter still, how often did y'all have to re-do swatches before starting your project? How long about did it take you to get the feel for it right so you didn't have to remake them or maybe not even need them at all in the first place?

Taking ‘casual’ to the extreme here - worked on this whenever the fancy struck. Yes, it’s knit stitch the entire way through. Yes, I started this before I learned how to purl. Yes, it’s absolutely surreal to look at it and not see needles attached to it.

Yes, I am still screaming internally.

I have been crocheting for almost 6 years now and have decided to learn knitting. I was looking at getting a good set of circular needles, had my eye on lykke driftwood, but it looked like if I got the 5in needle set I wouldn't have the right size of cables for hats, but if o hit the 3.5in set, i wouldn't havethe right size for a sweater. This is hard i get my head around. Give me a hook and yarn and i can crochet the world! I don't need a shorter cable for the poles only to have to go up for the equator. Do i need to get smaller and larger needles or can i get one and supplement extra cables? Would it be better to get the 3.5in needles and add some longer cables, or would that just not work?

Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.

One mitten down! At least one of my hands will be cozy for the rest of this winter.

Pattern is Old Town's Story Mittens designed by Natalie Pelykh

Yarn is from Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok Light in the color way Midnight Sea

Cast on last winter and finally picked back up to finish this month.

This was my first time working with fingering weight and my only other cabling experience is a few inches of a cable knit sweater that's still a WIP.

I was originally going to make these with a light gray yarn to really show off the cables but I found this Blue Sky yarn in my LYS and it was too pretty to pass up.

While knitting intricate cables in a very dark fingering weight yarn was a pain in the ass, I'm so happy with the final piece. A plus side was the dark fuzzy yarn was very forgiving and hides a lot of mistakes (trust me there were plenty of mistakes made).

Now I just need to finish the other one before it's too warm for mittens.

The weather was horrible, the most taxing thing I had to do all day was eat a roast dinner with the family and work out how to play a new card game...and my feet were very happy in the socks I knit last summer. I did nearly lose the will in the middle of working out the rows needed on the first sock to get the perfect fit, but it's definitely worth it in the end.

Hope your home made items are also sparking joy in your lives.

As the title says it need to figure out the stitch from this sweater, I want to recreate my dad's sweater that he bought over 10 years ago.

I made this hat for my niece. It’s my first ever knitting project. I started learning how to knit last Wednesday, and although I know that the hat isn’t perfect and there is a lot of mistakes, I am very happy!