The pattern calls for knitting 2 together through the back loop and it’s making these horrible bars in my stockinette. Does K2tog tbl normally look like this? Would just knitting 2 together through the front loops like normal make it better?

I've just started getting in the business of making socks, and I'm a bit obsessed. However, now I've got a decent amount of each yarn and I'm not sure what to do with it. I've seen people on ravelry make blankets, but I'm yet to see one I really like that works with self striping yarn so I'm curious what other people do with it.

i have soooo much hobbii friends cotton in 8/4 and 8/6 (fingering and sport weight) from when i used to crochet more. i need advice on what to use it for! i don’t like knitting with cotton very much and im mostly a garment knitter but i want use up my cotton stash so i can start buying more animal fibers. i feel like knitting fingering weight cotton is intimidating because it doesn’t stretch and the stitch definition is so strong, plus tiiiiny needles. but sport weight is not a size of yarn i see often in patterns either. help!

I was sent some wool scarves to unravel and repurpose the yarn. It is a light fingering weight, and I think it is indeed wool. I put it in the freezer for awhile (I honestly forgot about it for a few months) just in case there were any moths, but I didn't see any obvious damage. Now, as I'm trying to knit a guage swatch with it, it just snapped. I tested it again. And I can pretty easily rip off a one inch long piece from the end. Does anybody know why this might be? Is this normal for wool yarn this fine? (I can't remember ever experiencing this before, though.) I was going to knit it into a Summer top, but now I'm not sure if I should even use it.

First time poster, 1+-year knitter-- I am wrapping up a bedrunner for my little sister's upcoming wedding, and I would love to "sign" it in a kind of low-key, subtle way. I've considered duplicate stitch (but would rather it were invisible from the right side) or a fabric tag (but would rather it not feel so "tacked on"). Any of you clever knitters out there got an idea? Is there some kind of stitching that is invisible from the front?

Pattern is the central motif from Lover's Knot Afghan, modified and made in bedrunner dimensions with Buttercream Luxe Craft Roving (And yes, I found out about my twisted purls part way through the project-- I guess they are almost a signature 😜).

A while back I knitted the Bombshell sweater from Big Girl Knits without the optional short rows for the bust because I thought it would be ok with just the vertical darts. Well, it's not and rides up horribly.

My question for y'all is this; has anyone ever added short rows to a sweater as if it was for an afterthought heel? I'm seriously thinking about doing this and using the alternative decreases that Roxanne Richardson demonstrated in one of her Technique Tuesday videos that has the decreases pointing toward each other without stitches between them. This would look similar to the vertical under bust shaping already in the sweater.

Any thoughts on this?

Does anyone have general advice on choosing colors for a stranded colorwork sweater when using hand-dyed yarn?

I bought several single hanks of hand-dyed yarn at a local second-hand shop last year. They're beautiful! And they were so discounted I couldn't resist But...

1. none of them go together.
2. I have 1 hank of each, and I like to knit garments, so it's not enough to do much with. But I could do sweater yokes (for an adult or child)
3. I don't care for the look of hand-dyed yarn by itself in a pattern (pooling).

I would like to mix them in with stranded colorwork to break up the pooling and make sweaters. But I'm totally unsure on how to choose colors to coordinate with these yarns. Do you choose a neutral? a dark? a light? I don't mind buying MORE yarn to use up what I purchased. Our local fiber festival is next week so it's a great time to plot new projects and buy yarn to coordinate.

These are the yarns I bought. they're all fingering weight. But I'm really just hoping for general advice on choosing colors, not specific yarn/pattern suggestions.

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After 25 years of knitting, I would love to finally upgrade my storage solution (re-purposed makeup pouch shown above).

Ideally, I would love a smaller container of sorts that does not hold a project and can be kept with me in the house, but I’m unsure of where to start looking. Any recommendations?

hello, not sure if i’m going insane or not and need some help.

i’m knitting the porcelain sweater, i just cast it on and i’m getting into the first colourwork motif. i’m knitting a size large.

i should have X stitches on my needles (not trying to give out details of the pattern for those who haven’t paid for it), and the colourwork motif repeats after 19 stitches. however, the number of stitches on my needles is NOT divisible by 19. this means that when i reach the end of a row, the colourwork motif ends several stitches short.

is this a mistake in the pattern or am i messing up somehow? i’ve heard a few horror stories about this pattern but i didn’t think it would be as bad as that.

the next row is a wrong side row, so do i just … begin the colourwork motif a few stitches in and skip the part that’s missing?? the pattern says to start and end by the arrows, which are on the far left and far right sides of the colourwork chart, so i feel like this can’t possibly be correct.

please help :((

does "resolve Yarn Over" mean in the middle of arow?

hey all! i’m newish to knitting and i keep running into the same problem with twisted stitches - if i make a mistake and have to frog, when i pick the stitches back up, it always results in a twisted row. i’ve tried to read my stitches correctly, but i haven’t been successful yet, and i can’t seem to find anything in the wiki that has like a diagram or pictures to help me out hahah. i’m aware lifelines would probably solve my problems (and i plan to start using them) but in the meantime, is there a book/website/explainer that has photos of what your stitches need to look like as you pick them back up?

I posted this as a wip a bit ago and wanted to share it now that it is done. No pattern, yarn is Lion Brand Coboo.

mine is this spinning yarn holder - it's been an absolute game-changer for speed and tangliness!

I've been knitting for years but knit my socks on DPNs usually. I love the idea of knitting two at a time so I've sat down to figure it out, but I'm about ready to light my yarn stash on fire in frustration. (This is down graded from lighting the house on fire at the request of my fiancé who thinks knitting involves a lot more swearing than it probably should for a "relaxing" hobby.)

How do you guys keep the two yarns from getting tangled AF? How do you prevent lose stitches at the start of the round and where the cord pulls thru as you're working on that sock? How do you avoid twisting stitches when the whole thing is a twisting mess?

Hello! I am just getting back into knitting after my grandma taught me when I was younger, so basically a beginner again. I have bought a Cardigang kit & am making the Shannon Cardigan. The Merino wool is lovely, but when I am casting on using the two needle cast on method they recommend in their tutorial, the wool is completely unravelling. Is this normal? Will this continue as I start knitting? It’s making it tricky to work with and just want to make sure I’m not stuffing it up before really starting 😅

I kinda hate the bulky part tho, I was hoping it would be fitter but it didn’t so i’m like a balloon! Hahahahaha anyway, I’m a relatively new knitter, I started learning in february and I can’t believe I can knit fast now. I started with a question here as well!! Thanks for everyone who answered!! Hahahahaha

I got some beautiful Briggs & Little Heritage yarn and it's pretty scratchy. I can't seem to find the micron count anywhere online.

Hi! I love this knit tee. Does anyone have any suggestions for a similar pattern? Thank you!