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WIP Wednesday #2 (i.imgur.com)

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Hello knitters! Here's for another version of WIP Wednesday, feel free to reply to this thread with your own Work In Progress.

What project has kept you up past your bedtime this week? As for myself I decided to start a 'quick' project, a headband for a friend who loves red. Pattern is the Thicket Headband by Mirella Moments. I'm loving headbands for quick & easy projects and this is a fun twist to the usual cable design.

Yarn is something my mom had in her stash, it's was the only red-ish yarn I could find but since it was a little too thin for the pattern I decided to knit it double.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I haven't knit in over two years and I've started this three times in two days all because my Sirka counter broke. This is a pattern I've lost the picture of in the last two days, first repeat of 37, in Luxe Gradient by Apple Tree Knits. First post at lemmyworld, also first time posting my knitting. Edit: Found it! Plethora by Chrissy Crandall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Welcome to our little crafty corner of the lemmyverse, hope you have fun here and I'm looking forward to see more of this project, looks fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congrats on unlurking! 😄

That scarf pattern is so nice, if I could trust myself for a single second to not get the lace holes caught on something and rip it to bits it would be straight into my Rav queue. Are you going for multiple colours like the original cover pics?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a gradient with five colors, so I'm letting the yarn do the work. Soft and squishy so far but I dropped two stitches next to each other and couldn't figure out how to fix it so I had to tink back. I don't recommend it in lace. 🙁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that's going to be so fun in a gradient! Yeah, mistakes in lace can be pretty annoying to fix. I used to take the idea of using lifelines as a personal insult but honestly, I do recommend it, the peace of mind is totally worth the extra bit of effort.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm double knitting Autumn Doodle charts by Jamie Lomax (Pacific Knit Co) to make my kids Halloween-y scarves (they didn't want loops). Some of the charts are from the autumn doodle expansion and the mountain doodle. (Edit to add link)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Can't go wrong with a spooky knit!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I finally resurrected a shawl I started in 2017. Pattern is winter largo, but I'm only doing a few beads instead of the full thing.

I think I stopped because I'm going to run out of yarn. I might try to find a similar blue-grey for the end. I really like the long gradient that goes from dark brown to orange to blue.

shawl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Dang that's a beautiful pattern and I love the gradient on the yarn you're using.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely stunning pattern, I love how different yours is going to be just by using warmer colours than most. Best of luck finding a good match for the last part!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love making headband/earmuffs out of leftovers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Missed this yesterday! Hope a belated addition is ok. This is my repeat of a fun scarf pattern with more tame yarn. I forgot how long it takes to make the 24-inch ties, so this has started slowly. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/one-skein-cashmere-ruff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Always ok to share! I think of these types of posts as a week-long thread that is started on Wednesday but you can add to whenever during the week. I love the colorful yarn you're using for this pattern.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

WIPs on a Thursday? Madness! You're a rebel!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That pattern looks squishyyyyyy! Headbands are so great for gifts, bet your friend is gonna love it!

Last week I promised to cast on a new sock project ready for today. But I tangled the yarn pretty disastrously and spent last night sorting it out, so this is far as I've got. Totally still counts as a WIP though, right? 😂

sock beginnings

The yarn was hand-dyed for me as part of a craft exchange on Reddit back in 2021. And it's obviously very vibrant and very variegated so I'm not 100% sure what type of pattern it'll look best with. Matching yarns and patterns is still a skill that's mostly beyond me, so I just wing it and hope for the best.

Current plan is to try these Double Eyelet Rib Toe-up Socks because I've made them before and they were really enjoyable and fit me well. But then when the eyelet pattern inevitably gets lost in this yarn I'll probably frog progress and make them vanilla instead. Either way I'm gonna love them just the same!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it too hard to knit socks? I pondered on the idea but started watching a tutorial that used 4 double-pointed needles and was like NOPE. Maybe it looks more complicated that it really is?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It 100% looks way more complicated than it is. It's all just basic techniques, but they come together step-by-step to make this 3d-looking wizardry. And sock patterns don't tend to assume any knowledge, they take you through everything one step at a time. If you can knit and purl and increase and decrease you can make socks.

I use one circular needle rather than DPNs, mostly because I'm cheap and didn't want to buy multiple types of needles in the same size, but you can look up "magic loop" technique and that's what I use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like to use magic loop or two circular needles for one sock. The double pointed needles make me crazy.

You can knit house socks in worsted weight if you want to finish your first pair faster.

I'm no sock expert. One always ends up a little bigger... :P But I think they are a fun project to make and wear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thank you for your insight! I looked up a tutorial for the magic loop method and I maaay give it a try after I have more experience with circular needles :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's one of those things that takes a lot of describing, so it seems complicated, bit when you're actually doing it it's surprisingly simple.