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Thank you! They're silicone beads from Ali, there are all sorts of cute designs :)
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Finished my first child sweater
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Basic ranglan sweater. I used a cake of self-striping yarn for the body and finished off the sleeves with a spare skein in mustard. The pattern was very fun and easy to follow, I'm looking forward to knit more kid's projects because they're so quick xD
- Pattern: Sweater Sincronía from Revés Derecho (spanish)
- Yarn: Revés Derecho Sweet Love in 007 Rainbow and King in 0017 Mustard.
- Needles: 5,5mm/US 9 Knit Pro Trendz
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I've been saving this one. It was my first attempt at knitting in the round and I totally twisted my stitches 😂
I read in the pattern about checking your stitches before joining for in the round knitting, but I didn't quite understood what it meant until I was several rows deep into my project and there was a big turn in the middle lol.
A friend told me that twisted cowls were actually a thing so I went ahead and finished it. I even wore it a few times and then I was made aware I also twisted my stitches from knitting into the back loop xD I could not unsee that so I threw it deep into my closet and forgot about it.
Triple fail:
- Twisted stitches in the round
- Twisted stitches from knitting through the back loop
- Taking the picture with the inside out hah!
But wait, there's a happy ending.
As I was getting my stuff ready to move I dug it out from my closet and decided to frog the darn thing. I re-knit it in the Free For All pattern and I'm much happier with it now. I'm looking forward to use this version when cold season finally hits.
(In hindsight I should have done this pattern in the first place, it's been in my favorites forever, but back then I didn't really know how to read patterns in English so I never realized it was knitted flat lol).
- Original pattern: Meila Cowl by Valerie Hobbs
- New pattern: Free For All Cowl by Jen Peck
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[WIP] My first kid's sweater
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- Pattern: Sweater Sincronía (in Spanish)
- Yarn: Sweet Love in 007 Rainbow from Revés Derecho
I got this cake for Christmas and looking for some way to use it I thought I'd try my first kid sweater. The pattern is a very simple raglan sweater, but the self-striping yarn makes it look way more interesting. I'm gonna need to get a matching yarn to finish off the sleeves, but I'm kinda getting why people love knitting for kids so much, it's so fast!
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San Cris tardero
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La última vez que vine al San Cristóbal fue el 2017. No conocía este sendero con los puentes de madera, está muy bonito. Lo mejor que para llegar hasta acá fue casi todo ciclovía asi que no tuve que estresarme con los conductores.
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- Pattern: Sugar Maple by Carina Spencer
- Yarn: Katia Polynesia Gradient in 305.
This is my first knitted garment. Actually the third, but we'll get to that. I got this gradient yarn during my trip to Spain last September. Initially I had no plans on what I would do with it, I had mostly knit accesories and just dipped my toes into shawls, which is what I originally thought I'd make. But when I got back home I though I might try kniting my first piece of garment so off I went to Ravelry and found this lovely pattern from Carina Spencer.
I initially knitted this in my usual size (38) and with US 4 (3.5mm) needles... and it ended waaay too large. My mom said it was because it's a linen/viscose blend and it tends to "give" a lot. So I frogged it and re-knit it in a couple sizes down (same needle size). Still. Too. Large.
At this point I realized knitting willy-nilly wasn't going to work anymore so went ahead and knit a gauge sample, which ended up resulting that I needed to size down to US 2 1/2 (3.00mm) needles. On this third attempt I decided to knit with the colors reversed (teal to burgundy).
MUCH BETTER.
It is not 100% perfect fit, but it's good enough that I'm happy to actually wear this outside so I'm declaring it finished. Finally.
Thank you! You and others were right that it was somewhat easy and really like magic how it went from flat to tridimensional lol.
The Crazy Sock Lady videos are super well explained and she covers a few methods of sock knitting, I definetely recommend her for beginners like me :)
I tried to learn knitting as a kid from my uncle (lol) but I think my left-handedness got in the way so I gave it up for 30 years. This year I started taking my mom to a knitting meetup as she's been an avid knitter for most of her life. At first I was just gonna make her company, maybe crochet something, but since I was there I said why not try again? I picked it up quickly, at least knit and purl and then I fell into the rabbit hole that is Ravelry and with the help of Youtube tutorials picked up more techniques.
There's been a few quirks. I've recently learned that the way my mom, and honestly everyone here, knits is called combined continental and while it works really well in the flat, it doesn't so much in the round where there's no 'wrong'/purl side to untwist stitches. So thanks to Youtube I've learned continental for in the round knitting and keeping the style I was taught for flat.
My LYS released a kit to knit the tiniest sweater ornaments, I thought it was stinkin' cute, I'll probably try that next year, because I already had my gifts planned. My usual strategy for the holidays is to gift the same thing for friends, coworkers, acquaintances and such. Usually somehting handmade and a little bit customised. I put more thought on birthday presents. Last year I made tiny succulent planters from coffe mugs.
This year I got some keychains with initials from Aliexpress and I plan to embellish them with macrame and maaaaybe add a tiny amigurumi figure for close friends.
I just checked and it does not 😅 Thanks for the heads up! I'll just get a more suitable yarn (like I need more excuses for yarn shopping lol). I was planning to use this one I got in Spain, but with no specific plans, I'll just keep saving it for another project, no worries.
I LOL'd 😂 I have my merino fingering yarn chosen for the challenge, I'll wind it up into a cake this week. Brace yourself... sock knitting is coming
Thank you! I can see it: the cold colors on the outside, the warmer colors inside and the way I looped the edges kinda resembles the eyes.
Thank you! I was torn between these and going for brighter shades, but the colors looked so pretty together, like a sunrise, so I caved.
That's beautiful! I hope I can use mine a bit before summer*
- I'm on the southern hemisphere so it's officially spring for me, though you wouldn't know it by looking outside 🙄
OMG I got totally mixed up, sorry about that!
Cycling did wonders for my mental health. It's something I can do solo but I also do it socially (I represent a local advocacy club). Being outside, feeling the wind, exploring your surrounding in a new light, etc. For working out, I believe than in the beginning it requires more discipline than motivation. Set yourself a goal, like riding/running/lifting/whatever for x amount of time (say 30min everyday o 2-3x a week) and just. do. it. Do it even if you don't feel like it, make a routine out of it to create anticipation. In time you'll notice that it gets less and less hard to get up and do the activity and then comes the movitation (like wanting to go farther, faster, lift heavier weights, etc).
If you're not feeling like going outside and since you mention wanting to make something, I'd recommend crochet or knitting. With crochet you can make amigurumi (stuffed toys) and with knitting you can make small items to gift (beanies, hats, cowls, scarves, etc). I recently discovered this craft myself and after noticing a positive effect I looked it up and turns out repetitive hand motions actually increase serotonine release. Plus the feeling of achievement after completing an item after some/lots of effort (and cursing) is very rewarding.
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Yay! I think it's coming out awesome, kudos to you for adding cables (I did a simple vanilla sock). Also loving the tiny specks of color here and there through your yarn.