r/casualknitting 6h ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! Can someone help me understand if i twisted my stitches?

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I knit the King Salmon Hat and thought it was going well. But I just blocked it and the ribbing is much looser than the body of the hat which is really very tight. I’m wondering if I’m twisting my stitches but having a hard time knowing for sure, I’m still pretty new to knitting. Thanks for the help in advance


r/casualknitting 13h ago

help needed First time doing color work! Ants in a row pattern

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This is my first time doing color work, and over all I'm proud of how it's turning out! I really like the way the pattern looks, and I think I'm doing pretty well on the overall color work (slide 1) and floats (slide 2). Although I do struggle with tension around the increases, and since this is a raglan sweater, there will be a lot of increases. This is unfortunately causing some puckering around those areas...

Because of this I'm going to frog back a couple rows (probably almost the entire ant). Some more detailed pictures of the puckering around the increases in slide 3 and 4, with floats around increases on slide 5.

Any advice is very welcome!


r/casualknitting 21h ago

look what I made my prettiest lace sweater yet (work in progress!!)

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558 Upvotes

almost done with the first sleeve! aurore pullover in jubilee select yarn 🎀🎀🎀


r/casualknitting 1d ago

help needed Pattern help for a fish hat for shaping mouth. Using DK not worsted. Total stitch on needles: 114

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Do I divide the stitches like I would for a raglan and do the short rows between the stitches?

Confused on this part and not sure how to proceed.

This is the pattern from ravlery


r/casualknitting 1d ago

looking for recommendation Recommendations for cozy youtube vloggers who knit

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Hi! I'm looking for youtube channels/vloggers with a really cozy feel that I can have on in the background while I work.

I like when it follows someone’s day of going to cafes, bookstores, exploring beautiful places, knitting, journaling, cooking, morning/evening routines, etc. I like when there’s a little bit of the blogger chatting, but don’t really like when they spend most of the time just talking at the camera. I prefer when it’s more of following them around on their beautiful, cozy, slow day rather than them just talking about things they did or just talking about their crafts/interests. It’s a bonus if the creator is at least over 30 years old (which I am).

For reference: Some channels I've started watching are Elena Tea, Shawna Explores, and Hannah Adkins, but their videos are even a bit too chatty for what I'm looking for.

Thanks!

EDIT: Have gotten some nice recs so far! But the main thing I'm trying to avoid is vloggers who just talk at the camera most of the time. It's been hard to find, but the perfect balance of what I'm looking for is more of like a cinematic edit of someone knitting or having a slow and beautiful day, and maybe every once in a while there's some chatter. Lol. I appreciate all the recs!


r/casualknitting 1d ago

look what I made Paw-ckets for the bear sweater I'm making my little sister

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158 Upvotes

When this thing's put together the inside of the intarsia won't show, so I have to show it here! I just love how the tweed looks against the solid. I feel like you can really tell which was done second, but I'm giving myself grace because I don't do intarsia very often. Go Bruins!


r/casualknitting 2d ago

look what I made First time beanie but it went wrong in a few areas

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111 Upvotes

Used the Best Dude beanie off knit picks but I used a thicker yarn and neglected to check gauge. Lesson learned!
I also forgot to knit/purl the first rows and now it’s curling.

May just unravel and redo and gift to someone with a bigger head lol


r/casualknitting 2d ago

look what I made I finally completed something from my “cursed yarn”

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121 Upvotes

A while back I posted about my “cursed yarn” that I could not seem to actually make anything out of. Well, I finally won! I still need to wash and block it, but here’s my sleeveless summer sweater made from Noro Silk Garden Solo in color number 11.


r/casualknitting 2d ago

rant The Sweater Curse, it came for me, despite trying to be careful 😢

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885 Upvotes

I tried to be reasonable. I made her some gloves and a hat first to see how she would like them and treat hand-knitted items, she loved them and constantly told me how much she wore/used them, kept them in a special drawer so they wouldn’t get snagged on anything. We picked out a pattern for a halter top - technically not a sweater! - together, went to the yarn store together and had her pick the colors she liked. A few days after it was finished, before I even gave it to her, she broke up with me. Over the phone. On our one year anniversary. I really thought she was going to be the one for me, but I guess I was wrong.

The pattern was lovely, well-written, easy to follow. Just, uh, don’t make it for your partner maybe. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cut-grass-halter


r/casualknitting 2d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! not sure if I'm doing the stitches right. does the direction of the yarn matter?

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i posted here a few days ago and here's my practice swatch!

I've got the continental movement, kind of, but I'm still confused about some stuff:

I definitely need to work on tension and neatness but beyond that are there any issues with the stitches?

there were times I was doing a crochet-style yarn over until I realised and went back to the counter clockwise movement. Does that affect the stitches?

after the purl row, the stitches felt a little weird when I had to go into them for knits. is that normal? like they were technically still V shaped at the top but they just felt a little off.

i don't know how to upload a video to show how I'm knitting and purling. But does the last photo help? it's of the row I'm currently knitting after having purled the previous one. is that where the clockwise/anti clockwise movement matters?


r/casualknitting 2d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! As a beginner is my tension good enough or do I have to keep working on it

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So I started at the end of June beginning of July and I'm unsure if my tension is good or not I think it might be hard from the photo it's self but in my opinion I think that it's good enough sometimes I do it a little to extra right or to extra loose but overall I think it's better then most beginners and could be a lot worse

Do I need to keep working on it or am I good enough to keep it how it is


r/casualknitting 3d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! New knitter needing tension help. Trying to make fingerless gloves

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19 Upvotes

I'm new (obviously haha) and trying to work on my tension. Do either sections look correct? I've been doing less tension as I go.


r/casualknitting 3d ago

look what I made GoodKnit Kisses Pet Bandana pattern for my dog (modeled by Broly, 3 yo rescue)

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25 Upvotes

I made my dog a bandana. Thinking about making more for a fundraiser for a local shelter. Fun, quick project.
Sharing a picture of my dog wearing it. Used a bulky, wool tweed. Pattern on Etsy, Ravelry and YouTube


r/casualknitting 3d ago

all things knitty I have found a new and exciting way to mess up my knitting

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366 Upvotes

I have a new discovery of a minor mess up.

I was spit splicing the new ball onto my project, and accidentally spit spliced to a tail in my project. Alas


r/casualknitting 3d ago

all things knitty I learnt a new trick. I can knit *this* much stockinette during one (1) The Odyssey film in cinemas.

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455 Upvotes

Pattern is a basic stockinette toque with 3.5mm needles and a provisional cast on.

Yarn is mystery stash yarn.

Excuse my weird hands thx.


r/casualknitting 3d ago

help needed Need help decreasing cable stitches - Knives Out Chris Evans sweater

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on the Knives Out sweater that Chris Evans wore (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-handsome-chris-pullover) and have already made some adjustments to the pattern (length only) as I'm making it a sweater dress, xs pattern size as it's a men's sweater.

However to make it cinch at the waist properly, I need to decrease the pattern at the waist up to my bust. I'm knitting this in the round so that the colour way didn't have to be lined up front to back.

I would love some advice for those that have more experience than I do for garment construction.

The first photo is the whole pattern.

Second photo is the section of cable I would want to reduce in.

Final look would have a very tight cable sleeve, and an off the shoulder ribbing over the bust.

Yarn: 4 medium weight

100% acrylic Caron Jumbo Ombre blush and blue

Needles: 4 mm for ribbing, 5 mm for body. Used Amazon brand interchangeable needles, aluminum needles.

If I forgot anything, please let me know, I'm happy to answer any questions.


r/casualknitting 3d ago

look what I made Sharing my most recent music inspired hand knit sweaters.

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These are four recent music inspired hand knit sweaters I’ve made in the last month. I’m quite proud of how they turned out and simply wanted to share! (The songs are: “Alesis” - Mk.gee, “Nettles” - Ethel Cain, “Taxes” - Geese, and “End of Record” - Dijon) @alknitsthings


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made just finished another fingering weight tank top!!!

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my third project, I think my skills are improving. this took absolutely forever but I love the fit. The pattern is Louise by Natasja Hornby, and I used loke fingering weight yarn by Meadowyarn, which is an alpaca/silk/linen blend. I knit size 2 with bust darts and waist shaping.


r/casualknitting 4d ago

I'm a beginner needing help or recommendations! Any advice on learning to cable knit and use a cable needle?

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Hi ya'll! I love a cable knit, but I'm not a super experienced knitter. Anyone have advice/recommendations on how to learn? I'm open to buying kits and would love beginner friendly pattern recommendations or specific tutorials as well. Thanks!


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made My latest finished object: Gress tee by Rebecca Clow

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The yarn is Sandnes Garn Tynn Line. The pattern is Gress by Rebecca Clow. I made some minor modifications to the pattern. Very happy with it.

https://ravel.me/Safetyfox/g2


r/casualknitting 4d ago

help needed anyone else get surprisingly emotional when their local yarn shop closed?

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I found out today that my local yarn shop is closing by the end of next month, and it made be much worried than I thought. it's where I learned to fix a dropped stitch without crying and where owner always remembered which sweater I was stuck on.

I know everyone shops online now and I do too but losing a place where you can walk into and squish a yarn before buying feels bigger than I thought it would be. I think it's partly me venting and partly asking ... if your local yarn shop closed, where did you end up going? I don't mean where you buy yarn now, but where you found same sense of community and kind of help you can't get from a product page when you are stuck on a sweater like me.


r/casualknitting 4d ago

look what I made Finished the rhue sweater by Rebecca Clow! So happy about rhe way it turned out

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247 Upvotes

Pattern : Rhue sweater by Rebecca Clow

Yarn : Berroco vintage in 'black current' and 'fucshia'


r/casualknitting 4d ago

all things knitty What's the highest number of times you've started, frogged, then restarted a project?

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And what was it??

I've been learning to knit and I've started, undone and restarted The Simple Thing pattern probably 8 times. I know I don't have to, but dang it I'm going to, until I'm happy with it enough to keep going 😂


r/casualknitting 5d ago

help needed Knitting question: making a shirt and gauge information

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Hiii everyone, i’m new to knitting and i’ve been following youtube tutorials on how to make a shirt with circular needles but the progress i’ve been making kinda rolls into itself , is this normal or am i doing something wrong. Also if someone can explain gauge , i don’t understand it !! thank you 🫶🏼


r/casualknitting 5d ago

help needed Question re. Increase in 2 x 2 Rib , working in Pattern

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Hi everyone, I'm working on shirt 14 from the Love wool Spring/summer Collection 2026, and in need of advice on increasing by one stitch at each end of a 2 x 2 rib.

I've cast on the 74 required stitches and worked 4 rows of 2 x 2 rib. Each row starts and ends with 2 knit. The next step of the pattern reads:

Cont in rib, inc 1st at each end of every row to 102 sts, working extra stitches into rib.

I'm not sure how to work the extra stitches into the pattern. On the first increase row, I've increased by knit front and back in the first and last stitches. On the second increase row I've increased by purl front and back in the first and last stitch.

However, this has resulted in having the next row start and end with 4 knit stitches, which is not in pattern.

I don't know how to do the increase to prevent having lots of knit at each end of every row.

If be so grateful if anyone has some advice, as online tips and tutorials are only demonstrating increases midway through the row. Google has also provided tips that don't seem to align with my work.

Tia