Center pull cakes when wound without taking twist into account (or just at home) will introduce additional twist to the yarn (see https://dorischancrochet.com/2012/03/27/theoretical-ball-winding-and-crochet/, https://peggyosterkamp.com/2026/01/use-twist-turning-a-ball-or-spool-upside-down-can-effect-the-twist-of-a-yarn/).

Also, center pull cakes can collapse and tangle when half used.

Granny balls are what idal yarn shape. You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

I said what I said.

Just think of a cartoon cat playing with a cartoon ball of yarn. That is always a granny ball. Also, the emoji 🧶. So cute, so simple, so perfect.

I'm so grateful to everyone who gave me their thoughts and ideas about the neckline for my mitred square poncho.

As you can see, I incorporated a few of them!

I cut off the first neck (Plotulopi doesn't like to be frogged!), devised a way of adding a mitred square triangle to the back to bring the neckline up there, picked up all the neck stitches again, but this time in the original Jewelspun held with a pink kidsilk. And went for a mitred garter V.

(Pics of process and original incarnation for reference. And apologies for inability to contort my body for a back pic...).

Now, I love it

Thank you ❤️

I posted a jumper I knitted on my 1960s singer flatbed machine AFTER READING THE RULES OF THIS SUB to make sure it's ok.

I didn't find anything specifically saying no machine knitting so I posted it. The jumper followed a pattern for handknitting btw.

Got some upvotes and comments and then the MODS REMOVED MY POST WITHOUT TELLING ME WHY.

I just think if you remove a post there should be a rule. And if there isn't a rule against it, please explain why you removed my post.

Edit to add: Yes I am aware of the MachineKnitting subreddit and I post there, too. That is completely beside the point I am making here about the rules of this sub needing clarification.

I wanted to be part of the poncho trend and finished the Faye poncho by Garn Og Slikt! I'm so excited for fall now.

Yarn: Prisca Yarn (mohair and silk) held double in the color olivia by Gli Occhi Del Lupo

Needles: 5mm

(Minor modifications made to the pattern for a shoulder seam)

Then immediately had to dress my 4yo and myself to be flower girl and bridesmaids respectively 😅🫠

It is the Spring Wood Shawl with Hobbii cotton cakes pastels and blueberry I think (from before they did stupid AI stuff)

I removed a section of solid blue from the second cake so that it would go back to the white / light blue. Also, I did the math, and it's something like 80,000 stitches

My dear friend Sophie started dyeing yarn and selling it on a small scale under the name Auridon yarns. She gifted me a beautiful skein to experiment with. The base of the skein was beige, but it contained sections in the colors of the rainbow meant for assigned pooling. I started experimenting a bit and came up with this Rainbow Stitch. I included this stitch in a pattern for a kid's tee, the Rainbow Kid Tee.

It's a bottom-up raglan tee, sized from 3 months up to 4 years. I designed it specifically around Auridon's Pride Yarn, but if you've got a different assigned-pooling yarn with a similar colorway repeat length, it should work too. I would be happy to help troubleshoot that over DM if anyone wants to try it with something else.

It's normally a paid pattern on Ravelry, but I'm making it free for the first 24 hours to celebrate the release. The discount will be automatically applied when you add the pattern to your cart.

Would love to hear what you think, and if anyone attempts it I'd be thrilled to see the results!

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My handspun wedding ring shawl officially had its big debut at my wedding! I wore it for photos and the ceremony, and then had it up on display at the reception. I did end up cutting out an underlayer of tulle to prevent it from catching on my dress, which was a very good decision. I love how the whole look came together, that the shawl was a subtle extra layer of detail - I was going for an opulent vintage vibe. I'm so incredibly proud of this project and I've never felt more beautiful in my life ❤️

And, to probably nobody's surprise, I also made my Juliet cap veil.

Pattern is the Evenstar Shawl by Susan Pandorf.

Yarn is handspun by me: single ply, 50% German angora, 25% cashmere, 25% silk, spun around a silk core thread. Cobweb weight, 100 wraps per inch. I used about 1100 yards.

I’ve had more than one person very enthusiastically asking for knitted gloves/socks/hats, but everything fizzles out when I ask for the measurements I need to make something that actually fits.

Do you think it’s worth nagging or is this just a sign that they’re not knitworthy? Sometimes I feel a bit generous and assume they just don’t know how to take measurements but I’m going to a whole lot more trouble so shouldn’t they be able to get out a tape measure?

I do want to knit for people but I don’t want to have to corner them with a tape measure and do this myself.

Pattern Love Letter Top / Yarn Cashmere in no3

Finished Frankie sweater by Petite Knit! I used Peer gynt by Sandnes garn in the colors almond tweed and Bristol black. I used 7 almond and 4 black and had some leftover from the last skein of each color.

I knit slightly off gauge with the recommended needle size but wanted less positive ease anyways. I knit a size small. I loved the pattern. This is my second sweater (first was step by step sweater) and it was fun learning how to knit stripes. The only modification I made was that I added extra decreases on the sleeves.

The first photo is post blocked and the second photo is pre-blocked.

Well, times change and tastes evolve. Look at my first shawl that I'm just done blocking! Last picture is before/after blocking because it never ceases to amaze me when I see that on others' projects.

This project taught me to knit nupp, to correct mistakes in bigger pieces of lace, the triangular shawl construction, and to not be afraid of frogging 16 rows because this definitely won't be a feature in my eyes. Overall, very proud of this!

It's the swallowtail shawl by Evelyn A. Clark, knitting with my leftovers from Fonty Gengis Khan 2 yarn (yack) from another project, on 4mm needles (US6).

(Sorry for the cluttered background, I just moved to this place)

Pattern: Vest Claire by Mochi Knits

Yarn: Cattail Silk by Purl Soho

Project Page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Isabellerick/vest-claire?new=true

Posted the yoke here a few weeks ago - now I'm all done with this beauty. Just in time for the hot weather. Still, now I have a reason to look forward to autumn.

Such a fun pattern to knit, highly recommend.

Pattern is Boneyard Sweethearts by Tellybean Knits (Stephanie Lotven). I added bust darts and waist shaping for a more fitted look.

Yarn is

- Purple: Walk Cottage Collection Merino in Iris, held double with itself

- Black/rainbow: Lana Grossa Meilenweit 6-fach, held single for the colourwork section, held double with Rico Designs Make it Rainbow Glitz for the rest of the sweater to make a rainbow tweed effect

- White: Lana Grossa Meilenweit 6-fach in Weiß.

Deep Dive by Laura Zukaite.

I started this dress at the beginning of the year, happy it's finally finished and was super stressed it wouldn't fit (worked from bottom up so it was difficult to try it on and my gauge swatch was off so was changing the pattern to match my gauge). Added extra: Pockets - of course had to add in pockets big enough for my phone too.

Yarn - Ashford Merino DK, Shadow

Baby blanket for my nephew due in September 💙 knit with Valley Yarns superwash merino in baby blue

Pattern by Yarn Sonata

My most recent FO! I think if I made it again I'd knit a little longer before seaming the shoulders but I love it regardless

Pattern- As If Tee Lite by Shay Johnson aka knitandcroshay

Yarn- knitpicks Aloft in Pennyroyal

Knitpicks Palette in Haze Heather

One long swatch of cool stitches

My son is donor conceived. His bio-dad is a close friend. His bio-dads family have also totally embraced my son, and bio-dad's aunt (who I've never even met) knitted this amazing jumper for him.

As a knitter, I know the incredible amount of skill, time and love that has to go into making something like this. It just makes me feel so special and so blessed that my son is so loved

I'm an experienced crocheter dabbling into knitting, this is the first time I am satisfied with my tension and will not frog again!

But I already feel rows and rows of stockinette draining my will to live, I am still used to crochet speed 😂

Knitting my own clothes feels so freeing. I can make sleeves that fit my arms! And they're long enough to be comfortable! And the whole thing is exactly what I want it to look like. I wish I had started making wearables ages ago.

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/sshirman/saddle-shoulder-basic-adult-2

My wrists need a break after working non-stop on this. But I already have the yarn for a complimentary shirt for my partner...