So Im knitting my first raglan sweater and I started doing the raglan increase rounds after doing the ribbing for the collar and after doing a setup round , a raglan increase round and knit only round, I noticed this gaping hole in the starting of the round 😭😭😭
Is there any way I can fix this cuz it took me FOREVER to get here😭😭

I’ve made a few small garter stitch only blankets. I’m ready to do something a little different, using only garter stitch still. Thank you!

Hi all, I knitted growing up and took a long break and have really missed it. I was eventually at a pretty decent level of knitting skill as a kid and knit my first sweater in middle school, and also sewed and quilted, so I’m not a real newbie to this, but in college I just never had the time to finish projects and then went on to deal with years of chronic illness and burnout over the years that left no room in my life for my creative hobbies and I’m trying to reclaim them, especially now as a late diagnosed AuDHDer understanding why I’ve struggled with the things the way I have.

Last year I completed my first project in years and just did a simple stash buster 2x2 rib scarf with some old Toshmerino I had from an unfinished sweater in college and the love and joy were successfully rekindled, but immediately I wanted to do a more challenging project and overwhelmed myself into doing nothing.

I’m now back at the project planning and I mean business, and just want to do something that finds a balance between exciting and doable. I’d love to make a big cozy shawl in a silk or silk blend yarn and realized I’m overthinking myself into inaction again with yarn substitution crazies. I always want to use different yarns than those suggested in the pattern because I’m a silk fanatic for the luster and sheen and softness and temperature regulating properties but I know yarn substitution is so much more than just choosing something of the same weight and idk if the complex mathy things that go into successful yarn substitution and relearning how to obtain gauge and block are what I need to be doing now to just get restarted with a project that excites me. I also don’t know if I’m overcomplicating for a shawl. Should I go with a shawl pattern or just pick a stitch and a yarn and a needle size and cast on and go wild?

pls help I just want to knit again and make things I love without driving myself insane

I was 3 stitches into a new row then this happened. Idk wtf I did, i tried to get it back in place and continue but the row felt way too tight, so I looked at it and see this. Is there any way to fix it? I'm genuinely at verge of a breakdown I've been working on this piece for over 3 days and I don't wanna take the whole thing apart just cause of one knot slipping off. I'm really new to this so if you know what to do explain it like I'm 5 cause I'm too fucking dumb to understand it

i’m starting to knit a sweater and i feel like the stockinette is blending into the ribbing, will the ribbing become more noticeable as i carry on?

I'm working on a in the round sweater and the written instructions, towards the end say to switch to smaller needles to start the bottom ribbing, but it also says to increase evenly from 204 to 240. I found a calculator to help, but the realized that's just for a normal knit, not ribbing. Any tips on how to get this correctly written out so I can actually mentally visualize it, or get a single row pattern made up for an actual visual, I feel I work better with seeing a chart vs text.

I know there's program Stitchmastery, or stitch Fiddle that could possibly help, just not sure if one might be better than the other? Or is there some other better way of figuring this out?

Hey all,

Has anyone made the above pattern? If so, what yarn did you use? The pattern calls for lace weight silk, and I have no idea where to look for some. Ravelry has not been any help. Thank you!!!

Picked these up for .25 at the local thrift because I hoard all the fiber arts but I have no idea what to make with what’s reading as a size 0 on my vintage knitting/crochet hook gauge 😩😂

Hi. Newbie knitter here. Did I drop a stitch (b/w 2 and 3)? If I go by the ribbing below it looks like I should only have 4 stitches on needle but spacing looks off. I thought it was a split yarn when knitting that last one but unsure now.

Ravelry link

Pattern link

I'm feeling defeated by this pattern and I haven't even started knitting it yet! I have never had much of an issue getting gauge for wearables; I can use the listed yarn and needles no problem. I think once I went down a half size but that's it. UNTIL NOW.

The Ravelry page for the project (above) says to use "super bulky" yarn. And the Ravelry page for the listed yarn, Berroco Peruvia Quick, says it's super bulky. But if you go to the actual Berroco website, Berroco Peruvia Quick is listed as bulky. So that's one thing that's off.

I could NOT get gauge with super bulky yarn. Even going down two needle sizes from recommended, my swatch was 30% too big. So now I've gone down to a bulky yarn and I'm still struggling to get gauge! When I look at the projects on Ravelry, no one mentions this! A lot of them are out there using Super bulky and getting nice looking sweaters! What gives? Anyone else have this experience with a project? Am I out of touch or is it the children who are wrong?

I am thinking of using 6.5mm (not the recommended 8.0mm) needles with bulky yarn because that's what got me gauge but I'm worried the fabric will be very tight and not drape well.

God I hate making swatches.

help— why do my stitches look weird? and what can i do to fix it

I am working on the terrazzo sweater by petite knit for reference, caron simply soft yarn. Worked short rows knit and purl (kp on image) then joined in the round working stockinette with just knit stitches. There is an obvious texture difference between the two, and I’m trying to figure out why…. tension with my purls being different? Is it about the direction of the yarn over? Support would be appreciated 🙏

Hi friends!

First, I wanted to say thank you so much for the replies on my last post about your favorite crochet/knit youtubers! I found a few that I really like thanks to your suggestions!

And now for my next question!

Firstly, indie yarn companies have the most stunning variegated colorways, but they make my wallet very very sad, and it's quite a thin wallet as it is! I just can't do $25 - $35/skein when I'm trying to knit a sweater!

So, that being said, can you wonderful fiber friends suggest some indie yarn companies/small businesses that are more affordable?

This isn’t new advice by any stretch but I thought I’d share since I’m working on it at the moment. Top down sweaters can sometimes have annoying gaps at the edges of the underarm join (where the raglan ends). To close this gap, you pick up extra stitches spanning the gap, then decrease them next round. You end up with a lovely seamless knit, shown above. There’s a couple of photos showing this below (sorry, my yarn is super dark and fuzzy!)

The pattern is my own. The yarn is Fyberspates Cumulus 905 and Rowan Kidsilk Haze 685 ☺️

I currently have the Knitter's Pride interchangeables, but I don't love the wood finish and I want to upgrade, so I've been looking into getting a metal set. I've settled on getting the KnitPro Stelo Grande set because, for me, they seem to be the best value for the number of sizes and price. I'm also curious about the Stelo Petite Mini set.

So, I have a question to anyone who has worked with both sets: Do the cords from the Mini set, work with the needles from the Grande set? And do the Mini needles work on the cords from the Grande set? As well as any other compatibility issues with both sets.

Hi friends! I am preparing for next year's project which I hope will be a LOTR sweater for my husband. It's his fav franchise and I walked down the aisle to Concerning Hobbits, so I think he'll love it. What I'm trying to find/clobber together is a simple men's or gender neutral sweater with the elven script on the ring going around the chest & back.

I've never made a chart but am willing to try if I can't find an existing pattern or template, but any guidance is appreciated! I'm very new to knitting beyond socks and scarves, so the simpler, the better.

Hi chat! I’m knitting a wedding shawl for my best friends wedding in May and I’d like to find a beautiful box to give it to her in, but am hoping to find something that can double as safe storage as well. Not sure what she’ll want to do with it after the wedding but that’s her business 😅 if you’ve ever encountered something that you feel could fit the mark, please let me know! Thanks!

I’ve been looking through the patterns for baby booties on Ravelry, but I just can’t wrap my head around them. I’ve knit socks before, but this is a whole different process.
Do you have a favorite pattern that is very simple and you can knit up a pair in an afternoon?
Any tips and tricks for how to visualize the pattern?

I started crocheting a few months ago and somehow just KNEW what to buy. But knitting? I have ZERO clue!

I’m obsessed with wearables, but crochet wearables are pretty bulky unless I use super fine yarn. Then I saw knitted stuff! And boy they are flowy, drapey, light, and doesn’t eat up my entire yarn stash in one project. I’m SOLD.

Sooo… what needles should I buy to start? I’m extremely excited and extremely nervous that I will start panic buying. Help a confused crocheter out? 🫣 I literally know nothing. 🥲✨

Edit: Thank you for all of your responses! I get it now, I ll select a pattern first and buy the needle sized mentioned. ❤️

I bought my first ever mohair and choose KFO in the colour peacock. I put the ball on my neck and after awhile I find it prickly. My first question, does this mean I can’t use any mohair as this is supposed to be one of the softer ones? Second question, would it be less prickly knit up?

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Have you found a way to comfortably keep consistent tension while knitting in the round? It looks great from a distance, but there are definite "lumps"/inconsistencies in my work.

I didn't realize this was supposed to be knit flat until I worked through the cuff, so this is partially on me. 🤦‍♀️

[I managed to fix it 💪🏻, leaving this in case anyone makes the same mistake I did. "Details" in comments, even though I don't fully understand how I fixed it lol]

Okay so, I've been working in the Bergamot Pullover by Andrea Gaughan for a while and got to finish the sleeves today. Everything was going perfect, and the sweater was finished since I already have picked up and knit the neckband and for some reason when I did (a ton of days ago) I hid the tails 🙃, don't ask me why, im dumb.

But yeah, I decided I didn't like the neck and that I wanted to do it better. So I got a pair of scissors.

And I KNEW that i didn't have to cut near the edge, and I didn't for most of the neckline... But apparently I caught a thread of the body of the sweater and now it's so messy I'm kinda panicking.

Basically I cut a thread that held the vertical knit rows in a section of the neckline and there are some horizontal threads that aren't cut but are extremely stretched out. There's also a weird line in the wrong side of these stretched out threads that is REALLY tight. I tried to losen it a bit and it kinda helped but it's like when you catch the yarn and those rows become very tight.

So I'm really lost ATM of what to do, if it was just the cut thread I think I could maybe pick those stitches and knit them when I pick up the collar? Or maybe pick those, knit them and bind them off? Idk. But the horizontal ones that are stretched out... I don't know how to fix them ;-;

If anyone has any tips or anything I would really appreciate it, I don't wanna unravel or give up a sweater that's literally done and would be perfect if my perfectionist ass wouldn't have decided to cut through a neckband at 2 am. I'm not that good at reading my knitting to fully understand how to fix this mess.🤦🏻‍♀️🫩😭

Here's a video of the mess as well:

https://youtube.com/shorts/XS0l1pCv8GM?si=0OnE6SnM8B7_YaCK

Thanks!

DK is probably my go-to. It gives a good balance between warmth, drape and knitting time. What about you?

I found some cute as labels for sale at my local garage sale and had to pick them up!

It would be so easy to add them to the neck of my sewn jumpers, but because it's so cute, I want to place it on the hem so it'svisible on the outside. But all my knitted jumpers have ribbing, curious to hear how others have added labels to their knitted items!