I don’t have a machine so every thing is by hand. The two tshirts done today will be undershirts or sleep attire in the future. I am considering asking my mom for her machine when I leave a full time job.
I’ve tried visible mending, but I generally fail because I become impatient and rush the important parts. I do love seeing what others have accomplished.
Finished the sleeves and have about another 2 inches before I add them to the body of the sweater. Sleeves at 60 stitches around is much faster than the body at 300 stitches around.
Every time you post I fall more in love with the yarn and that pattern 
Same, it’s beautiful.
My dad’s slippers:
My mom’s sweater (it’s blousier than I wanted, but oh well):
Eta one day I will make my phone do things right with OMD photos… today is not that day.
Dumb newb question here: I finished this scarf and am in the process of washing and blocking it. As you can see there’s a hole- is there anything I can/should do about it? Will it get bigger over time? Unfortunately I don’t have any more of that yarn, or of any similar colored yarn.
(ETA honestly I’m not terribly concerned about the aesthetics, I just want to make sure it won’t be a durability issue later on)
I finally won yarn chicken (third try) on the blue hat in time to send it to my sister for Christmas. I made one with a springy topper for my niece (also yarn chicken fun) and one for Dad.
I made this lasagna-sized hot pad my BIL requested out of tshirts he selected because they match the colors of their dishware.
It’s hard to tell because it gets blurry when I zoom in (and also I’m not super experienced) but it looks like maybe you did an accidental yarn over or something. I don’t think it will come apart but you could try to sew the spot up with a similar colored thread and it would probably be hard to spot unless you’re looking for it.
Awesome, thank you! All good to know. For some reason I was worried the difference in texture/tautness between yarn and thread would make it…weird? IDK. But that’s probably just me overthinking and second-guessing everything 
Help:
I recently thrifted a lovely cashmere/silk blend sweater. I wore it several times, and now there’s significant underarm stink. This is truly BO, as I use potassium alum salt to kill bacteria instead of using deodorant.
BO removal tactics:
What have you used? What would you use? Any other advice/tactics?
Edit: I have not knit my own sweater yet, but it’s in the queue! Perhaps this year. As I’d only be working with natural fibers, I figure this dilemma is relevant to the craft.
Put it in the freezer, this helps kill bacteria and get rid of smells. It’s also low effort so if it doesn’t work as well as you want you can move to another method
ETA: on my fabrics like that I hand wash using a tiny bit of Soak soap that I got from my LYS. It works well. Roll in a towel to get off excess water and then lay flat to dry
I’ve been avoiding the freezing method because freezing doesn’t actually kill bacteria - it is nice for a quick fix, but as soon as the garment warms up again (usually while worn), the smell starts back up.
I do have some Eucalan from my LYS that I’ll probably use if there isn’t a quicker effective method available.
I’d do soak/eucalan and then vodka as a backup
And then going forward, I wouldn’t wear the sweater next to skin, I’d wear an undershirt or cami to provide a physical barrier.
4.5 hours on the train ought to be enough to play yarn chicken with this unidentified skein of yarn. Single ply thick/thin, but no ball band (got it with a bunch of other yarn from a woman who was destashing to move). Starting a hat with an I hook, wish me luck.
Silly question: what’s yarn chicken?
It’s when you don’t know if you have enough yarn to finish whatever you’re doing so you’re “playing chicken” to see whether you finish the project or run out of yarn first
Thank you for asking!
You are making me want to attempt my first adult sized sweater…
