Started a cropped sweater/tee thing. I think I’m gonna make it shorter than the measurements because it says it’s cropped but when I measure myself it’s full length. Basically gonna wing it and hope I don’t mess it up
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Double posting because now I have a question. The pattern is bottom up and now I’m about to shape the armseye but I’m not sure I understand the instructions
“Cast off 4 sts at beg of next 2 rows. Dec 1 st at each end of all foll 2 alt rows”
So I get casting off 4 stitches at the beginning of the next 2 rows (so that’s 4 on each side) but the next part means decrease 1 stitch at each end of every other row? Is that just decreasing once on every RS row on both ends?
Agreed, it looks like a single decrease at the beginning and end at the next two RS rows.
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I decided to finally try my hand at brioche. One bad stitch on a row transition, but I doubt anyone would see it.
Pattern says this is infant sized. I am no good at remembering how big baby heads are. Also stretchy to fit on Atomic Robo plushie.
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Ooh. I keep putting off brioche, but I adore a Steven West hat pattern that I really want to knit for myself so…maybe I should add that stitch to my 2020 bingo.
Also, yarn barf:
I know it gets better, but now I remember why I’m not a fan of mass produced skeins.
Starting a cute little baby sack and matching hat with owl motif cables for my BIL’s baby due next month.
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I love owl cables 
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They’re so cute! These are my first, but I remember when they were hitting the Reddit knitting community pretty hard!
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Sewing/Pattern advice
I know this thread is more fibres than sewing, but does anyone know of a pattern maker who makes skirts and pants that do NOT sit on the waist? Everything seems to sit up on the waist in the shops and in all the patterns I’m finding, but I need my clothes to sit on my hip bones.
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Is it okay to ask a yarn question here?
I have cotton yarn on hand. It needs to be hand washed according to the mill. It looks like only wool yarn and wool blends are machine washable, at least when I limit myself to the Australian yarn mill I like to support. Apparently cotton yarn makes much, much better dishcloths than wool yarn, which is great, except I like to occasionally machine wash my dishcloths to freshen them up.
What’s going to happen to dishcloths made with ‘hand wash only’ cotton yarn if I chuck them in the washing machine…?
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My guess is that they will start looking ‘worn’ more quickly.
But that probably doesn’t matter to you for dishcloths. If you had made, for example, https://knitty.com/ISSUEss12/PATTgemini.php , you’d probably care more.
It isn’t like wool where it would felt/full or get substantially smaller.
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Excellent!
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Second try at hat after failing at yarn chicken. On the plus side, the yarn is very slightly scratchy, and this way I can do a folded under strip of soft yarn for against the forehead.
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That sounds like nonsense to me.
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They’re probably just doing some ass covering with the labeling. Here in the US clothing and the like have to be labeled with care instructions that cover so many scenarios that saying hand wash, lay flat to dry, no bleach is the only way to be completely certain no one will be mad. If it’s cotton I’d treat it like other cotton things (towels, T-shirts) and wash on cold in a machine and air dry or even tumble dry if you’re in a rush (or live in a stupid swamp town like me where nothing ever air dries fully in a normal range of time)
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Forgot to reply earlier- last year I made dishcloths out of cotton yarn, and I machine wash and dry them. Granted it hasn’t been a super long time, but so far they’ve held up really well (except for the one I used to wash the sharp end of a knife. But that was definitely operator error haha).
On a different note: I’ve started a scarf out of a soft bulky yarn (the end looks less terrible in person, I promise). It’s so squishyyyyyy
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The second try is going well, though it probably will be too small for me.
And here is that bit of softer yarn for the forehead - incidentally using the last of that ball.
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Just slightly too small for my 22" head before blocking. Anyone interested in a beautiful teal blue wool hat that isn’t scratchy on your forehead?
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My weekend project with the toddler. He picked most of the fabrics and “helped” with cutting and sewing. It’s about 40" by 60".
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Talk to me about brioche, is it something I can pick up with YouTube videos or is it more complex that I should do a class at my LYS? I keep seeing brioche patterns I like so I want to try it
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