I’m still here trying to restart my fading point. I’m still excited about it but damn I had so much progress and now it’s all gone…sigh
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I started sewing a new dress and accidentally bought polyester thread and it’s shiny! And not very nice to work with yuck.
Does anyone know if will Joann’s take a return without a receipt?
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It’s worth a shot. I spent so much time and money in Joann’s in college I’m sure I did some returns without a receipt
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I’ve been calling “fingering yarn” “fingerling” yarn for my entire life.
Holy shit.
I’m so wrong 
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!!! A fellow Combined knitter! 
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ohmigosh let’s cry about not understanding pattern instructions FOREVER.
(I need to figure out how to do kbf for my next project, le sigh)
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Oh man, I know I’ve figured that out before! Try looking up how the knit stitch is done in Eastern style?
It’s possible, actually, that I just did a regular Western knit stitch (twisting the stitch) first, then a Combined knit stitch the way I usually do. Awkward, but I assume it is also awkward for Western knitters to kbf.
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That’s what I’ve seen suggested, but I like the look of it less… I might slip the stich and then try standard kbf.
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So I bought the green and gold skeins today to go with the lovely & weird orange/green ‘chili chocolate’ skeins that I bought in the fall when visiting Vancouver.
I was originally planning on
even though I am very pear shaped, and it would need to be quite cropped. (Marettimo has the same challenge)
Alternatively, I could do a Funky Grandpa cardigan with green sleeves
Or Drawing Straws with 3 colours.
Vellamo is also super interesting, and might be work appropriate.
opinions?
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I like the Navelli! And your color palette is gorgeous.
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I like the Funky Grandpa, but I do like cardigans. Which looks most fun to knit for you?
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I love cardigans, but a thing that gives me pause is how hard it was to find matching skeins for the 2 chili chocolate hanks. It reminds me of the grey & purple cardigan that only looked good with one tshirt.
I am concerned with the Navelli that I’m just following the trend and thinking I like it because I keep seeing it, and that I won’t actually wear it.
However, too weird to wear is going to be a problem regardless with this yarn combo. And it isn’t like I’m making another Enchanted Mesa…
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That is some serious lace. Scarf?
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I, uh, may or may not have learned this lesson the hard way (for the 50th time) last night when I screwed up my lace and lost 15 rows 
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Need to attach sleeves to body next:
ETA: Also the yarn is not actually that bright; colors are really washed out on that photo.
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This photo just confirms for me that I really need to take in-person knitting classes because I have no idea what I’m doing.
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I messed up my daisy chain pattern so I’ll be starting over on my hat. I think I just misplaced my stitch marker. Fortunately I wasn’t very far in.
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I’ve been finding YouTube videos very effective and helpful. And it turns out that knitting the sleeves on should actually be pretty simple.
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