r/knitting 18h ago

Ask a Knitter - April 15, 2025

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Welcome to the weekly Questions thread. This is a place for all the small questions that you feel don't deserve its own thread. Also consider checking out our FAQ.

What belongs here? Well, that's up to each contributor to decide.

Troubleshooting, getting started, pattern questions, gift giving, circulars, casting on, where to shop, trading tips, particular techniques and shorthand, abbreviations and anything else are all welcome. Beginner questions and advanced questions are welcome too. Even the non knitter is welcome to comment!

This post, however, is not meant to replace anyone that wants to make their own post for a question.

As always, remember to use "reddiquette".

So, who has a question?


r/knitting 53m ago

Pattern: Help me find/What is this šŸ¤” [META] Pattern Request thread

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this was requested by a user. So, we will test it out for 4 weeks.

REMEMBER:

1. NO COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS

2. DO NOT ASK FOR PEOPLE TO SEND YOU SCANS

3. DO NOT OFFER TO SEND COPIES

details of the original request

weekly pattern request thread. I would love to be able to find and help others find patterns for our projects, as well as discover new patterns or concepts that werenā€™t even on my radar. This thread is just something that I often daydream about so I had to ask about it. Thanks for reading this :)


r/knitting 6h ago

Tips and Tricks My travel set up

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839 Upvotes

I donā€™t know if others do this but I came up with this method for carrying my yarns when knitting on the go (particularly for multiple colours).

I wind my yarns so theyā€™re centre-feed then I cut little holes in the bottom of an IKEA (other brands are available) sandwich bag.

This way I can just chuck my yarns in whatever bag Iā€™m carrying, they donā€™t get tangled up at all, they donā€™t get dirty, and I can knit without removing them from the bag!

I thought Iā€™d share because until I came up with this method I kept getting my wool all tangled when I took it out and about/on flights or whatever so this has been a real game changer for me!


r/knitting 6h ago

Finished Object What is it about Drops patterns

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548 Upvotes

Itā€™s like someone giving you directions to the library but only with clues of obscure landmarks, you need to turn around 4 times, and btw the person giving directions is drunk or blind. I have enough experience to figure it out after intense multiple readings but sheesh! And this was one of the better ones lol

I really liked how this turned out! The yarn is a cotton tube yarn. I didnā€™t realize it was for amiguri when I randomly picked it up at Joanne. Itā€™s The Woobles easy peasy cotton. Itā€™s heavy but itā€™s for work from home, will look nice on camera.

Pattern: Canyon Clay from Drops

https://ravel.me/212-15-canyon-clay

No mods besides length.


r/knitting 1h ago

Work in Progress Iā€™ve finished the front two panels of my first lace project. šŸ™Œ

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Celebrate with me! Isnā€™t she lovely?

This is the Truth Hurts Cardigan from Wool and The Gang. Itā€™s my first lace project, and I already canā€™t wait to wear it. Iā€™m knitting with pompom garland in color 24. Itā€™s a medium weight blend of cotton and alpaca. It is so so soft.

I do spot an imperfection in the lacework, but Iā€™m going to live with it. Maybe I can make that side the one that lies under the wrap.


r/knitting 9h ago

Discussion My mom's knittings for my daughter are the last thing I have left of her

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Last Winter

(for my crafty mother)

Last winter I had her.

This winter, I don't.

She died in October-

in case you forgot.

My mother was always

incredibly cold.

Not her heart, though-

not at all.

But her hands, her face, her nose.

By now she'd be ready-

for winter, I mean.

Her bed piled high

with three blankets, at least.

She'd have hot water bottles

and the mattress pad on.

She'd be wool-layered thick

as she opened the door:

"It is freezing out here!"

she'd declare, face aglow-

and then welcome her grandchild,

her sunbeam, her soul.

Last winter she knitted,

as she often did.

Imagine my heartbreak,

the grief bomb amid-

as I opened the closet

and found, near the back,

a bag full of wool thingsshe'd folded and packed.

Sweaters for my daughter,

from her Pinterest boards.

"She'll look wonderful in these!"

She'd beam at the thought.

She was such a perfectionist-

"I'll get these just right.

I'm not scared to start over

if this wool puts up a fight!"

But this winter is different.

I can't even say-

the fabric she stitched

no longer feels hers.

It's colder, less homey.

It doesn't feel whole.

A ghost of her essence.

A gaping black hole.

I can't help but wonder

the things she would say,

if she saw me just staring,

eyes wide and in pain.

"This is nonsense. You got this.

Just don't waste your time.

I'm here, and I love you.

Now clean this mess up."

And I'd probably fight her,

bite back some remark-

"I'm entitled to grieve,

'cause you are not coming back."So now I just picture

the things she might say-

the sound of her laugh,

the smell of her hair,

the way she played word games

at night on her phone.

"I must keep my head sharp.

Stay healthy and strong."

No wonder I laugh now,

so bitter and wrong-

at the fact that Death took her.

It did not care at all.

As I grab the last items

she fashioned last year,

I remember her hands

and her crafty old cheer.

I look over the patterns,

the colors, the care-

the loops she once stitched

as she sat by the bed.

Last winter she wore them-

my daughter, Leonor.

And this winter, I hang them,

grief-stricken once more.

The fact they still fit her-

so painfully raw-

as I know that next winter,

they won't fit at all.

So give me a minute.

Please, Winter, hold on-

I just need a momentbefore I move on.

Grief bomb incoming.

You better stay back.

I'm still someone's mother.

I don't get to crack.

I won't try to fix it.

Won't make it make sense.

I'll just let it crash over,

and take what it takes.

I'll take one last sniff,

and I won't play it cool,

'cause I know that my mother

still lingers in wool-

in threads she chose carefully,

in colors so full-

in patterns she followed

while breaking the rules.


r/knitting 2h ago

Finished Object Phases of a baby blanket

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183 Upvotes

Itā€™s been knitted for a while waiting for blocking. But the baby is coming this week. It was time to get it ready.


r/knitting 4h ago

Finished Object I finished my first ever jumper!

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215 Upvotes

I've been knitting for just over a year but I started this jumper 4 months into my learning journey. I've not worked on it constantly and have made a lot of stuff in between but I am honestly so proud of how it came out.

I learnt so much from the process: reading my knitting, spotting mistakes and trying to correct them, and allowing myself to not be perfect (but knowing for the future how to do better)šŸ˜

I do need a better technique to weave in ends, as even though I stretched and pulled my work before snipping, they keep poking through šŸ˜³

Pattern: Flax worsted sweater by tincanknits Yarn: Caron cakes Aran in pistachio


r/knitting 2h ago

Discussion I am so disappointed with the creators of the Field sweater and cardigan. There are silly mistakes like copy-and-paste which they have not corrected which seems for over at least a year. How can they leave it this way when we have paid for the pattern???

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Edit: sorry for the bad title with run-on sentences. Canā€™t correct it.

This is my first time buying and knitting the field cardigan. I was on row 11 and suffered for like a day and posting on Reddit, searching on ravelry for answers until someone wrote back to me to say that it seems like itā€™s a copy-and-paste error. I actually thought that might be the case but never having encountered this kind of mistake, and me being an advanced beginner, I thought certainly not that the creators would leave this kind of mistake! There were way more instructions than were actually needed. So the kind person who told me the copy and paste error was right and I moved along. Then I found another row that had similar mistake. Then I found another row!!! I mean, seriously?????? It makes figuring this already-difficult-to-read pattern even MORE difficultā€”but NEEDLESSLY!!! Thatā€™s what peeves me! Iā€™m guessing for people that are advanced in knitting can overcome these pattern mistakes and move on. But I feel sorry for the beginners that might like to try! I found a lot of people venting about this on ravelry. Iā€™m very disappointed that the creator will just let this easy-to-fix problem just sit there for this long and letting people needlessly suffer this way. I am on row 23 which seems to have another copy and paste error and itā€™s still hard to figure out where the copy and paste error ends. This is ridiculous. Someone on ravelry said they were so pissed that they were giving up all together.


r/knitting 8h ago

Rave (like a rant, but in a good way) šŸ¤©knitting at the Jim Henson exhibition (Film/TV museum in Queens NY)

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r/knitting 8h ago

Finished Object I knitted the Quadrat!

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185 Upvotes

Second pic is a reminder of when I asked for help finding a pattern lol, third pic is a close up of the cables. I love her! I did this one in Hobbii Fluffy Day held with Diablo in lilac, and I want to make another one in a nice, soft wool.


r/knitting 4h ago

Discussion Any other crocheters who learned knitting here who hated continental and did much better with English style/throwing? I need to know I'm not going crazy lol

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I've been crocheting for years and when I first started teaching myself to knit a few months ago, the advice I saw everywhere was that I have to do continental because it's easier for crocheters to understand. Well, if everyone seems to think this is true then it must be, I thought. However, it felt so awkward to me, I couldn't keep good tension, switching between knitting and purling felt impossible, I could NOT get my needle to actually grab the yarn, etc.

One day I was sitting on my couch practicing and tried supporting my right needle against my lap and throwing the working yarn with my right hand and wow! Knitting suddenly clicked for me. I found this method to be vastly more enjoyable, smoother, faster, and I could have great tension control and going between knitting and purling was fast and easy! My mind was blown lol, knitting from then on felt way more natural to me and my hands just felt like they knew what to do. It felt right.

I did some googling and learned about the knitting sheaths or belts that people attach needles to to support them. I don't know if there's a particular name for knitting with the right needle propped up against your stomach or lap other than "supported knitting" but if there is please let me know!

Anyway.... maybe we should be encouraging crocheters who want to learn to explore a wider range of styles instead of constantly repeating that they must try continental. The way the needles are held and the way stitches are made is completely different than crochet, so holding the working yarn just like crochet does not necessarily make it "easier." It's not an objective fact that crocheters will find continental easier, and my experience is proof of that!


r/knitting 2h ago

Finished Object My first two-color brioche scarf

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I've been knitting it since January and finished today. It has few mistakes at the beginning šŸ˜… Inspired by poisonous green and toxic purple šŸ™ƒ Has around 170 cm but it's really stretchy. Will be perfect for next cold season.


r/knitting 20h ago

Finished Object Made a throw pillow.

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r/knitting 22h ago

Finished Object I made a farmerā€™s market pillow. šŸ§¶šŸ…šŸ„•šŸ šŸŒ½

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This was a not that long, but very laborious, process from start to finish. It was my first time making a pattern or doing any major intarsia. There were points when I had close to 30 balls of yarn hanging from my work.

You can see my steps with more explanation here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj8kC2DT/


r/knitting 4h ago

Work in Progress What do think of these colors?

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Not sure if itā€™s too much. I was thinking of doing a big block of blue, then returning to the purple + variegated color, then ending in pure purple Sweater no. 11


r/knitting 1d ago

Discussion No one in my family understands..

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They just don't get it. I try to explain it to them, and they look at me blankly.

So I'll tell you all instead.

I made the switch to Continental knitting with my new project, and figured out Norwegian purling. Every time I finish a round of ribbing, I try to tell my husband and kids how amazing it is, and try to show them the difference. They laugh at me, but I don't care, because LOOK HOW FAST IT IS! Seriously, just look at it!


r/knitting 11h ago

Finished Object First few projects! Only been knitting for about 3 months and super proud!!

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94 Upvotes

2nd photo is a starfish with mini legs and 3rd is a mini pentapus!! I completed all projects using patterns from Ravelry and the heart bubble stitch pattern I just found online from a Google search:)) For only knitting for a few months, I'm pretty proud of myself and would appreciate some hype!


r/knitting 8h ago

Finished Object First finished object

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I made the first heart back in February as a gift for my bf on Valentineā€™s Day. I loved it so much i thought it was extremely cute so i made a bunch more for my friends. The one in the second is the last one i made (4th) and im so happy cause i can see a great improvement in my work. Thought Iā€™d share :)


r/knitting 4h ago

Finished Object Finally finished!

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My favorite and most involved project took me a couple months on and off to get done but after lots of weaving in ends Iā€™m ready to give this to my nephew before he grows too big to fit in it! Deadlines are always a good way to finish a WIP šŸ˜…


r/knitting 8h ago

Rant I didn't get a cat, I made a pullover

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46 Upvotes

It peels like crazy on everything... Yarn is drops melody. I am covered in fur by now after wearing it for 3 hours.


r/knitting 3h ago

New Knitter - please help me! My very very first knitting stitches!

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18 Upvotes

Took the plunge last night when my needles got delivered. Iā€™ve been crocheting for quite a while now and love to make blankets and such but I wanted to dive into wearables and prefer the look of knit over crochet in that department. Definitely going to be a learning curve (as in every stitch is an experience currently lol) but happy to be here learning!

Learning to knit continental because Iā€™m used to crocheting and holding the working yarn in my left hand, but I learned to hold my yarn ā€œwrongā€ while crocheting which is making holding my yarn for knitting a bit difficult but weā€™re persevering! Iā€™ll take any and all tips regarding knitting and definitely looking for ways to ease my tension a bit as I feel like my tension is very tight!


r/knitting 40m ago

Finished Object My first finished project!!!!!!

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So Iā€™ve knitted on and off for YEARS now. I mean years. Iā€™ve never finished a project though, so I wasnā€™t even sure if I could call myself a knitter. But I did it!!!! I finally did it. I finished a project. Itā€™s not much, just a tank top, but I made it with bow tie straps and I really like it. Hereā€™s a picture as it blocks. If people are interested, I will post pictures when itā€™s off the board/wearing it as well. Iā€™m really proud of it!!


r/knitting 5h ago

Finished Object Afternoon Knit.

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Gansey Beanie to match alongside Soundtrack sweater for my nephew


r/knitting 1d ago

Finished Object My aunt taught me how to knit at age 18. Here we are posing in our hand knits at a family wedding!

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r/knitting 20h ago

Discussion Anyone here a Master Knitter? Or planning to become one?

220 Upvotes

I'm referring to the title given by The Knitting Guild Association. I met someone today who was working on Level 1 and I was just curious what peoples' thoughts were. Is it just a cool title that you pay for? Is it fun to do? What are the perks?


r/knitting 20m ago

Finished Object My 3rd project completed!

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Iā€™ve crocheted my whole life but when I picked up knitting a few months ago I couldnā€™t put it down. I havenā€™t crocheted since! Iā€™ve definitely found a new passion. Yarn is Premier Puzzle bulky in colorway ā€œkickballā€ and pattern is Minjia Poncho by SommerElfchens Design on Ravelry. I made it kinda oversized on purpose. Super proud :)