Knit, Crochet and Natter into 2021

[lazylinguist]

A thread for chat about woolly crafts. All welcome, including complete beginners.

Previous thread here

Thanks @CrochetBug will add you back 😊

Thanks all I didn’t really get the appeal of brioche until recently, I thought this would be too complicated for me to enjoy but it’s one pattern row then three plain so it’s quite relaxing really.

Im christinewhisty on raverlry

I’m k2r2d2

Oh WOW, Flavia, that's gorgeous! You should definitely find some way to display both sides. Is it your hiking jacket? Have you modified the plain pattern, or is it a different garment?

(Now I want to learn brioche. Another project to add to learning to loom knit and make a ten stitch blanket, not forgetting the eleventy million UFOs under my workable.)

Flavia that's lovely. I really like the blue side!

I'm just about to start an among us crewmate for dd1. I had planned to try and get some done for Christmas but crochet Errol took longer than expected (he's a praying mantis but dd2's real Errol hasn't grown its wings yet so I have plenty of time to work out how to do them!)

Thanks both!

Dilbertian ah no, the hiking jacket is a different one I'm making with Lett lopi, it's a bit itchy to work with and also just plain dark green at this point so a bit boring.

Ooh, you have a worktable

I'm Numenor on Ravelry.

Me neither Flavia, I'm hoping it doesn't like to fly much when it does get them! It's a very speedy little creature & jumps surprisingly far for something 2cm long . Dd2 did not tell me they did this when I told her she needed to do proper research

If I didn't have a table to house them under, I probably wouldn't have so many UFOs!

@Bruffin the folklore pattern you linked to earlier on the thread is now coming out top on "hot right now" on Ravelry

I've been mooching about on Ravelry, have added as a friend everyone on here who's given their Rav name. I was also checking out some of the patterns you've been mentioning.

I love the Jennifer Steingass jumpers - added the Goldwing one to my list! The Oa hoodie by Kate Davies is gorgeous, but it appears to involve steeking, the very prospect of which terrifies me!

@lazylinguist the very thought of steeking terrifies me too, has anyone attempted steeking? This is cutting up the knitting isn’t it? I would waste hours/weeks/months trying to learn this technique.
Have added the ladies on here who have left their names for Ravelry. Off to have a mooch on that now to see what patterns I can add to que.

I'm ebygomm on Ravelry

I didn't even know you could add contacts there

[quote FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack]@Bruffin the folklore pattern you linked to earlier on the thread is now coming out top on "hot right now" on Ravelry [/quote]
I suspect this is going to be a bit on the back of the Harry Styles cardigan which went viral. There were over 5000 pictures on instagram of cardigans etc in the patchwork styles fans (or theirDMs,DGMs or in my case friends mum) have knitted. Its even going to be a permanent feature at the V&A

Taylor swift has released the cardigan as merch and given some to her celeb friends as a bit of marketing campaign and Lionbrand released a similar pattern called folklore which is the same name as the album. Dont think it will do a Harry styles because its not really a beginners cardigan and probably a bit off putting

and steeking terrifies me as well, think you can only really do it with pure wool, so expensive if it goes wrong.

I’ve steeked with lett lopi and Jamieson’s and random white Aran wool before. I did do Kate Davies crochet reinforcement on the first two and a knotted steek on the second as I was turning a round neck into a V neck and doing folded ribbing to hide it. It was unnerving the first few cuts and then fine. Kate Davies has brilliant tutorials on it.

That’s amazing Bruffin I would love to get to the V&A. One day!

Well, I set a free TS cardigan pattern uploading to my Google Drive yesterday...then clicked the cross on it, by accident when I went looking for something else & can I heck find it now.

I did find this one on etsy though. For less than £3 that'll do me nicely! (I suspect I need more practise first though!)

Thanks for the tutorial recommendation on steeking @FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack I may try it one day yet.

My husband has used his Christmas gifts in the best possible way! A sloth bookmark for me! 🥰

That's so cute, Slothkin!

I've finished my Lettlopivest! I still need to weave in the ends (stuffed inside for photo!)and block it, but it fits (only slightly more snugly than anticipated, and that's probably down to the Christmas food ).

Oh @Slothkin how sweet!!

And wow @lazylinguist that's amazing! You done that so quick! Well done!

That's gorgeous lazy! Beautiful work!

That's very sweet slothkin, both of them are

@lazylinguist Fabulous finish
@Slothkin love your new bookmark

Thank you! It was pretty quick for me! I've got so used to knitting socks in fine wool that I'd forgotten how much more quickly it goes when you're using Aran!