The Crafting Thread - Show Us What You've Made!

[BiBunny]

Also, this is a pic of the shrug I mentioned I was working on earlier in the thread. I picked it back up and started crocheting on it again yesterday and today, and this is what I have so far. The hole in it is where the sleeve is going to go, eventually.



I know it's not very practical, color-wise, but I do have a solid purple dress I can wear it with, in addition to white and black tank tops. So it won't be totally useless. I just thought the colors were gorgeous and wanted to make something out of this yarn.

 

[IrisAlthea]

Love the colours in the shrug Bunny!

They call the European way the continental method here, and I haven't tried it. I've only done it the American way. I may very well give the continental way a try because it can't be any harder than the way I've been doing it. And, yes, you're absolutely right about using the needles with the cable--it keeps you from dropping stitches off both ends!

I had to google to see how the different knitting styles are done. The continental style is what we learn in school here.
The lady in the tutorial I watched pointed out that it might come easier if you learn to crochet first or do that more as in her case and it mskes sense to me when I watc the different techniques.

I’ve never tried to knit with the connected needles, but learned to do mittens and socks on four needles.

Like this:


Or easier to see though just 3 needles for the thumb:


Since there are fewer stitches on each needle, they were never very close to the edges.
While I never fell in live with knitting, it worked reasonably well for a beginner.

 

[BiBunny]

Love the colours in the shrug Bunny!

Thanks!

I had to google to see how the different knitting styles are done. The continental style is what we learn in school here.
The lady in the tutorial I watched pointed out that it might come easier if you learn to crochet first or do that more as in her case and it mskes sense to me when I watc the different techniques.

I’ve never tried to knit with the connected needles, but learned to do mittens and socks on four needles.

Like this:
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Or easier to see though just 3 needles for the thumb:
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Since there are fewer stitches on each needle, they were never very close to the edges.
While I never fell in live with knitting, it worked reasonably well for a beginner.

That is interesting, that the continental style might be better for crocheters. I am going to have to give it a try! I haven't tried double-pointed needles yet, either, which is something else I'd like to learn to use if I can ever figure out the whole knitting on needles thing.

 

[BiBunny]

So I just watched an entire 40-minute video on YouTube about how to knit in the continental style by an adorable little German man. Y'all...I haven't tried it yet, but it looks so much easier. I'm going to dig out my needles from my crafting cabinet tomorrow and give it a try.

 

[BiBunny]

So I'm trying the continental way. It's a lot easier. It still remains to be seen if I can knit this way because I didn't start really making a mess until I started trying to make ribbing the other way. And I can only do the knit stitch this way so far. But I learned it way faster than I did the other way, so maybe that's promising! Thanks for the idea, y'all!

 

[BiBunny]

Daddy told me last night that I should have a tail. All the kitty tails I've seen are ugly, though. Is it weird that I'm thinking about making my own kitty tail and letting him figure out how to attach it to the plug? LOL.

 

[seela]

The blanket is ready!

 

[BiBunny]

The blanket is ready!

Love it! The stitches look great, and the colors are really nice, too.

 

[BiBunny]

I had the brilliant idea that I would loom knit my mother these socks for Mother's Day, along with some actual purchased presents, too. The ones I'm making are light gray and purple.

Let's see if I can actually manage to get them done by Mother's Day, lol.

 

[IrisAlthea]

I had the brilliant idea that I would loom knit my mother these socks for Mother's Day, along with some actual purchased presents, too. The ones I'm making are light gray and purple.

Let's see if I can actually manage to get them done by Mother's Day, lol.

Those would totally be an actual present to me.

 

[seela]

I had the brilliant idea that I would loom knit my mother these socks for Mother's Day, along with some actual purchased presents, too. The ones I'm making are light gray and purple.

Let's see if I can actually manage to get them done by Mother's Day, lol.

Oh cute!

I started to knit a pair for my green sock yesterday.

 

[BiBunny]

Actually, there has been an interruption in the Mother's Day sock-making. I realized I haven't gotten my aunt anything for her birthday yet, so I'm hurriedly looming a pair of slipper socks for her. Don't have enough chunky yarn to make a whole pair, so I'm doing it with two strands of regular yarn instead. Two different colors, too, because I didn't have enough of any one yarn to make two socks with two strands, lol. So either these will be super-cute or a disaster. I'll keep y'all posted, lol.

 

[hulmule]

Wow , great talent ! you all !

 

[BiBunny]

I finished the first slipper sock for my aunt. This is it and also the loom I used for it. It's a 24 peg loom.

I used this tutorial to make them. I'm not a fan of how there are holes near the heel because of how the pattern is designed, but it was quick and easy, and I needed quick and easy, lol. I can see some other places where it's not quite right, either, but maybe it'll do.

 

[seela]

I finished the first slipper sock for my aunt. This is it and also the loom I used for it. It's a 24 peg loom.

I used this tutorial to make them. I'm not a fan of how there are holes near the heel because of how the pattern is designed, but it was quick and easy, and I needed quick and easy, lol. I can see some other places where it's not quite right, either, but maybe it'll do.


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It looks great with the two colors! I’m still completely baffled that you’re able to make a sock with a round thing like that but I just gotta believe.

I think holes around the heel are a feature of most socks. I’ve been studying various knitted socks lately and many of them do have a little hole on the ankle where the heel thing starts.

 

[BiBunny]

It looks great with the two colors! I’m still completely baffled that you’re able to make a sock with a round thing like that but I just gotta believe.

I think holes around the heel are a feature of most socks. I’ve been studying various knitted socks lately and many of them do have a little hole on the ankle where the heel thing starts.

Thank you!

That makes sense about the holes at the heels. Now that I think about it, even store-bought socks have slightly larger holes at the heels. I just felt that the ones on that slipper sock were rather large.

I'm going to finish the other one in the next few days and then go back to making my mother's socks on the Flexee loom.

 

[BiBunny]

So I finished the slipper socks and went back to working on the regular socks on the Flexee loom. I ended up messing them up and just starting over completely. But that was fine because I wanted to make some changes to the pattern, anyway. I changed the ribbing to a K1P1 rib instead of a K2P2, which I think looks better, and I made the cuff a little taller. The first sock is about half-finished now and actually does look like a sock (much to my surprise)!

I'll post a pic once I finish!

 

[seela]

So I finished the slipper socks and went back to working on the regular socks on the Flexee loom. I ended up messing them up and just starting over completely. But that was fine because I wanted to make some changes to the pattern, anyway. I changed the ribbing to a K1P1 rib instead of a K2P2, which I think looks better, and I made the cuff a little taller. The first sock is about half-finished now and actually does look like a sock (much to my surprise)!

I'll post a pic once I finish!

What are 1K1P and 2K2P? Please and thank you.

Edit: duh, knits and purls of course, got it now. I’m so dumb.

 

[twister947]

What are 1K1P and 2K2P? Please and thank you.

Edit: duh, knits and purls of course, got it now. I’m so dumb.

 

[BiBunny]

What are 1K1P and 2K2P? Please and thank you.

Edit: duh, knits and purls of course, got it now. I’m so dumb.

No, you're not dumb! I could've actually written the words out, but I was lazy, lol.

Sock is still coming along well and actually still looks like a sock. I'm just worried I'm going to fuck it up when I get to the sewing up the toe part.

 

[BiBunny]

Well...the body of the sock came out fine, but the toe seam's all fucked up. I am ashamed to say the Kitchener stitch defeated me.

I may or may not actually give her these. But here's a pic of the finished first one, all the same.

 

[seela]

Well...the body of the sock came out fine, but the toe seam's all fucked up. I am ashamed to say the Kitchener stitch defeated me.

I may or may not actually give her these. But here's a pic of the finished first one, all the same.

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It looks great! I love the stripes.

I looked up a video about the Kitchener stitch, looked complicated, but I’m very bad at following instructions or even videos. Is the stitching always necessary when you make socks on a loom? When I made my socks with the needles, I was able to decrease until I had just a few loops left and there was no real stitching needed. I guess with a loom you can decrease only so far?

 

[BiBunny]

It looks great! I love the stripes.

I looked up a video about the Kitchener stitch, looked complicated, but I’m very bad at following instructions or even videos. Is the stitching always necessary when you make socks on a loom? When I made my socks with the needles, I was able to decrease until I had just a few loops left and there was no real stitching needed. I guess with a loom you can decrease only so far?

I had never done the Kitchener stitch before today! The way I made the other socks I've done was the "take all the loops off the loom with a yarn needle and the yarn and then cinch it closed like a drawstring bag" method. That way is way easier!

I only did the Kitchener stitch method because the pattern called for it, but I screwed it up. I left a couple of holes in the toe I had to go back and sort of clumsily sew up. I will likely never be doing that ever again after I get the other sock made!

 

[BiBunny]

So I ended up changing my mind and not doing the socks for my mother's Mother's Day gift. Last Saturday (not yesterday, the one before), I decided I should do something else, so I bought a cross-stitch pattern.

Context: My mother has a red Jeep Wrangler, and she loves that thing. It's currently in the shop because the transmission died (it stopped going into fifth gear). So she was complaining that she wished she could have it this weekend, but knew she couldn't because it wouldn't be finished in time. So I decided I'd get a Jeep cross-stitch pattern and do that (in addition to some actual, purchased gifts, too). This is (part of) what she got today.



I am thoroughly sick of cross-stitch right now! I ran my ass off from Saturday to Saturday to get it done. And that's just as well because I have to go back to loom knitting now because my aunt's granddaughter asked for a pair of the slipper socks like I gave my aunt for her birthday. So that'll be the next project. After that, I'm thinking stuffed hearts for Pride month, maybe?

 

[BiBunny]

He's just a prototype, so he's not perfect (will have to tweak the pattern a little and buy some yarn that's more accurate color-wise), but I made a bi pride heart!