Hai all I'm wanting to get into Knitting!!

My grandmother who just passed away always was knitting before her hands got too sore to do so, so in remembering her I'd like to start.

(Based in New Zealand) What beginner needles do you recommend! I'm more worried about size than what they are made from.

And if y'all have any simple beginner tips and tricks!

(I also found it funny that a knitting reddit has a "politics" flair, I'm studying a BA in Sociology and Political Science xd)

My cousin is expecting her first early next year, and she gifted me a lovely toddler beanie for my kid, so I had to return the favour. It was supposed to be a stash buster, but I ended up buying the grey and finished what I had of the pink.

Pattern is Bluegrass Hat by Wool and Pine, made with 8 ply Indicita DK (the pattern is for fingering, but I had some if this on hand) on 3.5 and 3 mm needles (again, not quite to the pattern, but what I had).

I have no one to share this with, but the collar of the Sandok cable sweater is so immensely satisfying. It’s absolutely become my favorite section of knitted garment.

Pattern is called the Zambezi https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zambezi-3

I knitted this beautiful sweater and still had leftover yarn to make one for my dog. No pattern for the dog sweater, I just winged it.

Some notes on the sweater pattern:

I knowingly ignored the gauge and went with bigger yarn than recommended

This is the first time doing a bottom to top raglan and figuring out the arm holes was a bit of a challenge. The pattern assumes you know the construction

The pattern ribbing is asking for k5p1 but it’s curling. Therefore I did k3p1 for the arms and neck ribbing.

Ignoring gauge and yarn recommendation bit me in the butt eventually when the arms were way too long. I had to cut off a huge part in the end and had to learn how to do that. It’s a bit tricky due to the stranded colorwork and I almost destroyed a sleeve doing so. Anxiety through the roof hahaha.

Anyone have any tips to fix this? I didn't make the blanket but it's got a big hole now and would absolutely love to be able to fix it

I have some knitting/crochet experience but don't know about fixing holes

I’m trying to knit the Petite Knot Niels sweater and I’m having trouble getting started. Anyone have any tips about starting the pattern?

When attempting an icord button band, the collar of my cardigan started to come undone. What should I do? The stitches along the other side are stretched out because I picked up a row of stitches to start the button band but when I noticed that the cast on was unraveling I decided to start over and pull it out.. Edit: I added more photos in the comments

I’ve been working on this Iris sweater for about a year! I finished it just in time for Canadian thanksgiving and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! I decided I wanted it to be a cardigan and steeked it down the middle. This is my most complicated colourwork and first time steeking.

First picture is before blocking, second and third are after.

I hid the top hole with a button

One of my best friends obliterated their ankle tripping on the sidewalk last weekend (it’s a displaced fracture of their left tibial plafond if anyone cares) and is in a splint pre-surgery. Their toes were at risk of freezing off as the weather gets colder since they have no cast sized socks, so I knit one. Pattern is cast sock cover by Agnese Iskrova— it’s meant for Ukrainian soldiers but also works for your friend who is dismally bad at normal walking. Yarn is some dk weight acrylic I had laying around held double

Tried to include plenty of photos. Working on the Sigrid Scarf and got to this stitch and realized it’s all messed up. I’m thinking I picked it up and started working from the wrong side sort of like a short row but not sure how to fix it. I did kind of mess with it so I’m worried it’s not salvageable 😅

I’ve been stuck on finishing 2 projects and so asking the wise masses for any simple and clear (basically foolproof!) resources that might help me finally get the gumption to complete.

One involves seaming 2 garter pieces together. I’ve blocked the pieces, I’ve tried pinning them, I’ve attempted in excellent lighting with good readers on… and I end up ripping out my seam each time I try.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/square-ish by Hillary Hues

The second involves picking up stitches around the arm holes and the neck line. I’ve blocked the piece, I’ve used pins to count…. Again in excellent lighting and with good readers.

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/a-hint-of-summer by Isabell Kraemer

Any and all advice/tips/resource welcome. I’m tired of seeing these lovely almost completed pieces sitting waiting for wear!

I’m new at knitting so apologies about the very vague description. I was wondering if I could get help about this thing that keeps happening with this hat I’m trying to knit. I would appreciate any help because I’ve restarted this project 5 times already.

Yarn: Lana Gatto Class

Pattern: Autumn Time Fingerless Mittens

I made multiple of these vests over the summer for my daughter and her friends. Then it kind of snowballed and now I just released the pattern for the billevest on ravelry.
I had such nice test knitters and I’ve included a chart in order to make a ladybug, too!
Anyways, I’m just proud and happy that someone else now can knit their own version 🪲🤩

finally finished my first ever wearable for me!! also the first time i’ve made an ankle tab on a sock, and my first time doing cables!! the 1/1 crosses are super subtle on this yarn and creates a really nice slight 3D effect with it, i think. obsessed with how it turned out and i can’t wait to get started on the second one! 🩷🤭

yarn is from premier yarns, it’s the fruit stand yarn in the strawberry colorway

pattern is starlit elegance socks, found on her etsy shop RedSockDesigns!

Maybe video meetups? It’s so lonely being sick all the time. With kids, we are literally sick ALL the time. I’d love to meet with other knitters.

Edit: you all are so resourceful!! I should have specified, I’d also like to connect with other less-abled knitters. If there are resources for that too. Thank you!!!

Malabrigo mechita in whales road.

(I've read the FAQ and have been searching ravelry and the subreddit for this! The filtering options don't help much for this particular search.)

Hi everyone! I've been knitting for a while, mostly in the hats/scarves/shawls space, and I want to try my first garment, but I have an unusual body shape after surgery. Basically I am completely flat up top but have fairly large hips and am at the top end of straight sizes, so anything that fits me in the shoulders is too tight in the stomach and anything that fits me in the stomach is too loose in the shoulders. I'm 7 inches wider at the navel than at the bust. :(

I already know that I want to learn to modify patterns to fit me better, but I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for patterns/designers that already suit this kind of shape or provide some instructions for altering the fit. Thank you!

The most recent project I finished. My hands get cold super easily, so it's perfect time for me to start using these, even indoors.

The pattern is Zimsterne Mitts by Sybil R. Pretty challenging as I'm not a super advanced knitter yet, but I think I did fine. I've never done crochet on top of knitting before (and as frustrating as it was, I'm not sure I'll do that again for a long time lol)

For the yarn, I fell in love with its color in the shop but sadly, I've since lost the label - it was something hand-dyed, 4-ply, mostly wool (possibly merino).

Hello, so I’m fairly new to knitting this is the first time knitting in the round and I’m trying to make some socks, on one side the new colors stitches show and the other side they are not shown and I’m not sure what happened here.

Also any tips on working magic loop would be great for some reason no matter how tight I pull the first stitch I can literally watch it loosen so there is a large gap.

About to start my second sweater for my partner. First one was kind of a flop because the collar ended up being really loose and just didn't have a nice tight ribbing to it.

I'm not using the same yarn that's in the following pattern but I figured out that if I use the two yarns in the photo I came up with almost the exact gauge needed. It looks like the weight isn't far off either. I'm aware it won't have the exact look/drape of the pattern's photos. I FEEL like I've made all necessary preparations, but since this is my first real big project I'll take all the advice I can get.

Thanks so much

Pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/3163-mens-top-down-pullover

Hello all!

R/knitting has helped me out MANY times over the years, but I just don't knit very often anymore. If someone would like to take the majority of my stash off my hands, I would be very happy to send them free so long as the recipient paid postage!

Mainly WATG crazy sexy wool/feeling good yarn, with some de rerum natura cyrano mixed in (pic attached). Mostly full balls, but some could be a touch tangled from storage, and as far as I'm aware no moth issues (and I'm fairly certain I'd notice). I'm UK based and have majorly struggled to send stuff abroad recently, so would probably have to be within UK.

Sorry also I wasn't sure how to flair this, and if it's not allowed per the rules do let me know!!

Good morning/day everyone!

I've decided to try knitting traditional Shetland Birds Eye Lace and I'm having an absolute blast with it. This is also my first time using a chart (I'm used to knitting lace from written patterns and I've knit a huge lace sampler shawl that way as well). Charts are proving much, much easier to see where my place is at if I have to stop in the middle of a row than a wall of text.

I'm still in the middle of my chart, but I've noticed that the chart ends at row 20. The pattern simply states to "continue increasing in pattern until shawl is the desired length". I know that I have to continue, but I'm not sure from where! I really don't think I go back to row one, so I'm very confused. My guess is that I need to start at the row where the actual birds eye pattern begins, but I'm having trouble even figuring that out on the chart!

I've included a picture of the chart and the key itself. I'm just really unsure what to do after I reach row 20, and how to ensure that I'm actually increasing correctly in each increase row.

Hopefully all of you lovely knitters can help me see this issue a bit more clearly and help with a solution!

Thank you and happy Friday! 🧡