Oh no, my condolences.

ME TOO! 😎

Yes! Knowing your way round a spreaddie is so useful for working out stitch counts and especially if you’re designing something from scratch.

I have a terrible habit of knitting things at an entirely different gauge to the pattern and needing to change up stitch counts accordingly so it’s definitely a handy skill to fall back on 😅

Yes, you understand! Sometimes I just need to see the numbers 😅

Most of the time I’m with you, luckily I’ve got plenty other projects on the go without a time constraint!

Hah, don’t worry I don’t do this for everything! But I need this one finished by a certain date, and having the hard numbers is very motivational :D

Oh this is very cool. Lucky friend!

p.s. apparently it is my lot in life to hang around here letting people know about other related communities, so: !lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works 😉

He’s adorable and you should be very proud of your chonky lil boy!

You should also crosspost him to !crochet@lemmy.ca if you didn’t already 😄

Basically a knitted or (more often) crocheted toy. It’s a Japanese word that got adopted.

The birds here are really confused lately and have just been singing all night without a break, it’s driving me crazy.

Wow! You can really tell the effort that went into it, it looks actually store-bought it’s so perfect!

Also, shoutout to that excellent t-shirt, someone’s got taste 😄

It’s so bright and happy I love it!

Interesting! We had a post here a while back experimenting with this and getting terrible results, so I wouldn’t be trusting it with any expensive yarn just yet! But at the rate these things are developing, maybe there’s been significant progress since then.

Would definitely be interested to see how the pattern works up!

I think I did have some of those in the list originally but then worried they might be too niche! Common things like self striping could definitely work though, or specific fibres or weights. Will stick them in the rotation and see! 😄

Here’s one I found in York a while back, for your perusal.

I can find no flaw in your reasoning here.

Looks like you’ve got a local infestation of Yarn Bombers!

This will most likely not be the last postbox hat you see 😄

Thanks! Yes I’m going to take them on a road trip next weekend and I think that should force some good progress (if maybe not an actual finish, let’s not get too optimistic here). It’ll all be worth it in the end!

That’s true I suppose, these have a different construction to how I usually make socks so it’s all a learning experience in one way or the other.

Just wish one of things I’m learning didn’t have to be “knitting mojo can disappear alarmingly fast” 😅

Finishing a project at the opposite time of year is underrated imo. You get enough time to forget how annoyed you are by having to weave in the ends, and when the weather does turn you get to just pull out this new cool scarf that’s all complete and ready to go! Like a fun surprise for your future self 😄