#diddlysquash

I use stitch fiddle or chart minder (both are websites). There's also the Wooltasia app.

violetdale:

Also, you can google knitter's graph paper and print it out if you want to design with pencil and paper. There are also books of knitter's graph paper available to buy online. You can just colour your designs right in. Knitter's graph paper will give you a more accurate prediction of what your pattern will look like than regular square graph paper because the proportions are designed to mimic the knit stitch.

Ah, thank you for the tips on the actual writing of it, but I was looking more for resources that cover how to calculate sizes and how many stitches to CO or inc/dec throughout due to the tension for colorwork being different. Like, for a regular sweater for myself in Xweight, I CO Ysts, but would that number change for a colorwork sweater since the tension is different? That’s more what I’m trying to find resources talking about. I recently did those Stardew Valley Summer socks and had to restart them after my initial attempt because they were turning out way too small due to the tension. I’d hate to start a sweater with my usual, “fly by the seat of my pants, figure it out as I go” method of designing and end up with a sweater that doesn’t fit and have to start it all over again after getting, idk, 2/3 of the way through. But I’ll be checking these sites and such out when I get to the point where I’m writing down the pattern. I typically just use Excel for the actual graphing of things because I’m lazy. But having the names of a couple websites that also provide the charts is handy, too!

redportrait:

Stitchfiddle is good for designing, I'm using it right now. Re: tension, yes, it is different bc if you don't pay close attention when you're learning your stitches will be too tight--the floats at the back (the yarn you're carrying) don't stretch as much as knit fabric does. I space out my stitches right before changing colors, so that I know the floats are long enough to lie correctly. Not foolproof but much better than nothing. Idk what everyone else does[.] I'm sure there's better ways out there as well ! What are you searching for ? If "stranded colorwork" isn't turning anything up try "fair isle colorwork", that's the way I've heard it referred to most often.

Good to know Stitchfiddle has two endorsements now! I’ll definitely check it out. But I also have knit colorwork before, off of others’ designs, so I’ve already got that initial learning curve of, “oh, I need to space these stitches out.” Which was interesting, since one of my mundane magic powers is perfect tension (non-colorwork, I now have to specify)! That’s the tip that I came across multiple times when first learning: keep your right needle stitches all spread out as you go.

I also know that Fair Isle is one of a handful of different colorwork techniques that come from a specific region. I haven’t delved too deeply into the nuanced differences between those techniques, mostly because I haven’t knit any patterns specific to those regional designs and am not looking to make something specifically in any of those styles. I didn’t realize it’d be so difficult to find resources on just non-regional-specific colorwork!

violetdale:

Look up books by Alice Starmore and Mary Jane Mucklestone. They both have stitch dictionaries for designing your own fair isle pieces, that also include tips and instructions on colour work.

diddlysquash:

If you’re wanting colorwork hats or sweaters, tin can knits has an ebook called “strange brew” that has a lot of the math figured out for sizes from newborn up through a very size inclusive adult where you can plug in your own charts for fingering, DK, or worsted weight yarn. It was really helpful for me getting started. Otherwise, know that in colorwork your tension will differ more than usual between flat and in the round, so if you’re swatching try the speed search technique[.] Sorry, speed swatch technique. You knit across the row on a circular needle, but instead of joining in the round or doing a purl row you slide the work down the needle and then carry the yarn along the back. It’s way more accurate.

Ahh I will definitely check those authors out, thank you! That’s kind of what I was looking for after realizing most of the promising-looking online resources I did find were e-courses (at and least one in-person course) that are quite up there in price and/or not running anymore.

I did come across Tin Can Knits’ Strange Brew, but it seemed like it was just for seamless yoke, and the design I want to tackle first will have colorwork motifs down the body. But! I shall give them a look; TCK are solid and always worth checking out.

(o man i swear every time i get one of these every thought i have ever had flies out of my brain)

3 reasons you should keep a journal

1. It’s stress relieving. You can write whatever dumb shit comes into your brain and no one else gets to read it. You can roast whoever you want and no one will know. You just get to hoard all of your emotion in one area like a dragon that collects idiocy and malice

2. It’s a big self esteem boost. You may not feel like you are progressing as a person, but once you pull out that entry from like 2017 or whenever, you start feeling real good about your character development.

3. Your sibling/parent/roommate keeps one and you don’t want to go down in history as a bitch. First of all, I have a pretty great relationship with all of my siblings, but like i mentioned in point one, a big part of journaling is ranting, and history is written by whoever is writing it. I find solace in the fact that after I die my nieces/nephews/gender neutral term for kids of your siblings who will have to clean out my house will at least have my writing to compare to my sister’s and hopefully enough smarts to piece together that we were both probably exaggerating most of the time.

Weather

5. Currently snowing (once it sits out for too long it gets all dirty and slushy and just generally gross)

4. Sunny but breezy

3. Overcast

2. Gentle rain

1. Thunderstorms

Theres a lot of rain, but I’m blaming that on the fact that I live in the desert.

Polygon Moments

(these are all kind of recurring but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

5. Griffin and Justin cursing Todd for glitches in Bethesda games

4. Any instance of Jeff insisting that he’s never lied/never done anything wrong

3. Pat reacting to Simone’s dirty mouth (especially to “that’s what she said” and “load me daddy” in game ogre and “show! me! the! tits!” in the e3 review vid)

2.That one clip of gill & gilbert where they both brush their hair out of their faces at the same time is heavenly

“It’s 3 o'clock in the morning/And I’m hungry so let’s eat”

-Hello City by Barenaked Ladies

Happy Together by the Turtles!

I think I'm just tickled by the idea of morally disreputable healers; I feel like that was a driving force behind Treva's creation.

When I played her, she was a homebrew species called huldra, based on the folkloric creature of the same name, but she's a firbolg now! Have yet to play her in her new form. But yeah, firbolg bard, pronouns are she/they.

Though bard, a lot of her spells are specifically either healing or necrotic based, which reflects her personality. Despite being a very cheery character she doesn't bat an eye at things like extreme violence or potentially making a deal with a literal devil. This, along with something being Off about her feywild upbringing, means that upon first meeting her it's hard to tell which side of her magic she's going to use on you, even if you're her companion. But if you're desperate then it might be worth hoping that healing will have more merit than any amusement she'd get from hurting you. Of course, a little more time spent with her and you'd find out that she is pretty protective of any friends she happens to make.