#feyknits

MY SWEATER omg omg omg this is my FAVORITE thing that I have ever knit (so far)!!! I was really nervous going into this because of all the struggles I had with the yarn, but it turned out so well.

I made the yarn 3-ply on purpose so I could do cables, so I had to include them somewhere. Not really sure what my line of thinking was for the side seam detailing, but I guess the flowers are nice. After seeing how cool the stockinette stitch is, I wish I hadn't bothered. But I usually hate knitting miles of stockinette.

but the TEXTURE!!! of the texture of this is beautiful. I knit this by alternating opposing ply S-plied and Z-plied yarns (row by row). The amount of texture in stockinette is really cool. But this is also the stretchiest fabric. It would be so nice for a negative ease garment. I don't think I can accurately describe in writing how bouncy and stretchy and smooshy this fabric is while being a thick and thin barely-semi-woolen spun (worsted prep, beginner something short draw) 3 ply. The yarn is thin and drapey in some spots, ropey even, and it's still so bouncy. It feels amazing and I highly encourage others to experiment with similar constructions.

I have a lot of yarn left over actually and I thought I was going to be short. I don't know what I'm going to make with what's left because it's so... unique.

Base Fiber: BFL from Feederbrook Farms

Accent Fiber: Targhee from Kim Dyes Yarn

Started knitting another one of these. The pattern is just so well made and so pretty. I can't decide if I like the beige or not though ugh I didn't want white so that the speckle yarn stood out, but I'm worried the beige is too... strong? Does the blue stand out enough against it? Does it mismatch too strongly against the white in the speckle yarn?

The only thing about this pattern is that it is most definitely made for women. The neckline and the arm width are too small for me so I have to make adjustments. I'm knitting this one size up from last time and also changing the distribution of stitches moved to scrap for the arms.

Pattern: Annabelle Crop by Olga Putano Designs

Yarn: KnitPicks Palette in Wonderland Heather and Oyster Heather + Knitpicks Muse in Delight Speckle

I accidentally left the Muse wound in a cake for a few years so I'm worried it's all stretched out ): It also arrived with bits of yellow in it!! unlike the listing image!! I was really upset about that. Aaaaand I bought all the yarn before I realized that the Muse is superwash and the Palette is not... so here's hoping it's all fine and doesn't grow weirdly when blocking...

I made a sketch before I got started:

Nooooooooo my sleeves are different lengths *crying screaming banging my fist on the wall*. I have to frog it and redo the one ): Woe is me! I hate sleeves. I was almost done too! and it came out exactly like I was envisioning! Despair ):

Pattern: Rattlesnake by Jamie Hoffman

Yarn: Knitpicks swish (amethyst heather) and wool of the andes (caution and paloma) and Knitpicks Hawthorne (jupiter speckle)

Other progress pics:

bleh. unfortunately this is getting frogged. The stitch pattern is beautiful, but it looks TERRIBLE on my body. The armhole is both too low and too wide. I tried to go back and add some extra rows to make up for the height difference (as seen in the last picture), but it wasn't enough.

I don't really understand? Maybe I just don't have the body type for an oversized-ish sweater vest. There's enormous amounts of ease under my arms/across my chest, but very little over my stomach so it sags weirdly and makes my stomach stick out. I know I messed up at one point (I don't think the pattern is the most clearly written...), but even after I moved up the armhole to the correct height, it looked bad. But the pattern looked so cute on the model and in other people's pics on ravelry ): Genuinely sad about the whole thing.

I think I'm going to frog back to before the armhole increases and rewrite the entire pattern to something that will fit better. It's just so much work 😭 the whole point of buying a pattern is so that I don't have to do that. ugh.

Pattern: Laura Vest by Irene Lin

I saw this pattern and insta-bought it (which I never ever do). It is my ✨favorite✨ shoulder construction, the lace is pretty, and I had the exact amount of yarn for my size already :3 it seemed fated.

The v-neck is pretty deep for me (as a guy) so I edited the decreases on the neckline (I charted it out and can post that if anyone wants to see it?). Also, the arm circumference is too small for me so I had to rearrange the number of stitches moved to scrap for the sleeves and cast on more under the arm (as usual).

The one thing I will say, is that it’s very unpleasant and finicky to have to switch back and forth between needle sizes and I would have liked to have known that before buying the pattern (it should perhaps be mentioned on the pattern page, esp if you want to knit a gauge swatch before buying the pattern). I'm using size 2.5 and size 6 needles. I'm just lucky I have a (cheap) interchangeable set now so that I'm actually able to knit this. Trying to switch back and forth needle sizes on DPNs would be a nightmare...

But it's knitting up rather quickly and it's fun to switch between the different textures/laces.

Pattern: Knot To Be Missed by Rachel Illsley

Started this while I was sad about the dye lots for my current sweater lying to me. I like it!!! the yarn is super luxurious, it’ll be perfect for summer. I messed up the neck I know that. Following the pattern it ended up WAY small like 12”… I prefer my necklines at least 18” but more like 22”. I’m worried about this honestly, that I needed to be knitting a size up. I suppose I should try it on at some point. But if I have to redo all of this colorwork, I might just die instead. I also could NOT do the cast on the pattern suggested. I kept messing it up and working it hurt my hand joints. It was… not a great start at all.

Pattern: Annabelle Crop

Made good progress with the sweater and moved onto the sleeve. But my smallest circular is just a bit too big and I had to do the colorwork on DPNs! 😱 it's a nightmare please save me

Pattern: Tata Matilda by marziasknit

Yarn: Wool-paca from Eddie Bauer

previous post here

I made socks :3 I got a skein of sock yarn in a mystery box and decided I needed some socks. I was hoping it would be a quick knit, but it took me like a month. Also, one leg is tighter than the other? I don't know what happened and it makes it hard to get the socks on and off ): But they're so nice looking! I love the design so much. The heel is super nice too (no holes!).

The pattern is one of the most accessible patterns I've ever read. They had multiple versions- one for printing, one with a medium contrast background, and one that's "print disability and screen reader friendly". It was my first time reading a knitting pattern that didn't cause any eye strain! Wild to not notice how much it hurt my eyes until the absence of that pain. The pattern was also organized very well with cute medieval marginalia (in the color version).

Pattern: Sunken Cathedral Socks by Cnyttan Cnottan (I used just about 300 yards but my gauge was slightly off- I knit one size smaller to get the correct measurements)