#KNITTING

[the-sea-anemone]

learning to knit has instilled in me the "we have food at home" impulse about knitted sweaters where whenever i see a sweater that i like i'm like "okay but i shouldn't buy this, i can just make it myself." except unlike having food at home, making it myself does not save me any time or money. in fact it takes much more of both

[adorkastock]

Three weeks since she decided to pick up that old basket he'd left behind and try and sort out this new hobby. She hoped it could become something to get her off the screen and end the hours and hours of doom scrolling before bed. She wanted to think about him but not in a sad way. Sometimes it was so satisfying to see something coming into existence through the force of her will and hands. Other times it was exceedingly frustrating. The reward feeling she sought was often outweighed by the frustration so she practiced taking deep breaths, sometimes fighting back tears. With time she began to appreciate the little challenges as they came up. Getting better at something often meant making mistakes and once in a while she'd see a mistake coming soon enough to head it off before it got too far away from her. These little wins built up and her confidence grew. One row at a time, another healing step forward. Everyone was getting a scarf for Christmas this year.

[makerandbean]

oh these pictures REALLY do not do her justice… so excited to be able to wear her!!!

(pattern is the celestarium shawl, with stellar wave edging)

[greenlunarwitch]

Here's the color layout for I'm going with for my first sweater. These are a bunch of mini skeins of fingering weight yarn (20g per skein) that I'm going to be holding doubled while I knit and slowly fade together as I go. Looking at the top left you can see I casted on and did the set up row

[mothyandthesquid]

Summer Field, bringing that warm late summer light to your project.

[freshstitches]

Truchet's Cowl is an interactive colorwork pattern based on the work of Designer and mathematician Sébastien Truchet. Each knitter can knit the pattern shown in the photo, or arrange and create their own unique pattern based on the provided colorwork tiles.

The possibilities are nearly infinite.

Finished Size: 22” (56 cm) around the top, 34” (86 cm) around the bottom and 13” (33 cm) tall.

Yarn: Baa Ram Ewe Titus, 350 yards (320 m) per 100g; 50% Wensleydale Wool, 30% Alpaca, 20% Bluefaced Leicester Wool.

 ▪️Color A: 30g, 105 yards (96 m) Parkin.

 ▪️Color B: 50g, 175 yards (160 m)  Yorkstone. 

 ▪️Color C: 50g, 175 yards (160 m) Eccup.

Needles: Size: 1, 2, 3 (2.25, 2.75, 3.25 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 20 sts x 40 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square on size 2 (2.75mm) needles in stranded colorwork pattern.

Other Materials: Stitch markers in various colors, graph paper, scissors, tape, steamer, surface for blocking, tapestry needle.

History

Truchet Tiles are a symmetry game, first recorded in 1704 by Sébastien Truchet. His original tile game consisted of squares split along the diagonal into two triangles of contrasting colors. In quilting this shape is known as a “Half-Square Triangle”

Visit https://dmackinnon1.github.io/truchet/ to see an online version of his tiles.

More Yarn Info

This cowl works well with any fingering weight yarn. Thesample was knit from a set of leftovers from the Corner  Point Scarf and the yarn is unfortunately discontinued.

The fuzzy, wooly qualities of this non-superwash yarn are similar to John Arbon Devonia 4-Ply. 

The pattern is fully adjustable for any gauge. You can find it on Ravelry and on my website.

[blackseafoam]

Test knit/gauge for a gift for my cousin’s (who is also a big clone wars fan) baby, Kody. I was thinking hat but idk, maybe a pillow would work better for this pattern, it came out kind of big, and then he can’t outgrow it.

[ladytemeraire]

I know we literally just had the Emotional Support Chicken craze a month or two ago, but I really feel like an Emotional Support Moo Deng plushie pattern would go absolutely viral in this current moment

[dhwty-writes]

The best thing about knitting is that it's repetitive and you can do other things at the same time. The worst thing about knitting is that it's repetitive and you can't do the right things at the same time.

[knit-happens]

I was commissioned to make a lesbian rat! My first ever commission ❤️🐀

Pattern

[Image description: a knitted rat with a pink, orange and yellow striped body and pale pink inner ears, feet and tail. First image is a view of the front, second image is a view of the side. End ID]

[17unfinishedprojects]

Vintage Knitting/Crochet Patterns Masterlist

Recently, I’ve been getting really into more older styles of knit and crochet, and in my search for vintage patterns I’ve come across a ton of sites and articles that have been incredibly helpful to me, so I thought I’d share them all with you. The majority of these are free, and this post is still being updated as I find more. Hope you enjoy!

(p.s. most of the places you can get crochet patterns are in the ‘Misc.’ section bc most sites have both knit and crochet patterns)

Knitting:

vintageknittingpatternarchive.com

An archive featuring a variety of patterns from the 1920s-1980s

Pros:

Completely free

You can search by bust size, colorwork, yarn weight, decade, and clothing article

Also features some crochet patterns

Cons:

The site can be hard to navigate

vam.ac.uk

An article featuring a 15 clothing patterns from the 1940s

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Only has instructions for one size

sunnystitcher.gumroad.com

A collection of vintage knit clothing patterns from the 1930s-1970s

Pros:

A “name your own price” site, you can choose to pay $0 if you choose

Cons:

Not a lot of patterns

aranpatternarchive.com

A collection of vintage aran knitting patterns

Pros:

Completely free

Has a wide variety of patterns

Crochet:

antiquecrochetpatterns.com

An archive featuring a variety of vintage crochet patterns

Pros:

Completely free

A lot of home décor patterns

Cons:

Most of the clothing patterns are for babies and children

A lot of the patterns are currently unavailable due to the site being updated

Misc:

thevintagepatternfiles.blogspot.com

Pros:

Completely free

Has patterns in different languages, including Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, and Russian

Has patterns dating back to the 1800s

You can search by size, clothing article, and decade

Cons:

The site can be a hard to navigate.

marymaxim.com

A collection of vintage knit/crochet patterns

Pros:

You can filter by pattern type and yarn weight

The patterns are relatively cheap, ranging from $0.99-$4.99

Cons:

No free patterns

You can’t filter by size

trove.nla.gov.au

A blog post featuring 2 vintage knit patterns and 1 vintage crochet pattern

Pros:

Completely free

Cons:

Patterns may be hard to read because they appear as old newspaper/magazine excerpts

antiquepatternlibrary.org

An archive featuring a variety of vintage knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, quilting, macrame, weaving, tapestry, and many more pattens.

Pros:

Completely free

Wide variety of patterns across many crafts

Cons:

Website has an older layout and can be hard to navigate

(p.p.s I didn’t put cons on a few of them bc I honestly didn’t find any. If you encounter any problems with any of these sites let me know and I will add that to the con list.)

(p.p.p.s. if you have any other websites you use for vintage patterns please share them I’m always in need of more)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Shepherd knitting while pasturing sheep in the Gascony region of France

French vintage postcard

[makerandbean]

she’s DONE. now I just need to block her… but that’s a problem for tomorrow me.

[typheus]

Front panels are done!

[mothyandthesquid]

Winter Berries on merino/cotton velvet sock. It’s such a fabulous base and, if you use certain dyes, only the wool takes the colour and the cotton remains white. This creates a stunning visual effect on a velvety soft yarn that’s incredibly luxurious and versatile.

[annaplexis]

Entrelac knitting requires that you knit up stitches along the side of the square you just knitted.