#ravelry

[i-am-pinkie]

Lovely handmade things 😍♥️🥰

Sarah Shawl by Zuzana Hejdrychova on Ravelry

[punsbulletsandpointythings]

I made a dragon cowl!!! Look at him!!

The pattern is Dragon Tale Cowl by Handhuntknits

[ninoochat]

[freshstitches]

I finally published the project for my dice roll scarf that went viral last month. If you love dice games, you'll enjoy knitting this pattern.

The color work in this project is determined by an algorithm, a set of rules that determine the final outcome. There isn't an exact set of instructions for this project. Instead, the knitter uses four 10-sided dice or a random number generator to pick the length of the colorwork in each row. 

The result is a staggered stripe sequence along the edge of the shawl. There are trillions of unique outcomes, so no two projects turn out exactly alike. The pattern uses about 500 yards of yarn in total, but the amount of each color that you'll need is randomly determined. Before publishing, I wanted to find out the minimum and maximum amount of each color required to make the project and the probability of each outcome.

The knowledge needed to calculate the yardage was a bit beyond my skill level, but my friend Mary W. Martin helped me gather this info. I used an online probability calculator to find out the probability of each unique stitch count. The results are slightly different depending on whether you use four 10-sided dice (blue) or pick a random number (yellow), but 99% of all possible results fall within a very small range. 

It was an interesting little tangent, but not hugely important to the actual knitting pattern. I can, however, confidently say there is a >99.9% chance that you'll need a 2nd skein of the main color. If you want to know more about the math, you should check out my project notes on Ravelry. 

The thick and thin striped colorwork is created with a super simple "long stitch" technique. The pattern looks great in fluffy mohair or contrasting colors of basic wool and the instructions include some basic tips for substituting yarns or changing the gauge.

Finished Size: 18 x 68” (46 x 172 cm) rectangular wrap.

Yarn: Approx. 315 yards (288 m) of MC and approx. 264 yards (241 m) of CC. Yardage may vary, see notes on yardage below and yardage chart in photos.

• Main Color (2 skeins) - JMR Studio Worsted Weight Mohair, 245 yards (225 m) per 4 oz; 78% Mohair, 13% Wool, 9% Nylon.

• Contrast Color (1 skein each, both yarns held together) - JMR Studio Fingering Weight Mohair, 320 yards (293 m) per 100g; 63% Silk, 23% Kid Mohair, 11% Nylon, 3% Polyester Held with Lavender Lune Yarn Co. Suri Alpaca, 328 yards (300 m) per 50g; 74% Suri Alpaca, 26% Silk.

Yardage: The amount of each color used for this pattern fluctuates based on the random numbers used to determine the stitch pattern. MC uses approx. 233 to 315 yards (213 to 288m) and CC uses approx. 182 to 264 yards (166 to 241m). 99% of possible results fall within a much smaller range. The Yardage Chart shows the distribution of all potential yardage outcomes.

Needles: Size 8 (5 mm) straight needles, or size needed to obtain gauge. NOTE: Straight needles work best with long stitches. Circular needles with a thin cord allow the long stitches to tighten and stretch, making them harder to manipulate.

Gauge: 12 sts x 14 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square in pattern.

Other Materials: 10 sided die or random number generator, stitch marker, scale, tapestry needle.

Generating numbers: In my sample, I used four ten-sided dice (D10) to choose a number between 4 and 40 sts. If you don't have dice, you can use an online app like RANDOM.org to generate your numbers. If you follow this link, you'll get a list of 63 integers between 4 and 40. NOTE: Each time you visit the link or refresh the page, the list changes. You can also just choose numbers as you knit.

Pattern is available on my website and on Ravelry.

[krakengoddess]

Friends. After 4.5 years of querying and over 300 rejections. I just signed with an agent.

What does that journey look like? Well I knit a cowl. The colors separate the years, and the stripes divide the rejections by month.

I call it “Persistence.”

[charlemane]

test knitters on Ravelry love to be like "this is my test knit of trendyusername413's beautiful pattern! thank you so much for the opportunity <3 MODIFICATIONS: i used a completely different yarn, a completely different gauge, changed it from top-down to bottom-up, then set the pattern on fire and proceeded based on a brief glimpse of the original designer's FO and the noises my cat makes at night"

[knottybliss]

Sorry notsorry for FBposting, but someone shared this on a Princess Bride fan page and I am 😍

[bis-who-stitch]

Hello all, I have compiled a ravelry board of some lovely masculine knitting patterns if you are transmasc like me or so inclined, I figured you might like some of these

[ub-sessed]

Questions I ask myself while scrolling Ravelry:

Do I like this pattern or is the lighting just really nice?

Do I like this pattern or is the yarn just really pretty?

Do I like this pattern or is the model just really pretty?

And of course: What the hell does the garment look like on a human??

[entomologize]

Monarch and Milkweed designs by Jamie Hoffman. Sweaters knit by MiaYarnGoddess and Knitosophy.

[citizen-zero]

I love knitting I truly do bc you’ll be perusing Ravelry just scrolling through the current popular patterns and it’ll be like, 99 women offering lacy shawls and colorwork sweaters and brioche hats and cute little baby clothes, and 1 leather daddy bear who has 21 knitting patterns for sale, 15 of which are jockstraps

[nestingtendencies]

Sperl lagun Shawl by Ewa Dulian on Ravelry

[unfinishedsweaters]

Heck yes it stands up! I didn’t know if it would; I didn’t think the stockinette was dense enough to make up for the airy lace. (You work the heavy yarn and the light yarn on the same needles. Needle. It’s a circular needle.)

Scaffolding Cowl.

(My favorite part of this is that sometimes, when you have a lace collar and it has stiffness/stands up, it makes the whole thing look very creature-like. I am not sure Mrs Hammersley would enjoy my ah-great-you-look-like-a-creature take on her dress if it were possible for me to convey it, but to me, it’s sort of fascinating. Dragonflies’ wings. Godzilla. Perfectly normal reaction to a dress. Anyway, bemused by the lace realizations, happy the structural part of the knitted thing worked.)

[crochet-and-more]

I crocheted a newborn guinea pig today

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/newborn-guinea-pig

[freshstitches]

The Lumpshade & Lumpillow patterns are for a textured felt lamp shade in multiple sizes and matching pillows in two sizes. The lamp shade can be sewn over a preexisting shade or a handmade frame. DIY instructions for a metal lamp shade frame are included in this pattern as well as a lesson in lamp anatomy and safety. I've also made an Amazon list of the lampshade supplies.

These housewares are a great project for all seasons and add some texture and softness to your decor. If you’ve never wanted to hug a lamp shade or rub a pillow, you might want to after making these.

Experience with short rows is important before starting this project. This pattern is knit in the round and makes a very nice bag if housewares aren’t your thing.

Pillow Sizes: 10” x 16” and 16” x 16”.

Lampshade fits a 6”-18” diameter drum shade with a height of 11”. The height is also adjustable.

More images of the non knitting sections of the pattern are posted on ravelry so that everyone can get a good idea of the skills and materials needed to build the lampshade. These instructions are also included in the pattern PDF. Please take a look to avoid any unwanted surprises.

[partyinthecloudkingdom]

its so important to me that people who don't crochet or knit and therefore would never have a reason to go on ravelry know that this website for knitting and crocheting patterns is full of soooo many little gnomes. just absolute dudes. some people basically specialize in making funny little themed gnome patterns. theres literally thousands of them