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[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]

Pattern is "Shrimply the Best" by Stone Knits

shrimp socks 🦐🦐

[truebluemeandyou]

Knit a Face aka Sticka ett ansikte Free Pattern by Katarina Brieditis

What can you make from this pattern? 2 of the most amazing art pieces are from The Interior of My Brain: A Knitting and Fiber Arts Blog. The first one is titled DNA. You can read about her process here.

Here's another titled Faces Come Out of the Rain, and you can find that here.

On Ravelry.com, which is free to join for thousands and thousands of amazing free knitting and crochet patterns, Titacha made her daughter a sweater called Frankenfaces here. You can see all 24 pictures at the link - the faces wrap around the entire sweater.

Or Lip Mittens made by tokkyu2222.

I also like this plant pot cover made by aahhhdjectives.

[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.

[vashti-lives]

Things currently on the first page of the "hot right now" section of knitting patterns search page on ravelry:

Several basic raglan sweaters

Mesh/fishnet sweater covered in sequins.

A dissected rat; complete with internal organs

Cute vest with stylized flowers

Two different sweaters (one pullover, one cardigan) with the same unicorn tapestry design by the same designer. Each pattern is $13 and there isn't a discount for buying both and neither pattern description mentions the other pattern. Designers can and should charge what they want for their work but this feels like a wild choice to me TBH.

Thong/Speedo "bulge" version-- ie designed for people with a penis. This pattern is no longer available??? Why is it on the hot right now page?????

Cute Christmas fair isle sweater.

Coin purse in shape of ten week old fetus.

Ranunculus sweater. Obviously.

Bookmark in shape of squished rat; complete with blood puddle.

Headband with extremely impressive goat horns and little ears. It's free and went in my library immediately.

5 different PetiteKnit patterns that still somehow look exactly the same.

Purse in the shape of grotesque head. For some reason the featured example includes a real cat tooth????

Hood with lamb ears being modeled by depressed young man.

That sweater with all the eyes which calls for yarn that is $58 per skein??

Hat that looks like a dead fish, but in a cute way.

Latest Stephen West shawl.

I don't know whats happening but the trending page pattern page has never been so chaotic. I am obsessed. Let's have more dead rat patterns and fewer tastefully boring PetitKnit patterns.

[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

[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.”

[purplbear]

Thank you so much!

The pattern is Old Town by Carol Sunday … with modifications made by me. I’ve made this sweater three times now with modifications each time - I love the base pattern so much. It fits me perfectly!

I put notes about the modifications on my ravelry page - Purplbear ravelry. The main changes I made were cables for cardigan edging, textured body instead of stockinette and ombré color changes instead of solid color. It definitely added to the amount of math I needed to do 🤣🤣

Just the ribbing left on the body and then do the sleeves.

And yes, some of those wispy things are my hair - don’t commit crimes while wearing my knitwear. It has my dna attached.

[roseofmaygreece]

Orange Sun Granny Square crochet pattern, now available on my Etsy, RoseOfMayGreece! Easy instructions in US terms with photos of every step!

[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"

[cassiocantdrink]

so ah, mittens. at some point, i stumbled across a fantastic local project on instagram. a bunch of volunteers collect handmade knits and around new year's eve, distribute them among homeless people!

pros:

fidget stimming but you get a sock at the end. or something.

learn to knit mittens. or socks. those small things i have never attempted before

get rid of leftover yarn!

somebody gets warm knits!

no need to be fancy. any mitten is better than no mitten

no need to interact with anybody, neither the volunteers nor the homeless people (i honestly don't have the spoons for that rn)

the drop off point is not only a 20-min walk from where i live (which is already a miracle, given the size of the town), but a 20-min walk on the way to work!

cons: ????

so this is how it started (found a youtube video on magic loop). despite its slightly eldritch appearance, it was a Very Instructive Mitten! the magic loop itself, decreases, increases, the obvious need for the modified kitchener graft but the most important of all??

this lady straight up PICKS UP AND KNITS several stitches (she says 4, i say 5) from the body of the mitten so that there is absolutely NO HOLE between the thumb and the body! i hated that hole for my entire life. i never knew you could get rid of it that easily.

this is my cousin's hand, misha ended up pinching a pair. it was the day when i badly miscalculated the width and ended up with what looked to me like an effing oven mitt. see, size-wise, i'm a corgi at best who's under misapprehension that she's more of a german shepherd. so i knitted a mitten that was like, my size?? measured a postgrad's average man's hand, recalculated and.... and ended up with this. fortunately misha came for a short visit, he of Huge Hands and Feet (well he's like 6'1 so they're proportional, just, you know... big. the entire misha is big, especially when viewed from a 5'5 perspective). i approached him timidly, coz, would you do me a favor, try on a mitten?

misha went ecstatic. there's not much that can drive a seasoned hematologist to ecstasy but the mitten did the trick. IT FITS!!!! proclaimed misha, IT"S SOFT!!! IT"S BEAUTIFUL! holy shit. it's a basic mitten? it's orange? would you like me to knit you a pair of maybe grey? i also have dark brown? noooo, said misha, admiring his mittened hand, IT"S TERRACOTTA and i love the color!

i had to brake here, hard. a man who knows what terracotta color even is deserves a pair of terracotta mittens, no doubt. so later, i finished the other one and mailed it to him bc of course he was only here for a day. i whipped out my measuring tape again, and IT TURNED OUT that what i thought was my size, was actually that average mens' size i was after. the length was correct for my hand, yes, but the width, oh no. the width was exactly mens M. excellent. so now i had two variants, M and L/XL, and i went to work.

the loot: NO MORE orange terracotta yarn taking up half of my yarn bin! ran out of blue and grey as well, yippee! 11 pairs total but one went to misha and three i unraveled bc they were too thin and redid in double yarn, so seven. yep, dropped them off, went without a hitch. now, after this rather intensive warm-up, i feel like i can hatch more intricate plans, hehehe.

the ultimate goal: tashashu gordon's hypnosis mittens. not now, now i feel like another sweater or maybe two if i'm being bold. but someday, definitely. and before you think i'm delusional to go from my basic knits to this, i'll have you know that i've done her aurora borealis scarf, so i fell that i have all the knowledge i need. also, i had to re-calculate the entire scarf pattern for a different gauge, so yeah. i can do this.

overall: total success, would definitely do it again. mittens, socks and chest warmers, here i come!

[nestingtendencies]

Sperl lagun Shawl by Ewa Dulian on Ravelry

[knottybliss]

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

[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

[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.