#stylecraft dk

[gaviicreates]

Sky Blanket 2024 - Q1

Hi crafty friends! I am incredibly overdue on sharing an update on my sky blanket for 2024. If you are new to this project, some things to know:

This is my version of the temperature blanket this year - one row a day. Except instead of temperature, I am using "what is the sky doing today?" as my scale. The palette is all blues and greys based on how sunny or cloudy it is, going all the way from turquoise blue for the sunniest of sunnies to a dark grey for thunderstorms.

It's based on the year between two dates, not the start of the year. So my Q1 actually begins mid-October '23 and ends mid-January '24. So I am only a month behind sharing. I blame it on the weaving in of ends.

I am actually staying decently caught up! I don't always do the rows right away, but they are fairly quick to work up so I'm finding I can bring myself to current just within a single Sunday if I need to. The harder part has been making sure I record the weather, and there have been more days than I'd like to admit where I barely had a chance to go outside at all. I've been using timeanddate.com if I need to check dates I might have missed to make my best guess for cloud cover.

In Q1 - 92 days total:

Sunny - 30%, 28 days Partly Cloudy - 27%, 25 days Mostly Cloudy - 15%, 14 days Overcast - 12%, 11 days Rain - 13%, 12 days Snow/Ice- 2%, 2 days

I have not yet had a chance to use my granite colorway for thunderstorms. Meanwhile, the cream border will always be around every square. Admittedly in different number so I can get the month to the same consistent 33 rows.

Pattern: Toni Lipsey's/TLYarnCraft's linen square stitch pattern The Yarn: Stylecraft Special DK

The pattern The yarn

(yes I still love the colors of the sky... even though it forces me to weave in too many ends to count)

[paperpatches]

Five Colours for April

If you have been following along on Instagram you will know that I’ve been somewhat fixated on green over recent weeks! This palette is as far from that as possible! Red is definitely not green! Mixing and matching red can be challenging but it’s worth taking a risk. What do you think? The link to a chart for 120 squares with 5 colours can be FOUND HERE and there is also a list of 720…

[crochetalongwithme]

Five Colours for April

If you have been following along on Instagram you will know that I’ve been somewhat fixated on green over recent weeks! This palette is as far from that as possible! Red is definitely not green! Mixing and matching red can be challenging but it’s worth taking a risk. What do you think? The link to a chart for 120 squares with 5 colours can be FOUND HERE and there is also a list of 720…

[thorlokibrother]

I've just finished the first garment I've ever knitted for myself (have only made baby clothes before)! It's also the largest thing I've ever knitted, and it's taken me about 12 days. It's a basket stitch poncho in Stylecraft Special DK (the shade is "Claret", a lovely dark red), worked on 6.5mm needles for the collar, 7mm needles for the body, and 4mm needles for these little cuffs. It is ever so soft, has a lovely drape, and feels quite witchy, so I'm very pleased to have finished it on Hallowe'en!

[racingliners]

Still pondering over what buttons to put on it BUT my evermore cardigan is done!!!

(Kitted on 5.5mm needles using Stylecraft DK Highland Heathers yarn in Granite & DK Special yarn in Bottle with the same pattern as my folklore cardigan)

[hibernationfibres]

Chunky crochet house socks! This pattern was so quick and simple, I'll definitely be using it again!

Yarn: King Cole Big Value Tweed in 'Regal', Stylecraft special DK in Cream and Plum

Pattern: 'Granny Socks' by handmadebyesqu on Etsy

[velveteenmousestudios]

As is my personal tradition/rule, I can now post two very ambitious projects and one that was just pure creative fun. They were gifts this year for 2 writer/Fandom besties of mine and one bestie's awesome Fiancé!

Captain Janeway and First Officer Spock, custom amigurumi

--base: Taproot the Mandrake by The Stitch Tower on Etsy, ears/wigcaps/badges/details/color changes are free-handed

Mr. Truffles the Tribble (and 4 unexpected surprises)

--base: Head pattern of Taproot the Mandrake, body pattern of Mini Amigurumi Octopus by Sarah Hearn on Ravelry

--bed: repurposed organizer with fabric-wrapped paper bags and a "embossed" fabric name tag (puff paint with gold/silver/bronze Sharpie colored over it for dimension)

Yarns/Thread: Stylecraft DK, Paintbox Simply DK, Premier Just Chenille and Bernat Chenille, with Coats and Clark Metallic thread in Silver and Gold!

Note:

To offset the weights of their heads, both have been weighted, and are, in fact, sitting on their own and barely supported! Yes, I know the blue of Spock's shirt is less Original Series and more Subsequent Series Science Officer, but I couldn't get the right shade of blue at the time. I did, in fact, luck out on the red--it looked MUCH brighter on the website!

Message from Starfleet Pet Shelter: Mr. Truffles is a Domesticated Short-haired Tribble with a peaceful temperament...and allegedly neutered. (Seeing as there are 4 Trufflettes in their box, you can understand our skepticism of that lat part.) Good with children, animals and spouses. Reluctantly surrendered by a heartbroken Tribble parent who moved into a No-Pet apartment. Mr. Truffles and Trufflettes have been adopted by a loving Xenolinguist and researcher whom wished for affectionate reading companions. We wish them all the best going forward!

[bis-who-stitch]

We officially have a hobbit hole!

50 rows out of 810

I am using Stylecraft's ReCreate which is made from recycled garments! I imagine it's offcuts or "factory waste" but it's nice to use an acrylic blend that doesn't just feel like new plastic. It's a 40 wool 30 acrylic 30 polyester blend, the label claims the poly is derived from recycled plastic bottles as well but I'm not sure on the validity of that. Nonetheless, it makes a good gifting yarn. It's a lighter DK, I'm using 3.5mm needles here it's recommended for 4 though. I chose these colours (ink and ecru) because I liked the idea of it looking like ink on a paper as an illustration

My deadline for this project is the 27th of November and I started it on the 7th September - my aim is to have an 80 row chart done each week or ~ 10-15 row done a day! I'm making it for my dad's 50th birthday. This is such a beautiful project it's going to be difficult to give away. It's also going to be incredibly long - the original pattern is a lace weight and knitted on 2mm, I'm on 3.5mm as I said with a light DK weight

[find-me-in-hell]

bunch of pictures of the jumper im currently making, started it 25 days ago (december 21st). ive been following the trescao jumper pattern from along avec anna with some (minor) modifications, following the steps for the size with a finished bust of 110cm.

yarn used is stylecraft special dk in 1005 cream (3 skeins so far) needles are 4mm fixed circulars by drops (40cm,60cm) and knitpro (80cm zing, 100cm).

its my first attempt at a jumper so theres definitely room for improvement but im pretty happy with it rn.

[myhooktodo]

@ nr54: description Mexican blanket

[mrknitter]

Knitting on

Although I have been busy, I have still been knitting. I started a shawl for no other reason than wanting to do it. I was a mystery knit, so I had no idea what it was I was making at the time I started. I have about 12 rows to do until I cast off, and I am a little bored with the final part. The pattern is not all that exciting when looking at the rest of the shawl. I will complete it, probably…

[gaviicreates]

Sunday Stitchin'

Yesterday I caught up on my squares for my sky blanket 2024, which as a reminder is my version of a temperature blanket for the year. I started in mid-October, as I've chosen to run the project for the year between my anniversary. So Dec-Jan is block 3, and I'm trying to stay mostly on top of weaving in ends as I finish sections.

Today it snowed! So I got to use another row of that silver you might be able to see in only two stitches up in the top righthand corner. So far, there's still one color I haven't used it all, which is the darker grey intended for thunderstorms. I'm sure that'll come with Spring.

Yarn: Stylecraft Special DK

Pattern: Linen Square Temperature Blanket

[paperpatches]

Five Colours for March

This month I’ve had the usual fun with FIVE COLOUR FRIDAY (this link will take you to previous colour combinations ) I’ve used Gingerbread as the joining colour, it’s a shade to which I keep coming back! It goes with far more colours than you would imagine.  Stylecraft Special DK  Meadow Pistachio  Fuchsia Purple  Gold and  Gingerbread  Why not try it. Let me know if you do.  Don’t…

[crochetalongwithme]

Five Colours for March

This month I’ve had the usual fun with FIVE COLOUR FRIDAY (this link will take you to previous colour combinations ) I’ve used Gingerbread as the joining colour, it’s a shade to which I keep coming back! It goes with far more colours than you would imagine.  Stylecraft Special DK  Meadow Pistachio  Fuchsia Purple  Gold and  Gingerbread  Why not try it. Let me know if you do.  Don’t…

[thorlokibrother]

This poncho is working up so quickly and I'm so pleased! It's probably because I'm using 7mm needles with DK yarn (Stylecraft Special DK in "Claret"), but even so, I'm excited to see it!

[racingliners]

So I might post some holiday snaps later if people want to see them but in important crafting news, I started another Taylor cardigan (this time on the right yarn weight and needle size 😅 - I'm using Stylecraft Highland Heathers in Granite and DK special in Bottle)

Started and finished the back and am now working on the left front, the colourway comes from this version of the cardigan from 2020 which officially was listed on the merch store as one of two holiday cardigans, but it also came out around the same time as evermore which is one of my most beloved albums so I'm just calling it the evermore cardigan