Knitting

[Ru-bee]

Ohh love your beanies! @Judi9877 

I have actually previously started this beanie twice! The first time was about a year ago with no pattern which led to me getting frustrated and abandoning it because it wasn't coming out well. Then this year I started using patterns and realising how much easier it made everything and how much quicker and better the projects were working up because there was no guessing and undoing work. So then I tried the beanie again with a ribbed pattern but I didn't like the way it was coming out as I'm making the beanie as a gift for someone who is very particular about their beanies so I unravelled it and found a new pattern that is just right! I'm now about halfway through and will definitely share when I'm finished 😁

Wow 5 years for the scarf, do you have any photos? What a special gift!

[Judi9877]

Good evening @Ru-bee @Gwynn @tyme @Eve7 @ShiningStar and other fellow knitters.  I hope your day has gone well for you and you are happy with your knitting and craft hobbies.

@Ru-bee I have found a photo of the cable scarf that I knitted for my housemates mother. It was knitted on 6mm needles using 2 strands of 8ply Bendigo Woollen Mills wool in Luxury brand with the colour called Koala. It was meant to be chunky wool according to a pattern I found from a British craft website called Love Crafts so I doubled the wool to make it like they had in the original pattern. It’s an 8 row pattern using 43 stitches per row and 3 lots of cables over the 43 stitches. The scarf was just over 2m long and took 4 balls in total (2 balls together at a time) and the reason why it took so long was because I kept on losing the wool when I had to move or the wool got damaged and I had to start over. It required a lot of concentration and I had to pick the times when I could do it as my housemate loved to chat and it was very hard to focus, especially since the cable needle had to often go behind the knitting needles and I had to manipulate my hands to hold the stitches. It’s a great pattern and my first time at doing cables so I was quite proud of it to the point where my housemates mother wants me to do another one for her in the future -once I get stable housing again as I have to move by the start of December due to my rogue landlord moving back in (long and complicated story!).

 Tonight, I’m working on completing an adult beanie in a cotton type yarn that I found in my collection for a charity I knit for. I’ll post it once I complete it.

Thanks for replying to my message!

Take care!

Judi9877☺️🧶

[Eve7]

Thanks for the tag @Judi9877 . I enjoy your friendly posts about your knitted projects.

[tyme]

Nice @Judi9877 ! You're amazing! Great stuff there. Do you follow different patterns?

[Ru-bee]

Wow @Judi9877 that scarf looks beautiful! I can completely relate to needing to concentrate on the pattern when people are trying to chat with you. It can be so easy to lose your place, or miscount stitches! 

I'm about to start a cable knit jumper for my mum's birthday. I found a free pattern I like that uses 8 and 7mm needles so I'm hoping it works up fairly fast!

I finished the beanie on the weekend, I'm really happy with how it came out and definitely will be making myself one for next winter!