Cynodont posted:

I think he's quite adorable.

As for the scowliness of the face, well..



Spock isn't really the most smiley of people. I don't think it's very out of character.

Dyrim posted:

I'm ambidextrous -- I write and eat with my left hand, and I use scissors with my right. I learned to knit by throwing, then later learned continental. I find that continental goes much faster for larger scale projects, but when I'm new at something, or it's relatively small and intricate, I prefer throwing. Right now I'm knitting using the two-at-a-time on one circular needle method, and I'm throwing all the way. When I build up some confidence, I'll try it in continental.

Here's what I've got so far:


I never throught I'd be able to do this, but it's a lot easier than it looks.

madlilnerd posted:

madlilnerd posted:

Or knit it twice as wide and fold it together. Sometimes I just knitting spazz and forget all that though. I don't know why.


I wanted to try some easy colour work so I looked into using slipped stitches. The whole scarf uses slipped stitches so in each row you're only knitting with one colour. This created some really nice texture which unfortunately got hosed when I viciously attacked the acrylic scarf with an iron in a vague attempt to flatten it. The whole thing is worked with two rows of grey and then two rows of black, slipping any grey stitches you want to show up and vice versa.

I started out with a brickwork pattern which goes like this:
[work over a multiple of 6, minus 1 e.g 23]
G= Grey B= Black
Repeat the instruction inside the stars
Row 1-G Knit
Row 2-G Purl
Row 3-B K3 *Sl1 K5*
Row 4-B *P5 Sl1* P3
Rows 5&6 are the same are 1 and 2
Row 7-B K6 *Sl1 K5*
Row 8-B *P5 Sl1* P6

The other patterns on the scarf are just straight rows with slipped stitches or a variation of the brickwork, apart from the squares, which can be found at:
http://www.smart-knit-crocheting.com/mosaic-knitting.html

I hope this helps

left_unattended posted:

I don't like laceweight yarn. I hate winding it, and I don't like knitting with it. It's light and it's pretty, but I'm terrified of breaking it by pulling too hard and my tension is all over the place. I knit much looser, and more unevenly. And I make so. many. mistakes. Does anyone else have this problem? Is it likely to go away as I get more experience with laceweight? Lace patterns are fine as long as the yarn is heavier, and I don't seem to have problems with my tension.

FelicityGS posted:

I'd knit a swatch, weigh it or unravel it to find out how much yardage that uses, then do the math to figure out from there.

Alternatively, check Ravelry for patterns similar to that that use cotton and see how much yardage it took. That's my lazy route and it usually works for ballparks.

Fionnoula posted:

That doesn't read to me as if it's in the round. It reads like a flat-knit piece, knitted back and forth on circular needles so you can fit all the stitches on.

Giant Metal Robot posted:

Does anyone have any advice on softening scratchy yarn like Icelandic wool? I knit myself a nice hat with Lopi, but it has coarse, wiry hairs that make it annoying to wear.

Bertrand Hustle posted:

This is my first go at cable knitting. I was gonna post the end, but it's not crazy interesting, just 16 repeats of whatever this is called:

1: knit across row
2: p1, *k1, p1, rep from * to end

Seriously I forgot what it's called.

Sehkmet posted:

Also, does anyone absolutely hate the effort that you have to put into blocking, but absolutely love the results? Asking for me. It took me over an hour to get this done with blocking wires, but oh man it looks great now.

DRINK ME posted:

I tried to force myself to knit continental so I would be faster and complete more projects, but I just couldn’t stick with it.

Niemat posted:

Thanks!! Just to clarify: are you wanting to know the technique I used to get that "pattern" of colors? The equipment? The dye? Happy to talk about any or all parts of the process, but I'm also wanting to make sure I'm answering in a way that's helpful!