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Needles for socks
MarySD,
A few years ago I finally mastered 4 needles for socks. I have been using a. Circular for straight knitting and quite like it. Should I change to circular for socks. I know it’s just a matter of preference but I was interested to see what needles folk preferred for socks. Thanks.

Striped Noro Socks
/u/ConcertinaTerpsichor,
.. I make several of these per year — they are my brainless knitting, and thanks to Silk Garden Sock yarn they always turn out cute.

How do you keep your patterns?
/u/Late_Cricket_,
I prefer to look at paper patterns, and use my phone to count sts. Especially when reading a chart. Do you keep a binder with your patterns?I am thinking of making one with a clear sheet to go on top and i can make notes with wet erase markers on top of the pattern sheet.Curious if there is a bette…

Bok Boook
/u/3weee,
.. Not perfect but to be as support for my lovely friend, when i am not able to be. ESC by the Knitting tree L.A. on Raverly

What's the opposite of the sweater curse?
/u/Phantom-knight-44,
I have recently started knitting a sweater for my mom. She's my best friend and one of the most amazing people i know. She's the most knit-worthy person you could ever hope to meet. She's in her 60s and still has sweaters that HER MOM knit for her when she was a teenager. The more i work on my mom'…

Colour match
Fairydust24,
Wool and the gang, chunky mineral pink, colour match to a machine washable DK/Aran yarn

Colour match
Fairydust24,
Wool and the gang, chunky mineral pink, colour match to a machine washable DK/Aran yarn

Sock yarn and kidsilk haze
elizabeth7,
Has anyone knit socks with sock yarn and kidsilk haze together? Will it felt in the washer? My understanding was that if a yarn was 50 percent or less wool that felting was less likely, but the woman at the yarn shop said it would felt and didn’t recommend it.

Merrymaking mittens m1r twice help
knittingnikita,
Hi I am starting in these gorgeous mittens and feeling a bit confused. Whilst i know how to m1r, I have never had a pattern ask for it twice as below without a knit stitch after the first. Any advice please ? Right Hand Thumb Gusset – All Sizes Rnd 1: P2 (2, 3, 4), k2, p2 (3, 3, 3), (ktbl x 2), k4,…

Learning the hard way
/u/RightVeterinarian780,
.. So I've known how to knit since I was a child and haven't since recently started knitting again. I've knitted a lot of small things and thought that I'd try making my first knitted pullover vest.I didn't notice until i finished the body that it looked kinda odd...And apparently when I knit in the f…

[FO] My first finished project!
/u/HetBeestje,
.. Last year I learned how to knit! I tried knitting when I was 12 but could not sit still for that long. Last year, when a lot was going on, I learned how to knit so I could do something instead of scrolling. I finished knitting the same ball of yarn I had a go at when I was twelve, and after finishi…

Knitted a hot water bottle cover - too insulating?!
/u/MizzMaisie,
.. This is my first time posting in this subreddit - so hi everyone!I’m a fairly new knitter and have been incredibly excited to start knitting up warm things for winter.I recently finished a hot water bottle cover and have been waiting for the weather in the UK to get particularly freezing before I u…

Has anyone matched a solid yarn to Hobbii Universe?
Songblaze,
I’d love to make a blanket in either Fair Isles knit or tapestry crochet (haven’t decided yet) with Hobbii Universe and a contrast solid in white or black, but it looks like Hobbii doesn’t have a solid version (or a compatible solid of any sort) for sale. It’s listed as knitting up 28 stitches and …

Bernie the Bear
/u/leguminaleguminal,
.. I finished my first toy!I only picked up knitting this summer, and so far knitted one sock, one beanie, 3/4 of a scarf/shawl, and now this bear :DPattern is Boy Bear knitted in a round from Mary Jane's Tearoom, yarn is DROPS Puna.