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Help with first time using cotton aran please

Ideefixelatex,
Apologies if this is in the wrong section. I am still very new to crochet and have been attempting the crochet blanket by Daisy Cottage Designs ( wasn’t sure if I was allowed to post the link ) The pattern uses Paintbox Yarn aran wool and I made the rookie mistake of buying cotton aran instead of s…

Happy Feet 100 Splash

lmotle,
Happy New Year Ravelry Community! I have about 1100 yds of this superwash merino and nylon yarn. Any suggestions for scarf or shawl patterns I should consider? Recommended knitting needle is US 2. Thanks!

please some help with a pattern

SarahMaupin,
Everlasting Headband pattern by madebymka designs I start to see problems with this pattern at row 5 can someone please help? going into row 5 you should have 14 stitches and it increases 3 times through kfb but then it says I should have 18 stitches and after that im just lost. Can someone please …

Cardigans I made for my baby nieces

/u/krstn_vz,
.. It took me about 20 days for the both of them, pretty much knitting at every possible minute. My SIL loves them, the girls are not as appreciative yet 😃 As for me, it was fun to knit and embroider. It's probably the cutest thing I ever made. I wish I had a better photo but it didn't occur to me bef…

Knitting for olive heavy merino blocking question

DeeMarie116,
Hi! I’m making my favourite things sweater no 30 with knitting for olive heavy merino. I’d like to block to bloom the stitches but I don’t want the sweater to grow at all as it is being knit oversized. I forgot to block my swatch and I unraveled it so that’s of no help. Before I make another swatch…

Italian cast on

Elizabethisabel,
Any recommendations for the best cast on for a top down raglan sweater which has a 1x1 ribbing? I’m making the No Frills sweater by Petite Knit. I read about the Italian cast on and wondered if that would be best. Thanks.

Italian cast on

Elizabethisabel,
Any recommendations for the best cast on for a top down raglan sweater which has a 1x1 ribbing? I’m making the No Frills sweater by Petite Knit. I read about the Italian cast on and wondered if that would be best. Thanks.

What to make with super bulky yarn (Malabrigo Rasta)?

kathyiscool,
My in-laws bought me 5 skeins of Rasta 3 in natural 2 in Ravelry red. It seems like people love this yarn for its softness but it also pills a lot. I’m scouring through projects but I’m not seeing ones I like. A lot of projects are hats and cowls but I prefer the look of lighter weights for small i…

Mystery decrease

10QVERYMUCH,
A New Year’s resolution to fix things that have been bothering me on past knits led to this mystery: re-doing the ribbed edging on a v-neck that was too loose, but can’t remember what decrease I used at the point of the V when I originally knit the band. I prefer the look of it to the CDD, and I’ve…

Finally!

/u/C_bells,
.. Some of you may remember a couple of weeks ago when I noticed I had been twisting my purl stitches after nearly finishing this sweater.It showed up because the top portion had been knitted flat.Some of you may also remember about a month ago, when we collectively realized the pattern I had been wor…

Baby Skirt

/u/Zawieruka,
.. Pattern: Spring Duo Baby Skorts Knitting Pattern by Agasalhos e Bugalhos Yarn Sandnes Garn - Mandrin Petit - color 4620I did change the shape to make it bloomers under the skirt instead of more of a shorts pattern. I just followed a pair of bloomers that fit and made the shape work. I also did a pi…

Help, pattern, hearts of Scotland

tahand,
Hello- I am having trouble with Rhona Larkin’s Heart of Scotland pattern. It starts with 14 rows of moss stitch, yet what is described is seed stitch and begins with a slip stitch and repeat p1, k1, to last stitch,k1. 2nd row is slip stitch and K, P to last stitch. Then alternates these rows rather…

2024 Knitting Recap

/u/yarnimals,
.. These are my FOs of 2024! My goals for 2025 are to learn intarsia and try ladder-back jacquard.

My 2024 knitting!

/u/omegadefern,
.. It's so interesting looking back at everything!

Replacing a bottom-up rib cuff on a colorwork sweater

/u/LizzHW,
.. I figured out how to reknit a 1x1 rip bottom cuff AFTER the sweater was already complete; changing the color and cast-on edge style which was originally long-tail method (changed to tubular Italian).There are plenty of tutorials for this in single-color stockinette but I couldn’t find tutorials for…