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Started another knitting project!

this one's Sunshine Sweater

First time knitting a batwing sweater, so i expect it to be too large, which i'll just treat as oversized sweater

Yarn I'm using is Concept by Katia, Catena Merino Fine 25g - 110m

though it's suggested to use 3.5mm needles, i'm going with 4.5mm. my tension is looser than it used to be, but larger needles gives softer, better draping garment

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I also have a massive stash of leather, mostly for bookbinding, but in this case the largest pieces were used to make armguards

as with anything that you need to sew, paper templates(?) and adjustments before cutting the fabric (leather) is key

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aaaand done

took approx 24h

I started a new stashbuster. It's a sort of adjusted River Hill Sweater by DROPS design.

Using DROPS Wish x2 (yellow), DROPS Air x1 (blue), and some acrylic yarn that's 7wpi

Knitting it at M size and hoping it fits okay

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hey does anyone know how to format a book into signatures to bind. I've been trying for a while but I'm shit at technology so it's just pissing me off at this point

I'm doing it on word because I don't know another way, it's technically working but it's such a pain and I fear it's not going to work when I print it out. Any tips would be much appreciated

(I sort of can format it, but it looks kinda ugly and it's hard to get the margins bigger, so I can cut it, because it gets glitchy or just doesn't do it. And I don't know how to add stuff like little images and the numbers, (by little images I mean the sort of patterns that are sometimes on top of pages or chapters etc... number and patterns which I need to stay at the bottom and top of the pages))

(also, this is mainly for binding old books, that I only have as a pdf or something, as I prefer reading physical books, if that affects the process...)

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Knitting is the most violent oscillation between 'oh god it's so over' to 'we are SO back' hobby I have ever experienced when it is going well you are flyingggg but if you discover a mistake (crochet with its nice easy unravelling had not prepared me for) the absolute heart surgery levels of concentration it takes to fix it. woe to twisted stitches and colourwork mistakes. I want to be one of those chill grandmas who can chat as they knit without even looking but alas I am cursed to forever a hunched goblin counting ominously under my breath and trying frantically to unwind yarn

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I started a new stashbuster. It's a sort of adjusted River Hill Sweater by DROPS design.

Using DROPS Wish x2 (yellow), DROPS Air x1 (blue), and some acrylic yarn that's 7wpi

Knitting it at M size and hoping it fits okay

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So I also do bookbinding. Made a stack of paper blocks from old school notebooks some months back and decided now I wanna have fun with the covers, so I'm doing this now

Picked these two blocks to start with

and will be using these things for covers

did some measurements and marking and started cutting down to size.. i'm claiming partial success.

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i'm not gonna admit how long it took for me to grid this..

Anyway, I'm doing a [REDACTED] cross stitch kit and the floss is brittle.. and this is attempt #2..

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not perfect but it's done and very comfy and warm

details under the thingy

Used 4mm circular needles for the sleeves and body. 6mm, 5.5mm, 5mm and 4.5mm circular for the edge.

Sleeves and body is knit flat, edge is knit in round.

Cast on 64sts

Sleeve: Knit rib (s1, then *k1, p1* until end) for 50 rows

Body:

Increase by 82 sts on each side (start stockinette here)

Knit stockinette for 444 rows:

RS: s1, then k until end;

WS: s1, then p until end.

Bind off 82sts on each side

Sleeve: Knit rib (s1, then *k1, p1* until end) for 50 rows

Bind off loosely in pattern

Stitch together the edges (sleeve sides and the areas where increase/decrease)

Edge:

Pick up the slipped stitches (I used 3mm circular needles for easier pick up)

Knit rib in round (k1 p1):

rows 1-4, with 6mm needles

rows 5-8, with 5.5mm needles

rows 9-12 with 5mm needles

rows 13-15 with 4.5mm needles

Colours:

Sleeves: Rows 1-50 - Black

Body:

Rows 1-50 - Black

51-74 - Gray

75-84 - Red

85-96 - Gray

97-146 - Brown

147-160 - Red

161-196 - Black

197-236 - Gray

237-250 - Red

251-276 - Black

277-292 - Brown

293-310 - Black

311-372 - Gray

373-388 - Red

389-444 - Black

Edge:

Rows 1-8 - Brown

Rows 9-15 Gray

Measurements of the final piece (unblocked):

Swatch (blocked) info:

10 cm x 10 cm = 33 rows x 23 sts

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I decided to pick up the stitches, after trying to stitch over the edge and it ended up curling anyway

Weekend progress: 166/448 rows

Wasn't too sure about the brown/orange/whatever at first, but I think it works

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The problem with sewing is that you quickly realise you have dumped lots of skill points into control thread and furthermore, there’s a lot of other hobbies that require control thread so you decide to pick up knitting, or crochet, or weaving, and then spinning happens to you, or rug making, or cord weaving, and then you turn the wrong corner on the internet and find out control thread also specs into basket weaving, and book binding, and then you’re thinking things like “I wonder if this also applies to lead climbing” and now you have A Problem

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when i look up a knitting term, the last thing I want is an ai overview. I want a 60+ year old woman with no understanding of lighting or helpful camera angles who still manages to give the most concise and clear explanation of how to execute purl 2tog through the backloop. ai summary fuck off, where is phyllis?

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Workweek progress: 312/448 rows (not including sleeves)

And that is how much yarn i have left:

Which makes me wonder if I may have panicked just a little bit, and didn't really need to use the brown yarn..

We will find out in a thrilling conclusion next week (probably)!

Also I still need to figure out what to do with the edge, since this is stockinette and it curls. I have two options:

fold over the edges and stitch them (I have colour scheme picked out for this)

or pick up the edge stitches and knit rib for a few rows.

I think this will depend on how much yarn I have left by the time I'm finished knitting the whole piece

Weekend progress: 166/448 rows

Wasn't too sure about the brown/orange/whatever at first, but I think it works