#bulky yarn

[tokidokish]

My dream home

[mischief-tea]

The SUUUUUPER Squishy Malabrigo Rasta project is finally on the needles this evening! Yesssss

[kedibonye]

Braided Ear Warmer

I used a pattern I found online (linked below!) with a similar theme for reference, but modified to match the yarn I had:

Row 1: 60 foundation half-double crochet (fhdc)

Row 2: 60 half-double crochet (hdc)

Repeated x4 to make four strands.

The next steps more-or-less followed the pattern, with 2 rows single crochet (12 sc/row, 3 per strand) to connect the strands at one end.

Then, braided together; connected with single crochets on the other end; and whip stitched the two ends together.

The yarn I used:

(Size 5 - super bulky - with 8mm hook)

[nickys-thingys]

Not bad for a 3.5-4 hour roadtrip

[knitting-ace]

It's football season!!!

Which means I now need a blanket pattern that I can work on while watching games. Time to (a) buy a bunch of bulky yarn and (b) find a pattern to go with it

[professorpski]

Yarn Tasting Berroco Fall 2022

I decided it would be fun to do a Zoom yarn tasting party with one of my relatives. And it was. Chatting and knitting, what more could you want on a quiet weekend afternoon?

What is a yarn tasting? A set of little balls of the new yarns to try. They come along with a pattern in knitting or crochet to make an item using all the yarn balls. Also, included is Berroco catalog of yarns and patterns for sale as well as a coupon for half off a pattern. The idea is that you try the yarns before you commit to buying a bunch of them only to realize you dislike the drape or the feel, etc. From some of the unhappy reviews on yarn shop websites, you can see the logic of trying out the knitting first. The only downside is that you receive a random mix of colors, and then have to figure out how to organize them within the cowl or kerchief.

 I managed to begin a neckerchief as you see here using Fika, a DK weight in super wash merino which is a speckled yarn. You see here as well

- a red ball of Vento a baby alpaca blend also a DK, very soft and a nice halo

- a blue and purple ball of Wizard an incredibly lightweight, chainette bulky that comes in color shifts of superwash merino mostly,

- yet another very lightweight bulky chainette called Dash with dashes of mixed colors on cream that is mostly merino

- Lanas Light in grey, a wool yarn in fingering weight

and Renew, a recycled blend which mixes viscose, i.e. rayon, wool and nylon with a smidgen of cashmere to create a DK or light worsted.

I will have to finish knitting all the yarns in order to see how I like them, but I do recommended tasting a yarn, which you could just call another form of swatching before you start a project, especially a large project. Although I have frogged a completed garment, I will never find that a satisfying process. Better to plan ahead and test gauge and yarn before committing.

You can find more about Berroco’s yarn tastings which you must order through your local yarn store here: https://www.berroco.com/dropship/home-yarn-tasting-kit-fall-22

[solarianvoidthearoace]

So, uh, I broke out the textile yarn and did a solid (5 rounds of double crochet; corners made by using triple crochets) granny square

Did one round of single crochet as a border and then continued with double crochets perpendicular to the square into those single crochets

I now have a 28 x 28 cm basket with a 5cm border around it

I might post the progress and finished photos but first I need to wait to get two more bobbins(?)

I didn’t think I’d like this color but actually Hoooked RibbonXL Spicy Ocre looks good for a basket/ drawstring bag

The bottom corner is keeping shape better than I expected given how simple “tilt 90° and crochet around the single crochets” was as an approach; I mean I worked “between” the double crochets and the outer corner of the single crochet, around those “necks” of the single crochets

[salamispots]

more wips

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

my OTHER toxic knitting trait is ignoring gauge entirely for plushies and being pleasantly surprised by the creacher's final size when it's done

[uncanny-tranny]

In my quest to be a mediocre knitter, I started with twenty stitches after my cast-on and ended with twenty-two

[makerandbean]

some gloves i finished a few days ago!! very belatedly because i lost yarn chicken with the main colour and then couldn’t remember which colourway it was and the yarn had like five shades of navy it was a whole thing.

pattern is Ravenlight Gloves by disyarningdesigns, in some sort of cotton giclee (?) by Rowan.

[bembely]

So I discovered that I can make a bulky mitten in one hour from start to finish and now I have mitten fever?

[nickys-thingys]

The craftiest passenger princess.

[smallsith]

i don't know who needs to hear this (me), but collecting yarn is not a hobby. (it's me) you have to actually use it. you have to do something with the yarn. just stockpiling it is not enough. (i'm the yarn hoarder)

[sweaterkittensahoy]

“gayle, did you start yet another project???”

“In my defense, it’s a bulky weight sweater; it won’t take that long.”

“...”

[eva-knits12]

A Work In Progress

I'm knitting the mulberry knit ear warmer. I'm using size U.S. 10 (6mm) 14" straight needles. I'm using Knit Picks Brava Bulky in the color Peapod. I cast on 22 stitched instead of 20. The extra two stitches are for the selvedge edge. The pattern is a double seed stitch, or Irish moss stitch. I'll sew it together so that it forms a twist.