#taylor swift knit

[mirroball]

fuck you forever sweater vest hand-knit by me

[jordankennedy]

ok but like martin b is a pokemon gay, a steven universe gay or a taylor swift gay? I have no idea but I'm pretty sure his room is entirely decorated with Funko Pops miniatures

this ask is making my skin crawl

[woodstock-inmymind]

Folklore Cardigan - Week 3

I've finished the back piece, which is a relief, as the back piece is always the most tedious bit. I'm very impressed with myself and my progress.

[notexactlyrocketscience]

I hand-knit the folklore cardigan so [with my v important pointers] you totally can, too!

Pattern

Taylor Swift's folklore the "Cardigan" by Lion Brand (free)

I have several qualms about this pattern, and though it’s easy to comprehend for the most part, I kind of hate it. But! I have tips below so that you can use this free pattern and OG cardigan reference pictures to make the perfect finished project. It’s also super easy actually even if you’ve never done cables or a large project before.

Materials (used as recommended by the pattern)

Needles: Takumi Clover US 9 (5.5 mm), 29" circular needles—My first time trying bamboo needles and this brand, I LOVED it. It made continental knitting so easy and fluid. I would recommend longer cables to make the button band part less stressful, and perhaps smaller diameter needles to make the ribbing prettier

Lion Brand Wool Ease: see rant below

Buttons: 3 1.25"-diameter La Mode buttons (there are prettier ones out there though they can get frighteningly expensive, pick what you like)

A summary of issues

the sizing runs very large

the button band (and, by extension, side panels) is all wrong for sizes other than S/M (the whole pattern is based aound S/M with suggested alterations for other sizes)

the arms turn out way too long for any size if you follow the instructions

the back cables (and possibly some others) are spaced distinctly differently from the OG folklore cardigan from Taylor’s site

the suggested yarn (Lion Brand Wool Ease) is scratchy on sensitive skin, stiff, thicker, more fuzzy than the folklore cardigan (and sheds a lot!), and stretches a lot which makes the cardigan larger than expected

Biggest tips (if you want to knit a cardigan similar to the OG)

CHECK YOUR GAUGE

measure yourself to pick size, and size down

find a bunch of pictures of the OG cardigan in the size that you want & count the stitches from the photos + graph the Lion Brand pattern, and compare before you begin

make alterations as needed

DO NOT BLIND BUY LION BRAND WOOL EASE

My best advice would be to just do a big guage swatch (as recommended on the pattern), run it through the wash, block it, measure it, plus assume that the cardigan will additionally stretch out on your body whenever worn. (Also if you’ve never knitted a garment before, the individual pieces absolutely look bigger once assembled and seamed than when they do on the needles while being knit.) The button band will add some width as well.

The button band is the current object of my misery. The cardigan fits like a cute tent, but the buttons beginning near my stomach is a no-go. I would definitely recommend double checking the spacing of the buttonholes on the button band because I kind of wish I’d altered them a little bit according to how I want the front to look. But then, the side panels would have to start slanting higher up towards the neck, so the whole neck should have been a smaller V. And I don’t have the heart to frog all the way back to to that. Still wondering if I should just shift the buttons higher and redo the button band, but I might just leave it as is and call it a day.

The recommended yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease, but actually I regret using it because it’s so stretchy and bulky, so the cardigan turned out a lot more chunky (and a lot more stretchy too I’m guessing) than the OG. I even found the finished measurements on the pattern misleading due to the cardigan stretching due to its own weight.

The pattern also calls for very long arms so I would advise just doing 4.5 diamonds for the back and then 4 diamonds for the arms, just like the OG! I thought 4 diamonds would be too short but the off-shoulder fit makes 5 diamonds incredibly long for me, and 4 would have been perfect!

I’m not sure why the instructions were that misleading with the sizing—Partly it’s me messing up with my guage, but I’m thinking it might also be because Lion Brand was basing it off the OG folklore cardigans from Taylor’s website, which I’ve heard run immensely large in a similar fashion. Still, I’m not sure exactly how the sizing compares to that of the XS/S and M/L OG cardigans

I usually am an S for perfectly fitted T shirts, and I get M sized crewnecks/hoodies for a perfect, comfy, borderline oversized fit that isn’t snug over layers. I was confused between knitting the S/M and L/XL because I wanted an oversized fit. I worried the S/M might be too snug and figured it was better to err on the side of it being a bit larger than expected because it’s still possible to style that, while a too-small cardigan would just be unwearable. But I think sizing down is the best way to go for that pattern and yarn if you’re picking between two sizes. The S/M pattern would probably produced something that fits more like a regular L/XL you would expect to see in a store.

Also, the yarn is fuzzy and pills a lot! It’s also slightly scratchy even after conditioning. So I would say just pick a durable yarn that creates a fabric that you love first before you start the project!

The Lion Brand pattern’s back cables are spaced slightly differently from the OG cardigans. (The OG had some moss stitched space between the two left cables on either end and the group of other cables in the center.) There might be other differences too. I know there are some other patterns out there you can pay for and they might be more accurate to the OG, but I would recommend simply looking up pictures of the OG cardigan in the size that you’re aiming for, and then taking note of the differences and making the alterations yourself! The stitches are fairly easy to count!

I have a breadth of regrets about this project (and some of it is just post-project blues, y’know?), but you live and you learn, folks! And I definitely learned a lot from this project. :) Will come back here and update once I add the (very expensive) silver star patches I’ve been procrastinating to buy because I’m so broke and so sad about how it turned out. I’m confident all the time I’ve spent on her will culminate in me surely falling in love with her soon enough. <3

[brenninthetaylorverse]

just decided to put together a little board of all the cardigans (the photos aren't mine lol I got most of the ones off of Pinterest, most of them are fan made) and also a little eras cardigan WHICH IS SO CUTE!

[cinnamon-notes]

help im still at the restaurant still knitting in the corner i haunt or whatever taylor swift said

[b0rnin1989]

Hey!! So for the past 2 months I've been crocheting a 1989 (Taylor's Version) tapestry. I still have a long time coming to finish it but I hope y'all like it! I'm doing this tapestry to commemorate the re-recording of 1989. Comment if you would like me to keep y'all updated! DM me if you want the pattern!

[reagsrush]

I didn’t have a chance to take better detail shots but here is a first look at the folklore short/vest set and legwarmers that I hand knitted!!!

[yourheartbeat]

hello everyone. i just listed my taylor swift inspired knitted bookmarks on depop. here is the link: https://depop.app.link/t8rOhne8SIb

if you can’t support financially, please reblog this post, so more people can see. thank you.

[mirroball]

‘are you not entertained’ piece hand-knit by me

[knithacker]

Remember when Taylor Swift showed off this fan-knit sweater? It features a polaroid of Taylor herself! I absolutely adore the positive message this support sends ... @taylorswift is a true gem! 💎🧶

[alskarstrikke]

i psychoanalyse taylor swift knitwear for a living

[full-moon-hate-account]

sirius would spend like three and a half VERY focused and serious months on a knitted sweater, seemingly for himself and then when he’s done he’s like “aw no :( apparently it’s like 5 inches too long </3” and sneakily get remus to take it so that he now has something that would probably smell like sirius for a while and BOOM. he’s in his mind.

[woodstock-inmymind]

Folklore Cardigan - Week 2

Nothing much to add on from last week. This week, I expect to start the shaping and finish the back. Didn't update on Sunday because I was ill.

[thingsihavecrochetandknit]

Ready for The Eras Tour! Finally finished beweling my top and knitting my cardigan (yes it's going to be 90 degrees, no that didn't stop me from making a big sweater)

[biloveyou]

there's such a lyrical dichotomy between the songs cardigan and betty that really but into perspective their respective headspace regarding their relationship.

in cardigan, betty goes into depth about all of these moments they shared that show when she "knew" him. "dancing in your levi's" "hand under my sweatshirt" "giving me your weekends." and then goes into the feeling james gave her, how she knew he'd "linger like a tattoo kiss" and "haunt all of my what-ifs." she knows the cause of their downfall but also focuses on the little details of their relationship and how she felt emotionally. as a listener we can visualize james in our heads, dancing in the street, taking the train, in the grocery store.

then you have the song betty, where James gives a play by play of this inciting incident which lead to the fall of their relationship. how james wants to confront her and tell her it was just a summer fling that meant nothing. we can't really infer much about who betty is as a person from jame's perspective, aside from her having a party, wearing a cardigan, and supposedly knowing james hates crowds. where betty knows all these things, james doesn't "know anything, but I know I miss you." it feels sentimentality hollow in comparison to cardigan. not to mention he doesn't even say sorry!